1660 John Trowts See also 1642 and 1669
Shortly after his restoration to the throne, King Charles II paid a visit to Captain John Trowts. He was a royalist and lived at 23 Court Street.

He was a close friend of Charles and had been a companion to him during his ten years' exile in France, following the execution of his father Charles I.

Trowts also owned a vessel by which he carried money and correspondence to the exile. In recognition of this, Charles made a promise that when he was restored to the throne -of which he was always confident - he would see that Trowts became mayor of Faversham and that he would visit him at his home.

The restoration took place in May 1660 and later that year - whether or not Charles had a hand in it by a hint to the corporation - Trowts was elected mayor.

True to his promise, Charles subsequently paid him a visit.

His arrival on this occasion without warning caused some embarrassment to the mayoress who was engaged in baking in the kitchen at the time.

Hearing a commotion in the hall, she hurried forward and there, to her amazement, stood the King. The discomfited lady hastily took off her apron and wiped the flour from her hands, but the gallant Charles put her at her ease by ignoring the flour and giving her a hearty kiss. Charles, indeed, seems to have had a good time with the ladies.

On the day after his Faversham visit, he entered London with the Queen. Samuel Pepys, the diarist, relates that he was told by one who accompanied them "how the country mayor entertained the King all the way as he came along, and how the country gentlewomen did hold up their heads to be kissed by the King - not taking his hand as they should do".

From the chamberlain’s accounts King Charles II visited this town, and dined with the mayor, the expense of his entertainment was £56 6s

1661 Robert Terry See also 1670 and 1679
In the 1662 and 1663 Hearth Tax lists, Robert is listed as having 6 hearths, and as a jurat, so he was still involved in the administration of the town.

There was also a muster roll in this year and Robert provided a musket for Thomas Cheeseman to serve with it.

From the chamberlain’s accounts the corporation presented the king with £50.

This would have been the same King, Charles II

1662 John Upton
In the 1662 and 1663 Hearth Tax lists, John is listed as ‘John Upton Esquire Maior  seaven’ . He would have been living in a substantial house, but it was not the largest house in town, quite a few had 8 or 9 hearths.   

In 1651, John had been a witness to the will of John Caslock.

1663 Thomas Southouse See also 1671, 1679 and 1688 and note 1685
In the 1662 and 1663 Hearth Tax lists, Thomas is listed as having 8 hearths, also as a jurat.

In the 1661 muster roll, Thomas provided three muskets for three men.

We are indebted to Thomas for his local research and literary undertaking. He resided at 18 Court Street.

He wrote a history of Faversham Abbey which was published in 1671. The title page: "Monasticon Favershamiensis in Agro Cantiano, or a Surveigh of the Monastry of Faversham in the County of Kent Wherein its Barony and Right to sit in Parliament is discovered, together with its ancient and modern Estate described, as also its Founder and Benefactor remembered, by Thomas Southouse of Faversham, Esq., Olim Meminisse Juvabit (London, Printed by T Passenger living at the sign of The Three Bibles upon London Bridge 1671.)"

In the preface, the author says: "So great was the estimate and regard precedent ages had for monastical and retired dwellers, that there was scare any place so inconsiderable but had one or more of these Religious Seminaries within its precincts and bounds. The Prayers of Monks being lookt upon as more effectual towards the procurement of prosperity and wealth to any place than the tedious homilies of any long-winded secular Priest"

Whether Mr Southouse was a warden at Faversham parish church we cannot say, but in any case, one wonders what the vicar thought of his comparison.

1664 Thomas Napleton junior See also 1672
Thomas’ grandfather had been mayor in 1621 and his father was mayor in 1639 and 1647

In the 1662 and 1663 Hearth Tax lists, Thomas is listed as having 7 hearths, and as a jurat so was already involved in the administration of the town.

Thomas was the owner of orchard land between Tanner Street and South Road and it as on part of that land that his almshouses or "hospital" as it was called were erected. (The site is now occupied by the Gospel Hall).

These houses were for poor men, who were also to have a new coat every two years. Some years ago, the inscribed stone which had been on the floor of the house was discovered in a builder's yard where apparently it had been discarded since the houses were demolished. The charity trustees then had it placed on the present almshouses in South Road (on the front of the corner opposite "Hillside"). It bears Napleton's coat of arms and this inscription “This Hospital was founded by Thomas Napleton, Esq., a native and steward of this town, and was endowed by him for the comfortable support of six poor men of the said town under the trust and management of the Corporation, who built these houses according to the direction of his will. Anno 1723"

1665 Francis Waterman See also 1681
In the 1662 and 1663 Hearth Tax lists, Francis is listed as having 8 hearths, and also as a jurat so was already involved in the administration of the town.

England suffered from a chronic shortage of small change from the mid-17th to the early 19th century.

The British government failed to mint enough small change for commerce, copper ½ farthings, farthings, halfpennies and pennies essential for small sales were scarce. This forced local merchants to produce their own tokens for daily commerce.

This, of course, is the year of the great plague and the mayor set out some rules to help ward it off.

Order of the mayor at the plague time to keep hogs and dogs from the streets, and to wash water in the streets before the doors | The National Archives

1666 Michael Greenstreet See also 1673 and 1684 and note 1685
In the 1662 and 1663 Hearth Tax lists, Michael is listed as having 6 hearths, and as a jurat so was already involved in the administration of the town.

Presumably Michael was a relation of John and Robert who were mayors in 1623 and 1635/1644/1648.

From the chamberlain’s accounts the plague visited the town. Five women died in childbed and were buried within a week

1667 Robert Knowler
Robert was the son of John, mayor in 1643, and died just before him. He was buried in the parish church in 1675.

He is commemorated by a ledger, under the organ, north chancel.

Here lieth interred the Body of ROBERT KNOWLER Gent eldest son of JOHN KNOWLER Gent of this Towne who had issue by KATHERINE his wife four children JOHN, ROBERT, MARY and KATHERINE He departed this life the 6th of June Anno Dmni 1675 aged 47 yeares. 

He gave two almshouses, unendowed, for two poor widows, at the end of Tanners Street, in the presentation of the heirs of John Knowler esq, our late steward.

1668 Nicholas Wade See also 1682

1669 John Trowts See also 1642 and 1660
John was buried in the parish church in 1675 and is commemorated by a black marble monument in an alabaster frame, in the west wall, south aisle. 

To the memory of the sacred men of his age and the happy stars, JOHN TROUTS Armigeri, who once abandoned the country and the affairs of his country, accompanied the exultant King Charles the Exile, or spontaneously accompanied him….

It continues to tell the story of his friendship with King Charles II.

Canterbury Court Will Dated 23rd April 1674. From Jacob's History:
"JOHN TROWTS, Jurat, gave in his life time the wainscot screen which stood before the west door, and by his will dated April 23rd 1674, gave five pounds to be distributed amongst the poor ten days after his decease; and settled two annuities of forty shillings each, one to the vicar so long as he was a conformable orthodox divine of the church of England, as is now established, who shall preach a sermon for the same every Friday before Easter, commonly called Good Friday, in the forenoon, in the parish church of Faversham; the other forty shillings to be distributed unto forty poor widows, or other poor people of Faversham, who shall come and hear the divine service and sermon that day, unless prevented by sickness, by the church-wardens, at the appointment of the mayor for the time being"  Of the personal part of the will: He desires to be buried in the parish church. To wife, Ann, £30; to her and son Mark, all household stuff and brass, pewter, plate, bedding and linen equally shared; his house to his wife, for life. To Elizabeth, wife of his cousin, Mark P......se ?, 40 shillings, he acquits her of the debt she owes him.; to her son,   ?    , £5; to his wife's kinswoman, Elizabeth Hall?, £5; to his man servant Thomas ? and his 2 maid servants, if with him at his death, 10 shillings each. Residue of goods and chattels, his debts, legacies and funeral costs first paid to son Mark; his wife and son Mark are executors. Land and houses in    ?    , and land and houses in S.........d, occupied by Ann    ?    , widow and John Kelly ?, for ever; also to Mark, 3 houses in Faversham occupied by William Lawrence, John B........ ?, and Ralph ? Champion, for ever; also to Mark, for ever, 8 ?, house at the Town Key and 4 (houses ?, at ........ ?, occupied by Thomas Taylor and James ? , Nathaniel Parker, Stephen Balden and ...................... ? , and a house and malt house in Court Street, Faversham, occupied by Francis Baker. The 40 shillings for the poor widows to come from the latter property. Witnesses: Henry M and Nicholas C    Proved September 1675"

1670 Robert Terry See also 1661 and 1679
On the petition of the inhabitants of Faversham, showing that Thomas Preble, a poor distracted youth and an inhabitant of Boughton under Blean, having been several times taken wandering in Faversham and sent by warrant of the mayor back to Boughton, the inhabitants thereof neglecting him, allowed him again to escape to Faversham where in his distractions he has done much mischief and been troublesome and chargeable to the inhabitants and the inhabitants of Boughton refuse to provide for him. Ordered that Thomas Preble be sent to Boughton where the inhabitants are to take care of him, provide for him for the future and he be not hereafter troublesome to the inhabitants of Faversham.

East Kent Order Book, Midsummer 1670 | The National Archives

1671 Thomas Southouse See also 1663, 1679 and 1688 and note 1685
Accounts of the mayor, mainly concerning disbursments to the poor [Disbursments include payments to 'Barbados souldiers', 'seemen shipwracked', to 'poore Irishmen', 'five sick souldiers out of France'] | The National Archives

1672 Thomas Napleton junior See also 1664

Thomas was buried in the parish church in 1679. He is commemorated by black marble tablets with pink surround and black marble columns, with arms, south wall, south aisle.  Ledger in Chancel, with Arms and Crest, Napleton of Borden.

Here lies THOMAS NAPLETON Armiger ob 6th Feby. 1721 aetat 61.

Note – arminger means ‘entitled to bear arms’, so a family of importance.

From Edward Jacob's History: "THOMAS NAPLETON, Esquire, a native and steward of this town, by his will, dated February 2nd 1721, gave to the Mayor and Commonalty of the town of Faversham, all his lands and tenements in Faversham and Herne-hill, in trust, that they found an hospital at Tanner's -green, for six poor old men, who shall each of them have five pounds a year in money, and every two years a new coat.   This charity hath been since raised in value, so as to enable the Corporation, at this time, to pay the poor men ten pounds a year"

1673 Michael Greenstreet See also 1673 and 1684 and note 1685
The smuggling of gunpowder was rife. The local Customs officers complained that large quantities were being exported “without cocquet or security under pretence of His Majesty's goods, but what it is or where it goes we are not able to give any account" (taken from Faversham Paper 115)

1674 Mark Trowts
Mark was a benefactor of the town. Son of John Trowts, three times mayor, he gave the brazen branch which hangs in the body of the church, and by his will dated April 25 1673, settled two annuities of forty shillings each, payable out of his estates in Faversham and Herne; one of these annuities to be paid to the minister of Faversham, upon condition of reading divine service, and preaching a sermon on St Marks day; the other annuity, with the advice of the minister, to be distributed on the same day to the poor of Faversham.

1675 Mark Cullen
Mark was buried in the parish church in 1679. He is commemorated by a white, oval, marble with arms on the south wall, south transept.

This Monument was erected by JOHN GILLOW Gent., out of humble respect & Gratitude to the memory of MARKE CULLEN Jurate of this Towne whose body is interred under a large stone near this wall A. D. 1679. 

His tomb has the inscription shown on the right below.

Here lyeth the body of Mark Cullen sometime major of the town of Faversham 

He died on the 2 of November 1678 & in the 56^th yeare of his age. 

According to the inscription, Mark had married Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of John Knowler, jurate and thrice mayor.

In his will.... Nuncupative Canterbury Court Will Dated 2nd November 1678.

Mark Cullen, late of Faversham, Gentleman.

He gives to Mark Cullen, his son, all his goods, chattels and personal estate, and desires him to pay John Gillow, £100, the remaining part of the marriage portion John Gillow, was to have with Mary, daughter of the testator. The will was spoken in the presence of the following, who signed the record as witnesses:  Matthew Austen, Mayor of Faversham, Thomas Knowler, Wool Draper and Jacob Lane, Gentleman. Sarah Hayward, widow, was also present but did not sign the document.

Affidavit, 8th November 1678, Austen, Knowler and Lane sworn under oath to the truth of the will.

Proved 7th January 1678 (1679)

1676 Matthew Berry
From the chamberlain’s accounts the organist's salary was annum £6

1677 Stephen Blankett See also 1683

1678 Matthew Austen  See note 1675

1679 Robert Terry & Thomas Southouse
Robert was mayor three times, see also 1661 and 1670. 

Thomas was mayor four times, see also 1663, 1671 and 1688 and note 1685.

1680 George Allen                                                                   

1681 Francis Waterman See also 1665
Francis died in and his grave in the parish church is quite worn.

Here lyeth in hope of ye holy resurrection ye body of Francis Waterman gent mayor and captain of the select trained bande of this town who departed this life November the 7 1707 aged 79 years and six months

A cess (or rate) was made at 4d in the £4, on all inhabitants for the purchase of a fire engine.

This action was taken following a serious fire at 12 Market Place

1682 Nicholas Wade See also 1668  

1683 Stephen Blankett See also1677
Stephen was buried in the parish church and is commemorated by a ledger in the south transept.

Here lyeth interred the Body of STEPHEN BLANKET gent., twice Mayor who departed this life the twenty first of Feberarie 1684 and in the 66th yeare of his age

1684 Michael Greenstreet See also 1666 and 1673 and note in 1685