Editing Lydd (section)

==Notable individuals==
[[David Denne]] (1799–1861), of the family of that name from Lydd, was an English [[first-class cricket]]er, Deputy Lieutenant and [[Justice of the Peace]] for the County of Kent, and formerly Captain of the East Kent and Cinque Ports Yeomanry, and Bailiff of the town Corporation 23 times.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www-uk8.cricket.org/ci/content/player/12384.html | title = Players and Officials – David Denne | access-date = 17 August 2008 | publisher = Cricinfo.com }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bellinger|first1=Terreena|title=MONUMENT AND TRANSCRIPTION LIST: LYDD CHURCH, 2009|url=http://rmrt.org.uk/assets/monuments-and-transciption-list-lydd-church.pdf|publisher=rmrt.org.uk|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073934/http://rmrt.org.uk/assets/monuments-and-transciption-list-lydd-church.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Samuel Fisher (quaker)|Samuel Fisher]] (1605–1665), a noted lecturer at Lydd, resigned his lectureship to become Baptist and a [[Quaker]]. He was noted for his controversial religious views, and is notable for his book ''Rusticus ad Academicos: The Rusticks Alarm to the Rabbies''. It is considered to anticipate some principles of modern biblical criticism. Fisher lived in Lydd from 1632 until 1660.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Fisher, Samuel (1605-1665) |volume= 19 |last= Bickley |first= Augustus Charles |author-link= Augustus Charles Bickley |pages= 70-72 |year= |short=1}}</ref>