Twysden and Twisden Manuscripts

A small group of manorial documents, deeds, etc., purchased after the sale of the Lambert Larking MSS. and forming part of the archives of Twysden of Roydon Hall. Nearly all the documents bear Larking's own notes on sealed slips of paper, and the majority dovetail into the Kent Archives Office series U48 and U49 for the same estate.

• <famname>Twysden family of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent</famname>
• <famname>Twisden family of Bradbourne Park, East Malling</famname>

The records of the Twysden and Twisden family fall naturally into two parts (a) those concerning the family of Royden Hall, East Peckham and (b) those concerning Bradbourne, East Malling. In fact this simple division is complicated by the dispersal of the former group after the sale of Roydon Hall in 1830. The result is that many of the former documents were sold some coming into the hands of the Rev. Lambert Larking. Later Sir John Ramskill Twisden of Bradbourne attempted to reconstitute as much as possible of his family's archives, and on his death these papers passed to the Kent Archaeological Society. The various elements of the Twysden and Twisden papers held in the Kent Archives Office at the end of 1976 are as follows:-

Cat. Mark: U48, Provenance: Twysden MSS. presented by H. Rivers Pollock, esq., of Erchfont Manor, Wilts.

Cat. Mark: U49, Provenance: Twisden MSS. deposited by the Kent Archaeological Society received by them on the death of Sir John Ramskill Twisden.

Cat. Mark: U47-47, Provenance: Twysden MSS. forming part of the 'Brain Bequest' received from the Kent Archaeological Society per Maidstone Museum in 1957.

Cat. Mark: U655, Provenance: Twysden MSS. concerning London received from Dr. W. Urry, 1958.

Cat. Mark: U1655, Provenance: Twysden MSS. deposited by the Lady Twysden Knightsbridge, S.W.1., 1972.

Cat. Mark: U1823-2, Provenance: Twysden and Twisden MSS. received from the Maidstone Museum, 1974 and comprising mainly items acquired at the Lambert Larking sale.

This group was formerly at Maidstone Museum

This small collection formed part of the Larking MSS. and was acquired by the Maidstone Museum at the time of the Larking sale. Some items are not necessarily Twysden.