Little is known about the 16th c. Town Hall, located on the upper end of High Street, above the Lower Court House where sessions court, assizes and civic meetings were held (Newton, Antiquities of Maidstone 113).
As the seat of civic government and centre for festive occasions, Maidstone's Town Hall was probably the venue for most performances by touring entertainers before the mayor and city officials between 1568 and 1614, the period during which relevant payments were recorded.
Demolished.
16th c. Lower Court House and Town Hall built, presumably some time after incorporation of the borough in 1549.
1762--3 Lower Court House demolished and a new town hall built on the same site.
REED Kent: Diocese of Canterbury 2.715--25
