NOTES OX THE SITE OF THE PALACE OF KENXINGTOX. 107 istlic dcatli of Canute the Second, called Ilardicanute, which is thus told by the late ISir Francis Palgrave : — A.D. 1042. " Goda, the daughter of Osgod Clapa, an English Thane of great Avealth, was given in marriage to Towid the Troud, a powerful Dane, the king's banner-bearer or marshal, and Hardicanuto graced the banquet with his presence at Lambeth. The potations were prolonged deep into the night. In the midst of the revel Ilardicanute dropped speechless upon the ground, and a few da^'s afterwards expired." "^ A.D. 108G. The iManor of Kennington is thus described in the Domesday Book : — " Teodric, the goldsmith, holds of the King Chenintune. lie held it of King Edward.
- ' It was then assessed for five hides, — now for one hide and
three virgates. The land is for two ploughs and a half. In demesne there is one plough ; and [there are) four villanes, and three bordars, with two ploughs. There is one serf, and four acres of meadow. It was worth, and is worth, three pounds." ^ A.D. 1189. King Richard L, in his fii-st year, 1189, granted to Sir Kobert Percy, the custody of all his demesne lands in this manor, with a barn and other easements without the pale there, and the office of Steward of the Lordship of Kennington.* A.D. 1259. In the 43rd Henry III., the custody of this manor was granted by the King to Richard de Freemantell.^ A.D. 1299. King Edward I. was at Kennington, August 14, 1299.« The custody of the manor was granted to various persons by Henry HI. The Parliament he held at Lambeth is sup- posed to have assembled here, and that he kept his Christmas here in 1231.' A.D. 1338. The Duchy of Cornwall created ; Edward, Duke of Cornwall, known as " The Black Prince," resided here.^ After his death, in 1377, it came to his son Richard, •which resided Sir Richard M.inley in Extended and translated from the fac- 1»53G) was a maypole, and behind the simile copy. Vacher & Son. 18<^2, p. 51. house, gardens in which on May day all * Harl. MSS. 433, f. 63, quoted by sorts of jastimes were held. Mention is Allen. made, in the European Magazine, of traces * Pat. 43, Hen. 3rd, m. 2. Allen's of a cross being discovered at Ken- Hist. Lambeth, p. '25(!. nington." * Parrington's Obs. Anc. Statutes, p. "■' Francis Palgrave, " History of the 145, tpioted by Allen. Anglo-Saxons" in Murray's Fam. Lib., ' Allen' Hist. Lambeth, p. 350. p. 32... 8 Allen's Hist. Lambeth, p. '258. ' Domesday for the County of Surrey. VOL. XXl.X. A A
