Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Edward ya gaji kadarori uku daga Thomas Knight, a Steventon, Chawton da Godmersham (wanda ya haɗa da gidan mazauni a Wittersham). Jane Austen ta yi amfani da ɗakunan karatu daga waɗannan gidajen. Lokacin da yaki ya barke da Faransa
, Edward ya tashi kuma an nada shi Kyaftin na Godmersham da Molash Company na East Kent Volunteers.