Rev Thomas Streatfeild MA, FSA (5 January 1777 – 17 May 1848) was a renowned antiquarian and churchman in the early 19th century descended from the historic

Streatfeild family The Streatfeilds, Streatfields or Stretfields are an aristocratic English family of the landed gentry, from Chiddingstone, Kent. The family are traceable to the early 16th century and are a possible cadet branch of the Noble House of Stratford. ...

. He lived on both sides of the

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border, but is best known for his extensive research on the history of

. Whilst at Tatsfield in Surrey he bought land in the adjoining parish of

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, Kent and built a house there – Chart's Edge – to his own design in 1822.

Antiquarian

Thomas Streatfeild matriculated at

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on 19 May 1795 and graduated with a B.A. in 1799. He devoted much time to a history of Kent but only one volume was ever published (Hundred of Blackheath) – some 50 volumes of his unpublished material are lodged in the British Museum. He was also a skilled artist and he completed a number of wood engravings and drawings for the History.

Churchman

As well as being an historian and writer, Thomas Streatfeild was an

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clergyman. He was first Curate at St Mary’s,

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, Surrey, and at that time chaplain to the

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and later Curate of St Mary the Virgin,

Tatsfield Tatsfield is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is located 3.3 miles north west of Westerham and 3.9 miles north east of Oxted, and is adjacent to the Surrey border with both Greater London and Kent. Geog ...

, Surrey. He altered and repaired the little church at Tatsfield by subscription in 1838, including the tower and porch at his own expense. The following inscription can be found in the porch “Be it remembered that the masonry of this porch and tower is the free gift of the Rev. T. Streatfeild, of Chart’s Edge, Curate, 1838. Thomas Barrett, Timothy Ringoss, churchwardens.”

Family

Thomas Streatfeild was the son of Sandeforth Streatfeild (1750 – 28 July 1809) and Frances Hussey (1750-1821). He married Harriet Champion (1776-1814), daughter of Alexander Champion, a wealthy merchant and

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, London, on 8 Oct 1800, and through her he acquired a considerable fortune. In 1823 he married again, Clare, the daughter of Rev Thomas Harvey and the widow of Henry Woodgate.A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland by John Burke He had 14 children, 9 with Harriet and 5 with Clare.

Ancestry

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1777 births 1848 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests English antiquarians Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London People from Westerham