| Description | Appledore manor overlooks Romney Marsh in the south west corner of Kent. Ebony is on the isle of Oxney, just to the south west of Appledore, and was accounted for with Appledore initially. Accounts were drawn up by a reeve from 1265, more usually titled 'serjeant' from 1293, recording his receipts and expenses, corn and stock accounts, with sometimes an inventory of the manor's stock attached. From 1350, a bedel accountd separately for the manor's rents. By 1406, a farmer was leasing the manor and accounting for his rent and any repairs. However, in the fifteenth century, asurveyor of seaworks and seawalls accounted separately for his activities. |