Men of Kent and Kentishmen/John Thorpe, Antiquary
John Thorpe,
ANTIQUARY,
Was son of the preceding, and born 1714. He was educated at Oxford, and like his father, devoted himself to the study of antiquities. In 1755 he was elected a member of the Antiquarian Society, and published from his father's MSS. a collection of Ancient Records, for illustrating the Ecclesiastical History and Antiquities of the Diocese of the Cathedral Church of Rochester, under the title of "Registrum Roffense." This was followed by "Custumale Roffense," containing particulars respecting the tenures, services, etc., of the manors in the diocese, pertaining to the priory, and there are many papers from his hand printed in the "Philosophical Transactions" and the "Gentleman's Magazine." Mr. Thorpe died at Chippenham in Wiltshire, Aug. 2nd, 1792.
[See "Gentleman's Magazine" for 1792 and 1793, and Nichols's "Literary Anecdotes."]