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  2. History of Kent - Wikipedia

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    F. F. Smith's 1929 work A History of Rochester quotes a 1735 glossary by the Rev. Samuel Pegge on the subject: A Man of Kent and a Kentish Man is an expression often used but the explanation has been given in various ways. Some say that a Man of Kent is a term of high honour while a Kentish Man denotes but an ordinary person.

  3. Kent (given name) - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... Kent is a male given name. It is also often a surname (see Kent ...

  4. Kent - Wikipedia

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    Kent is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, ... The name is of Celtic origin, ...

  5. Kingdom of Kent - Wikipedia

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    Roman fort wall at Regulbium. In the Romano-British period, the area of modern Kent that lay east of the River Medway was a civitas known as Cantiaca. [1] Its name had been taken from an older Common Brittonic place-name, Cantium ("corner of land" or "land on the edge") used in the preceding pre-Roman Iron Age, although the extent of this tribal area is unknown.

  6. Kent (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Eadbert Praen of Kent, King of Kent; Eadgifu of Kent (died 968), Queen of England; Eadric of Kent (died c. 687), King of Kent; Ealhmund of Kent (745–827), King of Kent; Edward Thomas Kent, changed his name to Éamonn Ceannt (1881–1916), Irish revolutionary; Eanmund of Kent, King of Kent; Eardwulf of Kent, King of Kent; Ecgberht of Kent ...

  7. Jutes - Wikipedia

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    In Kent, Eadric was for a time co-ruler [h] alongside his uncle Hlothhere with a law code being issued in their names. Ultimately, Eadric revolted against his uncle and with help from a South Saxon army in about 685, was able to kill Hlothhere, and replace him as ruler of Kent. [28]

  8. Tilghman (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The Venerable Bede mentioned in Volume 1 of his writings that the Tilghman family settled in Kent, England, in 692. [9] The oldest finding of the name Tilghman was in 692 and was that of a Monk Tilmon (Tilghman) [this was not however a surname nor likely to be handed on to heirs] who was with the Two Ewalds when they met their fate . Some who ...

  9. Kenneth - Wikipedia

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    Kenneth is a given name of Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: Cainnech and Cináed.The modern Gaelic form of Cainnech is Coinneach; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". [1]

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