Rodney Caesar was a high sheriff of Kent county in 1755 – 1758. He was also the justice of the peace, judge of all lower courts: captain in their Kent county militia 1756.
Kent is a country in Southeast England, It boarders East, Sussex, Surrey and great London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thomes estuary. The ceremonial country boundary of Kent include the shire country of Kent and the unitary borough of midway. Kenya also shines a nominal beaches with France half way through the channel tuner.
Kent location between London and the continent has led to its being. A front line of several conflicts, including the battle of Britain during the world war II.
The East of Kent was too hostile and was named the hell fire comer during the conflict.
Economic Activities
Kent is sometimes known as the Gander of England due to abundance of orchards and hop gardens. There are many hop drying buildings in the countryside but they are being continued into dwellings.
The roman empire invaded Kent and as assisted in development of a road network.
Education
The county today has three universities; Canterbury Christ church University with campuses throughout East Kent, university of Kent with campuses in Canterbury and Medway and university of Greenwich; with education system providing wholly selective education.
The lifestyle of the Kent people is high class with very good hotels, roads connecting to Rome.
Kent as a historical source
Kent has a variety of cultures and mixture of people from different places all over the wold. For this reason it is of great value as a historical source. Kent was settled well before most other parts of England and has the oldest recorded place name in their British isles. The county’s history is closely bound up in its proximity to mainland Europe. Archaeological remains from prehistoric times show clear links between Northern Europe and Kent.
In 55 and 54 BC when Julius Ceaser invaded Kent, he found out that, it was the most civilized part of Britain colonized by France. In 43 AD the Romans invaded Kent and colonized it.
Difficulties in using Kent as a historical source
Using Kent as a historical source is very confusing because of the relationship that exist between England and the Roman republic which as a lot of influence on Kent culture and way of life as well as social economic activities During this ancient time Kent experienced a lot of conflicts when the Roman invaded and colonized Kent after overthrowing the French colonizers. The Romans colonized alongside the portus.
Kent like many parts of England has no single powerful and owning family. Before reformation land was owned by two cathedrals and other monasteries and religious houses established in Kent. With development of the local administration Kent was divided into two units each having several towns of medium size, that is East (men of Kent) and west (Kentish men) which were administered from different urban centers.
Different authors have difficulties in writing the history of this county-Kent because of the changing history of Kent within very short periods of time. These contradictions occurs depending on the authors personal interest since some of authors are only interfered in certain aspects such as war and conflicts while some concentrate more on the way of life of the people. Other authors may also focus on leadership or the sharing of power which in this case is also very complicated because of the mixed Roman Empires and the French colonialists. Also the division of Kent into east and west with different administrators.
West Kent has a positive and progressive approach to its European activities due to its proximity to mainland Europe and the construction of the channel tunnel and the international rail link.
The authors nature of writing also depend on past wittings about Kent because writers from the French kingdom, roman empire and in england wrote differently on facts, way of life, development, education system and leadership in Kent.
Conclusion
Despite being very small in both area and population Kent has remained the most popular historical place in England and in the world. Its tourist attraction sites of structures and works of art remain unique. Its unusual mixture of culture of people from the three major boundaries of Rome and France and Japanese also make it to have a uniques history.
References
Sheppard flerk, 1987. Britannia. A history of Roman Britain. Web.
J. Campbell at al, (2000), The Anglo – Saxons, (London; penguin).