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COLLECTANEA :
ON SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE COUNTIES OF NORFOLK,
SUFFOLK, ESSEX, AND CAMBRIDGE.
EDITED BY JOHN L'ESTRANGE,
1872-3.
NORWICH :
PRINTED FOE THOMAS E. TALLACK
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MILLEE AND LEAVINS.
EASTERN COUNTIES COLLECTANEA,
ON SUBJECTS RELATING TO THE COUNTIES OF
NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, ESSEX, AND CAMBRIDGE,
TO OUR' READERS.
THE advantages of notes relating to the Eastern Counties being
preserved in a publication specially set apart for them will, it is
thought, be appreciated by all who have had occasion to search the
numerous volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine, Notes and Queries, and
other periodicals, in which lie buried, as it were, much valuable in-
formation relating to the locality.
The usefulness of a means of communication between literary men
is generally recognised, and experience shows that local queries are
most likely to be answered in a local publication.
It is conceived that a sphere of usefulness may thus be found for the
Eastern Counties Collectanea, without trenching on the ground occupied
by the various learned societies of the district. They have done good
service by printing many valuable essays and papers which otherwise
would not have seen the light. But the field of labour is wide, the
harvest is ample, and labourers are not wanting. The mere gleanings
of the district would form many a goodly sheaf.
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NOKFOLK SUPEKSTITIONS.
IF the following notes on some of the best known superstitions and
ghost stories of Norfolk induce others to send in particulars of some
less generally known, they will not have been written in vain, and it will
be time enough to theorize on their origin when we have got together
a quantity.
The most curious superstition is that of the existence of the " Shuck
Dog," otherwise known as " Old Shuck " or " Black Shuck."
He is not generally known out of East Norfolk, and there he is
believed to be a shaggy black dog, as big as a calf, that pads along
noiselessly under the shadow of the hedges, in the gloom of which you
can see his great yellow eyes glaring coldly at you. To meet him
means death to the meeter in the course of the year, and, as he occa-
sionally leaves his head behind him at home, he is an animal more
avoided than respected. Neatishead Lane especially he affects, and I
don't mind confessing that when, after having been talking about him
all the evening at a farmhouse, I have turned out to walk home, and
have heard a stirring in the hedge at my elbow my heart has often
given a great jump, and I have fully expected to see the awful beast
cross my path. He also frequents the road between Beeston and
Overstrand, at which place is a lane called Shuck Lane. A headless
variety is said to cross Coltishall Bridge nightly. A friend writes me
that an acquaintance of his, whose father formerly lived at Salhouse,
says that in his boyhood the Black Shuck scoured the country for some
twelve miles round. " It was a gigantic dog with a blazing eye in the
middle of its forehead. He and his brothers went out at night armed
with sticks to search for it the people of the village thought they
were going to certain death."
My friend also writes : " The Shuck dog is, no doubt, a Scandi-
navian fiend,* but he is strongly suspected to have, in later times,
degenerated into a smuggler that is, the fellows who ran the cargoes
sent a pony made hideous with black cloth and so forth, probably,
and with a dark lanthorn tied to his head up the lanes along which
they ran their kegs."
I fancy, also, that practical joking had a good deal to do with
increasing the beast's reputation. I heard, not long ago, of a facetious
farmer waylaying some friends near Cromer with a large ram, having
a lantern tied to its head, and a long chain dragging and clanking
after it, and letting it loose just behind them through a gap in a
hedge.
The Will of the "Wisp, better known as Jack of Lanterns, Lantern
* Vide Munford's Local Names in Norfolk, p. 150, for note as to the large black dog
called the mauthe dog, which haunted Peel Castle, in the Isle of Man, a peculiarly
Danish locality, and which the late lamented author thought might be connected with
the derivation of Mautby.
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Jack, or Lantern Man, in East Norfolk, not satisfied with haunting the
hundred and one fens and broads, has an unpleasant habit of
following the wayfarer home and lighting up his windows from the
outside. He is said to be awfully angry if you cross the meadows
at night with a lantern.
Once I heard of one following a man while he was carrying a
lantern one night. " The man knew what to do. He set the lantern
down and ran away as if the devil kicked him. When he ventured to
look round there was the Lantern Man kicking the lantern over and
over again."
Other spiritual visitants are the " Hyter-sprites," a kind of fairy
rather beneficent than otherwise a special habitat for which is a lane
called Blow Hill, in Great Melton, prettily overshadowed with beech
trees.
At the end of this lane, by the way, is a beech tree, an old landmark
(where Mr. Edward Lombe's harriers used to meet) called Great
Melton Beech, under which at midnight sits a ghostly woman rocking
herself to and fro, and nursing a child, seeming in a great distress.
Great Melton, now I come to think of it, is a fine place for ghosts,
for not far from this beech down the lane, on the left hand, is a large
field divided from the Yare by a slip of plantation (" a carr ") along
the side of which, tradition says, the old Norwich Road ran.
Close by the edge of where the road is said to have run is a deep pit
or hole full of water, locally reputed to be fathomless, and every
night at midnight and every day at noon a carriage drawn by four
horses, driven by headless coachman and footmen, and containing four
headless ladies in white, rises silently and dripping- wet from the pool,
flits stately and silently round the field, and sinks as quietly into the
pool again. The rustics tell you that long long ago a bridal party,
driving along the old Norwich Eoad, were accidentally upset into the
deep hole, and were never seen again. Strangely enough the same
story is told of fields near Bury St. Edmunds, and at Leigh in
Dorsetshire.
Little Melton Lane was said to be haunted by a tall man in black,
or a tall black man, (nobody seemed to know which,) who pounced
forth from a marl pit upon belated travellers.
In Flegg hundred I have heard of a "dole stone" that was re-
puted to coine down regularly from its hedgerow to drink at the
nearest water. This is a most curious coincidence with the Breton
superstition that their "menhirs" and " Dolmens" come down every
night to the nearest running stream.
Lady Ann Boleyn is said to ride down the avenue of Blickling
Park once a year with her bloody head in her lap, sitting in a
hearse-like coach drawn by four black headless horses, driven by
coachman and attendants who, presumably out of compliment to their
mistress, have also left their heads behind them.
Her father is rumoured to be obliged to atone for a share he is said
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to have had in her decapitation, by being compelled to ride on horse-
back in and out over every " County Bridge " on the Bure and Yare
every night.
On the splendid ghost story of " The Grey Lady of Houghton "
(Lady Dorothy Walpole) I hope to touch at some future time, when
I have more material.
WALTER EYE.
PARISH COWS.
IN early wills, and particularly in those of the fifteenth and the first
half of the sixteenth century, bequests of cows are not unfrequently met
with. In many (perhaps in most) instances, cows bequeathed for
religious purposes came into the possession and were under the
management of the parish oflicers, the income being applied to the
maintenance of the church, or for the use of the poor. To provide
for the keeping of a light before the high altar of the parish church,
or before the shrine of some saint, was a frequent object of solici-
tude in mediaeval times, and a cow (if the testator possessed one) was
often bequeathed for that purpose. In 1531, Elizabeth Davye, of
Pulham Magdalen, " bequethyd one kowe to fiynd one cotynuall
light before y" sacrament in Pulham p'd, and Wyllm Wyllyson to
have y e kowe to ferme for xvj d by yer, and y e seyd xvj d to be d e d
to y e chyrch wardeyns to see y e lyght kept, and y e kowe to be re-
newyd by y e seid chyrch warden as yey shall thynk best for y e
cotynuance of y e seyd lyght."
The old account-books of this parish, (Pulham St. Mary Magdalen,
Norfolk,) extending from the year 1557 to 1620, show that an un-
usually large number of cows were at that time the property of the
parish. In 1563 the total number of these cows was 69, which were
farmed by the parishioners, the income arising from 25 of the
number being applied to the church, and the rest being given to the
poor. From an inventory of the church cows made in 1557, we learn
that 12 of them were the gift of Richard Rusmere, 4 of Margery
Moore, 7 of Robert Arborowe, and 2 of Nicholas Dawes. Some of
the parish cows were farmed at the rate of one shilling a-year, whilst
for others the sum of sixteen pence a-year was paid. Additional
gifts of cows continued to be made to the parish until 1582, when
the last gift was made by Elizabeth Palgrave. The value of each
cow belonging to the church in 1572 was put at xs.
In 1581, immediately following the inventory of the cows then
belonging to the parish, is entered " The acownte of the forsayd
churche wardyns, liobt. Prentis and John More, of serten stocks which
they have reseyvyd as hereafter folowythe :
" f.first Reseyvyd on stocke whj ch was the gyfte of John browen v marke whiche
was in the hands of Robt. -wyllton.
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P Reseyvyd on other stocke off v hecfforda of the gyfte of Robt. Kyryson \li.,
whych was in the hands of Robt. wyllton.
I' Reseyvyd on other stock of v hecfords of the gyfte of John browen v marke
whiche was in the hands of liewe taller.
I' Reseyvyd of the say.l hewe taller for the fearme of the forsayd v marke vj*. viijrf.
The holle su, xijli."
It appears from this entry that these eows had been converted into
stock or money, and a subsequent entry shows that the sum of 12
received for them had been expended in the purchase of " Branches
meadow," which is still in the possession of the parish, and forms part
of the charity estate.
The income arising from the cows given for the use of the poor was
received by the " collectors for the poor," who kept a separate book
of their receipts and payments until the year 1597. it does not
appear to have been customary in this parish to require sureties from
the farmers of the cows ; and it is likely that the death of some of the
cows, and the conversion of others into a money value, caused the
gradual decrease of their number.
Towards the close of the sixteenth century, the cows which then
remained were rapidly converted into stock, and in 1601 the overseers
of the poor received the income. The price of each cow was generally
twenty shillings. In 1604, the sum of xls. was "receyved of Thomas
Moore for a stocke of two heckforthes, which were gyven by the last
will and testament of John Moore his ffather, to the vse of y e poore ; "
and the gradual extinction of the parish cows seems to have been
completed in 1615, when the churchwardens received of Richard
Elmer, for one stock, liijs.
The last reference to the cows in these old account-books is singular
as being the record of a law-suit to recover from Robert Hannor (or
Hanworth) the value of the cows or stock which he held of the
parish. The story (so far as we know it) is best told by the items in
the parish books; but it may be explained that, in 1573, Hanworth
hired 20 cows (the gift of Thomas Palgrave) at xxs. a-year, and two
others (the gift of John Brown) at ijs. viij<. a-year, and he paid for
the hire of these cows until 1582. After that time he made no other
payments, and probably repudiated the debt. The action, however,
appears to have been brought for one cow only ; and the following are
the entries referring to the legal proceedings against him :
1615. I payd to the register for the oathe of iiijor. wittneses for the
proof of hanors payment of xij?. by the yere for the Cowe iiij. vjrf.
I 1 for v of o r dyners ther iiijs. ijrf.
I < for a sytation serven of the witnesses .... xijrf.
I for charges at Norwich at ij sessions .... iiJj*.
1616. 1' for taken ovt the Depossions at straton Cort for hanor
and my dynor ........ iiij*. ij<f.
I to Mr. Talbot for his fee at windam, when sentance
pased against hanor for the town Cowe . . . . x*.
I' for the sentence Drawen , . yjs.
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I' for the Jvdges and registers fees for sentance for the
Cowe x.
I' for other Charges then . . . ' . . . . xvjrf.
1617. I 1 to John Baker, pt of Charges for distraynen of hanor . iiij*.
1618. I' /or Charges at Norwich, being sited by Root, hanor ' . xxrf.
1619. I 1 Layd ovt at Norwich for search of the boocks that were
transmitted for hanors swet . ... . . . xj*.
I' for my charges at Norwich Cort ..... xijrf.
I' payd vnto Mr. Agas for y* books for hanors Cavse . . xij*.
I to Mr. Tabut, who was Covnsell for the town at the
sentance in hanors cavse yj*.
I< more Mr. Agas had then that he layd ovt of his purse for
that Case , v.
I' for charges then ij.
1' for the Judges fees and registers fees when sentans was
past at Norwich for hanors Cavse ..... xx*.
I 1 for my Diner and horsmet then . . . . . xijtf.
I' for senden to Mr. Agas, when hanor did site me to lond'. yjrf.
1620. I 1 to the p'ctor at London for charges when sentance pased
agaynst hannor for the Cow mony iijli. ixs.
I' to Mr. Agas for fees and other charges, when the sentanee
mony wase payd at Norwich Cort, which wase . . x.
I* to Mr. Agas for his fees for pcedinge at Straton and
Norwich agaynst hanor iijW. x.
I' for Charges at that Cort then ..... x*.
I 1 for maken ij aqvittances for Eobt. hanor . . . vjd.
The total amount of these costs is 13 8s. lOd. ; and the church-
wardens, in 1620, "rec d of Eobart Hanor at 3 severall tymes for the
sewte dependinge for the cowe which wase dwe vnto the towen, \iijli.
xs." If, therefore, Hanworth paid no more than this, (and it is not
very likely that he did,) the parish gained only fourteen pence by the
suit not a very profitable result of five years' litigation.
Goodwyn Souse, Pulham. GEORGE RAYSON.
A WALK EOUND NORWICH WALLS.
THE following account of the Norwich walls is copied verbatim from a
rough note-book of John Kirkpatrick's, written about the year 1711,
formerly the property of the Corporation, but now in private
possession. In the original the shape of each tower is drawn,
and the words in brackets in the following copy are intended to
explain these drawings. It will be observed that the inscription on
Conisford Gate diifers slightly from the copy given in the interesting
account of the "Gates of Norwich," edited for the Norfolk Archaeo-
logical Society by Eobt. Fitch, Esq., 1861, while those on St. Martin's
and Bishop's Gates are not there given at all.
In Blomefield (vol. 3, p. 98, oct. ed.), is an account of the num-
ber of battlements on certain parts of the city walls, and readers
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of the " Collectauea" will probably find some interest in comparing it
with the following particulars.
A WALK ROUND NORWICH WALLS.
Paces.
From y' (round) tower * by y* River to Conesford gates gently
ascend 80
the inscription above y c arch of y said gate on y outside
RBFARATA TEMPORE
MAIORATU8 GuiLLELMI
HEYWARD ARMIGEUI
ANNO DNI 1665.
thence ascending to Butter Hills is to y< first Tower (round) , v ^ 77
ascending still is to y" next tower w ch is upon y' hill (a large
round Tower *) 90
to y next Tow' (semi-circular) along y' brow of y* hill . . . 176
to Bear Street gate 150
above the arch of this gate on y e outside within a compartment the
arms of the city in plaister work, but y inscription fallen down .
to y next tower (square) ........ 66
divers buttresses to support y' wall inclining inwards
to y next tower (horse-shoe) 115
to y next toweh (horse- shoe) . 137
new repaird (but badly)
to y* next tower (square) (17) ....... 146
to y* next tower (horse-shoe) 133
new repaird Chickering f
thens to Brazen doors (14) 108
to y* next tower (semi-circular) . . . . . . . 97
to y' next tower (semi-circular) 126
to St. Stephen's gate (IS) . 71
y' arms of y* City on y* gate,
to y next tower (horse-shoe) . . . . . . . 110
to y e next tower (nearly round) -. 107
to y* beginning of y e new repaird wall ' . ' . . . . 87
y piece of new repaird wall R. Bene + maior .... 47
to y* next tower (horse-shoe) (ruind Tower inside) . . 136
to y e next to wtr (horse-shoe) . . . . . . . 123
of this y* 58 first paces (Anguish^
to ye next tower (horse-shoe) 123
to St. Giles gate 93
from St. Giles gate to y* next tower, wch is a new square tower,
on it an inscription ......... 50
to y* next tower (square) 126
to y> next tow (horse-shoe) . ....... 94
thence to St. Sennets gate ........ 66
to y* next tow (horse-shoe) . 56
to y next tow' (horse-shoe) \ 040
to Heigham gate, Hellgate ) ' * " ' ."
* Still standing.
t Thomas Chickering, Mayor, 1676. (Fid. seq.)
J Robert Bene, Mayor, 1710.
Probably Alex. Anguish, Mayor, 1629.
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All this from Consf to Heigh in 56 minutes
hence to y* River another pt, & a tower (round) is abt. . . 30
together Paces . . 3,060
thence on y* backside of St. Martin's Street is y" Course of y
River
from y (round) tower by y* river ascending is . . . 35
St. Martin's gate 14
above y arch of the gate is placed y* City's arras carvd in stone
& beneath y same this incription
REPARATA TEMPORE MAIORATU8 ROBERTI
FFREEMAN ARI ANNO DNI
16 ... 80
and upon a stone to yo r right hand ward you may read this
REPARAT TEMPORE
SAMUELIS WARKHOUSE
AKMIGIRI MAJORI3
CIVITATI8 NORWICI
ANNO DNI 1699
hence to y first (round) tower ....... 58
thenue to y' next tow* (oblong) . 132
here new wall and an inscript
to St. Austins gate 65
on this an inscript
to y next tow' (horse-shoe) 61
to y* next tow) (horse-shoe) 97
to y e next towt (horse-shoe) ........ 83
to y next tow' (horse-shoe) 90
to y next tow' (horse-shoe) 82
to Maudlin gate .......... 64
to y next tower (round) 150
to ynejtf (horse-shoe) 64
to y neR (polygonal) 98
to y next (round) 125
to y* next (pentagonal) 113
to Pockthorp gates ......... 50
thence to y next Tow (round) by y' river side is .... 50
1,314
no more walls 107
1,421
from these gates along Pockthorp Street or Suburb as far as opposite
to y great (round) Tower cal'd y Cows Tower*. . . . 600
from thence to Bp gate & bridge 294
from thence to Sandlin's Ferry* . . . . . . . 310
from thence to y corner of Lord's gard 720
from thence to y e round triple turretted tower * by ye river side,
over against y tower by Conisford gates, where y wall begins
there by y river . . . 790
* Still standing.
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upon Bishopgate above y arch of yt gate is placed y City armi
with this inscription under them
REPARATA TEMPORE
MAIORATU8 MATTHvEI
MARKHAM ARMEOIRI
ANNO DNI 1666
between Bear Street Gate & Brasen doors on y outside of y" wall
REPARATA TEMPORE THOME
CHICKERIXG ARI
MAJOR1S ANNO
1676
upon y new square tower next St. Giles gate
THIS TOWER
WAS BUILT ANNO
1657
SAMUEL PUCKLE
upoc St. Bennets gate y kings arms in y midst y* City and St.
Geo. Cross on y 2 sides of y* K
TEMPORE HENRICI "WATTS
HAJORIS CIVITAT18 NoRWICI
ANNO DOMINI 1646
upon y" House within adjoining to y* So: side
REPARATA TEMPORE
HENRICI CROWE
ARMI HUJU8
CIVITATIS MAIORI8.*
N.B. Examine all again, note y form of y e gates, their ornaments, the form of y
towers, of y' wall of those parts wl h Sheltring places, of the ditches, of its course
from tower to tower, according to y ' points of y e compass.
OLD MAP OF NOEFOLK.
I HAVE in my possession " A new and accurate MAP of the County of
NORFOLK. London : Published 17th Aug., 1797, by Laurie & Whittle,
53 Fleet St." In the north-east corner is " The West Prospect of the
Town of Great Yarmouth, likewise of Denes & Roads. This Town is
near a Mile from the South Gates to the North Gates." In the south-
west corner is " The North East prospect of Norwich," with the
churches numbered, the Cathedral Church being No. 1, St. Augustine's
No. 36. In the south-east corner is a " West prospect of Lynn," with
a concise summary of the history of the Borough.
The sides of the map are taken up with alphabetical lists of the
names of all the places in the county, of the hundreds, and of the
* 1679.
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Market Towns. There are, in addition, eight coats of arms viz. :
the Duke of Norfolk's, Earl of Yarmouth's, Viscount Townshend's,
Lord Lynn's, Lord Walpole's, Lord Level's, Lord Hobart's, with their
crests, supporters, and mottoes, and the Most Noble Sir Robert Wal-
pole's within the Garter. The towns in the liberties of the Duke of
Norfolk, and the Duchy of Lancaster, are respectively distinguished
by an asterisk and a cross. At the foot are engraved six lines of de-
scription and history of the County, the names of the twelve Members
of Parliament, directions how to find any Town in the Map, and the
following bit of history, to the latter part of which I would draw atten-
tion :
" Castle Rising is a very ancient Corporation, and hath a Mayor & 50 Free
Burgesses. There is a very ancient Castle, built not long after the Conquest, but
now much decay *d. Their Prison is 2 Logs of "Wood, wth. a Chain to fasten to ye
Prisoner, who carrys them about where ere he Walks. Names Roring Megg & Pretty
Betty."
The map itself gives some information which strikes me as worth
noting, but before troubling you with any further remarks, I should
be glad to learn whether it is of frequent occurrence. A.
EXTEACTS FROM THE PARISH REGISTER OF EDING-
THORPE, NORFOLK.
THE following memoranda are taken from the parish Register of
Edingthorpe, co. Norf. :
" 1681. Mary, y* wyfe of Nath. Michel, min'r, buried y 13: of June."
Beneath has been added, in a contemporary hand, this remark :
" This knave Michel, of Detestable & most odious Memory, was Holder-forth, Mr.
George Lockwood, of Honble. & worthy mem r , being Sequest d in those Rebellious
times."
On the third page of the Register is an account of the Rectors of
Edingthorpe, by Mr. Theophilus Rice, who was Rector there, 1710 48,
and this memorandum
" That George Lockwood kept the Register till 1640 & thereabout, & was sequestered
about An'o 1652, when y* knave Michel held forth, who in effect turn'd the Temple
of God into a tabernacle of Robbers, & then Resigned it to one Roger Lowd."
In the north-east corner of the chancel is a curious monumental in-
scription, (not printed in Blomefield's History of the County,) of which
I will send you a copy next month. G.
N&rth Walsham.
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BELFEY EHYMES, ELVEDON, SUFFOLK.
THESE verses were copied by the late Mr. Jermyn, the Suffolk anti-
quary, in February, 1819, from a painted board in the steeple of Elve-
don church, Suffolk.
"If that to ring you do come here,
You must ring well with hand & eare ;
But if you ring with spur or hat,
Tow-pence he sure you pay for that.
" Or stay you hreak, or hell do throw,
Sixpence you pay before you go.
This Law is ould, it is not new ;
We ringers now must have our due.
" September 19, 1707 B.C."
It would thus appear that there was a peal of bells at Elvedon in
1707. At the present day there is only one bell in the tower, cast in
1664 by John Darbie.
INCENSE IN CHUECHES AFTER THE EEFOEMATION.
GEORGE HERBERT mentions the use of incense to perfume the church,
and in the churchwardens' account-book of St. Margaret's parish,
Norwich, I find under the year 1581 "Item for perfume when
Mrs. Jernyngham was beryed, 2^.;" and under 1589 "Item for
2 bosumes, when that the churche was made clean, Id. Item paid
for ffrankynge sence, 3d. Item paid for beare, when that the churche
was made cleane, 2d." A zealous ritualistic friend urges that these
entries tend to show that incense was used in the divine offices in the
English church fifty years after the Eeformation. The accompanying
entries of brooms and beer are, I think, fatal to his argument. Can
anyone, familiar with churchwardens' accounts, give me instances
of payments for incense ?
A.
Would not a bishop at the present day, visiting one of the churches
in his diocese, be surprised to be presented with a few ounces of
tobacco ? Yet this took place in 1639, when Bishop Montague went to
St. Gregory's Church, Norwich ; for in the parish account-book of that
year there appear these entries :
Paid to the ringers at the Lord Bishop's comeing to the Parish
Church ij*.
Sent to Alderman Lane for tobacco for the Lprd Bishop then
delivered ' . . vj?.
A.
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NORFOLK NOMENCLATURE.
IN no part of England does the custom of substituting the surname of
a friend or relation, (generally the mother,) for a Christian name
proper obtain so much as in Norfolk. And as some of our surnames
are as crabbed as well may be, the results are amusing, if not musical ;
e.g. (from the Norfolk Poll-Book of 1802) :
Cockle Cadywould Eoyal Watson
Haseleys Peascod Xeave Bullitaft
Koyall'Ringer Rowing Brasnet
Porter Bringloe Pitchers Eburn
Salem Goldsworth Isagsey Hedley
Guyton Jollye Brunning Maddison
Briggs Race Griffin Swansea
Crisp Stoakham
appear among others, whose doubly euphonious names must have
rendered life a positive burden to them.
W. E.
QUEEIES.
IN what parish in Norwich did Samuel Puckle, who was Mayor in
1656, reside? The same information is desired concerning Martin
Puckle, who was living 1710.
0.
I should be glad to learn on what occasion the following letter,
copied from MS. in Lib. Camb., E. C. 11, 34 fol. 2, was written.
A.
These are to will and require you in the Queen's ma 1 "* name to
charge and comand you that, presently upon the sight hearof, y e bringe
before me Drewe Drewerye, to my- house at Norwich one Sir T. Peter,
a priest and son of the towne of Hep worth, to answer to such things
as shall be objected against him in the Queen's rna ties behalfe, and
hearof fail y e not as y e will answere to the contrarye at your utmost
perills. from my house at Norwich this xviij of March, 1513.
Your loving friend
D. DBEWKY.
To y e constables of the Towne of Lakenham, &c.
COLLECTANEA. 13
THE EKPINGHAM GATE, NOEWIOH.
BLOMEFIELD'S description of the Erpingham Gate is tolerably correct
with the exception that he misreads the word " Yenk " "pena," which
Sir Thomas Browne in his Repertorium had done before him. The
Repertorium was published in 1712, and contains an engraving by
Hulsbergh of the gateway. Between the date of this engraving and
the period at which Blomefield wrote, the effigy of Sir Thomas Erping-
ham was found and placed in the niche it now occupies. It would be
interesting to ascertain when and how the discovery was made, and
also to learn at what time the " chamber of wood fixed in the arch for
a dwelling " was removed. The view of the gate in the Repertorium
shows the four evangelistic emblems and the gable cross, and Blome-
field mentions them as remaining when he wrote. The plate in the
Excursions through Norfolk shows only one emblem which is now lost.
Blomefield says of the figures on the arch that those on the north side
are "most if not all men," those on the south side " most if not all
women." But this is far from correct. Mr. Harrod, in his Gleanings
amongst the Castles and Convents of Norfolk, gives a good description
of the gateway, and cleverly demolishes Blomefield's fabric of
fictions as to the gate being erected by Sir Thomas Erpingham as
a penance for Lollardy. The story, however, is too good to be
lost, and has been repeated in print quite recently. The vitality of a
good big lie is something remarkable. Mr. Harrod says, " The arch
mouldings are divided into two parts, the outer containing a series of
fourteen female saints, the inner one twelve male saints." The twelve
male saints are, I believe, the Apostles ; some can be identified.
There are but twelve female saints, the other two being angels, kneek
ing and censing the five wounds of our Lord, which are out on a shield
at the apex of the arch.
There have been published numerous engravings of this gate, and
latterly it has been often illustrated by photography. It is, however,
deserving of a much more careful delineation than has yet been
attempted ; and I should much like to see the sculpture, which is the
best of its date in Norfolk, illustrated on a large scale. Will any of
your readers, versed in hagiology, help me to identify the female saints
in the outer mouldings of the arch ?
The first on either side commencing at the base are crowned Virgins ;
the second are crowned Abbesses, probably St. Etheldreda and With-
burga ; the third figure on the north side may be St. Katherine, but
I cannot distinguish her emblem. The corresponding figure on the
south side is, I believe, St. Barbara. The 4th on the north side is
St. Agnes ; opposite her is a crowned Virgin, with a book in her left,
and an emblem, which I cannot distinguish, in the other hand.
Above St. Agnes appears St. Appolonia, and opposite her St. Mary
Magdalen, above whom is St. Mary of Egypt.
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THE LOST EEGISTEE OF SPEOWSTON, NOEFOLK.
THE following entries are on a leaf of parchment which came into
my possession a few years ago I quite forget in what manner, but I
have some recollection of having tried at the time to trace the companion
leaves, unfortunately without success. The entries are all in one
(contemporary) handwriting and in two columns : the lower portion of
the leaf has been cut off. The earliest register book now in the pos-
session of the parish of Sprowston begins as late as 1727.
BURIALLS. 41
This part of the booke maketh mention of all the Burialls -which hath hene in the
Towne of Sprowston since the daie of the date mentioned in the first part of this booke
as followeth :
William Chopyn was buried the xviii th daie of October A
Agnes was buried the xxviii th daie of October A
"William Eymers a straunger was buried the xii th daie of March
Margarett Hardinge was buried the first daie of Maye A 1539
Christian Smith widowe was buried tbe xvi th daie of Maye A 1539
Robert Smith was buried the xiii th daie of August A 1539
Thomas Lettyl was buried the xi th daie of ffebruarie A 1539
M r John Corbett * was buried the xvi th daie of August A
Cicelie Houson was buried the vi th daie of October A
Halicy Wryte was buried the xvii th daie of October A
Thomas Hannock was buried the xv th daie of Januarie A
Susanne Bacon was buried the 3 daie of October A
. . . - . . . buried the x th daie . ,
(CUT AWAY.)
Second Column.
John Care was buried the xxi th daie of November A 1546.
John Benslinge buried his childe on Wednesdaie before Ester last past.
M 1 " 08 Katherine Corbett was buried the tuesdaie before Ester last past.
Margerett "Wigge, of Beestonf, was buried the x th daie of Januarie in the first yere
of Q. Mary.
Agnes Grene was buried the xx th daie of October A Regis Phillippi et Marie,
primo et secundo
Thomas Bolton, of Beeston, was buried the xxv th daie of October in the first and
second yeares of Kinge Phillipp and Queue Marye
Alice was buried the vii th daie of August in the first and second years of
K. Phillipp and Q. Mary
Elyn Warns was buried the xvii th daie of ffebruarie in the first and second yeares
of Kinge Phillipp and Q. Mary
George Leach was buried the sii th daie of August in the yeres of Kinge
Phillipp & Q. Marie.
* The regicide came of this family who bore or a raven proper,
t Beeston S Andrew.
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Robert Maes had his childe buried the xxiiii th dale of Septemb. in the
yeres of King Thillipp & Queue Mary.
(CUT AWAY)
m
BURIALLS. 42
William "Wegge of Beeston was buried the vi daie of November in the 7 th & vi th
yeres of K. Phillipp & Q. Marie.
Robert Cottingham was buried the xxvii th of Novemb 1 ^ in the first yere of soveraigne
Ladie Q. Elizabeth.
Robert Manning of Beeston was buried the xxx th daie of December in the first yere
of Quene Elizabeth.
Mr. John Corbett Esquire was buried the iiii th daie of Januarie, A<> Elizabethe
Regine primo
Edward Bacon was buried the xvi th daie of Januarie in the first yere of o r Sovraigue
Ladie Quene Elizabeth
Anne Manninge was buried the daie of Januarie in the first year of o r Sovraigne
Ladie Q. Elizabeth
"Will Croft was buried ye xvii th daie of Januarie in the first yere of o r Sovraigne
Ladie Q. Elizabeth
John Smith was buried ye daie of Januarie in the first yere of o r Sovraigne
Ladie Q. Elizabeth
John Hewett was buried ....
(CUT AWAY.)
(Second Column.)
Ales. Hill was buried the xx th daie of ffebruarie^in the ffirst yere of Or Sovraigne
Ladie Quene Elizabeth
Jone Stere was buried the xxvi th daie of ffebruarie in the first yere of o r Sovraigne
Ladie Quene Elizabeth
Thomas Mynns was buried the xxvi th daie of ffebruarie in the first yere of o r Sov-
raigne Ladie Quene Elizabeth
Agnes "Wryte was buried the xxvi th daie of ffebruarie in the first yere of o r Sov-
raigue Ladie Q. Elizabeth
Sybly Sopp was buried the xv th daie of march in the first yere of o r Sovraigne
Ladie Q. Elizabeth.
Nicholas Mayson was buried the 2 daie of Aprill.
Ilenrie "Winsdon was buried the ffirst day of August.
"Will 1 " Leach was buried the vii th daie of November in the 2 yere of o r SovraJj-r.e
Ladie Q. Elizabeth.
lluke Elyn was buried the xi tl1 daie of September, in the 3 yere of our sovraigne
Liulie Q. Elizabeth.
Mother Etheritch was buried the vi* 1 * daie of March, in the ffourth yere of o r Sov-
raigne Ladie Q. Elizabeth.
(CUT AWAY.)
. T. E. T.
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GEANT OF A CKEST TO MARK MOTT, OF BRAINTEEE,
CO. ESSEX.
THE following grant of a crest and confirmation of arms by William
Segar, Garter King of Arms in the reign of James I., is transcribed
from a 17th century MS. in the possession of A. W. Morant, Esq.,
F.8.A. :
To ALT, and singuler persons as well noble as others to whom theise
p'sents shall come William Segar principall Kinge of Armes sendeth
his due comendacons & greetinge Knowe yee that Whereas auncientlie
from the begininge it hath bene a Custome in all Countries and
Comonwealthes well gou'ned, that the beareing of certaine marks in
Sheildes (comonly called Armes) haue bene and are the only signes
and demonstrations either of prowesse & valour atchived in tymes of
warre, or of good life or Civell conversacon in tymes of peace diverslye
distributed according to the deserts of the p'sons demeritting the same
Among the which number J find Marke Mott of Brayntree in the County
of Essex, the sonne of Thomas Mott sometymes of Bockinge in the
said County gent, who bare for his Auncient Coate Armo r Sable, a
Cressant or halfe moone Argent, And now wantinge further for an
oriment vnto his said ffathers Armes a Convenient Creast or Cognis-
ance fitt to be borne, Hath requested me the said Garter, to appoint
him such a one as he may lawfully vse, and beare without wronge
doeinge or p'udice to any p'son or p'sons whatsoever. Which according
to his due request J haue accomplished & granted in manner &
forme followinge (Viz : on a helme forth of a wreath of his Cullours
A starre of eight points Argent mantled & dubled as in the margent
are depicted All which Armes and Creast J the said Garter doe by
these p r sents ratifie confirme & grant vnto the said Marke Mott and
to his heyres for ever And that it shall be lawfull for him & them to
vse beare & shew forth the same with their due differences in Sig-
netts Sheilds Ensignes Coat Armors or otherwise as his or their free
libtie & pleasure Jn wittnes whereof I the said Garter haue herevnto
sett my hand and seale of office the Tennth day of November 1615 in
the Thirteenth yeare of the Eeigne of our Sou'aigne lord James by
the grace of God King of England Ffrance & Ireland Defender of the
faith And of Scotland the ffortith nyne. WILLM SEGAR, Garter.
OLD MAP OF NORFOLK. (P. 9.)
I SAVE a map of Norfolk, measuring 3 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft., the title of
which is the same as that quoted by A< ; but instead of " Published 17
August, 1797," &c., it reads, " Printed for Robert Sayer, Map and
Printseller, at the Golden Buck, in Fleet Street." In every other par-
ticular it answers to the map A. describes. It is engraved by William
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Roades, and is not dated ; but the list of members of Parliament points
to the years 1727-8.* A. W. M.
The date (1797) of the old map of Norfolk must be wrong, as the
last Earl of Yarmouth (a Paston) died in 1732, and Sir Eobert Wai-
pole became Earl of Orford in 1742. BARRY GIRLING.
BISHOP HOPTON'S VISITATION AETICLES AND
INJUNCTIONS, 1555.
ARTICLES to be enquired of in the Visitation within the Dioces of
Norw ch kepte in the yere of ou r lorde god a thowsande five hundreth
fiftie and fire by the Reuerende father in god John Bisshoppe of Nor-
wich, by vertue of a Commission directed vnto him from the most
Reuerende ffather in god the lorde Reynolde by the diuine sufferaunce
of sanct Marye in Cosmedin of tholie church of Rome Cardinall named
Pole Legate de Latere of ou r most holie ffather the Pope and sec
apostolicke to the most noble Princes Philippe and Marye Kinge and
Quene of Englond and to thole Realme of Englonde
FFIRST yowe and euerye of yowe shall diligentlye enquire whether
yower neybors have and doo Diligentlie come to ther parrissh church
vppon the Sabaoth Daye and other festiual dayes accordinge as thei
ar bounde to doo by the Lawe And if thei or anye of them be neg-
ligent in that behalf yowe shall present the same
ITM yowe shall enquire if anye of you r neybors have refused to take
holie water holie bredde goo in procession, beare ther candle vppon
candlemas daye and offre the same, beare ther palme, and kepe ther
fower offringe dayes in ther owne parsonnes, cr_eepe to the crosse vppon
good fridaye and Easter daye in the morninge as is accustomablie vsed,
And whether thei and euerye of them haue recyeuid at Easter last
past the blessed Sacrament of thaltar accordinge vnto the ordinuce of
the church or no
ITM whether thei haue comaunded ther servunts and ther childrin
to come to the church the dayes appointed and to obserue all such
ceremonyes and ordres as ar vsed within the church And if thei haue
not yowe shall present both such M res and parents as have not so
done and allso ther saied servunts and childrin.
ITM yf yowe knowe anye suspected of euill Doctryne or opinions
within yower parrishes yowe shall present the same and shewe the
cawse of yower suspicon.
ITM yowe shall enquire of all such as haue take anye thinge from
yower church as in pullinge doune of lead both from the Bodie of the
church, and from the Chauncell, takeinge awaye of Bellys roodeloft, or
* It is evident that Laurie and Whittle published a map in 1797 as new which was
then seventy years old. The Norfolk Topographers' Manual states that a map en-
grayed by W. Roades was published by Goodman and Goddard,in 1740. ED. E.C.C.
C2
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anye other Ornaments perteyninge vnto yower saied church and
present the names of such offenders and the valewe of all such things
belonginge vnto yower saied church w eh thei haue so taken awaye.
ITEM yowe shall enquire whether you parrissh haue sufficient and
decent ornaments for the meyntennce of goddes service.
ITM whether yower chauncellis and churches be in sufficient repe-
racons or noo, and whether yower church yard be sufficientlie fensed.
ITM yowe shall enquire if there be anye that Hue incontinentlye
w th in yower parrissh and present the same.
INJUNCTIONS GEVEN IN THE SATED VISITATION.
FFIRST yowe shall bring in and exhibet a trewe Inuentorye of all
such ornaments as vestmentes, coopes, albes, chalacis, candilsticks,
crosses, Banners, crucifixes, with all other manner of jewellis and
bookes belonginge to yower church.
ITM I will and commaunde that y e questmen of euery parrish shall
kepe abowte the steple in the lower parte of the church, to see that
euerye one in the church behaue themselfe honestlye and deuoutlye
duringe y e tyme of goddes Service, and that the laye people vnlearned
vse ther beades.
ITM I commaunde that all parsons vicars and parrissh prest to
haue procession in ther churches euerye wednisdaye and ffrydaye
willinge them allso that thei exhorte ther parrohianers to resorte to
the same and to praye to allmightie god for grace marcy and other
thinges necessarye.
TEEATING BISHOPS.
A parallel case to a Bishop being treated when visiting his diocese,
mentioned at p. 11, occurs in the Chamberlain's account of the
borough of Stamford. Under date of Sept. 8, 1745, is this item :
" Thomas Darlow, expences of treating Bishop of Lincoln, 3 Is. 6d."
This prelate was John Thomas, who held the see from 1740 till 1761,
when he was translated to that of Salisbury.
Stamford. JUSTIN SIMPSON.
BISHOP PAEKHUEST'S INJUNCTIONS TO THE DEAN AND
CHAPTEE OF NOEWICH, 1570.
JNIUNCTIONS GIVEN BY THE EEVBRENT IFFATHER IN CHRIST John
by gods diuine prouidence Bisshoppe of Norwich to the Deane and
prebendaris petticannons Clerks and all other persones of the
Cathedrall Churche of Norwich to be obserued of euery of them in
ther offices and degrees as to them shall app'teyne for th' advance-
ment of gods honor for thincrease of vertue and for Good order to
be continewed in the sayd Churche.
INPRIMIS they shall obserue and kepe ther ffoundacyon in all
poyntes especiallye in admittinge non to be Deane or prebendary of
COLLECTANEA. 19
the Churche but such as be priests and preachers and if eny be alredy
admitted contrarie to the ffoundacion aforesayd that they do not
accompte him as any eyther in p'mittyng him to haue a Voyce in the
Chapter, or by payment of any mony in the name of his Stipend or
any otherwise excepte he be sufficiently dispensed w th all by the
prince.
ITEM that according to the Quene hir Maiesties jniunctions the
Divinitie lecture be redd twise in the Weke or once at the leaste and
that the Deane and reader call diligently upon all sortes to note
marke and obserue what is redde to thlntent they maye be in rediness
when the Bysshopp or any other appoynted by him shall examen
them.
ITEM that the Diuinitie Eeader shall at diuers tymes call the peti-
cannons before him and examen them howe they have p'fited and
enioyne them to some godly exercise and eu'y quarter take an account
of ther procedinges.
ITEM that all such sumes of moneye as shall be due to the Churche
heareaft' shall wt'in fforetene dayes after the same be receyved by the
Deane prebendarie or any other officer be put into the comon
Theasureye of the sayd Churche which thesaure monye and stocke
shall not hereafter remayne in priuate Menes keping : but in some
comon chest vnder thre lockes wherof the Deane or his Substitute
shall haue one key the eldest prebendarie at home one other key and
the Treasurer for the tyme beinge the thred keye.
ITEM that the Comon seale evidences Charters and other muni-
ments of the Churche shall remayne in lyke Custodie and saftie and
that nothinge passe the Comon seale onlesse the same be p'used by
the Deane and Chapter and of them allowed & so Ingrossed and
Registred and then Sealed at thensealinge Wherof the lesse * shall
deliu'r a Counter pane sealed and subscribed and the Deane and thre
of the prebendaries at the least shall Subscribe ther Names and sette
ther Chapiter seale to the other p'te of that their Indenture.
ITEM that no minister Singingman or other officer be admitted into
this Churche but that aft' the sayd minister Singingman or officer is
p'sented by the Deane vnto the Chapter and by them allowed the
same minister Singingman or officer so p'sented and allowed : shall
take A corporall othe to the Queues maiestie accordinge to an acte of
p'liament made in the first yeare of hir highnes reygn. And also
be Sworne to p'forme due obedience to the Deane and Chapter and to
doo his dutie in that his office.
ITEM that the ministers so p'sented and allowed shall Subscribe to the
Articles of Religion agreed vpon by the Clergie and the Declaracion
set forth by the Two Archbisshoppes and shall reade the said declara-
cions openlye in the Quere before his Admission.
ITEM that they take order that the Songes in the Quere be allwayes
* Lessee.
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such as shallbe allowed by publigue Aucthoritie & by the Ordinari
and all the Reste of the diuine service to be ordered as they may best
set forth the glory of god and ediefie the people : and that non of the
Ohanons Singingmen or other ministers absent themselues from any
diuine service w l out lycence of the Deane or Eldest p'bendarie in resi-
dence Vpon payne to paye such mult as by the Deane and Chapter
shall be appoynted and that none of them w*owt like lycence eyther
com shorte or dep't before all be done vnder halfe the punishment ap-
poynted for the hole absence.
ITEM that all ministers and others hauinge stipend of this Churche
shall so often as theare is any Sermonde in the Q-rene yard * or any
p'te of the Cathedrall Church or any lecture of Diuinitie : resorte vnto
the sayd sermands and lectures and ther singe such godly psalmes in
meter as for that tyme shalbe appoynted : and not to dep't before the
sermond & lecture be ended.
ITEM that the Almes men be compeled to resort dalye to the
Churche and According to the Will and intent of the prince and ther
Duties to continewe ther in prayer hauinge Gownes in such comlie sorte
as to them app'teyneth and as the like hath in other Churches.
ITEM that the Choristers & other Schollers be poore mens Children
and such as haue most nede and not inheritoures or rychmens Sones,
and that they haue Gownes & otherwise comely e App'eled as to them
app'teyneth.
ITEM that they deface all ymages and places Wheare images stand
and fyll vpp the same places w* stone agayne and that they bourne
all graieles, masse bookes, p'cessioners portasses and such like sup'sti-
cious bookes in whose custodie soeu' they be founde.
ITEM that they p'uide ther Bibles and p'rafrasses w ch they nowe
wante and repaire and furnish their library w*in size monethes.
ITEM that eu'ye officer hauinge fFeod and patent for his feod be com-
pelled to gyve his attendance vpon his office in his owne p'son w*out
Sufficient cause to be allowed by the Deane and thre of the p'bendaries
and then his substitute to be allowed by lyke Aucthoritie and no
man to serue more offices then one in ther howse.
ITEM that they suffer not ther Churche dedicated to the Studye of
Holy scriptures to preaching and to prayer to be p'faned w* any
popysh Sup'sticion whoredome or such like detestable vice but that
w* all conuenient spede they remove all such as are vehemently Sus-
pected of eyther of thes Crimes or the lyke and that y ey suffer no
drinking, Swilling, or tipling to be vsed within the sayd Churchf in
ani comon tipling house onelye yt shalbe lawfull for them to haue
A comon Bruer and he in cases of necessitie to victale such as do in-
habit w*in the Churche & none other. Also that they p'mitt no
* On the north side of the Nave, now the Bishop's garden,
t Churche here=Close or Precinct.
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Slauter house or Bucherie or any lyke semile or manure trade to
be vsed w l in ther sayd Churche other then for ther owne p'vicion of
house.
ITEM they shall obs'ue and kepe all such iniunctions as wer
niinistred vnto them fro' the Queues maiestie by hir graces visitors
in the fyrst year of hir highnes Reygn : and shall cause both those
Jniunctions and theis to be ingrossed on p'chment & to be redd
openlye in thir Chapter house twyse eu'y year: viz. within one
moneth aft' Easter, and wi'in one moneth aft' miclemas.
Gyven in the Chapter* house the Seacond daye of the moneth of
Maye, A*, 1570 mo , Regni vere due nre Regine Elizabeth, &c., Anno
Duodecimo et nre Coils, Anno Decimo. Ledger III. p. 53.
VERSES IN THE PARISH REGISTER OF HORSEY, NORFOLK.
0, Horsey, keep thou well this Booke,
Before it need for parchment look,
A former age hath done for Thee,
Provide thou for Posterity.
That no confusion herein bee,
But each place written orderly.
Horsay Regester men me call
That shew the age of great and small,
Their Marriage and Buriall Day
From date ensuing see you may.
_______
Whether we be baptised we be baptised unto the Lord, whether
we be marryed we be marry ed unto the Lord, whether we be buryed
wo be buryed unto the Lord, therefore whether we be marryed,
baptized, or buryed, we are the Lord's. (Rom. xiv.)
TANNER'S M.S. at Norwich.
ANSWER TO QUERY.
Martin Puckle, living in 1710, was a hosier, and his shop was in
St. Peter's, Mancroft. As I gather this information from the
Norwich Poll Book of that year, I may as well add that Martin
Puckle voted for the Whig candidates, Bacon and Gardiner. Your
correspondent " C," is probably aware that Samuel Puckle, who was
Mayor of Norwich in 1656, died on 22nd August, 1661, aged 73, and
was buried at Stalham. T. R. T.
* There is not a Chapter house at the present day.
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FIRE AT HOLT-MAEKET, NOEFOLK, 1708.
A NUMBER of papers belonging to the late Dr. Newdigate, of Holt, are
in my possession. I think some of them, relating to the fire which
happened there in 1 708, and to the subsequent restoration of the Church,
may be interesting to readers of the Collectanea.
Threxton. THOS. BARTON.
HOLT-MARKET CHURCH, IN COM' NORFOLK.
Charge 1,229 and upwards.
GEORGE, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, &c. To all and
singular Archbishops, Bishops, Archdeacons, Deans, and their
Officials, Parsons, Vicars, Curates, and all other Spiritual Persons ; And
to all Teachers and Preachers of every Separate Congregation ; And
also to all Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constables,
Church-wardens, Chapel-wardens, Headboroughs, Collectors for the
Poor, and their Overseers ; And also to all Officers of Cities,
Boroughs, and Towns Corporate; And to all other Our Officers,
Ministers, and Subjects, whatsoever they be, as well within Liber-
ties as without, to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting.
"\\7HEREAS it hath been Represented unto Us, as well upon the
humble Petition of the Minister, Church-wardens, and Inhabi-
tants of the Parish of Holt- Market in the County of Norfolk; As
also by Certificate under the Hands of Our Trusty and Well-be-
loved the Reverend Doctor Thomas Tanner Chancellor of Norwich,
Henry Davy, John Peck, John Hall, Francis Longe, and George Warren,
Esquires, Our Justices of the Peace for Our said County of Nor-
folk, made at' their General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, held by
Adjournment, at the Castle of Norwich in and for the said County,
upon Saturday the Seven and twentieth Day of October, in this pre-
sent Ninth Year of Our Reign ; That upon the First Day of May,
which was in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
eight, there happened a sudden and lamentable Fire at Holt-Market
aforesaid, which in the Space of Three Hours burnt down to the
Ground almost the whole Town, and the Parish-Church standing
therein, which was then a well-built Fabrick, kept in very good Re-
pair, and consisted of Three large Isles, covered with Lead; that
since the said Fire the Parishioners have raised by Contributions
amongst themselves, and have laid out a considerable Sum of
Money in Repairing and making up Seats in the Chancel of the
said Church, which was left standing, that they might not be alto-
gether destitute of a Place for the Publick Worship of Almighty
God: But notwithstanding all their Endeavours, and having con-
trived every thing to the best Advantage, the said Chancel is not
capable of containing One Fourth Part of the Parishioners ; so that
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unless the said Parish-Church be Eebuilt, very few of the Inhabi-
tants can meet together at Divine Service ; and that the Petitioners
being all Tenants, and likewise burthened with a ^Numerous Poor,
which are greatly increased by the Losses most of them suffered by the
said Fire, they are not (without the Charitable Assistance of Our lov-
ing Subjects) able to Rebuild their said Parish-Church.
THAT the Truth of the Premisses hath been made appear to Our
said Justices in their Open Sessions of the Peace held for Our said
County of Norfolk, not only by the said Minister, Church- wardens, and
Inhabitants of the said Parish, but also upon the Oaths of Able and
Experienced Workmen, who made an Estimate of the Charge of
Rebuilding and Finishing the said Church, in as plain a Manner as is
consistent with Decency, and the same, upon a moderate Computation,
will amount unto the Sum of One thousand two hundred and twenty
nine Pounds and upwards ; and the said Petitioners having given full
Satisfaction of the Truth of the Matters aforesaid, and that they have
done and are willing still to do to the utmost of their Power to Rebuild
their said Church and Steeple ; But finding themselves unable to raise
a Sum sufficient to go on with and finish so great a Work, they have
therefore most humbly besought Us to Grant unto them Our most
Gracious Letters Patents, Licence, and Protection, under Our Great Seal
of Great Britain, to Impower them to Ask, Collect, and Receive the
Alms, Benevolence, and Charitable Contributions of all Our Loving
Subjects, throughout England, Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed, to enable
them to Rebuild their said Parish-Church and Steeple.
UNTO which their humble Request We have Graciously Con-
descended ; not doubting but that when these Our Inclinations for
promoting so good a Work shall be made known to our Loving
Subjects, they will readily and cheerfully Contribute their Endeavours
for accomplishing the same.
KNOW YE THEREFORE, That of Our especial Grace and Favour,
We have Given and Granted, and by these Our Letters Patent under
Our Great Seal of Great Britain, We do Give and Grant unto the said
Minister, Church-wardens, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Holt-
Market, in Our said County of Norfolk, and to their Deputy and Depu-
ties, the Bearer and Bearers hereof (Authorized as is herein after
directed) full Power, License, and Authority, to Ask, Collect, and
Receive the Alms, Benevolence, and Charitable Contributions of all
Our Loving Subjects, not only Masters and Mistresses, but also
Lodgers, Servants, and Strangers, within all and every Our Counties,
Cities, Towns, Boroughs, Hamlets, Cinque-Ports, Districts, Parishes,
Chapelries, and all other Places whatsoever, throughout England,
Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed, for Rebuilding their said Parish
Church and Steeple.
AND THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Tenor of an Act of Par-
liament made in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of Her late
Majesty Queen, Anne, Intituled, An Act for the better Collecting Charity*
24 EASTERN COUNTIES
Money on Briefs by Letters Pattnts, and Preventing Abuses in relation to such
Charities, Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby (for the better
Advancement of these Our Pious Intentions) Eequire and Command
all Ministers, Teachers and Preachers, Church-wardens, Chapel- wardens,
and the Collectors of this Brief, and all others concerned, That they,
and every of them, observe the Directions in the said Act contained,
and do in all things Conform themselves thereunto ; and that when the
Printed Copies of these Presents shall be tendered to you the respec-
tive Ministers and Curates, Church-wardens, Chapel- wardens, and to the
respective Teachers and Preachers of every Separate Congregation that
you, and every of you, under the Penalties to be inflicted by the said
Act, do receive the same.
AND you the respective Ministers and Curates, and Teachers and
Preachers of every Separate Congregation, are, by all persuasive
Motives and Arguments, earnestly to Exhort your respective Congrega-
tions and Assemblies to a liberal Contribution of their Charity for the
good Intent and Purpose aforesaid.
AND We do by these Presents Nominate, Constitute and Appoint
the Bight Eeverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Norwich,
the Eeverend Doctor Humphrey Prideaux Dean of Norwich, Sir
Jacob Astley and Sir John Hobart Baronets, the Eeverend Thomas
Tanner Chancellor of Norwich, Thomas Coke, Thomas De Grey, Ash
Windham, Harbord Harbord, and Robert JBritiffe, Esquires, the Eeverend
Henry Briggs Sector of Holt, and Joseph Ward Eector of Cley, Edmond
Sritiffe John Newdigate, and John Sutler, Gent. Trustees and Eeceivers
of the Charity to be Collected by Virtue of these Presents, with Power
to them, or any Five or more of them, to give Deputations to such Col-
lectors as shall be Chosen by the Petitioners, or the major part of
them : And the said Trustees, or any Five or more of them, are to
make and sign all necessary Orders, and do all other reasonable Acts
for the due and regular Collection of this Brief, and Advancement of
the said Charity, and to see that the Monies, when Collected, be
effectually applied and laid out in Eebuilding the said Church and
Steeple.
AND LASTLY, Our Will and Pleasure is, That no Person or
Persons shall Collect or Eeceive any the Printed Briefs, or Monies
Collected thereon, but such only as shall be so deputed and made the
Bearer and Bearers of these Presents, or Duplicates hereof.
IN WITNESS whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patents, and to continue in Force for One whole Year, from
Michaelmas next, and no longer. WITNESS Our Self at Westminster,
the First Day of June, in the Ninth Year of Our Eeign.
Roberts,
GOD SAVE THE KING.
London, Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, And
by the Assigns of Thomas Newcombe, and Henry Hills, deceas'd. 1723.
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DEAFT AGEEEMENT TO SEAT THE NAVE.
ARTICLES of Agreement made this 20th day of Jan. I72f, between
William Parsons, Joyner, on the one part, and Mr. John New-
digato and Mr. Henry Briggs, Trustees for the Church of Holt,
as follows, on the other.
THE said William Parsons doth promise and agree with the said
Trustees to seat the church according to the draught. The seats to
be as follows, to be four foot and half high from the pavement, the
outside framing of Inch and half stuff, the Inside to be Inch and
quarter ; outside pannels to be three-quarters of an inch ; the inside
pannels half an inch ; the outside to be raised Quarter round, and the
inside square work, and to find wainscot and Hinges for the same.
And also to make the Pulpit, Reading desk, clerk's seat, and to find
Wainscot and Hinges for them. He doth also Agree to make the
Altar-piece, Communion table, and Hails and Ballisters, the Ballisters
to be three inches at least, and the top five inches ; he finding wainscot
and joints and all Materials for finishing the whole work workman
like. And also to wainscot the north and south walls with seats, the
wainscot to be two foot from the seats. And also to make three doors
for the South, West, and North, the Wainscot to be Inch and Quarter
thick, and Battond on both sides, and he find nails and all Materials,
except the Hinges only. He doth agree to finish the above mentioned
work workman like and to find wainscot for the whole at the price
of one hundred and fifty pounds, and the said Trustees do agree to give
him the said sum.
AGEEEMENT TO CEIL AND SEAT THE CHANCEL.
ARTICLES of agreemt. made this fourth day of March in y e year of o r
L d 1724-5. Between W m Parson of Holt Joyner and Mr. Briggs and
Mr. Newdigate Trustees for y e church of Holt as follows The said
William Parson to wainscot w th Deal square work the roof of ye
chancel seven pannels to encompass the roof the Framing to be whole
deales y e pannels inch or thereabouts, and to paint y same, with
Cornish and other proper members, also to paint y e joints twice over
on y e back sides and to finish all in a workman like manner ; and y 6
B d Trustees agree to give him for y e s d work y e sum of twenty four
pounds when fixed up. Also the said W m Parson agrees to make all
y e seats in y e chancel and forms to put under at five shills a yard
as witness or hands.
HENRY BRIGGS WILL PARSON
JNO. NEWDIGATE
26 EASTERN COUNTIES
An Acct of Disbursemts. for y* Church at Holt.
Plate and engraving 28
Iron chest and Locks 07 11
Hood 01 6
Velvet 06
Upholster . 06 19
Books 0811
Box and cord 002
Coach and expencea 05
"Warfage, Carman, porter Sufferance and carriage by Land 10
59 04
Jan. 3, 1729-30
EEO D of M'. Newdigate the sum of two pounds two shillings in full
for a Weathercock for y e steeple, I say Eec d
^ me
ANTHO. HINGHAM.
AGEEEMENT FOE CLOCK.
November the 27, 1731.
MEM D it is agreed between Hen. Briggs DD. and John Newdigate
Gent and Isaack Nickalls clockmaker of Wells, that the s d Tsaack
Nickals is to make a clock for the parish church at Holt Substantial
and good an eight day peice and a Dyal plate large and proper on y
west end of y e steeple and another into y e church with a minute hand
both properly adorned and painted with a wood case to enclose it also
to put it up and do all things necessary and proper and maintain it a
year and y* above sd Hen. Briggs and John Newdigate to pay to the
said Isaac Nickals the sum of thirty five pounds when the work is
compleated as witness my hand
ISAAC NICKALS.
Test. ED. NEWDIGATE
Aug* 16 1732
EEC D of M r . John Newdigate the sum of Thirty six pounds fiften
shillings in full for the Town clock according to agreement as witness
my hand
ISAAC NICKALS
LETTEE FEOM THOMAS NICKALLS TO DE. NEWDIGATE.
SIR
Yours of the 13th Instant I was favord with and at the
last Genralls at Walsingham D r Briggs came to me to know what
COLLECTANEA. 27
was the reason the Holt ace* was not setled and it was then agreed
that I should come over at Mich, next to Holt and bring a stated acc
along with me. this I dare be bould to say D r Briggs will acert to be
true, however I am oblig d to you for your directions and the acct. is as
under.
Under takers D rs to Holt Mark* Church.
\
To acct 12 Sep r 1729
V T O Briefs
9948
London Total Money
136 1175 19 3
To Easter 1 730
7
1 2 7 6f
Sent up 24 Aug 4 1726 Blanks
w th small Indorsm ta amounting to
126 d
9955
282
90
137 1178 6 9|
More Blanks bro' in since y l time . .
19
10346
Undertakers Crd rs
By Patent Fees .................................. 95 8 2
By Salary for 9955 whereof 137 London ........... 419 7 2
Pd. Trustees tf T. Ward 300" tf T. Nicolls 292 6 10. . 592 10
5 May 1731 due to Balance ....... 71 1 5|
1178 6 9|
Sir you see on the other side how the acct. stands be twixt your
Church and our under takers I dare say the acct is Right as I have
sent it if you want any thing further desire you'l wright to me as
before and you shal have all the satisfaction that I am capable of
giving you and if you and the parishners are satisfied with it I will
give you a Bill upon Mr. Thos. Ward Bookseller in the Inner Temple
Lane London for the money which will be paid to content I meane at
sight for the money lies dead and is of noe use to us other wise I will
pay the money when I come in to Norfolk at Mich: which I believe
will be ab* y e first week in October next. I am with service to D r
Briggs y r most oblig d Humble Serv 4
to command
THO. NICOLAS.
Stafford 28 July 1731.
It appears from another account that the sum of 95, 8s. 2d.,
charged as Patent Fees, was made up as follows :
. s. d.
Fiat ............ 38 10
Patent .. " ...... 25 18 2
Printing .......... 13 10
Stamping ...... .. .. 13 10 .
Clarkes and other allowances . . . . 400
The fees and the salary together amount to 5 1 7 odd, nearly half the
amount collected.
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DEAFT OF DE. NEWDIGATE'S LETTEE TO
THOS. NICKALLS.
SR.
We receiv'd yours of the ult. and in answer to it can only
say that it is so far from giving us satisfaction that it makes your
Account still more intricate : Tho' we should allow all the deductions
you mention in this letter, and those in the Account signed by you at
Norwich, they both together fall short of the number of Briefs layd
by some hundreds, w ch still remain to be accounted for : We must
also acquaint you that the Number of Briefs, sayd to be layd at
London in your Books, fall short of the Number you have charg'd us
w th in your account at Is. 6d. p' Brief All w ch mistakes we shall
expect to have rectifyed when you come to Holt w oh we desire may be
as soon as you can. We are very much surpris'd to find an addition to
the number of Blanks if that way of reckoning be allowd you may
easily account for all deficiencies hoping when we meet at Holt ab l
Michaelmas next as you mention, that matters will be settled to y e
satisfaction of all as well as
Y r humble Servt.
Augt. 6, 1731. J. N.
1725. In repairing the chancel at Holt was found a hollow place in
the south wall, between Mr. Hobart's Monument and the window
towards y e East (w ch is in y e Vestry) w ch contains an Arch and 2
persons a man and a woman in a very antient dress and praying
posture w th hands lifted up much broken and shattered, ye stone
tender have bin painted no inscription nor Arms to be found but in
ye North side was a Circular window w th the Arms of de Yaux, being
chequy, &c. and other Arms so decayd as not to be discovered who
they belonged to the broken monument supposed to be y e effigies of
ye Found of ye church wheth r Petronilla de Vallibus or Petronilla
Nerford ? they being L d8 of y e mannor very early after y e conquest.
The place is covered over to preserve these antiquities from being
lost.
JNO. NEWDIGATE.
FOLK-LOEE : A NOTE ON SPELLS.
SPELLS are supposed to deprive those who are the objects of them of
the power of action and sometimes of volition. Charms are common
enough in every country village ; but there are few persons, however
superstitious they may be, who profess to know anything about spells.
COLLECTANEA. 29
Only three instances have come under my own observation : the first I
met with nearly forty years ago, but, as I did not copy it, the words
have entirely faded from my memory.
Some years later, when I found, a second time, what professed to be
a spell, I made a note of it ; the words, omitting the invocation, run
thus:
* * * This house I bequeath round about,
And all my goods within and without,
In this yard or inclosed piece of land,
Unto Jesus Christ that died on the tree,
The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, all three.
Thieves ! Thieves ! Thieves !
By virtue of this blessed Trinity * * * *
That you stir not one foot from this place until the rising of the sun next morning
with beams full clear. And this I charge you by the virtue of the Trinity ; Jesus save
me and mine from them and fetching. Amen.
This formula was to be repeated three times whilst walking round
the place, and seems to have been used as a supposed protection
against thieves.
The third form of spell I obtained from a lady in whose family it
had been treasured up for a very long period : her uncle, who was in a
respectable position in life, and who died many years ago, had a copy of
it always sewn up in the dresses of his daughters as a protection from
danger ; and in cases of emergency, the wearer was directed to repeat
the words to ward off the threatened evil. It thus appears to have
been used both as a charm and a spell. The following is a copy of
one of these papers now in the possession of the lady I have referred
to, which was taken from the dress of one of her cousins after her
decease :
"Whoever thou art that meanest me ill,
Stand thou still !
As the river Jordan did
When our Lord and Saviour, Jesus,
"Was baptized therein
In the name of the Father, &c.
On one occasion whilst living with her father, one of the daughters
on her way home from market, was stopped by a man with the evident
intention, as she believed, of assaulting her. Being very much
alarmed, she instantly thought of the spell, and, repeating it with great
earnestness, she was immediately relieved from her fears by the sudden
departure of her assailant. This incident was firmly believed by all
her family, and her preservation was attributed to the potency of the
spell and her presence of mind in repeating the formula.
G. E. P.
D 2
30 EASTERN COUNTIES
BARGAIN AND SALE AND INVENTORY OF BREWING
UTENSILS, 1653.
THE following bill of sale and inventory of the contents of a
brew-house in this parish may perhaps be interesting to your
readers.
To ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to whome this psent writeinge shall come
Thomas Pettus of Norwich gent and Bridgett his wife executrix of the
last will and testament of Samuel Feake her late husband deceased
send greeting in our Lord God everlastinge KNOWE YEE that wee the
sayd Thomas Pettus and Bridgett my wife as well for and in con-
sideracon of a certaine valuable sum of good and lawfull mony of
England to us in hand payed or otherwise for us or one of us otherwise
satisfied and payed by Thomas Beverly of Poringland in the county
of Norff. yeoman att and before then sealeing and delivery of theise
psents, the w ch wee doe hereby acknowledg and confess as alsoe for
diverse other good causes and consideracons us and either of us
hereunto moveinge HAVE bargained sold aliened deliu'ed and con-
firmed and by these psents doe bargaine sell alien deliuer and confirme
to the sayd Thomas Beverly his executors administrators and assignes
for ever ALL and singuler the goods and chattells ptaineing to the
trade of Brewinge and other things late of the sayd Samuel Feake
deceased pticularly mentioned and expressed in the schedule hereunto
annexed as the same and every of them are standinge and beinge in
the Brewhowse and other houses or Rooms wherein wee the sayd
Thomas Pettus and Bridgett nowe dwell in the pishe of S*. Giles in
Norwich (nowe alsoe bargained and sold by us to to the sayd Thomas
Beverley) To HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singuler the sayd bargained
goods and chattells and pmises afore mentioned and every pt and pcell
of them and every of them in the said schedule hereunto annexed
mentioned, unto the sayd Thomas Beverly his executors administrators
and assignes to the only use and behoofe of the sayd Thomas Beverly
and of his executors administrators and assignes for ever, without any
condicon or other limitacon whatsoever : IN WITNESSE whereof wee the
sayd Thomas Pettus and Bridgett have hereunto sett our hands and
seales and made delivery of all and singuler the sayd bargained
pmises by the delivery of a rudder pt thereof in liew & seizin of all
the residue unto the said Thomas Beverly the seventeenth day of
October in the yeare of o r Lord Christ according to the computacon of
the Church of England One Thousand six hundred fifty and three :
1653 :
THOMAS PETTUS The X mrke
of BEIDGETT PETTUS
[Two seals attached.]
THE SCHEDULE whereof mention is made in this psent Bill of Sale
hereunto annexed of all and singuler the goods and chattells ptaineing
COLLECTANEA. 31
to the trade of brewing ment mentioned & intended to be bargained &
sold by the say bill of sale as the same and every of them are standing
and beinge in the brewhouse and other houses and roomes wherin the
within named Thomas Pettus and Bridgett his wife nowe dwell and
have in use in the pishe of S l . Giles in Norwich
Imprimis the copper and the cover thereof the ffloor of yron the yron (lore one
colerake one yrone slice and one iron rake
Itm one mashfatt & bottom boards & the underbecke
one cisterne of leade
three coolers
three dales
one gildfatt
7 doz. and 8 barrells
two doz. halfe barrells
3 doz. firkins
8 pipes
7 beerestooles w th troughs
One worte pump
16 mealetubs
3 jetts & one paile
1 brasse kettle
1 floate & an apron of leade & a horse
3 licour tubbs
2 tunnels with brasse spouts
the stools about the copp'.
a horse mill w th two stones & a hopper and one ffatt w th the ffurniture
2 kellers
2 paire of slings
1 Carte
3 Rudders
1 Bushell
I Wire Riddle
the woodden pump w th irons thereunto
1 long ladder & one short ladder
Endorsed.
Sealed and delive'd in the
pnse of us
MICH: BRANSBY
DANIEL SHABPE
& me JOHN MATHEWE scr.
I have also Thomas Beverley's bond, dated 25 March, 1654, to
Thomas Southgate of Norwich, Beer Brewer, for the performance of
the covenants of certain indentures made between the said Thomas
Beverley and Mary his wife on the one part, and the said Thomas
Southgate on the other part. These indentures are, I am sorry to say,
lost. The bond is witnessed by John Norman and John Mathewe,
Scrivener, and is endorsed, " Tho : Beverleye bond to M r . Southgate
for y e Cow esteate."
MICHAEL BEVERLEY, M.D.
St. Giles, Norwich.
32 EASTERN COUNTIES
FAEMEES VEESUS SPABEOWS.
THE antipathy which farmers of the old school had, and have, towards
sparrows and small birds is well known to residents in agricultural
districts, hut that whole parishes were involved in the war of destruc-
tion may be doubted in future times, unless some record of that fact
be made before those concerned are all departed. We have written
evidence in the parish account book of Pulham St. Mary the Virgin,
in Norfolk, which discloses the wholesale slaughter of the feathered
tribes ; provided we can entirely credit that the sums mentioned in the
book as paid for destroying them, do not include a few items not
convenient to appear separately.
The first item I found was in the churchwardens' account for 1 760.
"Paid for 393 dozen and hf. of Sparrows 4. 18s. 4|d."
With this reduction of 4722 birds one would naturally suppose the
parish would be almost free from songsters and chirpers for at least
a year or two; but no, the item once in became an "institution" in
the parish, and nearly the same amount is charged every year until
1808, when 6. 6s. 8d. was paid. The amount fluctuated between
five and six pounds till 1818, when 7. 8s. was paid. This sum little
varied till 1826, when it amounted to 8. 7s. 5d., and it remained
annually about the same until 1838, when it reached the sum of
9. 5s. lOd. This is the highest amount I noticed, but I must add
that in one year the "hedgehogs" were included in the entry with
sparrows. The payments by the parish appear to have ceased in 1841.
Taking the highest number of birds killed in one year at 8920, and
the lowest at 4722, and striking an average, there appear to have
been destroyed in one village alone during eighty-one years in round
numbers about 460,000, at a cost to the parish of about 480, it
appearing by the first entry that one farthing per head was the price
allowed.
Very many tales are current as to the manner in which sparrows'
heads were, in the dark nights, dug up from the pit where the parish
officers deposited them, after they had been counted and recorded, and
made to do duty a second or may be a third time ; but perhaps it was
" village scandal." I am, however, assured by a worthy gentleman
resident in an adjoining parish, that it was a common trick in his
young days amongst the boys to sharpen up and reduce the beaks of
the larger birds, to make them more resemble sparrows, and deceive
the churchwardens, who either could not, or cared not to, observe the
difference. The parish officers who received the birds generally wrung
off the heads and retained them, throwing the bodies into the road.
Some of the village lads were sharp enough to sew the heads of other
birds on the sparrows' bodies, and thus turn a few pence in a sly
fashion.
I have observed similar entries in churchwardens' accounts of other
parishes in Norfolk and Suffolk, of about the same period. "Caddows"
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as well as " Urchins " were destroyed at the expence of the parish,
it being believed that the latter sucked the cows. It is rather
startling to read in the old books, " Paid for destroying 2 urchins 6 d .,"
the animal intended having long ceased to be called by that najne.
T. CALVER.
SIR THOMAS ADAMS, BAET.
THIS gentleman purchased Sprowston Hall of Sir Thomas Corbet, the
last Baronet of that family, in 1645.
Sir Thomas Adams was born at Wem, in Shropshire, in the year
1586, educated at the University of Cambridge, and, as Fuller says,
" bred a draper in London." He rose to be Sheriff of London in
1639, and was afterwards made Lord Mayor, was often returned
Member of Parliament, and was chosen President of St. Thomas's
Hospital, which institution he saved from ruin by discovering the
frauds of a dishonest steward. He was subsequently dignified with
the title of "Father of the City," and became an intimate friend of
Charles the Second, to whom he remitted large sums of money when
that King was in exile.
When the restoration of the King was agreed on, Mr. Adams, then
74 years of age, was deputed by the City of London to accompany
General Monk to Breda, in Holland, to congratulate and accompany
the King home ; for this service the King knighted him, and after the
restoration advanced him to the dignity of a Baronet.
Sir Thomas Adams's merit as a benefactor to the public was highly
conspicuous. He gave the house of his nativity, at Wem, as a free
School to the town and liberally endowed it ; he likewise founded the
professorship of Arabic at Cambridge, both of which took place before
his death. He was also at the expense of printing the Gospels in
Persian and sending- them to the East, that he might (as he quaintly
expressed it) "throw a stone at the forehead of Mahomet." He died
at the age of 81, on the 24th February, 1667 ; his death having been
hastened by a fall as he was stepping out of a coach. His body laid
in state for several days at his residence in Ironmongers' Hall, London,
and was subsequently brought down to Sprowston and buried in the
church on the 12th of March. * In his latter years he was much af-
flicted with Calculus : after death this was taken from the body, and
was found to exceed the extraordinary weight of twenty-five ounces.
This great Calculus, notice of which occurs in the epitaph to Sir
Thomas Adams, has lately come to light and has been presented by its
possessor (Mr. Edward Hill) to the Museum of St. Thomas's Hospital ;
in the welfare of which institution Sir Thomas exhibited so parental a
* Biographia Brittanica. . *
34 EASTERN COUNTIES
concern. In the chancel of Sprowston Church is a large and costly
marble monument to the memory of Sir Thomas, adorned with life-
size recumbent figures of himself and his wife : it contains a long Latin
epitaph ; the latter part of which corroborates the remarkable circum-
stance alluded to, respecting the Calculus. " Postquam octogesimum
primum annum compleverat et cruciatus gravissimos calculi (qui
pondus uncianum viginti quinque superaverat) invicta patientia per-
tulisset, Feb 24, MDCLXVII vitae tsediis solutus."
CHAELES WILLIAMS.
Feb. 12, 1872.
VERSES IN THE PAEISH REGISTER OF CATFIELD,
NORFOLK.
Let none which cannot well indite
Presume within this booke to write.
Recordes of lives & deathes of men
Ought not be scraped by a hen.
The names, the dates, of daye & yeire
Ought plainely ever to appeare
In incke most black, and voide of blottes,
In parchement faire without all spottes,
In latine true, or english plaine,
Or els the truithe maye take his baine.
I, ANTHO. HARRISON,
Rector of Catfeilde, 1609.
FLY-LEAF SCRIBBLINGS.
IN the church chest at Bacton, Norfolk, is a copy of the " Paraphrase
" of Erasmus emprinted at London in Flete Strete at the Syne of the
" Sonne by Ed ward e Whitchurche the last daie of Januarie Anno
" domini 1548." On the back of the fly-leaf are these verses.
Man cam into the worlde
To aske that was not in y e worlde
He gave yt him that had it not
And god himself cam for it
You that can & will this reison showe
I pray ye sit it downe that men may it knowe
This was the question of a learned man
Therfore I pray you all shew it y l can
Yours yf he may
North Wahham. T.'LovE.
G.
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CHURCH PLATE IN NOKFOLK DATED 1567.
SOME of your readers, versed in Ecclesiastical History, may be able
to tell me why so many of the Communion Cups remaining in the
Norfolk Churches were made in 1567 or 1568. A list of the plate
in the churches of the Deanery of Ingworth, Norfolk, was commu-
nicated by the Eev. E. T. Yates to vol. v. of Norfolk Archeology,
from which it appears that out of 35 communion cups
9 are dated 1567
2 ... 1568
1 ... 1619
1 ... 1640
1 ... 1686
1 ... 1708
1 ... 1768;
and that the remaining 19 are either not dated or are new. It will
be seen, then, that one-third of the cups in that deanery belong to
the years 1567 and 1568. I may add that Aylmerton and Ranworth
communion cups are dated 1567. I should be glad to see lists of the
Church Plate of the County in print. It would be little trouble to the
Rural Deans to follow the example set by the Rev. E. T. Yates. The
metal, the inscriptions, the hall-mark, and a slight description, should
be given. It would also be proper to state the weight. These lists
would furnish materials for an Account of the Church Plate of the
County, a work, which, if undertaken by a competent person, could
not fail to be of interest.
A.
FLOODS IN NORWICH IN THE 17ra CENTURY.
I HAVE understood that the parish registers of St. Mary Coslany,
Norwich, were destroyed by the church being flooded ; but I have
not learnt the date at which this took place. Some years ago, I saw,
in private possession, an old volume of the Churchwardens' Accounts
of that parish, commencing in 1586, from which I extracted the
following items; showing that in 1614-15 and 1647-48 the church
was inundated.
1614-15 for putting the stolles in ther plases y* -wer
remoTed by the flud . 5 6
1647-8. for mending the alley in y e church w ch was suncke
by the hey water 010 3
A.
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ERPINGHAM GATE, NORWICH, (p. 13.)
IN Mr. D. Turner's volumes (vol. iii. " Norwich ") is a small drawing
of the motto " Yenk," with the following letter illustrating it.
DEAR SIR, I enclose for your inspection a very trifle indeed, but
one which may not be totally uninteresting to an illustrator of Blome-
field. It is most accurately executed and it proves that the motto on
our Erpingham Gate has been hitherto mistaken ; that motto is usually
read pena, and Blomefield encourages this error : it appears most un-
doubtedly to be "Yenk," which is equivalent to (or rather a mode of
writing) "thenk," i.e, think. The word "yenk" is to be found in a
passage from an old translation of the Psalms, quoted by Weaver, and
in the margin he has interpreted " yenk, think;" indeed, the use of y
for th still occurs in our writing as y e , &c. Yenk is found as a motto
on a tomb in Norfolk, but I do not recollect where ; that tomb,
however, is not the tomb of an Erpingham. Yenk or Yink was also,
if I mistake not, on some arms of the Erpinghams painted in glass,
but now destroyed. I think this is noticed in Blomefield. The
same writer mentions, in his Norwich, a crest of Sir Thomas Erping-
ham, with the motto " beware :" query, was this word and "think"
used by them as equivalent and at their pleasure ? I thought you
might like to have a copy of the little drawing I have sent you ;
indeed, I should not trouble you to return it, were it not done for me
by a friend.
I remain, dear Sir,
Norwich, \stNovember, 1813. Yours truly,
To Dawson Turner. F. SAYERS.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE TRADESMAN'S TOKEN.
HAVING recently added to my collection an inedited Cambridgeshire
Tradesman's Token of the seventeenth century, I thought a description
of it might prove interesting to your readers. It is a farthing.
Olv. : Thomas Harrison. The Haberdashers' Arms.
Rev.: Of March, 1667. T H M.
Mr. Harrison must have done a fair trade in tokens. According to
" Boyne's List" he issued a farthing in 1657, and a halfpenny in 1669.
On the latter the name of the town is spelt " Mairch."
JUSTIN SIMPSON.
NORFOLK SUPERSTITIONS, (p. 2.)
SHUCK is not confined to East Norfolk. My parish clerk vowed, a
year or two since, that he met him on the road between Downham and
this place, and that he vanished through the hedge with a great rattling
of chains and a strong smell of sulphur. I am afraid a great black
dog of mine, who broke his chain, has the credit of being " Shuck ; "
but where the smell of sulphur came from, as they say in these parts,
that must rest.
E. J. H.
Bexwell Rectory.
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CEOMEE PIEE.
SINCE I wrote an account of the old pier * at Cromer in Norfolk Arche-
ology (vol. vii. p. 277) I have found two curious documents relating to
it, which prove it continued in existence to about the year 1580.
The first is a Petition from the Bishop of Norwich, Sir Win. Paston,
Sir Edmond "Wyndham, Sir Thos. "Woodhouse, Sir Win. Woodhouse,
and Sir Christopher Heydon, Knts., and Eobt. Barney and Edmond
Lomnour, Esquires, to the Privy Council, dated the 12th Jan. 1551.
This I found among the records of the Duchy of Lancaster, which
comprize an immense number of documents, such as Inquisitions Post
Mortem, Pleadings, and Petitions, relating to the County of Norfolk,
which I think have never met with the attention they deserve from
Norfolk topographers and genealogists.
It sets out that not only had the "rages & surges" of the sea
recently "swallowed uppe & drownded" a great many houses, thereby
forcing the inhabitants at heavy expense to make great piers to save
the remainder of their town ; but that, by the negligence of certain
of the inhabitants, sudden fire had destroyed a great part of the town,
the length of a whole street remaining yet unre-edified. This is strong
corroborative evidence of the correctness of the tradition that Cromer
was once a flourishing and populous town ; for, at present, one could
hardly speak of " a great part of the town," nor could a whole street
be well spared.
Duchy of Lancaster Pleadings, temp. Edw. VI., Vol. 4. N. 6.
Too the Eight Honourable the Kyng his Gracys Moste Honorable
Councell.
Humbly declarethe unto yo r good lordeshippes Thomas Bisshop of
Norwich Willm Paston Knyght Edmond Wyndham knyght Thomas
Woodhous knyght Willm Woodhous knight Xpofer Heydon knight
Eobte Barney Esquyer & Edmond Lomnor Esquyer that this xij th
of Januarye & iiij 111 yeare of the Eeign of o r moste dere sov'eyn
lorde Edwarde the sixte by the grace of god of Ingland Fraunce
& Ireland Kyng Defendo 1 of the feithe & in earthe of the Chirche
of Ingland & Ireland sup'me hedde, the credeble and most sub-
stanciall Inhabytantes of the Town of Cromer in o r said sou'eyn
lorde his Countie of Norff. upon ther grete necessite for that the same
Town is scytuate & adioyning soo nere the sees that of late in o r
memorye by the rages & surges of the same sees the number of a
grete sorte of houses .pfightely knowen by us to have ben swallowed
uppe & drownded, and that for the defence of the other ( pte of the
same yet on perysshed & nexte adioyning to the same sees the same
Inhabytantes hathe to ther grete & importunate charges defended the
* The pier no doubt also comprised a jetty and -breakwater.
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38 EASTERN COUNTIES
same by makyng of grete peeres & daylye putte to insatiable charges
scharse & onetheable to be borne of the same Inhabytantes for that a
grete ,pte of the same Town ha the by neclygence of serten ,psons of
late ben consumed by souden feyer as by the. lenght of on hole strete
as yett enreedefyed for that ther inhabyte as also for that the same
Inhabytantes in tymes paste hathe hadde grete releiffe towarde the
Beryng of that ther charges of the same shire and nowe of late thorowe
the contribucion and grete aides requyred & gathered of the same
weldisposid people toward the renuing of a s'ten haven in Yernemouthe
gretely decaied are smally relevyd & by the same dishabilitie leke to
suffer the same peeres to decaye to the utter destrucion of the same
Towne whiche were grete petie & losse to the same Countrie being so
necessarie for the hamsones of fysshing and also for the conducte of all
vytalls & necessaries from the same countrie for the Kyng o r said
sou'eyn lordes ,pvysion & the trasportyng of ther Inhabytantes ther
goodes as also for the defence of the 4 ptes next adioyning the same in
tyme of warres and at this p'sente being voyde of all munytons &
defenses for the same iff any suche necessite shuld requere Spoyled
thorowe the moste detestable rebellion nowe of late ther traytorusly
{ ppetrated & comytted the same Inhabytantes by reporte of dyv's
credyble t psons leste of all ,psons in that thei were then visited with
syknes being smalle ayders and assisters to the same The same
Inhabytantes thus distressid hathe by ther pytuous motion requestid
us to make relacon of o r knowlege to yowe the Kyngs moste honorable
councell of this ther pore estate and condicon to us Ryght well knowen
& wurthye spedye. releyffe as well in defence of ther said peres as of
ther lakke of <pvysion and ordyn a nce nowe in the tyme of pease by the
moste gracous charitable goodnes ayde & comforthe to them to be
extented of o r said sou'eyn & gracious lorde the mocon being bothe
trewe and charytable hathe occaconed us to make this o r declaracon
of the said pore estate & condicon to yowe o r said dreade sov'en lordes
honorable councell Under o r Scales the daye & yere abovewrytton
THOMAS NORWICEN EDMUND WYNDHAM
by me XPOFER HEYDON ROBERTS BARNEYE
WYLL : PASTON ch r by me THO : EDMUND LOMNOR
WOODHUS (?)
The other and later document is the "Will of Dyones Flegge, of
Worsted, widow, dated 8 August, 1580, from which I extract the
following :
"Item I give and devise unto the towne of Cromer nexte the sea
within the Countie of Norff: fortie shillings of lawefull mony of
Englande f for & towardes the buildinge maynteyninge and repayringe
t Query as distinguished from the even more debased money of Ireland ?
COLLECTANEA. 39
of the late begonne and erected Piere of the sayde towne within one
whoal yere nexte and ymediately followinge the day of my buriall to
be payde at twoe severall tymes w^in the sayde yeare."
From this it would seem the former pier or piers had by this time
been washed away or abandoned.
"WALTER EYE.
Chelsea.
NOTICE OF AN OLD BOOK IN THE PAEISH CHEST OF
STRADSETT, NOEFOLK.
THE BOOK contains, at one end, the accounts of the Churchwardens
from 1689, to Easter 1771. Up to 1758 the accounts simply show the
total amounts expended and received, but after that the items are
entered in full, and somewhat curious are the accounts, both as to the
items included and the spelling ; among others, a half-yearly payment
to "the Visitors," (query, who were they?) in some cases 3s. 6d., in
others 4s. At the end of each year's account is entered the nomination
of the churchwarden for the ensuing year.
At the other end of the book the overseers' accounts are entered,
commencing with the year 1687, and in the same way no separate
items are inserted, but only the totals received and expended, till the
half year ending April, 1746, when they appear in full, till the year
1749, when they cease. At the end of every account appears the
nomination of the overseer for the year ensuing. From 1690 the
accounts appear to have been regularly passed before the magistrates,
and among the names so attached, I find Cyril Wych, J no Wodehouse,
Hatton Berners, Tho 8 Peirson, E. Wardale, Benjamin Dethick,
Edmond Soame, E. Hare, Samuel Burkin, Hewar Oxburgh, Sam
Taylor, Beaupre Bell, F. Lobb, Andrew Taylor, John Turner, Ja*
Hoste, Cha" Turner, H. Taylor, J no Davis, and Francis Buckley.
In these accounts are comprised some curious items, and the spelling
in general is very remarkable. In the years 1745, 7, 8, and 9, are
entries under the head "Vagrant Money," but to whom paid or where is
not shown, though the entry in every case is followed by the item,
" Horse Journey and Expences." In 1 745, the total amount (in various
sums of 9/1^ and 18/3) is 1. 16s. 6d. ; in 1746 the entries run thus :
Oct. 2. Paid a quarter payment, 9/l; Oct. 18 day, paid the quarter
rat money, 9/1 . In 1747 there are five entries, " Vagrant Money "
amounting to 4. 2s. l|d. ; in 1748 three entries, amounting to
2. 14s. 9d. ; in 1749 four entries, amounting to 5. 9s. 6d.
On the opposite page to the one on which the overseers' account for
the year 1733 is entered, and the four following ones, are contained
the names for which Briefs were read, the dates of reading them, and
the amount collected in each case, from the year 17.07 to 1727 inclusive.
40 EASTERN COUNTIES
On the page opposite the one containing the Churchwardens' account
for 1760 is this entry: "A copy of a book intituled a Book for the
Township of Stradsett setting out those fences that are maintained by
several houses accordingly as they had been for many years past, and
recording some other things that concern the said Town which are fit
to be transmitted to posterity."
Whereunto the then Inhabitants of the aforesaid Town subscribed
their hands the 13 th day of April, 1674.
"William Life, Vicar, John Portler, Thomas Clements' mark, John
Kelke, Thomas Downs, James Allday, W m Parlett, John Oakes.
On the next page is this
"This present year 1695 the owners and Inhabitants are as
follows."
And then, and on three successive alternate pages occur the names of
the owners and occupiers.
On the opposite page is this
" The Church yard fences are thus maintained."
And then follows a list of the properties and distances each maintains.
Next to them is
" The Warren fences are thus maintained."
And then follows a list as before, at the end of which is
" This survey was taken on the 9 th of March, 1674."
Then follows
" Meere Fences are thus maintained."
And then follows a similar list, concluding with
" This survey was taken on the 9th of March, 1674."
Then follows this
" The Church Lane Gate and gate posts and what belong thereto
with the wall or fence on both sides thereof to the brow of both dikes
are maintained by Guildhall Messuage, Wallers Messuage called
Smiths, Twindells, now Clements Messuage, Birds Messuage,
Merryweathers, now Eareys Messuage, Harpleys Messuage, Adcocks
Messuage, Vine House, late Parletts Messuage, and Muddy pits
Messuage by equal proportions."
Then follows this
"The Hern gate and gate posts and what belong thereunto are
maintained by Grindalls Messuage, Chapman's Messuage, Levits
Messuage, the house of John Portler, Gent., Mr. Parletts Chief House,
and Paradise by equal proportions."
" Prom the gate south westerly the ffence is maintained by Umbles
Messuage, and northernly from the gate by Levits tenements."
Then follows this
" The water courses are maintained at the charge of them through
or by whose grounds the water runs."
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On the next page is this
" And when the Sheriffs torn is but once a year, then the aforesaid
houses are to serve them proportionally, five in one year and five in
another."
The above is evidently a note to the following entry on the following
page.
" These houses find Corn and a Reeve at the Sheriffs Torn. The
Sheriffs torn at our Lady time is served by the Messuage late Stewards
by Wallers Messuage, now in the occupacon of Robert Moule, by
Muddy pits Messuage, by Clements Messuage late Swindells, and by
Stradsett Hall which finds the Reeve, and at Michaelmas time 'tis
served by Chapmans Messuage, Levits Message, Wells Messuage,
Walbys Messuage, and Birds Messuage, which finds the Reeve."
This is a true Copy,
Witness our hands March 25th, 1695.
ELIZA THRTTSTON.
J. SCOTT, Vic.
JOHN PORTLEB,
JOHN GAY,
HENRY THOMPSON.
On a loose piece of parchment is contained the following :
Churchyard fences maintained.
1. From East to "West by y e spring, Mr. [the name is obliterated.]
2. Guildhall y e West side.
3. The wall maintained by y e Town.
4. R. Saya house.
5. Camping land by Jex.
6. Style belongs to the Vicar.
7.* Winters house 7 yards. * Now J. West owner.
8. S. Tuck for Muckhills [quantity oblit.] yards.
9. From S. to N. to Paradise yards. Jex.
10. S. Tucks house 14 yards.
11. J. Neales house 10 yards.
12.* House, late Sadds, 13 yards. * Now R. Tucks.
13.* Farm, late Sadds, 10 yards. * Now Roper occupier.
14. S. Tuck for Grindalls house 15 yards.
15. J. Neale comprehending y e style 5 yards.
16. Guildhall 5 yards, 1763.
Among the Overseers' accounts are the following entries :
April y e 12 th , 1726. Inventory of y e goods of Robert Personton
assesed by John Tooley, Overseer, and y* rest of y e Inhabitants of
y e Parish of Stradsett.
One featherbed, two blankets, two pillows, one bolster, one Rugg,
Bedstead and curtains, one Dresser, one minging trough, three tables,
eight chairs, one Gridiron, one Iron Horse, one frying pan, one
warming pan, one small brass kettle, one pail, one keller, one hake,
tongs, and one peel, one beef fork, four skuers, one Jack speet, one
Iron for the smoothing box, one spinning wheel, one box.
E 2
42 EASTERN COUNTIES
May y e 20 th , 1742. An account taken of the goods of Eichard
Pilgram for the parrish of Stradsett as folloeth.
One fether Bedd, tow pellers, one bouster, one 2
blankets, one ovill table. One Coffer, 3 chares, one mengen
trow, one buffet stowl, one well, one reel on Cubeard, one gaily block,
2 heuchs, one speet, one pair of beef forcks, one leron box and heats,
one gridiron, one Candel Stick, one pair of bellows, one pair of tonges,
one skillet, one wearing pan, one Sif, one frienpan, one tub, one
wascillet, one mattock, one spead, 2 matticks, one pouch, one peail,
one poregpot, 3 vessels, 5 shets, one saspeen, one cup, 6 trenchars,
3 gees, one Gander, 27 Gursleens, one forck, one box.
Done by us, Tho. "Whidley, Eobert Say.
E. J. H.
Bexwell Rectory.
THE EECANTATION OF ANTHONY YAXLEY OF
EICKENHALL SUPEEIOE, CO. SUFF. 1525.
DIE sabbati viz. xxvij Januarij 1525 in parlura domini
infra manerium de Hoxne.
In the name of god Amen I Antony Yaxley of over Eikinghale in
the Countie of Suff. Esquier, confesse and knowlege before yow
Eeuerende fader in God Eichard Bushopp of Norwiche, myn ordinarie
that where I am detecte before yowe that I haue affermed and said
that goyng on pilgrymage is not meritorious, and confession to a priest
was not necessary, Also, that every lay man was a priest, and had
power and auctorite sufficient to preche and here confession, and to
absolve, Also that tithes and oblacions be not due nor ought to be
paide to the curate, Also that a priest haithe no power to absolve a
man of his synnys, whiche opynions, and articles, and every oon of them
I vttirlie Eenunce and Eefuse, And I swere by thies hooHe evangelies,
that from hensforth, I shall neuer hold afferme or speke the same or
any other contrarie to the determination of hoolye church, Nor I shall
not flavour any other persones that suche opinions shall afferme.
And if any such here after I doo know I shall detecte and shewe them
vnto your Eeverend ffathirhode, to whome I humblie w* contricion
submytt my selff, for my offence in this behalve.
A. YAXI.EE.
Et dominus accepta submissione et perlecta scedula predicta absoluit
eum a sententia excommunicationis si qua incident in hac parte in
presentia magistri Edmundi Steward Thome Godsalve et Johannis
Mynsterchambre Eeg r Brigges fo. cc 19 b.
COLLECTANEA. 43
CONFIRMATION OF AEM8 AND CREST TO NICHOLAS
COOKE OF LINSTEAD, CO. SUFFOLK.
To .ALL and singuler as well Nobles and Gentills as others to whome
these presents shall come; Robert Cooke Esq r , alias Clarenceaux,
Principal Herehault and King at Armes of the South east and West
parts of this Realme of England, from the River Trent Southwards,
Sendeth greeting in oure Lord God everlasting, And being required of
Nicolas Cooke of Linstead in y e County of Suff. Gentleman to make
search in y e Registers and records of my Office, for such Armes and
Crest as he may Lawfully beare^ Wherevpon considering his reasonable
request, I have made search accordingly, AND doe finde that he may
Lawfully beare y e Armes and Crest here after following (that is to say)
Gold, a Cheueron ingrailed Gules, between 3 Cinque foiles Az : pierced
of y e field, one a Chiefe of y e Second, a Lion passant Argent, Armed of
the third. And to the Crest vpon the Helme one a Wreath Argent
and Sables, an Antilops head erased Or, Pellety, Horned Mained
tongued Gules, y e Torsh Argent and Sables, Mantled Gules Doubled
Siluer as more plainly appeareth depicted in this Margent. THE
WHICH ARMES AND CREAST and euery part and parcell therof I the
said Clarenceaulx King of Armes, by power and Authoritie to my
Office annexed and .granted by Letters Patents vnder y e Great Seale of
England, doe ratifie and Confirme, giue and Grant, Vnto the saide
Nicolas Cooke Gen 1 and to his posteritie, with theire due difference,
and they the same to vse beare and shew in Shield Coat Armour, or
otherwise, at his and thier libertie and plesure, without impediment
let or interruption of any person or persons whatso euer IN witnesse
whereof I the saide Clarenceaulx King of Armes haue set here unto
my hand and seale of my office y e 15 th day of July, 1560 in y e third
yeare of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth ; &c.
ROBERT COOKE, Alis
CLARENCEAUX.
Hoy de Armes.
From 17th century MS. penes A. W. Morant, Esq.
FIRE AT HOLT-MARKET, NORFOLK, 1708. (p. 22.)
IT may not have occurred to your Correspondent who sent the Brief
for collections to rebuild the Church after the fire in 1708, that there
were two granted and issued ; one for the rebuilding Of the Town
generally, and subsequently, thirteen years after, another in the 9th of
George the First, for the Church alone, of which you gave us a copy.
I have not the Brief for the Town before me, although no doubt copies
44 EASTEKN COUNTIES
exist in many collections, certainly at Lambeth, and perhaps among the
Norwich muniments.
I send you some scraps copied from manuscripts in the British
Museum which may induce other correspondents to add to the history
of the Town. The early notices by Blomefield are more than usually
minute, but the later history, through the want of parish records is
very deficient. In MS. No. 23,008, fol. 164, is this : "A great Plague
at Holt which begun Aug. 4th, 1592, and ended Feb 7 4 following."
"63 Burials at Holt in the above period."
"In 1599 a house * was erected for the Poor by the Town."
" The Church of Holt with the greatest part of the Town was burnt
on May 1 st 1708. The Chancel was then thatched. The loss by the
Fire was 11,258. The Church was repaired 1725 by Collections on a
Brief and other Contributions. Prince George gave 100, Charles
Lord Viscount Townsend 50, and Sir Bob* "Walpole 50."
"There was two Brief (sic.) granted. That for the Town and
Church, 1708. That for the Church only 1723." (9th George I.)
From the Register during the Usurpation : " Thomas Bouse of
Kellen, Singleman, and Elizabeth Cooke of Salhouse, single woman,
their contract being openly published three several Market days in
Holt Market, were married Dec r . 18 th , 1654."
"Thomas Witchingham of Kellen, single man, and Martha Jennis
of the same town, single woman, their intentions of Marriage being
published three several Market days in Holt Market, were married
May 21st, 1655. Four other Weddings were in the above year in
that same manner, and two in 1656, and one in 1657, but they who
were so married neither of them in any instance resided in Holt."
From Kerrich's papers, Mus. Brit. ff. 168: "This is a 14-cento
Church of little consequence. Lowness and clumsiness form its
character, and that character runs thro' every part of it, so we may
say it has at least the merit of uniformity. The great East window is
broad, low, and ugly, as are also most of the others, and all of coarse
workmanship. The Nave I think has five arches on each side, which
are wide and low and stand upon octagonal pillars. The steeple is
the oldest part of the whole building."
About 1863 the pillars were cleaned from the accumulated white-
wash, and the character of the interior much changed by the intro-
duction of open seats, a new East window having been previously
inserted, and other architectural improvements made, Mr. Kerrich's
present report would no doubt be much modified. Blomefield says it
had a tall spire, which accounts for the lowness of the present tower.
J. B.
Feb. 20th, 1872.
* This was afterwards enlarged and used as a Workhouse, but is now divided into
cottages which occupy the site.
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45
STRAY NOTES ON NOEWICH CATHEDEAL.
THE following notes as to the dimensions of the Cathedral Church,
of Norwich are copied from Dr. Tanner's MS. preserved in the Bishop's
Office at Norwich. Although Britten's Ground-plan of the Church
gives the measurements, perhaps with greater accuracy, yet it appears
desirable to print Dr. Tanner's notes. The Church has been much
altered since they were taken. " The step before Eoodloft door,"
"the half pace," "the step before Herbert's Tomb," nay the tomb
itself, are levelled. "The altar partition" and the " clockhouse " are
also gone, th^e latter was removed within memory.
Length of y' Church.
bottom of y e steps
from y e West door to y e step before Eoodloft door
balf pace to y e quire door
from Quire door to first step of y e Presbytery
from thence to y e step before Herbert's Tomb
to y e Altar steps
Steps
to y e Altar Partition
to y e Semicircle
Pillars
to y e entrance of Lady chapel
feet.
H
194 \
199
12.6
76
33
18.6
7.
16.3
15.6
7
14
Bredth.
398.9
Church
Quire
feet.
174 : 36 --- : 174 = 70.8
69
13 Pillars
2 in Quire
Clockhouse
Cross Isle length 178
breadth 29
To Dr. Tanner's notes as to the length and breadth of the church we
add a note by Kirkpatrick, taken from the rough note-book referred
to at p. 6, and some memoranda we have been favoured with by
C. ~W. Millard, Esq., as to the height of the Spire.
Of y' pinnacle of y e Catlydrale
The steeple is a quadrangle Tower and y 6 pinnacle an octangular
pyramid and from y e pavement of y e quire of this church over w ch y e
steeple stands to y e top of y e spire thereof is 316 feet and a half as I
am assured by a person who measured y e same.
On 10th June, 1846, Messrs. Henry Bidwell and Charles
W. Millard measured a base line on the west side of the Upper
Close, Norwich, and took angles with a theodolite to the top of
the stone Finial of the Spire, which they found to be
above the level of the ground at the west end of the Nave of
the Cathedral.
feet.
309.73
309.73
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309.73
They also levelled with a spirit level from the ground at the
west end of the Nave to the ground under the clock in the
South Transept, the difference of level being . . . . 4.52
Height of top of Finial by these measurements above
ground under clock in South Transept . . . . . . 314.25
The same persons also measured a base, and took angles to
the top of the Finial, on the south side of the Close, which
gave .. .. .. .. . . .. 313.75
as the height of the top of the Finial above the ground,
under the clock in the South Transept . . . . . . 2^/628.00
Mean height . . . . 314.00
On November 17th, 1856, Mr. John "Weir and Charles
William Millard measured a base and took angles to the top
of the Vane of Norwich Cathedral Spire, which they found
to be .. .. .. .. .. .. 322.12
above the ground under the clock in South Transept.
The difference between Mr. Millard' s measurements and that given
by Kirkpatrick, may possibly be due to the fact that the upper part of
the spire was altered in 1843. The scaffolding for the purpose was
begun 3rd July, 1843. The weathercock was unshipped on the 22nd
July, 1843, and replaced on the completion of the work, on Saturday
the 12th August, in the presence of Bishop Stanley. Shortly after it
was again removed, and part of the finial taken down by the Sappers
and Miners employed on the Ordnance Survey, who were engaged in
making their observations from the 9th November to the 8th December,
1843. Their tent was struck on the llth, and the weathercock
replaced on the 15th December.
PEOCLAMATION ANNUALLY MADE AT HAEDLEY
CEOSS, NORFOLK.
THE Corporation of Norwich have for many years past annually in-
spected the river as far as their jurisdiction (until recently) extended,
namely to Hardley Cross. Having reached which, the Mayor, Sheriff,
or Town Clerk, standing on the base of the cross, which is in the
midst of the so-called Eiver Chet, makes the following proclamation
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez.
If there be any manner of person that will absume, purfy, implead,
or present any action, suit, plaint or plea, for any offence, trespass,
or misdemeanor done or committed upon the Queen's Majesty's
Eiver of Wenson, Let him repair unto the Right Worshipful Mr.
Mayor and the Worshipful Sheriff of the City of Norwich for the
redress thereof, and he shall be heard.
God save the Queen.
COLLECTANEA. 47
I have in vain endeavoured to ascertain by enquiry in many quarters
the meaning of the words absume and purfy. I asked the Town Clerk,
who, at once, candidly admitted he did not know. But, I urged,
what would you do supposing any one appears before the Mayor and
says he comes to " absume " or "purfy " ? " Tell him to do it," was
his ready answer.
A. W. M.
[Perhaps for absume we should read assume. As to purfy, we would
observe by way of suggestion that there is, according to Bailey, a
Writ commanding the Mayor, Sheriff, &c., that none cast filth into
the ditches or other places adjoining, called " Pour faire proclamer."
Pour faire would easily corrupt into purfy. ED. E. C. C.]
OLD MAP OF NOEFOLK. (pp. 9, 16.)
I AM inclined to believe that the maps described by A. and A. W. M.
are reproductions, as I have one, very clean and perfect, in my
Norfolk Collections, measuring 42 inches by 29 inches, "Printed for
T. Bowles in St. Paul's Churchyard, and sold by John Bowles, Black
Horse in Cornhill, and Eobert Sayer, at the Golden Buck, Fleet
Street," dated 1730. It corresponds with those described as regards
the views of Yarmouth, Lynn, and Norwich, and the curious note
about Castle Eising, but mine has the addition of the mayor's name,
viz., "Thomas Burges Esq re in this present year;" also this dedication,
"To the Most Noble and Eight Honourable John Hobart Lord
Hobart, of Blickling in the County of Norfolk, Knyght of y e Most
Honourable Order of y e Bath, this ACITJAL STTRVET of the COUNTY of
NORFOLK is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant, James Corbridge. 1730. E. Bowen, sculp/'
Perhaps this note is worthy of record in your interesting publication.
London, CHAS. GOLDINQ.
16, BlomfieU Terrace, W.
PUCKLE FAMILY, (pp. 12, 21.)
SAMUEL Puckle is rated in St. Michael Coslany in 1633 ; Martin Puckle
in Tombland and St. Michael Coslany in 1659, in Tombland and St.
Gregory in 1660, and in St. Gregory only in 1661 and 1679. Eichard
Puckle is rated in Timberhill in 1661, in Thorn in 1679; and
Puckle in Mancroft the same year.
T. E. T.
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FLOODS IN NOEWICH. (p. 35.)
"Ox the 28th of October, 1762, the Books were spoiled by an
Inundation of Water, the Pews driven up, and the whole floor was
sunk, and the Gravestones let in except in the Chancel." This was
copied, about thirteen years ago, from a MS. containing entries of
births, marriages, and deaths in the parish of St. Mary Coslany,
Norwich, in the possession, as far as I can remember, of a Mr. Barker,
then an inmate of Doughty's Hospital. It appeared to be a private
register, kept by the parish clerk of the period ; but if the official
register be destroyed, it would be very valuable, and no doubt
admissible as evidence in law.
JAEL.
PANEL PAINTINGS IN WOODBKIDGE CHUECH,
SUFFOLK.
IN a manuscript volume of Essex and Suffolk Church Notes made
between 1714 and 1740, I find, "the names of some of y e saints
portraied upon y e worke, and yet remaining, are these ; S. Paul, S.
Edward, S. Kenelme, S. Oswald, S. Cuthbert, S. Blase, S. Quinton,
S. Leodegare, S. Barnaby, S. Iherome." The "work" here named is
the " rood-loft, partition, and other wood work about the Quire" of the
church of Woodbridge.
Are all or any now remaining, and if not, is there any record when
the same were removed ? perhaps some Suffolk correspondent can
enlighten me, and also your other readers.
C. GOLDING.
London.
KING JAMES'S DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE, 1688.
MACAULAY states that king James the Second's Declaration of Indul-
gence (1688) was read in only four of the many hundreds of parishes
in the diocese of Norwich. Which were the four and what were the
names of the incumbents ?
N.
BLOMEFLELD'S HISTOEY OF NOEFOLK.
HERE is a note by Craven Ord from Additional MS. No. 14,833, Brit.
Mus. " Oxbro. Against the north wall is an inscription for Charles
Parkyns, late Eector, who attempted a continuation of the History of
Norfolk that was begun by Francis Blomefield, but died in 1765,
before he had sent any of his papers to the press."
Who edited or superintended the continuation ?
B.
COLLECTANEA. 49
INVENTOEY OF THOMAS HEENE, OF STOUGHTON.
MAGNA, HUNTINGDON, CLERK, 1593.
THE following document is not without interest, inasmuch as it gives
us some little information as to the manner in which the clergy lived
three centuries ago. The inventory itself is undated, but the will to
which it belongs was proved on the 4th of January, 1593. It has
been eaten away by mice to such an extent as not to be worth printing.
From the remaining fragment we can however make out that the
testator desired to be buried in the parish church of Stoughton ; that
he had a sister called Margaret, to whom he left 6. 13s. 4d. and one
of his gowns. Dame Dyer was his executrix ; and Oliver and
Elizabeth Cocker were the witnesses of his will.
The first thing that strikes us in a cursory examination of the
inventory is the strange jumble of Eoman and Arabic figures that the
prices of the goods present. Had it been compiled a few years earlier,
we should certainly have found all the sums therein represented by
Eoman numerals, and if it had been written half a century later, it is
probable that Arabic figures would have been used. The scribe who
copied it out from the "praisers'" rough notes had evidently both
series of figures in his head, and was anxious to shew his familiarity
with more than one system of notation.
It will be remarked that Mr. Herne did not possess the luxury of
knives and forks, that he had no pictures on his walls, and nothing in
the way of carpet or table cloth ; no wine, beer, mead, cider, or other
strong drinks, and yet he possessed forty shillings' worth of books.
That is to say, more than one-fifth of all his household goods, excluding
the money -he had by him at the time of his death, consisted of food
for the mind.
" For him was leuer ban at his beds hed
Twentie bookes clad with blacke or red,
*****
Than robes ricbe, or fiddle or gay sautrie."
Thus Chaucer spoke of his Clerke of Oxenford. The description
would apply, perhaps, with equal truth to Thomas Herne, Clerk, of
Great Stoughton. What a contrast there is between this Elizabethan
priest and a certain northern incumbent of the Victorian era, whose
cellar of wine sold for upwards of one thousand pounds, and the
whole of whose library was disposed of to a neighbouring bookseller
for twenty -five guineas. "And a very bad bargain I had with the
books, Sir," said the man who bought them : "There was'nt a thing in
the whole lot worth sixpence a volume, except the Racing Calendar,
jy Oyly and Mant's iole, and the Memoirs of Harriette Wilson"
Although the house was but scantily furnished, even for that time,
there was a pair of querns which were used for grinding mustard.
Querns are of very frequent occurrence in inventories of a date even
later than this. These hand-mills are of immemorial antiquity. "We
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find them mentioned in the laws of Moses, in Job, and the Gospels.*
Women used them in the palace of Odysseus, f and among the
Scandinavians, Teutons, and Kelts, long ere the dawn of history.
If they are not now in use in Britain, they have only ceased
to be so within human memory. A friend of the writer has seen a
woman grinding with one, within the last few years, in one of the
Faroe Isles. As the stones are not large, and are so hard that they
cannot be destroyed except by wilful violence, many still remain as
silent witnesses of a past state of civilization. Some are doubtless of
great antiquity, but we believe many to be comparatively modern.
They were certainly an article of import into this country as late as
1656, as the following quotation from the Book of Values of Merchandise,
which accompanies the Excise act of that year, bears testimony .J
Mil-stones the last, containing three pair 40 : :
Mil-stones the pair . . . . 15:0:0
Quern stones, small, the last . . 2:0:0
Quern stones, large, the last . . 12:0:0
Of the testator, himself, I know nothing. Was he an Eastern
Counties man, or can he have been an offshoot from the great northern
house of Heron ? Perhaps some of your Huntingdonshire readers
may be able to give information on the point.
It may be well to state that I have myself made the transcript for
the press from the original, which is itself a copy contemporary with
the proving of the will. There is a mistake in the addition. The
true sum is 21. 6s. 4d. The error however is that of the writers or
compilers of the inventory.
EDWARD PEACOCK.
Bottesford Manor, Brigg.
A true inventorie of all the goodes and moveables of Mr. Herne
of great Stoughton clerke
Inprimis a presse 8 s
Itm a ioyned bed x s
Itm a fetherbed & boalster xvj"
Itm a coverlet xiij 8 iiij d
Itm for 2 pillowes 2 s
Itm a ioyned chayre xx d
Itm a chest and two deskes v s
Itm a trunke 2 s vj d
Itm a cubborde of walnuttree 3 9 4 d
Itm a chayre vj d
Itm thre ioyned stooles xvj d
* Deut. xxiv. 6 ; Judges ix. 53 ; 2 Sam. xi. 21 ; Job xl. 24 ; Matt. xTiii. 6 ;
Mark ix. 42 ; Luke xvii. 2.
t Homer, Od. xx. 105. J Scobell Acts and Ord. ii. 475.
COLLECTANEA. 51
Itm a box for bandes viij d
Itm a cupcase vj d
Itm a payre of Andirons 2* vj d
Itm one silver spone 3'
Itm a shovel and a pare of tongues x d
Itm a wicker chayre xviij d
Itm a chamber pot a bason & a candlesticke xij d
Itm two pare and a half of sheetes x"
Itm 'a spit vj d
Itm a grediron & testing iron vj d
Itm a pewter cup and a pottinger 8 d
Itm a pare of mustarde quernes xij d
Itm fyve olde shirtes v s
Itm v ruffe & fallinge bandes 2*
Itm his gownes xiij" iiij d
Itm two cloakes xx 8
Itm his dubletes & breeches & coate xiij' iiij d
Itm his hat 2 s vj d
Itm a sadle & bridle 2 s
Itm his bookes **"**"
Itm a pare of bootes 2 s
Itm stockinges & shoes xviij d
Itm in money xj u 16*
Itm a black bill xx d
Itm a padle & a vrinall viij d
Suma 21 U iiij 9 vj d
The names of the praisers are these vnder written Robert Risle
Gentleman, Henry Huntley Gentleman, Olyver Cocker yeoman John
Barker yeoman
ANNALS OF HINGHAM, NORFOLK, 16741750.
IN the old account book of the parish of Hingham, in Norfolk, there
have been entered year by year the prices per Coomb of Wheat, Eye,
Barley, and Pease, from 1661 to 1751. It is not now proposed to
give these memoranda, for we fear, with Bishop Meet wood, "as the
world now goes the greatest (tho' I will not think the best) part of
Readers will be rather apt to despise, than to commend, the pains that
are taken in making collections of so mean things." But we print
a number of notes from the same book which are not wholly without
interest. The publication of such parochial annals cannot fail to
contribute faithful materials for county history, and whilst "nothing
could be more contemptible as compositions, nothing could be more
satisfactory as authorities."
Feb. 24 1674, it began to snow and soe continued till y e 6 th of March
by reason of w ch y e ground and Lanes about y e towne were soe filled
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with, snow that they were impassible, and men could not walke abroad
about their businesse without great danger for many daies ; w ch oc-
casioned such great floods that many suffered great damage, and y*
men could not till y e ground till after our Lady.
Upon y e 25 th of Aprill was y e towne of Watton burnt y e loss being
computed to y e vallue of 9823" Collected in this towne towards y e Lose
y e sum of 14 U 4 s 3 d *
1676. This yeare y e springe was so forward, that Harvest for winter-
corne was begun in our towne y e 1 8 th of July and. generally ended y e
weeke following.
The towne musket is in y e hands of John Burman.
This yeare was soe great a drought that almost all y e wells about
y e market stead were drye, and soe continued till after Christmas.
1678 October 28 th . Collected by y e churchwardens according to y*
Kings Maiesties Letters patents for y e rebuilding of y e Cathedral of
St. Pauls in y e city of London y e some of two pounds one shilling and
eleven .pence; w ch was by them paid to Mr. Seppens y e present
Rector according to y e directions in y e said Letters patents. 2 1 s ll d .
In July 1679 y e towne of East dearham was Burnt y e loss being
Computed to y e vallew of f
Collected by y e Churchwardens towards y e said loss y e weeke after
9 U 12 s O d
Collected afterwards more by other Inhabitants in y e towne 10 U 3" 3 d .
1680. This yeare was a great Eott amongst sheep.
1681. This yeare began a drought about y e middle of March and
continued till y e begining of July by reason of w* we had little or noe
hay soe that it was sold for great prices before y e raine. But in July
it pleased God to send raine, soe as we had in this towne a good cropp
of all graine beyond hope or expectation ; soe y* when we feared a
famine we had a great plenty ; and y e want of hay was supplied by the
soweing of Turneps.
1682. This year in Aprill fell so much raine w ch continued till about
y e midle of May ; that we could not sowe Barly soe that men did not
in this towne make an end of soweing till y e 28 th of May : Notwith-
standing y e Crop was indiferent good.
1682. This yeare about September it pleased God to visit the towne
with y e smale pox of w eh and of other diseases there died in y e space
of fower months about persons.
* "Writing in Norfolk Arduzology, vol. iii., p. 413, Mr. Thomas Barton saya the
only notice he had of this fire was from the Norwich Corporation records.
f It is presumed that this is the fire mentioned in Parkin's Continuation of Blome-
field (vol. x. p. 204, 8vo. ed.) as having occurred on the 3 July, 21 Charles II. There
is, however, a mistake somewhere, for if calculated from the commencement of his
reign, 3 July, 21 C. II. would be 1669 ; whilst if we reckon from his Restoration it
would be 1680.
COLLECTANEA. 53
1683 upon y e 27 th of September it was soe great a ffrost as y e Ice
would beare a goose and it did snow by y e space of 6 or 7 howers very
fast in y e afternoone soe as y e like was never knowe by any of us in
these parts and in y e beginging of December it began to ffreese and
soe continued till y e midle of february, with little intermission.
1684. This yeare was a great drought w ch began about y e midle of
Aprill and continued till y e midle of August betwixt w ch times, was
very little raine, soe that there was a very smale crop of Hay and
Sumer corne.
Upon y e 24 th of October at night was a great tempest of thunder and
lightning with much snow and raine w ch lasted above an hower.
Hay was sold this winter at 3 s a hundred.
1685. Hay soulde this springe at 2 s 6 d per Cwt. Beefe at 4" 4 d per
stone, Cheese at 6 d per li. Bacon 6 d per li.
1685 This yeare was a great drought in summer but a mild winter
soe as hay was not aboue 2 s per cwt and y e best 2" 6 d
This yeare upon y e 29 th of August 1688 about y e howers of twelve
and one of y e clocke in y e afternoon there happened a sad and lamen-
table fire on y e northwest of ye towne w ch in ye space of 5 or 6 howers
consumed y e greatest part of y e north side of y e towne, y e loss in
houses and goods being computed to amount to about 4000 U *
This Yeare 1701 the Sixth Bell was nue Cast At St. Edm d Bury and
It Cont in weyt 24 Hundred and 16 li Stephen Baldwyn and Edm d
Alldon Churchwardens. And it was splitt December 13 1702.
And the sixth Bell was A Gaine nue Cast in the Yeare 1707 and it
con* in weyt 22 Hundred and 18 U Robert Backer and William Cooper
Churchwardens .
May the 12, 1703. It is A Greed by us whose names Are Here
under subscribed that the bounds of y e Towne shall be gone but once
in three years and that there shall be but Thirtie shillins expended
about the same upon the Ace* of y e Towne and But 6 s 8 d Disbursed by
the Churchwardens to the Ringers upon any publik Accacion upon y e
Town Ace 1 .
Upon the 1 3 of June this Yeare 1 703 ffell such a Great quantity of
Bayne As Caused such a Great fflow of Warters As Deed A Great
Dammag to the Midows In Washing A Way the Gras that Was Cutt
and silten the Grass on Cutt.
Upon the 25 of November the same Yeare about 7 At night there
Was such A storme of Hayle With Thunder and Lightning As Deed
a Great Deale of Dammag In Sum Places ; and Upon the 26 Instant
* This probably is the fire referred to in the Atlas, fo. 308. See Blomefield, vol. ii.,
p. 443. Hiiigham suffered from fire in the 34-35 Henry VIII., for in that year the
Chamberlains of Norwich paid " sixpens for three quires off paper expended about the
examination of certain dutchmen and others divers persons for the burning of Hengham
whereof copies \vere sent up to London."
F 2
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In the night And the 27 In the morning there "Was such a Tarrable
strong Winde As Haue not Hapned in the Memory of Any Man then
Liveing which Overturned A Great Many Howsis and Barnes and
Seurall persons Lost their Lives by the ffafi of Chemneys and Housis
and A very Great Dammag At Sea Seurall men of Warr Ware Lost
Besides A Great maney smaller Vesills and Seurall Thousand of Sea
men Lost there Lives.
On the ffirst of May 1708 There hapnid A Dreadfull ffier at Holt in
this County which Consumed to the Value of 20,000 U * and Upwards
and there was Collected for y m in this Town 10 U and ij"
In this yeare 1710 Ypon the 5 Day of December About 1 In the
ffore Noone It Thundered and Lightned soe Terrably As Hath not
Binn seen By the Remembrance of Any Man Living, ffor the tyme of
the Year which was Accompnid with A Violent Storme of Hayle and
Rayne and A Very High wind the night {following.
Aprill 2, 1711. It is Agred By us whose names Are Here Vnder
Subscribed that ther shall be But Eaight Shillings Disbursed by y e
Churchwarden to the Ringers Any one Day Vpon Any publick Accasion.
1711, 1712. Mr. Payne f Haue in his Hand to pay M r Doe ffor the
Cure of Barlye Legge . . . . . . .,100
and Allso He haue in His Hand to pay M r Doe for y e Cure of Marg'
Tompson Hand .. .. .. .. 1 18 6
This Yeare 1713 Vpon the 15 of ffebruary About ffour of y e Clock
In the After Noone was suche A Tarrable Violent Wind As Overturned
Seurall Howesis and Barrns and y e Great Tree at Depham J and Did
Great Dammag At Sea.
In the next yeare 1714 Vpon the 1 st of ffebuary in y e afternoone
was such a Tarrable Wind As ouer Turnd A Great many Barrns and
Housis.
May 16, 1717. We Whose Names Are Here Vnder subscribed Doe
Agree that the Church Wardens and Ouer Seers ffor the Tyme Present
and ffor the tyme to com shall not Clorth Any Poor Person in the
Towne with out Wareing the Badge According to the Law In that
Cause made and provided and allso to Take Account of their Goods
Vpon the Account of the said Towne without the Consent of the Major
Pert of Vs who Promes to meet Vpon the ffirst Mondy of Euery
month to Cunsider of the Necesety of the said poor persons. Further
soe Agred that if Any poor person Doe not ware the Badge In A
* This is exaggerated. See p. 43.
t This man had been overseer in the previous year.
J This was a lime tree about thirty yards high, described in Evelyn's Silva by Sir
Thomas Browne, and named by him Tilia Colosscea Depehatnensis. See Blomefield,
vol. ii., p. 496, 8vo. edition. Blomefield, writing in 1739, says it was taken down
about thirty years ago, which was correct : subsequent writers pitch upon the year
1705, which is incorrect. In the Norfolk and Norwich Remembrancer, 1750 is mentioned
as the year.
COLLECTANEA. 55
Visable Manner Soune on to their Sleav that we will not pay to the
Eate But to Dealle with the officer According to Law.
This Year 1727 The Eeverend Mr. John Wattson Eector of this
Parish after 43 Years Service* Departed this Life Octo r 11 th aged 85
Years and John Hammond y e Clark of y e Parish Departed this life
after 40 years service y e 11 th October aged 76 Years and both Carryed
into y e Church together to be Intered and W m Burgany Sexton y e
same year Depart d .
This year in y e begining of May White Wheat was 30 s Comb in
Norfolk and in y e Shires sold for 40" per Comb.
. s. d.
1731-2 Collected to y e breif for Eamsey fire . . . . 238
Collected to y e breif for Blanford fire . . . . 294
y e loss 85,340 pound and upwards.
N.B. That on Monday y e 21 st Febuary 1736 Between the Hours of
five and six a Clock in the Evening their was Such a Terrible Clap of
Thunder with prodigious Lighting and so great a Storm of Haill as
put People in a great Consternation and y e like never remember' d by
any in the Season of y e Year.
Memorandum
That on Sunday y e fourth of May 1740 About Six in the Evening
it began to Snow and Continued all night and untill Monday noon and
y n y e Sun gat out and between three and four y* afternoon we had
Several large Cracks of Thunder preceeded by A Violent Storm of
Hail and A great flight of Snow till near Sunset and that night Such
a Sharp frost as no Man then liveing Eemembered y e Like & y* same
Yeare on Aprill y e 2 1 A very deep Snow.
Memorandum
That on the Sunday the Third of March 1750 in the Afternoon we
had a Violent and Shocking Tempest which Continued Several Hours
with little or no Intermission of Thundering and Ligting such as was
never known at this Season of y e Year by the oldest Man Liveing.
CHUECH HEEALDEY: DEANEEY OF BEECCLES.
No. I.
I SEND you the first instalment of a list of the Coats of Arms now
existing in the churches of the Deanery of Breccles, in the Arch-
deaconry of Norwich. If you should think fit to print it in the
Collectanea I shall be glad ; and I shall be still more glad if the pub-
lication of it should lead to the making of similar lists for the other
Deaneries in the Diocese. ' .
PEDOMETER.
* He was instituted 11 April, 1683. Bl., vol. ii., p. 425. See his epitaph p. 42&.
The year 1727 is there said to be " terrible for fevers." The deaths in Hingham that
year were 60. For thirty-four years previously they had averaged 25-&0.
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ASHILL CHTJKCH
I. A mural mounment on the north side of the chancel, for John
Cotton, Esq., who married Alice, daughter of Jermyn Wright of
Wangford Hall in Suffolk, Esq., and died 21 Dec., 1696, aged 55.
Quarterly of four: 1. Azure, an eagle displayed argent; for Cotton.
2. Argent, three falcons close gules ; for Falconer. 3. Azure, two
bars argent ; for Venables.* 4. Argent, a fesse gules, a label of three
points azure ; for Langham.
Impaling; sable, a chevron engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis
or ; on a chief of the second as many spear-heads azure ; for Wright.
Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
II. Thomas Watts died 1790.
Ermine, on a chief an annulet between two billets ; on a scutcheon
of pretence three bars and a bend over all. Crest ; on a wreath a
lion's jamb supporting a shield. (Watts of Hockwold in Norfolk;
ermine, on a chief gules an annulet between two billets or. Crest, a
lion's jamb erased gules supporting a shield or. Stanhawe of Norfolk ;
Barry of six or and azure, over all a bend gules).
III. John Stanhawe Watts, forty years Rector of Ashill, married
Ann, daughter of James Smyth of West Badenham, and died 23 Dec.,
1812, aged 64. Watts, as above, quartering Stanhawe. Impaling; a
chevron engrailed between three lions passant gardant. Crest of
Stanhawe ; viz., on a wreath an eagle displayed. (Smyth ; azure, a
chevron engrailed between three lions passant gardant or.)
IY. A slab in the floor of the south aisle of the nave. Charles
Cotton of London, mercer, seventh son of John Cotton above named,
died 28 Jan. 1740.
Quarterly of four : 1 and 4. An eagle displayed ; for Cotton. 2. Barry
of six, in chief three buckles ; for .... 3. A bend between three
roundles.f Crest : an eagle rising.
On Shields borne ly Angels in the Roof of the Nave.
V. North side, first shield from the east. Three mitres ; for the
See of Norwich.
VI. South side, second shield from the east. Three ducal crowns,
two and one, each pierced with two arrows in saltire ; for East
Anglia.
* Sir Richard Cotton of Hamstall Ridware, Co. Stafford, married a co-heiress of
Venables of Kinderton ; from the second son of this match descended Sir Robert
Cotton, Bart., the celebrated antiquary, founder of the Cottonian Library.
t Among the arms ascribed by Edmonson to Cotton of Staffordshire are, Argent
a bend sable between three pellets. Query, whether Cotton assumed the arms of
Ridware, (Azure an eagle displayed argent) in consequence of a match with the heiress
of Ridware, temp. Edward III.
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VII. South side, fourth shield from the east. Arms of the Eev.
B. Edwards, Eector of Ashill (1813) and Eural Dean. Quarterly of
four grand quarters : 1 and 4. On a fease between three martlets a
cinquefoil. 2. Quarterly; in the first and fourth quarters a cross
pattee (so carved, but see below.) 3. Per chevron a crescent.
(Edwards ; Argent, on a fesse between three martlets sable a
cinquefoil or. Cross; Quarterly gules and argent, in the first and
fourth quarters a cross potent or. Chapman ; Per chevron argent and
gules, a crescent counterchanged.)
YIII. Arms of Q-eorge IV., over the south door.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN MAETLESHAM
CHUECH, SUFFOLK.
IN the Chancel of this Church were the following Monuments and
Armorial Bearings existing in the year 1740, viz.
Beneath Eesteth the Body of
John Goodwin of Martlesham Hall, Gent.
who departed this life
December 11 th , An . 1699
In the Sixtyeth year of his Age.
He first took to wife :
Mary Dawes, Widow, one of the Daughters of
John Glover, Clerk, Minister of Shotisham
who left this Life 15 th February An . 1680.
without Yssue
And Lyeth here Interd.
The Second :
Hannah, one of the Daughters & Cohiers of
Fred'ric Scott of Feverton, Gent, by whom
the said Interred had 2 Daughters yet living
Elizabeth & Hannah
She also Lyeth Beneath.
Here lyeth the Body of Hannah the Wife
of John Goodwin of Martlesham one of the
Daughters of Fred'rick Scott of Feverton.
Died Aug. 1, 1691.
The Third :
Elizabeth, one of the Daughters & Coheirs of
John Butcher of Ipswich, Phisitian by whom
Hee had living at his death two Sonns,
John and William.
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Also:
Here lyeth the body of Benjm Goodwin
the son of Bass* Goodwin late of the
City of London Marchant & Katherine his wife
who died the 24 of Jan. being the third year
of his age, 1681.
The arms as given on the Monuments are :
Of the Glover family. Sable a cheveron ermyn betweene 3 Crescents
Argent.
Of the Scott family. Argent, 3 Catherine Wheels, Sable, within a
border engrailed, Gules.
Of the Butcher family. Argent, a cross engrailed between three
Water-bougets, Gules.
The above having never been printed may be of interest to some
readers, and any additional facts relative to the Goodwin and Scott
families, whose pedigrees I am interested in forming, will be very
acceptable to,
CHARLES GOLDING.
16, Blomfield Terrace, London, W.
EOYAL LICENSE TO A JEW TO ALIENATE HOUSES IN
NOEWTCH, 1280.
THE following is copied from Lansdown MS. 665.
Literse patentes Edwardi I Regis Anglise concedentes licentiam
Ursello filio Ysaac le Eveske, Judeo de Norwico, vendendi cuicumque
voluerit domos suas in Norwico, quse sitse sunt inter domum Gentse la
Vene, Judsei, et domum Ysaac de Gernemutha, Judsei, in vico de
Mannecroft, in parochia, S Petri.
Teste Eege ap. Westm. 10 die Nov. A 28. (1280) Sigill deest.
Why was Eoyal authority necessary ?
B.
COFFINS IN THE HOBAET VAULT, BLICKLING,
NORFOLK.
WILL any one give me some account of the nineteen coffins in the
vault under the north aisle of Blickling church ? I have a few meagre
notes made some years ago which I subjoin, but I desire fuller
particulars.
1. F. H. 2. F. H., 1657. 3. No inscription. 4. A child.
5. F. H., , jvL Lady Frances Hobart, daughter of Earl of Bridge-
IbO'x. o
water. 6. Empty. 7. -p g- 1647. 8. A small coffin covered with
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velvet. 9. A youth, a plate. 10. H. H., covered with velvet, 1721.
11 and 12 stand 'behind. 13. Et. Honble. John Hobart, Earl of
Buckinghamshire, 1756, set. 63. 14. Lady Dame Judith Hobart, 1726.
151 have no note of. 16. E. and the Hobart star. 17 and 18 I have
no notes of. 19. A lead figure.
Jom? SMITH.
Brandon.
VEESES IN THE PAEISH EEGISTEE OF WITTON NEAE
NOETH WALSHAM, NOEFOLK
Wittons Epitaph 16268.
The name of witt this town it once did beare
But now witlesse, (alas) I quake for feare
The Head is sick the Bodie also weake
Death make an end ; they will no physick take
Ense resecandum est immedicabile vulnus.*
F. P.
Witton.
EEBUILDINa OF HONING CHUECH, NOEFOLK.
I HAVE a note of an inscription in Honing Church, which please
preserve in the Collectanea.
"Eebuilt 1795. Tho s Cubitt WilT" Mason Churchwardens."
GK
North Walsham.
EOOF SCULPTUEES OF NOEWICH CATHEDEAL.
COCKERELL, the Eoyal Academician, speaks of the admirable vaulted
ceiling of Norwich Cathedral as " the most beautiful in its structure,
order, tracery, and sculpture in England," and says that " the ceiling
and its sculptures were justly accounted a peculiar glory to the
Cathedral Church." He adds, however, " that not only the beauty
but the meaning of this remarkable series appears to have been
equally veiled from modern eyes." This reproach, we are happy to
say, will be removed by a work now being published quarterly by
Messrs. Sawyer and Bird of Norwich, in which every bay .of the nave
roof will be photographed, whilst the more important bosses will be
* Compare Ovid, Met. I., 190.
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illustrated on a larger scale. When completed, we have no hesitation
in saying, that it will be one of the most interesting and curious works
relating to the Cathedral Church of Norwich ever published. Not
only, however, is it intended to illustrate the sculptures of the roof,
in which perhaps a comparatively limited number only are interested,
but it is also proposed to give a series of photographs of the principal
architectural features of the fabric. These illustrations will be accom-
panied by a History of the See and the Church by the Very Rev. the
Dean, who also writes the letter-press descriptive of the bosses.
ANCIENT CITY GATES OF NORWICH.
THE veteran artist, H. Ninham, who, by his drawings, paintings, and
etchings, has done so much to preserve faithful representations of
Norwich antiquities, has published "Views of the Ancient Gates of
Norwich" as they appeared in 1 722, from original sketches by John
Kirkpatrick. They are in some respects more interesting than the
views taken with the camera seventy years before, by John Ninham,
and published in 1861 by the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological
Society, as several of the gates were rebuilt during that time. No
one who is interested in Norwich antiquities should however be without
both works, and all will be thankful to Mr. Ninham for the interesting
etchings he has given them. The only fault one can find with him is,
that he did not publish them in 1864, when, it appears, they were
etched.
"OUR BOROUGH," "OUR CHURCHES," LYNN,
NORFOLK.
MR. Beloe has through his publishers, Leach and Son, Wisbech, and
Thew and Son, King's Lynn, at length given us the first part of the
above work, upon which he has bestowed so much labour and time,
namely " Our Borough." Mr. Beloe' s sketch of the early history of
Lynn is clear and lively, and will be read with interest. We trust he
will reconsider the decision he announces in his preface, and proceed
with the history of " Our Churches" at as early a date as his pro-
fessional engagements will allow.
ACCIDENT ON BRAYDON, NORFOLK.
" TWENTY persons were drowned on Braydon in a wherry coming from
Yarmouth." In Blomefield and Parkin's History of Norfolk, at
vol. iii., p. 432, this accident is said to have happened in 1711; at
vol. xi., p. 398, in 1712 ; whilst in Matchett's Remembrancer it is
stated under the year 1713. Which is correct?
A.
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CHANCEL SCREEN AT ACLE CHUECH, NORFOLK.
WHEN I was at Acle in August, 1865, considerable alterations and
repairs were being effected at the parish church. I noticed that the
chancel screen, which I think Cotman has etched in one of his books,
appeared to have been just then stained a very dark oak colour and
varnished. I could detect under the graining that the panels had
been originally diapered with the letters M and E ; the latter pierced
with two arrows in saltire, the church being dedicated to St. Edmund,
K. and M. I thought, at the time, that the new coat of varnish was
all the mischief that the restorers, then at work, had to answer for ;
but I have since been led to believe that the original painted
decorations remained until 1865. Does the drawing of this screen in
Mr. Dawson Turner's illustrated Blomejield in the British Museum
show them? Cotman's etching, as far as I remember, does not.
This is an instance, and I am sorry to say not the 'only one, nor the
most serious, of the damage done year by year to these valuable
evidences of ancient art.
CHANCEL SCREEN AT AYLSHAM CHURCH, NORFOLK.
I AM anxious to have a list of the saints on the chancel screen at
Aylsham church. I had only five or ten minutes to look at it one
November afternoon last year, as I was passing through Aylsham,
and was not able to make any notes. "When I reached home I jotted
down what I remembered of the screen, which had interested me very
much. The arcade is gone ; the panels are sixteen in number, eight
on either side of a central doorway. Each panel has a painted figure ;
but twelve that is to say, the first six figures on the north side and
the last six on the south are painted, not on the wood but on paper,
and attached to the panel ; whilst the middle four figures, two on each
side next the doorway, are painted on the panel itself. As far as I
can judge, these last are much inferior in execution to the figures
painted on paper, which I think are the finest works of art I have seen
on a Norfolk rood-screen, and I am not surprised that they are
supposed to have been brought from Italy. Blomefield prints the
inscription upon this screen, but somewhat confuses it and us. It
should be read, "Orate pro animabus Thome Wymer Johanne et
Agnetis uxorum ejus qui hanc partem hujus operis deaurari fecerunt
qui obiit anno d'ni 1507." This inscription refers only to the figures
painted on paper. The first half of it, as far as the word "partem"
is written under the first six figures on the north side, and the
remainder under the six figures on the south. " Johannis Januys " is
under the figure on the north side nearest the door, and probably
that with the three others painted on the wood were executed at his
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cost. I learn from the Norfolk Topographer's Manual that in Mr.
Dawson Turner's illustrated Blomejield were twelve drawings of the
figures on this screen, five of which only are named as follows
Moses, SS. Andrew, John, Lawrence and Peter. One is said to be
"a Pilgrim," no doubt St. James Major. In the very Eev. Dr.
Husenbeth's Emblems of Saints, I find mentioned as occurring on this
screen, Moses holding a rod and tables, his face horned and radiant ;
St. Matthew with a money-box ; St. Paul resting upon a sword ; St.
Simon with a fish in his hand ; St. Jude with a fuller's bat in his
hand ; and St. Mathias bearing a halbert. I also noticed St. John
Baptist with lamb and book ; but, as I said at the commencement of
these notes, I am anxious for a perfect list, which I do not think has
appeared in print.
EXTEACTS FEOM THE PAEISH EEGISTER OF DOCKING,
NOEFOLK.
THIS Eegister commences in 1558, and is chiefly remarkable as
containing pedigrees of the families of Walpole, Drury, and Hare.
There are, however, a few other matters of interest which are tran-
scribed below.
The following entries, occurring under the respective dates of 1559
and 1570, shew how rapidly burial followed death at that time.
" The xxviij th daye of ffebruarye was John Michels a bastard
christned at home and buried y* day."
" Jone Patman y e daughter of Eobert Patman was christned y e
fourtene day of February. Y e same child was buried y e same day."
After 1583 considerable ingenuity appears to have been used to vary
the style of the entries e.g., for deaths the following expressions are
used :
" Fatum clausit extremum ; " " Ad patres apposita est ; " " Abiit
via universae carnis." And for marriages a still greater variety,
including " Connubio eodem occubuit; " "Accepit in conjugium;"
" Matrimonio copulati sunt ; " " Conubio injuncti sunt stabili ; "
"Nuptus fuit ; " " Solemnizatum fait matrimonium inter &c. ;"
" Conjunct! erant matrimonio ; " and "Duxit uxorem."
At the end of one of the registers, a praiseworthy attempt is made
to preserve a record of older burials.
" Antiquioris temporis quedam Sepulturse.
" Inscriptio marmoris inter campanile et Baptisterium sic se habet.
" Orate pro animabus Eoberti Stow
et Alicia uxoris ejus.* [Sans date.~\
* Blomefield, vol. x., p. 367, reads William and Agnes. Does the inscription yet
remain ?
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"The other two stones; one in the Church porch and the other
w th in the Church doore tradition sayth belonged to two persons whose
names Mussel and Chappel, who w* y e aforesaid Stow are sayd
to have given three Bells to y i8 Church since robbed at least of two of
them. The fframes remaine stille in the steeple.
" Tumulus in coemitereo ante ecclesiae Porticum Australem sic inscri-
bitur.
" Orate pro anima Joh'n Houton MCCCC xxvm." Temp. Hen. Sexti.
In this register, as indeed in most others, there are a few entries of
civil marriages during the Commonwealth.
" Benedict Haubrough of Docking approved and sworn p'ish
Register of the said towne the Twelfh Day of November 1653.
" By Mee Edm. Cremer."
"William Clarke of Docking widdower and Mary Beckett of the
s d towne singlewoman their Banes or Contract of Marrage was
published according to lawe the 4 th of December the 1 1 th of December
and the 18 th 1653, the w ch ptyes were maried the 24 th of December
1653, at Docking by me
"Edm. Cremer." (In another hand, " quce tanta infamia")
"1655 24 Marc. John NayF of Docking widdower and Margery
Allen of the same parish widdowe after due publication of their
consent to marriage by Benedict Hauborough parish Register three
Lords dayes viz the 9 th , 16 th , 23 rd of March and no exception thereunto
made were this 24 th March 1655 declared Husband and wif in the
p r sence of Willm Watson John Crispe and others according to y e
late Act by
" John Pell."
Later on the Register records the following events :
" Sept. 3 d '95 Mem dm . there happend a most violent storme at sea
duringe which about 200 sayle of light Collyers, bound from London
and Yarmouth and other places to New Castle, w th more than 50
Laden vessels riding in the Evening before, at Anchor neere the shores
of Branchester, Burnham, Wells, Cromer, Blakeney, w r driven from
their Anchors forct on shore and abundance of y m broken and wreckt
filling all the shores from Snetsham and Ingolstaffe to Wells and
Cromer w th abundance of Vessells on ground, and a many broken, and
the losse of a many persons. Quis talia fando temperet a Lacrimis ?
Evertat deus tanta Naufragia." (In the margin, " Wind N.E.")
" Georgius Co win filius Georgij et Cowin inventus est mortuus
apud Bradmere sub pondere cadi aquarij, e plaustro delapsi, tertio die
Octob r et sepultus est septimo sequente."
" 8 VO Oct brs Anno 1697 sub nocte Molendinum Roberti Helsden
Molendarii, stans in agris inter Dockinge et Bircham, vi procellosi
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venti, ruptis repagulis, ex motu nimium vertiginoso, in orbem versum,
atq. in fflammas adactum totum deflagravit, ad sumum ejus damnum,
qui non ultra tres annos ante actos sibi sua pecunia adscivisset. Solvebat
pro decimis annuo decem solidos vicario ex antiqua consuetudine.
" Jo. Cooper Vic."
" Alius Molendinum a Berwicke parva ad Dockinge translatum, et
in loco prioris positum, mense Augusti An. dom 1698. Solvit decimas
ut prius."
A list of the Vicars is given, of which the following is a copy ; the
entries in brackets being- from the body of the Eegister.
Robert Leddal,* Vicar and Eector of Stanhow 1558 and 1603. He
died in Harvest, falling from his horse in the field; was buried at
Stanhow, 1612. (31 Aug.)
Humphrey Tomson occurs as Curate in 1604 ; he was buried
18 June, 1618.
Ignatius Holdernes, Vicar 1612, was drowned in Bradmere Pit;
was buried July 30, 1644.
Edmond Godwin, Vicar 1644; buried 26 July, 1661.
Thomas Windet, Vicar 1661 ; buried 24 Feb., 1669.
Francis Byshop, Vicar of Docking 1669, vide Terrier; Eector of
Stanhoe ; buried 4 Jan. 1680.
John Borret, Vicar 1680; Eector of Blakeney. Eobert Langstaffe
his Curate; buried Sepf 12 th , 1686.
John Cooper, Vicar 1686 ; buried 17 Jan y 169f. (Eevrendus vir
Johannes Cooper hujus parochise Vicarius et meliore dignus sepultus
erat decimo septimo die Jan., 169|)
William Gough, Vicar 1699. William Brown, his Curate.
Hugh Charles Hare, Vicar 1708.
Charles Trimnell, Vicar 1711, afterwards Bishop of Norwich.
James Maigill, Vicar 1714 ; buried Sep r 12, 1750.
William Smith, Vicar 1750; died Aug'. 21, 1765.
Humphrey Christian, Vicar 1766 ; buried July 20 th , 1773.
Henry Lloyd, Vicar 1773 ; died at Blofield, Aug* 16 th , 1817.
The Honble. Adolphus Augustus Tumour, Vicar 1817.
The Eev d . Eobert Bathurst, A.M., 1819, on Mr. Tumour's resig".
The Eev d . Horatio Bolton, 1829, on Mr. Bathurst's death.
MONUMENTAL SLAB OF HUGH, ABBOT OF LANGLEY
c. 1250, IN HECKINGHAM CHUECH, NOEFOLK.
IN the north aisle of Ileokingliam Church is a coffin lid or monumental
slab, apparently of Barnack stone, measuring 6- ft. 5 in. in length,
* In Blomcfield, vol. x., p. 368, he is in error called John,
f The Eegister reads Dec r .
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2 ft. 3 in. in width at the head and 1 ft. 4 in. at the foot, and coped,
that is to say, worked to a ridge from head to foot. At the head of
it, in one line, may be read
Upon reference to Blomefield "and Parkin's History of Norfolk,
vol. x., p. 150, 8vo. edition, it appears that Hugh was abbot of the
neighbouring monastery of Langley in 1233 and 1246. He died
between the latter date and 1254, in which year Simon de Middleham
is mentioned as abbot. It seems probable that the slab does not now
mark the place of Abbot Hugh's interment, but that it was originally
laid down in the conventual church of Langley, from whence it may
have been removed with paving material after the dissolution and
consequent dilapidation of the abbey, at any rate similar cases are
on record.
It would seem that a continuation of the inscription was intended,
as under the first letter of Abbas we have a T or a badly cut G, and
perhaps it was intended to read Abbas Hugo gist ici, i.e., Abbot Hugh
lies here.
No notice being taken of this slab under Heckingham Church in
the County History, it appears desirable to place it on record in the
Collectanea.
B. W, SPAUL.
The Close, Norwich.
CONFIRMATION OF AEMS AND CEEST TO LEONAED
BAEEET, OF FOEDHAM, CO. CAMBEIDGKE.
To all and singuler as wel Nobles and Gentills as others to whome
these presents shall come Eobert Cooke Esquire alias ClarencieuLx
principall Hereault and King of Armes of the South-east and west
parts of this Eealme of England from the Eiver of Trent Southwards
sendeth greeting in our Lord everlasting. And being required of
Leonard Barret of fordem in the County of Cambridge gentilman to
make search in the Registers and Eecords of my office for -such Armes
and Crest as he may Lawfully beare, whearevpon Considering his
reasonable request I have made search accordinglie And doe find that
he may lawfully beare the armes and Creast hereafter followinge,
That is to say silver a Chevron engrailed gules between three Beares
passant Sables mosseled gold, And to the Creast vpon the healme on
a wreath silver and sables a Griffen Rampant regardant gold the
wings gules manteled gules dobled silver as more plainely appeareth
depicted in this margent, The which armes and Creast and every
part and parcell thereof I the said Clarencieulx King of Armes by
power and authoritie to my office Annexed and granted by letters
Patents under the great seale of England do Eatifie and confirme
a 2
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giue and graunt unto and for the said Leonard Barret gentilman and
to his posteritie with their due differences and he and they the same to
use beare and shewe in sheild Cote armour or otherwise at his and
their libertie and pleasure without impediment let or interruption of
any person or persons In wittnes whereof I the said Clarencieulx
king of Annes have sett herevnto my hand and scale of office the
forth of September A Domini 1575 and in the xvij* yere of the
Raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Quene Elizabeth.
Robt. Cook Alias Clarencieulx Eoy darmes.
Exaiat' et concordat cu'
original Test
Will Cady.
From seventeenth century MS., penes A. W. MOBANT, ESQ.
PLAGUE AT CAMBRIDGE 1618.
THE following extract relative to the plague at Cambridge in the reign
of James I., I have lately copied from the Municipal Records of our
town, and thinking it might be worthy of insertion in the pages of
your interesting miscellanea, I have pleasure in sending it to you.
1618, April 29. Edmund Corker, Aid. At this hawle it is agreed
that a voluntary and charitable contribution shall be gathered by twoe
of the capitall burgesses (whose names are hereunto written), in every
theire severall parishes throughout the towne from house to house, for
& towardes the releife of the towne of Cambridge nowe in the time
of the generall infection of the plague there raigninge.
The names of the collectors in every parish :
Paroch S te Mariae ) Richard Langton, gent.
/ Edw. Camocke
Paroch S ci Johanni ) Jeremy Cole
) Abraham Faulkner
Paroch S ci Michel < Zachary Bate
{ Richard Dawaldt
Paroch S ci Georgei ( Edmd. Browne
\ Henry Eldred
Paroch Omn Sanctor* ) John S tower
J John Wade
JUSTIN SIMPSON.
Stamford, May, 1872.
DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED IN THE CHURCH CHEST,
BACTON, NORFOLK.
IN the parish chest of Bacton are some scraps, a notice of which may
interest you, as the discovery certainly did me when they were placed
in my hands. Some have now been mounted and smoothed, and are
quite legible ; among them have been recovered
1. A Brief (anno 1606) for re-edifying of the Church and Chappel
of Arihuret in the County of Cumberland.
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2. A Thanksgiving and Prayer for the safe Child-bearing of the
Queene's Majestie. 1635.
These are single sheets.
3. Articles of Enquiry in the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, 1631.
Small 4to., perfect.
4. Also a fragment of King Charles I. Declaration, 1627.
Printed in Cardwell's Documentary Annals, ii., pp. 221 seq.
There are also some of the indented copies of the Registers handed
in at the Visitations.
If you wish it I will copy more exactly.
F. PEOCTEE.
Witton Vicarage, North Walsham.
[The Articles of enquiry would, we are sure, interest many, and must
be scarce enough to be worth reprinting. ED. E. C. C.]
DISOEDEES IN THE CATHEDEAL CHUECH OF NOEWICH,
1568.
AFTEE o r hartie comendacons to yo r hono r wheras the Quenes mat"
comission bearinge date the \s^ daie of October now last past was
directed unto us authoresinge us to survey and .view and also as we
mighte to correcte and amend the decayes and disordre in the
Cathedrall Churche w*in the cittie of Norw ch and the mynisters and
officers therto belonginge Wheruppon we Jier mat 8 seyd comissioners
meaninge to bringe the same to good effect have sithens dyvers tymes
met about the affaires mentioned in the seyd Comission and were in
good hope to have broughte the same to a p'fct end but that the
Deane and the Eeceyvo r ar suddenly dep'ted hence uppon whom o r
conclusion in that behalfe chefelie depended carienge w* them (as it
is seyd) the Charters accompts and other myniments and wrytings
w ch shold have ministred unto us further matter for knolledge of the
truthe Wee have therefore thought good forasmoche as the daie of
the reto r ne of o r seyd comission is at hand to reto r ne the same by
M r Gardyner one of the Prebendes of the seyd Churche who of a
desire to se reformacon and a heate to (rod's true Eeligion p'cured the
same By whome also we have sent the ordre of all o r doings
engrossed in p'chement w 1 the aunsers of the Deane and Chapter the
Pettie Cannons and Singing men to interrogatories mynistred to them
by us the seyd Comission' s w* a note also of suche disordres as we
presentlie find in the seyd Churche and cannot for lack of tyme now
be redressed The breife note of w* disorders folowthe hereafter
first, that wher by their foundacon ther Colledge is erected of a Deane
and Six Prebendaries w ch by the seyd foundacon ought to be priests
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and Preachers yet contrarie to the seyd foundacon three of the seyd
Prebends are nether priests nor preachers Secondlie in the seyd
churche is no dyvinitie lecture Thirdlie no librarie for the help of
Students Fourthelie no Statutes to governe the howse w* all Fiftlie
ther is a Tiplinge howse verie inconveniente and unfyt for suche a
place Sixtlie great negligence in prechinge and resortinge to sermons
seventhlie nmche ill husbandrie in wastinge of monnie plate lead and
Tymber and the goods of the churche Eightlie that a mere laye man
is made bothe Receyvo r and Treasauro r By w ch meanes the churche
is chardged not onlie w* a pencon of ten poundes a yere wherw* it was
never chardged before this last yere nether allowed in anie proporcon
But also the howse therbie is muche disordred the stock decaied and
the state therof in great danger 9 The Registre books are ill kepte
the counterpanes of leases ether not receyved or lost 10 no ordre
observed in putting out their lands and admitting their mynistres
All these things presentlie maie be refo r med by statutes or otherwise
as shall seme best to yo r hono r The consideracon and refermacon
wherof we refer to yo r hono r and the rest of the Queue's mat 8 most
hono r able counseil yet most hu'blie beseching yo r hono for the zeale
we know yo u beare to Religion to be a meane that this mother churche
of the dioces and ornament of this o r cyttie may be so refo r med as we
w* others maie receive from the same the foode of God's most holie
word and example of godlie life Thus we take o r leave of yo r hono r
at Norw ch the xxviij th of January 1568.
Yo r hono" most assured
Edmu'd Wyndam Joh'n Norwic
Austen Steward Thomas p'ker mayor
Thomas Sotherton Stephan Nevinson
Henry Byrd
Endorsed
To the righte hono'able S r William Cecill knight Principall Secretarie
to the Quenes mat 1 ' and one of her highnes most hono r able previe
counseil.
Dom. State Papers, Eliz. Vol. 49, No. 43.
A WARRANT FOR COPE SILVER OR KNOWLEDGE
MONEY, 1603.
I SEND you a transcript of a warrant for cope silver issued in 1603, on
the installation of George Montgomery as Dean of Norwich. I presume
that the original purpose of the money was to purchase a new cope for
the new Dean. Was the payment of this money discontinued before
copes were? One would think that if it had been applied for the
COLLECTANEA. 69
purpose there should be a number of old copes at Norwich Cathedral.
I have however been assured by those who have inquired that none
such remain.
T. E. T.
Theise are to require eu'y of you the ffarmors to o r Mannors and the
Steward^ of courtf in yo r seu'all places where you have to Doe that
you Doe forthw 111 charge the homage of yo r seu'all courtf that according
to their custome in o r Mannors they take order amongst them selves
for the ceasment and Leavie of the cope silu' or knowledg mony due
vnto the Deane vpon his installacon according to their seu'all tenures
and that you the Stewards where Denyall shal be made of the pay-
ment of this customarie rent and service (after Demaund thereof made)
make p r sent seizure of their coppieholds that soe Denie, requiring o r
tenantf that where this Dutie shal be by them or any of them receyved
they make p r sent payment thereof vnto o r gen' all receyvo r and this o r
warrant shal be yo r sufficient Discharge Yeoven vnder o r comon seale
the third day of Maye in the foure and fortith yeare of the raygne of
o r Sou'ayne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god Queen of England
ffrance and Ireland Defender of the fayth.
To o r Loving frindf o r ffarmors and the Stewards of o r seu'all
Mannors of the Deane and Chapter of Norwich.
WILL OP A MAEEIED CLEEGYMAN, temp. QUEEN MAEY.
IN the name of god amen the seventh day of august in the second
yere of Marye Quene of England France and Ireland defendour of
the faythe I Sir Eobert Hunte hole of mynde and of good memory
loving and praysing be to allmightye god make my wyll and last testa-
ment in manner and forme folowing that ys to wete Eyrst I bequeth my
soule to allmightye god and my bodye to be buried in Christian buryaU
Item I give and bequeth to Eobert Baker a cowe Item a seme of
myxtelyn and a seme of maulte and thuse of my horse Also I give
and bequeth unto Elenor my wyff yf the laice of the Eealme permytt yt
yf not I give and bequeath to JSlenor JSalcer all my moveables Item I wyll
that John Burrell have xxvj s viij d vppon condycon that he paye the rest
he oweth me unto my wyff quietly And yf my sayd wyff dye than I
wyll that the sayd Eobert Baker and hys wyff have all my moveables
Item I give to Eose Hoghton a combe of myxtlyn and a combe of
mault Item I wyll that Alice Baker have one payre of shets Also the
rest of my goods not bequethed I give unto Elenor my ^cyffor Elenor
Baker whome I make myne Executrix of this my last wyll and
testament wytnes Sir Eoger Callcoote parson of "Waterden and John
Burrell.
Proved, at Great Byrcham. list Septr. 1554 Archdeaconry of
Norfolk, Lib. 1553 5. fo. 311.
70 EASTERN COUNTIES
CURIOUS PROVISION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
A WIDOW, 1686.
ALEXANDER Bulwer of Hainford, gentleman, died in 1686 or 1687,
possessed of two messuages and lands in Hainford, Norfolk/ which
with the residue of his personal estate he gave to his son Peter,
charged with the payment in five years of legacies amounting to 300.
He made the following provision for his widow, which appears so
curious that I give it in his own words.
" I give to my wife the use of the parloure and parlour chamber
with the Buttery adjoining with the free use of my garden and of my
goods utensills and household being in the roomes aforesaid during her
life. And I will that my said executor shall during the same time
provide and allow convenient fieringe and as much stronge beere as she
will dayly drink Reasonably without prejudice to her health. And weekly
and every weeke during her life pay unto her for her further main-
tenance fower shillings of lawfull money of England. All which I
doe charge him upon my blessinge and as he will answer it at Gods
tribunal! carefully and punctually to perform."
When we find that a gentleman, less than two hundred years ago,
who was evidently able to make a more liberal allowance had he
thought it necessary, leaves his widow only four shillings a week in
addition to her lodging, firing, and beer, we cannot, even allowing
for the decrease in the value of money, but be struck with the frugality
which must have distinguished English country life at that time.
Perhaps some of your readers may have means of estimating the
money worth of the lodging and firing. I exclude the strong beer as
it is hopeless, I suppose, to endeavour to ascertain what was the
average reasonable daily consumption of a widow lady two hundred
years ago, " without prejudice to her health." Indeed, such an inves-
tigation at the present day would be attended with difficulty.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION AT WELLS, NORFOLK.
THE oddness of the latter part of the following inscription, which I
copied from a mural tablet in the chancel of Wells church, entitles it I
think, to a corner in the Collectanea.
Sacred to the memory of John Carver Gent, who died June 20, 1768,
aged 50 years.
COLLECTANEA. 7 1
Also of Mary his wife who departed this life Febry 24, 1792, aged
84 years.
Her extensive Benevolence and Universal Charity will be re-
membered with Regret by all who knew her.
As a further curiosity in monumental inscriptions, I may add that in
the churchyard is a tombstone to a lady who is stated to have died
April 31st, 1835.
A.
FAMILIES OF COSIN AND SKINNER.
JOHN Cosin, D.D., born 30th November, 1595, eldest son of Giles
Cosin, of the parish of St. Andrew, Norwich, was consecrated Bishop
of Durham in 1660. He is stated * to have had a sister named Mary,
who married Skinner. I shall be very much obliged to any
one who will assist me to obtain some proof of the marriage of those
parties, which I conceive must have taken place in, or a few years
previously to, 1627 or 1628. A parish register is of course the first
thing to be thought of ; and I am informed that this marriage does
not occur in that of St. Andrew. It may be in some other church at
Norwich. But, failing that source, any collateral or less direct
evidence of such a marriage will answer my purpose, which, I may
observe, is not a matter of business, but solely of antiquarian research.
Any holder of deeds affecting property formerly belonging to the
names of Cosin or Skinner will perhaps be so kind as to refer to them
for this purpose. Old family letters, &c., &c., may also be consulted.
Communicate direct with
CHARLES JACKSON.
Doncaster, May 14, 1872.
INSCRIPTION ON THE VANE OF ST. JOHN SEPULCHRE,
NORWICH.
ON the weathercock of St. John Sepulchre's church, Norwich, there is
cut, as on a stencil plate, "PEACE 1713."
C. W. M.
[Blomefield tells us that there was great rejoicing in Norwich upon
the conclusion of the war between England and France in this year.
ED. E. C. C.]
* Surtees's History of Durham, vol. i., p. 114.
72 EASTERN COUNTIES
EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTER OF ST. JOHN
SEPULCHRE, NORWICH.
IN the parish register of St. John Sepulchre, Norwich, are these
entries under the year 1725.
Shadrach Meshech and Abed Nego y e sons of John Collings and
Eliz. his wife Baptiz'd Novem. y e 30.
Shadrach Meshach and Abed-Nego y e sons of John Collings Bur.
Decem. y e 5.
J A.
SINGULAR MISTAKE IN THE " NORFOLK TOUR."
WILLIAM Emmyson died Vicar of Neatishead in 1480, and an
inscription over his grave in brass, commencing " Will'mus jacet hie
Emmyson Marmore teste," is copied from Blomefield into Stacy's
Norfolk Tour, where it is said to be in memory of Marmore.
A.
MANORS AT WHITTLESEY, CO. CAMBRIDGE.
THERE are three manors at Whittlesey, Cambs., viz., St. Andrew,
St. Mary, and Coquenary. Will some of your East Anglian antiquaries
kindly inform me the origin of the name of the latter manor ?
JUSTIN SIMPSON.
[Perhaps this manor belonged to a religious house, and its revenues
were applied to the support of the convent kitchen ; the officer in charge
of which would probably be called Coquinarius, as the Almoner,
Chamberlain, Pittancer, &c., were Elemosinarius, Camerarius, Pittan-
ciarius, &c. The manor would then be called Whittlesey Coquinarij.
Ed. E. C. 0.]
THE BOOKS OF A SUFFOLK CLERGYMAN, 1481.
YOUR correspondent Mr. Peacock's remarks as to the library of the
Rev. Thomas Herne, remind me that I have notes of the will of
Robert Gerard, Rector of South Elmharn, Suffolk, dated 1481, who,
besides a missal and a portifory which, with manuals, antiphoners,
grails, .psalters, and martirologes, it is usual to find clergymen at
that date possessed, mentions several books, namely, Pars oculi, a book
called Genesis, The Lives of the Fathers, A book of Constitutions, another
called Sinodal, and a book De Expositione dominical.
This will occurs in Register Hubert Cur. Epi. Nor., a thin quarto of
100 pp. containing about 270 wills which, with about half a dozen
exceptions, are those of Suffolk people, proved between 1473 and 1491.
BURIENSIS,
COLLECTANEA. 73
HENGEAVE, SUFFOLK.
THE following extracts were made in September, 1789, by permission
of Sir Thomas E. Gage, Bart., from a book entituled " The Boke of
Eeme'braunce belongyng unto me Thomas Kytson of London mercer
made the 20 th daye in Sept. an'o d'ni 1529." The handwriting of the
extracts is that of Craven Ord, and the extracts are curious, shewing
what articles the great merchant, who built Hengrave Hall in 1538,
dealt in, the prices of various commodities, and lists of plate most
likely a pledge to him for advances. Also a lien on a portion of the
lands of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in the parish of Combs.
JAMES BULWEE.
Hunworth Rectory.
Acchat de Thorns Corwen of Crake Castell in Yorkeshire gentylman
the 22 Mche in ano 1530.
Itm 1 gylt Grouse wt. a cover poz.* 1 5 ouz 3 qts.
Itm a Coppe wt. a cover all gylt poz 25 ouz.
Itm a Challesse wt. a patten all gylte poz 1 8 oz di.
Sm 58 ouz 1 qt. at iiij 11 = 13=0
Itm 1 franche p'ests bonnettf whiche he gaffe to S T $ My lies
Mason of Hemgrave.
Vend a John Mayer clerke abott Athelney in Somersetshire le 2 day
.of Apr. 1531.
It. 1 ring wt. a torkeys || \
It. 1 ring wt. a Saver [ 13=6=8.
It. 1 ring wt. a Eube ^f )
Acchat de Charlies dewcke of Suthfolke * * as dothe appere by an
Indenture made bytween the said Ducke and me Thomas Kytson
m'ch't of London.
Itm all his wods and underwods in his p'ishe of Combe and the
Cawe pastir adjoinyng to the same whereof I desire but half
p'tyner of the same bargayn and won John Crofts gent in
Suthfolke the other p'tyner for the sum of 240 that is to say
my parte 14 0.
Acchat de John Hensbie of Hengrave 16 Oct 1531.
Itm won tenyment or howse w' a gardyn plott a joynyng to the
man r of Hengrave for the sum of 4 13s. 4d.
P. 92. Delivered to my Mast r the 19 May 1533 8 yerds of Gryse
velvett de which was to make hym a cotte thereof bought of
Bartylmew Barns.
* "Weighing. f Priest's bonnet. T , fr
|| Turquoise. Sapphire. t Ruby.
* * Charles Brandon, Dewcke of Suthfolke.
74 EASTERN COUNTIES
D'd to my master the 27 day of August which dyd make hym a
pere of fore stocks for his duplet 3 quart, of a yerde of sattyng which
come from the solde mart* an'o 1532.
P. 93. D'd to my Lady at my Mast' comandment le 28 day of
August 1533 7 yerds of satten noyr which came frome the bolemartf
an'o 1532 to make a kyrtyll thereof.
D'd to my M the 11 Sept r an'o 1533 6 yerds and half of blacke
sattyn which came from the boldemarkef an'o 1532 the 6 yerds et di
was to make him a Gaket. J
Cloth of golde for Cushions and tynsel sattin for the same purpose.
D'd to my master 22 of Sep r 1533 3 yerds of blacke satin for his
dublet.
D'd to my mast r 22 Nov. 1533 4 yerds of Kussett velvett to make a
Jackett of.
D'd to my rnasf I st day of Jan which he dyd playe apone it at
Cards 3 quarf of a yerd of fyne blacke clothe w'ch was bought of my
lord of Essex an'o 1533.
Clothe of golde 3 per yard.
One Hogshead of Claret wine at 23 s 4 d .
Vendz a Masf Cromwell of the Kyngys counsell le 1 day of Oct.
1534 Itm a garden plott late in the hands of Tho s Adyngton skynner
of yerely rent 26 s 8 d to hym sold for the sum 26 19s 4d.
Acatte de John Clyssled the 16 Aprel an'o 1535.
Itm a tabernakyll a Chalis with a patten and a salte with a cover
a masse || band all thes be all gylt poz. 185 ouz at 3* ll d the ouz
sum 38 3 s 9 d .
Itm more a Senser and a salte parcell gyltt and a pece all whytte
61 ouz and dim at 3 s . 5 d . le ouz sum lO=10 s =l d .
M d delyv'd at my Lady's comandement the 1 st Nov. 1535. Itm a
shete which was for a wyndyng shete for Katheryne there servant.
A Eeyme of Whit wrytyng paper 2 s 4 d .
1 yarde and quart r of blak kersey for a pare of Hose.
1536. Mary Kytson appears to have been prioress of Dertford.
Pp. 167 178. Achat de John Curson, Esq re of Norf. Itm a maner
callyd Hyltons in Barrow Sothfolck w* apurtennces there by way of
exchange and the sayd John Curson hath in recompence and paym* of
me the man' of Harpley in Norf. and 200 to be p d .
Memorahd. sent to Rob 1 Watson beyng at Hengrave the 16 day
Apr. an. 1539 packed in a baskett under my 2 bryckendens 3 pare of
splents 2 salletts a brest plate and a backe pece of harness ^[ by Kyng
the carryor of burrye.
* Sold mart, a shop, from " Selda." " Una solda cum pertinentiis inter soldam
quondam llicardi Spicer et soldam que fuit, &c.
t Query, Soldemart. J Jacket.
!| Query, a maser band or rim.
U Brigandines were coats of leather or some other stout material, with iron plates
sewed on ; splents were aimour for the legs ; salletts for the head : Harness armour.
COLLECTANEA. 75
Mem u . D'D to my lady 11 d. of July 1539 wch was to make
Mrs. Mary Kitson a gown at hyr comyn home from Dertforde. Itm
2 yerds and di of Sake clothe.
P. 240. Stuffe reseved from Hengrave 19 day of Dec' 1539. It m
a Baroll w" 1 Gurdell, Amess 15 coopes whiche my master bought at
the suppressyng of Bery Abby Item mor rayment of Eob r
Watsons poz all 200, 2 quart' by King ye carryer.
Memorand. D.D. to Nicholas Aldy citizen and groc r of Lond. for
the parte or porcyon of Mary Kytson dough ter of S. Tho". Kytson
Knt. deceassed the 12 day of Dec r 1541.
Itm 15 pecys bridgs satten 322 y d & half at 18 d the yerde 24 3 9
Itm a pece clothe of golde grene 26 y ds & di at 20 s the
yerde . . . . .. .. .. 26 10
Itm a pece clothe of gold whitt 17 yerds at 26 s 8 d yerde 23 68
Itm a bale Osbornes, fustian at . . . . ..1500
Itm a bagge of pepp' at . . . . 27 16 2
Itm 2 sacks of clovys at . . . . 39 16 8
Sm tot. .. . . 156 13 3
Eest to Mary Kytson .. .. .. 17 17 8
174 Oil
From 1592 to 1598.
57 Ib. of butter to the Farm.
Pease spent in Homestead 4 CO 2 bs.
Barley used in my Ladye her stilhouse 3 bs.
Wheat spent for fyrmetye in Xmas 1 pte .
Wheat del. for the brewing of strong beere 1 co : 1598 an.
Haberdyngs or saltfishes.
Bullocks at Plow 3.
Eggs 415 at 11 s 5 d . about 3 a penny.
Wheat to feede quailes Pheasants and Partridges.
Hoppes 30 Ib. at 3 d a Ib. Spent for the brewing of 71 comb of
mault 87 Ib. of Hopps.
Seacoles 40 bush, to the chalder.
TaUow 3 d the Ib.
Candles 4 d the Ib.
Wheat at 8 s 6 d the comb.
Weather Hoggs 100 at 33.
Eye 16 comb 1 bz. sown on 33 acres of ground.
Myslen 20 comb sown on 40 acres.
Thos. Kytson seems to have dealt in the following articles :
Wood Cloth
Venice gynger Velvet
Sugar Hoppys
Copper Canvas
Cornish Tyn Soape
76 EASTERN COUNTIES
NOKWICH CASTLE.
I DO not know whether any writer on Norwich Castle has ever used
the entries relating to it, which occur from time to time in the Pipe
Rolls, in which the Sheriff for the County is allowed in his accounts
for payments made for reparations to, and other purposes connected
with, the Castle and other buildings.
If not, it would well be worth while for anyone to go through the
rolls regularly, and extract the entries, the nature of which will be
seen from the following samples extending from the 17th to 30th
Henry III :
17 Henry III. Paid to the Constable of Norwich for works done to the Castle of
Norwich 50 marks
Also for repairing the pale of the Castle of Norwich and the house
of the same Castle 10 by the Kings brief
18 D P d for emending the Kings houses in Norwich Castle 50.
19 DO d" d 100 s .
20 D P d for repairing a piece of the paling of the Castle of Norwich
which fell down 20 s 2f d by the Kings brief (and by the inspec-
tion of certain witnesses)
And for the emendation of the Kings Gaol of Norwich 23 s 5 d .
21 D P d for repairing the paling of the Castle of Norwich which fell
down through tempest &c
23 D P d for the emendation of the Kings houses in the Castle of Norwich
100/.
24 D P d for repairing the houses of the Castles of Norwich & Orford
23 : 6 : 9|.
25 lien III. P d for the emendation of the Kings houses in the Castle of
Norwich 60/.
26 D P d to two chaplains ministering in the chapel of the Castle of
Norwich & in the chapel of the Castle of Orford for the first
half of the year 50 s by the Kings brief
And to 2 chaplains ministering in the Chapel of the Castle of
Norwich for the last half of the year 25 s .
And for the emendation of the Kings Houses in the Castle of
Norwich and Orford 4.
27 D P d to a certain chaplain ministering in the chapel of the Castle of
Norwich 50/.
And for the emendation of the Kings houses in the castle of
Norwich 1007.
28 \
29 > Similar entries.
30 )
Possibly the " Kings houses " in "in emendacione domorum Regis "
may be the King's lodgings, or a suite of rooms specially fitted up in
the Castle for his personal occupation, in case he should ever visit the
spot.
There would seem to have been two chaplains in the Chapel at
Norwich, and two at Orford, in 26 Hen. Ill, though the entries are
rather difficult to reconcile with the rate of payment to one chaplain
in the 27th and subsequent years.
WALTER EYE.
Chelsea.
COLLECTANEA. 77
BARGAIN AND SALE OF A SWAN MAEK, 1646.
WE are indebted to Mr. Stanley Edwards, of King's Lynn, for the
transcript of the following deed, by which Robert Baker, of Terrington
St. Clement's, Norfolk, sells the Swan Mark late of his father, Audlye
Baker, Esq., to Anthony Williamson, of Tylney.
The privilege of keeping swans was confined by Act of Parliament,
in 1483, to those who enjoyed a freehold estate of the clear yearly
value of five marks. That each owner might identify his birds, there
was cut on the skin of the beak a distinctive mark or nick. At the
annual Swan-hopping (q. d. upping) the cygnets found with the old
birds were similarly marked. There are in existence many old rolls of
drawings of Swan Marks, with the names of the owners annexed;
and the privilege of keeping swans became known as a Swan Mark,
and, as it appears from the following deed, was bought and sold like
any other description of property. An interesting notice of the subject
is given in Yarrell's History of British Birds, vol. iii., pp. 121, 130.
To all Xpian people to whome this present writing shall come greeting
Knowe yee that I Robert Lad al's Baker of Terrington S'. Clements in
the countie of Norffe Gentleman for and in consideracion of a Certen
some of money to me in hand paid before thensealing hereof by
Anthony Williamson of Kenwicke in the p'ish of Tyllnye in the said
Countie Gentleman ; the receipt whereof I acknowledge and for ever
hereby acquite and Cleerely discharge the said Anthony Williamson
his heires and assignes AND by theis presents have bargayned and
sold assigned and made over and hereby doe bargaine sell assigne and
make over unto the said Anthony Williamson All that my Swann-
marke comonly called the Hammer-head and Roman R : with all other
additions unto the same belonging or in any waies appertaines The
which Swann-marke appeares as in this manner is drawne and fixed in
this Margent And which marke I the said Robert had and now doe
possesse and enjoye by decent from my ffather Audlye Baker late of
Terrington aforesaid Esquire deceased To HAVE and to hould the
same demised premises and the additions as is above specified unto the
said Anthony Williamson his heires and assignes from the day of the
date hereof henceforth for ever Together with all Swanns and Signetts
whatsoever and wheresoever found or to be found haveing the said
Marke : With absolute warranty against all persons whatsoever Wit-
ness my hand and seale the fifteenth day of ffebruary 1646 And in
the Two & Twenteth yeere of the raigne of our Sou'aigne Lord King
Charles of England.
Robert Lad al's Baker.
Sealed and delivered in the p'sence of
William Morton
Will'm W Birdwistle
his marke
Andrew Ogard
H 2
78 EASTERN COUNTIES
EXTEACTS FEOM THE EEGISTEE OF LAKENHAM,
NOEWICH.
IN the Eegister Book of Baptisms and Burials in the Parish .of
Lakenham, for 1759 1813, appears the following:
Has tabulas, in quas referuntur Dlorum Nomina
r\ -p i ( Fonte sacro ablu.it
Quos Ecclesia < -c, -,..
( Jiixequris sepelit
Parcecise De Lakenham in Agro Nordovici Dono dedit
Joannes Francis, Artium Magister, Vicarius.
Februarii Die Quarto Anno Salutis Humanse. 1761.
Quisquis es hie ortus Hominum, Casusq. revolvens,
Heu, procul a Cunis nulla sepulchra vides.
Nee mserens abeas ; Tibi inexorabile Lethum
Debile, quod vincat, nil nisi corpus habet.
Nee tamen hoc vincet ; nam Dextra potentior olim
Eripiet Lethi quod rapuere manus.
Gratiee Deo
per Jesum Christum,
Nomen in Ssecula Sseculorum adorandum.
The first Baptism of which the record remains is :
Edwarde Cottwyne the sonne of Edwarde Cottwyne was baptized
the twenteth off [sic] July, 1601.
The first Burial is :
Katherine Dey the daughter of William Deye [sic] was buried the
xiii th of marche, Anno D'ni 1568
The first Marriage is :
Christopher Trotter and Elizabeth Blythe married the xix th of
Nouember Anno d'ni 1568.
A. P.
THE PEELUSTEATION OF GEEAT YAEMOUTH.
THE first volume of The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, which is being
published by- subscription by Nail of that town, is just completed and
makes a handsome quarto of over 400 pages, embellished with more
than 40 plates and 100 woodcuts.
All who are acquainted with Mr. C. J. Palmer's previous works are
fully aware that he can not only make a big book, but also render it
valuable and interesting. In the Perlustration, replete as it is with
information and enlivened by anecdotes, Mr. Palmer instructs and
interests as well as amuses and diverts us. ,In his Preface, written as
long ago as March, 1870, he speaks feelingly of the "weariness ever
attendant upon increasing years." Assuredly we detect no trace of it
in his book, and we trust he may long enjoy health of body and
activity of mind.
COLLECTANEA. 79
THE PA8TON LETTERS.
THIS unrivalled collection of letters, which Hallam. speaks of as "a
precious link in the chain of the moral History of England," is now
being reprinted, forming the opening volumes of a series of annotated
reprints to be published by Mr. Arber of Queen's Square, Bloomsbury,
London.
Our readers may remember that the "Paston Letters," after they left
Oxnead, were successively in the possession of Peter Le Neve, Honest
Tom Martin, Mr. John Worth, and Mr. John Fenn, of East Dereham,
who, after having had them twelve years in his possession, published a
selection from them in two vols. quarto, dedicated to King George III.
The first edition was disposed of in a week, and a second was published
the same year. In the mean time the king expressing a desire to see
the original letters, Mr. Fenn presented them to his Majesty in May,
1787, and received the honour of knighthood as an acknowledgement
of the value of the gift. In 1 789, Sir John Fenn published two more
volumes, and at his death, in 1794, he left ready for the press the
manuscript of a fifth volume, which was not destined to see the light
till 1823, when it was given to the world by Mr. Serjeant Frere, Sir
John Fenn's nephew. From the time the manuscript letters of the
first and second volumes were presented to the king, in 1787, nothing
has been heard of them. Further, the originals of the third and fourth
volumes are also lost; and in 1823, when Serjeant Frere published
the fifth volume, he could not even find the originals of that. But
happily, in 1865, they turned up at Dungate in Cambridgeshire, at the
house of Mr Philip Frere, with several hundred unpublished letters
of the same collection, and one single document which had been printed
in vol. iii. The recovery of these papers, with so much additional
material, suggested to Mr. Gairdner, of the Public Eecord Office, the
desirability of a new edition of all the " Paston Letters." The first
volume has just made its appearance, and is a model of careful editor-
ship. It is prefaced by an able Introduction of over one hundred
pages, which will well repay a careful perusal, and will be found to
contain much of Norfolk history.
LETTER FROM THE MAYOR AND JUSTICES OF NORWICH
TO THE PRIYY COUNCIL, 1583.
OUR dueties in all humble maner Remembred Pleasith it your good
Lordships that wee having lately intelligence of certeyn evill disposed
persons whiche secretly have assembled themselves hearing sondry
massys Wee according to our loyal dueties presently apprehendid so
many of the suspectyd persons as wee could coom by and upon their
several Examinations it appereth that diverse persons as well w^in
this her majesty's citie of Norwicke as in the Countie of Norff have
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heard the same massys and soom of them have been shryven and
received halowyd Beads (as they terme them) w u ' chardge to weare
them abowt them and to absent themselves from the Churche of
Englond Saieng to them that is damnable and hereticall and because
wee found sondry persons Inhabytyng in the Countie of Norff to bee
accusyd by their Examinations Wee furthw u> imparted the same to her
Mat 8 Justices of the Peace of the same Countie whoo will also
signifie to your hono" their proceedings therin Som of th' accused
p'sons cannot as yett bee found or coom by Soom upon good con-
sideracon We have bound to appere upon warning and other soom
Wee have comitted nevertheless for certeyn of them w ch wee have
comitted (by whose examinations the other offenders wer revealyd and
disclosyd) wee have promysed to bee humble suiters to yo r LI for favo r
and mercy they being pore p'sons of meane accomp 1 and condicon and
seeme to be penitent The names of all the accusers w th the accused
place tyme and masse priests wee have discov'ed in a brieff catalogue
w ch herw to wee send to yo r LI and so reservyng the cause and o r selves
in the further proceeding herin to yo r good LI wee mo* humbly take o r
leave Norwiche this xvij th of January 1583.
Yo r LI in all duetie
Thomas Grleane Maior
Robert Suoklyng Alld.
Thomas Pecke Alld.
Thomas Layer
Symond Bowde
Christofer Laier
To the Right Honorable their very good Lords the Lords of her
Mat 8 most honorable privie couusell give these.
.Domestic State Papers, Elizabeth, vol. 167, No. 30.
THE BOOKS OF TWO NORFOLK CLERGYMEN, 1510 & 1531.
SIR Richard Wygelworth, parish priest of Waxtonesham, Norfolk, by
his will, dated 1510, bequeathed to the monastery of Hickling, and to
the house and priory of Ingham, all his books, except Sermones parati
and Manipulus Curatorum, which he gave to the vicar of Palling.
Robert Barvell, parson of Thuxton, in 1531 by his will gave to the
church of St. Peter Mancroft, in Norwich, " a booke callyd an ordynall
of parchment." He also bequeathed to divers individuals the following
books : Itencalyn to Jherusalem ; The Constitutions provincial, of this
he had two, copies; Josephus de antiquitatibus ; Postilla super Epistolas
et de Evangelia ; Gemma predicantium ; The Fall of princes ; Geoffrey de
Historia ritan'm ; and The Croitycles of ynglong.
NORWICENSIS.
COLLECTANEA. 8 1
CHANCEL SCREEN AT YELVERTON CHURCH, NORFOLK.
THE south side of the lower portion of this screen remains divided
into six compartments. In the head of each panel is an angel, whilst
below is a quotation from the Gloria in Excelsis, it being intended, I
should imagine, to represent " a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth
peace, good will towards men." The inscription is given below
divided as on the screen.
2Tfjomas : fjatte | betrefe g 3 ingff | ffilo : rfa : m excels | toco : et fattens
| pai fyovb 6one U0I= | untatts : laufoam |
At the east end of the south aisle is a small brass plate, inscribed
$rag for tfje souls of fHagst' Efcomas p?atte & Beatrice fjts OTgfe &
for tfje soule of iBfltagat' Eoberte TOoIuerton sq late fatfte' to the s-egfc
foeatrtce.
Thomas Hatte and his wife were no doubt at the expense of
painting this screen. Neither that nor the brass are dated, but the
latter was engraved in the early part of the sixteenth century, say
about 1510.
CHANCEL SCREEN, GILLINGHAM ST. MARY, NORFOLK.
A FRAGMENT only of this screen remains, and stands near the west end
of the church. It was discovered behind the hall pew during the
extensive alterations made in the church in 1859, and is an effective
example of decorative painting. It bears this inscription :
Preg foe for ge sofole of .Sofjn Corora & far
g* pot) Itffe of U0afcetfj Carfcra
John Cordey of Gillingham made his will in 1518, leaving a widow
Isbell, and a son John. I conclude, therefore, that the Gillingham
screen was painted after that date, at the expense of his widow and
her son.
FREEDOM OF NORWICH CITIZENS FROM TOLL, &c.
EDWARD I., by his charter dated 8 July, in the 33rd year of his reign,
(Blomefield, vol. ii. p. 51), grants that the citizens of Norwich should
be for ever free from toll, pontage, passage, murage, pavage, lastage,
carriage, picage, cayage, and rivage, which grant was extended and
confirmed by subsequent kings.
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During the last century it seems the Corporation had a form of pass
or credential printed on parchment, which was filled in by the Cham-
berlain, and issued under his seal, for the benefit of any citizen about
to travel. A specimen of this came into my hands the other day
among a bundle of Kentish deeds, and as I have never seen anything
like it in print before, I subjoin a copy.
WALTER RYE.
Chelsea.
To all and singular Persons unto whom these Presents shall come :
We the MAYOR Sheriffs Citizens and Commonalty of the City of
NORWICH send Greeting. Know ye That Phillip Ryley Taylor Esquire
the Bearer hereof is our Fellow Citizen and by Virtue of our Liberties
granted and confirmed unto us by divers Kings of ENGLAND the said
Phillip Ryley Taylor is Free and ought so to be from all Kind of
Tollage Pontage Passage Murage Pannage Rivage Vinage Lastage
Stallage Pickage Wharfage Fossage Carriage and from all other
Customs in all the Sea Ports throughout ENGLAND and in all others
within the Dominions of Our Sovereign Lord the King. Wherefore
we most friendly entreat and by the Tenour of these Presents do
require you all and every of you that whensoever the said Philip Ryley
Taylor or his Servants shall come unto you with his goods and mer-
chandizes you permit him and them quietly and freely to pass without
paying any of the above mentioned Customs according to the Tenour
of our Liberties. In Testimony whereof We have caused these our
Letters to our said Fellow Citizens to be made Patent under the Seal
of the Office of the Chamberlain of the said City Given at the GUILD
HALL there the 15 October in the thirty first year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in
the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and fifty seven.
WM. DEWING j^
401 Chamberlain.
RIVERS WENSUM AND TARE.
REFERRING to the Proclamation annually made at Hardley Cross,
Norfolk, printed at p. 46, may I ask how comes it that the river at
Hardley Cross is called the Wensum ? Certainly Norwich stands on
the Wensum and Yarmouth on the Tare, but where does one end and
the other begin. It has always seemed unreasonable to me that the
Wensum should lose its name when the much smaller river which
comes from Trowse mills runs into it.
B. W. I.
COLLECTANEA. 83
CHUECH HEEALDEY : DEANEEY OF BEECCLES. No. II.
ASHILL.
LET me make the following addition and correction to the list of Arms
in Ashill Church (p. 55.)
I. With reference to the second quarter of the Cotton shield in the
floor of south aisle of nave : it has been pointed out to me that
Papworth's British Armorials gives, Barry of six argent and azure,
for Cotton.
II. On closer examination I find that in the second quarter of the
shield of Edwards in the roof the cross is potent, as it ought to be ;
and should therefore be so described.
PEDOMETER.
AT page 56, line 15, HockwolA is a misprint: the arms of Watts are
those of a family of that name residing for several generations at
Horstead. John Langley Watts, who died while Mayor of Norwich
in 1774, was of the Horstead family.
B. G.
With regard to the arms of Watts, Edmonson's Alphabet of Arms
(1780) describes them under the name of Watts of Hockwold, Norfolk,
1610. This description has been simply copied in the other books I
have. Edmonson does not give his authorities, and he may have
mis-read Hockwold for Horstead ; on the other hand, it is possible
that a family who had been settled at Horstead "for several genera-
tions" in 1774, were of Hockwold in 1610. How far back can your
correspondent trace Watts at Horstead ?
PEDOMETER.
BEECCLES.
Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
I. A fesse ermine between three owls ; impaling ; On a chief three
lion's heads erased. For John Webb, Esq., and Mary his wife,
daughter to Sir Thomas Eichardson, Lord Chief Justice of England :
died 1658 and 1656 respectively.* (Webb, of Kent. Gules, a fesse
between three owls or. Richardson, of Norfolk. Or, on a chief sable
three lions' heads erased of the first. Edmonson's Alphabet of Arms.}
* Close to this slab, and fastened to it (as it were) by a strap and buckles cut in the
stone, is a slab, almost round, about a yard in diameter, inscribed with the words
" Stat ut visit erecta." Can any of your readers give other instances of burial in an
upright position ? [All the coffins in the Hobart vault in Blickling church stand in an
upright position. ED. E. C. C.]
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II. A chevron engrailed between three owls ; impaling Webb as
above. Crest : on a wreath a falcon belled, standing on a branch of a
tree couped and raguly. For Sir William Hewytt, Knight, who
married Ursula, daughter of John Webb, Esq., and died 1667.
(Hewit of Pishiobury, Herts. Gules, a chevron engrailed between
three owls argent. Crest : a falcon close argent, beaked, legged, and
belled or, standing on a branch of a tree couped and raguly or.
Edmonson's Alphabet.}
CAEBEOOKE.
Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
I. Three pallets ; the dexter and sinister engrailed ; the central one
charged with as many mullets. f Crest : a lion rampant regardant.
Motto, "Bonne esperance." For Robert Feverall, Esq., many years
an eminent merchant in Walbrook, &c., who died 9th January, 1765,
aged 67.
II. Feverall, as above, impaling ; A cross patonce charged with a
roundle. Crest of Feverall. For Thomas Feverall and Jane his wife,
who died 1782 and 1795 respectively. (Or, on a cross patonce gules a
bezant. Doughty of Hanworth, Norfolk. Papworth's Ordinary.}
TTT. Feverall, as above, quartering Doughty, as above. For Robert
son of Thomas and Jane his wife, born March, 1756, died Feb. 1772.
JV. Gules, a chevron between three stags' heads cabossed. Crest,
an escallop reversed. For Samuel, son of Robert and Elizabeth Alpe,
who died 1804, aged 16.
Slabs in the Nave Floor.
V. Two bars gemelles ; a canton ermine. Impaling ; Two swans
in pale between as many flaunches. The shield is ensigned with an
esquire's helmet, but there is no crest. For Elizabeth Engle, relict
of Benjamin Engle, of Great Yarmouth, who died Feb., 1741, aged 76.
(Ingloys, Norfolk : Gules, two bars gemelles or ; a canton argent,
billety sable. Edmonson's Alphabet. Futter, Norfolk : Sable, two
swans in pale proper membered or, between as many flaunches of the
last. Papworth's Ordinary.}
VI. and VII. Two shields and crests of Alpe as before ; for Robert
Alpe and Elizabeth his wife, who died 1813 and 1810 respectively.
VIII. The Royal Arms carved in front of the organ gallery, viz.,
quarterly ; 1 and 4, England ; 2, Scotland ; 3, Ireland ; on an
escutcheon surtout Hanover : with supporters, motto, &c. No date.
f Can any one supply the proper tinctures for the arms of Feverall ?
COLLECTANEA. 85
CASTON.
I. Chancel Roof: on the bosses are fifteen shields charged with
the arms of the following English Sees, viz. Canterbury, Norwich,
Gloucester, London, Chichester, Lichfield, Hereford, Batli and Wells,
Peterborough, Rochester, Lincoln, Ely, Exeter, Salisbury, Winchester.
II. On a brass fixed to a bench-end in the Chancel, Ermine, a
cinqfoil sable ; on a canton or a bugle stringed. Crest : on a castle
triple-towered a demi-griffin. Motto ; Doe ever good. For Henry
Dover, Esq., who died September, 1855, aged 66.
III. The arms of Queen Victoria affixed to the front of the ring-
ing-loft.
LITTLE ELLINGHAM.
Chancel Windows.
I. Ermine, on a fesse gules three escallops or (Ingram *) ; on a
scutcheon of pretence ; Azure, ten mullets four three two and one
or (Alston.}
II. Azure, a griffin segreant or, for Corsallis ; impaling Ingram as
before.
III. Gules, three round buckles argent. Eosslyn ?
Mural Monument in Nave.
IV. Azure, a chevron between three escallops or, a bordure en-
grailed of the second. Crest: a dexter arm in armour em I owed, the
hand holding a broken sword, the point dripping with blood. For
Samuel Colby, 46 years Rector, who died 2nd April, I860, aged 79.
GRISTON.
The Royal Arms over the rood-screen, blocking up the chancel
arch ; with the date, 1 785.
MERTON.
Chancel Mural Monuments.
I. On the north wall : On a bend three martlets. For Hardwick
Sewell, of Henny in Essex. He died I742.f
II. On the south wall : Azure, a fesse between two chevrons or ;
impaling, Argent, a chevron azure between three squirrels sejant gules.
Crest : a wyvern's head. For Robert de Grey, Esq., who died in 1600,
and Anne his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Lovell, of Harling,
Knight.
* Rowland Ingram, M.A., Eector, presented 1860, resigned 1872.
t The arms of Sewell, as given by Edmonson, do not at all resemble this coat, which
was perhaps adapted from the arms ef Savite, viz., Argent, on a bend sable three owls
of the first.
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JBrass on the North Wall.
III. A fesse between two chevrons ; impaling, Twelve roundles
"between two flaunches. For Edward de Grey, Esq., who married
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Spelman, Knight, and died in 1548.
Slab in the Chancel Floor.
TV. Quarterly of six. 1. Barry of six, an annulet for difference.
2. A fesse between two chevrons. 3. The same. 4. A bend. 5. A
fesse dancette ermine between six croslets. 6. Quarterly, over all a
cross fleury between five trefoils slipt ; Impaling, A saltire engrailed.
Crest of de Grey as before. For James de Grey, who died in 1665,
and Anne his wife, daughter of Sir Martin Stutfield, of Dalham, in
Suffolk, Knight. (Stoteville, Suffolk. Per pale argent and sable, -a
saltire engrailed ermine and ermines. Edmonson's Alphabet of Arms.}
Blomefield gives de Grey the following quarterings, from the visitation
of Bisshe, Clarencieux, 1664. Grey alias Corner d ; Azure, a fesse
between two chevrons or. Baynard ; Argent, a fesse between two
chevrons azure. Barnardiston ; Azure, a fesse dancette ermine between
six croslets argent.* Manning ; Quarterly azure and gules, over all a
cross patonce between three [_sic~\ trefoils slipt or. Teye ; Argent, a
fesse between three martlets and a chevron, azure. f
De Grey of Cornerd, in Suffolk, seems to have adopted the arms of
Baynard, his over-lord, with a change of tinctures. A match with the
heiress of Baynard, which brought Merton to the de Greys, gave them
the right to quarter the arms of Baynard. The first quarter in the
above coat is simply the arms of Grey (Barry of six argent and azure)
with a difference ; it is almost identical with the arms now used by
the family of de Grey. (See No. XVIII. infra.}
On modern Poppy-heads in the Chancel.
V. Azure, a fesse between two chevrons or. de Grey.
VI. Argent, on a chief azure three crosses pattee of the field.
Clare?
VII. On a wreath a pelican vulning herself.
VIII. Ermine, an eagle displayed. Bedingfeld, (see No. XXXII.
infra.}
IX. Sable, besantee between two flaunches argent. Spelman, (see
No III. supra.}
X. Sable, a bend engrailed argent. Braden. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
XI. Quarterly gules and azure, a cross pattee (so carved) between
four trefoils slipt or. Manning.
XII. Lovell, as impaled in No. II.
XIII. Chequy or and azure, a fesse ermine.
XIV. Argent, a chevron between three trefoils slipt sable. Fit*
Lewes, (see No. XXXVIII. infra.}
Vide infra, No. XVII. f Vide infra, No. XXXIII.
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XV. Argent, a fesse between two chevrons sable. Baynard. (?)
XVI Azure, three cinqfoils or. Bardolph.
XVII. Barnardiston, as blazoned above.
XV1IL Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three annulets.
de Grey, as now borne.
Chancel Windows, beginning on the south side, and counting from
west to east ; three shields in each Window.
XIX. de Grey, as in No. XVIII.
XX. de Grey, impaling Irby, viz., Argent fretty sable, on a canton
gules a chaplet or. For Thomas, second Lord Walsingham, and
Augusta Georgina Elizabeth, his wife.
XXI. Jrby, as before.
XXII. de Grey.
XXIII. de Grey, impaling Hethuen, viz., Argent, three wolf 's heads
erased proper. For George, third Lord, and Matilda his wife.
XXIV. Methuen, as before.
XXV. de Grey.
XXVI. de Grey, impaling North, viz., Azure, a lion passant in
fesse or between three fleurs-de-lis argent. For Thomas, fourth Lord,
and Elizabeth his wife.
XXVII. North, as before
XXVIII. de Grey.
XXIX. de Grey, impaling Frankland, viz., Azure, a dolphin argent
(so painted ; it should be or) ; on a chief or two saltires gules.
XXX. Quarterly, 1 and 4 Frankland, 2 and 3 Russell; viz., Argent,
a lion rampant gules, on a chief sable three roses of the field. For
Augusta Louisa, wife of Thomas, fifth Lord, and eldest daughter of
Sir Eobert Frankland Kussell, Bart. She died 28th April, 1844.*
Brasses on the North Watt of Nave.
XXXI. de Grey (as in No. II.) impaling Baynard.]
XXXII. de Grey and Baynard quarterly ; impaling, Quarterly,
1 and 4 Ermine, an eagle displayed, Bedingfeld; 2 and 3 Lozengy.
(Todenham? Barry dancettee of six azure and argent. Edmonson's
Alphabet.}
XXXIII. de Grey and Baynard quarterly; impaling Teye (see
under No. IV. supra], viz., A fesse between three martlets and a
chevron.
Mother of Thomas, sixth (and present) Lord, who succeeded his father, 31 Dec.
1870.
t The tinctures are not shewn on any of these brasses, except the ermine of
Bedingfeld : the bearings of de Grey and Baynard are differenced by the charges being
raised in one case and sunk in the other.
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On a Stone in the Nave Floor.*
XXXIV. de Grey.
XXXV. Baynard.
XXXVI. Manning.
XXXVII. de Grey impaling Manning.
On the Wall of the South Aisle.
XXXVIII. de Grey impaling Fitz Lewes (see No. XIV. supra).
For Thomas de Grey and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir Richard
Fitz Lewes. "After her desease he made himself preaste and so lived
"xli yeeres, and dep'ted out of this lyfe the first of Septe'bre, 1556."
(Inscription on the brass.)
On a Stone, in the Floor of the South Aisle, from which two Shields
are missing.
XXXIX. de Grey impaling, Three lions passant in pale, Carew.
For Thomas, son and heir of Edward de Greyf (died 1562); his
first wife, Anne, daughter of Henry Everode ; and his second wife,
Temperance, daughter of Carew, of Anthony in Cornwall.
XL. In a Window in the South Aisle are, France (modern) and
England quarterly.
XLI. Over the South Door, the arms of William IV.
OVINGTON.
IN a -window on the north side of the Chancel are the arms of
Simons, viz., Azure, a fesse wavy between three demi-lions rampant
or. Crest : on a mural crown azure three arrows one in pale two in
saltire, points downwards, barbed or, feathered argent, bound with a
ribbon blue. For Edward Simons, B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807, Rector of
Ovington 1810,f died April 11, 1865, aged 83: formerly Fellow of
S. John's College, Cambridge.
t At the election to the Eectory, by the Senate of the University of Cambridge,
Mr. Simons polled 172 votes, and Mr. C. J. Blomfield, afterwards Bishop of London,
148.
FREEDOM OF NORWICH CITIZENS FROM TOLL, &c.,
p. 81.
A SIMTLAK letter to the one you printed is issued to every man who
takes up his freedom, and is produced, I believe, by his children when
they in their turn take up their freedom. The exemption from tollage,
&c., is, with all respect be it spoken, moonshine ; the advantages of
being free of the City of Norwich are a vote at parliamentary elections
and the receipt of about six shillings a year from the rent of the
Town Close Estate. E. H.
* There have been five shields on this slab ; one in the middle, and one at each
corner. Only four remain : that at the upper left-hand comer is gone,
t Sec No. III. ft'pra.
COLLECTANEA. 89
ALL SAINTS CHUECH, EAST TUDDENHAM, NOEFOLK.
THE Domesday Survey mentions a church at this place which probably
stood on the site of the present building, but of which no remains are
now visible. The oldest part of the fabric now standing is the south
door, dating probably as far back as the reign of Eichard I. (1189
1199). A north window in the chancel is Decorated, circa 1350; the
south window of the tower and the west window of the nave are pro-
bably fifty years earlier. The other windows of the church are Perpen-
dicular. The original ground plan remains perfect ; the north chapel
probably demolished in 1779 (when the lead off the nave roof and
three bells out of the steeple were sold) was a Perpendicular addition.
It would appear that a similar chapel was intended to be erected on the
south side, but from the wall having been faced some few years since
the indications of this are no longer visible.
The porch was built about 1460, as a bequest to its erection appears
in 1458, and is a pleasing example of a Perpendicular porch. The
doorway has a square label and in the spandrils is represented the
Annunciation. In the right spandril the archangel Gabriel, borne on
clouds, holding in his left hand a mace or sceptre, and in the right a
scroll, (usually inscribed Ave Plena Gratia, but in this instance blank)
genuflects towards the B. Virgin Mary in the other spandril, who
kneels facing him. Before her stands the lily symbolizing her virginal
purity, whilst the Holy Spirit descends upon her in the likeness of a
dove in rays of fire. Above the doorway in bold and graceful crowned
capitals is GLOEIA. TIBI. TE. query, Glory to Thee, Trinity, a
good example of the skilful manner in which the Norfolk masons of
the fifteenth century wrought in flint and stone. Above this is a niche
(which probably contained as at Loddon a representation of the Holy
Trinity) with a small window on either side now blocked up. These
lighted the parvise, which has been destroyed. There is a bequest to
the soleryng of the church porch in 1502, to which date this niche,
these windows and the pinnacles or finials of the porch, may well be
referred. The door, with its stock lock, closing ring, and scutcheon, is
Perpendicular,
In the interior the font first claims attention. It is coeval with the
south door, the crisp foliage on both are alike, but the cable moulding
round the top of the bowl suggests an earlier date than we have
ventured to assign to the door.
Nor must we omit to notice the knightly effigy now placed against
the north door of the nave. Its former position was on the south side
of the nave, and the pulpit was built over it. There is a tradition that
it represents Sir Edmund Berry, but if the Sir Edmund who died about
1433 be meant, we need not say the tradition is false, the effigy being
that of a knight who died about 1300. The details of the armour
agree with the monumental brasses at Trumpington and Bures. Our
knight is represented nearly life size (5ft. 4in,) wearing over all a
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flowing surcoat confined at the waist by a narrow belt or cord, concealed
by the lapping over of the garment. A Jiaulerk or shirt of mail reaching
nearly to his knees, has a hood or coif de mailles fastened round the
forehead with a strap, (seen at the side of the head) and sleeves
ending in mufflers or gloves divided only for the thumbs. Under this
hauberk or shirt of mail is the haketon, a quilted tunic of buckram or
leather stuffed with tow or wool, worn to diminish the pressure of the
mail against the body, and to prevent its being driven into the wearer
by a blow from lance or sword. The skirt of this haketon is seen just
above the right knee : the left leg has been mutilated. The poleyns or
knee pieces (genouillieres, as they are generally termed) are probably of
cmr-bouilli, but perhaps may be of steel. The legs and feet are
enveloped in chausses of mail, and the spurs, fastened by straps across
the instep and under the heel, are single pointed. The feet rest on a
lion, no lance or sword appears, nor is there any sword belt or shield.
The latter omission and the destruction of the original tomb have left
us no armorial bearings by which we might have been able to have
ascertained for whom the effigy was intended. Between his mailed
hands our knight holds a heart, a very usual feature in monumental
effigies both in stone and brass, and one which must have had a
meaning once well understood, but now quite forgotten. A brass
effigy of a lady at Great Ormesby holds a heart, upon which is
engraved,
" Erth, my bodye I give to thee,
On my soule Jesu have mercy ; "
and we often find hearts inscribed "Jesu, mercy," or simply
"mercy." At St. Alban's an effigy of a monk holding a heart, is
represented saying, " Create a clean heart in me, God," and a heart
at Trunch has on it, " Cleanse my heart, Lord." These hearts held
in the hands have been supposed to allude to the ancient Versicle and
Response said before the Preface of the Mass. "Sursum Corda."
Lift up your hearts. " Habemus ad Dominum." We have lifted them
up to the Lord.
The bench ends of the nave are of about the year 1500, or very little
later, they were carefully restored in 1855, up to which time they had
been disfigured by paint. Some of the poppy heads are worth notice.
No. 1 on the north side has the letters tie on both sides. No. 8 has on
one side the sacred monogram ifjc and on the other side a monogram
of I. n. or n. I. On the south side Nos. 9 and 8 have capital letters on
both sides respectively D. and T , the latter a very pretty letter. The
poppy head nearest the south door is more grotesque than our modern
ideas would sanction. We cannot speculate as to its meaning. A
portion of the screen in the tower arch appears to be old. The wood
work of the chancel, with the pulpit, reading desk, and vestry, were
erected at the expense of the late Vicar, Lord Bayning, in 1855. The
chancel roof has since been ceiled with moulded ribs and carved bosses
by the Lady Bayning. The stained glass of the east window was
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painted by a lady, Mrs. Hellish, the wife of a former Vicar and Dean
of Hereford, whose monument is hard by. We must not omit to men-
tion the small monumental brass of a civilian and his two wives in the
middle of the nave etched- by Cotmuri ; the inscription is lost, but the
date is about 1500; his signet ring appears at the end of his rosary.
With the notice of another memorial these desultory notes must close.
A partially obliterated inscription near the brass effigies just men-
tioned records that Abraham Baist died at the age of 86 years in 1677,
having been minister of this parish for 60 years. May similar length
of days and tenure of office be the portion of all of us !
SHEEEINGHAM PIEE.
AT p. 37 I printed some documents relating to the old pier at Cromer,
carrying on its history to the year 1580, and I now subjoin a copy of a
petition* presented in March, 1593, relating to a similar erection at
iSherringham, which, from the statements contained in such petition,
seems to have been in hand for some years, and to have been aided
by a Government Grant of all the forfeitures under an Act passed in
the 24th Henry VIII. to compel the cultivation of flax and hemp.
As I remarked at p. 37, these piers, no doubt, comprised a jetty and
breakwater, and tha latter seems to have been the most important part
of the whole. Blomefield does not mention the pier at all.
WALTER EYE.
THE lamentable distresse of the fisshermen inhabitants of hir ma*'
Towne of Sheringham in the Countie of Norff. beinge the
cheife m rs yearly for Iseland fisshinge from whence cometh the
best provision of Linge and Codfishe to the benefit of this
Eealme.
FIRST before thextreame rage of the Sea beatinge uppon that coast
was partely intercepted by the erection of the Peere yet in hande
many good houses and substantial! dwellings in the said Towne were
washed awaie and swallowed up by the same Eage and no doubte the
greatest parte of the- same Towne had ere this ben utterly confounded
by the Sea had not the said Peere in the profound consideration of hir
ma tie and hir most honorable Counsell been begonne when it was.
Also many nsshermen w th their Boates and furniture had since been
caste awaie thereaboutes as in former tyme they yearly were had not
the same Peere been begonne and followed to the passe it is at which
Peere if it were finished accordinge to the firste it woulde not onely
defende the Towne and succo r fisshermen inhabitinge about the coast
* From the Domestic State Papers, Eliz. vol. 2'44, No. 112.
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but also be a convenient safeguarde for many ships indaungered uppon
the Coast in fowle weather.
Towardes w ch wourke it pleased hir ma Ue by thadvice of the 11 of
hir Highnes said Counseill to geve to certein Inhabitants of the seid
Towne their Executors and assignes all the forfeitures w ch to hir High-
ness hir heires or successors shoulde growe w th in the Counties of Suff.
and Norff. by meanes of a Statute made in the xxiiij" 1 yere of the
raigne of King Henry the Eighte intituled an acte concerninge sowinge
of flaxe and herupe w ch act was since confirmed and advanced by
another acte made in the fiveth yere of hir ma ts Eaigne and since
againe by Hir Highnes Proclamacion geven at Richmonde the XV th
daie of January in the xxj th yere of hir gracyous Raigne likewies
ratified and confirmed to have to the use aforesaid for the terme of
Seaven yeres from the date of hir highnes 1'res pattent in that behalfe
made bearinge teste at Westm the xvj" 1 daie of February in the XXV th
yere of hir mat 8 most happie raigne.
By reason whearof and of the propre goods of the Townsmen spent
uppon the said Peere theare hath been already bestowed uppon the
buildinge thereof Two thousand poundes and beinge prosecuted vr*
effect will no doubte in tyme be made a very competent harborough
or safetie to the Coast men and all other tradinge that waie and a
sounde safetie to the Towne by the collections of hir ma ts said guifte &
contynuance of the said Act made for the sowinge of flax and hempe
as aforesaid.
Also by the contynewance of the said Act theare ariseth thies and a
nomber more commodities to this Realme firste many howsholders and
others w ch otherwise shoulde be Idle are diversly sett on wourke and
live very well by convertinge the hempe here growinge to sondrie
commendable and profitable uses as well for clothe for husbands
and their . families as also for Traces and other necessaries fitt for
husbandry Also much and very good Taclinge Cordes Halfers [sic]
Cables and other necessaries for navigacon are daily wraught by her
mat 5 subjects in this Lande w th the said Hempe to the greate benefitt
of the subject Againe the goodnes of Englishe hempe is soch as a
Cable or Roape of five ynches thearof made is farre better and will
last much longer than a Cable of seaven ynches made of anny forrein
hempe Likewies hempe growinge in Englande is alwaies readie at
hande and cannot be restrained in tyme of neede by anny forrein
prince w ch is no small commodity and yet a thinge w ch no doubte would
decaie if the said Acte for sowinge flaxe and hempe shoulde be repealed
for many men are geven to soch Idlenes as they rather respect ij d
pryvate proffit w th small labor then xij proffit to the common wealthe
by such Industrie as the sowinge of flaxe and hempe doth require
albeit the chardge be like, the gayne their owne, and the Common
wealthe onely proffited w th the use and weare thereof w ch argueth that
if the Statute shoulde be repealed theare woulde be very litle flax or
hempe voluntarylie sowen \v ch somewhat evidentlie appeareth in Suff:
and Norff : wheare the collection of hir mat 8 said graunte is made for
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most men theare rathir choose to paie some small composicon towards
the Peere then to be tyed to the sowinge of flax or hempe accordinge
to the Statute whearin every man is so freindly handled as no man
hath nor shall have juste cause to complaine.
Againe if they sowe hempe the Eealme is benefited as aforesaid and
the gaine of the labour is to the Sowers themselves w^owt at all to
the Peere And if they sowe none the paine is but small and yet
converted to the buildinge and maintenaunce of the Peere w c h pre-
sageth safetie to your suppliants and universall benefit to the laude
for thearby wilbe comfortable h&rborough or greate reliefs for them
and all others when the wourke is finisshed and in the meane space
poor men are sett on wourke in the erectinge thearof w ch beinge
finisshed will yealde further meanes of trade and wourke to every
function.
But if (as God forbid) the said Statute should be repealed whearby
hir mat 8 graunte should e abate and thearby the same wourkes shoulde
not be prosecuted the whole chardge already bestowed were altogether
lost and the trade of yo r orators into Iselande overthrowne and many
good mariners w ch those voyagies and other occasions thearto incident
make skilfull and very apte for navigacon cutte of to the greate
detryment of hir highnes sea services many waies w ch woulde be
forseene.
And if it be alledged that the Peere hetherto doth small good It is
to be aunswered that till it be finisshed the wourke cannot be perfect*
and why it is not finisshed is because so greate a wourke w th out a
longer tyme be performed w th so small collections But beinge per-
formed and finisshed all the commodities aforesaid will consequently
ensue.
It maie thearfore please yo r honors and worships to conclude the
contynuance of the said Acte for the sowinge of hempe and flaxe
generally or if it maie not so be that yet neverthelesse Suff. and Norff.
may be tyed theareto for the maintenaunce of hir mat 9 said guifte w ch
will conclude so greate a good to all men traffiquinge that waie and to
their ships and loadings as thearby yo r orators and all others tastinge
the benefitte or safetie thereof shalbe bounde to praie for you.
(Endorsed}
To the righte honorable m r Secretary Wolley one of hir mat*
privie counseill.
Your distressed orators the Inhabitants of Sheringham
and Beeston most humblie besechen yo r honor to
peruse th'articles w"'in written.
* The truth of this must be generally admitted.
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CONVEYANCE, SKYNNER TO KENT, 1612.
Ax ancient parchment Deed was a short time back rescued by a friend
from a shop and sent to me, and if you think the following abstract
from it worth preserving, you can give it a place in your Collectanea.
July 13th, 1872. H. H.
THE Deed, dated May 6th, 1612, is a conveyance from John Skynner,
senior, of Freeston, county Lincoln, Gentleman, to Hobert Kent, of
the Parish of S. Martin de Coslane, Norwich, B.D., and Anne his
wife, of a tenement in that Parish, abutting upon land of the Hospital
of S. Giles there, &c., which he had recently bought of Nicholas
Palmer and Plesance his wife. The purchase-money, 100, to be
paid as follows: 20 of it on the Feast of the Ascension, 1613, in
the porch of the parish church of S. Marten de Coslanye, and the rest
by 20 a year at the same time and place, over four years.
EIYEES WENSUM AND YAEE, p. 82.
WE had not space last month to say that modern maps and topo-
graphical writers are certainly wrong in making the Yare rise near
Shipdham, and receive the Wensum at Trowse Eye. Blomefield,
vol. iii. p. 3, says that the river keeps "the name of Wensum till it
" meets the Waveney, and they being joined become the Yare, for all
"lands on the course of this river are bounded by the TFensum." In
a note he quotes a charter of 14th Edward I., which shows that
Limpenhowe marsh abutted on the Wensum. We may add that in
a contemporary account of the upsetting of a boat on the river, near
Cantley, in 1345, the accident is several times said to have taken
place in the river Wensum. In the Charter of Philip and Mary, by
which the boundary of the city was fixed, the river as far as Hardley
Cross is called Wensum. To the Manor of Surlingham belongs a
swan mark which, in the conveyance made in the early part of the
present century, is stated to be on the river Wensum ; and a gentleman
at Cantley informs us that although for the last sixty years the river
there has been called the Yare, he has all along understood that the
proper name of it was the Wensum. Anyone who has been across
Breydon with a tolerable breeze and a weather tide, will recognize
the aptness of its Celtic name, " Garw," rough, which could not
with any propriety be applied to the river rising at Shipdham. We
would suggest to our readers who have collections of early maps of
the county, that it would be desirable to ascertain when the mistake
arose.
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EPITAPH AT GILLINGHAM, NOEFOLK.
SACKED to the memory of THOMAS JACKSON, Comedian, who was
engaged December 21st, 1741, to play a comic cast of characters in
this great theatre, the world, for many of which he was prompted by
nature to excel. The season being ended, his benefit over, the charges
all paid, and his account closed, he made his exit in the tragedy of
Death, on the 17th of March, 1798, in full assurance of being called
once more to rehearsal, and where he hopes to find his forfeits all
cleared, his cast of parts bettered, and his situation made agreeable by
Him who paid the great stock debt for the love he bore to performers
in general.
The above is printed in H. E. Norfolk's Gleanings in Chiirchyards,
p. 77. London, J. E. Smith, 1861. Does it still remain, and is it in
the church or churchyard ?
A.
CHANCEL SCEEEN AT BELAUGH BY WROXHAM,
NOEFOLK.
THE saints on this screen, beginning on the north side, are,
S. JAMES THE LESS. Field vert, dress gold, cope pink lined with
ermine ; a fuller's bat in his right hand.
S. PHILIP. Field gules, dress gold, cope brown lined with ermine ;
a basket of bread (all gold) in left hand.
S. THOMAS. Field vert, dress gold, robe French grey lined with red,
and a red hood ; he holds a spear proper.
S. BARTHOLOMEW. Field gules, dress gold,' robe dark green or slate
colour, and cape ermine ; flaying knife in left hand.
S. JOHN BAPTIST. Field vert, dress gold, robe red lined with ermine ;
in right hand a lamb proper nimbed or on a book with black
cover and one gold clasp.
S. PETEE. Field gules, dress gold, cope dark olive ; a gold key in
right hand, and open book with red cover in left.
[The Archway^
S. PAUL. Field Tert, dress gold, cope red doubled ermine ; a book
with black covers and one gold clasp in left hand ; the right rests
on a sword point downwards, hilt and scabbard red, pommel
and guard gold.
S. JOHN Ev. Field gules, dress gold, robe olive doubled pink ; right
hand in benediction, left holds a gold chalice, from which escapes
a devil (?) but this is obliterated.
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S. ANDREW. Field vert, dress gold, robe red lined with green ; his
right hand holds a saltire raguly, which rests on the ground.
S. JAMES. Field gules, dress gold, cloak dark purple, brown hat
thrown back; a Pecten or in right hand, his left rests on a
pilgrim's staff. (Bottom of panel decayed.)
S. SIMON. Field vert, dress gold, cloak red lined with green ; in his
right hand two golden fishes.
S. JITDE. Field gules, dress gold, cloak olive lined with ermine ; with
both hands he holds a cockboat proper.
The faces have all been most carefully scraped out.
June 26th, 1872. T. G. BAYFIELD.
CHANCEL SCEEEN AT BLOFIELD CHTJKCH, NOEFOLK.
THIS screen has been cut down to the rail, and the paintings having
been restored do not possess much value as examples of early art. It
is however worth while to note the order in which the twelve Apostles
are painted. Commencing at the north end we find
S. MATTHIAS. Short axe.
S. JAMES MINOR. Staff or club, book.
S. THOMAS. Spear, book.
S. JOHN Ev. Chalice and dragon or evil spirit.
S. JAMES MAJOR. Staff, scrip, shell, palmer's hat, book.
S. ANDREW. Cross saltire, book.
[Doorway. ~\
S. PETEE. Two keys, book.
S. PHILIP. Basket and book.
S. BARTHOLOMEW. Knife, book.
S. MATTHEW. Halbert, book.
S. JUDE. Boat with sail held in both hands.
S. SIMON. Fish.
It is noteworthy that the church being dedicated to S. Andrew, his
effigy occupies the post of honour on the screen, i.e., next to the
doorway.
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CHANCEL SCREEN, NORTH BURLINGHAM ST. ANDEEW,
NORFOLK, 1536.
1, 2. Figures effaced.
3. S. WITHBURGE, V., A.D. 743. Holding a model of the church
of East Dereham ; two does at her feet.
4. S. BENEDICT, Abbot A. D. 543. Pastoral staff and book ; two
devils at his feet.
5. S. EDWARD, K. C., A. D. 1066. Sceptre and ring.
6. S. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, A. D. 11 70, Abp. and M. Crozier.
\_Doorw 'ay '.]
7. S. JOHN BAPTIST, A. D. 32. Book, with lamb, scroll, &c.
8. S. CECILY, V. M., A. D. 230. Crown in right hand, palm branch
in left.
9. S. WALSTAN, C. A. D. 1016. Crowned, holding a scythe.
10. 8. CATHERINE, V. M., c. A. D. 310. Sword and wheel.
11. S. EDMUND, K. M., (?) A. D. 870. Much defaced.
12. S. ETHELDREDA, V. and Abbess, A. D. 679. Book and Pastoral
staff.
Under the figures on the north side, partly concealed by the seats
built against the screen, is the following much mutilated inscription,
rate p' aft? Joftt'0 33enet et biorfs ac p' 6ano statu 2Ei)(attte)
(33)enet et fEarijarete biar &nna tint 1536. On the south side,
immediately under the paintings of St. John Baptist and St. Cecilia,
is another imperfect inscription, (rate pro aiabj Jflfja)nis Blake et
Cedlfe faioriS ac pro atab^. Further on, under St. Catherine,
may be read, rate p' at'ab^ Eaberti Jrengs et Hatfjerme
It would thus appear that this screen was painted in 1536 at the
expense of the families of Benett, Blake, and Frennys ; and it has been
remarked by the Rev. John Gunn, from whose description of this screen
in Norfolk Archeology, vol. 3, the list of saints just printed has been
borrowed, that the " remarkable agreement between the names of the
donors and the saints appears to indicate that the choice of these saints
was made for their name's sake." Thus we find St. Thomas on the
part of the screen for which Thomas Benett may be supposed to have
paid, and over the names of John and Cecily Blake are painted
St. John Baptist and St. Cecily, whilst St. Catherine appears over the
name of Catherine Frennys.
The date, 1536, comes directly under the effigy of St. Thomas, and
we cannot help remembering that in this very year the festival of his
translation, July 7th, was abolished, and that two years later, having
been charged with treason, the Attorney General appearing for King
Henry II., and the dead Archbishop being defended at the public
expense, he was on the 10th June found guilty ; and it was ordered
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that his bones should be burnt and his shrine demolished. Only a few
months later, i.e. in November, 1538, a royal proclamation suppressed
his remaining festival, and commanded that his name should be struck
out of all books, and that his images and pictures throughout the
whole realm should be put down and avoided. How thoroughly this
was done we all know ! And it is not a little remarkable that this
painting having his name under it should have escaped.
PAINTED DOOE AT THE CHAPEL OF ST. NICHOLAS,
KING'S LYNN.
A DOOR in the vestry is made from part of a reredos, the subject being
St. Peter blessing a monk. I should be glad of full particulars of the
inscription issuing from the mouth of the latter, and to know who is
supposed to be represented. W. MARSH.
PANEL PAINTINGS IN WOODBEIDGE CHUECH, SUFFOLK,
p. 48.
THE Eood-screen in Woodbridge church was destroyed about forty-five
years since, and the panels now form the three-decker standing in the
centre of the church : it is painted all over in imitation oak, and
doubtless if the paint was removed we should find the original
paintings. Under some of the pews, I have also found traces of the
rood-screen. I wish the Eector could be persuaded to have the paint
removed from one of the panels ; we should then know for certain if
they were completely destroyed or merely painted over.
257, CUpham Road, 8. W. MARSH.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION, HINDOLVESTON CHUECH,
NOEFOLK.
ENTER'D a couple heare dothe ly that hatefull death did kill
Whyche lyvinge loved as man and wyfe and bent to God there will
Whose names to tell thus weare they callede, that deathe hathe refte
of life
Edmon Hunt the Gentleman and Margaret Hunt his wife
Children these had fourtene in all Daughters four and Sonnes tene
Two Infantes dyed, thre marchantes weare, Lawyers foure and one
devine
These Huntes huntinge abrode the chase one Hunt oute hunted the rest
Who made this Stone in memory, how God his huntinge blest
Who hopes by fayth heaven for his haven in Christ that he shall fynde
Where welcome once no farewell is, suche welcome Gode vs sende
Obiit ille anno domini 1558. Octobris 11
Obiit ilia anno domini 1568. Decembris 3.
The above inscription is engraved in brass : not being in Blomefield
it appears well to preserve it.
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THE TOKENS OF NOEFOLK.
WE hope to be pardoned if, before commencing an account of the
Tokens of Norfolk, we briefly review the previous history of our copper
coinage, that we may shew the causes which led to these tokens being
issued. Under the Norman, Plantagenet, and Tudor dynasties, the
whole of the authorized currency was of gold or silver. From the
time of Edward I. half-pence and farthings of silver had been issued,
but, the value of silver constantly increasing, these naturally became
smaller in size, till at length the farthings were so diminutive that they
were "lost almost as fast as coined." The necessities of commerce,
the increasing exigencies of trade, and the wants of the poorer classes,
rendered a well-regulated small coinage necessary ; but our sovereigns,
down to and inclusive of Queen Elizabeth, refused to allow such an
issue. But Bishop Fleetwood says, in his Chronicon Preciosum, it was
one of the greatest glories of Queen Elizabeth's reign that she "called
in all the base money in the kingdom, and set our coin upon that noble
foot on which it now stands."
We however find that during the sixteenth century traders and
vintners began to issue their tokens, made of lead, tin, latten or
leather, and these, with abbey counters, black mail, and base foreign
pieces, formed the smaller currency of the country, the silver farthings
being so small as to be wellnigh useless for ordinary purposes.
Fleetwood quoting from Camden gives "the names of several false
and small pieces that were heretofore in use among our Fathers. In
the time of Edward III. Crocards, Pollards, Eosaries, Cocadones,
Stepings, and Staldings, were cried down. Grally-Half-Pence, which
were brought hither by the Genoese Gallies, cried down by H. TV.,
Suskins and Dodkins by Henry V., and Blanks by Henry VI. There
were also little Pieces coined \)y Henry VII. called Dandypratts,
which, I suppose, were little and contemptible Things, because that
Word has since been used to signifie small and worthless People."
The following extract from the Norwich Chamberlains' account of
the year 1544, shows how much the currency was debased at that
period : " Lost ij s in iij lyte Crownes ; payd to M. Eyer & loste at
Stirbridge ffayer xvj d in a sowdyd Crown & lost vi 3 viij d in xxx 8 of
dandypratts devillingrots sold to John Bengemyn for xxiij 5 iiij d , and
lost ij s iij d in xiiij 8 of clipped & broken money ; englisshe coyne sold att
the seyd ffayer at iij 8 xj d the vnc'."
Erasmus refers to the leaden tokens in his Adagia, page 130, and
calls them "plumbeos Anglise." These earlier tokens, on account of
the perishable nature of the materials of which they were made, are
now excessively scarce, and such as are known cannot, with certainty,
be assigned to any particular county or town, on account of the
rudeness and ordinary nature of their execution. These, it can be
well imagined, did not fully answer the purpose for which they were
intended, and the more the prosperity of the country increased, the
more necessary it became that the government should take the matter
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into its own hands. We accordingly find that, shortly after the
accession of James the First, numerous proposals were made for the
issue of half -pence, farthings, and even half-farthings, of copper ; but
not till 1612 was anything like a satisfactory result arrived at. In that
year there was a proposal for the making of farthing tokens, "in
which," to quote the words of Snelling in his View of the Copper Coin
and Coinage of England, page 6, "it is desired that full power might be
given to some sufficient persons to make such a competent quantity of
farthing tokens as might conveniently be issued among His Majesties
subjects, according to their own desire, within the term of three years.
Secondly, the said farthing tokens to be made exactly, having on one
side, two sceptres crossing under a diadem, and on the other side J.R.
crowned. Thirdly, His Majesty to receive half the profit every quarter
without being at any charge. Fourthly, that they shall be made at
any place where His Majesty shall appoint, and under the inspection
of a surveyor. Lastly, every person that desired it might have 2 1/, in
farthings for 20/. sterling ; and be at liberty if at any time they should
have too many of them to rechange them at the same rate." These
proposals, with a slight modification of the third point, were agreed to ;
such modification being that the patentee should have the first profit of
25,000, but that all further profit should be for the benefit of the
King. The patent was accordingly granted in 1613 to John Lord
Harrington.
We find that in subsequent years the country was wellnigh
inundated with these small pieces, insomuch that in many counties,
especially Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, scarcely any other of the
current coins were to be found. The patent for making these
" Harringtons," for so they were derisively called, afterwards descended
to various other parties. In 1626 it was in the hands of Frances
dowager Duchess of Richmond and Lennox ; subsequently in those of
Sir Francis Crane, and afterwards it was held by Sir Francis Crane and
Henry Lord Maltravers. In course of time, however, the patentees
refused to rechange them, and this, together with the large number of
counterfeits, led to a stoppage of their circulation, which took place
about 1644.
The following letters, copied from the Liber Ruber of the City of
Norwich, will shew the manner in which these " Harringtons" were
circulated.
To o r verie louinge ffrends the Maio r Sheriffes
Aldermen and Com' on Counsell of the Cittie
of Norwich these dd
After o r verie hartie commendac'ons whereas it hath pleased his
Ma Ue by his 1'res Patentes dated the second day of August in the xiij" 1
yeare of his Mat'" Eeigne to grannt vnto vs the priuilidge of sole
makeinge and issuinge of ffarthinge Tokens of Copper for the tearme
of Seauen Yeares And hath by Proclamac'on lately published declared
his Boiall pleasure that those Tokens now made shallbe from time
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to time rechanged to such as shalbe sur charged with them allowinge
xxj 8 in Tokens ffor xx" in sterlinge mony for theffectinge and per-
formance wherof we haue appointed a convenient place in Lumbard
Streete within the Cittie of London & haue authorised Simon Chamber
gent and Thomas Garreet Goldsmith to attend there to see the
tenor and contents of the said L'res Patents and Proclamac'on duely
executed Nowe for that we conceive yo r care and assistance may
add much to the orderly and duly suppression of all other Tokens
prohibited and for dispersing of his Ma t! Tokens by Proclamac'on
allowed we haue w th this o r Letter sent you Thirtie pounds in Toknes
intreatinge your Kinde meanes for the dispersinge of them to such
persons as shall haue occasion to vse the same reteining the mony
in your hands till you heare further from vs and if you shall
haue cause to vse any greater summe than those nowe sent upon yo r
letter to our said Substitutes in Lumbard Streete they shall be sent you
And for yo r paines to be taken therin there shalbe allowed to such vse
as yo u shall appointe xij d in euerie xx s issued and the benefite of the
rechange yo r care and paines herein we will take thankfullie at yo r
handes and wilbe readie to requite it as occasion shalbe offered and so
we bidd yo n hartely farewell and rest
Whitehall this eight Yo r very louinge ffrendf
of December 1617 Lenox Bedford
The following letter will shew how unpopular they became in a few
years.
To o r very loueinge frinds the maior
Sheriffes & Aldermen of the Cytye of Norwich
After o 1 very harty Comendacions Wee are informed that his Ma ts
ffarthinge Tokens of Copper which are of greate vse for markit folkes
and all sortes of trads in and about London but espetialley for the
releife of the poare are neuerthe lesse of small Credit and lesse vse
in your Cyttye to the greate p r iudice of the poare there which by your
good Care and direction may yeerely vent a great quantitye of them
& the rather for that whoe soeuer there shalbe auctorized to isey the
same shall allso styll mayntayne the rechange thereof to such as shalbe
surcharged therewith and discharge his acount in money or tokens
whensoever he shalbee therevnto required. Wee therefore pray you
to take the same into y r good Consideration and to order the isewing of
them in such maner as in y r best iudgement shalbe thought moste
Convenient and soe nothing doubting y r Carefull pTormance heereof
bid you very hartely farewell.
ffrom the Coarte of Your very Loueing ffrinds
Whitehall the 2 of Lenox Arundale & Surrey
ffebruary 1622.
During the later years and troublous times of Charles the First but
little attention could be paid to a subject of such minor importance as
the coinage, and consequently we find that, about the year 1648, the
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necessity of a well-regulated small coinage was more than ever felt,
trade and commerce having considerably increased. The stirring
political events of that period prevented the Government of the day
giving the subject that consideration which it demanded, and con-
sequently the traders and vintners in 1648, and in subsequent years
many corporations, commenced to issue half-pence and farthings of
copper and brass. These tokens, which are now known as "The
Seventeenth-Century Tokens," were issued by traders and corporations
in most of the towns and many of the villages of England and Ireland
till 1672, in which year the royal half-pence and farthings of Charles
the Second appeared, and the traders' tokens being no longer required
ceased to circulate. From that time down to the present, with the
exception of one period to be hereafter noticed, this country has had
no reason to complain of the scarcity of its copper coinage. Having
been guilty of this slight digression we will proceed without further
delay to the subject of our heading.
The seventeenth-century tokens of Norfolk are more numerous than
those of any other county, excepting the counties of Middlesex (which
includes London), Surrey (which embraces Southwark), Kent, Suffolk,
and Yorkshire. The number of varieties exceeds three hundred, which
were issued in upwards of fifty towns and villages. The tokens are
mostly farthings, the city of Norwich, with upwards of one hundred
varieties, not producing a single half-penny. There are no pennies,
and the half-pennies are but few. Five places issued town tokens,
namely, Norwich, Yarmouth, Lynn, Diss, and Cley.
The arms of the various companies to which the issuers belonged
are favourite devices ; no fewer than one hundred and eight issuers
placing the arms of their respective companies upon their tokens.
The Grocers' Arms occur upon the tokens of sixty-six issuers, the
Mercers' upon twelve, Bakers' five, Drapers' four, Tallow-Chandlers'
four, Apothecaries' three, Merchant Tailors' three, Blacksmiths' two,
Haberdashers' two, Ironmongers' two, Coopers' one, Cordwainers'
one, Dyers' one, Fruiterers' one, and Upholsterers' one.
The signs of taverns are also favourite devices, for, amongst others,
we find The Lion, Saint George arid the Dragon, The Bull, Eagle and
Child, Feathers, Ship, Swan, King's Head, Rose, Dove, Cross Keys,
Lamb, Man in the Moon, Crown, and Sun ; but these must be cautiously
received as representing inn or tavern signs, for in those days the
house of every trader had its sign, and we find a cordwainer with a
key on his token ; a worstead weaver with a pine apple ; a grocer with
a heart on the stem of an anchor ; a confectioner with the seven stars ;
and another worstead weaver with the oak (the royal oak) ; all of
which, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, might be fairly
considered tavern signs.
A few issuers placed on their tokens merchants' marks ; one or two,
punning devices on their own names ; others, the various implements
of the trades or employments which they carried on ; and some few the
arms of their respective families. One issuer gives us the arms of
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the city in which he lived, as well as a merchant's mark ; and another
uses the arms of the Duke of Norfolk. The earliest date which occurs
on the tokens is 1650, the latest, 1671.
We have endeavoured to render the list as complete as possible,
but as fresh varieties occasionally occur, especially in remote villages
and places, it must not for a moment be presumed that it is complete.
In the words of Captain Cuttle, "when found make a note of," and
should any of your readers know of any varieties not mentioned in the
list, it is to be hoped that they will speedily impart their knowledge
to others through the medium of The Eastern Counties Collectanea.
St. Helen's, Norwich. EDWARD A. TILLETT.
A TABLE OF ENGLISH MONAECHS.
THE following verses were written by the late Mr. Hudson Gurney
of Keswick. We believe them to have been hitherto only privately
printed, and we know that copies are scarce. We have therefore
much pleasure in giving them further publicity.
KING in a thousand sixty-six,
Conquest did the Norman fix.
Robert's right to Bufus given,
Saw a thousand eighty-seven.
First Henry first his subjects plundered
In the year eleven hundred.
At the Crown did Stephen arrive
In eleven thirty-five.
In eleven fifty four,
Henry Plantagenet came o'er.
Reigned eleven eighty-nine,
Richard, dread of Palestine.
John to Pope who did resign,
In eleven ninety-nine.
Henry the Third, in twelve sixteen,
With Lords did Commons first convene.
First Edward reigned twelve seventy-two.
Whose sword did Wales and Scotland rue.
Second Edward, thirteen hundred seven,
Whose road, through tortures, lay to heaven.
In thirteen hundred twenty seven,
To Edward Third the throne was given.
Second Richard, thirteen seventy-seven,
Who thence by Bolingbroke was driven.
Fourth Henry, thirteen ninety-nine,
Begins the proud Lancastrian line.
Fifth Henry comes, fourteen thirteen,
Who conquered France in battle keen.
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Sixth Henry, fourteen twenty-two,
Who lost the chance his father threw.
Fourth Edward, fourteen sixty-one,
The regal line of York begun.
In fourteen hundred eighty-three
Fifth Edward crowned and murdered, we,
With the Third Richard crowned, see.
The white rose sank ! the blushing red
But doubtful bloom o'er Tudor shed.
Seventh Henry, fourteen eighty-five,
With Edward's daughter quick to wive.
Whence Henry Eighth, in fifteen nine,
Did claim from the united line.
Sixth Edward, fifteen forty-seven,
First King who ne'er by priests was shriven.
Then Mary, fools of Norfolk, we
Made Queen in fifteen fifty-three,
Who left to Elizabeth her state
In fifteen hundred fifty-eight.
Next Scottish James, "wi' muckle glee,"
Came south in sixteen hundred three.
First Charles reigned sixteen twenty -five,
Whose neck the Puritans did rive.
In sixteen hundred forty-nine
Did men to Commonwealth incline,
But Cromwell got the mastery
In sixteen hundred fifty-three.
Him dead, was Charles the Second fixt high
Upon the throne in sixteen sixty.
Second James reigned sixteen eighty-five,
Whence him the Whigs did quickly drive,
And took, with Mary, Will her mate,
In sixteen hundred eighty-eight.
In seventeen hundred two or one
The good Queen Anne to reign begun.
First George in seventeen fourteen
From barren Hanover was seen.
Second George in seventeen twenty-seven,
Whose justice did small mercy leaven.
Then George the Third in seventeen sixty
Began to reign and long he sticks t' ye.
Next George the Fourth, in eighteen twenty,
When work was scarce and workmen plenty.
Will, and his Bill, in eighteen thirty,
Some said 't was good, some said it hurt ye.
Victoria last, in thirty-seven,
Wiiom long may bless and prosper heaven.
COLLECTANEA. 105
NOTABLE EASTERN COUNTIES MEN,
temp. Q. ELIZABETH.
THE following is an extract from a MS. in Domestic State Papers,
Elizabeth, vol. 244, No. 17, dated 18th January, 1593, purporting to
contain " The names of diverse gentlemen of vallue and habelletie to
serve sum in one function and sum in an other, placed heare according
to their habitacions in the several counties of the Eealme." The text
of this MS. is by Maynard, Lord Burghley's clerk, alterations and
corrections by Cecil.
Norff. S r Arthur Heveningham Suffolk. S r Robart Wingefeld
S r Edward Cleere S r Owen Hopton (struck out)
r Will" Paston S r William Walgrave
S r Thomas Knevett S r Philipp Parker
S r Nich as Bacon (struck out) S r William Springe
S r Drue Druery S r Robart Jermin
S r Will m Haidon (?) S r Thomas Barneston
S r Rob 4 Southwell (struck out) S r John Higham
S r John Peeton (?) S r Nichas Bacon
S r Robart Jarmin (struck out) S r Charles Framingham
S r John Higham (struck out) S r Robert Southwell (struck out)
Nathaniel Bacon
Essex. S r Henry Grine S r Clement Hygham
S r Thomas Mildmaye S r Tho Jermin
S r Thomas Lucas
S r John Peter Cambridge. Sir John Cutts
S r Willm Walgrave (struck S r Francis Hinde (struck out)
out) Thomas Wendie
S r Robart Wroathe John Hutton
Francis Barrington S r John Payton
S r Ed Denny S r John Cotton
Horatio Palavicino
Chelsez WALTER EYE.
PKOJECT FOE DEAINING THE FENS.
(1593 March 29.) 244, n 97.
For the Eight Honnorable the Lord High Treasurer off Engl.
Project for the drayning off the fennes in the contes off Norfolke
Soutfolke Lincolne Cambrige Northampton and Huntington
A 1593 the 29 th of Marche ,p Humfrey Bradley.
CEETAIN meanes for the drayning off the fennes to be delivered unto
her m te and your Honor for the g'nall good by reducing of such a
desert unto fartile ground ware drawen off late by me (as also they
ware touched in a Discours off myne delivered unto y r Honnor a 1589
in Decemb r ). Yff therefore yt shall please your I ame ready
to declare them more amply eather in wrytyng or by worde of mouth
the Chef poincts be thyse, vid 4 .
First. That yt ys faisible and easy, in Eegard the fennes ley above
the full sea-mark, have greate fawles at hande, good and pleasant
grounds to cutt for the Loodes between thys and September next may
be finished for the greater moete off the fennes w ft 700 or 800 men
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only ; And that w" 1 fyve thousand pound charge her ma u maye inriche
her coffers yearly forty thousand pounds besides infinite other Benefits
to the Comonwealth.
The Cours to do y* w th greate lykyng of the conties and parties
interest both Oweners and Comenors ys by meliorating off theyr estate
and contitions w th out theyr charge and Aduenture.
For the Diversite off the Tenenures and Leases off the Fennes and
opinions off men, the expedienst way ys to proceade by Act of Parle-
ment allowing only so reasonable a portion for the drayning as the
remainder beynge drayned maye at the least doble or treble the former
benefits and increase unto the owenars amd comenars respectively.
Wherunto yff yt shall please your Lordshippe to sette hys hande
during thys parlement your Honnor for thys and many other actions
off worth shall eternize hys honnorable Renoun unto all posterite and
increace hys Revenus by 2000 or three thousand poundes by yeare.
Yff her m te and your Honnor be not mynded to the drayning I
canne w^in few days bring your Lordshippe the names of certain
Gent" of Worshippe and wealth willing upon any reasonable
conditions to 4 pfourme the action.
Your Honnors
Most humble to command
HTJMPEEY BRADLEY.
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN BELL RINGERS.
IN the year 1731 a stormy controversy took place between the ringers
of St. Peter Mancroft and those of St. Michael Coslany, about
" Composing a peal of Stedman's triples " in a certain time. This
disagreement, which culminated in a row and "bloody noses," appears
to have arisen through the following advertisement in The Norwich
Gazette, or Crossgrove 's News, for Saturday, October 30th, 1731 :
"VTOT WITH STANDING the Pretensions of several ingenious Ringers in this City and
JLl elsewhere, who would bear the World in Hand that they have composed that
most intricate peal of STEDMAN'S TKIPLES ; this is therefore to satisfie all Lovers
of that ingenious Art, that Thomas Melchior has composed it to Truth with Two
Doubles, being the First that ever was composed all perfect Stedman, consisting of
5040 Changes : And was rung by him and 7 more on Monday the 25th of October,
1731, at St. Peter's of Mancroft in Norwich, in 3 Hours and 40 Minutes; and never
a Bell out of Course, nor changes alike : By us whose Names are here subscribed, viz. :
Thomas Melchior - Treble
NOTE. If any of the Curious be de- Thomas Blofield - 2 d
sirous, they may see the Peal at John William Palmer - 3 rd
Forster's, at the Sign of the Eight Thomas TJtber - - 4 th
Bells, in St. Peter's of Mancroft John Gardiner - - 5 th
aforesaid, and satisfie themselves John Forster - - 6 th
without laying any Wager. Christopher Beauty 7 th
William Porter - - Tenor
It is very probable that William Crane, of the St. Michael's
Company, went to "The Eight Ringers," and had a squabble with
Thomas Melchior, questioning the correctness of this statement, for
COLLECTANEA. 107
in The Norwich Gazette for November 20th, 1731, is the following
advertisement :
WHEREAS Thomas Crane did assert on Saturday before last, that that Master of
Art (as he pleased to call me) rung 4860 Changes, and no more, on Monday, the
25th of October last, I will acquaint the World with his accurate Proceedings. First
he placed himself in a Publick House, where People were often coming in and going
out ; by and by in a Yard, and often times walking backwards and forwards, telling
the Strokes of the Tenor ; which is the method he took to prove the truth of our
Performance, as he himself confessed before the Justice : Now I appeal to the "World,
'Whether or no this Man could be a proper judge of it? He also asserted that we
rung but 3 Hours and an Half, and likewise that we rung 180 Changes too short ;
notwithstanding we rung 3 Hours and 40 Minutes, not only by Mr. William Riches's
Watch, but by many others in St. Peter's of Mancroft in Norwich ; and that the Peal
contained 5040 Changes, John Webster (whom they supposed to be the Prompter) will
firmly assert: And for the satisfaction of the Publick, I Thomas Melchlor, who
composed that most intricate Peal of Stedman's Triples with Two Doubles and no
Alteration, and the rest of the Company who compleatly rung it in the aforesaid Time,
do offer a Wager, Two to One, as far as Ten Guineas go, that Edward Crane's Peal
(if it be the same they oftentimes indeavoured to ring at St. Michael's of Coslany) is
not proper Stedman's Triples, according to Stedman's own Words, Pages 90, 91, 129,
and 130 ; we will also make a Wager that Thomas Melchior's is proper Stedman's
Triples, Proof as before, which we will prove before any reasonable Judge ; but to
challenge them to ring, is beneath us ; for we know if we perform our parts to Truth,
we may be sworn out of it : Therefore we leave them, as false malicious Brethren, not
thinking it worth our while to answer their base, scurrilous, and scandalous Calumnies
for the Future. Note, We take leave to tell the Aylesham Ringers, that we do not
believe they rung 5040 Changes at once pulling down, any more than they believe that
we have pricked or rung Stedman's Triples ; but for their further Satisfaction, on the
28th of December, 1719, we rung 5040 Triple Changes (Two Doubles excepted) in 3
Hours and 6 Minutes, at Peter's of Mancroft : Thomas Barrett rung the 6th, Thomas
Melchior the 7th, John Webster the Tenor, the other Bells my Domestick Adversaries
rung ; who though now at Variance with me, yet I hope they have so much Honesty
left, as to justifie me in what I here assert.
THOMAS MELCHIOR.
The newspaper war is taken up by Edward Crane and the St.
Michael's Company, as is shown by the appended advertisement, that
was inserted in The Norwich Gazette of December 4th, 1731 :
WHEREAS THOMAS MELCHIOR did assert in the News on the 27th past, that
THOMAS CRANE did place himself in a Publick House where there were People
coming in and going out ; this is to tell him that Mr. Will. Aburn does here justifie
that he was in a Room of his, and that there was Nobody with him all the Time of
their ringing, but Two of his own Company, till he had proved the Truth of their
Peal ; But this is just like offering to swear that their Advertisement was true ; but
when THOMAS CRANE went and made Affidavit before one of our Magistrates, that they
rung but 4860 Changes, and that we put John Webster upon his Oath, he then cunningly
said it was not the Peal they rung, but it was the Peal upon his Paper he would swear
was true : Then we asked him why they advertised but 8 men, when he was fain to
relieve the 6th man ? He said, they did not count the Tenor man : Then why was
he in the News ? We asked him, how many Times their 5 fore Bells struck together
in one part of their Peal ? He owned 5 Times : Then how could their Peal be rung
true without Bells out of Course ? MR. MELCHIOR likewise was pleased to say, That
the Peal we ring in St. Michael's of Coslany is not STEDMAN : I am very sorry he
should shew his Ignorance to both City and Country : I will appeal to any Man of
his Art, whether or no they ever knew the 6th and 7th Bells were turned Half the
Peal one Way and Half the other Way, as theirs now do". I must tell him, that he
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never pricked a Peal upon 7 Bells with only Two Doubles ; if he had, he would have
known how the great Bells should have come Home at their proper Places ; and not to
have taken himself to a Peal of 5 Bells, and fled to STEDMAN for Assistance ; because
the Peal of 5 Bells will work many ways, and so will GRANDSIRE on 5 bells as well as
STEDMAN : Then I pray let any Man that is a judge in this Art tell me, Why
STEDMAN on 7 Bells should not work as proper as GRANDSIRE on 7 Bells, and bring
their great Bells Home at their Quarter, Half, Three Quarter, and Whole Peal's End ?
Likewise STEDMAN'S Bob on 6 Bells, Why they work proper, and bring their great
Bells Home at their proper Time ? And so do other peals on 5, 6, 7, and 8. But alas !
MR. MELCHIOR, if you desire to keep to your Credit, you must go into St. Gregory's
Churchyard and call up JOHN GARTHAN to do the Work for you. Pray be not
affronted because I tell you the Truth.
EDWARD CRANE and his Company.
Edward Crane's reply brought forth the following rejoinder from
Thomas Melchior, in Crossgrove's News, on Saturday, December llth,
1731 :
WHEREAS Thomas Crane in the last Week's Paper did pretend that Mr. Abunn
would justifie, that he was in a Room of his all the Time that we were ringing,
and that there was Nobody in the Room but Two of his Company : Be it known that
Mr. Abunn informed us, that at their first coming they went into the Yard, where
they sat and heard us ring for some Time ; but finding it too cold, they went into the
Room ; but he going in some Time after, found only One Man there : Doubtless they
had no discourse, for honest TOM was so brisk in telling the strokes of the Tenor, that
he could hardly spare time to bid RICE GREEN go and be d because he would
stay no longer. TOM methinks has an excellent Memory, and ears as long as an Ass,
that he could not be put out of his Reckoning by any Noise the People made by going
in and out: This indeed to me seems wonderful, for I have often mistook in telling Twelve
Strokes of the Clock by some Interruption or other. But TOM was earnest in proving
what he knew Nothing of; for whenever the Landlord came to see what he wanted, he
clinched his Fist, shut his HARD MOUTH, and grinned at him ; all this could not put
infallible TOM out, but on he went telling the Strokes of the Tenor for Three Hours
and a Half together; in which Time he told 4860 Strokes, as he asserted. Methinks
this infallible Man ought to be Knighted for this grand Exploit : I would almost envy
his great Skill in proving of Peals. I durst have sworn by the Paper we had with us,
in which were set down the Bobs and their Distances taken from the original, that we
rung 5040 Changes, and not Two Bells out of Course, in Three Hours and Forty
Minutes. I think, I know what I wrote ; and JOHN WEBSTER remarkt every Bob that
I called, and will take an Oath that I called every Bob neither more nor less ; yet
honest TOM, by his unerring Rule of telling the Strokes of the Tenor, has sworn that
we wanted Nine Score Changes : Likewise this HONEST MAN told JOHN WEBSTER,
" that he never spoke that Word in his Life, but he would swear to the Truth of it."
Let this be allowed him. But, alas! I am sorry for poor NED CRANE, finding him
void of all knowledge of STEDMAN'S TRIPLES. If the Peal we pricked and rung be
not proper STEDMAN'S TRIPLES, Why does he not accept the Wager Two to One
preferred in our last ? I tell you, NED, I am of Opinion, that you would rather have
made your Peal without Alteration than with, had you known how. You have owned
that I was the first Man that ever turned the Sixth and Seventh ; but let me tell you,
they are All turned as well as those, else they would not be every Bell a Course alike ;
which takes away all Pretension of keeping your Bells as in GRANDSIRE. If your
Peal had been without Alterations we would have owned it ; but as it is it must be
called NED CRANE'S Triples and not STEDMAN'S. I tell that Wise Gentleman who was
your Prompter, before you found that nice way of nailing your Paper against the Wall
to call your Bobs by, (though to no effect) that if JOHN GARTHAN had been alive, he
would have laughed at your Ignorance, for assigning Hunts to STEDMAN'S TRIPLES ;
whereas STEDMAN says, every Bell has a Course alike.
THOMAS MELCHIOR, by the consent of hia Company.
COLLECTANEA. 109
Meanwhile the St. Michael of Coslany's Company endeavoured to
outdo their opponents of St. Peter's by ringing Stedman'e Triples;
and in what time they accomplished their task, and how they were
interrupted, are graphically described in the following advertisement,
inserted in The Norwich Gazette for the week "from Saturday,
December 18, to Saturday, December 25, 1731 : "
WHEREAS MR. MELCHIOR did advertise on the llth Instant, hy the Consent of his
Company, a kind of Banter upon ST. MICHAEL'S Company ; hut not one "Word
of Truth, unless it was that honest TOM had ears as long as an Ass : Truth indeed,
hut it is such Asses as themselves ; hut that is not all. Whereas on Monday the 6th
of this instant Decemher was rung at ST. MICHAEL'S that ingenious Peal called
STEDMAN'S TRIPLES, which contains 5040 Changes (heing the First time that ever it
was rung), notwithstanding some of ST. PETER'S Company did imploy a Bell-Man to
cry about the Streets the following scandalous Verses just before we hegan to ring,
viz. :
" This is to give Notice, to all Sorts of People,
That the Ringers that practise at St. Michael's Steeple
Have craz'd their Brains, hy setting forth false Pretences,
That it is to be fear'd, they have quite lost their senses,
Therefore let 'em repair to JOHN FORSTER'S, and 'tis plain
There's those that can help them to their senses again."
And a little before the Peal was ended, they had the impudence to swear we should not
ring it out ; and so did fling Stones up the Church Leads, and against the Doors, and
did cause the Boys in the Street to cry H uzzas ; nay one of them was so impertinent,
as to open the Window of the Church to have got in ; but was prevented by the
People that stood to hear the Peal come out, and were sent Home to their Shame with
bloody Noses ; all this some Hundreds of People saw, who stood to hear the Peal : this
is good Credit for St. Peter's Ringers. MR. MELCHIOR was pleased to say, that the
Peal we rung is not STEDMAN'S TRIPLES. I will meet him before any Gentleman who
is a proper judge of that Art, and belongs to neither Company, and I will lay down
my Peal at Length, and he shall do the same, and let us dispute it out which is the
properest Peal according to STEDMAN'S own Rule on Five Bells. MR. MELCHIOR, you
are pleased to say that in STEDMAN every Bell has its Course alike ; but STEDMAN is
mistaken, and so are you. These are the Names of the Men that rung the Peal on
Monday the 6th Instant aforesaid, viz.
Richard Barnham - Treble William Pettingall - 6 th
Edward Crane - - 2 nd Thomas Crane - - 6 th
John Harvey - - 3 rd Rice Greene - - - 7 th
Robert Nockold - - 4 th Robert Crane - - - Tenor
The next week Thomas Melchior thus replies :
WHEREAS MR. EDWARD CRANE (not Sir Thomas) did in the public News on the
'.24th of December, 1731, charge ST. PETER'S Ringers with many base and
scandalous Actions, which they are ashamed to hear of, much more to act ; for I must
tell you that St. Peter's RINGERS Scorn to act or incourage any such thing; neither
can you bring any one Person of those Hundreds that you mention, that can prove
they did any one of those Things you change them withal ; if you could, you would
have set down the Name : Perhaps you thought that Every Body had long Ears and
a foul Tongue, that would swear to that they knew Nothing of , but you are mistaken
as well as others of your Company, who pretending to justifie it, heard it all denied to
their Faces by their own Neighbours. As for a Bell-Man's being imployed, you may
lay that to whom you will ; but the Intent of it (as I am "informed) was to animate
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your fearful Hearts at the dreadful Approach of your Alterations. For 21354
who could have thought that the Sight of those dismal Changes could have 23145
defeated such old Veteran Ringers, and put them out 1 1 Times together, as 23451
you have lately heen at ST. MICHAEL'S ; where you likewise say that you 24315
.rung 5040 STEDMAN'S Triples : But it was rung no otherwise, than with 42351
Changes alike ; "Witness your 4 th Bell dodging Behind with the 3 d 2 d and 43215
'7 th , Back-Stroke, instead of 2 4. These Things are not to be found in your 4353
Peal as you prickt it, yet you all inserted your Names that you rung it ; 45312
much akin to your former Assertions. Likewise you say STEDMAN and I are 54321
mistaken, by saying every Bell has a Course alike. As you have accused us 53412
in Publick, it is reason you should dispute us in Publick ; and in your next let me
know your Opinion, if these Figures in the Margin be the proper Form and Grounds
of STEDMAN'S Doubles ? And whether they, by being wrought 5 times over, in an
expressible denominative Course, do not produce 60 changes every Bell a Course alike ?
And whether your whole Peal begins from every 12th Change throughout your 5040,
as mine and this Peal in the Margin successively do through the 120 ?
THOMAS MELCHIOR.
In the same Journal for the week ending January 8th, 1732,
Edward Crane answers Thomas Melchior as follows :
WHEREAS MR. MELCHIOR refuseth to meet me before any Man that 21354
belongs to neither Company, and that is a judge in the Art of Ringing, 2
but desires that I should dispute with him in Publick : As long as he can deny 23451
the Truth in the publick Prints he will go on with his base and scandalous 24315
Actions ; for he would make the World believe, that he is a very great Man, * ^ 3 5 i
and exceeds all in that Art. But, MR. MELCHIOR, you call me to an Account, 34251
for saying, STEDMAN is mistaken, and so are you ; but if I be right, it is so : 43521
STEDMAN in Page 129 says, That all the Bells have a like Course : But if it 45312
he so, then tell me why there is Two Alterations in STEDMAN on Five Bells ? \\\
For the 2 d and 3 d change Places, therefore every Bell hath not a course 2 . . -;
alike ; if they had, every Bell would have changed as well as they. But 24153
STEDMAN in Page 130 says, " Whatsoever Two Bells be dodging behind, at 35412
the first Extream ; the same Two Bells coming together again Behind, is 31524
certane Warning for the second Extream to be made : " But I must tell you, 42513
that in my Peal of 5040, when the Doubles are made, the same Bells dodge 4 5 2 3 1
Behind at the first and second Extream, or Alterations as you are pleased to {094
call them. But, to the End the Publick may not be imposed on, I have -.-
prickt the first Twelve Changes as STEDMAN did himself, and the rest by 52413
Quick Hunt ; and I would have the world take Notice, that the first Time 31425
MR. MELCHIOR makes his Two Doubles, with the same Two Bells dodging 34152
as STEDMAN does on Five Bells, I will give him a Bowl of Punch of 10 s 25143
to chear up his drooping Heart : For I design to answer no more of his 21534
base and scandalous Advertisements, but rather advise him to keep his 4 3 5 J 2
Money ; and to give every Man his Half Crown again, that he had for his -
Peal of STEDMAN'S Triples with 14 Doubles and 21 Alterations.
EDWARD CRANE.
The hint to close the controversy was not taken by Thomas Melchior,
who the next week sent the following to The Norwich Gazette :
MR. CRANE, I expected that such an ingenious and compleat Ringer as you have
stiled yourself, could have found an Answer to Two such easie Questions as I
proposed in my last ; and not have shifted them off with a false Notion, that I
refused to dispute you before any Man that belongs to neither Company : these are
scandalous Actions indeed in such a Man as you, who knows nothing but how to carp
and cavil at another Man's Works, as at the Extream of STEDMAN ; where you say the
U' 1 and 3 d change Places, therefore every Bell hath not a course alike : But you are
COLLECTANEA. Ill
mistaken, and not STEDMAN ; for if the first 60 changes be every Bell a like Course,
so have the last 60 ; for they do not change Courses, hut only Places ; for the Courses
are intire Whole throughout the Peal, beginning 21354 from every 12th change
which 12th changes are the real true Course and Grounds of the Whole Work. And
DOLEMAN in Page 46 says, " In this Peal Every Bell hath one and the same course,
there being no proper Hunt nor Half Hunt thereon." Now if Stedman be mistaken
(who was Master of a College in the University, and a learned Mathematician) with
DOLEJCAN and others, Why need I take amiss MK. CRANE'S saying I am mistaken too ?
for he is a Learned Man and knows OMNIA BENE in his own Conceit. However he may
look into STEDMAN, Page 90, and he may see why there are 2 Alterations in STEDMAX
on 5 Bells. And in Pages 129 and 130 it is said, "Every Bell that comes Behind
dodges 6 changes with one Bell, and 6 with another; and then in Course the parting
Change brings it down 1 6, cuts compass, the next doth not, and so by Turns suc-
cessively ; " for which you cannot shew throughout your 5040 : For at your
Quarters' Peal's End your Bells come thus, as in the Margin, it being
your Alteration ; where there are 3 Parting Changes out of 7, PC3215476
instead of 1 in 6. Likewise the Treble is turned out of a quick
Course into a slow one, which should have led a whole Pull. By pci342576
this may be seen, who is willing to impose on the Publick ; not I, 3145267
nor on you neither: . For if Sir THOMAS and another Gentleman had
not kept up all Night, you had never had the Peal with 14 Doubles,
but they persuaded me to sell it ; and if they had not bought it, PC3451276
you had never known the proportionable Parts of it ; for you cannot
divide the Number of your Fingers, by the Rule of Arithmetick ; You know you had
Siur Bargain, but you shamefully unman yourself to cry for your Money again,
owever, I will take your Advice, and in a short Time will send you word who shall
be your judge, and where I will dispute you in private, as you desire.
THOMAS MELCHIOR.
This ended the controversy. Which Company of Ringers had the
best of it I must leave " a judge of the art " to determine.
Noricich. M. KNIGHTS.
WALL PAINTINGS AT SPROUGHTON CHURCH,
SUFFOLK.
DURING some repairs in this church in the year 1844, the following
representations were discovered :
1. In the north aisle, on the wall, a fresco painting of St. Christo-
pher.
2. In the south aisle, near the piscina, an outline painting, de-
picting a female head, crowned.
3. Also, at another point, a portion of a figure, with wing of a
dragon.
4. Another, an armed man, with sword, on horseback.
Were any drawings then taken or published of them, and if so, can
they now be seen, or referred to, and have the paintings been again
covered up, or is any thing more known about them ?
16, Blomfield Terrace, London. CHAS. GOLDING.
f 2, 3, 4, we should imagine, belonged to a painting of St. George
and the Dragon. ED. E.C.C.]
112 EASTERN COUNTIES
CHUECH HEEALDEY : DEANEEY OF BEECCLES. No. HI.
SAHAM TONEY.
I. In the east window the arms of Queen Victoria.
II. Mural Monument on the north wall of the chancel : Gules, three
pears or, on a chief of the second a lion issuant sable; impaling,
Gules, a saltire between three croslets or. For Charles Parrott, LL.B.,
rector, who married Maria, daughter of Eobert Francis of Norwich,
and died in 1787, aged 72.
Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
III. On a chevron between three cranes as many cinquefoils pierced.
Crest : A crane's head erased. For Thomas Crane S.T.B. " hujus olim
eccl'ise servus. Tutamen ut mortem nunqua' timeas semper cogita."
1662. (Argent, on a chevron azure between three cranes sable as
many cinquefoils or. Thomas Cranmer, Abp. of Canterbury. Pap-
worth's Ordinary.}
IV. Crane as before, impaling; A fesse between three dolphins. For
Mary wife of Thomas, son of Thomas Crane, 1671. Her arms are also
carved in a lozenge at each corner of the stone. (Leman. Azure, a
fesse between three dolphins argent. Edmonson's Alphabet of Arms.}
V. Crane as before. For Thomas Crane of Norwich, merchant, 1700.
VI. A fesse vair between three two-headed eagles displayed,
Crest, an eagle's head. For Thomas Shuckforth of London, merchant.
1665.
VII. Shuclcforth as before. For Eichard Shuckforth, 1671.
VIII. A pile surmounted by a chevron ; impaling, Per pale, a
chevron engrailed between three fleur-de-lis, an annulet for difference.
Crest, a stork's leg erased. For Francis Dixon of Watton,* who
married E-ebecca, eldest daughter of Thomas Shuckforth of Saham,
and died 1722. (Dixton, Gloucestershire. Sable, a pile argent sur-
mounted by a chevron gules. Edmonson's Alphabet.}
South Aisle of Nave.
IX. On a hatchment. Gules, two bars and in chief three annulets
argent. For William Grigson, clerk, formerly of West Wretham in
this county.
X. On a large wooden mural tablet. Gules, a fesse ermine between
three two-headed eagles displayed argent. Crest, an eagle's head
erased argent. For Thomas Shuckforth and Eebecca his wife ; son of
William Shuckforth by a daughter of Thomas Crane, rector. See
No. III.
SCOULTON.
Chancel Mural Monument on the East Wall.
I. Or, on a chief indented azure two mullets of the field. Daye.
On a Slab in the Chancel Floor.
II. Gules, a chevron ermine between three mullets pierced argent.
COLLECTANEA. 113
Crest, a dexter arm vested, holding in the hand a mullet. For
Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Lane, rector: she died 1825.
Nave Mural Monument on the West Wall.
III. Daye as before.
IV. On a slab in the floor. Arms obliterated. Crest, on a cap
of maintenance two wings expanded. For Daye,
Hatchment on the North Wall.
V. Ermine, on a cross gules five escallops argent ; Weyland ; im-
paling, Azure, a talbot passant or, on a chief indented argent three
croslets sable. Keene.
VI. Arms of George III before 1801, i.e. with the arms of France
in the second quarter.
AN ESSEX (?) ACCOUNT BOOK.
I HAVE in my possession a long narrow account book of the expenditure
of a gentleman from the beginning of 1760 to the end of August,
1761. Though the date is comparatively recent, some of the items
are curious, and their publication may serve to identify the writer,
while the prices, &c,, may be of general interest.
That the writer was an East Angle I have little doubt, from such
expressions as " Mr. Corney say in the Granary is 40 quarters." One
of his residences seems to have been called "Myles." He visited at
Cames Hall, Mr. Justice Noel's, Sir John Cope's, Mr. Montague's, and
elsewhere, and was the executor of the will of a Mrs. Hitchcock, at
Devizes.
He must have been a rich man, for his expenditure for 1760 was
2761. 5s. 6d., and besides landed property, mortgages to the amount
of over 6000. are incidentally referred to, and in a list of plate handed
over by him to a Mr. Waite to keep on 8th April, 1761, about 200
articles are enumerated.
He also owned farms in Sussex.
The book came into my hands with some documents relating to the
family of Luther of Kelvedon in Essex, and a sister of the writer seems
to have married a Luther.
If any of the family can identify the journalist and care to have the
book, I shall be very happy to hand it over.
Chelsea. WALTER EYE.
* This appears to be the coat of his son, Francis Dixon of Upwell, Esq., Sheriff of
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1757, who married Mary, daughter of John
Johnson. (From information kindly supplied by the Rev. W. Grigson, Rector of
Whinbergh.) Among the arms given to Johnson in Edmonson's Alphabet are these :
Per pale azure and gules, on a chevron argent between three fleur-de-lis or as many
escallops of the second.
L 2
114 EASTERN COUNTIES
(1760.)
A Turkey
1
2 wiggs
3
3
Paid for the Horsess and Hosteller (*)
1
13
2
Gave the maid
6
At Sarum for 2 dozen of wine t
2
1
9
Wax candles & sand
1
8
For a quire of paper
2
Coffee house & chair
2
6
Gave my wife
200
Paid Dore for 17 chickens
18
4
For a Calves Head
2
Paid for a cheese 35 lb at 3|
10
2i
*>
Oranges & lemons
6
Paid for five geese
7
6
Paid Underbill for Clarett
35
15
My dinner in London . .
14
Paid for 13 chickens
13
6
Six mackarell
4
Coach hire to London
19
Paid for Eight heifers & a Bull
43
2
Silk for my Daughters
32
18
6
Venison
2
8
Toothpicks
1
Six dozen of mountain
6
7
Chair hire for a week
7
6
Six days for Horses & expenses at Southampton
15
Twenty handkerchiefs
3
10
P d for India Cabinet
11
l
P d Acts of Parliament
4
4
1
P d for Snuff
3
7
P d for Newspapers . .
3
17
3
P d my Journey to London & back again for a
week
14
P d for a Straw J
1
Paid at the Coffee house
9
For tea at the Coffee House
10
Paid for fish
6
6
Supper
11
10
1760.
May 9.
Expenses at "Witham
2
2
10.
At Stocke
1
2
11.
Tarmish Hall
3
8
12.
Ipswich
7
6
Woodbridge
2
10
13.
Wickham Market
15
6
Alderton . .
1
1
14.
Hinton Hall
10
Framingham
1
12
15.
Budelsdale
1
16
Servants
8
6
* A late example of the original spelling of the word ostler.
t Not a guinea a dozen !
J A libellous or scurrilous pamphlet was frequently given to any one who bought a
straw of the vendor, who was thereby supposed to have evaded the penalty of selling the
work in question. The date is 26 Feby. 1760.
Botesdale, locally Budsdale. This is a curious instance of a stranger spelling the
word as pronounced.
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115
May 16.
17.
18.
19.
Clare . ,
Yoxford
Berry . ,
Burgate
Witham
Servants
Paid the postilion
Paid 4 nights for horses
Paid for the Billiard table (*)
A pair of billiard balls
From Bath to Essex
Paid for a She ass & foal
Shaveing
For a Setting puppy
2 doz. & half of chairs
Paid Corney for 66 sheep
Paid for a halt for my wife
Gave my grandsons . . . . ,
Paid my expenses from "Wilts to Lyme & back again
Paid my son his quarter not due till Michaelmas next
Paid my sisters their Quarters
Gave a Poor man for his loss by fire
Paid for a week shaving
For a flare
For finding Hares
Paid for a flower'd Tissue
For makeing by Mrs. Hay
Paid for a muff
31 Xber. Gave the waiters at both rooms
Gave my own serv* 8
Gave the waiters at Coffee
For a Postchaise from M aidenhead to Hounslow
From Hounslow to London
2
2
1
12
1
12
5
1
16
G
10
6
5
2
2
15
8
44
5
15
10
3
3
2
10
G
39
13
33
13
2
6
4
25
1
6
50
50
10
G
3
2
6
13
2
17
2
11
6
1
11
2 1 6
5
13 6
10
WILLIAM BEEWSTEE AND THE PILGEIM FATHEES.
I FIND in the registry of burials at St. Peter's Mancroft, that a
WILLIAM BEEWSTEE was buried March 12th 1572. Another William
Brewster was buried August 14th, 1579. It occurs to me that a
careful examination of the wills of that period might throw some light
on the Brewster family. Elder William Brewster, the faithful friend
and guide of the Pilgrim Fathers the first settlers in New England
might be connected with the Brewsters of Norwich. He was in the
service of Secretary Davison, and afterwards appointed Post Master
at Scrooby. His birthplace has not yet been traced, nor that of John
Eobinson, the pastor of the Pilgrims. It would interest the people
of America exceedingly to discover by clear and certain evidence their
pedigree.
9, Surrey Square, London. JOHN WADDIKGTON.
* A stiff price, considering the value of money : the balls, however, are out of all
proportion cheap.
116 EASTERN COUNTIES
EAST ANGLIAN BRIEFS.
ON a recent inspection of the- parochial registers and books of the
following parishes and towns iu this neighbourhood, I found recorded
the results attendant upon the reading of several East Anglian briefs.
Thinking they may may interest some of your readers I have appended
them.
Stamford August, 1872. JUSTIN SIMPSON.
EASTON, NOETHANTS.
1689 Sept. Bungay 00 12 08
1692-3 Mar. 12 Eldsworth, Cambs 00 03 06
,, 19 John Clopton & others, Norwich, poor
sufferers by casualties at sea . . 00 06 00
1693 Dennis Gunton of Wickmar, Norwich .. .. 00 03 04
1695 Nov. 3 Granchester, Cambs. 000304
1695-6 Mar 21 Mildenhall, Suffolk 00 02 00 i
1697 May 2 Streatham, Ely .. .. . ., ..01 18 00*
UFFORD, NORTHANTS.
1708 May 30 Great Yarmouth 000200
STAMFORD, ST. JOHN'S.
1689 90 For Bungay in Suffolk 000404
STAMFORD, ST. MICHAEL'S.
1661 Little Melton, co Norf. 00 08 00
1661-2 Mar. 16 Soulbay, co Suff. 001510$
1663 Aug. 23 Harwich, Essex, repairing church & steeple 00 07 03
Oct. Milton, Cambs 00 10 02
1665 June 11 John Waylet of Ilford, in Essex . . . . 00 06 07
1667 May 12 Hinxton, Cambs 00 07 08
1668 Dec. 13 Haverhill, Suffolke 001210
1669-70 Mar. 20 Thetford, Norfolke 000610
1670 June 14 Isleham, Cambs 00 13 04
1670 Oct. 9 Eampton, Cambs 00 06 00
1670-1 Jan. 22 Becles, Suffolke, for a fyre . . . . 00 07 04
1675 July 11 Whatton, Norf. 000804
1677 May 20 Cottenham, Cambs. 001606
Sept. 16 Blithburgh, Suffolke 000701
[No date.] Horsham St. Faith's, Norf. . . . . . . 00 09 06
1680 May 6 East Dearham 01 14 05
1681 ApriU 10 Duxford, Cambs 000808
1683 May 20 Stoke by Clare, Suff. 00 07 00
STAMFORD, ST. MARIES.
1677 May 20 For Cottenham, in Cambs 000810
And from St. Johns 00 10 03
Nov. 4 For Blitheburgh, Suff. 00 04 07
St. John's 00 07 03
1678 Dec. 23 For Horsham St. Faith's in ye county of
Norfolk 00 04 08
1678-9 Jan. 20 From St. John's for the preceding .. 000505
COLLECTANEA. 117
NOETHAMPTONSHIEE SEVENTEENTH CENTUEY TOKENS.
BEING about to edit for Messrs. Taylor and Son, of Northampton, a
descriptive list of the Town Pieces and Tradesmen's Tokens of the
seventeenth century, I should esteem it a great favour if any collector
would forward me a description of such as are not in Boyne's ad-
mirable list, or oblige me with any notes respecting the issuers.
Stamford. JTTSTIN SIMPSON. '
THE TOKENS OF NOEFOLK. II.
ALDBOEOUGH.
1. 0. IOHN BRIGGS OF 1671 A ship,
It. ALBOROVGH HIS HALPENY I.B.
The name of Briggs is common in Norfolk, and is still found at Alburgh. This
token may not, however, belong to Norfolk, as there are places named Aldborough
in Suffolk and Yorkshire. A token of John Murdocke probably belongs to
Aldborough in Suffolk', for the reason given by Mr. Golding in The Coinage of
Siiffolk. A token of John Yates of Albrough belongs to Aldborough in Yorkshire.
ALDEBY.
2. 0. PHILLIP ROBATS A lion passant guardant and three stars.
R. OF ABY IN NOFOCKE P.M.E.
ASHBY.
3. 0. HVGH SHERWOOD The Grocers' arms.
R. IN ASHBY 1656 H.S.
4. 0. IOSEPH SHERWOOD The Mercers' arms.
R. IN ASHBY 1655 A bull's head.
It is doubtful whether these tokens are correctly placed here. The name does
not appear in the .Registers of Ashby near Loddon. Mr. Boyne has attributed
them to Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire.
AYLSHAM.
5. 0. IAPHERY FLAXMAN St. George and the dragon.
R. IN ALYSHAM 1664 I.A.F.
6. 0. MICHAELL HAVKINS A weaver's shuttle.
R. IN ALSHAM 1666 M.H.
7. 0. LANS ALET THEXTON 1666 [lu three lines across the field.]
R. GROCER IN AYLSHAM The Grocers' arms.
Thexton' s ancestors appear to have resided in Norwich, for we find in the
Liber Introit. Civ. the following entry, " Lancelott Thexton grocer apprentic'
Wil'lo Ketheringham admissus erat Ciuis xxiiij ffebruarij A Rn e Eliz. xxxix ."
Henry Thexton, grocer, apprentice of Lancelot Thexton, was admitted to the
freedom of the City on June 9th, in the 7tb James I.
8. 0. WILLIAM WATTS A bull.
R. IN ALISHAM "W.M.W.
The Bull Inn still exists at Aylsham.
9. 0. FRANCIS WESTERMAN The Mercers' arms.
R. IN AYLSHAM F.S.W.
118 EASTERN COUNTIES
BAWDESWELL.
10. 0. THOMAS BOWRNE ix A ram.
JR. BAVDSWELL 1667 T.E.B.
BEANCASTEE.
11. 0. WILLIAM RIX IN 1667 The Blacksmiths' arms.
JR. BEAN CASTELL NORFOL K W.C.E.
BUEGH.
In some lists a token of Thomas Cracroft, of Burgh, is placed to Norfolk. It
belongs to Burgh in the Marsh, Lincolnshire, where the Cracroft family flourished
for many generations. See Mr. Justin Simpson's Lincolnshire Tradesmen's Tokens,
page 11.
BUENHAM MAEKET.
12. 0. IOHN TVCKE IN A sugarloaf.
fi. BVRNHAM MARKET I.M.T.
13. 0. MARTIN TVCKE IN M.T.
JR. BVRNHAM MARKET The Blacksmiths' arms.
14. 0. THOMAS WILLIS The Mercers' arms.
. OF BVRNHAM 1659 T.W.
In the assessment made on this parish in 1689 for an Aid to King William and
Queen Mary, we find that the amount paid by John Tucke was 1. 6s. 3d. ; by
Thomas Willis 2. 17s. 10d., and that Martin Tucke was one of the collectors.
CAISTEE.
15. 0. WILLIAM HANSON OF A fleur-de-lis.
JR. CAISTER HIS HALF PENNY W.F.H. 1668.
16. 0. IOHN LATHORP The Grocers' arms.
R. OF CASTER 1668 His HALF PENT.
These tokens may belong to Norfolk. Mr. Simpson, in his list of Lincolnshire
Tokens, attributes them to that county.
CAELTON.
17. 0. IOHN HANCOCKE AT THE A COCk.
JR. IN CARLTON 1668 A cock.
The name of Carl ton is very common. As there are four Carltons in Norfolk,
Hancocke's token may belong to this county.
CLEY NEXT THE SEA.
18. 0. CLATE IN FARTHING An Anchor with cable attached.
JR. HOVLT HONORED A horse-shoe.
19. 0. RICHARD SHAWE OF A man dipping candles.
JR. CLAY IN NORFOLKE 1667 E.M.!3..
20. 0. IOHN WILCH AT THE St. George and the dragon.
JR. GEORGE IN CLAY I.W.
The sijm of the George is still to be found at Clev.
COLLECTANEA. 1 1 9
CEEAKE, SOUTH.
21. 0. WILL SWALLOW OF 1667 A jug.
R. SOVTH CKEAKE IN NOEFOLK W.S.
This hitherto unpublished token was found in pulling down some old cottages
at Sharrington, near Holt.
CEOMEE.
22. 0. EICHAED BEANEY A horse trotting.
It. OF CEOMER 1665 E.A.B.
The existence of this token is douhted, a bad specimen of No. 23 has probably
been misread.
23. 0. EICHAED BENNET A lion rampant.
H. OF CEOMMER 1665 E.A.B.
24. 0. EOBEET DRAKE AT CEOMEE A lion rampant.
R. IN NORFOLK E.D.
DEEEHAM, EAST.
25. 0. PETEE BARKER IN The Grocers' arms.
R. EAST DEEEHAM 1656 P.M.B.
26. 0. THO. BLYFER OF EAST The Drapers' arms.
R. DEAEHAM DRAPER T.A.B.
27. 0. HENEEY BODDY GROCEE The Grocers' arms.
R. IN EAST DEARHAM H.S.B.
28. 0. IOHN HALCOTT A bow and arrow.
JR. OF EAST DEAREHAM I.O.H.
An almost illegible tombstone remains in Litcham churchyard to a John
Halcott, Gent., who died at Lynn, 22nd March, 1678.
29. 0. THOMAS IESSVP IN The Grocer's arms.
R. EAST DEARHAM GEO T.I.
30. A variety has the date " 1660 " instead of " GRO " on the reverse.
31. 0. IOHN MARSHALL OF An eagle and child.
R. EAST DEARHAM [I6]7l I.E.M.
This is the latest date which occurs on a Norfolk token.
32. 0. FRANCES WALLER The Grocer's arms.
R. IN DEEEHAM A pair of scales.
Mr. Ewing, in his Norfolk Lists, places a token of " Rich., Matthew, and John
Potterill" to Dereham, but it clearly reads " Oakeham."
DISS.
33. 0. A DISS FAETHING 1669 (In three lines across the field.)
R. Arms wavy, Crest an anchor.
Engraved in Norfolk Archaeology^ vol. ii. p. 19.
34. 0. THOMAS BVETON OF The Ironmongers' arms.
R. DISS IN NOEFELKE T.B.
35. A variety of the last, the obverse, the letters of which are larger,
being struck from a different die.
120 EASTERN COUNTIES i
DOCKING.
A token of one Thomas Merill has been placed to Docking, but it reads Booking,
which is in Essex.
DOWNHAM MAEKET.
36. 0. WILL RAY OF DOWNHAM W.A.E. 1666.
JR. MARKETT IN NORFOLK The Mercers' arms.
37. 0. IO N TROTT IN DOWNHAM A horse-shoe.
R. MARKET IN NORFOLK I.E.T.
ELLINGHAM.
A token of Nicholas Malabar, assigned by Mr. Boyne to this place, clearly
reads "Elly."
EMNETH.
38. 0. GEORGE WHITING The Grocers' arms.
R. OF EMNETH 1660 G.W.
FAKENHAM.
39. 0. EDMOND PECKONER The Merchant Tailors' arms.
R. IN FAKENHAM GROCR 1667.
Some of the Peckover family are buried in the churches of St. George of Colegate
and St. Martin at Palace, in Norwich. Edmond Peckover, grocer, son of Matthew
Peckover, Esq., was sworn a freeman of that city in 1654. Our issuer served
under general Fleetwood from 1646 to 1655, after which he retired to Fakenham,
where, being a member of the Society of Friends, he was persecuted for his
religious principles. The house in which he resided in that town is still a grocer's
shop.
40. 0. ROBERT SHELDRAKE The Apothecaries' arms.
JR. IN FAKENHAM 1667 E.S.
Eobert Sheldrake devised a house to the poor of Fakenham in 1719.
41. 0. WILLIAM SHILDRACK W.S.
R. IN FACKENHAM 1657.
FOEDHAM.
42. 0. IOHN BADCOCK The Grocers' arms.
R. IN FORDHAM 1667 I.E.
This token may belong to Cambridgeshire.
FOENCETT SAINT PETEE.
43. 0. ROBERT PLOWMAN IN FON His Halfe Peny 1668,
R. CIT PETER IN NORFOLKE E.M.P.
FOULSHAM.
44. 0. IOHN ATTHILL OF The Grocers' arms. I.M.A.
R. FOVLSHAM GROCER IN NORFOLK.
45. 0. EDWARD BENN 1668 The Mercers' arms.
R. OF FOVLSHAM MERCER E.E.B.
One of Benn's tokens was found a few years since, in pulling down the old
King's Head at Foulsham.
Both tokens are engraved very inaccurately in Quarles's Foulsham.
COLLECTANEA. 121
HAELESTON.
46. 0. STEPHEN FREEMAN The Drapers' arms.
R. IN HARL8TON 1666 S.F.
47. A variety reads STEVEN".
48. 0. CLEAEE SHEWEL The Grocers' arms.
R. IN HARLSTONE 1656 C.S.
49. A variety reads SHEWELL.
HAELING, EAST.
50. 0. IOHN HILTON 1660.
R. EAST HAULING Three doves.
HILGAY.
51. 0. IOHN DEY OF 1664 The Grocers' arms.-
R. HELLGAY IN NORFOLK I.D.
HINGHAM.
52. 0. EDWARD BALDWIN The Haberdashers' arms.
R. OF HINGHAM 1668 E.E.B.
53. 0. WILLIAM RIX GROSER The Grocers' arms.
R. OF HINGHAM 1659 W.A.E.
HOLT.
54. 0. DANIEL ROLL A mortar.
R. OF HOLT 1666 D.E.
55. 0. FRANCIS SH.VWE IN A man making candles.
R. HALLT 1658 F.P.S.
LITCHAM.
56. 0. THOMAS FELTWELL IN T.F.
R. LICHAM AT T E BVLL A bull.
The Bull is the principal inn in the place.
57. 0. WILLIAM PEARSON The Grocers' arms.
R. GROSER OF LITCHAM "W.P.
LODDON.
58. 0. HENRY BVRROVGH 1667 The Grocers' arms,
R. LODDON IN NORFOLK H.B.
LUDHAM.
59. 0. ROBERT WHITE IN The Grocers' arms.
R. LVDHAM GROCER B."W.
LYNN REGIS.
60. 0. KINGS LYN FARTHING 1663 (In three lines.) Mint mark a rose.
R. Arms of Lynn ; three conger eels' heads erect ; in the mouth
of each a cross crosslet fitchee.
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61. A variety, differing in the obverse die, having a mullet of five
points for a mint mark.
62. Similar, but dated 1669.
Extracts from the Lynn Records, relative to the issue of these corporate tokens,
will be found in Eichards's History of Lynn, vol. ii. pp. 824-5.
63. 0. EGBERT ALLEN IN The Coopers' arms.
R. LLNN COOPER 1668 K.M.A.
Allen was a wine cooper, and one of the Common Council. He resided in the
parish of St. Margaret, was rated at 19, and dying in 1684-5, aged 56, was
buried in the north aisle of St. Margaret's church. The inscription on his
tombstone is given in Mackarell's History of King's Lynn.
64. 0. EDWARD BILLINQES The Apothecaries' arms.
It. LINN REGIS 1656 E.E.B.
Engraved in The Gentleman's Magazine, January, 1792.
65. A variety, dated 1662.
66. 0. ALEXANDER BiNGHAM Head of Charles II.
R. IN KINGS LYNN [16] 66 A.B.
In 1673 Bingham was rated for a cellar in Chequer "Ward.
67. 0. IOSEPH BRABAN HOSYER A stocking.
R. IN LYNN REGIS 1666 I.M.B.
In 1673 Joseph Brabant was rated at 10 for a house in Paradise "Ward.
Theophilus Brabourne was a hosier in Norwich in llth James I., and John
Brabourne in the 3rd Charles I. They were both apprentices of one Henry
Brabourne.
68. 0. IOSEPH BREBON W.B.
JR. IN NORFFOLK E.G. 1657.
As the name of the town in which Brebon resided does not occur upon the
token, there is some doubt whether it is correctly placed here, though the simi-
larity in name leads one to suppose that it was issued by Braban. The meaning
of the initials on each side of the coin is also a matter of doubt.
69. 0. GILES BRIDGMAN G.S.B.
R. IN LINNE REGIS 1650 G.S.B.
This is the earliest date which occurs upon a Norfolk token. Bridgman lived
in Stonegate "Ward, and was rated at 32, and also occupied a coal yard rated at
2. He was churchwarden of St. Margaret's in 1667, and Mayor of Lynn in
1679.
70. 0. GYLES BRIDGMAN The arms of the Bridgman family, nine
mullets.
R. IN LYN REGIS G.S.B.
71. 0. HILEAKD BROWN The Grocers' arms.
JR. IN LLNN 1654 H.K.B.
In Riehards's History of Lynn, it appears that in 1645, " Hillar Browne" was
fined " for profanely swearing seven oaths vij 8 ."
72. 0. IOHN BROWNE IN The Grocers' arms.
R. LYN GROCER I.B.
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73. 0. ROBERT BVLL AT THE BACKUS The Bakers' arms.
R. ARMS IN LEN R.B.B.
Bull's house in North End Ward was rated at 6 in 1674.
74. 0. IOHN CLAY 1664 The Tallow-chandlers' arms.
R. IN LYNN REGES I.S.C.
He resided in Trinity Hall "Ward, in a house rated at 10.
75. 0. IN LATH STREET E.D.
R. IN LYNNE REGES 1660.
76. 0. THOMAS DENMAN The Tallow-ch'andlers' arms.
R. IN LYNN 1665 T.I.D.
77. 0. ROBERT FRAVNCES The Apothecaries' arms.
It. IN LYNN REGES K.F.
A stone in St. Margaret's church was inscrihed, "M. S. Exuviae Roberti
"Frauncis, Pharmacopoke, qui obiit Maij 16, A .2Etat 46, Mr. Chr. 1686."
78. 0. SETH GARRARD IN The Grocers' arms.
R. LINN GROCER 1652 S.M.G.
Seth Garrard, sen., resided in 1674 in Chequer "Ward, and was rated there at
18. He had also a warehouse and chamber in North-east Ward. Seth Garrard,
jun., had a house in Chequer Ward rated at 6, and two warehouses, each at 4.
79. 0. IOHN GREENE GROCER The Grocers' arms.
R. OF LYNNE IN NORFOLK^ I.G. in monogram.
Greene was rated at 8 for a house in Sedgeforth Lane Ward.
80. 0. THOMAS HARWICH: The Mercers' arms.
R. IN LIN REGIS MERCER TH conjoined.
This issuer was rated at 12 in 1674, for a house in Sedgeforth Lane Ward.
Richard Harwick, a bookseller, was Mayor in 1723; and Charles Harwick filled
the same office in 1731.
81. 0. WILL HATFEILD 1666 The Tallow-chandlers' arms.
R. IN LYNN REGES W.A.H.
A William Hatfield was one of the aldermen displaced by James II. in 1688.
He was overseer in 1674, and resided in North End Ward, his house being rated
at 8. He died 18th July, 1690, in his 44th year, and was buried in St. Nicholas'
Chapel. On his gravestone are these arms, Ermine, on a chevron sable ingrailed
three cinquefoils or.
82. 0. IEREMIAH HOVELL A man holding a cross.
R. OF LINN 1666 HIS HALFE PENNY.
The Hovell family were long resident at Hillington near Lynn, and there was
also a family of the same name at Walsham and Wetherden in Suffolk, who bore
arms, Sable, a cross or, which may account for the device on the token. See
Golding's Suffolk Coinage, p. 68. Sir William Hovell, of Hillington, was M.P. for
Lynn in 1661. Our issuer resided in Trinity Hall Ward, and was rated at 12 iu
1674.
83. 0. IOHN HOWARD A hand holding shears.
R. OF LYN 1660 I.D.H.
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84. 0. HEBECKAH HOWLETT A plume of feathers.
JR. IN KINGS LINN E.H.
Bartholomew Howlett, a Quaker, in 1661 was ordered to prison for not attending
his parish church. One Ruth Howlett, of Lynn, spinster, by her will dated 1694,
bequeathed to her brothers Robert and John 10s. each for a ring.
85. 0. ROBERT LEAK IN LINN A TOS6.
R. WOLL COMER E.M.L.
He resided in the Jewes' Lane "Ward, and was rated at 2. 10s.
86. 0. BRYAN MIDLETVN IN The Merchant Tailors' arms.
R. LYN REGIS NORFOLK B.M.M.
He was rated 5 for a house in Chequer Ward. According to the Church-
wardens' Account Book of St. Margaret's, in 1647, he received 12d. for informing
of a stranger who travelled on a fast day, and was fined 5s.
87. 0. WILLIAM PRESTON The Upholsterers' Anns.
R. VPHOLSTER IN LIN "W.B.P.
He resided in Trinity Hall Ward, and was rated at 8.
88. 0. EDMOND QVANT An anchor.
R. IN LYNN 1667 E.Q.
89. 0. MATTHEW RICHERS GROG The Grocers' arms.
R ER OF LYNN REGIS 1665 M.A.E.
90. 0. MATHEW RICHERS The Grocers' arms.
R. IN LIN 1667 M.A.R.
Richers was rated at 10 in Chequer Ward.
91. 0. IOHN RING STEAD 1658 A chandler.
R. OF LINN CHANDLER I.F.E,
Ringstead was rated at 21 for a house and premises in North End Ward.
92. 0, SAMVELL ROBINSON Three goats' heads.
R. IN LYN 1660 S.E.
93. 0. IOHN SALTER IN LYNN.
R. BAKER 1666 I.S.8.
94. 0. WILLIAM SHARPE The Bakers' arms.
R. IN LYNN REGIS 1668 HIS HALF PENY.
95. 0. ROBERT THETFORD The Grocers' arms.
R. GROCER IN LINN [16] 67 E.M.T.
96. 0. EDWARD TILSON The Bakers' arms.
R. OF KINGS LYNE 1668.
97. 0. OF LLN REGES The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORFOLKE N.E.W.
98. A variety struck from different dies.
99. 0. RICHARD WOLTERTON A shuttle.
R. IN LYNN 1656 E.W.
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CHANCEL SCEEEN AT CASTLEACEE CHUECH, NOEFOLK.
THE lower part only of the chancel screen at Castleacre church
remains, and consists on each side of a central doorway, of three
panes subdivided and presenting the appearance of a two-light win-
dow, each light having a cinquefoliated head. Each pane is party
per pale gules and vert, and the effect in the tracery, where the two
colours are side by side without any mouldings intervening, is curious.
I must premise that my notes of the saints on the panels are not only
meagre, but incomplete.
North side, proceeding south.
1 . S. PHILIP. Loaf in his hand.
2. S. JAMES THE LESS. Club.
3. S. MATTHIAS. Halbert.
4.
5. S. JOHN Ev. Chalice and evil spirit.
6. S. JAMES MAJOE. Cockleshell, hat, staff.
The church is dedicated to S. James, and here, as at Blofield, the
patron saint occupies the panel next the doorway.
South side, proceeding south.
7. S. PETEB. Keys.
8. S. ANDEEW. Saltire.
9. S. BARTHOLOMEW. Flaying knife.
10. S. THOMAS. Spear.
11. S. MATTHEW. Leaning on sword.
12.
It will be noticed that Nos. 4 and 12 are not identified. The two
missing apostles are SS. Simon and Jude, but generally they occur in
adjoining panels. The Vicar of the parish, the Eev. J. H. Bloom,
whose interesting work on Castleacre is so well and favourably known,
has obligingly made a careful examination of the panels, and says
there is not the faintest trace left of any distinctive emblem in either
case. He writes, with reference to No. 4, "The face of this figure
is the only one drawn in profile, and is very perfect; it is much
defaced about the breast and hands." As to No. 12 he says, "The
features and dress of this figure are much defaced ; but I can clearly
make out that he holds a bound volume of a book in the left hand ; the
nimbus differs from all the rest, in being radiated." He adds, " I
cannot suppose S. Paul would be included in this group of the apostles,
as he was not of the original call, being rather one, as he tells us
himself, ' born out of due time ' and ' not worthy to be called an
apostle.' Otherwise the face in profile of the figure in panel No. 4
wonderfully resembles the portraits of S. Paul handed down to us."
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CHANCEL SCEEEN AT TEUNCH CHUECH,
NORFOLK, 1502.
THE chancel screen at Trunch church, like that at Blofield, noticed at
p. 96, has the apostles painted on its panels. Independently of their
different arrangement, there is a variation, frequently found on other
screens, namely, that S. Matthias, who was chosen to the " apostleship
from which Judas by transgression fell," is omitted, and his place
supplied by the great apostle of the Gentiles, S. Paul. I regret that
the following notes are not so full and precise as those given by T. G.
Bayfield relative to the Belaugh screen, but they may be useful if only
for comparison.
North side.
S. THOMAS. Book, spear.
S. PHILIP. Three loaves in left hand.
S. JAMES THE LESS. Bat and book.
S. MATTHEW. Halbert or axe in right hand.
S. JAMES THE GREATER. Shell in left hand.
S. PETER. Two keys and an open book on which is written
Crelio patre
tn_ otpote
lieu tettu
South side.
S. PAUL. Book and long sword.
S. ANDREW. Cross saltire.
S. JOHN Ev. Chalice and evil spirit, palm branch.
S. JUDE. Boat in left hand.
S. SIMON. Book in right hand, fish in left hand.
S. BARTHOLOMEW. Knife and book.
On the south side of the screen all the saints, on the north only SS.
PETER and JAMES, have floriated nimbi. On the transom of the screen
is the following inscription, in Gothic letters :
rate p. [atafri] oim fcnfaetoru tsttus opens quofc factii
futt ano tint mill qtttgetest ij quoru [ata^] p'pctetur tieus
rut sit
(Doorway.) (Gloria laus ijottor fcirtus et potegtas atqj
iitfrilaco gram aceio amor ifcefictes $er infinite secloru secla
ante to teat oia.
The words in brackets have been defaced.
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HAYEN COUETS AT CEOMEE.
THE following is from the Duchy of Lancaster Pleadings, temp. Henry
VIII., vol. 6. n. d. No. 17. Neither Blomefield nor any other of our
county historians mentions Haven Courts being held at Cromer, but
the fact tends to prove the correctness of the old traditions of Cromer
having once been an important and popular place.
Wandsworth. WALTER EYE.
To the Eight Honorable Willm Erie of Hampton Lord P'vey
Seale and Chaunceler of the Kyngs Duchye of Lancaeteer.
IN Eight Humble wyse Shewith unto yo r good Lordship Edmond
Wyndam Knyght deputie to the right honorable Henry Erie of Surrey
High Stuard of the Kyngs Haven Courts in Cromer in the Countye
of Norff Beyng parcell of his Duchye of Lancaster that where the
Kyngs Highnes hath alweis tyme oute of mynde kept Haven Courts
w'in the said Town as in parcell of his said Duchye and hath hadd the
walk & perambulacon of the Haven ther w* punysshement of all
suche transpases & offences as be comytted and don w*in the precyncte
of the land (?) & lymytts of the said Town & Haven Inquyreable in
Haven Courts ther and also o r said sov'ayne Lord is and hath been
alweys intitled by reason of his said Duchye to such amerciaments and
paynes forfeyted as have ben affereyed or sett w*in the said Court
Nev'theles so it is that now of late on Malachy by color that
he is deputie unto the Yiceadmyrall hath takyn upon hym to kepe
Admyral Courts w*in the same Town where non hath ben used to be
kepe byfore and therby dothe constrayne the Kyngs tenants ther to
appere byfore hym and to- Inquere of those trespases and offences
That the Kyngs Highnes hath alweys hadd the Inquere and punysshe-
ment of By reason of his said Haven Courts to the grett unquyenes
and vexacon of the Kyngs tenants ther and also in derogacon of the
Kyngs said Haven Courts and to the disenheritance of his Highnes in
that behalf It may therfor please yo r good lordship the premysses
considered to grante the Kyngs letters under his prevy Seale of his
said Duchye to be directed to the said Malachye comaundeyng
hym by the same personally to appere byfore yo r good lordship at
Westm' in the Kyngs Duchye Chamber ther at a certeyn daye
and under a certeyn payne by yow to be lymytted than and ther
to answere to the premisses and further to obey suche order & directon
therin as by yo r good lordship shal be thought reasonable for the
preservacon of the Kyngs Eight & title in the premysses w 4 the
quyetyng of his tenants.
ABSUME, p. 47.
IN Nuttall's Dictionary I find, "Absume, v.a., to bring an end by
gradual waste." I am afraid, however, this will be no help to your
correspondent A. ~W. M. T.
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INSCRIPTIONS IN BLOFIELD CHURCH.
BLOFIELD churcli is full of monumental inscriptions, not one of which
appears in the County History. It is of course out of the question
that you can print them all in the slender space at your disposal, but I
send you copies of three of the oldest in brass, which are so peculiarly
liable to be lost.
Hie iacet Sepultus Johes Howys pat Thoe Howys CHci Rectorf
hui9 ecciie q 1 obijt vij die Septebrf A dm m cccc Iviij cui9 aie
ppiciet de9 a.
Orate p aia Margarete Barnard vxis Johis Barnard q e obijt xij
die August! A do 1 M cccc xcvij cui9 aie ppiciet de9 Ame
Orate p aiab} Jotiis Kydma T; Margarete vxis sui q 1 quidin Johes
obijt die Aprilis A dni M ccccc xxiiij quor? aiab^ ppicie? de9
F.
BAKSHEESH.
No doubt your readers are awaxe that it was usual, anciently, for
great men and persons in office, from peers of the realm to the porters
and servants at gentlemen's houses, to receive presents on every con-
ceiveable occasion from any one and every one ; not always in the way
of bribery, perhaps, but rather as indicating good will and friendship.
Some of the many illustrations one has collected may not be without
interest. In the account of the Chamberlains of Norwich for 1537,
I find the Corporation gave the Bishop a gallon of hippocras, which
cost 4s., on the occasion of his preaching on Septuagesima Sunday ;
to the Earl of Surrey, being at Carrow, they sent two gallons of
hippocras, and two gallons more with 16d. worth of spiced bread
when he was at the Gray Friars. They also sent to the Duke of
Norfolk, at his palace at Kenninghall, two hundred pears, which cost
2s. 2d., the expense of sending them being 3s. 7d., that is to say 3d.
for a ped or basket, 16d. for horse hire, and 2s. to the man who
carried the pears. Upon another occasion they sent him six live
swans and two cranes; the swans cost 16s., the cranes 6s. Two
bushels of oates for the swans cost 9d., and tending them for six days
6d. ; altogether their carriage to Keninghall cost 4s. In 1544 two
cranes cost 12s. 8d. and six fat swans 24s., and these, with two
hundred great quinces, which, at three a penny and two a penny,
came to 7s. 7d., were also sent to his Grace.
At the assizes it was usual to present the judges with at least two
gallons of hippocras, several dozen spiced bread and wafers, besides
sometimes a gallon or two of cheaper wine.
Sometimes an entry turns up which looks suspiciously like a bribe.
For instance, the citizens having bought the Black Friars' convent of
the King, I find in 1543, " To Master Eyre the Kings surveyor for his
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favour in the viewing and valuation of the lede at the Comon halle in
Crownys 5." To skip a century and come down to 1638 the custom
was quite as flourishing : ill weeds not only grow apace but are
tenacious of life. In 1638-9 the parishioners of S. Peter Mancroft
had a suit about the right of presentation to the living, and carried
it on most energetically, searching for evidence not only at Norwich,
but also at Sir John Hobart's at Blickling, at Mr. Yaxley's at Bow-
thorpe, at Gloster, and even at Eome. Of course they would not
throw away a chance, and so we find them feeing the Bishop's servants,
from his secretary to his porter, his Lordship himself coming in for
the lion's share, two silver tankards being presented him, which cost
10. 16s. ; and it does not surprise us to find it recorded, " which was
thankfully accepted of him." Besides fees to their Counsel for services
rendered, we find the parish paid 3. 2s. lid. for "10 sugar loaves
sent to Sargant Reeve and Mr. Bacon for a gratuity." In 1639-40 a
runlet of sack, price l. 5s., was given to the Lord Bishop. A
Bishop's See about that time was not altogether the pleasantest seat ;
and though runlets of sack and silver tankards did tumble in now and
then, and the church bells did ring when he came into town, such
elements of pleasantness could scarcely have counterbalanced the
many difficulties of the position.
BEASS INSCRIPTION, FOULSHAM CHUECH, NORFOLK.
Here I ly John wyche livyde bute viii yers
When dethe me clyppyd w l hys scharpe scherrs
Remebyr me I pray you asse often as y e lyste
T; I schall note ibrgete you to my maste r ihesu cryst.
BEASS INSCRIPTION LOST FEOM THUXTON CHUECH,
NORFOLK.
A RUBBING of a brass inscription from Thuxton church, Norfolk, which
in 1864 was in private possession at Norwich, has been sent us, with
the request that we will ascertain its present whereabouts. We believe
it has been restored, but as it is noticed very inaccurately in Blome-
field's, or rather Parkin's, History of Norfolk, we print it below.
" Here lyeth the bodye of John ffutter lat of Thuxston Gentellman
who Deperted this present world the xiij Daye of Jenuarye A 1572,
and wase buryed the xviij to daye of y e same Month whose Soule god
for his Mercye send a ioyfull Eeserreccyon A Men."
ABBOTT.
GENEALOGICAL particulars are desired concerning Thomas Eastoe
Abbott, supposed to be a native of Norfolk, who was an officer of
excise in Yorkshire, 18141831. Eeply direct to Mr. W. C. Boulter,
6, Park Eow, Hull
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PEISON MOETALITY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTUEY.
THE old gaol of the city of Norwich, was, from 1597 until 1827, in the
parish of S. John Maddermarket, and the prisoners who died there
were buried in the parish churchyard. Having, recently, an oppor-
tunity of inspecting the parish register, I found that it is not until
1604 that the burials of any prisoners are registered. Time did not
allow me to continue my search, which I would say was but cursory,
further than 1668 a period of sixty-four years ; in which I found fifty-
four burials of prisoners ; of these, two Thomas Swayne, 1 8 August,
1609, and Eichard Thurger, 7 April, 1657 were executed. But surely
some of the others must have been executed also, or else our criminal
law must have been mercifully administered. Perhaps, though, the
bodies of some of the executed never received Christian burial, but
hung in chains, black and ghastly spectacles, till they fell to pieces ;
burning also, a mode of execution somewhat in vogue for females,
would not leave much to bury. If, however, none of the remaining
fifty-two were executed, then indeed must the sanitary state of
the prison have been very bad; for in 1604 no fewer than five
prisoners were buried, in 1612, three, and in 1613, three also, the
entries of their burials being consecutive. In 1615 there were
only ten burials in the parish, six of which were of prisoners, five of
them being consecutive entries. In 1622, out of a total of fourteen
deaths the gaol contributed five, and in 1623, out of twelve, just one
half. In 1626 there were four prisoners buried ; after this, until 1666,
although in some of the years the general mortality was great, not more
than one prisoner appears to be registered in any year. But in 1666,
when fifty-four were buried who had died of the plague, one man and
two women out of the gaol were amongst that number. My notes
extend no further, but I should be glad to see the subject of prison
mortality thoroughly worked out.
CHUECH HEEALDEY : DEANEEY OF BEECCLES. No. IV.
STOW BEDON.
Arms of Queen Victoria on the Eood-screen.
THOMPSON.
Slab in Chancel Floor.
I. A chevron between three croslets. Crest, Out of a mural crown
an eagle's head. For Eysing Smyth, son of John Smyth, late of
Haughley in Suffolk, who died 16th January, 1708, aged 53. (Smyth,
Suffolk. Argent, a chevron between three croslets gules. Crest, Out
of a mural coronet an ostrich's head or. Edmonson's Alphabet.}
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On a Miserere on the North side of the Nave.
II. Three shields, each charged with a chevron between three
croslets fitchee. Tor Shardelow (Argent, a chevron gules between
three croslets fitchee azure. Edmonson's Alphabet) the founder of
the College at Thompson.*
III. Arms of Queen Anne over the Tower arch.
THKEXTON.
Chancel Windows.
I. Azure, three mitres or. For the See of Norwich.
II. Gules, three lions passant gardant in pale or.
Carved on the back of the Chancel Seat.
III. Ermine, on a fesse gules three annulets or. For Barton.
On a Poppy Head in the Nave.
IV. Barton as before.
Nave Windows.
V. Argent, a maunch gules. For Toney, Lord of the manor of
Saham Toney, part of which was in Threxton.
VI. Gules, a fesse between six croslets or. For Beauchamp, Earl
of Warwick, sometime Lord of the manor.
Nave Roof; painted on Shields at the feet of the principals.
VII. Chequy or and azure. For Warren, who held the manor in
1066.
VIII. Gules, three dexter gloves pendent argent. For Wancey,
1216.
IX. Vert, on a chevron or three cinquefoils pierced gules. For
Curlew, 1256.
X. Or, a fesse between two chevrons gules. For Hemenhale, Lord
of the manor of Hemenhale in Threxton, 1356.
XI. Gules, a bend between six mullets or. For Monteney, Lord of
Hemenhale manor in 1550.
XII. Or, on a fesse between two chevrons gules three escallops
argent. For Fitzwalter, Lord of the manor in 1327.
XIII. Azure, three piles wavy gules. For Germon, a landowner
in 1453.
XIV. Argent, a fesse dancette paly of six gules and sable, between
three mullets of the last. For More, a landowner who contributed to
the building of the North Aisle.
East Window of North Aisle.
XV. ^ Or, three cinquefoils gules. For Knopwood, Lord of the
manor in 1720, who purchased the whole parish, and united the small
manors.
* See Taylor's Index Monastieus, p. 51.
132 EASTERN COUNTIES
XVI. Barton as before. Lord of the manor from Knopwood to
the present time.*
XVII. Knopwood impaling Barton.
Painted on Shields in the Aisle Roof.
XVIII. Knopwood impaling Fowler, viz., Gules, three seafowls
argent.
XIX. Knopwood impaling Barton.
XX. Barton impaling Pigge, viz., Argent, a chevron between three
boars' heads couped sable.
XXI. Barton impaling Ellis, viz., Argent, three eels naiant in pale
sable.
TOTTINGTON.
Mural Monument, North Aisle of Nave.
I. Gules, two bars and a chief indented or. Crest, A demi-lion
ducally gorged. For Hare.
On a Slab in the Floor of the Aisle.
II. Hare as before. Hugh Charles Hare, LL.B., died 1847, aged 61.
III. The Eoyal Arms over the south door, apparently before 1707,
i.e., with Scotland in the second quarter.
WATTON.
Mural Monuments in the Chancel.
I. Gules, a fesse wavy between three fleurs-de-lis or. For Hicks.
II. A blank shield for Anna, wife of W. H. Fleming. Crest, A
snake nowed proper, in its mouth a chaplet vert.
III. Argent, two squirrels sejant and indorsed gules (Samwell],
impaling, Sable, a chevron or guttee de sang between three cinquefoils
ermine ( Wodehouse] ; in pretence a lozenge bearing Argent, a chevron
between three croslets fitchee azure (Strutt). For Ann Wodehouse,
daughter of Sir Denner Strut, of the county of Essex, Bart., Widow
of William Sam well, Esq., Lord of this Mannour, and Patron of this
Living ; and also of John Wodehouse, Esq., of this county. Obijt
19th August, 1720, ^Etat 72.
On a Hatchment in the Chancel.
IV. For William Hicks, sometime Vicar. Hicks as before, with a
crescent for difference. Crest, A stag's head or, collared gules,
On a Slab in the Nave Floor.
V. The crest of Hicks.
VT. Arms of George II, now in the tower. .
* Now represented by Thomas Barton, Esq., who has communicated the information
about the Threxton arms.
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CHANCEL SCEEEN, HEMPSTEAD BY ECCLES CHUECH,
NOEFOLK.
THE church at Hempstead has many interesting features, and when I
first visited it ten years ago it had, to me, the additional charm of not
having been touched by the hand of the church restorer. The recess
for the Easter Sepulchre still remained in the north wall ; and the altar
platform in its original state, equally divided into two broad and
shallow paces, retained its original encaustic tiles, and was not fenced
off with altar rails. It is, however, the panel paintings, the speciality
of this church, that I now propose to notice.
The panels on the south side of the screen, eight in number, remain in
situ. Commencing next the doorway we first find ST. GEORGE, c. A.D. 303,
mantled and on foot, trampling on the Dragon, emblematical of his victory
over Satan by his faith and Christian fortitude, holding a spear with
cross ensigned flag. Next him comes ST. ERASMUS, A.D. 303, a Bishop,
known by his emblem, a bowel twisted round a windlass, his death
having been caused by evisceration. The third and fourth panels are
occupied by the two Deacons, ST. STEPHEN the Proto-martyr, c. A.D. 33,
and ST. LAWRENCE, A.D. 258, each with the respective instruments of
their martyrdom. No. 5 is BISHOP BLASE, A.D. 304 : fortunately here the
name ilasius is preserved, for the usual emblem, a woolcomb, is wanting.
No. 6 is ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISSITJM, A.D. 1226, tonsured, and with the
stigmata, a long cross leaning on his left arm. No 7 is. ST. LEONARD THE
HERMIT, A.D. 559, tonsured, and clad in dark robes, holding a staff in his
left hand, and in his right fetters, emblematical of his charity towards
captives and prisoners, for which he was so remarkable. The last
panel is occupied with ST. ELIGIDS, A.D. 665, Bishop of Noyon and
Tournay, and before that Mint-master to Kings Dagobert and Clovis,
holding in one hand a hammer, in the other a horse's leg cut off, the
hoof shod. The hammer of course shews him to have been a smith,
but his skill, I thought, was exerted on the precious metals, and not in
the humble occupation of a farrier.
The panels of the north side of the screen are made up into a
reading desk, the door of which seems to have been part of the screen
doors. On one panel is " S>c0 3Etim0" K.M., A.D. 870, holding a
sceptre in his right hand and an arrow in his left ; the other, " 5c0
25t)inartms " K.C., A D. 1066, with a ring in one hand and his sceptre in
the other. The book board is supported by a figure of St. JJultana,
V.M., who lived at the close of the third century, scourging the devil
whom she holds bound by a rope. The Golden Legend mentions that
the devil was sent to tempt her as she lay in prison, but that she
seized him and held him while a long conversation was maintained
between them, the devil addressing her frequently most respectfully as
"Madam." St. Juliana appears here, "for this time only," as we
sometimes read in the play-bills, "in two pieces." On the front of
the desk we find :
1. ST. THEOBALD, Abbot 1247, in episcopal vestments. He took the
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Cistercian habit at Vaux de Cernay in 1220, and was chosen abbot of
that house in 1234, His right hand is raised in the.[attitude of
benediction : in his left hand he holds his staff.
2. ST. DENTS or ST. DroNYsms, Bishop of Paris A.D. 272, carrying a
tonsured head in his left hand, his pastoral staff in his right hand, and
a mitred head in the usual place.
No. 3 is ST. JOHN OF BRIDLINGTON, or Burlington, in Yorkshire,
holding a fish in his left hand, and a long cross in his right. He was
successively precentor, almoner, and at length prior of the house of
regular canons of St. Augustine at Burlington. This office he held
seventeen years, and died in 1379. His life will be found in Surius.
No. 4 is ST. GILES the Abbot, who lived at the close of the seventh
century, with the hind at his feet. His historian relates that he was
nourished with the milk of a hind whilst he dwelt in the forest. He
holds in his left hand a red book ; in his right his pastoral staff.
Two other panels have been horribly mutilated, and are placed
upside down ; both have had female saints painted on them. One
appears to be St. Helen the Empress, with the true cross : a fragment
of the name ending Etta remains. The other fragment is prettily
shaded and coloured, and was a saint whose name began with A,
probably St. Agnes or St. Agatha, two favorite saints on Norfolk
rood screens. The bracket which supported the roodloft remains on
the south wall, and there are indications on the north wall of the
entrance from the staircase to the loft. There were altars against the
east wall of the nave on either side of the screen, with wooden
parcloses, the junction of which with the main screen is obvious.
MICHAELMAS GENEEALS.
Eev d S r
The Generals will be on Friday the 11 th day of Oct r next at
S 1 Mich' at the Pleas 1793.
Bob 1 Starkey.
LOOKING: over some old papers in my parish chest, I came across the
one I now enclose, and which may be of some interest to your clerical
readers at a time when so strong a disposition is shewn not to pay
either "Generals" or Particulars to those in authority, and from
which the Archdeacons are now suffering. I suppose these " Generals"
were payments made to the Archdeacon, as they are to be paid at
S. Michael's at Plea, where the Archdeacon's Court has been held for
many years. H.
[" The Generals " were the Archdeacon's General Visitations, held
at Easter and Michaelmas, at which, of course, certain fees were
payable. -Ed. E. C. 0.]
COLLECTANEA. 135
EARLY ENGLISH WILLS, 14351536.
THE following documents have been selected for publication merely as
specimens of the English language four hundred years ago, and as
examples of the progress it made in the course of a century.
WILL OF AGNES GLANGYYLE, OF ALBY, 1435.
In the name of god Amen I Anneys Glangvyle the wyfe of John
Glangvyle of Alby beyng in myn goode meynde al thow I beyng in
bodely Sykenes the Eygthe day of the Kalenge of the monyth of
Septembyr the yer of our lorde a M 1 cccc and xxxv make myn testament
on this maner wyse ffryst I be take to god almythy and to our lady
Seynt Marye and to alle the holy Cumpanye of hevyn my Soule And
my body to be byryed in y e chirch yard of Alby And furthermore I
beqweth vnto the hey auter xij d Also I beqwethe on to our lady lyth
too buschell of barly Also I be qweth to the lyth of Seynt Nicholas
too busschellys of barly Also I be qwethe vnto y e Gylde of Seynt
Albrygth (Albert) j combe of barly Also I be qweth vnto the plowlot
[plowlight] j combe barly Also I be qweth to the p'son too elln of
lynen cloth Also I beqweth to Clement my sone a boolelock and a brass
panne Also I be qweth to Robert my sone a tabyl cloth of dyapyrwerk
wyth too towayll of dyapyr ther to and a pleyn towayle Also to y e same
Robert y e best brass panne and alle the brewyng vessel Also I be
qweth to Berthylmew my sone a brass panne and my cote Also I be
qweth vnto Cecylly my dowtyr a tabyl cloth of dyapyr werk wyth a
pleyne towayle yer to and a Cowstyr * Also I be qweth to my Systr
my best blak hood and my frend also Also I beqweth to Margarete
fflaxman a tabyl cloth Also I beqweth to Anneys Battok an hood and
a blewe kyrtel Also I beqweth to Margar' hulvyr a pylch f Also I be
qweth to Balyis dowtyr ij buschell barley Also I be qweth to Stephyn
Benetts dowtyr -a busschell of Barly Also I be qweth to Alson Dey
my werst cloke Also I beqwethe to Tone ffouler my blewe cote and
to elln of lynen cloth Also I be qweth to Elyn Gelder my Sangweyn
hood and to elln of lynen cloth ' Also I be qweth to Chappys wyffe to
elln of lynen cloth Also I be qweth to Margarete my nyste (niece)
my best hood and my kerches Also I be qweth to my Goddowtyr a
busschel of barly Also it is my wyl to do peynt y e gylde candel
And fforthermor that I xal (shall) have a trental songyn And y e
resydue of alle my goodes mevabyl and on mevabyl I gef and be qweth
in to y e handes of myn atturnes ffor to dysposyn for me and alle goode
frendes y l I am holdyn to And fforther mor thys is my last wyll yat
Wyllyam Ersham Worstedeweuer of Norwych and John Brouu
* Cowstyr. Coostre, a hanging for a hall, screen, or the curtain of a bed. In 1424
Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland, bequeathed to his \vife amongst other things,
" uno lecto de arras operato cum auro cum costeris eidem pertinentibus et concor-
dantibus." Prompt. Parv. p. 95.
t Pilche, a cloak of skins. Fairholt's Costume, p. 556.
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Smyth of Alby ben my atturnes they to don for me as thei wolden
thath I xulde (should) do for hem and thei stodyn in y e same plyth
Amen.
This will is dated 8 Kal. Sept., i.e., 25th August, 1435, and was
proved on the 1 2th Sept. at Norwich. It is registered in Liber Surjlete,
fo. 181, Cur. Epi. Norw.
WILL OF MATJDE WRYTH, OF GARBOLDISHAM, 1471.
In dei nomine Amen The Tewseday in "Wytson wyke y e yere of our
lord a m 1 cccclxxj I Maute "Wryth of garboldesham wedowe beyng in
holle mende and of good memory e make myne testement in thys wyse
furst I be qwethe myn Sowle to god myn body to be beryyd in y e
Cerche yarde of Sen John in Garblysham Also I be sette to the hygh
autyr of y e same Cherche iij 8 iiij d Also I be sette to y e same Cherche
a Chal[ice] of y e valu of xl s also I be sette to y e werke of y 6 same
Cherche xiij" iiij d Also I be sette myn grene gowne to y e werke of y e
seyde Cherche Also I be sette to y e Cherche werke of All halwyn
iij 8 iiij d Also I be sette to Robt myn Sone x 8 Also I be sette to y e
Gylde of Sent Petres in Nethyrgate in y e same town ij 9 Also I make
and ordeyne John Norcleff Wyll Brundysh myn executorys for to
dispose all y e Eesedwe of my goods for myn sowle and y e sowle of
myn hosband and of All my frynds In wyttenisse wer of to thys myn
testement I sette myn selle Thayer of ky-ng Edwarde y e iiij te xj.
Tuesday in Whitsun week, in the year 1471, was the 4th June.
The will was proved on the 5th Nov. following, at New Buckenham,
and is registered in Liber Grey, fo. 320, Norfolk Archdeaconry.
WILL AND CODICIL OF AGNES PULLE, OF BAITNINGHAM, 1531 6.
In nomine dei Amen the daye of the monethe of nouembre the
yere of o r lorde god M 1 ccccc xxxj u I Agnes pulle of baningham
Widowe hooll off mind and of goode remembrans lawdid be god make
my testament and last will in maner and forme folowing ffirst I
bequeth my soule to allmightie god o r lady saynt Marie and to all the
saynts in heuyn my bodie to be buried with in the chyrche yarde o.p
baningham beforesaide Itm I bequeth to the heigh alter ther iiija
Itm to the light of allhallow iiij d Itm to the light of o r lady iiij d
Itm to the roode light iiij d Itm to saynt Johns light iiij d Itm to the
reparacion of the chyrche of baningham ij s Itm to the gylde of all
Saynts xx<i Itm to saynt Johns gylde xij d Itm to the light of saynt
Nicholas iiij d Itm to saynt sauiors light iiijj Itm to christ churche
of Norwich xij d * Itm to iche of y e iiij or orders of friers in Norwiche
xij d Also I will haue a secular preist to sing for my sowle my
husbonds soule and all christen sowlis with in the chirche of baningham
before saide by the space of halfe a yere Itm I giffe and bequeth to
iche of my nevies and nysts a pewter platter and a sauser I giff to
* The Cathedral.
COLLECTANEA. 137
Stephin pulle my sonne all suche monie as he owitli me except the
iij 1 ' for payment wherof he and Simon Miller stond bownd in an
obligacyon Itm I giffe to Johan my doughter my best bras pott Itm
to awdri amis my nyste my little brasse pott Itm to the saide Johane
my dowghter a donge * Itm I will that wheras John pull my sonne
owith to me among other dettes vij marke ij s iiij d except iij 8 and iiij d
which he payd me of the same dett that the saide John pull paie to
myne executors vj marke and x 8 and iff he paye it w* a goode will I will
he haue remitted him the residue of all suche detts as he owith me Itm
I will y* at my buriall daye euery p'son with in the towne haue j d
The Eesidue off my goods I put to the disposycyon off myne executors
whome I orden and make Will'm Neve and Stephyn pull my sonne
with this condycyon that y e same Stephin well and truly paye the saide
iij u which he and Symon Miller owe to me to y e p'formaunce of this
my testament witnes ....
In the name of god amen the daye of the moneth of Marche
the yere of o r lorde god M l ccccc xxxvj Agnes pull of Banyngham
Wydo of hooll mynde and Remembrance declared hyr laste wyll
saying that where byfore that tyme she had named Willm Neve and
Stephen pull hir executors she wolde that the sayde Stephan pull
shulde be noon executo r but she Revoked hym and wolde that the
sayde wyllm Neve shulde be hyr sole executor Item she wylled and
Requyred that the sayde Stephan pull shulde pay to her execute' all
suche money whiche the sayde Stephan oweth her sayeng that she
wolde not forgyve him noon thereof These beyng wttenes Robt Crome
Wyllm Crowlande and Johanne Bowlande.
Proved at Norwich, with the Codicil annexed, before tke Keeper of
the Spiritualties of the See, then vacant, 1st June, 1536. Register
Godsalve, fo. 184.
WILL, WITH MEMORANDUM OF ABSOLUTION, 1572.
WILLIAM SKIPPER, Esq., has allowed us to transcribe, from the probate
copy, the following will ; curious only on account of the memorandum
at the end of it, which we never remember to have met with before.
Persons dying excommunicate were in those days not entitled to
Christian burial.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN the eightene daye of Aprill in the
yeare of our Lorde god A Thousande ffive hundreth Seaventie and
Two I JOHN PTPE of Norwiche baker beinge hole of mynde and,
perfecte Remembrance the Lorde god therfore be praysed make this
* Donge, a mattress. In the Inventory of the effects of Sir John Fastolfe, at
Caister, in 1459, there appear the following items in his own chamber " j . fedderbedde .
j donge of fine blewe 1 ' &c. Prompt. Parv. p. 127.
N 2
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my Laste will and Testament in manner and forme followinge firste
I bequeath my Sowle to the hands of Allmightie god my creator and
to Ihesus Christe his sonne my onlie Redemer by whose deathe and
passyon I truste onlye to be saved and my bodye to be buried in
the parrishe Churche yarde of saynte Stephanes in Norwiche to the
whiche Churche I will and bequeathe Twentie Shillinges in monye
ITEM I GYUE to the pore of the same parrishe tenne shillings ITEM
I QYTJE to the sicke howse at saynte Stephans Gates iij" iiij d Item I
give to the prisoners of the Guyldehall in Norw ch iij 8 iiij d Item I give
to the prisoners of the Castell in Norwiche iij 8 iiij d Item I will and
bequeathe vnto helen my wiffe my Mansion howse withe Thappur-
tennces in the parrishe of St Stephans in Norw ch wherein I nowe
dwell to her and to her heyers in fee symple for ever THE RESTE OF
MY GOODES and cattalles not bequeathed my Debtes and Legacies
in this my laste will and testament fulfilled and paide I gyue vnto
Helen my saide wiffe whome I make and Ordeyne my sole Executrix
to paye my debtes and receyve my debtes IN WITNES whereof to this
my laste Will and Testament I haue sette to my hande WYTNESSES
hereto John Cordye Wyllm Hale Roger Stevenson Willm Yenson
Edmonde Style and Willm Blomefilde The seconde of Maye 1572
John Pype was absolued by Richard Cricke clerke in the presents
of Nicholas Baker and Symon Bowde Aldermen who wer Wyttnesses
to this Will and Testament being Required therto.
Proved at Norwich before the Official Principal of the Episcopal
Consistorial Court, 20 Oct r 1572.
DULLOR.
FORBY, in his Vocabulary of East Anglia, defines "dullor" as a dull
and moaning noise, or the tune of some doleful ditty, certainly the
same word as dolour. May I ask if you ever heard the word used with
that sense attached to it ? I never did. Two men are disputing : one
of them gets in a rage, and, raising his voice, shouts his arguments
or his abuse into his adversary's ears, who says, " There bor, hold your
dullor." I may add that, when I asked why a great noise was called
" dullor," I was told it was because it dulled all other noises.
S. E. C.
FAMILIES OF COSIN AND SKINNER.
REFERRING to my communication at page 71, antea, I now offer a
reward of five pounds to the first person who shall adduce satisfactory
proof of the marriage of a sister of Bishop Cosin with .... Skinner.
CHARLES JACKSON.
Doncaster, 1st Nov., 1872.
COLLECTANEA. 139
STEEPLE-BOARDS, GAEBOLDI8HAM, NORFOLK.
ON Monday the 6 of December 1773 was rung in this steeple 5040
changes Grandsire Bob in two hours and 38 minutes by us
Thomas Gray Treble
Thomas Hewes 2nd
H. L f d [board broken] 3rd
James Stevens 4th
Leonard Tillott 5 and call'd y* Peal
William Ay ton ^ tenor
Leonard Tillott fecit
On April 28 . 1822
there was rung in this steeple
seven different peals containing
5040 changes in 2 hours and 54 minutes
this great and masterly performance
was perfectly completed by ringing
720 changes of the following peals
Cambridge - surprise plain Bob
Oxford - Treble bob New treble Bob
Norwich Court Bob . Double Bob
and London Court Bob
by the following persons
I Payne treble G. Peck 2nd
T. Turner 3rd W. Harris 4th
J. Brooks 5th J. Mallows tenor
who conducted the peals
Jan? 3rd 1821
was rung in this
steeple 5040 changes
of Oxford Treble bob
in 2 hours and 50
minutes by us
Thomas Payne Treble
Thomas Burcham 2nd
Elijah Mason 3rd
Stephen Payne 4th
John Payne 5th
Charles Payne Tenor and call'd the Peals.
T. E. T.
BEASS LECTEEN AT ST. GEEGOEY'S CB^JECH, NOEWICH.
I HA.VE understood that the brass lectern in St. Gregory's church,
Norwich, came from St. Michael Coslany. Is this so ? and when did
the translation take place ? G.
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MONUMENTAL BEASSE8 DISCOVEEED AT STALHAM,
NOEFOLK.
A FEW months since we learnt from the Vicar of Stalham, the Eev.
Joseph N. White, that certain monumental brasses had been dis-
covered at the bottom of an old and disused church chest. Through
the courtesy of Mr. Cornish of North "Walsham, by whom the
restorations, now proceeding at the church, are being carried out,
we have been favoured with " rubbings " of these brasses. One of
them is merely an inscription, nearly illegible, but Mr. Cornish reads
it:
Here resteth the Body of John Drake who departed this life the
2 nd day of December in the yeare of our Lord God 1587
Aged 63 years.
The others are figures of a man and woman, evidently from the
same tomb, and no doubt represent husband and wife. Their dresses
are much alike : one wears a fur-lined gown partly open in front,
reaching to his ancles, with high-shouldered bell-shaped sleeves, and
confined at the hips with a girdle. The lady's gown falls in folds
at her feet, her sleeves fit tightly, and she is almost as short- waisted
as our grandmothers in the days of the Regency. The effigies are
respectively 17^- and 16 inches high, and were engraved c. 1460,
the lady wearing the veiled head-dress somewhat heart-shaped.
GAWDY FAMILY, AND EOYAL AEMS IN CHUECHES.
CAN you, or any of your readers, inform me, (1st) Who are the present
representatives of the "Gawdy" family, who formerly lived at Claxton
and Gawdy Hall ? (2nd) When the Eoyal Arms were first hung up in
churches ? J. W. M.
[It is not easy to answer our correspondent's second query. In a
paper on some ancient shields in Great Yarmouth church, Thomas
William King, Esq., Eouge Dragon in 1849, remarked that the practice
of placing the arms of the sovereign in our churches appears in the
middle ages to have been uniform, and suggests that the modern exhi-
bition of the royal achievment in churches had its origin from that
practice. An interesting correspondence took place in 1852, in Notes
and Queries, as to the origin of the practice, but it did not clearly appear
when they were first hung up in churches as we have been accustomed
to see them. However, it is noted that in 1561, the churchwardens of
St. James, Louth, were fined 2s. for not having the king's arms painted
in the church. An extract from the parish register of Warrington runs,
" 1660 July 30. Whereas it is generally injoined by the great counsel!
of England that in all churches throughout the kingdom his Majesties
arms shall be set up." The Eev. H. T. Ellacombe, a very competent
authority, says, " They were set up long before that period, soon after
the Eeformation, and probably before it." Ed. E. C. C.]
COLLECTANEA. 141
AUTOGEAPH EECEIPT OF SIE EDWAED COKE, 1611.
WE are indebted to Arthur Preston, Esq., of Norwich, for permission
to print the following document from his collection of autographs.
xxx die Januarij Anno Dni 1611
Eeceyved by me S r Edward Coke knight Lord Cheife Justice of his
Ma Ues Courte of Comon pleas of S r Thomas Knyvett of Ashwelthorpe
in the Countie of Norff. Knight the some of one hundred poundes of
lawfull Englishe money in p'te of payment of a more some due vnto
me from M r Audley for which the landes late the said Audlys in
Pagraue in Norff. in the tenure of S r Edmond Paston knight or his
assignes are now extended vpon a statute of fiue hundred poundes I
saye Eeceyved
Edw Coke
EOOPE'S WEEKLY LETTEES.
NOEWICH. At a special Assembly held the 3 rd day of August, 1810.
This Assembly having taken into consideration the Paper called
Eoope's Weekly Letters, N 9, and being of opinion that it contains
gross and libellous matter against Thomas Back, Esquire, late Chief
Magistrate of this City, do direct that a Prosecution by Indictment
at the next Assizes be instituted against the Author of the said
Paper, and should the Bill be found that the same be removed into
the Court of King's Bench. And the Town Clerk is ordered to carry
on such prosecution at the expense of the Corporation, under the
direction of the Mayor, Eecorder, and Steward.
Can any of your readers tell me anything of this periodical, or of
the result of the Indictment ?
A. W. M.
ANONYMOUS EPITAPH.
" Loke, svch as we are svch ye shalle be,
And svche as we were svche be ye,
Of that whiche was vnsur now are we surteyno ;
blessed Trinitye saue vs from payne !
As ye wold be prayed for, pray ye
For vs to the most glorious Trinitye !
For be ye svr when ye haue alle done,
This paygan (pageant) shalle ye play ye wote not how sone
Though nowe that we have the more nede,
Sey a pater noster, ave, and a crede."
I should be glad if any of your readers could tell me in what
church or churchyard the above is to be found.
- C. S. D. BOUQHEY.
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POTTEEY AND POKCELAIN.
THE very extensive, varied, and interesting collection of Early Pottery
and Porcelain formed by John Owles, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, has
been recently brought to the hammer by Messrs. Spelman. The
collection comprised many specimens of a beautiful and curious de-
scription, and it had been got together by Mr. Owles in the course of
many years of anxious search and unstinted pocket. The auctioneers
made up 1792 lots, which were spread over a six days' sale. The
catalogue was probably the finest specimen of the kind which has
yet been produced, illustrated as it was by a dozen pictures, executed
by the Woodlury process, of groups of the more remarkable specimens
in the collection.
The sale attracted to Yarmouth connoisseurs and dealers from all
parts of England, who manifested their appreciation of the various
lots by offering exceedingly high prices; and although we do not
intend to convey the idea that Mr. Owles's collection contained nume-
rous, or indeed any, works of the highest art of either English or
foreign manufacture, yet we venture to state that such prices as were
obtained at this sale were never before reached for similar articles' at a
public competition. A glance at a few of the prices given below will,
we think, justify our assertion. A Crown Derby cup and saucer,
painted with classical figures, 20 guineas ; two Crown Derby mugs,
5 guineas and 8 guineas respectively; a Crown Derby plate, 4. 10s.;
a Crown Derby vase, 30 guineas ; a small Derby figure, 1 3 guineas ;
a Staffordshire figure, "Paul preaching at Athens," 25 guineas; a
brown, elaborately-modelled Staffordshire jug, dated 1731, 13 guineas;
a Lowcstoft tea and coffee service, 47 ; a pair of Lowestoft plates,
4. 10s ; another Lowestoft tea service, 30 guineas; a small basin and
ewer of the same make, 4 guineas ; and a small service of the Lowestoft
factory, which is supposed to be the finest ever produced there : it was
made for William Woodley, Esq., of Beccles, and bears his monogram
and crest, the Owl, whence it has been usually called the "Owl Service."
The paste, form, and decoration of this service are superior to any-
thing known as "Lowestoft," and it realized the undermentioned
prices: Teapot, 16| guineas; cup and saucer, 10 guineas; cup and
saucer, 19 guineas; cup and saucer, 12 guineas; cup and saucer,
25 guineas; ditto (broken) 7 guineas, -making in all 86. 12s. 6d.
Only the last lot remains in this locality, the others having been
purchased by London and Liverpool dealers. A large number of
Oriental bottles and vases were sold, the greater part of which were
what is termed " crackle," and certainly not of a kind to obtain much
admiration beyond the circle of china fanciers, but they realized good
prices.
Among the other English specimens which gained high 'prices were
a Leeds jug, 9 guineas ; Bristol cup and saucer, 5 J guineas ; Liverpool
mug, 10 guineas; a pair of Chelsea cups and saucers, 12 guineas;
Chelsea mug, 8 guineas ; a Chelsea dessert service, 117. 3s. 6d. ; a
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sot of three Nantgaru vases, 40 guineas ; a Nantgaru dessert service,
105 guineas; a Nantgaru tea service, 63 guineas; a Bow figure of
General Wolfe, 15 guineas; a Chelsea figure of Fame, 15 guineas;
ditto of Falstaff, 1 5 guineas ; ditto of Minerva, 1 7 guineas ; a Worcester
cup and saucer, 4. 10s. ; a pair of ditto, 8. 5s. ; one ditto, 6 guineas ;
and a Worcester Transfer pint mug, embellished with a tree, parrot,
insects, and grapes, and signed "E. Hancock fecit." This mug fetched
1 9 guineas, and the fall of the hammer was hailed with much applause,
evincing, it is presumed, joy that signed Worcester had reached so high
a value, or that the purchaser at this sum was so plucky as to give it.
But great as was the price obtained by the auctioneer, this little article
of black-and-white printing ultimately realized a far higher price by
the snug little process which we shall presently describe.
The sale brought about 4400, which is a large sum when it is
considered that Mr. Owles never aimed at collecting great and valuable
objects of ceramic art, such as are contained in the cabinets of the
wealthy, where many single specimens could be found of a value equal
to all Mr. Owles's collection put together. This sale marks an epoch in
the present value of early ceramic art, and is interesting to persons
possessing collections of pottery or porcelain, showing as it does their
present value.
The usual "conspiracy" entered into by dealers at auctions, whereby
they agree not to bid against one another, was not omitted at this sale.
The articles bought by those in this intrigue are after the sale brought
into what is termed a "knock-out," when they are again competed for
by the dealers who have previously entered into the arrangement, and
the highest bidder again takes the prize. The profit thus got, over and
above that obtained by the auctioneer, is then divided equally amongst
those dealers who are in the " knock-out." Some of the lots so sold
realized much greater prices than at the sale, as an instance of which
we may mention the Worcester Transfer mug, which in the auction
room sold for 19 guineas, and in the " knock-out" went up to 35.
One or two other choice collections of porcelain are coming to public
sale, and we shall invite the attention of our readers to the results.
PAECLOSE SCEEEN, ST. GEEGOEY, NOEWICH.
WHEN St. Gregory's church, Norwich, was reseated, about ten "or
twelve years since, a portion of the lower part of the rood-screen was
discovered. I do not know whether it was found in situ, but it is
clear that it originally stood in the north aisle, against one of the
columns of the arcade. At present it is placed in the south porch.
It is much mutilated, and the paintings are very indistinct. An angel
playing a guitar-like instrument occupies the half panel; the others
contain St. Barbara with her usual emblem, a tower ; and St. John
the Baptist pointing to the Agnus Dei in his left hand.
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CHEISTMAS CHUECH DECOEATIONS.
WHEN did the custom of "dressing" churches at Christmas-tide
commence, or at least become general, in these parts ? I can trace it
back to about 1620 in the Churchwardens' account books of several of
the Norwich parishes. For instance
ST. PETER MANCROFT.
1619 Paid Earn for Hulver & Ivy at Chrismas 18 d .
1621 P 1 for hollver & Ivey ffraunkensene and packthred agaynst
Christmas xx d .
1625-6 Paid Earn for herbes & gall hulver & Jvey for y c church
3 s . 4 d .
- 1629 Itm p d for herbes & burch at the sisses for hulfer & eyvie at
several times 7 s .
ST. MARY COSLANY.
1619 Payd Iverson for hulver at Chrismas & for broumes xij d .
1622 Itm. payd for Hulver & Ive to Garnesse y e church 1 s .
ST. LATJRENCE.
1625 Paid the clarke for the lining washing for Bery hulver &
Ivey and for Bromes 3 s . 10 d .
1670 Paid Goodman Eose for Eosemary & Laurell for dressing up
the church at Christmas I s . 4 d .
ST. GREGORY.
1627 Itm. for holuer & iuy vj d . Z.
PIGOT.
I WISH to know who were the descendants of Lord Eobert Picot, son
of Othemyles Picot, Viscomes, Baron of Boorne or Brane, in Cam-
bridge, and Hugolina his wife; both of whom, according to an
Illuminated Pedigree in the British Museum, No. 1364, Harl. Collec-
tion, came to England with the Conqueror. This Othemyles Picot
had grants of the Lordships or Manors of Stow, Waterbech, Middleton,
and, amongst twenty others, Tnimpington, which came again into the
family of Pigot five-hundred years after.
This Baron of Boorne had a daughter who married Paganus
Peverell. And Lord Eobert Picot, having taken part in a rebellion
against William Eufus, forfeited all his estates. There was an
Aubrey Picot, who made a grant of land to the Monks of Denny,
mentioned by Lysons in his Britannia. It is stated in the illu-
minated MS., that Othemyles Picot built the church of St. Gyles, in
Cambridge ; and in the same MS. there is mention of one Sir Eandolph
Picot, of Eipon and Melmorby, living in the reign of Edward III.
Were these persons in any way connected with Lord Eobert Picot?
Thoroton, in his History of Nottinghamshire, mentions this Eobert
Picot, but does not state whether he had any descendants or not.
W. J. P.
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THE TOKENS OF NOEFOLK. III.
MAESHAM.
100. 0, MICHAELL HAWK A man making candles.
B. IN MASHAM 1666 M.H.
Mr. Boyne has placed this token to Masbam in Yorkshire, but as it is similar
to the one issued by Havkins of Aylsham, I have claimed it for the above village,
which is near Aylsham. The token issued by Charles Clarke of Movsham
probably belongs to Moulsham in Essex, and not to Marsham, as stated in Mr.
Boyne's work.
MASStNGHAM,
101. 0. THO CHILDERHOVSE 1657.
B. OF MASSLNGGAM [16] 57 T.C.
MENDHAM,
102. 0. THOMAS GOODWIN The Grocers' arms.
B. IN MENDHAM 1664 T.GK
Part of this parish is in Suffolk.
METHWOLD.
A token of Thomas Poston of Methwold is mentioned by Mn Boyne. One
issued by Thomas Postle of Southwold has doubtless been misread;
MILEHAM,
103. 0. FRANCIS LADLY OF PL conjoined.
B. MILEHAM 1666 F.C.L.
NAEBOEOUGH.
104. 0. IOHN ROBINSON A ship.
B. IN NARBOROVGH HIS HALF I^ENNY 1667*
This token is ascribed by some to Narborough in Leicestershire. The sign of
the Ship still exists at Narborough in Norfolk.
NEW BUCKENHAM.
105. 0. FRANCIS WATTS 1657 The Grocers' arms.
B. OF NEWBVCKENHAM F."W.
NOETHWOLD.
106. 0. WILLIAM RVSSELL OF The Grocers' arms.
B. NORTHWOLD GROSER W.E.E.
NOEWICH.
107. 0. IOHN ATWOOD I.K.A.
B. IN NORWICH I.K.A.
Mint mark, a mullet.
108. A variety with a star for a mint mark.
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109. Another variety, struck from different dies.
Atwood resided in St. Michael at Plea from 1659 to 1668, but appears to hare
subsequently removed into St. George, Tombland : see Blomefield's History of
Norwich, p. 745. He was admitted to the freedom of the city on the 3rd May,
1647, and was a haberdasher by trade. His tokens are the worst executed of
the Norwich series, and are rarely found in good condition. A John Atwood
was buried at St. Peter Mancroft in 1695.
1 * fi
110. 0. IAXIES AVBREE ,, # -
b * 7
R. IN NORWICH I.M.A.
"Jacobus Arborey Dyer films Thome Arborey admissus est ciuis 17 ffeb.
1646." O.S. He afterwards resided in St. Clement's parish. Thomas Turner,
an apprentice of "James Arbree," was sworn a freeman in 1662.
111. 0. MICHAEL!, BAKER 1667.
R. OF NORWICH M.A.B.
" Michaell Baker Taylor filius Joh'nis Baker admissus est Civis 6 Sept. 1645."
He resided in St. Michael at Plea, and was overseer there in 1667-8.
112. 0. IAMES BARTON The Fruiterers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 I.E.B.
As the arms of the Fruiterers' Company are the tree of Paradise, environed
with the serpent between Adam and Eve, it is possible that the device upon this
token was intended to represent the sign of the " Adam and Eve," which was to
be found in Norwich in the seventeenth century, and not the Fruiterers' arms.
James Barton, clock maker, was admitted a freeman in 1629 ; and James Barton,
fringe maker, in 1648.
113. 0. VIOLET BENTON A key.
R. IN NORWICH 1664 Y.E.B.
" Violett Benton Cordyn' Appr'nt Tho. Semer admissus est Ciuis 21 die
Januarij 1632." O.S. He resided in St. Peter Mancroft, where he was married
to Rebecca Muryall on the 26th September, 1632. He was buried there in 1670,
and she. in 1672.
114. 0. NICHOLAS B ***** The Grocers' arms.
R. OF NORWI * * N.B.
The inscription on this hitherto unpublished token is in part illegible. Nicholas
Bilham, grocer, was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1660, and as we find
no other " Nicholas B." a grocer between 1630 and 1680, the token may be ascribed
to him. He resided in St. John's Maddermarket, and was buried there in 1662.
115. 0. IOHN BLAND A stocking (above it a small R.)
R. IN. NORWICH I.M.B.
116. A variety differing in the obverse die.
The small letter R on the obverse is the initial of Thomas Rawlings, who was
chief engraver of the Mint under Charles I. During the Commonwealth he fell
into poverty, and took to engraving dies for tokens. " Joh'es Blankes," woollen
draper, was admitted a freeman in 1648, and as no John Bland occurs in the
Lib. Introit. Civ. in the middle of the seventeenth century, he was probably the
issuer.
117. 0. PEETER BLOFELD The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH P.B.
He resided in St. Michael at Plea, and was buried there in 1676. A Peter
Blowfild, worstead weaver, was sworn a freeman in 1631.
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118. 0. AVGVSTINE BRIDGS A COck.
R. IN NORWICH GROCER A.B.
Engraved in Norfolk Archaeology, vol. v., p. 241.
119. A variety differing in both dies.
The family of Briggs had long been settled in Norfolk, and originally resided
at Sail, near Reepham. As there were two Augustine Briggs, father and son,
living in St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, at this time, we cannot positively say
which was the issuer. The father, who was born in 1617, was a strenuous
supporter of King Charles, was Sheriff in 1660, Mayor in 1670, and M.P. in
1677. He died in 1684, and was buried in St. Peter Mancroft church, where his
monument, which has been engraved by Blomefield, remains. He was admitted
to the freedom of the city, as a grocer, in 1644. The son, who was sworn a
freeman in 1674, was Sheriff in 1685, Mayor in 1695, and was buried at St.
Peter's in 1704. He married Elizabeth Cock, which may account for the device
upon the token, but the dates would point to the father as the issuer. For a
pedigree of, and much information relative to the family, see Blomefield's History
of Norwich, p. 640. Briggs's Lane probably takes its name from this family.
ACOUSTIC POTTEEY.
WE are informed by Mr. B. "W. Spaul that during restorations now
proceeding at East Harling church, it was necessary to search for the
inner sill or wall-plate of the chancel roof, which had been plastered
over. Upon this search being made, on the north side of the roof, it
was found that the spaces between the oak ashlars small upright
pieces of timber, on which the rafters rest were filled with clay to
the face of the ashlar. In every alternate space was a black bason-
shaped vessel, about six inches deep, and the same across, placed on
its side, with its mouth towards the church. The Rev. G. W. W.
Minns communicated, in 18G5, to the Original Papers of the Norfolk and
Norwich Archceological Society, vol. vii. p. 93, an article on Acoustic
Pottery, in which he cited several instances in Continental churches, of
jars or pots being found in the upper walls ; and showed conclusively
that they had been placed there with the intention of increasing the
sonority of the buildings. He also gave an interesting account, with
a plan, of the discovery at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, in 1850, and
at St. Peter per Mouutergate, Norwich, in 1860, of a number of jars
under the choir stalls of those churches. But he had not met with an
instance in this district, in which the pots were found, as in France
and at St. Mary, Youghal, co. Cork, in the upper walls of the church.*
This discovery at East Harling is therefore of considerable interest,
and we trust that when the roof is restored it will be found practicable
to preserve these pots in situ.
* At St. Nicholas's church, Ipswich, beneath the roof were found some vessels of red
earth, and also some of half-baked bluish matt-rial, when the church was restored in
1848. See Original Papers of the Suffolk Archaeological Association, part iii., p. 28.
148 EASTERN COinmES
DAWSON TURNEE'S ILLUSTEATIONS TO BLOMEFIELD'S
HISTOEY OF NOEFOLK. No. I.
Now that the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society are turning
their attention to Eood-screens, a list of those sketched in Turner's
Blomefield may not be uninteresting to your readers. I have included
in this list drawings of stained glass, mural paintings, and other
antiquities connected with Norfolk churches.
W. MAKSH.
257, Clapham Road, S.
ACLE.
Pencil drawing of rood-screen, but without showing details,
ALBTTRGH.
Coloured lithograph of a very curious frescoe painting discovered in
1841.
ASHMANHATJGH,
Drawings of carved wood- work, from the rood-screen, now worked
up into pews.
ATTLEBOROTTGH.
Drawing in colour of the rood-screen, showing twenty-four coats of
arms of various Sees. On the top of the screen is the following
inscription (in old English)
PVT . THY . TRVST . IN . GOD . WITH . ALL . THINE . OWN . WTTT .
IN . ALL . THY . WAYS . HAVE . RESPECTE . VNTO . HIM . AND . HE .
SHALL . ORDER . THY . GOYNGES . BE . NOT . WYSE . IN . THINE .
OWN . CONCEYTE . BVT . FEARE . THE . LORDE . AND . DEPARTE .
FROM . EVYLE . SO . SHALL . THY . NAVEL
A coloured drawing of one of the lower compartments, showing how
at the Eeformation (?) the panels of the screen were painted over with
texts of Scripture.
AYLSHAM.
Two coloured drawings of the painted roof.
Also the following :
A figure, from the rood-screen, in a red cloak, holding a book in his
hand; background gold diapered, and beneath, rate pro a. ...
A figure in a blue cloak and red underdress. Beneath . . .
A figure in a cloak : subscribed ESEptner.
A figure in a purple cloak : subscribed Septette 5Uxar.
A figure of Moses holding the Tables of the Law and a rod ; an
angel on either side.
A figure of a pilgrim with wallet, vested in blue, with an underdress
of gold diaper, and a red cloak ; an angel on each side.
A figure with book and lamb ; angel on each side : subscribed
A figure in a purple dress, with a red book in his hand, and a gold
gridiron ; an angel on each side, and underneath 3 an . gs.
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A figure in a green cloak holding a St. Andrew's cross, and beneath
fjuius optrig.
A figure in a blue cloak, hands folded in the attitude of prayer, and
beneath Ueaute.
A figure in a blue cloak and red underdress, holding two fishes, and
beneath bit ano.
A figure in a red cloak and green underdress : subscribed JHccc . . . bij.*
Then follow drawings and details of the fine stone reredos.
BACTON.
Outline drawings of the top part of screen. f
BAKTON TTJEP.
Coloured drawing of a painting in the spandril of the third arch On
the north side of the nave, discovered in September, 1845.J
Coloured drawing of the rood-screen, and also of each separate
panel. (Enumerated in his printed Index of Illustrations.)
"WOODBASTWICK.
Coloured drawing of chancel window, destroyed in 1707, containing
a figure representing SJEilltam tie f^elfaUl, 2166.
Coloured drawings of pastoral staff from the above figure, and of the
rood-screen.
BELATJGH.
General view of rood-screen, in colours, showing twelve saints, and
also the entire upper part, as well as coloured drawings of each figure.
(As given at p. 95.)
BESTTAM.
Drawing of remains of the screen showing how the panels have
been painted over with various texts, under which two figures can be
traced.
Drawing of another panel with a portion of Tyndal's version painted
upon it. Three figures can be seen beneath.
BUCKENHAM EERBY.
Coloured drawing of an alabaster tablet representing the martyrdom
of St. Erasmus, found in 1840.
Coloured drawing of a crucifix of metal inlaid with enamel and stone,
found in 1840.
[Both the above are engraved in Norfolk Archeology,'}
BOYTON.
Coloured drawing of a stained glass window, with this inscription,
" Orate pro aiab : Johi Knotte et Margarete ux." The lower portion
contains figures of a man and his wife, each with five children. Over
the man is St. John the Baptist with lamb and pennon, inscribed
." Ecce Agnus Dei ; " and over the woman, St. John the Evangelist
with chalice and dragon.
* This inscription is given at length at p. frl.
f This screen no longer remains.
j The subject of this painting was the tree of the seven deadly sins.
M 2
150 EASTERN COUNTIES
BRISLEY.
Drawing of a frescoe of St. Christopher on the south wall, discovered
in 1843.
BURLINQHAM SOUTH.
Coloured drawing of the pulpit, and also a pencil sketch of it.
BURNHAM OVERT.
Drawings of two frescoes of St. Christopher, one over the chancel
door and the other over the north door of the nave.
POTTEEY AND POECELAIN, (p. 142.)
THE county of Norfolk until lately possessed numerous collections of
early specimens of the ceramic art. Why this eastern side of the
kingdom should be thus plentifully supplied with early pottery and
porcelain, is not easily to be explained, except perhaps on the ground
that much of what is usually believed to be of English manufacture
is probably the product of foreign countries, exported to our eastern
ports in the way of merchandise, or in a private manner by persons
navigating between our ports and those of the western shores of
Holland and France, Our remarks are particularly applicable to the
porcelain called "Lowestoft," of which there exists in the shape of bowls,
mugs, cups, and saucers, such a large quantity that it is impossible to
believe it could all have been made at the Lowestoft factory during its
short existence. On the Lowestoft ware we purpose, in a future
number, to offer some remarks, with the view of shewing its apocryphal
character. At present we intend merely to refer to the sale by auction of
the small collection of the late E. H. L. Preston, Esq., of Great Yarmouth,
who died in -187 2, the year of his mayoralty. This collection was sold
by auction by Messrs. Spelman, at the Corn Hall, Great Yarmouth,
on the 5th December, 1872, and comprised 276 lots. The sale attracted
connoisseurs and dealers from distant places, and although the cata-
logue shewed that the collection was less varied than and not so
interesting in character as that of Mr. Owles, still a few of the specimens
were very tempting, especially those of the Worcester factories. The
prices realized were very good, and on the whole, consistent with those
obtained at Mr. Owles's sale, proving that in the estimation of
collectors early pottery and porcelain have recently very much increased
in value. Amongst the prices which deserve notice are the following :
a pair of crown Derby vases 13 guineas, a Vienna plate 7-J guineas,
a small Dresden figure of Neptune 9 guineas, Chelsea figure of a
female 28 guineas, a Worcester jug 19 guineas, Worcester basket
and stand 43| guineas, pair of Worcester vases 102 guineas, pair of
ditto, 7 inches in height, 79 guineas; a Worcester cup and saucer,
with crescent mark, 8 guineas ; another, 6 guineas. The sale con-
cluded with a few lots of plate, including cymbal cups and antique
spoons, which realized^ good prices.
COLLECTANEA. 151
CHANCEL SCEEEN AT LESSINGHAM CHUECH,
NOEFOLK.
THE screen here has lost its arcade. It is boldly carved and retains
much of the gesso-work which we find in such profusion on the mullions,
buttresses, &c., of some late screens Loddon for example.
More than twenty years ago, Mr. John Gunn, in his excellent
Synopsis of the Paintings upon some of the Rood Screens in the County of
Norfolk* gave a list of the figures on this screen, which he tells us
were originally the twelve Apostles ; and drew attention to the fact
that the four doctors of the Latin Church and St. Eock were painted on
paper cut out and pasted over five of the original figures, the heads of
which appear above the new paintings. Commencing on the north
side, obscured by the pulpit stairs, we find
S. EOCK, or EOCHE, A.D. 1327, (?) very much as he is depicted in the
Golden Legend, holding a staff, shewing the plague spot on his
thigh, and accompanied by Gobard, " a much familiar hound,
which boldly would take bread from the bord" to carry to S. Eock
whenever he stood in need of it, whilst he dwelt in the desert
wood near Placentia. On his right, near the foot of the painting,
is the angel sent to him in a dream, as the legend relates, in
answer to his prayers for deliverance from the pestilence. His
body, says Alban Butler, was translated from Montpellier to
Venice in 1485, where it is kept with great honour in a beautiful
church.
2. S. MATTHEW, or MATTHIAS, with halbert.
3. S. SIMON, with fish in right hand, left hand raised.
4. S. JAMES MAJOR, staff and scrip.
5. S. ANDREW, sal tire and book.
These four are the original figures ; the faces drawn with a good
deal of character.
6. "Was probably originally S. PETER, but S. JEROME (Scte f^iero . . me)
A.D. 420, is pasted over him, and is depicted seated, and as
usual wearing a cardinal's hat.
The doors are detached, and shall be noticed presently. Proceeding
southward
1 is (j$cte gretjor) POPE GREGORY THE GREAT, A.D. 604, wearing the
tiara and holding the triple barred cross.
2. (Scte August) S. AUGUSTINE, A.D. 430.
3. (Scte ^mbtostus) S. AMBROSE, A.D. 397.
As Bishops, their pastoral staves having vexillums attached.
4. 5, and 6 are the original figures again, and respectively represent
S. PHILIP with the basket; S. JUDE with the boat ; and S. JAMES
THE LESS with a fuller's bat.
* Norfolk Archceology, iii., p. 19.
152 EASTERN COUNTIES
One leaf of the doors retains its hinges and the lock. The saints
represented are four virgin martyrs
1. S. APPOLONIA, A.D. 249, with tooth held in pincers.
2. S. KATHEKINE, A.D. 290, crowned, and with sword and wheel.
3. S. MARGARET, fourth century, holding an open book in her left
hand, with a dragon at her feet : much decayed.
4. S. BARBARA, A.D. c. 306, holding a tower and a palm branch.
These four figures are in a totally different style of art to either the
Apostles or the sitting figures of the four Latin fathers. I should
suppose their date to be c. 1520.
Mr. Gunn conjectures that in consequence of the figures of the
twelve Apostles being much injured at the Reformation, the restoration
of the screen was undertaken in the reign of Queen Mary, but left
incomplete at its close. Some probability is given to this conjecture by
the choice of S. Roche as one of the saints. It was granted, as the
legend tells us, that whoever " reverently prayed to him in the name
of Jesu might be surely delivered from the stroke of pestilence."
Now, in the summer of 1555 there was a frightful mortality in Norfolk,
which may have excited anew devotion to S. Roche. The deliverance
of the city of Constance from the plague, during the General Council
held there in 1414, was attributed to his intercession.
PLAYERS IN NORWICH, 16231640.
To our very loving friends the Mayor and Justices of the City of
Norwich.
AFTER our very hearty Commendations ; whereas we have received
information from M r . Gleane one of your aldermen that you have
been of late years, and are at this present, much pestered and.
disquieted in the orderly government of your City by the reason of
several companies of players, tumblers, dancers upon the ropes and the
like, the suffering whereof is alleged to be more inconvenient and
prejudicial to that City more than other places ; by reason it consists
altogether of much and several manufactures, wherein multitudes of
people and families are set on work, who being apt to be drawn away
from their business and labour by their occasion the sayd manufactures
are in the mean time in such sort neglected as causeth daily very great
and apparent losses and damage to that city in particular and by
consequence no small hurt and prejudice to the commonwealth in
general. We taking the same in our consideration and finding cause
much to condemn the lawless liberty taken up and practised in all
parts of the kingdom by that sort of vagrant and licentious rabble by
whose means and devices the purses of poor servants and apprentices
and of the meaner sort of people are drained and emptied and which
pinches so much the more in these times of scarcity and dearth and we
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tendering the good and welfare of your city in particular have thought
good hereby to authorize and require you not to suffer any companies
of players, tumblers or the like sort of persons to act any plays or to
shew or exercise any other feats and devices within that city or the
liberty of the same until you shall receive further order from this
Board. So we bid you very heartily farewell.
From Whitehall 27 May 1623.
Your very loving friends
MIDLESEX, MANDEVILLE, ARTTNDELL and SUREY.
Q-. CANT. F. EDMONDS. JULL CESAR.
Liber Ruber Civitatis, fo. 33.
Mr. Mayor,
Whereas I am informed by your worthy Burgesses for Parliament
that your city of Norwich is much offended and molested with players,
to the prejudice of your manufactures and the disturbance of the
peace; These are therefore, in his Majesty's name, to charge and
require all players within your said city, upon sight hereof, to forbear
playing, and to depart your city in convenient time ; and, in case of
disobedience, to give you the Mayor, and other officers full power and
authority to punish the foresaid players or any of them so offending,
and them, or any of them, to commit to ward until they, or any of
them, shall conform to this my warrant ; and likewise to take from
the said players or any of them, any licence they, or any of them,
shall produce in that behalf. Dated this 15th of March 1640.
HENRY HERBERT.
To the Mayor and the
other officers of the City
of Norwich or to any of them.
Lib. Rub. Civ., fo. 42 dorso.
THE NOEFOLK GAELAND.
UNDER this title, Mr. John Glyde, Jun., of Ipswich, the editor of the
New Suffolk Garland, has put forth a comely octavo volume of 400
pages well printed on toned paper. With much industry and dis-
crimination some of the rarest and most curious flowers of Norfolk
literature have been brought together. The first part of the book is
devoted to folk lore, curious customs, epitaphs, proverbs, &c. The
pages of Notes and Queries, Norfolk Archeology, The East Anglian, and
Forby's Vocabulary have contributed largely to this division of the book,
so that there is not much that we have not seen before; at the same
time there is but little we are not glad to see again. The second part
consists of old ballads and poetry or verses ; while a third, and much
the shortest, although to our mind not the least interesting, contains
anecdotes of Norfolk Worthies. Altogether, the book, although not
entirely free from blemishes, is one that most Norfolk men with any
taste for the curious will be glad to have on their book-shelves.
154 EASTERN COUNTIES
NOEWICH COEPOEATION PLATE.
IN a silversmith's window in Piccadilly, (Wells, No. 55) near the
Burlington Arcade, is a fine old silver tankard, engraved thus
This Peg Pot
y e gift of John Conolly
Captain of His Majesties Forces
in honor of the Viset of
James Duke of York
toy 6 City 1681
(Arms, Per fess indented argent and azure. Crest, A talbot sejant.)
Hugh Bokenham Mayor
John Westhrope ) Q , ..
William Salter j Sher
This relates to the Duke of York's visit to Norwich, mentioned by
Blomefield, vol. 2., fo. ed. p. 293. How is it that so interesting a
piece of Corporation plate has been sold or stolen ? When was it
last in the hands of its proper custodians ? I do not know what price
is asked for it, but surely the City is rich enough to re-acquire it, or if
not a subscription might be got tip to re-purchase and return it.
Wandstcorth. WALTER EYE.
CONCEALED INSCEIPTIONS, ST. STEPHEN'S CHUECH,
NOEWICH.
HIC IACIT WILIMYS MIXGAYE NVPER DE GRAYS INN IN
COMI MIDDLESEX ARMIGER FILIVS WLLIMI MIN-
GAYE ARMIGERI QVONDAM MAIORIS HVIVS CIVITATIS
NORWICH QVI QVIDEM WILLIMYS MINGAYE FILIYS O
BIJT IN DOMINO SEXTO DIE MENSIS IVNIJ A3TNO
DOMINI 1607 : MORS EST TRANSITVS AD MELIORA.
HIC IACET HENRICVS MINGAY
NVP' DE INTERIORI TEMPLO
ARMIGER QYI OBIJT 5 to die
MENSIS DEC AO DNI 1632.
And a shield with the arms of Mingay, On a bend three leopards' faces,
a crescent in chief for difference. Both the above inscriptions, engraved
on brass, are on one slab, in the north aisle of St. Stephen's church,
Norwich, and I send you the above line for line literal copies, as the
originals were pewed over when the church was reseated in 1859.
GENEALOGIST.
CHANCEL SCEEEN AT WOOLPIT, SUFFOLK.
IN 1466, W ra . Geoffrey of Wolpytt made his will, which was proved in
1469. He bequeathed to Wolpitt church 20 marks (13. 6s. 8d.) to
make a candle beam (tralem candelarum] to the praise and honour of
almyhty god. Does this screen remain in Woolpit church ? B.
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INSCRIPTIONS IN SUSTEAD CHUECH.
THE following inscriptions, graven on brass, in Sustead church, are
not given in Blomefield's History of Norfolk,
Orate p aia Margarete Doughti
quoda vxJ is will! douti cni9 aie ppiciet de9
Symond Talyor off metton thys ston
dede make p 9 ye ffor hys sowle ffor Jfec sake.
CHUECH HEEALDE Y : DEANEEY OF EEDENHALL, No. I.
I SEND you the first instalment of Church Heraldry in the Deanery of
Eedenhall. It will be impossible for me, I am sorry to say, to give
the churches either in alphabetical order or in the order in which
Blomefield gives them. But I hope that this will not cause much
practical inconvenience.
PEDOMETER.
ALBUEGH.
On a Slal in the Chancel Floor.
I. A chevron between three harts tripping ; a crescent for difference.
Crest, On a wreath a buck's head erased. For Thomas Green, of
Pulham; died 1706, aged 69.
Over the Chancel Arch.
II. Arms of Charles II., with this inscription (not given by Blome-
field) : " As there were six steps to King Solomon's throne, so there
are six parts which all subjects are to act in Duty and Allegiance to the
King, Fear, Honour, Obedience, Tribute, Defence, and Prayer." .
BEOCKDISH.
Mural Monuments in the Chancel.
I. Argent, an eagle with two heads displayed sable, impaling
Argent, a chevron between three birds rising gules, on a chief sable
as many mullets of the first. Crest, An arm erect vested ermines,
holding an eagle's leg couped at the thigh or.* For Walter Worth,
Sector of this parish and of Thorpe Abbots, who died 1755, in his
48th year ; and Susanna his wife, daughter of John Aldous of Syleham,
gent., who died 1762, in her 54th year.
II. Sable, a chevron between three griffin's heads erased or.
Crest, A griffin's head erased or. For Thomas Cotton; died 30th
Dec. 1778, in the 64th year of his age.
* This is the crest as given by Edmonson : it is impossible to say with certainty
what the hand on the monument is holding.
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Under a Mural Monument now in the Tower.*
III. (Painted on marble). Quarterly of eight. 1 and 8, Argent,
a cross raguly gules ; on a chief of the second a lion of England or
Laurence. 2, Sable, a chevron ermine between three Catharine wheels
argent Aslack. 3, Argent, a bend between two fleurs-de-lis gules ;
a mullet of the field for difference Lany. 4, Or, a chevron engrailed
gules between three cinquefoils azure ; on a chief of the second a lion
passant gardant of the first ; a crescent for difference Cooke. 5, Gules,
a crescent ermine within an orle of martlets or Bohun. 6, Azure,
three cinquefoils or Bardolph. 7, Gules, a chevron between three
ram's heads caboshed argent Ramsey. Motto : Floreat ut Laurus.
For Eobert, son of Eobert Laurence and Anna his wife, who died
Eector in 1739, aged 25.
IY. (Carved and painted on wood.) Laurence as before, impaling
the other six quarters of the last coat. Probably for Eobert Laurence,
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Aslack Lany, and died July,
1637.
In the North Windows of the Nave.
V. Vert, a saltire argent, on a chief or three fleurs-de-lis azure
France ; f impaling, Vert, a chevron between three griffin's heads
erased argent Flood.
VI. Quarterly of four. 1 and 4, Azure, a fesse between three
lion's faces or J)e la Pole. 2 and 3,J On a bend argent three pairs of
wings sable Wingfald.
In the South Clerestory Windows.^
VII. Or, a cross gules Bygod.
Vlil. Azure, a fesse between two chevrons argent Tendryng.
LX. Gules, three lions of England or; a label of three points
argent Bro therton.
X. Gules, a lion rampant argent Mowlray.
XI. Gules, on a bend between six crosslets fitchee argent an
escutcheon or, charged with a demi-lion rampant within a double
tressure flory counter flory of the first. Howard.
XH. Or, a fesse gules John Bacon.
* In Blomefield's time this monument was " on the east Chancel wall, on the south
side of the altar." He gives the Latin inscription, and describes and names the
quarterings on the marble shield. The wooden shield he does not mention. It
probably came from Brockdish Hall ; and it had been, some time before 1842, nailed
up on the east wall, near the monument. The slab for Robert Laurence, of 1637,
(who built the hall), also mentioned by Blomefield, is now laid six inches below the
tile floor of the chancel ; the arms on it were gone before 1842.
f For George France, Rector since 1842, who has kindly communicated the
information given in the last note.
t The tincture of the field is gone.
These arms (all of which have names appended in the windows) belong to persona
who held the manors, or were otherwise connected with the parish, See Blomefield.
COLLECTANEA. 157
INVENTOEY OF THE NOEWICH COEPOEATION PLATE
e. 1575.
ON a fly-leaf of the Liber Ruler Civitatis, a book given by William
Mingaye, Mayor of Norwich, on the 17th of February 1562, is entered
the following list of the City Plate. It is not dated, but as the bowl given
by Peter Peterson in 1574 is mentioned in it, and the "gilt potts"
given by Sergeant Flowerdew in 1581 are not noticed, the list must
have been made between those dates, and is the earliest inventory of
the City Plate we have seen.
HEREAFTER ENSTTETH THE PLATE that dothe apperteyne to the Cittie,
of whose gifte it was, And what it dothe weye.
Of the gyfte * of Mathew Parker, Arche Busshopp of Canterbury
A BASON doble gylte conteynyng v" ozs. 1 qrt. [100JJ.
A EWER doble gylte conteynyng iij" xiiij ozs. 1 qrt. [74J].
Of the gyfte f of M r Leonardo Spencer, somtyme Towne clarke.
A BASON parcell gylte conteynyngiij"ixozs. [69].
i. [
A EWER parcell gylte conteynyng xlij ozs. di.
Of the gyfte of Peter EeadeJ Esquyer.
A SALTE w 111 a .Cover doble gylte cont iij" ozs. [60].
Of the gyfte of John Blenerhasset Esquyer
A BOLL all Gylte conteynyng xxxiij ozs. qrt. [33J].
A BOLL all gylte conteynyng xxix ozs. [29].
Of the gyfte of Peter Peterson Chamberlyne of y e Citfcie
A BOLL all gylte conteynyng xvj ozs. [16].
Of the gyfte of M r Willm. Castelten clarke.S
A SPONE doble gylte conteynyng v ozs. [5].
Of the Citties coste
A MASE All gylte set w th Cristall and other Cpllerd stones
conteynyng in weight || xlixozs. [49].
The Notices and Illustrations of the Costume, Processions, Pageantry, fyc.,
formerly displayed by the Corporation of Norwich, published by Musketfc
in 1850, and edited by the late Mr. W. C. Ewing, contains at pp.
29 32 the best account of the Corporation Plate, and two etchings are
devoted to its illustration. The subjects of one are, the silver-gilt basin
and ewer, given by the Hon. Henry Howard in 1663. Of the other, the
salt given by Peter Eeade, the bowl or goblet given by Peter Peterson,
which is much like the two given by Blenerhasset, and a flagon. In
the letter-press an inventory of the City Plate is given from the records,
dated 1634, also a list made by Kirkpatrick, and dated 1714.
* 1569. f 1561. J Ob. 1568.
Last Prior and first Dean of Norwich, 1539.
II Query. Is not this the mace carried before the Mayor, and said to be the gift
of Queen Elizabeth ?
N
158 EASTERN COUNTIES
NORWICH CORPORATION PLATE, p. 154.
As soon as we received Mr. W. Rye's communication, we forwarded it
to the Mayor of Norwich, Sir Samuel Bignold, Knt., who brought the
matter before the Corporation at a Council Meeting held last month.
Sir Samuel stated that upon enquiry he had ascertained there were
two tankards, and that there had been two goblets at Mr. Wells's,
but that the latter had been purchased for the South Kensington
Museum. Mr. Wells believed that the plate was sold at the time of
the Corporations Reform Bill being passed, but Sir Samuel, who was a
member of the Corporation at that period, was able to say that such
was not the case. Sir Samuel offered to give ten pounds towards a
subscription to acquire the plate for the city, and the matter was
referred to a committee, doubts having been expressed by some as to
the authenticity of the plate. In the meantime, Mr. Samuel, a local
dealer in articles of vertu, being in London, and finding that Mr. Wells
was in treaty for the sale of one of the tankards, which, it is said,
bears the names of the Mayor and Sheriffs at the time of Queen
Elizabeth's visit to the city in 1578, purchased the tankard referred
to in Mr. Rye's note for 105 guineas, and immediately offered it to
the city for the same sum and a donation of five guineas to the
Norwich Hospital. We have seen the tankard, which stands on
three couchant lions, is about 14 inches high, and weighs between
70 and 80 ozs. It has engraved on the lid the arms of Norwich
city and the word NORWICH ; and we hasten to correct a clerical
error made by our correspondent in blazoning the arms on the front
of the tankard. Instead of being per fess, the shield is party per
pale indented argent and azure, and is charged with the badge of
Ulster on a canton. The crest is a talbot couchant argent collared and
lined azure. These are the arms and crest of Hickman of Gainsborough,
Co. Lincoln, a baronetcy created in 1643, and which became extinct in,
1781. The hall-mark shows the tankard to have been stamped in
1680-1, (see Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate, p. 43, by W. Chaffers,
F.S.A.), and it was probably made for Sir William Hickman, who died
1681-2. It is not a little curious that the crest of Conolly, by whom
the inscription states the pot was presented, is a talbot couchant but
not collared. The arms, however, are totally different. It seems odd
that Conolly should have purchased a piece of plate for a gift with
another man's arms on it. Another curious thing is that two tankards,
both bearing inscriptions relating to the visits of Royal personages,
should have been sold by the Corporation. Search, however, is being
made in the city records under the years 1701 and 1721, in which
years it is noted by Mr. Ewing, in the volume of Corporation pageantry
published by Muskett, that certain city plate was altered and sold.
From the list of city plate printed in that volume from Kirkpatrick's
notes, it would appear that two tankards or flagons were missing in
1702.
Since the above was written, the committee have declined to recom-
mend the purchase of the pot, stating " there was some doubt about
its genuineness, which had been increased by the Norwich arms having
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recently been placed on the lid." In our judgment, however, their
engraving and that of the inscription on the front of the flagon are
contemporary.
OF THE NOKWICH DOMESDAY BOOK.
" THIS Book, which is the property and in the custody of the Dean and
Chapter of Norwich, is a large beautiful MS. wrote in a very fine large
hand on vellum, ornamented with rubrics, and in many places with blue
and gold Letters, and in some places illuminated with painting. It gives
an Accotint of all the Livings in the Diocess, procurations, Synodals,
payments, &c., &c., and in some Deanries the Patrons name. This
Book is in general supposed to have been wrote in or about the year
1 300, but in that there is a great mistake. It is not an Original Book,
but copied from an older, which older Book was wrote, or at least had
additions made to it, at sundry times. The greater part of the Patrons
named, it is true, did live in or rather before the year 1300, but there
are also facts and persons mentioned of a much later date. The
Transcriber wrote a fine hand, but could not perfectly well read his
original, and was totally ignorant of some Historical Facts then recent,
unless the Book is much more modern than even I apprehend it to be.
Under the Church of St. Matthew in Norwich, it is said, ' a tempore
magne Pestilentie contingentis in Anno Dni MCCCXLI.' Here he has
mistaken the date, reading MCCCXLI for MCCCXLVIII.
"Sproustone Appropr: Pr : & Con: Ecclie See Trin: Norw: ex dono
Dni "Willi de Wychingham militis.
"It was not given to them until 35 Edw. 3 d 1361 Eeg. Pr. et Con.,
Lib. iv. fo. 260.
" Ecclesia Sci Mich, de Conesforth. Fratres Augustinenses habent
eandem infra clausuram de novo adquisitiam [scilt] Anno
Dni M ccc sexagesimo octavo.
" In the Kalender wrote with the rest of the Book
" Junii xvn Anno Dni M ccc LXXVI Dns Robtus de Salle miles
decapitatus est apud Capellam See Marie Magdalene.
"Here is one of the transcriber's Blunders, who read MCCCLXXVI for
MCCCLXXXI, which was the true date.
"Norton Subcorse. Brook Dec Cantaria Sacerdotum &c. pro ala
Johis de Norwico militis que postea translata est apud
Castellum de Metingham, &c.
"This translation was made in the 15 Bic: 2 d , 1392. Cartular' de
Metingham, f. 233, 234.
" Haddesco Dec. Brooke. Prior de Thoft quondam fuit Patron us
ejusdem postea autem Dns Thomas de Erpingham, ex dono
Dni Regis Henrici tertii.
"K. Henry the 4 th in the 6 th year of his reign (1405) granted the
Manor of Tofftes, &c., in Norff., belonging to the Monks of Preaux,
160 EASTERN COUNTIES
in France, to S r Tho. de Erpingham, Kt., for his life. Dugd. Warw.
p. 416, from w ch time S r Tho 8 presented to Toffts and Haddiscoe during
his life. In 1427 he presented to Toffts, and his Title is thus enterd
"ad prsentat: Dni Tho: Erpyngham militis jure manerii de
Tofftes p r dci q d quidem manerium, &c., habuit ex concessione
Dni Regis Henrici quart! pro termino vite dci dni Tho :
Instit. Lib. ix. fo. 10 b.
" The blunder of Henrici tercii (which in both places was wrote at
words at length) for Henrici quarti is no small one.
"Thus we find some part was wrote after 1405. I mean of the
original, for this MS. is evidently all of one hand, and wrote at once.
" That the transcriber could not well read his original appears from
the following instances :
"The hundred of Happing, frequently mentioned in Waxknesham
Deanery is everywhere here wrote Harpyng, occasioned by his mis-
taking the first p for a long r, as he writes it Harpyngg.
" Keswick, Humbleyard Dec : Dns Johes de Wallybuch for Dns
Johes de Yallibus.
"Flordon, Humbleyard Dec : Willielmus Buttemkyn for Buttevilyn,
and many other of the like kind.
" I conjecture the present MS. was wrote about the end of the reign
of Hen. 6, or beginning of Edw d 4."
The above is copied from a MS. of Anthony Norris, Esq., an eminent
antiquary, who died at Barton Turf, in Norfolk, June 4, 1786, aged 75.
Mr. H. T. Riley, one of the Inspectors appointed by the Royal
Commission on Historical Manuscripts, devotes a large part of his
report, relative to the records at Norwich, to an interesting notice of
this volume, from which the following extracts are made.
" The Norwich Domesday Book. A large folio volume, without
pagination, but containing probably little less than 1000 pages. The
context is in Latin, exquisitely written throughout in modern Gothic ;
the pages being abundantly ornamented with rubrics, and, occasionally,
letters in blue and gold, and other paintings. The velhim is, in
general, of a soft spongy texture, a not unfrequent characteristic of
the vellum used for writing in this country in the fifteenth century.
In substance, it is a Survey of all the parishes of the Diocese of
Norwich, with the temporalities and spiritualities of the Prior and
Monks, and other religious houses as well, in the several parishes ; the
same being in the latter part of the volume also collected together at
the end of each Deanery. An Alphabetical Index, or, 'Nomina
Villarum,' is prefixed to the Survey; the whole being prefaced by a
Kalendar, containing, among other things, the Days of Commemoration
of deceased Bishops and Priors ; and the 24th of September being
noted therein as the Day of Dedication of the Cathedral Church.
" From the nature of the compilation it gives an account of all the
livings in the Diocese, Procurations, Synodals, and other payments,
and, in some instances, the names of the patrons, at some unstated
date. In a note written in the volume, in a hand of perhaps nearly
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three centuries since, it is said to be a work of King Stephen's time ;
and some more recent authorities have made it to have been written as
far back as the year 1300. There is, however, internal evidence that
it was written at least as late as the beginning of the fifteenth century,
having been commenced possibly under the auspices of Bishop Henry
le Spencer, surnamed 'The Warlike,' who died in 1406. TheKalendar,
from the glossy nature of its parchment and its general appearance,
seems to be of rather earlier date than the rest of the work ; its own
date, however, must be later than June, 1381.
" In this Kalendar the tradition connecting the Day of the
Translation of St. Swithun with probably rainy weather is ignored,
and no notice is taken of the 15th of July as the Day of the Trans-
lation of St. Swithun, or as at all connected with the weather. In lieu
of it, we have the following weather lore in that month, but in
connexion with other Saints :
July 2. 'Si pluat in Festo Processi et Martiniani
Ymber grandis erit, et suffocatio grani.'
July 4. ' Translatio Sancti Martini.
Sancti Martini Translatio si pluviam det,
Quadraginta dies continuare solet.'
"It deserves remark, however, that though the 2nd of July is the
Day of Saints Processus and Martinianus, it is also connected with
St. Swithun, as being the Day of his Deposition. It may also be
observed that the above notion prevailed in France in the 12th century
in reference to the festival of the two Saints on the 2nd of July ; and
that in the North of Scotland, in the present century, the same
opinion was held with respect to St. Martin's Day, the 4th of July
(Medii ^Evi Kalendar., Vol. I., p. 322). As to the compiler of this
elaborate work nothing whatever seems now to be known. On a
fly-leaf, at the end of the Kalendar, are written in large characters,
now almost obliterated as to colour by the frequent application of gall,
the following words, which, as they are the only words on the page,
would seem to be intended to apply to the compiler: 'Frater Ricardus
de Merentone (?) obit offieio Sacristarise Ecclesise Cathedralis Sanctse
Trinitatis Norwycensis; cujus animso propitietur Deus. Amen. The
surname has every appearance of being ' Merentone,' but no such
name appears on the lists of the Sacrists, as compiled in modern times
from their Rolls.
"In a Manuscript preserved in the University Library at Cambridge,
No. 3923, 151 (Catal., Vol. V.,p. 578), being a 'Catalogue of the Bishops
of Norwich, down to Bishop Hall (died A.D. 165o), by Thomas Searle,
'Not. Pub. pauperem, 1659,' a curious reference is made to this
' Doome-Booke,' though coupled with a mistake as to the status of its
probable compiler, as being a ' Friar,' and a most corrupt rendering
of his name, most of the letters of which, from their size, stand out
in sufficient relief from the surface of the vellum to admit of their
being easily deciphered. It is there mentioned as ' a most elaborate
Latin manuscript of a learned Friar, entituling himself Frater Willimus
w 2
162 EASTERN COUNTIES
de Mannington The unparalleld booke aforesaid, when some of
the lower ranke of the heathenish Edomites (of whom Edm. Rust of
St. Bennett's Abby in Norff. was chiefe ringleader) seized upon the
Register Books of this poore Churche, was as miraculously saved out
of their Turkish pawes, as Joash was by Jehosheba, II. Kings, 11.' "
Little remains to be said in addition. It appears, however, on re-
examining the almost obliterated inscription referred to, and first
deciphered by Mr. Riley, that instead of reading "Prater Ricardus
de Merentone obit offlcio Sacristarie, &c.," it really reads " Frater
Ricardus de Medeltone me dedit officio Sacristarie, &c. Now Richard of
Middleton was sacrist from 1420 to 1430, and how much later we do
not know, but in 1 440 John Elyngham held the office. The gift of
the MS. is thus fixed to have been made between 1420 and 1440. It
will be noticed that Searle ascribed the MS. to a brother William de
Mannington. Now it is not a little curious that in Richard of
Middleton's account for 1426, among the " custus ecclesie," there is a
payment of 13s. 4d. to Sir William Manyngton " pro pargamino libri
d.e pensionibz." "Book of pensions " appears a very good title for the
"Domesday Book," and whether or not they are identical, the entry
seems to indicate that Sir William Manyngton was a scribe who copied
manuscripts, and there may have been a tradition extant in Searle's
time as to the transcriber.
NORWICH NEWSPAPERS.
THE history of the Norwich Newspaper Press has not been written, or
at least it has not been continued to our own time. In the short
period during which I have known the city, about sixteen years, several
newspapers have appeared, which had but an ephemeral existence,
and their very names are, I daresay, already forgotten. At the time
I began to notice Newspapers, s"ay 1857, there were only three pub-
lished in Norwich ; The Norwich Mercury, (bi-weekly), The Norfolk
Chronicle, and Norfolk News, (weekly.) Early in 1860, I believe on
January 14, The Norwich Advertiser and East Anglian News, proprietor
S. Goddard, price one penny, made its appearance and was published
nearly every Saturday until October, 1861 ; it then made an effort to
appear twice in the week, which seems to have been too much for it,
as it disappeared until October, 1 863, when it was again published for
a few weeks, and then was seen no more.
In August, 1861, appeared The Observer, price one penny, which
hardly deserved to be called a Newspaper, as it consisted only of half
a sheet of demy printed on one side only. This circulated but a few
weeks.
On the 4th January, 1862, The Norfolk Times made its debut: this
was a Saturday paper, and lived just half a year ; six pages of it were
printed in London, the other two by the proprietor, a Mr. Henry
Watts.
In July, 1860, The Norfolk Rifle, a weekly Wednesday paper, made
its appearance, and sixteen numbers were published, the last being
dated November 1st, 1860.
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On 10th January, 1863, the first number of The Norwich Argus,
which still flourishes, was published. This paper was for some time
partly printed in London.
January, 1864, saw the birth of the Peoples' Weekly Journal, which
was all printed from its commencement at the Mercury Office, in
Norwich,
In January, 1865, The Norwich Dispatch, a Wednesday paper, was
started. This still flourishes under the title of The Norfolk Herald,
which paper was incorporated with it in July, 1867. It is still partly
printed in London.
In August, 1867, a seventh newspaper was put forth The Norwich
Telegraph ; and in the following October the Eastern Weekly Express,
whifh is printed in Norwich, and belongs to the Norfolk News
proprietors.
This made eight newspapers published in the city, but the Telegraph
survived only until April, 1868.
When the British Association visited the city, the Chronicle, Mercury,
and News appeared daily, and shortly afterwards the proprietor of The
Mercury started a half-penny daily, the name of which has escaped me,
and which had but a brief existence.
The proprietors of The Norfolk News started a penny paper called The
Daily Press, which gives the citizens the news at breakfast-time,
several hours before the London papers arrive.
These notes may be thought trivial and useless, but it seems well to
record small facts or otherwise they are forgotten, and there is no
knowing to whom they may one day be useful.
FAENHAM CHUECH, SUFFOLK.
THIS Church, dedicated to S. Mary, contains very little of interest to
the antiquary ; the nave is Norman, the chancel late Decorated, and
whatever other detail now remains is Perpendicular. In the chancel
is a piscina with a good transition Norman moulding in its semi-
circular head, but it has quite plain jambs; the bason and drain seem
perfect. In the nave are two small Norman windows, I believe in their
original position, being from 7 to 8 feet above the floor, the openings of
which, outside, are only 2 ft. 2 in. by 9 in. The font was originally
an octagonal bowl supported on a centre pillar with shafts, and the
bowl had some slightly-sunk panels. The present one is even plainer
than the old (of which, when visiting the church not long since, I
could learn no tidings.)
The tower is of brick ; the archway has had its mouldings cut away,
and is now filled in with a plain door and some remains of the old
rood-screen over it. The rood-loft staircase remains. There are no
brasses visible in the church, but there are inscriptions on a slab in the
chancel to Robert O&borne, who died 6th of August 1738, aged 66, and
Jane his relict, who died 24th of August 1742, aged 75. The church
is now in a sadly dilapidated state and urgently needs restoration.
E.
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ROOPE'S WEEKLY LETTEES, p. 141.
IT appears from the Norfolk Remembrancer \ second edition, p. 116, that
on January 15th, 1811, at the City Sessions, Mr. Thomas Eoope was
fined 40s., and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, for challenging
Robert Alderson, the Steward of the Corporation (father of Baron
Alderson) to fight a duel ; and on June 20th, Mr. Roope was sentenced
in the King's Bench to three months imprisonment for a libel on
Thomas Back. No doubt full particulars appeared in the local papers
of the period. J.
BEASS INSCRIPTIONS EECENTLT DISCOVEEED.
NORWICH, S. EDMUND.
THE Eev. Thomas Taylor, Eector of S. Edmund's, Norwich, on
removing a dilapidated pew in December, 1872, found a small brass
inscription, date c. 1520, which reads in two lines as follows :
Orate p aib3 Johne Grenakyr T; dni Robert! Grenakyr filij eius
quor^ alab} ppicie? de 9 ame.
NORWICH, S. PETER SOUTHGATE.
Mr. ~W. G-. Eobinson found about two years since, under a pew in
the nave of the church of S. Peter Southgate, a brass plate inscribed
Orate p aia Alicie imp vxj Thome Large q e obijt xxix die May
A dni M. Y e . iiii cui y aie ppiciet? de 9
Mr. Eobinson also found under a pew in the chancel of Trowse
church, a brass inscription in memory of Richard Londe, Vicar of that
church, who died 29th August, 1506, printed in Blomefield's History of
Norfolk, but which was then supposed to be lost.
PRESSING TO DEATH, OR PEINE FORT ET DURE.
IN the St. John's Timberhill Register I find, under the year 1566, an
entry, the like of which I never saw in another register. It is,
I suppose, hopeless to endeavour to ascertain who " he " was.
" He that was prest to deathe was buried the
XV daie of June Anno predict."
Staunford, in his Pleas of the Crown, describes the punishment of
pressing to death inflicted on one, who, not being mute ex visitatione dei,
refused to plead. Lying naked on his back on the bare ground, with
arms and legs corded down to the four corners of the room, iron and
stone, as much as he could bear, or more, were laid on his body. Three
morsels of bread were given him to eat, and on the following day
three draughts of water ; and this was his diet until he died.
In the reign of George III. this cruel punishment was abolished
and judgment was given as in a plea of guilty. As is well-known,
this was altered in his son's reign, and silence now is construed into a
plea of not guilty. NORWICENSIS.
COLLECTANEA. 165
THE TOKENS' or NORFOLK rv.
(NORWICH CONTINUED.)
120. 0. IAMES BROCKDEN A castle.
R. IN NORWICH 1664 I.R.B.
James Brockden, " Spurryer," was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1636.
He resided in Mancroft, and was churchwarden in 1652. "We find that several
apprentices as well as sons of James Brockden were admitted as mercers ; leading
one to infer that there were two of that name, the one a spurrier, the other a
mercer, but this needs confirmation. He was sheriff in 1679, and died in 1680.
His widow Rebecca died in 1686. Both were buried in St. Peter Mancroft.
The castle on the token is triple towered, like that in the city arms, to which the
device on the token probably alludes, although it may be that Brockden lived at
the sign of the Castle, which was common in Norwich in the seventeenth
century.
121. 0. EGBERT BROWN The Merchant Tailors' arms.
R. IN NORWICH R.A.B.
Engraved in Norfolk Archeology, vol. v., p. 241.
Robert Brown, tailor, apprentice of Robert Brown, was admitted a citizen
in 1636 ; and Robert Browne, hosier, apprentice to Henry Watts, Esq., in
1657. The former was probably the issuer.
122. 0. IOHN BROWNE A swan.
R. IN NORWICH 1657 I.S.B.
This issuer's name is too common to identify. The Swan, one of the most
ancient inns in Norwich, was situate in St. Peter Mancroft, and was only closed
a few years since.
123. 0. EDWARD BVXTON The Grocers' arms.
R. OF NORWICH 1653 E.A.B.
" Edwardg Bvxton Grocer app'ntic Robto Baret admissus est Civis 25 Sept.
1648." He resided in St. Andrew's, and was churchwarden in 1659-60. He
died in 1665, and was buried in the south aisle of the church of that parish, in
which in Blomefield's time there was a stone to the memory of Elizabeth,
daughter of Edward and Ann Buxton, Edward their son, and Mr. Edward
Buxton.
124. 0. EDMYND CAMOND The Grocers' arms.
It. OF NORWICH GROCER E.G.
" Edmondus Camon Grocer app'ntic Margar' Baley admissus est Civis 25
Sept. 1648." He lived in St. John Maddermarket from 1648 to 1658, and was
overseer there in 1651. This name appears several times in the churchwardens'
books, but not at all in the registers.
125. 0. IAMES CASTILL A wool-comb.
R. IN NORWICH 1664 I.I.O.
Engraved in Norfolk Archceology, vol. v., p. 241.
We do not find James Castill's admission to the freedom of the city. John
Castle, a worstead weaver, was sworn a freeman in 1656. In 1664 Mr. James
Castell and also Mrs. Jane Castell, widow, were rated in St. Saviour's parish.
126. 0. IAMES CASTLE 1662.
R. IN NORWICH I.I.C.
Probably issued by the same person as the preceding, as the wife's in : tial is
the same. James Castle was rated in St. Martin at Oak and St. Augus'ine in
1659, and in the latter parish in several subsequent years.
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127. 0. ROBERT CLAYTON IN The Ironmongers' arms.
It. NORWICH IRONMONGER 1663.
Engraved in Norfolk Archeology, vol. v., p. 241.
' Robert Claiton Iron munger," apprentice to John Salter, Esq., was admitted
to the freedom of the city on the 26th March, 1661. He was rated in no Ies8
than six parishes, viz., St. Andrew, St. Paul, St. Michael Coslany, St. Stephen,
St. Julian, and St. Peter Mancroft. In 1664 he purchased the house in St. Julian's
in which he then resided. It was situate in St. Ann's Lane, on the south side, at
the back of the premises " called Middaies," and had orchards and gardens running
down to the river. He was sheriff of the city in 1672, in which year he died,
and was buried at St. Peter Mancroft.
128. 0. WILLIAM COOPER OF The king's head crowned.
R. IN NORWICH 1662 A full-blown rose.
The King's Head was one of the principal inns in Norwich. It was situate in
the Market Place, and was pulled down in 1812, when Davey Place was made.
A "William Cooper was buried at St. Peter Mancroft, in 1666.
129. 0. ISAAC COWPER BRICK A trowel.
ft. LAYER IN NORWICH I.E.C.
Isaac Cowper, Rough Mason, apprentice of Stephen Cowper, was admitted to
the freedom of the city on the 21st September, 1656. Richard Rocke, an
apprentice of his, was sworn a freeman in 1668. Stephen Cowper was rated in
St. Giles.
130. 0. PEETER DEALE A helmet.
It. IN NORWICH 1664 P.A.D.
I
Peter Deale was an armourer by trade, and was admitted to the freedom of the
city on the 3rd May, 1654. He lived in St. Peter Mancroft, in the books of
which parish his name continually occurs from 1650 till 1665, in which latter
year he died, and was buried on the 14th July. His wife, Amy, by whom he
had several children, survived him, and we find a few years afterwards that Anne
Dale, widow, was buried there, Anne was probably a mistake for Amy.
131. 0. ABRAHAM DERRIX A fleece.
It. IN NORWICH 1665 A.I.D.
132. A variety slightly differing in the reverse die.
The device upon this token has been supposed to be a pine apple, but it is no
doubt a fleece. Abraham Derricke, Worstead weaver, son of Abraham Derricke,
was sworn a freeman on the 27th December, 1651. He lived in St. Lawrence's
parish. Abraham Derricke, the father, was a hosier, and was admitted to the
freedom of the city in 1615.
133. 0. IAMES DOVER 1667.
R. IN NORWICH I.D.
" James Dover of S l Michael of Coslany vpon his paym* of 20 s to y e Hamper
is Dispensed with for beareinge the office of Constable for one yeare next follow-
inge." Mayoralty Court Book, 28th June, 1671.
One Daniel Dover was a hosier in Norwich in 1635, as was Samuel Dover in
1653.
134. 0. ROBERT DVGLAS Two swords crossed.
R. CVTTLER OF NORWICH E.D.D.
Engraved in Norfolk Archceo/ogy, vol. v., p. 241.
'Rob'tus Duglas Cvtler app'ntic' Joh'is Browne admissus est Ciuis 7 Sept.
1642." In 1646 he resided in St. John Maddermarket, in which year his son
COLLECTANEA. 167
Robert was baptized there. He appears to have removed to Mancroft about 1650,
and was one of the overseers of that parish in 1656 ; he continued to live in that
parish till his death in 1664. His wife Dorothy survived him, and was buried
there in 1688. Christopher Harsant, haberdasher of small wares, and an ap-
prentice of Duglas, was admitted a freeman in 1662.
135. 0. FRANCIS ELMER Three foxes.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 F.G.E.
Francis Elmer, Worstead-weaver, was admitted a citizen the 22nd March,
1643 ; and Francis Ailmer, Wool-comber, on the 28th April, 1663. Either may
have been the issuer, as the two ways of spelling the surname are used indis-
criminately. One of them resided in St. Gregory, and was churchwarden there
in 1663 ; the other lived in St. George's Tombland, tilled the same office there in
1664, and was buried in the south aisle of the parish church in 1686. He bore
arms Argent on a cross engrailed sab. between four Cornish choughs proper, five
bezants, impaling Frette.
136. 0. ROBERT EMPEROR A sword erect.
H. OF NORWICH E.E.E.
He was rated'in St. Michael at Coslany and St. Saviour, and was overseer of the
former parish in 1664, and of the latter in 1665. A Robert Emperor, hosier,
son of Francis Emperor, was sworn a freeman in 1679. Robert Emperor was
one of the Common Council placed in the room of those ejected by James II.
137. 0. THOMAS FERRIER A heart on the shank of an anchor.
It. IN NORWICH 1664 T.F.
Thomas fferrior, Grocer, apprentice to John Osborne, Esq., was admitted a free-
man on the 21st August, 1665. He resided in St. Peter Mancroft. In the
churchwarden's book he is mentioned as " Mr. fferreyheare."
138. 0. THOMAS FLATMAN 1664.
R. OF NORWICH T.F. -
Thomas Flatman, tallow-chandler, was sworn a freeman on the 25th February,
1666, and was rated in St. Martin at Oak and St. Augustine. He had several
apprentices, all of whom were admitted as Grocers, He was a dissenter, and his
name occurs in the books of St. Mary's Baptist chapel.
139. 0. RICHARD FREEMAN A dove with an olive branch.
R. OF NORWICH 1657 E.F.
Richard Freeman, vintner, son of Mr. John Freeman, sheriff in 1636, was
sworn a freeman on the 7th April, 1660. He resided at the sign of the Dove in
St. John Maddermarket, of which parish he was overseer in 1656, and church-
warden in 1662. He was buried there in 1693. The Dove was pulled down
about twenty-five years ago, on an extension of Messrs. Chamberlin's premises.
140. 0. IN NORWICH CONFECTIONER L GOODwT.
R. AT THE GOLDEN CAMELL 1660 A Camel.
Engraved in Norfolk Archceology, vol. v., page 241.
Lawrence Goodwyn was an apprentice of Mr. John Lawrence, and was
admitted to the freedom of the city in 1661. It will be observed that his name
occurs with that of Mr. Lawrence upon another token, No. 158. Goodwyn was
sheriff in 1682, and mayor in 1697. In 1687 he was one of the aldermen of this
city, and was ejected by James II. He died in 1725, at the age of ninety-two,
and was buried in the nave of St. Andrew's church, to which parish he gave
a large offering dish and also two flagons, the inscriptions upon which are
given in Blomefield, in his account of St. Andrew's pariah.
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141. 0. THOMAS GREENE IN The Grocers' arms.
R. NORWICH 1658 T.S.Q-.
Thomas Greene, grocer, apprentice to Benjamin Baker, was admitted to the
freedom of the city the 1 3th August, 1652. He resided in St. Peter Mancroft,
of which parish he was churchwarden in 1665. He died, and was huried there
in 1683. His son Thomas was Bishop of Norwich in 1721-3. "We find the
following entry in the Mayoralty Court Book, under date 14 Nov. 1674. "Tho.
Greene of Corp 5 X li Coll. in Cambridge vpon the Petition of Mr. Tho. Greene
Grocer his father, hath a pension of 40 s $ ann' granted him as is mentioned and
for such time as is directed in y e donation of Math. Parker late Archb? of
Canterbury.'' Another Thomas Greene, who died of the plague, was buried at
Mancroft in 1666.
142. 0. BENIAMEN GREENWOOD The Grocer's arms.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 B.E.G.
Benjamin, the son of Miles Greenwood, was sworn a freeman the 14th March,
1662. He resided in St. Mary Coslany.
143. 0. ELIZ. HALFKNIGHT The Dyers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 E.H conjoined.
The " Wid. Halfeknights " was rated in St. Peter Hungate and St. Edmund.
144. 0. GEORGE HALL (In two lines across the field.)
R. IN NORWICH 1664 The Grocers' arms.
The following entry occurs in the Mayoralty Court Book ; " I George Hall of
y e City of Norwich Grocer doe p'mise to take the oath of a ffreeman of y e said
City the next Assembly, wittnes my hand this 18 th of July 1668. Geo. Hall."
145. 0. THOMAS HANSE OF An anchor.
R. NORWICH 1664 T.E.H.
"We do not find the name of Hanse in any of the corporate records. The
following entry, dated the 26th May, 1677, occurs in the Mayoralty Court Book.
" The officers of Taylors humblie prayed the leave of M r Maior & y s Court that
they may agree with Tho. Hatves for his offences ag* a by law of thier Booke
in settinge journeymen on worke without leave which is asented to so as they
doe pay w l is due by y e by lawes to whome it is due." Roger Hawes was mayor
in 1668.
146. 0. EDWARD HARDING The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH GROCER E.A.H.
He lived in All Saints' parish from 1659 to 1662, in which year his name
disappears from the rate books. Edward Harding, tailor, was sworn a freeman
in 1624.
147. 0. BLYTH HATTON A full-blown rose.
R. IN NORWICH B.H.
Blyth Hatton, widow, was rated in St Peter Mancroft and in St. Peter per
Mountergate. She was buried in the foimer parish in 1670.
148. 0, HENRY HOLBEY NEAR A hand holding a sword. 1659.
R. REDWELL IN NORWICH H.G.H.
Holbey was a " Habbidasher of smales wares," having previously been an
apprentice of Robert Duglas (No. 134). In 1657 he was admitted to the freedom
of the city, and resided in St. Andrew's till 1665, about which year be appears
to have removed to St. Peter Mancroft, where he was overseer in 1669. He was
burifd there in 1 670. The red well was in the centre of Gurney's Bank Plain,
and was filled up in the early part of the present century.
COLLECTANEA.. 169
NOEFOLK PETITIONS IN THE EECOED OFFICE.
VOL. 142 of the Domestic State Papers is a collection of undated
Petitions presented to Charles II. about the year 1665. They are mostly
petitions from Eoyalists who had suffered in the late wars, and contain
much interesting matter. Those relating to Norfolk are
No. 27. Petition of Eichard Buckworth, M.A., for presentation to
the Vicarage of Walpole void by the death of Tobias Hall. It sets
out that he was dismissed from his fellowship in Trinity College,
Cambridge, for his loyalty; served as a major against the rebels in the
late war ; and only received from the Bishop of Lincoln a prebend
value 15 a year.
No. 41. Petition of William Clewer, D.D., for a grant of the
Eectory of Wharpoole (Walpole.) Sets out that he suffered much in
the late times for praying for his Majesty, and not keeping the Thanks-
giving Day for the success against him at Worcester.
No. 64. Petition of Edward Denny of Howe, Norfolk, to Lord
Arlington for benevolence. Was formerly owner of Goring House, his
lordship's habitation, but suffered during the troubles.
No. 87. Petition of George Gay, viz. :
" To the Kings most Excellent Mat ye
The humble petic'on of George Gay
Humbly sheweth
That yo r petic'oner haveing lived neare the Cathedrall Church of
Norwich & taken great paynes for the maintenance of himselfe and
family is now growne aged and unable for any hard labour.
Yo r Petic'oner therefore humbly prays that yo r Mat? would be
pleased to bestow upon him for his reliefe the place of a Beadsman or
Almesman belonging to the Cathedrall Church of Norwich now void
by the death of one Henry Andrewes late Beadsman there deceased.
And yo r petic'oner as in duty bound shall ever pray for yo r Mat 3 " 6 "
long & prosp'ous raigne," &c.
No. 148. Petition of John Lloyd for the Eeceivership of Hearth
Moneys in Suffolk and Norfolk. Sets out that he served their late and
present Majesties at home and beyond seas for twenty years.
No. 161. Petition of Burridge Martin, viz. :
" To the Kings most Excellent Mat 5 "
The humble Petic'on of Burrig Martyn
Humbly Sheweth
That yo r Pet" Son Thomas Martyn through youthfull miscarriage
did lately list himselfe a soldier at yo r Mat yes late Leavyes in w ch having
continued sometime and now through sickness driven to beg his
Captains discharge having a desire to returne to his Master w th whom
he was an Apprentice w th unfained promises of doing him faithfull
services for the remainder of his times w th him and finding a great
perverseness in his s d m r who to deteine y e money he had W* him
refuses to receive him So y* the poore youth is like to be ruined his
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future fortunes depending on his Trade w ch by this unkindness he will
be utterly deprived of.
May it therefore please yo r most Excellent Mat y to pitty y e distressed
Condic'on of yo r Pet" son and in tend r consideration of yo r Pet"
faithfull service & fidelity to yo r Mat y grant yo r Royall L're to y e
Eecord r of Norwich to ord r his S d M r to receive the child again. And,
&c."
[Endorsed.]
" Y e Captaines name
S r Eob* Gary
in L d Widdingt6n's Reg nt
Y e master's name
Anthony Mingay
grocer in Noiwich
Y e Recorder's
Francis Cory Esq."
If a volume were made containing abstracts of all the documents
relating to Norfolk to be found in the Calendars of Domestic State
Papers, it would be of the greatest service to the Norfolk topographer
and historian, especially if it were well indexed.
IVanflsivorth. WALTER EYE.
PLOWLOD AND DANCE.
MARGARET BECKER of Causton died in 1481, and directed her body to
be buried in the churchyard of Causton. Amongst a number of small
bequests I find
Item lego le plowlod de Segate iiij d
Item lego the Dawns de Segate iij d .
There are similar bequests to the Plowlods of Alwyngton and
Chyrchegate and the "Dawnses" of the same places. What were
these " dances," and what was a "plowlod?" Was it the same as a
plough-light? I rather fancy not, as I find at North Waisham a
plowlode was held in Lyngate Street. G-.
BUEIAL OF AN EXCOMMUNICATE.
THE following extract from the register of the parish of St. John
Timberhill, Norwich, confirms your remark at page 137, referring to
the memorandum of absolution.
" Henrie Dickerson the elder was buried without the ordynarie
course of sepulture he dieing as an excommunicate person without the
benefit of absolution according to the eccliasticall Lawes of this Eeallm
of England made &c. the second day of June Anno domini 1598."
NORWICENSIS.
COLLECTANEA. 171
COEEESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE DEAN AND THE
MAYOE OF NOEWICH, A.D. 1548.
IT appears that in the year 1548 certain verses, either signed with or
known by the names of Echo, Nemo or Vincent Veryte, not only
containing matter touching the King's Majesty, but also railing
against the government of the mayor of Norwich, were thrown about
in the city by divers persons, some of whom dwelt in the Cathedral
Close, then an exempt jurisdiction. The mayor and aldermen con-
sequently wrote to Dean Salysbury on Wednesday, 13th March, in the
above year, requiring him to send the suspected persons to the Court
of Mayoralty on the following Monday, in order that they might be
duly examined. From the answer of the Dean and Chapter it
appears that the Mayor had previously mentioned the matter to them,
and promised that if any persons dwelling in their jurisdiction should
be found guilty, the Dean and Chapter should themselves punish the
offenders. Thinking the affair of no great importance, and mainly
left to their own judgment, the Dean and Chapter took no immediate
steps therein ; but upon the receipt of the Mayor's letter, and acting
on the advice of counsel, they sent the suspected persons to the Court
of Mayoralty, having first examined them, when the only facts elicited
were, that one had found a copy of a bill reproving the use of the
Latin service used in the church, another had written some verses
against one of the prebendaries, and a third had preserved a copy of
the bill called "Eccho" for the sake of certain "pratye sentences
therein conteyned." The interrogatories administered, and the de-
positions taken at the examination of the several persons suspected,
are given at length.
Ledger JBook I.,fo. 71.
To oure lovinge freende the Deane of Christe churche be these
delyuered.
1'ra maior Norwici.
After oure hartie commendac'ons, where certayne bylles or skrowes,
conteyning in them matter of grete Importennce towchinge the Kings
maiestie, sett forthe in Eyme with vnsemynge terrmes of Eayling
agaynest the gouernu'ce of M r Mayo r w'in this Cytie hathe been of
late devysed and throwen in dyuerse parts of the Cytie by certayne
p'sons of whiche some beinge resyaunte w'in yo r house as we be
informed, And fforasmoche as we take it to partayne to oure boundeu
dewties to examyn the same so as we maye therein answere to the
Kinge his said Maiestie of o r sayde Dewtyes and charge comytted to
vs for the good govern 'nee of this sayde Cytie we requyre you and in
the Kings Maiesties name will and advyse you to sende to vs John
Sewell, Adam Barker, John Shereve, Thomas Jolly, Andrew Tooke,
John Thorpe and Will'm Brende to be before vs at the Kings courte
of mayraltie to be holden here vpon mondaye nexte at the howre of
ix of the cloke in the fore none of the same daye to be examyned
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vpon the premysses. And in casse ye refuse so to do we requyre you
to Advertyse vs thereof by yo r letters to thende that we maye procede
further therein as the cause and justyce requyreth. Thus fare ye weLT.
At oure Courte this Wedynsdaye the xiij th of Marche 1548.
Yo r lovinge ffreendes
Wyll'm Rogers, Roberte Leche, Austen Stywarde, Nycholas Sywhat,
Henry ffuller, John Taysburgh Henry Bakon' John Atkyns shereves.
Eesponsio ad easdem 1'ras.
After lovinge commendac'ons wherein yo r letters ye signyfie that
Certayne of this poore howse be requysite and necessary wyttenes to
be examyned vpon certayne matters of grete Importennces towchinge
the Kings Maiestie the same 1'ers well pervsed by the advyse of o r
lerned councell we have thought it oure bounden dewtyes to se all
wayes and meanes to cause the truthe to be knowen therein beinge
veray sorye that the same hathe been so longe slepte and bene
vnexamyned ffor surely if any of us hadde judged any p'son eyther
puplyque or pryuate within o r libertyes and w r thy to be examyned
vpon suche wej r ghtie causes we wolde have thoughte o r selfes veray
ill occupyed to have been slack or necligent in the same, any pryvelege
or libertie notw'stonding for we do deteste and abhorre all such
suspyc'ons as moche as any trewe subjects w*in this Eealme. M r Mayo r
ye desired license to talke w* some of our brethern promysing yf they
were founde giltie vpon examynacon not to comytte them to pryson
but quietlie to send them home and to pvnyshe them as we thoughte
goode. Thys your sayeng well pondered we thoughte the matter not
to be weyghtye afore the receyte of your 1'res but such a meane
matter as myght haue ben examyned by us as well as you to comytte
the ponyshement of the same to our discrecon But nowe by thadvise
of M r Corbet and M r Catelyn our councellors and yours, we sende such
p'sons to be examyned as ye desyred in your L'res Requiring that ye
examyn them no ffurder than the Importance of the Kings maiesties
cause requireth And that ye do not meddle w 1 eny other matter or
matters being preiucliciall to our composic'on and liberties which we
are sworne by the Kings maiesties erec'on to defende and so we wyll
doo to th'uttermost of our powres Thus praieng to allmightie god
that amytye may be encressed and suspicion from o r poore house
advoyded beyng alltogether in one Cytie we maye brotherlie and
frendlie live together rayther then seme to be devided And thus as
your poore Lovers and ueybours we byde you most hartelie farewell
In our Chapter house of the Cathedrall church of tholye Trinytye in
Norwich the xvj th dayo of Marche 1548.
Your poore lovinge firendes and
neybours the Deane and Chapter.
Articles or Interrogatories whervpon diuerse of this cathedrall churche
are examyned.
Jnprimis whether ye kno\ve eny p'son or p'sons that denye the kingeys
moost excellent maiestye to bo supreme hedde of hys churches of
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Englande and Irelande and domynyons of the same and maynetayneth
eny part of the Vsurped power of the Busshope of Rome or eny
popyshenes dysproued by publique auctoritye w*in thys Realme wherby
the Authors of certayne sedycyous bylles and rymes be the rather
prouoked and styrred to vse and sette forthe such kynde of vncomely
wrytynge.
Item whether ye have made written or been p'uey of the making of
eny bylies, lybelles or other wrytings comonlie called Eccho or Nemo or
Vyncent Veryte or any byll ryme or scrowe agaynest the righte wur-
shipfull M r Wyll'm Rogers may re of thys Cytye of Norwich or
M r Rose or eny other p'son publique or pryuate ymputing treason or
maynetenaunce of the same to eny of the sayde p'sons.
Item whether ye certeynlie knowe by whome the same byllis haue
been made or caste abrode or whether ye haue caste any abrode your
self or haue been of counsell wyth the castynge or casters of the same
bylles w'in the precyncte of thys cathedrall churche or elleswhere.
Examynacons taken the day of Marche in the iij yere of the
Reigne of our Souerayne lorde Edwarde the Sexte by the grace of
god of England ffraunce and Irelande Kinge defensor of the faythe
and in earthe supreme hed of the churche of England and Irelande
afore John Salisburye Deane of the Cathedrall churche of Norwich,
Henry Kynge doctor of dyuynyte and Henry Manuell prebendaries
there and John Barrett doctor Reader of the dyvynytye lecture.
John Shrief alias Kyrbye one of the Canons of thys Cathedrall
churche sworne and examyned sayeth and deposeth by vertue of hys
othe to the ffyrste artycle or Interrogatory e that he knoweth noon
w'in thys churche or elleswhere that denyeth any parte or percell of
the ffyrste artycle.
To the seconde artycle he sayeth and deposeth that he ys clere
both from acte knowledge and conceylynge savinge that he sayeth
that he founde a byll in the churche conteynyng the reproue of the
latten service accustomed in the same churche.
To the iij de artycle he aunsuereth and deposeth as to the seconde,
and otherwyse he cannot depose ; so god hym helpo and the holye
Evangelyes.
V me Johem Shreve.
Thomas Jolye another of the pety canons of thys cathedrall churche
sworne and examynyd sayeth and deposeth by vertue of hys othe To
the fyrste Artycle, that he knoweth noon w*in thys churche or elles-
where that denyeth the supremacy of the Kings maiestye nor any that
favoreth the vsurped power of the Busshope of Rome or anye popy-
shenes disproued by any publique auctorytye.
To the seconde artycle he sayeth, by vertue of hys othe that after
a byll named fyrst Eccho was sette on the Churche doore and taken of
by Sr Adbam,* one of hys felowes and left w* thys Deponent, he wrote
* Sir Adam Barker.
02
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a copye owte of the same, but as for the author as well of that as of
the residewe of the bylles he knoweth noon saving that he sayeth that
he made a byll agaynest M r Doctor Kinge and the same byll was caste
into M r Kingeys chamber by Sr Adam aforsaid.
To the iij article he aunsuereth and deposeth as to the seconde and
otherwyse he cannot depose.
by me Thomas Jolye.
John Saywell another of the pety canons of thys cathedrall churche
sworne and examyned sayeth and deposeth by vertue of hys othe that
he knoweth noon that denyeth the Kingeys Maiestye to be supreme
hedde of the churche of Englande and Irelande nor knoweth noon
that ys culpable in the residewe of the ffyrst artycle.
To the seconde artycle, he sayeth that as for the byllis of Ecclio and
nemo and vyncenie verytye and all other lybelles cast abrode saving the
byll called first Eccho of the which he toke a copye for certayne pratye
sentences therein conteyned he never redde, harde, made nor sawe
noon of them, which sentence, amonges other not remembred all-
together, Thys is one, "I thoughte to haue gone a furlonge and yet I
ranne a myle."
To the iij de article he denyeth that he dyd any ffeate therin or
knoweth any other to have done the same.
by me John Seywall.
S r Adam Barker one other pety canon in thys church sworne and
examyned sayeth and deposeth that he knoweth noon to be culpable
in thys fyrste artycle nor any poynte therein conteyned.
To the seconde artycle he deposeth and sayeth that he knoweth noon
that hath made written or caste abrode any bylles of Eccho and Nemo
and Vyncente Verytye or any other bill agaynest M r Mayo r or M r Rose
savinge that he sayeth that he was privey of a byll made by Sr Jolye
one of hys felowes and deliuered to thys Deponent and he deliuered
the same to one Chapman one of the porters of the churche to entent
lie shulde caste the same into M r Kingeys chamber.
To the iij de artycle he deposeth that he knoweth noon culpable in
the same savinge that he toke downe the ffyrst byll of Ecclio that was
sette on the Churche doore at viij th of the clocke in the nyghte but
who dyd sette yt on the churche doore he canne not tell.
Adam Barker.
Andrew Tooke another of the pety canons in the sayd churche
sayeth by vertue of hys othe That he knoweth noon that denyeth the
Kings ma tie to be supreme hed nor any that favoreth eny popishnes.
To the seconde article he aunsuereth and sayeth that he knoweth
noon such byll ner any Author therof.
To the iij de artycle he aunsuereyth negatiuely as vnto the second.
Andrew Tooke.
John Thorpe one of the singing men in the sayd cathedrall churche
To the ffyrst artycle sworne and examyned sayeth and deposeth that
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lie never knewe ner at tliys present knoweth any that denyeth tlio
Kingeis ma tie to be supreme hedde nor that favoreth any popyshenes
abolished.
To the seconde artycle he sayeth that he hathe seen some of the
sayde bylles, that is to saye, the last and the ffirst bylles, but he dyd
wryte noon of them, but he knoweth not who made them or any of
them.
To the iij de Artycle he aunsuereth negatiuely that he knoweth any
thynge at all.
by me John Thorpe.
Wyll'm Brende another of the syngyng men of thys cathedrall
churche sworne and examyned To the ffirst article he sayeth and
deposeth that he knoweth not any man culpable towchyng the de-
nyoing of the Kingeys maiesties supremacy nor that favoreth any
abolished popyshenes.
Item to the seconde artycle he sayeth that he knoweth not any man
that hathe made wrytton or caste abrode any such bylles mencyoned in
the sayde artycle.
Item to the iij je artycle he denyoth that he knoweth any man to have
caste any bylles abrode nor he hathe caste noon abrode hymself.
By mo Wyll'm Bra ode.
POETEAITS OF DE. SAYEES.
CAN any of your readers give me information respecting the following
portraits of the late Dr. Frank Sayers, of Norwich : A water-colour
drawing taken in the year 1780, and formerly in the possession of
Walter Worth, Esq., of Norwich, in which Dr. Sayers is represented
with an electric machine ; an oil painting by Opie, to whom Dr. Sayers
sat in the year 1800, at which time the former was on a visit to his
father-in-law, Dr. Alderson.
Norwich. CHARLES WILLIAMS.
POSTAGE OF A LETTEE IN 1572.
AMONG the Congham Manor papers are several letters written to Henry
Spelman, Esq., tempore Queen Elizabeth, and several other* written to
Sir Henry Spelman, Knt., in the early part of the reign of Charles I.
There is little of. general interest in them, but from the postscript
of one we learn that two shillings was the sum paid for the carriage of
a letter from Norwich to- Great Snoring, a distance of about thirty -five
miles, in 1572. It is addressed "To my Brother-in-lawe Master
Henry Spelman esquire gret Snoring with speed," and ends " Wryt
from Norwich the viii day of September at tene of the clock in the
fore none beyng our lady daye 1572 your assured to his lytell pore.
" THOMAS HEYDON.
" I pray you give the berer hereof iis for soe ys his agrment.
THOMAS HEYDON."
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OTTEE HUNTING IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
MAN is a great exterminator of fera natures. Many birds and beasts
that formerly had their habitats in this county are now never or very
rarely seen within it. The otter is an animal that has been almost
driven from our streams. In olden times, and even in the last century,
these animals were so numerous that hunting them was a profession.
During the sixteenth century the Yare so greatly abounded with them
that they were formidable rivals to the fisherman. Accordingly, in some
regulations made in 1557 by the Norwich Assembly "for the fresh
water fishermen between the tower at Conisford and Hardley Cross,"
it was provided "that every man shall be bound to keep a dog to hunt
the otter and to make a general hunt twice or thrice in the year or
more, at time or times convenient, upon pain to forfeit 10 s ."
The two following curious accounts of otter hunts are from the
Norwich Gazette of May, 1729 :
" I am credibly informed that Mr. Daniel Spalding, of Brockdish,
the famous otter hunter (who last year kissed the King's hand at
Newmarket) has killed three brace of old otters this journey near this
city.
"Peter Riches, Esq., John Riches, John Rogers, Richard Farrant,
Hy. Ford, Robt. Chittock, jun., all residents in Palgrave, in the county
of Suffolk, and lovers of the diversion of otter hunting, have between
the 18th of March and the 20th of May, this season, by their own
skill and experience in the profession, and with the assistance of six
couple of beagles only, killed seventeen brace of otters, out of which
there were sixteen brace of old ones, and only three brace of dog
otters, which is more than ever Mr. Daniel Sp the famous otter
hunter ever did in his life ; and he is therefore in that profession not
worthy to carry their staves after them."
Norwich. M. KNIGHTS.
BENET OR ELYOT.
I AM anxious to make some enquiries respecting Benet or Bennett,
Eliot or Elyot, who died 1621, at Nasing, in Essex. I am very
anxious to find out his parentage, for he was the father of the great
Indian Apostle, John Eliot, who was born at Widford, Herts, in 1602.
From Benet Elliot's will, he appears to have been a wealthy man ; as
Ke had property in the parishes of Widford, Hunsdon, Ware, East-
wick, and Great Hyfield, Herts. He married at Widford, in 1597, but I
cannot find further records there, though it is evident the Eliots of
Hunsdon and Ware had property for many years at Widford.
If any one can help me in this search I shall be much obliged, as I
only require that link to finish a most interesting pedigree, which I
shall be delighted to send a copy of to the Collectanea.
A, DE SAMS.
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PAINTED DOOE AT ST. NICHOLAS', KING'S LYNN, p. 98.
THIS is engraved in Taylor's Antiquities of Lynn, and was evidently
part of a panel of a large fifteenth-century screen. S. E.
AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF HORACE WALPOLE, 1765.
THE following letter is transcribed from the original in the collection
of Arthur Preston, Esq.
Strawberry Hill,
April 21" 1765.
S r
Except the mass of Conway-papers, on which I have not yet
had time to enter seriously, I am sorry I have nothing at present
that wou'd answer your purpose. Lately indeed I have had little
leisure to attend to litterary pursuits. I have been much out of order
with a violent cold and cough for great part of the winter, & the
distractions of this country, which reach even those who mean the
least to profit by their country, have not left even me, who hate
politics, without some share in them.* Yet as what one does not love,
cannot engross one entirely, I have amused myself a little with writing.
Our friend Lord Finlater will perhaps show you the fruit of that
trifling, tho' I had not the confidence to trouble you with such a strange
thing as a miraculous story, of which I fear the greatest merit is the
novelty.
I have lately perused with much pleasure a collection of old ballads,
to which I see, S r , you have contributed with your usual benevolence.
Continue this kindness to the public, & smile as I do, when the pains
you take for them are misunderstood or perverted. I wou'd not omit
my notes in your case. Will they, who wanted common sense when
they read your first edition, enjoy an ampler portion of it on the
publication of the second ? Authors must content themselves - with
] loping that two or three intelligent persons in an age will understand
the merit of their writings ; & tho' those Authors are bound in good breed-
ing- to suppose that the public in general is enlightened, they who are
in the secret know how few of that public they have any reason
to wish should read their works. I beg pardon of my masters the
public, and am confident, S r , you will not betray me : but let me beg
you not to defraud the few that deserve your information, in com-
pliment to those who are not capable of receiving it. Do as I do
about my small house here. Everybody that conies to see it or me,
are so good as to wonder that I dont make this or that alteration. I
* Horace "Walpole, who had teen in the House from -the time he was 23, retired
wholly from public business in 1768, then being 50 years of age.
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never haggle with them, but always say I intend it. They are satisfied
with the attention & themselves, & I remain with the enjoyment of my
house as I like it. Adieu ! dear S r ,
I am y r much obliged
& obedient humble Sev't
Hor Walpole
P.S.
As I think of making Lord Hertford a visit at Paris this summer,
I should be happy if you would honour me with any commission
thither. Perhaps there I could easily find any prints of Nanteuil that
you may still want.
CHUECH HEEALDEY. DEANEEY OF EEDENHALL. No. II.
EAESHAM.
On Mural Monuments in the Chancel.
I. Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or ; impaling,
Argent, two chevrons azure within a bordure engrailed gules. Crest :
a lion's head erased or within a fetterlock sable. For the Hon. Col.
William Windham, who married Anne only daughter of Sir Charles
Tyrell of Heron in Essex, Bart., and died 22 April 1730, in the 57th
year of his age.
II. Windham, as before ; but the lion's head in the crest is within a
fetlock chain or, and a fetter-bolt compony or and azure. For William
Windham of this parish, son of the above, who married Mary,
Countess Dowager of Deloraine, and by her had one son who died
young. He was Comptroller of the Household to H.E.H. William
Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and died 4 May 1789, aged 83.
III. On a fesse between three cinquefoils a lion passant^Jbetween
two mullets. For William Lamb, gentleman, who died 20 August
1724, aged 53. The inscription is in Latin. Lamb ; Sable, on a fesse
or between three cinquefoils argent (ermine, Papworth's Ordinary,}
a lion passant gules between two mullets of the first. Blomefield.
The impalement which he gives is not now to be seen.
IV. Quarterly, 1 and 4 Ermine, on a bend gules three acorns or,
Dolling. 2 and 3 Or, a chevron ermine between three lions passant
gules, Lawford ? See No. XIV. Crest : a dexter arm couped proper,
holding an oak branch vert fructed or. For Lieut. John Windham
Dalling, eldest son of Sir John Dalling, Bart., and nephew to William
Windham of Earsham Esq., who died at Madras in 1786, aged 16.
V. A chevron between three talbots passant ; on a chief a leopard's
face. For Eobert Gooch, Esq., who died 29 September, 1704, aged
75. Gooch ; Per pale argent and sable, a chevron between three
talbots passant counterchanged ; on a chief gules as many leopard's
faces or. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
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Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
VI. Gooch, the field party per pale ; for Eobert Gooch, Esq., died
2 April 1655, aged 53.
VII. Gooch, as in No. VI. Crest : a cubit arm, the hand grasping
a wolfs head erased; for Leonard Gooch, died 10 January 1686.
Crest of Gooch of Brompton : a cubit arm erect vested per pale
embattled or and argent, grasping in the hand proper a dragon's head
erased also proper. ( Burke' s Armory?)
VIII. Gooch, as in No. V., in a lozenge. For Ann, daughter of
Leonard and Dorothy Gooch, died 29 Dec. 1692.
IX. Gooch, as in the last, impaling three lions passant. For
Dorothy, wife of Leonard Gooch, and daughter of Richard Catlyn of
Kirby Esq., died 19 June 1685, aged 42. Catlyne; Per pale^ azure
and or, three lions passant gardant in pale counterchanged, within a
bordure argent. (Edmonson's Alphabet.}
X. Per fesse nebuly, three martlets, a canton ermin'e. Crest : a
bear sejant. For Sir Thomas Barker, Knight, died 22nd August,
1658. Barker ; per fesse nebuly azure and sable, three martlets or, a
canton ermine. Crest: a bear sejant or, collared sable. (Burke's
Armory.}
On Mural Monuments in the Nave.
XI. Windham impaling Tyrell. For Anne, relict of Col. William
Windham, who died 30 December, 1762, aged 79.
XII. Windham, with the crest as in No. II., impaling de Grey, viz.,
Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three torteaux.* For Joseph
Windham, F.R.S., F.A.S., of Earsham House, son of John Windham
Bowyer Esq., and Mary his wife, who married in 1769 the Hon.
Charlotte de Grey, daughter of Lord Walsingham, and died 21 Sep-
tember 1810, aged 71.
XIII. Windham, impaling de Grey, in a lozenge. For the Hon.
Charlotte Windham, daughter of William de Grey, first Lord Wals-
ingham, who died 27 November 1827, aged 81. f
XIY. Dalling, with the bend sable, and the badge of baronetage ;
the arm in the crest vested ; in pretence Lawford. For General Sir
John Dalling, Bart., Colonel of the 37th Regiment, Governor of
Jamaica, and Commander-in-chief at Madras, son of John Dalling
Esq. of Bungay and Catharine daughter of Colonel Windham of
Earsham Hall; who died 17 January 1798, aged 67; and Louise his
wife, daughter of Exeltree Lawford Esq., who died 28 March 1824,
aged 71.
* The arms as now borne have three annulets gules in chief.
f The long and interesting inscription on this monument, which was perfectly
legible twelve years ago, is quite illegible now. It ia cut in the marble, and simply
requires to be re-coloured.
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XV. Dolling, with the baronet's badge, and the bend or (!) ; the
arm in the crest bare ; the tinctures shown by lines. For Sir William
Windham Bailing of Earsham Hall, second and last baronet, who
died 16 February 1864, aged 89.
XVI. Quarterly, 1 and 4 A chevron ermine between three trefoils
slipt (Heade, Gules, a chevron ermine between three trefoils slipt
argent) ; 2 and 3 A chevron between three harts tripping (Robinson ?) ;
impaling Dulling. Crests : an eagle displayed with two heads ; a
falcon holding a knot in its claws. Motto, Toujours Prest. None
of the tinctures are indicated, except the ermine. For General the
Honourable Robert Meade, Colonel of the 1 2th. Regiment of Infantry,
second son of John, first Earl of Clanwilliam ; born 29 February
1772, died 11 July 1852; and Anne Louisa his wife, second daughter
of Sir John Dalling, Bart., born 6 September 1785, died 29 March
1853.
In Windows on the South side of the Nave,
XVII. Dolling, with the bend sable, and the baronet's badge.
For Sir "W. "W. Dalling ; and his daughter Rachel Louisa, who died
2nd March, 1851.
XVIII. Windham, impaling de Grey.
XIX. The arms of the empire, viz., Or, an eagle displayed with
two heads sable ; on its breast an escutcheon quarterly.* The whole
ensigned with the Imperial Crown, and encircled with the order of
the Golden Fleece. Motto, PLVS OYLTKE.
Hatchments in the Nave.
XX. Dalling, with the baronet's badge ; the bend sable, the arm
in the crest vested in a black sleeve with a white cuff ; in pretence
Laivford.
XXI. Dalling, in a lozenge, no crest, the bend gules ; in pretence
LaioforA, with the chevron ermines.
XXII. Dalling, with the bend sable; the arm in the crest vested
in a white sleeve.
NEEDHAM.
I. Arms of Queen Victoria on the top of the rood-screen.
II. On a mural tablet in the Chancel. Azure, on a fesse or three
leopard's heads gules; impaling, Argent, on a bend azure six falchions
saltire-wise of the first, hilted or.f For William Freston of Mend-
ham Esq., who died 26 October 1739, aged 55; and Margaret his
wife, daughter and heir of Henry Kedington Esq., who died 2 July
1740, aged 51.
It is almost impossible to make out the quarterings on this shield. One is ap-
parently Or, four pales gules, for Arragon ; another is a saltire.
f These arms, with the bend vert instead of azure, are in Papworth's Ordinary
given to Curington.
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THE SUEEENDEE OF LYNN EEGIS, 1643.
NUMBER 17 of " Mercurius Civicus, London's Intelligencer or Truth
impartially related from thence to the whole Kingdome to prevent mis-
information; from Thursday, September 14, to Thursday, September
21, 1643," contains the terms upon which Lynn capitulated to the
Parliamentary troops, in September 1643. We transcribe them from
a copy of the paper obligingly lent us by F. E. Watson, Esq., of
Thickthorn.
"But as the Parliament have lost one Tosvne* of consequence in
the Westerne parts, so they have gained another of as great importance
in the Easterne parts as affairs now stand, which is the Towne of
Lyn-Regis in the County of Norfolke, which you heard last weeke the
Earle of Manchester had besieged, and Avas in great expectation to take
it, being come very nigh unto the Town, not only into old Lyn, and so
could not onely play upon them with his Ordnance over the water but
had surrounded it by Land also, and had the command of it there, so
that the malignant Townsmen seeing themselves in so great danger
and perill, chose rather to surrender the Towne unto him (indeed
never knowing wherefore they kept it) rather than to stand to the
hazard of a more furious assault, and so suffer their Houses to be
beaten downe about their eares, and thereby indanger the losse both
of their owne lives and the lives both of their wives and children.
The particulars of the surrender are informed by severall Letters to be
these following, viz :
"That the said Towne of Lyn, with all the Armes, Magazines, and
Ammunition therein, should be at the sole disposing of the Earle of
Manchester, Serjeant-Major-Generall of the six associated counties of
Norfolke, Suffolke, Essex, Cambridge, Hertford, and Huntington, to which
Association, (by an Ordinance which passed both Houses of Parliament
Wednesday September 20) the County of Lincoln is also added.
"Secondly, that such Gentlemen of quality as were then in the Towne,
should goe forth with a sword and pistoll, and one horse, each having
onely a man to attend him ; although divers of them had provided
eight or ten horses a piece, and that they should carry forth no manner
of baggage or other carriages with them.
" Thirdly, That the said Towne should presently take into Garrison
five hundred souldiers or more, according to the discretion of the said
Earle.
"Fourthly, that the Inhabitants of the said Towne should forthwith
pay ten shillings a man to every common souldier of the Earles Army,
and to give a moneths pay to every Officer according to his quality,
which (as is conceived) will amount to neere the summe of 30000"
being the composition which his Lordship formerly demanded of them,
whereby the noble nature of the said Earle is manifested, in that he
was so carefull not to shed blood, and to accept of so favourable a
* Exeter surrendered, after fifteen weeks' siege, on the 4th September, to Prince
Maurice.
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composition, notwithstanding their long perverse and obstinate re-
sistance of him, and refusall of his gracious proffers.
" The taking of this Towne is of extraordinary consequence, for there
were therein fifty pieces of Ordinance, twenty barrels of Powder; and
good store of Ammunition, and in regard that it was the only inter-
ruption which hindered the Earle of Manchester from opposing the
Marquesse of Newcastle, or from executing any other enterprise which
now hee hath a potent Army ready to atchieve. For that he had
many thousand men, with the trained bands of Norfolke and Suffolke
at the siege of that Towne of Lyn, into which the said Earle was
admitted on Saturday last at night, and Master Ash preached there the
Sunday following; notwithstanding the boasts of Mercurius Aulicus,
That he might as soon get into Heaven as into Lyn; and no question
he shall, when God pleases to take his Lordship from doing him any
further service in this life, enter into Heaven, whither Aulicus and the
rest of the blasphemous atheisticall dam'd Cavaliers, unlesse they
amend their lives, shall never come."
SUPPEESSION OF A EOYALIST INSURRECTION IN
NOEWICH, 1648.
MB. WATSON has also placed in our hands another early newspaper,
being Number 248 of "A Perfect Diurnall of some passages in Par-
liament And the daily proceedings of the Army under his Excellency
the Lord Fairfax From Munday the 24 of April till Munday the 1 of
May 1648. Collected for the satisfaction of such as desire to be truly
informed. Printed by E. Gr. and F. L. for Francis Coles and Lawrence
JBlaiklocke : and are to be sold at their shops in the Old-bailey, and at
Temple-bar"
From it we extract the following account of the suppression of a
Royalist insurrection which took place in Norwich on Monday, 24th
April, 1648. Particulars of the whole transaction will be found in
Blomefield, vol iii., pp. 394 6.
"Letters this day from Norwich bring very ill news: That the
Mayor being sent for to attend the Parliament for somewhat done,
disaffected to Parliament opposed his comming up, the welaffected
endeavoured to further it ; this grew into a great distraction, and the
sad produce thereof you will see by the Letter following to Colonel
Fleetwood.
" Having a Meeting of your Regiment for a muster this day at
Market Dereham while we were closing the Rolls, and all the Troops
being gone to their quarters except Capt. Sankies, part whereof quar-
tered in that Town, and were exercising about half an houre after the
muster, as they were lodging their Colours there arrived one M. Garret
of Norwich with a Letter from divers of the Committee of that City,
certifying us of many hundred of mutinous persons in Arms in the
City who began to plunder diverse of the inhabitants, Cap. Sankie
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immediately sent out Orders for all your Troops to meet at Norwich,
and forthwith we marched with his own Troop and about 20 of Cap.
Whites, the Cap. Lieutenant and Cornet with the Colours, and entered
Norwich about four a clock, fell desperately in severall parties on the
mutineers, who were most resolute in their engagement ; yet by the
goodnesse of God we did drive them into corners, wounded many ; in
which we had Captaine Floyd (who charged on with the forlorn hope
commanded by Quartermaster Philips) slightly wounded, and divers
private soldiers dangerously wounded, many horses utterly spoyled ;
and though we made great haste, yet before we came they had
possessed themselves of the Committee-house, wherein was a great
Magazine, where they being busily imployed in getting out powder,
the Magazine (amongst them) was fired, and at last 40 was blown up
and spoyled by Powder, the blow whereof did shake the whole City,
threw down part of some Churches, wounded and killed a great many
of the inhabitants, the certain number not being yet known, nor many
of them that were killed as yet found, or can be known, for many
were torn in pieces, and carried limb from limb, severall legs, arms,
&c., being found in the streets ; there are already missing and mortally
wounded at least 120 persons, besides as many more which received
slight wounds and hurts, none of our soldiers (as far as we can yet
learn) receiving the least hurt in that. Our horses being tired by our
furious march and scouring the streets of the City a happy providence
brought in Cap. Floyds Troop who very well improved their pains with
such of the rest as were able to assist them, to scatter those who in
houses and by lanes were yet together, about 8 a clock this evening
all is quieted."
KELSALE CHUECH, SUFFOLK.
IN plan, Kelsale church has nave, chancel, south aisle, with tower at
its western end, south porch and vestry on north side of chancel.
In style it is generally Perpendicular, with some Norman and some
Decorated portions The nave arcade, the tower, and the south aisle
belong to the latter style, and there are some traces of it in the
chancel, which has, however, been greatly modernized, but still retains
the" priest's door of good Norman work, the arch mouldings of which
stop on grotesque heads. In the nave are some good Perpendicular
windows, especially the large west window, which is a fine example,
though late in the style, and has some good flint work below it. In
the spandrels of the entrance archway of the porch, are shields bearing
the emblems of the Passion and of the Holy Trinity; and on the
hollow of the arch moulding are shields charged with armorial
bearings, now much defaced.
The tower is of late Decorated and Perpendicular date, with good
battlements, and with figures at the angles; it contains eight bells,
the inscriptions on which I believe have been already published.
There is some good iron- work on the vane which was given by
Thomas Russell, and bears his initials, T R.
184 EASTERN COUNTIES
On the north side of the nave is a Norman doorway still better in
character than the one before mentioned, and in excellent preservation.
There are no remains of screen-work, and but one or two poppy
heads ; these are of transition character Decorated to Perpendicular.
The font is good with evangelistic symbols, circa 1500 or thereabouts.
This pulpit is of good Elizabethan character; the sound-board has*
been lately taken away. The rood-loft staircase remains, though, as
usual, blocked up. The roof, which is said to be of good workman-
ship, was plastered over about 50 years ago. In the church are the
royal arms temp. George II., and several hatchments to the Norfolk
and Hobart families ; there are also many inscriptions to members of the
latter family. There is one brass in the nave to John Parker, ol. 1605.
There is also a modern statue to the memory of the late Samuel
Clouting, Esq., who was a great benefactor to the church and parish;
and in the chancel an altar-tomb, of poor design and execution, to the
memory of the before mentioned Thomas Russell and his wife : he
died 1730. There is also a tablet recently erected to the memory of
the late rector, the Rev. L. R. Browne.
In the nave is, or was, on the back of a seat this inscription in plain
letters "William Swanne syngleman gave this stole to Kelsale Anne
Bvry execvtrix to W. Swanne A. D'ni 1582."
On a barn at the Lodge Farm, in this parish, are the arms of the
Norfolk family, to whom the manor anciently belonged. R.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION AT NORTHWOOD
BARNINGHAM, NORFOLK.
THE following inscription, only the latter part of which is printed in
the County History, is from a mural monument in Barningham North-
wood church. The effigy of the lady, habited in a black cloak, kneels
at a desk beneath a canopy, the curtains of which are held back by
angels.
Full oft she wish't to dye and live againe
And at the last the same shee did obtayne
When cruell death her of her life disseis'd
Then Joyfull life of cruell death her eas'd.
The most of her life she leadd in Yirginitie
But always had care to serve well y e Trinitie.
She that so caredd to serve god on earth
Christ toke into Heauenn the day of his birth.
For a sacred and Religious Rememberance of
Margarett Pope davghter of John Pagrave
Esqvire, John Pope D r of Law her Hvsband
cavsed this monvment to be sett vp shee
left her life the 25 Decembris 1 624
Leaving vnto her Hvsband and kindred a great
Desire of having her longer and an assvred Hope
of her eoternal life.
COLLECTANEA. 185
CHANCEL SCREEN, BEESTOtf BY THE SEA, NORFOLK.
BEESTON church has been done up or restored, and certainly it looks
very neat and tidy. It was of course thought necessary to remove
the chancel screen, but we have reason to be thankful for even small
mercies, for it has been placed behind the communion table against
the east wall of the chancel, where it may be preserved for centuries.
The paintings are yet in a marvellous state of preservation. They
represent the twelve apostles ; and, although the screens at Belaugh,
Blofield, Trunch, and Castleacre, which are also apostle screens, have
been described, yet, as some of the emblems on this screen differ, it
seems desirable to notice it briefly.
The ground of the panels is alternately green and red ; the figures
are all represented standing on tiled pavements, and are painted in
pairs turning to each other. On the north side next the wall is
1. S. SIMOX. Saw and book.
2. S. MATTHEW. Sword held point downwards.
3. S. JAMES THE LESS. Bat or club and book.
4. S. JTTDE. Boat held in both hands.
5. S. JAMES MAJOR. Book under arm, staff with scrip on it, hat
with shell.
6. S. ANDEEW. Cross, sal tire, and book.
\_Dooncay '.]
7. S. PETER. Key and open book.
8. S. JOHN. Blessing chalice standing on book ; evil spirit issuing.
9. S. BARTHOLOMEW. Flaying-knife and book.
10. S. MATTHIAS. Short axe in left hand. This Dr. Husenbenth
considers to be S. Matthew.
11. S. PHILIP. Three loaves in left hand.
12. S. THOMAS. Spear in right hand.
ANTIQUITIES FOUND AT WORMEGAY.
A correspondent at Lynn writes, "I had a great find at a farmer's
house on Friday. I saw that what he called an old anchor was nothing
more nor less than a perfect Celtic hammer head, which had been used
in later times as a boat's painter, and bore a merchant's mark. It was
found on the river bank, close to the site of Wormegay Priory. Its
owner has promised to bequeath it to the Lynn Museum. He has also
the leaden seal of a papal bull found on the same site 'Bonifacius viii.
(13891404.) S. Pe. . S Pa' (St Peter, St. Paul). Further, he has
two most perfect Anglo-Saxon jars also dug up there ; besides a
handful of gold and silver coins, temp. Hen. VIII."
"VVe regret we are unable to engrave our correspondent's sketch of
the Celt with the merchant's mark.
p 2
186 EASTERN COUNTIES
OLD MAPS OF NOEFOLK, pp. 9, 16, 47.
THOMAS BARTON, Esq., of Threxton, sends an old map of Norfolk, the
title of which, at the left-hand upper corner, runs thus :
" An ACCURATE MAP of the COUNTY of NORFOLK Divided into
Hundreds, and shewing (amongst various Improvements not extant
in any other Map) what Parishes are Rectories & what Yicarages :
where Charity Schools have been Erected &c. By Eman : Bowen Geog r
to His Majesty 1749."
At the right-hand upper corner is an achievement of the Hohart
arms; the shield being in a circle inscribed TRIA JUNCTA IN
UNO, the motto below being AUCTOR PR^TIOSA FACIT. The following
is the dedication. "To the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of Bucking-
ham, Lord Lieutenant & Gustos Rotulorum of the County of Norfolk,
This Map is humbly dedicated by his Lordships most obed 1 & most
devoted Servant Eman : Bowen."
In the margin are, inter alia, the following remarks :
"King's Lynn is a large Town pretty well fortified ; contains about
2300 Houses, is divided by 4 small Rivers which have 15 Bridges over
them. The spring Tides flow here 20 foot Perpendicular. Its situation
affords a great advantage for Trade, having a commodious Harbour
capable of containing 200 sail of ships, and several Navigable Rivers
falling into the Great Ouse from 8 different Counties, by which many
considerable Cities and Towns, viz* Peterborough, Ely, Stamford, Bed-
ford, St Ives, Huntingdon, St Neots, Northampton, Cambridge, St
Edmundsbury &c are supplied with heavy goods, not only of our own
province, but also of Merchandise Imported from abroad."
" At Gresham near Cromer was Born the famous S r Thomas Gresham,
founder of Gresham College and the Royal Exchange in London."
" Cromer was formerly a much larger Town than it is at this Time,
containing two parish Churches : one of which with many Houses,
have been swallowed up by the sea and its Harbour (which the In-
habitants have endeavoured to keep up at a great expence) much
impaired. Tis however at present well frequented by Fishermen."
"Yarmouth is a Town of great Antiquity and strong by its natural
situation. About 1340 it grew so powei-ful that they had frequent sea
Fights with Lestoff and the Cinque Ports. Their Herring Fishery is
their chief support : and they cure great quantities of red Herrings
commonly called Yarmouth Capons. They have also a considerable
Mackrel Fishery ; and apply themselves pretty much to the Cole
Trade. Here is but one Church which is very large & its lofty spire
serves for a Sea mark."
"Caistor was the seat of the once famous S r John Falstaf and
antiently a Roman Castle."
" Norwich has improved so much by the Industry of its Inhabitants
for upwards of 200 years past : that it is now one of the most re-
nowned Cities in the British Dominions. It contains 34 neat and
beautiful Churches, besides the Cathedral a stately and magnificent
COLLECTANEA. 187
structure ; about 8000 Houses and 50000 souls. The chief Manu-
factures for which this City has been long and is still famous, is stuff
made of Worsted, as Says, Bays, Sarges, Shalloons Camblets, Crapes
&c. in the making of which all hands are employed and even little
children can earn their living."
There is much curious information in the body of the map, to which
we propose before long to draw attention.
EXTRACTS FROM A SEVENTEETH-CENTURY
MEMORANDUM BOOK.
1 SEND a few extracts from different pages of an old Memorandum
Book of one of the L'Estrange family, but which. of them I have not
had time or opportunity to ascertain. The book is a strange medley
of expenditure, horse and cattle medicines, logic, cures for ills that
flesh is heir to, &c., &c. T. J.
MILITARY PAY, 1683.
The day's pay for a regiment consisting of seven Comptinyes is
12. 05s. 06d.
The Collonells Company
s. d,
The Coll . . . . 08 00
CaptLeiut .. 04 00
Ensigne . . .. 03 00
Clerke .. .. 03 00
2 Drummers . . 05 00
2 Sergeants .. 07 06
3 Corporalls . . 03 00 The other 6 companys the same pay
which amounts to 10 Ols. OOd.
01 13 06
The Marshall .. 04 00
The Quartermasf 04 00
The Drum Major 03 00
02 04 06
The other Six 10 01 00
12 05 06
The Chaplaines pay when in y e field is equall to y e Captaines 8' ,p
diem.
Jan? 17' 1683.
Rec d of Alderma' Briggs for a Days pay for y e Yellow Regiment
12. 05s. 06rf.
188 EASTERN COUNTIES
. 8. d.
My own Company & Mast' Marsh D Major . . 02 04 06
I" to S r Ch r Colthorpe for his company . . . . 01 13 06
to Major Hoogan .. .. .. 01 13 06
to Cap 1 Oxburgh 01 13 06
to Cap* Cremer 01 13 6
to Cap' Godfrey 01 13 6
to Cap 1 Say 01 13 6
12 05 6
MUSTER 1684.
May 30 th 1684 There appeard at Gawood Heath before y e Duke of
Norf L d Leiutenant 123 files 6 deep and four odd men the proportions
were 42 Files of Pikes and 81 Musketts.
My Lord gave 4 1 to each company w ch was distributed thus in the
whole Eegiment
16 Drumms & one Fife 2 s a piece
20 Sergeants each 1 s 6 d
Quarter M str & Marshall each 2 s 6 d
123 Files each 4 s y e odd men at y e same rate
ELECTION AT CASTLE RISING.
At my Election at Risyng there were 23 Burghers Appeard not
being above 4 more capable of giving their Votes.
The Custom of their Election is the Mayor Burghers and the
persons that stand goe into y e Chancell, the other Gentlemen & comon
people come not beyond the Church There they chuse and name y e
persons elected and sign the Indenture after wh ch the Burghesses are
carried up to y e Castle where the Treat is provided for the Towne &
Gentlemen.
A NORWICH SORCERER, 1761.
CAN your correspondent, Mr. Knights, who is so well acquainted with
the local newspapers of the last century, give any information as to the
"old sorcerer" mentioned in the following paragraph from The
Gentleman'' s and London Magazine of the year 1761 ? " An old sorcerer
of 30 years' standing was convicted at the quarter Sessions of Norwich
for defrauding a poor woman of money, by pretending to lay evil
spirits and cure her of witchcraft. He is to stand on the pillory and
suffer imprisonment." F. JACKSON.
ATTLEBOROUGH ROOD-SCREEN, p. 148.
FROM what I see in the Collectanea I am induced to send you the
following. So particular as the late Mr. Dawson Turner was, he omitted
the finish of the text of Scripture over the screen of Attleborough
church, be fofjole anti tfjg Bones strong (see Proverbs, iii. 5.)
The arms of the Bishoprics were painted on the panels in 1615
by John Forby, Rector. JOSEPH WARREN.
COLLECTANEA. 18'J
THE TOKENS OF NORFOLK. V.
(NOHWICU CONTINUED.)
149. 0. NATHAN AELL HOWLET The arms of Norwich city.
. R. WOS D WEAVER IN NORWICH ^
This token may be considered one of the most interesting of the Norwich
series. It is the only trader's token that has the city arms upon it, and is one of
three that have merchants' marks. Nathaniel Howlet, apprentice to Samuel
Tabor, was sworn a freeman in 1660, and was a worstead weaver by trade. He
was rated in the parishes of St. George Colegate and St. Michael Coslany.
150. 0. IOHN HVTTON The three legs of the Isle of Man.
R. IN NORWICH 1657 I.E.H.
151. A variety differing slightly in the reverse, the mint-mark being
immediately above the letter H in the field, whereas in the
former it is slightly to the left of it.
A John Hutton, worstead weaver, was admitted a freeman in 1618, but this
date is probably too early for the admission of the issuer. Giles Hutton, haber-
dasher, and Nicholas Bickerdike, haberdasher of small wares, and apprentices of
John Hutton, were respectively admitted in 1638 and 1662. The " wid. Heaster
Hutton" was rated in St. Andrew's from 1659 to 1664, and Giles Hutton, who
was the son of the issuer, for many years afterwards.
152. 0. EDWARD HYRNE The Grocers' arms.
JR. OF NORWICH GROCER E.M.H.
Edward Hyrne, grocer, son of John Hyrne, was admitted a freeman on the
25th August, 1655. He was buried in the south aisle of St. Andrew's church in
1658.
153. 0. AT Y E POST OFFICE 1661.
R. IN NORWICH A leg, A.L.
No person whose initials were A. L., except Ann Leverington, widow, was
rated in Norwich between 1659 and 1667. It has been supposed by some that
the leg upon the reverse was a punning device upon the issuer's name ; but there
was no family of the name of Legge in Norwich at this period. Under date of
the 25th November, 1668, the following entry is to be found in the Mayoralty
Court Book : " Mr. Robert Lullman did acquaint the Court that he did intend to
keepe the poast office at Mr. Dicelyes at the Kings armes for y e future."
Lulman ia elsewhere called Captain Lulman. In 1786 the Post-office was in the
Jack of Newbury yard, now called Old Post-office Yard, in Pottergate Street.
154. 0. IN S ANDREWES PARRICH T.D.L.
R. IN NORWICH 1653 T.D.L.
155. A variety differing in the obverse die, the letters being larger,
Thomas Linstead (No. 160) and Thomas Leasingham, either of whom may
have been the issuer of these two last-mentioned tokens, were rated in St.
Andrew's for many successive years at this period. In 1672 Leasingham was
discharged from bearing all offices in the city on payment of sixty pounds.
156. 0. THOMAS LACEY Cross keys.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 T.S.L.
Lacey was rated in the parish of St. George Tombland, and was overseer in
1665-6. "We however find " The Cross Keys" in Ber Street in 1656, and an inn
which has the appearance of being an old one still bears that sign in Magdalen
Street.
157. 0.. WILLIAM LAMBERT The Grocers' arms.
R. GROCER IN NORWICH W.A.L., three cloves.
William Lambert, grocer, was admitted to the freedom of the city on the 3rd
190 EASTERN COUNTIES
December, 1659, in which year he was rated in St. Peter Mancroft. A
William Lambert, merchant, was sworn a freeman in 1667.
158. 0. IOHN LAWRENCE 1658 Seven stars.
R. L GOODWIN IN NORWICH I ,
1 j ur
This is the only Norwich token upon which two issuers' names occur. Good-
win issued another token (No. 140). John Lawrence, grocer, apprentice of
Thomas Wilson, was admitted a citizen the 17th August, 1632, and was for many
years rated in St. Peter Mancroft. He was sheriff in 1659, and mayor in 1669.
In the Mayoralty Court Book we find this entry : "4 January 1672, Mr. Robt.
Thurrold's bond of 60 U due to y e city y e first of y month was taken out of y e
Treasury by the clauors and deliuered to Jo. Laurence Esq r to receive y e monie
due therupon in full of the salt prouisions prouided by him and Mr. Laurence
Goodwyn vpon thier Ma 1 ? 9 treate here."
159. 0. IOHN LEVERINGTON I.V.L.
R. IN NORWICH I.V.L.
John Leverington, the issuer, resided in SS. Simon and Jude from 1659 to
1662, when he removed to St. Peter Mancroft. Urith, his wife, the daughter of
Thomas Eeeve, D.D., was buried in the church of the former parish in 1660.
See Blomefield, vol. ii., p. 740. The name of Leverington was common in
Norwich about this time. John Leverington, worstead weaver, was sworn a
freeman in 1646 ; another of that name, an ironmonger, in 1657 ; and John
Leverington, goldsmith, was elected sheriff the 27th August, 1672. John Lever-
ington was one of the aldermen placed in the room of those ejected by James II.
160. 0. THOMAS LINSTEAD AT The Grocers' arms.
R. NORWICH GROSER TL. conjoined. 1659.
He was apprentice to Adrian Parmenter, and was admitted to the freedom of
the city on the 18th June, 1649. He resided in St. Andrew's parish, and was
buried in the north aisle of the church there in 1676. He bore arms, Sab. a
saltire between four arrows arg. Crest, Two single bows in saltire sab.
161. 0. THOMAS LONG The Grocers' arms.
R. OF NORWICH 1657 T.A.L.
" Thomas Longe grocer sonne of Rich. Longe was sworne a freeman the 31 th
of May 1651." The name being very common we cannot identify the issuer.
1 62. 0. IOHN MAYES A man making candles.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 I.E.M.
He resided in St. Michael at Plea, and was overseer there in 1663-4. The
name of Mayes frequently occurs in the registers of that parish in the latter half
of the seventeenth century. John Mayes was searcher for the Grocers' Company
in 1671.
163. 0. ANTHO MINGAY (In two lines across the field.)
R. IN NORWICH A man leading a camel.
The Mingay family was of considerable respectability, and had long been
settled at Arminghall, having a city house, now the Mitre Tavern, in St.
Stephen's. Anthony was the son of Roger Mingay, who was sheriff in 1653,
and mayor in 1658. He was a grocer by trade, was admitted to the freedom of
the city in 1661, and resided in St. Peter Mancroft from 1659 to 1667, but
subsequently lived in St. Stephen's, in the church of which parish there are
several monuments and brasses in memory of various members of the Mingay
family.
164. 0. WILL MONT LION LAN E A lion rampant.
R. rsr NORWICH W.E.M.
Engraved in Norfolk Arcliaology, vol. v., p. 241.
Mony appears to have resided in St. Peter Mancroft, which parish he left in
1659, having been overseer in 1656. " William Money from St. Gregories" was
buried there in March, 1665.
COLLECTANEA. 191
165. 0. RICHARD MORANT A neck whisk and two piccadillies. (?)
JR. IN NORWICH B.M.
The above description of the device upon this token has been hitherto adopted,
and we cannot suggest a better, but the two so-called piccadillies are clearly
shuttles. This ia confirmed by the fact that Richard Morant was a worstead
weaver. He was admitted a freeman in 1653, and resided in St. Peter Mancroft.
He, his wife, and four other members of his family died of the plague in one
week in July 1666, and were buried in the above parish.
1 66. 0. FRACIS MORLY The Grocers' arms.
JR. OF NORWICH F.M.
Francis, son of Matthew Morley, was admitted a freeman 7th January, 1628,
and was buried at St. Peter Mancroft, in September, 1658. Thomas Warren
(No. 207) and William Witherley (No. 209) were both apprenticed to him.
Henry Morley his son was a grocer in Norwich in 1671. Another Francis
Morley was rated in SS. Simon and Jude in 1667.
167. 0. ANN MVNFORD The Grocers' arms.
JR. IN NORWICH A.M.
168. A variety differing slightly in the obverse die.
The widow Munford was rated in St. Peter Mancroft from 1659 to 1664. She
was buried there in 1681.
169. 0. GEORGE MVNFORD A merchant's mark.
ft. OF NORWICH 1657 The Grocers' arms.
Engraved in Norfolk Archteology, vol. v., p. 241.
George, the son of Richard Munford, was admitted to the freedom of the city
8th February, 1653. He resided in St. Peter Mancroft, and was overseer in
1659.
170. 0. THOMAS NEWMAN The Grocers' arms.
JR. IN NORWICH T.N.
Thomas, son of William Newman, was sworn a freeman 22nd November, 1660,
and was rated in St. Michael Coslany in 1661.
171. 0. ELIAS NORGATS A demi-man holding a sceptre terminating
in a crescent.
JR. IN NORWICH 1660 E.E.N.
He was a pinmaker by trade and was sworn a freeman 12th December, 1656.
He resided in St. Peter Mancroft, and was buried there 20th October, 1661.
Elias, the son of Elias Norgate and Ellin his wife, was also buried there in 1670.
An Elias Norgate, milliner, was admitted to the freedom of the city in 1670.
Elias Norgate was one of the Common Councilmen ejected by the mandate of
James II.
172. 0. IOHN OSBORN OF The Grocers' arms.
JR. NORWICH GROCER 3>.
John, the son of Robert Osborne, grocer, was sworn a freeman the 5th
December, 1627, and was subsequently rated in the parishes of St. Peter Man-
croft and All Saints. He was sheriff in 1640, and mayor in 1661. He died in
or about 1665, as after that date "Mrs. Thomazine Osborne widd" is several
times mentioned in the Mancroft books.
173. 0. IOHN PARKER A sheep.
JR. OF NORWICH 1665 I.E.P.
" Mr. Parker by y e Lambe " is mentioned in the churchwardens' account book
of St. Peter Mancroft in 1665. A John Parker resided in and was overseer of
St. John Timberhill in 1659 ; and one John Parker, mercer, son of John Parker,
was sworn a freeman on the 8th April, 1665.
192 EASTERN COUNTIES
174. 0. WILLIAM PARMENTEB The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH 1654 W.S.P.
Parmenter was admitted a freeman the 27th January, 1653. He lived in
St. John Timherhill ; was overseer in 1660, churchwarden in 1665. He was sheriff
in 1676.
175. 0. ISAAC PEARcrvALE An oak tree.
R. IN NORWICH 1667 I.I.P.
Isaac, the son of Richard Persivall, was sworn a freeman llth July, 1660.
He was a worstead weaver by trade, and resided in St. Martin at Oak, which
prohably accounts for an oak being the device on the obverse of his token.
176. 0. WILL PLAYFORD W.A.P.
R. or NORWICH W.A.P.
" Will' us Playford Drap' filius Rob'ti Playford admissus est civis 10 Dec. 1645."
He lived in Pockthorpe, and was overseer there in 1667-8. In the Mayoralty
Court Book the following entry occurs, dated the 7th July, 1665 : " It is ordered
and agreed that ffrancis Sheppard & Will'in Playford shall have the liberty of
pitchinge & buildinge of boothes in & aboute the Castle dikes & hills w th in the
County of this Citty during the time of theise next assizes as formerly hath bene
vsed to be done & they are to paye for the same to the Chamberlyn of this Citty
thirty shillings w th in one weeke after the assizes & no other to vse the same
grownde."
177. 0. WILLIAM PRICE W.S.P.
R. IN NORWICH 1662 W.S.P.
William Price or Prike was a potter by trade, and resided in St. Peter Mancroft.
He was admitted to the freedom of the city on the 24th of February, 1658.
Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sarah Prike, was buried at Mancroft in 1663.
178. 0, DANIELL PYCROFT The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH D.P.
He was an apprentice of John Osborn (No. 172), and was sworn a freeman
16th October, 1668. He was rated in All Saints' parish, was overseer in 1663,
and churchwarden in 1667, We find this entry, dated 22 June, 1667, in the
Mayoralty Court Book : " This day Daniel Pycroft grocer beinge required to take
vp his Freedome the next assembly and not giueinge a positive answer whether
he would or not It is ordered that he be presently sued in the Chamberlyn's
name."
179. 0. THOMAS RANDOLL The Bakers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH T.E.E.
Engraved in Norfolk Archeology, vol. v., page 241.
We do not find in the books of the Bakers' Company of Norwich the name of
any token issuer, excepting that of Randoll. He was admitted a member of the
company the 10th of June, 1663, and resided in St. Gregory's parish. Thomas
Randoll the younger was admitted to the Company of Bakers in 1678.
180. 0. AGVSTINE RAYLEY The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORWICH 1662.
Augustine, the son of John Ray ley, Esq., was admitted to the freedom of the
city 18th March, 1662. He was rated in St. Andrew's, and was overseer there
in 1667. His father was mayor in 1649.
181. 0. THOMOS RAYNER The Grocers' arms.
R. OF NORWICH 1653 T.E.
COLLECTANEA. 193
LETTEE FEOM SIE THOMAS BEOWNE TO WILLIAM
DUGDALE, 1658.
WKITINO to Dr. Browne on 17th November, 1658, William Dugdale,
the author of the Monasticon, says, amongst other things, ' ' I have
herewithall sent you one of the bones of that fish, which was taken
up by Sir Eobert Cotton in digging a pond at the skirt of Conington
Downe, desiring your opinion thereof and of what magnitude you
think it was." On 6th December the Doctor answered this letter in
part, and promised to give some account of the bone when he had
compared it with another which was not by him. These letters are
printed in The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, edited by Wilkin, Bonn's
edition, vol. iii., pp. 496-7. But the following letter, being the
promise daccount of the fish bone, is not in print. It is written on
foolscap, and the subscription only, with one or two verbal corrections,
appear to be in Browne's writing. It is, with several other interesting
letters of Dr. Browne, in the collection of Arthur Preston, Esq., to
whom we desire to express our obligations for the loan of them and
autograph letters of Francis Blomefield and Thomas Martin, which we
hope shortly to lay before our readers. Our thanks are also due to the
Eev. A. Jessopp, D.D., for the notes to this letter.
S r
I cannot sufficiently admire the ingenuous industry of S r Eobert
Cotton in preserving so many things of rarity and observation nor
commend your own inquiries for the satisfaction of such particulars.
The petrified bone you sent me, which with divers others was found
underground, near Cunnington, seems to be the vertebra, spondyle or
rackbone of some large fish, and no terrestrious animal as some upon
sight conceived, as either of camel, rhinoceros, or elephant, for it is not
perforated and hollow but solid according to the spine of fishes in
whom the spinal marrow runs in a channel above these solid racks,
or spondiles.
It seems much too big for the largest Dolphins, porpoises, or sword
fishes, and too little for a true or grown whale, but may be the bone
of some big cetaceous animal, as particularly of that which seamen
call a grampus ; a kind of small whale, wherof some come short, some
exceed twenty foot. And not only whales but Grampusses have been
taken in this Estuarie or mouth of the fenland rivers. And about
twenty year ago four were run ashore near Hunstanton and two had
young ones after they came to land. But whether this fish were of the
longitude of twenty foot (as is conceived) some doubt may be made
for this bone containeth little more than an inch in thickness, and not
three inches in breadth so that it might have a greater number therof
than is easily allowable to make out that longitude. For of the whale
which was cast upon our coast about six years ago a vertebra or
rackbone still preserved, containeth a foot in breadth and nine inches
in depth, yet the whale with all advantages but sixty-two foot in length.
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We are not ready to believe that wherever such relics of fish or sea
animals are found, the sea hath had its course. And Goropius Becanus
long ago could not digest that conceit when he found great numbers of
shells upon the highest Alps. For many may be brought unto places
where they were not first found.
Some bones of our whale were left in several fields which when the
earth hath obscured them, may deceive some hereafter, that the sea
hath come so high. In the northern nations where men live in houses
of fishbones and in the land of the Icthiophagi near the Red sea where
1 mortars were made of the backbones of whales, doors of their jaws,
and arches of their ribs, when time had covered them they might
confound after discoverers. Beside we reade in Pliny and Theophrastus
Ossa etiam in terrd nasci, invenirique lapides osseos,* et in Agricola de
fossilibus prope Luneburgum, inveniuntur ossa halcenarum nata, et in lapides
conversa.\ And though we affect not to fix such high and general
originals, yet is it not impossible that many such relics may yet remain
in petrified substances from the deluge as I have elsewhere declared.
The greatest antiquities of mortal bodies may remain in petrified
bones wherof some may be older than the pyramids in the petrified
relicks of the general inundation.
But these being found in this place, will not cause such doubts, but
may afford conjecture that great waters have been where this was
found or at least drawn ashore. Herodotus and Plutarch thought it
no small argument, from multitude of several shells found upon the
higher ground of Egypt, to infer that those parts had been sometimes
underwater. And though Goropius Becanus \ made no such conse-
quence, yet might there be somewhat more in it, when his |friend
Rokokius found such large petrified bones in Brabant upon the making
of his well. Hdbeo saxa ingentia, lalcenarum ossibus maximis aqua,
quce Nicolaus Rokokius domi sues vidit, et terrd erui dum aquis hauriendis
puteum filij curaret. And hereof there will be less cause of doubt if
other bones as ribs and scull were also found wheras if this Backbone
were found single without other bones, it might be possibly evaded,
and received for a spondylites or natural stone of this shape,
as many others are found which make out the figures of parts and
bones of animals.
For many years great doubt was made concerning those large bones
found in some parts of England, and named Giants' bones, till men
* The passage Sir Thomas Browne refers to in Pliny must he in the Hist. Nat.,
lib. xxxvi., c. 18, 134 " .... Theophrastus et ebur fossile Candida et nigro colore
inveniri et ossa e terri nasci invenirique lapides osseos, $c., $c."
f George Agricola was one of the most famous of the 16th century " men of science."
Sir Thomas Browne probably quotes from his work, De Naturu Fossilium, published at
Basle in 1558.
~l John Goropius Becanus was a very learned Dutchman of the 16th century. His
Origines Atttwerpiance are well known. A collection of his miscellaneous works,
published at Antwerp in 1580, are full of oddities of learning. The reference is
probably to the Hitroglyphica.
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considered they might be the bones of elephants brought into this
island by Claudius, and perhaps also by some succeeding emperors.
In Brabant it caused no small amazement when the bones of three
elephants were digged up : till wiser enquirers considered they might
be brought hither by the tyrant Posthumus, or Saloninus the sonne of
Galienus. About Perusia many elephants' bones were found which
they resolve to be the bones of those which Annibal brought into
Italy. And such as are found in Campania and the more eastern
parts may be those brought over by Pyrrhus. But many things prove
obscure in subterraneous discovery. The great golden horn found
underground in Denmark graved with imagery much perplexed the
learned men of that country.
In some chalk pits about Norwich many stags' horns are found of
large beams and branches, the solid parts converted into a chalky
and fragile substance, the pithy part sometimes hollow and full of
brittle earth and clay. In a churchyard of this city an oaken billet
was found in a coffin. About five years ago an humorous man of this
country after his death and according to his own desire was wrap't up
in the horned hide of an ox and so buried.* Now when the memory
hereof is past how this may hereafter confound the discoverers and
what conjectures will arise thereof it is not easy to conjecture.
S r
Tour servant to my power
Tho. Browne.
This is endorsed "S r Thomas Brown's discourse about the Fish
bone found at Conington Com Hunt.
Shown D r Tanner."
NOKWICH CLUBS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTUEY.
DURING the earlier part of the last , century many societies and clubs
flourished in Norwich. One was the " Constitutional Club," the
nucleus of a political party. Then there was the notorious "Hell
Eire Club," whose objects, like those of the society of the same name
established in London, were to terrify and horrify pence-loving and
orderly citizens. f The " Sons of Flora," who assembled at the Maid's
Head, and at the Dove in Dove Lane, were devoted to floriculture.
In old newspapers there are notices of intended meetings of societies
* Query, does Sir Thomas refer to Richard Ferrer of Thurne, who by his will,
proved about 1654, directed that his " dead body be handsomely trussed up in a black
bullock's hide, and be decently buried in the churchyard of Thurne." Norf, Arch.,
vol. v., p. 212.
t At page 1257 of the Norfolk Tour we find this society was said to consist of a
number of persons, calling themselves gentlemen of principles inimical to government,
and with a determination also to crush the Methodists. They met at the Blue Bell
on Orford Hill, and after regaling themselves, singing treasonable songs, and collecting
large sums of money, distributed it to the mob.
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bearing curious titles, whose objects neither name nor announcement
reveals. There was the "Ancient Society of Abingdons," "The most
Ancient and Honorable Order of Gregorians,"* and " The most Ancient
and Truly Illustrious Fraternity of Scald, Miserable, Free, and
Accepted Masons." These societies, if established for other purposes
than bringing well-to-do citizens together to imbibe sundry bottles of
canary or mountain until they rolled beneath the table, had doubtless
some records of their proceedings that contained matter of interest.
Perhaps some of the readers of the Collectanea can explain the
objects of these three societies, and can give information as to what
has become of their records, should there have been any. As the
advertisements inserted in the Norwich newspapers for the benefit of
the brethren of these societies are curious, I append them :
ORDER OP GREGORIANS.
The Committee and the Brethren of the Most Ancient and Honorable
Order of Gregorians, belonging to the Union Coffeehouse Chapter in
Norwich, are desired to meet the rest of their Brethren, at their
Chapter Room, on the 4th day of May, at Six a'clock in the Evening,
upon special affairs, to choose a Grand & other Officers, for the
remainder of the year
By order of the Grand,
ANDREW YIPOND,
Secretary.
The Union Coffee-house was, I believe, at the London Street end of
the Market Place.
MISERABLE MASONS.
December 19th, 1747. The Brethren of the most Ancient and truly
Illustrious Fraternity of Scald, Miserable, Free, and Accepted Masons
are desired to attend the Eight Worshipful Grand Master at a Lodge
to be held at Brother Grice's, on Tuesday 29th inst, at 6 a'clock in the
Evening, on Special affairs
By Order of the Grand Master,
TWITCHER,
Secretary.
A theatrical advertisement announced that the performances would
be under the patronage of the Grand Master and Brethren of the
"Ancient Order of Scald and Miserable Masons."
ABINODONS.
The Gentlemen of the Ancient Society of Abingdons are designed to
meet at Mr. Richard Hagon's, at the Musick House in Conisford, in
Norwich, upon special affairs. Norwich Gazette, December 3rd, 1726.
Norwich. M. KNIGHTS.
* Until 1764 the annual venison dinner of this society was held at Postwick Grove.
The members usually started from the Ferry in the Close, in wherries, with flags and
music. After 1764 the feast was held in their chapter-room at the White Swan in St.
Peter's Mancroft. In 1806 the society was dissolved. See Norfolk Tour, p. 6.
ED. E. C. C.
COLLECTANEA. 197
EAST ANGLIAN SURNAMES IN THE SHIEES.
I HAVE sometimes met with East Anglian surnames in the parish
registers of this neighbourhood, and have thought that perhaps you
might like notes of such entries for the Collectanea.
SNOWSHILL co. GLOUCESTER.
1579 July 13. Thomas Kinge et Agneta Gawdie nupt'.
ILMINGTON co. WARWICK.
Were mar d 1714, July 3, Eobert Gaudy of Claxson Norfolk widower
& Sarah Collins of Stratford on Avon, widow.
ALL SAINTS, EVESHAM co. WORCESTER.
The following note occurs in the register of burials at All Saints.
1608. Judith Bayly the wiffe of Lewes Bayly [vicar] died in child-
birth on Easter Eue, the 26. day of Marche. . . .She lefte behinde her
one daughter, Mary Bayly, borne in litell waldingfeeld in Suffolke, on
fryday the 6. day of March Anno D'ni. 1606. An'o Regis Jacobi. 4.
and one aonne Thomas Bayly, borne at Euesham, on Sunday the 1 3.
day of March, Anno D'ni. 1607.
T. P. WADLEY.
CROMER PIER.
SINCE my former communication on this subject (p. 37) I have found
the curious documents printed below, among the records of the Equity
side of the Court of Exchequer, of which there is a contemporary
calendar at the Record Office, commencing with Elizabeth. There are
389 Norfolk suits for the reign of Elizabeth, arranged in the calendar,
which is very well worth searching by any one interested in Norfolk
topography and pedigrees.
Wandsworth. WALTER RYE.
Sills, Answers, fyc., Exchequer, Elizabeth. Norfolk, No. 146.
Term'o Pasche Anno xxxiij Regine E.
To the Ryght Honorable S r Will'm Cecill Knighte Lorde
Highe Tresurer of Englonde John Foscue Esquier hur mat 1 "
chauncelor of the Exchequer S r Roger Manwood Knighte
Lord Chief Baron and others hur mat' 68 Barons of the
Exchequer.
In most humble wise sheweth unto your good honors your Daylye
Orators the Inhabitants of the towne of Cromer w^in the Countye of
Norff. That wheras the Quenes ma" 6 the forthe daye of Julye in the
xxiiij 111 yeare of hur Highnes Reigne did by hur 1'res patents under the
greate seale of Englonde graunte unto the sayd luhabitaunts license
for the transportinge of twentye thousand quarters of wheate barlye
Q2
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& maulte for the maintenance of ther towne and towards the buildinge
of an oulde decayed peere there, in w ch sayd 1'res patents one Thomas
Baxter gent : was appointed to sell the sayde License for the best
benefitte of the towne and the monye that he shoulde receyve therof he
to deliver the some to the Peerereves such as the sayd Inhabitants
shoulde yearelye choose accordinge to an auncient custome amongst
them used, to be bestowed uppon the sayd peere and further that they
the sayde peerereves for the better furtheringe of the sayd woorke
should make ther monthlye accounte to the sayd Baxter and other the
Inhabitants of the employment therof, w tt this also that the sayd
Baxter should at such tyme as the Lord Tresurer and the Lord of
Leister thinke good deliver the sayd peerereves accompts to ther
honors to th'ende ther honors mighte understande howe the sayd
monye should be bestowed that the overplus might remayne to hur
mat ie . Accordinge to the w ch sayde 1'res patents the sayd Baxter did
sell the sayde license parte for readye monye and other p'te for dayes
w ch monye as it did come into his hands he did deliver it to the
peerereves and that w ch was soulde for dayes he did take bondes in he
name of one Eobte Underwood nowe deceased and others beinge
Inhabitants of the sayd towne For that it doth appeare by the sayd
Baxters accounts taken before S r Will'm Heydon & others beinge
appointed by ther honors so to do that div'se Somes of monye doe
remayne in the handes of Emanuell Callyarde John Deynes Will'm
Myngye Joh'em Shanke Will'm Boshope (?) George Englond which
have byn peerereves and who doth refuse to make payment therof
And wheras it doth likewise appeare by the sayd Baxters accounts that
the said Eoberte Underwood did by Indirecte meanes gett into his
possession to the value of fower hundred pounds w ch he did never
make payment of or bestowe uppon the sayd peere beinge for that
purpose gyven That it would please your good Honors to directe hur
mat ies writte" of subpena as well to call before you the sayd Will'm
Myngye John Deynes as also the sayd Emanuell Callyard and
Margerye his wiffe executrix of the testament of the sayd Eoberte
Underwood into whose handes sufficient goods of the sayd Eoberte
Underwood be come as John Shank & Will'm Bishop (?) George
Englond That they make p'sent payment of such monye as they owe
unto the sayd Towne and deliver into the handes of the sayd Inhabi-
tants such bonds and billes w ch wer taken to the use of the sayd towne
Or otherwise that they be compelled uppon ther answeres to enter into
bonds to the use of hur ma tie to answere such somes as upon the
hearinge of the cause shalbe dulye proved they are indebted to the
sayd Towne And your sayd Orators shall daylye praye to god for the
p'servation of your honors in healthe longe to cotynewe.*
fiat br' de sup*
Eobte Clarke.
* There is a nearly illegible memorandum on the left hand bottom of the skin, that
the parties (P) are to appear and answer, &c.
COLLECTANEA . 199
Tr : a xxxiij
The answer of Emanuell Callerd deff' to the untrewe bill of
compl 1 of the Inhabitants of Cromer Compl:
The said defft saythe that it hathe begn suldoine seene any such bill of
Compl' p'sewed by Inhabitants w th out meaneinge some men in Certeyne
But as the said bill is in suche disordered manyer (?) leyed so also is
the materiall p'te theirof leyed and sett forthe in moste disordered
manner and very Insufficient to charge the said defft or any other
Howbeit that the declaracion in the said bill alledginge that it
appeareth uppon the accompt that their is mony remayninge in the
hands of this defft is not sufficient matter to charge the said defft for
that the said Baxter might impose mony uppon A other w b he
hymselfe had And the said defft doth further saie that he was lately
Pereive of the said Peire but he saye the (sic) that he .did never receive
above ij 8 for the same w th out that it can appeare uppon ainy trewe
accomp 1 of Baxter that their is any mony Remayninge or was in the
hands of the said defft or that to the knowledge of the said defft their
was lefte in the hands of the said Underwood yis but newly is alleged
But it dothe appeare by a note of a Reconinge that he disbursed xx u
more then he Received W^out y* that any other matter article or
alligac'on sentence of or surmyse in the said Bill conteyned and not
befor sufficiently confessed and avoyded traversed or not denyed as
trewe all w ch matters this deff: is reddie to & <pve as this
Corte shall award and prayeth to be dismissed this Coorte w 111 his
reasonable Costs & charges on his behalfe wrongefullie susteyned.
p'd Emanuell Callerd sacr'm su'u p'stitit .corporate' xxiiij die
Junii a R'ni R'ne n're Elizabethe xxxiij coram jud'e.
Termio See' Trin An xxxiij cio Re ne E
The Replicasion of the Inh'itans of the towne of Cromer
Compl' to the untrew answer of Emanuel Calyerd def :
Norff. The seyd Inh'itans for Replicasion further sayethe that trew it
is that the Quenes majestie the iiij th daye of July in the .... iiij th yere
of hur heyghnes Reignge dyd by hur lettres patents undre the great
seale of Englond graunt unto the seyd Inh'itans licence for the trans-
portynge of xx m quarters of wheat barlye mault & yeast for the
mayntenaunce of ther towne and towerds the byldynge of ane olde
decayed peare there And in the seyd lettres patents on Thomas
Baxter gent was appoynted to sell the seyd leycence fo the best bennfit
of the towne And the monye that he shold Receyve therof he to
delever the same to the pearereves to be bestowed uppon the seyd peare
And that thaye the seyd perereves for the better furtherynge of the
seyd worke shold make ther monthlye account to the seyd Baxter and
other the Inh'itans of the employment therof And the seyd Baxter to
deliver the seyd pearereves account to the lorde tresurer and lorde of
Lester to th'end ther honors myght understande howe the sayd monye
shold be bestowed According to the whiche seyd lettres patents the
seyd Baxter dyd sell the seyd leycence p't for Redye monye and p't for
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dayes whiche mqnye as it dyd come in to his handes lie dyd deliv' it to
the pearereves And that which was sold for dayes he dyd take bondes
in the name of on Rob 1 Undrewood now decessed and others beinge
Inh'itans of the seyd towne to thuse of the seyed towne And further
it doth appere by the seyd Baxter his accounts that divers somes of
mony dothe Remayne in the hands of the seyd Emanuel Calyerd which
was a perreve as allso that the seyd Rob 1 Undrewood dyd gett in to his
possession to the valewe of iiij c u whiche as yett was never Repayd or
bestowed uppon the seyd peare for that purpose geven And that the
goods of the sayd Underwood become unto the hands of the seyd
Emanuel Calyerd Wherfor thay praye as befor thay have prayed.
DISCOVERIES AT NORWICH CATHEDRAL.
AT the Annual Meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological
Society, held April 16th, 1873, very interesting communications were
made by the Very Rev. the Dean of Norwich, the President of the
Society, and Mr. John Gunn. The Dean drew attention to some early
fresco paintings of much beauty which have been discovered in the
course of the restorations undertaken by him at the Cathedral. On
the soffit of one of the Norman arches opening into a chamber-chapel
in the north aisle of the presbytery are painted twelve figures under
double canopies of early English or very early Decorated character.
As the Dean remarks, it might be supposed that the twelve Apostles
were represented, but some of the figures on the north side of the
arch are evidently female. The vaulting is Norman and quadripartite.
In the centre is a seated figure, probably our Lord ; in the eastern
division of the vault are full-length figures of S. Andrew, S. Peter,
and S. Paul. S. Andrew and S. Paul are habited in conventional
drapery, but S. Peter is vested as a Pope, and wears the papal crown,
conical in shape. In the western compartment are S. Margaret with
cross-headed spear trampling on the dragon ; the Blessed Virgin and
Holy Infant, and S. Katharine with her emblem, a spiked wheel. In
the southern part of the ceiling are a sainted King, a Bishop, and a
Deacon, namely, S. Laurence, for he carries his emblem, a gridiron.
In the northern compartment were three Bishops : their busts only
remain ; but their names written over them tell us they represented
S. Martin, S. Nicholas, and S. Richard of Chichester. As the latter
died in 1253 and was canonized in 1262, a limit is thus fixed to the
date of the paintings in that direction. It seems most probable that
they were executed when the Cathedral was restored after the fire of
1272. Want of space, however, this month compels us to hold over
a more particular notice of these most interesting paintings, and the
chapel which they ornamented.
Of Mr. Gunn's paper we also propose to give some particulars next
month. The subject, namely, the existence of Saxon architecture in
the Cathedral, is one of high interest from many points.
COLLECTANEA . 201
CHURCH HEEALDEY. DEANERY OF EEDENHALL.
No. III.
EEDENHALL.
On a Mural Monument in the Chancel.
I. Azure, three annulets or ; impaling, Sable, a chevron between
three griffin's heads erased argent. Crest : three arrows one in pale
two in saltire argent, surrounded by a serpent nowed vert : the tinctures
shewn by engraved lines. For "the truly venerable" John Older-
shaw, B.D., 51 years Archdeacon of Norfolk and Eector of this
Parish, who died 31 January 1847, in the 93rd year of his age ; and
Anne his wife, second daughter of Sir John Hynde Cotton of Mad-
ingley, co. Cambridge, Bart., who was born 10 November 1750, and
died 16 February 1829.
On a Slab in the Chancel Floor.
II. A lion rampant. Crest : a boar's head couped. For John
Rand, M.A., "late painfull preacher of the gospel at Eednall cum
Harleston," who died 1659. (Rand ; Or, a lion rampant gules, charged
on the shoulder with three chevrons argent. Crest : on a ducal coronet,
a boar's head couped, all argent. Edmonsbn.}
Hatchments in the Vestry.
IH. Oldershaw impaling Cotton, with the crest as before.
IV. The same, but without the crest.
V. Sable, on a chevron engrailed between six crosses pattee fitchee
or three fleurs-de-lis azure, Smyth ; impaling Argent, on a bend
cotised sable between two fleurs-de-lis gules, a lion passant or, Bransby*
Crest : a heron's head erased holding in the beak a fish argent.
VI. Per pale indented argent and gules, in canton a wolf's head
couped at the neck sable, Penrice, (see below, No. XVII.); impaling
Azure, a fesse or between three fishes hauriant argent. Waytef
Azure, a fesse or between three tenches argent. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
Crest: a wing elevated and surmounting another argent, the former
charged with two mullets in pale gules.
Carved on the Vestry Door.
VII. Oldershaw impaling Cotton, as before ; the crest on a separate
shield.
On Mural Monuments in the Nave.
VIII. In a lozenge, Or, on a chief sable three martlets of the first. .
For Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John Wogan Esq., and Elizabeth
his wife, -who died 1 October 1728, aged 17.
IX. Smyth, as in No. V. ; but without the crest and impalement.
For Offley Smyth Esq. of North Nibley co. Gloucester, who died 29
October 1777, in the 70th year of his age. The inscription is in
Latin.
* The arms of Bransby, as given by Edmonson, are Argent, a chevron between
three swan's necks erased sable : but see below, No. XIII.
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X. Or, two leopards' heads between as many flaunches gules. " In
piam memoriam Tobiee Frere Armigeri Vidua ipsi superstes D'na
Susanna Frere vna cvm filio Tobia Monvmentvm hoc amoris & officii
insigne statvi cvravervnt: obiit avtem 66 m annvm agens Febrvarii
6 Anno Domini 1655." The remainder of the inscription, given by
Blomefield, is hidden by the West Gallery.
On Slabs in the Nave Floor.
XI. Frere, ho tinctures shewn. For Tobias Frere, Esq., who died
6 February 1655.
XII. Frere (no tinctures shewn) impaling, A saltire engrailed, on
a chief three croslets. For Tobias, son of Tobias Frere, gent., and
Sarah his wife, who died 18 May 1660, aged 2.
XIII. Smyth, impaling Bransly, with the crest as in No. V.,
tinctures not shewn. For Bransby, third daughter of Thomas Bransby
Esq., late of this town, and wife of Offley Smyth, gentleman, who
died 18 December 1762, aged 50. The inscription is in Latin.
Over the Chancel Arch, West side.
XIV. The arms of Queen Anne, with A.R. and Semper eadem.
On Mural Monuments in the South Aisle.
XV. Sable, on a pile argent a calthrop of the field, a crescent for
difference, Kerrich; on a scutcheon of pretence Chiles, a chevron
argent between three garbs or, Baron ; impaling Quarterly azure and
gules, a cross fleury between four roses or, Manning ; Crest : on a
mound vert a calthrop sable. For Simon Kerrich Esq., J.P., who
died 4 December 1748, aged 51. He married first, Susan daughter of
Eoger Castle Esq. of Eaveningham ; secondly, Mary daughter of
John Baron D.D. and Dean of Norwich, who died 13 May 1740;
thirdly, Ann daughter of Thomas Manning of Starston, gent.
XVI. Kerrich, as before; with the crest, but without the crescent,
scutcheon of pretence, and impalement. For John Kerrich, eldest son
of the above Simon Kerrich and Mary his wife, who died of the
smallpox, 17 January 1757, aged 21. This inscription and the next
are in Latin.
XVII. Penrice, with the crest and impalements as in No. VI. ;
the tinctures shewn by lines. Motto : Tuto et celeriter. For Thomas
Penrice, who died 4 November 1816, aged 59.
In a Window in the Soiith Aisle.
XV Hi. Ormerod and his quarterings, viz. 1, Or, three bars and a
lion passant in chief gules, Ormerod ; 2, Argent, a saltire sable, on a
chief gules two cushions or, in the honour point a mount vert,
Johnson; 3, Argent, on a bend engrailed azure between two mullets
pierced sable three crescents or, Wareing ; 4, Gules, a fesse wavy
between three lions rampant or, on a canton of the second a mullet of
the first, Crompton. Impaling ; Quarterly, 1 and 4, Argent, between
two bars three annulets in fesse gules, all between as many martlets
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of the second, Bailey ; 2 and 3, Or, on a chief indented azure three
plates, Latham. Crest : a wolfs head couped at the shoulders, barry
of four or and gules, in the mouth an ostrich feather erect argent.
Motto : Dedit meliora dabitque. For Maria Susan, daughter of Sir
Joseph Bailey, Bart., M.P., of Glanusk Park, Brecon, and wife of the
Ven. Thomas Johnson Ormerod, M.A., Rector of Eedenhall since
1847, and Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1846 to 1868; who died 20
February 1871, aged 57.
XIX. Ormerod, quarterly as before, without the crest and motto.
XX. Bailey, quarterly as before.
On Mural Monuments in the Gawdy Hall Chapel, North side of Chancel.
XXI. Wbffan, as in No. YIH ; on a scutcheon of pretence, Argent,
a chevron between three crosses pattee gules, charged with as many
martlets of the field, Saner oft. Crest: a lion's head erased gules.
For John Wogan Esq. of Gawdy Hall, born 27 May 1713, died 31
May 1778, and Elizabeth his wife, born 24 August 1714, died 25
January 1788.
XXII. Or, three bars azure ; on a canton argent a chaplet gules,
Holmes of Gawdy Hall, impaling Azure, a chevron ermine between
three roses argent seeded or, barbed vert, Whitear. Crest : an oak
tree vert fructed or. Tinctures shewn by lines. For Rev. John Holmes,
M.A., of Gawdy Hall, and Rector of All Saints and S. Nicholas, South
Elmham, Suffolk, who died 29 April 1831, aged 57.
Hatchments in the same Cha/pel.
XXIII. Wogan impaling Bancroft.
XXIV. Holmes impaling Grimwood, viz., Sable, a chevron ermine
between three saltires couped argent.
XXV. Holmes impaling Whitear.*
* For the descent of the manors through the Gawdys and Freres to the Wogans,
see Blomefield. The following extract from the pedigree of Holmes (kindly com-
municated hy the Ven. Archdeacon Hopper) will show the descent to the present time,
and explain the impalements in XXIV and XXV.
The Rev. Gervas Holmes=f=Rehecca daugher of the
of Gawdy Hall, nephew and heir I Eev. Thomas Grimwood
of John Wogan, Esq., died 17 of Dedham, Essex.
Feb. 1796, aged 54. I
The Rev. John Holmes=pAnne daughter of the
of Gawdy Hall, as above
Rev. "William. Whitear,
Rector of Ore and Pre-
bendary of Chichester.
Living in 1873.
William Bancroft Holmes=pHester, daughter of
Esq. of Gawdy Hall, died in 1849. I Davies Gilbert Esq. M.P.,
P.R.S. Living in 1873.
i '
John Bancroft Holmes, Esq. now of Gawdy HalL
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In the Window of the same Chapel.
XXVI. Holmes impaling Grimwood, as in No. XXTV.
XXVII. Ermine, on a chevron sable two lions passant respectant
or, Bewris. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
XXVIII. Gules, on a chevron or three escallops sable, in base a
griffin's head erased argent ; on a chief crenelee azure a cross potence
or between two griffin's heads erased of the third. (Purpure, on a
chevron argent three escallops sable ; on a chief crenelee azure a
cross potence or between two griffin's heads erased of the second.
Gardner. Glover's Ordinary.}
XXIX. Argent, a lion rampant gules, the tail forked, ducally
crowned or, Brewse* (Papworth's Ordinary}; impaling Sable, a bend
between two crescents or, Debenham. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
XXX. Argent, a chevron azure between three hurts each charged
with a lion's jamb erased of the first. (The chevron vairy or and
gules, Hoogan of Castle Acre. Papworth's Ordinary.} Impaling Vert,
a tortoise passant in fesse argent, Gawdy.
XXXI. Quarterly, 1 and 4 Gawdy; 2 and 3 Gyronny of twelve
azure and or, Bas&ingiourne. (Glover's Ordinary.} Impaling, Quarterly,
1 and 4 Argent, a wyvern displayed sable ; in chief three pallets
gules ; 2 and 3 Argent, a chevron sable between three holly leaves
vert, Ouseley. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
XXXII. Gawdy impaling Gules, two lions passant argent de-
bruised by a bendlet sinister or, L' Estrange ?
XXXIII. Gawdy impaling Bassinglourne.
XXXIV. Gawdy quartering Bassinglourne.
XXXV. Gules, a lion rampant argent, Mowlray ?
XXXVI. Per pale or and gules, on a fesse between three antelopes
passant two mascles, all counterchanged, Gardner ? (Papworth's Or-
dinary. )
XXXVII. Gules, two bars and a chief indented or, Hare of Stow
Bardolph ; impaling Bassinglourne.
XXXVIII. Or, on a fesse paly of six gules and argent between
three estoiles of six points sable, a demi-Hon rampant between two
fleurs-de-lis, all counterchanged, f Gawdy. (Papworth's Ordinary.} Im-
paling Gawdy, as in No. XXX.
XXXIX. Gules, on a fesse between three estoiles of six points
argent, as many mullets sable, Everard (Papworth's Ordinary} ; im-
paling Gawdy and Bassinglourne quarterly.
XL. The arms of the Merchant Taylors' Company, viz., Argent,
a royal tent between two parliament robes gules lined ermine, the
tent garnished or, pennon and flagstaff of the last; on a chief azure
a lion passant gardant or.
* By whom Blomefield supposes this chapel to have heen huilt.
t This seems to he the proper way of hlazoning the coat ; but in the window the
centre of the fesse is gules, and the demi-lion argent.
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EAELY AET IN NOEWICH.
THE Rev. Precentor Symonds communicates the following notice of a
MS. formerly belonging to Norwich Cathedral, and an extract relating
to it from Dr. Waagen's Treasures of Art in Great Britain, to which
we wish to direct particular attention. It has been well remarked by
Mr. E. A. Bond, of the British Museum, that " there is an indisposition
with many who treat of early art to admit the claim of our country
to a high position in the cultivation of painting ; an incredulousness
as to the existence of a school of art in England in the Middle Ages
at all entitled to rank with those of Italy and France." The testimony
of such an accomplished and impartial critic as Dr. Waagen, and of
such an experienced palaeographer as Mr. Bond, cannot, however, fail
to have weight with those who, after it has been shown on undoubted
authority that a succession of painters and illuminators flourished at
Norwich from at least the middle of the fourteenth century, still
contend that the rood-screen paintings for which the eastern counties
are famous were executed by foreign artists.
THERE is in the Douce Collection in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, a
large folio manuscript of 2 1 3 leaves, of the latter part of the thirteenth
century, which formerly belonged to the Cathedral of Norwich, and
has a note on the fly-leaf at the beginning to this effect : " The Psalter
of brother Eobert of Ormsby, by him assigned to the choir of the
Church of the Holy Trinity of Norwich to lie before the Sub-prior for
the time being for ever."
It contains: (i.) The Calendar, in which is to be found in gold
letters, at the 24th of September, the entry, " Dedication of the Church
of the Holy Trinity."
(ii.) The Psalter according to the Vulgate.
(iii.) The Canticles, Creed of IS. Athanasius, Litany, and Prayers.
The MS. has a binding, of soft sheep-skin apparently, which extends
over the edge of one of the lids with a large overlapping piece,
making a sort of envelope for it.
The following is what Dr. Waagen says of this MS. :
"A Psalter, folio, 213 leaves, written in a large, powerful, and
beautiful minuscule letter of admirable black colour, about 1310
1320. As regards the origin of this MS. the following inscription,
written in vermilion on f. 1 a, gives some light : ' Psalterium fratris
Eoberti de Ormesby monachi Norwyci per eundem assignatum choro
ecclesie sancte Trinitatis Norwici, ad jacendum coram suppriore qui
pro tempore fuerit in perpetuum.' That this MS. was executed in
Norwich, the chief city of Norfolk, may be gathered besides from the
following remark, written in golden letters under the 24th September,
in the otherwise unornamented calendar : ' Dedicatio ecclesie sancte
Trinitatis Norwyci.' In the year 1654 it appears to have been in the
possession of one ' A. Gray.' In various respects this work is one of
great importance for the History of painting in England. In the first
place, the borders contain many subjects not of an ecclesiastical
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character, which are of spirited invention, and often of delightful
humour, with an uncommon feeling for grace : secondly, the painting,
which is in body-colours, shows the same arrangement of colour which
prevailed in the Belgian and French MSS. of 12001250, while the
execution of the pictures by the best hands (for here at least two may
be distinguished) is already far advanced. The motives, however,
occasionally display that violent and exaggerated character of the
Gothic style, but they are generally true and easy ; the proportions are
slender, sometimes too much so ; the drapery of good style, carefully
and softly modelled ; the colours with the exception of azure and
vermilion much broken. The grounds are golden, with those dots and
designs characteristic of English art, or coloured. The decorations
of the borders and the initials are remarkable for the very peculiar
and beautiful arrangement of the flourishes, for the very harmonious
combination of the light broken colours with the gold, for the delicate
and happily chosen coloured ornaments, and for the great elegance
and decision of the technical process. The strong glutinous nature of
the colours, especially in the architectural portion, indicates an influence
from the Netherlands, with which the county of Norfolk was perhaps
in more constant communication than any other part of England."
Treasures of Art in Great JSritian, vol. iii. p. 92.
NOEWICH EINGEES, 1785.
THE Eev. H. T. Ellacombe, at p. 239 of his big book on Bells, says,
"About 1785 the Society (Ancient Society of College Youths) paid a
visit to Norwich, then, as now, a great ringing city. On this occasion
the Norwich ringers performed 'a touch' of Stedman's Cinques, a
method which the College Youths had not heard before; being very
desirous of acquiring the method, they made arrangements for leaving
one of their number, Mr. Blakemore, at Norwich, in order that he
might, at the expense of the society, qualify himself for teaching it to
his fellow College Youths. Blakemore remained about six months at
Norwich."
As a note to this, Mr. Ellacombe, quoting from the Osborn MSS. in
the British Museum, adds, "While Blakemore was staying at Norwich,
lodging with one Christ : Lindsey, he found that his host in conjunction
with Thomas Barton, both members of the Norwich Company of
Eingers, was preparing a treatise on the art of Einging ; and Blake-
more, having easy access to Lindsey's papers, in a most dishonorable
and clandestine manner made copies of the whole collection, and on
his return to London in conjunction with Messrs. Jones and Eeeves
(both College Youths) wrote a book on Einging, and in the year 1788
brought out the celebrated ' Clavis Campanologia.' Such conduct at
the time gave great offence. On referring to the list of subscribers to
that work, not one Norwich person appears among them."
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SORCERY AND WITCHCRAFT.
I AM unable to give your correspondent, F. Jackson, any information
concerning the "old sorcerer" mentioned in the Gentleman's Magazine
for 1761 ;,I have, however, some extracts from Norwich newspapers
of an earlier date relating to this subject, which seems to be enjoying
a revival in our modern Spiritualism. The following is from the
Norwich Gazette of Feb. llth, 1725 :
" Whereas I, Hester Brown Percy, of St. Augustine's, have falsly and indifferently
charged one Mary Parker, of St. Martin-at-Oak, with being a witch and in great
measure the author of the pains and afflictions I have for some years labored under,
which said charge I do now believe to be absolutely groundless and may be prejudicial
to the said Mary Parker ; therefore I do here publicly declare that I am fully satisfied
that the said Mary Parker is perfectly innocent of the charge I have made against her,
and I do heartily repent me of having entertained any such rash and groundless
thoughts of her, and hope she will not meet with any insults or ill usage from any
persons whatsoever upon my account."
The tone of this apology shows that Hester Brown Percy had
nevertheless a belief in certain persons having mysterious baleful
powers, and, probably, in their being attended by "familiars," as we
find described in some of the lesser dramatists of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. That the general public had also a belief in
witches and wizards is apparent by the necessity there seems to have
been for the apology. This view is strengthened by another apologetic
advertisement that appeared in one of the Norwich papers some
time afterwards, and is as follows :
" Whereas I, Skepper Carman, of the Parish of Raveningham in the county of
Norfolk, have some time since in a most wicked, detracting, and slanderous manner
abused, defamed and even taken away the reputation of Mr. James Seaming, of
Norton Subcourse in the county aforesaid, by calling him an old Wizardly Rogue, and
such like scurrilous language. I the said S. C. do own and acknowledge what I then
said ^being in Liquor) to be false and groundless, humbly begging his pardon for the
same, promising never to commit the like offence again, and desiring all persons to take
warning by me and never to cast the like aspersion on him for the future. This is the
sincere acknowledgment and submissive recantation of your poor and humble servant.
" SKEPPER CARMAN."
But it was in rural districts, where ignorance and superstition greatly
prevailed, that the belief in witches held possession of the popular
mind. I append from the Norwich Gazette of 1751 a narrative of the
conduct of an ignorant and cruel mob towards two aged persons who
were suspected of having " an evil eye," "familiars," or an intimacy
with the powers of darkness. What occurred was similar to the pro-
ceedings carried out under the direction of that notorious "witch
finder," Matthew Hopkins.
" A publican at Tring in Hertfordshire gave out that he was bewitched by one Osborn
and his wife, inoffensive people of upwards of three score, and had it cried in several
market towns that they were to be tried by ducking, on April 24th, 1-751, when about
noon, a very great concourse of people, to the number of 5,000, appeared in the town.
The officers of the parish had privately removed the poor old couple in the dead of the
night to the church as a place of safety The mob demanded these unhappy wretches
at the workhouse, but on being acquainted they were not there they pulled down the
pales and wall, broke all the windows, and demolished part of the house. They seized
the governor, hulled him d.own a stream, and declared they would drown him unless he
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-delivered the poor creatures into their hands. The moh were going to put the threat
into execution, had they not been delivered up. These miserable creatures were now
dragged two miles, stripped stark naked, their thumbs tied to their toes, and in this
shameful manner they were thrown into the muddy stream. After much ducking and
ill usage, the old woman was thrown and knocked on the bank, almost choked with
mud, and expired in a few minutes, being kicked and beat with sticks, even after she
was dead. They put the dead witch, aa they called her, in bed with her husband, and
tied them together."
There was an inquest held upon the body of the old woman, and a
verdict of "wilful murder" was returned. A man who took the lead
in this abominable crime, perpetrated through ignorance and super-
stition, was brought to justice, found guilty, executed, and his body
hung in chains. The conviction and execution were regarded by the
people in those parts as a gross injustice ; in fact they almost considered
the criminal a martyr in a righteous cause. The newspaper that gave
an account of the execution adds, "the infatuation of the greater part
of the people in that part of the country was so great, that they would
not be seen near the place of execution, insisting that it was a hard
case to hang a man for destroying an old woman that had done so
much damage by her witchcraft." Can anything more graphically
illustrate the ignorance and superstition of the labouring classes of
our country in the eighteenth century ?
In the month of September, 1752, there was, according to the
Norwich Gazette, considerable commotion at Woodbridge in Suffolk,
owing to the people being under the fear of witches in the neighbour-
hood. The account given of this commotion is as follows :
" By a letter from "Woodbridge, in Suffolk, we learn that the country people about
Aspal Stonham in that neighbourhood, are still so full of ignorance and superstition
that they imagine there are several witches and wizards in that neighbourhood, and they
have tied up two or three old people in sheets with cords round their middles, and flung
them into the rivers to see if they could save themselves. But whether the cords held
them up or Providence supported them, the poor wretches, it is certain, have got safe
to shore. This has confirmed their opinion, and to them they attribute their loss of
cattle, bad harvests, &c., and insist that those poor wretches shall be tried by the
Church Bible whether they are witches or no, for if witches the Bible will turn round
and not weigh them down, and such idle stuff. But the clergy in that neighbourhood
are too wise to listen to them or suffer such nonsensical stuff. It is strange people
should so soon forget the execution at Tring in Hertfordshire on this very account, or forget
that there is an Act of Parliament to abolish witches."
Noncich. M. KNIGHTS.
THE NOEWICH CONSPIRACY OF 1570.
THE following document from the collection of Arthur Preston, Esq.,
is Queen Elizabeth's warrant to the Chancellor to issue commissions
for the trial of Appleyard and others for high treason.
A few words with reference to it may not be out of place. A copy
of the Bull of Excommunication issued by Pius IV. against Elizabeth
was found one morning attached to the door of the Bishop of London's
town house. A rigorous search was instituted, and another copy was
found in the possession of a student of Lincoln's Inn, who, upon being
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put to the rack, confessed he had received it from John Felton, a
gentleman living near Southwark, of considerable wealth, and whose
zeal for the ancient religion was excessive. Felton, who had received
copies of the Bull from the chaplain of the Spanish Ambassador,
admitted that he had set it upon the Bishop's gates ; but even when
tortured refused to implicate any one, and suffered death glorying in
in his deed. On the scaffold he asked the Queen's pardon, and sent
her, by the Earl of Sussex, a diamond ring worth 400. Lingard,
from whom we quote, adds in a note, " A conspiracy was detected in
Norfolk about the same time that Felton set up the Bull, but there
does not appear any connection between the two. Three gentlemen
were accused of a design to invite Leicester, Cecil, and Bacon to dinner
to seize them as hostages for the Duke of Norfolk, who was still in
the Tower, and to expel the foreign Protestants who had lately been
settled in the county. They had a proclamation ready, inveighing
against the wantonness of the court and the influence of new men."
Blomefield, in his account of the Dutch at Norwich, (vol. iii., p. 284)
gives an interesting account of this conspiracy, for which Throgmorton,
Brooke, and Redman were hanged, drawn, and quartered. In Norfolk
Archeology (vol. v. p. 74) is a paper on this conspiracy, repeating
somewhat Blomefield's narrative but giving additional particulars.
ELIZABETH R. By the Queene
Eight trusty and welbelovid Counsello r we greete you well. Wheras
we meane to have John Felton now Prisoner in o r Towre of London to
be tryed according to the order of our lawes, in our Citie of London,
vpon mater of high Treason wherwith he is to be charged, and all
others that may be fownd any wise gilty of the same fawte ; And
wheras also certeyn seditious and Rebellious parsons have ben of late
indyted of high Treason and of Rebellion in our Countyes of Norfolke
and Suffolke, and in our Citie of Norwich, whome we meane also to
have arraynid and tryed according to the order of our lawes : We
will and authorise yow to make out suche severall Comisions of Oyer
and Terminer for the tryall of the said Felton and others in our said
Citie of London, And also the lyke Comissions of Oyer and Terminer
and of Gaole delivery for the Countyes of Norfolke and Suffolke, and
for our Citie of Norwiche for the tryall and Jugement of the said
offenders ; as shalbe requisite : The same to be directed to the parsons
whose names ar heere under written, or to such others as you shall
thinke meete to be joynid with them for the furderance of Justice.
And further to award any other processe in our name that shall any
wise apperteyn to the execution of the forsaid severall Comissions.
Geven under our Signet at Cheynyes the xxviij"' day of July 1570.
In the xij th yere of o r Reign
For the Citie of London.
Alexander Avenon Maior Civit London. Ric'us Weston vnus Justic'
de Banco. Joh'is Southcote vnus Justic ad p'lita. Will'mus Pykering,
B 2
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Thomas Wrothe, Willmus Garrard, Willmus Chester, Thomas Gresham
milites. Thomas Offley Miles, Eoulandus Heywarde, Ac duo vel tres
Alderman'i Civitatis. Thomas Sekford ar, Thomas Wilbraham Record
Civitatis, Barnardus Eandolf, Petrus Osborne.
For the County of Norfolk.
Thomas d'ns Wentworthe locumtenens &c. Eobt' Catelyn miles
capital Justic ad p'lita. Gilbertus Gerrard Attornat generalis. Chroferus
Heydon, Willmus Butts milites. Thomas Gawdy serviens ad legem.
Edwardus Cleere, Clemens Paston, Drugo Drury, Eobertus Bell, Henr.
Woodhowse Ead'us Shelton ar, ffranciscus "Windham, ffranciscus Gawdy,
Edwardus Flouredieu ar.
For the Citee of Norwiche.
Aldriche maior Civitat Norwie. Thomas Dn's Wentworthe &c
vsque ad decem.
This is endorsed, "To our right trusty and welbelovid Counsello' S r
Nicholas Bacon Knight keeper of our Greate Seale of England," and
still bears the Signet, a seal about the size of a florin, in red wax.
It has been docketed
My Lords warrant from the Quene for making out of Comissions of
oyer determiner in Norff and Suff for the Arraignemt of Appley ard
and others xxviij Julij 1570.
BEASS LECTEEN AT ST. GEEGOEY'S CHUECH,
NOEWICH, p. 139.
IN Blomefield's time the churches of S. Gregory and S. Michael
Coslany, Norwich, each had a brass lectern, and the inscription on
the one now at S. Gregory's church is said, by Blomefield, to have
been on that at S. Michael Coslany. In- 1776 the Eector, church-
wardens, and principal inhabitants of the latter parish, having been
at considerable expense in renewing the greater part of the ornaments
of their church, obtained permission from the Bishop to sell an old
brass eagle which was worth to be sold about five pounds, which had
been for a great number of years entirely useless, and moreover an
annual expense to keep clean, and the workmanship whereof was by no
means such as to recommend it as a valuable piece of antiquity worthy
of preservation. So at least said, in almost the same words, the
Eector, churchwardens, and principal inhabitants in their petition to
the Bishop for permission to sell. It does not appear that the inhabi-
tants of S. Gregory's purchased a lectern at this date ; indeed, they
already had one. Unless there were two lecterns with the same
inscription, it would appear that Blomefield gave the inscribed lectern
under the wrong church.
COLLECTANEA. 2 1 1
AUTOGKAPH LETTER OF THOMAS MAETIN, HISTORIAN
OF THETFORD, 1738.
Worthy S r
Herewith, you receive all the Books ; and wish you may receive
half the Pleasure in your old Book of Musick, as I have done in the
Sibton Accounts. Your Servant has paid me the 30 s . I heartily wish
you a good journey and wish it might be my good fortune to meet you
at London. Our due respects wait upon you and your good lady We
shall be heartily glad to see you here and I will certainly take an
opportunity of waiting upon you and M" Baldwin at Bunwell and
bring by Bundle of Rue with me. I write in much hast w cb pray
excuse.
I am D r S r
Palgrave To r most oblige* humb 1 Serv 1
20 th April 1738. THO MARTIN.
I think the cuckoe has pick'd long before winter is expir'd, yester-
day & to day are worthy to be registered.
Addressed to
The Rev d M r Baldwin
at Bunwell . These
Thomas Martin was born at Thetford in 1697, and died at Palgrave
in 1771 ; he was executor, with Bishop Tanner, of Le Neve's will, and
married Le Neve's widow. The above letter with the following verses
are in the collection of Arthur Preston, Esq.
A New Song upon an old acquaintance.
00
Where's the man that loves his Friend,
And bottle without starting ?
If for such a one you care
Here's to fit you to a hair.
Tom Martin Tom Martin Tom Martin.
(2.)
Lawyers Consciences are wide
That you may turn a cart in
If your misfortune 'tis to lack
Choose the best of all the pack
T. M. T. M. T. M.
(3.)
He's the man will hold you tack
No fear of his deserting
'Tiff such a trusty honest spark
You may drink with him in the dark
T. M. T. M. T. M.
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(4.)
Among such jovial blades as he
Should cupid throw a dart in,
'Twou'd only serve to make a toast
But no more damages than cost.
T. M. T. M. T. M.
(5.)
What cruel fears arrest the great
And make their schemes uncertain
Of after reck'nings twelve months hence
Whilst we secure the present tense
T. M. T. M. T. M.
(6.)
There's no security like this,
Says Tom, to set your heart on,
For mortgages themselves may fail
And obligors may rot in jail
T. M. T. M. T. M.
(7.)
The king and parliament may join
To take away your fortune,
But when once melted down your throat
Not fate itself can touch a groat ;
T. M. T. M. T. M.
(8.)
No cares assault, no griefs
Unless it be at parting,
To see that every drop is out
None ever yet had cause to doubt.
T. M. T. M. T. M.
(9.)
The warlike trumpet we regard
* * # * *
Let angry heroes fight for Bays
Give us the gentle vine so prays
Tom Martin Tom Martin Tom Martin.
This was sent me in a cover thus directed
For
Tho : Martin Gent
at Palgrave
I imagine 'tis the production of Mr. William Bedingfield's brains,
at Swattishall Hall in Gislingham, Suff k ., T. M. but qu&re.
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THE TOKENS OF NOEFOLK VI.
(NORWICH CONTINUED.)
182. A variety dated 1655.
Thomas Kayner, apprentice to John Toft, was sworn a freeman 22nd August,
1651. He resided in St. George's Tombland, and was churchwarden there in.
1660 and 1661. He was head man of the Grocers' Company in 1671. Hia son
Walter llayner, grocer, was sworn a freeman in 1684.
183. 0. CHABLES BEEVE 1664 OF '
R. CHABLES BEEVE 1664 OF
WICH.
Charles, the son of George Reeve (see No. 184), was sworn a freeman 10th
January, 1662, and was a cordwainer by trade. One of his tokens was found
amongst a number of skeletons at Lakenham in 1796 : it is supposed that they
were the remains of people who had died cf the plague.- -Norwich in Miniature,
p. 29.
184. 0. GEOBGE EEEVE The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NOBWICH G.E.E.
185. A variety, differing in the obverse, having no circle of dots
round the field.
He was the son of George Reeve, grocer, and was admitted a freeman 20th
August, 1640. The father was sworn a freeman in 1616.
186. 0. WILL BOBINSON The man in the moon.
R. IN NOEWITCH 1662 W.E.E.
This is the only seventeenth century token upon which the name of the city is
wrongly spelt. Robinson lived in St. Andrew's, and was overseer in 1661.
William Robinson, linen draper, was sworn a freeman in 1667.
187. 0. IOHN SHEPPAED I.S. in monogram.
R. IN NOBWICH 1659 I.S. in monogram.
188. A variety differing in the reverse die : amongst other differences
two -o precede the mint-mark.
John Shephard, cooper, was sworn a freeman, 28th July, 1648, and John
Shephard, haberdasher, apprentice to John Hutton (No. 150), on the 9th March,
1657. One of them for many years resided in St. John's Timberhill, and was
churchwarden in 1661, the other lived in St. Margaret's parish. A Jo.
Sheppard was buried at St. Michael at Plea 28th April, 1660.
189. 0. HENBY SIDNOB A greyhound, running.
R. IN NOBWICH 1659 H.I.S.
190. A variety differing in the reverse die, the figures being much
further apart.
191. 0. HENBY SIDNOB The Tallow-chandlers' arms.
R. IN NOBWICH 1667 H.I.S.
This token is engraved in Norfolk Archaology, vol. v., p. 241.
"Henricus Sydnor Grocer App'ntic' Adrian Parmenter admissus est Ciuis 18
Octobr' 1624." He resided in St. Stephen's, and was sheriff in 1661. His will,
dated 1677, was proved by his son Henry in 1678. In it he mentions his wife
"Jean," and directs that his body should be buried at Brunstead in Norfolk.
In the Mayoralty Court Book, 3rd June, 1668, is the following entry, " Hen
Sydnor gent, informed upon oath that y s present day he did heare John Sulman
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mason profanely sweare by the name of God severall tymes & beinge reprooved
for the same sayd ho would sweare for all him and a warr 4 is to issue ag* him."
The Greyhound, in 1783, -was in Surrey Street, the house now bears the sign of
the Boar's Head.
192. 0. JONATHAN SNOWDEN The Grocers' arms. '
R. IN NORWICH 1660 I.E.S.
\
193. Similar to the last, but differing in both dies.
Jonathan the son of William Snowden was admitted to the freedom of the city
on the 16th October, 1658. lie lived in St. Michael Coslany, and was church-
warden in 1664.
IN
19J. 0. MATHEW SOVLTER NOR
WICH.
R. OATMEALE MAKER M.B.S.
Matthew Salter resided in St. Etheldred's parish. His name occurs in the
overseers' book from 1666 to 1683. On the south side of the font there is a
stone, now nearly illegible, to the memory of Bridget his wife, who had by him
twenty-two children. She died in 1670, aged forty-two. The quaint verses
given by Blomefield, p. 541, cannot now be read. We find the following entry
in the Mayoralty Court Bool:, " 19 May 1666. It is ordered that y e Oatemeale
house of Math : Salter in S* Etheldreds parrishe shall be shutt vp by the Over-
seers of y e s d Parrishe, and the Constable to assist them." The above entry has
reference to the increase of the plague in this city.
195. 0. * SPENDLOVE 1667 (In two lines across the field.) A
merchants' mark.
R. GROCER IN NORWICH The Grocers' arms.
Engraved in Norfolk Archeology, vol. v., p. 241.
John Spendlove, grocer, apprentice to Daniel Toft (No. 201), was sworn a
freeman, 19th June, 1654. He was rated in SS. Simon and Jude, and was
churchwarden in 1659 and 1666. Robert Warren, an apprentice of Spendlove,
was sworn a freeman in 1672.
1 96. 0. SAMVELL STAHLIN Three rabbits.
R. IN NORWICH 1664 S.S.
Mr. Ewing, in his Norfolk Lists, gives the date of this token " 1662," but we
have never met with a variety so dated. Samuel Starling, " Skiner," apprentice
to Richard Harman, was sworn a freeman 3rd September, 1649. He resided for
many years in St. George's Tombland parish, and was overseer in 1659.
197. 0. IOHN TABOR A spade.
R. IN NORWICH 1663 I.M.T.
John Tabor was a gardener by trade, and was sworn a freeman on the 4th
January, 1659, in which year he was churchwarden of St. Martin at Oak. A
curious entry in the parish register relative to his bringing an oak from
Ranworth Hall, near Horning ferry, and planting it in the churchyard, is
given by Blomefield, p. 836.
198. 0. ROBERT THARROLD The Grocers' arms.
R. GROCER IN NORWICH E.T.
Robert Tharold, apprentice to Isaac Leman, was admitted a freeman 25th
September, 1648. He resided in St. Saviour's parish, was churchwarden in 1666
and 1667, and was buried there in 1674. The following entry occurs in the
Mayoralty Court Book, " 20 July 1672 It is agreed that if M r Rob* Thurrold doe
pay or secure to be p d to the Clauors of this City the sum of Eighty poundes viz 4
sixty pounds vpon the first of Januarie next and y e other twenty pounds within
three months next after the death of the sayd Robt Thurrold he shall be dis-
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charged of bcaringc the office of Shcriffe and all other offices in this City without
his asent if the asemhly shall consent thervnto." For a further notice of
Tharrold's bond, see note to No. 158.
199. 0. WILLIAM TIIVRTON 1665.
It. OF NORWICH W.M.T.
"William, son of Richard Thurton, was sworn a freeman on the 20th October,
1652, and was a dornick weaver by trade. He was rated in St. Peter Mancroft
and St. John Sepulchre, and was churchwarden of the latter parish in 1661.
Dornix was a kind of cloth, probably made from hemp or flax, and it is said was
first manufactured at Dordrecht in Flanders.
200. 0. BENIAMIN TOFT The Grocers' arms.
It. IN NORWICH 1664 B.E.T.
He was the son of Daniel Toft (the issuer of the next described token) and
was admitted a freeman on the 7th January, 1661. The Toft family was long
settled in St. Clement's parish, and are said to have lived in a house facing the
east end of the church.
201. 0. DANEL TOFT GROCER D.E.T.
R. IN NORWICH 1653 D.E.T.
"Daniell Tofte Grocer films Thome Tofte Ciuis & Ald'ri admissus est Ciuis 22
Nov. 1645." He resided in St. Clement's parish, was overseer in 1659, and
churchwarden in 1660. In the Mayoralty Court Hook, under date of the 6th
June, 1660, we find the following, " This day Robt Burton of Clay gent Stephen
Adcocke of Norw ch Tailor Robert Cooke worsted weu' Briant Lewis worsted weu'
Edward Ward of Bixly in y e County of Norff. Esq r S r Richard Barney of Parke
Hall in Reedham in y e County of Norff Baronet Thomas Morse of the Citty of
Norw ch gent Daniell Toft of Nonvich Grocer John Potter of Hempnall in y e
County of Norff. Clerke did opinly in the Court eu'y of them seu'ally declare by
writing under their hands and seales seu'ally that they doe thankefully lay hold
vpon his mat's grace & favour holden forth in his declarac'on given at his Court
at Breda in Holland & that they & eu'y of them will allwaies readely & heartily
yeild to his ma'tie all loyalty & obedience." Daniel Toft died in 1660, aged
forty-seven, and was buried in St. Clement's church. There is a small stone to
his memory on the south wall. He bore, Arg. a chevron between three text
C'S sab. Blomefield, vol. ii., p. 818.
202. 0. ROBERT TOMPSON A portcullis.
It. IN NORWICH 1652 B.T.
None of the Norwich tokens known to exist have an earlier date than this one,
which is very scarce. " Robtus Tompson grocer apprentic' m'ri Adriani
Parmenter Aldermani admissus est Ciuis vltimo die Aprilis 1638." He was
buried at St. Peter Mancroft on the 20th January, 1653.
203. 0. IERIMY VYN OF The Grocers' arms.
It. NORWICH ANNO 1657 1. YYN.
204. 0. IERIMY IVYN OF The Grocers' arms.
It. NORWICH ANNO 1657 I VYN.
The last- described token is without doubt an error on the part of the die-sinker.
Jeremy Vynn, apprentice to Thomas Garret, was sworn a freeman the 22ud
September, 1656. He resided in St. Peter Mancroft, and was overseer there in
1665. He was sheriff in 1677, mayor in 1690, and died on the 1st December,
1705, aged seventy-three. He is buried in a vault at the entrance to St. Luke's
chapel in the cathedral. He appears to have had three wives, Priscilla, Elizabeth,
and Susan, the two former were buried at St. Peter Mancroft, and the latter, who
survived him, was buried with him in St. Luke's chapel.
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205. 0. IOHN WARD IN A woolpack.
It. NORWICH 1667 I.E. W.
There were two of this name, father and son, in Norwich at this period, and
both were woolcombers. The father was admitted to the freedom of the city on
the 1st June, 1638, and the son on the 6th April, 1661. One of them resided in
St. Andrew's, and was churchwarden in Ifi67; the other lived in St. Michael
Coslany. In the latter parish "Mrs Ellin Ward wid" was at one time rated.
John Ward was sheriff in 1687 and mayor in 1694.
206. 0. THOMAS WARNE 1662.
R. IN NORWICH T.I.W.
The reverse of this token, and that of No. 213, were probably struck from the
same die ; there is also a great similarity in the obverses. Thomas Warnes,
"worsted sherman," not apprenticed, was sworn a freeman on the 3rd May, 1636.
From 1659 to 1662 he was rated in St. Martin at Palace.
207. 0. THOMAS WARREN The Grocers' arms.
T
R. OF NORWICH .
He was an apprentice of Francis Morlcy (No. 166), and was admitted to the
freedom of the city on the 21st September, 1649. Thomas Warren was rated at
various dates between 1659 and 1669 in the parishes of St. Laurence, St. Michael
at Coslany, and St. Stephen.
208. 0. THO WELD HATTER T.C.W.
R. OF NORWICH 1657.
Thomas Weld resided in St. Peter Mancroft from 1659 to 1666. We subse-
quently find the name in St. Augustine's. In 1685 a Thomas Weld was buried at
St. Michael at Plea. A grocer of the name was admitted to the freedom of the
city in 1640, and a worstead weaver in 1656. A Thomas Weld was one of the
Members for the County of Norfolk in the Long Parliament.
209. 0. WILLIAM WITHERLEY The Grocers' arms.
R. OF NORWICH "W.W.
He was an apprentice of Francis Morley (No. 166), was sworn a freeman the
20th June, 1659, and was rated in that and subsequent years in St. Peter
Mancroft. In 1660 and 1661 he was also rated in St. George Tombland. He
was overseer of the former parish in 1660. In 1676 George Wilcox, apprentice
to William Witherley, was sworn a freeman.
210. 0. NICHOLAS WITHERS N.F.W.
R. OF NORWICH 1658 N.F.W.
211. A variety differing in the obverse die, having a mullet on each
side of the letter W in the field, the former having a
From 1659 to 1663 Nicholas Withers was rated in St. Andrew's, and was
overseer in the former year. In 1667 he resided in S. Simon and Jude's. In
the August of that year Nicholas Withers, woolcomber, was bound over to
appear at the next sessions of the peace for abusing his office as an overseer of
SS. Simon and Jude, John Spendlove (No. 195) and others being bound over to
give evidence. The proceedings were subsequently removed by certiorari, at the
instance of Withers, into the Court of King's Bench. He appears to have
afterwards removed into St. Clement's, for in 1672 a license was granted to
Martin Finch to be a congregational Teacher in the house of Nicholas Withers,
in St. Clement's parish in Norwich. Withers's house was also licensed at the
same time.
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212. 0. EDWARD WOOD YARD OF A sugar loaf and two cloves.
R. NORWICH GROG 1656 E.M.W.
Engraved in. Norfolk Archaeology, vol. v., p. 241.
" Ed'r'us "Woodyard Grocer app'ntic' Mathei Lynsey admissus est Ciuis 30
die Augusti 1630." He lived in St. Peter Mancroft and was buried in the north
aisle of the church there on the 3rd August, 1677. His wife Margaret and
several of their children were also buried there. In the Norfolk and Norwich
Museum is a jug of Lambeth ware upon which is the date 1649 and the Grocers'
W
arms between the initials E. 'M. This jug in all probability belonged to the
family.
213. 0. THOMAS WORMALL 1662.
E. IN NORWICH T.I.W.
Thomas Warm ell, grocer, apprentice to Robert Tharrold (No. 198) was
admitted to the freedom of the city on the 7th of January, 1661. The reverse of
this token is similar to that of Thomas "Warne. See No. 206.
214. 0. WILL YOVNGEST A woolcomb.
R. IN NORWICH W.Y.
The name of " Youngs," or " Tounges," was very common in Norwich at the
period of the issue of the seventeenth-century tokens, but we have not met with
the name "Youngest."
The above are all the Norwich traders' tokens now known to exist. There
is an entry in the Mayoralty Court Books under date of November, 1668, which
shews that Thomas Allen, a worstead weaver, was bound over to appear at
the next sessions " for putting out halfe peunyes of brasse w th y e Cityes Armes
on them," but no specimen of Allen's tokens has come to our hands.
It may here be stated that all the above descriptions of Norwich tokens have
been verified from originals, excepting Nos. 112, 176, and 212.
There is also another token which may belong to Norwich, but which has been
placed by Mr. Boyne to Derbyshire. It was issued by John Lowe, butcher,
Hiegham, in 1669, and is heart-shaped. A Thomas Lowe was a butcher in.
Heigham next Norwich from 1654 to 1667; and a John Lowe was rated in
St. Benedict's, the adjoining parish, in Norwich. The token, however, being
heart-shaped, of which shape there are no Norfolk tokens, and later in date
than any Norwich token, I have not thought the evidence sufficiently strong
to appropriate it.
The earliest reference to the tokens in the Corporation records, is as follows :
"21 th day of July 1666. It is ordered the Belman doe forthwith proclayme
in y e Markett and all publiq' places through this City that noe tradesman or
shopkeep' doe refuse to take any farthings that are of their owne stampe vpon
the penalty to be proceeded ag l according to Law." Mayoralty Court Hook.
215. 0. A NORWICH FARTHING 1667. [In four lines.]
R. The Arms of the City of Norwich : Gules, a castle triple
towered argent, in base a lion of England.
Engraved in Norfolk Archeology, vol. v., p. 241.
216. Similar to the last, dated 1668.
217. A variety of No. 216 ; the letter A on the obverse being exactly
above the letter W in the word Norwich, whereas in the
preceding token the A is partly over the R and partly over
the W, thus A A
NORWICH NORWICH
FARTHING FARTHING
1668. 1668.
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218. Similar, dated 1670.
No tradesmen's tokens were issued, so far as is known, except that of Allen's,
above alluded to, after the first of these city tokens made its appearance in 1667.
The first entry in the books of the Corporation of Norwich, relative to the issue
of the above-mentioned civic tokens, is dated the 28th September, 1667. We
learn from it that Christopher Jay, Esq., M.P., was desired when next in London
to advise about coining farthings with the city arms on one side and Civitaa
Norwici on the other. It may here be observed that no specimen reading Civitas
Norwici is now known ; all the civic tokens which have been handed down to
us, and they are excessively numerous, reading, ' A Norwich Farthing." The
Corporation appear to have soon made up their minds as to the desirability of
issuing farthings, for on the 14th of November following, only six weeks after
the date of the above-mentioned order, Mr. Jay is requested to send for two
hundred weight of farthings more, and also to "take care y* y e stamp of y e said
farthings be sent down ; and S r Joseph Paine have promised to give order to hia
man M r Tho. ffreeman at M r Adkins an Apothecary nere Quene's head Taverne
in Bishupgate street to pay 54 U 10 s to him for y e same." They appear to have
arrived by the 29th November, for on that date we find the following entry, "It
is ordered that Mr. Thomas Cock, Chamberlin, shall forthwith distribute the
city flat-things to such p'sons as shall come to him for them for the value in
silver." "And it is resolved that noe publication thereof be made by y e
bellman."
On the 4th of December following the bellman was ordered to give notice, that
in the event of the farthings being called in "by y e publique authority of this
nation, that the Chamberlin of this City shall take them to the extent of 100 at
the same rate they are now put out, the loss to be borne by y e city."
In 1668 we find the following entries which, for the most part, explain
themselves.
"Eighth day of Aprill 1668. Upon a motion made that there is a want of
ffarthings and that ther be more sent for It is agreed that a wrighting be drawne
to take y e subscriptions of all such p'sons as are willing to have any and what
quantity they will have & take againe whensoever they shalbe put downe by
the authority of the nation after the City have first taken in one hundred pounds
according to their ingagement."
"20 th daie of June 1668. That M r Towneclerke doe write to M r Jay about
Tobbings lease and 400 wayte of Earthings.'
" 29 Junij 1668. It is ordered that Edwin Bensly the vnder chamberlyn doe
dispose the 200 waite of Farthings y l came last Satterday from M r Jay at
London and pay the monie to M r Aid. Manser."
" 8 th daie of Julie 1668. It is ordered that M r Townclerk doe wright to
M r Aid. Jay at London to send downe 400 weight of Farthings hither by the
first oportunity."
"23 rd day of September 1668. This day Edwyn Benslyn Vnderchamberlyn
of y 5 city brought in 5 U 6 s beinge y e remayne of the last 50 U in farthings which
was put into y e Hamp."
" 30 th day of Sepf. 1668. This day M r Maior pd 5 11 3" 4 d to M r Aid. Jay
for the charge of all Farthings sent from London which monie was pd out of
the 5 U 6 s pd by Edwyn Bensly into y e Hamp. y e 23 th of this Instant September."
' The third day of October 1668. That Edwin Bensly have twenty shillinges
for his paines in telling & paying away the ffarthings."
" 21th day of November 1668. That M r Bearing be sent to to get 100" of
farthings new stamped and that he goe to M r Jay for y e Stamp."
" 23 th day of 10 br 1668. That M r Townclarke doe write to M r Deeringe y
Post to send downe the quantity of Farthings formerly wrot for of p'fect copper
and noe difference or distinction whoever only wheras in y e former ther y e yeare
of our L d is 1667 in theise is to be 1668 and to be sent downe p'sently."
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We find no further entries till September, 1670. Norwich, like many other
places, appears to have fallen into considerable disgrace for having encroached
upon the royal prerogative in coining money; but, unlike some other cities,
escaped without a fine. The following entries shew the manner in which the
royal favour was obtained :
"The third day of September 1670.
" This day was reade a 1're from M r Dereinge solicitor to y e city direct to
M r Maior concerninge the order in Council about Farthings & M r Townclarke
is desired to answer the s d 1're by y e next post."
" Y 10 th daie of September 1670.
"That M r Townclarke doe draw a 1're to be sent to y e Right Ho ble y e L d
Townshend about y e order in Council concerninge Farthinges."
" The 14th day of September 1670.
" This day was read y e answer of y e Eight Ho ble the Lord Lieu* of NorfF.
to y e letter y 1 was sent to his LOP y e 12 th Instant about y e order of his Ma*y e
in Council concerninge farthinges and M r Townclerke is ordered to write to his
LOP by this post, to pray his LOP further assistance."
"Y'24thday of Sept. 1670.
" This day was read a 1're from y e Right Ho ble y e Lord Lieu 1 of NorfF.
direct to M r Maior to be comunicated to his Bretheren wherein his LOP signified
his Ma*y was graciously pleased to pardon this city for causeing Farthings to
be made and vended. And M r Towneclarke is ordered to drawe a 1're to be
subscribed by M r Maior and his Bretheren direct to his LOP acknowledginge
his LOP S great Fauor to y e City in presenting thier Petition to his Ma 1 ?."
The next entry, dated the same day, requests the Town Clerk to write to Sir
Robert Southwell, one of the Clerks of the Council, and return him the thanks of
the City for his great civilities and kindness concerning the pardon.
"The first day of October 1670.
" That M r Towneclerke doe write to M r Dereinge to give all possible dispatch
to y e Pardon about farthings and to give him the thankes of y e Court for his
care and diligence herein."
" Y e 12* day of October 1670.
" It is ordered that M r Town clerk doe draw a letter to the L d L* of NorfF. to
pray his LOP S advice concerninge the calleinge in of Farthinges."
The following entry shews how necessary these tokens were.
"The 26* day of Oct. 1670.
" It is ordered that M r Towne clarke wright to M r Bearing to weight upon
S r Robt Southwell to drawe a petition to be deliu'ed to the King in Councell
setting forth the absolute necessity of the continuing of the ffarthings put forth
by y e Citie till his Ma" 6 p'vide some publique remedy. And that when y e
petition be drawne M r Bearing weight vpon my Lord Townshend to desire him
to p'sent the same and that M r Townclerke wright to y e Lord Townshend about
y e same."
"Y e 3 d day of 10 1 "- 1670.
" That M r Townclerke doe write to M r Beringe by the next post y* care
will be taken suddainely to supply him with monie."
On the 9th of Becember we find the following entries in the Assembly Books,
the last relative to the issue of tokens ; those which follow only shewing the
manner in which the bulk was disposed of.
" M r Maior also delivered to the Clavors M r Thomas Safre his bond for 80 U
to be discharged of all offices."
" And the said 8C H is ordered to be paid to the Chamberlin and M r Beerings
65 U 7 s 6 d for the charge of passing his Mat ies pardon to this City vnder the Great
Scale of England for vending & exchangeing of farthings is to be paid out of
that mony & the residue thereof as the Court of Aldermen shall with the Assent
of this house order and appoint."
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" That this Assembly doth not countenance the passing of Norwich farthings
for the future.''
The Pardon itself is dated at Westminster the 8th November, 22nd Chas. II.
(1670), and recites that amongst other marks of majesty and the dignities and
prerogatives of empire, the right of striking and coining money was not of the
least importance, and that any exercising such right without grant or license
should be speedily punished, further recites that the mayors, sheriffs, aldermen,
and commonalty of the city of Norwich, not long since struck, or caused to be
struck and fabricated, certain " Obulos (Anglice halfe penney)," and also certain
" Quadrantes (Anglice farthings)," made of brass or copper, and ordered the same
to be put forth in divers payments by the subjects dwelling within the aforesaid
city, whereby the said city might not only have incurred the forfeiture of its
charters, liberties, and franchises, but also many and great penalties, and that
the mayors, sheriffs, aldermen, and commonalty of the said city were penitent,
and had caused all halfpennies and farthings to be called in. The operative
portion of the pardon then follows.
The following entries are the latest we have been able to find amongst the
municipal records relative to these farthings :
From the Assembly Book.
" 21 Sepf. 1672. It is agreed That whereas vpon the publishing of a comon
ffarthing by his Ma ties Proclamac'on the ffarthings called Norwich ffarthings are
no longer current. This Assembly takeing into consideration the honor of this
City doe assent that Proclamac'on be made in the open Market vpon Satterday
the 28 th of this instant September about 12 at noon that such persons as shall
bring in to the Assembly Chamber in the Guildhall of this City any of the
said ffarthings called Norwich ffarthings & pay the same to M r . Thomas Cock
Chamberlyn of this City or to Edwyn Benslyn Vnder Chamberlyn and have a
receipt under their or any of their hands for what sume they shall so pay every
p'son haveing such receipt shall receive silver for them as soon as possible the
Common Councel shall raise mony to that purpose and the tyme lymited for the
bringing in such farthings is from Monday the last of this instant September
by 8 in the morning to Satterday after being the 5th October next till 5 after-
noone. And that Ilichard Baylie one of M r . Maior's Officers be added to the
Chamberlyn and Vnderchamberlyn as an Asistant herein and they shall have
allowed, amongst them 2 d p' pound for their diligence and paines therein and
keeping the Accounts exact and faire written and they are to acquaint M r . Maior
and the Court when they have rec d . to the value of 200 11 and that not above the
value of 300" shall be received.
From the Mayoralty Court Book.
" Y e 25 th day of September 1672.
" It is ordered that Ilichard Bayliffe, one of the Maiors officers at the mace
doe publish the Act of Assembly for the takeinge in of Farthings at the tyme
mentioned in the sayd act and this to be done vpon Satterday next at y e market
crosse betweene the howres of 11 & 12 in the foornoone."
" The 28 th day of 7 hr 1672.
"It is ordered that M r Chamberlyn & his asistants doe in y e exchange of
Farthings not exceed 5 U in silver nor take above 12 d in farthings of any one
person."
From the Assembly Book.
"11 th Oct., 1672.
"The making the best advantage of the Copper of the Norwich ffarthings is
referred to the dispose of the Court of Maioralty."
From the Mayoralty Court Book.
" 28 9 br 72.
" M r Jo Melchinr promised to give ll d a pound for such Norwich Farthings
as ara wholy copper & 1 O d a pound for such as are mist mettall & y e chamberlyn
& Edwyn Benslyn are to see them wayed vp & deliured to him to-morrow and
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to give an account thereof y e next court day. And he is trusted to give an ace*
what quantity are whole copper & w* not."
" Y e 4 th day of 10 br 1672.
"Upon a Report by y e Chamberlyn that he & Edwyn Benslyn had wayed
vp & delivered to M r John Melchior accordinge to y e above mentioned agreem 1
tenn hundred a quarter & twenty pounds of Norwich Farthings at eleven pence
p' pounde the s d agrem 1 is confirmed by y Court."
"Y 7 th day of 10 br 1672.
" M r Towne clarke is ordered \o write to M r Francis Tyler y e next post con-
cerninge y e Bargaine formerly made with M r Eamage* by M r Jay about y e
Norwich Farthings and p'ticularly w* agreem* was made in case y e farthings
made by him should be retorned w* he should allow by y e pound for y e mettall."
Y e 8 th day of January 1672.
" It is agreed that M r Melchior shall have y e mixt mettall of y e Farthings
at 9 d p' pound & y e whole mettall at ll d p' pound and that y e odd money being
7 s 8 d be given him towards his charges of separatinge them so y* he is to pay
but 48 U ."
Y* 18 th day of Jan? 1672.
" Also that the Clavors doe receive of M r Chamberlyn M' Melchiors 48 U 10
for y e farthings And that the Clavors to pay vnto y e Chamberlyn 153 U 8 9 10 d q to
satisfy such p'sons as brought in Norwiche Farthinges vpon y e order of y e
Comon council & also 25 s 6 d being allowed by Act of Asembly for their paynes
y* received y e s d Farthings And y* the s d 153 U 8 8 10 d q be forthwith p d to
such p'sons as brought in thier farthings."
The late Mr. Wodderspoon, to whose paper on the Norwich Traders' and City
Tokens issued in the Seventeenth Century we are much indebted, was in error
when he stated that Melchior was " a Jew dealer in metals 1 " On the contrary,
the Melchior family were Christian, and appear to have been of considerable
respectability. They resided in St. John Maddermarket and St. Stephen ; in the
churches of which parishes will be found inscriptions to various members of the
family. In the former parish, if not in the latter, they appear to have taken an
interest in parish matters, having filled on more than one occasion the office of
churchwarden.
219. 0. A NORWICH FARTHING 1667 (As No. 215.)
R. CAROLTJS A CAROLO Bust of Charles II.
This piece, of which only one specimen is known, is in pewter, and has been
considered by several eminent numismatists to be one of the numerous patterns
struck before the issue of the royal farthings in 1672. The late Mr. Burn, the
author of the catalogue of the Beaufoy Collection, in the possession of the
Corporation of London, considered it to be that of Elias Palmer, who submitted
his pattern shortly after 1665. The reverse, though similar to the obverse of the
regal farthing, is not the same, but somewhat ruder in execution.
In concluding these notes on the Norwich corporate tokens, it may be stated
that some years since two leaden pieces were found in the river Thames ; both
have the Norwich Arms on the obverse. One has a portcullis crowned on the
reverse, the other has letters, but they are illegible. See Norfolk Archceology,
vol. iii., page 190. Probably they belonged to the earlier leaden series of
tradesmen's tokens ; if so they are, we believe, the only specimens of that
series which can be positively appropriated to Norfolk.
* In the Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1661, is the following reference to Ramage.
1660, | Petition Sir Wm. Parkhurst & Sir Anthony St. Leger, Wardens of the Mint. That sundry
Nov. ) coining tools made for money trials, which failed, hy David Ramadge and now in his hands,
and others made by Peter Blundel (Blondeau) a Frenchman, who had a license from Cromwell
to make such instruments, may he seized and brought into ihe Mint before making the new
moneys, as they afford facilities for coining, which has lately been practised more than ever
s2
222 EASTERN COUNTIES
NOEWICH AND THE SPANISH AEMADA.
THERE are some entries in the Norwich. Assembly Books showing the
contributions of the city towards the force necessary for repelling the
threatened naval attack by Spain upon the British Isles. Queen
Elizabeth had called upon her lieutenants of counties to set before
the gentlemen under their lieutenancy "the instant extraordinary
occasion" for a larger proportion of horsemen and footmen than had
been certified; "considering these great preparations and arrogant
threatenings now burst out in action upon the seas, tending to a
conquest wherein every man's particular state is in the highest degree
to be touched, in respect of country, liberty, wife, lands, life, and that
which specially is to be regarded, for the possession of the true
and sincere religion of Christ."
On the 20th June, 1588, the Norwich Assembly considering it to
be most "necessary that the town of Yarmouth " should be " fortified
with all expedition, to withstand the great invasion pretended by
foreign enemies," granted "a benevolence of one hundred pounds"
towards the work. But, owing no doubt to the letter of the Queen
above cited, the city had to take other steps, as we find from the
following entry in the Assembly Books.
"15th August, 30th Eliz.
"A letter having been received from Sir Edw. Clere,
Sir Wm. Heydon, and Sir John Peyton, Knights, Deputy Lieutenants
for the County of Norfolk, ordering that the city shall find three
hundred soldiers for the defence of Yarmouth ; It is ordered at this
Assembly that 300 men be provided each with a coat and arms, and be
paid vj s viij d to be ready by Saturday next so as to be at Yarmouth on
Monday. A general taxation to be made throughout the city to pay
the expenses. Mr. Tytus Norris to pay the men as they shall need it
at Yarmouth, and to have the care both of the arms and powder.
Every soldier to deliver back his cote and arms."
On the 2 1 st of September, when the Armada had been scattered by
Drake and stormy weather, and when all fear of a hostile foot treading
upon English soil had passed away, we find the Norwich Assembly
appointing "four persons to ascertain the cost of the 300 men who
were sent to Yarmouth, and the Bayes and Stuff which was provided
for five hundred men's coats and do still remain, and to certify the
same at the next Assembly, to the end that taxation may be made
accordingly. At the same Assembly the following ordinance was
passed :
" Whereas there was lately a great fleet and navy prepared by the
King of Spain, the Pope, and sundry other enemies of God's true
Religion (the like whereof was never known upon these seas) who
intended an invasion and utter overthrow and spoil of this Realm.
But by the mercyfulness of Almighty God some of them were spoiled
by Her Majesty's fleet, and the residue chased out of this realm and
seas, Whereof also many and sundry in their flight and return by the
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providence and great favour of God be spoiled and sunk by Rocks,
Sands, and otherwise, for which so miraculous and wonderful de-
liverance this Realm and all the people are bound to give God
perpetual thanks. And among the rest Mr. Mayor and his Brethren
the Aldermen and the Commons of the same city, not unmindful of
so great a benefit, have thought good to appoint a general day of
thanksgiving for the same deliverance. This day therefore it is
ordained and enacted by the Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, and Common
Council of this City of Norwich, that on Thursday next, being the
26th day of this instant September, a general assembly of all the
people in this city shall be made at such place as shall be appointed
by Mr. Mayor, to give God thanks for so merciful deliverance ; and
that all shops shall for the time be shut up, and men to cease from
their labor and work, and also that from henceforth yearly on the
xxvj 111 day of September all the citizens and inhabitants of this city
shall assemble themselves in some public place to be appointed by
the Mayor of this city for the time being, and that there shall be
preaching and thanksgiving for so gracious deliverance, and that all
shops be shut up, and laborers and work to cease for the time of the
same exercise."
Norwich. M. KNIGHTS.
WHITLINGHAM CHURCH.
THEEE was found, in clearing out the ruined church at Whitlingham
near Norwich, some few years since, a thin circular copper plate of
4 inches diameter, which appears to have been a boss or ornament
of the binding of a book. The centre ornament, a flower, is partly
knocked up and partly engraved, and round the margin, in Tudor
capitals, date c. 1520, is this inscription
NVL . BIEN . SANS . POYNE . 0V . FAVEVR ....
It is in the possession of Mr. Lloyd of Norwich, mason, by whom it
was discovered.
BLOMEFIELD'S RESIDENCE AT FERSFIELD.
IN Murray's Handbook of the Eastern Counties it is stated under Fersfield
that the old rectory in which Blomefield lived is now humbly tenanted.
This is certainly a mistake, for it is still the rectory, and I remember
when the Rev. G. Darby entertained the Archaeological Society at
luncheon, he told us that we were in the very room in which the
History of Norfolk was printed. E. FEASER.
[No doubt the Handbook confuses the rectory with the house in
which Blomefield was born. ED. E. 0. 0.]
224 EASTERN COUNTIES
NOEWICH COEPOBATION PLATE, pp. 154-158.
THE following notice of a motion for the sale of Corporation plate
and estates is copied from the original in the handwriting of P. J.
Money, in my possession. F. JACKSON.
" I give notice that I shall move, at the next Quarterly Meeting of
the Council, on the 9th of February, that the Plate, Maces, two Gold
Chains, and such other moveables as may be dispensed with, be sold ;
and that such a portion of the Estates also be sold (upon the plan
adopted by the Borough of Great Yarmouth) as will be necessary to
liquidate the Debts left by the late Corporation, and provide for the
Compensations to the late officers discharged under the Municipal Act
or otherwise.
"Norwich, Feb. 18, 1836. "P. J. MONEY."
" The Town Clerk."
QUIT CLAIM OF JOHN WEIGHT OF ELSENHAM,
co. ESSEX, 1557.
BE yt knowen By thes p'sentes that I John whryght of Elsenh'm in the
County of Essex fanwryght haue remyssed released and for me & myn
heyres and assignes do quyte clayme for Eu' vnto lohn Harlow &
Eychard BedweLL of Stortford in the County of hertford of all & all
man' of accion's as welle realles as <psonaU.es suts quarrells dettes
Execucion's rykenyngs & demands the w ch the said lohn wryght
hathe had haue or in tyme Comyng myght or owht to haue of & for
the goodes Cattells & dettes of agnes Cowley wyddow late of stortford
deceasse by what mater or Coler so Eu' yt be Agenste the said John
Harlow & Eichard Bedewell from the Beginnyng of the wold vntyll
the daye of the date Hereof I the said John wryght my heyres
execute's & assiges therof do Clerely acquyte & dyschard the said John
Harlow & Eychard Bewdewell ther execute's & assiges for eu' By thes
p'sentes In wytnes wherof I the said John wryght haue sett my Hand
& Seal dated the xxiij daye of November in the fowerthe & fyveth
yeres of the rayges of o r sou'aine Lord & Lady Kyng phillippe &
quene mary by the grace of god of Englend spaine fraunce bothe
Cycills Jerusalem & Ireland defende's of the fayth archdukes of
austrice dukes of Burgundy myllaine & Brabaunt Countes of Hauspirge
flaunders & tyrolle.
Sealed & delyu' inthe p'sence of wyll'm
Barnard Eobt goldyng & wyll'm wryght
of stortford w to other.
From the original in the possession of the Rev. T. P. Wadley of
North Littleton.
COLLECTANEA. 225
WAKBANT TO WHIP EGBERT MAESHAM, 1799.
NORFOLK. To the petty Constables of Eanworth )
in the said County to execute and obey. )
WHEREAS Thomas Palmer of Woodbastwick in the said County
Gardener Did make complaint upon Oath before me one of his
Majesty's Justices of the peace for the said County that he had in the
month of December last past his Garden situate in the parish of
Panxworth in the said County robbed of seventeen Gooseberry Bushes
growing therein his property And that he had just cause to suspect
& did suspect Eobert Marsham of Panxworth aforesaid Labourer did
Dig pull up take and carry away the said Gooseberry bushes the same
having been found in his custody And whereas the said Eobert
Marsham is duly convicted of the said offence and is ordered to pay
the sum of Twelve shillings to the said Thomas Palmer as a recom-
pence for damages And whereas the said Eobert Marsham hath
refused to pay the said sum of twelve shillings ordered by me as a
satisfaction for damages I do therefore hereby command you the said
Constables forthwith to receive the said Eobert Marsham into your
Custody and to strip him naked from the middle upwards and whip
him till his Body be bloody Given under my hand and seal this 9 th
day of May 1799.
Eob* ( Seal ) Harvey.
MANOE OF BEOCKDISH HALL, NOEFOLK.
MR. CHARLES GOLDING, of 16, Blomfield Terrace, Upper Westbourne
Terrace, W., sends an original grant, dated 4th August, 27th Henry
YIIL, of the Manor of Brokdishe Hall in Burston and adjacent towns ;
from John Turner, Guthlac Overton, Francis Quarles, and John
Overton, to Eobert Damme and Isabella his wife, for the terms of their
lives and the life of the longer liver: with remainders over to Eobert
Browne, sen., of Walcot, Esq., Eobert Browne, jun., John Browne,
Edward Browne, and others. Of the four grantors only one, Guthlac
Overton, signs his name.
THE HOLY EOOD OF BEOMHOLM.
A CONVENT of nuns in Yorkshire, who have a large piece of the Cross
of our Lord set in silver in the shape of a Jerusalem cross, desire to
trace its history. A member of the family of Paston was at one time
Superioress of this convent. Now the Pastons were intimately con-
nected with the Priory of Bromholm, and lived in the next parish ;
and it does not seem improbable that at the Dissolution the celebrated
relic of the True Cross, for which Bromholm was famous, may have
come into the possession of the Paston family.
226 EASTERN COUNTIES
CHANCEL SCEEEN AT BINHAM, NORFOLK.
THE late Mr. Harrod, in his Castles and Convents of Norfolk, says of
the rood-screen at Binham, Norfolk, that at the Reformation it was
"painted over with white, and covered with texts of Scripture in a
large black letter. Portions of the heads and drapery of the saints
originally painted on the panels appear here and there ; and in one
place a female hand, holding a fragment of a wheel, indicates the
position of St. Katherine. On another panel, the figure of Henry the
Sixth, who, although never canonized, appears on many of our screens as a
saint, may be made out." I would observe that the figure of King
Henry does not appear, on this screen at least, as a saint, inasmuch as
it has no nimbus. Both St. Catherine and King Henry VI. are on
the south side of the screen. I fancy I also detected St. Christopher,
but if so I never remember to have found him on a screen before. On
the north side are three panels with three figures on each. Here are
St. Agnes, with lamb, book, and sword ; St. Appolonia, St. Sithe,
veiled, a rosary at her side ; and St. Sebastian ; besides one or two
others I could not identify. A.
PAEISH EEGISTEE, NOETON SUBCOESE, NOEFOLK.
THE first Eegister book of Norton Subcorse consists of thirty-four
parchment leaves (10 X 6J) not paged; two whereof are mutilated.
One side of the original cover has been preserved, and the book has
been recently, say within twenty years, bound in red cloth.
It commences with "Anno D 1 1560 Baptizationes. Thomas Chichele
baptizabatur vicesimo sexto die Martij."
The first entry of a marriage is, " Anno D 1 1560 Franciscus Crowe
et loanna Manclarke nupti fuere tricesimo die Septembris."
The first, entry of a burial is, "Anno D' 1560 Margareta Osborne
sepeliebatur octavo die Octobris."
I counted the baptisms from 1560 to 1596, a period of 37 years,
and they range from 4 to 13, numbering altogether 247, giving an
annual average of 6 - 7.
DOOE INSCEIPTION, WYHONDHAM.
SOME years ago I remember reading a Latin inscription carved over a
door of a house in Wymondham, the exact words of which have
escaped me, but their meaning was, " My servant shall not be a
dormouse nor my guest a swallow." Does this inscription remain,
and what are its precise words ? B. ~W. I.
POETEAITS OF DE. SAYEES, p. 175.
THE portrait by Opie has been for many years in the possession of
the Amyot family, H. Amyot, Esq., of Newcastle being its present
owner. The Misses Worth of Blofield have also a portrait of Frank
Sayers when a child.
COLLECTANEA. 227
CHUECH HEEALDEY. DEANEEY OF EEDENHALL.
No. IV.
DICKLEBUEGH.
Mural Monuments in the Chancel.
I. On a monument to Dame Frances Playters. For the inscription,
and the arms as they were in his time, see Blomefield, i. 198.
At the top the arms of Playters, of which nothing can be seen now
except the baronets' badge, impaling Le Grys, viz., Quarterly azure
and gules, on a bend argent three boars passant sable. Crests : a
lion rampant argent, for Playters ; and a boar passant sable, for Le
Grys.
II. Under the inscription, on the dexter side, Quarterly of eleven.*
1 and 1 1 . Bendy wavy of six argent and azure, in a canton
the baronets' badge. Playters.
2. Argent, a chevron sable between three estoiles gules.
Dennis.
3. Vert, a lion rampant argent. Bridgenorth.
4. f Sable, a chevron ermine between three Katharine-
wheels argent. Aslack.
5. Argent, a chevron between three horse's heads couped
sable ; (bears heads ? for Berry.}
6. f Sable, a fesse between two chevrons or. Baynard.
7. Or, on a fesse sable two crowns of the field.
8. Azure, three cinquefoils or. Bardolph.
9. Ermine, on a chief gules three lozenges or.
10. Argent, on a chevron gules three fleur-de-lis or. Charier.
III. On the sinister side, for Le Grys, Quarterly of 1 6. J
1, 2. Effaced.
3. On a chevron three leaves. (Sable, on a chevron argent
three holly leaves vert, Blomefield ; but query whether
they should not be three escallops sable, for Kinge.}
4, 5, 6. Effaced.
7. (Nearly effaced) Azure, a fesse indented between three
birds or. Scogan.
8. A chevron, almost effaced.
9. Chequy or and gules. (Ermine, a cross chequy or and
gules, Blomefield.}
10. Effaced.
1 1 . Argent, two chevrons gules. Singleton ?
12. A fesse between two chevrons. Baynard?
* For Playters' quarterings, see Blomefield, x. 139.
f- In each of these cases the tincture of the field, which I have supplied from Blome-
field, is gone ; and the Katharine-wheels in No. 4 can hardly be made out.
% See Blomefield for a full description of this shield, which wants a careful resto-
ration.
228 EASTERN COUNTIES
13. Vert, three lozenge buckles or.
14. Or, a raven proper.
15. Argent, a cross sable.
1 6. Barry of ten gules and argent (azure ?) a canton
ermine.
IV. Argent, a cross azure pierced of the field between four quatre-
foils gules, in the centre a mill-rind of the second ; impaling Azure,
on a bend argent between two lions passant or, three leopard's faces
gules. For Henry Whichcote Turner, Captain in the 1 st Regiment of
Foot, tenth son of Lieut.-Gen. Charles Turner and Harriet daughter
of the Very Rev. George Stevenson, LL.D., Dean of Kilfenora, born
24 September 1829, died 1 March 1856 at Kanara in the Crimea,
buried in the graveyard of the Highland Division. Monument erected
by the officers of his regiment.
Slab in the Chancel Floor.
V. A bend between two cotises engrailed, a mullet for difference ;
impaling a lion rampant. For Maria daughter of William Pal grave
of Pulham, wife of John Whitfield, D.D., Rector, and late Fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge ; she died 21 July 1730, in her 23rd year ;
he died 16 October 1731, in his 50th year. For the long and interesting
Latin inscription, see Blomefield. Whitfield, Argent, a bend between
two cotises engrailed sable ; Palgrave, Azure, a lion rampant argent ;
(Papworth's Ordinary.}
Mural Monument, North Aisle of Nave.
VI. Argent, a bend between six storks sable ; in pretence Per
chevron or and azure, two fleurs-de-lis in chief gules, five lozenges in
fesse of the first, each charged with an escallop of the third. Crest :
a stork sable. For Nicholas Starkie, Esq , only son of Thomas Starkie
of Frenchwood, Lancashire, Esq., who died 10 May 1797, aged 29.
VII. The same on a hatchment above the monument.
Mural Monument, South Aisle.
VEIL Azure, two bars erminois, a bend counter compony of the
second and gules ; impaling, Argent, a cross engrailed gules between
four roses of the second seeded or, barbed vert. Crest : a bear statant
proper, collared and chained argent, charged on the shoulder with a
besant. For George Lee, Esq., of this parish, who died 4 May 1828,
in his 68th year.
IX. The same, on a hatchment above the monument.
Over the Tower Arch.
X. The arms of Charles II., with C. R.
On the front of the South Porch.
XL Three crowns. For the Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's ?
COLLECTANEA. 229
BILLINGFOKD.
Mural Monument in the Chancel.
I. On a bend three boars passant ; impaling Quarterly, 1 and 4,
A fesse ermine between two chevrons ; 2 and 3, Three lozenge buckles.
Crest : a boar passant. For Christopher Le Grys, Esq., " sometimes
Lord and Patron of this Church," who married Margaret, daughter
and heir to Thomas Whipple of Dickleborough in Norfolk gent, and
Elizabeth his wife daughter and co-heir to John Garningham of
Belton in Suffolk Esq. He died 19 October 1601, in the 23rd year of
his age. The inscription on this monument, which is not noticed by
Blomefield, is almost verbatim the same as that which he gives from
a brass plate (vol. v., p. 321), except that it ends with the words "Sic
nomen ipsius perijt." (Quarterly azure and or [another, gules and
azure], on a bend argent three boars passant sable. Crest : a boar
passant sable. Le Grys. Azure, a fesse ermine between two chevrons
argent. Whirple [sic] Dickleborough, Norfolk. Argent, three lozenge
buckles gules. Germingham, Suffolk. Papworth's Ordinary.']
Chancel Windoics.
II. Azure, a fesse or between three besants. (De la Pole ? Azure,
a fesse between three leopard's faces or.)
III. A fragment of the arms of Valence, viz., Barry of ten argent
and azure, an orle of martlets gules.
Nave Window.
IV. Argent, a cross gules. St. George.
On the Font.
V. A cross. St. George ?
VI. A crown, pierced by two arrows in saltire. St. Edmund.
VII. A chevron and a chief.
Over the Chancel Arch.
VIII. Arms of Charles II., with the motto Semper Eadem.
DENTON.
East Window.
I. The Royal Arms, viz., France modern and England quarterly,
within the garter and crowned, the crown showing five arches.
II. The Eoyal Arms in a large shield without garter or crown,
viz., Quarterly ; (i.) and (iv.) counter quartered, 1 and 4 France modern,
2 and 3 England; (ii.) Scotland; (iii.) Ireland.
III. Fragments of a large shield of the Royal Arms ; viz., the
leopards of England, the lion of Scotland, and a royal crown, with
the crest, a lion passant gardant.
IV. Arms of the Duke of Norfolk -within the garter, viz.,
Quarterly, 1 Hoicard with the augmentation for Flodden, 2 Brotherton,
3 Warren, 4 Motcbray.
230 EASTERN COUNTIES
V. Arms of the City of Norwich, viz., Gules, a castle triple-
towered argent, in base n lion passant gardant or.
VI. Arms of the Goldsmiths' company of London, dated A" 1583,
and answering in character to those of the City of Norwich, viz.,
Quarterly azure and gules, in the first and fourth a covered cup
between two lozenge buckles in fesse or ; in the second and third
a leopard's head of the last.
VII. Arms of the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury (the pall
charged with five crosses pate*e) impaling Argent, three Cornish choughs
proper. For Thomas Becket, 1162 1170.
VIII. The same, impaling Quarterly gules and ermine, in the
first and fourth a goat's head erased argent. For John Morton,
died 1500.
IX. The same, impaling Gules a fesse or, in chief a goat's head
erased argent, in base three escallops of the third. For William
Warham, 15041532.
X. The same, (the pall charged with four crosses patee fitchy)
impaling Gules, on a chevron between three keys erect argent, as many
estoiles of the field. For Matthew Parker 1559 1575.
XI. Arms of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, viz., Quarterly
of four grand quarterings ; (i.) and (iv.), Barry of ten argent and azure,
a lion rampant or, for Brandon; (ii.) and (iii.) Quarterly; 1 and 4, Azure,
a cross moline or, for Bruyne ; 2 and 3, Lozengy gules and ermine,
for Rokeley.* The whole within the garter and ensigned with a ducal
coronet.
XII. Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or.
XIII. Gules, a cross flory argent (Quittivell, Norfolk?), impaling
Azure, a fesse paly of six gules and vert between three owls argent,
for Harwardj Norfolk. (Papworth's Ordinary.'}
XIV. Or, three chevrons gules. Clare ?
XV. The same.
XVI. (Placed above the two last shields, but query whether be-
longing to them ?) Crest : on a helmet a demi-griifin rampant or, in
the dexter paw a croslet fitchy argent.
XVII. Verfc, a maunch argent, impaling Gules, a cross argent
between four plates. Inscription ; Willielmus Banister de Com.
Somerset Arinig. Elizabetha filia & hseres Philippi de Wellesleigh
com. Somerset.
XVIII. Argent, a lion rampant gules debmised by a bend raguly
or (Steward] ; impaling azure, on a bend wavy or within a bordure
engrailed argent three birds sable, Head. (Papworth's Ordinary.}
XIX. Quarterly of six
1. Gules, on a saltire argent an annulet sable. Nevill.
2. Or, a fret gules, on a canton argent a bugle sable.
Net-ill. (Papworth's Ordinary; where the canton
is blazoned as ermine. .)
* See Herald and Genealogist, vol. iv., p. 219,
COLLECTANKA. 231
3. Sable, a chief indented or.
4. Quarterly or and gules, a bend sable. Beauchamp ?
5. Gules, a fesse between six croslets or. Beauchamp.
6. Argent, a fesse between three martlets in chief and
a chevron in base, all sable.*
Crest : a griffin passant or. Motto : Ne vile velis.
Date, 1697.
XX. Sable, a chevron ermine between three lion's heads erased
argent, a chief or, (Peeres) impaling Sable, a lion passant gardant or ;
on a chief argent two pallets gules between a trefoil slipt vert and a
fleur-de-lis of the field, the dexter pallet charged with a man's head
couped at the shoulders proper, wreathed of the fifth, the sinister
bearing a martlet argent. Crest : an eagle's head proper, seme'e of
besants and collared or. Date, 1701. The shield, helmet, &c., are of
the same character as those of Nevill.
XXI. Azure, a lion rampant argent. Crest : a lion's head erased
or.
XXII. Ermine, a cross engrailed gules. Northwood? This coat
occurs four times in the window.
XXIII. Argent, a bend engrailed sable, in a canton the baronets'
badge ; impaling Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed
argent. For " Baronett Kadcliffe & Grave."
XXIV. Quarterly of eleven.
1. Azure, f on a bend argent three boars passant sable.
Le Grys.
2. Gules, a fesse argent, in chief three crescents of the
second. Waxham.
3. Sable, on a chevron argent three escallops of the
field. Kinge.
4. Barry of ten argent and azure, a canton gules. Hales.
5. Argent, three mullets in bend sable between two
bendlets engrailed gules.
6. Sable, two lions passant gardant in pale argent.
Le Strange ?
7. Quarterly or and azure. Bormigh.
8. Azure, a fesse dancette between three birds or.
Scoff an.
9. Ermine, a cross chequy or and gules.
10. Sable, a chevron between three roses argent.
11. Argent, three chevrons gules, a crescent for differ-
ence. Singleton.
Impaling Quarterly of four.
* Blomefield describes the charges as azure ; and this coat is given in Papworth's
Ordinary to -Dy, of Essex.
f Qy. Quarterly azure and gules F
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1. Gules, a bend cotised between six croslets fitchy
argent. Manfeld*
2, Azure, three round buckles or. Rosceline ?
3 and 4 are missing.
For "C. Le Grys & Manfylde," 1567.
XXV. Argent, a chevron between three eagles' heads erased sable.
XXVI. Vert, fretty or, a mullet for difference. Crest : out of a
ducal coronet an eagle's head sable charged with a besant, between
two wings or. Whitmore ?
XXVII. Gules, a chevron engrailed ermine between three garbs
or (Hill, co. Somerset. Papworth's Ordinary}, impaling Argent, a
bend between two water bougets sable. (Lackey ? Papworth's Or-
dinary.} Crest: on a knight's helmet a dove with an olive branch in
its beak proper. Motto : Pace Plenitudo.f
In a North Window of the Chancel.
XXVIII. The arms of Bouverie, viz., Quarterly, 1 and 4 Per fesse
or and argent, an eagle with two heads displayed sable; on the breast
an escutcheon gules charged with a bend vaire ; 2 and 3, As the escut-
cheon just mentioned. Motto : Patria cara, carior libertas. For the
Venerable William Arundell Bouverie, B.D., Rector 1839 of Denton,
Honorary Canon of Norwich 1847, Archdeacon of Norfolk, 1850
1869, formerly FeUow of Merton College, Oxford.
Carved on the Altar -rail.
XXX. The first quarter of the arms of Bouverie, as given above.
XXXI. The arms of the See of Canterbury ensigned with the
mitre.
XXXII. Or, three chevrons per pale one gules and azure between
two azure and gules, ensigned with a mitre. For Walter de Merton,
Bishop of Rochester, and Founder of Merton College, Oxford.^
Mural Monuments in the Chancel.
XXXIII. Argent, a fret sable, impaling Azure, three escallops or.
Crest : a griffin's head charged with a fesse bearing a fret. For
George Sandby, D.D., 56 years Rector ; Chancellor of the Diocese ;
formerly Fellow of Merton College, Oxford; Master of Magdalen
College, Cambridge, 1760 1774 ; died 24 March 1807, aged 90 years
and 10 months: and Mary his wife, who died 3 February 1797,
aged 67.
* This is not the coat which Blomefield (iv. 480) gives for Manfeld, viz., Or, two
bars sable, on the first a wyvern argent ; but it is one of the coats given to Manfeld
in Glover's Ordinary, except that he blazons the croslets or,
t The shield, mantling, &c., is of much the same character as that of Banister, co.
Somerset, No. XVII. supra.
^ For the provision by which the Archbishop of Canterbury is bound to present to
this Living a Fellow or former Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, see Blomefield,
v. 412.
COLLECTANEA. 233
XXXIV. Per chevron or and gules, three mullets pierced counter-
changed, impaling Sandby as above. For Catharine, wife of John
Day of Norwich, and daughter of Q-eorge Sandby, who died 29 July
1789, aged 25. The inscription is Latin, as are the two following.
XXXV. Azure, a fesse between a fleur-de-lis in chief and a mullet
in base or, impaling Per pale argent and sable, a chevron between
three talbots passant counterchanged ; on a chief gules as many
leopard's faces or. Crest : a hand fesse-wise proper holding a fleur-
de-lis or. For Robert Eogerson, M.A., born 14 June 1627, Eector
1660 1714; and Barbara his wife, daughter of William Gooch of
Mettingham, Suffolk, Esq. "Denatse A Partus Virginei 1637, Materni
1684."*
XXXVI. Argent, a bugle horn sable stringed gules between a bar
dancette in chief and a chevron in base of the third ; impaling
Rogerson as above. Crest of Eogerson. For Matthew Postlethwayte,
M.A., Eector, also Archdeacon of Norwich and Eector of Eedenhall,
who died 27 June 1745.
East Window of North Aisle.
XXXVII. Sandby, as above. "To the honour of God and the
memory of her beloved parents this window is dedicated by Maria
Sandby, A.D. 1855."
GUNS FIEED AT SPITHEAD HEAED NEAE WISBECH.
MR. JUSTIN SIMPSON 'sends the annexed cutting from a newspaper:
A correspondent at Tydd St. Mary, near Wisbech, writes as
follows: "Some of the readers of the Mercury may perhaps be
interested in knowing that the noise of the guns which were fired at
the naval review at Spithead on Monday, 30th June, wq,s distinctly
heard here from 3.15 to 3.45 p.m. I was sitting in a meadow reading
when I heard the deep thud of heavy guns in a south south-westerly
direction, and as the noise continued I mustered all my friends
available at the time (5), and we came to the unanimous conclusion
that they could be none other than the guns at the review, thus giving
one some idea of the awful powers of modern implements of warfare,
which can make themselves heard at a distance of 150 miles as the
crow flies."
BUILDING OF CATFIELD CHANCEL, NOEFOLK.
IN the first register of Catfield Church I find the following memoranda
in the writing of Anthony Harrison, Eector there in the seventeenth
century, 16091638:
* I suppose these to be the dates of her birth and death ; but I do not quite see hoAv
to get that meaning out of the words.
T 2
234 EASTERN COUNTIES
" Johannes Walters clericus quondam Rector ecclesise parochialis de
Catfielde Cancellam eiusdem ecclesise sumptibus suis proprijs de novo
fabricari fecit ante obitu' scilicet Anno domini 1471 obijt vero in festo
sancti Thomse Apostoli videlicet 21 die Decembris Anno domini 1478."
" In eadem cancella sepultus est prope marmoreu' in latere australi
erect ibm' A.H."
" John "Walters clerke, parson of Catfeeld whoe new built y e chancell
A 1471 lyeth buried in y e saide chancell at y e vpper east end toward
y e south syde nere y e greate marble grave stone removed from y* grave
and sett up in y e south east corner of y e chancell for preservation of
the Brazen inscription which begun to be defaced with feete trampling
as other graves are. Ita tester. Anthonie Harisson Rector."
I regret to have to add that the worthy Rector's endeavour to
preserve the brazen inscription has been frustrated by some dishonest
person having stolen it.
BELL INSCRIPTIONS, RATTLESDEN CHURCH, SUFFOLK.
1, 2. Tho Gardiner Sudbury Fecit 1754.
3. Robart Bumstead lohn Drake Church Wardens 1754.
4. Tho Gardiner did us cast
Wee will sound his praise to the last.
5. Henry Westley John Jewers Churchwardens T. Osborn Fecit
1789.
F. FORD.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, GEIST CHURCH, NORFOLK.
In the Nave.
1 . In memory of RICE WICKES late of Bliekling who departed this
life the 12 th of Febr y 1770 Aged 64 years.
2. In memory of ELIZAS the beloved wife of WILLIAM WICKES
who died the 1 st of November 1747 Aged 70 years. And under this
seat is interr'd WILLIAM WICKES He died the 2 d of Septemb' 1761 In
the 87 th year of his age.
4. Under this Seat is interr'd ELIZ TH the Daughter of WILL" &
ABIGAIL WICKES She died the 5 th of DecemV 1756 Aged 21 Years.
And under this stone Four Children following viz. WILLM He died
July y e 1 st 1739 Aged 2 years. RICE died y e 26 th of Octob r 1739 Aged
1 year. DOROTHY she died April 10 th 1747 Aged 10 Months. MARY
died y e 16 th of Decemb r 1755 Aged 4 years.
5. Here lieth BOTELY-RICE WICKES the son of WILLIAM and ABIGAIL
WICKES of the City of NORWICH who was born October the 23 rd and
died November the 21 st 1736.
COLLECTANEA. 235
In the Chancel.
Here Lyeth y e Body of EICE WICKES he Dyed y e 30 of Dec 1 700
Aged 76 yeares. He gave to this towne a hearse cloath. DOROTHY
y e Wife of RICE WICKES Died y c 22 of Dec. 1 703 Aged 71 yeares.
Heerr lyeth the body of ROBERT WYGETT Gent who departed this
life the 16 th day of March 1697 in the 65 th yeare of his Age. Also
DOROTHY his Wife she departed this Life Aug. y e 26 1722 Aged 69
years.
Rice Wiggett Arm. 1749.
I copied the above inscriptions in July, 1863, from flat stones in
Geist church, and cannot now remember whether there were any others,
but the above are all I find in my note book.
LETTERS FROM THOMAS TANNER TO PETER LE NEVE.
Sir,
According to your order I have sent you 3 Saxon Heptateuchs
by Matthew's Waggon that lodges at y e Oxford Arms in Warwick
lane they are (by reason of y e goodness of the Paper) to cost 3" each,
but you may let the money alone 'till I send you one of Catalogues
of MSS. I thank you for your care about my L d Bridgewater's MSS,
but the account that was sent you by M r Pierce is not particular
enough, so that I believe it would be a disparagm' to that Noble
Lord's collection to print it. I should be glad to know the name of
his L d ship's seat in Buckinghamshire, for in the Summer time I intend
to take a journey thither, and hope upon your recommendation of me
to my Lord, that I may have the favour to peruse them. I have heard
nothing of my Lord Kents MSS.
The view of the present state of Ireland (1584) w ch you have I
presume was wrote by y e famous Poet Edm. Spencer, see the last
Edition of his works wherein 'tis printed.
I am
(in g 1 haste)
All- Souls Oxon Your most affectionate Friend
Jan 18, 97. and most humble Servant ,
Thorn. Tanner.
It is addressed To M r Le Neve at
The Herald's Office
in
London.
Le Neve has endorsed the letter with a precis of its contents, also
the following memorandum.
Ask Tanner whether he hath ever light of the account of the book
Weaver speaks of called Botoner herald to S r Jo Fastolf his pedigrees
of the Norff and Suff gentry and to see whether it is not in a corner
of my Lord Bridgewaters library.
q re the quotation in Weaver.
236 EASTERN COUNTIES
Norwich Nov 18. 1713.
Sir
I thought to have brought home these books to Witchingham,
my self, but by one accident or other have been hindred waiting on
you there ; for w ch I hope you will be so good as to excuse me this
once, another year please God we live you may be the more troubled
w th me. I thank you for the favor of your MSS all w ch I now and
before have return'd except the 2 books about the Norfolk livings,
w ch shall be kept safe.
If you have not seen the original or a better Copy of the Knights
Fees in Norfolk 3 Hen 4 the inclosed may be of use, w ch please to
leave behind you, when you go up to London ordering it to be left at
my house, because the owner sets a greater value on the same than
you will and I have promised to return it as soon as I get home after
Ch'tmass. If you have my Notitia Monastica here below, I should be
also thankfull if you would leave it for me, because I know you have
made many improvem ts and corrections, and I am now preparing a
second Edition and shall be thankfull for and acknowlege the assis-
tance of you and other friends on this occasion, being with g* respect
Sir
Your humble Serv*
Thorn. Tanner.
This letter was also written to Le Neve, it being endorsed in his
handwriting.
From the Collection of Arthur Preston, Esq.
THE KEEPING OF LENT, 15951611.
Memorandum that the xv th day of March 1594 M r Richard Tooly
and "William Johnson Sheriffs of Norwich did come into the Liberty
of the cathedral church and would have carried the wife of Thomas
Lame butcher and her servant out of the same Liberty to prison for
killing and selling flesh there and then which being denied and with-
stood by M r Edmund Suckling one of the prebends being resident
complaint was made thereof by the Mayor and his brethren whereof
this Letter following was sent to the Dean and chapter,
A Letter from the Council.
After our hearty commendations. We are given to understand that
you have licensed one Thomas Lambe as he pretendeth contrary to
the Law and her Majesty's proclamation to kill and make sale of flesh
this time of Lent within your Liberties of Christ church in Norwich
and as we cannot conceive by what authority you have done the same
so we do require you not only to inhibit the sayd Lamb or any other
that by such unlawful License may presume the like but that upon
the receipt hereof you cause the sayd Lamb and any others that
COLLECTANEA. 237
he hath or doth employ within that Liberty to kill and sell flesh
as aforesaid to be forthwith apprehended and delivered over to the
Mayor of the city of Norwich that he may take such order with them
as we by our Letters now addressed unto him and his brethren have
appointed whereof we require you in any case not to fail and so bid
you farewell from the court at Whitehall the 28th of March 1595.
Your loving friends,
Jo. Puckeringes. W. Burghly. C. Howard.
Hunsdon. T. Buckehurst. ffortescue.
Ledger Book Dec. $ Cap. Norv., fo. 185.
A Letter in the behalf of Lambe.
After my very hearty commendations whereas I have been earnestly
moved to write unto you in the behalf of this bearer Thomas Lambe
that you will be pleased to give him leave to kill flesh meat this Lent
season now ensueing within your Liberties of christs church in Nor-
wich. These are to desire and pray you the rather for my sake to
grant unto him License and authority to kill flesh this Lent season
within your Liberties aforesaid wherein the poor man and his shall be
much bound unto you and I shall have cause to take it thankfully at
your hand. And so nothing doubting of your accomplishment hereof
I commit you to the Almighty.
Somerset House this X th of Feb r 1595.
Your very Loving friend
To my very loving friends M r D r Dove Hunsdon.
Dean of Norwich and the chapter there.
Ledger Book, fo. 186.
Mr. Dean whereas I am informed that by your Charter and Custom
you may License and authorize a butcher within the limits of Christ
church in Norwich to kill flesh in Lent season for sick and licensed
people which place being now void, and as I am informed one Samuel
Lowe citizen and butcher there a very fit man and of honest and good
behaviour being a suiter unto you to supply the place, I have thought
good to commend the same Samuel Lowe unto you desiring you and
the rather for my sake to license and authorize him to kill flesh
within your said precinct for such time as you shall think fit And so
assuring myself of your lawful favour with my hearty commendations
I leave you to God this viij* of November 1597.
Your loving friend
A. Fortescue.
To my very loving friend M r Dove
Dean of Norwich give these.
I am content to satisfy the contents of these Letters so far forth as
I can and may by Law
Tho. Dove.
Ledger Book, p. 202.
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On the
E. North
same page as the last letter is copied a very similar one from
, addressed to " D r Dove one of Her Majesty's Chaplains."
To our very loving friends the Mayor of the City of Norwich
and the Aldermen his Brethren.
After our very hearty commendations the keeping of Lent according
to the ancient severity and strictness of former times was by his
Majesty's direction this last year so seriously recommended from this
Board unto you as we shall not need to lay down any other reasons
for the laudable continuance thereof this Lent ensueing than that it is
his Majesty's express pleasure and commandment for the general good
which is visibly observed thereby to redound to the public that the
same be now as strictly and duly observed as at any time it hath been
or ought to have been heretofore; for which purpose his Majesty hatli
commanded that the orders here enclosed which were conceived the
last year for the observance of Lent should be renewed and forthwith
published as well within that city as in other cities and counties of
this Eealme. The execution whereof within that City and the liberties
and of every particular therein contained, we are in his Majesty's
name very earnestly to recommend unto your special care assuring
your selves that his Majesty intendeth to take as strict an account
of this service as of any one thing that belongeth to your charge.
Wherein if your endeavours shall answer his Majesty's expectation
and the experience we have of your care in all things else appertaining
to his Majesty's service you cannot perform a duty that will be more
graciously accepted and so we bid you heartily farewell. From the
Court at Whitehall this 8 of January 1611.
Your very loving friends
G. Cant. Suffolke. E. Worcester.
Raphe Ninwood. Tho. Lake.
Jul. Cceser.
Liber Ruber Civitatis, fo. 12.
DOOE INSCRIPTION, WYMONDHAM, p. 226.
THE inscription at Wymondham to which B. W. I. refers is, " Nee
inihi glis servus, nee hospes hirudo."
I have not seen this for more than forty years, but it has been
impressed upon my memory by the word hirudo, which I at first
thought was hiruudo.
Ixworth. L Y.
The Wymondham inscription, I take it, means this
Good attendance,
Moderate charges. -
The Hostelry is supposed to address the pilgrim and inform him of
the activity of the servants and the liberality of the host.
Thorpe, Norwich. I. 0. HOWARD TAYLOR.
COLLECTANKA. 239
This inscription is over the door of a house at Wymondham oc-
cupied by a Mr. Dunham : it is next door to the White Hart Inn.
There are some as singular inscriptions inside the house, carved in
wood.
The original inscription was taken down some years back, but it is
believed to be now in the possession of the builder who repaired the
house.
Wymondliam, G. C. L. KXIGHT.
DISCOVEEY OF MONUMENTAL BEASS INSCRIPTIONS.
WE are indebted to Mr. White of the Bishop's Registry for bringing
to our notice two inscribed brass plates, which were found about a
year ago in the cellar of a house in St. Gregory's parish, Norwich.
On one of these strips of metal, measuring 18 in. by 2 in., may be
read
bitg IfoJjis Caster imp* n'ufs T; ^nurnnani lior&jfct qi o&fjt
&ja fcie JJanuarfj &o tmi fHoccccIxxrctija 01(9 ate .ppfctrf tints
From the testament and last will of this John Caster, which is still
extant in Register Wolman, it appears that he directed his "body to
be beryed in y e chyrch of seint laurence byfore y e Image of seint John.
The unusual form of inscription : "The obit of John Caster formerly
citizen and Alderman of Norwich who died 6 th of Jany 1493," &c.,
suggests that the brass was not perhaps laid on the floor of the church,
but may have been affixed to the wall as a reminder to the parish
parson, who would, as John Caster's anniversary came round, exhort
the good people present in church to pray specially for the soul of
John Caster, sometime Alderman of this worshipful city, who gave
to the making of the new perk forty shillings, besides other deeds of
pity.
The remaining brass is a fragment only of an inscription which was
formerly placed beneath a skeleton effigy in St. Laurence's church,
over the grave of Thomas Childes, sometime clerk of that church, who
died in 1452. Blomefield, who does not notice Caster's inscription,
prints that of Thomas Childes; and Cotman, in his etching of the
quaintly inaccurate skeleton, reproduces it, from which we conclude that
it remained until within the last fifty or sixty years.
AN ORDER CONCERNING THE SELLING OF
ALDRINGHAM BELLS, SUFFOLK, 1687.
IT appears from a petition of the minister, churchwardens, and
inhabitants of Aldringham, that the parish church was very much
ruinated, and the inhabitants few, and unable by reason of their
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poverty to sustain the charge of the repairs ; that there were three
bells, and as there were not above twelve families in the parish, one
bell would be sufficient. A faculty was granted authorizing the sale
of two bells, in order to assist the parishioners in repairing the church,
dated 6th July, 1687.
AN OEDEE TO SELL ONE OF THE BELLS IN CONY
WESTON CHUECH, SUFFOLK.
THE parish church of Coney "Weston being very much decayed,
Dr. Pepper, about 1690, granted the churchwardens leave to sell one
of the two bells belonging to the church.
AN OEDEE FOE THE SELLING OF THE SMALLEST BELL
BELONGING TO THE PAEISH CHUECH OF BELTON,
SUFFOLK, 1690.
IN 1690 the parishioners of Belton represented to the Bishop that for
twenty years past they had been unable to come to church at one and
the same time for want of a bell and a steeple. During all which
time they had two bells useless in the church, but were too poor to pay
the great charge of hanging them. The Bishop therefore granted
them leave to sell the smallest bell to assist them in hanging the other.
AN OEDEE FOE SELLING ONE OF THE BELLS BELONGING
TO SUTTON CHUECH, SUFFOLK, 1692.
IT appearing from a petition to the Bishop of Norwich, that about
fifty years before (1692) the steeple of Button church, in which were
then three bells, fell down, and that the said bells had been ever since
useless ; he granted the petitioners permission to sell one bell in
order to hang the other two.
AN OEDEE TO SELL THE LEAD AND ONE OF THE BELLS
OF MUTFOED CHUECH, SUFFOLK, 1693.
THE body of the church and the churchyard walls being much out of
repair, the expense of repairing being estimated at 161, and the
yearly value of the town only 462 ; the Bishop of Norwich, in
October, 1693, granted a faculty for the sale of the lead off the body
of the church and the treble bell. The roof of the church to be
covered "with a coat of Tyle."
COLLECTANEA. 24 1
AN ORDEE FOE MAKING BUCKLESHAM CHUECH STEEPLE
TWENTY FEET LOWEE, 1693.
IN 1693, the Bishop of Norwich having been certified that the steeple
was very ruinous and in great danger of falling, made an order for its
repair, at the same time giving permission for its being made 20 feet
lower than it then was.
AN OEDEE FOE SELLING PAET OF A BELL BELONGING
TO THE CHUECH OF COETON, SUFFOLK, 1697.
THE parishioners having, in 1697, lately hung a bell in the church
porch, the steeple not being convenient for that purpose, and having
also sufficiently repaired the chancel, being the only place where
divine service was then read, had leave to sell a piece of a bell towards
defraying their charges.
AN OEDEE FOE THE LESSENING THE CHANCEL OF
CHEYINGTON, SUFFOLK, 1697.
THE chancel of Chevington was- longer than the nave or body of the
parish church itself, and had been in 1696 for divers years much
decayed, especially in the walls and foundation at the east end, which
was caused chiefly by a moat of standing water continually washing
and undermining the foundation of the said east end so as no super-
structure could be thereupon safely made. At the request of the
rector and the parishioners, the Bishop granted a license to take down
twelve feet in length of the said church, and lower the north and south
walls four feet and six inches, which being done the chancel would
then be thirty feet in length, large enough for the number of commu-
nicants, more proportionable to the body of the adjoining church, and
also more durable than if it were rebuilt on the old foundations and
according to the former dimensions. The rector was enjoined amongst
other things to cause the roof of the chancel which then laid level to be
made sloping, answerable to the roof of the church, and to expend the
sum of 100 which he had recovered for dilapidations from the
executrix of a former incumbent.
AN OEDEE FOE EEECTING A GALLEEY IN THE CHUECH
OF HOXNE, SUFFOLK, 1700.
THE Bishop, desirous "to encourage and promote decent ornamenting
the church," at the request of the parishioners, granted them permission
to erect a gallery at the west end of the church, joining unto the belfry.
242 EASTERN COUNTIES
AN ORDER FOR REMOVING A BELL OUT OF HASKEBY
CHURCH TO SOMERLEYTON CHURCH, 1701.
SIR Richard Allen, Baronet, was the patron, and Christopher Echard
the incumbent of both these churches. In 1701 they set forth in a
petition to the Bishop of Norwich, that a small broken bell in Hasby
church did anciently belong to Somerleyton, and having the permission
of the inhabitants of Hasby to remove the bell to Somerleyton, they
craved the Bishop's leave to new run it and hang it where it formerly
was. This permission was granted 6 February, 1701.
RUINED CHURCH AT SURLINGHAM, NORFOLK.
THE ruins of the church of 8. Mary at Surlingham, thickly mantled
with ivy and standing on a gentle slope, present, as seen from the
river, a most picturesque appearance. The approach to them is by a
shady lane, luxuriant with vegetation and fragrant with wild flowers.
But the ruin itself is of little architectural interest, and has, I am told,
suffered of late years from its materials being used to repair the roads.
The church consisted, originally, of a nave and chancel, now of nearly
equal length. A porch was subsequently added on the south side of
the nave. A flat broad buttress on the north side of the church looks
Norman, and I was much struck with the entire absence of freestone.
The coins of the west wall are huge flints. Is not this unusual, even
in Norfolk, where stone is so scarce ?
A.
THE DEVIL'S HOUSE.
ON the river bank, about a mile lower than Cantley, and in the parish
of Langley, stands the Devil's House. Fifty years ago it was known
by that name, as I find it marked on Bryant's Map of Norfolk. Can
anyone tell me why it is thus called ?
B. W. I.
NORFOLK ANTIQUARIAN MISCELLANY, PART I.
PART I. of the Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, edited by Mr. Walter
Rye, which has just been published, is a contribution to the materials
for a county history of some importance ; its title and the table of its
contents, at least, should be familiar to our readers, and those who are
thorough-going antiquaries will need no further recommendation to
possess themselves of the book. The genealogist specially will have
in it an ample supply of that food which he devours so readily and
with an ever-undiminished appetite ; whilst the more numerous class
of general readers of antiquarian works will find a variety of other
subjects with which they cannot fail to be interested.
COLLECTANEA. 243
WINDOWS OF ST. CLEMENT'S, NORWICH.
IN the windows on the south side of the nave of St. Clement's Church,
now undergoing repair, were six quarries of stained glass, to the
existence of which I called the attention of the Churchwarden, (Mr.
R. Norton) and by Ids kindness in allowing me a close inspection I am
able to send you descriptions of the five which remain, for one was too
shattered for identification.
1 . A renaissance ornament like a fleur-de-lis, of poor design and
no historical interest.
2. A knot containing the letters J^L J5L.
3. A similar knot and the initials T JP5_, which I take to be those
of John Aldrich (Merchant, Alderman, 1544 ; elected Sheriff,
1551; Mayor, 1558, 1570; and M.P. for Norwich, 1555,
1558, 1572) whose house adjoined the churchyard, was lately
the "Sun and Anchor," and is now the warehouse of Messrs.
Bolingbroke.
4 and 5. Similar in design, but with slight differences of detail,
bear in chief a mitre with strings all gold ; beneath this is a
knot containing the letters jE ^2~> leaving but little room
for doubt that it is the badge of John Underwood (ob. 1541)
Suffragan to Bishop Nix, whose other badges a mitre with-
out strings, surrounded by a knotted cord ; and a crozier in
pale between the same letters are still to be seen on the
spandrils of a door- way in the house of Mr. Thirtle, chirop-
odist in Bank Street. How Underwood's quarries found
their way to St. Clement is not difficult to conjecture, for,
previous to 1830, a similar quarry was in the " Gate House "
public-house, and probably at the time Bank Street was
opened these and others were removed by the glazier, and,
according to the practice of those days, were inserted, without
the slightest idea that the devices had a meaning, in any
other window on which he might be employed.
Many such memorials of our early citizens may propably still exist,
and should any of your readers be able to send you notices of any
not yet published, they will be doing good service to Norwich
Archaeology. The number that have disappeared, within, say the last
thirty years only, make it desirable that it be done at once. Twenty-
four hours later and the above would have been removed, and probably
lost.
August 23, 1873. T. GK BAYFIELD.
A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.
This is to inform all Persons who have within Six Years last past
contracted any Debts under 40 s with John Burges, at tlie Sign of the
Duke's Palace in S* John's of Madder-Market in Norwich, for either
Beer or Wine, That for the Space of one Year to come from Lady-
Day next, if any Person or Persons so indebted shall spend Six Pence
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or a Shilling at the said John Burges's House, for every Six Pence or
Shilling so spending within that Time, he the said John Burges will
wipe off and forgive the like Sum of their old Debt: Which is a
pleasant Way of Drinking themselves out of Danger. But all those
who shall not have cleared their said Debts in that Time, will be then
forthwith Sued for the same.
Witness my Hand
John Burges.
From Norwich Gazette, March 14, 1724.
THE NOBLE SCIENCE OF DEFENCE.
THE following advertisements are copied from The Norwich Gazette of
1724. The first appeared in the issue of the 4th January, and is as
follows :
" Whereas I have receiv'd a Letter from Mr. Charles Hill, (com-
monly known by the Name of The Valiant Trooper) who professes
himself to be Master of the Noble Science of Defence, and has therein
given me an Invitation to fight him at
Back-Sword,
Sword and Dagger,
Sword and Buckler,
Falchion,
Case of Falchions,
And Quarter-Staff,
Being the whole Weapons generally fought on such Invitations, ac-
cording to the Order of the Noble Science. Secondly, Having another
Invitation from Mr. William Flanders, being the most singular Scholar
that was ever taught by that Famous and Celebrated Master James
Figg, (whose Character declares him the Greatest Master of the Science
in Europe ;) and if I am not disabled in my Limbs by the Battel with
Mr. Hill, or have Blood enough in my Veins to support my Strength,
am also ready to fight Him at the aforesaid Weapons, in any City,
County, or Town Corporate, where Leave may be obtain'd of the
Magistrates of such Places. This being a full Answer to these Gentle-
mens Letters by me Andrew Read, at the Two-Swords-Men on Hog-
Hill ; where all Gentlemen may be Taught a Lesson, or have a Trial
of Skill. N.B. If it should be my Fortune to fight One, or Both these
Gentlemen, I hope they will behave themselves more like Men of
Honour than Mr. Hayes lately did, who reported Falshoods to my
Prejudice, only to make himself appear Greater than he really was,
tho' every Person of Judgment must say, that no Man ever wanted
Shelter in a Battel more than he did."
The other advertisement appeared the following week; Hill and
Head having in the mean time arranged a meeting, and, I presume,
obtained the Magistrates' permission. I should like to know what was
the result, whether the valiant Trooper overcame the " never yet been
defeated by any man," or went back to Lynn a wiser and a sadder
man. Prize fights are not advertised now-a-days, and were they we
should hardly expect to find D. V. in them.
COLLECTANEA. 245
" I Charles Hill from Lynn, Master of the noble Science of Defence,
commonly known by the Name of the Valiant Trooper, do invite
Andrew Read, Swords-Man for the City of Norwich and County of
the same, to exercise the following Weapons with me, at the Dolphin
in 8* Giles's, on Monday the 20 th Inst.
Back-Sword, \ ( Falchion,
Sword and Dagger, > < Case of Falchions,
Sword and Buckler, ) ( And Quarter- Staff,
I Andrew Read, now living at the Two Swords-Men upon Hog- Hill,
(where I keep my School) shall not fail (God willing) to meet this
Great Hero at the Time and Place above mention' d; and do hope to
give all Persons of Judgment intire Satisfaction, having never yet
been defeated by any Man. N,B. There will be very good Conveniency
for the Gentlemen and Ladies to stand above the Crowd."
F. JACKSON.
GORLESTON CHURCH, SUFFOLK.
A CORRESPONDENT writes, August 25th, 1873. Yesterday I visited the
noble church of Gorleston, and among many other objects of interest
I noticed as under :
A peal of bells having been presented to the church, one of the
old ones was hung for temporary use in the churchyard ; it bears
the inscription + SANCTE NYCHOLAE I ORA PRO NOBIS
in the usual place, on the shoulder of the bell.
Above this, in letters about five-eighths of an inch deep, of the same
style biit less ornate,
+ TAM : MAT) : IN YE WORDCHEPE : OF YE : CROS.
I gave great offence to an elderly inhabitant by declining to accept
his proffered information that it was a Dutch or German bell; possibly
the difficulty of reading the letters, especially the Y, may have caused
the error. I could not test the musical power of this bell, but for
historical interest it is inferior to few, and will, I trust, be preserved,
if not at Gorleston, in some neighbouring church.
The church having been paved with red and black tiles, the large
collection of coffin-lids (many of which are in decent preservation,
though broken) which were lately a portion of the pavement, are now
in the churchyard awaiting the decision of the restoration committee
as to the best mode of preserving them.
Among them is the half of a leiger stone with portion of an inscrip-
tion of about 1680, which was once the altar slab; two only of the
consecration crosses remain, and these are more carefully executed
than in some other examples I have seen, being crosses botony (at S.
Stephen, Norwich, they are crosses crosslets.) The Easter Sepulchre
and the Bacon brass are sufficiently known to need no notice here, but
as the north wall was going over it had to be rebuilt, and the frescoes
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of S. Christopher, the Three Kings, and the Arms of the Trinity and
the Passion, have of course disappeared ; I hope, however, not before
drawings were made of them.
On the 8.W. side of a column, above which is the chancel arch, are
traces of fresco painting the uppermost S. Anne and the Virgin. The
next appears to be S. Catherine or S. Etheldreda, the crown still
perceptible through the whitewash, and a very elegant figure it is, even
under this disadvantage. It is hardly within my province to criticize a
restoration, but in this instance so much has been done, and so well, as
to reflect the greatest credit on the committee, the architects, and the
carver. And I strongly recommend visitors to Yarmouth to make a
pilgrimage to Grorleston, where I think few will be disappointed.
WILL OF JOHN CASTEE, ALDERMAN OF NORWICH, 1493.
IN y e name of god Amen the vj day of y e moneth of January in y* yer
of ou r lord god a m cccc Ixxxxiij. I John Caster Citezein and Alder-
man of Norwyche on my good mynde and memorie being at Norwych
make my testament and last Wylle in thys Wyse ffyrst I co'mende my
sowle to allmyghty god our blyssyd lady seint marie moder of Crist
ihu and to all y e holy cumpany of hevyn and my body to be beryed in
y e chyrch of seint laurence byfore y e image of seint John And to y e
hygh Awt' of y e same church in recompense for my tythys and
offerynges I beqweth xx 8 And to y e makyng of a newe perk ther I
beqweth xl 8 and to y e emendyng of y e same cherch I beqweth vj 8 viij a
It' to y e lyght of our lady in y e seid cherch xx d And to y e holy rode
lyght ther' xx d And to y e perke lyght ther' xx d It' to y e rep'acon of
y e Cathedrall chyrch of y e holy trinite of Norwiche I beqweth iij" iiij d
It' to iche of y* iiij orthers of ffreres in Norwiche to pray for my soule
vj" viij d It' to y e pry or ess of Carrowe xij d And to eu'y nunne of y e
same place iiij d It' to iche of y e v houshes of lepres by and wythowt y e
gates of Norwych xij d Itm to y e Gardyan at Normans hospitall viij d
And to iche her suster ther' iiij d Itm to iche Ankeres in Norwiche
xij d Itm I wull y* Avelyn my wyfe have all my tenement yat I dwelle
in in Norwich To hold to her her heires and assynes foreu'more Itm
I beqweth to y e seid Avelyn my wyfe all y e jowell and vtensiles of my
housheld except my best standyng Cuppe Cou'ed of Sylu' the which
I wull goo in exhibic'on of a prest to singe and pray for me Itm I
wull y 1 myn Execute's do fynde an honest seculer prest to synge and
pray for my sowle and y* sowles of my frendys by y e space of an hole
yer next aft' my decesse yf yt may be born of my goodes And I wull
y* s' John Caster prest shall have y* service before eny other prest yf he
wyll Itm I wull y* my Scarlett gown be solde be my Executours And
wyth y e money therof comyng be bought frese and gevyn to pore men
to pray for my sowle Itm I beqweth to iche mayde s'unt y* dwelleth
w 1 me in s'uice at my decesse xx d Itm to Barthilmewe my s'unt my
COLLECTANEA. 247
Rydyng gown Itm I beqweth to John Marchaunt iij' iiij d and I wull
y 1 he have a newe gown and be newe mayde The Resydue off all my
good' and cattallez to gidre wyth y e dett' to me owyng I committe and
yeve into y" handes of my executours to dispose them in paying of my
dettes p'fourming of thys my testament and last wylle arid in other
dedys of pyte and m'cye to y e most pieaserof god and p'fet to my sowle
Of this my testame't And last wylle I ordeyn and make my execute's
John Caster clerk and Roberd Machoii And I make y e p'son of y'
cherche of seint laurence in Norwich Sup'uisor therof And I beqweth
to eyther of my seid Executours for ther labour xx 8 and a gowne And
to my seid sup'uiso r for hys labour xx" and a gowne Yevyn vndyr my
seale day yer and place aboue wryten
Proved, 14 May, 1494. Reg. Wolman^ 181
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN THE SIXTEENTH,
SEVENTEENTH, AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
WE have to thank Mr. M. Knights for communicating a copy of the
following petition of the Company of Physicians and Barber Surgeons
in Norwich, transcribed from the Assembly Book by A. ~W. Morant, Esq.,
F.S.A., late City Surveyor and Architect. "It gives," as our corres-
pondent observes, " some curious information as to the status of the
medical profession in the sixteenth century."
" This day," namely Sunday, being the feast of St. Matthew the
Apostle, 3 Elizabeth, i.e. 1561, "there is exhibited a bill to M r Mayor,
&c., for certain orders and Rules to be kept among the Company of the
Physicians and Barber Surgeons within the City of Norwich, the tenor
of which bill followeth in these Words. In most humble wise sheweth
and complaineth unto your good Masterships your poor and daily
Orators the Wardens and Company of the Physicians and Barber
Surgeons within the said City of Norwich being poor members of the
same Corporation. That whereas the success of Physic and Surgery
is very necessary and expedient to be had in the Commonwealth and
the use thereof cannot be forborne. So pity and grief compelleth us
to complain of the great disorder of the same within this worshipful
City. Beseeching that a reformation may be had in the same as a
thing most needful to be looked upon the Lacke whereof hath been
decaye of divers person as some of the Worshipful have heard their
complaint and also have understanding of the blindness & ignorance
of some of those that have been so complained of and therefore they
have been sequestred by the Maiestrate. Nevertheless there be now at
this present divers that do blindly and presumptiously use the same
contrary to good order. Surely it were very necessary and mete that
all such person or persons that should use exercise and minister the
same to be perfectly instructed and learned therein that all such cures
as they should take in hand might with Knowledge be perfectly healed.
248 EASTERN COtTNTIES
And forsomuch as there be divers Citizens and many others from time
to time coming within this worshipful City that do take upon them to
be Physicians and Surgeons and exercise and use the same having
neither experience nor learning as Shoemakers, Hat makers, Dornick
weavers, Smiths, and Worstead weavers with others and also divers
and sundry women giving over the good and profitable arts that they
have been brought up with from their youths hitherto even for Lucre's
sake and idleness of life being unskillful and utterly ignorant of the
nature and operation of those things that they do minister not only to
the great hurt and damage of those that be their patients But also the
discouraging of those that have been trained from their youth up in
this Mystery and to the bringing up any youth in the same. What
lack this will be in the Common Wealth and especially in such a
worshipful City we your poor Orators do refer the same to the judge-
ment of your good worships. For reformation whereof it may please
your worships the premises considered, with the assent and consent of
the Common Assembly of this worshipful City to be enacted and of
Record as hereafter foLLoweth.
First that all Physicians & Barber Surgeons inhabiting or dwelling
or that hereafter shall inhabit or dwell within the said City or the
Suburbs of the same using the Mysteries above said to be joyned into
one fellowship and so to be enrolled and that they shall bear all such
offices and charges as appertain to the said science.
" Item that no Physician or Barber Surgeon shall occupy the
Mysteries above said within the said City or Suburbs of the same or
set open any shop or sett up any bills concerning the same except he
hath been bound to the said Science within the said City or ells now
inhabiting or dwelling there until such time as they shall be allowed
by M r Mayor of the said City and also approved by the Headman &
Wardens of the said Science and before them to shew when they were
so admitted upon pain that any one which shall use the said Science
contrary to this act to forfeit and lose xx s one half thereof to the use of
the said Mayor for the time being and the other half thereof to be to
the use of the said fellowship.
" Item if any of the said Science inhabiting or dwelling within the
said City shall take any dangerous cure in hand and do not council with
the Master and Wardens of the said Science or with some other expert
man of the same Science before he shall take the same cure in hand
and in case the same patient or cure shall decay and be not perfectly
healed and the same default found or known by the Wardens of the
said Science, That then they or any of them for every such default to
forfeit and lose xx". the same to be as is aforesaid.
"Item that no person or persons of the said Science shall from
henceforth keep any Jornyman above the space of xiiij days after his
coming to him or them. And also shall hire him before the headman
and Wardens of the said Science or before two of them at the Least
upon paine to forfeit and lose for every such offence ij s . the same to be
divided in manner & form as is aforesaid.
COLLECTANEA. 249
" Item that all those that now do occupy or hereafter shall occupy
the mysteries aforesaid shall every iij weeks . . . upon the Thursday at
ix of the clock in the forenoon being no holiday or holy even Assises
nor Sessions assemble themselves together and then to have a letter
read unto them out of such books as shall be to their Instructions by
some one thereunto appointed by the Wardens of the said science
upon pain of forfeture and loss for every time being absent either from
the same or any other assembly without a reasonable excuse provided
one half thereof to go to M r . Mayor for the time being and the other
to the said fellowship.
" Item that at such times as have been heretofore accustomed there
shall be chosen by the said fellowship three Masters or Governors of
the said Company and to be sworn before M r Mayor for the time being
And they to have from time to time full power & authority during the
time of their Office to advise search punish and correct all such defaults
and inconveniences as shall be found amongst the said Company using
the Mysteries above said as well of freemen as of foreigners Aliens and
Strangers within the said City and the Suburbs of the same And they
and every of them be ordered by the said three Masters to forfeit
and lose for every such offence vj". viij d . the one half thereof to be to
the use of the Mayor for the time being and the other half to the use
of the Company of the said fellowship Provided always that if any
person or persons will do or minister any thing of neyberhoode and for
God sake and of pity and Charity taking by no means anything for the
same then it shall be lawful for every of them so to do anything
heretofore mentioned to the Contrary notwithstanding.
" All which matter before rehearsed is agreed by the whole consent
of this Assembly to Stand in force & effect for one whole year now next
ensuing and then as this house shall further think good therein."
The evils so graphically described by the Norwich Physicians and
Barber Surgeons in 1561 were of no recent growth, and had been
fifty years before recognized by the legislature, who passed an Act
(3 Henry VIII., c. xi.) for the appointing of Physicians and Surgeons,
the Preamble of which Act runs as follows :
"For as much as the science and Cunning of Physick and Surgery
(to the perfect Knowledge whereof be requisite both great Learning
and ripe Experience) is daily within this Eealm exercised by a great
Multitude of ignorant Persons, of whom the greater Part have no
Manner of Insight in the same, nor in any other Kind of Learning ;
(2) some also can no letters on the Book, so far forth, that common
Artificers, as Smiths, Weavers, and Women, boldy and accustimably
take upon them great Cures, and things of great difficulty, in the
which they partly use Sorcery and Witchcraft, partly apply such
Medicines unto the Disease as be very noious, and nothing meet there-
fore, to the high Displeasure of God, great Infamy to the Faculty,
and the greivous Hurt, Damage, and Destruction of many of the
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King's liege people, most especially of them that cannot discern the
unounning from the cunning."
This Act enacted that no person should exercise or occupy as a
physician or surgeon in London, or within seven miles of London,
unless he were first examined and approved by the Bishop of London
or the Dean of St. Paul's, who were to be assisted in the examination
by four doctors of physick, and by persons expert in the art of
surgery. Further, that no person not so approved should practice
within any diocese of England, unless he were examined and approved
by the Bishop of the diocese, assisted by such expert persons as the
Bishop might, in his discretion, think fit.
Letters testimonial under the Bishops' seals were to be granted to
the approved persons, and any one occupying contrary to the act
incurred a forfeiture of 5 per month.
By the 14 and 15 Henry VIII. (1522-3) c. v. the Physicians
were incorporated, and persons were prohibited practising physick in
England until they had been examined in London by the President
and three elects, an exception however being made in favour of
graduates of Oxford and Cambridge.
By the 34 and 35 Henry VIII. cap. 8, any person understanding
herbs was permitted to minister to outward sores.
We print without further comment several documents, transcribed
from the originals or contemporary transcripts in the Registry of the
Bishop of Norwich, which illustrate the working of the Act of the
3 Henry VIII., cap. xi., and show that as late as 1785 it was not
obsolete.
"A Licence to Thomas Betts of Norw ch to practise chirurgerie 21
Marcij 1561.
"John by the Sufferaunce of god Bisshop of Norw ch To all the
fayethfull flocke of Christ sendeth greating. Wheras by the credible
Eeporte of dyuers Wourshipfull and honest men of the Towne of
Norw ch one Thomas Bets hathe ben comended vnto vs for A perfight
skilfull and Practized man in the Science of Chirurgery, of whiche
there comendacon as there certificate dothe testifie, the difficulte cuer
of dyuers pacyentes hathe ben the cause, withoute any favor or
affection, Therfor Knowinge howe necessarye a membre a practized
Chirurgion is to the comon welthe Knowe ye that I the sayed Bishop
Do aucthorize and License the sayed Thomas Betts to vse Practize and
ffollowe the sayed Arte and science of Chirurgery as well w^in the
sayed Cittie of Norwich and the lyberties of the same as elles where
within o r holle dioces of Norff and Suff Charging hym neuethelesse so
to vse the same his Vocacon as yt maye growe to the glory of god and
bodelye health of the Queues Maties lovinge Subiectis In "Wytnes
herof we haue caused o r seale to be putto Thies p'sentes yoven the
xxj tie Daye of March in the yere of o r lord god one thowsand fiue
hundreth threskore and one And of o r consecracon the second yere."
Forty -one Articles Book, fo. 87.
COLLECTANEA. 25 1
"xxj Marcij, A 1565.
"I Martyn Van Kurnbecke Doctor in Phesicke* to the right noble
Duke of Norff. his good grace Doo testefye to be true that this bearer
Valerian Danske was admitted by the companye of the Surgians in
London to pragtice his Science in the w ch he can doo verye well and
had serued mannye Yearis here in England in the "Warres boeth in
Skotland and sanct Qvyntines I beinge heare and theare present and
because he had lost by a misfortune the saied writinge of admission,
he ded require my helpe and testimonye that he maye not be vexed
and trobled. Therefore according to the order that must be had in
such things I will desyer suche as haue a doo in the saied facultie to
creditt him and me in this behalf Written by me abouenamed and
haue sett my Seale to the more creditt hereunto The twenteth of
Marche A 1565."
The Forty -two Articles Book, p. 128.
"To all xp'ien people to whome this present writing shall come.
"Wee whose names are here vnd' written subscribed send greeting in o r
Lorde god eu'lasting Wheras Adrian Colman "Widdowe late wife of
Nicholas Colman late of the Citty of Norw ch in the County of NorfF.
practic'on' of Phisick deceased Who was lycensed by the Archbishopp
of Canterbury to minster Phisike as by a Testimoniall vnder the Seale
of the same bishopp appereth, Nowe for as much as the saide Nicholas
was dep'ted this lyfe and hath lefte the said Adrian experienced in the
said arte and mistery of Phisike & not any other thinge to releue her
Know ye that we haue Licensed Authorised & giuen free Leaue & liberty
& by these presen 06 doe license authoris & give free leve and liberty to
the said Adrian Colman to minister the best skill and Cuning to Women
Children and such other p'sons as are not able to goe to Phisicons in
all & eu'y place & places what soeu' wi th in the County of Norff.
Willing & Requiring yo u & euy of yo u to whome in any wise it shall
belonge or appertaine quietly to p'mitt & Suffer the said Adrian Colman
not only to vse execute & minister her skill in the minystry aforesaid
but allso quietly peacybly to passe and repasse to & fro w'hin the
County aforesaid w^out any your lett staye hindraunce or molestac'on
whatsoeu' And this o r present writting to haue continuance for &
during the naturall lyfe of the said Adryan giuen at the Courte in
Whithall the xxvij daye of Nouember in the xxxix Yere of the Eeigne
of o r souerigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of god Queene of England
ffraunce and Ireland defender of the faith &c 1596."
"0 Howard. W Knollys."
Lib. Inst., 23. 309.
On his tomb in S. Mary's Coslany, dated 1578, he is styled " Artium et Medicine
Doctor."
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"Theise are to certifie whome it may Concerne that the bearer hereof
William Elmy hath cured of the Deafenes of Heareing, Many Credible
persons and other people within this County of Norff. Beinge requested
to Certifie the same haue here vnto subscribed our names this 23 d of
March an' 1664-5."
" Henery Knape
" John Pettitt
"James Pratt
" John Basset " Hatton Berners
* ' Ben Holley " Walter K
" Tho Eobinson " Eobert Thorowgoods."
" Eobert Parke
" Thomas Pettet
" Gregory Priest
"Theise are to Certifie that William Elmy resident in Kings Lynn,
Is A perfect Artist in that he dve professe Namely In the Cure of
Deafenes, Collicke, Stone in the Kidneyes and blindness, Being re-
quested to certifie y e same haue here vnto subscribed our names this
12 th of Aprill annoq' Dmi 1665."
" Henery Knape : Chyrvrgion
" John Pettit Chyrurgion Sen'er
"James Pratt Chyrurgeon."
" Lewis by divine permission Bishop of Norwich To our beloved in
Christ Eobert Purland of the parish of Saint James in the City and
Diocese of Norwiche Greeting Whereas we have received a sufficient
and credible Testimony of your knowledge and skill in the common
operation of the art or faculty of Surgery such as Bleeding Drawing
of Teeth reducing of fraction and dislocation and the cure of green
wounds and Ulcers We do therefore and for other just causes us
thereunto moving as far as by the statutes of this realm of Great
Britain We may and can and not otherwise or in any other manner
admit and allow you to practice and exercise the said art or faculty in
and throughout our Diocese of Norwich, you having first before us
taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy according to the form
tenor and effect of an Act of Parliament of this realm in that behalf
made and published, and also subscribed to the articles of religion
agreed upon by the ArchBishops Bishops and clergy of both Provinces
at the Convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord 1562
and confirmed by Eegal Authority. And We do by these presents
give and grant unto you our Licence for the purpose aforesaid so long
as you shall behave yourself well and comendably In Testimony
whereof we have caused our Episcopal seal (which in this behalf we
use) to be hereunto affixed Dated at Norwich the day of
September A.D. 1785."
COLLECTANEA. 253
It will be seen (p. 251) that Nicholas Column's widow was licensed,
in 1596, by the Privy Council, to minister her " best skill and cunning
to Women children and such other persons as were not able to goe to
Phisicians" From the following advertisements in Norwich news-
papers of the early part of the 18th century we learn that another
doctor's widow, Mrs. Taylor, continued "her practice of Physick" and
phlebotomy. The widow of Hubert Hacon, surgeon, judged by her
advertisement, seems to have been little more than a hair-dresser,
save that she let "blood very finely, and to the poor for threepence :"
whilst Mary Dimes was merely the proprietor of a nostrum which
never failed to cure, without let of time, a great many complaints, if
they were curable. Mr. Harmer of St. Clement's, Norwich, and Mr.
Nelson of Loddon, were, no doubt, duly qualified surgeons, and their
advertisements are given below only as illustrations that the puff
direct does not appear to have been in those days a breach of pro-
fessional etiquette.
"This is to give notice that the Widow of the late D r Taylor
deceased, still continues her Practice of Physick, and has by the
Blessing of God lately cured several of the Rheumatism, Dropsie,
Scurvey, and several other Diseases incident to human bodies. She
has also an infallible Remedy for the Stone and Gravel, which gives
immediate Relief to the Patient in less than an hour after taken. She
likewise bleeds, and gives Judgment on Urin"
"The Original Stone and Gravel Pill, being a Medicine so well
Known and approved of by all people who have try'd it, to be the only
Remedy to cure the Dropsie, Wind Collick, Scurvey and Rheumatism,
which by God's Blessing it never faileth to perform, if curable, on
both sexes, and of all ages ; tho' never so far gon, (without let of time)
is made and sold only by me Mary Dimes Wid. at my house near St.
Simon's Church Norwich."
The Norwich Gazette, or the Loyal Packet. 1710.
"All Persons indebted to Hubert Hacon, Surgeon, lately deceased,
are hereby desir'd to pay in all their respective debts forthwith to the
Widow his sole Executrix, or they will be sued for the same. She
lives near the Cardinal's cap in St. Swithin's, and cuts Hair for either
Gentlemen or Ladies to the greatest Nicety : She lets Blood very finely,
and to the Poor for threepence. She has also an excellent Sear-cloth
for Pains or Strains which she sells for Ninepence a Quarter ; and for
the Rheumatisme she has the same infallible Remedies, which the
Doctor himself always made use of."
Ibid. 1716.
" Whereas on M r Charles Haynes a Stranger, has been in this City a
considerable time as a Man midwife, but having little practice here in
that way, has that charitable disposition of mind (towards himself) as
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to offer to the Court of Guardians, as advertis'd in last "Week's Paper,
to deliver the Poor gratis : Now I John Harmer, who .have receiv'd
Money of the Court of Guardians for the same work and am a Native
of this City, and have perform' d several Acts of Charity here in the
art of Surgery, should be ashamed to be out done by a Stranger in
those acts ; therefore I give public Notice, that I will attend and assist
Gratis in this necessary work all such poor Women as are not able to
pay. Witness my Hand
John Harmer, Surgeon, in St. Clement's, Norwich.
N.B. As M r Haynes is a Young man and a Batcheler, I advise him
to marry as a necessary qualification, for I believe it was never Known
(neither is it decent) for a Batcheler to perform such operations."
The Norwich Gazette. 1729.
" D r Palmer of Loddon being lately dead, who used the art of
Midwifery, having served his Apprenticeship some years since with the
late famous D r Havers of Stoke-Holy-Cross by Norwich, well known
for his skill in that practice ; Daniel Nelson Surgeon in Loddon
aforesaid, having faithfully served as an Apprentice with the said D r
Havers, and having by pains and study as well as Anatomical courses,
made himself Master of the said Art so necessary for all Women
labouring under any difficulties in Child bearing, he advertises this,
that he is ready at any time when wanted, at the most reasonable
charges. N.B. He undertakes to cure all Lunaticks if curable."
Crossgrove's News. 1732.
A LINK OF THE PAST.
" ONE Margaret Coe, of the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, died a few
days since in the 104th year of her age. She was twenty-one years
old when Charles I. was beheaded, and was servant at Whitehall.
She saw the executioner hold up the head after he had cut it off, and
remembered the dismal groan that was made by the vast multitude of
spectators when the fatal blow was given."
I transcribe the above from The Norwich Gazette of January 2nd,
1731. M. KNIGHTS.
GOELESTON CHUECH, SUFFOLK, p. 245.
DRAWINGS were made, by Mr. C. J. W. Winter, of the frescoes
which were discovered on the north wall of Gorleston Church (de-
stroyed when that wall was taken down) representing St. Christopher,
the trois vifs et trois morts, and the shields of the Trinity and Passion.
These drawings have been engraved, and will appear in Mr. C. J.
Palmer's Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, Southtown, and Gorleston,
now in course of publication.
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THUEGAETON CHUECH, NOEFOLK.
THERE are only three brasses and one inscribed stone in this church,
viz. :
Brass.
ffiit jacet geptilt? in ga ma fcet tons
Bacon quontm rectarts tit JEfjunjaton
qw abut & a tmt m cccc ii cujs ale <}jpfet' &
Brass.
tate ,p ala fSarrjatrte
SUSatmall cui^ aTe ppi'cfet' toe?
Brass within Communion Rails.
HEBE LYETH INTERRED THE BODY OF
DANIELL ROBINSON M r OF ARTES WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE Y e 14 th DAYE OF IVLYE
A DOMINI 1627 .ETATIS SV^E 27
Flat Stone in Nave.
In Eemembrance of
Elizabeth Spurrell
who departed this Life March
the 23 1 734 aged 32 years
also William Spurrell
Her Husband who departed this
Life April the 4 th 1761 aged 61 years
He was a father to the fatherless
He helped the widdows in their distress
He never was given to worldly pride
He Liv'd an honest man and so he dy'd
They was tender parents our Loss was great
We hope they both eternal Joys will meet
The Bacons and the Spurrells were for some centuries the chief
families in Thurgarton, and the Eegister contains many hundreds
of entries relating to them. They intermarried in 1618: "William
Spurrell singleman and Margaret Bacon singlewoman were married
the xxij" 1 day of June 1618." The Bacons lost their property here by
one of the family leaving it away to a godson named Eoper, whose
representatives sold it to the Wyndhams.
The Spurrells however are still thriving, and the present head of the
family is now Churchwarden of Thurgarton.
There is a fine old iron chest, containing however nothing of interest
except an old Prayer-book (title gone), a New Testament (1648), and
a Book of Homilies (title gone), all three in very bad state.
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In the Prayer-book is
John Curson the sun of Gedon & Philippa was Baptiz in May 1690.
Mary Curson Daughter of Gedion and Philippa was Baptiz in
November 1692.
Matt: Eudd.
And on its fly-leaf
Phillippue Curson.
Eebekah Beals ow this Book.
In the New Testament is
Peter Searles was borren on Mondeay the 27 th of Febewary 1658
beteuen the owers of 6 and 7 of the cloke at neit Seatterday.
Mary Searles was borne the 26 th of Januery 1660 beteuen the ouers
of 3 and 4 of the cloke in the mornen.
Phelleppe Searles was borne the 7 th deay of August beteuen the
ouers of tean or a leeven of the cloke of the fornouen in^the yeare
1663.
In the Homilies is
Bought of me Thomas Carre' for the towne of Thurgaton for 25" to
be exchanged iff yt be not perfect
Thomas Carre.
Among other inscriptions in the churchy ardfare the following :
(1) Here lieth the body of Nicholas Bacon late of Trimingham who
departed this Life Oct br the 20 th 1754 aged 67 years. Here also lieth
the Body on the north side this stone of Elizabeth the wife of Eichard
Gaze daughter of Nicholas Bacon who died May 20 th 1788 (?) aged 66
years.
(2) Here Lyeth the Body of M r William Bacon who departed this
life October 1743 aged 59.
(3) Elizabeth wife of William Bacon
(4) In memory of William Bacon gent: who died October 10 th 1792
in the 60 th year of his age.
(5) Here lieth the Body of Hannah Bacon the wife of William
Bacon who departed this Life October 11 1772 aged 77 years.
(6) Here lieth in Hopes of a Joyfull Eesurrection ye Body of Joshua
Bacon he died Sept: ye 16 1742 aged 57. He left Issue by Mary his
wife William Elizabeth Mary and Joshua and two lieth by him. This
Stone was erected to his memory by Mary his loving wife.
(7) Here lieth ye Bodies of 2 of ye children of Joshua Bacon &
of Mary his wife they died Infants Anne died in 1737 Robert died in
1742. ' WALTER EYE.
HISTOEY OF CAMBEIDGESHIEE.
I WOULD be greatly obliged to any of your correspondents who would
be kind enough to give me the names of a few Authors of writings
relating to the History of Cambridgeshire.
J)undrum, co. Down. WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.
COLLECTANEA. 257
THE TOKENS OF NOEFOLK VTL
OUTWELL.
220. 0. WILLIAM BAYLEY The Grocers' arms.
R. IN OVTWELL 1667 W.KB.
221. 0. FRANCES BOYCE A pair of scales.
R. IN OVTWELL 1664 F.M.B.
222. 0. STEPHEN CLAEKE AT A bell.
R. OVTWKLL IN NORFOLK S.M.O.
A small part of this parish is in Cambridgeshire.
PULHAM MARKET.
223. 0. THOMAS FLATMAN 1664.
It. OF PVLHAM MAEKET T.F.
This token very much resembles that of Thomas Flatman of Norwich (No.
138.)
224. 0. HEN THEOBALD DEAPEE A hart wounded with an arrow.
R. IN PVLHAM MAEKETT H.T.
EUDHAM.
225. 0. IOHN PEAESON The Mercers' arms.
R. OF EVDHAM 1667 I.P.
SHIPDHAM.
226. 0. NICHOLAS GOLDING A ship.
R. OF SHIPDHAM NOEFOLK N.S.G.
SNETTISHAM.
227. 0. FEANCIS CASTING The Grocers' arms.
R. IN SMETTESHAM [16] 64 F.C.
No such place as " Smettesham " is known; we have therefore placed this
unpublished token to Snettisham.
SOUTHTOWN. (See Yarmouth.)
STOKE.
228. 0. IOHN HVBBAED OF The Grocers' arms.
R. STOAKE GEOCEE NOEF I.E.H.
Mr. Boyne has placed this token to Stoke in Kent; the reverse, however,
clearly reads " NOKF."
STOWBRTDGE.
229. 0. THO. CASE OF STowBEiDGE IN Cross keys.
R. NOEFOLK HIS HALFE PENY 69 A bridge of four arches. T.C.
230. 0. IOHN PEATT OF A bridge of four arches.
R. STOW BEIDGE 1668 HIS HALF PENY.
X2
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STRATTON.
231. 0. ROBERT BAYLY IN E.E.B.
R. LONG STRATTON DRAPER 1654.
232. 0. IOHN CANN The Mercers' arms.
R. OF STRATTON 1652 1.0.
Conn's token is placed by Mr. Boyne to Stratton in Wiltshire. There are two
Strattons in Norfolk, and the name of Cann is also found in the county.
SWAFFHAM.
233. 0. THOMAS CANNON The arms of the Cannon family : On a
bend cotised a pellet. Crest, a cannon mounted .on a
carriage.
R. IN SWAFFHAM 1658 T.M.C.
The above arms were granted to the Cannons of Pembrokeshire in 1614.
234. A variety dated 1667.
235. 0. EDWARD CASE A Virginian smoking, with a roll of tobacco
under his arm.
R. IN SWAFFHAM E.E.C.
236. 0. THOMAS DAWSON Cross keys.
R. IN SWAFHAM 1659 T.S.D.
237. 0. ROBERT DENTON OF A stick of candles ?
R. SWAFHAM 1660 E.A.D.
It is very doubtful whether the device on the obverse of this token represents
a stick of candles ; but being unable to say what it really is intended for, we
have given the description hitherto adopted. Above each supposed candle, and
on the other side of the stick, there appears to be a ring, and on close inspection
the five drops are not the shape of candles.
238. 0. .IOHN HOOKER I.H.
R. OF SWAFHAM I.H.
239. 0. IOHN HOOKER IN 1667 The Grocers' arms.
R. SWAFFHAM IN NORFOL K I.H.
SWANTON ABBOT.
240. 0. WILLIAM COOPER OF The king's head crowned.
R. SWANTON ABBOTT A full-blown rose.
This token strikingly resembles that of William Cooper of Norwich (No. 128.)
SWANTON NOVEES.
241. 0. TAMES NAILER HIS HALFE" PENY.
R. OF SWANTON 1667 I.A.N.
242. 0. IAMES NAYLOR OF HIS HALF PENY.
R. SWANTON NOVERS 1671 I.A.N.
No later date than this occurs on a Norfolk token : it is only to be found on
one other, that of Marshall of Dereham (No. 31.)
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EAELY ENGLISH POTTEEY AND POECELAIN.
LOVERS and connoisseurs of the Ceramic art in the eastern counties
have reason to lament the recent dispersion of some beautiful and
interesting collections of early English productions of the potter's art,
and especially of those remnants of what are supposed to belong to
the Lowestoft factory, which was abandoned in 1802.
The taste for old china is so much on the increase as to induce the
admirers of it to expend liberal sums for the possession of good
specimens of the Chelsea, Chelsea-Derby, Worcester, Bristol, Derby,
Pinxton, Lowestoft, and other British factories ; and the high prices
which have been realized at recent sales have had the effect of tempt-
ing many collectors, as well amateur as professional, to dispose of their
collections by public competition. Persons who collected out of pure
love of art and illustration, and who held to their acquisitions with a
tenacity almost incredible to those who have no interest in such
matters, have by the temptation of large profits been induced to part
with their collections by the aid of the auctioneer's hammer.
It frequently happens that the pursuit of any favorite object confers
more pleasure than the possession of it, and all persons are apt to
forget the value of the object in the pleasure of the chase, but every
consideration seems to subside beneath the love of gain.
In our former notices of the sales of the collections of Mr. Owles and
Mr. Preston we called attention to some of the prices realized by certain
articles of beauty and scarcity in those sales, and as a proof that there
is no decline in prices, we invite attention to the more recent sales by
auction, at Norwich, on the 3rd April last, of the second collection of
Mr. Emerson Norman, and of the collections of W. E. Seago, Esq.,
The Eev. Eoger Lee, and Mr. T. T. Freeman, at Lowestoft, on the
13th, 14th, and 15th of August last. In the first-mentioned sale the
lots did not equal in rarity or beauty those of Mr. Norman's previous
collection sold in London, in March of 1871, but the prices obtained
in the Norwich, sale were quite as high, if not higher, than those of
the London sale, taking into account the difference of the articles.
Some Chelsea plates at 8 guineas a pair, and a small Chelsea coffee
mug at 10. 10s., are the only lots which require notice.
The collection of Mr. Seago contained, we should think, the largest
variety of fine old Lowestoft ware in the possession of any one
individual. Mr. Seago has had the advantage of being acquainted
with several persons, now or recently living, whose ancestors worked in
the Lowestoft factory; and from these sources, as well as others, he
has acquired specimens of the Lowestoft ware, undoubtedly genuine,
many of which were of the very best kind ever turned out of that
factory.
The sales at Lowestoft to which we have referred, were well attended
by dealers from various parts of England, and by visitors at Lowestoft,
and connoisseurs and collectors. Amongst these a keen competition
arose, which manifested the warm interest which now exists in early
English china, the spreading taste for which is evidenced by the
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great advance in prices which has taken place within the last five
or six years. The lots in Mr. Seago's sale which excited the greatest
interest were as follows : from the Lowestoft factory, a coffee cup,
13. 2s. 6d. ; pair of vases, 9. 19s. 6d. ; various cups and saucers
with blue borders and monograms, averaging 40s. each ; a cup and
saucer with monogram, shield, and festoons of flowers and a crest,
4. 10s.; a cup and saucer with double monogram and dated 1780,
3. 15s. ; a cup of the Potter service, 6. 6s. ; a set of three vases,
23. 2s. ; a mug painted in Indian ink with boats, 5. 15s. 6d. ;
a small cup and saucer with, crest of a pheasant, monogram "RE H,"
flowers and festoons, 10. 10s.; a coffee cup and saucer of the
celebrated service made for W. Woodley, Esq., of Beccles, called the
"owl" service, with crest of an owl and a beautiful monogram,
27. 16s.
In the collection of Mr. Lee the prices deserving notice were those
following : a Chamberlin's Worcester mug, painted with dead game,
5. 15s. 6d. ; a Lowestoft cup and saucer, with the arms and crest of
the Buxton and Amias families, bordered with flowers, 3. ; a Low-
estoft mug with bouquets of flowers and raised bands, 6. 16s. 6d. ;
a Lowestoft sucrier and cover, of the "owl" service, 19. 19s.;
a set of three Crown Derby vases with landscapes, 11. 11s.; a Bristol
cup and saucer with green festoons, 4. 10s.
In Mr. Freeman's collection the most noteworthy articles fetched the
following sums: a Chelsea-Derby sucrier, cover and stand, with
black festoons and gilt, marked, 9. 19s. 6d. ; and a cup and saucer to
correspond, 7. 17s. 6d. ; a Lowestoft tea caddy and basin with flowers
and pink scale borders, 4. 10s. ; a basin of the "owl" pattern, 6. 6s. ;
a set of Lowestoft vases, 10. 10s. The other lots realized corres-
pondingly high prices, and as most of them were of a very pretty
pattern, and had been collected with much care and taste, it was to be
expected that a keen desire to possess them would induce the buyers
to bid liberally.
Whilst offering these remarks on the interest now taken in early
English pottery and porcelain generally, and on that of " Lowestoft "
in particular, we must qualify our quotations of the specimens called
Lowestoft by a sceptical allusion to the question of authenticity ; and
we cannot forbear repeating the expression of our doubts that the
great quantities of porcelain which are named, and in pattern and
paste appear to be, "Lowestoft," were all the productions of that
factory. The diversity in pattern between the ware with the roses
and scale border of pink, with that with the blue enamel bordered
with crests and monograms, is so great, that in this striking difference
alone we think there is cause for doubt. Mr. Chaffers, in his work
on pottery and porcelain, has dwelt at considerable length on the
Lowestoft ware, and has laboured hard to serve the believers in the
wares of the factory. Mr. Chaffers differs from Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt,
who wrote in the Art Journal of 1863 on Lowestoft china, and entertains
views which are very generally held as to the limits of Lowestoft's
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productions. The factory was only in existence from 1756 to 1802,
and was a small one. We are very much inclined to Mr. Jewitt's
opinion that a great many of the articles were of Oriental make, and
merely painted at Lowestoft ; but of this we shall shortly learn more
from the pen of Mr. Chaffers himself, who has announced the publi-
cation of a new work, entitled Half a Century of Potting at Lowestoft.
We shall of course hail with pleasure any proofs of the genuineness
of the extensive class of porcelain which is now invariably called
Lowestoft, much of which is so beautifully made and decorated as to
be surpassed by few, if any, of the early English factories.
FKEE CHAPEL AT SHEEEINGHAM, NOEFOLK.
TANNER mentions in his Norwich MS. " A free chapel in y e Lower
town or Sheringham Hyth dedicated to S. Nicolas maintained by y e
Fishermen, ruinous walls, still with a bell in y e tower 1715." Are
there any remains of this chapel at the present day ? A.
THE DEVIL'S EOUND HOUSE, p. 242.
IN Faden's Map of Norfolk, 1797, the house is called "Eound Ho."
and the marshes in its neighbourhood, for about a mile and a half
square, "Roundhouse Marsh." Faden says nothing about the Devil.
C. W. M.
The house referred to by B. W. I. is generally called the Devil's
Eound House, although it is square or at least rectangular in shape.
It is at the present day a brick house, but I am told that originally it
was clay-built and six-square, and that what was built in the daytime
fell down in the night so often that diabolical action was suspected.
The house is now closely planted round with trees, and has a very
gloomy appearance. A.
BEESTON CHUECH TOWEE, NOEFOLK.
A COBRESPONDENT, drawing attention at p. 242 to a ruined church at
Surlingham, mentions the use of rough flints as quoin-stones instead
of the usual ashlar.
Probably he is aware that the frequent occurrence of round towers
in the eastern counties is, with good reason, assigned to the difficulty
of obtaining freestone. If your correspondent should find himself at
Cromer, I recommend him to visit the church of Beeston, the square
tower of which has the angles entirely formed of large unworked flint
stones. The stones have been selected for the purpose, and the work
bears no slight testimony to the boldness and skill of the mediaeval
masons. D.
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CAEELESS COMPILATION.
" The chapter is composed of four "Three of the dignitaries, J.
canons; among the members occur Harpsfield, H. Prideaux, and
three cardinals, J. Harpsfield, T. Sherlock, became cardinals;
H. Prideaux, T. Sherlock, John one, John, became Archbishop
Archbishop of Smyrna, &c." of Smyrna, &c." A Comprehen
Memorials of Norwich, p. 51. sive History of Norwich, p. 707.
IT is somewhat inaccurate of one compiler to say that three cardinals
were members of the Chapter, which in point of fact had no existence
until 1538. But what shall we say of the other, who, compiling from
a compilation, makes out the learned Prideaux and Sherlock, one
Dean of Norwich and the other Bishop of Salisbury in the 18th
century, to have been princes of the Eoman Church ?
CHURCH HEEALDEY. DEANEEY OF EEDENHALL. No. V.
DISS.
East Window.
I. Manning, viz., Quarterly azure and gules, a cross fleury between
four cinquefoUs or.
II. Manning ; in pretence Donne, viz., Azure, a wolf salient argent.
In memory of William Manning, 46 years rector ; born 30 September,
1771; died 3 January, 1857; married Elizabeth, daughter and co-
heiress of the Eev. William Sayer Donne.
South Window of Chancel.
III. Manning; in pretence Upwood ; viz., Argent, a chevron gules
between three horse's heads erased sable. A brass plate for Emilia,
wife of Eev. C. E. Manning, Eector ; daughter and coheiress of Rev.
T. T. Upwood, of Lovell's Hall, Terrington, Norfolk; born 14 Jan.,
1832; died 21 Jan., 1873.
Mural Monuments in Chancel.
TV. Manning (the field azure, the cross patonce) ; in pretence
Simpson; viz., A fesse between three dogs passant, each holding in
the mouth a bird bolt.* Crest : out of a ducal coronet an eagle's head
between two ostrich feathers. In memory of Thomas Manning, of
Bungay, who died 15 January, 1787, aged 63 ; and Frances his wife,
daughter and heiress of John Simpson, Esq., of Pulham, who died
6 March, 1805, aged 80.
* These arms should have been as follows : Per bend sable and or, a lion rampant
counterchanged (Simpson). The two mural monuments were erected by the late Rev.
"W. Manning, after the death of Mrs. Woodward, in 1833; and the arms in pretence
were those used by !Mr. Zachariah Simpson, then of Diss, who however was no relation
to the Simpsons of Pulham and Debenham. A framed painting of the arms of
Mr. Thomas Manning, with the above arms of Simpson in pretence, is preserved at
Diss Rectory. (Communicated by Rev. C. R. Manning.)
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V. Quarterly, 1 and 4, Woodward; viz., Or, three bars sable, a
canton ermine ; 2 and 3, Jenkinson, viz., Or, two bars (gemelles) gules,
between three boar's heads erased sable ; in pretence Manning. Crest :
a squirrel sejant, holding in the paws a nut. In memory of Thomas
Jenkinson Woodward, Esq., of Walcot House in this parish, who
died 29 January, 1820, aged 75 ; and Trances his widow, daughter
and heiress of Thomas Manning of Bungay, who died 27 November,
1833, aged 84.
VI. Gules, three pheons or. In memory of Eichard Fisher Bel-
ward, D.D., Master of Caius College, Cambridge, who died at Boy don
16 May, 1803, aged 56.
VII. Sable, a lion rampant argent. Crest : a stag's head proper,
collared azure.* In memory of Robert Scott of this place, surgeon,
who died 2 November, 1759, aged 77.
Slabs in Chancel Floor (no tinctures shewn).
VIII. A lion rampant. Crest : a plume of feathers ? f For
Edward Bosworth, Eector, died 8 January, 1713, aged 65.
IX. Bosworth impaling Manning. Crest as before. For Edward
Bosworth, Eector of Thelveton, died 14 June, 1714, aged 40; and
Deborah his wife (one of the daughters of Samuel Manning, gent.,
deceased), who died 13 September, 1708, aged 28.
X. JBoswortk, without the crest. For Edward Bosworth, M.A.,
Eector of this parish, and patron of this church, instituted 3 June,
1729, died 26 July, 1778, aged 73.
XI. Manning, with crest. For William Manning, patron, and 33
years rector, who died 29 November, 1810, aged 77. J
XII. Manning in a lozenge. For Susan Manning, died 9 April,
1812, aged 83.
Painted in Cornice of Chancel Hoof.
XIII. Manning ; the cross couped fleury.
Window in Vestry.
XIV. England ; viz., Gules, three lions passant gardant or.
XV. The See of Norwich.
XVI. Diss ; viz., Azure, party per pale, wavy.
* Though this crest corresponds with that given by Edmonson to Scott of Kew
Green, the arms do not seem to be those of Scott. On this monument the arms are
painted ; on V. they are painted and carved ; on III. and IV. the tinctures are shewn
by lines.
t This is the crest as given by Blomefield ; the figure cut on the slab looks more
like a bag tied in the middle.
J The three incumbencies of Mr. Bosworth and the two Mr. Mannings extended
over a period of 128 years. At Denton three successive incumbencies, those of
Chancellor Sandby, Mr. Chester, and Archdeacon Bouverie, have covered nearly as
much time, viz. 122 yeare.
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XVII. Fitz-walter ; viz., Or, a fesse between two chevrons gules.
XVIII. Bosworth ; viz., Or, a lion rampant gules, collared argent.
XIX. Manning ; in pretence Upwood.
Mural Monuments, North Aisle.
XX. Deynes, viz., Or, two bars sable ; impaling Sable, three boar's
heads couped or. For Martha, wife of Henry Deynes, gent., who died
30 May, 1661, aged 29.*
XXI. Or, on a fesse between three leopard's faces sable a lion
passant gardant argent. For John Kett, gent, died 12 July, 1692,
aged 74 ; and Philippia [sic] his wife, died 17 January, 1734, aged 83.
Window in North Chantry.
XXII. England as in XIII., with a label of three points argent.
Window in South Chantry.
XXIII. Fincham, viz., Barry of six, argent and sable, over all a
bend ermine. Motto : Arbore latet opaca.
Slabs in the Churchyard.
XXIV. On a fesse engrailed between three griffin's heads erased,
a fleur-de-lis between two roses. For Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
.Dr. John Sheriffe, died 10 September, 1728, aged 45. (Sheriffe,
Azure, on a fesse engrailed between three griffin's heads erased or, a
fleur-de-lis of the first between two roses gules. Burke's Armory.}
XXV. Sheriffe, impaling A chevron between three roundels. For
the inscription, now illegible, see Blomefield.
XXVI., XXVII. Sheriffe.
XXVIII. A fesse between three talbot's heads erased, in a lozenge.
For Burton. (Azure, a fesse between three talbot's heads erased or.
Burton. Burke's Armory.}
XXIX. Argent, a cross between four escallops sable. Crest : a
buck couchant sable, attired or. For William Coggeshall, gent., born
at Stratford, Suffolk, died 9 August, 1714, aged 48 ; and John, son of
William Coggeshall and Elizabeth his wife, died 13 April, 1706,
aged 6.
XXX. On a mutilated slab ; An eagle displayed.
XXXI. On a coped tomb on the North Side of the Churchyard;
Manning. For Rev. W. Manning, Hector, died 3 January, 1857.
On East Buttresses of Chancel.
XXXII. Manning.
XXXin. The See of Norwich.
* For the inscription, which is in Latin, see Blomefield, i. 22. This monument was
originally placed against the pillar now opposite to it.
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FEENZE.
Brass on the East Wall.
I. Quarterly ; 1 and 4, A chevron ermine between three dolphins
embowed ; 2 and 3, a lion rampant crowned : impaling ; Quarterly ;
1 and 4, Three escutcheons ; 2 and 3, A pall reversed ermine. For
Dame Margaret Blenerhasset, widow of Sir Thomas Blenerhasset, and
daughter of John Braham, of Wetheringsett, Esq., died 23 July,
1561. (Blenerhasset ; Gules, a chevron ermine between three dolphins
embowed argent. Orion ; Azure, a lion rampant argent, crowned or.
Lotvdham; Argent, three escutcheons sable. Keldon ; Gules, a pall
reversed ermine. Edmonson's Alphabet of Arms.) This is the brass
which Blomefield describes (i. 143) as being "on a marble three yards
long, and a yard and a half wide," and as having had three shields, of
which two were gone, and the third bore Blenerhasset, Lowdham, Keldon,
Orton, and Skelton, quarterly ; impaling Braham. From a note I made
in or about the year 1 857 it would seem that there were then two shields
belonging to this brass ; one of which I have described above, and the
other bore Blenerhasset, Lowdham, Orton, and Keldon, quarterly ; im-
paling Two lions passant. These shields are apparently Blomefield's
" 1 and 4 " for Sir Thomas Blenerhasset.
Brasses on the Floor.
II. Three shields for Ralph Blenerhasset, Esq., died 14 Nov.,
1475.
1. Blenerhasset quartering Orton.
2. Blenerhasset and Orton quarterly ; impaling Lowdham.
3. As the second.
4. which Blomefield describes as " Lowdham single," is gone,
but it existed in 1857.
III. Two shields for John Blenerhasset, Esq., died 27 November,
1510.
1 . Blenerhasset quartering Lowdham.
2. Orton impaling A fesse chequy between three charges,
almost effaced ; probably Sable, a fesse chequy or and
azure between three nags' heads erased argent, for
Heigham.
IV. Five shields for Maria, daughter and heir of George Blener-
hasset, Esq., eldest son of Sir Thomas Blenerhasset, Knight,* who
married first Thomas Culpeper, Esq., next Francis Bacon, Esq., and
died s. p. 17 September, 1587, aged 70.
1. Quarterly; 1 and 4, A bend engrailed; 2 and 3, Senate of
martlets, a chevron ; impaling Quarterly of nine, viz.,
i. Blenerhasset; ii. Lowdham; iii. Keldon; iv. Orton; v.
A fesse between three fleurs-de-lis, a crescent for differ-
ence ; vi. A fesse between three martlets ; vii. Three
pelicans vulning themselves ; viii. Fretty ; ix. A lion
* In printing this inscription Blomefield has left out a' line, and has made the son a
knight instead of the father.
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rampant. (Culpeper, Argent, a bend engrailed gules,
Skelton, Azure, a fesse between three fleurs-de-lis or.
Edmonson. " Culpeper of Suffolk ; Gules, a chevron en-
grailed between three martlets argent." Blomefield, iv.
31.)
2. On a fesse between three escutcheons as many mullets
pierced ; impaling Blenerhasset and his eight quarterings
as above. (Bacon, Argent, on a fesse engrailed gules
between three escutcheons of the second, as many mullets
of the field pierced sable. Edmonson.)
3. Quarterly of six, viz., i. and vi. Blenerhasset; ii. Lowdham;
iii. Keldon ; iv. Orton ; v. Skelton.
4. Quarterly of four, viz., i. A fesse between three martlets;
ii. Three pelicans vulning themselves; iii. Fretty; iv.
A lion rampant.
5. In a lozenge, the nine quarters of Blenerhasset, as in No. 1.
Crest, on a brass above the lozenge : on a wreath a fox
sejant.
V. Three shields for Joan Braham, widow of John Braham, Esq.,
died 18 November, 1519, viz.
1 . A cross fleury. Braham.
2. A cross fleury impaling Chequy, a cross.
3. Chequy, a cross, Reydon, Blomefield. (Braham, Sable, a
cross fleury argent ; Reydon, Chequy argent and gules, a
cross azure. Edmonson.)
VI. Two shields (the third gone) near the south door of the nave,
for Jane, widow of John Blenerhasset, died 5 October, 1521.
1 . Blenerhasset and Lowdham quarterly.
2. Quarterly ; 1 and 4, A fesse dancette, in chief three
crescents; 2 and 3, A lion rampant. (Tindall, Argent, a
fesse dancette gules, in chief three crescents of the
second. Edmonson.)
Cut on Slabs in the Floor.
VII. Five roundels, on a chief a battle axe fesse-wise ; impaling A
chevron between three lions rampant. For Eichard Nixon, Esq., died
24 November, 1666, aged 76. (Nixon, Sable, five besants 2, 3, and 1 ;
on a chief argent a battle axe in fesse of the field. Burke's Armory.
VIII. Nixon as before. For Richard, son of Eichard Nixon, Esq.,
and Susan his wife, died 28 August, 1678, aged 21.
IX. A fesse embattled between three pheons, impaling Nixon.
For William Cooper, gent., died 30 March, 1693, aged 54. (Cooper,
Vert, a fesse embattled or between two pheons in chief and as many
shin-bones, in base saltire-wise argent. Burke's Armory.}
X. The Eoyal Arms, almost effaced, on a panel.
It may be noticed that although Blomefield says "the meanness of
the fabrick hath preserved the inscriptions from being reaved," yet the
shields of arms have much diminished in number since his time. He
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describes thirty-two or thirty-three coats ; I could find only nineteen ;
three or four which I noted in 1857 are not to be seen now. Of the
arms, "most of which," he says, "still remain in the windows," not
one remains now.
PULHAM ST. MARY THE VIRGIN.
In the East Window.
I. Sable, a lion passant argent, in the dexter fore-paw a croslet of
the second ; on a chief of the last three croslets of the first. Crest :
out of a ducal coronet or, a lion's head erased argent, gutte"e de sang.
For Mr. Long, rector before 1835, who glazed the tracery of the
window. These are the arms given by Edmonson for Long of
Rudellston, in Wiltshire, with the addition of the croslet in the lion's
paw.
Mural Monument, Chancel.
II. G-ules, a cross engrailed argent ; in the dexter quarter an
inescutcheon of the second charged with two bars (azure ?) ; over all a
bend compony (of the field ?) Crest : an unicorn's head erased and
collared. Motto : Tout vient de Dieu. For Mary, wife of Rev. W.
Leigh, M.A., Rector of these parishes, who died 24 June, 1850, aged
68. Mr. Leigh was rector from 1835 till his death in 1858.
Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
III. Quarterly of twelve,* viz.
1. A chevron between three roundels. AslacTc.
2. A bend between two fleurs-de-lis. Lany.
3. A chevron engrailed between three cinquefoils ; on a chief
a charge, now effaced. Cooke.
4. A crescent. ohun.
5. Three cinquefoils. Bardolph.
6. Ermine, a chief lozengy.
7. A chevron.
8. The same.
9. The same.
10. A fesse. Waxliam ?
11. A lion rampant.
12. A fesse
Impaling, A lion rampant, a crescent for difference. Crest : a dog's
head erased. Motto illegible. For Aslake Lany, Esq., who died
January, 1639, aged 71; and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John
Jermy, Esq., " who being 68 years old in Sepf, 1646, dyed after that
Time." (Jermy, Argent, a lion rampant gardant gules. Burke's
Armory.)
IV. A stork ; impaling two coats in palo, viz.
1 . A fesse wavy between three crescents ermine.
2. A boar's head couped between three croslets, a crescent for
difference. Crest : a stork's head erased. For William Stark ey, son
* For the tinctures of the first five quarters, see under Brockdish, p. 136.
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of Dr. Starkey, both rectors of this church, whose first wife was Mary
daughter of Gascoigno Weld, of Braken Ash, Esq., and his second wife
the daughter of John Amyas, of Hingham, gent., who in pious memory
caused this stone to be here laid. He died 13 October, 1717, aged 66.
(Starkey, Argent, a stork proper. Amyas, Argent, a boar's head
couped sable armed or, between three croslets of the second. Burke's
Armory.}
Slab in the Nave Floor.
V. A chevron ermine between three birds ; impaling A bend. For
Elizabeth Sayer, wife of John Sayer, died 29 April, 1653. (Sayer,
Gules, a chevron ermine between three seagulls argent. Burke's
Armory.}
Mural Monument, South Aisle.
VI. Argent, a chevron between three crows sable ; impaling Argent,
on a bend cotised sable between three fleurs-de-lis gules a lion passant
or.* For Thomas Inyon, M.A., many years a valuable physician in
this parish, and Margaretta Maria his relict, daughter of Thomas
Bransby, Esq., of Harleston. He died 20 March, 1777, aged 72; she
died 9 January, 1778, aged 68.
Slabs in the Tower Floor.
VII. In a lozenge, Quarterly, on a bend over all three roundels.
Maria, filia Stebbing de Civitate . . . ici, gen : et Marthse uxoris et
filiee Roberti Wood nuper de Brooke in com : Norf : Armigeri. Obiit
xxiiij die Octobris, 1694, setatis suse xxi.f (Stelbing, Quarterly or and
gules, on a bend sable five besants. Burke's Armory.}
VIII. In a lozenge, Per pale, on a chevron between three birds as
many trefoils. " Hie jacet Anna uxor .... Wood generosi obiit "
(the rest illegible), f (Wood, Norwich, Per pale argent and sable, on
a chevron between three martlets as many trefoils slipt, all counter-
changed. Burke's Armory.}
On the South Porch.
IX. Three crowns ; for East Anglia.
X. The same ; for the See of Ely ?
FEOFFMENT OF LAND AT BEUMPSTEAD, NORFOLK,
1653.
BY deed, dated 20th June, 1653, Valentine Jenison of Southwold,
co. Suffolk, Schoolmaster, and Elizabeth his wife, in consideration of
the sum of 51, conveyed to Christopher Postell of Brumpstead,
Norfolk, gent., a messuage and two and a half acres of land, which
the said Valentine Jenison had given him by the last will of his
father, Thomas Jenison, dated 16th June, 1620. The original is in the
possession of Mr. C. Golding of Paddington.
* Sec under Redenhall, p. 201. t See Blomcfield, v. 374.
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WILL OF CHEISTOPHEE BAEEETT OF NORWICH, 1597.
WE have been favoured by E. 8. Bignold, Esq., of Norwich, with the
probate copy of the will of Christopher Barrett, a mercer of that city
in the sixteenth century. The will is dated 14th December, 1597; a
codicil relating to a debt, 21st April, 1598 ; and the will and codicil
were proved in the Bishop's Court at Norwich, by Christopher Barrett,
the executor, on the 29th December, 1598. The probate from which
the following extracts are made is endorsed in a cotemporary hand,
" Old Christofer Barrett's will devising King's Head to Christofer
Baret. Dat. 14 th Decb. 1597."
"!N THE NAME OF GOD AMEN," 14 th December, 40 th Elizabeth, 1597, " I
CHRISTOFER BARRETT THE ELDER of the cytty of Norwich mercer being
of good and perfecte memory thankes be to God doe make and declare
my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge that is to
say FIRST I bequeath my sowle unto allmighty God the father the
sonne and the holy ghost three persons and one god heartely desyring
pardon and forgevenes of all my sinnes and offences and my body
to be buryed in the parishe church of St. Peter of Mancrofte in the
citty of Norwich Towardes the reparation of which church and for
the breaking of the grounde there I doe geve twenty shillinges and
to a godly preacher to preach a,t my funeral! I geve tenne shillinges
ITEM I DOE GEVE to twelve poor folke to accompany my body to
church to every of them a freese gowne and fowerpence in money and
I will Christofer Ebbotts Christofer Keeme Edwarde Leest Thomas
Taylor Edwarde Drewry Eicharde Dey Flowerdew in St. Gyles
Greenwood in St. Gyles old Fuller and John Walker to be parte
of the sayde twelve ITEM I will my executor at my buriall shall
make a doale to the poore people geveing to the elder sorte two pence
a peece and to the younger sorte a penny a peece by his discretion
ITEM I geve to Thomas Barrett my nephew one cloake cloth and to
his wife a gowne cloth and to my brother Eichard Barrett a cloake
cloth ITEM I geve to the poore prisoners of the Guildhall two
shillinges and to every poore Lazar howse at the gates of Norwich
twelvepence and to the poore people of the hospital of St. Gyles in
Norwich three shillinges fowerpence and to the prisoners of the Castle
twoe shillinges all which severall sommes I will shall be geven eyther
in breade or money by the discretion of my executor and
I geve to Margaret Ebbotts my service booke ITEM I doe
geve unto my sayde nephew Thomas Barrett my tenements and
gardaynes in St. Gyles p'ishe in Norwich which I purchased of
Henry* Quashe ITEM I geve and bequeath unto William
Barrett sonne of the said Christofer Barrett my little tenem* with an
orcharde lyinge and beinge in the late parish of St. Martyne of
Tymberhill in the citty of Norwich which I purchased of John
* At the death of Thomas Barrett, or breach of conditions, which first shall happen,
this estate is devised to Christopher Barrett the nephew. '
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Berington .... and I geve unto Christofer Inglande Clearke p'son
of Weston and to his wife viz 4 to each of them twenty shillinges a
peece ALLSO I doe geve unto Eebecca Mayes my servaunt
the posted bedsteade standinge in the little parlor where I dwell which
I did usually lye uppon and the featherbedd bolsters coveringe and
blanketts used with the same fower payer of sheetes twoe pillowes
twoe pillowbeers and one twilt one brasse pott one brasse possenet
two kettles twoe skilletts three pewter platters three pewter dishes
three pewter porringers three pewter saucers one speete one drippinge
pan and one payer of dogirons to laye a speete on one turned chayer
two buffett stooles three cushions two candlestickes one pewter chamber
pott one fryinge pan one chafendyshe one round chiste one payer of
tonges one payer of bellowes and one rounde table which stand at
Eichard Deyes howse and a cupborde which stand at my howse in
St. Martynes .... ITEM I doe geve and bequeath unto my saide
nephewe Christofer Barrett all those my messuage gardens tenements
and grounds* in the parish of St. Peter of Mancrofte in the citty of
Norwich to have and to holde the same, &c.," conditionally on the
payment of legacies.
MOEE ABOUT SUEGEONS AND PHYSICIANS, p. 247
AMONGST my papers I find some more copies of documents relating to
Surgeons in the reign of Elizabeth and James I. One, extracted from
the Norwich Assembly Boole (15th Elizabeth), is particularly instructive,
for it shows how rare were surgeons in our large towns. Eichard
Durrant, the bonesetter, referred to below, was a man of some skill in
that higher department of surgery, and only appeared to have made a
settlement in Norwich at the request of the Mayor and other wor-
shipful citizens. Here is the document :
"This day for divers great causes and considerations and for the
relief of some as shall fortune by misfortune to have their legs, arms,
or the bones of other parts of their limbs to be broken of such as be
poor and not able to pay for their healing, and because it is well
known that Eichard Durrant is a man very skilful in bone-setting and
of good will to dwell in the city by the request of Mr. Mayor and
other of the worshipful and common of the same city ; the house of a
very good will that they bear to the same Eichard Durrant have
granted that the said Eichard for his pains and diligence to be taken
shall yearly have given to him four pounds of good and lawful money
of England to be paid him xx s a quarter by the receiver of the Hospital,
and also his house rent to be given him without paying anything for
the same."
The bone-setter appears to have been a public officer paid for by the
* This is no doubt the property called in the endorsement " the Bong's Head."
COU^CTANEA. 271
city to set the broken limbs of those who could not afford to pay.
Thus if there were no hospital there was the spirit of the institution
in existence. A Mr. Reve seems to have been the successor of Mr.
Dun-ant, for in the Assembly Book (3rd James I.) we find the following
entry :
"It is agreed that Eeve the Bonesetter shall have his fee in-
creased to ten pounds a year so as he be resident and dwelling in the
city and do his endeavour to cure the poor."
When the newspaper came into existence in Norwich in the
18th century, many curious advertisements by barber-surgeons, sur-
geons, quacks, and apothecaries, were inserted. A specimen of the
"modesty" of these individuals will serve. At the Duke's Palace Inn
lived or lodged a Mr. James, now and then respectfully mentioned in
The Norwich Gazette as a surgeon ; and this Mr. James, having made
skin diseases his study, desired to inform the public of his skill. No
more boastful or vainglorious production was ever penned. And yet,
with all its coarseness, there is a subtlety about it that was likely to
catch the public, for the advertizer took the reader into his confidence
by telling him that some persons through envy and malice, insinuating
that he had been very fortunate, uttered slanderous words against him.
Mr. James knew how to deal with the ignorant and superstitious of
his day, so he pretended that he had God's assistance. Here is the
advertisement, copied from the Norwich Gazette of 1 726.
"After twenty-seven years experience and successful practice in curing those
following dangerous and difficult distempers, namely, scrofulous tumours or King's evil,
any old ulcers, cancers, and fistulas in any part of the body, and all sorts of sores in
general, without cutting and caustic ; therefore, if there be any man or woman that
labours under any of those distempers, let them not make any doubt or scruple of
finding present ease and perfect cure, if curable. Yet I never used any such as to put
them to pain and misery, as cutting and caustic does, in all those great cures that I
have performed among you. I leave them to tell you who have undergone such
severe treatment as by cutting and caustic, yet without any ease or sign of cure,
but only of their money, for the gold and silver mines lie so deep that they are forced
to cut deep and large wounds to find it under pretence to heal your wounds safe
and sound. Therefore dally not your time and money away as many do and
have done, until they render themselves incurable by their own neglect and the
delay of others, for very many can, as many of you can, witness by woful experience.
Also present ease and cure for the rheumatism and all rheumatic pains in any part,
and likewise all scorbutic tumours in general. Though I say no more than what I
have done and do with God's assistance, you may satisfy yourselves of the truth of
what is here inserted in any part of this city, and also in many parts of the country,
without you inquire of those my enemies who are ready to burst with passionate
malignity and envy and malice, and of them there are too many, but their tongues are
soon silenced, for the truth ever will prove itself. And since God has given me so great
success in curing the most injurious distempers incident to mankind, I think it my
duty (as well as interest) to let my fellow-citizens know it, that I may be the more
serviceable to them, which can be no otherwise, than in giving them present ease and
speedy cure when they are in pain and misery and left off by others as incurable, as
I have done to many in this city and country of those deplorable distempers and many
more too tedious to mention. Performed by me, Henry James, living in the Duke's
Palace Yard, in the city of Norwich.
Norwich. M. KNIGHTS.
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CORPUS CHEISTI PAGEANTS AT BUNGAY, 1514.
THE following Bill of Eiot, filed by the inhabitants of Bungay against
Richard Warton, Bailiff of that town, is transcribed from the Star
Chamber Proceedings, Hen. VIII., vol. vii. B.U. B.Y., p. 194.
Our thanks are due to John R. Daniel- Tyssen, Esq., F.S.A., for the
communication.
"To the reu'end ffather in God my lord Cardinall legate a latere
Archebisshop of York Primate of Englond and Chauncler of
the same.
"In most humble wyse shewyth & compleynyth vnto yo r grace yo r trewe
& faythfull Subiects & dayly Orato r s John Bickers of Bungey in the
Countie of Suff. Thorn's ffufier & John Crakyngthorpp Austyn ffichar
& Will'm Dowsyng the inhabitants of the sayde Town of Bungey Soo
it is that Where the same yo r seyd Oratours haue ben grevously
wrongyd & oppressyd by the extort power malicious supportac'on and
vntrew meyntennc's of Richard Warton, Bayly of the seyd town of
Bungey Soo it was gracious lord that the seyd Richard Warton Thorn's
Wodcok & John Wodcok and dyu's other euyl aduisyd p'sons arreyed
as Riotto r s and in riottous man' at Bungey aforseyd at xj of the clok
on the frydaye * at nyght nex aft' Corpus X'pi day in the sixthe yere
of the most noble reyngn of Kyng Henry tha now is And at that
tyme the seyd Richard Warton Thorn's & John, brake & threw down
fyve pagents of yo r seyd inhabit'unts that is to sey hevyn pagent, the
pagent of all the world, Paradys pagent, Bethelem pagent, & helle pagent
the whyche wer eu' wont tofore to be caryed abowt the seyd Town
vpon the seyd daye in the hono r of the blissyd Sacrement And syth
that tyme the seyd Richard wold have compelled yo r seyd Orato's to
haue made them agayn at ther costs & charges Besecheth yo r grace
that the said Richard may make answere to the p'missys And soo to
be ordered as yo r grace shall thynk best in this behalf And yo r seyd
Orato r s shall praye to God for the p's'uacon of yo r noble estate long to
endure."
\_Endorsed~] "Bungay, Inhabitants of v. Bailiff of.
A by 11 of Riot agenst Richard Wharton."
PARTICULARS OF AN ESTATE AT SOUTH CREAKE,
NORFOLK, TEMPORE ELIZABETH.
MB. C. GOLDING, of Paddington, sends an interesting document, un-
dated, but apparently of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It is headed
"A particuler of an estate in a health efulle counterye and well
scituated and in a plesaunte place for hauckinge huntinge and good
certeyne corne grounds and the marketts very convenient videlicett
within two milles a markett towne ; an other within 3 milles ; and an
* i.e. 16th June, 1514.
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other within 4 milles ; within 3 milles of the sea within 1 2 milles of
Linne and about 90 milles from London pleasante rodes and cleane
above 60 miles of it convenient wood for firing for the
dining chamber & all the other chambers and the parlor if they will
not burne sea coale in the parlor which is cheaper than to make Eiddey
there owne woode for ther owne spendinge."
The rents amounted to 467 per annum (one farm 164, another
125, a third 90, and a fourth 68), whilst the value of the lands
kept in hand were estimated at 250, making an annual value of 717.
The outgoings consisted of a rent of 22 payable to the Bishop, and
sundry small sums for college lease, and to the Abbey manor, Calthorpe's
manor, Beaufois manor, and Bodham manor, leaving a clear rental of
693 per annum. G. A. Carthew, Esq., from the mention of these
manors and the description of the estate, has no hesitation in saying
that it was situated at South Creake. It may interest our readers to
note the annual value of land per acre in those days. The capital
messuage with 40 acres of land, well stocked with coneys, was esti-
mated to be worth 20. The two next closes, containing 20a. 3r. Op.,
10. 7s. 6d. The malt house, mill house, other outhouses and
chambers, a well-stocked dove house, and 24 acres of special pasture,
was estimated at 24. Meadow and pasture was worth 13s. 4d.
arable land but 10s. per acre, and in one case as little as 8s. 6d. A
foulde course for five hundred sheep was valued at 35, that is to say
7 a hundred.
EXTEACTS FKOM THE PAEISH EEGISTEE OF
EIDLINGTON, NOEFOLK.
1701.
Octob. the 16. I heard Grand had a child borne about Midsummer
time.
1702.
A Child of Eobert Grand's was buried the 1 8 th of ApriU.
October the 2 1 st . I was Informed that Eobert Grand had a woman
child borne.
Eobert Grand had a Child called by the name of Mary, was buried
(as I am informed) sometime in the weeke before Shrove-tyde.
1703.
A Child of Eobert Grand's was borne the 14 th or 15 th of ffebruary,
the name he intends to be Willyam.
1705.
Susan and Eobert and John and Willyam and Margot the Children
of Eobert Grand lately deceased and his wife were baptized the 10 th
of Aprill being Easter Tuesday.
1701.
Joseph son of W. Gilbert bap. the 1 5 Feb. being Shrove Sunday.
1705.
The Queens duty payd at East Euston.
Communicated by the REV. FRANCIS PROCTER.
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A NOKFOLK FISHERMAN'S PRAYER.
THE Rev. Francis Proctor, Vicar of Witton, North Walsham, Norfolk,
communicates the following form of prayer, which was found in use
at the village of Mundesley, hard by Witton. Its publication may
lead to the recovery of a more perfect copy.
Pray God lead us ;
Pray God speed us ;
From all evil defend us.
Fish for our pains God send us.
Well to fish and well to haul,
And what He pleases to pay us all.
A fine night to land our nets,
And safe in with the land.
Pray God, hear my prayer.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION, BANHAM, NORFOLK.
IN the churchyard of Banham in Norfolk is a gravestone commemo-
rating a former ringer which bears the following inscription :
" In memory of Robert Kemp, Forty seven years Clerk of this
Parish, Twenty years of which he was the faithful servant of the
Rev d . John Surtees, Rector, by whom this monument is erected. He
died June 19th, 1834, Aged 77 years. The following lines were
composed by himself, and at his request inscribed on his tomb.
Reader stand still and do remark
Here lies old Kemp, the Parish Clerk
For forty years and more what then ?
He had his faults like other men,
Could ring, could sing, could read so well,
Few parish Clerks could him excel.
But now he's laid within the ground
Till the last trumpet's solemn sound
Shall shake the earth and rend the skies,
Then he with millions will arise."
Communicated ly the late ME. GEORGE RAYSON of Pulham Market.
PIG'S GRAVE, MELTON CONSTABLE, NORFOLK.
ON my way from the North Elmham Railway Station to the sea coast,
just past the park at Melton Constable, I came upon a spot at the
junction of five roads, which I was told was known as " Pig's Grave."
Can you tell me why ? B. W. I.
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THE TOKENS OF NOEFOLK VIIL
THETFOED.
243. 0. WILLIAM FLANNER 1669.
Jt. OF THETFORD W.M.F.
He wag Mayor in 1657.
244. 0. WORMLY HETHERSET The Grocers' arms.
R, OF THETFORD NORFV. W.H.
"Wormly Hetherset was Mayor of Thetford in 1671 and 1675, and again in
1693 and 1698.
245. 0. FRANCIS HOWLETT A woolpack.
It. OF THETTFORD 1668.
Francis Howlett the elder, of Thetford, woolcomber, by his will dated 1670
devised his messuage in Thetford to his wife Frances for life, and after her
decease to his son Thomas, to whom he also gave 100. He gave to his sons
John and Francis 10s. each, to his son Henry 20, and to each of his daughters
Anne and Elizabeth 100. He gave the residue of his property to his wife
Frances, whom he appointed his executrix.
246. 0. EDWARD MOORE IN The Mercers' arms.
JR. THETFORD 1668 E.F.M.
He was mayor in 1679.
247. 0. IOHN WAYMOND OF The Grocers' arms.
H. THETFORD 1659 I.W.
The above Thetford tokens, except Hetherset' s, are engraved in Martin's
History of Thetford.
THOENHAM.
248. 0. STEPHEN TVCKE IN 1667 A cross.
JR. THORNTJM HIS HALFE PENY S.M.T.
UPWELL.
249. 0. WILLIAM BOYCE Three doves (the Tallow-chandlers' arms.)
R. IN VPWELL 1664 W.S.B.
250. 0. LAMES BROONLES The Brewers' arms.
R. IN VPWE'LL 1664 I.E.
251. 0. THOMAS NVRISH A CTOWI1.
R. IN VPWELL 1664 T.A.N.
252. 0. THOMAS ROBINSON Cross keys.
R. IN VPWELL 1668 HIS HALF PENY T.A.E.
253. 0. SAM YELL VINCENT The Mercers' arms.
R. IN VPWELL 1664 S.V.
Upwell is partly in Cambridgeshire.
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WALSHAM NORTH.
254. 0. IOHN COOKE OF The Mercers' arms.
JR. NORTH WALSHAM I.M.O.
255. 0. THOMAS MOORE The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORTH WALSHAM T.M.
256. 0. PETER RICHARDSON The arms of the Duke of Norfolk, A
bend between six cross crosslets.
R. IN NOR WALSHAM [16] 57 P.M.E.
257. 0. THOMAS RVDDOCKE The Drapers' arms.
R. IN NORTH WALSHAM T.E.
258. 0. IOSEPH WASET The Mercers' arms.
R. NOR WALSHAM I.W.
WALSINGHAM.
259. 0. BENIAMIN RVDKIN BRAZIER ANNO DOM. 1669.
R. IS WALLSINGHAM HIS HALPENY B.S.B.
260. 0. WILL. FRAMINGHAM A rO86.
R. LITTLE WALSINGHAM W.F.
261. 0. IOHN PARTINGTON The Haberdashers' arms.
R. LITTLE WALSINGHAM HIS HALF PENT.
262. 0. IOHN PARTINGTON The Haberdashers' arms.
R. LITTLE WALSINGHAM I.P. NORFOLK.
WATTON.
263. 0. CHRISTOPHER HEY The Mercers' arms.
R. OF WATTON MERCER C.M.H.
Hey built the clock house at Watton at his own expense, and was buried in
1682. Norfolk Archceology, iii. 403.
In the Norwich Mayoralty Court Book, under date the 15th July, 1674, is the
following, " Mr. Chr. Hey & severall others of the Inhabitants of Watton
came to y s Court and gave their humble & hearty thanka to y* Court for pro-
motinge the charitable benevolence of y e Inhabitants of y' City towards the
releife of the poore of that towne who suffered by a great fyre lately there."
WELLS.
264. 0. RICHARD MANSVAR The Mercers' arms.
R. WELLES IN NORFOLK 2 E.M.
WYMONDHAM.
265. 0. IOHN BVRRELL The Drapers' arms.
R. IN WINDHAM I.E.B.
266. 0. ANTHONY LOCK IN The Grocers' arms.
R. WINDHAM IN NORFOLK A.L.
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KNIGHT'S MEAT.
THE sitting in parliament, or the returning representatives to par-
liament, was anciently considered an onerous duty to be avoided if
possible, rather than an honourable privilege or right to be eagerly
sought for.
Bishop Salmon, writing in 1318 to the Prior of Norwich from the
Parliament then sitting at York, says, "We signify unto you, for which
we are very sorry, that it will be necessary for us to assist the King, as
it is at present our belief, until the begining of Lent at the least, not
without grievous expenses and labours almost intolerable."* It is matter
of history that the good city of Norwich, in 1403, might have sent
four burgesses to Parliament instead of two ; but from considerations
of economy declined, and even spent 3 in order that the writ might
be altered, f For at that time Members of Parliament were paid, as
at the present day are the Directors of a Company, although probably
not so liberally.
Blomefield mentions that Edward Flowerdew and John Aldrich,
Burgesses in Queen Elizabeth's first Parliament, had 36 for sixty-
four days' knight's meat paid them by the city. He also tells us that
in the 8th Elizabeth alderman Sir Thomas Parker was paid for ninety
days' knight's meat.J
It would appear from the following letter, transcribed from the
Liber Ruber Civitatis, fo. 29, and written in 1622 by one of the city
Members, that the custom of paying Members of Parliament for
their services had fallen somewhat into disuse at that date, or the
writer, Sir Richard Rosse, Knt., who, after having been Sheriff in
1611 and Mayor in 1618, was chosen a Burgess in the Parliament of
18 James I., would not have thought it necessary to make such earnest
suit to the Corporation for a sum of money to cover his expenses,
but would have claimed his "knight's meat" as a right.
To the right Worshipful Mr. Mayor of the City of Norwich and
to the Worshipful the justices of the peace Sheriffs Aldermen
and Common Council of the same City.
Forasmuch as I had appointed a journey into the country before
such time as this present assembly was agreed upon to be warned, by
reason whereof I could not be here present to express myself in a suit
or request as I intended to have done therefore I thought good with
your favours to commend unto you in few lines being now absent the
remembrance and consideration of my late employment on the behalf
of this City as one of this City's Citizens elected for attendance at the
last parliament wherein may it please you to be informed that, upon
occasion of that business only, I travelled towards London the five and
twenty day of January 1620 and continued there till the last day of
March which was in all nine weeks & three days and I went again
* Reg. Pr. et Com. Norw. 9, fo. 123.
f- Blomefield iii., p. 120. 8vo. ed. I Ibid. p. 359.
Z
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thither the thirtieth day of April and continued till the sixth day of
June being two months wanting two days and I went again the 1 6 th
day of November and continued till the 22 day of December which
was five weeks and one day which time altogether amounted to two
and twenty weeks and two days during which time what the expense
of myself and servant with my horses besides extraordinary charge in
apparel upon that occasion did amount unto I doubt not but in your
judgements it may be well near estimated and hoping that in a
business of that kind being so unexpectedly chargeable by reason of
the many adjournments of the parliament and long continuance of the
time you will be of the mind that the burthen thereof for the city's
service will be too great to bear I do therefore earnestly pray you to
be pleased to grant unto me for and (sic] the said charges and
expenses such a competent sum of money as to your worships shall
seem to be indifferent and reasonable and thereby I shall be en-
couraged to do all possible service for this city which shall be in my
weak ability to be hereafter performed and rest ever one of the well
willers of this worshipful City.
The 29 of July 1622. EICHABD EOSSE.
THE MANUFACTUEE OF STAECH SUPPEESSED, 1609.
To our loving friends the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Norwich for the time being.
After our hearty commendations. Whereas by several commissions
from his Majesty and letters from this Board to you and others directed
you have been required to use your best endeavours for the preventing
and taking away of such annoyances as were caused by the making of
Starch, and especially that no grayne or other stuffe should be con-
verted to that use but such as should upon view and survey be found
unfit for the food and sustenance of man, which toleration was then
permitted by occasion of great quantities of corn brought from beyond
the Seas by the Merchants whereof a great part proved unwholesome
and unfit for any other use. But having received certificates from
divers Justices of the peace and other Magistrates that for want of
that due care and respect which should have bene had by some that
were in authority there hath been great store of good and serviceable
corne employed to the making of starch and by this occasion the
making and makers thereof are lately very much increased in the most
part of this kingdom (contrary to his Majesty s proclamation and Eoyal
pleasure published in that behalf. Whereof his Majesty having also
taken notice and being desirous (out of his princely disposition to the
good of his subjects) that this abuse should be reformed which may
cause great inconvenience and be a means and occasion to continue
dearth of grain within this realm more respecting the general good of
his people than any private end whatsoever hath been graciously
pleased by his Proclamation absolutely to suppress and prohibit the
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making of Starch within this kingdom. To the end that bis Majestys
said proclamation may be duly executed and such persons may receive
punishment to the example of others as shall be found wilful and
disobedient unto the same. These are therefore to require and au-
thorise you upon the due information of Eouland Write, to whom
the oversight of this business is committed for his Majesty, to take
notice of all such persons as doe and shall at any time hereafter offend
against his Majesty's Proclamation and by warrant under your hands
or the more of you, if you find cause to call before you all such
persons as shall be noticed unto you for offenders in this behalf and
to require and cause them to enter into good bonds to his Majesty's use
with good and sufficient sureties upon condition that they shall im-
mediately surcease and give over and for ever forbear making of
starch at all times hereafter and if they or any of them shall refuse
to doe (so) then to commit him or them so refusing unto the next
Goale or prison of that county wherein they do inhabit there to remain
until they shall enter into such bonds both for there good behaviour
and to conforme themselves according as in his Majestie's said Pro-
clamation is exhibited and so we bid you heartily farewell from
Whitehall this first of March 1609.
Your loving friend 8
E. Cant (and others)
Liter Ruler Civitatis, fo. 9.
INSCRIPTION UPON A TOMBSTONE IN LOWESTOFT
CHUECHYAED.
I SEND you an example of the pedantry of schoolmasters of the last
century. Probably some of your readers are already acquainted with
it, as the stone stands in a very frequented part of the churchyard.
H. PULLEY.
The body of Lewis Webb
Schoolmaster
Like the cover of an old book
Its contents worn out & stript
of its lettering & gilding
Lies here food for worms.
Yet the work shall not be lost
For it shall (as he believed)
Appear once more in a new
and most beautiful edition
corrected and revised by the Author
(The loving Husband of Judith Webb)
who died 29 Mar 1790
Aged 38 years.
Also 3 of their children..
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BISHOP BATHUEST'S STATUE IN NORWICH CATHEDRAL.
THE statue of Bishop Bathurst in Norwich Cathedral, which formerly
was placed under the arch on the north side of the presbytery nearest
the apse, has been, in consequence of the alterations going on in the
cathedral, removed to the south transept. It may not be generally
known that Chantrey had only returned to London the day before his
death (25th November, 1841) from a visit to Lord Leicester and
from erecting this statue, which, with that of Bishop Ryder at
Lichfield, were the last of the great sculptor's finished works. A.
INSCRIPTION IN WEST WALTON CHURCH, NORFOLK.
Heavens face is clear
Though the bow appear
Reader nere fear
there is no arrow neare.
To the immortal praise of God Almighty, that saveth his people in
all adversities, be it kept in perpetuall memory, that on ye first of
November 1613, the sea broke in and overflowed all Marshland, to the
grate danger of Mens lives and losse of goods ; One the three and
twentieth of March 1614 this country was overflowed with the fresh,
And one the twelveth and thirteenth of Sept. 1671, all Marshland was
again overflowed by the Violence of the Sea.
Surely our Sinns were tinctured in graine
May we not say the labour was in vaine
Soe many washings still the Spotts remaine. 1677.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION IN THE SOUTH AISLE OF
HEACHAM CHURCH, NORFOLK.
To the memory of Saml Norman aged 66 years Ann Norman his Wife
aged 58 years Ann Norman their daughter aged 15 years Mary Hagve
aged 25 years Martha Brazer aged 23 years John Pickering aged
32 years Robt Cooper aged 16 years William Herring aged 16 years
And John Herring aged 14 years Inhabitants of the Parish of
Heacham in the County of Norfolk who went in a Boat from the
Shore, on a Party of Pleasure, and were unfortunately drowned on
Sunday the second day of June 179 ( J.
This Monument was Erected by their Friends and Neighbours not
only as a Testimony of Regard and lively Sorrow for their much
lamented Fate, but also as a Memorial to warn the Rising and Future
Generations against rashley engaging in similar Undertakings, lest
they be brought to the same untimely End.
Communicated ly G. E. MINNS, ESQ. of Lynn.
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THE SISTEES AT HOUNDGATE, NOKWICH.
BLOMEFIELD (vol. iv. p. 333) mentions a house at the north-west corner
of the churchyard of St. Peter's Hungate, Norwich, which was
anciently inhabited by women who were called the "Sisters of
St. Peter" or the " Sisters at Houndgate."
I presume that this is the same house which is now a public-house
bearing the sign of the " Briton's Arms." Can any of your readers
inform me if this is so,* and also what foundation there is for the local
tradition, which I have heard, that there still exists a subterraneous
passage leading from the cellars of this house in the direction of the
ancient cloisters of the Black Friars on the other side of the street?
Also whether any record now exists of the site of two ancient houses
which were formerly situate in St. Peter's Hungate parish, and to
which Blomefield refers under the respective titles of " Paston's Place "
and " Berney's Inn " ? J. H. GUKNEY.
EEGISTEE OF BEIEFS IN EEGISTEE BOOK OF THE
PAEISH OF KNAPTON, 1707.
Collected for the fire at North-Maston in the County of Bucks,
Ap 1 6, the sum of two 8 & three d .
Collected for the fire at Towcester in North Hampton shire Ap 1 20 th
y e sum of one shilling & seven pence .
Collected for the fire in Shire lane May y e 4 th the sum of two shillings
& an .
Collected for Broseley Church Comitat Salop June 22 d y e sum of
one shilling & a penny.
Collected for the fire at Harteley green StaflPshire June 29 th y" sum
of one shilling.
Collected for the fire at Little port in y e Isle of Ely Aug. 10 th one
shilling & six pence.
Collected for y e fire at Spilsby in y e County of Lincoln 7 br 7 th two
shillings.
Collected for Orford Church in Suffolk 9 br y e 23 d y e sum of six pence.
Collected for y e fire at Heavitree in y e County of Devon y e sum of
one shilling & four pence, 9 br y e 2 d .
Collected for Dursley Church in the County of Gloucester 9 br y 6 30 th
y e sum of six pence.
Collected for y e fire at Southam in y e County of Warwick Feb. 22 d
one shilling & three pence.
Collected for y e fire in Charls Street Westminster March y e 1 4 th y*
sum of one shilling.
Collected for y e fire at Shad well in Middlesex March y e 21 y e sum of
ten pence.
* It is thus marked on the Map of Norwich compiled by R. Taylor, which appears
in his Index Monasticon. The present house appears old enough to have been that
inhabited by the " Sisters at Houndgate." It is a timber house, and has an entrance
from the churchyard through a pointed doorway with hood moulding. Ed. E. C. C.
z 2
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Collected for y e fire at Bewdley in the County of Worcester May y e
sixteenth y e sum of one shilling & six pence.
Collected for y e Protestant Church at Oberbarmen in y e Duchy of
Berg May y e 30 th y* sum of two shillings.
Collected for y e fire of Alconbury cum "Weston in y e County of
Huntingdon June y e 13 th y e sum of one shilling & six pence.
Collected for y e fire, of Woodhurst in y e County of Huntingdon
June y e 20 th y e sum of six pence.
Collected for y e fire of Lisburne in Ireland June y e twenty seventh
y e sum of two shillings & six pence.
Collected for y e fire of Wincanton in y e County of Somerset July y e
4 th y e sum of one shilling & seven pence.
Collected for y 6 fire at Edenbury 8 tr y e seventeenth the sum of one
shilling and three pence.
Collected for y e fire in the Strand 8 br y 6 one and thirtyeth the sum of
one shilling and seven pence.
Collected for y e repair of Brenchley Church in y e County of Kent
Ap 1 3 d the sum of one shilling & one peny.
1709.
Collected for the rebuilding Llanwilling Church in y e County of
Montgomery May 29 th y e sum of no penny.
Collected for y e fire at Market Ray son, &c., June 5 th the sum of ten
pence.
Collected for y e fire at Holt Market in y e County of Norfolk June 26 th
the sum of
Collected for the repairs of St. Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol
July 10 th the sum of one shilling & six pence.
Collected for the fire at Harlow in y e County of Essex July 24 th the
sum of one shilling & two pence.
1714.
To a Brief for St. Margaret at Cliffe Church in the County of Kent
two shillings & nine pence Feb. 14.
To a Brief for Shipwash Church in the County of Devon, three
shillings, March the 14.
To a Brief for Quatford Church in the County of Salop nothing
Feb. 8 th .
To a Brief for St. John Baptist's Church in Southover near Lewes in
the County of Sussex nothing March 7 th .
To a Brief for a fire at Dorchester in the County of Dorset June 2 1 ,
nothing.
To a Brief for Burslem Church in the County of Stafford nothing
August the 1 st .
To a Brief for a fire at Bottisham in the County of Cambridge
5 shillings September 27.
To a Brief for Leighton Church in the County of Salop nothing
Septemb. 26.
To a Brief for a fire at Blandford-Forum in the County of Dorset
nothing Septemb. 26.
Communicated ly the REV. FBANCIS PROCTER.
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NOKSK SETTLEMENTS IN NORFOLK.
I HAVE read with considerable interest Mr. "Walter Rye's treatise on
this subject in the Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany. He is so generally
accurate that I trust I shall be excused offering the following remarks.
Mr. Eye's twenty-three " bys " must be reduced to twenty-one, as there
are only, as far as I am aware, two Ashbys in Norfolk, and Barnby is
in Suffolk. Amongst the " oes " and " hoes " Carrow may find a place.
To the "wicks" he may add two, as both Bastwick and Hardwick
occur twice in Norfolk. A.
THE COST OF BURYING A VAGRANT, 1681-2.
Paid for winding for y e stranger that died at the "Woolpack 030
Paid the bearers that caried him and y e women that did
wind him and the charges expended at the Woolpack
for y e burying of y e stranger . . . . . . 030
Paid y e Clarke for bell ringing and grave making and chiming 026
THE above items are transcribed from the account book of St. Mary
Coslany, Norwich. Coffins were not in use, for vagrants at least, in
those days ; each parish had a coffin in which, I presume, the body
was brought from the house to the grave. I find from the same
account book that in 1596 the churchwardens "paid for a new coffin
chest 16 d ." In 1626 I meet with the following item :
Payd to Curtes y e Carpenter for two Coffins to carry y e deade
corpes in . . . . . . . . . . 00 06
I remember seeing, about twelve years ago, in the bell seller of St.
Julian's Church, Norwich, one of these parish coffins.
EXTRACTS FROM THE PARISH REGISTER OF LUDHAM,
NORFOLK.
IN the earliest Register Book of the parish of Ludham I find these
memoranda :
" In this booke are recorded all the Christenings Marriages and
Buryalls that haue bin in the Towne of Ludham from the yeere of our
Lord 1583 to the year 1685.
"Written by me Robert Gill Vicar there And ended by me
Nathanael Hindle Vicar there."
" The Clock in Ludham Church was made by John Beguely of
Swanton in Norfolk Clock-maker & Matthias ffarchild Blacksmith, by
whom it was erected Aug 18 Anno Dom 1676. Nathaniel Hindle
being Vicar & Thomas Pettus gent & Willia' Milward churchwardens."
I may add there is yet a clock in the tower.
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HEVENINGHAM AND CEATFIELD CHURCHES, SUFFOLK.
IN the tower of Heveningharn church, Suffolk, is a carved oaken
figure of a Knight in armour which is in good preservation, save and
except a deep crack from the head extending nearly to the chest.
The villagers call it " Old Adam," and the youngsters are very much
afraid of venturing up the stairs to view " the man." It formerly
stood in the vestry, but so many people (especially women) were
frightened by it, that the Hector ordered its removal to its present
lodging in the chamber of the tower. Can any of your readers tell me
whose effigy it ia and why called " Old Adam " ?
Bamblers in the district are advised to see the two plain perpendicular
lecterns in the vestry of the neighbouring church of Cratfield. Each
still retains the short iron chain attached to the book-board. The
vestry likewise contains a curious old chest with large iron bands and
bolts and an inscription in Old English characters. Some old pews and
(apparently) still older colored glass may be found in this church, in
addition to damp and discolouration enough to satiate the most
puritanical of churchmen.
Norwich. G. B. JAY.
CHUECH HEEALDEY. DEANEEY OF EEDENHALL. No. VI.
PULHAM ST. MAEY MAGDALEN.
Hatchments in the Nave.
I. Gules, a rose argent seeded or, barbed vert ; a chief ermine,
Howman ; impaling Azure, a lion rampant argent Palgrave. Crest :
on a mount proper a pegasus volant sable. Motto : Labile quod
opportunum.
LI. Azure, a lion rampant gardant argent, Palgrave; impaling
Azure, a fesse between three talbot'S heads erased or, Burton. Crest :
a lion's head erased argent.
III. Gules, a chevron ermine between three seagulls argent, Sayer ;
impaling Argent, two chevrons azure, a bordure engrailed gules,
Tyrrell? Crest: a cubit arm erect gules, holding a dragon's head
erased argent.
Slab in the Nave Floor.
IV. On a bend wavy three birds ; a bordure engrailed. Crest : a
stag's head erased and collared. For John Eede, gent., died 5 Nov.,
1721, aged 51. (Rede, Azure, on a bend wavy or three Cornish
choughs proper, within a bordure engrailed argent, charged with a
torteau and a hurt alternately. Burke's Armory.}
Mural Monuments.
V. In the Nave. Palgrave. For Austin and Catharine Palgrave,
of this parish.
VI. In the North Aisle. Palgrave (the lion rampant gardant).
For William Palgrave, M.D., of Ipswich, died 14 September, 1742,
aged 48.
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VII. In the South Aisle. Argent, a lion rampant gules within an
orle of pheons sable. In pretence, Azure, on a chevron argent between
three besants as many birds sable ; on a chief or a griffin passant per
pale gules and sable. Crest : a lion rampant gules. For Eleanor,
second wife and relict of Charles Eoope, Esq., of this place, and sole
daughter and heiress of Allen Collin, gent., some time of Brancaster,
and late of Aslacton in this county; who died 5 April, 1795, aged 66.
VIII. In the South Aisle. Quarterly ; 1 and 4, Or, three bars
azure, over all a bend gules, Stanhawe; 2 and 3, Argent, a pelican
vulning herself proper, the nest or,* Cantrell. Impaling, on the
dexter side Cornwallis, viz., Sable, on a fesse argent three Cornish
choughs proper; on the sinister side Putter, viz., Sable, two swans
in pale argent between as many flaunches or. For John Stanhawe,
buried 19 September, 1729, aged 54, whose first wife was Margaret,
daughter of John Cornwallis, Esq., of "Wingfield, Suffolk, and whose
second wife was Mary, daughter of Robert Futter, gent., late of
Shelton.
Slabs in Floor of South Aisle.
IX. Palgrave, a label for difference : crest : a lion's face. For
John, son of Thomas Palgrave, of Norwich, dyed Sept. 31 (sic} 1700,
aged 16.
X. Palgrave, a crescent for difference: crest as in No. II. For
Thomas, son of Thomas Palgrave of Norwich, died 20 January, 1700,
aged 14.
XI. Palgrave, a lion passant gardant : crest as in the last. For
Thomas Palgrave, sometime Sheriff and M.P. for Norwich, who gave
100 to a Church charity school in the parish of S. Peter Man croft:
died 7 August, 1726, aged 84 years and 6 months.
XII. Roope (v. supra No. VII) impaling Ermine, a cross voided
between four crosses moline couped and pierced, Silling ?. Crest : a
lion's head erased. For Elizabeth, wife of Charles lloope of this
parish, surgeon, died 14 October, 1754, aged 36.
XIII. Roope impaling On a chevron between three roundels as
many birds, on a chief a griffin, Collin, v. supra. Crest : a demi-lion
rampant. For Charles Eoope, Esq., died 25 February, 1780, aged 63.
Above the Chancel Arch.
XIV. Arms of George IV., with the garter, supporters, crest, and
motto.
In the Churchyard, on Raised Tombs.
XV. Per saltire, on a fesse three fleurs-de-lis. Crest : a demi-lion
rampant. For John Machet, died 12 August, 1767, aged 77 ; and
Margaret his wife, died 25 January, 1761, aged 61. (Machet, Per
saltire or and vert, on a fesse gules three fleurs-de-lis argent. Burke's
Armory.}
* This is Blomefield's blazon ; the pelican is alinost effaced now.
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XVI. Machet again, the lettering illegible.
XVII. A lion rampant between three mullets ; in pretence On a
cross five mullets. Crest : a lion's head erased. (Argent, a lion ram-
pant between three mullets sable, Wolney. Papworth's Ordinary.
Warner ; ermine, on a cross raguly sable five estoiles or. Edmonson's
-Alphabet.} For "Daniel Walne, generosus, qui obiit 13 September,
1 784, setatis suse 73 ; et Hannah, predicti Danielis charissima uxor,
quse obiit 24 February, 1801, setatis suse 80."
XVIII. Walne; the crest, a lion rampant. W. Walne died 21
October, 1 822, aged 74.
XIX. Walne. W. Eandall Walne died 22 April, 1837, aged 51.
EUSHALL.
Carved in wood, over the Vestry Door.
Arms of Queen Victoria.
STAESTON.
Mural Monuments in Chancel.
I. Quarterly of 12, with a crescent gules in the nombril point for
difference.
1. Sable, a chevron between three griffin's heads erased argent,
a crescent gules for difference. Cotton.
2. Argent, a fesse engrailed gules; in chief a rose of the
second seeded or, barbed vert.
3. Ermine, on a chief azure two mullets or. Hastings ?
4. Ermine, on a bend sable three eagles' heads erased argent.
Gelliat ?
5. As 1, without the crescent.
6. As 2.
7. As 3.
8. Gules, a chevron or between three pears slipt of the second.
Abbot*
9. Argent, three eagle's heads erased sable in a bordure en-
grailed of the last. Sharp*
10. Sable, a cinquefoil in an orle of martlets argent. Staunton*
1 1 . Azure, three eagles displayed or, a canton ermine. Fitz-
Simon.*
12. Ermine, on a bend gules three eagles displayed or.
Bagshot*
Crest : a griffin's head erased argent charged with a crescent gules.
For Bartholomew, son and heir of Eoger Cotton, by Audry daughter
and heiress of John Cotton, second brother of Sir Eobert Cotton of
Land wade in Cambridgeshire; who died 21 June 1613, aged 75.
See Blomefield, v. 346.
H. Whitear, viz., Azure, a chevron ermine between three roses
argent seeded or, barbed vert; impaling Holmes of Gawdy Hall, viz.,
* See Blomefield, vi. 509, for these five coats.
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Or three bars azure, on a canton (Sinister on this monument) argent
a chaplet gules. Crest : a bird rising. Lines for the tinctures. For
"William Whitear, M.A., Fellow of 8. John's College, Cambridge, and
twenty-three years Rector: born 26 February, 1778, died 13
December, 1826.
Cut on the Cartels of the Chancel Roof.
III. and IV. The rose and portcullis, Tudor badges, for Lady
Margaret Countess of Bichmond, Foundress of S. John's College,
Cambridge.*
V. Holmes of Gawdy Hall.
VI. Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules.
VII. Howard. For the Duke of Norfolk, lord of the manor, and
for some time patron.
VIII. and IX. Quarterly, 1 and 4 Hopper, viz., Gyronny of eight
sable and ermine, a tower argent, masoned of the first ; 2 and 3 Carlos,
viz., Or, on a mount in base an oak tree vert, over all on a fesse gules
three royal crowns of the field; granted, 21 May, 1658, by Charles II.
to Colonel William Carlos, his preserver in the royal oak, " in
perpetuam rei memoriam." For the Venerable Augustus Macdonald
Hopper, M.A., Patron: Fellow of S. John's College, Cambridge, 1841,
Rector of Starston, 1845, Honorary Canon of Norwich Cathedral,
18541871, Archdeacon of Norwich, 1868.
X. Azure, a fesse wavy ermine between six seamew's heads erased
argent. For William Pakenham Spencer, M. A., eldest son of Lieut. -
General Spencer of Bransby Grange, Yorkshire, Fellow of S. John's
College, Cambridge, and eighteen years Eector: born I February,
1800, died 16 August, 1845.f
Slab in the Chancel Floor.
XI. On a fesse engrailed between three escutcheons as many
mullets ; impaling Ermine, an eagle displayed. Philip, son of Francis
Bacon, Esq., and Dorothy his wife, died unweaned at Nurse, and was
buried 21 November, 1657. (Bacon; Argent, on a fesse engrailed
between three escutcheons gules as many mullets or. Bedingfeld ;
Ermine, an eagle displayed gules. Edmonson.}
In the Vestry Window.
XTT. and XIII. The rose and portcullis.
Painted on a framed Panel in the Vestry.
XTV. Cotton, as in 5 of No. I., impaling, Azure, on a fesse or
three leopard's faces gules, Freston ? Crests, on two helmets re-
gardant : Cotton as before, without the crescent, and a demi-greyhound
* For the provision, which obliges the patron to present a Fellow of St. John's
liege, see Blomefield, v. 350.
f See his monument in the chancel.
288 EASTERN COUNTIES
rampant argent, collared or. For Luckin Cotton, gent., interred
January 17, 1654.
Mural Monument in Name.
XV. Spencer ; impaling Gulos, on a chevron argent between three
swans as many roundels, Swan ? Crest : a moor hen. For Lieut.-
General William Spencer, who died 27 August, 1829, aged 75; and
Charlotte his relict, who died 18 February, 1850, aged 80.
Windows in Nave and North Aisle.
XVI and XVII. Hopper and Carlos quarterly, as before.
THELVETON.
Slabs in the Chancel Floor.
I. On a fesse three chess rooks. Crest : a griffin passant. For
Henrietta Maria, wife of Thomas Havers, third daughter of Sir'
Simeon D'Ewes, Bart., of Stow, who died 15 February, 1740, aged 40.
E. I. P.
(Hewers, Or, on a fesse sable three chess rooks of the field. Crest :
on a wreath gold and sable a griffin sejant ermine with a crown for
a collar, chained and mantled gules, doubled argent. Confirmed by
Eobert Cooke, Clarencieux. See Blomefield, i. 150.)
II. Havers, without the crest. Hie jacet corpus Gulielmi Havers
generosi, qui obiit Decemb' ii Anno Domini 1770, <5Ltatis suse 73.
E. I. P.
Cut on the Font.
III. A plain cross.
IV. A cross moline ? (A cross floree, Blomefield).
Painted on a Panel over the Door.
V. The arms of Charles E. (Charles II.?) within the garter, with
supporters, badges (rose and thistle), motto (Dieu et mon droit), and
two angels above the arms holding curtains.
THOEPE ABBOTS.
In the Chancel Windows.
I. and II. Azure, three crowns or. For the Abbey of Bury S.
Edmund's.
Cut on the Font.
LEI. A plain cross.
IV. A cross moline.
V. A crown transfixed with two arrows in saltire.
VI. A merchant's mark.
Over the Tower Arch.
VII. Arms of George III., after 1816, i.e., Hanover ensigned with
a crown.
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THE TOKENS OF NOKFOLK IX.
YAKMOUTH.
267. 0. IOHN AMES A man making candles.
JR. IN YARMOVTH 1652 I.I. A. Mint mark, a rose.
268. A variety. Mint mark, a star.
269. A slight variety of No. 268; the star on the obverse being
slightly to the left of the man's head, it being in No. 268
immediately above it.
270. 0. IOHN ARNOLD IN A bunch of grapes.
JR. NORTH YARMOVTH I.M.A.
Arnold was Bailiff in 1652. He was buried in St. Nicholas" church.
271. 0. BENIAMLN BARKER 1662.
B. OP YARMOVTH B.B.
272. A variety struck from different dies, the letters B.B. on the
reverse being much larger.
273. 0. WILLIAM BATCH A wheatsheaf.
JR. IN YARMOVTH W.B.
274. A variety, differing in the mint mark of the reverse.
Mr. C. J. Palmer, in his Continuation of Manship's History of Great
Yarmouth, mentions that there is amongst Mr. Dawson Turner's Illustrations
to Blomefield's History of Norfolk a drawing of a token of William Batch,
dated 1656, with a merchant's mark thereon. Is it not probable that one of
No. 275 has been erroneously drawn ?
275. 0. WILLIAM BATEMAN A merchant's mark.
R. IN YARMOVTH 1656 A bugle horn. W.B.
276. A variety differing in the reverse die, the date being nearer the
mint mark.
277. Another similar, dated 1667.
He was Bailiff in 1665.
278. 0. EDMVND BEDDINGFILD A sheaf of arrows tied (?)
JR. IN YARMOVTH E.M.B.
279. 0. THOMAS BRADFORD IN Seven Stars.
R. GREAT YARMOVTH T.B.
280. 0. THOMAS BRADFORD Seven stars.
R. OF YARMOVTH 1655. T.B.
Thomas Bradford, Bailiff in 1675 and Mayor in 1685, died in 1703, and was
buried in the north transept of St. Nicholas* church.
281. 0. WILLIAM BRATIN IN A wheatsheaf.
R. YARMOVTH BAKER W.E.B.
282. 0. WILLIAM BRETTON A wheatsheaf.
R. OF YARMOVTH BAKER W.R.B.
A A
290 EASTERN COUNTIES
283. 0. IOHN CONDLEY IN A merchant's mark.
R. YARMOVTH MARCHANT I.M.C.
284. 0. IOSEPH COOPER OF I.F.C.
JR. YARMOVTH MARCHANT 1656.
285. 0. CHRIST" COZENS IN GRET The Grocers' arms.
JR. YARMOVTH GROCER C.A.C.
286. 0. CHRIST COZENS IN GREAT The Grocers' arms.
JR. YARMOVTH GROCER C.A.C.
287. 0. RICHARD CRAFFORD A teasel.
JR. IN YEARMOVTH [16]59 E.D.C.
The device upon this token has been supposed by some to represent Yarmouth
Market-place, and by others a dock for the repair of ships. On close examination
it will be seen to be a flower, as the stalk clearly appears. The teasel or fullers'
thistle is a plant the heads or burs of which are employed in dressing woollen
cloth.
288. 0. THOMAS CRANE 1665 A crane.
JR. IN NORTH YARMOTH T.I.C.
Bailiff in 1633 and 1643.
289. 0. IOHN CVRTIS OF Two men saluting or curtsying.
JR. YARMOTH BAKER I.C. 1662.
290. 0. THOMAS DAWSON A hand holding compasses.
JR.. IN YARMOVTH 1667 T.M.D.
291. 0. IOHN EMPEROR IN I.E.
JR. GREAT YARMOVTH 1664.
292. 0. RICHARD FLAXMAN OF Three goats' heads erased.
JR. NORTH YARMOVTH [16]57. E.M.F.
293. 0. .THOMAS GODFRAY IN A griffin.
JR. GREAT YARMOVTH T.G.
Thomas Godfray was Town Clerk in 1684 and Bailiff in 1683 and 1696. The
former office did not disqualify him for the latter. He died in 1704, aged 63.
294. 0. WILLIAM HARVEY &.
JR. IN SOVTHTOWNE W.E.H.
Southtown is in the county of Suffolk, but as it is part of the borough of
Great Yarmouth, a list of the tokens of that town would not be complete if this
one were omitted. It is doubtful what the device is intended to represent.
295. 0. THOMAS HERING IN A holdfast.
JR. NORTH YARMOVTH T.H.
296. A variety reads " THOVMAS."
A token of WILLIAM HIDE is assigned by Mr. Boyne to Great Yarmouth, but
Hide was .an alderman of Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight. The token reads
" South Yarmouth."
297. 0. IOHN HOOKE A roll of tobacco.
JR. IX YAHMOVTH I.I.H.
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298. 0. WILLIAM LiNCOLNE The Grocers' arms.
R. IN YAEMVTH 1652 W.I.L.
299. 0. SAMVELL MANTHORP Three sugar loaves ?
R. IN NORTH YERMOVTH S.I.M.
300. 0. THOMAS MOVLTON 1667.
R. IN YARMOVTH T.H.M.
301. 0. REBEKKA MVRRIL The Bakers' arms.
R. IN YARMOVTH E.M.
302. 0. IONAS NEAVE An anchor and a cable attached.
R. IN YARMOVTH 1659 I.E.N.
303. 0. IONAS NEAVE IN A dolphin.
R. YARMOVTH 1661 I.E.N.
304. 0. EDWARD OWNER The Grocers' arms.
R. GROCER OF YARMOVTH E.O.
Edward Owner was born in 1576, was M.P. in 1620, 1625, 1639, and 1640;
Bailiff in 1625 and 1634. He died in 1650, and was buried in the north aisle of
St. Nicholas' church. In 1823 his grave was opened and his bones scattered,
for the interment of some person. See Turner's Sepulchral Reminiscences.
Possibly the issuer might be a son of his, he having died in 1650, an early
date for a token.
305. 0. EDWARD PETERSON A blazing sun.
R. OF GREAT YARMOVTH E.M. P.
In the list of freemen of Norwich we find the following : " Ed'rus Peterson
vintn' non app'ntic* admissus est civis 14 die Augusti 1634."
306. 0. HENRY POTTER IN A griffin.
R. NORTH YARMOVTH [16] 6 7 H.S.P.
307. 0. THOMAS RICHMVND T.E.
j?. IN YARMOVTH 1654.
308. 0. FRANC SHIPDHAM A dolphin.
R. IN GRET YARMOVTH F.S.
309. 0. GEORGE SPILMAN A man-at-arms.
R. IN NORTH YARMOVTH G.E.S.
He married Elling the daughter of Nicholas Cutting, by whom he had
eleven sons and three daughters. He died in 1668, and is buried in Yarmouth
church. Palmer's History of Yarmouth, p. 307.
310. 0. MICHALL TILLES 1666 The Grocers' arms.
R. IN NORTH YARMOVTH M.A.T.
He was Bailiff in 1667. Michael Tilles, of Yarmouth, widower, was married
to Ann Daniel at St. John Maddermarket in Norwich, in 1638.
311. 0. STEPHEN TRACEY A lion rampant.
R. OF YARMOVTH S. A. T.
The mint mark, a star, is immediately above the lion's head.
312. A variety differing in the obverse die, the mint mark being
immediately above the letter E in the word TRACEY.
A A 2
292 EASTERN COUNTIES
313. 0. CLEMENT TROTTER A ship.
R. IN YARMOVTH 1653 C.S.T.
314. 0. BENIAMIN WALLER 1658.
R. IN YEARMOVTH B.A.W.
315. 0. BENIAMIN WALLTON An anchor.
R. IN YARMOVTH 1654 B.A.W.
316. A variety dated 1 666.
317. 0, ROGER WATERS The arms of the "Waters family, Per pale
a saltire charged with another wavy.
R. IN YARMOVTH R.W.
318. 0. THOMAS WATERS A stocking.
R. OF YARMOVTH 1656 T.E.W.
319. 0. GABRIELL wooDRiFE The Grocers' arms.
R. OF NORTH YARMOVTH GKW.
320. A variety reads WOODROOFFE.
Gabriell "Woodroff was chosen Bailiff in 1669, and, refusing to serve, was
fined 40, which was mitigated to 10, he having shewn sufficient reason for
his refusal.
321. 0. WILLIAM WOORTS IN A dove with an olive branch.
R. YARMOVTH HOSYER "W.D.W.
322. 0. GREAT YARMOVTH 1667 The arms of Yarmouth ; Per pale
three demi lions passant gardant conjoined in pale, with
as many demi herrings.
R. FOR THE VSE OF THE POOR. The same as the obverse.
323. Another similar, but the reverse reads "POORE."
This is much rarer than the other varieties, all of which are common.
324. Another similar, dated 1669, without "E" at the end of the
POOR, and having a fleur-de-lys for a mint mark.
325. A variety of the last : mint mark, a full blown rose.
Some extracts from the Corporation Records of Great Yarmouth relative to
the corporate tokens will be found in Mr. Boyne's work.
Most of the above Yarmouth tokens are engraved in Mr. Palmer's Continuation
of Manship's Yarmottth.
Mr. Palmer mentions tokens which are said to have been issued by
" Benjamin Blake " and " Robert Tothaker," but gives no description of them.
He also places in his list of tokens one of Thomas Parkinson of " Yarm," but
this doubtless belongs to Yarm in Yorkshire, to which place it is assigned by
Mr. Boyne.
The above list contains every variety of Norfolk Seventeenth
Century Tokens which has come to our knowledge. As we have
before stated, we cannot for one moment presume or even hope that
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the list is a perfect one ; in fact, during its compilation several fresh
varieties have been added, and others will doubtless be met with
from time to time.
There is in the British Museum a copper piece about the size and
thickness of the ordinary halfpenny token, reading
0. CAEOLT7S II. D. G. MACK BB. FB. & HI. BEX. 0. B. twice, vis-a-vis.
R. YABMOVTH M.D.T. Two tridents in saltire, 1665 in the
quarters.
A similar piece has POBTSMOVTII instead of YABMOVTH ; and another
reads A LISSON COVENT GABDEN, on the reverse. The object of these
pieces and the meaning of the letters M.D.T., which occur on all
three, are unknown. See Boyne's Tokens of the Seventeenth Century,
page 337.
Another token, which has recently come into our hands, and may
belong to Norwich, reads
0. S. AVGVSTINS S.A.
R. PABISH 16541654.
We cannot conclude our notices of the Seventeenth Century Tokens
without tendering our thanks to many friends who have from time
to time assisted us; amongst others, especially to Mr. C. Golding
and Mr. J. S. Smallfield, of London, we are indebted for the notices
of several fresh tokens, and also for their valuable assistance in
helping us to assign doubtful ones to their proper places ; and to
Mr. W. L. Mendham, Town Clerk of Norwich, for his courtesy in
affording us access to the Civic Records, from which much of our
information has been derived.
POSTSCRIPT.
THE publication of The Eastern Counties' Collectanea was
undertaken by Mr. Tallack to supply, as far as possible, the
want supposed to exist in consequence of the discontinuance of
The East Anglian upon the decease of its editor and proprietor,
Mr. Samuel Tymms of Lowestoft. No profit was anticipated, but
it was hoped no loss would be incurred. The anticipation proved
too accurate, and hope, as usual, "told a flattering tale." The
result was the discontinuance of the publication in a somewhat
abrupt manner, for which, although in no way responsible, I
beg to offer a sincere apology to the subscribers. At the same
time I wish to thank very heartily the contributors to these
pages, and regret exceedingly that, with so much imprinted
matter relating to the district, some such publication as the
Collectanea cannot be supported.
I have also to thank those gentlemen at. whose suggestion
and with whose pecuniary assistance the Title-page and Index to
these Notes have been printed.
THE EDITOR.
Norwich,
October, 1875.
INDEX.
Abbott, Thomaa Eastoe, 129
Abingdons, Ancient Society of, 196
Absolution, Memorandum of, 137
Absume, 127
Accident on Braydon, 60
Account Books, Extracts from Parish,
4, 35, 39
Acle, Chancel Screen at, 61
Acoustic Pottery, 147
Acre (Castle), Chancel Screen at, 126
Adams, Sir Thomas, 33
Advertisements of Surgeons, 253, 271
Alburgh Church Heraldry, 155
Aldringham, Sale of Bells at, 239
Annals of Hingham, 51
Anonymous Epitaph, 141
Antiquities found at "Wormegay, 185
Armada, the Spanish, 222
Arms and Crest, Confirmation of, 43, 65
Arms, Royal, in Churches, 140
Art, Early, in Norwich, 205
Articles, Visitation, 1555, 17
Ashill Church Heraldry, 56, 83
Attleborough Rood Screen, 188
Aylsham, Chancel Screen at, 61
Bacon, Family of, 255
Bacton, Documents discovered at, 66
Badge worn by Poor Persons, 55
Baksheesh, 128
Banham, Epitaph at, 274
Bargain and Sale of Swan Mark, 77
Barningham Northwood Church, Epi-
taph in, 184
Barret, Christopher, "Will of, 269
Leonard, Confirmation of Arms
to, 65
Bathurst, Bishop, Statue of, 230
Beeston by the Sea, Chancel Screen at,
185
Church Tower, 261
Belaugh, Chancel Screen at, 95
Belfry Rhymes, 11
Bell Inscription at Gorleston Church,
245
at Rattlesden Church, 234
Ringers, Controversy between, 106
Bells, Sale of, 239, 240, 241
Benet or Elyot, 176
Billingford Church Heraldry, 229
Bill of Riot, 272
Binham, Chancel Screen at, 226
Bishop, A, treated, 18
Injunctions of a, 18
Tobacco presented to a, 11
Blickling, Coffins in Hobart Vault at, 68
Blofield, Chancel Screen at, 95
Church, Epitaphs in, 128
Blomefield's History of Norfolk, 48
Norfolk, Illustrations to, 148
Residence at Fersfield, 223
Boleyn, Lady Ann, 3
Books of Norfolk Clergymen, 80
of a Suffolk Clergyman, 72
Brasses, Monumental, Discovery of, 140
Braydon, Accident on, 60
Breccles Church Heraldry, 83
Deanery, Church Heraldry of, 55
Brewing Utensils, Inventory of, 31
Brewster, William, and the Pilgrim
Fathers, 115
Briefs, East Anglian, 116
Brockdish Church Heraldry, 155
Hall, Manor of, 225
Bromholm, The Holy Rood of, 225
Browne, Sir Thomas, Letter from, 193
Brumpstead, Feoffment of Land at, 268
Bucklesham Church, Steeple lowered,
241
Bungay, Corpus Christi Pageants at, 272
Burial of Excommunicate, 170
Burlingham North, Chancel Screen at,
97
Bury Abbey, Vestments from, 75
Calculus of great weight, 33
Cambridge, Plague at, in 1618, 66
Cambridgeshire Token, 36
Carbrooke Church Heraldry, 84
Caster, John, Will of, 1493, 246
Castleacre, Chancel Screen at, 125
Castle Rising, Election at, 188
Rising Prison, 10
Caston Church Heraldry, 84
Catfield Chancel built, 233
Register, Verses from, 34
Centenarian, A, 254
Chancel Screens, 61, 81, 95, 96, 97, 125,
126, 133, 151, 154, 185, 226
Chevington Chancel lessened, 241
Chirurgery, Licenses to practice, 250,
252 -
Christmas Church Decorations, 144
Church Plate, 35
296
INDEX,
Clergyman, Will of a married, 69
Clergymen, Books of, 72, 80
Clubs, Norwich, 195
Coke, Sir Edward, Receipt of, 141
Compilation, Careless, 262
Conhigton, Fishbone found at, 193
Conspiracy at Norwich in 1570, 208
Cony Weston, Bell sold at, 240
Cooke, Nicholas, Confirmation of Arms
and Crest to, 43
Cope, Silver, Warrant for, 68
Corton, Bell sold at, 241
Cosin, Bishop, Family of, 71, 138
Co-ws, Parish, 4
Cratfield Church, 284
Creake, South, Particulars of an Estate
at, 272
Crest, Grant of, 16
Cromer, Haven Courts at, 127
Pier, 37, 197
Dance and Plowlod, 170
Dean and Chapter of Norwich, In-
junctions to, 18
Dean of Norwich, letter from, 171
Death, Pressing to, 1 64
Debts, Old, a New Way to pay, 243
Declaration of Indulgence, 48
Defence, The noble Science of, 244
Denton Church Heraldry, 229
Deopham, great Tree at, 54
Dereham, East, Burnt, 52
Devil's Round House, 242, 261
Dickleburgh Church Heraldry, 227
Disorders in Cathedral Church at
Norwich, 67
Diss Church Heraldry, 262
Docking Register, Extracts from, 62
Vicars, List of, 64
Domesday Book of Norwich, 159
Drewry, Sir Drue, Warrant from, 12
Dugdale, William, Letter to, 193
Duller, 138
Earsham Church Heraldry, 178
Eastern Counties, Men of Note, 105
Edingthorpe Register, Extracts from, 10
Election at Castle Rising, 188
Ellingham, Little, Church Heraldry, 85
Elvedon Belfry, Rhymes in, 1 1
English Monarchs, Table of, 103
Epitaph, Anonymous, 141
Erpingham Gate, Norwich, 13, 36
Essex, (?) Account Book, 113
Excommunicate, Burial of, 170
Fanners v . Sparrows, 32
Farnham Church, 163
Fens, Project for Draining the, 105
Fersfield, blomcfield's Residence at, 223
Fislierni an's Prayer, 274
Floods in Norwich, 35
Flyleaf of Scribblings, 34
Folk Lore, 28
Foulsham Church, Inscription in, 129
Frenze Church Heraldry, 265
Garboldisham Steeple Boards, 139
Garland, The Norfolk, 153
Gaudy Family, 140
Geist Church, Inscriptions at, 234
Gillingham, Chancel Screen at, 81
Epitaph at, 95
Glangvyle, Agnes, Will of, 135
Gorleston, Bell Inscription at, 245
Church, 245
Frescoes at, 254
Gregorian s, Order of, 196
Griston Church Heraldry, 85
Gurney, Hudson, Table of English
Monarchs by, 103
Hardley Cross, Proclamation at, 46
Haskeby Church, Order to remove a
Bell from, 242
Haven Courts, 127
Hay, Price of, 53
Heacham Church, Inscription in, 280
Heckingham, Monumental Slab at, 64
Hempstead Chancel Screen, 133
Heraldry, 55, 83, 130, 155, 178, 201,
227, 262, 284
Heveningham Church, Effigy in, 284
Hengrave, 73
Hingham, Annals of, 51
Fire at, 53
Hobart Vault at Blickling, 58
Holt, Fire at, 22, 43, 54
Honing Church, Date of Rebuilding,
59
Horsey Register, Extracts from, 21
Houndgate, The Sisters of, 281
Hoxne Church, Order to erect a Gallery
in, 241
Hunstanton, Whales run ashore near,
193
Hyter Sprites, 3
Incense in Churches, 1 1
Injunctions, Bishop's, 18
Inscriptions, 57, 70, 71, 95, 98, 128, 129,
139, 140, 141, 154, 155, 164, 184,
234, 238, 239, 255, 274, 279, 280
Inventory of a Clergyman's Goods, 49
of Brewing Utensils, 31
of Corporation Plate, 157
Jew, License to a, to sell Houses, 58
Kelsale Church, 183
Kirkpntrick, John, Walk round Norwich
Walls by, 6
Knap ton, Briefs in Register of, 281
Knights' Meat, 277
INDEX.
297
Knock out, A, described, 143
Kytson, Thomas, Book of, 73
Lakenham, "Warrant to Constables of, 12
Extract from Register of, 78
Langley, Monumental Slab at, 64
Le Neve, Peter, Letters to, 235
Lent, the keeping of, 236
L'Estrange, Family Memorandum Book
of, 187
Letters, 12,79, 100, 152, 171, 177, 193,
211, 235, 236, 278
Lowestoft Churchyard, Inscription in,
279
Ludham Register, Extracts from, 283
Lynn, " Our Borough," 60
Regis, Surrender of, 1643, 181
St. Nicholas, painted Door at,
98, 177
West Prospect of, 9
Maps of Norfolk, 9, 16, 47
Marsham, Robert, Warrant to whip, 225
Martin, Thomas, Letter of and Verses
on, 211
Martlesham Church, Inscriptions in, 57
Merton Church Heraldry, 85
Michaelmas Generals, 134
Military Pay, 1683, 187
Monarc'hs, English, Table of, 103
Monumental Brasses, Discovery of, 140,
239
Mott, Mark, Grant of Crest to, 16
Muster, 1684, 188
Mutford, Sale of Bells and Lead at, 240
Needham Church Heraldry, 180
Newspapers, Norwich, 162
Nomenclature, Norfolk, 12
Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, 242
Blomefield's History of, 48
Fisherman, Prayer of a, 274
Maps of, 9, 16, 47, 186
Nomenclature, 12
Norsk Settlements in, 283
Petitions, 169
Tokens, 99, 117, 145, 165, 189,
213, 257, 275, 289
Tour, Mistakes in, 72
Norsk Settlements, 283
Norton Subcorse Register, 226
Norwich and the Armada, 222
Castle, 76
Cathedral, Discoveries at, 200
Disorders in, 67
Roof Sculptures of, 59
Stray Notes on, 45
Chalk-pits, Stags' Horns found in,
195
Citizens, Freedom from Toll of, 81,
88
City Gates of, 60
Norwich Clubs, 195
Conspiracy, 208
Corporation Plate, 154, 157, 158,
224
Dean and Chapter of, Injunctions
to, 18
Domesday Book, 159
Early Art in, 205
Erpingham Gate at, 13, 36
Floods in, 35, 48
Mayor of, Letter from, 79, 171
Newspapers, 162
North East Prospect of, 9
Players, 152
Ringers, 206
Royalist Insurrection at, 182
St. Clement, Windows of, 243
St. Edmund, Inscription at, 164
St. Gregory, Brass Lectern at, 139,
210
Discovery of Parclose at, 143
St. John Sepulchre, Extract from
Register of, 72
Inscription on Vane of, 71
St. Mary, Extracts from Account
Book of, 283
St. Peter Southgate, Inscription
at, 164
St. Stephen, Inscriptions at, 154
Sorcerer, A, 188
The Sisters at Houndgate in, 281
Walls of, 6
Old Debts, A New Way to pay, 243
Old Shuck, 2
Ormesby, Great, Brass at, 90
Brother Robert, The Psalter of, 205
Otter Hunting, 176
Ovington Church Heraldry, 88
" Owl Service," of China, 142
Pageants at Corpus Christi, 272
Panel Paintings, 48, 98
Parclose Screen, 143
Parish Cows, 4
Parish Registers, Extracts from, 10, 14,
21, 34, 59, 72, 78, 226, 275, 281, 283
Paston Letters, 79
Petitions, Norfolk, 169
Physicians and Surgeons, 247
Pigot, 144
Pig's Grave, 274
Pilgrim Fathers, 115
Plague, The, 66
Players, Norwich, 152
Plowlod and Dance, 170
Postage of a Letter in 1572, 175
Pottery, Acoustic, 147
Pottery and Porcelain, 142, 150, 259
Prayer of a Norfolk Fisherman, 274
Prison of Castle Rising, 10
Prison Mortality, 130
298
I:TDEX.
Proclamation made at Hardley Cross, 46
Puckle Family, 12, 21, 47
Pulham Magdalen, Parish Cows of, 4
Pulham Market Church Heraldry, 284
Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, Church
Heraldry, 267
Pull, Agnes, Will of, 136
Pyke, John, Will of, 137
Quit Claim of John Wright, 224
Rattlesden Church, Bell Inscriptions at,
234
Recantation, 42
Redenhall Church Heraldry, 201
Redenhall Deanery, Church Heraldry,
155, 178, 201, 227, 262, 284
Ridlington Register, Extracts from, 273
Ringers, Norwich, 206
Riot, Bill of, 272
Roope's Weekly Letters, 141, 164
Rushall Church Heraldry, 286
Saham Toney Church Heraldry, 112
Sayers, Dr., Portrait of, 175, 226
Screens, 143, see also Chancel Screens
Sherringham, Free Chapel at, 261
Pier, 91
Shuck, Old, 2
Skinner Family, 71, 138
Sorcerer, A Norwich, 1 88
Sorcery and Witchcraft,, 207
Spanish Armada, 222
Sparrows, 32
Spells, 28
Sproughton Church, Paintings at, 111
Sprowston, Lost Register of, 14
Sprytes, Hyter, 3
Stalham, Brasses discovered at, 140
Starch, Manufacture of, suppressed, 278
Starston Church Heraldry, 286
Steeple Boards, 139
Storm off the Norfolk Coast, 63
Stow Bedon Church Heraldry, 130
Stradsett Account Books, 39
Superstitions, Norfolk, 2, 36
Surgeons and Physicians, 270
Surlingham, Ruined Church at, 242
Surnames, East Anglian, in the Shires,
197
Sustead, Inscriptions at, 155
Button, Sale of Bells at, 240
Swan Mark, Bargain and Sale of, 77
Tanner, Dr. Thomas, Letters from, 235
Notes on Norwich Cathedral hy, 45
Thelveton Church Heraldry, 288
Thompson Church Heraldry, 130
Thorpe Abbots Church Heraldry, 288
Threxton Church Heraldry, 131
Thurgarton Church, Inscription at, 255
Thuxton Church, Inscription at, 129
Tokens, 36, 99, 117, 145, 165, 213, 257,
275, 289
Tottington Church Heraldry, 132
Trunch, Chancel Screen at, 126
Tuddenham, East, Church at, 89
Vagrant, Cost of burying a, 283
Verses in Parish Registers, 21, 34, 59
Visitation Articles, 17
Walls of Norwich, a Walk round, 6
Wai pole, Horace, Letter of, 171
Walton, West, Inscription in the Church
at, 280
Warrant for Cope Silver, 68
to whip Robert Marsham, 225
Watton, Church Heraldry at, 132
Wells, Monumental Inscription at, 70
Wensum and Tare, Rivers, 82, 94
Weston, Cony, Sale of Bells at, 240
Whitlingham Church, Antiquities found
at, 222
Whittlesey, Manors at, 72
Widow, curious Provision for Main-
tenance of a, 70
Will of a married Priest, 69
Wills, Early English, 135, 246, 269
Wisbeach, Guns fired at Spithead heard
at, 233
Witchcraft, 207
Witton Register, Verses in, 59
Woodbridge Church, Paintings in, 48,
98
Woolpit, Chancel Screen at, 154
Wormegay, Antiquities found at, 185
Wright, John, Quit Claim of, 224
Wryth, Maude, WiU of, 136
Wymondham, Door Inscription at, 226,
238
Yare and Wensum, 82, 94
Yarmouth, Perlustration of, 78
West Prospect of, 9
Yaxley, Anthony, Recantation of, 42
Yelverton, Chancel Screen at, 81
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