Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Sir William Senoke or Sevenoaks
Sir William Senoke or Sevenoaks,
LORD MAYOR, 1409,
"Was born," says Fuller, "at Sevenoaks, in allusion whereof he gave seven acorns for his arms." "He founded at Sevenoaks a fair Free School for poor people's children, and an almshouse for twenty men and women." His proper name was Rumpstead, and he is said to have been a foundling, and brought up on charity in the town he so benefited.
[See "Fuller's Worthies."]