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I / / /L ' f If LV i ; J h(''l- AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK. VOLUME I. CONTAINING THE HUNDREDS OF DISS, GILTCROSS, AND SHROPHAM. AN ESSAY TOWAllDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION or THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND HAMLETS, WITH THE FOUNDATIOXS OF MONASTERIES, CIlLllCIIKS, CHAPELS, CHANTRIES, AND OTHER RELIGIOL'S liUlLDLNGS: ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF The Ancient and Present State of alt the lUc/ories, Vicarages, Donatives, and Iniprupriatiuns, their I'ormcr and I'raeiit I'utrons and Jncuinhen/s, -atth their several Valuations in the King's Books, whether discharged or not : LIKEWISE, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CASTLES, SEATS, AND MANORS, THEIR PRESENT AND ANCIENT OWNERS; TOGtTllER WITH THE Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Anns in all the Parish Churches, and Chapels ; with several Di au^hts of' Churches, Monuments, Arms, Ancient liuins, and other RELICKS OF ANTIQUITY. 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The careful examination to which this volume has been subjected in passing a second time through the press has detected several typographical errours that appear in the folio edition ; the most imj)ortant of these errours have viii Ai)Vi.ini>r.Mr.NT been lomcttil ; Imt in some lew instances it has been touml impo-jsiblc to makt- the corrections without a rtt'cr- cncc to the orijjinal ilocunicnts, wliich cannot now be obtained. Sonie |)a^'es of Aiblenda that were j»iven by tlic Autlior ill ilctaclied parts, are now, in their pro|)er places, incor- por.iletl into the body of the work ; and it is lioped tijat the arrangement, of the text, anv hantU> shall he taithfully insc-rtfen, that the sanie word will be spelt many diHercnt ways in one page, and perhaps false language may occur as often; and in such places where inscriptions or evidences are partly illegible, I shall give them as they arc, without variation, imagining, that though they he imperfect, I ought not to oinit them, they being designed to perpe- tuate the memories of our oncc-llourishing ancestors, to future ages. At first I determined to have translated all the /Mtiii inscriptions, for the English reader, but was prevailed upon to omit it, because if it be an inscription for any remarkable person, it w ill be hinted in the History, and then the tramUitiun would be of no other use, but to swell thv book, and enhance the price, both which are contrary to mv design, which is to comprise it in as little room as can be, without injuring the subject. I have added, for the use of the curious, an exact copy of Domes- day to every town, and placed it (together with all the references) by w^y of note, that it may not be any hind- rance to the reader, having referred to the several authors an, «licrr iht-ir lifl|i> will In- iiiMTlcd. 1 am wril a|>|>ri/i-d « hat nutnlirr of carpcrf. ami »iu*- inirs this work will meet with; but think they must be such as kiiiiw T ''I what ditliiulty, length ot time, and expense the ' ■ tor this Kssut/, have lueu got toge- ther. Some perhaps may censure me, it" they hit on a thing that 1 have not seen, or perhaps hern misinformed about ; others there are, 1 do not doubt, who will think me too particular in many things, and others, perhaps, not particular enough; so that as it is a thing impossible to please all, if it is but approved of by my Sul/scndcrs, (to whom only I am (d)liged,) I care for nought else, not doubting but that it will be universally allowed, that there will be much nuire of the history tif this county, than was ever published before, ami if so, my greatest cucinies must allow- w ith the poet. Est quodam prodirc teiius^ si non dattir ultra. IIor. As to what I have related beyond the present age, I have the originals, or my authorities are always (juoted ; but as to the present time, it is either upon the credit of such perst>ns as had no reason to speak further, or other- wise, than their own knowledgi- dcjth reach, or upon my own inspection, having already seen, or determined to sec every particular place in this county that 1 shall treat of; and therefore I liope there will be no such g rait viis- lakrt, but what the candid reader may well pardon, pro- fessing that my chief end is, to deliver nothing but truth, with an honourable respect to every one. .\nd thus sub- mitting to my readers' courtesy, I shall conclude with the poet ; Si quid noxisti nxtitts istis, Candidas imperii : si non, his utcre mtcuin I'trtlitld, Hank 25. 1736". fc|l Vi \i?! \fti I ^ ,..^.,^i:^-i?s^ THE HUNDRED OF DISS. A II I s hundred hath its name from the capital town, which is so called from the mere situate on its south side; dice in the Saxon, lan- guage signifying a standing water, lake, or ditch. It is bounded on the south by the river IVdvcmj, which now divides Noifol/c and Sulf'ol/c, on the west by the hundrud of Gillcivfis, on the north by Depxcade, and on the cast by the liaif hundred o( Ears/iam, whicii joined with ti)e half hundred of Diss, makes up a whole hundred, or, according; to the old division, Iwo whole hundreds, and completes the deanery oi llcdeii/iatl, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Nor- wich ; the fee of it wholly belonged to Edrcard the Confessor, as demean of the Crown, till ho granted to U/Jict and Sliguml the soc of their own lands,' aiul to the Abbot of St. Edmund'^ liuri/^ the half part of the sue and sac of his lands, and of all his freemen. But by the way, it will he necessary to observe, that what we //«,-;) call Diss hiutdicti, in llie Confes>or's time was a hundred atid half; the hundred was called liiin/crthiiic JJiindred,\\h\ch Earl Jia/jj/i held, upon whose forfeiture it came to the Crown, and was ailded to the ' Rcgistnim Album, olim pcrtin. Mon. bancti bdmiindi, (u\. 34. a. This Register is iiu* in ihc (H)b'C>sion of Sir Edmund I'acun of G^:rboMesh.iiii, Bart, to whom I acknowlfdj;e niyidl much obliged, lor the iiie of tins, and several other valuable mjnusrri|>i!i. * Norfulc Kex hundret dim, Huiid. VOL. I. dc Dice. (Domsd. fol. 10.) Totasocact sjca islius dim. Iiund. j'retcr terrain i-ancti L^dmiiiidi (was the Kmg's) rt dc ilia sanctiis dim. ct Krx aliaiii mcd'.ctj. tciii, preler terrain Ulhct et prcter tcr- ram Sti;.'andi, ei de omnibus aliis, !>oca tiiit in hund. T.K.b, (i c. tcm|)orc re> gis Hdwarili.) 13 DISS. hi"^' hail mill lliit It o( Dice, nn«1 con'"-- ' ■ i iiu. i .1. ji.ui i.f it, :i lliiit the titiL- in / is, the hundrtd ' and . ■• of wliii.i, w.ih all ihe juri»«iii-lioii ■ 1 to the AhUil, In Ltfid, Hiid ^Stigaiul,) . luul ihr Mil-* utitl Mc* of ull hii :il li»> ihiiii lliiriv acrt'*, l>cloiii;c-d liul of lhos<* ihal lu'hl ihirty acrci or more, iti to the hiindicd oi Winrfcrthinc, whicli Earl I manor of llic town, ' liiscoursx.' of it kingly ranie into t frwnoii in i... to hi* manor of / th. ' ■ . /{, IJul in II liuih nlway* nltcncUtl tli and now rcmuuis vsiiJi it, I luvc no ui . ■ny further. DICE, now DISS, In iht lime of the Confessor exttimated nt sol. with the sn- of the whole hundred and half, IM-Iongiiii; to it, it was then found to t»e a league long,* and half a league broad, and paid 4d. Dnntgeld, by wliirh it appeur>< that it was not so lur^c ill Its bounds, as it now is, whicii is easily aeeounted for, from the sauie record : for Ifatlingselef manor, as it is there called, ' Hundrrdum dimidium liundrcdi de Dice. (Doincxl. fol. 9 — J9.) In l-'crvclla jm. et locj rt uci 1 .K.K. de omnibus qui r <]UI ' hun dull 4 V pn^ qua. idle. krx ' ' - . . ,in XXX. atr. dc illis jjc. wjci el sjcj in hinr, qiundo Ra- .m. II in your own court I Icrms ol ilie Law, p. i4t. b. hcnc- romr^ the word tuknc or sokcn. ' ■ ■■, »ake, ij a royalty or ic lord 10 have ihc amrr- : l.;i lenanO in his own couit, the Lnw, p. >4;. a. Minsheu. " 1, de rcg one, rvat in Sud- rui. Dite lenuit td' tin. lempore Regis hdwardix... .el xxiiii. twrdarij. tii. lervi, ct i. carural. in dominio, ct striil i.r 111,!' !HMii. rt X. acr. prali et evil 1. car. Kni|'«r vii. ■ , ' , ' . tunc IX. anc. niodo SI. semper v.caprae, tunc valebal. sv. hbr. cum loca dc uno liundredo el dmiid. CI diiiiidium diem de melle, cum (uiiMictudiiiibui^ modo xxx: libr. ad (jciiiuro. lubct I. Irug. in lunco, et di> tiiid. in biu. el till. den. uc Geltu. (Ul U. 67.) 'I with tome, who think |l>.it I. 11 K- hundred lAck ilt name (i^u the rucrc lu l)u> jJucc, tltcrc bcuig no other large water or mere in that hundred ; but this as conjecture only. • Lcuga or Lcuca ; I have often ren- dered thii word league, but mujt adver- I'se my readers, that 1 du dot niraii by il our common league of ihrrc milet, nor yet with Mr. Bailey, the distance of one mile only, (lliough hc sayt il it to used in Domesday, ) being almost cer- tain, thai leugj in Domes>)ay signifies two miles, or iherc-ibouls ; for lh.il an- twers 10 ihe generality of places thai I have examined, as lu their extent, which lo me seems Ihe best way of judging Mich a point ; and u^wn looking into (he various glussancs, 1 find that several of Ihem concur in llie same opinion, lor which reason, wherever Ihc word oc. curs, I mean by il two miles, and no mure. But for example sake, Ihal part of Diss which was then in SiilTulk, it taid to t>e a league long, and half a league bruad, and \V atlmgsele, or ihc nuiih part, Wat another league long, and half a league broad, which joined to. gclher, at 11 now lies, make it Iwu mile^ broad in the broadcti place of itt bounds, and four miles lung in Ihe longest, which it very near, if not its exact cxieni at this iimc. f Norfulc. Rex huiidret. dimid. hund. de Dice. Watlmgsrta trnuii Rex b4wardu* piu manciHi v. carucal. Icrre DISS. 3 which was as large as Diss, ami seemingly fuller of inhabitants, as we may judge by the gild or tax tiiat it paid, was soon after quite lost in Diss, to which it was appendant at that time. This was afterwards called Wakote, and includes part of llcijwode, as appears from its joining to Burston, into which lown this manor extended. The manor thus joined, with the advowson and hundred, conti- nued in the Crown till King" llinrij I. granted them to Sir Richard dk Lucy, a Norman knight, a man of great renown in those days; the record called Tenia de Nevil says, that it was not known whether it was rendered unto him as his inheritance, or for his service; but without doubt it was for the latter, it having been always demean of the Crown. 'I'liis Richard^ was governor of /a/a« in Normandy , the third year of King Stepheu, which he manfully de- fended against Jeffcry Earl oi Jnjou, who had besieged it; he was a great instrument towards the agreement between that King and Henry II. and had the Tower of London, and Castle of JVindiestcr put into his hands, by the advice of the whole clergy, upon his swear- ing to deliver them up at Stephens death to King Henry, all which he faithfully accomplished, which so far advanced him in that King's favour, that he made him Chief Justice of England, and in his absence he was appointed govcrnour of the realm, during which time, he took prisoner, in a pitched battle near Fornham in Suffolk, Robert Earl of Leicester, together with his Amazonian proud Countess, Petronell or Parnell, and withal put to the sword above 10,000 Flemings, which the said Robert had levied and sent forth to the depopulation of his country ; all or the most part of which were buried in and about Fornham, anno 117S; their sepulchres are now to be seen near a place called Rymer House, on the right hand of the road leading from Thetford to Bury, and are now called the Seven Hills, though there are many more; but seven of them being much larger than the rest, are particularly taken notice of by those that pass this way, under which most probable the commanders were buried: this memorable battle was fought in this field. But to our purpose : it appears he had two sons, Jeffery or Godfrei/, after- wards Bishop of Winchester, which, Dugdale says, died before his father; but that is an errour, for Godwin tells us (p. 273) that he lived till 1204; however, certain it is, he died without issue, as also did Herbert de Lucy, the second son, so that the inheritance came to his daughters. Maud,^ the eldest, married to IValter Fitz-Robert, the progenitor oC the Fitz-ll alters, to whom he gave two parts of the hundred, manor, and market, of Diss with her in marriage. Aveline, tunc XX. villani. postea et modo xxiiii. ' The manor was then vahjed at 51/. semperxxv. bord. semperxix.caruc.lio- per anniini, and at the lime of thegrant, minum, tunc bilva XX. pore, modonichil tlic King reserved a rent of 40?. per et ix. acr. prati et i. lib. homo de xx. ann. to be paid pt Norwich Casile. acr. tene. et i. bord. sub eo. semper i. » The life of this man may be seen at car. et iii. acr. prati et in Borstuna. vi. large in Dugdale's Baronage, vol. i. fol. soc. de xl. acr. terre, eto^mpcr i. bord. 563, and in Weaver, 777. Stow also in tunc i. car. et dim. post et modo i. et iii. Iiis Annals, page 155, and most authors acr. prati. habet i. leug. in longo et di- of any note in historical aifairs, mention mid. in lato, et de gelto \'\\d. Hoc ap- him. pend et ad Dice in Sutfulc. et ibi apprc- ' Weaver, 337. tialur. (Domesd. fol. 9.) VOL. I. B UISS. the •(*ron(l, niarnnl Ituhant u u( Rukait, the third, to Hickurd dt H'arrtH, nalurul mmi of Kiiic John. iJioHiua,* n fourth diiUKhlcr, not inoiitioiirtl hy eillnroTii 1 author*, man ir«l irnold dt Mniiiitrni/, Kill. \»li'> ha>l .t. :hi-r thiid |iiiit of llic manor, huii(h(-d, ami niarlki't; »«■ iliat, liuiii that tiuu-, ihoro wi-ri- Iwu n)nnor», by tht- division of this third |>art, uliirh uiis It atcoir and part of Hcwiidi . In 117'J, a» Slow' in In* AnnnU tells u«, Richard de jMcy, Chief Justice of EughtHd, deccaM.-d, * and uns burii-d in the quire of the abbev chiireh nt Ijcsnti in Krut, which he had founded, und where lie had (ulken u|K>n huii the habit of it eunon regular the year befon-. IVoiii (Ins Richard the niniiur enine to Sir \\'altp.h I'lTt-KouKin ,' sun of Rulurl dr Toiinif)ri<^c, the fifth Son ft( Riihiird h'ttz-liilbrrt , Mirnunu-tl dc 'I'oncbri'^'^t , llie hot \u\t\ oi (Start, who came in with the CoiHjueror, of whose gilt lie liHil the cbstle und town of Clare in .Vm/To/A', willi Tuiiliridgt in Kent, and divers other great lord!ilii|i!> in Eii«r/aiid. This llarl was son of (li/bcrt, ''\ri\umcd Crispin, l^uil of lirioii in Sormandif, and son of Jcfi'try, natural mjii to Richard 1. of that name, Duke of Sormaiidy : he bare, ii'. the I'ilz-H'aller^ ever after did, the Larl of Clare's shield vnrieil, which is or, three eliivroiis gut. The I'ilz-lf a/Un Ik iiii; or, a few between two chevrons g*//. He had two wives, Maud dc fiocham, (u> Mr. H caver,) or rather Maraartt de liuhuii, (us Mr. Duddalt,) nnd Maud, daughter of Sir Richard dc Lucy, as aforc- snio, in uhoM' right he hud thii manor, to which he 6 rst obtained it charter for a fair, on the eve, ilav, and morrow after the feust of St. Simon aiitl Jude, und three days following, lie was Justice itinerant in Sorf'olk and Suffolk, anil died in 1 lys, being buried in the midst of the (juire of the priorv church of JJlllc DuiimoK in /lcrn in llif fulloning au- ili >f> Oiigd^lc'i Bar. vol. 1. 109, iil. Wcivcr, 6J1.3. Vinccotagaintt Brook, lit, 66t, ;6i. * Ann J Doinliii 139I dird Walirr Kili.RotKrI, palron ot llic ihiirch of Dunmow, wlu> is biirml in llic middle of tlic choir llicrr, and Kobcrl Kill. Waller ihr \'aliaiii, succeeded him. Lib. Prior, dc Diiii'miw in Hib. Col. ■ Weaver, fol.6js. Uu(;d. Bar. vol. i. i. fol. III. DISS. 5 " Jofin and liis Barons, because of Matilda, sirnamed the Fair, "■ chuightcr oi' Robert I'itz-lValter, whom the King unlawfully loverl, "but could not obtain her nor her father's consent thereunto; " Whereupon (and for divers other like c.uses) ensued war throughout " the whole realm; the King banished the said Fitz-lVa/ttr, among " others, and caused his castle called Bnynard, and other his houses, " to be spoiled, which being done, he sent a messenger unto Matilda " the Fair, about his old suit in love, and because she would not " agree to his wicked motion, the mesicnger poisoned a boiled or " potched egg, against she was lumgry, and gave it unto her, whereof " she died in 1213." Her tomb was standing between two pillars in the priory church of Little Duiimozc, when Mr. Weaver published his book. In the year following her banished father was restored to the King's favour upon this occasion. " King John being then in France " with a great army, it happened that a truce was taken between " the two Kings of England and France, for the term of five years; " and a river or arm of the sea being betwixt either host, there was a " knight in the English host that cried to them of the other side, " willing some one of their knights to come and just a course or two " with him ; whereupon, without slay, Robert Fitz-lValter, being on " the French part, made himself ready, ferried over, and got on " horseback, and shewed himself ready to the face of his challenger, " whom, at the first course, he stroke so hard with his great spear, " that horse and man fell to the ground, and when his spear was " broken, he went back again to the King of France, which King "■ John seeing, By God's tooth, quoth he, (for such was his usual "oath,) he were a King indeed that had such a knight. The friends " of Robert hearing these words, kneeled down and said, O King, he " is yonr knight, it is Rohert Fitz-Walter ; whereupon the next ■ " day he was sent for, and restored to the King's favour, by which " means peace was concluded, and he received his livings, and had " licence to repair his castle of Bat/nurd, and all his oiher castles." Notwithstanding this, he afterwards joined the Barons that stood against the same King for their liberties, during his whole reign ; and, at the King's death, by his advice there was an agreement made between them and the succeeding King, from which time he was always in great favour, both in court and country. Ilolinshed,^ that faithful historian, gives him this character, that he was " both ex- " cellent in counsel, and valiant in war." He went with Ralph Earl of Chester's army, to aid the Christians against the Infidels, who had besieged the city of Daniieta in Egypt, where he performed noble achievements: " After which,' this strenuous knight, this Mars of " men, this marshal of God's army and holy church, (for so he wa.>; " stiled by the common multilude,) lived in all aflluenee of riches " and honour, till 1G34, when he died, and was buried by his " daughter in the said church. Ilolinshed says,^«//«o li23c>j in Advent, " died the noble Baron the Lord Fitz-Walter."^ » Weaver, 951. Dugd. Bar. vol.ii. 'Vol. i. 219. fol. 7^. Stou's AnnaU, fol. 170. ^ Anno 1234, obijt nobilis vir Ro- » Hoi. vol. ii. fol. 184, &c. bertus filius Walteri, jiatroniis ecclesijc • Weav. 633, Diinmow, qui tumulatur juxta rrjijiu !' rciuiwn in ili<>- «ln\«, iimJ ia '. Intour with lilt prini-t- ;' he inlu-ritr*«- ol" IlrmfuhaU uiid 'ihtift, «liith urrc »cr bv Roi* lit* »U|iiiiolli«'r, who |H>*»<-ii»t«l lliciii l<» l'J.'>'i, 'ic lifW tliriii, uiid iivinfj «-iz«hI in l^t), miu buiud . hurrli ol l>uiimotr, Irnvini; li, ■M, «ho «^ ' ikI ill j'j7.l .11 his im I -M-lorc tli.it tiiiK', th> iniiiKir, ^tilli Urmrnhah nnd Ihri/r, Hns in (he Ii.i:i«l4 ol' Stti..,: i ...H tiller, hit untli-, (as I inkr him lo be,) im mi.iulinn nnd tni«U-c to ihe »uid Rohrrt. This Slruhtn * in l'J8(i ' I market cvcrv \\'cdni-«lnv und Fridnv, willi nil ri)j;hl» bc- ■ 1 a mnrkcl, nntl it wn* iillo«c worth five I: ...irly; llint Krimld d( Monlitiiacu (Arnold Mounlnii/) held ol him another thinl uart, which was worth (i>M->>ion in his own name. In \2i)^,' he was »ummoncd to nttoiul King I'.dirard I. into Ciascoign, in order to recover hi» inherilnnce from the French King, to which place he trcnt, in tlu' retinue of VAimiind Ciirl of I,ancailtr. In l'i[)H, * he wa% in the Itelsh exp« heirs: he wuii the tirst of this family that styled hiinstclf Lord of It odeham in I'.fsei, where he had a »cttl nnd n fine park. He hod two wives, Devorgil, daui^hter and coheir of John tie liurgh, son c)f Hubert de Iturf^h, late IlnrI of KcHt, and Chief Juktice n llie eve, day, und morrow after the feast ol "" V . . anorted by two harpies, wiiich seal of his i have ilurc in tit : Rot. Vaicon. ai F.. i. m. i. a]. Wilirrut ' :.ib. E. i.m. i. * Cbui. >{ h. ni. I. Dun. • K it E. I. iiKin. ii. * DuK. Bar. fol. 119. Mon. Ang. ' t' il. i. ijj. ♦oJ. • ' -' • I jw J 1 r . I. No. I. ' : jo. ' Kx Auiog. pcnrt C^mcrar. Scacarii. ' r._... ._...un« ipud Norwic. 15 E. (' ' "^ tl. H. rM, i4in dono. DISS. 7 seen affixed to several deeds, and in particular to a grant made in 1298,* tofVilliam ParUhp, of VrilUston, (now Billing for,l,) dier, by wiiieh he granted, for his homage and service, and iialf a mark of silver Ml iiand paid, two messuages in Diss, with liberty of washing his wool and cloths in Diss Meer, whenever he would, with tins reserve, that the gross die should be first washed off, and that he sliouid not siifler the drain of his dying office to run into the Meer. Ihe Lscheat Rolls of the lyih of Edward II. say, that he held Diss at three knights fees, and Uemcnhale by barony. Dii-e- but this 13 an enour, for at that time wc find that he renounced'^all the temporal goods of this life, and, as Mr. IVeaver^ tells us ri^'htly then entered himself a friar minor in the friery at Colchester, which he himsclt, in 1309, had founded, and there took upon him the habit of a religious votary, where he spent the rest of his days.' In the catalogue of emperors, kings, princes, and other potent persons, that have entered into this reli- gious order, this Robert^ was one. It seems as if the church of Diss was built by this man, his arms cut in stone still remaining several times on the south porch. Robert Fitz-VValter,« LordonVode- ham, his son, married in his father's life- time, first' to Joan daughter of John de Botetort in 1304, by whom he had no issue; and after to Joan,'' one of the daughters and coheirs of John de Moulton of Egremond, who survived him, and had nL'''!'nH°'^7 ^"/f ig""tion of the manors of Heuham in Essex, 5 '^K / Tv^^ in .Vor/ott, &c. £„ ,..30,, this Joan^ pur- miy f 1' °f ^^r^"'* ^r"''''f ''"'' ^"""^ his wife, one messu^age 80 acies of land, 60 acres of meadow, 6 acres of pasture, 4 acres of whSr 14.. per ««««« quit-rent jn Diss, Frenze, and Burslon, which was added to the capital manor, and was part of Walcote mano e f^.tf '' 1^' T "I 1"^" l°"f'-"'>^''' to fyUliam de iVakote, the father orgrandtather ot this Nuolas. She it was also that brought the Castle ot Egremond m Cumber/and, and a tliiid part of that manor, and many o hers, to this family. This Robert was in the expedition made into Scotland in 1320, and died the year following, leaEinT John,- h.s son, then 13 years old, possessed of two parts of his estate, the third being held b^- the said'^o^;. in dower; he^vas a ward ot Elenry de Percys; but in the ninth of Eda^ard III. by the King's kiru)i»li ul lllt• t■l|^n•^»of I'arit, till- i)uLi- ol \«*rwMi*iV •l»«"«« K'ni; •'• *'">' *^''V. : v>.4< i!i. II l>in-liinl. \\v niiirriitl l^J( a nor t\i\UM\iler of Uriiry I ■ .! /' ' ,. I, , .j.-,!.li.»n, wn* fuinnuinrti ti> i>itrliaiin-nt Ironi llm 1 •• • 111 itli . III. ixilumvc, unif ili«l n|M>n .MiMidiiy i: ■ !. -t .1 •>!. / i.s.Hnn li%l, ii/iMo l.'l'iO, ltu\inu Hiillrr.ltth . n .1 vftini ol !»;:»•, JoiiH III* iiiotlicr ►urxiMiia liiiii; >li<' iJml III I ;(>.', Mli'oriu|M>n H'attir lur i:r«nelM>n wii» fnunu to be nest Itrir, and |i) years of age, tliii nianur' brin^ llicu liclil nl llirec feet as of llu- Dnrony of IlaifHard t"u>llf. W \i Tf.K l»rH FiTz-\S ALTKH,' inakinf! proof of lii* n!»c in 13'i«, : III* li>>inai;c, liaci iivt-ry of all lii"> liintls. In lli<- 44lli of / 111. Iir Wii* in dial c\|H-7'2, an invasion U-ing fearci volume of />«•:. Baron. lol. 'i'^'J, and in the second volume of Holiin/ifd's t.'liroiiiele, tol. 4*>.>, 41i). He was Lieutenant* to Thoniiis Duke of G/oin iliitlu-r, where the r.ii'j^liih, not able to ln-ar llie luat of the country, »lied in great iniiiiU-is. " Among* oth for his crest. (ciri'umsi-rilK'd, Si<;i/- lum Hiilltri Ii/lj-lt allrri.) l\\-> lirst wile was /-.'/fo/n/r, by wlioui 111- had no issue ; his second, as .Mr. Dw^daU (I'lls iis, was I'/iilijij/u, il.iiicliti r and coheir I Coll. P. L. N. • MSS. caui. prrdict. pei.c* I'. L.N. • \hi^. Bir. Vol. i. ill. * llul. vul. li. lul. 450. ' t I'. "J N't-it Rk. >Ji, »n. rrg. ' Aulog. i-cn. '1. Mjitin, Cent, s N. I • Col. P. L. N. DISS. y in liis Collections, difTers in ihis point; for, as he justly observes, this Pliilippa, widow of that Ehoard Duive of York who was killed in the battle of Aginconrt, in the third year of Henri/ V. coidd iiever be the wife of this Sir 11 alter Fitz-IValter, who died the tentli oi' Richard II. before that battle was fought: to reeoncile this we must observe, thiit Robert Fitz-l\ alter, the eldest son of tliis IV alter, lived to be of age, thouu;li lie died before his father, witliout issue ; and he it was that married Phil'ippa aforesaid, who, after his death, married ai^ain to Edward Plantiigeiiet Duke of lurk, and Earl of Rutland, wiio held Diss manor, hundred, and market, together with Henienhale, till he was killed as aforesaid, and from his death she held them till 1431, in which year it appears, by the iii(]uisilion then taken, that she died seized, and that Sir Walthii FiTZ-WALTtiH, second son, and now heir, of Walter Lord Filz-lValler, brother and heir of Sir Robert Fitz-IValter, first husband of the said. Philippa, had livery of the manors of Diss and Henienhale, with their appurtenances, all which (except the advow- sons) were held in dower by the said Philippa ; but they went with the rest of the estate of the said Robert, and bad been in possession of the said Walter ever since l.'JSi), when he had livery to them, as heir to IValler his father, and Robert his elder) rother; and accord- ingly I find, he presented to Diss, in l.iyO and in 139£); Philippa aforesaid levied a fine, to Alexander 11 alden, 'Sw Richard Boitchier, Knight, and others, settling these manors on herself for life, after to tile said Walter and his heirs, as his inheritance. This Walter mar- ried Joan' daughter of Sir John Devereux, Knight; he died in J408, and ordered his body to be buried in Ilenham church, leaving Joan his wife, who soon after married to Hugh Burnel, and two sons, Humphry/ and Walter, and one daughter named Eleanor. Humphry Lord Fitz-Walter, his eldest son, was under age at his father's death, and was a ward of King Henrij the Fifth's, who granted the custody of him to John de Beauford Earl of Somerset ; the earl dying soon after, left him to his executor, Henry Beauford Bishop of Winchester, but dying before he came of age, he never was in possession of his inheritance, but it went to his brother, W^ALTER Fitz-Walter, who was under age, and had not posses- .sion of his estate till 1428, at which time he had livery thereof, but not of Diss and Henienhale till 1431, when Philippa died, who had held them all this time in dower. In this year he settled them in trust on his feoffees,* Richard Baniard, and Simon Cistern, rector of Berninghani, who presented here jointly with him ; and immediately after that settlement 1 find a pardon passed the great seal, for the alienation of his manors of Hemenhale, Diss, and Diss half hun- dred, without the King's license. ^ This Walter was one of the most active men in the French w'ars, in the time of that victorious prince Henry V. who in the eighth year of his reign, for the great service* that he had done him, gave to him and his heirs male all the lantis and lordships which Sir John Choiei/, Knl. deceased, held in the dulcliy of Normandi/, which reverted to the crown, for default of heirs male of the said John, and were of the value of 5000 scutes. * ' Dug. Bar. 2iz. ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. p. 211. *P. L,N. ' Hoi. H. v. 44. b. 10 DISS. Hr mu ihrn a very young ninn, nol l>cinij of full nije till 1422, t'l ' III UCI lie WB* Inkcn jiri»«)iuT by ihc h'rrnch, liut »ooii gol Itfilirti ulmut M.i-. (in *»liu"h venr llic prubntc of liii will l lli:it his oivii, anil I jMi»iic->•< niiinom, willi IIk- liuii«'»« in Sorjo/k, the nianorH of ' Sfiimpting and 'J'AorHt in Su/Tolk, of iVoiUhiim-H alter, lltuham. Ijcidtn, I tiring, /' '■ ' . /I i/(/>M^. niui Shrring in Etsfi; she iiflcr /, nnil livid U> Juiir 14, M'l.'i," al whiih liiiH'ihi ■ iiig .litiu, \\\iv of Thointfi Uali-liff', V.m\. and hUi- iitbtth, (.1. .'K^",) her daughters uiid liiircsM.-s ; ^////r had no i»>ue, but I'Jizabflh utlerwnrdi inuiried to John Katci.ifp, Knt. brotlier of the said Thomas, who was soon aAer sumnione I>ord Filz-Hallrr, and in right of lii« wife enjoved all the honours and |K)ssea*i<)ns of this noble family; anil thnneli we have different aeeounts of lhi>i matter, the escheat rull It to me ' that this iltizabrlh \\a» the wife of John, and not • / '« liatcltll, as is said by siiine. 'I"hi» family, as ^(r. 7x- \(Vt thinks, laine first into this county in 1411, when John Ratcliff, Ks^. father of this Sir ./o/i/i Ratclij}', inametl Cecili/, llie widow of Sir John de Herling, by which he much advancwl his family, lliis Sir John, after he w;is Lord FttZ'iyalttr, sided with FAltrard IV. against King Uatri/ \ I. ' and being bv him appointed to keep the passjigc at Ferri/brid^r, which the Lord Chjforil resolved to gain by surprise, was there slam, on Satur- day Ix-fore I'alm Sunday, l-Wk), as he rose from his bed unarmed, with n poll a.\ only in his hand, in order to appease the fray, as he thought, among his own men, leaving his estate in possession of Elizabeth his » ife, and John Hotclijf, afterwards Lord I'ilz-lf alter, his son, all w Inch the said John ' enioveil till 14<)3, when he was attainted of treason, and being Mppreliended, was bruught into F.iiglnnd with several other knights, amoni; which was Sir llobirt linlclilJ, who was beheaded, but tlie I»rd Fitz-H alter was pardoned; after that he went to t'alai$, and beini; there laid in hold, was beheaded, because he would have corrupteil the keepers, with miuiv promises, lo have esca|>ed out of iIm: same, intending, as was thought, to have gone to I'erkj/n, at that time a ^»reti-nder to the crown against llenrif VII. who, at the time of Ins attainder, seized upon all liis revenues, and among ihem, on this manor, hundred, and advow sim, together with the manor of H'atlon't, or Cuck-ttreet, and H ulcote in Din, both which were become memlK-nr of tlie great manor;* and in 14y8, the King < . rijr. vol. i. i>j. " militarr ut pjrrrl. Uaronic itc FilB< • I 4 K. 4. N. 37. " Wjlicr, rrnunJ' indc recn» hercdibui • Cull. P. L. N. " ii>iiiii Waltcrl, quudquc KlizatKllia • t4«v " Klizabrlha que fuit uxor " domini Kilr-Waltcr iiiipcr uxor Jo- •' N"- ' V.Waller Irniiil die mio " luiinit Ralclifl r>i filu cl licrci ci " ti' .. dc Hrint>iial cl Dy»s " cMlii tri^inla annul uni." " u iilicdtf dc DyMC ciiiii twit • IIjII. K.6. loa. "I' 'ic Rrgc I'cr icrviliuiii > Hall. H. 7, 34. a. ' Iiiit. No. 1. DISS. II piTw^nlcd liore,by rti.^on of ihe foifcitiirc and attaiixlerof John late Ljy, I-arl of Wi : he had three wives; by Elizalnth dauj,d.ter nUlair,, StalTord )ukeof liHclangluim, lie ha.l llnin/ Lord rUz-fValler. whosuceeeded ill.. ; he died at C/u'/scj/ li,e '2Slh of Sovanba; 1,3 t'2, an<--lh his wife, daughter of Thomas Hoziord Uuke of horjoik, Thomas the third earl of Sussex and Uciiri/ the fourth earl. Thomas the third earl, in 1557, was seized of Diss, Jlt/ebur'rh and Hemcvhale, Dockyng, Southmere, IVarners, BiUiugford, liushttn rr'T^,' r"^^'""'"^' '"'d Sliirston, in Norfolk i he had two wives' iLhzabeth daughter of Thomas nh-iothesley, by whom he had He,mi lUHl liohert. who both died young, and Frances daughter of Sir ," "'""'* ■^id'i'-J/. by whom he had no issue," whoflied June 0. 1583 leavino- ^' ' I'RANCEs his widow this manor, and great part of the estate, for life; and at her death, to Robert Lord Fitz-Walter, his son, who died before her, so that it came to Henry Ratcliff, his brother, who died seized the Utli oi Dec 15<)3, when it descended to lioBEKT KATCLirr, his son, who in 1G21 sold it to Frances Siiute, widow, and her heirs, who " held a court in ifj^'^ • ni 103.^ it was in ~"' John Dlkk, Esq ^ of IVorlingham, in Suffolk, who about 1(J4Q lelt It to • .» I'arnem. and Anne Duke, his daughters, who kept their first court in 1650 : this John .sold the advowson from the manor. Pa knell married Roger ^v.vysoUmpingloii, Esq. who afterwards had Jnue'spati also, and at his death left it to Talhot Pei'vs, his son, who married /7a«waA daughter of JoA// Man alderman oi' Norwich ; she outlived him, and held the manor and hundred till l()94, when she died, and left it to » Vincent against Brook, i«r. • Vincfnt, 562. » Vincent. 563 ' Cop. Cur. » Weaver, 636. • Cop. Cur. • P. L. N. vol. I. C It DISS. RocEM PEtv». her ton and lit-ir, who ii InU-ly [I'SC"] dead; and Mr». AxxK Vr.fx*, hi« t«ido«r, la prornt [l7;J'iJ My ihcrcof. rFXCHK'S MANOH, wor caU^d Hey wood Hall, lUH lU ' r ; Sir Rohrrt Fil:-H allrr, who hrld IMi> : loMil ot Ihu, graiitttl «ii«r (hird tbrrruf wiih hit (liuii;hlrr (^M>inc miv »ikU'r) Jlicf, in inarriiit;!-, to Sir CiiLBEBT 1'kcciib, Km. lortl of liruniif, in CambnJgtthire,* U|Ki>i »lu>9<- dralli il clr«cendc4l (o Sir IIamx I' ( iiK, Km. his rwn, who died in l'2-U), Iravint;, by f.'io hi» u I childrt-ti ; (iilOcrt was hit eldc»l son and lii-ir, but • to ' ik. IiK, his fourth son, wlio htid il in ]'18f>, in whiili yi'nr ho ilainieii view of Jrankp/nlgf, and assize of lireatl and a/e of all hi- Itnanu.* It was tlii> (iilOirt, and -/^"" Ins wit"o,tliat in l'iy'2 conveyed two thin! nnrls of liiis manor to Sir liobrrl I'itz-lt tiflrr, Ml thai it wa> a^ain (oiiicd to liie c^reat manor, all but one third |iiirt, wlneh tliey in l'28.')liad toiiveyeil by fine to Sir KirHARii nr. n«ivi.AN n, and Maud his wife, together with a third uurt of the demeans, and '^Bs.pfr aiiiiiim (juilreni ; and this [>art ron«lilutc nreilecessor had done the oilier pari- to that manor, in order to make it more coni|>lete, * but it proved of no force, for in 1.114 UicilABD, son of Richard dc Holland, sued Robert Fitz-U alter fur it, and recovered it, it having been settled on his mother Ix-fore the fine war. sued, to which he was not u parly ; and soon after he M-lli{Hdk iiiucli uf tlicni. • h>c. >5 II. J. > Pliij. Coiunc dedicto anno. • P. L. N. > Fines divers, com. de dido anno. • Cull. 1'. I„ N. • Koi. Cur. ' Will.BiKjk. uf ilijt vcar. ' A the Fill- Wn'' • r'l B»- . 1. lal. ll- 1 Itv in nij ' r . ■ .e ■lie 1 lit 'T ;,. ■ ^- nurkabie men in the •evcr«l agc> they DISS. IS Elizauetii his wife, for lil'e, and hftcr lier decease" to W'^iLLiAM Lancaster," Esc], (hvr son) oi Cati/wade and Brising- ham, who married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of William Notheam, b^y whom he had Bknedicta, his sole heiress, who married to Edtcard Bolton, about the year 1.50.3; and by will dii.'ed l.'jlli Juli/, 1528, bequeathed it to Thomas Bolton, of Suham Tout/, his second son, who died seized in 1544; it was sold to Thomas Jkumyn, Knt. and William Curson, clerk, his trustee; but it continued very little while in this family, for in iGlfi William Mason, Esq. and John Beseley, Gent, sold it to William Webb, and Charles Wiseman, Gents, from whom it came to the Fishers. Richard Fisher, Gent, being seized in iGsO; Edward I'ishkk, Gent, in lG()'2; and in iGGj, I find it in John Buxton, Gent, till 1()84 ; and after in RoBF.KT Buxton, Esq. of St. Margaret's, in South Elmham, who was lord in 1715 ; at his death it was held by Elizabeth his widow, now [I73(i] dead; and Elizabeth Buxton, a minor, their sole daughter and heiress, is the [)resent [1731)] owner. I must observe, that in a court roll of this manor, among Mr. Le 2Vfr«'.s- papers, in 14'2;5, when Ehit, widow of John Lancaster senior, held her first court, there were two distinct juries, one for the part of the manor in Diss, and the other for that part in Biirslon ; ^ it was always held of the great manor of Diss, by fealty, and 5s. per annum rent, in full for all suit and service, being estimated at 8l. per annum. hewode, or heywode manor. Was always part of IVinfarthing manor, till it was separated by Henri/ 1. who gave it to Sir Richard de Lucy, and so joined it to Diss., he gave a third part of the hundred, manor, and market, in frank marriage with Dionisia his daughter, to Sir Robert de Muntenei, or Mountenei/ ;* and accordingly we find, in the Black Book of the Exchequer, that in the year llOl the said Robert held of the said Richard three knights fees, sc. in Nezoton, a member of Stoic {marhet in Sujf'olh) one tee, and in Jl al- cote, a member of /J/.ss, one fee, and in Sprecton (now Sprous'on, in j^orjol/;) one fee, and in Tacuheston two fees; and in the same town, Hugh, son of Haniel, held one fee ; (this afterwards was Uveda/e's manor there;) of all which knights the ancestors oC Richard de Lnci performed ward to Dover Castle ; ' and among Richard de Luei's knights of the old feoffment, Hubert de Muntenei is said to h(jld five fees, of which IValcute, a member of Diss, is one. Sir Arnold de Munteney, his son, succeeded him; and in 12J0 it was found that he held it of Sir Robert Fitz-lValter at one fee, as of his barony ; in 1239 a fine was levied between himself and Ilamon ' P. L. N. published by Mr. Hearnc at Oxla.-d ' Lib. Cur. W.ird. & Esc. 8 H. 7. 172S, Vol. I. 255. * 1 he Black Book of the Exchequer, » Red Book ot the Exchequer. 14 DISS. CMii,«liu, ill lv>8(>, liiul virw ol'/r ' ' ' > . und died K'i2rd ul' lliu uianur, Willi u third p4rt oi the liu. :i>l lliiilki'l, Icaviiii; It lu Aknuli> hit Mtii nnd heir, wliu clnimed liberty offri'e wnrrcn in all hu deiiK-an*, nnd had it nllowi-d. In l*2<>3 lie was kuniuioneil t» attend Kini; EtItLard I. into itauoi^itf for the recovery Uu-retif. Thi» ^^rMoAy granted part of thin iniiiior, viz. 17 me**unge$, IM) aerei ot luiid, 4*» (ure« nnd an half of uieadow, 3». 4 I, nnd Ins hein, wliich nl /li/Z/f/m's dealli nere, (iMiio l.'llj,' : . Itlcii oil Katii.vri.nk, hii widow, then married lo (iilb>sed. rm: customs of the manor of diss, conftrmtd lit/ the Ijord and Tenunti, at a (itueral Court of Siinri^, thert hcldtfu \Ath o/' September, Wi.OG, art as J'ollotc, aiajipiar by Iht original, /loir [I73<)J in the Churchtcardcm' hands. The fine* arc arbilrnble u|>on everv alienation and deseenl; nnd on every death the lands de!»-Hste, and make hemp pits on Diu Moor, and Vock-ilrttt Grtrn. The tc-nants cnn |il.-iiit upon the wastes against their own lands nnd hoiites, by (be name of an outrun. Tliey can nlvi stub furze and bushes on all the wastes. 'llie lord bath all the strays; he bath no waneii, but liU-rly of hawking, hunting, and Hshing, in the manor; nnd the lords formerly have granted liberty of fishing to divers tenants; and it is returned that John Turnrr, Samuel Fotstr, Thomas Hhrrir, Reginald Shufk- f'orlh, and llenri/ Turner, have and mniiitain certain pits in their yards nrj ' !-,witli inlets from them to the Great -l/r/r, as by ciKlom I imljfy. I'lie tt'ii.tiits «an make steps oul of their doors into the street, anil •lain oul of their cellars, and also lliey cnn wt up booyes, or props, at (heir windows, and scats at lliOir doors, according to custom. • Pill. Coron. 15 E. I. 'Coll. P. L. N. Kul. V'ascun d« dicto aano. DISS. 1'5 The lord hatli a market every Triday, a fair on St. Simon and St. Jude, when his bailiff takes 2(/. tor every tilted stall, and Id. for every oneuntilted, and no more; and for the market stalls he takes either a weekly or yearly rent; but all that stand under any houses, penu- houses, &,c. pays the bailiff, 4d. per annum by ] d. every quarter, and no more; but all they that sell any manner of victuals pay nothing, stand where they will, and all corn, corn carts, &.C. pay notiiing. As to the extent of the manor, they say that it extends from the river dividing TSIorfolk and Suffolk on the south, in and through a great part of the town of Dhs, and into Itai/don, Burston, Frtnze, Shelf hanger, and JVinJ'arthuig ; and that Thomas Earl of Arundell and Surrei/, Earl-Marshal of England, hath a manor here called Hei/wood; also John Havers, Gent, a manor that extends into this town, called Rat/dun Hall cam Tufts ; Richard Fisher, Gent, hulh a manor called llci/ioood Hall; and Richard Nixon. Gent. Frenze manor, which extends into this town ; the manor of Diss rectory, and the manors of Brockdish Hall, and Milden Hall, in Burston, extend hither. The lord of this manor hath a mansion house, in which Samuel Ptthaugh now [1736] dwells, and 35l. per annum and a part of the toll-house now [1736] in decay for want of tiling, and a piece of land called Hinge laipode, and a piece of marsh in Brisingham. The advowson belongs to the lord, whose officers are a steward, a bailiff, and a hey ward. N. B. The manors in Diss give a moiety dower. The capital manor-house, called Diss Hall, is situated at Heyreode Green, which with sixteen acres three roods of land, is held by copy of court roll of this manor. WATTON'S MANOR, now called Cock-stkeet, Was very small, being held by a freeman, of William Malet, lord of the honour of Et/c, in Suffolk, though it did not belong to his fee, till Walter de Cadomo' (Caam or Caux) dis-seized him ; this was after called JVattons from one of its lords ; it continued some time in JValtei''s family, and was afterwards held of the capital manor. In 1235, Ralph de Cunges, or Canz,' (a descendant from the said Walter,) was lord ; he held it by the fourth part of a fee : from him it came to Richard de Cunges, who enlarged it, by purchasing more lands and rents to it of the Fitz-Waltcrs. In 1322,^ Reginald le Man, of Diss, was lord, who in 1337, left it to Alice his wife, ' from which family it came to the JVattons. About 1420 John Watton was lord, who, before 1431, had conveyed it to Henry Sikcok,* for then he occurs lord; it was soon after purchased by the 9 Invasiones, (jc.) Walter! de Ca- modo offert se necisse, ii. bov. val. dorao. (Domsd. f. 30a.) In Disce i. xd. lib. Iiomo. v. acr. tene de doininio ma- ' Norf. Feodary. iierij, queni tenuit Will. Mallet, sed ■ Cart, pen. T. Coggeshall, de Diss,. non pertinujt ad feuduni suum, eodem Gen. ■> Cart. pen. me. II Iti DISS. u|>uu tttr L«>rti i .. . _ '' • luciiibrr ot' ihal inaour, nud wiu itn-n oulM It aHoii'$, or in.i.- ./. p •: mi which tunc it hnlh btt-n nUny* iiidmlcd iii ' '1 lie »uc or iiinnor-liouM' nbui* on Cotk-itrtct I .11 I4<>4, b\ Kitii; //nirv VII. to In I, ,^ At. (Jd. prr milium (|iiilrcnl. DISS Ki:rrouY mandu n -ill all alon^ none, nnd now i> in ihi- mtorol' the |inrii>li : tlu- II nrwhitlMi, tliut all lumUuiiil lcn«-miiil» tk»r« ml Ui the ilt«- lii» co|hIioIiI hoiisCk witliotil liccni»i-. I ii. tiuf» urv 111 the lord'* will, but in all tiling* else the ' tenants in;iN do u> they plruM?. UKCTOUS. liic tir»i tiiai i liml pus«i-»sef his father piirson Ifulketcl, \ ,.il hini ill hisprit-sthood, should 1m- disjiossesst'd, and no aj>- iw .l.iu.ii .idiiiiltcd. From his time to \'i[)[). when the institution books lxi;in, I find no more rectors; nor tlun, till LRU,' 7 kal. Dec. when Adam df H aiidritif^ticld, (or U ultling- fSdd,) pricKt, wa« instituted, being presented by Sir KooiiRT I'n z- U'AtTtB, Knl. l.)l<), i non. \ov. Thoma% dc Couliiig, priest. Walter Fitz- \\'aiti:h. Knt. Lord of llodiham. K ' rd III.* hv letters patent, dated tlic 2d of ./;////, prc- %,-nii ■ . I dr Iriiiir^,'' ouo ol' hi- chaplains, to this chur ;li ; he had »rvcral < -iveii him, Ixjth befure and ;.ti. r .1- ilie v the Kinn from the filz-U alUr family. How- 1 .iin, that he never posscsscil this living, for i'/wmus de toiiinij; ' did not resign it till 13.'. N V. ,i,,,.iiw.iu • Newcotirt AnlK). fond. Djoc. p. " prrsbyicr, (. I», ut lcf;i- :««. * Lib. InX. 4. DISS. 17 1361, G Jail/, John de Vxrhiiig, priest; ditto, 149c, .'30 yliig. Huburl Tailour dc Tlwrhij, priest. Walter Fitz- Waltek, Knt. he is often in evidences called Hubert de Tfiorlei/. 14'24, ii/t. Feb. lie resiuriicd lo liic/tnrd Drurywal, Waller Fitz- Waltcr, and l\ odc/iam, liichurd Bainard, and Simon Cistern, rector of Bernitisham, his feoflccs. Edzcard Atherton, ^ priest, who was clerk of the closet to King Ileiirij VI. and by him, December 2f), in the seventh year of his reign, presented to this rectory ; he was succeeded in 14J7, in wiiicii year he died, by Richard Donyn^ton, priest, instituted iGth 'November. King Henry VI. as guardian to tlic Lord Fitz-IVnlter's heirs, being patron. 145'2, 7 Oct. Richard lateshalc, A. M. priest, by Doiiynglon's death. John Ratclifi', Esc]. 1465, 1 1 Feb. Tho. Motyng, (or Miilting,) at Tateshale's death. Eliz. Fitz-Walter. This Mutyug was eitiier master or fellow of- Metyngham college, where he resided much, as I find in the accounts of the said college, (MSS. T. M.) 1490, If) April, John Uimbnche, (or Himburle,) S.T. D. on Moutyiig's death. John Lord Fitz-Walteu. 1598, 16 Aug. Peter Greves, priest, presented by King Henry VII. by reason of the forfeiture and attainder of John Lord Fitz-ll alter : he was succeeded by John Shelton, the King's orator and poct-laureat, whose institution occurs not, but I find him rector in 1504, for in 1529, 17 July, Thomas Clerk was instituted, on the death of the said John, at the presentation of Robert Lord P"itz-\V alter, 8cc. Clerk died in 1545, And ll'illiam Browne succeeded, being presented by Thomas Browne, Gent, who had this turn by grant from Henry Earl of Sussex. This Brozvue was deprived for being married, both of this and Stonham Jarnegan, and in 1554,' (J May, the Right Rev. John Salisbury, Bishop of Thetford, suffragan to the Bishop oi' Norwich, was presented by Henry Earl of Sussex, to this rectory, which was void by the deprivation of the last incumbent;* he was Bishop of the Isle of Man, and held in com- mendam the deanery of Norwich, the archdeaconry of Anglesey, the church of Thorp on the Hill, in Lincoln diocese, and the rectory of Diss, by license from Archbishop Parker, dated anno 1570; he was rector for some time of Lopham, and several other parishes in this county: he died at Norwich, and is buried in the middle of St. Andiew's church there, being succeeded by John Hilton, who was instituted Mahh '24, 1572, Thomas Earl of Sussex being patron; he died in 1587, and on October 23, in that year, John Reeve, A. M. was instituted, at the presentation of Francf.s, then widow of the said Thomas ; but he had no peaceable possession ; for Henry Earl oi' Sussex, brother to 'J'homas, who was husband of the said Frances, brought this action against both patroness and incumbent, and ejected him in 1589; and on May 17, in that year, Richard Cox, A.M. was instituted, as on the death of John Hilton, • Lib. Inst. > Lib. Cur. R«ct. ♦ MSS. Parker, in Archiv. Cantuar. 16 Dl.s.s '■ . Ii l.p . ■ ■ .1. i i iind .'-riiorul llir ulc and tiiMiiul I'orltnt ..'n 1 , _: :■- Ufii ihu, llint lliuti^li \.\\k smA I'run^n )h-M (Ir- luaiior for life in jointurr, ycl llir ndvuMtoii, n« the rnri '^ 'r< have it, wa« not in the M-itlfniciii. Kiit it cnflcd not Ikti-; / i.rt i-oniinuine ln-r cluiui. Cox «u* rjoclt-d, nn but littli- tiuu', lor No;. 17. \b\)\, ( 1 \rtv MKin iirttT c|frlfd ni;iiiii, iiiul nu li.iuir imnr iin'^t-iitcd, «> U>i)f{, lliul it liiid liiid Ironi t ''.)l,l'> /*<■<■• l-i*)"i. «lu'noin- Win. I'loiidaril, \. M. «Ri prv^rnU-d, but dctiit'd in-ititulion ; Hlu>rcii|Mtn Cor, lu make liimM*!!' sun-, and end all ilii|iut('N, tciok the brond •cal, it bctn;; lapM-d to tin- Cronn, nnd obtained Cjucen I'.liuihclh'i IvKcr-i pnlrnt to void till otluT presentations, on mIik-Ii be was insti- liiiid l>((. 'i, l.')<);",and held il to I5i»'i, when be died , and on \or. 18, in ilint year, Juhn I'artrnrr, preacher of God's word,* wnt institutetl, ui the prt- ■cntationot' Uoiikkt Earl of Sinsex, in t'lill nsiit; all other claimants whatever bein)' now dead, he continue*! rector to l6l3, in which year, Dec. &)," Urn. Ifilhtn, A. M, was instituted; be died in 16*7 . wlien y^t^arii Val^ratf, \\. 1>. si]ccceden his deprivation, at the presentation of John IIobart, llsq. ; lie held it to l<)7S, and then die.5, June 1, Eduard llonrorth, A. M. was instituted at the presentation of \\'|LI-IAM IJoswoHTii, clerk, patron for this turn. In 17I.S, John Itrinn, A. M. was presented liy William niRiisi;- To!«,of/>iM, (ieiit. the present [17->'»] patron; upon the death ot ^lr. tlriari. the said \\ ii.liam, in I7^!>. prex'iitefj the Uev.Mr. Edtcard DoiVorth, who is now [ 1 73(ij rector. DISS^KECTOKV Iiim il is and dicU in i6i ], aged j5. clurj-ed al in the Kwkj'i books, llie rr- ' He utaialxi rector of Welheringtet, maining luni ii llie suidimiiI tor ihcfint Suffolk. ftuiO. I ihall alM> (akr i>o notice of 'I ' «n (lie fiiit fruits the procurations llul arc paid tu the (hate^ 'cauK, if a year's bishop, upon his scplcnnial or primar)' DISS. ly anmial sums, for synodals and procurations; it hath a good rectory- house, and convenient ont-iiouses, with 1'2 acres of glebe adjoining to it, ail which abut south on Diss Moor. King's Books.^ I Tattlis. I Si/nodah. I Arclul.Procitr? I Norw.Taxa. 33 6 8 I 3 G 8 I 3 I 7 7 I?. I 55 marks. Lincoln Taxa. I Acr. Glebe. 58 marks. I 12 O In the dean and chapter's book ' called Norwich Domesdai/ it i» said, that the rector then had a mansion-house much in decav, with another house which was formerly the vicar's. It may seem odd that here was ever a vicar, but we are to remember, that often in those times ^ vicars signified no more than curates, and were reraovcable at the rector's pleasure ; indeed, when churches were appropriated to monasteries, and the religious were forced to set out a portion of the glebe and tithes for the maintenance of a vicar, such a one is called a perpetual vicar, made presentative and institutive; but there are no footsteps of any institution to the vicarage of Diss; not but that the rector might, with the consent of the bishop and patron, have at any time created a vicarage, and made his own share a sinecure, as was done at East Dearham, Tcniiigton, 8cc. and this, since the Council of Lateran; nay, in the diocese of St. Asaph there are such separations of tithes made, and vicarages erected, as low as King Uenrif the Eighth's lime, CUSTOMS OF THE RECTORY. In the time of King James I. there was a long suit about the customs of this rectory, and at length it was ended, and an exem- plification under seal passed IVor. 21, l6lO, in which it was thus acknowledged on all sides: * That the rector is to receive in kind the tenth sheaf of all corn bound up: And of all corn not bound up, the tenth heap, ready heaped. Of pease, he is to take the tenth stetch. For the fall of every calf, lamb, or pig, under seven, he is to receive one halfpenny; but if there be seven, he is to take the seventh, and to pay to the owner three halfpence, because there lacks three of ten ; if there be eight, one penny ; if nine, one halfpenny ; if ten, nothing. visitations out of eacli living.because one years,) drew up a descrijition of all the general rule will serve for all that pay clergy's revenues in England : for every them, viz. to remember that it is three- deanery of every diocese he appointed pence in tlie pound, according to the the dean and three beneficed persons in valuation \n tlie Kind's books. his jurisdiction, to certify upon oath the 8 F.ctnn's Valor. &c. true value of all preferments in that 9 There have been three taxations of deanery. The second is called the Lin- the ecclesiastical preferments in Eng- coin taxation, and was made in uSo. land. The first, which is called llie The third and last is the present valua- Norwich taxation, was made in 1254, ation, which was made in the 28th year and was confirmed in 1256, is so called of King Henry VIII. from Walter de Suthfield, Bishop of ' In Edward the First's time, about Norwich, who, by the command of Pope 1280. ^ Coll. Ep. Asaph. Innocent, (wlio had granted the King the •• Exemp. sigillat. penes rector, ct tenths of all ecclesiastical goods for three gardian. dictaj ecclesia;. VOL. I. D I .il, liic ncU'f ii' f' . ■ |Miiii\. I , iilloniiii; OIK- 1 l»i cucll gOslin ' lUimg tut ctiili )ioi>lm under M-vrn. i - ■ __^ Tuln- »»i*>l, iwty liiiili pouiul. Mvcrv It-ntli (uite ur klicul ut' lioinp in kind. In lull i.r iiilic wood, ilic nvt"r i» j>iud one jR-nny every SnndBv, 1),. ' .lioul ihi- town; for Mlu-n lii>lv brcud wni «i, >>r broad \\or two |H-ntiyvNortli, nniiy lif lii"l to Ills ovrn u**-, bv the name of hurtha^c ,• nnd ut till- tiim- of tiikiiik; awuy holy brend, the iiihabitants pnid u« nbovi' for wood nnd hortha'^c. In lieu of lithe hoy, the rector receives two-pence ^rr ncre for nil mow ins grouiul, hv the name offfnagr. I'or ivtTv mikh-cow, he receives one penny per anrntm by llie name of taclagt. l"or every orchard and garden plot, he receives one penny per annum in lieu of it- titlie. Tor every hive of bee», one |ienny per annum, except il be the first year they swnrni, and then nothing. I'or every ga§l heifer, »teir, or colt, feeding from one ye;u- old to three, one penny. The tithe calves are to bo paid at M-vcn weeks old, and not be- fore; pik^s nt live week* old; ehieken-< at a month old ; lambs and goslios ut lemmas ; cui;* iire due at hlaslir ; herbage*, lactagcs, and Jettaget, to be pan! belwt t-n iMmnuis and Cliriitinus. + Bv the church-wardens' book it a|)p(ars, that u|)on every burial in the church they receive tis. 8c/. for broach of the pavement. In 1371, Htehanl I'owUer paid it for hi^i wife's burial, nnd J^'icholas Estotie did the same. The church here is dedicated to the honour of the Virgin Marjif,^ and IS a regular building, having n square tower joined to its west end, with siK bells, a clock, and chimes ; the nave, the two isles, and tno iNirchet, arc leaded; the chancel is tiled; iH-tweeii which and the nave hangs n saint's bell, on which is this inscription, Sanete Gabriel ora pro nobis.* The vestry, w hich was on the north side of the chancel, is down ; at the eml of the north isle is a eliapel, formerly belonging to Corpus Ckruli Ciild ; oppukite is nnullier, belonging to the brothers of St. \ fiiid: but u|>on lli<-ir incorporation, alxxit Henri/ the .*>. lie, when they built St. Sieholat's chapel, they were for- saken by them, and lel'tto the soul priests of the parish, who sang in them until the reformution : the organs used to stand between tiie fint u( these cha|H-U and the chancel. 'Hie roof* of the nave, chancel, and two chapels, ate iitainetl with red and white. This building, now standing [173(>1, wm without doubt built by the l'ilz-l\ alters,* t I.. Conip. GtrdUn. dicte cc- • Thfy call lhi» llic Kar Bell, being ileiix. acornmlton fur tlie Gibriel Bell. ' Kfi^r. Ilaydon in OfBc, Norw. * VlsS. neiie* J. Aniti», Gsrter, I - .. marked K. *6, fol. i«. DISS. 21 whose arms are often cut on the south porch, in stone, and were formerly in many of the uiiulows, (see p. 7,) as were the arms of fVingfiiU, and De-la-po/c : in other windows /■Y^z-MV/Z^fr impales Vfford; in another were the arms lA' England a.v\A /'Vawre quartered, and St. George; as also Biiri/ Abbej/ arms; and in another shield the East Angles, all whicli are now "lost, except Fitz-Walters. In an upper north window of the nave is a man in a blue robe, with a red mantle, kneeling on a cushion, bidding his beads, and saying, Jesu Christe Dei miserere mei. Opposite, (in the same window,) a woman in the same posture, saying. Mater Sancta Dei ora pro There being no arms nor inscription, we know not who thev were designed for. In the south isle is an old inarched monument, with a coffin- stone lying by it ; but there are no arms nor inscription. In the north chapel was such another stone, which being taken up to make a vault for Mr. IVilliam Burton, they found an entire skeleton ; by its head was a silver chalice : this in all probability was some priest ; it was buried again in the coffin. By this stone stands a fine altar tomb of black marble and Portland stone, on which is this inscription in irilt letters : *" Underneath this stone lieth interred the body of Mr. IVilliam Burton, late of Cock-street within this parish of Diss, who was a person of known probity, justice, integrity, and charity, and very much valued for his true and hearty friendship to his neighbours; he departed this life the 14th oi' February, anno Dom. 1705, in the 59th year of his age; and by his last will and testament, bearing date the 26th day of December, 1705, which was proved in the Bishop's court in Norwich (amongst other charities), did devise, that his e.\ecutrix should purchase lands to the value of one hundred pounds, f and that the same should be settled upon two trustees, to the intent that this tomb- stone, and the vault, should by the churchwardens of Diss be constantly kept clean, and in good repair ; and what remains of • the yearly profit of the estate, when purchased, or of the interest money, till the purchase be made, should upon Christmas day, yearly, for ever, be disposed of by the churchwardens and over- seers of the poor for the time being, to such of the poor house- keepers within this parish, as they, or the major part, shall think fit; with a condition or proviso in the same will, that if this stone, or the vault underneath it, should be broke open, other than for the interment of Mary his wife; ' or if the church- wardens neglected to keep the same clean, and in good repair; or to keep an account in their books how, and to whom, the money shall be yearly disposed of, then the payment of the t That was laid out for land called lands ; 5^. per annum is settled to keep Hingelswood, being copyhold on Frenze clean the tomb, the rest to tlie poor, manor, and is now infeott'ed among other s Mary is dead, and interred in it [1736]. ft l'I>>- cliarity 10/ ■ ii'rili U> c»mm', niul lu In- |iti(l i<> Ho^doH, U<- 1 uiidir tlu- liLc ('iiti(ii(i>jil!i , und if Hii^oM make (Iviauit, litcti III like inunni-'r to HriiuHgkam. \ .if \\\c north |iillnr4 in ilie niiddlc isle i> tiscd u ncnt til, ,'., on th<- tu|> of wliu'li. III a tliii-ld, Dfifiui irapaloMi^. tiinx'bouii heads cuupccor; aud tJii> iiiscriptiuii: Lfftor, Kfifde piiuiu liifi- duiii til vide>i, Conculfii". t'liifu-s vi'tu-raiido«, Siih |u'dibuN JMci t i-i)i|>iis huinilc Aiiuna iiiiiiiihori |>rui> liiiu° ii>rt'n' lite the 14th oi June 1714, a^od 40 vears. And aixj Ihbonih his wife, who was one of the daughters of Samuct Manning, Gent, deceased, who died the l.Slli of Srpiemlifr, 17<>JJ, aged 128 years. On llie second, Homorlh't arms and crest as before. Here lyelh the Botly of r.iltcani liofnoiih, hile Ueclur of this parisli, who depart- ed this life the l.stli Day ol January, 1713, aged (ii years. DISS. 23 In the cluirchyai-d, a. large Uixdk marble lies flal on the ground, on the south side, by tlie chancel door. A chevron ermine, between three eagles with double heads, displayed. To the pious memory of Maiirarct Daughter of Mr. Thomas lloxaching Heclor dc Pa/grave virtuous wife of Mr. Ile/ni/ Shuckforlc, indulgent mother of Thomas Margaret Uennj Samuel and Sarah their Children she departed this life the 13th day of October \(}()1 aged 70 Yeares. Also to the pious memory of Thomas their Eldest sone who departed this life the 2d Day of March ]Go3, aged 20 Yeares. On an altar tomb much decayed. Thoma Bai/lie Gencrosl tatem Probitateni Charitatem conjugaiem et parentaieiu Afleetum vere spectabilis. Qui cum Prudeiitia, Tortitudine, Dexleritate, et indefessa in Kcbus Opera felieiter gestis, Deo Patriaeqiie diu inservisset, de hac Villa oplime maeruisset,- Rt ad Invidiam usque elaruisset, Annorum jam satur bonorum cum Luctu obijt, Jul. 18. Anno 1640 iEtalis sua; 76. Observantiae Et Amoris ergo posuerunt Execulores, C. R. P.M. Here lyeth interred Anne Bai/lle VVife of Thomas Baylie Who after shee him 52 Yeares departed Anno l638. Near this Place Bodies pf Thomas Barilie,\he Yonn^exl, 1619. \ and Martha Bai/lie his daughter S ^^' 1620. On another altar tomb. Crest, a garb. Arms, on acheif an eagle displayed : Here under lyeth the Body of .John Harrison, Gent, who departed this Life the 18 Day of May Anno 1665, and Mary his Wife who departed this Life the 1 Day of April An. Dom. 1673. On an altar tomb by the south isle. Sheriff's arms, viz. az. on a fess ingrailed between three griffins heads erased or, a de-Ils between two roses gul. Tiiomas Sherifl'e'' Gen. et Artium Magister, Sub Tumulo a Lnboribus Hie repositus (juiescit, decessit ) . C ^1213115 61. April 13, 1 ^""'^ IDom. 1669. 'This man, though he was in so great made and continued a justice of peace, favour with the anti-royalists as to be yet altogether deserves a good character. i4 PISS. Mrrr alw Ivotli tlu- IkxIv of ("bnrlt* KrU. {'ifUt. »lui dt-piirtrd tliii LifV n.iy ot Juii«- l6«KJ. AntI 1 Ki tt 111- Son mIio dicti in ihc uunt' Monili being abuul twu ^ i-aivi o( Ag«-- On another altAr tomb, Sfirri^'s arnik a* bcforr. Condilur hie Johnnni!> Slu-rifle ChnriiMnius Apolliiiis Filiut Vir rere probu-, it civilis Orti«ij non ignarus, oniiiibus bi-nevuluii ob Peritiani in lie mcdu-a nun vulgarcin Pitioiibui aci'cptus, ob prompliini Animuni ti-nuibus opitulandi Uuut I)icbu» quvsitus, ilt'funclus utnsque pluratos, obijt Prid. Id. Jul. Anno Duni. HiQ8. .'Ltulis sua; i6. On anollier altar monument : Cipsf'^oli, org. u cross, between four escaUops mI) Cretf, n buck cuucllant»rn at Slrelfonl lu Sulfoik, who departed this Life August the , Ageejched or ini; '. ' - privately »ex, Knt. in 1356 ; Sir William dc Cog- tent them letleri, them »hjt f;e»hall,Knt. inij95,was lordand jialron wa< intended, anil j.iv-u.j; iherti how of Arleiford, CogKe^hall, &c. having a lo pro*. fed, bv which mram jeveral ci- large c%talc in that county until Queen C" ■ ' I !..>.. 1 1 ,...1 ...l.r,, Elizabeth'] time. Tliij Henry much w improved the art of gauging, by invent- ing the rule catl'd alter hit name. He was graiidfalhet to the present [i7l6] Mr. I lioni.i- Cn;;gc»hall of Di»>. The creitlK! "i:>taniily was granted in Que 'h'» tune. Autug. len. Joli. Lutkje'.liall, CJent. dc Fram- linjiham Sufl". t. Lit. Wil. Ilulman de i;iu.) n. un.'iri Haltted, Euex, pen. T. Cogjjeslull de King Hen.'y I. Di>j. Gent. I . I' I). he haii C Alllug. ) Clio UK.) w n "'n of Hrnrv DISS. 25 On another altar tomb. Here lieth the Body of Ehzabeth Burroughs, Uclict of .lohii Bunoiighs, Gent. And Daiiirhtcr of Mr. Samuel Cann, late of this I'arish, who departed this life, Dec. the I2d, 1711, in the 5yth Year of her Age. Plere also lyeth the body of Hugli Cann, Who departed this life The xxii. of Febr. I688, iEtatis suae xxviij. Here are three coffin stones; the first for, William, Son of Robert Camell, and Elizabeth his Wife, born at Diss the lltli of April, lG:34, obijt '29, Jan. 1702. Margaret Wife of Robert Camell, Gent, died 24 Dec. lG85. Mary 2d Wife of Robert Camell, Gent, died 22 May, 1705. Robert Camell ' Gent, obijt xvi^. Die Novem. Anno Dom. MDCCXVP. The steeple hath a passage through its arches, which serves for a west porch; on a small marble fi.xed in the wall is this. Near this Place lyeth the Body of Thomas Shreeve, Who departed this Life The 11th Day of February', in the Year Of our Lord 1721, Aged 34 Years. Sheriff, impaling a chevron between three roundels. On an altar tomb, M. S. Elizabethae Johannis Sheriffe, hujus Oppidi dudum Incolae, necnon Medici inclyti, Viduaj pientissimse Quorum, Sobolis Pietas, Parentum Moribus imbutae, hoc Monumentum, poni voluit, Ilia autem, pacified s[)e Beatae Resurrectionis, ad Vitam sempiternam, Natura; Debitum solvit. Anno jEtatis 46 Mov. V. 1702. ' Robert Camell, being about four- teen years of age, came out of Scotland in the time of the war between that na- tion and England, and settled at Gis. linghani in Suffolk in 1583; he died April 12, 1687, leaving Robert his eldest son, who died anno 1667 ; William Camell of Diss was his third son, who left this Robert, his eldest son, who left three sons, all now [1736] dead, except Mr. William Camell of Diss, his second son, to whom I am much obliged for a sight of the evidences of this (own, and ot several other antiquities. Robert, the eldest was of Sidney College in Cam- bridge, LL.D. rector of BradwcU and Lounde in Lotliinc;Iand : he died on Wednesday, November 21,1731,31 Nor- DISS. In the (oulh (torrli i> u mnrbic, tliui intcribod : llt-M lirlh the Wo»ly of John IVtit,» wlu) ilixl ill*- '.'Ut of Si-plc m- Iwf, Anno IKjui. 17'2T, ni;c« of n joyful |{c»uin"clion. 1]LUIAI>TAKI:N FIIOM TIII: UQilSlER. ]'>5<, 10 Ftb. Sir Thomai Johmoii, prii-.sl. (Me was Uic lail soul pru-".! iKff.) 1379, 30 June, Thomas, the ^on of pllr^on Crahh, of llii' pl.ij^uc. ('I'hc pliigiit- wiis licrc- thisyi-^ir, Mi pfr>ons duil i>l ii/) IfiM, 2^ Drc. John Travenoiir, clerk, buni-d. iOilt, Susu I, aou of H'U I i(im l^ak, C-i|. \!tth Sept. MIS, John lliiiis,ir, ciia|ilaiii, buried in the thiirch; he was a benefiiclor to Corpus Chritti Gild, and to St. I'cttr's Gild al Pal- grave. (H. Gtlour.) 1414, 28 ."»Vf/.' Stephen Cowptn was buritd at I)ii$, and pive hia tt-nt-nu-nl called L'hq}pi/i, in Diss, to Thomas his son, on con«lilion that he and Wi» \wm for ever bhonid, out of the snid tenement, keep a lamp burnuii; in thi» church, ni time of s«.-rvice, on all holidays, before the crucifix, and nl>o his anniversary evcr>' year. 1494,' Uir. KnoN dc Di.v, buried there: I will that the (iorrn) \illam- of />/v« have my Iioum" and land in Stnrsloii, (except uiy pas- ture ut Ihrrf^ale-trciif , and half an acre and a rood at If rlfliind-Tirnl ,) and also inv meadow in Skole, and h'llf an acre at Soiidcuri/ there, and one acre and a half in llroome, for ever, on condition that the aniiuid prolitj thereof lie applied to pay the common fine (i. c. the leti- f'rr) of the town uf Diss t\)T e\er, ami that they annually keep n»y obil forro err- litudine) for a cerlyn. wicli, «hfre hr had liernrlcrlcd lecturer aonkm, for fvtr, to ilic miniucr or cu- of St. Pc-nr'i Mancrofi, Dec. Jj, 1731. rule for llic time brinj;, lo cioacli a scr- He fnibliihed »ever»l ingcniou> tracts monafiniiallyontlicdayoflii* interment, oithotit 111 J rumr, and three vrmuns by way of exhortation lo prepare for I rr4<-|"- wilf, Ihomat Cutepri , '• .1 uur <-hil in Harleslon." Iil4,* Thomas PrnniASV, filia% Svict.u, o( Dnu, hurif iour>. 1563, John Hivet of Dim, 23th SqU. buried in the steeple porch; he gave a surphce : to repair tlic Markel-streel puvcuieiit, iOn. Some of tile lAndk thnt were tetlled on the stjtil i>rie»ts, and to niaiiilaiii tlie hiiiipk, Si-c." were teucd by I'.ilaanJ \'\. in 1047, and were t^riintcd with -elf about it. I find ' that tiiey sold all so far, that in 1.^7- they had only one cup of '2.1 o:. wl. 'I'here is now [17;)()] belonging to this church, a chalice, a cup, two silver dishes, a sniall plate, a spoon, and a silver-hafli-d kiiil'c and fork. '1 his place is said to have pnuluccd the followiii" w rilci'B and remurkuolc men: KALl'll de DICLTO. I>« licr, w.u conl\ «or to kirn; lli-nty V. wiili whom lie wtiii lo (Wn in Surmamlif, lu tlif »ixll» v»ar ol lii> rvifjn, wlun- tin- Kini; liraniii> of llic lioly Me nmi InHjuint iiiiniclo of one / ittfrnl of .4rro^um,i\ ' uluT, lu- utiil lliu l\ illiam lo liim, wlio brought him io till ! «lu>ui lu- \vu» lionournljly itccivctl, aniio 1417- JOHN SKLLTON, n.>h<-«l in' the time* of Kiim Hriiri/\'ll. and Vlll. was rector, mill hvey hi» l»eing witiiCM to fcvernl will* in this year. 1 take it thai SkftloH wa«. not only rector, Imt n native of ilii% plmv, k-in:; vn of H illntiii Shrllon, and Mar- ^arrt bt> uiU-, wliov; will w a« provetl at NorKiVA, .\oi . 7thi lil'i, [Htfii Juhnwii] llial lii> nana- was .Shcltoil or Skrllvii, a|i^K-nrt from hik succes»«iur\ insliiulion, viz. " 15'2<(, 17 ./I'/y. I'homns ( Itik, instiliitetl on the death of Joint Sbclton, last reclor.' Ami indeed, tiiou^h ihe lute Dithop of St. .Iun>h, in his notes to me ujH)n thiii Hundietl, obserxes, that Hale, Hooil.&ic. make him to have been born 111 lumlitrliiiuh and thoui;li one ol IkiiIi hi» names waa udmilled t.. ■ ol the diirclaU, and M-enis lo have iHtn beneficed in N <( I he much doubts whether it was the >ame with our jKKi, tlioiii;ii lie was an Oioiiiaii, laiireatcd in that university, or- daiiud de.-icon Ipril Mill, l4<).-i, and |>rirsl tin- Bill of Jiiiif following, by ihoma* Saiugc, itikliop ol Ijoiidon, " [Johannes .Skclton, poeta " Inureatus, London dioc. ad litulum .Moiinslerij de Gracijs juxta Dill. Prioiil. Spalding, Bib. : l>. 117. • («' i'ocia Laurcatuj.) I . . . :;j X lllli place, a >t Doctor kniplit's Lilc of I ', p. 111. lu »cl (he nui- Irr ol )oet " lau;'- • ■ ' • 'I as of lale, had •< ilial ' 11 with it, from • • the 1 . ...,■•. ■ ■'"■ '" •" '' - " un'Vcrsiiy, in t ■ " of Dr. ol Gram; . '• to Brrnanl Andreas, tutor ot Hriiuc ■• Aithui, lo John bkelton, tutor of " PriiKC Henry, &c.'' » 1504, the will ol Mary Cowper of Dit«e, "witnesses Master John Skellon, •< laureal, parson of Disse, Ac." And ' ■ "Ii. Thoiras ■ III the te- IIUIC I'l .»l.l^^^ I - » t t n -i . , i.i u i Cjl - ■ Lib. Inst. No. il, 1519, 17 July, Tho. Clerk, instituted •:> tl^ iUaili uf John Shclton, rector. DISS. 31 *'Tiiiiim London, ordiaatur Diac. per Thorn. London/ Ep. 14 April, " 1498, Presbit. 8 Juii. seqiien. [llegr. Savage Ep. Lond.]" li'ilL Caxton, in his preface to his translation of I irgifs JEne'uh, printed in 1490, iiath lliis; " I pray niaysler John Skeltun, late created poete " laureat in the Universite of Oxforde, to over see and correct this " sayd Boivc." Mr. Le Nernii-ulioii in (hi* t-lt-rfjy wa« thought n htiic »in, nnd iiiiirriagc « gn-u( uur. Mr. M ixv/. III h\i .HheM4t OxoHifnus, trlU us, thnt " (he generality " »aw (hal liu wit(v «!i»cuiir«e* were liitint;, hi» lnut;hti-r o|»prol)rioiM " nnd Mxiiiilul, ntid LkjuIm** cdiiiiiioiiIv Klinrp iiii(i M-lU'ctini.'." Ili« chornodr mav Ix- « a |u>oni in Iliif^liJi, c-iilU-d l/ir Ymagf K^ YptKrrsif, U-ing u bi((cr invective ngninst the monkt nnd frinr*, and kuiue of tlie great men of that nge : Mr. l^e .Vrrr s«y« that (lie mnnusrript was in his own hiinds, and thnt he had it out of the .tshutH-'I'/iorp library, and that it wan allowc-d lo be Skc/lon't own handwriting; it now [I7''> there, on I'hil. iv.; 17 etlit. ImmiI. 1711. And also a pani|ihlet, entitled, the yre\ent Itiharioiir of' Mankind inconsiilrnl uilh tfif true Spirit of L harilif, which aloiu can prove axailabU topiit an rml to our unhappy Divisions: being o discourse on the 13th chapter 1 Cor. And MTvcral poems without his name, inserted in divers miscellanies. He was also rector of liitlingford by Difi, where he was buried, Jan. 1st, 1728. ST. NICIIOLASS CHAPEL. TVrjidrs the parish churih, there was a free rh;i|>el MI. I. 1 f Lawrel. 1. 'I ; : Cburt. 4. hi ming. 7 Why come you not lo Court. I. Colin Clout. 9. P' we. 10. Li 1 ■■ Man'iHcjd. 11. \N jic il;c lldwke. I J. Of ilirrr Koules. Ij. I-.: t a Paris. 14. Ei 'v«u Knaves of Due. I f . Lamentation for Norwiche. 16. The dulorout Death of the Earl oi Northumberland. 17. A Parable by William Cornish in ihe FIcetc. il. Against venemoui Tongues. 19. Of Calliope. With wvcral olhcrT'i>cms and Fpilapht. Pririird for C. Djvu in Patcrno\ter- row, nrar Aincn. Pills uyt, some of Mliah were printed in Queco LliubelliS time, j«, Colin Clout, &c. Chonis de Oys contra Scoltei, See. Chorus dc Diss, contra Oallos, &c. Warrthr Hawlic. I- il el johaimic CIr -e. Iliiii) III'- \ il. \ r pii.ipli ; and that on Mary Countess of Riclunond, Ace. DISS. 33 time of Ifenn/ V. by llie bietlireii and sisters of St. Nicholas and of Corpus C/iiisti Gilds, wliicli then were consolidated.' /t seems, by the evidences and wills that I have seen, as if these two gilds were ancient, mention being frequently made of them in the time of Richard 11.; upon their joining logetlier, it shews as if they were rich at that tim<;, for they soon built this chapel, and began a fund to purchase land suHicienb to endow it; but though they joined their common slock, yet each, to tlicir dissolution, had a priest that sepa- rately belonged to each of them ; and all gifts were given as to se- parate gilds ; and the brethren and sisters of each were severally admitted and enrolled. The gildhall was common to them both, being the same that) is now standing at the south-east corner of the diurchyard, which was granted to the inhabitants, and is now used for the charity-school house.' It was at that time well furnished for the merry meetings of the brethren and sisters of those gilds, for I find that, in 1375, here were kept the standard scales and weights for the market ; that there then was left to the use of the town, in this house, 1 Caldron. 4 Platers. 1 Brass Pot. AG Mease of plates. 5 Spits. 40 Mease of dishes. 2 Bowls. 40 Mease of trenchers. 1 Ladle. 9 Dozen of spoons. 2 Trewets. 4 Cups. 20 Salts. G Table cloths, &c. by which we may conjecture what jolly doings there had been for- merly. Their chapel stood in St. Nicholas' s-street, exactly where the house now [1730] stands, between the street that leads down to the steeple, and that that goes on the right hand to the market-place, the chapel yard extending east to the blacksmith's traverse, and no further. This, in the second year of Edward the Sixth, suffered the fate of all other free chapels, being then dissolved ; from that time it stood in a decaying condition, and was in the Crown, by virtue of the act, until June 18th, 1584, at which time the Queen granted "All " that chapel with the appurtenances in Diss, in the county of .\or- " folk, now in decay, commonly called St. Nicholas's chapel, which " was formerly used for the celebrating masses, and other supersti- " tious uses," to If'illiam Croft, and John Hallyet, by her letters patent dated at Westminster, the day and year aforesaid, all which they were to hold to them and their heirs, of the Queen and her successors, as of her manor of East Greenwich in Kent, by fealty only, in free soccage, and not in capite, or by knight's service, paying 3^/. into the Exchequer; they held it until lj ■- . ■ ■ '> lit dmit (lifmham, and liobril .iUri'l ■ i /. ■», bv llii- luml llint iln- bntlir«nol St. NkA /.. ami ( (•i/i<<:li i niiil •! , .iv n itrtuiii >um ivrry c)uarUr iiUo tlu- gil( until It slunilil (tiiiuunl tii u »uiii kunicicnl tu piirt liatc landi to endow their ktipi-niliary |>rii-»t. 'riiik who m> gciicrall}' u|>- provdl of, that liw of frefliold (•round, eallcd Culilhtiiig/i, uluis i'oerlc-htill, in I'mnilin-zham ; and '1/iomas <.'oarpfr, John l^itetlult, and 'I'koinas i'olfcr, of the suime, «■ n mreodi'd tlu rein : tlicy in I3<>8 iiiliiilTed Thomas .Shunlifuxc and t'liuitcen lining mid b\ an Lni;li!sh sclu'dulc anncM-d, declaicd the Uses of tin- Icolliin lit, viz. " tlial a hailly or olHrir, by llieiii or " the mo»te |i:trl in noinbre of llicin H|»|n>iiited, Nhall lake and |i« r- " eeyve the yerly profiles of the siide londes and tenemenis, and •' otfier ihe preniises eomprised williin the said deed, iherwilh nii " hone«t and Kovcnablc xeuler prcest, by the mosle |)arle of llie co- " feolTees to Ik.- named, hiritl and \vaj;elioi>, in the parisii ehurehe id" />(W, " within the counle of y>orjf'. by the >[>aee and tcrme of Ixxxxix. " yeres, next ensewing the dale of the seide present dede, and at " ihe end of the seid Ixxxxix. ycres ihe seid feofces liieir heirs and " assignes, and all maner of persons that then shall l)e lawfully " seased, or iiifeoffee»t, for the most se'wer and longer eonlinuance cd' the fyniiiiig of " the e con- " lyuiicd, by the orduiir i>f the lawe, the same preesl for the tyme " l»eing, lo \csaid." \\ hen all ihe feolVets are dead but five, ihen they lu renew again, and lho.' for both gilds, then he was to have eight marks y«r annum, and iFic overplus uus laid out in repairing the steeple, church, and strei-Ls, evi-ry year. Thus It continued until the second year of T.y liubaid hUhn, in l4})-t, to nay tlie Ufl Iff, iir t-oniiiiiin liiif ul' l)its lor fVtr, and to Ltrp hin oiit, tUc. «err »<-i/f. Mr. Ifiuiiiiis I'ulchrr ;;av«.- '.'■♦/. with wliich the townsmen |>ur(-li:i/v«, wliich they Unik iij) this year, nnd settled the jirotil> to be employed lo the relief ol' the |»oor of honest couversntion in the said town. ItiOl. ])fc. 'Zi, Richard Fishrr of Dim, by his will obliged F.duiird his son to purcha-e half an uerc freehold in D'ns, within l»*o Mill* after his deeease, and thereupon at his cost and eharge to build a liouM' sutheu-nt for the dwelling of two poor people, and alteiwards to inleoff the eluireh-w aniens and ehief inhabitants therein, will) shall have power to place what jioor prr>|»le thev please ill lliose ilwellincs. In Kilo he bought a piece of land in JJirt-slrert, built a houiic thereon, and made a feoffment according to the will. '1 his house is now [1 ".»''•) tlown, and the land is called the Tomiyard. I(i().>. Juhn Krlhlmroiis/i of l-'lmiUn, in \orfulk, Gent, granted t'> .Infill Oifi of II i/mciidnam, saddler, a pighllc of two acres in Jii'i/iloii, called ihe ( iriiTe/-pilf, reserving n free rent of IhI. per annum to Ills manor of /fov(/(>/i ///;//. This pightle in 1()72 was purchased by llie town of Diss, and is now [iT.i'i] their gravel-pits. I(il8. Ralph Lhapinan of Ihirston, granted to Jatms Blomejlcld, senior, Cent, and Jamtt liis son, and otiier fcoffcH-s, an aniiuitv of 2 north, anil u[)on the |iroce»sion-way dividing liiinlon and > east, winch meadow he piirchaseci of John Shardrlotrr, (ieiit. llie money to l»e distributed by the chief pari of the feoffees every Christ mai-daif, for the relief nnd comfort of sixty of the poorest householders, most comfortless and distressed poor people of Dim, viz. 4*1. to each, iis of tiie ulnis gilt and (foliation of the suid Ralph. \t>'i(). Mr. .Shrrmaii guvc 45/. to purchase a close of IViUiam } t a /(-J, culled }fK7rj'» pightle, which by measure contains four acres ai)d SIX j>erclies, two acres of which are free, nnd pay -id. per annum ; tlie other two acres are copyhold on llie capital manor, and pay 1». 4d. (|uitrent. In Ui.'Ji Jamn Itloiiiffirld, (Jvnt. senior, and Janut hi* ton, and others, were infeoffeil to t)ie following use, that it* rent should annually be laid out lo pay the common fine or letl fee of " alcolt hainltt in Din. D I S S. 3; IGSO. The townsman purchased of Tlwmas Dei/ncfi of Carhlon- rode, ii parcel of <;i()und 111 Cock-stnit, with a Uimc. thereon, heiii<>- twenty-seven feet hroad at the south end, and thirly-thjee feet at the north end; tliis is now [IT.J^JJ tlie stull-liouse on Cock-strett (iirtii. I(ij8. October 15, Richmond Girling of Old Bokcnham, Gent, by wdl proved in tiio Fierogative Court, gave to the poor of yj/s.s I Is. per annum for ever, tiie se.vton to have Is. a year for mendini,' the grave of his late wife ; for which payment he tied his houses^'au'l lands ill Siradbrook, whic-h he gave to Ralph Kiii0j kept at Diss, where the master hath his dwelling in part of the late Gild-hall, and keeps his school in another part: there are now [1730] ten boys clothed and taught. 'J he grammar school is kept above, in the sime house, wjiere the masler hath lodgings, and 10/. per annum ; but this is at tiie volun- tary contribution ol thejjarish. 'i his is a neat eom|>act village,' situated on a rising hill, having a » Atlas Norfolk, p. 438. Will. Camdl, dc Diss, Gen. aiina L papyr. script, anno 1685, pen. 172S. 58 PISS 1.1- t.wliuli It vui\ \ Inr ll It It IX):! Iiiilt Kiuiiil will laiUM'ii and ga; IiNikvin , . Iitmi llu- wuU-r ; liul it Ik-iii aliniMt a ^'. -Xi-, Imviiit; milv n uiiull run or Iwu into il, nn< iinr only mii, .imi ull (he iiltli ot tin- tuMti i-cnliTitig hcrr, bi'kidrii tlw ntttiiv ix>nvriiu-iu-«-* tliul iirc iilai-ttl ovt-r it, iiiukc ihi- wnJcr verjr U. " ' , Ullll k» i ' ' ' wlu-n It 1 iM'H', i\ I ittiiiks 1 !y. nml the II 1, Ml thu'k lliai till \ t.iK< ii . llii-y III ■ < U. It i» vrrv df«-|i : I , uinlH-d, i( w.u found fii;lil yunU in llic dcc{M-»t pfacr, wliicli i« by the common (latlir: tilt- lilK-rty lirri-of lH-loni(a to tlic loid ol the miuior uf Diu, and without his li-uvc no man can kcf|i u bout, or fi»h, except at hit own sLatlie, wlu-rc every o-ie can lay in bow-net^, leaps, «i'l-pole«, or niiv iiilii r ('iii;ine«, !•> eMteli what tisli tliev ea i there, \v itiiout tile I.: -e. III!' ■ ■■ out of thi'i :Wo, is amerced, as is the township it' they do not kivp up the rails at its mouth, tor want of which in 1()39, u roan, OS he watered his horses, was drowne40, when ill ' ' .iey this water. 1 lie chiet slrj-t'ts ar«' Smith-tlrtft, or Mound-itrttt, so called front the mound ot hill that rises the whole leiiglli of it; Tem-slrtd , or Mtre-ttrtel,vi\iic]\ lii-s ulong the 3/s^d to till King's ta.T ut 23(»(i/. In the civil warn, during the ns.soeiation, when the puhlick charges were levied by the month, there were two valuations made of this town, one ut 1i«)l6/. fxr iiiiiiiim, the otlu r at '2700/. prr nniiuni, which far c\cetds the pre-VitLik-.. Iriland, Knt. ^uurcliuii lu it' and heir <>t' Sir /f tlliam lU Moric, KiiL dL-cciui-d. I .1, u icK-* lh(fmb'. . .ilt-i.«, |iri«**t. Ditto. 1 '■"'7. IS Fibruartf, .lohn Dt lurtiiighum, [>ri»-»t ; 'I'liox \s ni. Mi'iii i.\, NiarHlial of Irfland. Ul'i, 2<) Jpril, John Ho/'pr <>l n,ilh*J,m//. Diccmbrr, Edmund Iiigland, Ixing very old, rwigni'd to Jofiu \ ' ' ' ■ (1 to piiy him a ptiisioii of five uiurks u yrar, il . i Katcliff i: ]>alroiu'ss. I Iflf, 1{> I ibrmiiif, .lohii H i/mbi/iich, {or H imbuchr,) S. T. D. by l.i|>»f. Hf was rrctor of Diss. UJjH.CT Srptrmb(r,JnhnCoppiH,\tncii\ SirEnMUNoARUNDKLL, Knt. and Johanna iru wile. I.M>«).:)1 May, I homat iluarhi, (-haplain, at CoppiHS dt-alli ; Wil- liam Kammk-sri iiv. l>q. ill right of .\nm: his wife. 15 lo, Jd Mai/, Jltnitiiit Ilvcrton, priest, at Quarln's dealli. Ditto. I.»I4, .'JO March, .lnhii Cukr, on l.irrtoii'* dtath, by lapse. I5;J:), H May, Cokt r»-iiit;iied lo Ucnrif .V/«;i((.<, reserviiiu; a pension for life of 4/. a year. The King, as guardian lo Elizabeth ImkU Lady Morlcif. John Tiiddtnham 8Ucccede7'2, '2(i I'rbruarif, John Ciilli/nrr, clerk, al Fordham's death. Ditto. l.i«M. 1 ■> John UoTHcr, :\.\\. on Ciillifiicr'$ death: William KETTLEntKiiH, (mtron. MrZ-'t, IS Dtctmber, Robert Horner, .A.M. <>n ./o/i/i Horner's death; Mahy, widow anil relict of ,lohn llormr, clerk, by praiil from Filtrnrd llaieri and iMitrenec /^»/ioi, (Jeiiti. 1(»7.'), I December, .lohn /' • lirk. A.M. on Robert Horner's death; llontitT lU KTos '■'■ ' .■ ita-mare, Giiii. lor thi* tiini only. 1704, 4 .lune, ihe Uev Mr. Rooktcood Srrant, the present [1730"] rcclor.at J"A;i Datinei/'iu.\. lln- . ' ' ■ luTH built by on<* <>l llic I'lli-H ahcrt, abuul / . b'll >vhi<-li of (licill il wiu I t U*arii. I 'II iirc-b ill \\\r iiurlli wall, otit ul ' 1^ III the (liurcliyard wu« taken lumr vcnnt ago, iinii (he- |Nivriiien(, tome of wliioh »til! rr- niain*. wa« uiturn^ with llir arm* of the Filx-H altcri, tomcttiix** in athicld, «omrUtiu-s in n luzciict*. niui ik-vcr.il oiiiers with iiiiliui U-ller* of mill' ' " . iiiwrK'd. Ill 1 III" Si ;V/rr, to which Marif P III tliiit tiiiii-,' iiinoiii: Vn I. : ; . (IIHcIc- of till- lU(U(li Ill 11 luirth window urc the arms of Rutcli'j Ear! of Suiux, arg. a btMul in^rniled «i/». Alorlfif ;uiray for tlir irniil of oiu* L/utriibi/e. Till ' lii is out on II «fat : Hoc ^ > ii fiiit [H-r Kicar.Itiin ^^'uyllforlh rum sulk firo|iria i'ccuniii, dccriio Die Junij, Anno Doniiiii l(>43, utque ixMtuin in Locoulii I'uri-iitcs rju!i antiquituin sederunt, vKtalis dicti Kicmdi quinto dtrriino Martij ult. pra-terit. (Jl. In the ehnncel are several stones with insorijitions, some of which mrv nnnlcd in L<- Seir's Monuments, und some are not; however I shall give you transcripts of them all. Here lyith the Body of John Homer, Preaclier of God's Word in this Par- ish, which Wiis buried the 30th Day of July, Amio Dom. How lonn Lord ? niis is on a freestone by the altar, and is in Le Ncce.^ Adjoining, on n black marble, Here lyeih buried the Rxly of ftoliert Horner, Hector of'^this Parish, who died July 7lh A" Dni. 1()75, iEtalis 75.' A black marble in the midst of the Chancel has this, Kobertus Homer de Hresinghain, Generosus, Filius Reverendi UolN-rti Horner, NuiK-r hujus 1-lcclesia? Kectoris, Hic Aiiiina: suir l^xuvias rc|>os(iit ; ^ ir Literaruni Umamcntis decoratus, Pielate, Probitate, et summa Charit^ile, Kximie pncditus Obijl 4to Die Decembris, A\ Dni. 1708. /ttalii G-i.* ' Rrer. Geloiir. ' Ibid, vol. ii. p, no. ' Vol. i. p, 9t. * Ibid, rol. ii. p. 214. R O Y D O N. 4S Another black marble : Subter hoc Marmorejacent Corpora, Henrici Deyns Generosi, qui Obijt tertio die Aprilis, A° Dili. Uiyi. iEtutisGl. Simul et Elizabethac Redrich, prasdicti Henrici Socriis, et Kelicta Henrici Kedrich, ISI. D. quae obijt 8vo. Maij A° Dni. 1G88 iEtatistiS. Flens posuit Conjux et Pilia.' On a small monument over the altar, Ad Pedem liujus Monumenti sc- puitajacet Ma- rtlia Horner Uxor Roberti Horner. And on a stone on the ground, under it, is this inscription. Here lyetli the Body of Martha, llie Wife of Robart Horner, Clerk, who died October the '26th, Anno Dni. I(i0'2. Mtat. Here lyeth Margaret the Wife of John Dawney, Clerk, Who died the 3d of Sept. 1 09 1, aged (j\. Deynes, impaling three cocks. Here lyeth the Body of Han- nah, the beloved wife of Tlio. Deyns, Gent, and one of the Daughters of Clement Rolf, Gent, deceased, who was here Buried the 15tb Day of October, 1603. To mourn for her 'twer Sin, Rejoyce yee nither. For she hath gain'd an Everlastinge Father. Here alsoe rcsleth the Body of the aforesaid Thomas Deyns, who dyed the 27th Day of November, Anno Doin. lt)7o. 5 Lt Nevt, vol. iv. p. m. VOL. I. G •ti KOYDON. On llic Mulli (uie of the chnncci, in the cliurrhrnrd, ii «n alUi tomb, i-uvintl witli a black marble-, liavini; ilu- iiniis ut liurrvugk, {MX p. .-jK, ) with u label of Uuif , imiMiling, f " ;. 38.) «ub bi« rrc««, u:. a boar't hfod coupcc. Tlie in .ipoivd by Dr. Cumelt) if tu fuiluw* : Lictol, Juxla hunc Tuniulum Rxuvinn invcnie», HolUlini lU KUOl (;ll. KOBERTl It MAKl.i: lU HUOLCJII, dr Dim in Com. Nort". CJeni. Filij Nalu nui\inii, Pari-nlum Spt-m, Aiuicoruni Dcsidrrium, Pra-i-lu«it Slun hcu ! niinis imnintura, Obijt Collcgio SSt«. Trinitaiis uyud Ciiiilab. ■ . 1 T\ L 4 \ Domini ) 17'i3. U d.oDecemb.AnnoJ ^^^^ J ,y Filiu dilectiiuimu plucidc olnlonniunt rAUKNlES A. MHO. Charis'iima: Conjugi.s Conjux I lie amiintisHimus, Unionein conjunctis-siumm Murs ipsa vix, Et nc vix quidt-ni sepurubut, Pneivit cnim Illc 28" die Jiui. Anno CoDscquitur Ilia, 6' die Mar. Monumentum hoc Scpulrhralc Pietatis Et graliludinis Erpo fJULIKLMUS, Filius eurum Natu minimus Mcerrns posuit. Tin* village joins to Dim on the cast, to lirisinghain west, Shelf- hanger norlli, and the county river south ; it luilh now [1736] two manors onlv, though fonnerlv it had lliroe,ull which were in one in the Conqueror's time, and was then two miles and an holt' long, and two miles broad, imd jwiid [>d. DaiireeU. It was held by Lejriz, son of li/se, a Uiane,* or guard of the Confessor's, and was afterward given by the Conqueror to Ralph dc Itello-fago, or litaujo, of whom it was held by Hugh at the lime of the survey.' It after came to MrntnT dk Kif., whohad it in II4(>. and died in 1I71> without male lisue, leaving his barony of HhU divisible b»'tween his daugh- ter* Itabrlla and Aliva, the first of which was married to Gfff'td/ dt Chetler; and at his death, to Roger, son of Hugh de Crasi, who |>uid a fine of twenty marks and twelvt palfreys to Kmg John, for ninrrving her without license, upon which the King revoked the sei/urc that he had made of all his lands m Sur/alk, and elik^'where ; I Dni. J ' f iElat. I 17'27. 52. 4G. \ 1 TliW the Kinj;'!. ' (Domc«. fo. 115.) Terra R. de Bcllot'jra. H liT' Him. Rrfjrdona ten. Lrfhx tunc ct pott xii. bor. nio. xi. lemp. i. tcr. xnip. ii. car. in doni. el li. car. Iioni. silr. XXX. por. ct liii. .icr. praii. Scniprr ii. K(|ui in Aula. temp, vi. an. tunc xl. por. mo. xxx. tunc Ix. or. nfi . xiii. capr. et vi. soc. de xxiiii. ac. terre. lunc ct potica i. car. t proinan. modo m°. dim. Scuip. val. xl.i. x. >)uar t IX. vill. m" V. loiig. ct viii. in lat. et dc Gelto ix.^. ROYDON. 45 it appears that he had for his part seventeen knights fees and an haltj though the other part of the barony seems to have been the head, several of these fees being held of it. In the first of King John, Robert Fitz-Rogcr, a great baron in Northumberland, gave 300 marks for AUva, the younger dauifhler of Hubert de Rhie, to marry to liis nephew ; and in the thirteenth of the same King, John Marshal, the nephew, answered for seventeen fees and an half of that barony; in the ninth of King John he had obtained a grant in fee of the office of Marshal of Ireland, and had livery of it in the seventeenth of that King. He died in 1234,* jiliva his wife surviving him, who, by the death of Isabell de Cressi, her sister, was heiress to the whole barony of Rhie ; and agreeable to this, in the record called Testa de Nevil, it is found that Roger de Cressi held one fee in this town, of Walter FitZ' Robert, and that Matthew de Morley held another fee, which was formerly Robert de Morley's, of AUva Le-Marshal, as of her barony of Rhie, of which it was ever after held. It was this Robert that, in 1253, had a grant of free- warren to this manor, which was allowed in Eire, in 1285. At the death of Matthew aforesaid it descended to Sir William de Morle, Knt. who died before 1304, for in that year William Marshal, of Ireland, presented as guardian to Robert, son of Sir William dc Morley, Knt.; this Robert after- wards married Haxcise, sister and heiress of John, son of the said JVilliam Marshal, whereby the barony of Rhie, the marshalship of Ireland, and all the inheritance of the Marshals, came into the Morley family. William Marshal, the father, died about 1313, and John, his son, in 1316, Ela, wife of the said William, then surviving. Upon this match it was that the arms of arg. a lion rampant sab. double quevee, came to be quartered, and often bom, by the Morleys, it being the arms of Roger de Cressi, whose inheritance went to the Morleys, as is before observed. This Robert, in 1326, settled the manor on William de Morley, his son, for life, and Cecily, daughter of Thomas Bardolf, his son's wife, and their heirs, as part of the join- ture of the said Cecily, with remainder, for want of such heirs, to Robert de Morle, his son, and his heirs male. Cecili/ outlived her husband, and enjoyed it; but for want of heirs, it descended to the aforesaid Robert de Morley, Knt. Marshal of Ireland, who, in 1361, settled it (with his wife Cecily's consent) on Sir Thomas Felton, Knt. for life ; but he lived not long ; for in 1386 the said Cecily was lady; and in 1387 Thomas de Morley, son of Robert de Morley, Marshal of Ireland, was in possession, who, in 14l6, died seized, and left it to Elizabeth, his widow, for life ; after to Margaret, his daughter and heir, then one year old ; she after- wards married Thomas Ratclyff, who, in 1487, died seized, leaving it to Jeffrey Ratclyff of Framesden, in Suffolk, Esq. his son, who was then nine years old ; and dying in 1504, without heirs male, the manor came to his three daughters coheiresses : * Dug. Bar, vol. i. p. 6oo. 40 ROYDON. ULiiABETii.tlicn a^cd fiAcru yc«r»,MrhoMu» ninniinl (o VhnUopkcr Sffilmam. Clbanur, Uic •ccond. then tlurtwii yiixn old, marrivd lo Thomot LovtH, )»n\or, of Hm/iflJ. Jo»s. iIm- ihird, llun nine vc«r» old, ufu-rwardu inttrri-i6,' Thomas Siikkman of Yaxley, Gent, purchased one third pnrl of John S(urpcuiu; and in \5j3, another ol Jamet I'cr^rlor i and llie wnne year \i iLLiAM Kkxtlkduiu;!!, Cicnl. porchftsetl the otiur part of Kdmund Dfthiik, ami Eliznhdh Ins wife, so thai Shrrmiiii had two tliirds, and KctlUburgh one; and thus it continued till i;>8(i, at which time the court* then kept liad two hoinuges, one for this manor of Roydon Hall, and the other for Tu/'t's manor, which wa« joine«l to it; thev extended into Roydon, Diss, iirUiiisliam, and ah '. It went in these families till about KiUU, and Uicn the wii i^nrehasetl by EnwAiin Mavkbs, uho was succeeded by John II avkbs, (Jent. of ShtlfTiangfr, who left it to Thomas Havkrs of Thtltetoii, his sou, from him it came to William Havkrs, Esq. then to Thomas IIateks, v*ho died in l(iij7,and it descended lo AVii-LiAM IIavebs, E.»«|. his son , who sold it to Mr. HonPRT lU hboioh of Diss, at wliosi' death it came to M AKY Ik iiBOKiH, liis wife, who gave it lo V\ iLMAM, her youngest son, who, in 1733, sold it to .Mr. 1'hilip Dykks of Ijondoii, the present lord. [I7.3'>.] The Icet belongs to the liundre\'liich was so calli-d from n family of that name, the ancient lords thereof, anl. y\. I l>_v W'li i.i\M Ku()» tiiMar(l> tlu- latter end of the l.'itli century, and vKiii alter il fell into the |u;(eut lUiiiior nt;nin. It »n» heiil «if the barony of Khif. which »hcw» thut il wa* n part of ■' U niiinor iil fin>t granted to some younger bruiuh oJ the M .!>. llic »iti ' from the manor ' iih liot/Jon Hall, and i« now ., .td; tlu- oKi uioiit ' bv the iiuuic of Tmjrt HaU iard*. BHISINGIIAM MANOK Extends into this town, nnd hntli so done ever since the Conquest; tor we rea«l tiial there were tlicn four tocmtn thai hud five acres of ground valued in lliat parish.* IILHVS MANOR, In lirisingham tiw\ iear> from llie court books. About l'K)y, II iHiam Kttllil'urpfi, Gent, gave iOs. per annum to the |MX)r, to be divided by the tMiurch-wardens, where most need shall be ; and there is a small house, now [1736'] the sign of the hart, with a fjardcn thereto adjoining, lied for the payment of it, tljc ovcr- plu<>of Mhlch IS the estate of Mr. John Datcncy aforesaid. Mr. Riibtrt liorutr, who duel in 1708, gave the freehold close calknl /•'i///^r's, joining to the cr annum to clothe four poor widows of Koydon. The commons arc very small, being called the Dort, Waynforth's Green, the Parsonage lireen, and the lAltle Green; in all which tht-y coinmoii alone, and intercommon on Roydon Green, which joins to iiriiinghan pound. These Arms are born by Mr. John I'ickarell, lord of Gissinghall, in Roydon, sab. a swan proper, a chief rrm. Mr. Robert Iilake,tab. on a chevron gnl. between three garbs or, a de-li« of the field. Mr. Charles Deifiu, or, two bars in a bordure sab, Mr. Rtchard If ai/nf'orth, or, a lion rainpaiil az. between three hurts, i rest, a lion rampiuit guardant or, a hurl in his paws. Tlie nrxl village on the river ioiniiiL' wisl to Roydon, li, * In Krgailofu iiii. IOC. dc v.acr. ap^rctui. iuni in UicMogham. (Domci. ful.itj.) [ 49 ] B R I S I N G H A M. 1 H I s town/ about 963, was given by Osulph le Sire, and the lady Laverine, or Leofrine, his wife, to the abbey of St. Edmund's Bury, to which it belonged in the Confessor's time, except that part which Almar then held of that house, which was almost half the town. This part was a manor also, and held in the Conqueror's time by Roger Bi/god Earl of Norfolk, who was afterwards infeoffed in the other part, by Abbot Baldwin, as Joceline's Chronicle, in the Cotton Library, informs us, to hold it of the abbe}^, at one fee,^ and to pay nothing to the ward of Norwich castle, because the abbot paid 7s, every twenty weeks for the whole town. The capital manor, at the survey, was in the abbot, who had then two carucates of land in de- mean, and twelve socmen who held sixty acres of land, but could not sell or give it any one without license. In the Confessor's sur- vey, the manor was of 40s. value, but in the Conqueror's was risen to 60s.' The town was then two miles long, and a mile and a half broad, and paid 12 The White Regr. fol. ri. Regr. Pinchbek, fol. 324, &c. * Consuetudinary of the Abbey, p. 34. ' Terra Abbatis de Sancto Eadmun- do. Dice dim. Hund. Bresingham tenet S. E. (Sanctus Ed- mundus) semp. pro maner. et pro ii. car. terre. semp. vi. villi, xvi. bord. et ii. car. in dom. et ii. car. horn. silv. xx. por. xii. acr. prati. m° ii. an. xi. por. et xii. soc. de Ix. ac. et non poterant dare vel vendere terram suam. semp. ii. car. et dim. silv. vi. pore. iv. acr. prati. Tunc val. xl. sol. modolx. Erclesiexv. acr. val. ii. sol. Habet viii. quart, in long, et vi. in lat. et xii.rf. de Gel. (Doms. fol. 1 8 1.) In Siniplinga i. lib. homo et dim. de iv. acr. semp. dim. car. et i. acr. prati. val. xxviii.f/. In Re;jadona iii. soc. de V. acr. appretiati sunt in Bresingham. (Doms. fol 1S2.) Invasiones. Abas Sancti Edmundi tenet. In Scelvagrava i. lib. homo Al- gari commend, tantum T. R. E. xii. acr. de Wineferthinc, qui fuit occisus ad bellum Hastinges, postea tenuit abbas in menerium suum Brasincham.* Semp. val. xvi.i/. sed suus dapifer offert se ne- cisse sicut juditium proportat. (Doms. fol. 297.) Of the other manor which Almar held, we read thus : Terra Abbatis de Sancto Eadmuiido. Dice dim. Hund. In Bresingham tenuit Almarus a Sancto Edmundo T. R. E. i. car. terre, ni° tenet Rog. Bigot a Sancto semp. i. vil. et iv. bor. tunc ii. car. in dominio. Postet modoi.etdira. tunc et post ii. car. horn. m° i. silv. vi. pore. vi. acr. prati tunc iii. Rune. m° i. Tunc iv. An. niodo iii. tunc XX por. niodo viii. modo Ix. ov, et i. soc. de i. acr. et dim. Semp. val. xx. sol. • Page 283. * This seems to signify, the village of broad low meadows. M BUISl \(; HAM. or bcfow, for in 1 107 iliu liorl Roger died.' llic next ihal I mrcl «illi wa» niiulltcr William de Vkkdum, «holiv«l in 1'2<17, and wm »ucrc«lcd by ItiHTiivM Di: ViRDLM, lord hiTc, nnd of" Moullott, in \'Z\i. llt^ >'>ll, WvDo, «h«i I- Miinolinicsi-allf*! Iliiiiodc I tnlitiu,' in I'JIl, t;avc Kln^ JoJin IU>/. llial lit- miiilu, «itli lii> a|.(ir<>batii.n, mnrry I'ltro- ntUii, widow of //r/irv '/<■ Mnra, and linvf In r liiiid.* He wu* lord in I'JJfi, lor tlitii ilu- unanls luoutflil a writ nguinsl liim lor surcluirg- ing llie coiuuion iKitUiif. lie leA il to Sir John nr. N KitntM".,' Knl. tind Jl'iguiia, or Dionisia de Ver- don, (for »o 1 lind liir calletl in one J f odd ry,) nnd licr partner*; Sir John lieltl one IW, and stie unotlier, liere and in Ilnpclon, about I'iHl: in 1'27<), Sit John titled lliis manor on hiin^ell lor life, re- mainder to J'homoi, his kon, and rhliar.s.' In 1(283 he chiinicti view oi frankpledge, assize of Arm./ and ale,iufini^,(hff, gal- low -i, and friv-warren in all his lands and manors in SurJ'olk, viz. Ilri*iii"hiiin, Miiltvn Magna, Saifi/ngham, and Kfi/ihn; all which piivilege. were cranlitl to his falherby Kini; Henri/ 111. as the ehar- ter then produeed evidently proved. How long he lived I cannot say, but John was his son nnd heir,' who, in i;)00, held this manor of the Earl of Sorfolk, at one fit-; for w hicli he paid no eastle-guard, but w as forced to do his humugc to John Abbot of liury, at his manor-house of Rnl'^nire, and pay nis relief and seulage, as his predeci>ssors hud idwa\s^lone; lie di«l >oon after, for in lin>2, and in 1.30'), •'I'homas I)k X'kkuon held, in Itrisingham, Moiillon, Saxling- ham, .lilacton, Tilirnham, Hapiton, Shadmjidd, and I'urncet, eight fees of the Eiirl-Marshal. lie died in I.Jl.i, and left tliein to Sir Jons de \ Enno.s, his son, who in I.J'iy, jointly with Maud hi* wife, levied a fine, to settle Moulton and other manors on them- selves, for life, nnd John, their son, nnd his heirs. I have several ancient accounts of this manor in his time, in which it apjanrs, that the Prior of Bliththurgh had \'ld. a year paid him out ot it, and that it paid Ad. per aniiurn to the hundred of Diss, for the leel Jfe, the lord of the hundred having granted this niaiior liberty of a leet for that pnvnicnt, aniiig nw ay U< .Mart If iJia Ml, u\\ whitli n|)|H-ur (rum till- ntll * iiiailc III lilt fiitiu-r't lite Umc, in li-U), «iiirli begin* lliut : " The I'rofilt.CiiitomM, Sfn:icei,aHJ Ttnurti " of I he .Vri/ior (>/' lihfinglinin, tnadr on •• \\ t-tllifxiav bcforr the I'coit of St. " DuMslan, in the IMh Yrar v/' King Ud- •' ward ill. hiHO 1341. •■ Memorandum, That ail tlie cummoiiers " upon the commons of thi* town, both frct-hoUiers and copyholders, " pnv hens, ogEr*. and dnvs works with their piutiuh, to the lord, except ■• those that iiave liberty of fuldnse, and that all co[>yholders are " obliced to have their >li<-ep in tlie lord's fold, from I'enlrcoil to " St. Marlin." The iiiiitrtnl> (in money) and freerents were 4/. 'Zs. 2J. \q. and 3 roots of irinuir, of U/. value; <)j hens justly valued ut 7». 2rf. ; 17 capons valued ut \d. ob. each: 5 ducks valued at 10e thriuhed, valued id. a load ; 14 lo!id> of corn to be thrashed, value 'Id. encii load ; 28 days to make hurdles for the fold; 18 to clean aiKl repair tlic cow bings; and 10 to repair the horses' stalls, all whicii services were valued at 5/. 1 it. 9d. \q. Uy this account we may see the difTerence of tiic value of things then and now [ 173'i] in what a servile conditied lo tre*t tlieui well B R I S I N G H A M. 53 This being as perfect an account as I ever saw of any manor, I could not omit inserting it, and do not doubt its being acceptable to some, though I must own, to others it may seem useless; however, certain it is, that the quitrents of the manor have remained to this day according to this composition. In 1.349, Sir John,* and Maud his wife, settled it on Adam de Buketon, parson of Yardele Hastyng, and Ralph de CrophiiU, parson of Harpol, their trustees, to the use of tiiemselves for life, and then of Edmund their son, and Jaiic his wife, and their heirs, upon which settlement they inherited ; for afterwards this Sir Jo/iii Vevdon, their father, married a second wife, viz. habell, one of the daughters and heiresses of Sir Thomas Vise de Lou of Shelf hanger, Knt. on which Isabell, in 13d.5,' he settled Martlesham, Stansted, SwiftUng and Ntwbourne, Sax/ingham and Multon manors, and Shelfhanger and Waketon advowsons, all which he entailed on themselves and their heirs, remainder to Sj/mon Si/meon in fee, for divers uses ; but by this settlement they descended to Isabell,* their only daughter, married to Sir Imbert Noon of Shelf- hanger, in whose possession they were in 1 391. As to Brisingham, that reverted, for want of heirs, from Edmund de Verdon, and Jane his wife, to Sir John I'erdon, their father, who died about 1392, leaving Margaret, his only daughter by his first wife, his sole heiress,' who was lady here in 1396, and lived with her mother-in-law at Shelfhanger, at whose death, according to the uses in the settlement," the manor of Stansted, the manor and advowson of Chetburu, Stagen~ hoe manor in Hertfordshire, Verdon s manor in Clipslon, this manor, and others, came to Sir John Pilkington, in right of Margaret his wife, who was widow of Sir Hugh Bradshazo, and daughter and heiress of Sir John Verdon; but Moulton, Shelfhanger, Sec. went to the Noons, in 3399 they settled this manor on themselves and the heirs male of the said Margaret, remainder to Elizabilh, daughter of the said Margaret, by Sir Hugh Bradshaw, her first husband. This family ^ took its sirname from a town which they were lords of in Lancashire, where they were possessed of a great estate, as is proved by the Escheat Rolls in the Tower, and in particular by a grant of free-warren to this very Sir John Pilkington, in all his manors in that shire, in which twenty at least are named; and there it is said, that this Sir John was grandson and heir to Roger de Pilkington, to whom that liberty was first grauted in 1290, as being son of Roger, the son of that Roger to whom the grant was made. They always bore these arms. In 1401, Sir JoHN,^ in an inquisition then taken, is said to hold * Fin. Norf. 24 E. 3. L. 4, inter niimer. 87, 88. '' Kin. divers. Com. 4 K. 3, L. 6, N. 14- ' See Shelfhanger. ' Accounts of the Manor. ' Chauncy, fol. 413. ^ Fin. divers. Com. i H 4, L 22, N. 22. 1 Inquis. 3 H. 4. .4 HRISI N(; II A M. liriuH^kam innnor of 'IJkomoi Mogbray lUrl-Miiiilial. («I»oi» imw ui»«lti ■ • !>«o (vr* nmi n liiiir(]uarti-r, oiu- Ut- ami Imlf niiartrr of ttliiiti MO* liicftarti tir tirnrtt't. of »huh John iMncattcr 1).. ' ' v» hull fuimfrlv wn» ./oAm/^ /'',* llmuull ii . '. Iiulf a ftf ; II wn< tlu'ii lit-ld ot I'urtitit iiiu- iiut, aiiti ilif IkmI |>.iut to Sir JiiMN ll.), th»- iiiiiiior Miis kl for »«.-»tii year*, nl 'iAJ. jxr amniim ; the fi»ltrry m Reifdon for .U)*. and (hat ill tiriumgkam (ot M*. tuort. 'Ilui Sir John dicil ulxjul l-Ut'i, Icatin^ Mahuaii.t, hi* widow, in po»se»sion,' »lio this year »ctllrd it on Hi/mMtui and livtHtl l'Uk^iif;lvn, r.»«ir«. in tni»t that »hc should ri rinij lit-c lih-, and nt h«'r dtiitli it should jjo lo Sir Johtt l\ I, kilt. lurcldi>t son. lliiir bri'tlur, und to his hi-irs ; und for want of turh, lo llif wod Eilmuiid and liolitrt in (nil, rfininndi-r to tUizabttk, duughter of II tHiam liradshntr, Knl. This Margaret livit) Hi a great age, and dii-d in 1436, leavini; the manor, according lo the tint-, to Sir John Pylkincton, Knl. her eldest »on, who bod it till 1*47,* •n nert» of land, 40 acres of meadow, j<) of wihkI, and (»/. rent, b) whiih, quit of the heirs of FMzabrth, it was set I led on Sir 'Jhoinui, riinainder lo Rogir I'Ukingtou, his brother, rcinaiiidir lo Arthur I'llkington, then lo It liiiam Harriiigloii, then lo Juhti, bon of Robert Pilkington, tLs<|. 'Ihis Sir Thumui, in 1450, was admitted one of ihe Chamberlains of the hlichrqurr; he was very sledfnst to the )'or/l-M/s, and all along in lhor<- civil wars look |>nrt with I'.dxcard W . and suffered niutli for it. After the dralh of ihat King, and of Ed- ■rarJ V. and Richard III. he wiis one of those who joined wilh the Earl of Jjnco/ii, I^irl of Kildarc, Lord IaivcU, Sir Thomas lirou^h- ton, and other ljanca\hire genlieintn, on the behalf of l^imbcrl Simiifll, the counterfeit i'lantagcnrt, and lighting on his side nt the battle of Stokt, near Sctcark, in 14h7, was there slain;* whereujwn all hit Iniid* were forfeited In the Crown, and the year following were granted to George Lord Strange,* son of J honia* StaiiUy Earl of Derbf), and U) Ins heirs mule; iitagnihoe in Herfjordshire, the .seat of till- I'llkingtons, and this manor, being among them. But not- witlistaiiding this, in 14«>3 ini^uisilions were awarded into \orJotk and Siilfnlk, ai at the death of Sir Thomat aforesaid, in which it was found that .Sir KooER Pilkington, Knl. was his son and heir, who in the iiK'nn tune had i;ot his fallx-r's atlaiiider, und the grunt made to the Lord Strange reversed, and now he inherited his |iatcrn.'d estuti' ; he ♦ Account RoII» of the Minor. ' Fin. dirrrt.Com. 11.6, L.^. N. i il. ' Kin. diterf. Com. leoip. H. «, L.i, ' Clwumv'* Hrrif. lol. 4ij. N. y«. • Kk. *6 H. 6. >' Ku(. Pir. « II 7. Vaii unica. BRISINGHAM. 55 married ^/,-« daughter of Sir John Savage, Knt. He it was that sU d\'uglu"ers"" 'J;'- ^' '" '^^''' '^'^ ^^^'^ "- ''-'^^'1 --S '- Margaret, married to Thmas Pudsty Cathekine, to John Allow, or Atthow. Alice, to Edmund Saltmarch. Elizabeth, to William Huntley. Margery, to Htnry Fudsey. Joan, to John Daniel of Daresburu, in Cheshire • orthdr wives h'1 "f ''"''' P'"°^ '^' '"^"°^ ^"d ad;owson, in right °he dauZe^ ' I "'T''' °/ """'^""'^ ^^ ^^e separate descenls'oT fi,rdinth.'- ?'""""' ^-''''''^■*'"*=^^^e'">'P^''-'' but thus much I In Ifi l'^""' Sf "'■'-'^OP'*^^. and other evidences,- that n.r wK ' ?^ ^"'"'"''1' °^ *""'""' i" ^'i/'o/^-, ^vaslord of two park, who, in 1550, purchased another part of Sir KiCHARD Southwell, Knt. who had it of of Vmoietv-'r °/"''f ""' ^^""S^'.V, Gent, by which he became lord ot a moiety; he bought one of his Hrst parts of o^^rKlS^^:^^:':^:^^"^'' ''- ^'''' ^^-S^'- -^ heiress to had°a'pS ^'''°''^' ''^'^'''^''i-'^''^'''^^^'^'^ of Thomas JViat. Knt. ' John Futter left his three parts, or moiety, to dimru'eJ,' on" '°"' "'"' '"''''" '"'''"' settlements of it in I561, to THovTf P,'*'''^^^ and Edmund Wiseman, who conveyed it to k^l^»l V ^""^ ^l^'^Li'^M Phell.ps, who settled it on tin. J . K ""''' ^•''"/ ^"' notwithstanding all this,^ when the weretr,.Hf /'"'"' and fioW^ro, who purchased it of /ioAer^ heinl I f A-^''^*'' "^r^'^r"'"^' '^\T Nicholas Bacou, Lord-Keeper oE "artsf"^''' '" "'^°" ''^^ ^'*'^ ^«^ ^"^'-"J v-^t^d. As toE Thomas,^ son oi John Daniel, sold his to Christopher Coe, Gent, in 1528:* in 1535 John Atlow sold his to ' cS" tt^^ld'tiT ' '"' " ^''' '''''' ^"^"^^^'^ ^^^^"p^'- °f Sir Ralph Leicester of To/?, in 1561, sold apart to £l?,rL^?''R'*'""'^-^''T^"^^'''^-^'^'^'^^'^''^h was settled on r„.', i!^ « 7 Bacon, m order tor sale, as all the parts were. How Sir Nicholas, and by him sold, with the advowson, to S^Zl'^^ . <• p°V^"/n^' ^'"^ his feoffees, so. Sir A7c//o/«s tc Eso Ihot 1 ,h ^'t'"^ Fulmerston, Knts. and .7o/i« BUverh.nset, 5 which rtn^hus':" "' """ *^"'' "" '"''^ ^'■^•'■^- '^«^' "'^ ^'^''^ " M v?n.fk^'°f v'' ,^«"^'-*'"-o« and lete, of the noble Prince Tho- mas Duke ot Norfolk, Earl-Marshal of En^la.d, Nicholas Le Liyer s Reports, p. 220. ♦ ped. Fin. Pasch. 2^ H. «, N. 27. Afl DRISINGIIAM. ** Strmg*. Riitutrti 1 I. Kilti. and John U .'. E«q *• lnMtc«* to Uk- u*c o: .... -1 l>ulif, b» virtue of a I. — .r, mode " bv Sir Snhotai li«com, Kot. Uird-lvrt-pcr of thr Great Seal of " f. ' ' /' '.cii Aiutrfort, Francu Italtltro, and Edmund H'lte- " m ' r tlit-ir purchatc* of the M-vt-riil |iart« of tint manor " n ..111, uf Robert I hnigmertoH, It itlitim \i Kitson, ]Lm\. who kept court in hit omo namr, by virtue of hii le«*e. I.S74,* WitLiAM Dix»:, Kmj. und Ihomat CantereU, Gent, auif^n* of Thomat Utc Duke of Sorf'olk for ten years to i-ome, kept their fint II the style of which it a|>|H'iin>, that tlie maiior was eiil.i 1 ■> : On I'liiLLir llowAKn, Esq. eldest son of the siud Duke, other- wise culled I'htllip l-jirl o( Siirrri/, and his heirs male, remainder to hi* hrollier, Thomas HoirarJ, ll»ij. and his heirs mule, remainder to Htllitun Howard, ilq. unother brother, und his heirs male, remainder to the riiflit heirs of Earl Vhillip ; and for want of such, to Margaret Hurranl, his sibter, and her lieirs. Ill 157^, Thomas Duke of Sorf'olk kept his first court, upon whose alluinder it was forfeited to ine Crown, and n>c CjcEEN kept court here; she craiited it to William Cecil, knight of tlie Garter, and others ; whctlicr to the use of the Uouard family, or no, I cannot say ; however, certxiin it is, that it was in Pii M.I.I F Earl of ArundfU and Surrri/ ; and, upon his attainder in li8M, was vizcd !ii;ain bv the Queen ; From which time it rtmuined in the Crown till the first of Jamfi I. when Thomaii, son of the said EnrI, wo-s re>torcd to his honour and cftaie; and in that year, the Kini;, by letters patent dated June 17, restored the manor and advowson to TiioM AS ixrd Hos-aril, and Utnrtf Hoteard, to each a moiety. In \(iii, HonKHT Cavsfikld of lx>ndon, Esq. trustee to nrtirtf Earl of Arunddl, ni<>rti:a<;ed this manor and advowson, and the lenementi Irland and Roui, to Sir Thomai Prnriiddock of Ual(, in Southamplon.ihirr, Knt. and Sir llcnry IWdingficld of (Jibur^h, in Sorjulk, Knt. with divers l ol' Hniri/ Hurrard, second son to Utnrif late Earl of Arundrlt, absolutely grunted und rclcfuKd to Sir W'li.i.iAM I'l.ATf.Hs of Sotrrlrf, in Suffolk, Knt. and HarL and Sir Richard (hnlotr ol' II fit i'landon, in Surrrt/, Knt. and their licir* f.ir ever, (nmon;^ other*,) this inunor und advowson, to the in- tent tliut they should take the debt absolutely on themselves, with the lilic ; and soon after, the debt being paid, il uos conveyed to ' Court-Copy. * Court Roll, among ihe evidences of the Duke of Norfolk, anno 171I. BRISINGHAM. 57 The Duke of Norfolk, in which family it hath ever since conti- nued; Charles Howard Duke of Norfolk, Earl-Marshal o( England, being lord and patron at this lime. [1736.] BOYLAND MANOR Belonged to Alsius in the Confessor's time, and was in the Conque- ror's hands at the survey, being by him committed to Godrie's' custody, and was then very small. It was after in the Earl of Norfolk, and by him united to the great manor, and so continued till the first Sir John de Verdon, about 1240, conveyed it to Walter of Brisinghdm, to be held, by him and his heirs, of the manor of Brkinghnm ; this Walter left it to IVilliam of Brisingham, his son, and he to Walter of Brisingham, his son,' who, with Margery his wife, sold it, in 1268, to Sir Richard de Boy- land, Knt. from whom the manor took its name. The Brisingham family were of good account, and had large possessions here and in other places, as I find by several evidences. William, son of Walter of Brisingham, lived in 1259; Richard, son of Rose of Brisingham, in 1332; John, son of Robert of Brisingham, and Joan his wife, in 1349 ; all considerable owners in these parts. In 1268, Walter of Brisingham sold to Richard de Boylond, one messuage and a carucate of land, in demesne, in Brisingham, Roi/don, and Shelf hanger, with all their homages, services of free- men, and villeins, reliefs, &c. (for money,) and 80 acres of land, that the said Richard granted to the said Jf alter and Margery, in Pulham, being all the land he had there. These arms were always born by the Brisingham family, though there were two younger branches that bore different coats, viz. Sab. two wings conjoined and elevated org. Arg. three mullets sab. between two bend- lets engrailed gnl. And according to this convev'ance, I read in Curteys Register, fol. 52, that Richard de BoYLOND,Knt. held a mes- suage, 60 acres of land, 5 acres of wood, 1 of marsh, &c. of IVilliam, son of Walter of Brisingham, and the said Walter holds them of John de Verdon, by the service of a third part of a fee, and one arrow, per annum, and the said John holds it of the earl, the earl of the Abbot of Bury, and he of the King. This Sir Richard was a very great man in Edzcard the First's time, being justice-itinerant in this county, and owner of many great lordships and estates, but how acquired we may easily judge, for Mr. Weaver^ informs us from Stow, and other liistorians, that he being one of the commissioners for the government of the kingdom in the absence of Edward I. was, at the King's return, found guilty ' Dim. Hiindret. de Dice. Terr, tunc iii. car. post ct raodo ii. silva. vi. Regis quam Godricus servat. (Domesd. pore, et ii. acr. prati. fol. 39.) In Bresingaham vii. liberi ho- ' Fin. Norf. lig. ix. No. 152. alines Alsi comcnd. de xxx. ac. terre : ' Page 367. M BRISINGHAM. of manirt^l t-ormpiion in llic .vliiiini>tr»tion of jutticr, and fined 4i»"iu. Aftfr thi» he retiitd iiilli<-r, Mlirrc he built a tiublr m-uI, Kurix>iiiitic(l mtiiIi n lur^e inuut, mIikIi lie* <-<>iitiiiuc- (lav ; [l?*!''!] but lii> gr<'nl<-f Mau-r to thcte moult. It i< titiiatr abuut half a furlong SW. from tlic- houM*, tind is \cry rrmatkjblf, bi-inij arila-d uvfr vcrv stroiiu, cciIimI very »inoolli, and pi«M (I at tht' botluin ; ihf mouth of it it about lliict- feet Midi-, but \>lirii you enter U-vond the rubbish \vhic-li is thrown in, u man niny fdiilv walk ui>iit;lil ; it giK-i in a slrai:;ht line nUiut ;)t) or -lo roifs ill leiii{th, niid near llie furlher end is a largr mcII, exceeding deep, b<-yond Mliieli iheie is a wall, and there the slrtueht line of the vault ends. Thi-i well omlinually overtlowt, to that the waler runt about a foot deep the wliole length of the vault, occationed bv ilt outlet being uliiiost stopiK-d up with rubbisii, or else it would not run above two or three iiunes in tli. W hen you have entered this vault about four roi.'>, he Ii.hI a charier' for free wan en in all hit demeans here, and in /> i//»y in Sotjolk, and LhrdcUoii in Suffolk ; about tliit time he added lo the manor divert lands and tenements in this Low n, winch he puro then ' yllicc \v;is his widow ; she lived some years after, * being buried in the churcli of the Carinelitc friars at Norwich, which was not founded till 12(J8. In l'i95. Sir liickard, ')o\n\.\y with his second wife Ekn, daughter of r/iilip de Co/vile, had this manor, with others in Norlhwakham, Tivetahall, JVilhu and Ringstead, and lands in Osmondeston, Hemenhnle, Tasburg/i, n'aclcton, and Gissiiig ; and John ' was his son and heir, twenty-four years old, who sot)n after succeeded ; and, in 1314, settled it* on himself and Emme his wife, and their heirs, with the lands that belonged to it in lioydon, Slielf- fiaiiger, and IVinfarthing. Me had a brother named Richard,^ who, in 1307, was lord o{ Skotisfiam : in 1321 he sealed with a knight on horseback, holding a shield with his arms thereon ; he left it to Sir Richard de Boyland, who, in 1340, held it at a third part of a fee, jointly with Mdud dc Bot/land, his mother-in-law. I have a deed in 1350, to which he is a witness : at his death it came to Sir John Bovland, of Bot^land Hull in Brisingham, his son and heir, who died without issue male, leaving only one daughter, 3Iaud/ married to John Lancaster, senior, Esq. of Brisingham, who was of a good family in this country ; IVilliam Lancaster, Esq. was a tenant of this manor in 1378. This John was seized of it in 1401, holding it at the fourth part of a fee, but was charged at half a fee for his relief; he added to it by purchasing Filbys manor, and uniting it to this, as he did the tenement IrlancTs and all the services thereto belonging, which was of his own inheritance, all which, at his death, he left to John Lancaster, Esq. of Brisingham, who married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Braham of Braham Hall in Catiziade, in Suffolk, Knt. He by his last will, dated the 20th of Nov. 1469, willed to be buried in St. John's church,' in Brisingham,' leaving the manor to Elizabeth, his wife, for life, with the manor of Heyjcood Hall in Diss, and all the lands thereto belonging in Reydon, Shtlfhanger, Fersfield, and Burston, all which John Lancaster, senior, his father, had settled on Sir Simon Felbrigge, Knt. Gilbert Debenkam, and other trustees, to the use of his will ; and at the death of Elizabeth, the aforesaid premises were to descend to IVilliam, his eldest son, except Filby's tenement in Brisingham, and Roydon. John and Henry, his sons, were to have all his share in Boyton Hall manor, in Capel in Suffolk, with lands there, and several towns thereabouts ; and after the death of Elizabeth his wife, and IVilliam his son, they were to have Filby's tenement, and his part of the manor of Braham Hall in Catiwade, to them and their heirs. Elizabeth lived till 1478, and then died seized of this,'' and of a tenement, and 14 acres 2 Plit. Assis. 41 H. 3. Rot. 35, dors, east end of the south isle, the lattices ♦ Weaver, 805. of which were pulled down by license, 5 Esc. 24 E. I.N. 60. when tlie seats were new made in ' Fin. 8 E. 2. L. 2. N. 138. 1638. Petition of the Inhabitants, pen. ' Cartular. de Metyngham penes me. T. M. Gent. ' Regr. Jekkys in Archiv. Regr. • MSS. Hcrne. Norwic. Pt. 2da, fol. 180. a. 9 I suppose in the chapel that be- - Court Rolls. longed to his manor, and was at tlie VOL. I. I (iO UK IS IN (J 11 AM. hcW of Frri^^/i/ n illt-il /{oj^'s, ami of Uu- i« m nimt IrlantTt in Ftiititld ixnA I (i.wilhnll ils •^■rvicfs; and li illuim l.an- caitfr o( lioi/luii i HiiU iii linsin^htim, wiis Iht win un'ir cliuncel. IJy her he had no issue; by his tirsl wife he hud one daughter, named Jir/ir I N (i II \ M. Sir John Cahb«>m:ll,' by liiii will, provwl March :W, Rave every une uf hii> cxivulor* It) marks, lo In- receivrtl out nl' the |iri)(il« of ihc two purtj of \m inuiioni of llrriiiigham, 8cc. after wliicli 1 fiml nothing uf it iiiiirr, m> tiiul it nliews m if it was piin-liuM-d by I'll- kiitgtoH uf tlMr»c ex<-cuton; but liie ct-rtiuiity o( it 1 dare not hvuikIi, tikough well know thut some way or other it vms now united lo the capitul uian<.>r. FILlUIiS MANOR llud it:i site in thu porinh, tliough half of its lands and rents were in RoyJoH ; it was port of the great manor till the tirtt Sir Johit Vcr- doH gave it to his Chaplain, who left it to his son Hiicco; SKKin aHer it was in the MoRi.tv-., iordj of Roydoii, who held it of Sir JoA/i I'trdon, lord of Uriuiighiim, by the annual payment of '2s. and 20*. scutage; and in tliein it continued till Sir KoBEKT DE MoRLEY gave it to Thomas, son of Mutthtu ih Morlcy^ who was of ayoungrr braneli of this family ; Tlwiiun and his heirs were to bold it of Sir Uohtrt and his heirs, l>v the service of bd. a year, lo be paid over uning/iam, ail which the King hceii^ed, Ihe prior, convent, ' Rfg. Hymingr, par. idi, fu. ij4. ' Rot. Cur. de Gijjinghall. * Rrgr. Cunr)>, lo. $1. • .Mon. Ang. loio. ii. to. J74. Mil i SING HAM. and cniKiru liu-tr, |o | of liiiii, ufli-r «^ Ihrill tti tliat lioUM-, ti> 'li nti m r«- t ~- n\. Tin- vnltu- ol till* iiiiinur in . . /. ob. in niiilf. ui b<^iriili(ii-« ol ti»r { Inxrti ut ^M. us ap|ican by ii luKulioii ■•> •)'• f'>- viri i>i ;..' ....,,,.,.- in I4ltv.' It continual in thii Iiuum* till it> (Iuvoiuiimii , Fruiii mIiii-Ii tiiiir It rriiiiiiiMtl in (In- (!touii till I5'>7.' wIm-ii PiiiLLir niid Marv, liy ' I it in Thomas Cjivmis of /^,. ; i », iiamM^nsi of ImhiIoh, ^MMit. to \tf hilil by icAliy only in Irer nK-t-aj^c, m» of tin- niniiur of Eatl Liritiuruh lu Kent. lu u few yviwi> liutc tiK-y Mil«i it to • KonriiT nnd Francis Buxton of T^bbtnJuim, in Sorfolk; and ttx-v, in lyio. to Hdmind M<>\u»: of /' ^ ' M , lu, in I Vdl, to 'lllOM A< liow \UII fl / I lO(K(, kfl it to Itoiii II r How \Hii III liurUoM, III* Hjn, mIio, with bit ft^ffvc, 7'Ao> tnii\ ll,tricif i>\' Ijomlon, Ucnt. convrvctl it to Koui.Rr i I o w A R i> of '/ jf fr/M'/iAam, iii» H>n and brir i \\\\% Rohttt, l-'-'i'f '.•», Hil.'J, »«ild It to i 'VAs lloMARu ol ItuniuH, hi* brollK-r, whoic daiii(liirr und hciri'» iiinrrii'd Mr. IJotee ; •he in her widowhood |>um<-<1 it to the liriuf^liMt, Mr. John Rrim.i.oi: briiii{ ilu- lu*l mtdc of that family tliat ea- joyi'd It, wln>iMi'>/'A. (I'.^'i.j i'oi ' 111 ihi' |>ri\!s or THrsi \i \\(>U> ■rr «« fidlow, ri:. TJie tint* nrr at the lord* will, nnd tiie voy !» to th<- ridett »on : tin- ten|>>hi)i(l huutcs Hithiiut lircnx.'. 'IIk* t;lcl>o or dcnu'tiui, in /w/tran/ the riiinl's time, wen- 4<1 acre<; and in l.'>34, 51 ui-ri'ii and u hull', but miikIi In-ing ' u> be heJil i'\ ■■( c-Kurl-rull, lhc_v ure uuw rcdiiecd to .'Micm. The ^' (' alwovit hath, und now euniinuc* Willi the eupital manor. Ainu's llookt. Trntlit. I Sifnodah. I Archd.Procur.'* 15 O 1 lO O I "o 'i O I O 7 7 t>i. 'Sorcc. atiil Lin. Taia. 'J t uuirk-i. 1301, 2 cal. Ffbr. Thomas Hickt/i/ng was presented. 130*2, Soul. Sow' Bo^o tic Cnorilc, uiias CucuiiUe, nccolile ; Thomas iik Verdon, patron. l.)|(j, 4 Don. F(br. 'Jhonias of Oxford, prusl ; Atirt I)K Hano- Ma Cuunte&s of Norfolk, tor this turn, ui> guardian to Sir John t'rrdon. 1330, 7 cal. Apr. Thomas de la Vole, clerk; Sir John ^'r.RDON, Knt. 1330, enl. Dec. Jolm de Clipstoiit.^ Ditto. IJ:11, eal. Aug. Robert de L'lijjiloiie* priest, at the resignation of John de i'dpiloue. Ditto. 133y, 4 Febr. /^i/y;/i,M)n of .Sir Ralph dc Crophitt, Knt.; Sir John LE VERDOt'N, lord of liricklcsworth. 1341, 29 May, He n.'sigiied in favour of John dc Crophill, clerk. Ditto. I.'MI, 4 Aup. this John resigned, and the aforesaid Ralph dc Crophill, accolile, succeeded him. Ditto. I.14'2, 'Jl June, Ralph changed with John Twetitimark,foi JVanop iu Yorkshire, Ditto. I.'WjI, 31 July, Johnde Roucebtf, priest;" Sir John Vehdo.\, Knt. 13»)8, 17 Aug. Robert de Roki/ngham, aerolite. Ditto. 1408, 17 Nov. Richard Farthingho, priest; Sir John Pylking- Tos, Knt. 14'2'2, Richard IValdegrave.' 1457, 12 Mai/, John lintton ; Thomas Pylkincton (Sciitifer.) 1457, n Oetob. John Topclnj), cunon (I suppose of 0/(/ WoAai- luim;) ions Paston, Esq. * He had alio a meUicty of Shelf, in his tliiii), and of the regularity of hit hanger. life and conversation. He dunged thii ' This John de Clipstone wai insti- rectory, with this Robert, for Bnnton iMted in I J jo, cal . Dr(rm. ; being an acco- in Lincoln diocese, lite only, and very young, lie had a dis. • One of both hu names was Preben- |ienulion from the bishop fur his non- dary of Litchfield about this time, residence, with license not to l>c obliged ' OncoftMlh his names was Rector to lake liracun's or priest's oiden, on of Harlow in Kstcx ij6i, and Prcben- condition he was ordained siibdcacun dary of Brampton, in (he church of Within a year alter his inslilutiun, and Lincoln, in 1)71. that at the end of every year he sliould ' Hediedin 1447 j hil tvill is in Regr. certify ibc tnshop wlut progress he made Betias, fo. 44. BRISINGHAM. 65 1461, 19 March, Nicho/as NaWe, diaplain. John Paston, Esq, 1477,^ 4 Mai/, John Nabbe, accolite 011 tlic death of l^icholas; Thomas Pylkinoton. 1482, Thomas Bntcoke, on Nabbe's lesignaUon. Ditto. 1493, 18 Sept. Thomas Smcthurst, priest, on Bulcolce's death; Roger Pylkington, Esq. 1506, 20 Jpr. Henri/ Taifleour, on Smethurst's death; Sir Richard AsHTON, Knt. 1539, 23 Nor. Thomas Bleverhasset, A. M. Margaret Pud- DESSY, widow, the eldest of the daughters and heiresses of Roger Pylkington, Esq. deceased, true patroness of tliis turn. Thomas Briggs,'' clerii, on whose deprivation in 1554, Q8 Jiili/, William Storme, priest, was instituted; Robert FuTTER, Gent. 1557, Octob. 27, Storme resigned, and Thomas Goodwt/n, LL. B.* succeeded. Ditto. 1504, 24 Mai/, Sir John Bardolph, clerk; Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord-Keeper. 1569, 3 Dec. William Jloulden, M. A. Bishop, by lapse. 1570, 22 .Jan. IVilliam Pecket, clerk, on Iloulden's resignation; Thomas Duke of Norfolk. 1579, 3 Feb.' William Pecket; Phillip Earl of S/z/vn/. IOI8, 1 Mai/, Edmund Baker, A. M. on Peckct's death; Edmund GooDEN, by grant of the turn, from Jmie Countess of Jntndell, and Thomas Earl of Anindcll. He died in 1667, and the 17 th Febr. Francis Tilnei/, A. M. was presented by William CAMELLof Diss in Norfolk, by grant of this turn. 1715, 23 Sept. The Rev. Humphri/ Clayton, A. B. the present [1736] incumbent, was presented, on Francis Tilncy's death, by Wil- liam Clayton and Thomas DwYER, clerk, patrons for this turn. The following religious persons had temporalities here, which were thus taxed in 1428.^ The Prior of Kerseys at \'2.d. The Abbot^of Sibtons (being part of Friers manor in Shelf hanger, that extended hither) at Qs. 8d. The Prior of Bokenham's at 26s.' ' Besidethese, the Prior of St. John Baptist's *Co7K/na?/f7ry of the Hospitalers of St John of Jerusalem at Kerbrook had an annual pay- ment of ]d. out of 7 acres of land lying in Thwcyt hamlet in Fersfield and Brisingham, which was held iVee of that house by the said pav- ment, 3 acres lying in Longland in Fersfield, and 4 acres in Oldfield and elsewhere in Brisingham and Fers/ield. This land is now [1736,] owned by Francis Blomefield, clerk. The Church here was much decayed, as should seem by the * He died intestate, and was buried ' He obtained a union at the same here. Regr. Gelour. time to hold Fersfield; he seems to be ^ Before the Dissolution, he was a a son of the first WtMiani. preaching friar of the convent in Nor- ' Taxat. Relig. 10. 30 b, 40 a wich, and was deprived by Q^ieen Mary ' i6j. in the Lincoln, and 101. in the for being married. Norwich taxation. ♦ He was Official to the Archdeacon • Cart. pen. me. of Norfolk and lived mui;h atMatishall. «{ UK ISI NC; II A M ribuil.lii»ml \inb\S\f liv^rr Puking- tOM Km. lo: '"' •■"• '" »'l>"<" over till* wr»t door ol" Uu* lowiT , tjUttftfring tlu- nrmi u( I enion, on the other iiHe of »»hich i» n single owt of »onic iKiu-faclor lo tin- Ixiilding, whicli wai uIm> in the cliurch wiiidowt, Uiouf^li now lost, unci is, arg, a 4 1 . ./. lMtu«-< n tlirii- i ' ' _:■. itum-*! tab." \\ i! i( wu^ Im-'JU!) ti\ ivr tiic ilalc on the norlli "■idr of the navc ^still n-i;, -tons. Anion;' Mr. /^r Nnr'i |>ii|itT» I find, that against tlie nortli wall i»f llii* cliiintvl, ut the up|M r fiid ihfn-of, was ii fair niisod monunicnt, once iidorned with two Inir |>or- Iraiturr*, and cicutcheon* of brui«, bul now all n-nved, with the epi- tnphs; lit- ol>s«r\cd that the inhnbitiints told liiiii, it was a knight of the family of tin- I'ilkiiij^tuHS.' Aiul i^ Mr .tmtii'i book it is »iiid, that llu-rt- is a fair mouunuut, luiviiv^ iti brasses taken u\v;i_v, «Teel«-d for a I'tlkin^tuii. Now 1 take it, that this Sir li'tgtr I'ilkiiiatun and his wife were buried under it, the tradition still reinaining that it wtu the tomb of the builder of the church ; it is now [ I7;5<)J taken down, and the top stone laid level with the (loor, that it might not hinder the unit'ormitv of llie alliir rail*, the steps of which half cover the stone. Tile building is very neat and uiiiforin, having a nave, two isles, and south porch, all covered with lead; a line loflv scjiiare tower, with a tunable ring of five bclU; the chancel is tiU-d, whi«-li was not rebuilt with the church, it In-ing much more ancient. Here are but few stones, und tliosc that had brass are all disrobed. In the windows the following cuata still remain, rt:. In ihc south isle, the arms of Iturif abbey, and arg. three pallets g«/. on a bend uih. tJirec estoils or. In the north windows of the nave an- / erdon't arms; an«l in a north-isle w iiidow, Crrifi, or Morlri/. Those that follow are now lost, •SVa/riand Hutcarri, lirolkfrton, Ujf'o rd uiui litek, I eity, Sfgrave,l\w EaU Angles, and .St. George t. In the chaacel are tiie following in- scriptions : On a black marble ; the arms and crest of TUney, arg. a chevron between three griffins heads erased gtiJ. Crest, a griffin's head. Sub hoc Marmore, Ilumntur Corjius, \'iri Venerabilis, I'rancisri Tiliiey, A. .M. hujus Ecclesis, Sepiem plus etQu.idriuiginta Annis, Pustoris iiulefessi, Obj.i, 13 Seplembris, . • ( Sniulis 1716, Anno< ,. ,.,, I /Ltalis HI. On u freestone. Francis Tilney, son of Francis Tilnev, Cler. and Fli/abelli his Wife, buried Suite the 10 Anno Dni. I(i82. • I find a cut likr tlii> born by the Brays. ' E. a(. fo. 14, b. B R I S I N G H A M. 67 Adjoining, Here lyeth the Body of Elizabeth, the wife of Francis Tilney, Clerk, Daughter of Tiiomas Read of North Cove, Esq. who died Apr. the 23. I691. John Lancaster, junior, Esq. was buried here, with several of that family, whose memorials are all lost. 1569, Henry Sj/mouds,^ buried in the church, gave 20s. to the poor, and died possessed of a good estate here ; he had purchased the site only, and two closes, of Philbi/'s tenement or manor, from Boyland manor. 1623, William Houching paid the usual fee of 6s. 8d. to the church-wardens, for burying his father in the church. 1620, John BlomeJiehP paid for his father's being buried in the church, and a grave-stone laid, 12s. to the church-wardens ; the stone is now gone. [1736.] TWO GILDS Were kept in this church, the one dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the other to St. Peter ; a fair book of their accompts and lands is still in the church chest, out of which I learned the following parti- culars: that ill 153J, St. John's Gild had a stock of 30 cow beasts belonging to them, which they let out at Is. a year each ; that the town-house, standing on the north side of the churchyard, was their Gild-hall, one room of which they reserved to hold their gild in, and the other they let; that there were above 20bretheren and sistern on their bead roll, their hall, when the gild was dissolved in 1547, it was vested in feoffees for the use of the poor ; they had a chaplain retained, to pray for them and for all their bretheren and sistern, living and dead, for which they paid him a salary of 30s. a quarter. In 1518, Sir Wylyam was their chaplain, who was continued to this time. In 1527, Thomas Gierke of Wisbech left them a legacy of 10s. and this year Sir Henry Tayleor, rector of Brisingham, was admitted a brother ; they annually chose two Gild-holders, who were to receive all the money at the church-ales, the plough-lode, and the gilds, at some of which they received between 3 and 4/. besides the legacies that were left them, in 1541 they boughta pair of chalices: every year a great man}' brothers and sisters were added to them, and it is plain they were not a poor society ; for, before 1517, they had purchased divers grants from the following societies, that all the bretheren and sistern of this gild should be partakers of the following pardons, which was the reason of the great increase of this above the other gilds, viz. " '1 he pardoun of the beyds, pardonond by the Priour of the " Chnrtur-house of Mount-grace, for every of om" Ladies-sawter said " ower 2f»000 years of pardon. " The pardun of the beads at the Chnrtur-house oi' Schene, for saying " our Ladies-sawter is for every word in the Pater-noster, Are * Regr. Ponder in the Bishop's Office. ^ Church-warden's Book in the Chest. VOL. I. K 68 lUnSINGIlAM. " ^f-M.)cii'ty, mid Ii.imii- no liall, it wa* kipl nl tlio CiU- iioUcrt' lioiiNts; iht-y lind two piitci ot land, encii cunluinining one rood, tlu- first of «hiili lies in St. Peter's Grove,* and ua« given, aboiil ll(i.J, by John (Jui/te, a brother of the pild, who also gave the other piece which lies on the w.-tl side of Garbrond , bi.lli liit»c- at the Dissolution, were vested in fiolicts for the use of the poor, and are freehold. 'J'hey had a chaplain also, the same, I suppose, that St. John's Gild had, for I find one only named at once, viz. l.S'26, Robert Jgar, chaplain ; 13y<<, Robert If'ade ; 1401, John Copping; U41, Strpfien Jliibbard. 14(,7, Henri/ Goman, chaplain, by will gave an antiphoual of 5 marks to llie church.' 1417, Robert 11'ode, clin|)lain, wax buried in the churchyard; he gave vj.s. viij (/. to the high altar, and .\x.(/. to the |ioor.' LifX), 2 .tpr. Thomiis Smetherste, rector here, made his will, which is a very remarkable one, as not having one superstitious betjiicsl in it ; the sub>tancc of which is ; that what God gave him he bequeaUie to called from this piece of land ' Lib. probat. Tcjt. R. ix. 3+4. in lying in it. offic. predict. » Rep-. HyrningiioOfiic. Ep. Norwic. • Regr. Gelour. * "»'d- » His Will, in my collcctionj. BRIS INGHAM. 09 TOWN LAND AND GIFTS.' The town-house formerly belonging to St. John's Gild, standing over against the north west end of the churchyard, is copyhold on the rectory manor, pays Ad. quitrent, and is used for tiic dwelling of two poor families. [1736.] One rood of land in Peter's Grove, and another rood in Garhroad, lying on the west side thereof, are freehold ; and in 16OO were dooled out, and let at 7s. per annum to Mr. Fuller : the row next South or Church-Jield, stands on the rood in Garbroad; these arc in the estate late Mr. Salter's, now Mr. Robert Martin's of Thetford, and are settled on the poor. [1706.] 1632, Henri/ Russels gave 10/. to the benefit of the poor. Mr. Tirrel gave 10/. and the parish had 6/. 13s. 4d. out at use, of divers gifts ; the town gave 4/. out of their stock, and sold a piece of town land which laid in Baldri/es, with another piece in fVinosalls, for 20/. to Mrs. Frere ; these two pieces were freehold of Gissinghall manor, held at 9^. per annum, and were given in Edward the Fourth's time, by Robert Kyrkebi, and John Gooch. This they expended about paving, .seating, and adorning the roof of the church, and carving the stools, what remained being kept for town stock. A new pulpit and desk were made, and the altar railed in. In 1638, the inhabitants petitioned the Bishop, that, Whereas the village of Brisingham grew very populous, and the parish church was large and neat on the outside, but much unbeautified within, the pavement and seats being decayed, and others wanting addition, the parishioners sitting in no order, the font standing in an obscure place behind one of the pillars, &c. that they might have license to do all things convenient, for the beauty of the church, and decent placing the inhabitants therein ; upon which there was a commission to four neighbouring clergymen, who viewed it, and certified, that at the east end of the south isle, there was a sort of chapel parted from the church, in which the family from BoylandHall used to sit, which they thought ought to be removed, and another place assigned to that family,^ which was done accordingly. After this, it was certified that Edmund Salter,' A. M. had been a great instrument towards this work, and had laid out above 40/. in building the 14 upper pews of wainscot, for which they allotted the highest seat in the church, on the north side, to be annexed to his house for ever,* .vhich was con- firmed by the Bishop's Faculty ; in which seat this is cut on the wainscot : Qnatuordecem ha supremce Sedes, exlructcefuerunt impen- sis Edmundi Salter Clerici, Anno Domini, t674. In 1644, yJpr. 7, Capt. Gillei/ was paid 6s. by the town for view- ing the church, to abolish superstitious pictures, and immediately ' All relating to the lands and gifts, 1624, when he was ordained by Nicho- from evidences in the Town Chest, and las Bishop of Ely, in Downham-Market in my own collections. church ; he lived and died here, and is _^ Viz. The upper seat on the south buriedundera coffin stone in thechurch- side of the church. yard, opposite to the chancel door. ^ I cannot find he was ever in priest's * Mr. Robert Martin of Thetford orders, or had any benefice; his letters now owns the estate. [1736. j of deacon's orders are dated 19th Sept. :0 n K I SI NU 11 A Nf. ai\vt, J' ^- ' t'lir l»o duv* work lor (nkitii; down glna* uiid put ijiirch, and tiling tlu- letters t>tr tin- Ix-llt i* and It i« pliiin that luTf Merc niuuy etbgies uiid arm*, lor the glatinff of llie winduw* ^fter tin* rrlbruiatiun eiunc lu ^/. (>i. lliil tliuugn severni of ihcm were lo»l, some were prcwrvcd, iind put up in the llali window*, a* the fmlilnn of the Trinili/, St. John the Kvan- gelitt, St. Catharine, the llolv / ir/ji/i, and Si. Mar^artt, loi^elher with the nrui» of t trdon, ami I'l/kiMgluH, and Hohun Karl ol Sor- ihampton, viz. az. on a Ik-iuI l eoat) are now put up in the cn»t chanttl window, at the ex[Kii*e o! the present rector. [I73<).] Thi* church suflVreil much in the»e times, for iu I(i64, 647. Mi. Hd. was raised hy rate to put it in order, and to buy it ornameui*, of all which it \\h> spoiled. About l(j<)8 the town purrhaM'd, of the w idow iMii/iain, certain lands called Le Ilolina, with the slock that remained of Haldric'i land which was sold, and 1«)/. of the town money ; 3 roods of it (\a two pieces) lie upon Ftnficld manor, and pays tut. lord's rent, and 1 acre on lirisingham, which pays is. per annum. It is now let at 3i)s. per annum . [ 1 7 3e so, at the time of her decejise, 2 acres of land called Hound Meadow, and one tenement, and 2 acres and 20 feet of land, and half an acre of marsh, copyhold on lirisingham manor, lying in the said town, all which they are to hold to them, and the longest liver of ihcin: and when all three are dead, tlio next rector and church-wardens to Ix- admitted, to Uie use and trust following : that alter the deduction of charges, the profits shall be by them applied, in the teaching of as many poor children (whose parents are settled inhabitants of iiriaing- ham) above eight and under ten years old, in reading, writing, spin- ' 1644, Apr. 7. Paid to Cant. Gillry, down glass and picliirrt about the 6j f.,r rli- V rw II!' the cliiirch, forabo. cliurdi, and the letters alwiit the belli, li.: IS piclurrs. Paid to iij^. iiij.d. Lib. Comp. Gard. Jt. . uys »uik, for taking BRISINGHAM. 71 nitig, and other work, and learning the Church Catechism, as the produce will pay for, the said rector and church-wardens being tied to keep plain fair-written accompts, in a bound book, which shall be produced to the minister, church-wardens, and overseers of the poor of the parish of Fersfield, or to any one of them, within one week after notice given, which notice must be on a Sabbath day, imme- diately after divine service, and sermon is ended ; and if the accompts be not produced in the time, the whole is forfeited, and vested in the minister, church-wardens, and overseers of Fersfield, to the same uses ; and further, the rector, church-wardens, and their successors, are tied to agree with all that shall hereafter occupy the premises, that they shall have no manner of commonage on the great com- mon of Brisingham, but that the right of commonage which belongs to this tenement shall be laid to the new built house and lands called Ten Acres^ for ever, especially on that part of the common which comes down to the same lands ; and the said tenement, as an acknow- ledgment that it hath no right, shall pay Irf. yearly, if demanded ; and for want of such bargain, the lands are forfeited to Fersfield rectory and church-wardens, and if they fail performing it, then to be forfeited to the heir at law for ever. And in another clause con- cerning the Ten Acres, is this : " Item, I give unto my kinsman, " Francis Tilney of Stradhrook, in the county of Suffolk, barber, " all my lands, tenements, houses, and outhouses in Brisingham and " Fersfield,'' with all and every their appurtenances, now in the " occupation of Joh?i Fisher only, upon condition that the said " Francis Tilney, and all other owners of the said premises, shall "■ keep up the altar tomb, now erected over my dear deceased hus- " band, on failure of which, my will is, that the church-wardens of " Fersfield, shall seize upon the same, and pay themselves, what " moneys they shall be out of in repairing and beautifying the same, " together, with all their charges." The town also receives 2s. a year from the blacksmith's shop at the Cross-ways. The vestry on the north side of the chancel was demolished in 1608. • The bell that hung between the church and chancel, in 1GI8, was run into the fourth bell. In 1549, the cross was pulled down, and the materials sold, as was all the church plate, Cexcept enough to make a new cup,) with a vestment, rochet, cross-cloth, and altar-cloth, but in Queen Mary's time, they bought a new rochet, and procession book in English. About this time the Buts were made, and the town ordered to find a foot arms. This town, as appears from ancient evidences, notwithstanding the common received opinion to the contrary, was most field unen- closed ; for at all times, great number of licenses were granted the tenants to enclose their lands, and vast numbers of them in Henry the Seventh's time, when it seems they completed the whole, and ' She erected a tenement on the said tomb is in Fersfield churchyard, on the lands. south side of the chancel, under which, ' The premises here tied, are the new in a vault, she and John Barker, late built house and Lands, called Ten Acres, rector of Fersfield, her husband, are which arc all freehold, aiid the altar- buried. 72 B R I S I N G H A M. this is the reason that all the highways and lanes in this and the neighbouring parishes are measured into the lands that lie against them. The manors that extended into this town, besides what lie therein, are Fersfield, Roydon Hall, Gissinghall in lioi/do>i,sxnd Frier's Manor, in Shelf hanger, and the rector of Shelf hanger hath a small parcel of glebe here. THE COMMONS Are very large, and so they were always, for in an Extent in Sir John Vcrdon's time, it is said, that the town is surrounded with common, the names of which, at this time, [1736,] are Boyland Green, White- house Green, Piddock's Green, the Great Common, with Aldwood Green, and Jay's Green now joined thereto, Roudon Green, the Fen Commons, Derby's Green, Winley Green, and Thwaut Green. Boyland Green is so called from Boyland Hall, which stands on the west side of it, and anciently was appropriated to be fed by the tenants of that manor only, and is now [173()] fed by tlic towns of Brising- ham and Sbelfhanger, who are intercommoners here ; between these towns there was a long contest, Shelfhanger claiming common ofricinage on this green, II hitehouse Green, Piddoek's Green, and the Great Green or common ; which contention lasted several years, till at length, upon Brisingham's proving their driving the commons solely, and always making the Shelfhanger people pay as trespassers thereon, they were adjudged to Brisingham only, except this Boy- land Green, on which tlicy were to be intercommoners, having proved, that they had about G acres of land in their parish, at the north end thereof, divided by a run of water; but the drift of this green also was given to Brisingham only : all the Evidences of it* are in the hands of the town, with many more ancient ones, that would have set forth their sole right in a more clear manner than any they pro- duced ; and in particular the ancient Extents of this manor prove, that these commons were fed by the tenants of Brisingham only, in right as well of their freehold, as copyhold messuages, lands,'and tenements, with all manner of cattle, at all times of the year, exclu- sive of all the tenants of Roydon and Shelfhanger, and all others, except the Abbot of Sibton, who by grant of Sir John Verdon, then lord, and his tenants, enjoyed common of pasture for 200 sheep, on the Great Green of Brisingham, paying annually lid. to the lord of the manor, and his annual alms to the poor of the parish ; this right is now [1736] enjoyed by the Duke of Norfolk, as belonging to Friers manor in Shelfhanger. which he had with the abbey of Siblon, at the DissolutioTi, and the tenant that now occupies it with Shelfhanger Hall, to which it is now [173G] joined, pays bread annually on St. Thomas's day to the poor here, in lieu of the abbot's alms. The lord granted several of the tenants liberty oi' faldage hereon, and to drive the common sheep into their grounds to improve them. Boyland Green contains about 35 acres, IVhitehouse Green about 20 acres, Piddock's Green somewhat more ; the Great Green or Cowj- »i(wi, contains about 500 acres, .(^/(/aWe Green is that part of the Great ' The verdict was exemplified, anno Tlie Case is reported, but I have not yet 5to Annse Regin. Term. Hil. Ret. 457. seen it. BRISINGHAM. 73 Green that extends from the Hound Pightle to the road that enters Piddock's-lane, and contained about 20 acres, and is now [ITSO] laid to the Great Green, as is Jai/'s Green, which is that part lying from the Round Pightle to Fersfield wa}', on which the tenants of Fersfie/d have an absolute right of intercommonage ; but it being with this limitation, that their cattle must have a follower, it is disused, as not being worth the while. On the Fen Commons there are no inter- commoners, nor on Derby's Green, which is a small place, of not above '2 acres, and had its name from John de Derby, whose house stood against it in 1379- The Fen Commons are large, one was called Wahtrete Common, and the otiier the Freth ; Roydon Green is a small one, and is so called, because Roydon intercommons there, as Fersfield does on Jl'inley Green and Thweyt Green, on both which each parish hath drift. In this parish lived one Mr. Harrison, who was a curious collector of Roman coins, of gold, silver, and copper, from Pompey the Great to Honorius and Arcadius ; his collection was sold by his son, to Sir Symond D'Ewes of Stow Laiigetot, in Suffolk, Knt. He was a very curious person, and lived in the house in which Robert Kent, senior, now dwells, [1736,] which was adorned in a very odd manner. In the parlour stood the effigies of a man which had a speaking trum- pet (put through the wall into the yard) fi.xed to his mouth, so that upon one's entering the room it used to bid him welcome, by a ser- vant's speaking into the trumpet in the yard : on the parlour door you may read the following distich, in brass capitals, inlaid in the wood : RECTA, PATENS, FELTX, lESUS, VIA, JANUA, VITA, ALPHA, DOC15T, VERBUM, DUCIT, OMEGA, BEAT. And on the staircase door is a brass plate, Avith a circle engraved thereon, equally divided by the twenty-four letters, and this distich, in capitals of lead, inlaid in the wood : DIFFICILIS, CELS SERA, PORTA, OLYMPI, FIT, FACILIS, FIDEI, CARniNE, CLAVE, MANU. In 1364, John Spilwan held lands here, which family always sealed with a cross flore in a shield, circumscribed Sigilhtm Johannis Spil- wan de Brisingham ; they were a family of good account in this country, though I do not find them owners of any manors. The Boyland family always bore these arms. Mr. U illiam Piddoek of Brisingham bears chequy or and az. on a pale sab. a woman's breast distilling drops of mUkproper. In 1603, it was returned that there were iGO communicants in this parish, which hath now [1736J near 70 dwelling-houses, and about 400 inhabitants. It used to pay 3l. 14s. for every tenth. Parliament valuations under the associa- tions were 1150/. and 1104/. the present [1736] valuation being 1093/. 10s. The Leet Fee paid to the lord, was 20s. but the leet being dropt, there is no fee paid. Having no more to say of this place, I shall proceed to Fersfield. [ 7* ] FERSFIELD Is boundt-d on the cast and south by liritin^ham, on the we«l by l^. .rtli bv KfMmM^Aa//; ihf hundr«Hl of Oiu extending lo ti . l-< i>l ihis |inrisn, and no further. Itind the naiiu- of it v< rv clitTcnntlv wnUen, ii» Ftnrvtlla, Fervts- ttlla, t'tujtttd, Fairfcud, f'atnill, iind Fcrffdl, ull which »ttm to Mg- njfv, a Fair Fee, or Village. One part of it was very early in the Ablnit of Si. Edmumrs Burtf* bting given about l)Villiam,* his son and heir, and from him to Hi (.H Bvcon, his brother and heir,' who infcofTed Sir Willi AM ni' IJosio in it in the time of llenrif II.' whose heir. Sir KoBERT DE Bosco, held it in 1 lt)5; it w;ls near one half of the town, and was ever after held of the Earls of Norfolk, who held it of the Abbot of St. Edmund's Bury. Tlie other pari belonged to jlsitis, a Thane (or nobleman) of Ed- tcard the Confessor's; the demt-ans being valued at two carucates; it vvii> then an extensive manor, part of ButsIoh, Br, ssingham, und Shimpling, belonging to it. The manor with the Bcrcscic* and that • Alb. RpRr. fo. It. • Cronica Jocelini in Bib. Cot. Jocc- liiK winlijpuir.to Abbot i;am|>ion, and collrticd hi Chronicle of the Kniglils ihjl held of that abbey, for llic abbut't uie. » He li»«l in ih« Conqueror » lime, and -con after if.f> ' ' ' .»t all tlie knigJitj tlut held ct c. Alb. Reg. fo. 97. keg. Fii.itiLj.i*, fo. 116 'Lib. Coniuftud. baiicti fcdni. MsS. |>. 34. * IbiJ. f. tos- > Duft. Bar. vol. i. fo. iji, 3. • In the iith of Hen. a, he certified, that he bad I ij knigbu fce», of tUc old feoffiuent, and 35 of the new, he died in 1177. Dug. Bau'. vol. i. fo. 133. ' Lib. Rub. Scaccanj. Lib. Nigr. edit, per Heme A" I7»l, fo. it}. " Carta Comitii Hugonii B)god. Hoc ejt Scril^tuni Comitii Hiigonit, qiioi le. net in capilr de Rege de vcten feoff- inento, quo» Ki " ' ■ iter suut fefavit, sc. W . ridini. et ipieconic\H. . . ....i nWill de 80MO I mil. ct dmud. • Te»la de Nevil. ^ Part of a inanor, tlut lies ia another town. r E R s r 1 E L D 73 part ill Jiurston lliiil bclonuifd to it, was llion valued at GOs.' but by ihc Coiu|uesl was lisca to 7/. '>s. Sd. and all ibal belonged to it was then valueil at 12/. (is. 8(1. of wliieli tlie i'reemen paid lOfis. 8fi. It was at tli(; survey two miles long, and one broad, and |)aid to tlic Daiugc/d 7d. being at tbattime in tlie King's hands, under the nianagetneiit of Earl (judric, and the sof and sac of all the freemen in the hundred, that held less than 30 aeres,^ belonged to it. Thus it passed with the Crown some time, but was after given to the lh/god-1, then Earls lA' Norfolk, to be held at one fee ; ancl KocKii By CO I) infeolled Sir William de Bosco in it, as Hugh his son aftei^wards did in the otlier fee, so that he had the whole town,' except a wood, and l^s. 4d. rent belonging thereto, whicii had been held a long lime by the Earl of yJrutidt// ; but the jury knew not how, or of whom, this part that Earl had from the Crown, before the Bi/gods had the town ; this also afterward eame by |)urehase to tlie Hoists; tVilliaindu lioi/a aforesaid, at his death, left the whole town, manor, and advowson to Sir UoBLRT UE Bosco of Fiijrfcud, kut. his eldest son and heir,* who in I 1()5, held it of the Earl-Marshal at iwo fees ; his wife's name was ho/da, who brought him a manor, held alone fee in Denton. This Sir Uoln-H at his deatii left GiLBEKT DE BoTS, Knt.' his eldest son and heir, who married, and had an only daughter, ealled Joan ; he died in 1249, at which lime it appears that '.he was married to IVilliani dc Boiile, who inherited, in his wife's rigiit, all the lands and tenements of the said Gilbert, except tin- manors of I'crsfitld, Garbaudcsham, &c. which descended by en- tail to Sir IloBERT DE Bosco of Fersfe ltd, Knt. second son of William, and next brotlu^r to Gilbert, as heir male of the family, all which lands and tenements the said William and Joan held till 125G, and then Sir Robert purchased part of them ; and in 1285,' he purchased all the remainder of the estate belonging to the Bois family, being ' Terre Regis qiiam Godricus servat. Dim. hiind. dc Dice. Ferscvclla tcmiit Alsiiis Tegnus Re- gis E. (Edwardi) pro ii. car. terre. semper v. bordar. tunc ctpost iii. scrv. modoi. semper ii. car. indominio. tunc .i. car. ct dim. horn, post et modo i. In Borstunu i. Bcruiiiita dc i. car. terre pcrtincns in Ferscvclla. semper ii. viDan. ct i. bordar. tunc dim. car. in dominio. post nichil n\° dim. In Fer.scvclla xiii. socman, Ix. acr. terre scnip. iii. car. In eadem. iii. liberi homines Alsi T. R. E. Ixxx. acr. terre ct iii. bordar. Tunc ct post iii. car. m° i. ct dimid. In Jiorstuna xi. liberi homines Alsi T. R. E. dc XXX. acr. terre, scnip. i. car. ct i. acr. prati. In Bresingaham vii. liberi Itomincs Alsi commend, de xxx. acr. terre tunc iii. car. post ct m° ii. silva. vl. pore, ct ii. acr. prati. Ferscvclla cum Bcriiiuita et Borstuna tunc vaUiit Ix. sol. post vii. libr. ct vi. col. ct viii.if. inlcrcensum ct consuctud. modo valet xii. libr. et vi, sol. ct viii. VOL. I. blanc. et de his xii. libr. dant liberi ho- mines c. solid, et vi. et vii.rf. Habet Ferscvclla viii. quart, in longo ct iv. in latOjCt de Gelto y'n.d. In Simplinga i. dim. lib. homo dc iv. acr. terre. In Fer- vella jacet soca ct saca t. r. e. dc omni- bus qui minus habcnt quam xxx. acr. De illis qui habent xxx. acr. jacet soca ct saca in Hundrcdo. de Winfcrthinc quando Radulfus forefecit habuit cam. (Domesd. fo. 38, 39.) * Invasiones (sc. Galteri de Cadomo in Fervesella i. libr. homo Alsi com- mendat. cum iv. acr. quem tenuit Will. Malet, die qua fuit vivus et mortuu.i, et Galterus modo (tenet) de Rege, scd Rob. Malct contradic. sc nccissc usque ad diem quo tuit inbreviatus. Tunc ar. ii. bov. modo. i. val. viii.rf. (Doraesd. fo. 299.) ^ Testa de Nevil, per Will. Mariscal. Junr. ♦ Ibid. 5 Plit.deJur.etAssis. 41 H.3,Rot.33. * Plita. de Jur. et Assis. apud Nor- wic. Hillar. 14 E. i Rot. 38 in dorso. 7f. r r n s F 1 1: l n. i Iwo <■ il m Fcrtfidtl, lirniir^hiiin, /xi/>A A41/C, I -, iind for tlic puvaii'iit tluicot In- iiiurt. I (ho niuiiont, liiitds, fee. tliat dc ««'i'i)cl(.-lH-y, which he gave to John de Uois, his isecond son: this ./o/i/i built anew hall upon It, married :i wife named KiiUrine, nnd settled in it, calling his part Tin: MANOR or NEW HALL, \\'hich name he himst If is culled by in several Evidences, and in par- ticular, !•) the .N«//i/«» ' See Bunln. ' Km:. 17 E. 1 No. 31. » Plila. Coronr, 14 E. 1 Rot. 14 in * Ini|iii». E. 1. dorio. ' Fin. K. 1, L. 7, No. ut * Fin. divers. Com. h"- 4> ^-i- 4> 0.3 J 6. FERSFIELD. 77 whose son, (as I take him to be,) William de Bosco, and Christian his wife, lived at Cretyng St. Mary in 1310, and lUdiard, a fiftii son, whose son, Thomas de Bosco, in 1330 was presented by Sir Robert de Bosco, his cousin, to Garboldisham. But to return to Sir RoBEUT DE Bosco, who succeeded in 12.98, being then 30 years old,* at which time he had two fees, which formerly were the Bi/gods, one of which was in Smalbiirgh, and the other here,* and another in Fersfield, held of tlie Abbot of St. Edmund. He married Christian Le Latimer, daughter of Sir JVilUam Latimer, and widow of Sir John Carbonel of JValdingJield, in Suffolk, who was her first husband, by whom she had William Carbonel, her son and heir to his father. Upon Sir Robert's marriage, he settled tiiis manor upon her for life, which she held some time after his death, for it appears by the Institution Books, that she presented in 1316"; and tlie year after Sir Robert's death, which was in 1311, she married a third time, to Sir Thomas Mose, Knt. by whom she had a daughter, Mariot, married to Sir William Botevile, or Bovile, Knt. Some pedigrees that I have seen make this Thomas (or Robert Moose, Knt. as he is called in some deeds) her first husband, but I am certain he was her last, for in 1312, the very year that she married Sir Thomas, she presented here* by the name of Christian de Mose, late wife of Sir Robert de Bosco, Knt. He,' in 1308, held the third part of the manor of Carbonels, in Wal- dingfield-Magna, in Suffolk, with the advowsons of that church, and Chistoji, in dower, in right of the said Christian, of the inheritance of William Carbonel, on which William the manor of Fersfield was settled in tail, if they had no issue, as was the manor of IValton, and the advowsons. In 1308, they conveyed the manor oi Burston to this William and his heirs. Sir Robert, at his death in 1311,* was seized of Fersfield, Denton, Garboldisham, &c. leaving Robert du Boys, Knt. his only son and heir, then very young, and one daughter, Alice. Christian his mother was his guardian to her death, and thea he became a ward » of Thomas, Earl-Marshal, Earl of Norfolk, who presented here in 1326, the said Robert being not then of age : ' he died a bachelor in 1333, leaving his whole estate to Alice, his only sister and heiress, then married to Sir John Howard, junior, Knt. who was, upon Sir Robert's^ death, possessed of Fersfield and Garboldesham manors and advow- sons, with Denton, &,c. She lived to 1371, and at her death left issue by the said John, to which the whole inheritance of the Boises descended. This family, I am apt to think, was at first a branch of the Bygods, their arms varying only infield and colour. ♦ Feodar. Norff. ' Cart. int. Coll, Dewesian. • Esc. S E. 1, s Esc. 25 E.I. »Esc. 5E. ». »ibid, ' Lib. Institut. I. » Esc 27 Ed. i. TERSFIELD. ■ VGO D. noi s. TboBut 3;>. Sir Rob. du Boil, a minor in 1311, a Knt. and oF age in 1318, died unmarried in 1333. They »irnamMl thtnisolvcs De Bo.s< o, or Bois, from llio prtat wooci whicli joined to their inan»ion-lu)iii.f, nnti was not rlfanfl till Qutx-n Eltznbfth'i time; liofcui in Latin, or Hois in Frt-ncli, siiinifvinp a wooci. Tlu- rrvst of this family was a buck coucliant, ermine. 'I lie whole fjeneralion continually rcsidi?d here, fn)m IVtUiam, who was first inffofltti ill it, to AUcc, wlio was the lust of that line. They were aluuvh u M'porate family from the De Buscos of Ijitcohiihirr, or those of 1 in Snrfolk, nhicli I'amilv ln-arN n t's time, and son o\' John llouard, Cienliemah of the Uc-dehamlM-r to that Kin){. In lh<- tenth ni Hdirard III.' he was constituted Admiral of the King's whole fleet, from the mouth of the ' Pecragt, p. jo : Roll of the Arnit Kni|>ht>, that were uiih Kine E. III. at bimI iiAinct of all the Noblemen and the winning of Cane and Calci. FERSFIELD. 79 Thames northward, being then in great esteem at court, as may be collected from the many favours he obtained : he was with tliat King at the siege of Calais, being then Admiral, and had in pay with him 1 banneret, 6 knights, 36 men of arms, and 35 archers on foot. In 1310,* he had the King's letters of protection at his going into Scot- land with the Earl of Cornwal, the King being then at Yorl:. In 1317,' he was Sheriff oi Norfolk, and upon his second going into Scotland, by the King's order, he made G. de Ely his attorney, to account in the Exchequer for his office. In 1339,* he received 20 marks by action, against Sir John Segrave and his servants, for cut- ting down trees, and carrying away the soil of Fersfield manor, under pretence of cleaning the great ditch round his park, (now [1736] called Lopham Park.) In 1347, he settled Fersfield on himself and wife for life, remainder to Robert, their son and heir, and Margaret his wife, for their lives, and their heirs; Sir John Ufford being sole trustee/ and as such was lord and patron. Robert, the son, was of age in 1371> vvhen his mother died, being then married to Margaret, daughter, and at length one of the heirs, to Robert Lord Scales, Knt. Lord Niicels; he died before his father,^ anno 1388, the 3d of Jiili/, so that he was never possessed of the estate, leaving Sir John Howard, Knt. his son and heir, then turned 23 years old, on whom,' in 13b6, he had settled the reversion o( Fersfield, Gurboldisham, Uphall, and Bokenham's, after his own death, and that of IMurgaret his wife. Sir John Lovel, Sir John Tuddenham, Knts. William Ufford Earl of Suffolk, John Holkham, John Marlere, rector of Ilsj/ngiun, and Richard de Walton, being trustees ; according to this settlement, at the death of Sir John Howard the father, they descended to Margaret his widow; and at her death they went to Sir John Howard, Knt, her son,' who was retained upon his knighthood, to serve the King for his life,'' the 10th of March, twelfth Richard IL; he married first, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir John Plais of Weeti/ng, being then above 23 years old, and had a son named John, then turned 6 years old, who was heir, after her decease, to his grandfather, i'i2. to Welyng, Oclee-Magna, Benefield, and Stan- stead manors and advowsons, with several fees, lands, and a park, in Alchesley in Essex; the manor and advowson of Foulmere in Cam- bridgeshire, and other lands and revenues,' all which were held by the third part of the barony of Moiifjilchet. She died in 1391,'* after which Sir ,/o/«« married again to ^/«Cf, daughter and heiress of Sir William Tendring, Knt. and Catherine Clopton his wife, upon which marriage he settled this manor and advowson, with Brakes in Suffolk, &,c. on their trustees. Sir Sihion de Felbrigge, John de Rochford, Michael Beverleye, dean of Middelham college, 8cc. to the use of himself and Alice his second wife, for life, and his heirs; and if he had none, to the use of the trustees' heirs. This deed is dated at + Rot. Scotiae 4, 5 E. 2. » Cart. 10 R. 1. 5 Madox, Hist. Exch. fo. 661. ' Pedigr. Peerage, p. 40. " Plita. 14 E. 3. ^ Esc. 15 R. 2, No. 31. ' Lib. Inst. 4, 5. 3 Pin Pasc. in Scac, 18 R. i. Rot. 5. ^ Esc. 12 R 2, No 2 j. ♦Esc. No. 31. ao F r. u s F I r. l d. FerififU I3<)8:' »lic dicUttui. anil li\ liiT falluT.Sir It iHiam Tf miring,' IraviliR loSir Jo/r* //mi I, it" hIivo, IIu- iltulior of Sfukr-\ci/lamf, with Ikt ii.r lii» litV. Hubtrt llorcani, Kiit. tin ir eldest »<.>ii, uiiiiiK-d Mur^arct, ilaii'^liln ot' 1 homiit Munrbrny Duke ot \or- Jolk, wli(»e soil John wa-> tlit- tii-t UiiU- ot' llit« faiiiilv ; Sir John did Dot die in I4<)0. i»« Mr. /Ifrturlialli it, (lol. 77ii,)»orlli<- L»ilital KoU in I43'i trIU U4, tliul Sir John llozranl. Kill. lJu-n held I'frtficlJ of John Motrliriiv l)uke ot' Nor/o/A', ot' his manor of" forwr*-/, ultwofccn and lui I ' I ill 14.1J, lie made hi* will, in whieh he gave I'rrt- Jiflii, (». ■">, Sic. to hi.i i;ianduiii;hter /,'/;:i //i, then Couiileis of Oxf'onI, and lier issue, reuiuiiider to l{ol)crl,\u!> wm, by hi!) !>econd wife, und Ins heirs; and lor wunl of »ucli, remainder lo Henry, his second son, and his heirs; this mos dated Apr. I : he «lieiou, I'm], in order to settle lluin unon hiinsell, and .■llicc lii» >eeoiid wife; and to make it etTeclual, John Hottaril, llsij. bis son and heir by his first wile, in I4t>8 released lo Sir John his father, and Jlue, Ins second wife, and their heirs, all their right in them, tlu v beini; formerly set- tletl on Robert Scales, and other trustees, in tail, for his use after his father's niunv mistako in relation to this Sir John Honnrd, that wc now treat of, and ./(|. his son and heir, by his first wife, who, according to the jM-digrees, married Joan, daughter and heiress of liichard liallon, Knt. (though in a fine leviettriijn, and bclurr (itc nul ut Uii* year, iimkini; \>r\n>t ot liii iu;<-, liad livrry ofhi^ IniKii. In I t:l4, Im- wu> liitnM.>d to travel tu the Huiy I.An(l, Hiili t\vil\c (Marions ill hi* c-oiii|>tuiy i liic yc-ar after he \»«'ni iiilii J'uanli/, li»r iht- ri-ln-ftir ('>4' land> ««liit-li, bv the ilcntli ul' Sir Jc. 'J, kiit. in 14.S7. t'aiiu- 111 I'Mzaheth liuuitt:. In It.SM, he was jne ot thow jfrt-ut nun that iindi-r- took toli-ep tl»c seas for tlmt- yi-ur» nixl toilowinp. lK•i^^ ullowcd the* *ub»idi(-« of tunnaf^t iiiid poumlap^r, then grantt-d t'or lliut •tTvicf ; but wlirn HtluiirJ IN'. f;aiiu-'l llit- ciown, the l^^incastrian party (of whu-h tlii<< Liiri wa^ t>iu-) sii fi-il ; for thut Kiiii;, in the iir»t vi-ar nf his n-ign, «-alU-d u parliunu-tit, wlu'n-in liniri/ \'l. and all Ins liiu'aiir, wt-rt- ilisinhorittti, und llu> iiiiri, ami Auhrri/, his rideat Mn, attuiiitrd and l)ehfauke of ill luce^ttr {\\\\)rd Uulbec, Samford, and Scales, Great Chamberlain, and Admiral of Kngiand, who, afur his father's death, adhered to King Ifrnri/ VI. in order to his restoration ; und after the loss of the battle at /{flr;i<-/, he entered St. MichaeCs Mount in Cornnal, and kept it some time against the Kini; ; lut bi ing at last taken, he and the I^ird llraumont were sent to safe custody in tlie castle of lliiinmt in Picardtf, and in Uie ne.xt parliament was attainted, with ' _'<• his brother. But in the sccoiui of /f»f/iu|tblrr of Oaloid, bchfcdcd la 1461. I 811 JuKn Hoir>«i(rfy,df. cldoi, be- ol Ri< Nnill utlulUi- K. S i.v .1 . Koi. K ' ditd tml Krirru lw*lrd »iik Eiil oi S«ii».~lotd, ktd " ku ol W M<(. k» (MltCf . kxuy. ao ttHic. cr. "T lotd oi Ifomr, la Duiwtthiic. ' — r 1 \ — Kn (hi. Ld. L*t>- iky. ulLnhctinjt- Ixih, iiud 1516, no ul I Ito. ley, DO mci. hitni Km. thr iitur, tai j tii- Duke of ■uac. cIdcM. lrrkCohcii>.wc> Noiiolk. The moiety ihal bclongeil lo the H'l/iigfirlih uimh fr-jiii Sir AntkoHif alDrt'iiaid, to Sir UuiiKRr, hi* eldest lion, who, in 1558, had livery of u moiety ot' Hf(ti/n;^ inu!)or, &e. and in 15, died sei/ed ol' u ntoielv tiftiie •dvoM'st)iis, ol t'lf^Udd and (iarlio/iuy/uini, \vlii<.'li advowMnis lie lielii joiiitiv u ith Calcniu Couiili>> |l«»\\iii»tr ol' Utiiry Kaii ol' Sorlhum- bir/iirni. Sir I'/iomas i'cci/. and l)orot/iif his wile, Sir John Ihiimrf, and Klizob»ue. Sir Anthony W'ingfiki.d of r.'oix/i'w'j, in Hor, in Suffolk, in- herilfd : Ik- died Dec. '.'<>, Ilk).'), without issue, and was huried ul / im,' leaving >i AS \\'\ N(;iiEi.D of I.ilhtriiighain, his hrother, his lieir; who, as the L»eheat Holl says, was then 50 years old; he died Jan. H, \Ouy, and w42, and dyini; «-t)oii after, Sir Anthony, liis brotiier, followed him, who left it to Sir HcNBY, his son, and he to his son. Sir llt.NKY Wyngfield of Kaslun, who sold his estate in l7fXi to Mm. A.N N R Wroth, in trust, fur liilliam llrnrif Carl of lioch/onl,' who left it to William, his son, who deceasing without issue, the Wight Honourable Fucoi^RiCK Earl of 7!orA/brr/, llic present [1 73<>] patron, inherited. ' Fxhfat Roll jl Eliz. • Coir* Inquii. vol. v. p. a6i. • fc»c. 4 J. I. part ;. ' Pecngc, p. 347. FERSFIELD. «5 WYNG FIELD. Sir Anthony Elisabeth, eldest dr. of G. Vere, Knt. and Wingfield. "T sister and coheir to John Earl of Oxford. 1 ~1 , Sir Robert Sir Antho. Anne, dr. of Elizabeth, dr. of Sir Thomas Ratcliff, dr. of died with- died with- W. Bird of Sir Drue Drury died 1609. Sir G. Gerrard, out issue outissueio Denston, in of Linstead, in Knt. Mast. of the 101595. »605 Suffolk. Kent, Knt. Rolls, diediSoi. Sir Anthony Wyngfield, Bart, of Easton, died 1638a Robert, a ward of King Charles I. who presented here in 1642, by reason of his minority. Sir Anthony Wingfield, Bart. I Sir Henry, 1676. Sir Henry Wingfield of Easton, who sold tfie estate in 1706. The other moiety went to John Nevile, Knt. Lord Latimer, who, upon the death of Richard Nevile Lord Latimer, his father, in 1.530, had hver}' of his inheritance ; and upon that insurrection in York- shire, called ihe Pilgrimage of Grace, he, with the Lords Scroop, Lumley, and Darci/, was made choice of by the rebels, to treat with the Duke of Norfolk, General of the King's forces, then advancing against them. He died in 1542, as appears from the probate of his will, leaving issue, by Dorothy his first wife, John Lord Latimer, though Mr. Diigdale makes him the son of Catharine, the second wife: but Mr. Le Neve, in this Pedigree, sa^'s, that it cannot be so, for then the daughters of the last John could not have inherited the lands of Fere, which came by Iloicard, as IViggeiihall, Midlelon, East-Jl inch, and other great possessions in Norjolk, of which Thomas Earl of Exon was lord, by Dorothi/ his wife: he died in 1577, leaving Perci/, Cecil, Cormcaleis, and Danvers, his heirs, in right of his four daughters, whom ihey had married,' who, at his death, were found to be heirs to all the manors, advowsons, &c. that he died seized of, among which the moiety of this advowson, and that of Garboldisham, with the manors and advowsons of /f eetina. Midleton, Scales-hoe, Titlesliall, in Norfolk, as heirs of the said John, one of the coheirs of fere Eail of Oxford ; and so it wa'^ held jointly by *Esc. 20 Eliz. t6 FEUSFIELD them till I59si, i« il>e E»cl>o»t Roll of tlic 'iSih of F.lhahrlli infur(i)» u», wiili ilii» diffcrcncf only, (hut the Kurl ul SurlhumbcrliiHil U-ing Am\, Catharine CounlCM DoMugtrr, lu» wife, lu-ld litr tinrd purl foi life. OorMby, it. wd cokciicu^lohn Lord LMimcf Kaihrtinr, dt of TKo Pirr, •f lobo L»t\ ol Oi/ord. Tdtcd 154*- ol Kmdtli, Km tdri mii- ' iKd 10 Kinf Henry Vlll. eiicu Joba Lord i rd. Tdi«d 154*. Joba Ld. LaUBCf Lucia, dr. oi Hcarv Ctrl of »>>. I J7J. T Woitrtur, ob. 13 feb. 1581. \ I JohaOan- Elm- W. Coraw*. , TKo. E»il of Doro. Hfory Pcicy C»the «e>t,Kn(. bctJt. leu. Km. pj-X ''' E«on,rldc»i»on thy. EulofNor- ru»c. HOD of 1 mo- iHy 10 T. Cecil Ld. thunibciUnd. Builcigh. John Cornwilcit, Eu). Sir Tho. Coinwalcit hti ant lurn prticmcd in 1^95. berc in ■63*, and Anth. Wingficid, Km. ibc oihtr.' The manor being conveyed, in 15.13, to the most noble Thomas Uukc of NonroLK.und his heirs, he peaceably mjoycd it till the o8lh of King; Henri/ \ III. In winch year, aflrr many sijinni ser- vice* both to his King and country, he wus sudd. uly cuininitted to tJie Tower, throu;;h sinister suimestions to the Kini^, and was attainted in parliament the '20th of .human/, with his eldest son, Heiiri/ Earl of Surrey, but eight days before that King's death, and llien It wus seized by the Crown. Bv his will, proved in l.'i.U, in which year he died at Kenning/iaU in SorJ'olk, he l»e much by tlie various ebbs andtlowsof fortune that lie had gone throu;:h. After his death, Thomas Howaud, his grandson, son oi Henri/ Iloxrard Earl of .S'urrry, who was bcheadea Ja/iuurj/ 1<-/A was installed Knight of the (iarter, and in the third of that Queen, made Lieutenant (ieneral of the northern parts ; and six years atUr, ho- noured by the French Kingwith the KniglithocMl of tin- order oj .St. Michael i but on u susineioii that he n. TourJiing my rcli- ?ion ii Italli Ik-vii iriKirtct), I linvc U-<-ii u I'lipi^l, a cuiili-di-rer willi 'api»l», n t'rM-iitl to ihcui, and u iiiainUiiiKT of lliciii and Uicir rrliipon ; I Ukc (.luti lu witiUMU I nin nuiu-, nor never wiu a Papitt, »iiit-c I knew wliat rcligiuii meant; I have had tVicndi, yea and tuiniliar fneeul», uiui |>erudvc'nluri- Mrr\unt«, lliiil liavc U-en l'i»|»i»li., «ilJl Mtioin 1 liavc l>urn«', but I eiill Ciod to «»i(nrs> I oiii none, I utterly delie the I'ope uiid hII Iiis reliiiion, and I hoiK* to Ik* siivtd only by niy taitit in Jesi!> Ciihim ; and 1 utterly abliur all nien'ii Irndiliuns, and if at any Ume I did ^ive cuuntenunee to any I'upisl, wliereby nny good man was oflendi^i, or the cliureh, 1 n^k them merey, there is nu man duth allow belter of this religion than 1 do." Tlun he was again desired lo bo short. '• No»"(tiuolh the I>uke>" touching the uoodness of the Queen's Mnjestv, I nni much bound lo her Grace, I do (hunk lui humbly, for ihal she hath forgiven me all my olVeneen, mid hull) prolonged my life !>4> long, you m-c how good she hatli been to me, I iiave been looked for here long e'er tliis time ; Ciod send her long over you lo reigiie : she hath promised lo be gnuious lo my poor orphan children, (iud gr.inl thai my death may end all lrouble>, and il any one of you have any one faction, or two, or three, or more, lei him give over ami l'or>ake il ; many wi>h and de>ire divers ti)ings, but ihev know not what thry wi>li, ihey se<-k Uu-ir own deslruetions : if every man sliould Iwive his wish, God knowelh how many would re|H'nt il, whatsoever ihey are, the Queen hnlh promisi-d in my death to forgive nil, and I pray God Ate may live many yoares. 1 remem- ber well the word^ of that good father, and holy martyr, iMti/mrr ; he told the |>eople that for their wiekedness tiod woulil takeaway his blessing fiom iheni, I pray God the contrary, that your go(ul life inny be such, that God may turn away tho^e plagues that he huth thrcatned. He spake il in an honourable |)lace, in the pulpit, licfore King i>/srarl's church :"' — '• I kimw that « ell," t|uoth ihe Duke, " I mean not tin- church of Ronif, nor the walls of Homr, I abhor it ; hut I menu the church ui lin^laud, m\A of all the world wheresoever it be : I have forgotten one thing, I thank thee, OGod, thai ilinu hnst put me in mind of it, I forgive all (he world, and a>k fort'ivene^s of all the world, and I protest before GckI, if I knew any p:>t ....iti . til Padua ill llali/, lie diitl tJirrr, Uclobrr 4tli, |(>46, and \«i.' it .irumUl in Su%mx. He Mtid • grral part ol'tlic ettatc III ' ' .~i' iiil. Midi Sii \\ II.1.I.VS4 lloUAUiii>f .ItminUfr, in DrcoHshirr, mortgaged lliii iliniior. Willi tilli(-r!>, lor iNMl/. lo William IIaihey ot iIu- Saio^, Jamei iiuiccanlin oi I'oUhunl III Kttrx, utul Ihomat /*//<'//• <>l l^H(oln't-lnn, IIkij.' In l(k>U. Jokn Holland ut Af-fi>i of the said Hubert I'au'fiild, v^hieh the saiil Robert pureliased ol Sir Kduard L'b're oi liokiiiham-j'i rri/, tor ten years, at (kX)l. per annum, which lea-e \va» turned over to John IMx of H'ickmere in Sorfolk, \Ln\. and hus lo continue for 1 1 years 1 1 moiitli'i. In lii-i.'), I'^tli Julii* KouKitT Cai'sfield conveyed Uiis manor and lioi/lantfi, to Sir 'Thomas l'i:NUfiinorK of Hale, in Southampton, Knt. and SirllKNtiY Heiii m;i'i LLUof Oj&uru, Kill, and ilii-ir lieir«, in trust; and. in W>'29, The Earl, jointly with the Liidy .llathea, his wife, levied a fine and sullered a recovery of several manon<, lands. &c. and in parti- cular of l'tr*tield Lt»dm', and •Z'Zfl aeies of land in Ftnjitld, after which, lie vesiid iheiii, Uic manor &c. in John Uixk, alias Ramseife, of /• lekmtrt in Sorfolk, Es»j. in trust, to pay ail hisjust debts ; and in l(i.!7. John Dixb, brollier'n iton, and heir lo the aforesaid Johu Dixf, at the retjuest of Henry, son of Ilenri/ lale Earl of Arundel, released it to Jjir William l*L.MTtits of SotcrUy, Knt. and Sir Riehard Oiulow i>( hiit Clandon in Surrey, Knt. and their heirs for ever, in trust for He.vby Earl of Arundel, Lord Motcbrai/ and Mallrarcn, son and licir c)f ihomai late Eiirl of Arundel aforesaid, and his heirs. Thin Henri/ died at Arundel in Sussex, leaving hi» estate to Thomas Howard, his eldest Hon, who, in \(i(iO, ihe l.3tli C/iarles H. was restorid, by Act of Parliament, lo the title of Duke of Sorj'olk, which he enjoyed during his life, and then, upon Ins dying without issue, il dcscxMidcd to •Aulog.inlcr. Cart.H.D. Norff.A" ' Ib.d. » Ibid. i6^. 'Ibid. * Aulog. pea. D. NorlT. 1699. FERSFIELD. 91 Henuy Lord Howard, of Castle Rising, Earl of Norwich, his next brother, who in 1G71 had the Marshai'ship of England hmited to the heirs male of his body, at whose death,' Henry Earl of Arundel, his eldest son, succeeded, and was made Governor of Windsor castle, upon ihe death of Prince Rupert, in- stalled Knight of the Garter in the first of James H. In IG88, upon the landing of the Prince of Orange, this Duke being then in Nor- folk, he immediately declared for him, and brought over that and some neighbouring counties to his interest, for which, soon after his Royal Higaess had accepted the crown of these realms, he was sworn of his privy-council, and so continued to the time of his death, anno 1701. He left no issue, upon which his honour and estate went to his brother's son, Thomas Duke of ATor/b/ft, %vhose father, Tho7nas Lord Howard, upon King James's withdrawing, went with him into France and Ireland, from which last place as he returned to Brest, he was cast away in I689, leaving five sons and one daughter, of which this Thomas, his eldest son, at his uncle's death became Duke ; Henry Howard, the second son, left no issue, Edward Howard, the third son, upon the death of Henry, his eldest brother, is now [173G] Duke of Norfolk, and is lord of this manor ; Richard, the fourth son, is dead, and Philip, the fifth, is now [I73OJ living, and hath issue. The lord of this manor hath court-leet as well as court-baron, which was always kept annually, till 1719, at which time Mr. Bath, then Steward to his Grace, gave notice that he would keep leet no longer, because there was no leet fee f from which time there hath been no leet kept here. Thomas Duke of Noifolk. Henry Earl of Surrey. Thomas Duke of Norfolk, beheaded 1572. Philip Earl of Arundel, died 1 j9 j. Thomas Earl of Arundel and Norfolk, died 1646. I Henry Earl of Arundel, Lord Mowbray and Maltravers, died i6ja< Thomas Duke of Norfolk no issue. Henry Earl of Norwich, Duke of Norfolk. I , ' , Henry Duke of Norfolk no issue. Thomas, 2d son. Lord Howard, ob. 1689. Thomas, eldest son, Henry,2dton, £dw. 3dson,D. Richard, 4lh Philip, jth son, Duke of Norff. A? no issue. of Norfolk, A^ son, no issue, now living, and 1701, no issue. >734- hath issue.[i736.] ' Peerage, p. 48 . with the manor and all its royalties, be- ' No leet fee, because it was the Con- fore the hundred was granted from the queror's own manor ; the leet never be- Crown. longing to tiie hundred, it being granted VOL. I. N 9t FERSFIELD. THE CUS'1X)MS OF THIS MANOR are &> follow : Thf fiocs lire i»t the lord'* will, luul llie copyhold discrndi to tiic eldest »on ; it gives no dower ; tlie tcnnutji huve liberty eillier to erect or pull down Iioum-s on the eopvliold, nt their own pleasure, and to cut down timber on theco|ivhoul, xulhoui licen!>r, as ulso to plum and cut down all muniier of wood und limUr, on ull the coininons and wattes iu;uinst llieir own lands, by the name of an outrun oij'rrcborj, and to iig inarlc or cluy, and cut furze and bushes on the commons and waste. There were two other small manors, or tcncmenlii, in Thtcet/th or h'/uiit, a huuilet to Ftrtfield and Brisingham , the one was called ROSE'S, To which belonged 14 acres, adjoining to the tenement, with other small rents. This was some time copyhold of the manor of Fers/itld, and by the lord thereof was granted to one Thomoi Rose, who wag owner of it in 1443, and soon after sold it, with all its rents, services, and appurtenances, to John LancaUer, junior, Esc^. lord of Doyland, who united it to that manor.' The other was called • IRELAND'S, Being originally a part of Fmfteld manor, which, in FAiaard the JSccond's time, was granted by the lord, to one Jafffrt/ of I'arnhaU, from whiiin it was fir^l called FnstnhaU'i, imd from him it went to John of Ireland, from whom it had its present niuue. This Jvhn it was that sold several parcels of land, to be held free of his capital tenement, and others oy other services, and so erected n small manor, orjree tenement, as they called it; many of these tenements we meet witli in several places, it not being allowed to call these Manors, that were thus erected, though ihcy were such in reality ; but wherever we meet with them, they all had their original thus. 'I'his also was pur- chased by the aforesaid John iMncasler, and united to the same manor : ui>on the purchase, it appeared that there was a capital tene- ment, will! 20 acres in demean lying by it, with other lands and woodf, lying in Ftnjield in 'J'uci/lh, and divers other lantis, rents, and K.Tvic«i> in Fenfleld and lirisin^ham, all which paid a frit- rem of 6«. tW. per annum to the manor of Ftrsfidd, of which it was held by Iiomage aii3l,when Hlnry Earl of .IrundiU. and his trustees, among other large estates, conveyetl to Anne lliinhatc, widow, and Thomas llrnshaw, Emi. and their heirs, for ever, all the demeans of the capital manor of Bruingham, now called the Hall Farm, and Hall Grounds, and ulstv ' CourtRoUsofFcr;.ficlJ. • Ibid. FERSFIELD. 93 all that tenement called Rose's, with 16 acres of land thereto belong- ing, lying in Brisinsham and Fersfield, together with all tliat tene- ment called Ireland s, lying in Fersjitkl aforesaid, with a certain wood lying there, called Winley Wood, and two other enclosures called marketfield, with all other the royalties, privileges, and appurte- nances thereunto belonging, all which were to be ncld free, without any reserved rent whatsoever. The said Thomas and Anne, Febr. SA, 1656, sold all the estates to James Perrot oi Ammersham, in Bucks, Esq. and his heirs, and levied a fine of the whole. May 13, 1724, James Perrot of Northleigfi^ in Oxfordshire, Esq. and lienri/ Perrot, Esq. his eldest son, and their trustees, conveyed these two tenements, Winley Wood and Marketfield, with all their rights and appurtenances, to Henry Blomefield of Fersfield, Gent, and his heirs; the said Henru, by deed dated the IQth of March, 1731, conveyed Winley Wood and Marketfield to FRANcisBLOMEFiELD,clerk, the present owner; [1736;] and at his death, bequeathed the two tenements, with all their rights and appur- tenances, to Peter Blomefield, his second son, who enjoys them at this day [1736.] THE COMMONS, In King Henry the Seventh's time, were very different from what they are now ; for all the Southfield was then Common, which contained 110 acres by measure, all which was enclosed by the lord, with the tenants' consent, being divided into 8 enclosures, which are now called, Morecraft, Horseclose, Claxtonsclose, the Great Ground, or Southfie/d, Upper and Lower Marketfield, all now [1736] in the lord's hands, and the two other Marketficlds, which were sold ofl' by a former lord : in lieu of which, an equal quantity of that which is now called the Great Common was laid out, by which means the two greens, called Fcrfield Green and Old Green, were joined together, and laid into one common, that part which is now fortu acres, being part of Fers- fie/d Green, and the part from the Town Meadow to Dozo's Close, being O/d Green ; and thus they continued till Thomas Duke of Norfolk, in the time of King flenri/ VHI. desiring to make his great park at A'f«- ninghall, in which his palace stood, every way complete, enclosed 44 acres of Fersfield Green into the said park, because it extended like a harp, as it is said in the Evidences, into it, and very near to his palace : upon this the inhabitants petitioned his Grace for relief, who ordered his bailiff tlicreupon to assign them other lands, to the full value and quantity of their land enclosed ; but it seems this was neg- lected to be done; for soon after they brought an action, and seized upon their ancient common, which had been thus enclosed, upon which the Duke ordered certain demean lands of his manor of lers- _/?i7rf, and others of his manor of Lopham, wluch joined to the said common, to be laid out to the inhabitants of Fersfield, in recompense for the 44 acres enclosed, which lands were called as follow, viz. Neuehall Close, or Dow's Close, containing '20 acres, abutting on Dog- Pond, west, lying in Fer field, and also another close joining «H rnnsFiELD. to i\k former, rulli'4f>...t. f ..pham I'ark, ttiulii, and Jcrtfieiii Cammoit, nortii, nnii aliir iii trr*^r/J I ommoh, niid \r«i on Dof-I'omd; the . ' . J. ; .i lymij in t'rrffieU, on llu' othfr »idf ot' .'- north an i ' ilic l>ukc was all. uid llic nianot »<.'i/(.-ii uitu the *Kin^ s liundii, u|>uii wliu-li the wurknu-ii were tlopprd li-vcllinff ihc bouks; upuu tliis the inhahitantu hud the cnjc before the CoiniiiiiUiioiiept for the survey of the inMnor when it was 11 tile survev, who Iook the lands thnt were to be » iiM.-, together with the enrlo^<■^l -14 arrest, and j'Hi; lo enjov their ancient 1 1() acres of conimon, will. , and winch ihey had seized again, in lieu tliereol, with which all parties were 8ati»fied ; and thus it continued till Junta 1. when Thuintis Larl of Arundel and Surrey, desirous to pe-rfect the park, and to ruidic the demeans of his manor of FtrifirU ns complete as thev were before this common was M-ized by the inhabi- tanis. came to agreement with lliLin in the follow ini; manner : Thai ]ie and his succosors should for ever enjoy the 44 acres of land en- closed into his park of Ki .lamis I. \C>\(>, and were made iM-twecn the Kiglit Noble and lloiKiurabIc TuuMAs Enxl of Aruitdtl aud Surrri/, T/wmas Earl of Hujjolk, Lord FERSFIELD. 95. Cliamberlain of his Highness's lioiischold, and one of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy-Council ; Lord IVilliam Howard, youngest son "to Thomas late Duite of ISorfolk ; John Cornwa/ei/s of Earlsoham, in Suffolk, Esq. ; Sir John llobart of St. Mary Spittle, Knt. ; John Hol- land oi Kenninghall in Norfolk, Esq.; Robert Caasfield of London, Esq. ; Edward Hobart, and Robert Hohart, Gent, brothers of tiie said Sir John Hobitrt, on the one part : John Blomejicid, Agnes Blome- field, Samuel Blomefield, Roger Seaman, and otiiers, the townsmen and inhabitants oi' Fers/ield, for themselves, and the residue of the said inhabitants, on the other part. To this Indenture hang the following seals; Jrundel, a liou rampant, quartering Multravers, a frette, in the garter. Suffoike, in the garter. Howard, Brotherton, JVarren, and Mozebrai/ quartered. Robert Causfield, frette. William Howard, a hon rampant. Robert Hobart, the arms of Hobart. The other seals have no arms. . TWAYT OR WHAIT GREEN Also belongs to tliis parish and Brisingham, where they are intercom- moners, each having a drift; it was appropriated to Twej/th or Tztei/t, a hamlet which belonged to both these towns, and was so called from Hei-vey de Tweut, who lived in 1340, and had a good estate here, as had his son IVilliam de Tweyt, and Robert his grandson. It now contains between 20 and 30 acres, though it was much larger for- merly; for a contention arising between the lord of these towns, and the tenants, concerning the customs of the manors, it was jointly agreed between them, that, upon confirmation of their old customs, and the addition of this new one, viz. to waste their copyhold-houses without license, (which, before that time, they could not do,) they should yield up 50 acres of this common, to the lord's sole use, which was done accordingly, and the lord enjoys it at this day, [1736,] it being let with Boyland Hall Farm, and is now called the Cozv-pas- tures. This was about 1571, soon after the Duke had purchased Brisingham. By this addition, the old park of Kenninghale, and that late Sir John Boyland's, were joined together: and it appears by a lease made some years after, that the}- reserved a way from Wait Green to Boyland Green (which joined before this was enclosed.) At this time also it was, that the way which laid in a direct line to Neze Bokenham, from the end of the Green (which is now the further end of the Cow-pasture) was altered, and the entrance made at the Great Park gate off Fersjield Common, and so cross the Park, into the old way by the Grove. There is no other common but WINLEY GREEN, To which Lopham park joins, and had lisfreebordon this common ; all the parks hereabouts had that privilege, which was to plant whatever bushes and trees they would against the parks, which the inhabitants could not cut, (as they do and always have done, all other trees, bushes, &c. on the commons in these manors,) but were to belong to the lord for the game-keepers to kill their game from, and for to hinder escapes IJrom the park. Brisingham are intercommoners here, and each town <)ii r E R s r 1 1: l d. halli a drill, though funnerlv, il appcart, frum Uic Rolls, that r«cli paritli had iJirir parts M-|>iirulc, niia tin- ditches arc |ilaiiily kct-n tu this dav. f 17 >'•'] llic Mcll, or piH>l, uii this roiniuon, mIiu'Ii divides ll.. ' ' ' ;: ". W'tll, mid now i nil tho i-uiiiin(iii!> tliat arc out uf the* frttbords ol tlie lord, or the ouirum ol the tenants, were always token down and stowcil bv tlie chureh-wardens, for the use of the poor ; and Uiat the ponds on all the coiiimoiis tliat are out of l\\c frtcbonU and ot. ' tu Im- kept I Ir.in hy the inhnhitant^ ; that the tuwii found a : -; niul that thi- inniiors of Kcniiiuahall, Sfu/f htiiii;fr, liri- suu'^''"' iii'l /' "/'i'''* ' \t' mlcd liilhi-r, and this manor extended into lln>iii^h<:tii, l\.i:/'lnii, Hii'^t'iii, Keinini''hoiid, und oliieni by free tctiures, luonv of which sull rcuioju. [I73(i.j Tin: BKNKrACTORSiirrc JArrRY Cllikciiam of Ffi-ifidd, who, by will datetl jlpr. 18, 1493, commended his soul to God, the Rle^scd Virgin, and nil the Saints, and his body to be buried in the church of I'tts/ir/J, aforesaid, to which he gave a wax candle of a |>ound weight, to be placed before tlie image of the Virgin Mary llierc, to Ik; lighted and burnt the whole lime of divine service, as long as it will last. He gave al'O, in honour of the passion of our Lohu J Esis Cubist, a cross of copper gilt, ol 40*. price, and a good carpet to he Ix-fure the high altar. lie also gave 4 murks to build a south |>orch, and ordered his executors to make a new bell sollar in the church," like that at Eait Herling, that die procession might go under il while the bells ring. He gave also i marks towards building the new bell sollar at Kfiiiiiiigha/l, uiid '20d. towards a new Ixll ut Itushtcorl/i, and 4>i when tlir gxUcry v>rin li . iiuil till- iiitiiiii' lluri-ul <' t III ulid uilii>ii;;<'>t my •• . . ; I r . iritic, bv llif tliMH'tioIl " of ntv executor*, llrm, 1 Kivi- und Uiiui-utli unto Tkonutt Moru, " tlir ton of Amtkomie, ntul to his licir», Jl ihul my nu'uduwo or fen '• «ilh all uml MiiKular lU a|>puilciiauni-t-s in I s^tUiall. lo have unci •• ■ ' ' ■ I'l for ever, upon couilitiun, that *• . . . \ and fviTV your lor ever, alter ** lliv decens<-, |>aie or euuse In \k |uiied to tile pore fx'ople ot t ^';,'ll- - hall \iw Mjiumo of lOi." And lor di fuull tlunof it i« given to Urnry Cnyufoot the younger, and hit l>cir» for ever, under ll»c •amc limitatiuiu; >• ' ' :iiul John II a//rr, his brother*, exeeutors; Thonuii Moru of / ', supervisor. Witnesses, Hin. linker, John \ciU, ll'm. .Skutl, // III. I'ttcrs. It was proved ut Ulilhrhun'h, before Mr. liartho. Sli/rt, elerk, surroj^ate lo Mr. Jolui Ma/ih-.ilcii, Arelideacon of Siijfo/k, the 4lh of Soifmlur, 1 JMy. Margaret, relict of the testator, \va* buried ul litiford, the 22d June, Kill, OS up|H.-ur8 by the purish regislcr. This leijacv is yearly paid to liie rector and church-w ardens, and is distributeil anioiiij the poor at llieir tiiscrclion. In I6b7, the estate biloOKid lo Robert hroJudl of IWsthttll in Suffolk, uiul now (I7;>oii, and aiuither small piece, colled Btck't iiinl,v\\ winch a lowu-house formerly slooil. FEKSrillLI) KLCTUKV Is in the archdeaconry of Sorfotk, and deanery of UctUnhall ; being undt r the value of lO marks, il pavs no first fruits, though it dtn-s yearly tenths, it being unditcharged.* It hath a reclory-housc, and ' All rf. tcjricjnotfxccr.Irj.- ilir •. .iliic firil fruits, though lliry do icnihi, un- ^ , *nA iW ^ >■ leu iliry arc ditdurgca upon the act. t.- Ill the Kin, J FERS FIELD. 99 51 acres of glebe, all in the rector's possession at this lime, and all tithes are due in their proper kind. [173C.] It paid 12rf. Peter- pence, and was taxed at 8 marks in the 0/d I'alor. In the Answers of the Parsons, anno l603, Henry IVomack, A.M. rector, returned his answer, viz. that there were 75 communicants in tlie parish; that he was doubly benificed, holding this, with the vicarage of Great llUiiig- ham, in Rockland deanery ; that Sir Thomas Cornwakj/s and Authont/ Wyngfield were patrons by courses. King's Books. 1 Tenths. 1 Sj/nodals. \ Archd. Procura. I Norw. Tax, 668 12 810101 050 | 500 Pension. 1 Acres of Glebe. 6 8 I 51 The Prior ' of the priory of tlie monks of St. Mari/ at Thetford (now called the Abbey) had two tithe sheaves out of every three, ot all the wheat growing on certain lands in this parish, which portion of tithes was given them by fVilliam de Bosco, or Bois, in the 1 Itli century, soon after their foundation, and was confirmed, among other donations, by William Bygod, the principal lord of the fee, of whom it was held by the Boises ,■ it is called two measures in that deed, but in the Leiger Book of this house, two garbs, or sheaves. This was afterwards, with other revenues, confirmed to them by King Henry II. when he was at Thetford, m these words, Ecclesia dr. Tirevilla, for Firevilla, or Fersfield; the rector afterwards came to a perpetual composition with the Prior for thb portion of tithes, for which he and his successours were to pay for ever, an annual pension of 6s. 8d.* which is now [17jG] paid to his Grace the Duke of iVTor- folk, to whose predecessors the said priory, with all that belonged to it, was given at its dissolution : and this was the only religious liouse that was ever eoncerned in this parish, except the priory of St. James at Old Bokenham, the prior of which held lands here, that were purchased of Sir John Verdon, along with the Priori/ Manor of Bri- singham; all which passed, as that did; and therefore I need only refer you thither. (See p. 62.) Sir Robert de Bosco or Bois, Knt. with the consent of William du Bois, Knt. his son, and William du Bois then rector of Fersfield, ' Diigd. Mon. Ang. tom. i. fol. religious house or other parish than lliat 665, 7. in which the lands laid; and to such + Before the Council of Lateran, anno gjrants as these it is owing, that often- I J 15, every lord and owner, (though he times one parish hath tithes, or a portion was obliged to pay his tithes,) had it in of tithes, from another parish, or some- his power to pay them, or grant them times an annual sum or pension instead to whoever he would, so that they were of it, (for there were generally perpetual ecclesiastical pcrsonsthat received them, compositions made for such tithcs,which to all which aibiuary grants this Council are nowcalled Pensions) though sonie- put anend; and from these grants it was, times it continues other^vise to this day ; that most pensions had their original, and indeed we find, that a lord when the lord often granting the tithes of his he founded a church in his own manor, demeans, or every third garb of them, generally endowed it with the tithes of (just as he pleased,) to any religious house all the lands belonging to that manor or that he had a favour for; and in like fee, in whatever parishes they laid, and manner every common owner (with the this very thing was tlie foundation of consent of the lord of whom the land such great intermixtures in many pa- was held, and not otherwise) could grant rishcs, as we now find. his tithes, or any part of tliem, to any VOL. I. o 100 ieusiii:ld. cave lo U»f Chmat monk* of Si. Mary ot Thitford, two purh. of \^. ' '.' ^ of ull hi* (icmeun* in FrriHrfd, Mliirh Tu- licld in nil own ..unrl> of all fruit, pruM-, uiul lH-iiii. I73«* Alice, bom in 1712, buried at Fcrsficid the same year. 10 1714, now single. Elizabeth Blomcfield, Alice, bom Sept. c6, 1735, died born Octob. 14, 1733, March 21, in the sam« year; sow living. buried at FcriiUld. FERSFIELD. loi 1532, i Jan. Sir William Cotney, chaplain, on JVestley's resignation. Elizabeth Countess of Oxford. 1559, 13 Febr. Sir Richard Flynt, priest, on Cotney's At&\h. Rob. Wyngfilde, Knt. 1579> 29 Apr. John Dalton, clerk, on FlynVs death. Hugh Mul- LEY, yeoman. 1579, 30 Dec. William Pecket, on Flint's death.* Robeut Wyngfilde, Knt. 1595, 19 -^ug. Henry Womack, clerk, at Pecket's resignation.' John Cornvtaleis, Esq.' 1609, 2 Dec. Lawrence Womack, S. T. B. by resignation.' Lapse. 1642, 21 Juli/, Arthur Momack,A.M. on Lawrence's death.' The King, as guardian to Robert Wi/ngjield. 1685, 3 August, John Barker on Arthur's death. Thomas Barker, Gent. 1729, 13 Sept. F-rancis Blomejield, clerk, the present [1736] rector, was instituted on the death of John Barker, at the presentation of Henry Blomefield, Gent, patron of this turn. ' He had Brisiiigham also. advovvson, and Sir Thomas Cornwaleis ' He had Great EUingham. was his brother and heir. ' By grant of this turn from Robert ^ He had Lophani. Wyngfield, Knt.; he had a moiety of the ' He had Q^udenlianu lot F E U S F I E L D. /it jMilf\ "rJl '^'.a/ / ri. fr f .f Tlie Chvrch is dedicated lo St. Andrerc the Apostle, whosff cfiigies wa* pBiiitcd oil the wall over iht- north door, tlioueh now whitrd over. \\'ho wns the first fotinder of a church here I know not; but llic prckcnt nuve, in all probabihlv. was built by Sir Robert, son of Sir JtobrrI d( Jiotco, Kill, about the liiller end of the lith cen- tury, whow third son, /I illiam dr Hoico, priest, built the cluiiictl, and rcMTved an iirch in the north v\all for his own burial, his father. Sir Robert, bein^; buried (as I lake it) close by him. After this, about I308, Sir Robert de liosco, eldest son o\ the last mentioned Sir Robert, began to build an additionary south isle, with a cha|>cl at its cast end, in which he reserved an arch under the south window for his own grave ; but dying in I.' 11, the work stood some time unfinished, his son Sir Rnlnrt beinc; a minor, who lived so little time after he i; • als^)(lied, in I ;'i.).';, before it was perfected, Alice, 111- -, b« iiijj; then married lo S]t Jo/iii //oK«r(/, junior, Knt. who finished tlie work, and adorned the sepulchre of llie said Sir Robert, his falhcr-in-lnw, and the windows of the isle, with the anns of his own and wife's family; and indeed I am apt to think that llu-y both were buried in the ehaijel (which wiis dedicated lo St. Amu) at the east end of this isle, for I do not meet with the place of their buiial in any author; and by all that 1 can collect from evi- dences, they lived and died liere. Me it was also that built the »leeple, as the arms cnrvetl in slone plainly prove ; the first is a plain cross, b<-ing the arms of ]li/god, from whom the lioiset had the town ; tile s<-coiid is Hoist arms single, between wliich is his own coal, im- paling that of his wife, liz. Ilouard aiul Hoii. The south porch Mild l>«.-!fry were huill in 1494, with money given by .Irj/'eri/ LUiiig- ham of 1 erffic/d, for that use, as may be seen in his will (p. t hiiii, twct on ««i-h iidr. 'lliu Wini( Wvrl w>th the rtnur, had ruulroc'trd muiMure, aiul botrao to drcmr vrry much ; ami tli^reforr, in order to binder it« dri'Avuig hir- ihrr, I Ciiuv-d it to he takeii out of lU place, aiid tho »hilin^, uilU which it hnH Ix.'ert wa»hcd over, to be K-rap<'d odT cuutwuitU ; u|ioa whiili, I diKOvcred the colour* Willi uhich il waa fint adoiiu-\vck.-rt-d all over with rrmiue ; roand ba wa.^te ii a girdle, wliich was gret-n, bvcklcd wilJi u blitck buckle DPoii III-, breast; tVoai the neck lu the girdle \vu« lite comulutc uruit Ol ihc HaisES, which may slill l>e s, when he built the chancel, restned this place for his \-pi<^, cut out of one piece of oak, whi< h being in a dirty condition,! had it taken out and wa-slicd tery < Uaiv, awl upon removing it, found it hollowed alul iilled a» the former, with tHjrnt coaU : the jdaiik «»n w liich it lies was painlci.\ feet, ami [>roportioiuibtc in uil purls ; a sword huiigs on V,f I P,i,i,- 104. ^^Kcr^fit'ld m Nortolk. S'. Ilo bcrt d a buis Ivn^ l «ln-i i in isn . '.t /it\< tit Jl7//uiin ihi Rohs noht hanJ . r E R S F I E L D, 105- a belt by his side. Under the head was a board, having on it, when I first took it up, the arms of Buis and iMtimcr very perfect, and in Latimer's coat was a label of three, arg. which very plainly proves wlio he was that was buried here. The colours of the arms sealed off in two or three days, after they were ex|K)sed to the air, for which rea- son I had them painted on the pillow under his head. His helmet and gauntlets were ^.owdered with ermine, and every other folding of his military cassock, which hangs down lower than his armour, was the same, it being the field of his own coat; the other foldings were gul. the field of his wife's; his feet rest on a buck couchant arg. spotted" with ermine, being his crest. His armour was mail, gilt all over with fold, and ou his breast-j)late was his perfect coat, erm. a cross sab. lis head lies on a pillow painted with red, and flowered with silver^ and that lies on a cushion painted as of green velvet, flowaed with gold, with which his spurs are covered ; several enibeliishments were grided on a cement, and let into the wood in several places, on his belt, sword, and spurs, and on the edge of the plank that he lies on, and then covered with glass, but most were defaced : those that remained were, a man's head cooped at the neck, with leaves in his month, a spread eagle, a dog meetin^^ a hare, a dog fighting a lion, a bull toss- ing a dog, and a lion couchant, with an eagle standing on him, pick- ing out his eyes ; all which seem to intimate, that the deceased delighted chiefly in war, and rural exercises ; but on a very large one that came off the edge at his feet, was a representation of a building with arches, under which were two hands joined, holding up a book, to signify (as I lake it) bis founding this isle. 'I'he inscription was on the edge. After removing the seats that stood before it, 1 caused it to be painfed in the same colours, as near as could be, and added this inscription: " Sir Robert du Bois, Knt. Son of Sir Robert, and Grandson of " Sir Robert du liois, Knt. Founder of this Isle, Lord of this Ma- " nor, and Patron of this Church, died in 1311, aged 43 Years. " He marry 'd Christian, Daughtt^r of Sir Jf'm. Latimer, Widow of " Sir Jo/m Carbonel, of Waldingjield in Suffolk, by whom he had " Sir Robert his only Son, who died unmarried in 13:33, and Jlice an " only Daughter, who married Sir .7()/ Joh" Byllyng of Fersfield, gave of Hopton, g.ive lod, his best rain to tliis gild. 106 F K R S P I F. L I>. II It wnt uiiiird In the p.iruli churrli, 1... 1 A rha|>liuii, uliicli iruni llii> tunc Ma» rvni Hilt: : 1 meet with liut irw uf their nanicn. In • • " " .Mf/»ervttl here, and nl hit going off, Sir Rrgi- 'Flu- window* were gliut-d bv Sir ./oA»i //ot'- (I in till- ca»t window when Mr. /I riircr j I ;) und It i« M-ry nliitli tioui the aroiii aUiul It, ^mIiicIi wt-H- |M«^n«il ill thr iKilc^rtv <>( tlic I lotriirils,) that • t wa* lliat Sir JuMm wlio niuini-d Mar^urrt , t\itu\^\iU[ ut Sir Jufiit PtaU. The fint coat bring Mow aiid iinpnhng Coin wall , n;.;. a hon rampant gul- in « bordurt- ingniilcd lab. \)cian\6\ \Xw urins of Ins grciii '' illii-r and ijrainlnioih»T. '1 : 1 i« Itois and Latimi:ii ; his grandmother being a Jloit, nnd Iki iitudici n IjUtimir. 'llic third islIuwAKU quartered with Plais, being his own and wrift"« cojU. Hie tburlii is CurTON iinnahng IluwAun ; the coat of Margaret Jlotrard, hi* only daughter by I tai$, who was then married to Sir L'oHStantine Clifton, Kiit. ^ Ij m \\p FERSFIELD. 107 And as a further memorial of him, we find that every window is still [1736] filled with the following letters ; the first is a J and an H. joined, with Howard's arms in it, for John Howard. The second aa M with six escaiops in it, to signify Margaret Scales, hia mother. In the windows are the following arms, all which now [1736] re- main, except the two last, which are gone, as also the arms of Vfford and iJfcA quartered; Howard impaling S/^eftcer,- Howard impaling Plats; Clifton impaling Howard; Morley, Courtney with a label az. impaling Scales; Shardelowe, ermine a cross gul. impaling Scales; and there still remain these impaled coals, Ufford and Scales, Howard and Scales, Bois and Latimer, though they are somewhat broken. The lion rampant is collared az. LATIMER. HOWARD. HOWARD. CORNWAL. 106 F E R s r I n L D. U F F O R D. sr A t F <; % V;a 1^ -^ir BARDOLPH. FERSFIELD. 109 In the nave, at the entrance of the chancel, lies a black marhle thus inscribed : To the Memory of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWERDEW of Fersfield, who died February the 12"" 1731. In the 43'' Year of his Age, And of Lawrence &> Catherine, Two of his Children, who died In their Infancy. This Stone is placed by Martha Flowerdew his Widow, In Testimony of her Love and Affection. On another stone in shape of a coffin ; John Father of Jeffry Ellingham, Died A° 1478. He willed to be buried here, and gave marks to repair the church ; to the altar 3s. 4c?.; to St. Anne, mother of the mother of God, 2s.; to keep up the common torches of the town, \1d.\ to the friars preachers at Thctford, x.s. Before the pulpit lies a large stone, having had a plate of brass on it formerly, which being lost, the townsmen had the following inscrip- tion cut upon the stone : JEFFRY ELLINGHAM, of Fersfield, died A° 1493, Who by will, dated the 18th Day of April ^ in the same year, gave 4 Marks to build the South Porch, I And his tenement and all the lands thereto belonging, lying in Fersfield, to divers Uses expressed ; in his will, with this clause. That if such uses should fail, (as it hath since happen'd) f then the clear Yearly Profitts j' ... of the same are to be laid out dn repairing, beautifying, and adorning tliis Parish Churcb. for ever. VOL. I. IM/*> fmtrr>^rm «.■!»> l-^ ^ liKNRUVS lU.OMKllKl.n .U KKKSK1K1.1> III Cuiii N.iiiC.l-,\ \'ir I'li-Iiilis i-I \'irliili.s jin>li;ilir ^ Till- mCluilioLaiaiu fUKfiiil R«-siintvtnm«iii 1.111 i-
/ K> KitIi-1"u«- «t cHnjugi \•«•^«■lU■^•^>ta. Uiiii ill. Miwiii XVir- .W'l>iii MlH(\\lX".Kt,itMl* .Kl inl SiJurtniJil roii|iij;is (liii-i-|ii: Miiiruiwi .lijniifsima . \i.i.M .1 H. lui.i pr.-.h.n llKNKKl hATtll I Fill.. TlloM K 11 \(()X dc- HrNC.AY.C.F.N. Y n IK.VNC IS(VK rxi.ns .iiis i 9u;r ..l.in Dtr u*'A.I) MlniXXlX" * .-Kt.it I. XXXI'"' MKMOl'.I.K rarciituiii Simi'iiiii •RVNCISCVS hl.()MK.riK.l.l)( i.KltlCV: lir.M'.K l.i Al.Ul.K. Kiliu.s Naiu M.ixiiiiiis 1) \> l> X ,%< FERSFIELD. m MRS. ELIZATlETH BATCH, WIDOW DIED DECR. THE 2d. 1729, AGED 8 [ YEABS. ALICE WIFE OF HENRY BLOMEFIELD, GENT. DIED 17 MARCH. 1729 AGED 52 YEARS. HENRY BLOMEFIELD CENT. DIED JUNE THE ISt 1732, AGED 52 YEARS. Against the south wall, to which the grave of the said Henry joins, is a mural monument of white marble, having the crest, arms, and quarterings of Blomefield, viz. Blomefield, sa6. on a clievron or, three broom branches vert budded guf. ; on a canton of the second, a spear sab. embrued, broken in the truncheon. Crest, a demi-tiger az. the mane and tail arg. holding in his paws a sword proper, broken in the blade. Motto pro aris et focis. Jolly, arg. on a pile in point vert, three sinister hands of the field. Musket, arg. two bars between six leopards heads gu/. 3, 2, 1. Peak, vert, on a chevron between three lions heads erased or, three croslets az. Batch, arg on a bend gul, three bucks heads caboshed or. Persons buried in the Church rcithout any Memorials remaining over them, are: Sir Robert du Bois, Knt. the last of that family. 1477, John Breese of this town; he gave the tenement Crows, and 6 acres 3 roods of land in Fcrfficld, to John Boole, then rector, to sell it, and dispose of the money in masses, and other charity, for the good of his soul.^ 1579, Richard Flint, rector, buried 29 ^pr. 1603, Febr. 18, John Blonujield, buried in the church. 1624, 10 March, ylgncs Blomcjicld of Fcrsficld, widow, buried by the aforesaid John her husband. 1645, 4 March, Henri/ Blomfficld, Gent. 1652, 20 Jan. Thomas Frecre, Gent. 1687, 19 Jan. Atari/, wife oi John Barker, rector. 1687, Mr. John Arnold. At the end of the beams of the roof of the south isle arc two coat*, now painted in false colours, but should be Cormcal and Vfford. 3 Regr. Gclour. 118 FERSriELD. In the wc*t ei»«J of the i»lr u a »moll but pxc*«linp itrooip; rtttry, it having lirt-n the rr|MMitur)- lor iIk- n-lirkt, {lUlr, cvidencct, and urnanxiitJ o( the church, ul which ito otic could hcrctufurv come. > ' ' I ItK-kt ; n plniii d<-iiioiMtru(i»ii lliat there liuth 1 . ..!uc, though now[i73(iiJ ihcic i> only oiir cup Iclt. Oil na altar luouamciit by tlic »outli chuoocl wall in tiic cliurcb- yaxd . Here lieth the l\o6y of Mr. Joliti Barker, mIui miis Cuiule Here from July the 7tli Kifil u»- till Aug', tiie 2d l(J8.^, from tliiit Tunc Hector, until March liie l.ltii IT'iH-M, tJien deceased, A good Cliri'>iinii , iiiul one of the best of iliit>b ^ ears old, to read, write, -ipin, and learn the Cliuri li CHteeiii»in, a* the i'rofilts will liay for ; She also tiet Arlhiir H'omuck, rector of Ftrjicld, S\r.Juh/i I'iflt/ork, nai\ Mr. Uolitrt //nf.f/ii«, of the same, charginj^. lliein with endeavouring lo prepare, at their cost, u horse and man iM the King of iVo/i, ^..is King (JharUt was then commonly culled,) FERSFIELD. us and with harbouring mahgnants in all their houses; aiv^ the said Arthur was particularly charged with speaking these words :* " Here is a health unto his Majesty, "Pray God confound his foes, " And the devil take all Round Heads, " For we are none of those !" And also that he abused the government thus : " Hey-ho ! for a two-penny halter, " When you are hang'dyou shall have good quarter, " Oh ! 'twould be a bi-ave sight, to see " Ail the Hound Heads hang on a tree. " Oh ! yee rogues ! ye must all come to it." And further, that he offered to raise 500/. for the King of Scots, and often drinks the King's health, and prosperity to the Royal Family. There was a copy of verses also laid to INIr. Piddock's charge, which were not among the other papers, though the following lines are there, and were made by some lioj/atisC, in praise of them : " Hail, loyal poet, thy inspired breast " Doth keep the rhyme, though thou forget'st the rest, " Good ' small drink verses truly, and no doubt, " They'd better been, but that the strong was out; " The zeal I like, thou poet may'st commence, " For though there's want of feet, there's none of sense, " The things he writes are true, the verses false, " The author's loyal, that's enough applause." Upon these informations they were carried before Thomas Shcriffc of Diss, Esq. then justice of peace, who committed them to Ipswich gaol, where they continued some time ; but by the assistance of the said Mr. Sheriff'e, who by private letters informed them of all that was iiv- tended against them, they were all discharged, after they had gotten certificates, according to his advice, of their good behaviours, from the towns of Diss and Fersjicld ; u[)on which he had orders to ex- amine the witnesses apart, and then they confessed, that they had maliciously informed against them, and forsworn themselves, in hopes of getting advantage by so doing; all which confessions they signed before witnesses ; and thus, after much trouble and expense, they were at last freed. "This Arthur was ordained by Samuel Bishop of Norzvich, 21st Sept. 1628, instituted l()4'i, and subscribed 15th Aug. WOi.'' This town contiiins about 10 families, and GOO inhabitants ; it paid l7. 14s. when the taxes were raised by tenths, ;uid was valued at7oO/. to the association rates, and now to the King's tax, at Ai'l. [17"6.] In the time of King Edward HI. the great plague reached even this obscure village ; for in the court rolls a year oi two after, tiit deaths of many of the tenants are presented ; and it is said, that ♦ From the originals in my own s Alluding to his being plundered, custody. ^ Consignation Book. 114 SIIELFIIANGER. They died in the great pestilence. At this time the parish was ahnost all wood, there being no less than four large woods, besides several groves, among which. Home Wood, or Great JVood, is first named, and said to contain above 400 acres, Jl'inlei/ IVood, Wilcox and Rkhe'i Woods, being of no small extent, all which are now cleared. SHELFHANGER. This village hath gone by these following n^mci, Scelvangra, Scheifangyll, Shdfangks, Shelf haiigre, and now Shelf hanger, the sig- nification of whicli I cannot the least guess at. The Church stands against the road leading from Diss to Win- farthing, and hath a square tower and four bells ; the nave is thatched, the chancel and north porch are tiled. It is dedicated to all the Saints, as was the gild that belonged to it. It is a rectory, and had anciently two rectors, each having institu- tion to a mediety ; the patronage of one belonging to Bosvile's, after- wards called IIoc's, manor, and the other to J isedelieu's. RECTORS. Hoe's, or Bosevile's Mediety. 1272. Eudo, parson of Shelf kangre, in the time of John de Ho, Lord.' 1285. Peter de IIo, rector.* 1347, 2 December, Thomas, atte churche of Tkelvetham, priest. Rob. he Bosvill, patron. 1362, 2 March, John Basset, priest, Adam Bosvile, patron. VisEDELiEu's Mediety. Henri/, rector of Shelfhanger.^ 1313, 3 non. 'Nov. John atte Shelf hanger church, accolite; Tho- mas de Vehdoun, lord of J^r)t7/sec'o;, on a tx-tui (i:. kix cU>-li«c» or. 1" • ro llie ultar ruilii lie llirrc lari;<- ttonr«, ■ if ihrir iirnis and in*-ri]iti( lies llnin/, stm ir Iltiirq Nooh, wlio ilied in 1487 , under llic iicM liei HUii- nor liis »vife. 'i lie arms of / icriMieii were on n stone in tlif chancel, but arc now gone, ni is iliis coat, viz. pill, three ches^-rooks ermine. I'nder « »niatl I'lfcslniie i< hiiricd Robert, Miu of Rolii-rt dnbmirn ot" h/rfuim in ( 'iivihridi^rtJiirt, Esq. and Abigail his will', «|io died March 'i7, 17i-,aj;coor, and the other half to be applied to what uses tl>e church-war- dens please. Tin- rector hath also a close of 3 acres, given to find iK-ll-ropes, calleil lfe//-ro/>t Ciote. In 17 '!^, Mrs. Surah I'raiik/nnd fia\e lOO/. with which tliere was tVeehuld land purclia-4.'d in (lie parish, the rent of which !■> to find '2s. MorlJi of bread to be distributed to the poor every Sunday, by ll)c rector and church-wardens. Tl>c Commons are inconsiderable, except their interconimonagc with Jtrisiiizham on Hot/land (iieen; (see p. 7-;) and a large tract of meadows which are common from lAtmmtn to March, and arc called the l^iininat Mcaduvs. 'riiis parish is in the archdeaconry of \or/b/A-,and deanery of Krden- hiiU. In l(>03,ithad 14'2 roininunicants, Tiath now near 40 dwcliing- houscn, and contains ntmut £(>) inhabitants. It paid to the old tenth C7<. was taxed to the association rates at [)SOl. and now at 7ti3l. 10$. [I7:M).] Here was a chapel dedicated to St. Andrtrc the Apostle, but when or by wluin) founded I cannot ccrtainlv learn; btit most probable, by some of the / trrs, lords of /I infatthing : it stoo IIuELiNE m: HuGETHALE, (or Uggeshalc,) so called from the place of his habitation, whose son RoGEn was sirnamed de Hoe, for the same reason, and 1 ETER, son of the said Roger, was called Peter de Shelfan^cN, and sometimes f/e Ho. Roger de Ho gave lands here to Sibtou abbey, and added to the manor by purchasing of Robert de Merle,/, and Roger de Gming, Knts. lords of Reydon, much land in that town, I_rom iho tyidciices ui North Lop- iv. ac semper, val. xx. sol. 1^01, '!f I '°f I" m'"' '•'^''^^ ''^"='' '" Scelvangra ten. Modcphefe libera ' T^rrr. A° p'^"""'"'.^'- .• fc™na Algad ii. car. tre.' semper iii. H. nJr m 'i ?T'i"\ ^:'^ '^™- ^■■'"- " >^v.°bord. semper ii. car. in do. !^nuU ciln lT i '°'' ^V S^'^^-g" "^i"io «. ii. car. horn, ct i. soc. de iv. l^nuit Colo hber homo Nasgen Stalre acr. silva ad xl. pore, et iii. acr. prati 1 . K. t. pro mancno modo tenet heru- semper val. xl, sol. Scelvangra habet i. bord. tunc et post. ii. serv. m° i. semp. Gelto hi.d 11. car. m dominioet.ii. car. liom. Sjlva VOL. I, Q 118 SHELrilANOER. «] i»ionr, sold it to John dkl Ho; and then it was joined again. In l'J75 he wasSheritVof \nrfHk and Suffolk, nnd paid the tliiul Eenny of the eonnly to the Marl of \or/"(*/A. He hil«l much laud ere of Burt/ abl>ey, nnd many rents nnd services, to the value of 112 acres. To this Sir John succeeded EvDo in 127C, in whose time it was first called Hor.'s manor; he cinimcd utreifn nnd had it allowed in 1220. H allrr tic Shclfatigrr, one of this family, was Sheriff of \orJolk and Siiffotk, and wus fined for extortion ; but whethrr he was ever lord or no I cannot say. In 1280, Hor.tn Dt Ho had it, who left it the same year to John de Ho; he granted a messuage, lands, and commonage in }>h(ll hunger, to H niter o{ Shcljhangcr, uncle to John lic Shothroke, who became Walter's heir in 1286, in which year this John de Ho is said to hold it of the honour of Richmond, nnd had ftreif allowed liim. In l.">02 it bclongi-d toanollier Ror.i'.n DE Ho, who in i;'i07, upon marrying Jlgncf, (simamcfi Sortcich probably, for Willuim dc Sorrciro, clerk, was delorciant in the fine,) setlUd it on them and their heirs. How it continued till \S\5 I know not «ertainly, though it seems to lie in a family sirnamcd Df. la Pole of lirifingham;' for in 13J1, this advowson was set- tled by Henry dt la Pole of lirisinghnm, and Margtirct his wife, on themselves and their heirs, which Margartt might be heiress to Roger and Jgnes de Ho ; and it is probable that De la Pole's daughter might marry Jinsnillc : however, thus far I am certain, that in iliis year H2, Adam Bosevm.lb was lord, and so to 1375; in 1423. Ttio.M,\s TouiiELL, l>o. had it, from whom it went, in 1 I5j, to Hknky Noo.n, from wliich time it hath po^iicd, joined willi I ice de Licu's manor, as it is at this day. [I73(i.] THE .MANOR OF VICE DE LOU, Which was the part held by Modcphefr , had its name from the lonl.* lliereoi'; HumJ'ridtts I' iic de Lou, or /I olj''$ Face,(f(yr such is the sig- nification of the name,) lived in the time of the Conqueror, nnd held lands ill Berk\)tire,ixi Domadiitf informs us, whose descendant, • Rol. Vo-c. jl H. 3» p. J, la. iS, » Fin. Norff. E. .3 li. i. N* ij?. SHELFHANGER. uq William, was lord herein I170. In this family it continued many ages. In 1300, 7 V\^^J:i'^^- ^^- y^^^ °'" ^°" married Rose, sister and heir oi Eliza- beth de b/iotisOro/ce. He it ^vas that procured a grant of iiee-warreu to this manor, which he settled, with the moiety of the advowson which had always gone with it, 011 ' Sir Thomas Vise du Lou, Knl. Iiis son, whieli Sir T/iomas left two daughters coheiresses, between whom it was divisible : IsADLLL, married to Sit Jo/in J'erdon, Knt. and Marmrct to TAo- mas Mossclls, Esq. This ancient family was some time seated at ^hotla/, in Samford hundred in Suffolk, and continued above seven descents, possessed of a large revenue in Shotly, ISimpc, See They bare arg. three wolves heads erased gul. from which bearino- they niit^ht have their name. ° ^ The moiety of the advowson went with Ferdoii'n part,' (for Jolui de I'erdou, Knt. lord of ^//c/f 6a;orn Fraiicn, tliiit »ul(( llic uimior, I t aiitiol uiv, l>ul it \t.. >Li\ (>\' (lit* Diikr ot* Sorfu/k, mIio kepi court licrf in \i3Z. i ut «>>■•. r nuiiciv ivrill Willi Mtirfiiirtt, llii- ullicr claui'llli-r. In Thomas Mosklls. Vj>t\. iiiT liu»baiid, mIiu liuviiig no ii>»uc- nialo, i( ■ '•''■■», ■ . »o ilint lhi4 moif ly wan divided ngnin. M \ '■'Irullun, llixj. iiiul Wifi Ills \ri(l(i\v in 117''. i bv hiui had t»'o koiis, Thumat \axlry, rli-rk, tiic eldest, «!•.• :. it to Richard Yaxifif, liis brotliir, utid liiii hpini. This Kiihiitd, in I5'2<>. purclmst-d tlu- otlu-r moiety of this moiety, of Til.. 1 s. [".>«!. which Thomas wii» son of Hubert Fdlon, !>«]. ! i« wile, bister and heiress to Sir Tbomm Sdiiifjiun o! Kilt, which liolterl was »oii of JoA« Chnp- n, . ■ ■in, the oilier dau^liter of Thomas Mut*c//, l\sq. This Richard iailrif had it M-ltlcd on himself and Rii/mrd Iluldich, his trustee, iu I6'i7, uiid so held it to 1 jJ'J, when lie and Aunc his wife Mild it to Thomas Duke of \or/b//.-, and his heirs, who liavinc purchased th«- other moiety of the \ooii», as also lloc'i inniior, became now sole loni and patron ; and it hath been ever since, and now remains in that lionuiirable family. I'he present Duke being now lord uud patron. [17 -'J.] Jlere was anotJicr Hianor, called FlUER'S, AVhit!, (I to the ahbev of vS'/7;/ii;i in Sufivlk; this was formrrlv the p<'- "f T.dric, Falconer to the Confessor, and had only K» vucre> demeans at that time.' This T.dric was ancestor to Rulieil Mallei,* lord of Ej/c honour, who in the Conqueror's days, or soon after, iiifeofled Waltf.r PR Caoomo (Catim, or Cam) in the barony of Ilors- ford, to Ix- held of his honour, w illi which ibis passed. KoiiERT, son of H alter, succeeded in IVilliam Rufus's reign, who left John, bis son, sirnamed I icrcomet (or ShcriflT, bi-caiisc lie bad that offie«-.) He was Baron of llonjord; he vowed to build an abUy of monks in bis own land, but dying soon after, left W iLi.iAM, his brother, his heir, whom he eommnnded to perforin liis vow. This tyUliam was called afterwards dr Caiputo, de l'hj. rent in Rej/doit, ) Tem Edrici accipiiari. hunj. Dice. pore, et i. ac. prali. temper, val. ii. sol. i',- ■ ' : ' ' * Mon. Ang. vol. ili. p. 31. i ^n. Edricui xv. acr. > Cart. pen. li. Due. Nurf. 1(99. •iTwij.. ... ^..... c( dim. car. tilv. in. SHELFHANGER. 121 ©r the fee of Gilbert Fitz-Rcilph, for tlie souls of his father .and mother, and Muri/ his wife, of whose patrimony it was ; Jo/in de I'enton, lord of Biis'nigham, eave them the going or commonage of pasture for 200 sheep on Bnsiiig/iam Great Green, and many olliers gave other lands, all which are particularly described in a chartulary of the priory of C/iiniack monks at Tlictfor'd, fol. 23, which hook is now among l\Ir. Le Neve's Collections. In ISfil, it was let to Bosevill, at 404-. per annum. In 133G, the abbot new-built Frier's Hall, at the expense of 50/. ; the demeans were then 50 acres. In 1403, John Abbot of Sibton, and the Convent,^ leased out their whole possessions here to John Lancaster, Esq. for seven years, at 3/. \s. per annum, the demeans being excepted ; it now extended into She/flianger, Itcijdon, Brisingham, and Diss in Norfolk, and Thrandeston and Yai/ci/ in Siiffo/lc. About 1530, Henry Noun farmed' it with one acre marsh in Brisingham, and the commonage of 200 sheep there; and so it continued till the 28th Ilenri/ VIII. in which year the abbot and monks, foreseeing what was coining upon them, bargained with Thomas Duke of No)fo/lc, and resigned their house to him and his heirs, with all that belonged thereto, the Duke having^ f)rocured leave of the King that he might receive it, and hold it to lim and his heirs for ever, which was confirmed by Act of Parlia- ment, anno 31st Henry Vlll. and then it was joined to the other manors, with which it now continues.' [1736.] The resignation of this abbey may be seen in Diigdale's Monast. vol. iii. fol 33, and was signed by Wm. Flatbnry, abbot, Robert Biaigai/, prior, John Facon, sub-prior, Tho. Hadlei/, celerer, JVm. Dumcich, Robert Dunuich, and Peter Flniham, monks. The commonage of the 200 sheep was laid to Vise de Lieu's, or Shelfhanger Hall, as it is now called, and.' Frier's Hall was soon after demolished ; it stood just by the gate going from Brisingham common to Shelfhanger Hall. SHELFHANGER MANOR, alias D'AVELER'S, Was original!}' the demeans of the Confessor, afterwards given (either by him or some other) to St. Edmund's abbey at Bury, of which it ■was held in the Conqueror's time. Tlie first parcel constituted the manor called D'AVELER'S.*' The second was in the abbey till the Dissolution, with other lands that were afterwards given. The third was joined to Brisingham manor, and always attended it, so that I have no occasion to speak any more of the two last in this place. * Lib. Abb. de Sibton. MSS. fol. per- vi acr. et sub eo vii. bordar. et i. car. gamen. penes Jac. Baldwin, rect. de Silva xii. pore. ii. acr. prati. val xi. solj Bunwcl in Com. Norff. (who liath also (fo. i8i.) another foho parchment MSS. of the In See! vagra i. liber homo Sa nctiEd- accompts of this abbey.) miindi xii. acr. et ii. bov. val. xvi.i/. ' See the Act. Ecclesie xvi. acr. val. W.s. et v\.d. * Terra Abbatisde Sancto Eadmundo, Quando Radulfiis Comes fiiit potesta* Dice dim. Hund. tiviis, et sui et terre sue servientes ejus InScelvagraii. soc. dim, car. terre, et curabiere cum servientibus Sancti Ed. i« siiCLi HANG j:r. A* la the fir»l, il wm yrry early gnutctl Inini tlic nbbty in Ur<> \>atli, oiu* ol uliicli WiU ill K vLPii ur iit'Bi.o, (lie odicr in W'li 1 1 \M I ! !.o\ KHi>, or l^>i!i>, «lio«* •on John "jIcI liulfot'it to ' •• ' ..■ of lieUl ot tlic >aul Hi//iiitti, by tltc tcTvicv ol u |tair oi ^ : but I niu»t iibsn-nt*. tliul .i'letjiiii de Srirrtfootl, ur H/irii.. 1 liic }f»ti}i/ii \n\ix, ill wliiib i'ainily it cuiitiiiucti two or three v(i.iicraliouSj ailt' luirll aid. Ill ll*>0, llt'l.ll !>.\ ViLLUL vva^ lurcl, . li viiTiitii.u>ii:\v,.iiiit M)n, wliL), iiboul i KitiiAUD, wliu wus in tlu: custody": < >iby grnnt of llti^h de liiirgli, Juitu'iary (Cliicf-Ju!iiu-v,) wilii wiiuiii >lic coni|>ouiidc-d for MOa, Tiic |)o»sc»iat)s of tliis Itic/iord,* uliicli \i.nl licrc, and iu lirvme lUid Kicnmrton, (now .Irumton,) in Hicj , v.cri' then worlli 40/. ixr annum, uiid were all litld b) sirjcantry, I'Z. by the st.•^^•it■L• of (-unaucting the foot »olciiiT» of tin* tMo counlii-s of ^ '" ' , lor 40 liays, at the Kind's suiiiiiiuii», from St. 1. /' ...w c:dl.d Ihvirs Dilih ou \i:,muikit llialh) to the king's uniiy in l\ ales, for which he uaa Lo have 4ii:w D'AviLEEs inherited, who died in i'J7 4, leaving it to John Im son, who died in anno 1318. This' John «old all to AValter pb Suelfiianueu and John de Sotesduook, or Sluktfbntok, who afterwards became one of the heirs of the j-aid Walter; nnd, in \'lHf), took ]>osscssion by the King's license, and had frit-warrcn allowed him in all his lands. This manor hatl a hou^c and park, 80 .ocrcit of arable land, one acre and u half of me.ulow, a mill, and 104. rent.* That in Bmmf hud a ine>.-tiiage, (>0 acres of land, 4 of meadow, and 4 of pasture, &.c. ; nil which were to be held of tlic said John lyAvelers, This John married Isabel Ujfurd, who was endowed in Arrcartim manor, by whom he left IUrtholomew, his son, who l>ecame lord ofallUicsc manors; bj*. which it seems, that the grant of this and llroiiic was only for life. Ho married Jitan, relict of John, s(.)n of t\ illuiin dc CaUUcolc, and «licd I81I1 Ipril, I.J.JO, leaving her a widow, and tour daiiuhters, his coheirs; Itabrt, married to Sir Robert lianm, Knt. had llundrlon ; Ciceli/, lo lirian de Ili/keHirj;, and had Itnn/ie ; ^lar^nrrl and Jiuin, ouc of which (I have some rc.uon to think) mnriied to lUcliard II x\ ■ ■ il. icmp. II. ]. n K. I. K. 15. WiocfcnJiinc, qui fuit occuut ad bclluiu mundi nil. . in 1 I.. U . (fo. ull.5. Iu. »97.) iti. 3\\)\ iiii bull iiii 1. ( - . c T ■ .ivjiii 1. lib. ill T. • • II..,.. K. i . 1 . I SHELFHANGER. 123 Daniel, who had Shelf hanger : the whole came afterwards to Isabel Bacon, (probably for want of issue of the other sisters,) who afterwards married to SW (J/ker Calthoip, and carried the three manors into that family. The D'Avilicrs arms were, arg. three incscutcheons gul. and are now quartered by Bacon and Catthorp, by the name of D'Y/ers. It was after divided into many parts, by which the manor was all lost, except some trifling rents, which were in the Duke of Norfolk in 1536; it was then called Sherzcoud's hi Shelf hanger. It remains now [1736] with the other manors. The other part, which was LOVERD'S, INIade a free tenement, called by the owner's name, to which many- services bclonjicd, and daily increased, as the owners of the tenement sold oil' their lands, all which they made payable to the celerer of the abbey, to discharge the capital tenement of the rent and service due from it to the abbey; and when enough was sold to answer that pur- pose, it became a freehold only, and as such has passed ever since ; this was finished in 1GG6, by John le Loverd,^ when the lands of the abbey were extended, and all their revenues settled on the sacrist and celerer, who let theui to Guij of Shelf hanger, who was to answer all rents and services for them. Ihe lords of Hoe's manor usually farmed them and received the rents. The Black Register tells us, that Ham- mond Peccatum* (or Fecche) confirmed to Abbot Ansclm all that land, and Is. rent, which his grandmother Jenetta, and his mother JE>3//;/, had given to that convent; all which, in 1281,*^ were valued to answer 20s. per annum clear. These came to Henri/ VIII. who gave some of them to divers per- sons, and others were granted to Norton, 8cc. by Queen Elizabeth, to be held free of the manor of East Grcenzcieh in Kent. Here was another free tenement, called WINFARTHING TENEliiENT, From its situation on the great road near that place ; it laid in Shelf' hanger, and anciently belonged to the Berclenells, being held of their manor of Gatcsthorp, by the annual rent of a pound of pepper; half of it, in 1280, was owned by Walter de IVinfarthing, and in 1298, by Robert, his son and heir, who paid half a poinul of pepper for himself and all his tenants, which were about thirty in number ; some 3 Lib. Cons. p. 66. Regr. Pinchbck. lid. quas Radulpluis de Shelfhangcr, ct fol. 171. Rcrr. Sacrist, fol. 43. lixredes sui reddcnt iinoquoque anno, ♦ Domino^ siio karissimo Anselino Sancto Eadmundo ct Saciistas, et Con- Abbati Sancti Eadniundi, et 1 aleboto veiitiii, tribus Terminis, viz. v. sol ad Priori, ct R. Sacristae, et ornni Convcn- Pastlia, et x. sol. ad l^rstum Sancti Jo- tlii, et omnibus honiinibiis, Francis et hannis, et x. sol. ad Festiim Sanctx Ca- Anglis de Honore Sancti KaUiiuindi ter- terinx.— Et ego pro i^ssc mco qiianidui ran° tencjitibus, Haymiindii^ Peccatum vixero, maniitencbo id, quod constans ill Christo salutem. Sciatic me cunces- sit, et post me volo, quod hreredes met sisse tcrram el redditum, quain Jenetta hoc similiter faciant. (Regr. Satrist!e> Ava nica ct mater mea Esilia, dcderunt MSS. fol. 53.) et concesserunt domino mco Sancto * Moil. Anij. tom. i. fol. 298. Eiiduiuudo et Conventui. Sc. xxv. so< 1-4 Ml Ll.l IIA.NU r.K. of them wore obliged to duuhlc •crvit'r for their lan«l», n:. lo pay one rent to tlie l»rtl nf the leiicinciit, and unollier tu llie cliief lunl of tlio f«-c, tiiul ttll toi»»'ilier wi-f»- li) |i ■ ' ' ' *' fooitli pari of n iititliini;, lu tlw Kiiii;'9 Miitat^e, \ ir-, tlic Ulliout wIikIi wcic- -liiiil (o .^ . rtor, :in, by Jbc same wrrviees ; llie manor of iiiitnl/iurp (ut Gititlwrjt in Sorjnlk) liad ibu rent nlwnvs |iai; lo the lord of (iiislhurp ; for ^)i>mrnlatf infoiins xm, thai f\ nitnrthuiii^ n.-iu:hed hitlKT. And thi;! is the whole 1 know of these manors, all wliieli in 1532 were in Thomas Duke of SorJ'olk, and being Uien joined, have eoii- tinued togciber, without any other dislinetion, as they do at this day, [I7.>'>,] live style of the court running thus, She/fhanger, I iseitelicn, Jloe's, and Frier's. Till: Ci^sTOMs aretluso: the eldest Non inherits; they can fell timber, pulldown, build u|i, plant, and cut down on the copyhold, and \\a>tc, without lircnsc ; but the tines are at tlie lord's will. TTie Ijttt belongs not to the manor, but hath passed wilh Din hundred, the lord of whicii keeps it at this lime, and bulb 2). for led fee. [173G.J Tlic Rev. Mr. Jo^i-ph Jhiirhman, rector, bears or, a chcvTcn between tJircc bugle horn>, stringed, .«///. on a chief ^'///. three lions rampant or. Mr. IliUiain Elliot, senior, gu/. on a bend ingrai!< d m, .i Liltooii of the field. ' {fol. 38.) In Scclvangra i. vill. xv. which bclongnl totlic manor of Winfar. acr. icrr. temp. dim. car. ct ii. tx)rd. thing, tilva V. porci ct ii. acr. prati. — All [ 125] B U R S T O N. 1 H E Cliurch and Gild here were dedicated to the Blessed Virgin ; il was a recloij'' appiopriuU-d by John oi' Oxfuid, liisliop of \oru'uh, to Uiithy priory," wlio were patrons, il being given Uiem by Ivin^ Jlenri/ I, at tlieir founder's request, before lie yuve llie manor to tlic I'itz-IVdIleis. Ill liifj,'}, tlicir temporals were taxed at Cljv. ()(/. and tlieir spirituals at 17/. («. He/. 'I'lic inijjropriulion was couliriiied by the arehbisliop, and tlie viear bad a |>cnsion of '2(j.v. H(/. payable by the prior, out of tin; great titlies, all wliieli were afterwards disa]>pro- jiriatcd, by the j)rior and eonvent's resiguing up the eliureh and tillies, and presenting a rector. Jn 1510, upon Drai/Us's institution, a pension of 40s. per utiiium was reserved to the prior out of the rec- tory. The lands that belonged to the piiory were granted by Qucea Ehzahi'tli to dill'ert.nt persons, some to Eduanl Di/er, Hugh Crcaincr, and others. ,\ Kiii'/s Books. I TeiiJ/ia. I Si/nodak, j Archil. Procnr, I Jcres Glebe. Id I 1 1-2 O 1 "0 i: 4 I 7 7 06. | 74 RECTOR.S AND VICARS. Wi/hart, rector : sans date. \1\)9, '- kal. Mar. The rectory was void, and a sequestration grante, \rhcn it «ra^ alieiiMl tu Sir John SiiARfK, K.iit. who, iu 1314, obtained hccnM to alien it to W'li.L. Tylri, or Tylot, niul hit heir«, to b« h«-ld a* fornwrlr, bv tlie service ot" a red rose yeiirly, pnyablr l«> the Uuk«- of .Si/" to his honour of Et(f. In l.MS, llii* Sir John Sfiarpf, kt. und H Tyl(r, Knt. &.C. lords of iinKkdifJi Hull, and .lulin Millraiite, I'nor of the priorv of the holv I ir'^iii, iinoiiI 1:)7 iieres, copyhold held of it 4.'1<> acres, the (|uil- renti about 18/. prr annum, iirokrtlif»/i Hall abnt-i upon \iirtlii:iitr (irrcit north, and u;is then, with 1;! a adjoining, copyhold ; (his manor »vas about half llie value of Mrlili/nir Hull, John Mrllr:;nlr, prior, Thi>. Urcrrhi, sub-prior, and I'ho. Hnncne, sacrist, signed it. Unxkiliih Hull [(nul then KJ*. per annum frecrent to U'iiifiirthin<; : it apponiN that HonritT Hrownk was cousin iftid heir to Sir John Sharpe, from whom it came to the I'rttisks, and from them to Uoj.ton, and frem Ho/lau to Thomas Proctor, senior, clerk, whose kinswoman and heiress married to Joit.M BtJXTON of .St. Mar^arel'$, who finding no license for the alienation from liollon to t'roftor, was forced to get a royal pardon,' from which time both these manors have been in that family, Lliza- ■ETii UuxTON, a minor, being now lady [173G.] MLLDINC; HALL MANOR Was purel»fu»ed by Sir I'ktf:h nv. Meaimso, or Mf.ldino, of King Hrnrt/ \. to be held by tins seijeanlry of service, that tlie owner of it .diould always sell the beiiils taken in \i>rf'iilk or Suffolk for the King's debts ; it was then valued at Hi. j)fr aniiiun. ASii.i.iAM, his S4in, had it next; and after him 1'etkr, his son, who owned it in 1'2'2'>; and in l'2-l!)sold it to Sir UoBERT m' liois of i'rr'JirUl, re-.erving a rent id" 4/. and the serYicc of a quarter of knight's Ke, the whole of which he gave wiili bis sister in marriage to llegiiiuld dc Sulluii ; for which alienation • Sec BoyUuid manor in Briiiagham, • Sw Stiimpling, and Hewode lUII fol. 57. manor in Duu B U R S T O N'. 129, the King seized the scijeantiy, wkich was taken off this manor when it was sold, and laid 011 MeHw^ manor in Suffolk, accoiding to a leofl- ment made by this Petar tJe'Me/iiig to Luurcnce de Mc/iiig ; but lie gave them tlie vahie in exchange. Sir liotieit da Jiuis, senior, left it to Sir Robert his son,' who gave it to John de Boscg, his brother, who, in 128G had Kej/'here; but before 1,008 it was again in Sir Jiohcit de Boh and Christian his wife, who afterwards settled it on Sir William Cauhonel, Knt. her son, (this Christian being widow of Sir John Carl/ouet, Knt. when Sir Robert married lier,) who was lord in 1315; and in l.'J<}7, RoBEKT Carbonel, Knt. and Margery his wife, had it, and John was his son and heir, 14 years old ; lioliert died seized this year, on the e«h of Sept. to which Mr. Le Neve's Collections agree, though he says it had been out of the Carbond family in that time, and was the inheritance of Sir Robert DE Caston, and descended to Margen/, wife of Sir Robert Carbonel, and Mary, wife of Sir William iasto/f; however it was, John Carbonel, son of Sir Robert, inherited, who gave it to Sir Roger Swillington of Ditchiiighant, and Joan his wife; he died seized of this and Old Hall manor, in Sicillitigton in Yorkshire and soon after his wife died also, upon which, the Iving received the homage of Robert de Swillington, brother and special heir of John, according to the form of the gift made to Roger. Some time after it came to Sir John Swillington, Knt. at whose death it was divided ■ and in 1404, Sir John Graa, Knt. had two parts of the manor, in richt of Margaret his wife, sister of Sit John Suiillington ; all which was'mort- gaged to Thomas Murstede, Esq. for 200 marks. From this time to 1454 1 know nothing of it; but in that year Sir Andrew Ogard, Knt. died without issue, seized of this manor of Melding Hall; and it looks as if he gave it to RoKENHAM Priory; for it appears from the Book of Accompts of that house, that this manor belonged to it, and in 1479 was let at 15/. IDs. at which lime the prior hired the other manor, at 5/. loj. fer annum, and let them together; and from this time it continued in the convent till its dissolution, and then went to the Crown, and being afterwards granted oft', it belonged in 1570 to Francis Boulton ; and in 1573 it came by exeham'e to Thomas and Michael Heneaoe; and after that, having passed through divers families, though but with small continuance in any of them, it came to the Buxton s, and was then joined to the other manor. Mr. Le Neve says, there was a manor here, (which was this, as I take it,) that all along attended the fate of the Albanies of liokeiiham castle, from whom it came to the (Jrrebi/s^ John of that sirname had it in 1315; from thence to the Cailys, and so to the CliJ'tous, aai ' See Fersfield, fol. 77, ?28 B U R S T O N. capital lord of whom this manor was held. I cannot find how it went from the Brockdish family ; but it was in the BoYLANDS, from whom it passed by Maud, the heiress of that family^ to John Lancaster of Brisingham, ami went' as Boyland Hall, till about 1500, when it was aliened to Sir John Siiari>e, Knt. who, in 1514, obtained license to alien it to Will. Tyler, or Tylot, and his heirs, to be held as formerly, b}' tiie service of a red rose yearly, payable to tlie Duke of SiiJ/'ollc, to his honour oi' Ei/e. In 1518, tliis Sir John S/iaipe, Kt. and (Vm. Tyler, Knt. &,c. lords of Brockdish Hall, and Jolui Millegatc, I'rior of the priory of the holy Virgin, and St. James the Apostle of Old Bokenham, and the convent there, lords of the manor of Metdtjitghall, agreed to divide the two manors, which having for a long lime been farmed together, were now so intermixed, that they knew not their separate rights; wherefore they got two books in indented bindings, the one having the convent seal affixed thereto, and the other the seals of the two knights, 8cc. in tiiese the division was entered, and the one was delivered to the prior, and the other to Sir John Sharpe, &c. which is now among the evidences of the manor, from which I collected, that Meldytig Hall abuts on Knot's Lane north; the de- means were about 137 acres, copyhold held of it 439 acres, the quit- rents about 18/. per annum. Brokedi^sh Hall abuts upon Norfhgate Green north, and was then, with 13 acres adjoining, copyhold; this manor was about half the value of Mcldi/ng Hall, John Melleirate, prior, Tho. lieverh/, sub-prior, and Tho. Brozcne, sacrist, signed it. Brockdish //«// p"aid then 10s. per annum freerent to Winfarthing: it appears that RonF.RT Browne was cousin jfnd heir to Sir John Sharpe, from whom it came to the Pettuses, and from them to Bolton, and from Bolton to Thomas Proctor, senior, clerk, whose kinswoman and heiress married to • John Buxton of St. Margaret's, who finding no license for the alienation from Bolton to Proctor, was forced to get a royal pardon,' from which time both these manors have been in that family, Eliza- beth Buxton, a minor, being now lady [1736.] MELDING HALL MANOR Was purchased by Sir Peter de Meaulij^g, or Melding, of King Henri/ I. to be held by this serjeantry of service, that the owner of it should always sell the beasts taken in Norfolk or Suffolk for the King's- debts ; it was then valued at 8/. per annum. VV^iLLiAM, his son, had it next; and after him Peter, his son, who owned it in 122(i; and in 1249 sold it to Sir Robert du Bois of I'ersfield, reserving a rent of 4/. and the service of a quarter of knight's tee, the whole of which he gave with his sister in marriage to Reginald de Nutlun ; for which alienation ' See Boylajid manor in Brisingham, ° See Sliimpling, and Henode Hall fol. 57- manor in Diss. BURSTON. 1^9 the King seized the seijeantry, which was taken off this manor when it was sold, and laid on Melius, nianoi- in Suffolk, according to a feoff- ment made by this Peter de Aleling to Laurence de Me/ing; but he nave them the vahie in exchange. Sir Robert du Hois, senior, left Tt to Sir Robert his son,' who gave it to John de Bosco, his brother, who, in 1286 had rceif here •■, but before 1308 it was again in Sir Robert de Bois and Christian his wife, who afterwards settled it on Sir William Caebonel, Knt. her son, (this Christian being widow of Sir John Carbuiiei, Knt, when Sir Robert married her,) who was lord in 1315; and in 1397, RoBEKT Carbonel, Knt. and Margery his wife, had it, and John was his son and heir, J 4 years old ; Robert died seized this year, on the 24th of Sept. to which Mr. Le Aefe'.s Collections agree, though he says it had been out of the Carbonel family in that time, and was the inheritance of Sir Robert.de Caston, and descended to Margery, wife of Sir Robert Carbonel, and Mary, wife of Sir William Fastolf; however it was, John Carbonel, son of Sir Robert, inherited, who gave it to Sir Roger Swillington of Ditchingham, and Joan his wife; he died seized of tliis and Old Hall manor, in Sicillington in Yorkshire, and soon after his wife died also, upon which, the King received the homage of Robert de Swillington, brother and special heir of John, according to the form of the gift made to Roger. Some time after it came to Sir John SwiLtiNGTon, Knt, at whose death it was divided ; and in 1424, Sir John Graa, Knt. had two parts of the manor, in right of Margaret his wife, sister of Sir John Suillington ; all which was mort- gaged to Thomas Murstede, Esq. for 200 marks. From this time to 1454 I know nothing of it; but in that year Sir Andrew Ogaed, Knt. died without issue, seized of this manor of Melding Hall; and it looks as if he gave it to BoKENHAM Priory ; for it appears from the Book of Accompts of that house, that this manor belonged to it, and in 1479 was let at 15/. 10s. at which time the prior hired the other manor, at 5/. 10s. per annum, and let them together; and from this time it continued in the convent till its dissolution, and then went to the Crown, and being afterwards granted off, it belonged in 1570, to Francis Boulton ; and in 1573 it came bj' exchange to Thomas and Michael Heneaoe; and after that, having passed through divers families, though but with small continuance in any of them, it came to the BuxToNS, and was then joined to the other manor. Mr. Le Neve says, there was a manor here, (which was this, as I take it,) that all along attended the fate of the Albanies of Bokenham castle, from whom it came to the Orrebi/s ; John of that sirname had it in 1315; from thence to the Cailys, and so to the Cli/tojis, sindj ' See Fersfield, fol, 77, 190 OSMl'NnrSTON, OR SCOLE. w«« *<•llll^l b) Sir John L'IiI'Ioh, Knt. in 1447, 1>V hit will, on Jeviii \n» wile, and lu"i lirir», wIiom: (Iuui^IiUt Mnrffarel married Sir Andrrw O^anl, Knt. of U>e Ryt in llerijordshirr, »«lio died tcixc-d lu uiorv- Mid. lliu mii;lii be held uf them ns capital lord«, under Eye honour, till the wholi- fi-e citine to Sir .liulrrtc, about 1 ". '!irr by mnr- riaije, purvliaie, or il>-enr», 11 .- i!i Kb. u year given to the poor, pay- ublc out of .Mr. .ilpt It'iird't farm, und waa pvcn by one ot the .4lpJ there are 4a tlwelling-liuusCs, and about 'J.'>0 iiiii.ibilaiitii. The old tenth v»a» 'Zl. l'i«. The valuation at the association, was IVAtl. and Uiut to Uie King's ta.x is J2S/. per annum. The Commons ore Puiiml (ireeit, Church Green, and Bunion or ^orlh^dle (Jn-eu, where tliey eommon solely. Tlie Custom op tiic Manor is to the eldest sou, and Uic fine at the lord's will. The Leet belongs to the hundred, to which it pays 2*. /eet fee. OSMUNDESTON. or SCOLE, •'oiNs to the east part of Diss, and is bounded by the JVai(nyon the - 'Ii: I cannoi hnd wlio lh\s Osmiimi was, tliat gave name to the ! :i, but imagine him to he n Snxon, and owner of it. Scolcs was a hiimlct to OtmiiiKlesltin, in the lime of I'.dudrd III. and cave name to a numerous family, one of whieh was rector of Freuze in 1:597 ; the ancient Institution Duoks have no ourh name, tliough it now stands in the last / a/or. by the name of Ihiiutiubton, alias .SV/io/f, which last name prevailed about the time of King J/rnn/ \ HI. when this hamlet was incrcoM-d, «o n» lo heroine the chief part ol the town, and might first receive its name Iruiu the iiholes or shallow s of the ri\cr on which it is kituati d. Here are two very good inns for the entertainment of travellers; the /f hitt Hart is much noted in these parts, being called, by way of dist. action, Scole Inn ; tlie house is a large brick building, adorned will] imagciy and carved woik in several places, as big as thc> life. It w;is h'lilt III Ki.'i.), by ./ii/i;i Peek, I>(|. whose arms, impaling his wife's, arc over tlie porch door. 1 he sign is very large, beautified alfover OSMUNDESTON, or SCOLE. 131 wilh a great number of images of large stature carved in wood, and was the work of one Falrchild ; the arms about it are those of the chief towns and genllemei) in the county, viz. ISorickh, Yarmnuth, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Yarmoitt/i, Bacon of Garholdhhum, llobart, Comimlds impaling Buktoii, Teye, T/iuis/on, Ciisth'ton, and many others. Peek's arms are arg. on a chevron ingrailed giif. three croslets pattee of the field ; his wife's are arg. a fess between two crescents in cliicf, a Hon rampant in base gii/. which coat I think 1^ born by the name oi'. I et/ieston. Here was lately a very large round bed, big enough to hold fifteen or twenty couple, in imitation (I suppose) of the remarkable great bed at If'are. The house was in all things accommodated, at first, for large business ; but the road not sup- porting it, it is in much decay at present, though there is a good bowling-green and a pretty large garden, with land suHicient for passengers liorses. The business of these two inns is much supported by the annual cock-matches that are here fought. Concerning the capital manor, I find that lialph de Felgeres had it a long time, and at bis death left it to his posterity ; for in XIOQ^ Richard de Fengeres had it, from whom it came to Sir Aymeu de Beruill, of whom it was held aitno 1270, by Henry de ScEr.TON,by the rent of 2s. Id. per annum; this was a separate manor then, and the demeans \5 acres. There was also another part in Osmundeston, which this Henry cPe Skelton united this year to the manor aforesaid, which part was held by Hugh de Corbun, of Roger Bigot ;^ and afterwards by this Henry in 1270, when the Escheat* tells us, that he held here, of the Eari of Jlrundell's fee, 100 acres of land, and 6 acres and an half of wood, a mill, and several rents of assize, by the service of half a knight's fee ; at his death Robert de Shelton, his son, inherited, who held this manor, with those of She/ton, and Bedingham, in 12S6, when he had liberty of free-warren in all his manors allowed in Eire.^ Robert de Tateshale held in capite 3 fees* in Shelton, Bed- ingham, and Osmundeston, all which were held of him by this Robert dc Shelton, and Isabel his wife, who in 1305 settled the advowson and manor on themselves for life, and their sons, Thomas and Henri/ ^ remainder to the right heirs of Robert, which Robert died seized, and then held this manor by the fourth part of a fee of Robert ds Tatleshalle ; from which time I find the following persons of this name to be lords and patrons : ' TerreRadulfi de Felgeres. (Domesd. ^ Dj^e ji^ Hund. In Osnuindestiina fol. J7i.) Dice Dim. Hundrct. Os- invasit Hugo de Corbun sub Rogero mundestiina tenet Algarus sub Heroldo Bigot, medietatem uniub liberi liouiinis. T. R. E. jiro dim. car. terre semper, ii. C. x. acr. terre et parte Hegc. Iioc villani. semper, vi. bordanj. tunc. ii. tennit R. Comes quando foristecit, et ser. modo i. semper, i. car. in dominio, post cum fuit in manu Regis, invasit sed due possint esse, semper ii. car. eum Hugo de Corbun, qui ni° tenet, hominu.li. silv. x pore. vi. acr. prati. Radulfus de Fclgeris tenet manerium semper i. equus in aufa, et ii. an. et. X. sed non habet banc partem. Semper pore, et iiii. liberi homines de xl. acr. valet n.s. (Domesd. fol. 202.) terre tunc. i. car. et dim. post, et m° ■* Escheat. H. 3. A" 55. Bundcll 3» i. et iiii. acr. prati tunc val. \\.s. post. ' Plit. Coron. Rot. 15. in dorso. 1. et modo. habet. v. quart in long, et ' Esc. 31 E. i, iiii. in lato, ec de Celto ij.i^. I*S OSMlNPnsiXJN, OR SCOLE. lilJ.TuoMA* mimI IIknhy de Si-y^LTONt:. brwUtcn umI mm vt UoUrt. J uii, 1! A LI- II VI. Si hi: LI ON, km. i:7I.K*LrH i>i; St ulliun, juu. iutl, 14.'<), N\ ILI.IAM SlItLTUN, I:jk|. 14S.I, Kali>m Siikltu.v, LU(|. Hba, "il Lkc. John SuKLiwk, Kul. died Muzcd, leaving kw in»tl«in of Sioia, SMorym^'iJiiii^HM, 4CC. U> Ji>IIS SlIi.LI UK, tui »oll. I'roui (Li* tiiuiily it raatc- to tlic lldhaiiu, in tlie yciu- I.V j»e liiuc tli« style of (lir cuurt nin tliu* :' ( Wm/u/cWo/i, iiu/trr .tldhum't qiii'iiilam Slicllottt. In lliiN nubic tunuly llie inuiiur Imtli i-vit siiK-c oniliuiKil. liif |>rc»«ui I»nl CoruvaJrii U-iug uuw [17^0*] butii lurii and pulruu. REZILE"S, OK BOVLANIVS MANOR, \\ a» tltat part of (JsmundeUon * that was in llic Crown in king John's time, and wus tiK-ii wortli Hi. \Ai. 4. This Kiiii; uavo it to ItAi.i'ii Hurl ui' C/it-ilir, tor life, at uliusc (ieatii it came to Kiiii; HLM!^ 111. who granted It to IsotitAHD OL Tank, for life; ulio dying soon after, Uic same king cave it to Sir U'lLLiAM nK Syvac (or Simigoii) fur life, ond at Li» death to Almauh dk Hlhhilks^ (or Itezila) and his bi>ir6, in \'i7i, to be held of hjin by kiiight'ii scrviue, in capilt.' ; the manor then was thus valued, i;;. ibe rent of as»ii;e of tlie freclioidern aX til. l"*. 7 J. per annum, and of the co|>yliolders \\\*oc(age, ;yis. lid. \q.' in 120<), 8lli of King Jubu,^ JiluiH lie Statce/i lieltl it o< that king, >^hu had it in an isehcat, it bciug licld of Richard dc J\jtgercs, lord of the Cupilitl manor. Sir A v. M Kit (or .lilmaric) died in I279> ttiid the esthcutor s<-iz)'d ' on h\i LiuUs fur want o*' lui heir;' be \va:> born beyond aea, us the jury atlirmed, who iiientiou Kmina his wile, and l\t(r de Ihrrih, his gruiidsoii, to be hvjui:, but where, lliey knew not. It oppeurs at tliis time, that one third of it laid in SnirsloM in SuffuU;, and netu' one thiid in Jrcnze, and the rest here. 'I lie Kiim after the seizure did not iiold it lung ; for, in 1^84, lUKard I. granted in fee to Sir HiriiAKD III. Hoy LAND,* and lii« heini, all that Sir .liflmer dr ' E. Cop. Ciir. pcrficieniliiiii, lunc dimJd. car. mixlo • Terra Ko-,:cri Bigoli. Dice dim. niihil »riii|>. val. I. wl. iluaiir. iDuiiitmI. iu\. 1 1 j.)()ununc!r4- '- Phu. Cproiix. luiu leo. Algarut irrc. tub >- ■ I .b. I.cvcll. T. R. fc. dim. car Ire. tt lend Hi Lib. Kub. Scij. fd. ti6. Corbun. temp. ii. vJ. el vi. Ix. TrtudrNcvill. icniii. I. car. Ill doininiv, *ed ii. \'< * i'ijtiu Curonc, A" 15 E. i. |}I6. eue. Tunc et |>o»l ii. car. Iiuuu.mni, Kui. 15. modu 11. el d m. >ilv«. iv. pore, ii vi. •• De KKselit. acr. prali cl 1 lib. honioei dim. «lc xvi. «• Jumtorrt dicuni Q\, John B/cverhansct granted it to Thomas Coknw aleis, Knt. wliose heirs purchased the other half, after many conveyances of it from l\ odeliousc to Gn/mc, and from Grt/me to Rant and others; and in this family it hath conti- nued ever since, it being now [173(>J annexed to the capital manor. The Church is dedicated to St. Jmlrezo the Apostle, having a square tower, and but one bell, thouglx not long since there were five. The church, chancel, and south isle are leaded, the south, porch is tiled. On a black marble lying in the chancel: Fremoidt. A chevron between three ferdumolins Bedingjield. Erm. an eagle displayed guL Hie jacet Elizabetha Joelis Fremoult, Generosi Uxor dilectissima, Edmundi Bedingfield, de Halesworth, Ar. Filia natii maxima : Verum Pietatis, et Fatientiae, Exemplar. Dum Ilia in Cajlis Gaudet, Amici omnes et Familiares, Imprimis vero Maritus et Filius Charissimi, Nee non Pauperes et Egeni, In Terris Lugent. ^Dni.MDCCXX. ' [ impaled. Obijt Quarto Julij, Anno ^"jj lijj " Osmundcston, et Stiirston, in com' '< co in Osnumdestoiie, et SUirstone, •« Siiff. que extenditur per ann. ad viij./. " que ad viij° libras et qiiinque solidos " et v.s. de b-swetis Nornidnorum ct " per an. exienduntur. Habend' dicto •' Richardus dc Boylund. modo tenet " Ric° et lieredibus buis de ipso Rege et " terras illat, sed nesciunt quo war- " lieredil)us suis per servicium iiiedie- " ranto. Q^ii vcnit et dicit, quod do- «' tatis iinius militis, pro omni servicio, ♦' minus kcx nunc dcdit ci terrain illam *' &c." «' per cartum huani, quam profert, et que This Richard at the same time claimed " hcc teit.uur, quod Dominus Rex pro liberty of frce-warren in this manor, by *' laudubili scrvitio quod dictus fidelis the King's charter, which he produced,, " suus Richardus de Boylund ei im- and had it allowed him. " peiidit, dcdit concessit ct carta sua ' Esrh. No. 6. " confirmavit eidem Rich", omnes terras * See more in Brisingkam. " « tenementa cum pertincntijs que Al- ' Vide Funse Maner, " maricus dc Besile, dcfunctus tcnuit de VOL. I. S 154 OSMUSDESTON, oa SCOLE. Til-'- ' thf pulpit, for " Aune Wife of George Sednr, who In a •oulh lilc window were iliMe arui*. and Vfforit$ witli a bend ar^. all which arc now lost except LowdJiam, LOWDHAM BRAIIAM. WW V 5 HELTON'. This rectory is in the deanery of Urdathall, arch deaconrj* of iVof- folk, .iiid dioc< ,f of \oncichi valued in llie King's Buok» at 9/. but is now discharged, being sworn of ihc clear yearly value of 4()/. so that it is capjible of augmenlalion, and ih freed from first fruit-, and tenths. King'' Books. y Clear Falm. 40 O Stftvtdah O a O Procurations. ti 8 /teres (ilebt. CO -Vonr. Valitat, a marks. Lincoln I aliiat. IG murks. OSMUNDESTON, or SCOLE. 135. RECTORS.' 1297. John (le Petrestre, rector.' 1313, id. March, Alan de Hallegate, priest. Thomas and Henry l)E Sheltonk. 1S14, 10 kal. Nov. Ralph de Sheltonc, priest. Ditto. 1343, 18 Decern, Sir Henri/ de Shelton, priest. Thomas de Shelton. 1349, 14 May, Richard alte Lane of Walton, priest. Ditto. 1352, 7 Jan. Robert I'lemmyng^ priest, on the resignation of Richard de Walton. Ditto. 1354, 21 Jane, John de Tyryngtone, priest, on tiie resignation of Richard Fleming. Ditto. ]36l, 6 Jan. John liarcourt de Brentillegh, priest. R.\lpii de Sheltone, Knt. 1371, 31 March, Jndrezo de Colneye, priest, on the resignation of John Harcourt. Ralph de Shelton, junior, Knt. 1407, 3 Jan. Sir Clerk of Casfleacre, priest. Ditto. 1416, 5 Decern. Robert Tiilbey, on Richard Wilehin's resignation, who changed with him for Brome. ^VlLLlAM Shelton, Esq. 1420, 14 February, Robert Smith of Palgrave, priest. Ditto. 1442, 26 Jan. Henry Russell, priest, on the resignation of Robert Smith. Alice Aluiuford, widow. 1483, 30 Sep?. Henry Russell; he had Thorp-Parva. Ralph Shelton, Esq. 1520, 18 Sept. Richard Prior. John Shelton, Knt.* 1550, 19 June, Thomas Marbury. Ditto. 1533, 6 Nov. William Whyck, on the resignation of Thomas Mar- bun/. John Aldham, Gent, of Shimpling. ijjfi, 8 Jan. Nic. Awdeley, priest, at Ifhyck's death. Ditto. 1558, 13 Oct. Nicol.Calver, on Awdeley's resignation. Ditto. 1560, 4 April, Richard Johnsone, priest, on the resignation of Calver. Ditto. 156s, 1 Febr. John Trapett, on Johnsone's death. Henry Ald- ham, Gent, 1597, 2(i May, John Smilh at Trapett's death. Thomas Corn- wALEis, Knt. in full right. He was patron in 1510. 1598, 4 Nov. John Smith, on his own resignation, united to Frense. William Cornwaleis, Knt. 1617, 6 Dec. Thomas Hall, A.M. Nathaniel Bacon, Esq. and Jane Cornwaleis,^ patrons. IG42, John Welles, A.M. Jane Bacon of Culford. ' Dominus Henricus de Sheltone Rochford in Essex, and changed it with est patronus, rector habet mansum cum Walton for this ; his name occurs not XX. acris terre, procurat. vj.j. viij.i/. in Mr. Newcourt. Sinod. pro termino Pasch;e xii.i/. pro * Richard Shelton, master of Metyng- termino Sti. Mich. xii.::, \C> l\t. 1 i/rwr,* A.M. Cau. I-otil ConvwAi I ', I70J, \[) l)t(. I Nil. Abraham Cotiptr, .A.M ' llii- jifi [1730] ifclor, at iit»3. here win- 81 comiminicsMit*, nod now [l?;!*^ ll>«Tr arc nlxtiil 40 dwclline-liuuM-*, niiii 2:M) inhiibitiii)(». It puiil I/. I7i> Iciitlii, anti Hal alloMoU ~s. clccluciiun* uiit ul it; it wo* rated in tlu* j>iirliaiiii-iil uviocialiun at J(X>/. und iiuvv lu the King'* Inx nt 436/. Here u uii auutiol fair kept un (ho Tueviuy utter Luster diiv. THOKP-PAKVA, or LITTLE TIIOKP, 14 a small village on iho rast part of .^co/c, liavini; only lour iiousca in it; till' nanie of Dopp in Ndi-u/i si(;nifu-> a inanor-houM', and this is tailed in ancient eviiK'nees, Thorp Mhiihcucii, proliahlv (rom Ralph tit Maiierijt, (or Manors.) lord ihcreol, un lie holtli it united to Thorp-Abt>otj. the jctli of January. »(.° John Swan, Dq. for Ull* lllMI. 14^!), 51 Viiy, l\ tlliam Sad. I'lu' Hishop, by lapuc. J4-.. /.,.r. .Indrttc .-tal'i/n. Litpx'. 1-i /r/»r. licurtf HuutU held il uniled lo Sru&. UiCliAliD Win 1 I , < ■< III. I»|»J. ,7 Marfh.Jofitt M'tU, uHUe6ea(ini( \icholasCan(. Hkn'RY Wyott, 11»*j. I.WKi, 7 .\Iay, Sir Henri/ Ptuninf^, who had hit firsl fruiU rf milted bv tile llisliop, oul of rc»jK'«'t iiiui love lo llninf H yoll. Ins patron. I,'>10, 'JS Jan. Rotirrt llu/iiniliii n iiujiik : nil Pennine's di-atlu IIlnry WiATT, km. IJIfi, 1540, I May, Siehoia$ Tfmper/fi/,tcliQiw. Masgaret Wiiitb, widow. H)02, 2 Vor. John Bond, A.B. Kinc James, bv Inpst'. Kki.'), ») .Vor. John Bound (or Bona) ulorcsaicf resigned ; but he recalled it und was reiniituicd. W>27, Mr. John litirgrs, rector. Ifi3'2, Hii^h Nation.' Edward Doyly, Eso. l6:J7, Eiiicard Hudson, A..M. Tlu- Kim; by Lapse. iWi;., ;J() .Vol-. Kohtrt [llnnd, A.M. Tlir Kino by Inpso. 1700, iO Ffbr. John Ficldtr, A.B. Thomas Kuni.NiiON, Gent. lie was buccccded by John Burgatt, after whose death, 1724, 18 Jan. The Uev. Mr. Thomm Buiton, A. M. was instituted, who held It united to Shinioluig. John Holt, Esq. 1738, 13 .\or. Samutl Birch, A. \i. instituted on Buxton's death. Kow LAND lloLT, Emi. united to BiHin^f'ord. IT,i!i. 'i'> .W(M/. died Samidl Birch, rector, and Uiis rectory was consolidated to BHUngford. Tliis town bt lunged to rjric,^ who held il of F.drir, the ancestor nf Robert Mairt, lord of the honour of /-Jy?, ol whom it was held by Hubert in the Conqueror's time, when llie manor extended (as it now [i73f»] does) into The/ton; the whole being valued at .v.j. in th«> ("iinfessor's, and 2<)s. per annum in the Conqueror's lime ; the iigrcl then to the Kini;, to whom it paid .W. Geld, being a I J, und three cjuarters ot a mile broad. It afterwards came to the Miintchrnsiei, who held it of tlic honour of Eye, which was held ot ihe King in caitite. In l'i<><», W ILLIA.M D£ V\'i:sTON wog owucr ot it, und this year released it lo Alan Pictaviensis ; (afterwards called Alan dt Gotdynghum ;) und in I'i.Vi, * Robert d.ceri homines cjusdcm Ma!ct. Dice Dim Huiidr. xiiii. acr. Irrrc scinp. dim. tar. tunc. In Torp. (e.iuit bdiicus toe. Mib tuiiiiii valiiil x. sol. |>o>t ct in" xx. soca Edrico antra. Male! Ixxx. acr. modo Rr(;i>. Torp habet tin. quart, in longo icnct ilubcrtiis Kinp. iii. vill. et. iii. ct iii.in lalitiidinr ct dc Cclto iii.tf. LITTLE THORP. ,5^ Daniel de Beccles ' hold it of tlie said Jhm, by the son-ire of one kn.ghU fee; he of />//// l> H»U.1 ol \i-<\ to I _ iiuw [1736] lord and p. ill Ml. llu / luwn. F R E N S E Was nhvnvsonc manor,* wlilch in King FAltrnrtTs lime was held l>y I'.irte' of hjlric, for «nr carucnlc ; and in tin- CoiKnu-ror's time liy Hubert, o( Rohert Malft, lord of Eift ; it was then wortli lis. pi-r amiiim, being rive furlong* long, and four broad, and paid 3d. J)i:iii^(tJ. It was alwavs held of F.i/t honour nt one ({uartcr of a kni'^ht's fee, and paid x.s. relief. I do not nuflwith any lords' names* before IJ-^',' when John dr Ladfiain yMxs lord and patron, whose family ti>ul« their sirnamc from a viliui^c so called in Suffolk, in H i/j'urd hundred,* which they held many ui?es. In l'2<)7, it was settled on ^Vll.l.lAM DE LiDHAM, ckiHl .lUct his wife, and John llicir son, and his heirs. In \3'i[), Joan, wife of Sir John /,i/U intu It, ii did iIk ntanors of Tiitlull and ' ' ; I'arva. The Abbol of M. td- . lord of 1 iitliill, in the Conqur. i,, •■■..■ 1 ..I i>»o locHKn here. (D' iti.) In Krcnie ii. soc. > '>ti dc x\]. acr. bcmp. dim. Mr. vai.u. tol. A° lilts Hatting, held ij ar. i. »ilji!> of ihc Abbot'i fee. 1367, Will. dr i' irn/c held It. •;Ujnit»d. fu\. 77.) Tcrre Rub. Malct, Dice Dim. Hundr. Friia lenuit Edricui »ub Kdnco, pro. 1. car. terre. mudu Icnet Hubeituk, tunc ct po»l i. vdUn. niodo li. tunc ei post. i. txird. nuMio ii. srin|>er i. at. in dniu. temper amnl homines cum duobuj bovils >-( iiii.acr. prali, modo i.mol. tunc ' valiut X.I. modu xv. habel v, qi 1 in longo ct mi. in lato ei iii.J. deOeltn. * It teemi as if the Ludtumi liad it from the Sheltonj. ' Liber CcduUr. ♦ Nooiina Villw. FRENSE. 141 Thomas, son of John, and Joan his wife, held itj jointly with Maud his wife; he died in \38o, and Sir Robert Cokbet, senior, Knt. held it, as guardian to John Lowdham, who dying, left it to his wife; And in 1401, the lady which was the wife of Sir Robert Corbet, senior, Knt. held Boi/laiid's in dower, and Sir Robert Corbet, junior, her son, held Frtrtze, during the minority of John Lowdham, son of Thomas de Lowdham and Aland his wife, wiio, when his father died, was but seven years old. This John died iJSlli April, 1428; .-Jlice his wife surviving him : he left only one daughter, Joan, then 14 years old, married to Thomas Heveni/ngham, Esq. and after that to Ralph Blaverhasset, Esq. both which she outlived, not dying till June 20, 1501, being 97 vears of age : she was seized of Boi/knid's, the other moiety of which was granted by John Lowd- ham to John ]\ oodhuuse. John Bl.werhasset was her son and heir, being 77 years old at his mother's death. This is a very ancient family, taking their name from B/eversela, or Blevcrhai/set, in Cumberland, where the eldest branch continued a long time. In 1382, Jlan Bleverhassct was mayor of the city of Carlisle, as was John, in 1430.' In 1412, Ralph Bleverhayset was parliament-man for that city, and so was Thomas, in 1584. In 1510, this John died, in the 87th year of his age, seized of Frenze, and a moiety of Boi/land's ; he had two wives ; Jane daughter of Thomas Ileigham of Hcigham Green in Suffolk, Esq. by whom he had Sir Thomas, his son and heir, now 49 years of age ; and Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Tindall of Hockwold in Norfolk, Knt. He came from South-hill in Bedfordshire, to Frenze, which estate he gave to John, his son by his second wife, who dying without issue, it was divided among his four sisters, Margaret, married to Robert Jf arner of Besthorp, after to IVilliam Drury of the same; Jane, to Sir Phillip Calthorp ; Anne, to Sir Henry Grey of Wrest in Bedford- shire, Knt. ; Ellen to Mites Hobart of Plumstede in Norfolk, Esq. se- cond son of Sir James Hobart, Knt. Sir Thomas died seized of Frenze and Borland's, June 27, 1531, leaving George, his eldest son by his first wife, his heir: he died in 1543, and by his will gave Frenze to Margaret liis wife for life, and liui/- land's moiety to Mary, his daughter and heiress, then married to Thomas Culpepper, Esq. she being to have Frenze also at Margaret's death. This Man/, by fine, settled Frenze on Francis Bacon, Esq. her second husband, and Edmund his son, for their lives, both which had it, Edmund Bacon of Harleston being seized of it in 1572 ; after wliose death it reverted to John Br-r.vERUASSET, who had enjoyed Jioyland's ever since the death of the said Man/. This John was brother to George, her fa- ther : he sold the moiety of Boyland's to Sir Thomas Cormcahis, Knt. and his heirs, but Frenze continued in this family ; for in 1587, George Bleverhasset held it; and in 15y5, Samuel Bleverhasset. How or when it went from this family I do not find; but in ItiOG, 24th Nov. Richard Nixon, Esq. died seized, and 5 Willis's Notit. Parliam. vol. ii. p. 2^3, 4« VOL. I. T U2 r R E N S E. KiciiARP wn« In* ton and lirir, wliotp ion. Diamond Sijom, m>IJ ii tu Sir UoBKBT ki.Mr, Uart. whuie »on, Sir Robert, it now lord nnd pnlrun. [I ?:>(>■] Titc CiiiiicH I* a Miiall iHiiUlmg, of ftjuul hfi^lit, t-ovrritl wilh ulc ; niul liaxiiig iu> »Uvpli-. ihc Ih-11 Iibii};!i tin ilic milmir ot ihc roof. at tlir wol riid : lltcrc »* norch ii tiled. It i» 1 to St. Andrrtc the Apostle,' as iipjK ars fioin the will of / .', who desired to be buried in the chancel of St. / 'I'liu meanness of lite fabriik halii preserved the inscriptions Irom beinj; rcaved, fur it loclk^ like a barn, at a di'ilance. In the chancel, accoiding to his will, is burii-d Rnljih lilrxtrhvsut, Esq. w hose efligies, slandijig u|>on a lion, still retnaiits ou a stone, and this inscription : Pir liirct trntralili^ Wir fiatiulpbuti !?lt^rrl).iri)5rtt ilnnigtr qui obiit riiii° Oif .JHrn^is j"Jotocinbri^ il' Oni. in" . Joanr ^IrDrrhas^tt, the IDiff of fialpb CMrtrlia^iStr, >i:.-il.tl)tT*aufll;tcrant)lHiro( -jLol)" UouiCiliam.vnboDicD thcjotlj C»an of iunf \M\. llie same MSS. hath the folluumt; mscri|itioii, now gone: '• Here Iveth the venerable Gentleman John Hlavcrhasset, Esq; who " died il)c 11th of March, in the Year of our Lord, 1514." On a stone by the south door is the efligies of a woman bidding her bend-i, with lluee shields under the inscription. 1. Jliiisft with an annulet, quartering lAinilhnm ; i. Ditto impaling TiudiiU, quartering I'ecktin ; 3. Tindoll i|uartering Orton and Sciues. f>ran (or tljc ^oulf o{ ^ant !?lc\Jtrljan#^rtt, ITfCioto, latt IPnf onto Oo'jn CMaDtrbans^ttt, <:*quitr, toljirhr -;janf Qcpartto outc of i\)\9 prtptnt Unf, tl)t Di ??ari of l end, f rrt Inftb *ir fhomaS CJItutrhansiStttf. hnnobt, toljifh DfttgjinO the rtjit I>ai' of -June, the Ocrc of our lorDc Xi\ t)' rrri. ano irrni ncrr of rlic fitianc of our ,f>otif tanflnt IfltO hi;na Pcnrn the liiutl), ttl)Oi)» /$>ouif JJooparOon. • Rrgr. CutcBC in Archiv, Norw. fo. ilj, b. F R E N S E. 145 At each corner is a coat : 1. Ilasset with an annulet, quartering Ortoii, impaling Lowdham and Keldoii, quartered. 2. Ilasset and Lozedham quartered, impaUng Heigham, his first wife. 3. Hasset, Lowdon, Orton, and Keldon, quartered, iinpahng Bra- ham, with a crescent. 4. Hasset, and the three quartered as in the last, impaling two lions passant. His effigies still remains, in complete armour, having a surcoat of his arras, viz. Bleverhasset with the annulet, (which this branch alwa^'s bare for difference,) with his quarterings, Lowdham, Orton, and Kel- vedon ; (or Keldon ;) under his head lies his crest, riz. a fox passant. On a marble three yards long, and a yard and half wide, is this on a brass plate : i?ere bctlj ©ame .IBargarct 2?Ielicrhaji^ct, ©etintoe, late IDjE to .f>pr €i)oma^ SJIctcdjajisct off ?un^, ttnpgljt, gi>otoghter to 3of)n 23ra}jam Df nDttljernnsiScr, ^iSquper, tobo had g^iSuc fao tlje ^"aib M>w 3Li)omai, Vmn M>Dnnt^, SijomaiS a prps^t, anD 3;of)n 2BIcbcrijan.s'£t of 2?ar?l]am, bn IBtdv'i in M)i\«. anD fytae ©otoaijtcr^, tljat ns tlje vTjJi bap of 3iulji, m tJje Here of our 5Lorbe iSob, a. M. €€€€«!!. li. toljo:^ ^otole ob garbon, amen. Another stone hath its inscription torn off, and one shield ; the other is Cornwaleis impaling Froxmere. U4 FRENSR. llic next hath a roaii in armuur, hi* (wokI hanging b«(bfe hiin on ft Wit, hi* hantis cii-rlrd. Iliitnl quartcu Ijoadham and Ortoit , Orton or LomtJu iin[i*lc» IHf lafft s toir Oc ha^ift. J. ■ .11 V ,.f Oitny. i)oDciiU>: J 9ni. A\ b t. iu. Uii nnulhcr ktoue : crc»t, a i'ox »cd«iit on u wre«lh, uuder it, ui a lowngv : 1. Ilatxt, Lomdkam, Ortou, KcMon, Skeltom, Duk*, fre«t» - - - . LoaiJK. •2. I'lilix/'txr quartering n chevron iH-twccn eleven martlets, 3, 2, I, 4, J. •inpalins' //fore. .i. HacoH inipuhni; Hmsfl uuti (ji> 4. Htiofl iiiul quartering*. 5. Ihike. will) an uauuhl, quartering three peUcans vulning them- •elves, ami Iretle (i. OrtoH. Maria: filiw « I haircili unicac Gcorgij BIcverhasset, Miiilu inaurati Enupta; uriroo Thomac Culpt.per, j\ .[ui hie, poslen rranla-, Ho»pilali, li<'nii;iiir ! Joannes Cornwalcis, el Joanne* Ulevirhaisct, Menions et ainoru ergo posueruiit. On a brass fixed to the north ehaneel wall : \f!ttt unbfT Inttht ffiomavn piatrr^', JF'auohKr of Ororoe r>uhf, >i:*quiirr. ano IDifc to lOilliam piatfr^, Aonnc t l^cicr of fliomas platrr* of .^lOtrrlm, "irviquirr, tohicljc ot)frtiont Uaon Ournc <{;l:?alictljc, ^ l.>(iO. Platfn, arg. three bcods wav^ nz. Platers impaling Duke and his quartering!). More tiiwarda the east, on the sjiid wall, remains the im[)rrsMon of a briis% ifh'^ies, and inscription now lo^l, l»ut in a MSS. (marked E. 26, fol. '23.) ID Mr. Anttii't hands we have the lollou ing uccuunl : Platers'i arms and Duke's : €^a(r pro animabu0 IPiKi piatrr^ ct ^homajinuron^ 'taa filiac ^ufit < < As also otiliis, now lost: Oratf pro I^onuna -Johanna 123tal;Ani, Sioua uf. ^Jatjni: ^ratiam Oc HottObam, Jriniotri. Tira/uim impale* Duke. (h\ n stone having the cfligies of a woman in her winding^ sheet, lidding hex beads : FRENSE. 145 ii^tc ifltet tumulata bomina ^oJjanna 2?ralbam, bi&ua at ©co Dicata nlim ucoc ^oijannij; 2?rflljani acmnjcn que obiit vtoiii &ie .Roijcmbri^ a° ©ni. Hiillimo <&€€.<£.<£. jrii'. cuiu.^ anime ptopicictur 5I5cusi, 3imen. Braham single, and again impaling lieydon. Rei/don single. On a brass plated stone near the north door, a man in his winding sheet, and this : ftrap for tl;c ^otofe of yDur Cljaritc, <0l €])oma^ IJob.son to tlje Crpnjitc. On three flat marbles : Nixon, on a chief, an axe impaling three roundels. Here lieth the Body of Richard the Son of Richard Nixon, Esq; and Susan his Wife, who departed this Life the 28lh Day of August, 1678. In the 22' Year of his Age. Nixon, impaling a chevron between three lions rampant : Reliquiae Richardi Nixon, Armig: Qui obijt 24° Novemb: An° Dom. J 066, iEtatis suae 77. Per fess embattled three pheons impaling Nixon : Here lyeth the Body of William Cooper, Gent, who died the .30"" Day of March, 1693, Aged 54 Years. In a north window was a man bearing Ufford's arms, and by him stood pictured a lady in the arms of Sheltoii, covered with a mantle of LowdhamJ In the next window, or, a fess gul. Ilasset, Scales ; m.iny funeral escutcheons for Hasset ; one for Catherine, wife to Thomas Froxmere, Gent. In the windows, Ilasset and Lowdham quartered. L,owdham, — Ufford, — Dalimer,arg. three inescutcheons g«/. ; Shellon, Mortimer of f'Vigmore, Ufford with ;i label, again with a de-lis, again with a batoon gobonne arg. and gul. ; again with an annulet arg. In the west window Lowdham. Lowdham impales Bacon, gul. on a chief arg, two mullets of the field, pierced sab. Or, a fess gul. impales Scales. Lowdham impales az. on a chief g«/. three leopards faces or. Mascule or and sab. Most of these arms still remain in the windows. I find among the evidences of Brightlead's tenement in Scolc, that Thomas B.opkyn was buried here, with this inscription, now lost: p:ap foe tijc .Rotate of SiinmaiS iHopfinn. I have now by me three brass shields, which I am apt to think were stolen from this church some time agone; the arms being Shelton impaling a cross ingrailed erm. ' MSS. pen. J . Anstis, Gart. A. ii,io.2i2. Another MSS. marked E.a6,fo. 33- 146 FRnNSE. SkfJi ti iiiijdliDii a fi»» between fiHern billeU, 2,4, 3, 2, I. At Mrt. llilft at i'aitor, neat Yarmotith, I mw nn anricnl canvau ' -•oil)'!, pnint<-«l ; bul V ^1 nri" worn oul : tJu>M- lliitt urf iKTtctt I 10 M) (liKplactrtl, iliul the tunc (iT tlic II,, \ ihcir »uc-f«-»»ion. lllevt. Ijotrdham, ns in p. 1.14. Ktlrtdon, (or Ktbloii,) gul. n pall reverseil erm. (irt-ti, firg.u lion rampant giiardunt rrr/, crowned or. .*>. :. on a fVs-. Utwccn lliree dt'-lisc»or, a crc»cenl fab. ( ' , Hare, llrudoii, H iii'iiU'l'ly Heapt, KtmjH, (iusuold, Spi/man, tolby, .ilcock, liorrtf, Orury, Jlubburtl, Iltigham, It arnrr, fjuortering Hhdiiall, L'althorp, IajvcII and Jiuthi/n. HECTORS. 12f)», John fie Prle.ilrr.ncior.* lj'25, iirid. non. .Inn .Inhii fir Wivailomo ( \frrhnuse) de Snapa; presented by Cecii.v, widow of Sir Jloberl de I'Jf'ord Earl ot Sujulk, and lord of Ki/f, Koiikkt dk Shelton, and \Villiam Tastard, guardians of .lohn dr iMtrdham. 1340, -1 •'^'V''- Utillrr Maiiiiei/ityn (after wrote in Deeds Malvesyn.) Sir John Low ihiam, Knl. 1:581, 7 Mat), H illiiim Pai/ok, priest. Thomas de Ia)Wdiiam, Knt. 1382, (> June, John llaxter, priest.* DiHo. 1.5<>.!, 4 June, Pticr Ruuf, priest. Sir Kobkrt Cohbf.tt, senior, guardian to John de lA)tcdham. ' Rr,;r. Curlryt, fol. !94. Kwfx, and rhlngni wiih Payok ; he died '* li^ivicr wu vicar of EarlcKoln in 1 J9], and wat buried in this church. FRENSE. 147 1394, 20 May, Henri/ Brakkele, priest/ Sir Robert Corbett, senior, guardian to John dc Loicdham. 1397, G Decern. Sir John de Scales, priest. Dillo. 1401, ult. Jan. Michael Crowe of Kenniiighall, priest. Ditto. 1404, 4 Oct. Sir Tho. Warner of Ltyham, priest. Gilbert de Deben}iam, for this turn. 1405, 8 'blow Robert Pope of Frandeslon, priest. John Lowd- HAM of Burgate. 141(i, 18 Oct. Tho. Biikkc of Me//es, priest.* John Lowdham of Ipswich, patron, by rii^lit of inheritance in a lineal descent. 14lG, 20 Jan. John Grecve. Ditto. 1417, 22 Oct. Roger de Kni/veton, priest. John Hevenyngham, senior, Knt. Will. Shelton, Esq. Will. Lord, clerk, and John Intewode, for this turn. 1419, 22 Dec. John Rawe, priest, on Ktii/ieton's resignation. John Lowdham. 1423, 31 Mai/, Simon Warner, priest.' John Lowdham, Esq. son and heir of Thomas Loicdham, Knt. 1428, 10 April, John Bubicith, priest, on Warner's resignation. John Hagh, Esq. 1479, 1 8 July, Henry - 1484, 22 Sept. Robert Stiikely, collated by the Bishop. I meet with no more institutions till 1597, 21 April, Edmund Stanhaw. The Crown (as guardian to Bleverhasset.) 1598, 20 Oct. John Smith, A. M. on Stanhaw's resignation. Sa- muel Bleverhasset, Esq. united to Scole. 1603, John Smith, rector, of whom the Answers of the Parsons in- form us, tiiat he was a preacher allowed by the late Lord Bishop of Norwich, but no graduate. 16I8, 21 Api-il, Tho. Hall, A. M. united to Scole. Samuel Bla- verhassf.t of Lowdham, Esq. 1642, 10 Sept. John Gibbs, A. M. on Halts death. Richard Nixon, Gent. 1651, \QFebr. Toby Dobbin. Ditto. 1673, 22 Sept. Tho. Wales, A. B. on Dobbin's death. John FiNCHAM of Outwell, in the Isle of Ely, Esq. ; he had Thcltou. 1702, 7 Oct. Tho. Palgrave, on Wales s death. Diamond Nixon, Esq. 1725, 24 Aurr. Will. Baker, on Palgrave's death. Robert Kemp, Bart, united to Wacton-Parva. 1734, the Rev. Mr. John James, the present [1736] rector, on Baker's resignation. Sir Robert Kemp, Bart, patron. Kind's Books. I Clear f'alue. I Si/nodals. I Procurations. I Norw. Taxa. 2 13 4 1 30 00 loiol 030 ' 100 Lincoln Taxa. 6 marks. • Rector of Brensete in Canterbury in Essex, which he exchanged with diocese, which he changed for this. Biikke for this. » John Greve was aSnister of Wiley ' Afterministerof Thurrockm Essex. u« Til ELTON. •lui I lir*t liuiU mill li'iiliit, iUui i> t.-ii)j«l>ii- ol uu^^iiuuLKtiuit , 1m-iv i> . lor\-l)uUM-, umi ulxHil J v>r 4 iicrr* of ^IiIh. It u h kiiiall \; haMitf; unly (> Iiu«mi>«, aitd abuut L"neulaif it i« uid, liiut tlio rtvtor llicii liitd u Iioum- utid ^) ucrra I rni, nut IkXl-d. '1 Ite ul«l t(S\tlt Wut I/. ,S«. itu: i«>«(KiatiO« VilluttlKill, 'JUi/. /*rr AfiMwM, and the prcx-nl volualiuii ii Wjt. T at tl U or TIIK MaNUB It lo lllO cldc'al sull, Itlld llic fiw it ill ; tlio IffI beluligt tu lliv liundicd, tltc i(tt-Jct l>u«iig T II K L V () N, 1 IIELVETON, or, as ill the Conqueror's time, Tfhettiii, had two manors, Ix'&idi-s u |>art tliut bt-loiigea tu llic liunourot' Ei/e* 'IImj manor that bclontt-d to L'/y was gninlcil from that church, among olh«-rs, to Iltnry at llhia, wlio, in llic lilark Book of the Kxcheqiifr.ii returned to hold thre«- kiiii;ht!> (w» of the churrh of Eti/, and wua nflcr^ards, by the Murshals, who sucoccdrd in that honour, given to tile Siolnn, who, in I'JS'J, held both tlu' manors; for in the in(|ui»itiuii then taken at the death of Jn/in Ic Miiruhnll, .Infi'rn/ n ,- .lim. Hun >ra ii. 1 ■ '...I. viii. act. ' lis. tunc ct )« liil, temper *al. Jivi.<^. Icrrm hancic Adeldrede (ic. de Ely) Dice dim. Hund. fo. 190. 1 civeliinam tenet temper Sancia A. tx. AdelJredji) pro n. tar. terie, m I boriiT. tunc li. < null. >em|et I. leug. 1:. ^ , .i dim. in Uio, el de Gelto vu.d. Terrr Ciileb«rti ArbaJitlarij. Dice dim Hund. (o. itt. In 'I rivcntima, Icnuit Aluus sub Kegc tdwardo pru n. car. lerre temper iiii. vilttn. el ii. bor- dar. tunc et pott ii. car. in dnio. modo i. temper i. car. Iiomiii. tilva xx\. pore, ct iiii, acr. prali, modo i. equiit in aula, tunc. ix. un. modo viii. tunc viii. porr. vat apum, et III commend. ni° XI. m° XX. ovci el 1. »Ji , 'I n . uy I I'l .11 v.ihiit xl. tol. iiuido IX. < Plili. Tenn. Hil. ij K nwg. II. ciir. inter tunc el i>ott I. bund. TH ELTON. HO free-warren in these manors allowed him in i^yre, the first of which was in this family soon after the Conquest.* Jlardevinits de Scalers, the first of note of the family, was one of the vahant jSiormans that assisted the Conqueror in his great expedition, who gave him many manors, and made him a baron by tenure. The advowson of the rectory was given to the convent ol St. ]\[fin/ Oven/ in Southaark, very early, by souie one of this family ; all the rectors, that are to be met with in the Institution Books, being presented by the priors there, till the Dissolution, and from that time by the Crown, where the pa- tronage now remains. The priors had a portion of 5s, paid out of the rectory, which was taxed atM.' In 1304, Thomas de Scalarus held it of IVilliam le Marschall, and had the King's license to alien 40s. per annum rent out of it. In 1,'U2, Thomas, his son, succeeded to IVuddon and T/ie/lon, which he held of Sir Robert de Morley at one fee, and he of the Bishop of Ely, and he of the King. John, son of Tiionms, and grandson of this Thomas, was heir. He married Amif, one of the daughters of Sir John de U'helnetham Magna, Knt. which John left three daughters, Mari^^cri/, married to Jokn de Sutton of H ivenlio, Knt. and Man/ to Michael de Bures, between which three his inheritance, sc. the manor and advowson of Great Welnetham, and the manor of Alpheton, See. was divided in 1371. In 1387, John de Chalers, lord here, had Thomas a son, then aged 13, whose son John held it in 1401, of Robert de Morley, he of the See of Elu, and that of the King, being then the King's ward, in custody of John de Hevenyngham, Knt. which Sir John hclcl a quajter of a fee of Julian, sister of John de Thelveton, as of the manor of Thelieton, and was a part of it, which was held of the Abbot of St. Edmund, and laid in Gissing, and was alienated by Thomas de Scalarijs as above, to one of the family sirnamed de Thelveton. This John de Scalers (or Scales) died in 14(jfi, leaving Thelton, and JVhaddon to Maud his wife, who died in 1470, and. left three daughters co- heiresses ; Alice, married to Juhyi Moore ; Anne, to John llarcourt ; and Margaret, unmarried; but to which this was alloted I find not, neither can 1 tell who owned it till 1,)38, 10th March, and then it belonged to Beatrix Harman, sole daughter and heiress to Ilenrif Maine, Esq. who was lord of Thelveton, by whom it was settled on John It alts, clerk, to the use of the said Beatrix ; and this year the said John IValts infeotfed Beatrix in it for her life, remainder to George Boug- ham, Esq. ne.xt kinsman and heir to tlie said Beatrix, and immedi- ately after she released her estate for life to the said George and his heirs ; this George the same year settled it on William Rogers, and Catherine his wife, and their heirs; in 1540 George Bougham, IVilliam Rogers, and Catherine iiis wife, iu- feoft'ed it in Thomas Codde, and tf illiam Loues, (or Love,) and their heirs; and in the same year George Bougham released to all those feoffees, all his right in it; and then Love and Codde infeoffed If il- liam Rogers and Catherine his wife in it, to hold to them and their Chauncy's Hist, of Hcrtf. fo. in. ' Taxa. Rclig. A" 1418, fo. 42. VOL. I. U IJO TIIKLTON. hcin: Ctitherint tuniving licr husband in 1J54, S4tb April, told ibe niAnor (u John Srinnr., firm, who pave it to FJitttlxth liit wife, for life, niul then to John Stulitx hitt rldcit too, who gave it to Anne hi* wife, lo he sold, of Mhum Thomas llA>p.R«of H -i;;, Gent, in \S\r2, piirrh;i»cd it, and died MiO.S, and Irt't it ' / •ccnt in thii family. Im Havkrsp.8 had tl>eir ri« under the Sorf'oik family, which ihry have isen'ed for many geiiernlions ; Jnfiti Hiners \va« (•eutlcmaa of the Hon»e to Jahti I)uk«- ol Vor/ii/A-, and alli-ndi'd liiui in the had' f Horlli /-(f/r/, » liert' that (liikc wni khiin ; John lltiirrs of Hii . in \iirf[t/k, wni Slowuid to the fainilv. a.s was '1'hnnuif Ilairrs, his son, who piirrhaM-nrkt>; \i illuim Haven coiitiuucd the same offic-e at his father's death, and Thomus Havers, the present lord, [I7;)(i,] now hath it. Their armx are of ancient date, b«it were coiifinnod with the addi- tion of .1 fre.it, h\ llolicit Cooke, C/ureiicieitx, in llicsi' words: " (iottMe, on a fess siibles, three chess rooks of the field. " Crest, on a wreath s^old and sii/>(es, a griffin sciaiit erui. with a " crown for a collar, chaiiic, p. wich. Mary, dr. Mary Engle- 'of field of Collins of Bcrluhirc. South- wold. SuSol. T. Havers, lord, ob, 1 Febr. 1697. Alice, dr. and John. Su&an coheiress of Sir mariied to T. £. Moore of Kitlington, in Nottin|;hamsh. Bare, of Nova Scotia. Risdcn. Eliz. to H. Hudles- ton, £«q. of Saukton, in Cainbndi^h. died in i66j* Thorn. Havers of Norwich, goldimilb. Grace, dr. of Hen. Barney, of Ane- merc, Norfolk. I — Wm. Havers, Esq. lord. j ' ., ,., Ihomat, a re- Mary Dormer. , ,, ' ligioui. Hen- ry. .Mary, a nun at Bruges. Thomas Havers^ Henrietta-Maria, Esq. now[i736] dr. of Sir Simeon lord. D'Ewcs, of Stow- Langctoi, Suffolk. Wil. Havers of London John ob, s. p- Marv, married to II. lUdingficId, Fiq. of Stol»> Ash, SuOulk. Thos. WUliant. £dwaid, Hcniicua-Maria, I5« TllRLTON. 'flu* ntcl»>ry it iu llu- nnlulcaconry of Sorf'olk, and tK-anfry of Rf- tltHhitll i nnd bring (iiicliur^ffd uf hrtt fruiu nnd tt-ntlit, is caiiutilr of aui;iiirniatu)ii. Il l>i»lh a riTtorv-lii>uv, wliiili, willi S acn"* i)f land U ' i>> It, wa» niven In tlic chiirili in l;J73, wlu'ii the rector oi-: . Ii(x*iiM- in uiortmain, locuiitirin it. kiMg't Hookt. I Clfiir I tilmf. I S^ModaU. 1 Profuratioiu. yoo I 4(iou l'o2ol a H Norte. Tiiiiit. I Acrn (llrbt. 15 Mark*. I 7 O O At llic time of the IahcoIh taxation, Uie rector had 22 acres of gli-bf, the rectory was vnlticci at 17 marks, bcbidcs tlic Prior <)f.S(iM//i- tcark's portion of \\t. out o'i il, and paid xiiij.f/. I'tlcr-pfiice, and in the A'onrirA taxation, llie jwrljoiia of Uie canons of Southvark were taxed at vij. marks. The C'hircii is a small buililmg, cuiuisling of a nave, chancel, and south porcli, all tiled, and a !.(ju:irc steeple, and two Ik-IIs only, one Ik-iiii; lornurlv .t,oii ili<- ^(>ulll l«\ 'y>.«/.'u«, .iiul uu li. ,. .1 .»g. It ih u reclurv ;i; '. to the iiiiiiiur, :iiui Uiiig iiiM'litUi;cti ol til at iVuitA anil t< : ' ~ (-Hpubic ut auKiiuutaliuu. Tlie rccturv liutli u liuutc and )6 acre* of itU-bc : .Vorti/cA DomtsJuif say!>, tiutt liiduird dt Houlaiul wai then putruu, thai the rectur lioil a bou!'e and xv. acres uf Tnad ; dial tiic procurutiuns were tlicn vi.i, \\u.d. and the syaoduU xxii.ti. King't Books. I CUar Valut. | Synodals, i Arch. Procun. Aerei Glfbe. I N'ornr. Taxat. I Lituoln Taxat. lcui iv liuvc UcQit RECTORS. 1305, kal. Dtc. Robert de Boitcylf, accolitc. Willi AM de ScHYMPLlNt;. l.SCa, 7 liul. Mar. IVUL de Schj/mpL/tig, accolitc. Roceb, sonof fi ill. de Shi/mfjliiig. 1338, 12 Juli/, John de Qherchegate, priest to Sl Gevrge't church at Shi/mplins. Ditto. 134y, Robert Sampwn, priest. Emma, late wile of Roger dc ikhifinplyug. l.Kil, IJ Sept. Ric. de Halle, priest. Ditto. 1S«)2, 21 Sept. I'eler S(olt. Ditto. 1386, 19 April, Tho. de fVellrs. Thomas de Glemf.sford. 1393, 28 March, lVelle% chiuigcd this with John .Miille lor Mildes- tnn rcclori-, in Sarum diocest-. Roger de Ellinuiiam ond Joan li AKDLGIIKY. • •!!»'•, -'J .March, Mulle exchanged with Will. Stoue for Ludenham \a Knit. Ditto. 1401, '1\) .4iig. John Driiri/, priest, who resigned Walton vicarage in exchan;;c fur this. Hoctii dm I'Lly.ngii am. 1408, 7 Aug. John Cok of llliiigiuii, priest. 1421, 8 Oclob. Rff^iiiald Pepper of Berton Bendytch, priest, on the resipiintion of Cok. Ditto. \42\, ti .March, Tho. Young, on P»7>;)«t'i rcs.it;nnlion. William, son of H"^rr de I'.li/iigham ol Elynghatn, near nungri/. I '• ^liircfi, liich. Scin/ngiicll, OH }'(>u/ig '.i resignation. Ditto. li .J' ^i/tt. H (liter Shiftir oi Disse. Lap!>e. M.i'J, 2.1 Uctob. Thomai It right. Lapse. U.il, 14 Dec. John (jrygby. William Elyncua.'H uf Elyng- hum b^- Bungey. SiiniPLING. 155 1437, 12 Octob. Richard de Schympli/na, on Grt/gby's resignation. WiLLTAM Elynomam of E/i/ngfiamoy Bungeif. 1449,31 Jan. Robert Caailc, resit^ned to fo/in Beest,'m exchange for IVinlerbuni liassct rectory, in Wiltshire. Ditto. 1451, 21 Jpril, Thomas j\'lessiiigcr, on Beest's tlcalli. Ditto. 1504, John Odiham. 1507, 4 -4ug. .Tames G'«//t.' Lapse. 1525, \\) Octob. Thomas fVarde. Thomas Smardelowe, Esq. 153G, 2(i March, John Lanman.' on //7//y/'s death. John Aloham, lord of the moiety of E/i/ngham's manor lierc, by turns. 1503, 2G June, Thomas Oxford, alias Farmer, A. M. Stephen SlIARDELOWE, Gent. 1572, 24 Nov. William Luffh/n, on Oxford's resignation. Ste- phen Shakdelohe, and John Aldmam, patrons. 1609, 1 -^ug. Nicholas Colte.^ John Sherdelowe. 1642, Jeremiah Gowcn.^ Adrian Mott oi Braintree, and Margaret Carter oi' Stratford in Essex. IG49, Thomas Cole,* clerk, A. M. John and James Mott, Gent. 1G84, 9 Dec. John Rand. John Buxton, Esq. united to Burst on. 1706, 1 Jan. John Culver, on Rand's death. Robert Buxton, Esq. united to Gissing. 1729, The Rev, Mr. Thomas Buxton, the present rector, [1736,] united to Thorp-Parva. The Church hath a steeple, round at bottom, and octangular at top, and four small bells; it is leaded, though the chancel is thatched, and the north porch tiled. It is dedicated to St. George,' whose ' He was buried in the chancel ; in nature. Teste me, Ni. Colte rec- " Item, 1 wyll the pightel late John tore ib. " Auncettsin Catt's Kcnnc, to bcletten In 1653, Aug. 4, one Alexander Di- " to the best profet, and tlie yerely neington was chosen register, the first " fernie thereof to fynd andkepea lyght of whose entry in tlie book here follow* ." byrninge before the blyssyd sacra- literatim : " Upon tlie seconde day of *' inente, in my sayd cliauncell for ever, " October 1654, I rccevid a requeste in " in tymc of divine service." Regr. " wrightinge, for the publication of a Briggs, fol. 179. " concenteof a marriage betwen Robte ' Buried here May 3, 1563. " Cliase of Shimplinge, singleman, the * Buried here Dec. 5, ,641. " sonne of James Chase of Shimplinge, ^ Buried liere May j8, 1649. " aforesaide, and Margarette Bakcler * He was licensed to preach in 1664, "of the same parishe, singlcwoman, and was buried here Nov. 29, 1684, "the daughter of Eliz. BakelerofTi- ••S^d 73. " vetshall. Margarctt have come be- ' 1627, 4 April, Mr. John Sharde- " foir Thomas Shcrife, one of tliejus- lowe my primitive and dearest patron " tices of peace for this coimly, and buried, summo mane. " desired to be joyned together in mar. 1640, 7 Oct. Mr. John Mott my " riage,ackordinge to anact of theLittle afflicted patron was buried by me Nic. " Horn'd Parliamentc, lately in that Colt. Memorandum, that the last day " cause made and providid, in the pre- of February or the first of April 1636, " scntis of Alexander Dencington and I sealed a licence and delivered it to ray " Thomas Chase, brother to the said present patron Mr. Mott, allowinge " Robte Chase.and Robte Bakcler,"&c. him liberty accordinge to tlic statute in From the Parish Register, this case provided ; to cat some flcshe In 1507, John Awnccll who was bii- mcate this Lent, for his comfortable re- ried in the church gave to St. George's lief in his present sickness and weakness Gild, in St. George's church at Sliim- 156 .^11 I M I' 1.1 N ti. ■1, Willi 1 n |il.iiii ' i» to be iwn in s Miiiiltiw . . .il M'«'lll^ > '!(! ii!t tlir buildini;, wiiii'li III all a|>|>riinuiit- win in tlic bcKiiiiiiiii; of (lir tliirttcnlli c-<'tir\. iihougli tlir »U-<-ple i» mucli ulder,) for llii'ii H lUiam de > wiu U>rd uiui patron. wIium- ornu »lill rvmniii under thu rih-ii •>. Hi. nrt. n fliifrgi*/. n fciu between »ix de-li^e* uib. ilere wn« a (itUi in honour of tlic lUknu- kuint," iiiid ii Cliam-1 dcdi> rated to St. Marif, whu-li »t«M>d in S/iimfilitig lltlhi, of which there art- no rt-niuins. 1 bi!> hiient, Rninleil lu Uukiird the eli.i|>iuin of S/iimjdiii!;, 7 ri»od^ of meadow in liurrkcr in Shim/diMg, &.e. in |>or|H-tun( alius, paying yearly 5d. ut the hiijh allur in llie cathedral, Ut uhieh Jufiii ricnon of Ciisiing, and other>, VTfre wilnesM'-,* so that this imisl be before ISOI, for in thul ycor (ierntrd the i'rior died ; this »us down before ibe general dissululion, for 1 meet Milii no grant of it at that time. St. (irorgf and the dragon, and the arms of .Shimpliug, arc carved t>n the font; the »:haiu-el is covered willt large grave-stones, all dis- rob«-d of their brasses; several of tlu-m were laid over the rectors, as up|K-ar from the ehaliec and wafer upon them, titat being the sNinbol of u piicst; tlie rest that had arms, I take to be laid over the S'. ' V and the Shardrluus. The arms of ■«■ are, org. a chevron gitl. between tlircc croslets fitcbee, ai. CrtU, a plume of fvathers arg. On a small stone towards the west end of the church : Richard LesiDgbum,ob. i' die. Octob. Anno Uni. 1 7<>.i,-lil«tis gusc Here let him rest, Memory stile him dear, 'I'ili our Redeemer Shall in itic clouds a{>pcar. Ou a marble near the pulpit : arms of Palter, sab. a fess between three mullets arg. (V«j/, an elephant's head erasetl arg. guile de sang. Here in ex[K'clatioii of u jovful resurrection, resleth the body of Cicill Potter, Gent, who dyed Jan. the iyih, lG«J3, aged 70 years. In tt window : Gloria in €r(tHi^ ^to. Mere are twelve penny loaves given to as many poor people, by ihc rector and rhurch-wardcns, on the fi/«t Sunday in every montlK, there being land tied for it. In the Confiiisor's time Torbert held this manor of Stigand, it l)eiiii; then worth 'JOj. of whom the part in Ciis.uiig was also held by unotlier freeman, and was then of .»j. value, but was risen to ten in the Conqueror's time, though ■S/iimpling continued at the same pling (Ji. tJ. with legaclcj to St. M»r)''i wife Marcar«t'», »nd mother'*, and all G>!J 3t RiirMoni and lo repair itie nay hit frirndi, as long at loo tnarkj UtI, I' Waliot Croti to Diu mar- at % nurkt a yrar. k >rcd bir 1 ho. Prrcivall hi» '' Rcgr. Hanyke. pf.cii, i'^ ojntinuc hi* itrvice in Shinijx ' Rcgr. Sacrijt. Norwic. tng church for hit own loul and tus * Browne's Kriit^nt, addend, p. 45> SIIIMPLING. 1J7 value. This, as one manor, was given by tlie Conqueror to Roger lii/god, wlio gave it to Robert de f ais, (tie I (illibus, or I'ans,) it being then a mile and a (|iiartcr long, and a mile broad.' Tiie whole [)aid hd. Geld. There was then a eliureh and If) acres glebe, valued at I2 111 M I'MNC. ''' u ij'ii, Hu/rtftJiri^ H tfmtfUU hnci a moiHr of iiAtl» f |mr( ; lie aird in I.SJH, niid wa« i>;irl to John bi« ton,' wliu lictd IC ^ . (, III 1J7I , Mr. .Hiihata liud a luuitli p.irt ol Ibo iiiiinur, aud a Utird turn, and Mr. Shartielou' titreo n,\/U aud iMu turtu. 'lliv |>u(ruiiii^v and luttiiur \tii* hi Mi. ./u&m Mitilt, wliu wiu bunt-d iktohrr 7 , MiUl, luid .^oAk Mottr, and bu ! ' ' ; iil>-«i III l<>4;i. It luiiks iM it° till.- Muttrt had ruf«'l>i»M-il Shanlilow'* «■! Mr. JoAn Sttar' I Willi /* iior 111 I'lortUn, ■I IJ«- ■/ it to EJmiiud , Lxj. tttid Aututtff kiarrif.i'tini. and tliov tu t'homat iValett ..'I Liaufif, (i«-nt. mIiu cunvevcd it lu tbe ^loUt, Iroiii whom, I am apt to Uiiiik, it cnme to the l^rocton, fur John Buxlan of Su If . . r/'i ill South E.lmham had it, in ri|tbt ot hi!i wilo, Mrho wua lU and hcin'>s o( Mr. I'riHtor, rector ol (<4i.ii(':tf. 'ihc Ltd livluiiKa lu the in;u)or, and tlie fine is at ihc lord's will. As to llu- other parl6ol' tbii> villuKe,*lhey beini; parts uftbe manor* of 'littlmll, rirs^c/ij, ;uid BriaMg/uim, it in .xudiiienl to oW-rve, riiat Ui«.-y went with tbos« niauoni, exct'|)l Unit part bt^ld hv Fulco, oi wbuli tbv rt lilt'd Viiuhbek, lo. \Hi, ^\i ibut Fuko or I'ul- rhrr held ol ■ .L 111 Smtplmnithain and (iissiiig, 7'J acres, and ^ itil(.-i>di-d by Ab(>ot Liiiltluin in llie time ot the * , , iibuut EJtcard tlic I'lrst'* lime, wa« in Sir ./u/m aharilttoaf, a judgi.- in lliat Kind's reign, in whose faniily it conti- nued till UiM, uhen it wan !>old to Mr. Molt. Ihe scut ot' the SJiar- dehw is now caJled tlie Flact, aud i» the estuU: ut tJie DuLc of Graj'lun; and (,a> I am inl'Lirined) I'ormcrly btlonijfd lo Isatir I'tt^ MUiglu)!,' aldctnian ot London, one ot Uiosic rebels that Hai iu> judi^ * Regr. Colnua, tejt. profaal. le Sep. iii». t>.) Trrrc Regis qutin Go. vjt. Dice Dim. Hiinilr. Tn iinut inlr^er lit 1 ocr. &c IIUI (to!. I Si., Tcrnr Abbaiis dc Soo. Eadnuirido. Diet Dim. Uundr. In Siniplinca vi. loc. p«rtin. 1X1 nunrrio (»c. to the Abljot'i iiunor of TiI^iaII) de »>» ' -' <■% ' 'wrH. >-• '!. jtr. pri' irc- (K. in bbimpiingj libcr hgjug xl. acr. quod tcaet Fulc etti. bard. Kmpar I. car. ct ii, acr. prati. tilva iiii. porcL. val. x.i. (Ku. iSi.) In Simplinga i. lib. horn, et dim. de xiiii. acr. semper dimid. car. et I. acr. prati, valei xviii.i/. ct apprc> tial. uiiit in BrcMndhani. r jc( Dioo ijm >i. >. i aote- .11. lao- luudo i. fFol. 7».J Xcne Dun. Huiidr. In Iit>cri huminct r"' ■!' cuMirik Rob. tiuu. XV. acr. 1 but. M:iii|cr val. XMi.d, Tliii [url belonged lo tli« liODour of Rye, of uiiicli il wat alwjyt Ucid luthii tiiif ; I have seen several old Uxaliuns Ml, H Iter* we lucol wii)i iheie , VIZ. 'Ilut lluipait belongs ' Abbot v.* 1 ' • t M..iiii'i xjt A ii.aiatl* ' , vol, xii. p. ji, and. 30. Sec the id part S»7. uf die lliaury of Indcfcndency, p. loy^ SHIMPLING. ,59 at the King's trial, fof which villainy he was kniuhted. He lived to the Restoration, when, according to his deserts^' his estates were seized as iorleited to King Charles II. who gave this to the Duke of Grafton; upon tlie forfeiliire, the copyhold on tiie different manors were also seized, which is the reason that the quiUents to Gissmg, Titshall, &,c. are so large, they being made so when the Lords reoranted iheni. i have seen an ancient deed made by John Camerarius, or Ckam- bem, oi Shimphng, to Richard dc Kentwe//, clerk, and J/ice his wife, and then- heirs, of S acres of land in this town, w itnesscd by Sir Gerard de Itachesam, Knt. and others, which is remarkable, fur its never having any seal, and its being dated at Shimpliiig in the church- yard, on Siindai/ ncKt before Paitccost, anno 12 H.* This shews us that seals (as Lawftflrrf justly observes^) were not in common use at tins time ; and, therefore, to make a conveyance the most solemn and pubhck that could be, the deed was read to the parish, after service, m the churchyard, that all might know it, and be witnesses, if occasion required. I'lie Saxons used no seals, only signed the mark of a cross to their instruments, to which the scribe affixed their names, by which they had a double meaning ; first, to denote their being Christians, and then, as such, to confirm it by the symbol of their faith. The first sealed charter we meet with is' that oi Edward the Confessor to Westmimter abbey, which use he brought with him from ISlormundu, where he was brought up; and for that reason it was approved of by the ISorman Conqueror; though sealing grew into common use by degrees, tlie King at first only using it, then some of the nobility, after that the nobles in general, who engraved on their seals their own effigies covered willi their coat armour ; after this, the gentlemen loUowed, and used the arms of their family for difference sake. But about the time of Edward III. seals became of general use, and they that had no coat armour, sealed with their own device, as flowers, birds, beasts, or whatever they chiefly delighted in, as a dog, a hare', &c.; and nothing was more common than an invention or rebus for 1609, John Shardelowe, Gent. Jiolds the other half, to whom the others are the manor of Shimpling, formerly be- answerable for their shares MSS longing to Wilham de Shimpling, and Feed. Mil. Tent, de D Norf Inqs'. smce that to Stephen Shardelowe, Gent. A" 35 E. i . post mortem Roger! Bycod. son and heir of Thomas Shardelowe, Comitis Norf. Will, de Roos, et Ma- Gent, by the service of a fourth part, tilda, uxor ejus ac Petronilia de Vaux, and half a quarter of a fourth part of tunc tenuere in Shimpling, Shottesham. one lee, and the said John holds also 111 Sec. de eodem Comite 31 feod et dim the said town, another eighth part of a et quart, part i. fcodi. Inquis. A" 32 fee, which was heretofore Kllingham's, Eliz. ix)st mort. Bonaventurc Sharde- atterwardsJohnAldhams, son and heir lowe, q. tenuit advoc. et maner. de of John Aldham, Gent. Robert Pen- Shimpling de manerio de Forncet per Bington, r.t!zen of London, holds 50 tres partes unius feodi militis, quondam acres, parcel of the demeans of the ma- Rici. de Shimpling et Will, de Ellin--- nor by knights service; John Browne ham. A" 19 H. g. Tho. Shardelow^, holds 40 acres of the demeans by the Pater Stephi. solvebat vij.rf. pro ration- same service, late Martin Sidley's, Esq. abili aiixilio ad Kathennam filiam pri- and Itiomas Gawdie, Esq. holds3acres mogenitam Ducis Norf. niaritand. 24 at Burston Moor, in right of his wife, Nov. 36 H. 8. predictus Stephanus parcel ot the said manor, the whole of aolvcbat pro relevio 37J. v\.ct which IS held of Forncett manor, al half » Carta penes T. Martin, Gen. V M * u ,r"-"'' •'°''" Shardelowe, Gent. ^ Lambard's Peramb.of Kent, p. 40c. holds half, and John Aldliam, Gent. >r t i Iflo SllfMPLING. ihrir n(»m«. n» » »w«n nml a (tin tar Sxnnlon, a linrr fur Ifarf, tic; mvl l...ii:>i' \rrv I'fw uf llu- t-uii)iiioiinlit_v could writr, (all learning at l^niij among ihr rcliijioiu i»nly,> liic pcnton't nnmc was Ukti.i \ I IK iimsi-nUti on hit irni, m> (hnt at unct' tliey Ml both Uicir name uiul M-itl,uhii'h wn« »<> »acrf«l n thin^ in tliuM- day*, tliat one niun nt-Ycr umhI uni':' ' ithout its bt-ini; particularly taken none*' i»f in (Im- iii-i. !. unci tor this r<'«ioii, everyone t-ai i!t tluiii, t itlicr on tlieir ring*, or on n roundel las; ic) their |iurM-, sumrtimeii to their ginlte; nuy, oHentimc* where a man'fi teal kiis not murh known, he procured v)me one in puhlirk oftice to nfiix tlieirn, lor the greater contirmation : tliu« Hugh tU Schaifrs, (or Sculei,) a younger «on ol the Lord Sialti$ lamilv, pnrxin of Uartton in Camhritl^tthire, upon iiis aureeing to pav the I'rior of lirriutcdl :'Ah. tor the two third parts oJ the titiie corn dire to llie said I'rior out of M\eral land- in his pari^h, because his fcul wns knonn to lew, lie procured the nrchdeucon's othcial lo put his seal of" oHice, lor more ample confuujalion :* und when this was not done, nothini; was more common thun lor u puhlick notary to athx ids mark, which being registered at tlieir admission into liieir oflice.was of as publick a natuie as any seol could he, and of as great sanction lo any inslrumeni, those oflicers being always sworn lo the true execution of iheir olhce, and lo attix no oilier mark, than that thev had registered, to any instrument ; so their ti>limuny could lie as ■well known bv their mark, as by their name; for which reason they were calU-d Puhlick Sotaries, Sola in Latin signifying a mark, nod Publick because their mark was publickly registered, and their olhce was to l>e publick to all that hud any occasion fur them to streiigtheD their evidence. There are few of these officers among us now, and »uch as we have, have so far varied from the original of their name, that thev use no mark at all, only add S. P. for Solari/ Puhlick, at the end of their names. Thus also the us<.' of seals is now laid aside, I mean the true use of them, as the distinguishing murk of one family from another, and of one branch from another; and was it enjoined bv publick authority, that every one in office should, u|>on his admission, choose und appropriate lo himself a purlicular sccuhar been ihal inan ^ ; if on » dis- inai I all ihcir robed gravestone, that 11 mis his grave ; wai' , -.twill;, if ofi a iti\:rih ^^indow, or any other or. ;ms; wili. 't he was a bene- ant' It marks t othinj; is of greater the , and ^i.ivc-siunc^, uu: ilun a:.(..ciil liitds 10 make out their in .1 t town, as Norwich, marks by, for diey always K4lc(l with Lynn, .Vi. ty " , vl\ I lie memory of their tllcm. CWDcri IS still j)rc:crved, it being very SIIIMPLING. l6l it is easy for an ill-designing person to forge a handwriting, it is directly the contrary as to a seal; and though it is in the power of all to know the magistrates names, it is hut very few of such sort of people that could know their seals ; so that it would in a great measure (if not altogether) put a stop to that vile practice; and it would be easy for every magistrate to know the seals of all others, if they were entered pro|)erlv, engraved, and published : aud it might be of service, if all the office seals in England (or in those foreign parts that any way concern the realm) were engraved and |niblished, for then it would be in every one's power to know whether the seals of office affixed to all passes, &.c. were genuine or no ; for it is well known that numbers travel this nation, under pretence of passes from our consuls and agents abroad, and sometimes even deceive careful magistrates with the pretended hands and seals of such, it being sometimes impossible for them to know the truth, which by this means would evidently appear. And thus much, and a great deal more, may be said to encourage the true and original use of that wise Conqueror's practice, who can scarce be said to put any thing into use but what he found was of advantiige to his government. This rectory is in Norfolk archdeaconry, and Redenhall deanery : it had (]Q communicants in l(i03, and hath now [17'3G] 23 houses, and about 130 inhabitants. The town is valued at :>00t. per annum.^ Here are 3 acres of town land, one piece is a small pightle abutting on the land of Robert Leman, Esq. another piece is called Susan's pightle, lying in Gissing, and was given by a woman of this name, to repair the chuieh porch, (as I am informed,) the other piece lies ia Diss Heifwode, and pays an annual rent oi 5s. The Commons are Kelt's Fen, which contains about 4 acres; Pound Green, 1 acre; Hall Green, 4 acres ; the Bottom, 6 acres; and the Lower Green, G acres. * The dole of bread, mentioned in page for the payment lies in Shimpling. And 156, was given by W. Dcnington of I am lately informed that the glebe Mendham, yeoman, and the land tied amounts to about 20 acrei. I J6i 1 C 1 S S I N O. Tb K Ciiuncil i» < ■ to St. Mary die Virgin, ^^nt\ in 1205 was a rectory, a niou ._. ..- |i;itroniigc U-ing then sctllcd on liiittey prior)-,' by John, son of (ifff'frjf ; about 1'217, Thomat tU Utntyngs, wiib thf conscDt and joint net of John Risliup of .Vonr/cA, ijrnntcd to Uif luoDUitcry of St. M'trit nt Uiiltfi/, in Suffolk, the |KT|H'tUQl nclvow»on of the tilh«"r pari, and Uu^rr dr Skcriiing not only con- iiniH.-prii|irint«- the whole to tlial house; and ju )'J71,tl>c 50m of JJcnrtf 111. (ridowid thr vicnrgo wirh ull the ofiehDg«, the tithes of thi- mills, a vicarage-liouse una meadow, and au *crc of land wchoining, aiul twenty acres more of tl»c rhiireh's free land, and ull oIIkt small titiiec, e.VL-ept hay, which, with all the corn lilhcs, and the rest of the rIcIk-, together with tlie rectory niuuor, and all it:> a|i|>iirlenaiices, were lo bdong to the prior, who i^as jiwuy;> lo prcbcui lo the vicarage. RECTORS.' WUham of South Elmham, the first vicar, was sncccedod in 1:)07, prid. kal. Sfpt. by Hill. Iiigercth, oi Debcuham, priest, who rcsigne, Ifi Dec. John Carman of Yakalc, priest. 14 l<;, 'J4 Dec. Robert Theme, priisl, on Carman's resignation. I4'2'>, <> March, Robert Smylhc, priest, on Theme's resignation. I ' -.7 Octobir, Robert lialli . Bishop by lapse. 1 ,1, 2 Sffjl. Sir Thniiias lUi:iil:pai/n. 14.»l, 7 M(ir< ' I ^ (loblynton, an Aupiilinc canoaof Bulley, on Ulankpayn'i 1 , on. Robert Jltyn, priest. ^Af1^, Febr. Robert Hale, on Alryn's resignation. 1 .- ■, I July, Thomui i\ ilbouriie, ou liali'jt resignaiion. ? Fin. ii. Job. Li. 5. No. j. Aiout 1100, atilic Rcgitterof thcSacritt * Ooc Jotia wu rector uf O.rji^ ol Nunvicli slic»j us, y. Ca. " Ncu'coiiri, \ol. 11. jii, iij. GISSING. Ill J T484, 4 Nov. John Winter, alias Capell, priest, canon oi Biitley. 1500, John Jumbfer' suc-ceeded, on Winter'x resignation. All the above were presented by tlie Prior of Butley. 1534, 16 Nop. Peter Mannyng, priest, on J iimbfer's death 1549, 7 yiug. Michael Diuining,'- LL. B. Richard Denney, of Barcdeseye, patron ot tins vicarage, for this turn only, by grant from Thomas, late prior of the dissolved house of ButUi/, the o-Vant being made before its dissolution. ° 1554, Gregory (or Geo.) Grange, on Dunning's resignation 1561, 26 Dec. John Hiltone, priest. The Queen patroness. He had Burst on. 1578, 15 Octob. Thomas Proctor, A. M. Robert Kemp Esq W79, 23 May, John ^ar.//, A. B. The Qdeen. ' 1579, 5 Sept. Thomas Proctor, A. M. The Qtjeen ; she ejected him, and presented Saie/l, in order to recover her patronage, which teing done, she presented him again. 1613, 27 March, Robert Proctor, A M. The King; he subscribed the articles at the Restoration, Jug. 18, l662, being ordained deacon by the Bishop of E/y, Sept. 25, l608, and was made a licensed preacher on the day ot his institution ; he died in 1668. 1668, 24 Dec. John Gibbs, A. M. presented by King Charles II • he continued rector till ]6yO, being then ejected as a nonjuror; he was an odd but harmless man, both in life and conversation ; after his ejection he dwelt in the north porch chamber, and laid on the stairs that led up to the rood loft, between the church and chancel, having a window at his head, so that he could lie in his narrow couch and see the altar. He lived to be very old, and at his death was buried at Frenze. l6go, 28 June, Thomas Jeffery. Robert Kemp, Bart, united to Flordon. 1694, 24 Jpril, John Calver, on Jeffery's death. Ditto; united to Shimpling. 1730, the Rev. ]Mr. Thomas Kemp, A. M. presented by his father. Sir Robert Kemp, Bart, who died Dec. 1734, leaving this patronage and manors to Sir Robert Kemp, Bart, his eldest son, who is now [1736] lord and patron. The impropriation, according to Butleif Register, was confirmed by several Archbishops ofCanterburi/,^ and was taxed at l6/. 13s. 4f/. iind paid 33.s. 4f/. tenths. It appears also by the said register, that Sir John Aumhler, as rector of Gissiiig, acknowledged a pension of efts. Qd. to be yearly due to the Prior of But/ey, out of the rcctoiy, which was now in effect disappropriated, and united to the vicara"-e, all but the manor, the impropriate glebe, and its tithes, which re- mained in the prior, and fell to the Crown at the Dissolution, in which they continued till Queen Elizabeth by letters patent, dated the l6th day ot April, 1503, granted to Edw. Dyer, and Henry ' Regr. Cant, sede vacante, pen. tors in Fox's Martyrs, and in Browne's Dec. et Cap. Norw. fo. iizb. Posthumous Works, edit. Lend. 1712, * This Michael was vicar-general, p. s'- and rector of North Tuddenhani, of ' Regr. ButJey, fo. 17, b. wliom you may read among the persecu- IM GISSING. l^ff..:..., i„ ftftvfiirm, tlie rrnl», lio-l- •■•'lonienU, hoo be licltl I. :uul ill, < ITili uf /V//. 1.^74, mIcI tluiii br ' iii cli 'Ucl lliiit yi'-ir, iIk ' \ ollu-r Irt il««l t" AiiOi'tiy h riJt ntiii bill iicir*, llif rectory, or uilvowsoii ot i' .^. . «lii> ilii'Mlliuf Ftb. Ill lilt" »ainc yc«r, »iiUI it bv iisiiilitl to by the iininc of h vicurai^', luul itt could ii' ' ' ' I in the grant of tlip a-clorv : nnd from tJii» time it ni Crown, till Kiiii; C/iarla ll. gave it to tbe Kr/iy>f >, ulio umUil ll.t tiliu-> ol" the ini|tro|iriiite );lfb<-, nod »o made it a coniplele rt-L-lory, and us !>iii'li it ImiIi been prc- icntcd to ever »ince. Ill lifiy, the I'rior^ Clote in (iittiiip and Uurtton, containing 30 acre*, and other land* of the value ot Wl. per annum were granted to -Vic. Yeltstcorth and Ihirth. Ilrokahi/. in I3(i4,* John, >oii and heir of i\ illiam d( Callfiorp, held u mes- »uage and laiid> in this town, [)\ fxtit ^crjiiutlri/, viz. by the iiayinent of a »eU-fealheri-l)erilV. It tt called in the King's IVhi'^^, ('.u-Wmif :ili:u fHylln". .-hhI is tliii« valued, viz. King't Books. I Tmlhi. I SifnwIaU. I Vrocuratiout. I Peiuion.* 14 ItJ 5 o6. I I << 7 oi.y. I "o !2 8 I i) 7 7 ob. \ \ [) 7 Acres Glebe. 40 O Here was a chantrv in honour of all the SuinLs, in n chapel of thai dedication in the churchyard, founded by Sir Sicholas iluifi/ng, Kiii. and continued by Hilliani Uisliop of NoririrA, about 1'28(); for in that veur the said Si 1 '- ' '.>, and S\t .tJain de ( iiisim;, Klii. en- dowed it will) a W' -lid divers lands, which were Miinetiinc Koberl of ' lalht f of Sir Adam, and were eu wife, daughter uf Dmkf. Kfi/' and Jlltyn, for Ihirth. Kemp uud ^m/i* liii wife, dauglUor wt .///cyM. Ktmp nnd Cocktrhain, which »Ull remninM. Arm^ and Smyt/iainf, these nrm» and inKiiiuiDii !>iill itm;iiii, viz. Here lycth buritii Kolxrl Kcinp, Estiuier, wlio Marrv'd Ehutbvth, tl»e daughter of Joliii Suivthwmc, L»quior, nnd iiud Imuo too Sunnes, nnd tliri-i- Dauulilers; \w dvfd On- xxvii'' of April, in the Yinrcof our Lord, )6i>(i, .Ltatis sua- LXXX. keinp and Lt-Crey, hi* second wife, in colour*, on a stone in the wall, uith tliiii : sFEito Lt cem. Kfinj) (|uartcr« liutlrn/frj/ii, and impales four coats quartered, l.f-Crttf with Oil annulet. Connard, ar. a fess between two chevrons nr. Berri/, per pale az. nnd gu/. a cross floree between four trefoils or. On anoiiier stone in the wall, /vfm/7 quarters Duttcvfy/fi/ii impaling chcs in u borduregu/. On a hlnck marble. Here lyeth the Body of Jane Kemp, wife of William Kemp of Antingham, second son of Sir Kobert Kemp ofGissmt;, Bart, the died April 11 th 170jj and in tlic i*ji\i year of her age. On a mural monument of while marble against the north wall, having Kemp's arms and crest, sc on a wreath or and gut. a pelican vulning herself, proper, and dilTers from Krnip'i crest on tlic next monument, which is a iiawk standing on a garb, or. Sir ROBERT KRMP of GI.SSING In the County of xNORlOLK, BAKO.NET. ^V . ivvn at WALSYNGHA.M-ABBEY, upon the 2d of FEBR. I'i-i?, and died the af*"" of September, 1710, In the 83' Year of Ins Age. His fust Lidy was M.AKY the Daughter of THOMAS Ki:HKlI)GE,by SrSAN his wife, she Was born in l/).M)()N,in IVbr. Ki.M, they were married Julv l.ilh KiJO, and she died in June, I<)j5. Ihey had a Son &. 2 Daiighters born & Christen'd, which died vounir. The second Laiiy of tli.- said .Sir UOBEIJT KEMP, Was MAIfV^tlie Daiii^hl.r of JOHN SONE Of IblKstone, in tin. C'ouniv of Sull. (j'» 17().i. at l'BBE.SIX)N, By whom ihey had .) Sons and •! I)aut;lilers. Both these L;idies were very I'rudcnt, und Pious, few exreedni ilic former, aud scarce (uiy the latter. GISSING. irj7 On nnollicr mural moniimenl on the same side, Kemp's crest, arms, and quarleiings. I. Kemp; 'i. sah. a lion rampant, ur:^.; 3. barry ol' six, az. and $(ib. on a canldii gitl, a saltire or; 4. Jlastyiigs; 5. Dove, iiz. a chevron between three doves tir.; G. Jiuttevclej/n; 7. az. three roses or ; 8. sab, two chevrons arg. Ktinp imj)ahng, on a bend sab. three roses or. The same quartered willi gutie lie sung. ROBERT KEMP, late of Gissint;, Esquire, tlie only Sonne and Child of iiicliard Kemp of Gissing, Esquier, and Alice Cockerhani, (Daugliter of Philip Coek- kerhani of llainpsted, in the Coiiiitieof Middlesex, Esquire, sometimes Olheer to K. Edw. VI. &, Q. Alary, in theire Custom-house at London) married Dorothy Ilcrrisj sole Daughter of Arthur llerrisof Crixeth, in the County of Essex, Esquire, by whom lie had viij Sonncs &. iij Daughters whereof vij Sonncs and ij daughters do yet survive theire Father, who being xlvij Yeares, ould, peaceably departed this transitory Life, in the Taith of Christ, October xxiij. MDCXII. having then bene happily wedded unto hir xvij Yeares, to whose never dying Memorie, his beloved wife erected this Monument at hir owne chardges, April xxiiij M.DC.XIIIJ. Painted in the glass of the east window : Kemp and Buteie/ei/n quarlcred, impaling Hastings. Ditto imjjaling Clij/'ord. Ditto impaling Gray. Ditto impaling Lomnor of Manm/ngton. Sab. a lion rampant arg. painted on the wall. There are five coffins in the vault, one is Sir Robert Kemp's, who died Dec. 17.34, and his three wives, and a child by the first wife. Hatchments for them, viz. Kemp impales King of 'Ihurlow, vert, a chief and a griffin or. Kemp impales sah. a lion rampant ar. Kemp im|)ales Bluchzcell, pally of six ar. and az. on a chief guA a lion passant or. Here were several manors, free tenements, and other small lord- ships, of which I shall give the best account that I can, though I must own that in some of tlie small manors the fees and tenures are so intricate, that there may be some mistakes. The capital manor, ai'lerwards called ifli GlssiN'r:. lIASTINCrS MANOR, ai the tiirvcv nn» iiirludrd uiirv III i\r. I'roin liiiii il luiiu- I '.' I'lamiivtir III Iximtcr- thirf, wliow. /■ \ ill tllr time ot" yyi-z/ry I. 011(1 t'mni liiin lo Kohctl his »on. \tli<> ilu';A FiainaiUr, lii* niece, liis lieir. Shi* umrried //m'.'A tie Haitifiigi* son of H i/liain dc Ila%li/tii;i, Steward lo Knit; lltnrii I. with wlioin ihis niiinur, and tlie slewaiiUhip ut' }lurif, uilh Jiloit, ititmavilt iiuiiioi in lxi(fsl€r%hirf,Mu\i\.\\Uohfrt I'/amii- .tt-,i-aiiie tullii*) tiiiiiily, wliK'li wus sirnained Injiii the port of ii _, llie l;isliiv;e of winch, wilh ihat ui liht/t , ihcy tor a long time luriiic »on and heir, who paid l(X) marks for his relief. In 1 li>4, sixlh IlicltarU I. he \vt\ Uriiri/, his eldest son, his heir, though it iM*cms he had several bont>, and among others John, to whom (his manor was ussigned, and Ju/iii a!>.signed it to 'I'homat df llnstifiigs, who wiis in nil likelihood unother brother. Tliis Thomas luuf U!xii:'.e of bread and rt/r,** free-warren, lilK-rty of eii- closin-.;, and lilx-riv of faldn^e, llirouuhout the low n, as well in other folks lands as his own, which, u|>on a Quit II arranlo in 12'27, were &ll(>w'cru. >cm|>cr i.cjr. in dnio. * ^--^ '>■■■'" 'Mm. rt ii car. hommiim. bilva xv. (Hire, rt ' !> ■ nl. i. p. 574. «»iij. >oc. dc Uxix. acr. Fulclicnit * I' ..c A° la. Hen. fil. Joh. Icnci xxii. acr. temper iii. b«r. el v. apiid Norwic. car. et ii. acr. prati. ' Fin. Nort. H. j. L. 5. N. 144. GISSING. lf)j) Edmund, Nicholas, Richard, and JVi/liam; lie died in 1285, leaving Cissing to Emeliiic his wife, for lift.', as licr dower. It was this Nicholas tliat in 124<) granted bv iirio to tlio I'rior of Pcntciiei/,' a messuage and two carves of land in Odi/lon-'ihorp, and East-wiiich, to be for ever held of his manor of Gissiiig by one kniglit's fee and a pair of gilt spurs, or 7d. a year at Easter. This was afterwards confirmed by llitgh de Hasti/ngs, his son ; and in 1382, there were lOO.v. due for a relief for tiie fee, to the lord of this manor, by reason of the resignation of Peter Ih/shop, late Prior of Penteiici/, for tiie manors of Gai/ton-Thorp, and East-winch. He sealed with a mauneh, and a label ot three for dillerence. Hugh de Hastyngs, eldest son of the said Nicholas, sueeeeded; he married avvife named Beatrice, and died before 1301, when she im- pleaded Emcline, her mother-in-law, for the third part of this manor, as her dower, to which it was answered, tiuit Hugh her husband, after his father's death, assigned this manor to his mother for her dower, upon wiiich /:J/«e//«c was dismissed. In l'2fj<), Nicholas, son and heir of Hugh, came to it; he released to Nicholas his uncle, and his heirs, all his right and claim to those lands in Gissing, which Nicholas de JLasli/ngs his grandfather gave to l\ illiam his son, and in ease that Nicholas his uncle should die without issue, he granted that Richard de Hastyngs, and the heirs of his body, should enjoy them, with a remainder to his own right heirs. This Nicholas, in 127(i,' being then a knight, was retained by Ralph Lord Grei/stokc, (according to the custom of those times,) by cove- nants dated al Hilderskelf'in Yorkshire, to serve him both in peace and war, for the term of their lives; viz. in time of war, witli two yeomen well mounted and arrayed, and in time of peace, with two yeoiiKMi and four grooms ; in consideration of which, he was to be furnished with all accoutrcMiients for his own body, as also with one saddle, according to the dignity of a knight; and in case he should lose any great horse in the war, he was to have recompense according to the estimation of two men. Furtliermore, wherever the Lord Greijstoke resided, so that it was in Yorkshire, he should repair to him upon notice, having allowance for his reasonable service in war and peace. On account of this retainder, Sir iSlicholas had the manor of 'Ihorp- Basset, in Yorkshire, from this Lord, paying a fee-farm rent of Si. a year. I could nut omit taking notice of tins, to shew the custom of that age, abundance of the knights then being retained in the same manner. This Sir Nicholas left two sons, RalJ' and William, between whom this manor was divided, one part being henceforward called Gissing only, and the otiier Ilastj/ngs in Gissing. William, the youngest, had GISSING assigned to him, which he left to his son (as I take it) Phillip de Ilasti/ngs, whose tiaugluer Isabell, in l.'5'i4, married Alan Kemp ot'lftston, in Sutfolk, Escp to whose sou Jo/i« the said Phillip granted the manor called Gifsing, and to his heirs for ever, from which time it hath continued in that family. Sir Ralfh^ theeldest,had ITJSTINGS'S manoria Gissing; ami ' Rot. Cur. inter Evid. Rob. Kemp, » Ex indentiir. Bar: 170 G I SSI NO. in I '.ii*, hr ri'iirw«il lii« rluirler ot frif-wnrren for it, nftcr Uic divi- ftion ; l»f inarruAl Mitr^artt, ojtiv llnu^lll(■ro^ Sir Ihllmm dc llcrU, of Kirb^ III l^icfstrrthirr, mIu> nftrr Iwcahic m)Ic licir to Sir Robert ilr lltrit hor brother, in 1jJ(i. We wiu Ciuvernuur of lorA- ctutlf,' Mini ^liirilT <>i' iliat c-uunlv , iitui livitl in i;rcnl honour till l.'M.'i. in mIiicIi \> ' (iiiil li.ittahiiiKii tl "^^ ' ■ "' . ; / , '« (luv ho uus inorliiJIv woiinclc-tl, ol which lu- died in ii ti'w iIuvh, mid uuit buricil, accordini; to his u ill, in the iibbev oi Sulby, of \«iiicli he was patron. 'Ilii»ciigai;«-inenl was called tlic biitlle of Secil-Crott near Durhiini, in >vhicli iIk- Kini: of .SVoM, niui moiitofllic nobility uf that kingdom, were luken pri»on(-r», and iheir army routed ; mid I IS bv Sir litilph'i «ill,' tliMt he had taken oiu- of Uiom.- t lor in it be di>|>os<>d ot tliat prisoner, ivliuin lie took in uur, unto hu iR'plifW, F.dmuml Uasli/ni^s of HoiiseLv, mid to John lU Kirhy, to Ik- shared between them ; leaving Margaret his wife alive, and ItvLPiif., hn son and iieir, who was a knight in 1.140, nnd re- tained by indenture Jo/i)i kirln/ of l\ ig^eiilhorp in Yorki/iire, u gentleman of an aneienl famiiv, to ser\e linn for term of life, and not to U' displaced without goocf cause, whereof Sir Jiriaii Stajilttou, Kill, and ollw-i-s wire to Ik." judges. The said linlplir was himself retained hv lliiiry Duke of Caiicaiter, to serve him both in war and peace, for 40 inarks ptr oJiiiitm, out of his manor of Pickering in lorkshire : and u|K)n the death of that Duke, he luul a contirmation Uiereof from Joint of iiauiit, mui of King lldward 111. Duke of I^inciiilcr, Ilarl ai Richmond, and High Steward oi Kngland, who had married one of the daughters and heirs of that Duke. The rest of this great man, iind of his predecessors and suceessours, may be seen in .Mr. l)ugdiil(\ Baronage, from llie 57yili page of the lirsl voluoic, to the 68()th page of that book, from whence 1 have ex- tracted great part of this account. In the year l'}.j;J, Sir Ralph sold llie manor o{ Has(i/ngs in (iissing to 't'hoiwif (ianiiiier of LhaUilon. and John Pickering, and John Jllcnton, his tnistces, which Thomas hehl it to 1.509, and then le- vied n fine to John Ilarconrt, and other trustees, by which this manor of Hmtj/ngt, willi Datrling's manor in this lown^ were settled on Thomas GARniNr.R of ffi«/w^,his son and heir; lhis7%omai had two wives, I'ecilif and EliziJit-lh; by the former he had a daughter, iiaiiKil Jii.iii, who inherited Danling'i manor, and dving withoui i-Mii 111 I i<^), (he left it Ut Sir Robfrt Jintt(V(li/u ot' IJordon, Knl. who was lord of Uay/i/n'^i manor, by his marrying halrrinc, daugh- ter of the said Thomas (ianliner, by his second wite, and half sister to this Joan, so that now both these manors were vested in the said Sir RoBEiiT BuTTEvEi.vN, wlio was descended from an ancient famiiv of that name in Soiihnmptomhirc, of which l\ illiam lluutc- X'li/ii, before the ISlli centurv, founded Pipttccll abbey: he b;irc as llu^ lamily ever di'^- -ur „ """""S M''- L« ^''^^e'^ Collections, 5E Rot, penes R, Kemp, Bart.; I7« 1 SSI NO. 'Ittr lirir of the tenant slioll tnkchis inhrritancc by Rur, at the will of tiir lord. And tliall Rive for Uyenrilf* it Sd. \ ' ',--■< 1 "I mnko rctlpiii|itinii ol tJicir bloo lllr • ' 'li.. I, tliill til .. ir» of the lord ihomat tie Htiilifii<;t, tir. ot tlic loni iMurnicr de thuti/ngt, a> of the fw.- of the Abbot oi St. Eiitnuiia's, by tlie siTvico of out- Lnii^ht'f fi-e, and no more. And tlini one foe in I'.mt-llineh nnd (latftoti-Thnrp, were lately i»iven bv llif niior*li>rs ol the iil'iir«- in Miilil/rloii near I.i/iin,i\n6 in East-n iiuh, and in (iciftou-T/iurp, to Sir \ico/as, his yoiini;er son, who wn* then a knight, and to his heirs ; nnd this before tlie 34th of lUnrtf III. all whieh he wns to hold of the said Thomnf, and his eldest sion, nnls. Ad. for Uic eastle-ward of St. Eilniiitid, to \or- B-«fA'ca!.lle, for these manors, for ever to continue. And they iay, Uiat in this manor there arc certain lenemeiils held of the heirs of " ■ ' I-. ol'ilic ()h'«>Ayii of /f7»;/i;WAj/i;j, r/;. .')() acresof land, : wood, ofuhieh the heirs of .S/r^Ar« t/c llrohediih held ol lli« lord ol this manor 'i,\ acres. 'Ihe lord hath btlonginu; to this manor liberty of Jtif da s^e and clo- ture through the whole town of GUsing, as well in other men's lands as in his own. And iAto frec-Tidrren in his own lands, And liie correction of the assize of bread and ale of all his tenants; all which were allowed the said Sir 'J'/ioinas dc Uusti/iif^s in an Ei/re at Soruich, bly said, that i ■• ccived and maintiiincd a thief, nnd kiiow- inglv kept lour si p in his fold, by which the lord was da- maged ■;()/. In tlK- •>'!<] and 'i'.d of Edrcard III. it nnpears, that all the tene- ments arc heriolnble, and :n tenants paid their heriots this year. Riilitrt Hoot (lettalor ctrxnia, or ale-eomior,) was amerced for not doing his office. .llici- I A--lt rird pai(\ the lord li. for license to marry. Aiioilier paul 'JIN. ihul she iniglil live out of the loidship, and marry whoever she would. In the 4'2d y-JJjf/in/ III. a tenant r..>i". ii, .1 •,!! his copyhold, only because he claimed to bold it freely. * It Mgnifics J fine paid by the lerunt to hu lurd, fur dcfiliag a bondwomaa. GISSING. 173 The widow of the copyholder, during the nonage of the heir, is his guardian bj' custom. I6th Edward IV. tlie manner of the lord's taking strai/ is thus set forth: a horse came within the jurisdiction of the manor, and was seized as a stray, and proclaimed according to custom, and nobody challenging him in a year and a day, he was appraised in open court, and sold. 1 could not forbear observing these customs, because they shew us the former slavish condition of the villeins and copyholders. GISSINGHALL MANOR in GISSING, Was held by Aktan, a freeman under Edric (the ancestor of Roherl Mdlet/ lord of Ei/c) in the Confessor's days, and by William, (sir- named De Gissing,) of the said Robert, in the Conqueror's time,* as of the honour of Eue, and soon after the Conquest, the manor of Gissiiighall in Roi/don was joined, [and constantly attended this manor till 1579. The other parcels also were afterwards added to this manor, and that is the reason that it was partly held of Eye honour, and partly of the Abbot of i>«rj/,- for in Henri/ the Third's time it was thus dis- tinguished :' Gissing. Pro parte Honoris Eye. Pro parte Abbatis Sci. Edmnndi. In 1179, William de Gissing held it; he left it to Bartholomew de Gissing, his eldest son, who, in 1189, sold his inheritance to JVnIter de Gissing, his brother; for in the Pipe Rolls of the 34th Henri/ II. and the Ist of Richard I. it is found, that Walter de Gissinges paid King Henri/ II. one mark, that it might be recorded in the great roll, that Bartholomew, his elder brother, and heir to his father, released his inheritance to him in the King's Court. This shews the regard which those times had for the Rolls of the Pipe, there being many- instances in those Rolls of such entries, a collection of which hath been made, and several of them printed, by Mr. Maddox, in his History of the Exchequer. This Walter left it to Roger, his son, in II98, at whose death it descended to Sir Robert de Gissing, Knt. his son, who settled Roi/don on his wife Joan; by deed dated 1C87, he confirmed to Thunias de Hustyngs, and his heirs, for his homage and service, and two besants fine, all the tenement which the ancestors of Thomas held of his an- cestors in this town. In 1280, he settled this manor on Sir Adam de Gissing, his son, who the year alter joined in a ' Terrc Robert! Mulct. Dice Dim. " See Gissinghall Manor in Roydon, Hiindr. (fol. 77.) p. 46. Gessinga tcnuit Ahtan, liber homo » Terra Abbat. Sci. Edmuiidi, Dice Edrici. comd. tantiim. Ix. acr. tcrre, Dim. Hundr. niodo tenet Williclmiis, semper iiii. InGessingai.libcTliomoctdimid.de bord. semper i. car. in dnio. ct dimid. xxxiii. acr. ct ii. bord. tunc i. car. car. homimnn. ct ii. iicr. pnai, tunc ct modo dimid. tunc valiiit iiii.i. niodo x. po-tca valuit viii.j. modo XV. inva^it Uogonis lioiao Robert! Mulct. In Gcssing.i i. liber hon;» Edrici (fol. iSi.) com. lantum dc xi. acr. ct sub co. i. In Gessinga invasit Drogo homo Ro- bord. ctval. xii. ' r '1 liir lnT ii»c. In l.'!K'», <■ 'd Miunure were conveyed by .\iVAo/
i I ' I. ,rl aiul JiHiii his wifr, owneil tlicm ; in I'.D.i, 111- haid j;r«'al iiosx-ssions in Ciinilindtialme, beinn piilron of Kinn'sttin, Sic. lie was in the nruiv with Eiiiriird the /{/«.A- Prince in .Ict/iiitiiiti, during which lime Thomas Miiiliiiote of t'oxloii in ( ' , . r ! nwnv hi» wife, for wliich, at his return, he re- ( .' fie at tended tliir Kin^ into (»(/iro/;irH ,' he I \wM)., .l^iio, \vl(o, jointly willi liim, CDiiveved ihe niiinor of > lo Sir t'oinliiiilinc til- Mtirlimrr, Knt.; and ./oi/h, wlu) sur- vived liiiii. lie thetl in lS8'i, and was (aeeording to his will) lairicd in the collegiate eliureh of the iilcaed I ir^iii in the I'ielih, at Sor- «rifA, (now called i'hapel Field.) In 1381, \\e cranled divers lands in C$i%^in^ bv deed, to Thomm Gardiner, and Thomas liis son. His %«ife liviil to 1. 1S8, when she died,' ordering in her will tliut she should be buried in the same ehiirrli, near the tonib of her husband Thomas. Thev left only one duugliler, their heiress, viz. Juan, who kept her first court in I.JS'J, on her father's death. This ancient family bare for tlieir arms, arii. on a bend az. lhre« eagles di>|ilayed or, mem- bered and armed ^u/. Tliis Joan married Sir .lohn Hevei/ni/nirham, senior, Knt. who gave Ciissins and lioi/don to his sons, I'hilip and Thomas, for life only, remainder to \ur> eldest son .lohn and iiis heirs, but whether he pos- s<->sed it or not I cannot &.iy ; but Sir John Hkvi.ynvni.ii am, Knt. prandster of John de 'J'hehelham, and she of the Abbot of linn/, and he of the King, toge- ther with another manor here, callei\ daughter of Collhorfi; and Mary, daughter of JtiA/i .S'Ar/fun. He held his (irst court in \53>i: by the first, he left only one son, III mi/, m.-irried first to Anne, daughter of Sir T.dmnnd II i^ndham. Kill.; Mcuiiillv lo y/H.-ir, daugliler of Kdcn of Siidhuri/ ; but leavuiL' (" Doz'^-orlh, and the manor of (< ■ <\i\ of llic • Tcri:i. II!!. i,f, V. ;. Rot. 51. ♦ Sec Djg\*ortliM.inor in tlii. •J^^n. > Iqnuii. 18 Aug. IJ70. GISSING. 175 Queen as of Ei/t honour, al a quarter of a fee, descended divisible between his three sisters ;'' Maky, then married to .John Smyth, Anne, to Edward Evirard, and Jane, unmarried, who seems to have after married to Edward Sidiard, who bought in all the parts, and then sold them to Sir Arthur Hevenynoham of Ihveiiiiigham, Kiit. who was the male heir of tliat family, being the eldest scjn of Sir .Jntoiii/ llevcn- ingham, Knt. by his second wife, lie kept his first court in 1579, and soon after manumised the manor in (lissiiig, by selling every tenant their own part, so that the united manors of Gissitig/ia/l and Dagu'orlh's were lost,' all but the royalties and fair, which the said Arthur sold to Richard Kemp of Iftsldroo/c in Suffolk; but the manor of Gissiiighall in Roi/doii still continued in liim, though he manumised a great part of that also.* • DAG WORTH MANOR Was, in the Confessor's time, part of Earl Algars manor of JVuifar- ihiiig, under whose sole protection the freemen then were ; but upon the Earl's forfeiture, it fell to the Conqueror, with ll'inj'arlhing, with which it was committed to Godric's custody," and remained in the Crown till King Henri/ II. in 1189, gave it to William de Mnnchensi, Knt. in which family it remained with Wiiifurthing, and went as that did, till Hugh dc / f;r granted it to Sir John de Daoworth,' who was lord in 1J15. Thomas, his son, succeeded hint; and Sir Nicholas, his son, followed; all these were great men and famous warriors in their days, but design- ing to speak of them in Blicklii/g, where they were lords, and where the said Sir Nicholas is buried, 1 shall refer you thither, and shall only add, that Eleanor,'^ widow of Nicholas, in the same year that he died, viz. 1401, conve^'ed it to Sir John HEVEN'¥NGHA^r, Knt. who held it of Wittfarthing Hall manor, by the service of a quarter of a fee ; from which time it always passed with the manor of (ussiiighall in Gissiiig, till 1570, when Henry, son of Antoui/ Hevaiiiigham, died seized, and Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Edward IVtjndham, enjoyed it for life, as part of her settlement; at her death it reverted again to the Heieni/iighams, of whom Sir Edward Sulyard purchased it with Gissinghall in Gissiiig, and Gissinghall in Roi/don : he sold it to Sir Arthur Hevenyngham, Knt. who, after he had manumised great part of it, sold it with the manor of Gissinghall in Gissing, to Richard Kem p of IVeslbrook, in Suffolk, and so, in 1595, it united to his other manors in this town. * Inquis.postmort. H. Heveningham. singa, T. R. E. viii. libcri homines, 13 Eliz. commend, tantum de Ix. acr. terre et ' MSS. penes P. L. N. fol. 49. iiii. bord. semper, tunc. iii. car inter ' See Gissinghall in Roydon. He- omnes postca et modo i. et dimid. et ii. veningham bears, cjuarterly, or and ^d. acr. prati. in a bordurcingrailed iai. nine escallops ' Dug. Bar. vol. ii. fol. 148. arg. ^ This Eleanor was after married to 9 Terrc Regis quam Godricus servat. John Mortimer, Esq. in 1408. Dim. Hund, de Dice. (fol. 38.) Ii; Ger- «:(, HISSING, DALLINCJS. ALIAS U.UVLINO MANOR .1 , r.i. s I'itz-Walteb. one of ihc lord* of Dui hundred, in- l.olTttl Hultir l^-lirrtoHt iu U«c »cr(itx' of several villcintuf blooiMoN DE Dallino, and Isabell his wife. This Simon purchased o( Roliert l^-lirctHH of Sianlon-Wyxtl, and 'jldrn his wife, an an- nuity of 10/. rent, which he was to receive mil of this manor, hy the grant of hi* uncle, Robtrt Lc-lirilun ; and soon after, he purchased uU his right in the manor; and to augmiiil it, bought nil the lands dial Juhn, !»on of Sir Huhurd dc Holland, had lierc : and to complete llie title, tliev had a release from habcll, widow of lioliert L<-BrctOH. Simon and IuiIhH left issue, John »k DALLiN(;,or /IWf-/) joined it to Uiis manor of llmlyns:}, with which it went joined to the Klmps ; and thus having joined all these manors in that family, L kliall now speak of their rise and destrcnt, «l)scrviiig dial this manor •Iwajs contjnuL-d in the eldest branch, exccjit when it was held in jointure. J F r.fi, jn< 1 temp. E. ]. penes alto. G I S S I N G. K E M P. 177 The name Kemp is derived from the Saxon word to kemp or combat which in Norfolk is retained to this day, a foot-ball match being called camping or kemping; and thus in Saxon a Jcempeji signifies a (ombatant, a champion, or man of arms. This family liath been of long continuance in this county ; Galfrid Kemp lived at Noricick in. 1272, Robert Kemp in 1306, and soon after, or about that time, lived, Norman Kemp, whose son Roger, left Ralph, who married a daughter of De-la-HanCs. William Kemp, their son, married a daughter of one Barnstaple,, or Bainspath, whose son, Alan Kemp of Weston in Snffolk, Esq. married /s«/>»e/, daughter to Sir Philip Hastyngs, and had issue John and Alexander, to which John, Sir Philip Hasti/ngs, his grandfather, in 1324, gave the manor of Gissing ; this John married Alice, daughter to Robert Duke of Brampton in Suffolk, coheir to Julian Buievei/lcyn, and had for his share of her inheritance, the manors of Hasti/ngs und^Dallings in Gissing, and left issue Robert, Ralph, John, Alice, and Anne. He is sometimes called in evidences John de Flordon, Esq. Robert, the eldest, married Mary, daughter of Bartholomew White of Shottisham, Esq. He had another wife named Agnes, and a third, (as some pedigrees,) viz. Kateriiie, daughter of Roger Haukere of Redenhall ; but left issue by Man/ only, viz. Jaffrey Kemp of fVeston, Esq. who married tlie daughter of Sher- rington of Cramcorth, Esq. and left issue, Robert Kemp of Gissing, Esq. who married Margaret, daughter of William Curson of Stitrston in Suffolk, and by her had issue, Ro- bert ; and Edmund, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John Style of Eondon ; John; and IVilliam, who was rector of .S7h;s/oh ; Ralph i and Cecily, w ho married John Melton of Sturston aforesaid ; and Alice, a nun at Barking. Robert Kemp of Gissing, Esq the eldest son, had two wives: Elizabeth, daughter to John Jppleyard of Braken-Ash, Esq. by 178 uissiN<;. Vrtrv. il>nrri<''l lo Thonun .h-in^!>im IjuIv of llif Hirf'o/k. Ili» wcond wito was ./««<-, i].niul bv l»cr he lind iuue, /' ' ' ..i ',' ii.cl to Hobr'il lUcverhaucI «.»' / 'I ', wlio liad a rftluiiluliT ill Uiil ill ' . uud IJortMi^, iuai(i«.' of Ciiiiif>ritlii(i/iirf, .111 I III III I/, Edutiid, wlu) married Miirif, 4, and was, ^ to his will, buried in St. Ui/ry'j chapel, on the north side of ' .'/^' ehniicel, by hit wife. Their stones are disrobi-d of iheir bl .i>M'S, liOBr.RT Kf.mt. Esq. succeeded, who had two wives; VJizahelh, dauu'lilcr ti» r.diiiiiiid Smithtciiu (or Stciftliiii^) of lluckiii'^i^huiinkire , \>\- uliiiin he hay4, K/izabeth his wife surviving, who was jointureil in Flordon niuiior. ItlciiARD Kkmp, his eldest son and heir, imuried .-//;Vc, daii'^h- U-r (iT Jidiii (or I'liH/ijj) Coikfrh'im of 1 1 a nut cud \n Middlesex, l.xj. I - old at (lis father's death, before wliieli time he had sel- - oil in the iiiaiiurs of I'/ordon, (iiffinf^, Dallinp^'s, liiile- : .//< i/h'.«, and Diigu'orth, (which he had |)urehas(.-d,) together with Ltiy>uig lair, on his wit'c. He was a barrister al law, and left KoiiKKT Kkmp, Gent, his son aiiJ heir, who settled Flordon, (iiisiitfr, and Dallliig'f on his wife Dorothi/, daughter of .Irthur Hnrri.it of IVodrham Mortimer, in Ilfui ;'' and In an inquisition il tjipi ars, that he held lltisli/ng'x, aiiiui niitcici/lri/n'^, alias Keiiiji's 111. nor, ol the King, a-, ol" his manor of .SV. Ediniimrs l\urq by half a fi-c ; Ihigtcorth manor of I'.ilniimd linkcii/iam, lisq. as of his iiiniior of 'J'hehrtliam; Dauliiig of John Shnnlelorve, CJenl. as of his manor of Shiini>ling-l'Ulingham'f, al the eighth pari of n fee; Flordon manor and advowsun of llenn/ ll.irl of Sorthainpton, as of Foriicrl manor, at *(' lie had more ihiKlrrn tlicydicd young Md unmarried, thiii .icd HI ihi> account, bul G I S S I N G. 179 one fee ; and Burnett's of William Grey, Knt. as of Hadeslitn or Bumcell manor. He left two daughters, Dorothy and Elizabeth, and one son. Sir Robert Kf.mp of Gissing, Knt. and Bart. Treated March 4, 1642 ;* lie married Jane, daughter of Sir Matthew Ihoicne of Hurrci/, Knt. and left Robert, Thomas, Matthew, liien man icd, Richard, and Jane, married to Thomas Waldegrave of Smal/biidge, i>(|. Sir IJonERT Kemp, Bart, had two wives ; Man/, daughter of John Kerridge of Shelleij Hall in Suffolk, Esq. by whoui he iiad four ehil- dren, but all died in their minority; his second wife was Man/, daughter and sole heiress to John Soame of Ubheslon in Sufjolh, Gent, by whom he had xaue, Robert, John, who died young, Uil- liam,' who had yhitiiigham in ISIoifolk given him by will, M'iri/, married to Sir Charles Blois of Cockjield in Suffolk, Bart, and J.:ne, married to John Dade, M. D. of Tannigton in Suffolk. Sir Robert Kemp of Ubbeston, in Suffolk, Bart, eldest son of the aforesaid Sir Robert, had four wives; first, Let ilia, daughter to Robert King of Great-Thurlotc, Esq. by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Steward of Barton-Mills, Esq. widow to Sir Robert Kemp of I'inch- insfield in Essex, Knt. by whom he had one daughter only that sur- Tived, r/r. Mart/, married to Sir Edmund Bacon of Garboldisham \n Norfolk, Bart ; his second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John Brand of Edzeardeston in Suffolk, by whom he had Sir Robert, the present Baronet, [173G,] John, a merchant, Isaac, a barrister at law, Thomas, now rector of Gissing and Flordon, and Benjamin of Cains College in Cambridge, Elizabeth, unmarried, and Jane, relict of William Blois, Esq. son of Sir Charles Blois, Bart, besides Edward, Letitia, and Anne, who died young. His third wife was Martha, daughter of William Blackwe'll of Mortlock in Surrey, by whom he had W7///«/«, sometime of Pembroke Ua\l, in Cambridge, and Mar/ha, a daughter unmarried, besides a former daughter named jl/rt;/Aa, that died an infant. His fourth wife was Jmi/, daughter of Richard Phillips of Edwardeston m Suffolk, widow o'f John Burrough oi' Ips- zcich, Esq. who is now [1736] living; by her he had no issue. Sir Robert Kemp, Bart, of Lbbestjn in Suffolk is now [17.36] lord and patron of Gissing, Flordon, and Frenze in Norfolk, and Ub- beston in Suffolk. I meet with two great men of this name, John Kemp, born at Wt/e in Kent, LL. D.oiMerton College in Oxford, Archdeacon oi' Durham, Dean of the Arches, first Bishop of Rochester, then of Chichester, then of London, Archbishop of York, and afterwards of Canlerbnri/, Cardinal of St. Balbine, afterwards of St. Rufne, which was siguir fied by this verse : Bis Primus, Ter Prases, et Bis Cardine functus. He died a very old man in 1453 (as Mr. Weaver, fol. 029, where is much more to be seen of him, as also in Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. i. p. 22, and in Godwin, p. 248.) The other was Thomas Ktaip, his nephew, who was consecrated Bishop of London m 1449, by bis uncle the Archbishop, of whom you may read in // eavcr, fol. 36 1, and « He was Gentleman of the Privy no fine nor fees for his creation or pa- Chamber to King Charles I. and paid tent. » Of whom in Antingham. 1M G I S S I N G. in NVir<'oiirr, vol. i. fol. C.I, uud in liodiriM Df Prtti &c. IB3; bul whrtiicr ihev Mi-rt- at\\ Viiw i< t >>' 'I lu lliu luuiily 1 ciiuiiul My. l»n: JIALI. ii-uiil In:. I till' 11 ASTTNnsK«, nfirr uf i-s, till S. . iic |iii-»cm Sir Hulxrl,) u|k>» 111'' iviiuiviil ((> LbbfiloH, pullttl It (luwii. 'Ihc wiuiluw^ Merc iiduriuti »i(li (ill- iulluMlu;; couts : Arm^ quurlt-red Hith ItiittfrruUi/u, or liuttvtli/n, iinpulcd with lA)rtthii(, {K*r pule (jr. and sdA. an i-ai;lr dupluyi-d uitli twu hcudt, c-ouiitcr-i.'lianin.'a. iforecd \\\i\\ a ducal coruni-t, and unncd or. Krmp and /' ' 't, iniluilini; lUnrrhin^ff. 'I'lu- Miuic 111 .. or. three mascle buckles aiil. The same iui|Miliiig I hrukmoiluii, (jiiurtering liatiuini ot S/xcki- hall, uib. on a Icsi bclMceu tnu chevron-- or, us many anuulcl« united of the tield. litil. a lion rainpant ar. within agarter, a marquis's coronet. In tlic parlour windows: Kemp imputing Ilastyngs. Kemp impales tlie following coaU, viz. HutleveltfH. Duke az. a chevron JK.'twecii three murtlcts ar. Cur/en, erm. uU-nd counter- coni|>ony, ar. and sab. Appleifurd of Rraken-AUt, az. a chevron U-tween three owls ar, St. l-fger, az. frelte ar. a chief or. Collhurp. Allftfii, ]wrted (ler bend sinister dancette ar. nnd iab. six miirUc(;> COliir -^ed. ( . , ar. on a liend «»//». three leopards faces or. Herns, or, on a iK-nd az. tiin-e cinquefoils pierced, of the field. De-Grey oi .V' ■ i-. coiipcd r;r.' In a MSS. ot -Mr. Aii'^lh'i (li. 'J(), fol. '20) these anns arc said to be in (iiuiiig Hall, at tlial iwne the seat of Hicliard hemp, Ksq. ; when the cha|K-l was new glazed ; in the ehiunber by the hall door were tin- arms of Giuiiii;, Frlloii, and J'riimiiii(/iiim, and the picture:, of two labourers tlir:i.sliiiig vt heal-»iieave<. or garbs, in ailusiou to Kemp's amis, and this coal, liz. A(7/-J id bilU April 4. 1600. 5 Api >, ' li' Kc- E»q. biiriril. 1540, <. li- E>ler being burnt in ll. Irr uf Kubrrl Ki>7.r>l. 1.^41, >UK : 156}, blizalx'lli, '1 UartiliiicHc, mjii uf Kut>cil Kcnip, lup- Rubert Kemp, Ey{. bapliJKU. '^('7, lizcd. i6»o, Riihard, ion of kub<'rt GISSING. 181 houses, and about 300 inhabitants ; it hatli a faiiyearly on St. James's Dai/, wliicli in in78, was granlcd to Tlwmus dc (Jimiig, Knt.^ to- getiier wilii a weekly market at G'm///" ; but that is now disused. It paid to the old tciilli.j/. ]()s. but 1/. being deducted, it was reduced to 2/. 8.S. Tiic i)arliauKiil vaiuatiou was V2o'2l. and the present valua- tion is 7^1 1/. [i7.:;'>.] The Lete belongs to the hundred, and the present Icetfec is 2s. WINFARTHING. 1 ms rectoiy is capable of augmentation, being sworn of the clear yearly value of 4.')/. The nwfnks oiTlul ford had a portion of tithes heie, lormerly valued at CO*.* It is in Rcdcnluill deanery, and A'or- J'otU archdeaconry. The Church is dedicated to St. Man/ the Virgin, in honour of whose assumption there was a g//(/ founded in it, and another to St. Jo/i« Baptist, to both which, in 1,548, Natli. Ualli/et was a bene- factor,' who at the same time founded a light of wax before the image of our Lady of Peace yearly, to the value of 2s. for which he tied a close called, Cocl;l;i/s Clone, for ever: he was buried in this church, ■which was confirmed by Ilenn/ II. to the monks of Butte;/ in Siifoltc, to whom it was soon after ajipropriatcd by Jo/iu of Oxford, Hishop of Norwich, which was conhrmcd by Jo'tin Dc I'.rei/ and Tlio. de Blundctilc, his successours ; a pension of 2fis. 8r/. payable quarterly, being reserved out of the great. tithes to the vicar; all which was several times confirmed by the Archbishops of Canterbitri/ ; and so it continued till 1424, and then Reginald De-Ciai/ Lord' Ilaslj/iigs, &e. recovered the advowson from them, and presented a rector ; from which time it hath continued a rectory. It seems they could produce no grant from the King for the advowson, nor no confirma- tion from the Pope of the appropriation. Here is- a small rectory- house, barn, stable, back-house, and 24 acres glebe, and a piece without contents. King's Books. I Clear Value, i St/nodals. i Procurations. \ Acres Glebe. 12 ' 45 O I 2 I 7 7 o6. I 24 Kemp, Fsq. baptized. i6oi, Arthur, Prior et Convcntus de Butlcj- habcnt son of Robert Kqmp, Esq. ; he was a earn in proprios usus, habcnt unain preacher hcciiscd by tho Bishop of Lon- grangiani cum xx. acris terra;, et tribus don, and preached here in 163(5, as the acris pr.iti. Estimatio ejiisdem prxter book kept for tliat purpose informs me. portioncm et vicariam xxiiij. marc. esti. 1567, 26 May, Mr. Antony Drury matio vicaria; illiiis vj. marc, portio married Mrs. Anne Kemp. 1601, 17 Prioris Monachorum Thefordi.x- in ca- Sept. Edmund Poole, Esq. married dcm xx. s. liabct enim idem vicarius al- iVIrs. Alice Kemp. lCra^;iimictoc:oacras tcrrx scd nil habct Rot. Cart. 2 R. 2. K. i. de tbcno ncque de bladls. (Nonvic. ♦ Dominiis Will, de Montecanisio Domesd. p. loo.) {or Montchcnsy) est patouus i]liu.s, * Kcgr. Gillys, fob iGj. VOL. 1, A a I8i WINFARTl! TNG. VICARS AND IU:CT011S. ISSG, prill, kal. Jii/y, John de U Stidt, dc Schympliitg, nrifit, at Ui noil o\' Tfiom■ >• wcii' all till- ti>lli>wing vicun. I:!.)7. la kul. Junt, liartfi. de lianham, prietl, on Sflde't re- liguatioD. 1333, i^J Moi/, John de Urck, of Baiihtim, priitt. Matthew, Prior of UutUi/. 1354, 4 -Nor. iVill. Slannard of Diu, priciit. I3(J6, 10 June, iSill. dc IVodtthorp, priisl. 1378, '28 April, 'iho. Kurman of (ii\sing, priest. ^V'ILL^AM, Pnoriif UutUi^. Ho tlii'il ill lliti, and is buniHl licrc. 1416, '1\ Soi. John Belt of Utanttm, priest; be was the last vicnr, for in 1424, 8 Oil. .lugustine Luce, priest, was instituted rector of the pariiili church uf llinj'arthiiig, at the presentation of IIeginald df. CJrf.y Lord Hastt/ni^s, Ifn/^Jord, and Uul/ii/n, who hy action at law li.id rciovircd inc prc>ciitaliou .-luuiiist tlic I'rior ot liul/ei/, by proving that it of ritjlil bclonijcd to his lurdsliip of If int'tirthing. 14'id, 10 Dee. IVill. Chircheman, priest, on Luce't resignation. Reginald dk Ghey. 1427, \'l Feb. Hill. lialdirlon, alias 3f oh. priest. Dillo. 143(i, 18 Octob. Robert CIcj/e, priest, on Man's resie;iialion. Re- ginald DE Grey, Stc. in right of his iordshi|> o( If inf'art/iing, which Ciunc to him by hereditary descent; before this institution, the prior and convent of liuthi/ were particuhiriv called upon to Jus- tify their right (if they thouchl tluy had any) in this rectory. 144*), 13 Aug. Sir Jialphe I 'eil;e, priest. Edmund Grey, Knt. Lord Hasfi/ng, Jtc. 144(i, 1^ Aug. John Tulleburif, on TViAv'i resignation. Ditto. I44(), 3 .March, John ShaKf, on 'J'ulteburif't resignation. Ditto.. 1447, April, John ffitton. Ditto. \45ti, ti Juli/, if ill. Spencer, at /I i7/o«'s deprivation. Ditto. 146y, 24 Octob. John Cokefield, doctor of Uie decrees, on Speucer't resignation. I^dmund Gray Ivarl of Kent. 1477, 28 April, Hill. liankr, a licentiate in the decrees, oa Cukefield's death. Ditto. 1488, 24 April, Uoberl Jacsuu, on Rankt's resignation. Ditto. 1518, 5 t'cbr. Robert Laurence, on Jucson's death. 'Ihc Earl of Surrey. Ij23, ^8 March, Tho, Seaman, LL.H. on Laurence's resignation. Ditto. 1535, 26 Aug. .Sir Richard Fli/nte, chaplain to Charles Duke oi Suffolk, was by that Duke prex-iilj-d to the church of St. Mary uf If'infarthing, which he held with liliiheiihnvi in Suffolk. I57'i, -h May, Stephen Sinte, A. 15. (jui-en Eliza UKTH. 151)4, 31 Aup. John Christian. 'I'lieQuEE.N. lOo.i, Ifill. Moblns, rector. KilO, 20 Sept. Sam. Garey,*' LL. B. He bare gul. two bars or. on each a muscle of llie first ; on a canton or, a leopard's face az. Crest, a buffler's head quarterly, gul. and seib. chargeil with four ' In i6il, he published a book calleU Great Britiin's Little KalcnU^. WINFARTHING. is:i niascles. He was presented by John Holland, Esq. trustee to the Hoxcard family. He was picljcndary of Kondcli, and aullior of many sermons and otlier divinity tracts, some jirinlcd, some iMSS. Hi21, Diiiiie/ liive o', lidiilitim, rector, died in lti'2e. l(i'28, ti yhii!;. John Jewel/, A.M. Thomas Earl of Jriiiidc/. 1037, S Jiiiif, He resigned, and tlie>bishop gave notice to the pa- tron, and soon after C'oo/>/t'/- Rcjjiiolih was insliluled, who died rector; and in lf)41, Jan. 1.), Philip Fli'^ht, AM. sureeedcd. Lionell Earl o( Middlesex, Henky Lon\ MvkI/ioj/, Hemiy Lord Pieipuiiit, and Edward Lord Ncicbiin/. lG43, 1 Fehr. 6V;/«. Gardiner, A.M. on Flight's death. LiONELL,&e. John Coppin succeeded. He died \uv. 'i;5, 1711. 1711, March CO. the Kev. Mr. John Phillips, the present [1736] rector. Hobekt Marsuam, Bart. The tower is square, having a peal of five bells in it; the nave south isle, and north porch are leaded, the chancel thatched. On two brass plates in the nave : X^M iacct .nVarljcusi Iiallpct qui mortem ohiit 3° Me.lliaii,3. ©. 158G, nnno ctati^' ^'u;-, j4. POST TENEBRAS SPERO LUCEM. HERELYETHBORYEDTIlEBODYOFTIIOMASnALLYAT, GENT.OFTHE AGE OF 48 YEARES, Wno DECEASED THE 18lh DAY OF JULY, A. D. I6l2, BEING THE SECOND SON OF ROB. H ALLY AT, GENT. WHO ALSO LYETH BURIED IN THIS CHORCII. POST MORTEM VITAM ylLTERNAM. Many of this family (who were considerable owners) are buried in this church, several of their stones being robbed of their brasses. About IGOO, the following arms were in the windows, all which are now defaced, except these, viz. E.\ST-ANGLES. St. EDMUND. ' He is buried on the north side of St. " lyeth the body of John Coppin, lalc George's Tombland, Norwich, in the " rector of Winfarthing, who died Nov. churchyard, having a stone fixed into "the ijd, i7ii,aged8i years, tlie wall over Jiis grave, witJithis, " Here rulrnct Eiirl of i*tmbrokt, luirrj ot len |>icc7f ur. Btui a:, an orfe MoHtclunnf, or. utvair. liohuii, ii:. n U : ~>UMt, tind &ix lioiu rampant or. y/r.iibriicl ra^lrd lab. Ar. three rune* /fu/. - - two bcadlcu or. Ilclhenlc were tlie arm* of .VonriVA |i ' ■"■ -liini Hfifiwltft* urms, «illi tills dale, l(J7ft; I .1 over. Ill tiic iluiv 14 u black marble tor Elizubrlh Bclvillr, ali.i-.Mi(. ilicd April 6, 1()83, aged 43. Mude»ty, sobriety, and grace, y\ m> the orniiuent, of ber race. Horc \\!U a clock formcrlv, which now standi cIisiim d in tiie toiiih aisle; and in acllu|K'l at llic up|MT cnii tlicrcot" «a% piactd a fHiiioiii •word, called the livotl Suonl of 11 nitnrlhiii^, of uhich liecnn, in Ins litliqiKs of Ronu, (printed in l.'jli.^,) fo. •)!, give* Ui the fol- lowing account. -jn \\ iiifarihiiig, A Iittif Ijiilaot in N(.rf.)lk.-, tijrrf toa^ n rrrtfnnc jfttDrrO, calico tl)c"(Jo()d Swird of Winfarlhyiii:. tl)l^ fiVDCrO toaii touiuco V.0 vrcfiou* a rdiquc, anD o( iso orcat vjirtuc , that tbrrt tea* a ?olcninc inlflTiniaoc uscb unto it. tnitl; larjjc oiltr^ anb offnnijc^, toitlj bouj mahinfls, frourhingci;. thisi^inBC^: tChi;; ^ttcrO toa^ toiiSitcD (ar anb near, for mann t ^unDm vuirpoic^, hut gvicrialn for tljin^c? tljat tocrf lost, anb for hortc? that tncrc ciithcr stolen or cUc rune astran. It hclrib aUo unto the shortnino of a niarricb inan^ life, il that the tontc tthirh u>a^ vocarn of her Iju^banb, usouio ur. a ranble heforc that .:^U)erb etjern Aiinban for the ^pate of a whole neare, no ^unban er cepteb, [or then all tiia^ tiain, Utljac^octjcr toa.i bone before. ■"X hatie mann tinier l;carb(,siiys ihut author ) ttihcn 3. tea^ a ci)ilb, of Biiicr*e ancient men anb Ujcmen.that this «^tocrb tons' the /f>tocrb of a ctrt.T'nc thief, tohich tooh t-anrtuarii m that church »arb, anb alter \ai:iii through the neoliflcnte o( the toatthmen e^capcb, anb left hii* ^\rerb behmb him, u^hich heino fcunb, anb laib up in a certainc olb chrt-t, tna-; aftertoarb through tl)C ^uttiltn of the pardon anb the clcrK of the ^amc poruh, maoc a precious lielique, full of tiertur, able to bo much, but ^pccialln to ennclj the bor, anb inahe (at tijc par^on'!» pouctj. jllgnr, a freeman of HfraltF.-, held all JV iiicfcrthinc as one maiiui in the Confcs«<»r'» time, when it cciutainrd (i canieates of Iniid, two in (lemeuii. an, and then extended into Bursion, Shimpfiiijr, 'J'ilflia/I, and Shilj htiugtr ; it was valued in the Hrst survey at 4(l«. and by the CoiKpienir at HL ils. -Xd. w iih the freemen ; he committed it to iiodric't care, whoonhwered ll. and no more. It was two miles- long, and one uile broad, and paid ijtl.gdd.'' ••> r.,.i,...v 1.1. ...,.v, Ai , liber JiomoHcraiai.T.R.E. < .vi. car. icrrc, scmprr viii. .11 :,:■..: -1 -■ mpcr xx.burd. tune ct po»f. ', ]I.) rerre regn quasi (iixl- iiii. scrv. modo ii. kcnipcni. car. in do. ' I. minio. ct mi. car. hominum. tunc tilva Duo. liuadr. dc Dice, WinfcrtJuoc tc ccl, pore, putt ct niodo cc. ct is. acr. WINFARTHING. 18» This town is privileged as ancient demean, the tenants being ex- cused fVom servinu; as jurors at liie sessions or assizes, or any wiiere else out of the inaiior, and from toll in markets and fairs, upon re- newing their writ every King's reign, and having it annually allowed by thesheriHof the eounty. It remained in the Crown till King Ilcnnj H. gave it to Sir William dk Monte-caniso, {or Muiichensie,) Knt. who gave a 100 marks to have seizin of this manor in 1189. He was grandson to Hubert Munchoi^ij, who lived in the Conqueror's time, and son of IVariiii: dc Miincluiisi/, and y^g«cs, daughter of Pain Fitz- Johti, Ijiswife, and brother to Ralph, who died without issue, and left Sir Waiiine, his cousin, his heir, he married Joan, second daughter to IVilliam Mars/uil Earl of Piinbrook, and in 1222, had scutage of all his tenants that held by military service in Norfnl/c, SuJ'o/k, &c. ; and in 1241, he was at that famous battle of .Y^H^o/wf, against the French ;' in which, by his valiant deportment, he won great renown. In the 34th of /Av/n/ III. the King ratified to him all the liberties belonging to the lands of Jia/ph ck Montchemi/, his uncle, whose heir he was, all which were lirst granted by King Htnri/ II. ; among which, the tenants here were excused from the sheriff's turn, and from to/l, and from serving upon any juries out of their manor, and he had assize of bread, ale, and zcine, with court- leet * allowed him, and this further privilege, that the King's bailiffs should not enter his baihwick of llinjurlhiw' to take any distress, but the bailiftof that bailiwick should do it. He died in 1255, being then reputed one of the most noble, prudent, and wealthy men of all the realm, his inventory amounting to 4000 marks, a prodigious sum. for that time. He left William, his son, his heir, who had a park well stocked with deer in this paiish. In 1259, in the 46th of Henri) III. he was one of the discontented barons then at difference with the King, upon which account he received notice, that in case he did not personally repair to the court, to sign the agreement, (as divers of them did,) lie might send his seal, for the better confirmation thereof; and in the 48th of the same King, having been one of the chief commanders on the part of the rebeUious Barons in that fatal battle of Lewes, where the King was made their prisoner, the next year, when they sum- jirati. semper duo cqui in aula, ct vi. ail. qiiando forisfccit, de his calumpnintur semper xiiii. pore, ct xiiii. caprae, et in Scs. Eds. xiiii. acr. In Tortessala ii eadem qiiinqiie libcii homines Algari liberi homines Algari commendati cum- comniendati tantum. T.R.E. dexl. acr, terra, xxxv. acr. terrc et i. acr. prati. semper i. car. ct i. ac. prati. In Borstuna Siiva iiii. pore, semper i. car. In Scel- iiii. libr. homines AlgaBi comniendati vangra i. vi\l. xv. acr. terre semper tantum de xl, acr. terre et i. bor. seni- dim. car. et ii. bordar. Silva v. pore, et per i. car. ct iii. acr. prati. In Ger- ii. acr. prati. tunc, vahiit Wincferlliinc singa. T.R.E. viii. liberi homines AI- xl. sol. post et modo viii. lib. et iiisol et gari commendati tantum de xl. acris iiij.;/. blanc. etisti omncs liberi cum soc. lerre ct iiii. lx)r. semper. Tunc iii. car. quando Godricus reccpit, et modo, red- inter omnes post et modo i. et dim. et duntvii. lib. sed amplius non possunt ii. acr. prati. In Shiniplinga i. integer rcddere tantum. Wineferthinc liabet i. liber homo Edrici T.R.E. de xii. acris leug. in longo et dim. in lato et de Gel- terre. semper i. car. in cadem ii. Soc. to. ix. the ;.|»lyear ol llml Kmi;. lo *tnju] to the jiid^'ni.-nl ,.( ihe Km>t Cottr/, III i.ursuance of tlu- d.cree lallod Dutum ,U Knulworth , but U-ins' notable to [Krlorm it nithin llint lime, bv reason of hi* si,o;m««, and sister lo i\ Ul.am d) Muiic/ifiisi, leaving At DOM An or pmer. de JaUnct Earl of Pnnbrook, his heir • who. n, 1321. held ,t by one fee of the barony oi Munches, "n\ the manor or tenement called //ry-iroo./, of lioLrt l\tz.H olt r bv he fourth part ot a fee He died in 1.0-), leaving no maJe issue Z that Ins sisters inlierited, and this manor was ullotied to ' «homhehad"''° ""'""*' ''''"' '^'"""^' ^"^ Abcrgovn.n^,, by John db Hastynci, who succeeded him, and Elizabeth, a d^^^bJH"^. ;!tr ,?.': "^rr'tii r,?" '"• •"• °^ '" '^ ^"'•^"' "^ * Froiurt. 19 b. jo a WINFARTIIING. JS7 daughter, 'married to Roger Lord Grey of Ruthin ; John was suc- ceeded by his son, Lauuence, who was five years old at his father's death, and by llie King's license was in the custody of Julian liis mother, who withm a year after her first husband's death, married to Thomas It Blount, after whose death she married a tiiird time to William dc Clinton Earl of Huntingdon ; this Earl, in 1351, is said to hold the manors of Winfarthing and Heywood, as guardian to the said Lau- rence, who, as soon as he came of age, was declared Earl of Pembrook, and the year following, being the 14lh of Edward III. he attended the King in that great adventure against the French at sea, where he worthily shared in tlie glory of that victory obtained against them near Sluys in Flanders: but this was not the only brave action of this Earl, for he behaved himself valiantly all his life, as we find in Dugdales, Baronage, (p. 570,) where his brave achievements, and those of his family, are amply treated of. He died in 1347, loavin"- John IIastyngs Earl of Pembrook, his son and heir, who mai° ried June, daughter of Sir IValter Mamny, Knt. Being very active in the French wavs, in 1:371, he was made Lieutenant of ^cjh?7«/«, at the special request of the inhabitants of tiial province, and was then about 25 years old ; but unlucky it was for him that he had that honour, for upon his coming to the port of Rochell, which was then beleaguered by the French, no sooner was he got into the haven, but the Spanish fleet fell upon him, before he could put his men in order to fight, so that he was taken prisoner, his ships burnt^and all the English killed or taken, with no less than 20,000 marks, sent over by the King to maintain the war. After he had undergone four years imprisonment, with most inhumane usage, for a sum of jiioney he was to have been enlarged, upon which he came to Paris, where falling sick, he hasted to Calais, but died on his journey, Jpril 16, 1374, seized of these manors, which, among others, were as- signed to Anne, his widow, for her dower: she died in 1383, John de Hasty ngs, their son, being then about eleven vcnrs old. This Jo/(«, at the coronation cf Richard II. (being then not five years old,) claimed to carry the great golden spurs, and shewing sufficient evidence of his right to do that service, Edmund Earl (it" March (whose daughter Phillipa he married) was allowed to perform it for him, by reason of his minoiity. He had no issue ; for in the 13th Richard H. being then but seventeen years old, the King keep- ing his Christmass at IVoodsfock, and holding a tournament there, this young earl ventured to tilt with Sir John St. John, by an unlucky slip of whose lance he was run into the bottom of his'bellv, upon which his bowels burst out, and he soon died, to the great grief of many, being a person of so noble a disposition, that for bounty, manhood, and courtesy, he exceeded all of his age, and most of ius degree. His untimely death was, at that time, thought a judgment upon his family, in regard that Aymerde Valence Earl of Pembrook, his ancestor, was one of those that passed sentence of death upon Thomas Earl of Lancaster at Pontfract ; for it was observed, thtit after that judgment so given, none of the succeeding Earls of Pem- brook ever saw his father.' At his death, ' T. Walsingham. in eod. A*. 168 \-. I N 1 AUTII IN (J. I I.U •on cif III ImhtU, til fuutitl lti> T \o Jotin lie It .■.1..1 li\ oUior i...|.. »t>n of Kht I «•! Illlf^h 1^ /' ImiI lit iIh* liulf '■ \\ ill-, \»il« ■ 11 !«• iliij du-niion ot their iiulit. Uiit li> li lur n ]!i\'U I' ik I «. I N \ 1. 1» ri 111 I n« ( iKiwefii I'.ihririt llii/. I7>. lO/. c«t>t», ((trry tWfiiiiiit; lliut lie IiikI »|)ctit KXN) iiinrks nio><',> but itc- i^at iin|ins(inrd sixti-eii yenrs (ih disubi-xini; that Sfiili'iicf, wliii-h was rp(»iiU'd n voi\ hard anil uiiiust uiii;, aixl >0 d^ys works in autumn, woitli \il. each dnv. topellier with a wood eaili-il lln/vrr l\oon i\iiif,u. I ' ^ and Vuiiihitm (irrcii, worth Cxi. a year, a vuxiimll wiifiji •it. u year; thi- siiili and |>er(|uisites of the courts worth ."ii. W. ;i jiar clear. Hut though tin- LonI (ira/ inlicritcil the rest ol' the ilari of I'tmhrook'i estate, this anil Urifwood inunurs were in , in whi< h year •he died, havint; cnioyed il, notwithstandinir l-Attnird Un^ti/ii-j^'s claim. I! '1.' , . . m il( ll>iui,\)y wh'-m Ik oi JuIih llol- I ' ' ""/ Larl- Marshal ; 1 ; ^ , J '.' ; .me heir to his liunnur and estate ; he married CVi- thaniir , daughter to llrnrtf I'eircy l^irl of \orthiimlnrliiiul, and in till ih of IMirnrd IV. was created I'.nrl of Kntt ; at his dralli in 1 Hh, he lift these manors in dowi r to L'athariiif, his widow, wliu .-.• ■ «■ kUtiid. In li« parL wa» lull ofdctr, and Sir Itauingboiini (iatnii/ of H'rit Uirltn^, Ki ' ' ' . ' . .' M aiid buck.uiid liU-rtv of liuuung Ukui ill 1 niv l^ird \.<\ Arundelii. 1 iiik |wii>li lukiit ' ' II, iioM [I7.10J let ut iG/. tier annum, i.4 tin- i;ill > -, out ofwiiitli tl. Mi. (oalli-d lA>triidt$' and Alliens pilL>; it aunually al ICattrr to br divided unon|; turb |iutir iis an- not collrxrlixnt-r*, l>v iIk- rector ami cburvli- w-ardeiu ; the ri-«t wut f^iveii U> n-pair the cliurrli. Tbi-y buve ul(o llirtt- tou n-houM'N, one hutlt nii new of laud adjoining to it, and ■ootluT ua!> llic old Ciildliull, the lalld^ (d uliicli f;t/d, werr K-ized bv llio Crown, anil v ii by tjuctrii Elizabeth, in tlic 27lJi ye«r ol'hcr reien, to ilic /- la UJ(NJ. tlierc werv IHU coniinunicnntk, and now there urt; 50 dwclling-houst'*, nnd al»out ilk) inhabitunt>. It paid 1/. l(is. to llic teotlv, was valued at Vljiit. to tiie |tariiauiciit vaiuatiun, uud now at 934/. to tlie land tax. [ ITi^i] The C'f>ToM> OF TiiK Mwoii are the«e : the ridest son is heir; the fni'- IS at the lord"* will ; it i;ivei» no doMer; the leiiaiila build up, pull doun. pliint on the w.uttc, and tell tiiubi-r, witboul ltcun«c. The Uet Ix-longj to ll)e hundred. The CisTOMS OF Tiir. Rp-rTonY rrrre first rremjiUjirti A" 45 Eliz. atul nfttr that A" 8 Janics 1. 7 June, and art thrsr : Tliey pay \d. a year for eaeh cow, in lieu oi Jnclage. For every call' under seven, i ob, tbc .seventh bciiiji; due in itind to the n'clor, he olIowiDg 1 ob. tor each cult above M.-veu, and under ten. Instead of tithe hny, or herhnzf, the parisliioners pay 2-ery heifer I J. a year, till it \* utilked, or olhei'wiir converted. Every inhabitant on A/J-Saiul's Diiif pays I ob. m lieu of ull titiie far fruit, and nil fuel spent in the lown. Tithe |>eiuic are «lue every lenlli .steleli, as soon ft» they are cut by the ownta- ; nil corn, and other small and p-enl tilheii whatsoever, are doe in their propi.'r kind, the MiuUI tithes on Ldtnutun Dui/, tin: rest a* they arc se|>arated.' * The Abbot ol Bury Kjd onf frrr- trniiit R. Come*, qiundo if forisfccif, nun >''r^, intl two. irrr^w Inch l)f longed ft |>««t Godiictit, in nunu Repu, poll to 'v'-) (ioiinciim trnuK Hcrolfm, in term :. icnet in Wine. Sancti bdmiindi, liccocu ]>rxpoMti tciCui. I. Lbct liuiint (Ic li. acr. qiirui Abbat»|lc>tc liuiidrcl. [ 191 ] DIGKLEBURGII Is a large parish, containing the whole town oi Semeie,^ which, at the Conquest, was as large ;ls Dickkburgli itself, to which it is now a hamlet. This town was anciently' divided into four parts or por- tions, each of which had a rector of its own, and served in their turns in Dickhburgh church. The first portion was called some- times Fouldon, sometimes the Portion in the Marsh, (it being the lowest part of the town,) sometimes the Portion of Henri;, who was rector in 125fi, but most commonly, the Portion of Riihurd, who was rector of it when the Lincoln ta.\ation was made, it being then valued at x. marks ; out of this portion the Abbot of linn/ had an annual pension of xv.s. The second was called, the Portion in the Fields, (it being the upper part of the town,) sometimes the Portion of Henri/,'' and sometimes Ciilphoes Portion, John de Culphoc being rector at the Lincoln taxation,* and John of St. Fdmund's Bury, at the Norzsich taxation, when it was valued at c.s. and paid a pension to the Abbot of St. Edmund of ix.s. yearly. The third portion belonged to that part of the town which is now called Langmere ,^ and is still a hamlet belonging to it, all which lies in the hundred of Earsham, and hath a separate leet, which now belongs to Dictclebiirgh Hall manor, and its jurisdiction extends to all that part of the town which lies in Earsham hundred. The leet and royalties of the other part in Diss hundred belonging at this time to the lord of the hundred, but there are no leet fees due to either of them ; this was in the Conquest included in Semere, of which it was near the half, and was given to Butley priory, after the decease or cession of Raniilf the chaplain, who had been presented thereto by l\ illiain de Aubervil, and Maud his wife, which Maud was daughter to Ranidfde Glanvil, and belonged to the land that the said Raiuilf held of Thomas Noell ; at the Normich taxation itwas valued at x. marks, and in the Lincoln at xiii. marks; it was appropriated to that convent about 1180, by John of Oxford, Bishop of Xorzvich, without any vicar to be en- dowed, they being obliged to find a stipendiary chaplain only, who was to administer the sacrament, and perform all duties to the parishioners of that portion only ;' this was confirmed by several Archbishops of Canterbury, and by Thomas de Grey, and 'Thomas de 'See Semere in Domesday. yearly pension of 155. id. ob. per annum 3 This was one Henry Kreeman, who to be paid to Bury monastery for ever, was rector of it m 1231, in which year ♦ Valued at xvi. marks in the Lincoln there was a fine levied, to confirm the Taxation agreement made between the Abbot ' That is the Long Mere, and him, the Abbot remitting to him * " Salva tantum portione suificienti and his tenants of tlie rectoiy manor, " portionis predicte, pro susteritatione the services of carrying part of the Ab- «• imiuscapeilani parochianis eidem por- bot'swine from Norwich, or Yiirmoutli, «' tioni pertincntibus divina et sacra. to Palgrave Bridge, and from paying " menta ministrare," Lib. Inst, xi, part of the tallage of Titshall, for a 19« lUt KI.KUL UU II. ^ 'i ; niul iIhm i* l nil j ud cxinH>lututi-ioii of :U. Ad. a year, clear of nil tcrvicc due Iroiii the 'flic prior uImi had liiiidi in llii* purl of llie town, unit' iff (lloinil, wliiili werr Inxt-d ii( \d. oh.' 'Jlie liiuilii I'udion t< " itf,' ntid coiitaiiud llu- oilier liiilt of ■SViMf rr, llwit liiv I'i ■ .1, ami \»a!. MMiKliinci falleension the I'rior was lo allow and pay \'Zd. tenths." The two Por- tions ealletl J'oulduii and Scmrrt were i-onsolidaied in 14'2<»,' and in 1449, (hey were consolidated lo tlie Portion in the Fields; and in 14J4, the appropriatiim of Lnitgmerc Portion being resigned, it became one rectory, chnr^'cablc wilh the annual pensions ol .'U. 4d. to the Prior of IhiiUq, U)». lo the I'rior o\' St. Faith's, and 'i45. ]d. ob. lo the Abliot of liuri/,* and halli so continued ever since. This . i.wilh the manor niiw <-ailed Till- Ur.CTORV .Manoi?, was piix ■• .Si/rt~'/ri/, a monk of /ii/ri/, at wliicii time it belonged to tlie manor ol Filihall,^ and with that was given lo this inonnstcry, there being at that time only one chaplain or parisii priest ; but before the Conquest, the Abbot had given the manor lo the church, and infcoffed it in l»o pri«-sls, who held it at the survey ;' liicsc, wilh the (larochiol priest, made three portion^, all which were in the prcsenla- ' Aburaci Cartar. Abbal. de Rullcy, fo. 5. • The Merc, from n larc'" Tncrr in il. » Ma-lltcw deCa- ■ ' 'jin- bridge, A" i>3n I lec- meni with llie Abbot, l.jt lu pjyix.i. |>er annum en' was ilic original of llie peiii > M , J aid bin when imposed in convo- cation. ' Re(;r. Curtey», fol. 15. * See p. 191, note j, and note 9oMhis ' See Tiultmll manor. * Terre Abb.ilii de Sancio Eadmiindo el Dice dim. Hiind. (Dome>d. fol. ita. Uiccles-Uurc, leniiil irnii>er Sancliii bdmiindut pro nianerio ct diiobiii cam- CJtii trire, mudo tcnciit duo prctbiteri DICKLEBURGII. 195 tion of the Abbot of Buri/ till tiie Dissolution/ each rector having a house, with a caiucale of land, a third part of the manor, (which they divided,) and the tithes of their separate portions; at tiie Dissolution, theadvowson went lo the Crown, and was granted, in \b'M), to Thomas and James Bacon, Esq. and the heirs of T/wmas; in 1547, they aliened it to Nicholas Bacon, Esq. and his heirs; and he, in lj.30, to Thomas Godsalve and his heirs, who, in 13o7, sold it to IVilUam Mingay, and he soon after to Stephen Lacy, Gent, and he to John Whitman, who, in 1567, aliened it to Charles Le-Grice, Esq. and his heirs, who kept it but a little while; for in 1570, it belonged to John and Thomas Tf hippie, and John Ji hippie of Pnlham-Murkct, in which family it continued some time; for in l603, llilliam and Thomas 11 hippie were patrons, who left it to their daughters; the one married to Robert Boicns, the other to George Gatcdie, both which held it m their wives' right in 1632,' from whom it came (I suppose by sale) to Thomas Buxton, who at his death left it to Thomas, his son, and he dying without issue, left it to his wife, and her heirs; and soon after it belonged to one Congham of IVells, of whom George Chamberlain, D. D. Fellow of Trinity-College \n Cambridge, purchased it, and pre- sented his nephew Samuel iSeedham to it, alter whose death he gave it to the Senior Fellow of Trinity-College for ever. The rector hath a good house and 80 acres of land adjoming to it, too-ether with the Rectory Manor, the Custom of which is, that the copyhold descends to the youngest son, and the fine is at the lord's will. It is in the deanery of Redenhall, and archdeaconry of Norfolk, and liberty of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and is thus valued, the pensions being bought oflF: Kings Books. 28 Tenths. 2 16 Acres Glebe. I Synodals. 80 I 3 8 Procurations. 7 de Abbate, semper iiii. villan. et xij. bordarij, et ii. car. in diiio. et iiii. car. homiinim, silva xvj. pore. vj. acr. prati et iiii. soc. xx. acr. semper i. car. i. acr. prati. val. xl.J. hab. v. quar. in longo. et iiii. in lat. et yj.d. de Gelto. Ecclesie xxx. acr. val. vj.s. . ' Norwich Ta«alioii. Portio Henrici X. marc Portio Abbatis Sci. Edm. in ead. XV. s. Portio Johannis de Sancto Edmundo c. s. habet Abbas de dca. por- tione ix.j. Portio Mathei vj. marc. Portio Sancte Fidis de dominico de Semcre viij.j. Portio Prioris de Buttelc in eadem x. marc. , . , . . Norwich Domesday, which w accord- ing to the Lincoln Taxation, says thus : Prior de Buttele habet unam partem in proprios usus. Abbas Sancti Kdmundi est patronus triiim partiiim, quilibet rector habet niansum cum una carucata terre. Tota villa est rcgalis. Estimalio Portionis Prioris de Buttelc xiii. marc. Estimatio Portionis Henrici, nunc Johan- nis de Culpho in eadem xvi. marc. Estimatio Portionis Alexandri postea Joliannis de Hemenhale in eadem viii. niarc. et dim. Estimatio Portionis Ri- chardi postea Johannis dc Mclford in eadem vj. marc, et dim. Estimatio Portionis Prioris Sec. Fidis dc Horshaia in eadem x.s. 8 MSS. pen. A. Norris, CI. 504. DICKLEBURGII. RECTORS. The First Portion, called Fouldon, or the Portion in the Mausu, l'2jG, Hi'uri/ was rector. Richnrd. 1291, John de Mel ford, priest. 1334, Rolitrt de Paiteiii/, accolite. 137(i, ai M(inli, John tie Jl'atton, priest. 1410, '28 Sgpl. Robert Seijeauut, priest. 1411, '27 October, John Ti/hhi/nhain, priest, ia whose tiiae Semere Portion was eonsolidated to this, i/c. Octob, ij, 1429. I44G, 17 Sept. John Briggc, chaplaiu, 011 Tybbtfnhants resignar tion, at whose death, in 14J4, liiey were consohdated to tlie Portion in the Field, and John Bulman had possession of ihein Dec. 13, 1454. The Second Portion, or the Portion in the Fieliis. Roger the parson. 1231, Henri/ Freeman, rector. I27G, John o( St. Edmund's Buri/, rector. 1291, John de Culpho, rector. 1316, 13 kal. Oct. John de Culpho, sub-deacon. 1329, 7 id. Octob. Andreiode Bi/nham, priest. 1329, G k\. March, Robt. de .Vorfo/j, priest, on jBywAa/n'sreignatioH, 1349, 30 October, Robert de Fouldon. Godfrei/ de Snetisham. 1391 J " '//. Corneuaille, priest, on Snetisham's resignation. 1392, Richard Manci/k, on CorneTcaille's resignation. 1393, Thomas FJyott, on Marzoyk's resignation. 1394, Richard Jlylzcei/n, on Elj/olt's resignation. 1402, 25 October, William Burdocliff, on Alynei/ns resignation. John Osberne.^ 1417, 27 Jan. Tho. Wode, a shaveling. John KnoKlls, on whose resignation John Bulman succeeded, in 1449. The Fourth Portion, or the Portion of Semekb. 1231, Matthew of Cambridge, rector to ^256. 125G, Jan. )8, Master Rustand, sub-deacon, chaphiin to the Pope, presented by the King, during the vacancy of the abbey. yllexander the priest. ia66, Ivo the priest. William de Lopham. 1 288, Ralph de Hemenhale, on Lopham's deatli. 129], Joh?i de Hemenhale. » 1487. John Osberne, rector of the he was buried, viz. in the east chapel of second Portion, was buried here, he the north isle, whi(h chapel now belongs gave 6s. %d. to repair the church, to Langniere, and in which the chap- 30i. to repair the chancel, a vestment, lain for that Portion officiated, before it two napkins, a portufory, and silver was disappropriated. cup, to St. Mary s altar, before which DICKLEBURGH. 19s 1502, 10 kal. Apr. Robeit de Gravenny, or Cranehy, priest. 1322, 5 id. July, John de Hemenhak, priest. 1349, 4 Nov. William de Melford. 1357, Henry, son of John de Lydgate, priest, on Melford's resig- nation. 1360, 22 Decern. Peter de Hoo, on Li/dgate^s resignation. 1360, 6 March, Thomas Osbernc, priest, on Hod's resignation. 1361, 17 Nov. Johnde li,dlins.ton, accolite. 1365, 27 April, Gilbert de iVortham, on Edlington's resignationv 1 399, Richard Fysch, priest. 1400, 8 Octob. Thomas Page, priest. 1402, 5 August, Simon Smith, on Page's resignation. 1402, 9 August, Thomas Faldyngtcorth, on Smith's resignation. Thomas IVi/lomoiid, at whose resignation in 1417, 3 Sept. Thomas Kynthorp was instituted. 1421, Thomas Savage, priest. William Brixey, on Savage's resignation. He died 1429, and in that year October 5, it was consolidated to Fouldon, or the Portion in the Marsh. 1449, John Bulman^ was instituted to the Portion in the Fields, on the resignation of Thomas JVode ; and in 1454, 13 Dec. the consoh- dated portions of Fouldon and Semerc were consohdaled to this, and possession given to John Bulman aforesaid, who held the whole be- nefice till 1497, and then resigned it; upon which, in 1497, 6 June, John Alleyn, A. M. was instituted to Dekylburg, with all the portions annexed.^ 1531, 24 Dec. Rich. Eden, doctor of the decrees. The King, by grant from the Abbot. 1551, 4 Aug. Tho. Cordon, A. M, on Eden's death. Tno. God- salve of NorraVA, Esq. . 1554, 23 Dec. William Stockwith, priest. Ditto. 1557, 30 October, Richard Lusser, A. M. on Stockwith's resigna- tion. 1558, 2 Sej>t. James Green. William Mingate, Alderman of Norrcich. 1561, Tho. Roberts, A. M. on Green's resignation. Lapse. 1576, 28 June, Robert Sayer, D. D. on Robert's death. Henry and Tho. Whipple of DickUhurgh, Gent. 1622, Christopher Barnard, dispossessed by the Earl of Manchester in 1643. ' He was secretary to Bishop Walter gilt silver cup, two osciilatories of silver, Lyhert, rector of Heviiigham, and pre- two crewets of silver, his best missal, bendary of the college of Stoke-Clare, altar-clothes, &c. and ordered a priest rector of Rollesby ; (for which church to officiate five years after his death, for he resigned this;) he willed to be bu- his and his father's and mother's souls, ried in this chancel, under a black mar- and his good lords, Thomas Browne, ble stone prepared, with an inscription and Walter Lyghert, formerly Bishops thereon put, with mention of John Bui- of Norwich, Richard Hedge, William man, his father, and Beatrix, his mother, Ivot, and Margaret his wife, and Ste. who are there buried. He gave divers phen Brasier, and all his benefactors, vestments to keep his and their obits, ^ MSS. Coll. Caj. D. 23, p. 76, where and a pair of silver candlesticks, weigh- there is much to be seen concerning this- ing 60 ounces, a little silver cross gilt, a rectory. 196 PICKI.CnUUOH. in of >fr. Jiitrnard ;^ li. ,» (tiuiily, A' lUtS. . /.. '<. < I., tl llir Articli'-i, brini; at llinl tinit- niutlcr uf art*.* l(>,s(i, I I IhtiUxr, JitMu liiihiir, A. M. on lliiruartTt dcutll. JoilS Kii II iR, and Nun. Iii> mmi, lur ilm turn. !''>», 19 .4pn/, Siimiul SfrilAiim, uii Hichar't dcalh. (ip.nBuF. CicAMHKKLAiN. S. T 1*. IVIlow ol I'rinilff-Vollfgc in Cambridge, pof|H-tuiil palrun. Hi- Mai iucccfdcd by John U hiljleld, D. D. of Triniltf-Collrge, CtimbnJge. Tlic Kfv. John linker, I). I), ilio pirsc'nl [173<»] rrclur, «ucfCfiii [Alice if lie would take u, botii wiiiili In- gincrouslv re- " fu>t>fijiuiuc briui;,lit on him»i-lt the " ronimon cnliimities nnu fate wliiili then niuiuhd loyally und " fidelity lo his Majesty, for his Iiounc- wa» plundt red und riHedof a " pn-ai (f/i cuslie, l)Ul liy Ins jxeeili lit life and •' . I. id so much retoninu-n(Kerilous underlakint:, to the manifest hazard of " their wfetv, perhaps of tlieir lives, if i( had been discovered. He •' liad at the lime of his sufferings, a wife, and at Iciisl nine young ' ' Iren. which hel|Kd to compleal his misery, und sullicienlly .ivated the barbarities wliuh were exercised upon him; 'tis 'lie he had always a lirm perswasiuii of his Majesty's «• i iion, which he afterwards live y«nrs, and having been admitted alniul the " year U'rii), and not dying 'till U)8<) years." '1 hiii far Mr. llatkrr,'' in which account there are some small errtiurs, all which may be corrected by this inscription on his stone ia the chancel, viz. ' CaUmy i. vol. Su^l. printid at Lon- ' Walker's Suffering* of ihe Clergy, don 1717, p. 61S. part ii. fot. 104. * CoHMgoatiun Book. DICKLEBURGIl. 197 D. S. CkrislopJierm; Barxard Filius sccundiis Jioheiii Barnard de Langliam, juxta Wells in Comitatu Noif: Gen: Inijus Ecclesiac per quinqiiaginta, Et octo annos Rector, et J/iria uxor ejus, lletirici Coiighnm de Wells, Gen: et Jiiiuc ux-oris, fili'a prjniogenita, ex Qua decern susccpit Liberos, Filios silicet, quatiior, /leiiricum, EdKardian, liohcrtiim, ct ('/iri.s/up/ioriiiii, Filiasq; Sex, Sc. Cecifiam, Aiiiiam, Mariam, .Ilicia/ii, BrigclUim, Et Sara/i, E quibus altera Obijt xxi° Die Mensis Octobris A° Dom: MDCLX. iEtat: Sum LX'li. alter quinto die Mensis Octob: A°Dom: MDCLXXX. .^tat. Suae LXXXIU. contumulantur Heic, in quorum Memoriam, J/icia Filia lliimp/tredi Rant, Gen: uxor, hoc Marmor L. M. P. 1'. Isti sunt Liberi Eduardi Bernard, Rectoris de Dyss, Anna, sepulta 11 Fcbr. I(jfj2. Edvvardus scpult. U) Sept. I(ifj5. Sarah sepult. Hi Jan. IGG8. Dorothea sepulta. ICi May 1670. Quorum Exuviae ad Caput hujus Marmoris Sunt Depositaj. The Church is a regular building, having its nave, two isles, with a chapel at the east end of each oY them ; the chancel, vestry, and south porch all covered with lead, a square tower and five bells at its west end, on the second, third, and fourth bells are these verses : 2. <§onitu.{i €0iDii accen&it at) Culmina 4Lt\\. 3. - Iirl u (Idut-tw^it; (iu|>lti'k«.nl. • li ■ ■' n lilt' lx>ril Ml 1 ' ( ill W lii|>|>l<-, ^\ 111 unio Th' (mmU- iiikI I' ol Mr. Julin Jaiiu L,MH ' ^ Sit Jiiliii JariK't;uu, K'" I . V Dn> ol Sfjit; 10 17. Agvd f».i. W'hut uortli III Woman, or a Wife could be, \\ liul (iiMxiiioj vuile llaiu), wiiK.- lii'iiri, tiiispolU-d tnitli. Tlitst- .lfs»flli ttiiM-d tii'lli llii;! ' I »f, by Dt'ulli, 1>> liwff hiiil u|», ihfir 0« iRT, I II. Vc-ni citu Jcku. Ou 41 stone ill lUe chancel : DoroUiea Mii»on, IJclicla 'I'lionnc Mason, Vicnrij de Ashly- Mairna, in agro Leicestriii', Obijl .Maij 7°"" J(il»0. Anne tlic wifi- of William Owls, niiiii»ler of I?illingford^ daugliter of Tliomas Saver, was buried liere in lO'JO, as appeoni by a circum- scription on a stone in the altar rails. On a black mnrblc in the chancel : H. S. E. Maria, JohauHis Whitfield, S. l". 1*. hujus Ecc!esia> Kectoris L'xor, Filia (iulU'lmi l'iit<^raie luipir de I'ullmm, d'en: Qua- duin in C'oniiubio vitani a^^eret, per Quadrcniiiiiin ciiin dimidio, C'onjupis optima; et amantissima' Vices pra-slilit, I'ietalc ill suo«, Benignitute iu propinciuo:!, amabikin sine liblreetundi Usu, pra;bere »c voluit, ct qnidem F^geiiis .>f all, by llie then Kcbelliuus I'arliament, and lu fine oul of that llouft * Lc Nevc't Monument*, vol. ii. p. 41. ' Ibid. DICKLEBURGII. 199 of Parliament, whereof he had the Misfortune to be a Member. She had Issue by him only Tho: wiio married witli Kcbecka, the Uaugliter and Co-iicir of Tiio: Cbapmanj of W'oormly in the County of Hartford, Esq; \vliich said Sir Tho: was a great Traveller, before and after Marriage, his Ladic sometimes be- yond the Seas with him, a learned Seholier, an exact Linguist, expert in all Arts and Knowledge, of rare Temper and Courage, and of great Esteem in most Courts in Christendom, High Shcrift'fortheCountie of Sulf: by Commission from his Majestic of Blessed Memorie, A" 1G4G, 'till forced by that fatal i'arlia- ment, to flee to the King at Oxiord, wlicre by Commission from liis INJajestie, he raised a Regiment of Hors, wherewith he per- formed remarkable Service, 'till his Majesties Forces were totally ruin'd, and then he departed the Kingdome, arriving in Cicilia, where by Commission from that Viceroy, he hiid Command of a Squadron of Six Shipps, against all Enemies to the Crown of Spain, which being prepared, he put to Sea, and performed many gallant Services, much to the Honour of the Spanish Elagg. In July 1()j1, he put into the Port of Messina with a very ricii I'rize, and posted to the Court at Palermo, where he met with an Hon'''' Ueception, for the several good Services he had per- formed, but at 4 Days End, he there fell ill of a violent Fever, whereof within 8 Dayes he died, aged about S.i Years, and by the Princes Ordir, had an honourable liiterm'- &. much lamented there, but much greater cause at Home, leaving no Issue, but a sorrowful VV'id' 8c sad Childless Parents; the said Dame Frances dyed at Billingford-Hall the y"" of Sept. l6j9, from whence by her own desire she was brought, and interred in this Parish, to which she often manifested a Charitable Aftection, On the top are the arms of Platers, bendy wavy of si.v, ar. and az. impaling Lt-Grice, quarterly «2. and gul. on a bend ar. three boars sab. Plater's crest, on a wreath ar. and az. a lion rampant ar. crowned or. Le-Grkc's crest, on a wreath ar. and gal. a boar sab. armed or. Platers with Ulster arms, and his quarterings, zez. ].^r. a chevron sab. between three estoils gul. 'i. Ferl, a lion rampant ar. 3. Sab. a chevron erm. between three Catherine-wheels ar. 4. Ar. a chevron between three nags' heads cooped sab. bridled or. ."J. Sab. a fess be- tween two chevrons or. 6. Jr. on a fess az. two crowns or. 7 Az. three cinqucfoils or. 8. Erm. on a chief gul. three lozenges or. 9. Ar. on a chief gw/. three de-lises or. Le-Gnce and his quarterings, r/:. 1. Gul. three crescents or, a fess ar. 2. Sab. on a chevron «r" three holly leaves vert. 3. liarry of ten ar. and oz. on a canton gul. a lion passant or. 4. Ar. on a chevron ingrailed Mb. three mullets of the field. 5. Quarterly, or. and az. G. Az. a fess indented between three martlets or. 7. Sab. a chevron between three cinquefoils or. 8. Er. a cross ehequy or and gul. y. Sab. two lions passant guardantar. 10. Ar. two chev- rons 1 uiK-i^nt : rm the wall . \ J. ; w (I, ti:. < I .riinnfj Iiio cfOit; itu- uUicr uurl liui u »(ill otttcurc, I lake tu be Ciibut ruing truiii liit srpulcfire. I1ic plnlr btlonging (o Uic altar i» very tine; Uic flaggon holdi about two quuiLs, uu uliicli i« tl>ii : J Ciijl lu the Churrh of Dicklcburgh, A' 1715. The cup is a \er\ p^ooti one-, ami was |>urrlKuichall go towards discharging the hamlets aforesaid. This land now belongs to the parish. They have also a piglitle of one acre, called Duve-house Pijrht/e, and n close of two acres, culled the Tonii Close, both which be- longed lo litegild, and were purchased by the parish with the guild- hall. • i4$i. Rob. Frenie of DkUcburR, buried in AII-dalloHcs church their, ordcr'd a (:rjvr-stonc lo be Uid i.vcr ' "' • •■ •■ "Utli tide grjvcd '•. •. lo »yng " U' tot. U) " II , ,, . .. ; .1 in lhi» " thunh." In 1504, Rote Bctkcl wai buried in tiie tl.urch, " She gave a " monstre of silver gilte, lo be made by " the rxci.ulor'i adviie, lo serve in ihe " ihiirche forthe ucramcnl lo be burne " in, lo be niinitlrcd lo ihr parishioners " for ever, and a veslmeni of while " baudkyn, a pair ol Latin candletiiiki " to ^lJnd in tlie cancel, and a veil- " mrni nf red and blew lo Sliymplyng " churche." » FeoffiDcotJ in the Churcli Chcit. DICKLEBURGH. 201 There is & gift also of 20s. a year, called Chapman's Dole, jjaid out of lands in Bnrslon, which was given by Italpk Cluipmau, anno 1618.' THE EARL's, or DICKLEBURGH HALL MANOR, Was the most considerable in this town, (except that which was granted by the Abbot to the rectory,) thougii its begiiininj; was ver^ small, as we learn from iJo/wcsc/rt;/ ,•* but soon after ihe Conquest it was enlarged, by the Abbot's infeolTing the Earl of iVor/o//f, in this part, and all those lands, services, &c. which belonged to the Abbot's capital manor, and were not granted with the rectory manor; and in this family it continued, till the death of 7{oge/' iiygof/, the last Earl of that line, who held it jointly witii Jlice his wife in the year 1306, at which time it contained 180 acres of land in demean, 7 of meadow, 7 of pasture, 40 acres wood, 2 windmills, &c. and was held of Robert Filz-JValter, lord of Diss hundred, at 2s. per annum rent, paid to his hundred of Diss, to which the /eet of this part al- ways did, and now [1736] doth belong. 'J'his Roger died in the 3Jth oiEckcardi. without issue, upon wiiicli it came to the Crown, and was granted anno 6th EdzcardW. to Thomas de Brotherton, Earl- Marstial, with the barony of the 7Jygof/,s ,• in 131.3, the Countess- Marshal had it. In 1331, John Lord Svgrureo'i J'lilkestone in A>/// had it, in right of Margaret his wife, daughter of Thomas de Brolherlon. In 1360, EdmirdlMountague/ (or de Monte Jcuto,) i\nd J/ice his wife, one of the daughters and heirs of Thomas de Brotherlon, held one moiety as part of the barony of that Earl, and Joan their daughter, then wife of JVi//iam Vlford, was their heir. In 1371, Walter Mannei/, Knt. held the other moiety in right of Margaret his wife, late wife of John Lord Segrave, and one of the heiresses of Thomas de Brotherion. In 1381", Uillitim de Ufford Ea\\ of Suffolk died seized of one part: and in 1399, Thomas de Mouhrai/ Duke of Norfolk, who had been banished for speaking disgracefully of King Richard II.* died in banishment at fenice, of the plague, in his re- turn from Jerusalem, seized of this among other manors in 1406, and it was after held by Elizabeth his widow, who after married to Sir Gerard de Usfletc, und died Juli/ 8, in the 3d year of King Henri/\'L ]ea\\nrd ; niid in KtVJ, AUakt Imu- rruet, Em{. krpl court lit-rc. Iii MijA, John TitutuU kc|il liin tint ' lit Utaihy Jilakf lAitcmicf. In l(i.>(), iicr tir>t i-ouil ; and in 1(07. liol/€rt t ; in I ' I ■ / kaomM I . , , .1 ; III I' "It, wi- dow, wai ludv ul U ; in ! ItuKun, mi't i\til/<>( llutcanl, Gfiil. k«|»li\>urt; nnd ii» . , i N.'///f^ tlti«, wiis Unci. In \t)Ti, Ahh< Soblft, wklow; in HiJH, Thomat Hiulou, Iw) ; in IrtSI, TAomas Huxloit, (Jrnl. In Id lii« lirM court; in lOiH, Liiutbilk ItHilott, widow ; III 170(». John Muhufl, ilerk, in rnjlit of his MilV; III 17l(i, / • I' ■ wuiow, who durinw; her wkkiw- ho«>cl cHK-.tid il . ^ ", cli-rk, ri-ctor of l>hlJe{iur^fi, mid . ittlcr lior d<(t-a»f ; wlio iil hi* (1< alli f;avc il to 7,yf//« \<. , wite. who kc|>t court in I72». lunl »Ik-. jointly wiih Mr. lyi/Ham Stdham, late rector of Moult on- Ma^na, her cl- eili/( nrlmnd, for other lands which sin- had in /I aM/r»/<'///. In l'Jt<), Hiilpk t'aibimfl wu» lord of it, and had the assize oi hrcad and Itrrr of nil his teiionts, as the inquisition at that lime shews us. l-rom hiin It went to Hii^li de Simrrr, who hel«i it of the Abbot ; and in the latter end ol' Henri/ the Third's rcign, John dt Sonn rt/ held in Siimre tilt- fourth |>nri ofn fee: it continued in his family till Uni, and tluMi u iim dn u. vJef. Dice i!'m. Mund. (Ooniod. fol. i»».) xl. i. tul)rt v. qiui- cl ». m Scmcrc tcouit temper banctus Edinun. laiu. ri vi. J. tic Gcltd. ' Die Umily ul tlie Sctncrcs, or S(v D I C K L E B U R G II. 203 The second part of Semere was, in the Conqueror's time, held by Walter, uiidcr liohert MaUt,^ lord of Eye, to which honour it was aijpendant for some time; and about the year 1200,' Sir IVilliuin Cheyntj had it, as part of his barony of IJois/bnl, from wliicli time I meet witii no accounts of it till 1,370,' when it belonged io Jiof/crt Bacon, who was outlawed for felony ; he is said to hold it of Ed- tnuiid Uj/'ord le Cousyn, by knight's service, as of his barony of Horsford^ It then contained two messuages, 120 acres of land, &c. and Joan was wife of the said Robert, who, in 1S91, sued the King for it as her right, at her husband's death, in 1414;' she had license granted her by the Bishoj) of Norwich, to have mass said to her in any decent place. These licenses were then usually granted to aged people that could not come to ciuirch, or to people of dis- tinction that lived at a distance, in which case the priest always had a consecrated portable altar to ofHciate at. In 14.55, Richard Bacon had it; in 1538, John Shellon and Jhine his wife convcved it by fine to llenrij IVhipplc, in whom it was joined to the Earl's manor. MANTELAKE'S, or MANCLERK'S MANOR, Was the third manor in ^'fwere, and had its name from some of its former lords, though I meet with none of them of that name. In 1191,* a fine was levied of \i, Alan and IVilliam IValLcr {\.\so bro- thers) being petents, and Roger de DiccUshurc tenant, whereby they released it to Roger and his sons, lio, Thomas, and John ; this Robert enlarged it by purchasing many lands of Robert de CoUcJield and Posta/ina, his wife, in Titshall, Dicc/esbiirc, and Rivcshn//, in 1267. 1 know nothing more of it tilltiie lothcenlury, and then 7Ao«ffs Abbes held it of the Duke of Norfolk, as of his jnanor of Forncet. In 1514,' Ric. Spoonerheld it of the King, by the service of I2s.per annum, and it was then valued at 10 marks. In 1544, Thomas, son and heir of John Cornwakis, Knt. died seized. In 155G, Thomas Gawdi/c had it, and Thomas, his son the year following, who scein to be trustees only ; for in 1598, Thomas Spooncr, GlmiI. sold it to milium Holmes and Thomas Kdzaards, and then it extended into Sethyng, Muudham, and Loddon ; and in \C)S3, there were divers lands in Selhi/ng held of this manor, and soon after it was lost in the Earl's manor, to which it had some lime been joined. Diccles-Bnrc, or Burgh, may take its name from some remarkable Saxon that settled here, and raised a fortification, of some sort or other, to defend himself and his adherents against the insults of the Danes, for Bupj originally signifies a fortified place, or a place of defence,* and is pronounced ditlerently in divers parts; in the south parts, buri/, in others burgh and brough, and often bcrri/ and barrow. The reason we meet with so many places thus called, in all parts,. merys are very ancient ; besides those ' Escaet. 45 Ed. 3. mentioned as lords, I find Jordan de ' The UfTord's had both Eye and Seniere lived in Ed. the First's time. Horsford. ' (Tol. 76.) Terr. Rob. Malct. Dice ' Lib. 7 Instit. dim. Hund. In Seinerc tenet (Galterus) *Reg. Nig. Vestiar. 174, Fin. Norf. i. liber homo sub Edrico commend, tan- H. 3. Lig. 9. No. 83. turn .\1. acr. el sub eo. iii. bord. semper ' Ex bundello 2 virtute officij, &c. i. car. inter homines silva. inj. pore, et H. %. ii. acr. prati. val. viij. s. * Camden's Remains, p. 95. 'Regr. Nigr. Vest. Ab, Bury,fol. 33. nicK I. nni no n. III. b. ti.. ■:> »Prc (ililli'cd Id pet ' 111 I 'ilily iIm'iiim-Ucs III tli< iiicr illiiiiul I (it' lIlL- liitttet, uliil xt-r llx- I. iiru-uliiin 111 rvrrv di»- tnol «ra«, (il 1 may b<- ulluMcd to cnll it liy liuit iiiiiiu-,) tlieic they a*M'ml>'' '' '■■ "'I'ut nuiiitxTii, niid fixed tlicir hubiLiitiuiis, n< well (u gtiiirtl t Uiiund i;i>odii, a* tlii-ir dead Ijodten, Iruiii tlu- iittuitt ot' '' . niid ill luinour ui tli<-ir (ir!>t leaden, lliut rni»ed tliric fi< 'u'V et'iurallv ralli-d tlicin alter their nuiiie« ; lliiii ^4 w III liave liad llieir names, llioiigli ill Illy t'uiitiiiues, without the iKTMiiial addition, but in sucii 1 beliexe otteii tlu- name ot° its lotiiider tiiuy be ouiilttil lung since ils I'ouudution ; liiir^h in Lolhiiialund is iiii instance of this kind, it iK-ing aiuienlly called Cnolifr's-Iturgh, from (.'no/mti/i ,- and tliu> it is very plain, thai all places that retain this name iiuvc without douht In-eii places of more than comnmn note in carlv at;es, and tlie threat number of them that still retain this iiami; ninJc me enlarge thus much upon it^ that it iiiav sutlice for them all. In iGoi, liere were 524 communicants, iuid now there are about 80 houses, ond 400 inhabitants. It paid S/. I(i«. tenths; the |)ar- liament valuation was 1():!2/. and the present one is, for lAUigiiure port, 3.).>/. and for nickleburgh part, i')itHl. [I'.'Ui ] In I4'J8, the .Abbot of lliiry was taxed at .il*. iil. oh. for his tem- ptirals in this town, it Ix'in;; part of liie land belonging to his manor of i'lVi/irt//, that extended lutlier, together with a tenement given to the abbey in 11 'JO by T/iumtn Nuf//,' the customs and services rc- inittet finding them >/. In 1274, the rectors had assize of bread and bttr of ull their iL-nanU allowed them upon a Quo H'arraiito. IlfMPHRY Rant," Ksq. of Dick/rbiirgh bearelh, rrm. on a fess tab. thiec lions raiiipaiii ur. CiesL, out ol a coronet ar. u lion kciant or. Ciranted by Look, Clarencieiii, anno 1674. The Commons nrv Sancre (irren, which contains about ctki fol. 1I7 ; »«e p. 191, iiutt' J, Miitt |i. 191, nulc 9. * Hunipliiy K.ini ul Dicklct>ui^h, Esq. by Mill lic |>oor, as li>- ■ ^'^ ' luin ti k w}n livrd, in lli " licin, I },ivc Id llic (>oorc _. i- " buri;li aiul Litiignicrc, the turn 01 1/. " I it. eo he paid yearly, and upon New. *' ycjr'i day, as Clia|>Mun'> dule ij, by " my ion \\ ilium, diiniig lin life. Hr wa* grandfather to the prc:.^! Mr. Kanl. The house called Dickleburgh Hall is • — ■' ■ ■' " ', 'ivmg alwul J J. -acres • It, and ilk uMncd by 1 , i^-^. of Crowficldllall, lu butioik. TITSHALL. 205 And whereas it is said in Noizcich Domesday, that all this town is the King's/ {tola villa est Itegalis,) when the Crown was never concerned in the manors, it will be proper to observe, that it is meant of the jurisdiction and special privileges which the Crown had in this and many other towns, all which were granted by Edward IV. to John Duke of Norfo/lc, and is now in the present Duke, whose liberty ex- tends all over this town, as before observed, and will be treated of at large under Lopham.^ TITSHALL Js variously written in different ages, first, Totessala, or Thetcshall, after Tifteshale, now Titshall ; these churches and manor were beg- ged ^ of his parents by Si/ward,* a monk oi' Burj/, whom Leofsfan the abbot had made dean, who at his request gave it to that monas- tery. And by an inquisition taken in 1274,' it appears that lie was son of Osulph (Le-Sire) and Leverun his wife,^ who held it of the Crown in capite, by the annual rent of 20s. which the Abbot paid quarterly at Norwich castle, b}' the name of zcai/tej'ee, and held it as part of his barony, having com t-leet uss'ize oi bread and ale, and li- berty of free-warren ; the whole was allotted by the Convent to the Abbot's own use, who was taxed for his temporalities here, at 30/. 12s. Ad. and paid yearly 5s. lOd. to the lord of the hundred, to ex- cuse him and his tenants from all suit to his hundred court. In the Confessor's time there were two churches, with 40 acres land, and the manor extended into Gissiiig and Shimpliiig, and was then valued at 7l. and in the Conqueror's time at Ql. 15s. it being then a league and 4 furlongs long, and half a league broad, and paid 17d. Geld;'' ' See 193, note 7. '^ See Lopham, for the grant of ihe Duke of Norfolk's liberty. 3 Regr. Alb. fol. 24. b. * Monast. torn. i. 294. ' Rot. Inquis. in Baga de Quo War. in Curia Recept. Scacij 3 E. i. '' See Brisingham, p. 49. ' Terre Abbatis de Sancto Eadmundo, Dice dim. Hund. (Domesd. fol. 180, i.) Tiveteshala tenet semper Sanctiis Ed- mundus pro. iii. car terre semper xviii. villan. et xv. bordar. et ii. serv . et iii. car. in dominio et xii. car. homin. silv. Ixxx. pore. x. acr. prati semper v. tunc xxiii. animalia xxxv. pore. xl. ov. xxiii capr. et v. soc. in eadem de xl. acr. semper ii. car. In eadem i. liber homo bci. Edraundi. dim. car. terre i. VOL, I. vill. et dim. ii. bord. semp. i. car. silva XV. pore. Due ecclesie de xl. acr. val. vij.j. et v'l'i.d. Isti nianerio adjacet j. be- revita Gessingham de j. car. etii. villan. et ii. bor. semp. i. car. in dnio. et ij. car. hom. silva. xv. pore et xviii. soc. deviij..icr. Fulcherus tenet xxii. acr. semper iii. bor. et v. car. etii. acr. pra- ti tunc (sc. in the Confessor's time) va- luit. vij. lib. modo ix. et xv. sol. Tive- teshala hiibet i. leug. et iiii. quar. in long, et dim leug. in lat. et de Gelto xvij.rf. In Simplinga vi. soc. pertinent isti manerio de xxxii. acr. et i. bord. et ii. acr. prati semper inter omnes. i.car. appretiatur sicut superius. In eadem lib. homo xl. acr. quod tenet Fulc. etii. bord. semp. i. car. et ii. acr. prati, silv. iiii pore. val. x. s, DA COG TITSllALI- anil fruin tint time il runlinurd in Uio Abbott, till tlic dutolutiun of llieir iiiuiiii!>(cry, »ltcn it niu tcizcd by Uic Crown, and was graiilcti by Km? //ruryVlll. in l! to Ji»iiN CoHN WAi i-\ s.' . 'if bit body,* who for hit iin- gular !■■ 'I'M, l>ukc ot ^ ui the liikiiii; I'M ! /. lioiKiiir i>t K , (I tbcn cuiittrritl on turn; and toon utter tit* return from tliotc wart, wa« made Steward of the Ilousebold to Prince Edward, lie died iteiz«d in 1349. al .7i.^|>osen> ot Quei'ii Mary's title, for %»hich services he was first sworn one of the jirivy-council, then made Treasurer of Calais, and aller Comptroller of her Household. At his dealli in l(J04, it went to Sir William Cohnwalkys, Km. ot Jirome in Suffolk, who died sci/.ed \or. la, KilO, leaving; il to* FucDKnuK CoK.swALLYS, his sou and heir, who was crealcti Iwronet by Kinc; Charlcsl. by letters patent, date6\, made a Imron «>f the realm, by (he title of Loitu CoRSWAii.is, Barim of Lye in Suljolk, with remainder to tlie heirs male of his body. At his death it went to CiiARLE.s Lord Coit.NH ALKis his sou and heir, who is buried at Ciilj'ord in Suffolk ; he left it to CiiAKLKs Lord ConNWALRis, his son and heir, who wa< one of the Lorcended to the present [ I73fi] CnAHLKs Lord Coknw ai.f.is, his son and heir, who sold il to His excellency IlouATio Walpole, Lsq. who is now lord and patron. Another part of liiis town belonged to " iiij'arlhing manor, for which see It infartliiiin. Another purl In-longrd to the Abbot of Ely's manor of Pulham.' Another to /I illiam iiishop of 'ihdj'ord, which was of his own inheritance, and not in rii;ht of his (>i>hoprick, of whom it w-as held at the Con(]UCsl by licinald dc I'crapiiiul, ami was of 2Ui. • Upon \\\e grant there wai a fec-farm ' There it a monument for him at rent of 4/. 61. iJ. ci. rctervcd, which Bromr, but it nuy be a cenotaph. »»» I'jid 10 llie Cro»n, till King Wil. • He m buncdal Brume. ' • - ' r totbeLorJ OtmUiun, to 'Terra See. Adcldicde, Dice dim. .din |6>I, and Ix-lungt lliindr. (DoDietd. ful. 190.) Inli- ' ' ' ' V now, to l)ut llic nu- *cietliala duo mkhi. dim. car. lerre, ct nor d ot il. ii. acr.et ii.vilUn. el dim. cl ii. t>onl. et *" ' „:, p. 100. i. car. iilva XV. pure. i. acr.et dim. prali Tal. x.i. TIT SHALL. 207 value/ it was aflcr beld by the Le Neves, from vvlioin it was called Neve's Tenement : Robert Neve,^ one of the owners, ordered to be buried in St. Mnrgaret's churehyard ; he left it to Jofui Neve his son, in which family it continued till the Ifith century. For another part of this manor that extended into Ghsing, see p. 168, note 9. Besides these, there were several tenements, or manors, as they are often called, all which had their originals by the Abbots fcolfnients, and are now included in the great manor. In 1307, William Bitteman, Bailiif of Nortcich, a man famous in his time, from whom sprung William Baiemuu Bishop of Ao/ic'/cA, purchased a free tenement here. It appears in the register called Pinchcbck, fol. 195, that Waller, the son of Norman the Dean of Norwich, held a free tenement, with 60 acres of land, and divers rents and services of the Abbot's grant ; he was succeeded by Thomas his son: it belonged afterwards to Tho- mas (le Pakcuham, then to John (le Ho, who infcofled Sir Richard dc Boi/lund in it, who jointly with Elen his wife held it in li394.' UPIIALL MANOR. to John his son; and in IGfiG, William of Ophall of Tifteshall was lord. In 1285, it was in Thomas, son of John of Tifteshall of Upliall, who left if, about 1290,' to Robert of Uphall, his son ; he quite left oflthe sirname of Tifteshall: in 1292, he gave it to Isabel de Bok- land, of Hetgham, by the name of Uphall Manor, and in that year the said Robert and Isabel, jomtiy with Maud, widow of Robert, son of Thomas of Uphall, daughter of Isabel de Bokland, released all their right to Sir John Thorp, and William their son, in this manor. In 1294, Robert,'' son of Sir John dc Ji/shezcellethorp, and Maud his wife, granted to Robert Carleford of Shoteshatn, this manor, in ex- change for the said Robert's manor of Nelonde ; and afterwards the said Robert de Carleford released this manor again to Sir Robert de Thorp aforesaid, and 3Iaud his wife. In 1S04, it was settled on John de Thorp, and yl/ice his wife ;' he died in 1323, and then held it of the Abbot at 5s. per annum, it being then valued at Sl. 5s. 8d. It seems to continue in this family till it was sold to Sir Edzcard Jenney s father, for so the said Edward declares in his will, in 1522,' when he gave it to his brother, and the next heir male; from ihc J ennci/s it came to the Crown, and was granted in the 24th Henri/ VlII. to the Duke of Norfolk, who afterwards conveyed it to Edward White ot ♦ Terre Willi Epi. Tedfordensis dc 5 Regr. Norman, part i. ful. 12. feudo. (Doms. fol. 162.) In Tivetessalla » Sec Bnsinghani, p. 59- i. lib. l.omo xl. acr. tcrreT.R.E. x^. 'Regr. Kemp. fol. 44- .-.cr. teste hundrcdo, et pertinuit pars » Cf"."''';- »'^'"'''== ^^ '^"" V," viriad Sanciam Aldredam, et pars fe- mnnu Up.. (Moor) Nor«,c. '6b8. Jo'- mine, 20 acr. ad Sanctum Edmundum, 127. &c. now in the Pubhck Library semp. dim. car. et. ii. bord. Ervastiis at Cambridge, invasit modo tenet, W. Episcopus ab » Esc. 17 E. 2. antecessore, et Reinaldus de Perapur.d ' Regr. Briggs, tol. 109. sub eo, tunc valuit v.s. modo 20, etM TIT SHALL Tottttll, lo K' lu-lil of the innnor of I'ornerl, bv knighl'i tcnriif ; li!t ■on. (i(or^r HhiU, <>ultl il to John Conittalrift, l'.tt\.; niid •<> il I'l-ll ill! ■ ' 1 lliiit lime iiilu Dickltburgh, SJi- . and /( iiltoH. Sctt-iiit IhikI^ i «il>ii», iiiiii uiluT <.ii| :- ust'», wen* «(-iu-«i ill 1^-17. griiiilt'il lu 'I'homm " , (jcnt. ali_vliol('l-huU3c», iiur fell limlKr williuul license. In XliiC* there nns an e.vlent made of (his mnnur, at whicli lime the eoiivhoider^ nl ittshalt iiiiil S/iimfj/ins;,^ if llii- lord was ut linn/, ucrr obliged to carry two parts of the Abbot's provision, uixl Uie nieii of DiekUburgh and Srmerc* the other third part ; the lord had then a lar^c park, and a siieid or siielh fenced round, uhich was repaired by the tenants yearly ; /( il/iam dt L'phtill held this manor uy the payment of -it. '2iL ptr auiium, and S^/. a year Id the Abbot, to be free from suit of llie hundred court, for which freedom the .Ablwt paid 5s. a year for the whole town. (ia/J'ry de Bosco and his part- ners, and \\ alter J'lli-Uogcr and the hoiiiai;es of Jo//« J'lti-JrJ/'ery, and of John of Lphall, and of Hubert dt Schimpliiig, and the lio- mages of the Abbot in Schimpliiig, and ho the chaplain and his liomagers, and the homage of master AnuliiK, and Unlitrt de Shinipliiig and his parceners, (all which held free tenements or small manors under the AblK)t,) were to do suit lo the Abbot's court, and lo plough and cart, with all the cattle they had, for Uic lord, and were to pay a third pari of ihe .Abbot's general aid for Tit.\hul/ and Shiinpiiiig, and lo find a third part of the lord's wine, and carry it to /'(//g/arr bridge ; and to fence in the park, sneid, and stack-vards, and repair them yearly. These free tenements being first granted by the Abbots, lo be held of their chief manor upon these coodiiions. litre arc two Ciiunciits, about a mile distant from each other; the mother church is dedicated lo St. Man/ the Virgin, the other is a parochial cha|a-l, whoso patroness is St. A'l(irg,iret,lx)\.\\ of ancient foundation, even before the Conqueror. It was always a single in- stilutioii, appendant to the manor, as it still remains, though the parishes arc separate, and hath now, and ever had distinct ollicers. Kins'* Uonki. Tenths. Acre.y Glebe. Sum. Tiiia •JO 'ZOO 25 Lincoln Ttim. 3fJ marks. '27 marks. ' In t:£6, ihr consuetudinary, or CO- tvr- • , ind a pfrchcf grass, and pylioldrri hclonping tu ilic nunor, were at ■\, and 6d. every anuimn. jc h lud 11 atrci Lib. .Nli'i. Lunsuetud. Ab. Sci. tdu al' they Mcrr to do jHrii. Dom. Cornnaleit, fo. 117, S. all 11,' ,1.1,1 ' »«iK, li) nlioin ihey were ' See Sliimpling, p. ij8, note 9. lo be maiaUiacd, and to luvc id. aj'icic * Sec y.t>)t, aolc j, and p. 192, note 9. TITSHALL. 2og- RECTORS. 1301, non. Mai/, Andrew of Nortwa/l, rector, was collated to a prebentlaiy in the college of St. Maiy in the Fields in Nurwic/i, by the Bishop ; at his death, in 1307, C non. Mai/, Sir Tho. de ButtetitrU, sub-deacon, one of an ancient and good family in this county, was instituted, but upon his institution was obliged to swear to ]\ iUiam de Kiiapeton, then Arch- deacon of Noncick, that whereas he was then a plurahst, and held Eustone and Trostotie li\ings in this diocese, both of which had care of souls, tiiat he would immediately resign one, unless he obtained a dispensation from the Pope, as soon as he quietly received the profits of Titsha/l. Richard de Ditiimowe resigned this for Pa/grare in Suffolk ; and in 1357, 3 Mai/, Tho. de Calkhi/I, priest, succeeded, who resigned Pahrave. 1307, 7 Juwp, CV/Z/c^y/ changed with Tho. de B /of ie Id, pv'iesi, for Mulkberton, of which VVilliam de Hoo, Knt. was patron. 1394, jMr. JVilliam Rolf, a shaveling. 1398, 17 Dec. He changed with John Jllej/ii, for Frekeiiham. 1400, 14 April, Mill. Hei/cCard, priest, on A/ki/n's resignation. 1410,27 Jan. John Lollcicorth, priest, on liei/wardh resignation. 1416, 27 Dec. Thomas Lank, priest. 1418, 19 Nov. Nicholas Derniaii^^ bachelor in the decrees. 1424, 24 Dec. Robert Clermont of Car let on Rode, priest. 1431, 5 Nov. JValter Martin ; he changed Intwood for this, with Robert Clements.^ 1434> 20 August, John Hei/ghundern, on Clements's resignation. 1455, 17 October, Richard Tat eshale, A.M. at John Hei/ghunder's deprivation. 1460, ult. April, John Fletcher, on Tatesliales resignation. 1487, 30 June, John JIughson, on Fletcher's resignation. He died in 1490. 1490, Tho. Asti/. 1533, 1 1 August, Robert Bosall, on Asti/'s death ; he was the last rector presented by the Abbot. 1546, 27 Oct. Elias Lache, on Bosall's resignation. John Corn- WALEIS, Esq. 15/8, 16 June, Jo/m Crane, S.T.I?. Thomas Cornw aleis, Knt. 1578, Tho. Crane, A. B. on ,fohn Cram's resignation. Ditto. 1596, 16 April, Michael Denbigh, A. M. Ditto. 1600, Paul Chapman, who in l603, answered, that he was a ba- chelor in divinity, and iield these two churches, being one benefice, with the benefice of Heigham by 'Soruich; he was instituted June 15, on Denbigh's death; presented by Thomas Cornwaleis, Knt. 1631,21 April Jeremiah Burroxccs, diirk, A.M. on Chapman's death. Jane Lady Bacon of Bvome in Suffolk, widow, late wife, of Nat. Bacon, Knt. of the Bath, before that, of ffyiiam Cormvaleis, Knt.; he was deprived, and in ' He was official or commissary of the Bisliop of Norwich. ' Rcgr. Curteys, peculiarjurisdictionof theinanors ofthc fol. 72, 114, 210 Tn .SHALL. I' ' led. !'■ . ' ^ ■.',ll of Johl Boift. H\ltBOTTLK Orimstom:, Rirt. Charles Cohnwaleis, Knight of the Bath, «nd Edmi'nd iiAitvEY, E>q. I(i(tru^ ab ernji'r ki. »a. to llic " hght afore St. N:lIi latand St. John *< Bjpliit 4 kowe, to [uyiit a |ane above " our Ljdi'i '. jbernacle ioi. lo the '■ tnakynj of a hi-rsec aourr«M»dfrttl m-i/iii of tin- libi-riic* to lh«- K'li';, niui llu- Kini; (li-ltTii'd iiiiktciiii; liiiii lor with ihi- i'^ill Itarn-ii. 'I'Iiim uiM''> o|>|M>ltU!lll\ In nbvrvc, th- \ !'.; wnitOicn |irfM.Mit in tin- I'oiiit, iiikI jiKl^int'iit «us ({ucn by liiin. tlioui^h in hit own cuutc, winch it dirrnly f pn-nt men. Anil this n«vrtion may ho furtiier provitl, by n record in tlit- 'Jith y«'iir of lhi» Kiiii;, wliere, in iin a|>|Mid lor k-lony, tiic eiitrv on the roll i* thun : " And bt-caux- our Sove- " n-igii l>ord the King was absent, and liien- beiii'.' but few of his " ciiuncil there, tlu-y which were iir»s«nt would not ^ive judKmeul " lor a duell, nor do any lliiii}!; cIm.' in the ubseiue of the Kinp, or " the uinjor part of his council;" so that we tk-e generally the King was pri->ent, or if not, there wa« no judgment pn»M.'d, unle^ the greater part of hi< council were there. In Ili4y,' return was made, that Italfl Countt>s of .IntmUl held 40/. a vear in land in tliix liun- dn-d, (hut her niariiai^c wa,-. in the King's gift, and thai llie hundred was worth 7 marks a year, and had not liberty of return of writs, nor other liU-rties n» some hundrids had ;* and that it paid yearly 4o/disnam, and Pa- keiJiam't manor in (iarhn/dn/iam, owe suit everv three wci-ks, or 'is. each suit. The hundred court was always kept at Krnningliu// every three wet-ks, but on accuiint of that inurket's Uiii'.' di-ux-d, it was removed, and kepi at Mnrktl-Htr/ing. ' PIj< •. 3«, H. J. lo ilic Kini;'j l.hcrl), »)iii)i wu after * Bti- " pnvilfgcj belonged graiitcj tu (he Duke of Norfolk. KENNINGHALL. 2i5 It is bounded on the east b\' Diss Iiundred, on the south by the river Ouse, that parts Norfo/k luid Suffolk, on the west by Thetfovd, and on the north by Shropham hundred, wiiich is divided From it by the river that runs from Quidenham Mere to The/ford; the superiour liberty, as to the game, and many otlier privileges, belongs to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, as lord paramount of the Iiundred, all which is in his peculiar liberty and jurisdiction called the Duke of Norfolk's Liberty, the original of whicli you shall have under Lopham; and as for the vest of the owners of it, 1 sliall refer you to KENNINGHALL, A town of large extent, and great antiquity, so called from Eynmj, which in Saxon signifies a King, so that Ci/nirig or Ketiniiigliall, sig- nifies the King's House, and according to the etymology, it hath been a seat of the East-Jng/ian Kings, who are said to have had a castle here, which indeed seems true; the site of it is now called the Candle-Yards;^ (because the offices for that purpose were built in it, when Thomas, the great Duke of Norfolk, built the palace, this place being distant enough, to hinder the smell reaching it;) it is south- west of tlie palace about a furlong, being a square of four acres, encompassed with a spacious trench, at each corner is a mount, but that fo the south-east is much the largest ; the manor-house continued through all its changes in this place, till the Duke pulled it down, and built that stately house at the distance before mentioned, which was after called Kenninghall Palace, or Place ; it fronted east and west, and was built in form of an (H), having a porter's lodge, and all things else in the grandest manner. It was situated in the midst of a large park, which contained 700 acres, well stocked with deer, the north side guarded with woods and groves, being distant at least a mile from the town, which lies westward. At the Duke's at- tainder it was seized by the King, and settled on the then Lady Mary, who kept her court here. To this castle (as Stow calls it) she removed from Hunsdon in Hertfordshire^ and hither resorted to her several lords and knights of this county, as Sir John Shelton, Sir Henry Bedingfield, Sir Henry Jerningham, and others, at the death of Edward VI i'rom whence they weni to Fra?nlingliam castle. Af- terwards it was in Queen Elizabeth's hands, who was often here; she it was that ordered her tenant Chapman, who then lived in Fersfield lodge, to la}' out the way now called Chapman's Entry, out of her own ground, the old way being so strait that the Queen could not conveniently pass through it; it is now disused, and is called Queen Bess's Lane, from her being scratched with the brambles in riding through it, as tradition tells us. It continued in the Norfolk family as their capital seat in this county, till about 90 years since, when it was pulled down, and the materials sold for a trifle, with which great numbers of chimnies and walls in the neighbourhood are built, as is evident from the Moubrays and Aritndels arms which are upon the bricks. Spelman, in his Icenia,'' hath nothing more of this town, 5 Many urns have been found in this * Baker's Chronicle, p. 314; Stow's town, near the Candle-Yards, which Chron. 610, 40. shews as if the Romans had been here. ' Fol. 58. «lt» KENNING HALL. than that it witk (hr tent of «umc of the rhirfi'tt baron<>. That it bclonct-U to till- Crown in the nio»l lurly linic* i» plain, fur tlie Con- ft - ' 'I in hisuMii hands, ' it Uiiij; then world HU. n vtiT ""•• 5 or hoiifv ; but it wu» riM-n hy llie Cuiu|ui-ror s time lo y4/. 1(1 uiicoiiii-(l nioiicv, III U- |iiiitl hv «^■l^llt, and (it. of t-oiiicd nioiK-y, which w.is jiuid by tulc. and a /i«c at oath king'* ucccMiun, (lor »o 1 lakf Lo "• ''»<■ •"»«""» *«> sinnily.) It had a rrtttnan and :tO acri!> belonging to il in (iiiiilcthuN.'tuul Hal Hcrliuii also wro* a Ixrctric lu il. It wait llitti llirii- inili-i long, and oik- luiU broad, and puiil i5, and payini' towaul> the churgcii of the knights of the sliire, U|H>n renewing tjicir writ of exeuijition on the dealh of every king, and having it aiiniiaily allowed bv the shenirof the county. It retuuineti but liille while in the Crown, being given by the Conqueror to Iti/Ziam de Jlbini, Albiiiiiico, or Jlban^, and his heir»,' together with tlie lord!>hi|i of Uokciiham, &.c. to be lield by the service of being chief butler to the Kings of Hnglund, on the day of their coronation, upon whicii account he was at'fer culled I'inctriia Rfgii; but as 1 must treat of this family largely under liokntliain, the priory there, as well as that at l\ imoiidham, being founded bv them, I shall say no more of them here, than what is necessary, iis to the history of this manor, which is this, that it always went with Jioktiihain, till llie division of the AUntiiq'% estate between the four sisters and coheirs of lliigli de Jlliini, who died without issue, leaving this manor in dower to Isabel his wife, daughter of William liari II arrtii and Surrrt/, who, in l'J4:l, had it, among others, assigned to lier by the King's license, at her «lcath it went to Roger di Muiitialt, or De-Moiileallif, who had married Crcilif, one of the sisters and coheirs of y/M^A ordanj et v. acr. praii. containing tomeihing more tfian our Tunc i. car. in dnio. et posict retUiirari. pint. lotum va'ebat I. R. t. x. Iibr. ct v. ' Dugd. Bar. vol. i. fo. iiS. Vincent, testariot mellis, )>osl xxvi. Iibr. inodu fo. 19. xxiiii. Iibr. bUncat, el vi. Iibr. ad nu- * hic. } E. 1. merum ct geriumam. Tolum Clicni. KENNINGHALL. 217 being held in oapite of the King; the writ is dated at York, March 6, 127^), and the return thereof was the 5lh day of yJpril following, when the jury, sc. Roger del Hilt of Ilarli/ng, John, son of fVilliam of Garboldishum, Richard al Quidenham- Bridge, and others, found that it would be no damage to tlie King, if the manor was settled on Emma and her trustee ; and they further say, that this manor, with Bokenlwm and IVymondham, are lield in chief of the King, by the service of butler, as aforesaid, and that it hath a certain capital mes- suage, called East Hall,^ and another called aGrange,\\\\.\\ a ruinous dove-house, and 400 acres of land, 100 of which are arable, and yearly worth 10/. besides 18 acres of meadow, worth \8d. each acre, a windmill let for 13s. 4rf. a large park, the herbage of which is yearly worth 5l. and the underwood AOs. a year. There is a market kept every Moridai/, which is let at 20s. a year, and also a fair, let at 2s. a year; the yearly qultrents are 8/. payable by equal portions, at St. Martin, Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer ; also 1200 days works in autumn, worth \d. each day, also the fishery called the Setter, worth 2s. a year, the pleas, perquisites of courts, and views of frankpledge, and leets belonging thereto, are yearly worth 8/. To this manor also belongs Giltcross hundred, the pleas and perquisites of the hun- dred court, with all the views of frankpledge and leets belonging thereto, are worth ol. a year, the whole of the value being 44/. 15s. And the jury further say, that the said Robert hath the manors of Rising and Snetesham, and the hundred of Smithdun, and the fourth part of Li/n Tolbooth unsettled, all which are valued at 80/. per aii- num. From this Robert it came to Roger de Monteatt,* who, in 1286, had the following privileges allowed to this mananor, viz. free- warren, view of frankpledge, assize of bread and ale, a pillory, cuck- ing-stool, gallows, and weyf with a yearly fair, on the day of the Translation of St. Thomas [Becket'],^ and a weekly market on Mon- day,^ In the 1st year of Edward III.' this Robert petitioned the Barons of the Exchequer, to be admitted chief butler on the corona- tion day, by reason of his manor of Kenninghall, which office he recovered against the Earl of A rundell, who claimed it as belonging to his earldom, and performed the office accordingly, and obtained a decree, that that office henceforward should be performed by the several lords of the manors of Kenninghall, Bokenham, and IVymond- ham, or their deputies, by turns, upon proving that Hugh D'Jubeney, late Earl of Arundell, held these and Snetesham manors, of King Henry III. by the said office, which he performed at that King's coronalion, and died so seized, upon which Bokenham and IVymond- ham descended to Sir Robot de Tateshall, whose heir now holds them, and is under age; and Kenninghall and Snetesham came to the said Robert de Montealt, (or Mohaut,) who now holds them ; and at ihe coronation of King Edward II. he claimed, and offered to perform, his part of the said service, in right of his said manors ; but Edmund Ean of ^r?/«rfe//, by his great power (tliough he never had ^ This was the nameof the old house, viz. July the ytli. before the Duke built the palace, and * The market hath been disused about was so called because it stood east of the 90 years, town. 7 Lib. MSS. N° 1931, in Bib. Pepy- * Placita Corone, 15 E. i. sianaColl. Magd. Cant. fo. 43. De Ser- ' The fair is still kept on that day, jantijs in Anglia. «lrt KIlNNlMillALL. »nv ol »' Is) |ii rfornicd ihc Mini irrvicc, lo iho di»hfri»on ol'liini iitr, lor wliiili n-a*Kii now, ul tla- o>niiialii>ii ot K, 1 Robert cluiiiH-)! and |>crri)rnu«l tlic wliolc ^i: Ikiiii; umliT iii;<'. Tin.- rtlurii m|h>ii M-ari'li ol the ncurtU ^nvs, iliai lu U\SHrttihiiin liaviiii^ u liirii iii llu- t«Hi<-c, tlk-y III prt-uut o'oulil lind iiuiliint; ol il, l>ul iliul al ilii- coniiialinii ol' EleiiHor, dnUk;liU-r of llu^h Km! M i'roiiW, graiidiimtlitr to tile pit-«*iil King, Hugh (/f JttHim. lluii lunl of Jruitdfll, in right of tJii-se tnanor«, und not o\ liu i-urld.jni, HTVi-d tliv siiid ofliix- by his dt|iuty, ih«- llarl iSnrrm, U-tauM- he «a» lh«n excoinmunicHtid by the Archbi>lioi) ol i'liiitrrlniri/, lor UiUing awuy the arclibishojiii dog« from him, a* hf hunted in tlie >aid Ijiifs lorest in Suwj, the arch- bishop alUging, tliut he had u riglit t.. hunt in any forest in I'.w^laitd, whenever he would. This oHiee ^lill tonlinues by turn;, to tliesc manors, though in a jK-lition direcUd to the Loids conimisiioned to receive all claim* of 8«rvices to be |K.rformed at the coronation of Quen .liiut, l>v reason of their tenures, 1 find that Char/cf Ltirl of Carliilr, tiiri-Slarslial of I'.H^Iiinit on his death King Richard II.' kept court liere, but soon after ' Fin.divcrj com. E. j. Lig. i. N''4. ' Vinccnl, 449- » Du^. Bar. vol. i. 646. > Coun «• H . '• ^! M. ' IbJ. to. 648. KENNINGHALL. 219 delivered it up to Elizabeth, widow of the said William, who accord- ing to the settlement, enjoyed it for life, and at her death it was to revert to her falhcr-in-law, William Earl of Salisfmri/ and Lord of Man. This Earl itwas who, in i;J5o,* (before he had settled it on his son,;^ granted to Jlbred de Pakcnham of Garhotdishuin a fold course for 300 sheep and .30 muttons, with common of pasture for his cattle, through the whole year, from a place called lioxsutiktij, northward, partly to Kenninghall Gap, and from thence westward "to Riiigmtre, and thence by the way leading from Keitniiigholl to Bioi/, as the way leads to Gurboldisham Field, paying him a yearly rent for it, which light is now enjoyed, as belonging to Garboldisham, Upliall, ov Fakcii/iam's. This lady held the manor in 1388, at which time she was married to Thomas Lord Motvbrai/, Earl-Marshal of Eng- land, who was to hold it for her life iu lier right; and this year Richard Filz-Alan Earl of Arundell and Surny,^ her father, pur- chased the perpetual inheritance of it, of William Earl of Salisbur?/ aforesaid, and had a line levied to settle it on him and his heirs. Sir Payne Tiptoft, Knt. and others; being trustees, but upon his attain- der in 1397, the King granted the reversion of the manor and hun- dred, they being forfeited to the Crown, to Thomas, de Moiebrujj Duke of Norfolk, and he being banished the year following, the King granted it by letters patent, dated at Leicester, to John de Montague Earl of Salisburi/,^ his great favourite, to be held b}- him of the Crown, in as free manner as William de Montague, his uncle, Richard Earl of Arundell, or Thomas Duke of Norfolk ever held it; but he dying in 1399, never enjoyed it, it being then held by Elizabeth Dutchess of Norfolk, who was then married to Sir Gerard Usfiet, her third hus- band. In 141 1, Edmund Blankpaine is said to hold the manor and hundred, as trustee only, I suppose; for in I42'2, it was settled by Elizabeth Dutchess of Noifolk, late wife of Gerard Usfet,on divers trustees, to several uses; this was upon her fourth marriage with Robert Gowshall, Knt.' who, in 1420, held the manor and hundred in her right; she died soon after, for in 14C8, Thomas de Montague Earl of >S'«mZ»«n/ died seized,* leaving them to .-///cc, his only daughter by his first wife, then married to Richard Nevill, eldest son to Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland, which Richard, on her account, was made Earl of Salisburi/, and had livery of her lands this very year; but soon after, he gave this manor and hundred in marriage with Joan, his daughter, to William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundell,'^ who in the i-'fof/rt/v/ is said then to hold it; he, in all likelihood, sold it to John Duke of Bedford, who about 1435 sold it again to the I'rior of Thetford, in trust lor John Mowbray Duke of 'Norfolk, who settled it on Elizabeth his wife, for life, and then- heirs; he died in 1475, and she enjoyed it to her death, when it descended to Sir John Hoicard, Knt. son of Sir Robert Howard, Knt. by Margaret his wife, who was one of the coheiresses of Thomas Monbray first Duke of Norfolk, it being assigned to him as part of the half of the il/oa'/)/«(/s inheritance. This Jo/(w was created Duke of A'o;yb//.- in 1483, by {i\\\^ Richard III. ♦ Carta inter Evid. Ducis Norf. A" ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. p. 130. Thl,- is a 1709. mistake of Mr. Diigdak-, lor it ap|jcars 5 Fin. Norf. 12 R. z. L. 1. N" ;. slie was after married to Robert Gow- * Dug. Uar. vol. i. p. 650. shall, and did not die in 1424. ' Ibid. 302. 9 Vincent, p. 32. t90 k i: N M NC; 11 A 1- I.. luv! / ' ■ M ll «( I. i : I ^ .lid* Dukr ul Sorfuiii, lie Im i ' xi III liMM, In tliat cnrltioni iilid estate ; in IXXi, lie hud »:. vi-ry •! "II tlic IiiikN Iii> fiitliiT died ■eixed of, was made Ilarl-Slunliul kF h'.u^^land l>v Henry Vll^ in llie ■econd year of hit rrii^n, and iiAtTwardi l)uki- of \orfolk ; lie died in 13^4, Icuvinu Thomat lim m>ii, lieir Ui lii» etlntc iind honour. In liV, the on her eoniing to the Crown, and he came and died here in l.'il?, leaving Thomat, his grandchild, his heir, who resided here with .Wrtr;f(irr(, daughter of Thomas .luiUUy Itarun AudrUtf, his s<'i-(iiid wife, in 1. »(>(); lie W41* beheaded in XSli' from wiiicli tiuic- it passcil us lersfi-ltl manor, llu Duke of Sor/otk l)einf; now lord. In KilO.'the quilrenLs were 47/. "J. Gd. the farm of the hundrcil 6/. ISi. 4*/. the prolits of the fair.')/, the keeiM-r of (lie palace's wages per annum 3/. Hid. the park-keeper's wages 31. Os. Uk/. the gardener ■\Lptr uMHum, the whole park within tin- pale contained 70.) acre*. There w.is a rent paid out of the Nerr Park, which was due to tiie late priorv of Thrlford, <*ilh which it came to the Duke, and then ceasetl. In tiiis year the townsnu-ii piirchaseil the sheeps-waik ol' the lord, and 'U) maer, plant, and cut down wood and timber on the waste against their own lands, w ithoul license. THE UECTOHY MANOU Went with the rectory till il» appropriation, and then l>ecame part of the povvessions of Hokcnham priory, till its dissolution, and was then grunted, with the impro|>riation,to the Sorj'olk family, forfeited ol the Duke's alUiinder in Queen Eliziilielh'f Umc to the Crown, unci by h« r, with the imjiropriation, given to the Hisliopnck of E/i/, from which it was leizcd in the Kebellion, and tlie manor only, in l.>34, ' Al hik trial (iIk hradt of which nuy ingalc, in lh« county of Norfulk. S«e be vrn :„ lljkcr'i Chron. fol. 499.) he Fertfirld, |>. I7. vtj '. ag.iin«t by the name of * Conijol. Minittror. Tho. Com. Th' . ul Norfulk, Ulr of Ken- Arundell inter Kvidcnc. Hcnr. Ducit Norf. A° 1699. KENNINGHALL. 221 sold by Sir John Woolaston, and others, trustees for sale of bishops' lands, according to an ordinance of Parliament, to Robert Benson, and his heirs, it extending then into Quideiiliam and Herling, tiie church and churchyard being excepted out of the conveyance, as also all lands and tithes, except a messuage or tenement with the curtilages thereto belonging, called the Gvanan/,^ which belonged to the said rectory. In lo57, it was again sold by Robert Benson, Gent, for 149/. to Thomas Kendall oi^Thetford, and Thomas West, from whom it was seized by the Bishop of Elij, at the Restoration, and by him leased out ; (the advowson of the vicarage being ex- cepted ;) and having passed through many hands, is at this time in 'Mr. Phillips Gretton, clerk, who is now, by virtue of the Bishop's lease, both lord and impropriator [l7o6.] This manor, when the rectory was appropriated, had a Icet, and the amerciaments of all its own tenants, with the assize of bread and ale, and coirections of weights and measures, and also common of pasture on a common called Huchach, or {Soitthagh, now Southwell,) in the said town, this common being apjjropriated to it. It was taxed in 1428, with the other spirituals of that priory in this town, at xvi. marks. THIS VICARAGE Is in Rockland deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry, valued at 5l. 7s. id. and being sworn of the clear j'early value of 40/. is dis- charged from first fruits and tenths, though it still answers 2s. for synodals, and 7s. Id. ob. for procurations, there being a mean vicar- age-house joining to the east end of the churchyard, and 5- acres and a half of glebe. It was originally a reotory, in the gift of the lord of the manor, to which belonged a manor, and a good quantity of demean lands, and such it continued, till William de Albany, the second Earl of Arundell of that name, gave it to the priory of St. .Tames at Old Bokenham, which his father had founded. This William died the 4th of the ides oi October, 1176, trom which time the Prior pre- sented to this rectory, till about 1223, and then, at the petition of Walter \.\\& then prior, and the convent there, P a ndu Iff" Bishop of Norwich appropriated it to that convent, reserving power to ordain a vicarage worth 8 marks a year, to be settled upon the vicar, which was accordingly done, and was to consist, according to the endow- ment, (the original of which, Mr. Le Neve says, is in the hands of the Dean of Norwich) in all the alterage, and all other small tithes whatsoever, together with the small tithes of the Earl's House, and all the hay, and great and small tithes of 140 acres of free land, which belonged to the rectory, before the appropriation, and in other things particularly mentioned in the endowment. By this means the convent got into their hands all the tithe corn, and the rectory manor with all it rents and profits, with most of the glebe. The rents of assize were 3l. 7s. a year, as 1 learn from the accompt book of that priory, fo. 2;* but for this they were obliged to give the nomination 3 This was the old Gild-hall, that + MSS. penes Mieux Rant de Boken. belonged to the parish before the Disso- ham, Armig. lution. VOL. I. F f IM K£NMNC;iI A LL. ofthr ^ I ever to llio St-c of Sortctch, ihc ni»liupi urMliioI» evrr al;< . aalc-U U> Uic Prior »uch |H-rM>n> (u Uiry plroMMl, and if ihry lixi not miini-tiintclv prvM-itt tlic |ht*oii nominatrd, Uie It.-' " I liini accorilini; lo \l 'uciit ; and IciLtt tiu-rc tl. .iliin- rlitin) fr-HH llu- In- niuiiDr (if /vf/i/iiM-;- A(i/i, Uj ktliuli till' :i '^>'l> tlx' I'rior iiiid Cuii- vi'iit gul lio^ir tie I .1" confirm to llioui llie ndvuWM>n, manor, and uppruprialiun. i do not meet witli any uf Uiu rectors naincii, but tlic V ICA Us here follow in their order. 1304, 8 Dfc. H'tUtam of Julham, collnlctl hy the Bisihop, at hit OMn nomination, tlie I'rior refuting tu |ir<'>ent hiin. IJI3, t( kal. Junr, lla/ler, son of Robert Covk of L'/y, rcjigncd, and in I3.S7, 2!> Oclol). litgiiialJ de If rl/istedf, priett, succeeded. l:i.')7, 1) Junr, it all rill Of Jcffn/ Man of Tali/n-^toii, priesl. 13'>l, II Octub. John dc Bollon, super fiinie, priest, of York diocev. I3«i<>, 2(» Jan. lie changed with Petrr Siircard of Great Crtt- singham, priesl, for Ovington rectory ; he resigned in I.JMi, '20 June, to li'aller de lirunham, priest, wlio waa buried in tlie chimcel in 141fi. 14 l<), 7 Juli/, John .4leyn,nf\ciX. 1-IH5, l.'l March, Ifilliam Li/naker, priesl. iM).S,-2[) Sot. IVtll. Clark, on Lynakit's dciah. \50(i,3 Dec. If ill. Ilartrom, oi Clark's death, 'llie above ten were nominated by tlie Bishops of A'ortriVA, and prescDled by llu- I'riors of (Jld llokenham. liU), 'i.i I'ebr. If illiam AndrcK, chaplain to Thomas Duke of "Norfolk, hii patron. 10 1<>, 'i April, .Master Thomas Uriggs, D.I). Mary, sister lo King Uaard VI. 1567, 13 Jan. Robert \uharn. Thomas Duke of \orfolk. 1571,5 Mai/, John Richardson, clerk, "ii \iiliam's resignation. Thomas Duke of SorJ'olk. {(jUrS.Johnlfilde. 1634, H June, Tho. Datj/e, A. M. buried here Jw/y 12, 1G84, •gc2, 20 Dff. 15y If illiam Railc, A. M. who was buried Apr. 24, 1712. 1712, 17 May, Tho. Ibbol ; he resigned, and in 1717, 29 Aug. tin- Utv. Mr Ifumphrj/ Clai/ton, the present [17.;')] vicar was insliluted, who holds il united to linuiigluim. The last KVcu were prciented by the Bisliop of Ely, who is novT patron. > Mon. Ang. vol. 11. p. 274. KENNING HALL, 223 The Church is situate on a liiil, having a large square tower at its west end, which was designed to be carried to a greater heiglit, but was never finished, its head being shortened by tlic uiisfortunes of its founder, Thomas Duke of l^orfolk, whose crest remains on the buttresses at this time [l7'3(i.] IJerc are five very large tuneable bells ; on the three biggest are these inscriptions : On the third, ©ona rcpenbc pia, fioga JiagDalcna Biaria. On the fourth, l)Ai non \jaOc t)ia, nitii Wtxi ^tic Jliai'ia .f)it s^fmpcr imt XU, qui Jiiclji bicat ilbe. On the fifth, Cripttf Persona, Crinita^, nunc gaubia &ona, <©ui llegna^ trinu.^ 5>ei-.^oni^, ct ©eujS imusi. The nave is 40 yards long and 7 broad, having a porch jcined to its south side, and an isle to its north, all which are covered with lead, and seem to be much older tlian the tower; the chancel is also leaded, and was built hy John Millgate, the last Prior of Uohoiham, whose monument remains in the south wall, though it is robbed of its arms and inscription, which remained in Mr. Heaver's time, for he tells us, fo. 859, that it appeared by his tomb that he built the chancel, though there are two grand mistakes in his relation of it, for he is called there /b'^jV^/g-a^e, instead oi' Mi/galc, and said to be Prior of Windham, instead of liokenham. He bare for arms three escalops, which are to be seen on a brick in the chancel wall, two lions being the supporters, as also upon a wall of a house at Thompson, in which Roger Colman, clerk, lately dwelt, with this under them : PERPETUIS ANNIS, MILGATE MEMENTO JOHANNIS. And this motto : HGLP HANDIS. By which it should seem as if this house also was built by him. Whe- ther these were his paternal arras or no, I cannot say, but rather think they were not; the escalops might be assumed (for want of arms) as the badge of St. James, to whom his priory was dedicated, and the rampant lions might be placed significantly enough as supporters, that house being founded b}' William de Albaiu/ Earl of Jlrundell, whose arms were, giil. a lion rampant or. Jn digging a grave for one Mr. Watts, near this tomb, they happened on a vault close to the wall, in which this prior's bones till that time laid undisturbed. To the north side of the chancel joins a chapel or chantry, now con- verted into a school-house, and vestry; it hath 1©. 23. cut in stone over the north door; and in a window is a broken efhgies kneeling, and this, DOOOINUS CDICHI GRACIA. IN DOCOINO CONFIDO. The step up to the altar still remains, and the altar stone is taken down, and laid level with the pavement, north and south, exactly as it stood, before which lies a large stone which hath been taken up, and hath this lately cut on it : Here lyeth the Body of Habba''- Layman, Surgeon, who departed this life the 5th Day of April, hw" Dom. l6yy. /Etatis sua; 51. tU K r.N M NOII ALL. Till* «tonc IS rul>l>tc is here buried under « fiur grnve-stone, with his nrins quurtercd, and tliorc it iiu stone here tliat fvtr liad iinv nrins, but tliis only, uii»l \\\v IP. C?. cut in stone over the duor ui this chuntry niit;hl »ii^i)ilie /( lUiam lUcvtrhautt , by ulioin il IS very liLely it might U- founded. The screens bi'tween t}ic church iind chuncel, and the cover of the font, which is neatly carved, are oUI, nnd seem to U.- put up at the expense of odc Uakeliff, for in llie nrcli there is carved on a stone, un acorn on an oaken branch, and IrpC under it, as u rebus or device for tliat name. On an old seat in the nave arc two images, uiuch defaced, under whicit with dilliculty this may be read, ^atr pro Jnimabu^ Robrrti lOattnd, rt iCli.^abctc uron^ eiu^. Some of the fWitlics are slill living here. On another old seal, wliich seems to have been pari of the screens of the chantry, at the east end of llie north isle, is this, Oratt pro anima Joljanni^ 1[iinn =.-..« Ill ihe nave arc several stones pillui^ed of iheir brasses ; but on a very large one before llie desk, the portraitures of a woman and five lioys and five girls are slill left, the inscription and man's effigies being ItMil ; under this stone, it is probable, Iio<^cr Diiiins is interred, for whom, in Mr. Ifforcr's time,* this wiis reraainin!,', Orati pro aniina fioflcrn C^cnnn?, ^fecnc^rl^alliCa^tal . . ; : In the chancel is u small altnr tomb against the north wall, having had an effigies, inscription, circumscription, and four shields, which arc all gone ; n'otrcr savs it wa.s erected for Grorge Lord .iudrleif, and his wife, the daughter of the Earl of Bath ; and indeed the arms on the south side of it, which arc painted, and now whited over, did intimate, that it w. -is erected for some of that family, the first being .■ttii!c/ry, jT|//. a fret or, (juartering Tnuclutt, crin. a chevron guL 'I iioM AS llow .\Rii, Duke of Surf'ulk, and Margiiret Andrlty, his second wife, resided here in 13(>0, about which time he adorned the windows of the church ' with the following arms, some of which arc now lost: -ii/f/f/i/ quartering Toiichet, in a garter. Aiidrlii impaling liourchitr, ar. a cross ingrailed gul. between four water-boudget.H >al>. Luxaiiit, gul. a fess between tix billets or. Quartered with Aiide/i/. Filz-lt'arreti, quarterly put. and tir. per fess indented. AudeJi/imp-.iicx gul. three bows ar. Audelif impales BadeUsincre, ar. a fess between two bars gemels gul. * Ftgc tj9. ' Vincent, s$t. MSS. Aoitit E. i6, lol. 39, KENNINGHALL. Qfi* Ar. two bars wavy gul. Duke of Buckingham and Mow- bray's arms. Howard impales az. six lions rampant ar. Howard quarters az. on a bend sab. three annulets of the first. In a garter with a ducal coronet, four coats quartered, 1st. 2d. Howard with the augmentation, 3d. Earl Warren. 4th, Mowbray. And this inscription, %^<(t : ip^ Mebe, - - - all Ijelpj?^ o£ tlji^ ©cae. This Duke's effigies, in his coat armour, having his hatchment in the garter, was three times in one window, but all are now gone. In the east chancel window is a large white rose, the badge of the house of York. And, England with a label of three points ar. impaling Lord Talbot, gul. a lion rampant in a bordure ingrailed or, quartering, Ar. two lions passant gul. Mowbray single, and Brotherton and Mowbray. There are two marbles in the isle for John Bringloe, who died March the J 8th, 1706, aged 58 years; and Hannah his wife, who died the 15th of Jan. A" dom. 1682. Another stone at the west end, for Mary, daughter of Mr. James Watson, surgeon, and Sarah his wife, who died June 29, 1723, aged 4 years. On an altar tomb on the north side of this stone. Here resteth the Body of JOHN RETT, late of Diss, Gentleman, zvho died Oct. the P' 1728, aged 76 Years: Also the Body of MARY his Wife, who died Aug'- the 21" 1729. To whose Memory their Kinsman Mr. JAMES WATSON of this Parish, Surgeon, erected this Tomb. Though we did live so many Years, Prepare O Youth for Death ; For if he should at Noon appear. You must give up your Breath. On an altar tomb in the nave under the gallery. Here resteth in Hopes of a joyfull Resurrection the Body of Eliza- beth the Wife of JOHN BURRIHH of Banham, who departed this Life the 25th of June 1728, in the 62d. Year of her age, And also Elii;. llobt. and Ann Foster her Grand-chiideren, Eliz. died Jan. 26 1724. Robt. died June lyth 1728, Ann died Apr. 21, 1732, all in their infancy. As in a ^Moment we are gone. And as our Time do's fly. Let us always prepared be For blest Eternity. ta6 KLNN 1 N<; 11 A LL. i the ( lianccl for Andrew ButliDgham »ho dioi M . ■, ugitl ij vi-un. All rnu ihnt stop lo fond mv Sionc, f' '»• MXin 1 NVjlli uonf. I' ■ 111 imu's dolli no W'umiiig give. Then-tore be careful! Iiow you live. 1 ti'Ur old »loni5 111 (Ik- niuc-, in »lin|><- ofcoflin>, hul no in' And on a bionc lu the wall of tla- |iu(i.ii is a lior»c- c«rvf«l. 'Iliou^h tluK ..re no nu-niorials or nnv kind roniuining over ll.c placet of iheir sepulture, yet I tind that on llu- :Hn\\ day of June A' IMJ'-i, hen- was butii-d Jiiiif C'oiinlc.s of l\ tilmorrtuiid, «if<- to Lharlet I»ril Nri iVr of /I (\tmijrord ])'. Icrr oi lii/itiland aut\ Grtifstuck." Thomas Duke of Sorju/k, who dit-d .-il his palace here in l.')J4, is not buried here, (as bv sonic usscrlcd,) hut at rnimlitigham ia Suffolk. Od an altar tomb in the churchyard, by the soullj side of llic nave. Her. lyelh the Rodv of TUANCIS GUOOMK, who departed this Life, May the J" 1711, Aged 83 Years. And als.> FKANLT^his Wife v*ho died Scpt.:\, \-\7 Years. Also UlLLIAM SAUli, her Husband, died Jan. tlie 15 1727, Aged 74 ^ ears. This church is dedicated lo St. Marif, as apix-.irs from Llie will of Jaffty Ehngham, wlio gave j marks lowaids building the bell sollar.* •Tlr P., I, Rrgr. ^^i^|^ p. ,,,. 'Rf^Uler Gfloui in the yrjr 147I. ' '• ■• In». Archiv. Epj. Norwic. bee Fcrw i ^Ionunicnt%,vol.il. p. 14J. field, p. 96. KENNINGHALL. 227 'The most eminent person that this town hath produced amon"^ our authors, was Brother John of Kenni/iighale* who became a Carmelite, or while friar, in the convent at Norwich, and afterward ' was pro- vincial prior of the whole order throughout all Ensr/and ; he died AprillQ, 1451, and was buried in that monastery, fje wrote divers treatises on several pieces of Amtotle, and twelve sermons upon Chiust's death and resurrection, with other works that are now lost. Bale,^ from Leland, gives us an account of anoliicr, who from his name seems to have belonged to this town, and that was Pttcr Ken- ingall, a Carmelite friar and noted preacher, of a good family, born indeed in France, but of English parents; he studied at Oxford for several years, and died there anno 1494, and was buried in "his con- vent. He wrote certain Sermons, or Discourses to the People, and some disputations. The Commons belonging to this town are very large, containing more than all the enclosed lands, and are thus called : the Park. Common, because it joined to the park, Southache, or Southagh, now Southwell Common, the Heath, which is appropriated for slfeep, (as the others are for great beasts,) besides other small greens which are common, though of no great extent. The Town K-^nds are: three pieces in Quidenham Fields, let to the farmer at Quidenham for 10s. per annum; one acre in Gobbit's Close, let to the vicar (the rest of that close being glebe) for 6s. per annum; Bar/y-C/ore's hempland, lying against the park common, let at 7s. 6d. per annum ; one acre in %Iill Close, let at 6s. per annum ; one acre in Camping Close, let at 6s. per annum ; five rood* in Upper Furlong, and one acre in Polhwill Furlong, let at lOs. per annum; Hilbridge Close about 2 acres, lying by Harlimr Field, let at 10s. per annum. Mrs. Dorothy Gawdie gave 20s. a year, to be paid out of lands in Garbnldisham, to the poor o^ Kenninahall. In 1()03 there were 370 communicants, and now [i73Ci] there are about 1 14 houses, 132 families, and 700 inhabitants. It |)aid to the tenths 3/. 10s. and is now valued to the King's tax at \05\)l. 15s. It is a neat compact village, standing round the market-place, which must be a very convenient one, when the market was kept there. I am lately informed [1736] that there is exactly eleven acres and one rood of glebe, that there is a cup which weighs 6 ounces, and a cover of the same weight; that the 1st bell weighs 700 lbs. the 2d 1000, the 3d 1200, the 4th 1400, and the 5lli 2500. 3 The Parish Regr. Mills, 527. ' Possevin. Apparat. Sacr. 904. ♦ Weaver, xq; ; Bale de Script, part « Bale de Script. Brit, part ii. Num. j. fol, 59a. Si. [ 2-28 ] L O P II A M Joivn 10 tlio «)utl> pail III ' wh.a tin* lowii'* nan>* • !.:!iiti>-«, I kiunT not, aiul wli ..iblc, it iu'Tlt allirod hi IVdih llio Cuiii|Ui.-roi\ liiiir to thfs ilny, (or in Dometday^ :. 1 It thi- Mmc. Ill ll>o Ct»n(c!.»oi's tiim- Ixip/uiin wus two Ji>- tinci town* uiid iliiri-n-nt manors, Ijopham-Maana, now Sorth I^p- ham, bvluiiijed to Oji* u frfc'innn, his manor liuvini; three carucatei of land in demean, and the olln-r Ijophmn, called ul'terkvurds [Aip/iain- I'aria, ami now South ].ov/iiim, belonf^ed to .Ihim, u freeman, wlioM- manor then eontaiiu-d two curiiraies in demean. 'Ihu .tUiui hftd a manor in .Nur/ow, which in the Conr|iieror'i duv» he joined to this, making it n btrcaic to it, after which it came into the Cod- queror'B hand*, who gave them to Roger Itj/sot Earl of SorJ'olk, who joined the two l.ophams, and grunted oil" the Sorlon part to .^lur(d an llii^liihman ;"> from ih'xs Umc I A)]>hum hath continued as one uinnor to tin-, dav, though they are two distinct pariiihes, each having iheir separate tK>undi and olhcer*. KociCK Uvi.OT, who wa* po>s«'^Sl(l of this n)an<)r at the survey, died in 1 107,' and was Iniried in tfie abbey of Thdjurd, which he had built, leaving IViHiam, his «xin and iteir, who gave llie church o( Lopham to (he monks of ThelJorJ,* in the time of Ilritri/ I. w hicli w as appropriated and then «-onlirmerubable some of iho>c monks had a cell here, and served it fur some time, and this is the rc:ison that this church never t p., I ..Ijv i.\ ,17. Terra Rogeri nd. ■ 'n^ Edwardi iii.i . -.r II. vil- Ian. el xuj. limtljiij cl iiti. Kfvi. el xii. acr. f nii. ki-k rt jv»it •!. c»r. indominio mo ominum et »il. »i. 1:1. 1. car. lerrc cum »:iiiu I.IJ • x\\. acr. et li. (AT. tunc. i. I I. rune, modo it. tunc I ■ ' xl. pore, tunc c. c . poit Vi- luit li. •- '. -.1. In jlio Lopham tenini Altiiii lit>er lionv.. T R !• il. f .If t'-ffr. ,riTl!. . \ .1- 1 J|>uin. Soca dc 1 ir in Kcmclula. In Nortuna i car. Ire. tenuit idem pro nianrrio T.R.K. modo tenet Alure. dm An^liis, sem^ier iiii. vilUni, et iiii, bordarij et i. acr, prati tunc ii. car. in dnio. pott el modo 1. et alia {Mjuet re»- lauran, temp. dim. car. hominum et vii. IOC. Ix. acr. terre et ii. bord. et i, acr. prati jemp. i. car. Hanc terram addidit Alum m Lopham pro berevila tempore Kegis Willi, et eamhabebat promancria T.K.E. et in ea xx. ovei. Lopham valuil T.R.E. Ix. tol. et Nurluna xx. lol. motto lot. valel Lop- ham Ux. toi.et N'ortuna xxx. >ul. Tot. Lopham habel i. letie. in longoci i. Icug. in Uio el xxxiiii.dl et i, ot. (tc. de Gelio.) (Kol lit.) In Lopham v. libi. homi. net i. car. terre et xx. acr. et v. bor. et ▼. acr. prati temp. 11. car el dim. tilv. xl. |K)rc. tolum val. xlviii. toL et iiii. d. ioc.i in Kenichala. "See Nurlun. ' Dii^. Bar. vol. i. fol. ija. ' Mon. Angl. torn. i. 664. ' Ibidrm, 667. LOPHAM. 229 had any institution, -though the monks quitted all their right in it to the lord, who had a release of it from the abbey, and added it, with the appurtenances, to the rector of the other church, who took the cure upon him from that time ; this must be very early, for, before 1340, it was taxed at 2G marks, a value that must include the whole. This William being Steward of tiie Ilouseliold to King Ileiin/ 1. pe- rished with that King's children, and divers otiier of tiie nobility, by shipwreck, as they came fiom Normatid^ into Eiiglandin the year 1U9,* leaving Hugh Bygod, his brother, his heir, who by King Stephen was made Earl of the East Aiigles, or Norfolk, wiiich was again con- firmed to him by King Henry II. together with the stewardship of that King's household; yet, notwithstanding all these favours, he took part with the Earl of Leicester, in the rebellion began by him, adhering to young Hetiry (whom King Hetiry his father had crowned) in his rebellious practices ; but meeting with no success, he was forced to make his peace with the King, for a fine of 1000 marks, and not long after, he went into the Holy Land with the Earl of Flanders, and there died in 1177, upon which the King seized all his treasure, and retained it in his hands. Roger Bygod, his son, inherited, who in 1 189, was restored by King Richard I. to his earldom, stewardship, and estate, upon paying a fine of 1000 marks for these favours : ' he died about 1218, for then Hugh Bygod, his son, had livery of his lands, performing his homage ; he died in 1225, and left Roger, his son and heir, who died without issue in 1269, and his inheritance went to Roger, his nephew, son to his brother Hugh, who had then livery of that great inheritance, being 25 years old, but he also having no issue, in 1301, settled all his estate (e.xcept the ma- nors of Acle and Custre, and the advowson of Geldestoii church in Norfolk, and others in Yorkshire) upon King Edward I. after his and his wife Alice's death, together with the marshal's rod, upon condition to be rendered back in case he should have any children ; though at the same time John Bi/god, his own brother, and heir ap- parent, was living, who by this means was cut off from all, but the manors that were excepted. This Roger,'' jointly with Alice his wife, held this manor of the King's grant upon the settlement, at which time the manor house had a demean of 335 acres of land, 13 of meadow, and 20 acres of pasture, with a park, 2 windmills, and the fourth part of Hurling mill. He died about 1305,' seized of this and many other manors, leaving John, his brotlier, 40 years old, his next heir,^ who inherited nothing but the part excepted, the estate oing to King Edward I. ' From which time it remained in the rown till Edward H. in the 9"^ year of his reign, gave it, with the rest of the Bj/god's estate,' to • Dug. Bar. vol. i. 132. says, this John inherited the excepted ' Fin. divers, com. H.3. L. 4. N" 23. manors. Fin. divers, com. temp. K. i, *Esch. A°35 E. I. Lig. 5.N.11. ' Vincent, 342. ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. says A" reg. 6. ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. 136. Vincent says 9, p. 343. 'Notwithstanding what Mr. Dugdale VOL. I. G g g 090 l.nrilAM. 1 111- this ypnr crraJcd Vj\' I ^ '.ii-d ill I5.S8, leaving hu twi« ~, .■tlic( inarrii>d to EJtrard itr Mnuttacule, nod .U(i.-. ■- ■ : J (u ./oAn Ixtrd Srgravt, nnd n("t«-r to Sir Italttr SlaMmjf, KnI. of the Garter, to wliord Ai-gratr, her first hus- banp<*'s citation, ihougii he had pleiuled that b«'ing n baron of I'ligliind, he was not ctim|)ellablc to appear at that court ; In ■ IIS he stop|>ef), leaving this 'I'homai his sou, then 14 vears old, who, in 14art of the demeans beloni;ed to Elizabeth his mollier,* in rigiil of her dower, he never was duke, Ix'ing Ik"- heafled at York, with Richard Scrope Archbishop of Caiiterburi/, in 140j,' John, lii« brother, then 17 years oUI, being iiis heir, who was r«lorellv to John HiJiilf, broiher to .Jiilliotiy Marl Jiiten, all which were lords here in her right. Al iR-r death John Duke of Norfolk, her son, enjoyed it, and died seized in 14(>l, a\n\ .Inhjt his son inherited, he died in 1474, leaving Inne, his sole daughter, then two \«-ars uiti, after- wards married lo Uuhartl \)\\\n: ot \ork, second son to King l'. iiiuiderc' '' 1 / dcatjcry, Tuli.. ,/. I4j. oA. jrnrlv Icotiis. 1 be ■)UutlaL»arc ^. luul liic i>cucuri>UL*u» 7i. id.ob. [1736] Som/A Ixtpham Church i« dedicated to St. \irAo/7, ct .Jllaroarttac urori^ riu^, filis fbomac l?untingficici, Dc hat totlla que quiDcm, Qlar garrta obiit 25° Die Octobn^ i4U(i,Ouorum .Inimabu^ propitictur ^cu^, imtn. ^att pro Sntmabu^ IDilli Jlobcll De 3i\)fitlb, Urmigcri, cr Cliiabetlje uroTW tiwi, qui quiDeni iDilIu^ ob. ''■, Die 3^1>iMi/m, wlicTiul W. lUt. a \i. 1, itn -"'A iMfthum. Ucir i« 1% liiw ii-liuujc 1 ! l>v li^c I i|p. Ill l'i«.;<>, Mr'.. Marif l< 'i i)l'(j(i»( ■/) gnTc n incaduw, called S.'ulp Mfiidotc, III (iarOoliiiJiain, nt\t\ nnullicr iiicaduw ailiuiii-, ing to It, Ui lliii pnn^li, Uie churili-uiinK-nt t>rw'liicli nre iiiiiiuallv to rrcri\<- the rent, mid to bind «nit a |KH>r cliild every year to a tnidc ; Olid i( llieir be no |KM>r cliild iii the |iarikli. tlicii lltcy iirc to Inv it uut to elollii- till' txMir |H'nirs ui the church, and if there were any o\erp!u«, to cliarilnbli- uM.'s,!>i)ch a'* the feoffees would up|ily it to, for the good i>f the towo : tlic Iiuumo, un loun, Ixcause lliey were Milling he should be buried among them, \vhi(.h IVortltam was nut: but this lieing a common story told in most places where ihcrc arc gifts of ihis nature, 1 look u|>on it as tradition only. Here are three small cottages for llic poor, by whom they arc now {173*)] inhabited. lliis town hath alsoGo acres, called the 7nVA, taken off the com- mon by the lord's consent, of whom they now hold it; it is marsh ground, and let at 8/. prr annum, the inronie of which is gvcn to the poor by the feoffees every C/iristmnt and Kaster. And also a mcs- Buage, barn, and l6 acres of freehold land, lying in the parish, now rented at I .!ark b.mks, for which the lord agreed to lay them out an equivalent of other lands ujton their Great Common, which wa"» done nccoidiiigly, reserving the trees, iuize, and bushes, growing, or which should ever hereafter grow on the lands, so laid out, which privilege the lord still cnjuys, the InntU l«;ing then cnllcd the Seirralf, aiul now the .illnmii, or Ullandi. ' rrcm llic evidence! lu the CImriii m iJie hjndi ol Joseph Doe, owner Ct>e»i. of laiult jiljuininj; lo Cluiiibrook Mei- * From divert evidcncrtof the manor dow, afurcuid. in my own tuodi, and from otiiert. LOP II AM. 235 111 former times lliis town was most wood, though now it doth not more abound witii it than its neighbours ; for it appears from a fine sued in 1383, that there was then great plenty ; for in that year tlie Countess of Norfolk settled GO acres of wood, and the pannage and keeping one boar, aud 24 sioine in her park here, with liberty of gathering acorns for three days, with 25 men, on herself for life, re- mainder to the Countess of Pembrook for life, after to Sir John Haslj/ngs, Knt. Earl of Pembrook, her son, and the heirs of his body, remainder to the heirs of the Countess. The honour of C/are extended into this town, there being divers lands here, formerly held of that honour. RECTORS OF LOPHAM, 1332. Robert de Cantuaria, or Canlerbiiri/, resigned, and JVilliam Vygerous was instituted on the nones of Sept. presented by Thomas DE BROTHEKTON,son of the King, Earl of Norfolk, and Earl-Mar- shal of England; in 1335, on the kal. of March he had a dispensation for non-residence, as domestick chaplain to Stephen de Gravesend Bishop of London. This William, the 13th of the kal. oi' Jpnl, 1327, was presented by the Bishop oi' London, to Thorlei/ rectory, being then an accolite only :' In 1329,* he changed with Stephen de Sca/deford for Finchley rectory in Middlesex, to which he was insti- tuted the 6th of the i'd. of Mai/, and was then priest; in 1332, on the nones of Sept. he resigned Finchlei/, and took Lopham, for which he gave his archdeaconry of Essex in exchange, to Robert de Lan- tuaria, to which he was collated by the Bishop of London,' on the 4th of the nones of Dec. A° 1331 ; in 1336, he was collated to the rectory of I'M/^ayn in Middlesex, which he held with Lopham to his death, A" 1341. 'Yh\i Robert de Cantuaria wns chaplain to King Ednard II. rector of Lopham, archdeacon of Essex, prebend of Cumb in the church of Wells, and of Mapesbury in St. Paul's church, jC-o«Jo«, 1331, and died about 1 333.'' 1342,29 March, Tho. de Thurleston, priest. Sir John de bE- GRAVE, Knt. 1341,7 June, Johnde Louirhton,iicco\\le. Ditto. 1346, 17 July, He changed with Will, de DunUaple, rector ot Chestreford, London diocese.' Ditto. 1349,4 Jit/u, Will. deAtterton, T^nest. Ditto. 1351, 4 March, Giles de Wyngreworth, a shaveling.^ King Ed- ward, on account of the lands late Sir John Segraies, liavin- re- covered this turn in his own court, against John de Segrave, those lands being lately in the King's hands ,, „ ., . , 1352, 27 Jug. Giles resigned, and Richard de Penreth, priest was instituted. King Edward, on account of Sir .]ohn Segr«re . lands now in his hands, at Sir John's death. . ., 13Gi,27 Ji'h/, Nicholas de llorton, priest. Walter Lo«1/J-^>^- NEY. This Nicholas was a monk of TA.(/arci, and founder of South Lopham chancel; he had a long suit with Waller Pek, rector ot 3 Nevjcourt Rep. vol. i. S97. [ ^:rP.L.'N:'"M;-s:';;n. J. Anstis, ' Ibidem, 72. C36 I.OIMIAM ^^ ' ' ' " '' I ' ■ ■ :) laiuli of tlir l< lie cit \«lll(-|| • i ^ ' re iKi^Mtl a tl' :■!■...'/, , :m, imr Uicir farmers, tliotild p.-tv aoy tilhc to liarboldtsJiam, lliough the laiidi liud iu lliut imritli. IJSjt), 22 Augtitt, Sir Gi7ri rfr Uculock, pric»t. Makuarkt Maictclial Cuuiitrsii of \f Ix-i .1. - " ■ , prif-t. I ' «i "^ M I.I . ctor of ' / •V. John, rciK-wiMl ilu- action nqainal tiu» Jejfcr^ for tilJic of iiii de- nu>nn», but wiis intmediaU-lv I'luit. M04, 12J /VAr. Jfff'rif rfsif»ncd, and Adam Coktlol, priest, suc- cccdiil. Llizaiictii Oultlitis of \orfolk, in rinlil of ht-r duwcr. l-t'iJ, '2'i Dec. xXui .iilam Ix-ini; ^ruwii old and hiind, !>o lliut he (.■uuld not strvc the cure, roi^inid in favour of lUlmund L'oupfre, prie>i. It ho was obhged by tlic iiiihop, ul liis institution, to |>a)' him a ixnsiun uf lO/. a year, during hit iii'e. Llizabetu Dutcliess of Sorf'o/k. 1431, I'i May, Edmund Conpcr resigned, and I loir y Ptrbroun wa« in»titute'. Thii. If (x/r, chnphiin to John Dulie of \'tir('ulk. Tlii* Thomai alle H wJe was warden of (ioiitilc Hall in L'amOrii)ge in 14'Jf),' which he held to 1454. lie was the first l>enefactor toward* buildiiif; (he hall of tlint college, and the uardcn'!* old room; Dr. Caiiit (by mistake") calK him CutKond. I4'J^, y March, Uich. Dcrhi/. John Duke of y>orJulk ; iie was nfler chaplain to the Dutchess.' l-Vil , ult. Jan. John (irairli/, on the dealli of the last rector. 154, I'» ^"l. John Doxrfnld, A. M. Will. Dixe, and Will. Cantcuell, llsqrs. feoflecs. 137H, '11 Srpl. Arthur IVomack, A.M. on Dorrfieltft resignation. Ditto, lie was buried here the 18tJi oi June, l(i<)7. \Gi07,i,0Junr, iMuraice iVomack, A.}>\. John Holland, and Edward Carrf.ll, Esqrs. feoffees to Thouias Earl oi Anindcll ; he dierl in ihf rclH-llion. niul f>ni- /,7/m got i 1 of this rectory, who held it by iisurpa- til. 'li,' but M ■ cprivcd by six justices, upon the act, for holding anabujitisticai rrrours, and refusing to baptiz<- infants. 1003, Apni 24, r.dmund .Salmon, D. D. of L'ambridge, 11 en BY • Parkrr't Hiii. of Carob. p. to. ' Rrgr. Reynolds, fol. 66. ' Rcgr. Sjyne, fol. jj. LOPIIAM. 237 Howard, Knt. Will. Plaiteus, Bart. &c. trustees to tlie Norfolk .family. • 1681, 2 Mai/, Samuel Slipper, A. M. chaplain to the Duke of Nojfolk on Su/inon's death. John Meek and John J a v, patrons for this turn. 1713, 1 1 June, the Rev. Mr. Rohert Hall, A. M. on Slipper s death, presented by Thomas Duke of Norfolk, who some time after sold the patronage to Dr. /////, who hath obliged his heirs for ever, to present a fellow of St. John's College in Cambridge. Sir Rowland Hill is now [1736] patron, and Mr. Hall aforesaid is incumbent, ■who hath published a volume of Sermons, and another of Catechis- tical Lectures, in 8vo. and a Sermon on the Peace. This town is remarkable among the country people for the three Wonders; (as they call them;) t!>c first is, the Selfgrorcn Stile, being a tree grown in such a manner, that it forms a regular stile, and serves for such in a common footpath. The second is, the Ox-Foot 5^one, which lies in a meadow so called; it is a large stone of the pebble kind, on which is the fair impression of an ox's foot, which seems to be natural; the fable of it is, that in a great dearth (nobody knows when) there came a cow constantly to that place, which suf- fered herself to be milked (as long as the dearth lasted) by the poor people; but when that decreased, she struck her foot against that stone, which made the impression, and immediately disappeared. The third is called Lopham Ford, at which place the Ouse and Waveney (those disagreeing brethren, as Spelman^ calls them) have their rise, and though there is no greater division than nine feet of ground, yet the former goes west by Thetford to Li/mi, and the latter in a direct contrary course, by Diss, and so to Yarmouth, including this whole county ; Leland calls it Lopham Market, (without any authority,) and says that it belonged to Richmond fee, being led into that errour, I suppose, by its being the place where the gaol of the Duke of Norfolk's liberty was kept, of which Suajfham is the head town in this county, where the coroner for the liberty generally re- sided, and that town belonging to Richmond fee, might possibly lead him into this mistake; and as this liberty is of large extent in the county, it will not be amiss to give you an account of its rise and privileges in this place, because it hath been generally reputed to be, as it were, annexed to this manor. King Edward IV.* by letters patent under the broad seal of England, dated at Westminster the 7th of December, in the 8th year of nis reign, and in the year of our Lord 1468, granted to John Duke of Norfolk, and Elizabeth his wife, and their heirs, forever, the return of all ts^ri^s whatsoever, and of all bills, summons, precepts, and mandates of the Kin^, and of all acting under him, within the liberty, manors, and hundreds following, viz. within the manors and demeans of Forncet, Framlingham-Parva, Ditchingluim- Parva, Ditchingham, Loddon, Syseland, Halvergate, Southwalsham, Cantley, Strumpshazc, Castre, JVinterton, Dickleburgh, Boyton, and Bayfield, ' Vol. vii. p. 45. grants of the privileges of the liberty, ♦ This account is taken from a MSS. which is now in the hands of the Stew, containing an exemplification of all the ard. VOL. I. H h £3$ iOPHAM. in the coonty of Norfolk, »nd also within Uie whole hundred of Earsham, ami llic iialf hundred of Gildercrosse in the said county, jind also in the towns, parishes, and demeans, of KehaU, Bonnagaie, PeuicnhaU, CuUotf, Stonham, DeiiiiiiigloH, Brundhh, llketshalU, and CrateJieUl, in Suffolk ; and in the rapes of Leu is and Bramber, and all the parts and parcels thereto belonging; and in the hundred find lordship of Bostham, and the town of Stoug/itou, in Sinsfx, in the manor and lordships of Jieyi(rt^e and Barkyug in Surrey; and ihf town, manor, and lordships of Ilaruich and Dovercourt in Essex; and in all paicels, precincts, and jurisdictions of all the aforesaid rapes, hundreds, towns, manors, and lordshi[)s, so that no sheriff, or any other ofhcer whatsoever, should enter the said liberty, but that every thing should be transacted by the officers of the said Duke, appointed for that purpose. Furthermore, the King granted to the Duke and his heirs, all manner of fines, profits, amerciaments, penal- ties. Sic. of all residents in the said liberty, with all other things that phould accrue to his royal crown and dignity, with full power for the Duke's officers to seize for any of tliem, in as full a manner as the King's officers should have done, if this grant had not been madp. Further, the King granted to the said Duke and his heirs, all zveyfs »nd strays, felons' goods, and forfeitures ; and also, that the residents in this liberty shall not be sued or forced to answer in any other court, tlian that of the liberty, for any sum under 40s. And further, the King granted to the said Duke, full power and authority, to have his own coroners, and clerks of the markets, in his liberty, with the same power that those officers of the King have in any other place; toge- ther with a steward of the liberty, who shall have power to determine all actions under 4Qs. so that they arise within the liberty ; all which privileges the King confirmed to him, in exchange for the castle, manor, lordship, and burgh of C/iepstowe, tlxc manor of Barton, and the jnanor and lordship of Tuddeuham, in the Welsh Mai'shes, to which all the aforesaid privileges (and much greater) belonged, and had been enjoyed by the Duke and his ancestors, time out of mind, but were now by the Duke, at the King's earnest request, conveyed to Wm. Earl of Pembrook, and his heirs, and a fine levied accord- ingly. This liberty, with all its privileges, was enjoyed by the said Duke, and his successours, till Queen Elizabeth's time, and tlien wer^ exemplified under seal, at Westminster, the 4th of Juty, 1558, at the request of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, who was then seized in fee, and so continued till 1568, when he settled this, among other large estates, on Tho. Cornwallis, Knt. Nich. L' Estrange, Knt. Tho. Timperly, Wm. Barker, Rob. Iligford, and Edw. Peacock, and their heirs, to his own use for life, and to whatever other uses he should declare, by any will or deed that he should make ; and soon after he declared by deed, that they stood seized to the use of tlie faithful and beloved servant* of the late Duke, John Bleterhasset, W. Dixe, William Cantrell, and Laurence Bunnester, in Uust, that they sliould truly p^iy the debts and legacies of the said Duke, and the overplus to remain to Phillip Earl of Surrey, and his heirs, remainder to Thomas Lord Iloitard, and William Lord Howard, and their heirs : but upon the attainder of the Duke, and Phillip Earl of Surrey, it was seized by the Crown, where it contii?ued till James I. by letters patent, dated at Westminster in the year l602, being the first year of his reign, gav^ LOP HAM. fi3d and granted to his faithful counsellors, Thomas Lonl Horcavd, baron of IValden, and Henry Howard, brother of Thomas late Duke of Nor- folk, and son of Henri/ late Earl of Surrey, and their heirs, this liberty, with the honour, lordship, and manor of Forncet, and the manors of Earrs, or Little Framlingham, Hatvergate, Ditchiiig/iam, Siselatirl, Dicklehurgli, Loddon, and Laiiiidich hundred in Noijolk ; the castle, soke, and manor of Bo7igei/e, and manor of Cratjield, in Suffolk; (all being part of the possessions of the late attainted Duke;) together with all lawdays, amerciaments, views of frank-pledge, &c. the one moiety to Thomas Lord Hoteai'd, and his heirs, the other to Henry Howard, and h\s heirs; and the year following, on the 3d day of April, the King, by other letters patent, granted to Thomas Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain of his Household, and to Henry Earl of Noiihampton, (Juardian of the Cinque Ports, (those titles being con- ferred on them in the mean time,) and their heirs, the manors and advowsons of Ditchingham and South Jl a/sham, late the attainted Duke's; and by other letters patent, dated at Westminster, Noik 22, in the 6th year of his reign, he gave them the half hundred of Gi/lt- cross in Norfolk, and Cratfield and Kelsate manors in Suffolk, late the said Duke's, with all their liberties, &c.; together with the barony, burgh, and manor of Lewes in Sussex, and the barony and manor of Bramber, with the office of itinerant bailiff, and of clerks of the markets within the said baronies in Sussex, together with Darkyng cum Capell manor in Surrey, with all the liberties of the late Duke of Norfolk, as leets, Views of frankpledge, larodays, assize of dread and beer, pleas, weyfs, streys, forfeitures of felons, fugitives, deodands, knight's fees, escheats, heriofs,free-7i:arren, return of all writs, precepts, 8cc. in as full and arriple a manner as ever Thomas Duke of Noifo/k enjoyed his liberty, before his attainder; by means of which grant, each of them was seized of a moiet^', all which premises they divided b)' indenture, dated the 13th day of May following. The manors of Forncet, Ditchingham, Loddon, Si/seland, Halvergate, South IVals- ham, Laundich hundred, and the half hundred of Earsham, with the manor of Bongey, were assigned to Henry Earl of Northampton, and his heirs, of wliich he died seized in ItilS, and they descended to Th&mas Earl of Arundell and Surrey, (who was restored in blood, in a parliament at Westminster, March 19, l602,) as cousin and next heir, then aged 25 years,' he being son of Phillip late Earl of Arun- dell and Surrey, deceased, son and heir of Thomas late Duke of Norfolk, and elder brother of the said Henry late Earl of Northampton. And after this, Henry Earl of Aritndell and Surrey, by indenture dated March 1, l6l 7, purchased to him and his heirs, of Thomas Earl of Suffolk, all his part, right, and estate, in the hundred of Gyltcross, Kelsale and Cratjield manors in Suffolk; the rapes of Lewes and Bramber and Noman's-Land in Sussex ; Darkyng and Capell manors in Surrey, the barony, manor, and burgh of Lewes, with the office of bailiff itinerant; the manors of Lewisburgh, Rymer, IlJ'ord, Seaford, Meching, Middleton, Brithelmeston ; the free chase called Clers; liberty of the sheriff's turn of Nomans-Lands,Shcffield, and Grimstead manors; the barony and manor of Bramber, with the itinerant bailiff there; the burgh of Horsham, burgh of Shorambury and Beding New Park; the burgh of Steyning, anA the manor of Sotnpting-Abbots ; ' Inquis. capt. apud Harleston, 9 Apr. iS Jac. I. «40 LOPHAM. the office of clerks of the markets in Lewes and Bramber baronies, Shejfielil and Lyngfield manor, the fourth part of Barki/iig and Capell manors, tlie tollbooth of Southzcark, and Guilford in Surrey, and all privileges that Thomas late Duke of Norfolk had in the letters patent oi' Queen Elizabeth ; and particularly all those liberties, commonly called the Duke of Norfolk's Liberty, by virtue of which, Thomas Earl of Arundell and Surrey aforesaid was seized of the whole in fee, and so continued till the 12th oi Aumst, U)4I, and then he and the Lady Alathea Countess oi Arundell, u'm wife, and Henry Lord Mow- bray and Maltraiers, their eldest son, and heir apparent, Henry Bedingfield, Knt. and John Cornwaleis of Eiirl-Soham,lhe\r trustees, settled it (among many other estates) on Lionel Earl of Middlesex, Henry Lord Pierpoint, Edward Lord Newhurgh, llilliam Playters, Knt. and Bart, and Richard Onslow, Knt. in trust, to whatever uses the Earl, his lady, and their son, should declare by deed; and on the ]6th of August, in the same year, they declared it was absolutely to the use of their trustees, and their heirs, in order that they should make sale of all, or any parcels of the said baronies, lands, tenements, hereditaments, liberties, advowsons, Sec. aforesaid; and that the money from thence raised should be by them applied to pay the debts of Thomas late Earl of Arundell and Surrey, and the overplus to remain to the Lord Maltraiers, or his heirs; and whates'er re- mained unsold, after the debts paid, they were to sttind seized of, to the use of the Lord Maltrarers and his heiis ; (and that the title might be perfect, JVill. Hozcard oi Maynzcard, in Cumberland, Knt. joined in the indentures;) and thus they stood >eized till Henry Lord Pier- point, by the name of Henry Earl of ii?«_;s?OH upon Hull, Marquis of Dorset, by deed dated the fJth of Feb. \ti56, at the retiuest of Henry Hozcard, son of Henry late Earl of Arundell and Surrey, released to Will. Playters, and Mich. Onslow albresaid, and their heirs, all his right in the premises, by virtue of which they were solely seized, and being so, by indenture, dated the 30th oi July, ]65y, they conveyed them to Arthur Ousluzce, Knt. and WilUam Turner, citizen and draper of London, and their heirs; (Forncet, Marshal's, and Grey's manors in Banham, being particularly named;) and the said Arthur and llilliam, by indenture dated the 4th of Nor. 1660, jointly with, and -at the request of, Henry Hozcard, Esq. second son of i/e«r^ Earl of Arundell, deceased, and Rich. Onslow of IVest Clandon, Knt. Arth. Onsloii', his son and heir, John Fozcell of Fowellscom- in Devon- shire, Esq. and Rich. Marriot of Clement's Danes in Middlesex, Knt. conveyed the whole absolute!}' to John Taseburgh of Bodney in Norfolk, Esq. and his heirs, in trust, and to the use oi Rich. On/lowe, Arth. Onslowe, John Taseburgh, and IVill. Turner, and their heirs, to the intention that they should sell the whole, or any part of the premises, with the woods or timber, to raise money to pay all the debts of the aforesaid Hen. Howard, with all their own expenses in the affair, and the remaining overplus, whether in money, or estates imsold, was to be to the sole use of the said Henry Howard, and his Leirs, and of whomsoever he should assign it to, upon which the said Rich. Onslowe, Arth. Onslowe, Uill. Turner, and John Taseburgh being solely seized of the liberty, 8tc. beg that the liberties. Sec. might be allowed and confirmed to them, which was done, upon their producing the charters and grants, all which were allowed by JeJ'ry LOPHAM. 241 Palmer, Bart. Attorney-General, and at the request of* Hetiry Lord Honard, were exemplitied under seal at Westminster, the 2d of April, l6(i9, and soon after (the debts being paid) it was again vested in the Howard family, the l)uke of Norfolk being now lord, who nominates a steward and coroner, and keeps a gaol for debtors, either here, or elsewhere, as he pleases. In I603, there were in both Lophams 351 communicants, and now [1736] there are 70 dwelling-houses, 95 families, and 470 inhabitants in South Lopliam; and 74 dwelling-houses, 92 families, and 460 in- habitants in North Lopham. They paid 3/. 12s. to the old tenths, being valued together, but now they are assessed single to the King's ta.x, viz. South Lopham at 785/. per annum, and North Lopham at 772/. 10s. each of them paying a teetfee of ISf/. The Rev. Mr. Robert Hall bears, arg. on a chevron ingraiied be- tween three talbots heads erased gul. a mullet of the field, in chief a crescent lor different*. Crest, on a torce arg. and gul. a talbot'S head erased gul. Mr. kVade Kelt of South Lopham bears, as in p. 39> a crescent for difference. Mr. Henri/ Branch of South Lopham bears, arg. a lion ramp. gul. over all a bendlet sab. Mr. Richard Flowerdew of South Lopham bears, per chevron in- graiied arg. and sub. three water-boudgets counter-changed, a mullet (or difference. [ 24« 1 NORTON, Now called Blow-Norton, corruptly for Norton Bel'eau, as it is snciently spelt, which signifies the north town upon the fair water, or river, on which it is situated, and by which it is divided, on its south part, from Sujf'olk. It had four distinct manors in the Con- queror's time. The first of which belonged to William Earl Warren^ and was held by Fulcher under him, of his castle of J^eu'es, and laid in Ken- niiighall Soken, before the Earl had it. Tliis was afterwards called Brome Hall manor, and was held of the Earl ll'arren's castle at^cre, by the service of the fourth part of a fee, which service descended with that castle and honour ; it was after held of Tateshale barony. The second was held as a distinct manor in the Confessor's days, and in the Conqueror's belonged to Alsitis, who then added it to his manor of Lop/tam,'' as a hircKic ; from him it became part of the estate of Roger Bi/god, under whom, at the survey', Alurcd, an Etiglishman, held it. It was given very early by the Bj/gods to the Bromes, and so became part oi' Brome Hall manor, being always held of the Earls and Dukes of Norfolk, by the service of a quarter of a fee. The third part belonged to the Abbot of Buri/, and was held by a socman^ of his in the Confessor's days, and by Joceline,^ in the Con- queror's, the whole town being then a league long, and half a league broad, and paid 8f/. ob. \q. Danegeld; there were then 5 acres of land belonging to the church : this was called Semere's manor, from the Seymors, or St. Maiir's, lords thereof, and was held of the abbey by the service of a whole knight's fee. The fourth part belonged to Elj/ abbey ;' but I do not find who * Terre Willi. deWarrenna, Hundr. de Gildecros. (Domsd. fol. 91.) In Nortuna tenet Fiilcherus i. car. terre quam tenuit i. lib. homo, T. R. E. semper vi. villan. et ii. bord. et i. acr. j)rati. tuncet post. i. car. in dnio. ni°i. car. etdim. et dim. car. hominum. dim. mol. ct i. see. i. acr. terre tunc et post valuit XX. sol. m" XXX. hoc est de cas- tello de Laqueis. Soca in Chenighehala Regis semper, donee Wills, habiiit. ' See Lopham, p. 218. * Terre Abbatis de Sco. Eadmundo. Gildecros. Hundr. (Domesd. fol. 177.) In Nortuna tenet idem (sc. Gosseli- nus, de Abbate,) i. car. terre quod te- nuit i. socman. Sci. Edmi. semper v. villani. et tunc iiii. bord. m° v. i. acr. prati. semper ii. car. in dnio. et dim. car. hom. Silva x. pore. i. mol. et i. soc. dim. acr. mo. iii. rune. xii. an x. pore. xiv. ov. vi. vasa apum. val. xxx. sol. Habet i. leug. in longo, et dim. in lato, quicunque ibi teneat, et v'ln.d. et obol. de Gelto, et i. ferding. ' This Joceline was brother to Abbot Baldwin, who infeotfed him in the Con- queror's time, in many great possessions here, at Qiiidenham, and elsewhere, as I learn from the White Register of that abbey, (fol. 97,) from which it will not be amiss to observe, that Abbot Bald- win about that time infeoffed almost all the knights that heldof the abbey. This Joceline was not the author of the Chro- nicle in the Cotton Library, so called, the author of that being chaplain to Ab- bot Sampson. ' Terre Sancte Adeldrede Gildecros H. (Domesd. fol. 188.) In Nortuna i. soc. Ixxx. acr. ct i. acr. prati et i. acr. ct i. vil. et vii. bord. et i. car. val. xv. sol. Iste fuit de liberis hominibus Rogeri Bigot, sed Abbas de- rationavit. NORTON. ^4» gave it, though imagine it was given with Garboldisham, to which it might then belong ; it is plain it was seized as that was, and recovered from Roger Bigot in the Conqueror's days, after which the Abbot held it but a little while, for it came to the Earl Warren, whether by feoffment or purchase I cannot say; one of those Earls granted it to JVHUam de (a Snore, to be held of the castle at j^cre, by the service of a quarter of a fee ; from which time I find nothing of it till 1288, and tlien JVi//iam de Bhzc-Norton held it by that service. In 1345, Adam de Norton was lord; in 1401, John Armiger had it; in 1570, one Chittock had it; but it was soon after purchased and joined to Semere manor. It is now called Brent Hall, or Burnt Hall, because the mansion-house was burnt down ; it still retains a place in the style of the court, which runs thus : Bronte Hall and Semere'sy with Brent Hall in Blow-Norton. BROME HALL MANOR Was so called from^ the family of the Bromes, who had one part of it of the grant of the Bj/gots, in very early days, the other part comin to them from Roger de Somery, whose ancestors had it of the Ear] Warren^s gift. It seems that Roger, son of" William de Brom, mar- ried Petronilla,'^ one of the heiresses oi' Roger de Somery ; for in an inquisition taken in the time oi Henry IlL it is said, that he held it jointly with her, as part of the inheritance of Roger de Somery, of the Earl oi Arundell; this was about 1280; in 1302, they settled the manor and advowson on themselves for life, thep on William de Brom, their son and heir, remainder to Robert, their other son, Henry de Brom (brother to Roger) being trustee. In the next year Roger died, and left William, his son and heir, who died before his mother, so that Robert de Brom, his brother, at his mother Petronell's (sleath, which was before 1443, inherited the whole, it being settled by her on him and Joan his wife, in tail, in the year 1336, by a fine then levied between them and Edmund Bacon, parson of Corton, in Siif- folk, and Robert de J erne math, or Yarmouth; in an inquisition in 1345, it is said that he held both the parts of this manor, and paid a relief of a.s. to the Earl oi Arundell, for the half part held of him, at a quarter of a fee, and x.s. to the Earl Warren, as a relief for tlie other half, that being held of him at a quarter of a fee. In I3G3, he held it jointly with Roger Brom, his eldest son. In 1401, Robert Brome, Est], son of the last -Roger, had it, who died intestate in 1453, leaving Olive his widow, who administered, John Broome, Esq. his son, be- ing very young; he afterwards was lord, and left it, at his death, to Henri/ Brome, his son and heir, who left it to James Brome, his son and heir, who died without issue about 1510, and it descended to his two sisters, viz. Mary Jerniy, and Anne, first married to Rob. Siede, Esq. after to Jolui Brampton, and then to Rob. Rookiaood, Gent. ; at her death the whole went to Thomas Brampton, her son and heir, who had purchiised the other moiety in 1533, of Ednard Jenny, son * This Patronell was certainly daiigh- on which she places Maiilby's arms be- ter of .-lir Kob. de Maltaby, Knt. and fore her husband's. How she came to Olive, Jiis wite, as ap|jears from maiiy be one of Somery's heiresses I cannot deeds in my cuUeciions, to one of wliicli ^y. licr seal is fixed when slic was a widow, > 2W KORTON. and lieir of Mary Broome, by Jenny, her first husband, she and Ralph Skeltou, Esq. son of Sir John Slivlton, Knt. her second husband, joining, to make a complete title; and thus it was joined to SEMERE HALL MANOR, Whicli was part of the revenues of Biiri/ abbey, and belonged to J()n7(«(', brollier to Abbot L'rtWfi"/;/, wliu infeofled iiim in it in liie CoiKjueror's time ; it after came to the Ih/goih, of whom it was held in the eleventh century, by the family siniatned de Cadomo, or Caam; Rich, de Caam was lord and patron of St. jlndreta's in 1'2S0, and in 1285 Olive his widow, who held it in dower, remitted all her claim and right to Sir John de Dykele, Knt. who seems to be heir general to Rich, de Caam ; and in the same year Sir John granted it to Ra/f de Saiicto Maiiro,^ or Sei/morc, and yJ/ice his wife, and their heirs; and the said 0/iir, and U il/idiu de Turri, her second hus- band, confirmed the grant, for which Ralf and Alice gave them an annuity of 7 marks, and a gown every year worth one niaik, during the life of the said Olive ; in 1311, Rolf being dead, J lice his widow settled the manor and advowson, after her own death, on Edmund, their son, and Joa« his wife, who was lady in l.'ilo; and in 1345, John de Sei/mor was lord, son, I suppose, uf Edniitrid : he held it of John de Hegvave, as of his manor of Forncet, he of the Abbot, and the Abbot of the King, at half a fee, and paid 20s. relief. In 1423, John de Sei/mor had it; in 1435, a fine was levied between Ralph Gimton, and IValter Walton of London, mason, and Joan his wife, by which it was settled on Ralph and his heirs; about 1510, it is said to be in the heirs of John Botcrani, of whom, in all probability, it was purchased by Christopher Coote, Esq.* who had it settled on him and his trustees by fine, in 1521 ; he died Sept. 17, 1363,' seized oi Seyniors manor here. Rich. Coote, his son and heir, being 34 years old, who had immediate livery; he was afterwards knighted, and lived to the age of 124 years; Sir Charles Coote, Knt. and Bart, who translated himself and family into Ireland, where he was Lieutenant in King Charles the First's time, and was killed in 1642, was the last of the family that had this manor, it being joined to Brome Hall manor by the Brampton's, who purchased it, and so had all the manors and the whole advowson ; the pedigree of which family, as far as it con- cerns this town, here follows. ' This Ralph was attached to answer relating to it are very large ; it is said the King, that whereas he had com- that Sir Nicliolas Coote, Knt. who lived manded Jiim to attend him personally at in Queen Elizabeth's time, was a re- Carlisle, with his whole service, in his army against the Scots, 15 days after Easter, or before that time to appear at ihe Exchequer, and fine for that service ; he despising the mandate neitlier came to do the service, nor appeared to fine for it. He pleaded that the precept was not delivered, and that he held nothing of the King for w hich he ought to do that service J upon which he was dis- missed. Madox Hist. Excheq. 461. ♦ Mr. Martin of Palgrave hath the most beautiful pedigree of this family that I ever saw. Mr. Neve's Collections tainer of the Duke of Norfolk's, and upon his cause, happened to strike the Attorney-General, for which he was fined 20,000/. and laid in prison for it a long time, and at last was forced to sell his estate to pay the fine, with the con. sent of Sir Charles, his son, who was created A° 1660, Earl of Montrath. See Lopham, p. 232. 5 When Christopher Coote bought it it contained 60 acres of land, 120 acres of pasture, 3 acres of wood, a fold- course for 300 sheep, and an advowson. NORTON. ^*5 JohnStedc, Escj._Anne, dr. of lohn Brampton of Broitie Hall, in BJo- Robert Rook- sans tssuc ; he is buried here. Hen. Bromc, Esq norcon, Esq. from whom descended wood, GcQt. the cidett branch of ihe Bramptons of Brampton, by hi« first wife Thoma- zinc, dr. of Sir J. Jermy of Mclfield, Suffolk. William Brampton, who was lord of Eccles by the Sea, for life; he kept his sst court there in 1545, and died without issue. Thomas Btamp- ton, Esq. lord in S570, buried in Norton chan- cel. Eliz. dr. of Rook- wood of Langham, in Norf. ob. 16031 buried by him. 1. Anne, dr. of Vincent of Marling- ford, Norf, Gaudy s Dorothy, dr. of Mr. John Brampton, John Briscoe of lord of Hackney in Middles. Norton, purchased the estate 1660. of Mr. Watts, jointly with her second hus- band ; 3 sons s. p. Best, who purchased the estate of Mr.W. Waits, and gave it to 1, H Bramp- ton, Gent, he and his wife sold Eccles, and had no issue. Katherioe Everard, married at West- Herling, Ecbr. 19, '537- Hen. Brampton and his father Catherine, sold the estate to Mr. Watts, onlydr of an attorney in Norwich, of " ~ whom Mrs. Dorothy, his mo- ihcr-in-law, and her second tiusband purchased it. s. p. Sir Drue Drury of Riddles- worth Hall. \ Dorothy, married to Jctter, besides other daughters. Nathaniel Best, who was hii son by a former wife ; he is buried in Norton chancel ; at his death be gave it to Ut, Robert Brown of Blow-Norton, who is now [1736] lord and patron. The Leet belongs to the hundred, the leet fee being 14rf. The lord of the hundred is lord paramount, having weuf and strei/, view oi frankpledge and free-uaneii, assize of bread and beer, &c. for ■when the lords of the several manors were forced by quo warranlos to produce their charters, and plead what liberties had been immenio- rially used, the lords here did not claim any. The CusTCMs of the Manors are these : the fines arc at the lord's will ; the copyhold descends to the youngest son ; it gives no dower ; the tenants cannot fell timber, nor Wiiste their copyhold- houses, without license. In Broiiie Hall manor every free tenant, upon purchase of any freehold, pays a year's freerent to the lord, as a customary relief. I do not find the religious were much concerned here. The njfenks of Thtlford's portion" of tithes out of St. Andreic's was taxed at lOs. The Prior of the canons of Thetford, in 1428, was taxed Md. for his temporals here. "This portion was given to Thetford of the tithes of all his demean lands monks, by Richard de Caam, lord of belonging to that manor. Mon.Ang. Semere Hall, and cumisted of two parts vol. i. fol. 665. VOL. I. 1 i 246 NORTON. The Prior of Ixworth was taxed 2s. 6d. for his temporals here, and The Prior of Bokenbam 14s. for his temporals in this town. RECTORS. THE CHURCH OF ST. MARGARET. 1300, kal. May, Henri/ de Brom, Sir Roger de Brom, Knt. 1313, 12 kal. Oct. Nicholas de Blonoiton, priest. Petronell, Tvidow of Sir Roger de Brom, Knt. he resigned to John de Hi/he- Ij/'ige, and he resigned in \3'28, to Clement de Cnapetone, priest, who was instituted 8 kal. Maj/. Ditto. 13-13, 7 -Jpnl, Golfr.de Di/cht/iigham, itiicst. Robert deBrom. After his death it laid without any institution till 1394, when Ro- bert de Brom, the patron, obtained a perpetual union of it to the church of St. Andrew, upon proving lo the Bishop that the revenues were so small, that nobod3' would accept it; and it appearing that the church was much decayed, both in its roof and walls, and the parishioners very poor, and unable to repair it, and that St. Andrezifs church, standing close by it, in the same churchyard, was big enough to hold all the parishioners of both, he licensed them to pull down St. Margaret's church. May 13, 1394, upon which it was levelled to the ground, in such a manner, that at this day there appear no remains of such a place. When Sir Roger de Brom was patron, Noncich Domesday saith, that it had a house and 10 acres of glebe, it then paid VZd. synodals, and 2s. 9,d. procurations ; from this time «ach manor had an alternate presentation to St. Andrew's, in Blow-Norton, Which before belonged solely to Semere manor, when Sir John Dykele was patron, the rector had 11 acres of glebe, but no house, and paid lid. synodals, and 4s. procurations; The first rector I meet ^ with is, V Edmund de Brundyssch, who resigned in 1329, t) kal. May, and Peter, called, Le-Munk, priest, succeeded. Edmund de Sco. Mauro, or Seymor, Knt. 1331, lo kal. A'oi'. John de Mellisde Brampton. Ditto. 1337, Edmund son of Edm. de Burnedi/ssch, sub-deacon. 1350, 12 April, lien. Lewyn, priest. Will. deMIdelton. 1355, 27 July, Rob. -Igaz (or Agar) de Brisingliam, priest. Ditto. 1358,2 July, Rich, Munch, priest, changed willi Agaz for Fersfield. Ditto. 1365, 8 Oct. Will. Bonyng, priest, changed with Munche, for Brundale. John Ermundgere de Stratford,' patron. 1368, 24 March, John de Binitam, a shaveling. John de Pys- SALE, xecloi oi' A Iderton, true patron; in 1385, when the union of ■^ N.B. Whether Will, de Midleton, say, though all of them, except Grym John Ernuindegcre, &c. were lords of and BoUe, presented in right of that Semere Hall, or only trustees, I cannot manor. NORTON. 2# the livings was first attcrnpled, he obtained a grant of a messuage to enlarge his parsonage, of John de Pyssale, his patron, (who also seems lord of Semere,) and in 1384 it was confirmed him by the King's license. 1414, 25 Nov. Peter Ingland, priest, on BirtAaw's death. Tho. Grym and Rich. Bolle, patrons of this turn, by virtue of a feoff- ment in a piece of land called Pottage Land in Blow-Norton, made by John liinham before his death. 1413, c) Aug. John Model i/ng, priest, at J«g/artc?'s death. Mar- garet, late wife of Rob. de Broome, Gentleman of tlie Bed- chamber, patroness of this turn, in right of Bronie Hall manor. 1430, 3 .Tuh/, Sk Stephen Smith, ])v\(ist, John Almot of Melles, and John Bertram, oi' I lepworth. From the evidences and annals of Cuius College in Cambridge I learn, that this Sir Stephen gave all his lands and tenements in Bar- ningham, in Suffolk, ibr the maintenance of a fellow to be a priest, to perform divine offices for the dead, in that college, and to preach thrice every year at Barningham, viz. on St. Margaret's Day, in Advent, and in Lent, and in his sermons to make mention of him, his benefactor, and that he should be called Stephen Smith's priest ; the lands given were then Al.per annum, and in Dr. Caius's time 5/.; he is the fifth senior fellow on the foundation. The estate now con- sists of a convenient farm-house, and 70 acres of pasture, 24 acres 3 roods of arable, all well wooded, the money rent being 8/. 6s. 8d. the corn rent 2 quarters and a half of wheat, and 3 quarters and 3 bushels of malt [1376]. 1474, Smith resigned, and Rob. Woodward succeeded. James Blundell, and Olive his wife. 1487, 7 March, Ric. Davi/, on Woodward's resignation. James Blondell of ilff//(/s, Esq. and Olive his wife, who was widow of Rob. Broome, Esq. 1536, 6 Feb. Tho. Li/n, priest, on D«dj/'s death. Ralph Shel- BURNE, Esq. and Mary his wife, and Anne Bkamptone, widow, for this turn. 1573, 28 March, Tho. Billingford, clerk. Tho. BRAMPTONE,Esq. 1605, 24 Nov. Edw. Wright to Blonorton Utraque. Henry Bramptone, Gent. 1641, Rob. Rai/, rector. l660, Nathaniel Vincent, D.D. subscribed for Norton, but no in- stitution registered. 1722, Tlie Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Rt/e, on Tincent's death, Avho is the present [1736] incumbent, and holds it united to Hepworth, being presented by iMr. R. Browne, patron. This rectorj' is valued at 5l. (Js. 6d. and being sworn of the clear yearly value of 38/. 5s. is discharged of first fruits and tenths. There is a rectory-house, and 25 acres of glebe. Here was a Gild dedi- cated to St. Peter. The Church is a mean fabrick,of one isle only, which is thatched, as is the chancel ; the north porch is tiled, the tower is square, and kath in it tliree bells, on which are the following inscriptions : 248 NORTON. 1. .§)anctc <3oi)annc(i, ora pro nobiiS. 2. .^ancta iCatcnna, ora pro nobi^. 3. €> Martic Sarbara, pro me S^tum trora. There is no inscription in the nave, this being now lost : Orate pro anima Margarcte i nour oul of '^ohti .fitcac €siqr. tljc to'bidj bi- cea/cD t\)t <20©ap of ©cc in tlje gear of our 3LorO ^OoD 1540, on toljo^e ^oul %t^u baue laerep. Another stone was laid over a priest, the cup and wafer, the em- blems of the priesthood, still remaining. On three brass plates upon a stone at the north-east corner of the chancel. Brampton, quartering Brome, impaling Rookwood. fitrt l\et\) intcreo CfiomaiS 25rampton lial€€l)fVtii. Bo faratic attpcr nor toorioin pompe, 25ut «5eatl)e in tpmc mill quelle, get tJJramptone.s .§oule bv toirtuess Eore, gi jjope in ifeben Dotlje DtticUe. At the upper end of the chancel, on the south side, was a raised tomb, covered with a marble, under which Mr. Christopher Coote, who died in 1563, was interred; this is now taken down, and the stone laid on the pavement. The house right over against the church is called the Place, which name it assumed when it was rebuilt by John Brampton, its old name teing Brome Ilall. NORTON, 249 In the kitchen window (before it was repaired) I saw these arms: BROME. lAi.w.i.w.'J CALTHORP. w W ^ W 4^ STEDE. IVilHam Calthoi-p married Cecily Brome, and was owner of an estate here, in 133(). The arms of Stede were imperfect, and seemed to have been parted per pa/e; and there was an imperfect coaX of Brampton. In 1603, there were 1 10 communicants, and now[l736] there are 32 houses, and 160 inhabitants. It paid 50s. to the old tenth, and now is assessed at 66O/. to the land tax. Here is about 1 rood of land, which lies at Furze Common, a house being lately pulled down there, and another rebuilt more convenient, for two dwellers, on the waste, which hath about a rood of land laid to it. The Commons are, Neze Cross, which contains about 10 acres, Furze Common about 30 acres. South Fen about 30 acres ; and there are about 80 acres of common car and fen, on all which they common solely. Robert Browne, Gent, bears ar. on a bend saJ. three eagles dis- played or. Crest, on a torce ar. and sab. a goshawk rising or. [ 250 ] GATESTHORP Is a small village, known by travellers by the n^me of Gasthorp Gate, which is a publick-hoiise thai hath a gate for its sign, con- trived at first, I suppose, from the name of the town; it stands on a great road which crosses the river here : it seems to take its name from some owner of it, Dasej- Dojip, or Gatesthorp, signifying the village or mansion of some one of tliat name. The Church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and is a rectory, dis- charged of first fruits and tenths. It hath no parsonage-house, but there are 30 acres of glebe. King's Books I Ann, Val. with Riddlesworth, is I Procurations. 6 9 4o6. I 48 9 1 3 ^. ' 3 Synodals. I Lincoln Taxat. 1 I vj. marks. The advowson belonged to the Prior of the monks at Tketford, who always presented till the Dissolution, unless in cases of lapse, or when that priory was in the King's hands as an alien, RECTORS. 1289, Sir William, rector of Gatesthorp. Sir Adam de Lever- MKRE, then parish chaplain. • ]314, kal. Jan. Walter de Fakenham, priest. Lapse. 1327, 3 non. Oct. John de Boys, accolite. The Prior of Thet- ford. 1349, Ifi March, .John de Melles of Brampton, priest. Mary Countess of Norfolk, by grant from the King; who holds the ad- vowson, the temporals of Thefford priory, which is an alien, being in his hands during the wars. 1358, \6 March, John de Berkyng, a shaveling, instituted in the person of Sir Nic. de Wrotham, rector oi Langford, his proxy. Mary Countess of Norfolk. 1369, 19 Avg. Stephen de Rydon, priest. Tlie Prior of St. Mary at Thetford. 1373. \2 Jpril, David Botiegent , priest. King Edward, during the wars : he had license to plant on the lord's waste, called the Holms, against his rectory-house. 1404', 13 July, Rich, de IVyrham, priest. The Prior. 1409, 5 Aug. John Skarlet, priest, on Wyr ham's resignation. Ditto. 1410, 20 March, Walter de fVestwal ton, priest. Ditto. 1412, 29 Aug. John Covyn, priest, on Walter's resignation. Ditto. 1413, 3 April, Roger Sekot, on Cofj/?i's resignation. Ditto. 1414, 21 May, Jotm Blome of Ixworth, shaveling, on i'e/cofs re- Ditto. GATESTHORP. 251 1417, 10 May, Rich. Flaxere, or Flaxbij, priest. The Prior. At his death in 1438, 18 June, Joh/i-JValter de Elveden, priest. Will, de El- VEDEN, sub-prior, the priory being void. 1459, i3 Dec. T/io. Hunt, chiipWm. The Prior. 1482, 29 April. Rie. Cokke. Ditto. 149G, 21 Febr. Will, de Ostelij)i. Robert Prior of TAfZ/bn/. 1510, IS Jan. JVill.Cramfodre, on Ostclyn's Ae^xlh. Ditto. * 1414, 27 March, John Baron. Ditto. 1525, 4 May, Tho. Jamys, on jBarou's death, united to Gnateshall. Ditto. 1559, Dec. Thomas Pike, priest. Thomas Duke of JVot/o//.-. 1573, 25 June, Francis Clark, on Pike's resignation. He was buried here Feb. 8, l(Jl6, Tno. Bleveuhasset, Will. Dixe, and Will.Cantrell, feoffees for the Duke. 1617, 25 March, Gaudy Bolton, S.T.B. Robert Bolton, this turn; he liad Garboldisham. 1634, 22 Dec. Robert IVotton, A.M. Anne, relict of Sk Drue Druri/, Knt. and Drue Druuy, her son. ]6'(3l, 25 Oct. Thomas Newcome, A.M. on IVotton's death. Sir Drue Drury, Bart, united to Gnateshall. 1675, 8 June, George Rayner on Newcourt's deatli, united to Riddlesworth: Robert Drury, Bart. 168 1, 30 June, Thomas Barnes, A.M. on Rayner's death. Sir Robert Drury, Bart. He was instituted to Riddlesworth the same day, and held them by union till the igih of December following, and then he obtained a perpetual consolidation. See Ridlesworth. The church stands alone on a hill, it is a very mean building of one isle only, and a chancel, both of which are thatched ; the tower is square, having only two bells, a third being sold in l607, to repair the church; there is not one inscription, nor any thing else re- markable, except several very ancient coffin-stones with crosses upon them, \\hich were laid over some of the rectors, or other religious persons that were interred here. Since the consolidation. Service is performed here but once in a fortnight. This village was always small, being but half a league long, and half a league broad, and paid but Id.^Danegcld. It belonged to the Conqueror, who committed it to Earl Godric's care; it had then one carucate in demean, and was held by a freeman in King Edward's time, and was in Kenninghall soken. ^ The Abbot of Bury had a part here worth 5s. in the Confessor's time, and 10s. in the Conqueror's, when it was held of him by an Englishman.^ 5 Terre Regis quam Godricus servat, in Keninghchala. Tot. Gatcst]ior. ha- GillecrosHundr. bet dim. leug. in long, et dim. in lat. In Gatesthorpi. liber homo T.R.E.i. et vii. <^. de Gelto. (Fo. 34.) car. terre, tunc vi. vill. m" viii. semper 'T^rre Abbatisde Sancto Eadmundo, V. bord. et ii. serv. et viii. acr. prati, Gildccros Hundr. semper i. car. in dnio. ctii. car. homin. In Gadesthorp tenuit liber homo et v. socm. xx. acr. terre, semper i. T.R.E. xxx. acr. terre modo quidam ar. silva xii. pore, tunc val. xx. s. m° Anglicus.deAbbatc. m°i. bord. in. acr. •^1. Tot. Hundr. reddit xx. et tota soca prati, tunc dim. car. m° i. Tunc. val. X S5£ GATESTHORP. The wliole town, except the Abbot's part, remained in the Crown, till King Henry II. gave it to William de Albany Earl of Anmdet, before 1 198, and the year following, at his death, it went to IVilliam, his son and heir, who made a feoffment of the whole, to Warine nE Gatesthokp, and his heirs, who were to hold it of him and his heirs, by the service of two knights fees, and this is the reason that all the manors here were afterwards held oiTateshah barony. Soon after this it was divided, for the Prior of Thetford had the advowson and half a fee, and John de Berdeweli., and his partners had another half fee, each of which constituted a manor. (iatealkorp's whole fee was afterwards called. West Hall, or Wro^ thania; the Prior's half fee. East Hall, ox Garlek's ; and Berdewell's half fee was called ip Hall. WEST HALL, or W ROTH AM'S MANOR, Was, after IVarine's death, in Sir Adam de Gatesthorp, then in Gal/rid de Stanton, and soon after in Adam de Jfrotkam; in 1346, in James his son, and in 1350, Nic. de Wrotham was lord ; in 1364, James de Wrotham, and Alice his wife, owned it ; in 1366, James ■was dead, and the manor belonged to Roger de Felbrigge, John Seek ford, Knts. and others, trustees o( Alice, his widow, who after married to John Cocket, who was lord. In 13!)S, Tko. de Redeles- worth,^ was lord, who left it to Jeffry de Redelesicorth, his son, who by will dated 1415, ordered to be buried at Gasthorp, and gave his manor there to Thomas his son, in tail, remainder to Sir William Berdezcell, and Robert his son, who was executor, and inherited about 1450, Thomas Redelesicorth, son oi' John, dying soon after without heirs, as did his two sisters, Agnes and Margaret, upon which Robert, son of Sir William Berdeweli, Knt. did homage for it to Ralf Lord Cromwell, as belonging to Tateshale harony, of which it was held by one fee, ; and thus it was joined to the other manor, and hath continued so ever since. EAST HALL, or GARLECK'S MANOR, Came, some way or other, very soon from Thetford Prior (who kept the advowson to himself, and part of the demeans, valued in 1302 at a quarter of a fee) to JouN DE Furneaux, Will, and Roger de Maynzearyn, Hugh de Snitlerton, and Nich. de Beatifeau, who were lords in 1280, being Furncaux's trustees ; after this it belonged to Jeffuv Bainard, whose son Roger was lord in 1C94, and lived at U ramplingham ; he settled it on TVill.de la Menezearyn, rector of East-Herling, who, in 1336, conveyed it to Sir If alter de Faktnham, rector of Gasthorp, together with the reversion of the dower of Marion, late wWe o( Jeff ry Bany a rd, who was aliU living. In 1346, AvELiNE, late wife of Roger le Menewaiyn, was lad}'. In 1349, Alice, late wife of Hugh de Bokenham, had it; and the same ▼.J. modo X. Dehoc habuit Abbascom- Regis. (Fo. 177.) mendat. T.R.E. soca in Cheninghala * For this family see Riddlesworth. G A T E S T H O R p. 253 year Roger Bauiard became lord, who was succeeded by Robert .Halliard ixnd Maud his wife, wlio left a daughter named Margerj/ ;. she and Jo/tn, son of Sir John Fiirneaux, Kiit. and Alice Avenaunt, daughter of Rose attc IVyk of Fakcnham-Parva, niece to Rob. Baiiiard, released all their rights to John Garlek, of Gatesthorp, before l.'lGl ; and he, in 1381, settled it on Nic. de IVhicbinghain and others, who in 1388 released their rigiUs to Halter Garlek of Spor/e, his son, and Adam Monk of Lerling, who conveyed- it to Tha. Jennei/, Knt. Ilenri/ and Edmund de Pakcn/iam, in trust, and so it continued till about 1398, and then it was purchased of the said Walter by- Sir Will. Berdewell of Wat- i lerling, Knt. and joined to his manor of Up Hall, both which, by will dated in 1391, he settled on Margaret his wife, and Robert his son, in tail, naming Tho. Jennet/, Tlio. JJemgrave, Knts. Henry and Edmund de Pukenham, his trustees. UP HALL, OR BERDEWELL'S MANOR, Was granted to John de Berdewell, who was lord in 1285 ; at his death .'Sara his wife had it ; she was daughter to Sir John de Furneaux, and lady in 1290. In 1330, Thomas, her son, was lord; in 1342, Ric. Rob. and Thomas, grandsons ui John and Sarah de Berdewelle, were lords. In 134S, John de Berdeu-elle ; and in 1375, James dc I'lrotham had it, during the life of Alice his wife, by grant from T/io. Berdewelle. In 1399, Sir IVilliaui Berdewelle, Knt. was lord, whose trustees, John Cokat/n, Tho. Dcrham, and Ric. Alfred, in 1403, settled it on Robert, son of Sir Will. Berdewelle, and Elizabeth his wife, after the death of the said Sir William, and Margaret his wife; and in 1433, Sir IVilliam released Up Hall and Garleck's to his son Robert, in whom all the three manors became united, and have passed as J^cst-IIerling to this time; for which reason 1 shall refer you thither. In the Custom Roll of West Hall Manor, made in Sir John de Gatesthorps time, this peculiar custom is entered : Tliat every tenant of that manor that marries out of the homage, is obliged to pay the lord a bed, bolster, sheet, and pillow ; this was constantly observed, and there are abundance of entries in the rolls of such payments ; but in Richard the Second's time the bed was omitted by the lord's kindness,^ though the rest were paid in Queen Elizabeth's time, or a composition for ihem. Every woman that had a bastard paid '2s. 8d. lei/rwite, but the widows did not so. I'he dower of this manor was a third part of all free and copyhold lantls, and a moiety of all lands held in soccage. It was fine certain, and the copyhold descended to the youngest son; the tenants could not plant, nor fell timber, nor waste their co{)yhold-housesi without license. The greatest part (if not the whole) is purchased by the present lord, so that there are hut few if any tenants at this time [j73G ] In 1419, the town of Galhesthorp held a piece of pasture called the Rodit/s, and then the cullel ' that went in the lord's Hock, and » Per misericordiam Domini. lecta) or collect of sheep, was a collec- I Hence it appears that a cullet (col- lion of different men's sheep, that Iwd a VOL. I. K k 254 GATESTHORP. laid in his fold, paid as many small rents as amounted to 4s. per nullum. In 1390, Richard de Boi/laiid's tenants in IVilhi/ were attached to do fealty and homage to i,(ist Hall manor, and also the tenants of Wynnejhiliiiiig * for the same, and for one pound of pepper annual rent, issuing out of the tenement, and 50 acres of land, which lies between the way called Bokeuliam Gate, and the tenement of Sir Hugh Le Jure, and abuts on Wynneftrthiiig town, the tithes of which belong two garbs to Thctfoid monks, and one garb to She/J- haiiger rector. This laid in Jf iiifarlhiiig and Shelf hanger, on tlic road that leads from Shclfliaiiger to Hiiifarlhing. The rector of IViiifarthing paid 20s. to the monks of Thetford for his portion, and Shelf hanger rector 18c?. KEMPE'S MANOR Was that part which belonged to Bun/ abbey; in 1288, Adam Keinpe had it, and paid 2*. ChI. a year to that abbey ; in 1289, Gilberl Kempe owned it; in 1294, Jlill.Kempe, who gave part of it with his daughter Lettice, in marriage to JVill. de Korzcich ; in 1297, he was dead, and she married again to Simon de la Mai/iiwarj/n of Ilcrling, and that part fell into East Hall manor ; the other part, in 1330, at Hinma Kempe's death, came to John Kempe her son ; and in 1341 was Will. Kempe's, by which time it was so far divided and aliened, that there remained no rents. This Norwich fditiWy was the most ancient of any that I meet with, that lived here ; I have a deed without date, by which John de Norwich, who lived at Gaslhorp, manumised Richard son of IVilliaiu Codhewe, of Heiliiig-Parva, and all his posterity. The Leet belongs to the hundred, the lord of which is lord para- mount, and hath zcci/f, strei/, and all other liberties, the lords of these manors not claiming any, upon the quo uarantos brought for each lord to set forth his privileges. The leet fee is 12f/. Mrs. Margaret Gawdie gave 20s. per annum to the poor of this parish, which is now [1736] paid by the parish of Garboldisham. In 1603 here were 27 communicants; and now there are 9 houses, and about 60 inhabitants. It paid 38s. to the tenths, and is now [1736] assessed at about 150/. to the laud tax. right to go in the lord's flock, paying the roll ; memorandum, " That tenant that usual yearly rents ; and in such places " beryth colyourship cone yer, beryth where these cullets were, the office " the reveshypp the next yer." called the cuUyorship was to collect ♦ See fol. p. 116, 123, 181. those rents, for thus saitli anotlier old [ 255 J GARBOLDESHAM, G ERBODES, or Gerbold's Town, is so called from some Saxon who was owner of it, ))am in their language signifying a house or village ; it is bounded by the Lophams and Kenninghall on the east, by Market-He ding north, and by West-Hcrling and Gatesthorp west; it contained several manors, all which were united in Thomas Duke of Norfolk in King Henr^ the Eighth's time, and continue so to this day: the biggest manor was called JVica, afterwards JV2/kes, now Wkken ; the" common called JVicken Li/iig is the only memorial now remaining of that name. The capital manor, in the year 1045, belonged to the abbey of E/i/, Witfric, the sixth abbot of that house, being lord of it :^ this Abbot had a brother called Gudmund, who proposing marriage to a noble- man's daughter, was refused, because though he was of noble extrac- tion, yet not having 40 hides of land, he could have no place among the nwbleinen ; tlie Abbot to supply this, privately makes over to him these manors belonging to his abbey, sc. Gerboldesham, Murham, Lyvermere, Nac/ienttm, Acholt, 8cc.; the monks reclaim them, the Abbot retires to Acholt, and there dies with grief, and is buried at JE/y; r/i«r.s ednesdai/,* a yearly fair for three days, viz. on the vigil, the day, anii day after, St. Luke the Evangelist, a pillory, a tumbrel or cucking- stool, with liberty of free-warren, it being obliged to do suit to the hundred court, or pay 2s. a year. The manors of IVigeu llitll and Boken/iam's were both joined to this before l.'38(j, for then the style of the court was. Up IIiil/, IVigcn Hall, and BokiJi/tam's in Garboldesham, and thus they continued till I(i07, and then were joined to Pakeii/iam's, ihe Earl of ^/rH«(/c// becoming lord of the whole; and so it remained till 1627, when he sold Up llall, Jl'igcii Hall, and I'ake/iliam's demeans, with the sites of all those manors, their barley rents, their fold-courses for 330 ewes with their followers, w ilh all the pastures and shackages belonging to that course in Garboldvsluim, (all royalties, weyfs, strays, and money rents being cxcei)ted, all which the 'Earl still "kept whole and undivided till he sold them, in 1()29, to Sir Drue Druri/ of Ridehworlh,) to From. Gazidi/, Esq. in which family they continued till iGGG, Sept. 14, and then Sir /////. Gawdi/of IVest-Uerliug, settled all his estate on Maiy his only daughter, to raise 2500/. for her fortune,' and made From. Gatidif, Esq. her uncle, executor, who sold the Garboldesham lands U> n'eiitworlh Ganiei/s, Esq. of Boi/land Hull in Morniiig-T/wip, the heirs of whose family al this day enjoy it [1730.] ■\VIGEN HALLS MANOR, Al the survey, belonged to Bishop Osberii,^ and had two carucates in demean ; it was valued at 20*. in the Confessor's, but was risen to 50s. at the Conqueror's time, when it was in in Keuninghall soken. This afterwards belonged to the Bi/gods, by whoni it was granted to the Jleieiiiugliam.i, oi' which family it was always held by the third Eart of a fee, of Tothaiu-Fana manor in Essex, as parcel of the arony of Tohiiunt, of the honour of llakenet, the relief beinii 8s, Ad. 3 See Fersficld, p. 75, 76, &c. ♦ Placita Coron« 15 E. i. Rot. dorso. ' Will in Cur. Perog. Cant. 1666. et post vii. villan. m° viii. semper v. 9. in bord. ct i. sorv. et iiit. acr. prati. Tunc et post i. car. in doniinio modo ii. sem- dat. per iii. car. homiii. Tunc val. xx,*, modo xl. ct X. liberi homines ct dim. i. '' Tcrrc Osljcrni Episcopi Gildccros car. ter. et dim. acr. prati, semper ii. Hund. (fo. 163.) In Wica, tenuit i. car. ct val. .x.i. soca in Kcninchala. libcr homo 1. car. tcrre T. R. E. tunc SfiO GARBOLDESHAM. In King RlcJittrd die First's lime, Jo/in de Go-penvilk was lord ; at l>is death John de Jarpcnville liis sou had it; he it was that confirmed the grant made by liis lather John, to Johti, son of liobeit de Gar- baudhham, ami his heirs, as appears under Gaibo/dcsham's free-tene- ment; in 1239, Maud his mother being then a widow, for an annuitj of 7 marks a year, released unto the said John the third part of a messuage, 1(50 acres of land, and <) marks rent, which she held in dower of his inheritance ; and the same year she impleaded Adam de Wygcnhale for her dower, in divers lands which he had of her hus- band's gift; in ]24v something towards the date of the deed, though there is none in it. This family was very numerous ; those that I meet with 1 shall here add, though I do not imagine that all of them were lords of this tenement. Alexanoer de Gerbaudesuam, lord; Gilbert, son of ^Alex- ander, was lord ; 1270, Uugh, son of David of Gerboldesham ; 1290, Rich, son of Jefiy, H'illiam, son of Gilbert of Girboldeshum ; 1318, John, son of William of Gerboldesham ; 1343, Henry, sun of J ejry of Gerboldesham. From this family it passed to the Monk>:, another numerous family in this town, so nained from JIan Lr-Moyiie, or tlie monk, who had lands here very early, as several deeds without date shew me. In 12yO, William, son of John Le-Monk of Garboldesham, WaA a mes- .""asre and 10 acres settled on him, after the death of John, son of GARBOLDESHAM. 263 Rich. Le-Monk, and of Jeffri/ and Robert, sons of John, if they had no heirs. In 13^7, John Le-Monk had this tenement, which he then held with the 10 acres aforesaid, hj' tlie service of tiie hundredth part of a fee, and 2s. per aininm to the ward of Dover castle, and also 45 acres and two messuages, which he held of Peter de lianham at 2s. rent. In 1328, Richard Lf.-Monck, his son, had it released to him hy Alice, widow of John Le-Monk, his father, John and Williani, his brothers, being witnesses, and at this time IVilliinn dc Ban/ium released all his right to him, in all his possessions in Gerboldesham, so that now he had both Gerbo/disham's and Banham's free tenements; but how they went after I do not find, though the family continued somewhat longer in the town, Richard, son of WiV/. Monck, and Jgucs his wife, John and Robert Monck, and Alice, late wife of Richard, son of Alan Monck, hved here in 1332. BANHAM'S FREE TExNEMENT Had its rise out of Escois manor, since 1240, and consisted of several lands and rents of that manor, granted by William de Francheville to the Banham family, after he had married Freschentia, the heiress of Ralph de Banham; and in this family it continued till 1328, when fi'ill. de Banham released it to Rich, le Monck, Robert de Banham, his father, having sold or mortgaged it before to John It Monck, fa- ther of Richard, by which release it fell into Monk's tenement, as before observed. Of HOPTON'S TENEMENT I know but little, only find it often named in evidences, and that Adamde Hopton, lord of it in 12G8, was diseized by John le Dik/egh, of his common of pasture in BloK-Norton, which belonged to nis free tenement in Garboldesham. The Customs of the Manor are these: the copyhold descends to the eldest son ; the fine is at the lord's will ; the tenants can fell timber on the copyhold, plant, and cut down on the waste without license ; it gives no dower ; it hath liberty of free-warren, ro«^/", strcy, and all other privileges, except the leel, return of writs, office of coroner, clerk of the market,' and assize of bread and ale, all which were excepted, when it was sold to Sir Drue Drnry, who after his purchase sold off his part of the demeans, and settled "the rent charge of 10/. per annum u[)on that part, from which it is now paid by the owner of Ip Hall in Garboldesham, who hath the demeans of the several manors, except those of Bukenhani's manor, which belong to Sir Edmund Bacon of Gaiboldcsham, Bart. THE RECTORY MANOR Belonged to the rectors of St. .John's, who were always lords of it. Tlie CusTO-Ms are the same as the sreat manor. » The market and fair have been disused for some time. 2(54 GARBOLDESHAM. The Advowson of Ali,-Saints wholly belonged to Bois's or Up Hall manor, and that of St. John's was purchased to it in 1280, by Sir Robert dc Bois and holda his wife, as is before observed under that manor, from which time they both passed with it, till 1533, and then being parted, went as Feryield advowson did, till 1632,' and then that advowson, or rather moiety of both advowsons, that be- longed to Sir Thomas Corincaleis, Knt. came to Sir William IVilhipoll, Knt. ; and in 1637, Lucy fVithipoll, and Tho. Cher, presented by his grant; at his dcalh it went to Elizabeth Withipoll, his heiress, who married Leicester Devcreux Viscount Hereford,' he was succeeded by Leicester his son and heir, who died in 1682, and was succeeded by Edward Devereux, who died issueless in 1700, leaving ^niie his sister his sole heir; she married Leicester Martin, Esq. of Christ Church in Ipswich, who sold it to the Honourable Sit Edmund Bacon of Garboldesham, Bart, the present [17.*)6] patron. The other advowson, or moiety of both the advowsons, belonged to (he JViiicrfilds, und passed as Fersfi eld, from the Ifingjields to the Earl of Kochford, the Right Honourable Frederick ]L:x\[ of Rochford being now [1736] patron. The religious concerned here were, the Prior of Thetford, the Prior of Bermondesei/e, and the Prior of Camps, to whom Robert Ashfield aliened lands in 1391 ; and in 1381, John Plais and others aliened lands and tenements here, of 40/. value, to the chantry at Ravenj/ng- ham. There were several ancient good families inhabiting in this town, besides those already mentioned ; one was sirnamed Atte Stone of Garboldesham, another De-Ponte, or Atte Jirigge, another Le-lV ode- ward, which family hath continued to this time. The Taseburghs had a good estate here, of which John Taseburgh, Gent, was owner in J 540. The names of the streets in 1413 were; Wykyu-street, Nethergate- street, and Churche-gate-street ; and there is a way much spoken of called the Palmers-way; I suppose it is that which leads from Gates- thorp-gate, by which the pilgrims used to pass in pilgrimage to our haiiy at IVa/singham ; there is also a large ditch, commonly called. Little Devil's Ditch, which runs from Gatesthorp moor to Herling moor, and is said to have been an ancient intrenchment; but by the proper name, I take it to have been made to divide Gerboldesham from its neighbouring parishes, as it still does, it being called the Boundary. After the Dissolution, divers small pieces of land settled to super- stitious uses, as for obits, lamps, &c. were granted to the following persons : One acre and an half in the tenure of Robert Rockett, given to find an obit and light in the church, to Johri Parrel, Knt. to be held of East Greenwich manor, by the twentieth part of a fee. Other lands were given to the Duke of \orfolk, others to Edw. Fines, Knt. Lord CUn'on, to be held of the honour of Hampton Court by fealty only ; others to Wymurk, and Clere ; and others in All- Saints parish, to Grey and his heirs. ' See Fersfield, p. 76, &c. * Peerage, 38a. GARBOLDESIIAM. 265 The CnuncH of Si Jo/in Baptist is a good building, liaving the nave, two isles, witii tin- chapels at their east ends, north vestry, and noitli poreh, leaded, its chancel thatched, a tall square tower, and six bills; the ehineh, isles, and ehaiiecl are ancient, but the tower and norih porch are not so, being built about 1500, as is evident from the name of IPi/liam Ptce, who was then a chaplain in this church, and chief benefactor to the work ; for on the front of the porch is this inscription, novv ^)artly tilled up with mortar: (©rate pro anima ©iHi. pcce, €apellani. And round its bottom this, (Cbrijiitt, ^ancte gjojjannfjS SBaptijita, ^acljarie, €Ii?abet|3, gioljannc^. On the tower are the names of several other benefactors. There is only one brass plate left which is thus inscribed : lli)£r£ Ipetf) buri£& ti}c 2?ol>ie of giobn (Carlton, late tobite \)t IpbeD n£ (C>arbolDesiljam, JRcrrcr, tDf)0 bat> to Ijiji ©iifc (!21i?abetb, $ of bfr fotoec ^onncsi, anb none g?auflbterio,tD})icb 3:obn oieotbe t^irD of april, m tlje JJcre of our 5LorQ 43oD, 1579. po^t tenebraifi ^pero 5lutetn. In the east chancel window were these arms, BARDOLPH. HOWARD. SCALES. 266 GARBOLDESHAM. And three knights kneeling, one in a suicoat oi Howard, another of Scales, and another of Bardolph, which being remarkable I shall here exhibit it to your view, it being lately destroyed, with many other arras and antiquities, when the windows were repaired. In the windows of the north isle were these arms, BOIS. HOWARD. CORNVVAL. m FELBRIGGE. CiA n HOLD KS MAM. «J7 In a •oulh clinncel wiiulow, Sealti'i nrnw wilh nn ctculop for » cre»l ; Uotmrd and Scalt* iiii|>alid ; Howard wrilli a lubcl o» llinc. In ihc wintlciwi of thf i»l«'t, Urotherlun, lloicitlilig, |Kr pale iiidrlitetl ur and gu/. u borduff of llir M'cotid Ix-zaiilf. J-'rHirififir iinpiilini; Scalct. Or, a ili)vr xrri , c|uart<'riii}; fful. nn nnnulct or. 'I lif Utiiifi arnit art" ifi niiinv windown. Al thr caM «'ii(l of the north iflc i» M rliajMl, wliuli lM-fonn«-d lo tinit family, m »lii< ti llirrc \tat un uiliciiilin); chnplain for llic dead, und probably anotlur in ihc op|M>^lt<■ « ha|Hl, in the noillh islf ; i\ic nninrn of »>mu' of ihcni thai nivitl lur«', and in /Jomj rhn|>ol in All-Saint'i churcli follow, u« I i-\lrai-li-(l llii-in out of «-vid«-iic-e» of laudii in ihi'* liiwn. Sir Adam Dai I/: l;l. Sir Ju/iti llryin , l.'IH.',, Sir Tho. /IJiIri/ ; \V>H, Sir Jiihn Ha/ii/ii^ham ; ItU. Sir Huh. Ilnllr in .lll-Sainlf, and Sir I'rler df (irnlou in St. Johu's ; U'i(My,Sn H'lHiam I'ece; XMV), Hob. HOodward ; IJUt, John Jamff and Hi//. Cunon; 1553, Thu. Datrtt ; 1554, Sir Tho. ltol.rtiham. In till- vfstrv, undrr the «u.sl window, w.xi, an old altar Ktandini;, over winch, oil the \sull, 1 kuw a rude |iainling ol the LuM Judgment. Toward;! ilie west end of the churchyard, ore two altar tombs lliui inscribed : ' In Meinoriam Johannis \\'illi;imson, (j'en. hie Lapis positus est, obijl setundo die .Murlij, 1(»cn. Virgo verc pia et I'uru, unncit ehara, omnibus benijjnn, desiderntiisima, objit Id2*'** die AiiKU«ti, l'i«»7, Anno /luaiii|>lii(iiii|iu- hepleiitrioiiali, et \V aldiiiL;field |iarvn viven- tiiiiii, ledtlitu stiblevavil, inorieiis eiiiin 'rreceiitu> ipsis Libras U'guvil in pcriictuum. Lector ! abilo, cl tu fac similiter. Luc. cop. 10, vcr. 37. Tlie site of the rcctory-liouso joined to the cast end of this church- yard, till tlu' |iret of liic cliurch. All-Saints Ciit'Rrii stands north of St. .fohn't about h.ilf a fur- Ions, or •uinewhal more, and was othciuled in till the death ot Mr. I'iM in I7"2'>, from whn-h lime service was left off by decrees; nnd utKin II |>etition of the patrons, incumbent, and parishiuncrk, in 1734, lii-i-UM- wtu obtaiiii'd of tile Hi to sutler il to dilapidule, upon \ ' 't' of the nave wa< unlhatchcd, und that of thr north I :. iiiid Ixith Were liiken down, the I'oiit and m-hIs pulled up, the live Ixll* weic laki-ii down, nil which, with (he ollu-r mute- rial<, (excfpt the leu«l b«-ll, which wn« carrud to St. Juhn't,) were •old, and ihe mooejr applied lo n-puir and beuuUfy bl JoAm'i church. • L« Ne»f, Tol. 11. p. 77. 268 GARBOLDESHAM. The bodies of the Bacon's buried in the chancel were taken up and carried to a vault belonging to that family in Redgrave church, and the marbles that laid over them were removed and placed in the vestry of St. John a church, where they now lie. The windows both of the nave and isle were chiefly painted glass, and very well done, but were all broken to pieces ; the roof of the nave was board, painted all over with the names of Jesus and Mary, and this in the midst : SSettDtv i^n ^\i anti pc fioDc llDff, tic Bonglinu \)pffc« The windows also were new glazed, all of painted glass, and adorned, some of them with the twelve Apostles, others with saints and confessors, others with the arms of the benefactors at whose cost they were put up, and others with their effigies kneeling, by which it appeared, that some were made at one person's cost only, others by ♦ Tlie rood loft was placed between 5 Tl,cm refers to the parishioners that the church and chancel, so called because were at the charge of the work, the rood or cross always stood on it. GARBOLDESHAM. SGj) Ihreeor four that joined, and in most of them were the donors names, all which were decayed except tliesc in the north isle windows: •©rate pro ainima ficrarbi be 2?rom, qui iitam opcram fieri fecit ','.','.:■. ianima IDalteri oc 2?rom, ^ -- ,- = ^ Ijaiic f cnc?tram ','.-''.'- Their effigies remained. On a soutir window, ',',:-.-.'. £Fer no.si almc tui«i, CelejStia tSegna ttcDcmptiti. In Jinolher, Luci/'s arms gu/. crusuly three luces, or pikes, hauriant ar. impaling giil. a fcss and label of three ar. Chcquy, or and sab. a fess ar. At the east end of the isle was a chapel, which hath laid in ruins many years; it was founded (as I take it) by Thomas de Bosco, rector of this church, for his own interment, the initial letters of whose name still remain carved in stone on its buttress; the entrance out of the isle was by a large cross arcb. There is a good square tower at the west end, built much about that time, and as tradition hath it, in this manner, the foundatioQ was laid by a tailor, continued by a woolcomber, and finished by the parish : now 1 do not pretend to aver its truth, but mention it, be- cause, agreeable thereto, I find a stone fixed in the building, about 10 feet from the ground, on which is cut a large pair of tailor's sheers, and on another about 10 feet higher, is a wool comb. On one of the bells this was to be read : ^ancta Matia ora pro nobi.^. The church is almost whole as to its walls ; the roofs still remain on the chancel and south porch, though great part of the thatch is gone; the doors are taken ofl'; the grave-stones still lie in their places, some of which had brasses formerly on them, but they were lost lonsj before the church was ruinated. ■'& On two black marbles that were in the chancel, hut now removed to St. Johns as aforesaid. Bacon, impaling a fess wavy between three de-lises. Under this Marble is buried the Body of Sir Robert Bacon, Bart, who departed this Life on tbe 31" of June, in the Year of our Lord 1701.* Here lyeth interred the Body of Mrs. Jane Bacon, the Eldest Daughter of Sir Robert Bacon, and Dame Elizabeth his Wife, (that was buried at VVighton in this County) who died on the 14 Day of October, ill the Year of our Lord 1705. This joined to the south side of the former, and hath Bacon's arms in a lozenge. . ' Le Neve, vol. ii. p. 107. This laid and four and an lialf from the east about three feet from the ncrth wall, wall. VOL. I. M m 270 G A R B O L D E S n A M. Sir WiUittin Bancick, who died after lG07, is said to be burietf liere, but 1 am not certain of it. lu \50(), John alte Chcrche of Gaiboldcsham was buried in the churchyard of JU-IIalloics there, anil gave 8 marks for an obit for a year, and 40s. for a pilgrim to go to St. James in Gales, in the next year of grace ; and to a pilgrim to St. Thomas of Caiiterbun/ 3s. 4(/. and to a pilgrim to St. Mildred 12fZ. and to a pilgrim goiiig to St. 1 la 1st one's Gd. Tlie Honourable Sir Edmund Bacon, Premier Baronet of all Eng- land, Knight of the Shiie for Norfoll;, hath a seat in this parish, at which lie mostly resides, of whose family I shall speak at large under Riburgh, where he is lord. RECTORS OF ALL-SAINTS, 1305, JVill. de Bosco, or Bois, resigned it for great Conerth in Suffolk. 131 J, kal. Dec. JVilliam Yngreth de Debeiiham, to All-Saints rectory. Christian de Mose, formerly wife of Sir Robert du Bois, Knt. patroness of this turn. 1330, kal. Dec. Tho. du Bois, accolite. Sir Robert du Bois, Knt. 1333, 11 kal. Oct. Tho. de Sudbury, priest. Ditto. 1351, 8 June, John Conyng, priest, to Garboldesham-Parva. John de Ufford, Knt. 1375, 29 Oct. Tho. Howard, priest. The noble William de Ufford Earl of Suffolk, Sir John de Tuddenham, Knt. John Marlehe, clerk, Edmund Gurnay, and Richard de Walton, patrons. (Feoffees.) 1392, 1 March, Nicolas de Beverly, a shaveling. John Mar- leue, clerk, by virtue of a feofTiiient made by Sir Robert Howard, Knt. deceased. 1394, 3 Dec. EicJi. Bolle of Garboldeshnm, priest. John de Thorp, John de Felbuigge, and Will. Cobbe. 1429, Thomas Erl, priest, oa Bolle's death. Sir John Howard, Knt. 1433, 18 Aug. John Taylifer, priest, on ErVs resignation. Ditto. This John Taj/tifer d\cd rector in 1450,' and John de Veue Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samjord and Scales, Chamberlain and Admiral of England, and Mr. John Halle, rector of St. John's, peti- tioned for a consolidation, setting forth, " That the churches were so " near, that they might be conveniently served by one rector, and " that both when joined would maintain a rector, but were not suf- " ficient to do so single : and besides the tithes were so mixed that "■ they caused disputes on all sides, and the clergy so thin by reason " of the great plague, that it was difficult to procure a clerk, upon " which it was agreed, that a consolidation should pass upon the " following terms, viz. " That the church of St. John Baptist be henceforward the princi- " pal and mother church, for all sacraments, for all the parishioners, " and that the rectors shall be obliged to keep up only the rectory- " house of St. John's, but should be strictly forced to keep up both ' No, II Regr. Lyhert, fol. 63. GARBOLDESIIAM. 271 " the chancels, and by liimsclf, or a stipendiary curate, liave service " pcrfornu'd (hily every week in .///-Saints church." This was Irans- nrttd in ilic collci^iatf rhurcli of the Virgin M6J rector, on Barnes's death. Bassingbourn Gawdy, Bart, for this turn ; it was tlien united to Giiateshall, but now he liolds it united to ff cst-IIerliiig : the Lady Dkdry, rehct of Sk Robert, is now patroness. This town is called in Domesdai/, Redclefuuorda , that is, the popS, ■or village abounding with reeds ;"it belonged to Orgar, a freeman at the Confessor's survey, and to 7/w»j/h/, son of ^/6mc, at the Con- queror's, who had only this in the county ; it always had a carucatc in demean, and was half a league long and as much broad, and paid xi.f/. oO, ge/(L^ This atlerwards became the lordship of RalfPererell, of whose honour of Ptvere/l it was held, at the fourth part of a fee. In l'i55, Jeffky Tregoz held this manor of the King, at aquarterof a fee, of whom Peter de Mealings, or Melding, of Bnrston, held it by that service ; this Peter, in 1249, had settled it by fine on Henry de Bathonia, justice itinerant, "and Philip de Flegg re- leased his right to him. Jliva de Bathonia, relict of Henri/, d'ied in 1'273, leaving it to John, her son and heir. Kic. de Yatingdon was her second husband. In 1276, this Jo/i« was summoned to attend King Urfa'ard I. in his expedition against the Jf'elsh; in 1290, he held it of Remigiiis de Melding, and John de Bathitn was his son and heir, who married EleaJior, daughter and coheir of Jeffry de Jliineell, and dying this year, left only Joan, their daughter and heiress, 23 years old, married to John de Bohun, or Boon, it being settled in trust, at their marriage, on Humfry de Bohun, who released it to John de Bohun, at John de Bathonia's death. In 1279, it was held of Simon de Fumeaux, as of his manor of Midle-Herling, who held it of Rob. de Monlealt, and he of Remigius de Melding ; at John de Bohun s death, Joan his widow, had it for life ; she died ia in 1316, and left John de Boon, her son and heir. In 1330, Tho. le-Archer, rector of Elmsete, and Richard his brother, were lords ; and this year ihey settled it by fine on Roger le-Areher of Floketon, and Jgnes his wife, and Roger their son, with remain- ders to Thomas and Jgnes, their brother and sister ; I suppose Jgnes the mother was heiress to John de Bohun. In 1341, Roger, son of Roger le-Jrcher, married Alexandrina, daughter of William De-la-Mote, Knt. and settled this manor on her foi'life. In 134.5, he is said to hold it of Tregoz, and he of the King, it being the quarter of a fee, formerly llamfry de Boon's. In 1375, Alexandrina aforesaid, then a widow, had it, who was dead before 1384, for then JouN Iioos, Knt. presented, and had it, as I imagine, in right of Bealriee his wife, the heiress of Roger le-Archer, w ho presented in ' Terre Humfridi filij Albcrici, H. et iii. bor. et ii. acr. pr.iti. seniper i. Gildecross. (fol. 274.) Rcdelci'iuiorda car. tunc ix. pore, modo xiii. tunc x.\vi. i. car. tcrrc teniiit Orgarus liber homo oves. n\° xxi. semp. val. xxx.j. de qua. T.R.E. tunc et post ii. bord. modo tuor hominibns soca in Kcningehaia. niillus. scnip. i. serv. et viij. acr. prati. Tota habet dim. leug. iii long, et dinx, tunc et post ii. car. in dnio. ni° i. car. in lato, et xi. eti. obolum de Gclto. Ctdim. et iiii. lib. hoes, xxvii. acr. tcrre RIDLES WORTH. 277 1393, being then a widow ; at her death their two daughters in- herited, Anne, married to Tho. Hakevyle, and Cecilia, to Ckrislopher U Estrange, Esq. on whom it was settled by fine, for their lives, remainder to Tho. Sakevylc, and Anne ills wife, and liieir heirs, it being now iield of Tlw. Rfjkes, Esq. who hehi it of Jo/in Duke of Dtdford, as parcel of liichmotid lionour. Tho. Rookes, son of tiie said Thomas, became lord and patron about 1456, whether in v\g\\l oi Elizabeth his wife, or no, I cannot say, and so continued to 1315, and then sold it, and levied a fine to Sir Wiltiam Waldegrave and Sir Philip Calthorp, Knts. From whicli families it came to the Drurys,'' who took their name from a village in Normand^i/, whence their ancestor came with William the Conqueror, and had no other name than that of Dniii/ ; ills son, John Druiy, Esq. set- tled at Thurston in the county of Suffolk, at which place JoA«, iiis son, Henry, his grandson, and John, his great-grandson, lived many years : Henri/ Drury oi'Thurston, Esq. son of the last John, had two wives; by Hawise Greene oi' Barkway, b\s first wife, he had three sons, the two youngest of which, viz. Nigell was sheriff' of London, and Sir Roger was parson of liradjield in Suffolk ; John Drury, of Thurston, Esq. the eldest son and heir, married Amable, daughter of Tho. Newton, by whom he had Sir Roger Drury, parson of Beke- ton, and Nicholas Druri/ of Thurston, Esij. his eldest son and heir, who married Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Simon Saxham, of Thurston aforesaid, by whom he had three sons; Sir jRoo-e;- Z)/«ry, of Rougham in Suffolk, Knt. was his eldest son ; he and his de- scendants bore the paternal coat, as it had hitherto been always bom, without a cross tau, but with a label of three points, as the cognizance of the eldest branch ; John Drury, the third son, bore the same arms, with his proper difference; Nicholas Druri/ oi' Saxham, the second son, went to the Holy Land, at which time lie added the cross tan to his arms, which he ever after bore, as did all his de- scendants; he married Joan Heath of Mildenhall, b}' whom he had two sons, Henry Drury oi Icktcorth, Esq. his eldest son, and Roger Drury of Hausted in Suffolk, his second son, who had three wives ; by ^'^/wj/, his first wife, he had no issue; Anne, his third wife, was daughter and coheir of 11 illiam Hanningjield of Suffolk; and by Felice, daughter of Jl illiam Denston of Besthorp in Norfolk, he had three sons and one daughter, viz. John, his eldest son, /////. Drury of Besthorp, his second son, from whom descended the Drurys of Bes- thorp, (as may be seen at large under Besthorp,) Catharine, married to Sir Henry U Estrange of Hunstanton, and Sir Robert Drury of Halsted, or Hausted Knt. Privy-counsellor to King llenryNll.; his third son, who married Anne, eldest daughter of Sir IVilliani Calthorp, Knt. from whom the Drurys of Ridlesworth are descended, as the i'oUowing pedigree will demonstrate. ' There is an exceeding fine pedigree being quoted for wliat is said ; but lia\* of this family in Lady Drury's hands, ing no opportunity to make proper ex- with all its numerous branches, in which tracts, I could add nothing to this ac- the lives and honourable actionsof many count, (which I had collected before,) of the family are set forth at large, upon else should not have passed by such an good authority, the deeds and records ancient family in such a cursory manner. VOL. I. ' IS n 278 RIDLESWORTH. Sir Robert Drury of Anne, eldest daughter Hausted or HalsiedTof Sir Wm. Calthorp, in Suffolk, Knt. Knt. Sir Robert Drury of Egerly in Bucks, second son of Sir Robert Drury of Halsied, presented here as trustee to his son and daughter, and died about 1575 ; he fought a duel with his cousin, Sir William Wood- housc of Waxham, in which both were wounded. 1, Eli^abeth, re- Sir Drue Drury of Linsted in Kent, Knt. Gen- 2. Katherine, dr, lict of Sir Wm. tleman-Usher of the Privy-Chamber to Queen"]"and heir ofWm. Woodhouse, dr. of Elizabeth, 3d son of Sir. Rob. Drury of Egerly, | Finch of Linstead, SirPhilip Calthorp; died April 29, 1617, aged 99 years, and was Esq. married in she brought a moi- buried hcie; he built Ridlcsworth Hall, and 1582; Wm. her ety of Ridlesworth was the first of this family that settled there, father died tothcDrurys. He was one of the keepers of Mary Queen of 1592. Scots before she was beheaded, and sometime Govcrnour of the Tower,' Sir Drue Drury, son and heir, Anne, dr. and sole heir of Edw. born Oct. 7, 1588, married 28"'~Waldgrave, Esq. of Lawford in June, 1608, created baronet the 7th of May, 1627, died in 1632. Essex, born i^Sg; she brought the other moiety. Sir Drue Drury, Bart, born June 17, anno 1611. Susannah, dr. of Isaac Jones of London, Merchant, sister and coheir to Sir Jones of Noithamptonshirc. 1. Eliz. dr. 2. Eleanor, dr. Sir Rob. Dru- 3. Diana, dr. of The Rev, Mr Wake and sole heir' of Ed. Dun- Jtan of Wal- dingfield,Sur- iblk, Esq. of Sam. Harsnet of Great Frans- ham, Esq. relict of Wm. Marsh- am of Stratton- Strawless, Gent. rv, Bart, died" Apr. 7, 1712, without issue. George Vilet, of Pinkeney Hall in Norf. Esq. she is now [1736] liv- ing, and holds the manor and:id- vowsoD for life. married a sister of Sir Rob. Drury's, whose SOB, Mr. Wil- liam Wake, after Lady Drury's death, is heir to the estate. ' Udall's Histt of Mary Queen of Scots, 8vo. p. 460. RIDLESWORTII. 279 Tlie Customs are these : tlie eldest son is heir ; the fine is at ihe lord's will. This m.inor is become very small, the whole town being purchased in, so that there are not above 4 or 5 acres held by co[)y of court roll of it. The Leet belongs to the hundred, the ket fee being 2s. and ail liberties belong to the leet, the lords of this manor never claiming any, it not being once named in the returns to the quo wnrrtintoa. The manor pays a rent of 7s. per annum to the Duke of 'Sorfolk, as to his hundred of Gi/llcross : there was a rent of Id. a year paid to the lord of Midle-ller/in^ manor,' of whicli it is held, by the said pay- ment and suitof court, tor which T/io. Sulay/e, ]ou\ of liid/eszeoit/i, in 1472, was distrained, as was Sir Drue Druiy, Knt. in 158L», and again in 1598, when he had two horses seized for this and other rents, for lands that he held in liidleszaorl/i. Here are three houses, and about 30 inhabitants. It paid .3/. 6s. 8d. to the tenths, and is now assessed at 170/. to the land tax [1730.] The family sirnamed De Redelesworth, is very ancient, and had a good estate here, and in Gatedhorp, where they were sometime lords; they bore for their coat armour, vert, a bull passant or. Crest, a boar's head cooped sab. an oaken branch in its mouth proper, the acorns or, Jeffcrj' de Redelesworth. 12891 Per, )iis son, had a tenement and lands ol the gift of Rob. de Montealt, lord of the hundred, which he held by knight's service, and3j. ^d. relief. '335> Roger de >34«t Peter, son of In 1344, died Wm. son Ridiciworth. Peter de Ridlesworth. of Peter de Ridlesworth. ■ z^ — r- ■ ^ ■ 1371, Thomas, son of Peter Bartholomew, son de Ridlesworth, lord of Gates- and hctrj no is&uc« thorp Westhall, died in \^%%i 1 _ , Jeffery dc Thomas, son of Thomas, died in Margery, his Ridlesworth. *433) without issue, leaving his ne- wife, died in I phew his heir. *4i5* 1435, Thomas dc Ridlesworth, in 1438, settled his manor of Wejthall on Sir Wm. Berdewell, and Rob. Berdewell, his son, who inherited about J45O, Agnes and Margaret, sisters of the said Thomas, dying without issue. In the Hall there are several family pictures, some of which are much injured, and a curious old painting on board, containing ten persons, each having his arms, or a cipher over his head, and an in- scription at his feet. 1. Johannes de Lacy, Constable of Chester, and first founder of St. Bennet's abbey, at Stan/owe [in Cheshire.'] 2. Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester, the second founder of • From Midle-Herling court rolls, in the hands of Richard Gipps, Esq. lord tiiere. 280 RIDLESWORTH. that abbey ; his arms are, quarterly, or and gul. a bend sab. in chief a label of five az. 3. John de Lacy Earl o( Lincoln, the third founder; arms, az. three garbs or. 4. Edmund de Lacy Earl of Lincoln, the fourth founder, az. a lion rampant or. 5. Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln, the fifth founder, who translated or removed the religious of this abbey to Whaky in Lan- cashire; or, a lion rampant g«/. 0'. St. Thomas Earl of Lawcos/er, son-in-law and heir of Henry de Lacy ; D'Angleterre, lambel de Fraunce. 7. Henry Grismond Earl of L«wfa«/er, brother and heir of St. T/wmas ; same arms. 8. Henry the first Duke of Lancaster, son and heir of Henry Earl of Lancaster ; same arms. 9- John of Gakw^ second Duke of Lancaster, brother-in-law and heir of Henry Duke of Lancaster ; gul. a castle or, (he being King of Caslile,) quartering or, a lion ramp. az. 10. Henry IV. third Duke of Lancaster, and King of England; arms of England. James Earl of Desmond, anno 1600. Mr. Henrye Birde, pieacher, «7ino 1583, ^tat. 66. Spero sed non Spiro. Mr. Tho. ALDERSEYjg;//. on a bend mgrailed arg. three leopards faces between two cinquefoils or, a crescent for difference, anno 1588, iEt. 66. Sir Rob. Drurye, Knighte. Rob. Dhurye, Esq.; Drue Drurye, A° 1556, iEt. 24, Droit et devaunt. Sir William Drurye, Lord Cheefe Justice of Irelande, by whom hangs an old plan of Edinburgh castle, and two armies before it, round which is this : " Sir William Drurye, Knt. General of the " Englishe wanne Edenburghe-Castie, J 573." On the picture is this, " Sir \\'illiam Drurye, Knt. Marshall of Barwicke, Lord Gene- " rail of this Jorny, and after Lord President of Munster, and lastly "died Lord Justice oflrland, A° 1579." The crest and arms of Drury without the tau, with fourteen coats, all which are imperfect. The arms of the following persons are also most of them imperfect, but their names remain, all which were with the Lord General at the siege : Mr. Henry Killigray, ambassadour ; Killegrew's arms ; Sir Geo. Carie, Knt. Sir Tho. Cecill, eldest sonne to the Lord Burly ; Sir Francis Trmhill, Knt.; Sir Henry Lee, Knt.; Mr. Michael Carie; Mr. Henry Carie; Mr. Will. Knowles, after Knight; Mr. Diei/r ; Mr. Cotton; Mr. Tho. Sutton; Mr. Kelwaye ; Sir William Selbye ; -Mr. Tilney ; Sir William Killegray. Anne Drury, 1597, iEt. V2. Frances Drury, 1597, iEt. 11. Sir Walter Mildmay, Knt. ..Et. 52, 153-- f'irtute non Pi. Sir Francis Russell, Sir Robert Bell, Lord Chief Baron, ^111.41. Lady St. John, 1599. Lady Catharine Countess of Huntington. A picture of one of the Jenny n family on which, crest, u talbol passant collared or, on a torce ar. and sab. JiUiMYN, sab. a crescent between two mullets in pale ar. RusHBRooK, sab. a fess between three roses or. HevemnohaMj with a crescent sab. for difference. RIDLESWORTH. 281 Jervill, pally of six, az. and or. GissiNG, as in p. 174. Redsham, ar. semi fleurs-de-lis g«/. Revpes, erm. three chevrons mh. Bo RG o 1 N E, az. a talbot passant, ar. BoTESUAM, gal. three birdbolts in less reverted ar. Molto, Nee ah Orienle nee ab Occidentt. Frances Countess of Hartford, 1596. Edward Earl otHarte- forde, 1580. , r i <^ r 7 Peregrine hoxA Willughby oi Ersebye. John Lord iit. John of Bletsoe. Mr. George Alyngton, En Dim est lout. Crest, on a talbot passant erm. a crescent g«/. Allington, sab. a bend ingrailed between six billets ar. impahng Le Neve. A man writing these words : De Governoure veut Uracta. A" l601, Mt. 24, and these imperfect verses : Sardanapalus ait, pereunt inortalia cuncta, Ut crepitu podice disiliens Qua pereunt fugiuiitque similima Fumo : Aurea quam Nil nisi furaus erunt. At mens culta viro, post Funera clarior Extat . . vana volat. An Archbishop of Canterbury with this motto, fincit qui patitur^ Catherine Lady Drury. Sir Drue Drury, Kut. ^t. 68, 1599. Droi/t et Devaunt. ,. -r -i Sir Drue Drury, that built the house, his wife on one side, a lady, daughter of Lovelt, on the other side ; his arms on the house tire, Drury, with the tau, quartering Finch, ar. a chevron between tliree griffins passant sab. and Waldegrave, with a mullet m6. impaling Dcrham, quartering Gul. a chevron vair sab. and arg. between three crowns ot the second. The Church is dedicated to St. Teter ; it hath a square tower and one bell ; the nave and south porch are thatched, the chance tiled. Li 1474, Thomas Nehk of this town held three acres freehold of Midle-Ihrling manor, to the use of this parish, to repair the church for ever. i r 1 1 i In the chancel, against the south wall, is an altar tomb ot black and white marble, on which is this inscription : Memorise Sacra? ROBERTl DKURY, BARONETTI, Filij DRUGOiNlS DUURY, BAROKETTI, aniiqua Piosapia ori- undi, mullis Reiro Sa^culis prasclaia Ingcnij Dotibus ornati Poliliore Literatura imbuii, Trcs Duxit uxorcs, |e't'|^ i"!' DIANA, FiiiaGEURGlJ VILtT, de Pinkney-Hall in Comi- mitutu iNorfolcia: Armigeri, Quae Pietale veifi, et Amore con- jugali, hoc Monumenlum posuit, obijt Vegessimo bepiimo Uie Apiilis, Anno Domini 171iJ, iElatis su» 7^°V-/ Crest, a grayhound currant ; Drury impaling I ikt. * LeNeve, vol.ii. p. 34 ^92 RIDLESWORTIL On two flat marbles at the altar, Dniri/'s arms and crest, as before impaling Ilarsnct. Here lyeth the Body of Dame ELINOR DllURY, G'' Daugh- ter of Sam: Harsiict oi' Great Franshum in Norfolk, Esq; the Relict of JI'UI: Marslutin of Siratton-Straiclei/, Geni. the second Wife of .§ir fiobcrt ^rurn of Ridlesworth in the County of Norfl'. Bart, who was unfortunately kiii'd in the fatal Hurricane, Nov. the a?"" in the Year of our Lord, 1703.' Fisher's arms in a lozenge, viz. gul. on a chief erm. a dolphin cmbowed or. In Memory of the pious and virtuous Mrs. MARY FISHER, whose Soul took her Flight to Heaven in the furious Hurricane, on Nov. the 27'"' 1703 : This Monument of Respect is dedicated, by her true and faithfull Lover ANTHONY DRURY, of Mendham in Norfolk, Gent:'' Lower down in the chancel lies a marble, for THOMAS BARNES, late Minister of this Parish, who died Oct. 29, 1713, aged 74. " He was a Person of a just, loyal, " charitable, friendly, and quiet Disposition, for which, by his " Life Time, he was universally beloved, and at his Death " equally lamented." ' In the east chancel window. Crest, on a torce or and gul. a demi talbot arg. Gul. two lions passant arg. quartering Gul. a cross moline arg. the lions surmounted with a bend or^ charged with three annulets sab. There is a hatchment with the arms of Drury quartering Ilnrsnet, az. two bars dancette erm. between si.x croslets or, and Marsham, arg. crusuly fitche sab. a lion passant gul. between two bendlels az. eac-li charged with three croslets or. Against the north chancel wall is a fine monument for Sir Drue Druri), whose effigies is in armour in a kneeling posture, under a canopy supported by two angels ; a book lies on a desk before him ; the monument being adorned with the following arms. Driiri/'s crest, a grayhound currant arg. collared or, and Drury and his quarterings, viz. \. Arg, a chief indented, and six croslets fitche, 3, 2, \,az. 2. Sab. six cinquefoils arg. 3, 2, 1, pierced of the field. 3. Chequy arg. and gul. on a fess az. three round buckles or. 4. Arg. a chevron gul. between three caps of maintenance az. A coat of pretence of Finch, with a crescent or. Drury impales Calthoip and ff aldegrave with a mullet. •' Le Neve, vol. ii. p. 202. killed as they laid together in bed, by a * Ibidem. These two ladies were fall of a stack of chimneys. ' Le Neve, vol ii. p. 254, RIDLESWORTH. 283 Winssfield. Deane, sab. a fess erm. between three white roses. Botler, gul. ;i fess cliequy arg. and sab. between six croslets sal). These three h>st impaling Drury. Condignae Fanias & Memoria; sacrum, nobilis et ilhistris Viri DKUGONIS DRURY, Milltis, l-ilij ievU], Rolxrti Dmrij de Egerh/ in Comitatu Buckingham, Pilij secundi Robcrii Dniri/ de Hasted in Comitatu Siijjolke, Miiitum, Rcgiiia; ELIZA- 30X11^11 a prinio Regni Anno, solius Silentiarij, Deinde JAC0130 Regi nostro, & Anno Ijfjf), Pra!sidis Tunis Londi- neusis, {Annoi nonaginta Novem, summa cum Laude, et Intc- fritate complevit) bis Conjugio conncxi, primo Dominai Eliza: Voodhouse Filia; Phil/ippi Ca/tkoi-p, Militis, sccundo, Kalha- riuie Finch Filiae & Hajredi Gul/clmi Finch de Linstcd in Com: Cant: Ax: per secnndaui uxorem relict8e,'DRUGO DRURY, unicus Filius ejus, Uxorem duxil Annam yElate primam, et unam ex Cohaeredibus Fdzvardi IVa/dgraie de Lazvford in Comitatu Essex, Annig: Elizabetha prima ejus Filia, nupta fuit venerabili Thoma; JVingefield ^i\V\U,de Levering/iam in Comitatu Suffolke, Anna Filia secunda, Johanni Deaue de Deane Aula Comitat: Essex prcedicto, ct Frauccsca Filia tertia, Roberto Bot- Ur de Woodhall in Comitat: IlcHj'ovd: Militibus, ipse DRUGO DRURY Miles prtcclarus, singuluii Integritate, Pietate, Virtute, (et nulli in Terris interior) Charitate, pra^cipue praicellens, apud Riddlesreorth in Comitatu Noifolke, 29 Aprilis l6l7. Mortem [obijt.]* On an altar tomb against the north wall, Reponuntur hie Rehquiae, DRUG ON IS DRURII, primi hujus Famiiia! Baronetti, Filij et Ha?redis DRUGONIS DRURII Equitis Aurali, qui post 24' Connubij siii cum Anna Waldegruve prajdiiecta sua Uxore evolutos soles, Triplici (ex octo Isatis) tencra et in Minoritate, multie tamen plena Spei superslite sobole, Drugone, Gulielmo, St Catherina, in 44'° Peri- grinationis sua; Anno, ex liac Miseriarum Eremo, 1(),02, in Ccelcstcm migravit Patriam, mulliplici quin & Candida, Mundo Aniicisque valde lugentibus, relicta t'ama, magntc sua; crga Ueum veramque Religionem Pietatis, assidua; et laboriosas pro Repub- hca Cura;, ac integerrima: versus Amicos, interiores j)ra;serlim ac vicinos, Fidelitatis.' There is a hatchment over the north church door, with this coat : Atwood, gul. a lion ramp. arg. in an orle of acorns or. EX FUNERE ylTA. Hie jacet RICARDUS ATTJVOOD, A.M. Vir doctus, beneficusj plus, in Rebus ludicris egregie lepidus fuit et Elcgans in Serijs perspicax valde et acutus. Totum fere Tempus opti- inarum Literarum Studijs, lloras verc succisivas, sa^piuscule Pisciculis captandis absumpsit, Ita in >icgotio laudandus erat ♦ Le tieve, vol. i. p. 59, ' Ibidem, p. 140. ^4 RUSHVVORTH. maxiino, in Otio minime culpandus. Aula; Pemhrochiaiia socins fuit senior, Academiae Cantabrigiemis Beilel/us Aimigor, Ulri- Hscjuc Grande Decus et Ornanientum ; Febie coireplus vehe- nienli, noii sine incjenli omnium, quibus familiariter usiis est, luctu, sedale placideque extremum Halitum in hoc Pago efflavit, INIaij 3, 1734, ^Etalis 56. Juxta liumatur Frater ejus GULIF.LMUS JTTIVOOD. Mercalor Indiae Occidentalis, QuiTerra Marique, Multa passus, in Tuto jam a Malis requiescit, obijt Oct: 17, 1730, iEtatis 57. Et prope Jacent quoque, RICA RDUS, GULIKLMI, Filius, qui obijt Apr: 1, n'23,el MARIJ Filia, quas ob: Sept: 19, 1727. RUSH WORTH, Ob the place abounding with rushes, (for so I take the name to sig- nify,) was, in King EdziarcTs days, one league and a half long, and one mile broad, and paid 1 id. ob. geldf' at the survey the abbey of lily had a carucate of land then worth 205. but was sunk to 85. value at the second, when it was held by John, nephew of Walerum ,' and after, of the Earl of Glocester, at a quarter of a fee, by the heirs of Bartholomew de Beamont, who in some records (by mistake) is called Breaniysson ; but in Henry the Third's time, this part was in Nicholas de Goniyle, whose son and heir John de Gonvile in King Edward the First's reign, paid x.s. relief for it to the Earl of Gloucester, from which time it continued in that family, joined to the head manor, till the foundation of the college, on which it was settled ; and when the head manor came to the college, was joined to it again, and so hath continued ever since. This part was some time called Bo/dam's manor, and seems to lie on Stiff o/k side, except a part of it, which was in Shadwell. At the first survey one Uluric had 60 acres here, which he held of the abbey, all which he forfeited to the Conqueror by not paying 8/. that he had forfeited to that King, who gave it to John, nephew of H'alerum * Terre Ulchetelli Hund. Gillecross. ^fol. 288.) Ill Rusceuuorda ii. car. lerre tenuit Biindo liber homo T. R. E. semper vi. viUani et i. bor. et i. serv. et xii. acr. prati, et ii. car. in doniinio, tunc ii. car. horn, modo i. et alia posset restaurari. et i. liber homo xiiii. acr. terre, quern revocat Uc dono Regis, senip. i. car. modo c. oves et lii. ca- prae et vii. pore, et totiim valet w.s. et habet i. leiig. et dim. in longo, et iiii. quarter in lato. Quicunque ibi teneat. et iCt.d. et i. obol. de Gelto. Soc. de libero homine i.'i Keninchala. ' Terra Sancte Adeldrede Gildecross Hund. (fol. 187.) In Riseurda i. car. terre et dim. ten. bancta Adcldreda sei.ipcr iii. villan. i. serv. viii. acr. prati, tunc ii. car. modo null, sed possit restaurari. tunc. dim. car. honi. modo i. bov. et i. soc. ii. acr. tunc, valuit xx.i. mo. viii. hoc tenet Johannes nepos Walerami. RUSIIWORTH. 28j aforesaid,* from whom it came to Roger Bigot, who gave it to the monks of Tlictford, together witli (Juiiner ot'liidksn'orth and his landj when lie founded that monastery," '"" Of THE CAPITAL MANOR, JRumlowas the first lord that I meet with, and then Ulkelel; after- wards it came to the Earls IVanen, from them to tlie liaidolplDi, who held it by the service of half a fee of the caslle at Acre; from the Bai(lo/p/is it came to the Ler/iiigs, and was held by them, by the same service, as belonging to the llardolphi honour of IVormegni/. Sir Ralf de Lerling, Knt. lord and pairon of Lcrling, Rushworth, and Newton in Cambridgeshire, John dc Lerling. 1267, Will, son of lohn. , I Rair, son of William. I 1303, Edmund dc Lcr- ling, rector here. «2i8, Sir Richard de Lerling purchased a moiety of Lcrling advowson of Richard dc Denevere, and in 1252, had free- warren allowed him, in all his lands in the aforesaid towns, and in Fouldon and Pagravc. 1280, Will, de Lerling, rector of Lcrling, made divers grants of lands in Rushworth and Lcrling to his sons.' W^ill. de Lerii ng. Richard dc Lerling. Robert dc Lcrling. Maud de Lerling, the heir general of the family, (but whose daughter e was 1 do not find,) married William dc Gonvilc, and carried the she estate to that family. * (Fol. 1S9.) In Riseurda Ulurlciis liber homo Ix. acr. T. R. K. iiii. acr. prati tunc 1. car. Socam Kcninghala June valiiit x.s. m°v. hie Ultiriciis Foris- factiis fiilt erga Regem Willum. dc viii. lib. ct idco rcinanbit in maiiii Regis, hoc etiam tenet idem de Abbate. (sc. Joliaii- ncs nepos Waleranii.) ^ The original deed in the hands of Hcni7 Smith, Gent, of Haiitboys-Magna in Norf. A" 1734. Roger Bigot gave " GiinneriumdeKedessacum tota terra " sua, et terrulam quam tenebat in Ris- " seworda dc Abbate Elicnsi." ■ Coll.Ep. Asaph. Libr, Appleton 67. VOL. 1. Oo €86 RUSHWORTH. Nicholas de Goovyle, Gimcvylc, or Gonvilc, lived in the reign of King Henry III. John de Gonvile, his son, in the time of King Edward I. Wm. de Gonvilc, his son, in 1285, had the King's protection, being summoned to go into France with him, to join the French King against the King of Arragon. Matild, or Maud, his wife, heiress of the Lcrlings, married in 1304. Wm. de Gon- vile, rector of Thclvetham, resigned it A° 1350,14 May, Edmund de Gonvile, a sha- veling, insti- tuted toThel- vctham, on his brother's re- signation. Sir Nicholas dc Gonvile, Knt. brother & heir to Sir £dm. dc Gonvile, the founder. John Gonvile, Esq. son of Sir Nicholas, paid x.j. relief for his manor in Schadwell and Rushworth, of his own inhe- ritance, to the Earl of Glouces- ter, and X.J. for Rushworth manor, which was of his grandmother's inheritance. Sir Edmund Gonvile, pridst, founder of Rushworth College, of Gonvile Hall in Cambridge, and (as some say) of the friari preachers in Thetford, and of St. John's Hospital at Lynn; he was first rector of Thelvetham, or Feltam, in Suffolk, instituted Decem- ber the 4th, 1320, by Adam dc Ty- ryngtone, rector of Hopton, his proxy, he being then in priest's orders; he resigned this for Rushworth rectory in 1326, and after he had established it a collegiate church, m 1342, he was instituted to Terryngton, of which he died rector in 1350. Edm. Gonvile, Esq. son and heir of Sir John. John Gnnvile, presented by liis father to Lerling in 1344, and resigned it for East-Herling in 1349, which he also resigned in 1357. ^ John Gonvile, ESq. son and heir in 1402. r' Eliz. dr. of Sir John Jarnegaii of Somerly, in Suffolk, Knt. Sir Rob. Herling, Knt. married y. J or Jane, heiress general of Gonvilc. ». Sir Wm. Cham- 2, Sir Rob. Anne, their only dr. and 3. John Lord Scroop of berlain,Knt. of the Wyngficld, heiress, Lady Scroop, iiolion, by his will dated Garter, buried Knt. A° 1500, buried with her 1434, at Easi-Hcrling, or- ■with his wife under first husband, married to dered. if lie died in Nor- thc arched tomb in Lord Scroop in 1492, a folk, (as he did, viz. 12 of East-Hcrling chan- gr<;at benefactress to this July, 1494, at Herling) to eel. college. be buried in the Black Friars at Thetford. In 1470, this lady procured license for the master and fellows to receive 40 marks per annum, in mortmain, upon which she and her trustees. Sir John Hevenynghani and Sir William Calthoip, Knts. William BerdeweU, jun. Esq. and lieu. Spilmau, settled her manors oi Rushworth and Ltrling, then valued at 20/. a year, in part of the said sum of 40 marks, and thenceforward tiiey continued in the col- lege till its dissolution, and then passed with it to the Earl of Surrej/, as you will see in the account of the college. There was another manor or capital messuage, consisting of 200 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 2t)s. rent, a fold-course and separate RUSH WORTH. 287 fishery, in this town, and in Brettenfiam, Brulgcham, antl Thct- ford, held al lialf a fee of the hoiioiu- of Clare, by William de Ihet- tcitham, and John de liiolcedisli, in 1'297, and by livl/. Bai/giwrd and oUieis, in 13,'3.'5, and by If il/i/ini de lireltctiham, Simon Filz, and Rich. Bai/gnard, in 13e/'s resignation, byTno. Halyday and Kou. Fen, fellows. 1443, 13 ./«/j/, RoO. Crash, chaplain. 1443, '27 Sept. Crash resigned, John JVurli/eh, priest, elected. • 1444, C9 Jpri/, he resigned, and Edmund' Coupen, bachelor of the decrees of St. John's College, Cambridge, was elected, (the same man, I take it, that resigned in 1436.) 144G, 9 June, Ralph Beaut ord, on Coupere's resignation. 1450, at Beauford's death, Lawrence Gerard, priest, elected. Tliese last five, were elected by Tho. Halyday, J. Kaye, and John Barker, chaplains and fellows. 1472, 27 Feb. Gerard resigned, and Hen. Costesci/ was chosen. Will. Halyday and John Maynakd, fellows. This Costesei/, Cosse, or Cossa, was also rector of Banhani and // ilbj/, of all which be died possessed in 1483, in which year, Aug. \8, John Zw/ZmrtH, priest, was elected, by Halyday, Maynard, and John Kellynu, fellows. 1488, BuliHun resigned, and they elected John Bandijs, A. M. 1508, John Brennei/s (or Bandi/s) died, and John Puipeti, fellow, was chosen master. 1526, 2e Jug. the Bishop collated Eduard Anson, priest, to a fel- lowship, it having been void above si.\ months. 15'29, 17 Jul/, George IVindham, A. M. archdeacon of Norzach, was elected master, at I'urpett's resignation, who was the last master, it being dissolved in his time; he continued archdeacon till 1543. The site of this college, with all its revenues thereto belonging, sc. the impropriation, college manor in Rushicorlh, Lerling manor and advowson, and a manor in Elden in Sufolh, were granted to the Larl of Surret/, to be held in capiie by Knight's service. In 1545, IJenn/ liarl of Surrei/, by the King's license, aliened a manor in Elvedeu, and two manors in Ruslncorlh, one in Huffolh, and the other in Norfolk, together with the site of the college, and the impropriate rectory, with the other revenues of that college, in Fuhenham, Thetford, fVeston, and Schadeuell, to 77,o/««s Duke ot l^orfolk, by whose attainder thev fell again to the Crown, where they continued till King Edward VI. in 1550, granted Rushuorth et)T> RUSH WORTH. ■manors and rectory to Sir John Chehe, Knt. and his heirs, who, in 15J'2, let thciii tor '20 years to George Alijitglon of Stoke by dure in SiiO'olk, Gent, who had married his sister. In 15.37, Sir Rich. Fti/mersloii, had the manor lale the college's : in 1570, the Earl of Siirrej/ had the manor \Mc Fii/inerslons ; in l6(X), the rectory and site of the college, &,c. was gianted to Lord Howard of ll'aldeii, who had license, in ItiOl, to sell it to Rob. Buxton, on whom the whole was settled by fine, and at this time it continues in his fiimily, Rob. Buxton, Esq. being now owner of both the manors and impropria- tion (of whose family I shall treat under Tibbcnham.) There are a rank of ten or eleven tumuli, or mounts of earth, in the field between Rusbford, Eitston, Liarnham, and Thetford, where (I verily believe) was fought that dreadful battle between King Ed- mund unA the Danes, in the year 871.' This indeed seems very true, for in the Abbreviation of the Life of King Edmund, in Register Curtei/s,^ fol. 21.1, we find this account : In the ]jth year of King Edmund's reign, the Dunes vMwe again to Ensl England, to revenge themselves further of the Kin;;;, at which time they burnt the monasteries of C;-o//a«f/, TAornfj/, I'etcrburgh, Ratnsej/, Seham, and E/i/, with most of the religious in them, and from thence passed through the country from west to north, .seizing and spoiling all they could, Ubba staying to guard their spoils, and w hat they had taken, at or near Eli/ : Iiigicar with his army entered East England, and went to a city of King Edmund's, called Tlieod- ford,'' where he encamped, and entered soon after, and burnt it, killing old and young, and ravishing both virgins and matrons; King Edmund, who was then at i'g/fsf/o;, "received a message from Ingicar, that if he would renounce Christianity, and worshi|) his idols, then they would divide the treasure with him, together with his kingdom ; as soon as King Edmund received this message, he marched with his arm\' against tiic enemies, and engaged not far off from Theodf'ord, ivherc they fought sharply from morning until evening, a great number being slain on holli sides, for which King Edmund was much grieved, as well for tlie pagans deaths, as for those martyrs of his iumy, who died there in defence of their Faith ; on the morrow the Danes departed, and the King, with what remained of his army, re- turned to Eglesdune, resolving nevermore to fight against the pagans, but if it was necessary, to yield up himself a sacrifice for the people, and for the Faith of Christ. Ingzear, much vexed for the loss of his men, went again toTheodford, where Ubba came to him with 10,000 men, and joining forces, went to Eglesdune, and there martyred the King, in the year of our lord 871, of his age 29, and of his reign 15. At this time, without doubt, was that large mount and ramparts, called Thetford Hill, raised by the Danes, in which they encamped ; for its being round is a plain demonstration it is a Danish work, raised to that height, in all appearance, to command the opposite hill, on which Kiug Edmund's army then lay, on the extremity of which, some of these tumuli arc placed. The most remarkable one is called Tut Hill, under these the bodies of the slain were buried, it being usual, iu these days, to heap the slain upon the earth, and raise ' Coll. T.M. ' Thetford. * In the hands of Sir Edm. Bacon, ' Now Hoxon in Suffolk. Bart, of Gurboldesliam. RUSHWORTH. 291 hills over the heaps, that being more likely to continue their memory, than interring them in a pit or grave level vvitii the earth's surface; and usually where any coniniander or great men were laid, they raised the hill over them to a larger size than ordinary, which might be the reason ot this hill's being bigger than the rest. The College revenues at its dissolution were valued at 85l.15s. It had a manor, and the impropriate rectory,' and 102 acres of land in liasliworlh, a manor in ElvcclcJi, and Le/7mi;' advowson,' and other tenements of their founder's gift, who built them a college, on the south side of the churchyard, with a dormitory, refectory, chapel, and other convenient oflices, part of which are still standing, and others are in ruins. About l.'!()2, the master obtained license in mortmain,^ for Peter Frost, Robert -liskele, Tho. Smetheson, and Rob. Fullere,^ to settle a messuage and a carucate of land, (JO acres of pasture, As. rent, and the rent of a pound of cinnamon, on his col- lege ; and at the same time Roger Cornwai/le, Adam Foxle, and Tho. Bray, were licensed to settle two messuages, a carucate of land, 60 acres of pasture, and 4s. rent in Elveden, aforesaid, and the said Peter and Will, de Shelton, and Tho. Bade, settled a toft in Rushworth on the college, and Peter and Tho. Fullere, 3 tofts and 24 acres of land there ; Rob. IVortham, John Beiihale, and Tho. Fullere, by the same license, settled a toft and 60 acres in Brethenham ; and in 1470, the lady Anne IVing field, by the consent of Sir Rob. IVing field, her se- cond husband, settled in mortmain, her manors of Rushzvorth and Lerling, called Gonviles manors. This was the chief of its endow- ment, though it had other lands and tenements in Thetford, Faken-r ham in Suffolk, JVest-Herling, and JVeiton. It was governed by sta- tutes, confirmed by Tho. Piereij Bishop of Norivich in his visitation, the heads of which, as they shew the state of the college, it will not be amiss to insert. The college had a master or custos, and five brethren or fellows, who were to obey their master in all things lawful, the master to have the cure of the parish, and all of them were to pra^^ for the souls of Sir Edmund (ionvileiheiv founder, and of alibis ancestors, succes- sours, and benefactors, every day, and to say such daily masses and collects as are therein ordered, and to keep the founder's anniversary, in a particular manner, all which would be to no purpose to enlarge upon ; as the revenues increase, the number to increase, and ever}' new fellow to have 10 marks per annum at least, and neither the master nor fellows to be removed, unless for such crimes as would remove a rector; they are all to sleep in one room, and to eat in common together, unless in sickness; the master to receive a stipend of 50s. a year, and each fellow 30s. (over and above their other sti- pend.) The master to be elected by the fellows ; if he be one of the college, the nnijorily is suthcient ; but if he be not, then there must be two parts of the fellows, and if the votes be equal, and two chosen, ' The rectory was taxed at 8 marks &c. in Elveden, which they had of the according to tlie Lincoln taxation, and feolTment of William de Lerlinc;, it being after its impropriation, paid according to the whole they had there, except the that valuation to tlie Bishop, at every manor and oihcr revenues settled on vacancy of the mastership. Rushworth colle^je. ' In 1354, John and Edmund deGon- ^ Mon. Ang. torn. lii. 123. vile, granted to Master Walter de Stanes ^ f^\\ members of this college, of Elveden, all their lands, tenements, 2!)'2 RUSH WORTH. the Bishop is to choose which he pleases; every master thus elected, before he be confirmed by the Bishop, must go to the manor of I.cr/iiig, and present himself to the founder's heirs, if they be there, and if not, he may go to the Bishop, who is to confirm hiin ; and if they do not choose in three months after a vacancy, it lapses to the Bishop, who must collate one of that college. In every vacancy the fellows are to choose one of themselves, to look after tlie college affairs, who is to account to the next master; the fellows to choose the fellows, and each fellowship void above six montlis lapses to the Bishop ; every fellow that leaves the college shall leave half his goods to it, and at their admission, shall swear obedience to their master, and to promote their college ; the fellows were obliged to constant residence, and could not he one night out of the college, without their master's leave ; the master was at hill liberty as to his residence, but could not have any of his own family admitted to any oflice in the college, without the consent of the majority of the fellows; the col- lege to have a common seal, which, with the evidences a!id treasure, shall always be kept in a chest, w ith three locks, the master to have one key, and such two fellows as all the fellows shall choose, to have the other two ; the master and fellows to make up their accounts every Michaelmas, and lock up one part of the account in the chest, and the master to keep the counterpart. The Bishop reserves power for him and his successours to visit, correct, and reform, what he thinks necessary, together with all episcopal power, jurisdiction, and other rights whatever, belonging to his church of \oncic/i.''' Dated at SchiihUunn, July 13th, ISGO. It appears from an old rental in my collection, that Tho. Sigo, ■master of the college, held of the capital manor of Ritshznorth, called Gonvile Hall, his manor called Lerliiig Hall in RusliKoith, by the rent of 6s. 8d. a 3-ear ; Piirn/'s tenement and 30 acres, with its fold- course, al 3s. 4cl. rent, the capital tenement formerly John cle Bre- ihenham's in Brelhenliam, at 3s. Ad. with 2s. Sd. oh. rent for his lands on Suffolk side, and abundance of other rents on the ISorfolk side. 1492, William Ihili/dai/, senior, chaplain and fellow, desired to be buried here by his parents ; he gave 6s. 8d. towards a new bell, 6s. 4d. to the light of the holy sepulchre, to the gild of St. .foliii Baptist kept in this church 3s. 4d. His uncle, Thomas Halyday, former)}' fellow, sold seven acres of land to him, which he gave to the college, after the death of Robert Schadezcell his brother, and Jlice his wife, the profits to keep the south porch in repair for ever, (which looks as if he was buried in it,) and to pray for him and his benefactors ;he gave other 9 acres in RiiskwOrth, to Robert and ^lice for life, and Thomas their son, if he live to be of age ; if he dies under age, it was to go the master to find bread and wine for the Sacrainent. He gave a good stone house in Riishnorlh, to the college in free alms, to be used as a gild-hall, or at anj' time, when there was not room for the guests in the college ; but the master was to find out of it a lamp burning in the choir, before the Sacranvent at the high altar, for ever, to which he gave a silver chrismatory of 4 marks value, John Cavendi/sh, rector of Quidenlutm, and l\ ill. Pari/sh, fellow, executors. Proved Jan. 23, 1492. * Tliis- church is not exempt from tlie masters being all of them installed episcopal uiid aichidiaconal jurisdiction, by the archdeacon. RUSHFORD. 293 This Collegiate Church was built in form of a cross ; the quire, north and soutli cross isles are quite demolished, though there are two grave-stones in the north cross isle, still to be seen in the yard, but no inscriptions on them ; the nave is now used by the parish, and a small part of it at the east end, separated from the rest, serves for a chanctl : there is a very good square tower, having only one bell, though there have been five or six, the frames still remaining ; it is a good building, and seems to be of the same date with the foundation of the college. On a stone in the south porch wall the name of Jesus is inscribed ; the whole is covered with reed. There are two hatchments in the church. Biixton quarters Heme, and or, two bucks couchant gul. a coat of pretence, per pale arg. and sab. a chevron between three talbots counterchanged, a chief g«/.; motto, SERVAiir, mo bum. Buxton impaling the former coat of pretence, quartered with, per chevron vert and or, three lions passant, counter-changed. On a black marble on the south side of the altar. Hie requiescit quod mortale fuit Roberti Buxton, viri integerrimi, ex Antiqua Prosapia de Channons in agro Norfolciensi oriundi, obijt 15° Die Julij, A" .Sltatis 32° Salutis 1691°. On a stone by it, Eliz. Bu.xton, died July 4, Anno Dom. 1730, ^t. 66. Oa a stone in the ruins of the quire, John Buxton, Esq. died Oct. 27, Anno Dom. 1731, Mlai. 47. This town was in Kenningha/l soken. And now having gone the length of the hundred, with the county river, which divides it from Suffolk, we must turn back, and follow that stream, which runs from Quidenfiaia Mere to Thetford, and there joins the county river, or the Ouse, dividing this hundred all the way from that of Shropham; and the first place that wc meet with nearest to Thetford, is~ TOL. I. P p I 294] SNAREHILL-HOUSE, VV HiCH is deemed extraparocliial, and (with the lodge now called Thetford Lodge,^) is all that remain of two villages. Great and Little SnareshiU ; Great Sita7'eshill belonged to Thurstin of The/ford, a freeman in the Confessor's time, when he had two carucates in demean.* Little Snareshill belonged to Ailvin, or Elgar, of Thetford, who had one carucate, and to Alestan an Englishman, in the Con- queror's time, when it had 300 sheep belonging to it, five hives of bees, and was of 20s. value.' Theextentof both, was a league long, and half a league broad, and paid \ld. ob. geld. 'Thurstin of Thetford had four freemen, that had 35 acres, which he held under Roger Bigot, ^ who held the whole towns of the Conqueror's gift, (except Biiri/ abbey's part,) all which the said Roger settled on his priory at Thetford, at its foundation, and Herbert Bishop of Noi^'ieh, and Jf'itliam Bigot, his son,' confirmed it; by this means the church and all its revenues came wholly to that house, who got it appropriated to them very early, for it was in ruins in King Edward the Third's time, being then valued at 30s.' there are scarce any re- mains of its foundation, though its site is well known.* It continued in that house to its dissolution, and then went with it o the Duke ot Norfolk,hy whose famil}' it was after sold, or forfeited. ' The part on which the lodge stands was Little Snareshill, and that where the house stands, Great Snareshill; there are no other inhabitants but these two families. I do not find there was ever any church in Little Snareshill, which is now owned by Henry Campion, Esq. ''Terra Rogeri Bigoti, Gildcross Hund. (fol. ii6.) In Snareshill tenuit Tursti- nus (sc. Turstin de Tedtord) liber homo, T.R.E. ii. car. terre semper ii. bord. et i. scr. et iii. acr. prati. tunc et post. ii. car. in dominio modo i. et alia posset restaurari semp. dim. car. hominum et dim. pise. tunc. iii. rune, modo i. tunc, iii. an. modo ii. tunc. xii. por. Time. Ixxx. oves, modo Ix. tunc, valuit xvi. sol. mo. XX. ' In alio Snarehella tenuit AiUminus (sc. Elgar de 1 cdfort) i. car. terre et Ix. acr. hoc tenet Alestan Anglus, tunc ii. serv. m° i. et vi. soc. de oiuiii con- suetudinc sed unusquisque reddit semp"r iii.i/. In Keninchala Regis, ex summagio, et vi forisfacturas habet Rex ex jllis, in dominio. semper i. car. et dim. posset restaurari, dim. car. hom. tunc. i. nine, semp. iiii. an. tunc. vi. pore. m° v. tunc, c: oves, m° ccc. et v. vasa apuni, et val. XX. J. Totum habet i. leug. in longo et dim. in lato, et xi.d. et i. ob. de Gelto. * Invasiones in Nordfulc. (fol. 301.) Hund. de Gildecross. In Snareshul i. lib. homo XV. acr. ad feudum Turstini de Tedfort, et inde suus antecessor ha- buit commendationem tantum, soca in Keninchala Regis, valet xv.<^. In Snareshellaiii. liberi homines com- mend, et soca falde, tota alia soca in Keninchala et habent xx. acr. semp. dim. car. val. xxd. hoc tenet Turstinus. (sc. sub. Rogero Bigot.) ' Donavit eis Rogerus Bigotus, ma- neriuni Snareshelle cum omnibus per- tinentijs suis, et totam teriam quam Elgwi tenuit, in Theotordiani, &c. E Carta pen. Hen. Smith, Gen. de Haut- boys-Mag. ' Reg. Archd. Norwic. Ep.E. 3. * It stood near Snarehill-house. WEST-HERLING. 295 and hath since passed through several hands, as the Cleres, Sir Ed- ward Clerc beins; lord in 1571, &c. till it came to the Buxtons,AnA Robert £«x2s. 6d. a year, and upon this agreement he paid 2s. to Sir l\ illiam Ixworth, then monk of that house, to put him in pos- session. The family of the Berdewelles look their name from the town oi Berdexcelle '\a Suffolk, v-'heve they lived in the Conqueror's time, when Baldwin Abbot of Bury infeoffed Ralf de Berdewellt- of that manor ;' they always bare for their arms, arg. a goat saliant gul. armed or. and for their rebus or device, a bear with a well on his back, and these two letters, DC. which cannot but make Bear-de-well, or Berdzcelle ; and for a crest, on a wreath or and sab. a goat's head erased gul. attired or, mantled sab. doubled arg. In 1 196, William, son of Ralf de Berdezcelle, held Berdcicelle at two fees, as he acknowledged in a fine then levied between him and Abbot Sampson,^ John de Berdercelle, his son, had four sons, all which had issue ; John de Berdezcell, the eldest, was lord of Gasthorp in 1274.' He had two wives, and issue byhoth, the eldest son by the first wife was Thomas, who was dead before 1338, and left Richard, Robert, and Thomas, who were lords of Gasthorp ; Thomas had the whole by release from his brothers; he married Amy, daughter of Sir Nicholas de Beaufo, with whom he had Beaufoe's manor in this town, Alice, her sister, and .John Rivet of Freton, her husband, releasing their right in it, in 1330. in 1348, John Berdezcelle, their son, was lord, who had William Berdezcelle, his son, by Isabell, daughter of Thomas Barro, Knt. and had free-warren allowed him in Berdzcelle and Thorp in Suffolk; William, his son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Tho. Hethe, lord of Hengrave, Denham \>y Barrozc, and Suxham- Parva in Suffolk; he died seized oi Berdezcelle, Gatesthorp, Beaufoe's, &c. leaving Margaret, his only daughter, who married John Ilarles- ton, by whom she had Margaret, married to 'Tho. Darn/ of Daubj/ in Essex, and Alice, to Sir Richard Fitz-Lewes, Knt. But the manors aforesaid, for want of male issue, reverted to Sir William Berdezcell, the great warriour, who was the male heir of the family by the se- cond wife, viz. Sara," daughter of Sir John Fiirneaux of Midle-ller- ling, with whom he had Furneaux manor in West-Uerling; they left Sir William Berdezcell, Knt. their son and heir, whose son. Sir William Berdewell, Knt. the great warriour, was born 1367, for in the 9th of Henn/ IV . {anno 1407,) he was 40 j-ears old, being then one of the knights summoned as witnesses tor Sir Edzcard Hasty ngs of Elsing, in the cause between him and Sir ' Regr. Pinchebek, fo, jgj. Hegr. ^ See Gatesthorp, fo. 263. Nigr. fo. 145. ' Sara was the Christian name of both •■ Pinchb. fo. iiS. his wives. WEST-HERLING. yoi Reginald Grey Lord Ruthi/ii, concerning the arms of Hasti/iigs,'> in which he swore, that he was a soldier witli Sir Uinr/i H/isti/iigs, the de- fendant, in the voyage made by Sir Ju/in /Iniudell on tlic sea, and saw Sir Hugh bear tiie arms of or, a maunch gnl. with a label of three points arg.; in the voyage of Sir Makes del lie, in the voyage of King Richard li. into Scotland; in Brctaigne, in the dcceasecl Duke of Lancaster's voyage into Spain ; and that he always understood that the label was born by the next heir according to the usage of England, as the Prince of If ales bears it, and was the conusance of the next heir. In 1382, he was retained by Sir John Clifton of Bokenham castle, to serve him with 7 men at arms, and 6 archers on horseback, in the voyage of Croj/seri/e, and of the King, for one year, for 100 marks for himself, witl'i Iwuche de court,' and for his 7 men at arms and 6 archers, 392 marks, to be paid half down, and the rest quarterly, as the Bishop of Noruich should pay Sir John Clifton.'^ In 1387, he covenanted with the Lord Camoi/s to serve under hiui in the expedition at sea under the command of the Lord Arundell, then Admiral of England, for four months, with 2 esquires sufficiently armed, and 3 archers, and each of his men of arms to have one servant to cairy tlicir bayonets. Sir fVilliam to find them wages, who was to have ISaiiarks for his own service, and 20 marks for his archers, and bouchc de court for all his retinue, all of them to be ready at Southampton the 4th of Men/ following ; and if any great chieftain was taken in the war by Sir' IVilliam, or his retinue, the Lord Camois was to have him, giving sufficiently to him and his men that should take him. In the year 1400, Michael De-la-poole Earl of Suffolk granted him an annuity of 20/. during his life, out of his castle, manor, and honour of Eye in ^'«/o//,-, in 'recompense for the good and agreeable service that Sir William had done him in times past, and shall do him in time to come, both in war and peace ; and upon this Sir William obliged himself to serve the Earl with one esquire, two servants, and five horses, all which were to have bouche de court at the Earl's expense; and if he travels in England at the Earl's command, he was to be allowed reasonable expenses ; and in time ot war, he was to find as many men at arms, and archers on horseback, as he could,>all which the Earl was to pay, as the King paid him ; and he was to have two parts of their ransome, and the Earl the other third part, but no prisoner was to be delivered up, without the Earl's license. In this year he did homage to Thomas Earl of Arundell and Surrei/, for his lands in Herling, held of Castlc- Acre manor. He married Margaret, daughter and hdress of Theo- bald (or John) de Pakenham, Esq. and Agnes his wife, daughter of Tho. Saxham, who in her will ordcreerae- a'e/Z, where he chicHy resided ; in a north window of which church a curious effigies of him still remains very perfect, of which this is an exact resemblance : He had issue, John, his eldest son, who married Elizabeth, daugli- ler and coheir of Sir John (or Thomas) Clopton, by whom he liad Willhiin and Rose, both which, as well as their father, died before their grandfather. Upon which his second son, Robert * BerdewcU of Behgh, Esq. 'The seal of tlie sacrist's office is were chose by the justices of thi* county, oblong, it hath a wolf under a tree, to serve the King in his wars, as recruits, holdin-; in iiis paws St. £diiiund'| as appears by the original privy seal and head. return, now lying in the Court of Re- ■* This Robert was one of those gen- ceipt of the Exchequer, at Westminster, tlemcu of ancient coat armour, wlio in Raggeman Bag. WEST-HERLING. a03 (who built the old hall at Herling, and first settled there) became his heir, who, in 143^ William Berdewell, senior, of IVest-Herling, Esq. his son and heir, had two wives, by whom he had thirty sons and daughters ; Eleanor, his first wife, was daughter and heiress of John C/«/;/;c, with whom he had the manors of Midle-Jlerll/ig and Kimberle;L/na- belh, his second wife, ssixs a. Mortimer. In 1441, the Duke ot Nor/o/A", by deed dated at his castle of Framlitigham, granted to his beloved servant, William Berclavell, senior, Esq, an annuity of 10 marks, for the good services that he had done him : 1 have seen his will ot his his owQ handwriting, from which I took the following extract : Jesu mercye. Mary helpe. " In Dei Nomine Amen. I Welyam Berdewell the Holder, " Sana mente &> bona. Memorice, qwan I pas hawt of this misery " werd,I beqwethe my sowle to the Trenite, Fadir, Sone, and Holye " Goyst, Three Personis, and One God, my Bodye to be beryed m " the Chansel of Westharlyng, on the south side, before Seynt Jon, " betweene bothe my wyvys. And I besette to the Hey Awtyr, x.s. " & to the Churche odyr x.s. also to the Lylys on the Candlestekys " afore the Hey Awtyr odyr x.«. & to the feywe Joys afore our Lad^-, " odvr x.«. And also I besette a Veystmente to the Hey Awter, and " to "the place of the Frerys at Thetforth x.s. and to the Chapell of our " Ladi in Thetforthe odyr x.s. also x.s. to Medylharlyng, 8c a Nobyl " to the Freris of Babwell. Odyr x.s. to the Kwyle Frens of Nor- " wiche ,• and also for to be preyd for in the Townys abowte me, and " nowght to labour, I besette to Hest Harlynge Chirche a Nobyl, " and forte Denar: and to Gatysthorp a Nobyl, viij. Sheep to Tre- " nely Geld, [at fVest-Herlingl to the Channowyns [at Thetford] x.s. " and to the Nunys ther, odyr x.s. to pre^' to God for me, and to the " Hey Awter of Seint Marve Chirche ot Thetforthe x.s. and x.s. to " our Ladi [at West-Herling\ and a Nobyl to the Chirciic. [He gave " a good Legacy to his] Son Peter" to prey for [him] and tor [his] " Weyfwys, with Fadyr & Modir, and al odyr Frendys, qwiche past " the VVerd, &c." According to his desire, he was buried on the south side of the altar; 5 Her arms were ar. three nags heads * He was rector here, cooped sab. bridled er. S04 WEST- HER LING. his effigicsj barelieaded, with a s;rayliouiid at his feet, and his sword and spurs on, still remains, an^ two csculclieons, one of Be rdercc/le quartering .l/(>;V//«t;r, and the other of BeidezeelU and Paken/Mm, and this inscription, «©rarci.iro animabus IPillicImi 2?cri)ctocn,armigcri, aiicnorc tt &\jabtt])t luoruni cms, tt Crigmra filioriim tt filiarum suariim. quorum animabu^ propicictur «?cu.s", ilmcii. AV iLLiAM Beudewell, junior, Esq. his son and heir, succeeded, who was of age in 1455, at liis grandfatlicr's death, who gave him l^ostock Half manor, and to Edmund his brother, his manor in Norton by If ii/pit, which was formerly Jgnes de Norlons ; he married Eli- zabeth, daughter and coheir of Edmund de IVi/chi/ngham of Fislileu, in 1459, and after her death, to Elizabeth, widow of John Cliekc, in 1490, who died in 150.5, and by will ordered her body to be buried in Dcbenham church, by John Cheke, her first husband, by whom she left issue, John, Robert, William, and Edmund, but none by her second husband, who was buried in the midst of the nave of this church, by Elizabeth his first wife: his effigies remains on his stone, which is bareheaded, and in armour, liis wife's being in a bonnet. The arms of Berdewclle and JVichinghani are first single and then impaled. On a scroll from his mouth are these words, %ti\x fill «©ei, mi.sitrere mei. xA.nd on another from her's, this, iSancta ©ei dStnttrir, Ora pro mc. And this inscription under them, <0rate pro animabu.s; IDidr. f^rractocll, armigcn.ct (i;Ii?abct}je uioris eiuiS, Vilnius' J^iliarum cZOiiiunDi ibndjimijbflm, ct pro quifaus tencntur, quorum Jnimabus propicietur ©cuji. He was succeeded by by his son, William Berdewelle of TIerling, Esq. who married Mtirgant, daughter of John Framling- ham of Crow's Hall in Delnnhum ; they both died in one week, A° 1508, seized of Drayton //«// manor in Seaming, and Dillington, Kelling, Salflwuse, Gasthorp, It est and Midle-Herling manors and advowsons, and were buried together in the nave of this church, his effigies bareheaded, with that of his wife by him, with their escut- cheons, still remain, and this inscription, (©rate pro anunabu? IDiIh: 2?cr&ctoel[,armigcn,i^tiu.s4rcclciciit' patronf, et JJiargarttc urotis; ciu?, qui obitrunt m una >j2b&oma0a, menge gjanuarii, 15O8. He left issue, five, sons and four daughters; Robert, his eldest son and heir, ^c/cfr'tfrd Berdezeell of Mendham, who was living in 1559, whose son, James Berdewell, lived at Sanderoft, afterwards at Long Ulratton ; in 1589, as heir male of the family, he released Limborn manor to Bus. Gawdy, Esq.; John, the third son, married Mary, daughter of John Cook, William was the fourth son, and Edmund WEST-HERLING. .<305 llie fifth: Eleanor, his eldest daughter, died younp;, Eleanor, the se- cond daughter, married Tho. Pigeon of East Beckham, and Alice, or Elizabeth, married a Howard. KoBERT IJiiRDEWELL oi IVcst-IIerUng, Esq. died in the King's service beyond sea ; his will was proved in 1.512, in which he ordered to be buried at his father's head, in fVest-Ucrliiig cinirch, if lie died in Enalund ;'' he ordered a priest to sing for hiin seven years in ihe chapel of our Lady on the south side of Uertitig church; he left Anne, daughter of Tho. Haion of Ilesset, his widow, who, in 1513, married H'il/. Rookzoood, and after his death, to Roh. Keene of, Thrandeston, whose widow she was in 1558, when she held Gasthorp and Tostock manors. They had only one daughter, viz. Elizabeth BiiEDEWELL,\\ho was but one year old at her father's death, and her wardship fell to Sir Edrcard Howard, Knt. of whom Seaming, &.e. was held, in right of Lady Morlei), Sir Edward's wife, who, in 1512, sold it, iuimed'iateiy after lur lather's death, to IVill. IVoolon, his executor, and he sold it, with her marriage, to Sir Robert Souttncell, Knt. who married her to John \Vooton of North Taddenham in Norf horse's stumbling as he was hunting; he was wrapt in searcloth, and buried in a leaden cuflin, in our Lady's chapel in this church, which is lately taken down, (a I'aculty being obtained for that purpose,) and his grave raised with bricks over it, is now to be seen in the churchyard, on the south side, where the chapel stoo it being given for an anniversary to be kejd here. The Church is dedicated to all the Saints, having its nave and chancel tiled, a square tower, with a tall freestone spire on it; there were hut three biiis, till .losh.ta Draper, Esq when he resided here, had tiii'in iio« i.iiined, and added two new ones. On the tiiird bell was this, ■^Hirgn t£orunata tmc no.ci ab Hcgna faeata. The following inscriptions (besides those already spoken of) niav be seen here. On a bra^s plated stone in the chancel, the effigies of a priest, and under him tins, Oratr pro .Inima ^^oljanni^ Itlicttid, qiionbant (jcctori^, i.b'tiu.si viiciiesic, cuiu.^ ainime propicictur ©cii.s'. On another slone, Orate pro a.iima fiaDuIfi faW of 1 otic, quoiiDam ticctoris ifitius o.HieI to maintaine. * Regr. Avvbiye. VOL. I. II r 310 WEST-HERLING. On the south side of the curch was a chapel dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, called BcrdeicelPs chapel, not, as I imagine, because that family was buried in it, (for I meet with none,) but because it be- longed to Beaufo's manor, which came early to the Berdetce/h. Tliis in all probability was founded by Nicholas dc Beaufo ; but whoever was its founder, he was interred, or rather immured, in its south wall, for it falling to decay very latelj', a faculty was obtained to take it down, and in so doing, the body of the founder appeared to be laid in a stone coffin, enclosed in the south wall, which (by the present patron's order) was preserved as it was found, and being covered with bricks, now lies undisturbed, in the nature of an altar tomb. 1 am told there was a small silver tiling like a candlestick in the coffin, but rather think it to have been a crucifix. In this chapel there was but one stone inscribed, and that being taken up, is now placed as an altar tomb, in the churchyard. Here licth the Body of Anne Le-Ncve, Daughter of Oliver Le-Neve of Witchingham Esq; and Anne, sole Daughter of Sir John Gawdy of West Herling in this County Bart, who died 29 Nov. 1689.* Most of the Gaiidys were buried in this chapel. The founder's tomb appeared on the outside of the south wall ; it had an arch turned over it, and the gravestone or lid of the coffin was about two feet from the ground. In the window over the tomb was Gawdy quartering Bassing- boiirne, impaling fVotton, BardiceU, Walcote, Bukenkam, Furneaux, and Witchingham. On a black marble in the chancel, Cressener, ar. on a bend sah. three croslets fitchee or, impaling a lion rampant. In Memory of HENRY CRESSENER, once Rector of this Parish, and of ELIZABETH his beloved Wife, of apeacefull and vertuous Disposition, is tliis Monument placed, HENRY, and JOHN his Father, and NICHOLAS his Grandfather, were successively Rectors of this I'arish for the Space of ISO > ears, none of them ever conteiiding in Law-Suits under unjust Extortions of thei! just Demands. HENRY, as a true Son of the Church, was of a modest Demeanour, a faceiious Conversation, a peaceable Oifiposition, an unlimited Benevolence, a Support to the Needy, a Hei.ler of Bre;iches, a Comforter if the Afflicted, a help to the Distressed. ♦ Le Neve, vol. iv, p. iii. WEST-HERLING 311 HENRY and ELIZABETH, lived in conjugal Love 48 Years, and oa the ^l\\ of Novtinbcr 17 KJ, She finislicd this Lite, in the 87th year of her a^e, and lie on the lyth of October, 1730, in llie 7yth Year of his Age, Both under this Stone Interred. They, for a Time, enjoyed the Blessing of two hopefull Sons, .lOllN, hi= eldesl, was for his Great Learnnig, Sob lety, & Goodness, chosen Fellow of '.Queen's Coll: in Cambridge, HliNKV, the youngest, of Clare-hail, whose early d aln debarr'd his succeeding Preferments. ELIZABET.i CKl.SSi^N Ell, being the only surviving Issue, was the mournful Directn.K of this Memorial, of her nidulgent Parents. There wire two Gi/ds in this church, one dedicated to the Tiinltt/, and the other to St. John Baptist. The Town Land is about 5/. a year, which was given by Mrs. Margaret Gtmdtf, to clothe poor widows, if there be any ; if not, any.poiJi people ; it lies in Kcnninghall and Baiihain, and the rent is received by the rector and church-wardens, who apply it accordingly. This rectory is thus valued with that of Midle-Uerliiig, which is consolidated to it. King's Books. I Year/i/ Tenths. I Sijnodah. I Archd. Procur, y]8 4loi9iolo2ol OGS Acres Glebe. I Norw. Taxat, 80 O I 8 marks. with a ctdlet or 100 sneep going in tne lora s loia, iree oi an uuaigc. The Prior oi' Bokenkam's temporals were taxed at Is. \d. and the Prior ofTketford's atSs.fx/. RECTORS. 1331, Tho. de Saxham, rector, on whose resignation in 1337, 13 kal. Aug. IValter de Salopia, priest, succeeded, who changed fros^o/j for this. Tho. de Bkrdewelle, patron. 1349, 8 J all/, Will. Wrothyng de Brettenham, shaveling. Ditto. 130(3, 27 July, Rob. de Swajluirn Bolbek, priest. John de Herw LYNG, (feoffee,) he was after rector of St. Mari/'s in Long-Stiatton., 1381,17 Aug. Tho. Neve, priest. Ditto. 13yl, Rob.Graniesdcn, priest. John deTuddenham, for this turn. . 1410, If) Odob. Sir Rob. Asty of Weston, priest. Robert, son of Will, de Bcrdwell, Knt. 143S, 3 July, Master John dc Gyllyng, priest, on Asty s resigna- tion. Ditto. s There is a commission out (as I am I know not whether it be executed or informed) exchange the glebe, but no. 312 WEST-HERLING. 1440, 6 July, John Mj/chell, priest. Robert Berdewell, Esq. in right of his manor called BerdtielFs. In 1437, he had Midle- Herliiig consolidated to this. He is buried here. Half i'u/l of Love, rector, who died ia 1479> 's buried here ; he was succeeded by Peter Bardwell, on whose deaiii in 1503, 8 Octob. Rob. Caiidehr succeeded ; on his death in 1525, 17 Dee. Henry Tliexton, was instituted. John Wotton, and Elizabeth his wife. 1533, 26 April, ShJo/iii Thompson, chaplain. John Wotton, Esq. 1343, \0 April, Sir 'Iho. Thompson, cliaplain toTnoMAS Duke of Norfolk. At this time John Richard, rector of Fornecel, and Rob. Wright, rector of Ilopton, were commissioners in order to take down MidU- Ilerling church, 1357, 26 Jnne, Edmund Ki/ne, S. T. B. on Thompson's death. An.n'e Wodehouse, alias Reppes. John Kijng, rector; on his death in 1359, SOJulif, Edward Jucksonne, priest, was instituted. Bassinc- bourne Gawdy, Gent, and Anne his wife. 1568, 8 Feb. Will Fronklinge-, on Jachsons resignation. Ditto. 1573, 8 Octob. fVill. Nashe, on Franklinge's death. Ditto. 1587, 30 March, Will. Hanye, chaplain, on Nashe's death. Bas. Gawdy, senior, Esq. 1591, 15 Sept. n ill. Ilarvie. Bas. Gawdye, Esq. 1596, 21 April, Kick. Cressener, A. M. on Harvie's resignation. Sir Bas. Gawdy, Knt. John Cressener died rector. 1670, 31 Mat/, Henri/ Cressener, A. M. John Gawdy, Esq. 1720, 24 June, the Rev Mr. John Whaley, the present [1736] rec- tor, was instituted on Cressener s death. Bas. Gawdy, Bart,; he holds it with Ridlesworth and Gaslhorp. [ 313 ] LITTLE-IIEULINC. NOW CALLKO Af I DDLE-H Eli LING. BeCAl'SR it lie* in the midsl. bolwecn If'cst nnd r.ail-IIerliiig, wa* liclil by ( Ichctfll i\ Dune, in tin- Confrssor's or. scinixr Ixx. ovrt. tunc valuit tunc XV. villani pott ct modo xiii. scmp. vi. Iitir. |>ost vii. lb. modo c. wl. ill. l-ordar. tunc ii. serv. post et m'' i. Toliini hahcl i. laig. in longo, ct i. Vim. act. prati, scmp. ii. car. in dnin, Icii;;. in lato, qiiiciinijuc ibi icncal, ct tunc VII. car. horn, (wtt vi. m'^ iiii. scnv xxvii.dcn. dc Gr'io. per i. niol. tunc. r. pitcin. modo i. ' Sir Henry Cluunry, fa. 140, uyi, piA'in. et dim. ct iii. wcheinani dintid. he «ai lord of all the Pellumt. SU MIDLE-HERLING. her sister Elizabeth married Giles Hevtl ; and Margery, Roger le Bo- ti/trc. Sir Simon left only one daughter, married to Ju/iit de Lee, in King Edward the First's time, in whom the eldest branch of tins t"a- mil\ extinguished ; wherefore we must now relura to Sir Jefiry de I-'irnals, Knt. lord oi' Herling, whose wife Ami/ was buned m the church of the canons at 'Ihtljoru,^ to which house, he gave the ninth sheaf of all his demeans in Bircham and llerliiig, with a messuage and 12 acres of land adjoinnig, with commonage in the marsh, and shackage in the field, willi Amy his wife, who devoted herself, both living and dead, to that house ; and his son and grinidson confirmed thc^e grants. Their temporals here' were tu.\ed at '.Vv. but their sjiirituais' were never taxed, for the\ always receivetl a compo- sition of ii'U. 4(/. a year, instead of the sheafs in kind, fie left two sons, liiihard the youngest, and Sr Simon de Furneaux, Knt. who was lord in 1'234 ; he had three sons by Cteilij his wife, Gaiidcline, Michael, and Hubert, his eldest son, w lio die I befoje him in 1C7S, leaving Sir John oeFuuneaux, his son and heir, who became lord in 1C86, at his grandfather's death ; he granted his manors of yJijiidei by, and lli/thestepell in Yorkshire, with their advowsons, to JclJri/ le Scroop, and Juelta his wife, and Henry their son, and his heirs, to be held by the payment of a red rose every Midsummer Day, for 20 years after the giant, and then b}' the payment of 40/. a year, to the said John and his heirs. He married Mary, daughter of Nie. de Tuynsted, she being then a widow ; he was buried by his father and grandfather, in the cburch or the canons of Thei/urd, leaving one son and two daughters; jinne, who became a protessed nun at Thet- ford, in lo43 ; Elizabeth, married to John de Berdewell, with whom lie gave the manor in i\ est- Herling, afterwards called BerdewelCs, to be held of Rielimond honour at iialf a fee, which till this time was part of this manor. Sir John Fluneaux, junior, Knt. liis son and heir, was a ward of Sir It i/l, Le-f aux, who sold his wardship to llilliam Le-Htislelere, and Thomas, his son, who kept court liere as guardians : -in 1320, Sir John, and Isabel, his first wife, kept court,- and in 1348, he settled the manor and advowson on Sir John de Gontile, rector of East-IJer- ling, and Petir de Nezcton, rector of Brom, in trust for Elizabeth, his second wife, who died before him, and he married .Tf, late wife of 7'/(0. Ftistu)f', Ivnt. on Sir Thomas Erpuii^hatn, Knt. Tho. llalh of Crong'thoip, John Poit, rector of EaU rierliiiir, and Uilliam C.nrhutl, ciuii>lain there, to her use for life, and her heirs in tail ; after whieli slie married William Saridhmn of Kimberlee, who sold Kimberke without her consent, timugh she give him Ihrlins. for life. Her will is dated in 1415. By her first husband slie liad two sons, John and Ui//i,im, who, in 14C4, sued (fil/iam Jkrckwcll, Esq. for the manor, but Sir The. Erpnigham proving tliat he and other feoffees had sei/.in of it, to the use of Eliz. Crabbe, his mothei, for life, and llicn to John Ciabbc, her son, and his heirs, it was confirmed to llitliam Iknlacell and his heirs. John Crabde, the eldest son, died long before his mother, leaving only one daughter, . Eleanou, who married William BerdcweU,'- Esq. of IVest-Herliiig, in whose right lie iiad the manor and advowson, all the feofiees re- leasin;' their rights in 14;3;5, when they sellled it on him and his wife and l^illiam their son and his heirs; from which time it hath conti- nued joined to Wcst-Ilerling, as it now remains. The Church was dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, being al- ways appendant to the manor ; it was a rectory valued at ,5 inarks at the Norzdch taxation, it is in Rockland deanery, and Notfollc arch- deaconry, and still pays Is. synodals, and Is. Ad. archdeacon's pro- curations; it paid 35.s.4f/. tenths, and is valued now [173ti] wiih West- Hcrling to the land tax, there being 4 houses and about 30 inhabi- tants. '^The churchyard is now glebe; the church remained in use till 1543, and then it was entirely taken down, so that the foundations only are now visible, it stood by the lane's side, in the close going to Wesf-HerliiKT church. Here was a Gi'W dedicated to St. Audieic, to which, in 1504, Tho. Lulpek was a benefactor. RECTORS. 1308, 12 kal. Oct. Simon de Foxton, priest, to Littk-Herling. Rob. de Furneus, Knt. 1324, 11 U.a\.Sept. Bartholomew de Banham, priest, on Foxton's resignation. John de Farneaus, Knt. 1337, 18 June, he changed this for Winfarthing, with John le ■ Nelde, priest. Ditto. 1358, 28 Dec. Richard Gahfon, priest. Ditto. 1377, 30 jVoi'. Will, atte Tounseitde, priest. John de Herling. 1414, 2 June, Rob. Fi/tchet, priest, at Townsend's death. ^YI^I'• Sandam oUiimber lee, 'in right of Eliz. Furneaux his wife, as belonging to Farneaux manor. 1435, 18 Dec. Rob. Folk of Med^l-Herling, priest, on Fytchet'i death. \\'illiam, son of Rob. Berdtwelle, patron. »ThisVVilliainsiicdfor, and recover- " manor of Kyinberlee, ne no parcell ed the manor ofKimberlc, by proving " thereof: and upon ys we recordyn, that tlizabeth Sandham said, " That it " that after tyme, the forseyd manor " was newyr her wyll, ne ascnt, tliat " was sold, ne she had newyr good " her husband Sandon xuld sellcn the " day." 316 EAST-IIERLING. 1457, SO Jan. John Mtfchell, priest : he was the last rector, it being cousoliilated in Ins time to IVat-tierling, In l3Cl,Sir/f)AH de Furnnanx Knt. in open court, enjoined all the tenants of the manor, under the penalty ij(\1d. for eviy default, to dig a St. Andrew's cross on each piece of their Imd, wiien thi-y sowed it, to avoid ail disputes between the rectors of H\st and Middle- He rling. There were three lamps and a wax taper kept burning in this church, at the e.\()onse of tlip lord of tlu- manor. Ill 1344, the Old litid a teiieuKMU ami y acres freehold, of the Prior of the canons of lue tiolt/ Scpulc/ire, at T/ietford, by the leiit of 12rf. a year, ail which hnj/ IVuierhcnne held of tiie lord, by paying the prior his rent, and \d. a year to tiie lord Rilnrt Gildemekt died in 1444, and gave a messuage called Piudi/e's at Middtc-Iitr/ing Green, and 9 acres of land, 4 acres and' an half Iving at Dedm re, and 4 acres and an half at Blowlond, to the inhabitants of Middle-Hcrling for ever, who, in 1J56, brought their deeds into court, and proved that on Jpri/ the l,'5th, 1547, Henry Cooper, then feoftee, made a new feoffment of Gildensleves, to the use of the inhabitants, it being freehold, held of Bcrdezce lie's manor in JVest-Uerling, by suit of court, and the rent of 6f/. a 3'ear and one capon. MARKET-HERLIXG, OR EAST-HE RUNG, Js so called because it lies most east of all three; it belonged to Kettl the Dane, a freeman in the Confessor's time, when it was one manor, having two carucates in demean; in the Conqueror's time Ingulf hekWt under Will, de Schoies, there being then a church and 4 acres of land belonging to it; the whole was 2 miles long, and 2 miles broad, and paid 17 d ]q. geld.^ The whole came to the Earl H arren, and a part of it went with a younger branch of that family to the Bardolphs, and Hugh dc Bar- dolph held it at half a fee ; this after became Fawconcrs manor. ' Terra Willi, de Schoies, Hnnd. GiUecross. (Doms. fo. 206.) In Her- linga, teniiit Keiel libtr homo T. R.E. ii. car. terre pro nianerio, modo te:.etlngiil- fus. semper v.vill.etiiii. bordar. tunc.i. serv.et liii.acr. prati,senip.i. car. indnio. et i. car. homin silva. xvi. yort. et i. car. posset restaurari, semper i. mol. et ii. socin. XX, ucr. terre et iii. acr. prati, semp. dim, car. m" i. rune, senip. iiii, animal. m° viii. pore, et ex. oves. et i. vas apum. i. ecclesia iiii. acr. tunc va- luit XXX. J. m"* xl. Totum habet i Jeug. in longo et i. leug. in lato, et xvii.if. et i. ferding, quicunquc ibi te- neat. et vii. acr. et diinid. terre jacet huic terre et silv. xii. pore. EAST-HERLING. 317 A quarter of a fee went to Robert Malet. Another half fee went to Roger dc Schuvill, ^ , ^ , „. , And the otlier fee and 3 quarters was held of the Earl Warren, the whole making 3 fees, two fees and an half of which constituted the capital manor called FELBRIGGE'S MANOR, Which contained a carucate in demean, and was held by a family sirnamed Dc Norfolk, the last of which was Gilbert de Norjolk, who died seized, leaving his five daughters cohenesses The first married Eudo, son ot Adam de Mutton ; the second, JVilliamde Vcrdon ; the third, Roger Bj/godoU'e/brigge, the fourth miliam de Mai/mcari/n; the fifth, Rob. de Atgmllon ; and each of Ihem had a fiftii part of the manor and advowson, which after this division became so many separate manors. Martina de Norfolk was Gilbert's sister, and William was her son, and both had lands here, but were not concerned in the manor. MULTON'S MANOR Was soon united to Bi/god's or Felbrigges, for Eado released it to Sir Simon he Bygod of Pelbrigge, and Maud his wife, and their heirs, and so it fell into Felbrigge^s immediately. VERDON'S MANOR. William re Verdon, who married Maj/rf, daughter of Gilbert de Norfolk, died before his wife, and she had her dower allowed her, it havin"- been settled by them, before his death, on JVill. de Laken- ham, an'ti habell his wife, after whom Alexander de Faux of Keswick, and'Margaret his sister, had each a third part, which, before 12G8, they released to John de laux, their brother, and Margaret his wife, for they in that year released it (the advowson being excepted) to Tko. deJernemuta or Yarmouth, who had it jointly with Ayetine his wife, about 1284, which y/ie//«e remarried to John de Wachcsham, and they, in 1303 settled it by fine on Simon Le liflgot, and his heirs, and so united it to Felbrigge's manor; but the fifth part of the ad- vowson, which was excepted, passed from the Fauxea to the Hales, and so fell into Maynewaryn's manor. MAYNWARYN'S MANOR. William de Maynwaryn died in 1247; Emma or Amy, his wife, daughter of Gilbert de Norfolk, recovered her dower against Roger her son, who was joint lord with William his brother, in 1256; Simon, son of Roger, was lord in 128G, against whom Lucia, late widow of /CiV/iaw his uncle, then married to Stephen deGming, re- covered her dower ; this Simon was married to l.etlice his wife in 1297, whose daughter, Agatha Mcyncicuryn, was lady in 1315, from which time I meet with nothing of'ittill 1368, and then Sir Roger de Hales had it, whose succeesour, Stephen de Hales, presented in right of vol. I. S s :n8 EAST-HERLING. Ills two fif'di parts of the advowson. In 1401, Lady Joan de Hales had it, and very soon after it belonged to Sir John Gonvile, with whose daughter and heiress it passed to Sir Robert Herling, and so fell into the capital manor. AGUILLON'S MANOR Went from Robert to Walter de Jiguillon, and from liim to Robert de Agelifn,\s\\o settled it on Si/mon Le Bygot of Fe/brigge, and Maud his wife, and their heirs, for 10 marks per iinitum, to he paid to the said Robert at Flitcham, during his life, and thus it fell into FELBRIGG'S, on THE CAPITAL MAxNOR Roger Le Bygot de Eelebuigge, who was as often called Roger de Felbrigge, in right oi' Gilbert de Norfoll;'s daughter, whom he had married,"had a fiith part of the manor and advowson; after him succeeded Richard de Filbrigge, who gave Alfred Kokerbolle, his villein, and all his services, to the canons at Tlietford: IVilliam de Felbrigge was his son and heir, whose wife Mary, after his death, married to Merlai, and held this manor in dower, which went to Simon Le Bygot of Felbrigge, and Maud his wife, who held it of the Earl Warren; in King Henry the Third's time he purchased Jgmllonsand Multon's parts. In 12S0, Sir Roger Ic Bygod oi' Felbrigge had a charter of free-warren for his manors of Herling, Felbrigge, Runton, Melton, and Palling, when he and his parceners held Herling manors, late Gilbert de Norfolk's at 2 fees and an half, of the Earl-Marshal. In 1303, Simon Le Bygod of Felbrigge, and Alice his wife, purchased Ferrfort's manor; this Simon had the whole by grant from JVilliamLe Bygod, his brother, who was rector here, and in 1,';47, he and his wife conveyed the advowson, with 1 acre of land only, to him again, and in 1350, they settled all, but the acre and advowson, on Nicholas Bourne, of Long-Stratlon, who left it to his two daughters and heirs, Elizabeth, manied to S'n Tho. Jenney, Knt. who, in 1361, released all their right to Margaret their sister, and John de Herling her hus- band, and their heirs, who purchased the advowson of William Bygot, and so joined it to the manor again. fawconer's manor Came with they ounger branch of the Earl Warren's family to the Bardolfs,* and from them to Phillip dt f irlye, from him to John de Boyland, and from him to Ralph of Kenninghall, sirnamed Le Fal- coner, and then to his son Ralf of Keninghall, lo whose son, Simoti of Keninghall, William de Hastyngs of Qiiidenham granted a messu- age and many lands there, free, at lid. a year rent.' In Henry the Third's time, John Le Falconer held half a fee of Maud de Boyland, and she of Phillip de Virlye, he ol Hugh Bardolf, he of the Earl Warren, and the Earl of the King, at half a fee, the relief being 20s. as the Feodary informs us ; this John was alive in 1283. lu ifi86, Amy de Rusheuord claimed leeyf here, and William dt See Banham. ' Coll. Ep. Asaph. EAST-HERLING. 319 Criiigkt/iorp, Aho; Amif migliL be Ju/coHf/'* widow, married again to Ciingktliorp. In 1288, John Le Fawconer, and Joan his wife, had lands here, settled on them by Edmund de Mnupinzoti, and others. In 1302, tlicy lived at Kcningha/l, were loids in 1315, and had added other lands in Iierlinie his wife, with 9 marks annual rent, issuing out of Fawconer's manor, then worth 20 marks a year, according to Sir Robert's will, he ordered that if he died with- out heirs, then his manors of East Herling, Quidenham, with their advowsons, Bokenham IVood, and Gnateshall manor, should be settled for three chantry priests in this chapel ; but if he left a daugh- ter, then she was only obliged to settle a provision for one priest. It was not rated to any taxes whatever, but had institution in the same manner as the rectory. 1458, 20 Nov. John Cavendysh, chaplain, the first chantry priest, was instituted at their presentation. 1474, 30 March, Robert Cadyman priest. Sir Rob. Wingfield, and Anne his wife. The preamble to the King's license, which he granted to amortise the said rent, is very particular, for it says, that his Majesty granted this license to his faithful counsellor, Sir Wm. Chamberlain, Knt. without any fine or fee, in consideration of the great and eminent ser- vice he had done him in his kingdom of France, and dutchy of Normandy, in the war there, and in other places ; and particularly for the great damage he and his family received, by paying his fine of redemption to the King's enemies oi France, (who took him pri- soner in 1446,) and also for the great value he had for Sir Robert Herling, the founder, who died in his service as he warred in France. This Sir Robert Herling ordered in his will,' if he died in England, to be buried liere, and so he was, though he died in the French wars at Paris ; his effigies, with that of his wife, beautifully carved in mar- ble, lie on the top of the altar tomb; on his breast are his own arms and those of Mortimer, his mother; he looks with a grim visage, his feet rest on a lion, the usual emblem of those that died in war ; his lady hath a water-bouget on her breast, the whole tomb being adorned with uni- corns and pelicans, the one the crest of Herling, the other of Gonvile ; his arms are on the top, supported by two unicorns. They are often on the screens of the chantry, and sometimes with crescents. •Regr. Surflcte, fol. 187. 318 EAST-IIERLING. On the table that they lie on is a fillet of brass, which still remains very perfect, on which is lliis : .f>iifo nitirmorco tumulatiir m Ijoc potianisro, l^iirlnng fiobcrtus .Jl^.ilc^s.tJir nobiliiS nrmis', X.iussiia j-ranngcnisi, florcbnt rognita multii,,, CanCicm pariiiibuii Hi iiucruhuit mutilatiivs €. quatrr ct UliKc, riTti, ca&;t illc, ©orgonu Jrcito, .f>cytcmbrc Die quoquc nono.' Oil the same side of this ciiapel is a stately tomb of different-co- loured marble, encompassed with an iron grate ; the statues of a man in armour, with a peacock's tail proper at his feet, and of a woman with two naked arms, holding a head erased, bearded and haired sab. lie on an altai° tomb, under a canopy or bed of state, with this inscription : Here lyeth buryed Sir Thomas Lovell, Knt. Son and Heir of Sir Thomas Lovell, Knt. and Dame Alice his Wife, Daughter of Sir John Huddilston, Knt. he died the 12"' Day of Dec: 1604, in the Year of his Age 64, and she dyed the 1st Daye of Septem- ber 1 600, in the Yeare of her Age 64 ; they had Issue 5 Sons and 3 Daughters, whereof 2 Sonns and one Daughter dyed in their Infancy, 3 Sonns, viz. Sir Francis Lovell, Knt. Charles Lovell, and William Lovell, Esqrs. over-lived them, and 2 Daughters were married in their Life-time, viz. Katheryn, first to Sir Tho: Knevet of Bukenham-Castle, Knt. 2dly, to Edward Spring, and Sdly, to Edward Downes, Esqrs. and Elinor to Ed- ward Waldegrave, Son and Heire apparant of Charles Walde- grave of Stanning-Hall, Esq.' On the top. Glim qui Cubuit, jacet hie cum Conjuge Conjux Hie Ilia dubium est, hoc sit an ilia Prior, Sive Ilia, sive hoc, (si demas hunc niodo et illam) Haud Prior (indubium est) alt'ra vel alter erat. Atria dum titiilis proavitis splendida Lterque, Et Longa serie stemmata ncxa tulit, Largus opum, nee deeoctor, plebi Hospitus, almus Pauperi, uterque homini carus, uterque Deo, lUe animi Prudens, et Magnus, Doctus, et Artem , Quamve Sacer Codex, Quamve profanus habet. Jura Tori rite ha2c coluit, pia, provida Virgo, Virgo pudica, Pudens, Virgo probata, proba. Cum jam Prole beati Essent, prolemque beassent. Qua Locuplelando, qua poliendo suam. Octavo hoc Lustro dirimit mors, dividil Urna, Jungit at hos Tumulus, Jungit et hosce polus. At the head is Hudleston's arms, and at the feet Lovell's. At the top Lov ell's arms and quartcrings, mantle and crest. On tuc side three escutcheons, 1. Lovell and his quarlerings, as before. 9 He died Sept, y, if ^ j. » Le Neve's Menuments, vol, i. p. 9. EAST-HERLING. 329 2. LovELL and his quarterings, impaling Hudleston and his quarterings, viz. 1. Hudleston, g«^. fiette ar. with a crescent. 2. Knevet with a mullutsrtft. 3. Nevill, witli a hibcl of three, gobone, ar. and az. 4. Montague. 5. MoNTHERMER, Of, an eagle displayed I'fK. 6. Holland Earl oi' Kent. England in a bordure ar. . 7. "I'lHTOi'T, ar. a cross ingrailedg«/. 8. Inglkthorp, gut. a cross ingr^ilcd ar. 9. Bradesion, wr. ona ranton gut. a rose or. 10. Char LETON, «/■, a lion rampant gw/. Lord Powis. 11. Delapole with an annulet. 12. Az. on a less indented three bezants. 3. Hudleston and his quarterings as before. The following arms were formerly (and many of thera now are) in the south windows of the nave. In a south window were the portraitures of a man in armour kneel- ing, in long gruj' hair, having on his surcoatthe arms of Chamhtrlain, with a label ; and opposite to him a woman kneeling ; between them were these arms : 1. Chambeulain, gul. a chevron between three escallops or, witli a label of three points, the escallops are sometimes ar. 2. Legatt, (as Mr. Leverland,) ar. a saltire ingrailed az. quartered. Chamberlain impales Legat. A quartered coat all lost, but sab. an inescutcheon in an orle of martlets or. Herling and Mortimer oi Atlleburgh quartered. TuDENHAM, lozenge ur. and gul. quartering Herling. Gon- viLE single. Herling impaling Hemgrave, or. a chief indented g«/. Bedingfield and Herling quartered. Mortimer qnartering Giffard, gul. three lions passant gardant, ar. and Charleton Lord Poesyw. WiNGFiELD quartering Bovile. Scroop quartering Tiptoft. Chamberlain quartering Fitz-Raffe, or, three chevrons guL on each five dc-lises ar. Fitz-Raffe quartering Gul. two bendlets ar. Coniers az. a maunch or, quartering Fitz-Raffe. In a high east window of the nave, Tiptoft, and Az. a bend or. On the north windows of the nave, Windham, az. a chevron between three lions heads erased or, impaling Howard. Leg\t impaling Warren. Erpingham. Bolleyn ar. a fhevron gul. between three bulls heads cooped 5a6, qnartenug Butlee, or, a cluef indented az. 330 EAST-IIERLING. Heydon, quarterly ar. and gul. a cross ingrailed counterchanged, impaling Boleyn. Calthorp impaling Stapleton. Hevenyngham impaling Uarcy. WiNGFiELD quartering Dorew Also and Bovile. WiNGFiELD impaling Fitz-Lewis, BrandoNj Glanvile, and HONIPOT. Jenny impales Wingfield, and so does Echingham and Bovile. Fkamlingham. Delapole quarters Wingfiei.d, who quarters ar. seven torteaux, 2, '2, G, 1. A man having Mortimer quartering Herling, A woman, Gonvile, ar. on a chevron between two couple-closes outwardly ingrailed sab. three cscalops or. Sir Robert Herling and Jane Gonvile his wife. In the south isle windows. Scroop, az. a bend or. TiPTOFT, quartered : their effigies. Effigies of a Fitz-Williams and his wife, who was a Herling, In the windows of Iler/iiig's chapel. Sir Robert Herling, and Jane his wife, Sir JViU. Chamberlain, and Anne his wife, with their arms on their surcoats, in the east window, over the altar, and this, (©rate pro animalnisi ©illi: iIiti.si, ct annc ujrorijS m^ ct liobtrti l^arlnno, .tliiliti.s, ct 2i0ljflnnc ui-oriiS ^ « ^ ^ * The screens between the church and chancel are finely carved and painted, being put up by Sir Robert Harlyng, whose arms and crest are often carved thereon. The chancel is leaded, having two chapels joined to the north side ; that most east, is dedicated to the blessed name of Jesus, the other to St. Anne ; they arc both leaded. On the south side of the chancel wall, towards the east end, is a stone mural monument, on which Lovell, and il/(«rfe// joined per fess impale Paris, gul. three unicorns heads cooped proper, in a bordure ingrailed. Lorell's crest. Here lielh buried Syr Thomas Level Knyght, and Dame Eli- zabeth his Wyfe whiche lived together in Godly Mariage 2J) Yeares, and hadde Yssue, y Sonues and .'i Daughters, the sayd Sir Thomas dccessed in the Yenr of our Lord God 1567, the 23 of March, and Dame Elizabeth deceased in the Yeare of our Lord God, lo91- the last of Marche. Pray God to joy their Soules together in Heaven. Opposite, on the north side, another monument of the same kind, but no inscription: Lovell and Muswell impaling Ash/ieJd of Middlesex, az. a chevron EAST-HERLING. 331 or between three eagles displayed with two heads, ar. Lovell's crest. Tlie arms shew it was erected for Sir Francis Lovell, and Ahiip AshJIild his wife; lie died Juii. 2."), 15.50. This is against Jrsls ciiapel, winch i^ now [l7-'3()] a schooi-liuuse. More west, in the north wail, is ■ most slalcl)- arched nionuinenl, disrobed of il-. brasses, under which lie buried Sir U illiam Chamber- lain, Kniplu ot till- (iarier, and June his wife, d;iughlcr and iieiress of Sir Hubert Uitrli/ug ; tins divides the chancel from St. Ainu's chapel, which was founded by liis lady, and dedicated to her name- sake : the lend) fronts both into the chancel and into the ciiapel, the ciianccl side being ado.ned with his arms, &c. and tlie cha|)el's side wiili hi-'s ; in the arch is carved Chiimberlain's arms quartering TiptoJi.whuU is again lut on the side of tlie monument Me.\t the chancel, with mantle, crest, and supporters. Crest, a cameleopard's head cooped. The supporters two beasts of the same kind. On the chapel's side, IJerliiig and Mortimer quartered, with an escutcheon of pretence of Gouvile and Herliiig. Crest and sup- porters, 1/iiie Lady Scroop of Bo/ton, by will dated 1498, Aug. 28, be- queathed her body to be buried in the chapt-l of St. Anne, iuljoining to ihe chancel of St. Peter and Pan/, at East-Herliiig, in the tomb of her late husband. Sir IVilliam Chamberlayn ,-* she gave to the Austin fnars at Thetjbrd, where her great-grandame, Margaret Titd- deiihum, daughter of Sir Thomas Jeimi/, was buried, together with dame /snAf/ y/arg;are, her daughter, a vestment, and other gifts, to Robert i\ ingfietd her nephew. Lord Scroop, her son, &e. From a manuscript of llenrif St. George, Garter King at Arms, I find a part of the inscription that was on this monument, and this reii ark made by Mr. Le Neve: I'hat here were their two effigies, and that the garter was on his left leg ; and thou,ti Mr. Ashmole says, that Pitz-lVilliam's tomb was the oldest, that had it so [ilaced, yet this is older. ',-.','.',■- li^arhng Iticite Jir»oniiiiu.ii ^ -.-. ■. - marite, 9nna fmt ;picra, 'Ct)risti mulicr facnebicta, .IKiiioi Oi^crti fiiit l'?arl no nata fiobtrti, Jliiliti^ '■■■'-■- oigna, .Uiiortimct oe ^tirpc faenipn. (C. qii'itcr cr jUiIlc Sefaomta ct Xxti caoit idc, pcrpctuo ff.sto, c^cu.s illiu.^ mcmor c^to. INIany of the memorials which were in this church are now lost; one ai-count of them was taken by the Rev. Mr. l.excrtand, rector of Fnimliw'ham casiie, in Suffolk, (a cop)' of whose .VISS. 1 have by IT' ,) anrl others by different persons, iis Mr. Barret of Griston, Henry Si. Geoige, &,c. In thi> < hurc h is buried E/i:abelh Trusseil, sister to Sir William Clitml.erli.in, vho died the la>i of April, 1472 ;■* but the four shields »nd inscription were lost before these accounts were taken. * Regr. Home Cur. Prerog. Cant. ' There are some lines lost here, fol. i6 In 1718 a large stonrr coffin was ♦Weaver, taken u)>, adjoining to the south side of this tomb. 332 EAST-HERLING. Charles Wright, Esq. lately glazed the east chancel window uith ancient glass that he found in his house, which t'ormeily came out of this window, and contains the principal passages of the New Testament, from our Saviour's incarnation to his crucifixion. The etfigies of Sir Robert IVipigjield and his wife are now placed in this window. In 1479, Robert Smith was buried in the church, in which there were then four gilds kept, viz. of the Holi/ Trinitij, St. Peter, All' Saints, and St. John Baptist. The lights of St. Man/ and St. Sithe were sustained by the benefactions of different people, as 1 find by the wills in the Bishop's Office. In 1511, the Gildhnll Croft belonged to the inhabitants.' In 1528, The Gildhall in the Hei/-Toan street, belonged to the gilds, and was given hy John Dojce of Diss, son and heir of Jo/«« Dowe, late of East-Hcrling, anno 1487. In 1528, the son and heir of Thomas Gonne of this parish gave to St. Johns gild 2 acres of land at Kithescnd in Ilerling. In 1536, the church-wardens antl inhabitants sold to Francis Lovell, Knt. and his heirs, 21 acres and 1 rood ploughed ground of their town land, lying in East-Herliiig ; and he. In 1538, granted 32 acres and an half to the inhabitants, to be town land for ever. In 1548, Roger Moore, executor of William Deye, at the request of Adam Dei/e, gave half an acre, at the end of John Dei/e's croft, to the inhabitants. InKing Jawifsthe First's time, John Hankins and other feoffees made a new feoffment of the town land to Thomas Porter and others, there being then fJO acres, besides a pightle called WasleU's. These lands were given to repair and adorn the church. The temporals of the Prior of Bokenliam in this town were taxed at 2s. 4d. In 1510. Rob. Banham, purchased of Will. Battham, a messuage and G acres of free land in East-He rlinge, held of East-Herling manor by 8f/. a year, to find a wax candle burning before the image of the Virgin Mary in that church. In 1470, at a court then held, it is said, that John Robards died seized of it, and that John, his son and heir, W'as a scholar in orders; that formerly it was copyhold, but v/as now held free of the church, the lord's ancestors having perpe- tually ]>ardoned the fine and rents, in honour of the Blessed Virgin. This year it was conveyed to John Ayhcard, rector, and other feoffees of the parish. These arms were formerly in Ilarling Hall windows : LovELL impaling Bendism, MuswELL, RossEor Roos, Wood- house, Detiuck, Huddllstone,Pakenham, Ashfield, Bran- don, and Harling. TnoMBURGii, erm. frettee, a chevron gul. CoLTON, sab. a chevron between three griffins heads erased ar. Vaux, cbequy «;•. andg«/. on a chevron az. three roses or. Chamberlain and Legate ; Mortimer andGoNviLE. ' From the Evidences in the Town Cliest. Q U I D E N H A M. 333 The badges of tlie red and white rose, of the pomegranate, of a lizard gut. liis tongue or. Henry the Eighth's arms impahng Castile, Leon, and Granada. Mr. John Wright bears, sah. on a chief or, three spears heads az. a chevron between three dc-hses ar. Stephen de Gissing and Ijiui/ Manezoan/n his wife, for 26s. in hand paid, by deed dated on St. Dumtan's day, in 1283,'' released to Simon Manewaryn and his heirs, all manner of actions that they might bring against him, for not building her houses in //er//«g, that she was to have had built for her, in lieu of part of her dower ; and they bound themselves, their heirs, and executors, in GOs. penalty, that no such action should be brought, and subjected themselves to the Bishop of Norwich, or his Official, in this case, who should excommunicate them if the penalty was not paid ; further obliging themselves to pay 100s. towards the relief of the lioly-Land, if ever any such action was brought ; and to confirm it, they promised it before Sir JVilf. de Cruiigethorp, Knt. Master Edas Aliuue Chtrche, rector oi East-Iler- ling, Sir Geffry de Gerbaudesham, chaplain, and others. 1 could not omit taking notice of this deed, the penalties being remarkable. The market is on Tuesdays and not on Thursdays, as the Atlas, and the late Description of the Diocese oj' Norwich (which is chiefly a transcript from thence) tell you, though it is right, as to its being chiefly for linen yarn, and cloth, the manufacture of this part of the county. This town, in l603, had 223 communicants, and now [1736] there are about 400 inhabitants. It paid 6/. 6s. 8d. tenths, and is now as- sessed at 638/. 1 Is. 8d. to the land tax. Q^UI DE NH AM Is the next town eastward of Herling ; the church of this village is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, and is a rectory discharged of first fruits and tenths. King's Books. I Szcorn Value. I Synodals. I Arc/id. Proc. 849 I7. ' 40 00 I 0011 ' 068 Glebe. 60 acres. It is in Rockland deanery, and Norfulk archdeaconry, hath a rectory-house, and 60 acres 1 rood and 16 perches of glebe. It was valued in the Norwich taxation at 10 marks, and the temporals of the Prior of Bokenham were taxed at 6s. 8d. * Autog. penes Ep. Asaph, vol. 1. V u 334 Q U I D E N H A iM. RECTORS. JFill. de Srcannington, rector, sold to Thomas, son of Wilf. de Hakefoid, Knt. Walter, II iUia»i,anc\ A/ke,chMteno(Ra// Dod, (who were liis villeins,) with their families. 1274, Sir mU. de Eleford, rector. 1285, Tko. de Hastyns,es, rector. 1305, 3 kal. March, )VUl. de Eleford. Miles, son of Phillip de Ilasfi/ngs. 1334, non. Jan. .John Jordan, of Graf ham, clerk. Maud, late ^vife of Miles de Jfastijtigcs. 1375, Iti Sept. Sir James de Uei/ham, priest. Sir John de Hek- LING, Knt. 1400, 9 Nov. John Maundeville, shaveling. Margaret Ttjd- DENHAM, late wife of John de Herling. 1400, 19 March, John, son of John Balie of Blithe, shaveling, on Maiindetile's resin;nalion. Ditto. 1401, 20 Octob. Tho. Maundeville, ^triest. Ditto. 1410, S Feb. Edmund Hemgrave, shaveling. Ditto. 1411, 5 June, John Joj/ of Lutcham, priest, on Hemgrave's resig- nation. Ditto. 1434, \i March, Laurence Gerrard, fr'iest, on Joi/'s de&lh. John Fitz-Rauff, Oliver Groos, Esqrs. John Kirtling, clerk, and John Intewodf., feoffees of Sir Robert Herling, in Quidenham manor. 1448, 1 Dec. RalfJVode, on Gerard's resignation. Sir John Fas- TOLF, Knt. feoffee. John Sterre, on whose death, in 1465, 4 -Jug. John Caund^ssh succeeded. Robert Wingfield and Anne his wife, 1504, 5 Nov. John Butler, A.M. on Caundi/ssh's death. Lady Margaret BEDiNOFiELn, James Hobart, and Tim. Bachcroft. I54i, 5 June, John Reder, chaplain, on Butlers death. John Bedingfield, Esq. 15(30, 6 July, Tho. Dniye, priest, on Reder's death. John Sol- yard and Alice his wife. 1570, 7 Dec. Rob. Xezcsham. John Sulyard, Knt. 1579, 28 July, Robert Dozcnes, A.M. by lapse. 1580, 27 Jli>ril, Thomas Richards, on Downe's resignation. The Bishop collated by consent of Bedingfield, the patron. 1583, 27 Nov. .Tohn Dalton, on Richard's resignation. Lapse. 1584, 8 June, Daniel Reeve, on Dalton s resignation. The Bishop;, by consent of Humphrey Bedingfield, Esq. patron. 1603, Daniel Reeve, D.iy. and rector of lianham, returned in his answer, tliat there were 80 communicants here. Henry Beding- field, patron. 1621, William Hoorf, clerk. lG36, l6 Nov. Henry Halyard, A.M. on Wood's resignation. John Holland, Bart. He held it united to Tostockin Suj/'olk. 1608, 15 October, Arthur Womack, clerk. Ditto. 1G85. Will. BonTcorth, A.M. on Womack's death. Ditto. United to Icklingham St. James. 1705, 8 Febr. James Bulduin, A.M. on Bosworth's death. Sir Q U I D £ N II A M. 335 John Holland, Bait. He held it with Icklingham St. James; re- signed June 24, 1 73 1 . 1731, The Rev. Mr. John IIuU, the present [1736] rector. Isa- bella-Diana and Charlotte Holland, sisters and heiresses of Sir William Holland, Bart. ; the patronesses, are ladies of the manor, and owners of the whole town. The Church is a small building, having its nave, chancel, and south porch tiled, the south isle and north dormitory leaded, a small steeple, round at bottom, and octangular at top, in which are three bells, two of them are thus inscribed, 1. IKlisSsiusi DC CchiS, Ijahco nomtn ilBahrithsS. 2. 'Slirgo tjloronata, due nosi ab Wcgna bcata. On a brass in the south isle, HERE lyeth the body of RICHARD DA VYE, who deceased the 29 of March, lG28. On a mural monument, on the south side of the chancel, Crompion, ar. on a chief az. three pheons or, impaling Holland. Sub hoc Marmore jacet Katherina Uxor et Relicta Robert! Crompton, Ordinis Equestris, Filiaque Pulcherrima Thomae Holland, ejusdem Ordinis, Qua; Katherina obijt in Edibus Hen- rici North de Millnall, in Comitatu Suflfolcia;, Armigcri, vice- simo Novembris, Anno Dom. l6J3, atque ^tatis sua; tncesimo quarto, Qui Henricus in Honorem et Memoriam Domina; istms praeelarissima;, hunc Lapidem posuit. En ! Pia Nata, Piacens U xor, Materque bcmgna, Faemina, dum vivit, die mihi, Qualis erat ? On a mural monument, at the north east end of the north wall, Holland im^aWng P anion, gul. two fesses em. on a canton sab. a ferdumolin ar. In Memory of the Merits of that excellent Person, the Lady Alalhea Sandys, whose Bodie lyeth in the adjacent Dormitorie, is this Monument deservedly erected ; she was the Daughter of John Panlon, Esq. first married with William, Lord Sandys, afterward with Sir John Holland, by whom she had G Souns, and 5 Daughters, and with whom she lived happily oO Years within 3 Months, and then in the 69 Year of her Age, upon the 22 Day of May, 1679, she Cheerfully rendred up her pious Soul to God that gave it. Under this is an altar tomb covered with a black marble. Holland, Knevet, and Wigmore. Here lyeth the Body of that Worthy Knight Sir Thomas Holland, who lived highly esteemed in his Country, and died the 5. of Febr. in the 48 Year of his Age, and in that ot our Lord One thousand six hundred twenty and five, universally lamented. S36 Q U I D E N H A M. On a black marble on the floor, by this tomb. Here lyeth the Lady Holland, the second Wile to Sir Thomas Holland, and Wife to Mr. Edward Barker, and buried in the Year U)48. On a mural monument against the north chancel wall, more west, Holland and Panton. Sir John Holland who erected this Monument for himself, 17 Years before his Death, marjed the Lady Alathea Sandys, he was sent a Commissioner from the Parliament to K. C. the First, and received Marks of Royal Favour, he lived an Honour as well as Benefactor to his Family, beina; Eminent for his perlicular Abilities and Integrity, and dyed 19'" of Jan. 1700, after he was created Baronet 72 Yeares, and in the 98"" Yeare of his Age. There is a stone lately laid in the church for Ami, relict of Thomas Slapp of Rusfiford, daughter of T/io. Goddard of ff ret/iam, who died Decern. 12, 1729, aged 37 years 1 1 months, and also for Sarah Slapp, her daughter, who died Nov. 25, 1729, aged 22 years 9 months. There is an altar tomb in the churchyard for John Buckenham, who died April 22, 1731, aged 54 years. In a south chancel window, is the effigies of the Virgin holding a wafer, on which is this, ^\ Hl?ltC pC. ^ On the south buttresses, 3,il.§, 2i€.f)lfl.f> ^al^ator. Upon old stalls in the chancel are the arms of Vere, Bardolf, Herlixg, Plantaginet, Garnish, Ufford with a bendlet. A fess between si.v de-lises. Two fesses. Gironne of eight. Three roundels, on each three pales. On a bend cottised three escalops, a rose for difference. In the parsonage window is an eagle snatching a piece of a sa- crifice, with some of the fire sticking to it, which being carried to her nest, fires it, and burns her young ; under the flaming nest is this. So let him feare, who e'rc he be that dare, Purloin God's Tribute, and the Churches Share. and round the oval is this, IT IS DESTRUCTIVE TO DEVOUR THAT WHICH IS HOLY, Here are 13 acres, 3 roods, and 20 perches town land, in divers jiieces, all which (with the glebe) are abuttalled in a survey «f tiie manor, taken A° 1587. Ihc rent was 3/. per annum,'' ^a\A to the church-wardens, and overseers, for the relief of the poor, and repairs of th. church.* ' From tlieold accounts of tlie parish. Foyster, and Kenninghall parish hath i ' The vicar of Kenninghall liath 2 acre and 3 roods in divers pieces in the acres of glebe in Q;^idenhani-ficld, in field j at the survey aforesaid, the yearly the furlong between Scmere and Red- outgoing rents of tlie manor were these, mere, and ^ roods ill Brymleye furlong, to Kenninghall manor, for Hockhams intermixed with the lands of Mr. James tenement in Quidenham, i6i. %d. io\ QUI DEN HAM. 337 In the dormitory on the north side, there are seven coffins of lead, 1. Sir John Holland the first baronet of the family. 2. Lady Alathea Sandys, his wife. 3. Thomas Holland, Esq. of Bury St. Edmnnd, their son. 4. Sir John Holland, Bart, his son. 5. Lady Rebecca Paslon, his wife. 6. Sir William Holland, Bart, their son. 7. Eliza- beth Holland, his sister.' In 1723, at the bottom of the lime-pits in this parish, was found a large copper medal, thus circumscribed, Antoninus. P.P. TR. coss. iii. ; on the reverse a Genius, and S.C. by which the Romans should have worked in these pits. This town paid to the tenths, 3/. 10s. is now assessed at 274/. 10«. and hath y houses, and about 50 inhabitants. Leelfee to the hundred is 2s. per annum. CUIDENHAM, or GUIDENHAM, Undoubtedly signifies Villa Guidonis, or the country seat of one Guido or G(/y, but who he was we know not; one part of it was Godwic's, a freeman, under the protection of the Abbot of Bury, who held it three years after King William came into the realm ; but Godwin Awnd, a man of Earl RalJ's,' unjustly took it from him : the soc was at firsimKenninghall ; it was worth 15*. and after 30; it was then a mile and a quarter long, and a mile broad, and paid \1d. Iq. geld, being at the survey, in the King's hands, who had taken it from. Godwin, and committed it to Earl Godric's care. Another part was given by the Conqueror to be held at a fee and half, to n ill. de Albany Earl of Arundell and Sussex, who gave one fee of it to Warine de Munchensi, who granted it to Miles Hastyngs, against whom William, son of Warin de Munchensi, in 1 194, brought his action to recover it, but to no purpose; this was after held at one fee of the Munchensis, (lords of Winfarthing,) and their successours, who held it of Botcenham castle. Tho. Atbridge's tenement there i6s. $d. grown up, there being no remains of it, for the faldage and pasturing of the but a large reedy swamp, lord's flock of Quidenham, upon the The hall is a good seat, pleasantly si- ling of Kenninghall, 3 days in a week, tuated In the library there was a fine I J. to the same manor for the going of missal wiih this wrote in it, five score sheep more upon the same Virgo, Parens vixit, Sexaginta tribus ling 6j. 8rf. to the hundred court at Mi- annis, chaelmas 4$. suit fine 4d. blanch-farm Q^atuor et decern fuit in partu Sa- 2d. to the sherift"'s turn 6d. for froward lutari, rent to be paid on VVh't-bunday 2(i. ; in Triginta Tribus, cum Nato vixerat all 2/. 55, lid.; to Banham manor yearly ejus, 445. albO 4J. sd. ol>. free rent, zd. for Terque decern annis, postquam Deus forwath, 5J. for pasturing great beasts astra petivit. on the moor, 55. and 3 capons for 200 '1565, July 1, Tho. Terryll, Esq. sheep going on the moor, from Lammas son and heyr of Sir Hen. Tyrell, Knt. time till weaning, a!;d sliack in the ad- married Mrs. Margaret Sulyard, daugh- joining field; to llit manor of Bokenham ter of sir John Sulyard of Quidenham, 4d. See Kenninghall p. 227. 1 he mere Knt. and the same day, P.uvv son and called Semere, belongs to this manor, heir of >ir John Sulyard, Knt. married two thirds of winch ism tliis parish, and Mrs. Anne Heydon, daughter and the rest in the parish of Kenninghall, heiress of Tho. Heydon, Esq. 1543, it contains about 14 acres of waier, and John Butler, rector, buried. 1570, 10 had a deco) formerly. Kedemcre or Aug. Tho. Davy, rector, buried, ib^t, Keedmere, lies on the left hand of the Frances, daughter of Mr. Jolin Lentall, road to Kenninghall, and is now quite and Lady Frances Garnish liis wife, bap- tized. SS6 QUIDENHAM. The other half fee was given by the said Eail, in King Henri/ the First's time, to the monks ot' liu fling in Ber/;s/iiie, in pure alms/ who were obliged to grant it to Half, sirnamed the Great, {Magnus,) conditional!)', that he and his successours should lor ever pay an annual rent of one mark, for the health of his own, his ancestors, and successours souls, to make a good dinner or repast in that con- vent,^ on his uncle Jof(7///t's anniversary. It contained a carucate of 100 acres of land in QiiidtiilKiiii, Keiiiiiiighall, and ylllUburgli, and 40 acres in Ridlesxcorfh, and divers rents and services, with common of pasture on all the commons in Qiiidtnham, and a fold-course tliere: from this RalJ it came to Brian his son, who settled it on William de Hocham for life; and in 1 lys, Wirnar, son of William de Hocham, had it confirmed to him and his heirs, by f\ iUiam, the third of that name. Earl of .Iruiidcll and Sussex,^ from whom it it was called HOCKHAM'S MANOR, or FREE TENEMENT. John son oi Brian, agreed to this confirmation, on condition that he should pay Is. a year to him and his heirs, and a mark sterling every MichaAmas Dai), to the Earl and his heirs; and in 1200, Wimar and John jointly conveyed it to Miles Hasti/ngs of Quiden/tam, who joined it to his other part, w ith which it now continues.* It was always held of the manor of Keiininghall, as of the castle of Bokenham. One manor and moiety of the advowson, belonged to Bury abbey, with the whole soc of it, in King Edward's lime, and was in the Abbot's hands, till Baldrcin, Abbot there, infeofl'ed his brother Frodo in it, in the Conqueror's time, who infeoffed Joceline, who held it at the survey ;' this Joceline was sirnamed de Lodne, and was uncle to William de Albani Earl oi Sussex, as he says in his deed. In II96, Ernald de Charneles had it, between whom and Sampson Abbot of Buri/ there was a fine levied this year, by which he acknowledged, that he held it at one fee of the Abbot, by the service of '20s. sciitage, and castle-guard to Norwich ; it then extended into Qiiidenham, Aclee, Turistoii, Eli/ngham, and Norton, and had 60 acres in demean. ' Mon. Ang. torn. i. 418. ^ The donations of tliis nature in col- leges are now called excetdings. ^ Autog. inter Evid. Holland. ♦ In 1 256, the Abbot of Rading sued Rob. de Holkeham or Hocham for the rent issuing out of this land, but upon his answering, that it was sold by his ancestors to Miles Hastyngs, he was dis- missed. ' Terre Regis quam Godricus servat Gillecrcss Hund. (fol. 33.) Ciiidcnham tenuit Godvic liber homo T. R. E. de quo Abbas Sancti kadmundi habuit commendationcm tanlum. T. R. E. i. car. terre semper ii. vill. et ii. bord. et iii. acr. prati et i. niol. tunc dim. car. in dominio, post et niodo i. semper homi- nium ii. bov. semp. i. r. et vi. pore, xvi. oves. Tunc valuit xv.j. post et in° XXX. hanc terram tenuit idem Go- dricus tres annos de Abbate post quam Rex. Will, venit, hanc eandem abstulit ei Godvinus Avunds Radulfi comitis injuste. Soca T.R.E. in Keninghehala Regis. Totum habet v. quar. in longo, et iiii. quar. in lato, et xvii.ii. et i. ferd* ing de Gelto. Terra Rogeri Bigoti H. Gillecros. (fol. 128.) In Guidenhami. liber homo xxiiii. T. R. E. m° iii. liber homines ii. acr. prati tunc dim. car. ct val. ii. sol. soca in Keninchala. This was after part of Fawconcr's manor. Terra Abbatis de Sancto Eadmundo Gildecros H. (fol. 177.) Guidenham tenet Goscetinus de Abbate quod tenuit Sanctus Edmundus pro dimid. car. terrt cum soca, semper ii. villi, i. bor. iii. acr. prati dim. car. in dominio et ii. bov. horn, tunc i. mol. val. x.s. (This was Hastvng's manor.) QUIDENHAM. 339 two villeins, and one bordarerf and in 1199. it was in M^fe d the whole manor, from which time it passed as East-Herling,' till Sir Ldmund lieding- ficld sold Jlerlirig, and continued this, in his family. PA^V CONNER'S MANOU, Was made up of different parts ; it belonged at the survey to Roger Bigot, and went to Walter Bygot of Fornsete, a younger brother of that family, and irom him to Richard Bygot, his son, who conveyed ' Bord lands are those which the by some service, towards finding hii lords at first Vrv)t in their own hands, lord's table. for the i-.aintenance of thc-.r boardor ' See Giss.ng, p. i68. tabic, whence the border, bordar, or » See tast-Herling, F- j>S. bordarcr, was a tenant tliat lield lands C40 Q U I D E N H A U. a part to Ralfof Koiiiiiigfiull, called the Falconer; Edmund de Bella Campo, or litauc/iamp, had 30 acres of it, and the moiety of the ad vow so n ; he left it to John de lieattchaiiip, his sqn, who, ia 1287, by deed enrolled in the Kini^'s-bcnch, granted it to Edicard, son of Sir II i//. Charles, Knt. of whom it was purchased by Miles IJaslj/ngs, ■who joined it to his manor, and so had the whole advowson. Ano- ther part went to Simon Jii/god, who was lord in 1280, John le Fau- concr being then lord of Eichaid Bj/got's tenement. In this year Richard Le Baxter and Agatha Mai/nwari/n are said to have a manor here, but it was only a part of Mai/nwar^/n's manor in F.ast-Hcrling, that extended hither, and soon after John le Fauconer got Simon BifgOiTs part, and so became lord of both ; Will. Ilastj/ngs of Qui- deiiliam gave Simon Fawconer, father of John, a messuage and lands here, which he added to this manor, and Aland de Ilasti/ngs conveyed a quarter of a fee out of her manor to him, tills whole manor being then held of her manor, at half a fee, and paid 20s. relief, and from tlie time it was purchased by Half Le Falconer, always went as Faticoner's manor in Easl-Herling, to which I refer you. The manor which belonged to the family sirnamed de Quidenham, was joined to this, by one of the Falconers. Jl illiam de Quidenham lived in Ilenri/ the Second's time; Adam his son succeeded him, he granted divers lands to be held of his manor, by the service of four annual suits at his courts here. Hugh his son had (jilbert, who was dead in 1319, Igred being then his widow ; 1 take it he was the last of this family that was lord, though it did not extinguish till after 1400; for then H illiam QuedcidiamVived at Quidenham. About this time also they yjurchased the messuage, and all thereto belonging, which Richard Bi/got granted to Martin, father of Adam de Quiden- ham, to be held of him in villeinage; and after that Bi/got sold him as his villein, to Adam Neve of Quidenham, who sold to Rob. de Sui- wode of IVymondham, Adam son of Martin de Quidenham, his villein, with all his cattle, and family, born, or to be born, and all their ap- purtenances. The family sirnamed De-ponte de Quidenham, or atte Bri/gge,^ continued here from Henri/ the Third's time, to about 1500, and had a free tenement held of Kenninghall manor, at \6s. 5d. a year, which is now joined to the other manor; and thus all the manors and free tenements became joined in Sir Henry Beding field. Knight of the Bath, in right of the heiress of the Tudenhams; he left it to Peter Bcdingfield, his fourth son, who settled here; he had two wives; by his last, who was daughter of John Moninges of Greynford in Kent, he had John Bed- innjield, Esq. his son and heir, who married Alice, daughter of Hum- phry Kervile of IVigenhall St. Marie's, who outlived him, and after married Sir John Suli/ard, Knt. who was lord here in 1550, her first husband dying ^«h. 1, 1545;' at her death Humphry Bcdingfield, ' Walter atte Brygge had Tlioiiias, who liad Richard, Bartliolomevv, and Amy widow of Williajn Humfrys of (Quidenham, anno 1323. ' At his death, the Inquisition says, he held Qnidenhani manor and advow- son of the Uiike of Norfolk, as of Ken- ninghall manor, by fealty, and 34$. \d. rent, ilb. of pepper, it containing 300 acres of land, 200 of meadow, 100 of heath and furze, and 10/. rent, and also 100 acres of land and pasture in Qui- denhani, called Chamberlain's, held of Tho. Tirrell, Knt. as of Banham, by fealty, and 44s. rent, and also of Ho- chani-Parva manor, &c. QUIDENHAM. 341 Esq. her son, became lord; lie married Margaret, daughter of Ed- ward Cocket oi Amptoii, by ivlioiu lie had Dorul/iy, that died willioul issue, and Frances, bis sole heiress, who married .-Inthoiiy Tzcails of Hardynghnm, whose only daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, married JeJJ'eri/ Cobb o( Sandriiig/iam, whose son, Jl ill. Cobb oi' Suiidriiigliam, was living in KiG-i. This Ilumpluij, iu 1572, sold it to John Holland, Gent, and liis heirs. HoLAND, or Hoilland: this honourable family flourished in the time of the Confessor, and took their name eitlier from Hulaiid in JVest Derbi/ hundred, in llie county of Lancaster, or from llolaml in Lincolnshire, botii which were the ancient possessions of this house. Sir Ollio de Holland, lived before the Conquest,^ and left Sir Stephen his son, whose grandson, Sir Ralph, son of Sir Ralph, lived at the Conquest, and held divers lands of the Conqueror's gift; he married Sibill, daughter to IVilUani de IVell, and left issue. Sir John, father of Sir John, and grandfather of Sir Robert de Holland, Knt.' who wiis summoned a baron of parliament, ./«/y C9, the 8th of Edzcard II. (A^ 1314,) he founded the priory of black monks at lloland in Lan- cashire ,• by his wife Maud, daughter and coheir to Alan Lord Zouch of Jsliby, he had a numerous issue; his eldest son, Robert, was a baron in parliament iu the tiuie of Edward 111. and dyin" without issue male, left only Maud, married to John Lovell of lichmarsh, afterward Lord Lovell. Sir Utlio, Otes, or Eton Holland, Knight of the Garter, was at the siege of Calais, attended with three esquires, where he was taken prisoner;* he bore a cross patee g«/. upon the shoulder of his lion, for his gentilitial distinction; Sir Tho. Holland also was at that siege, attended by four esquires, and four archers on horseback ; he was summoned as a baron in parliament the 27th of Edieard IIL and was Earl of Kent, and Baron Wake of Lydell, in xight oi Joan his wife, sister and heir to John Plantaginet Earl of Jient, and of his wife Margaret, sister and heir to Thomai Lord IVake, which lady afterwards married the Blaek Prince. From this Thomas proceeded the Hollands Earls of Kent, one of which was advanced to the dignity of Duke of Surrei/ ; and by a younger son, the Dukes of Exeter, and Earls of Huntingdon, some time enjoying the title of Earl of Jvori/ in 'Sormandi/, and Edrc. Holland Earl of Montaigne. The line of Kent expired in the 9th of Edzcard IV. for want of male issue, as did also, about that time, the lines of Exeter and Huntingdon; their lives are written at large in Mr. Dugdale's Baronage, Irom fol. 7.3 to fol. 83 of the second volume, for which reason Ihave no occasion to repeat it here. The fourth son of Sir Robert de Holland first mentioned was JoA«, who by the daughter and heir of Sir Jndiew de Medestede, was pro- genitor to the Hollands of iVeare in Devonshire; his fifth son was Villiam, of Denton in Lancashire, and from him branched the Hol- lands of Clifton, and from them, by a second son, the Hollands of f, * From the pedigree. were witli the noble and victorious ^ Dug. Bar. vol. ii. makes this Ro- Prince, King Edward III. in his wars bert son of John, and father o. Ingelram in France and Normandy, and at his de Holland ; but I rather choose to tol- winning of Caen and Calais. In the low the pedigree. hands of Mr. Gooch Waites of Lyn. ♦ From the Roll of the Knights that VOL. I. X .X 342 QUI DEN HAM. Sutton ; his eUest son was also named WUUam, who had issue, Richard Holland of Denton, who, by a daughter of Harington of Hornbtf castle in Lancashire, had a son named Thurstan, and by Amery, his second wife, daughter and heir of Adam Kenyan,^ had another son named Richard. Thuhstan Holland of Denton, Esq. his eldest son, married Jane, daughter of John Ardcrne of lloKardinc, in the county of CV/fs^cr, Esq. and had issue five sons; Robert, vi)^o married E/iza- leth, daughter of Richard Ashton of Middlelon, Esq. ; the second was Sir Richard Hot/and, Kiit who married twice, and left issue by both wives; third Jy//«,- (ourlh Ralph ; Mlh TertJice . John, the third son, had issue, Brian Holland, Esq. of Denton Hall, with whom I shall begin the pedigree, his third son, John, being the first of the family that settled in Norfolk. Among the evidences of the Hollands there is a very large genea- logical table of the family of the Hollands in Lincolnshire, from which house all the families of this name are descended. It was col- lected by Geo. Holland, one of the family', in 1563, and continued since to I6OI ; it begins thus : " Estovinghall, Here ensueth the pedi- " gree of the Hollandes of the house oH Estovenhall, in the partes " of Holland, in the countie of Lincolne, and do dwell there, with- " out alteration or change, eyther of house or name, by xiij""* " descent before the Conquest," &c. Before which time they all bore, parly per pale indented, of si.v, or and gul. which the house of Esloven always continued, and since the Conquest their descendants bore the present arms, with their proper differences. Sir Ralph Holland, who descended in a direct line from that Sir Ralph that lived in the Conqueror's time, was entombed in Swincshed abbey, anno 126'2; Sir John Holland, his great grandson, was buried in the parish church of .S'tt'/«es/(ff/. In 1340, his great- grandson's grandson was Sir Thomas Holland, who married the Devilish Dame, called Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Piers Tempest, Knt.; he spent his life in the Holy-Land, and came home but every seventh year ; his son. Sir Thomas, lived about 1457, and dwelt two years at Crordand, then at Boston, Easton, and at Li/iin, where he is buried, in St. Nicholas's church. His son, Thomas Holland, was buried at Bnri/ abbey; Tho Ho/land, his son, was first Comptroller of tlie Household, and after Treasurer to the Dukeof J?/t7(/«o«(^'s good grace; and Hamnnd Holland, his brother, was first apprentice in London, and after, by great conjectures, was thought to be of great authority under the Grand Turk ; this Thomas had three wives; by .7cf«e, his first wife, he had George, Secretary to Thomas Duke of Norfolk, who died without issue ; by his second wife he had Tho Holland, Esq. ; and by Jane, his third wife, d.iughter of Henry Smith of Norfolk, he had Hen. Holland, who, in midsummer, 15fi3, proceeded master of arts in Gonvile Hidl in Cambridge, and Christ. Holland, then stu- dent in Ptmbrook Hall, whose son, Edw. Holland, in iGOl, was student also in Cambridge. Note, " At the dissolucion of the abbaye of Swineshead, I my " self'e, [sc. George Holland,'] with my elder brother, and divers other " gentlemen being there, sawe the body of Sit Ralf Holland our 5 Ex Indcntura 33 Ed, 3. QUI DEN HAM. 343 •' Ancestor, entombed there in the right-hand of the Quyre, by the " Hi^h Altar, as the chief founder of the house, who was there " buned A' 1262, lye as wholy to tlic sight of the eyes, asmiglitbe, " 'till being touched with a little slone falling from the brinckc of " the tombe, that wholly dissolved to duste; Cuthberl Tunstall, " late Bishop of Durham in his youthc, near ij Yeres, was brought " up in my great grand father -Sir Tliomas llollandes kilchin un- " knowne, 'till being knowne, he was sent home to Sir Richard " Tumtall liis father, and so kept at schoole, as he himself declared " in manner the same unto me. " Note, Sir Robert Holland was had in great favour and repu- " tation with Thomas Earl of Lancaster, in 1^21, as my poore father " was the like with the mighty Prince Henri/ Duke of Richmond, in " the time of his father^ King Henri/ the Eight." (This Duke married a daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk,'' by whose means this George Holland became thai Duke's Secretary, and dying without issue, lei't much to John Holland, Gent, of IVortxcell, his suc- cessour to his place in that family, by which means the pedigree came into this family.) " My grandfather lieth burj'ed ni Burne " abbey, he had among other children, 7 sonnes, and made them " all religious, viz. Dav^ and Laurence to Ramsey; Daniel and " George to Croxcland, where I dwell next house to the late abbey; " Richard to Wulsyngham ; John to Barl;y)ig, after that to Netc- " bone; Nicholas parson ot'Thurlebi/, a bachelor of divinitye; and " Sir Antony of Tuynne; and this John, channon of Larkyng, " t Wynne brotiier to Sir Antony, was the first that ever King Henry " the VTIl"" by his supremacie dispensed with, and so was secular " prieste, and after that, parson ot I'clticelle in Norfolk. Doctor " MakeryU, Abbot of Barki/ngc, who in the commotion, was called " Captaine Cohlerne, killed him in person. " Henryc Holland was bachelor of divinitye in Cambridge, and " after vicar of Bo5fo;/, and so died. " Note,T\rd* the cuntry of ifoZ/awrf being at the Conquest very " strong, by abundance of waters, the Hollands, the Welles, and the " Lords of Kyme, being confederate together (as by old men, from " man to man I have heard credibly reported) kept out the Con- " queror by force, 'till at length he had it by composition and agree-. " ment, that they should keep their lands still, and so the grant to " the Hollandes at that tyme from the Conqueror, passed in this " sorte. " Notescat omnibus Anglis Francis et Alienigenis nos VVillum : " Regem, redidisse Kadulpho JSIiliti de Holand totum do- " minium suum de Esteveninge, tam libere honorifice, quiete " et in pace sicut aliqui alij de Baronibus nostris de nobis " tenent. Teste, 6ic. " This manor or lordship of Estevening continues his name and " place, and never went from the Hollands since, and now Thomas " Holland my brother is lieire, and enjoyeth it ; the same lordship " hath by special charter very great privileges and liberties, viz, « In the tyme of tlie olde most wor- most honorably delivered him out of his thy Duke of Norfolk, my most singular long undeserved yraprisonment in the good lord and master, who departed Towrc. thys lyfe in the tyme of Q^Mary, who 344 Q U I D E N H A M. " free-cbace and free-wan-en, wyefle, stray, fellons goods, and " onght to pay no manner of towle, nor pays no rent, but 5s. to " castle-warde, and a marke for his liberties, whereby he may keep " sessions within the lordship, as Sir r^omos T/o/ZoHtf my grandifather " did, who executed two fellons at Drayton, within the lordshipp, "■ arraingned and condemned at the said sessions. " Edniund Holland, Earl of Kent, who was killed beyond sea, was " Ibrought home and buried at Burne abbey, about 10 miles from " Estorenhigeliall, where I see him lye entombed in the midst of the " quire, with 5 or of my ancestors, entombed round about him, and " there did my grandfather in his latter days keep house, and lies " buried hard by ; the said Earl also, part of his tyme, kept house " there, and was either founder, or a great benefactor to the priory " of St. James at Deeping : none of the Hollands are buryed at " Sayneshed church, but only Sir John, who hes flat with the Hol- " lands quire there, the scripture of his burial being in French, the " date worn out, he married Margaret, but further appears not, " most of the Hollands were buried in abbeys, and friers houses; i *' have seen them lye in great number at Bourne, Swyneshed, Bar- *' ki/ng, Bardeney, Sempring, Gri/sled, Strikswold, Spalding, Crow- " land; and the friers at Boston and Stamford, now being the " Dukes of Suffolk, and my father lies in Spaldi/nge chxnch, to which " houses of religion, my said ancestors to my knowledge, have been " too great benefactors, my mother lies buried in the HollamTs quere " at Srsineshead, and my uncle Blase at Boston. Geo. Holland was " Secretary to the most worthy and mighty prince, Thomas Duke of " Norfolk, grandfather to the present Duke, and served him in that " calling, and Clerk of the Counsail in the warrs both in France, " England, and Scotland, and when he was committed to the Tower, " and his son of Su/vey beheaded in the last year of King Henry the " VlII"", and being most worthily delivered thence by Q. Mary, I " served him in that callinge till his death, and was with him against " Sir Tho. Wiatt his godson, where he was most slenderly appoynted " by his own men & capt: trayterously." [To/ace page z^^. Brian Holland of Denton House in Lancashire, Esq. lived in the time of King Henry the Seventh. 4. £dw. Holland of 1. Guy 2. Oliver Glasthorp in Derby- Holland. Holland, shire. ■?. lohn Holland, Gent, of Wortwell Hall in Rcdcnhall Anne, daughter of Rob. Warner in Norfolk, servant and trustee to the Duke of Norfolk, died Febr. 10, 1542. of WingSeld, Suffolk. Elizabeth and others. John Holland, a divine, exiled by Q. Mary for his religion. Sir Thomas Holland Anne. | John Godfrey of Kenninghal!, Knt. of Harleston. Brian Holland of Wortwell,_ Esq.' Escheator of Norfolk, anno 1549- Philemon Holland, D. D. the great translater, was born about 1551. Katherine, daughter and heir of Peter Payne of Rowidham in Norfolk, who died in 1583, and left Rowdham, Newhall, and Trusbutt's manors to her. Elizabeth.J_Jeff. Miles of Stoke- Neyland, Suffolk. lohn Holland of Wortwell, Esq. anno 1586, commended Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Holland, author of the Heroologia Anglica, born about 1582, alive in 1640. A younger brother, author of Hollandi Posthuma. as an ingenious painter, in a book called the Excellent Art of Painting, p. 20. He purchased Quidenham, and Bo- kenham park. Edmund Windham of Felbrigge in Norfolk. Sir Martin Stutevile of Dalham. — Mary 1. Mary, daughter of Sir Tho. Holland of Quidenham, Knt. and of 2. Mary, daughter and sole Mr. Edward Barker, Sir Tho. Knevet, of AshwelUThorp,Knt. died in childbed with Edmund her son. / . Katherine, 'Wortwell Hall, died Feb. 25, 1629, aged 48 years; he was buried here, and died seized of Sexton's manor in Icklingham, with the ad- vowson of St. James's church there. He was knighted by King James at Greenwich, May 24, 1628. 'heiress of Sir Edw. Wig- more, of Twickenham in Middlesex, Knt. she was buried by him. ~hcr 2d husband. John Holland was born at Ashwell-Thorp, A" 1603, was Alathea, daughter and coheir of born i6i6. receiver, chief steward, and keeper of the Earl of Arun- dell's park at Kcnninghall in 1626, created baronet June 15, A° 5 Car. I. 1629, being the 288th baronet by creation ; died here 1700. Pauton of Brinsap, in Denbigh- shire, widow of William Lord Sandvs of the Vyne in Hamp- shire ; died May 22, 1679. Sir Robert Clench of" Suffolk. -Elizabeth. Sir Robert_ Crompton, of "Yorksh. Catherine, who was buried here. 2. John. 3. William. Katherine died Peregrine, dr.- 1. Tho. Holland, Esq. Elizabeth, dr. Brian died unmarried a professed nun of Sir Henry died before his father, "Tof Tho. Mead, 1732, all without is- at Bruges, NorthofMil- A° 1698. Sue. about 1715. denhall, Suf- folk. of Lofts in Es- sex, Esq. Abigail, born at Utrecht, Jacob Garard, son of Ulster, town- Mr. Wright, between 1646 and 1660, Sir Tho. Garard of clerkofBury. attornev at and had three husbands.* Langford, Norfolk, and Green street, Essex. attorney at law in Bury. I. Tho. Holland, 3. William 2. Sir John Lady Rebecca, youngest who died unmar- Holland. Holland ofTdaughter of Wm. Paslon ried in the West- Quiden- of Oxnead, Earl of Yar- Indics. ham, Bart, mouth. 4. Jarvis, Alathea, &c. Tho. Dummer, Isabella. Brian, died infants. Esq. hath male Dorothea s, p. issue. Holland. Charles and Sir William Holland The present Lady Holland, Elizabeth of Quidenham, Bart. dr. of Mr. Upton, a Spanish died young. * merchant. Isabella-Diana- Holland. Sole heiresses of Sir William Holland. -Charlotte Holland. » Thuanus, in his History, vol. ii. p. 520, says, that one Brian Holland was exc- said county, and at divers other times and places in the county, with arms offensive cutcd in 1569, by Catlyn the Chief Justice, for the conspiracy in which the Duke of and defensive, as hand-gonnes, daggers, pistolets, privie coats, antl coats of °f'f'J^=: CUICQ III 1 <^DU, Uy Vjdliyil Lilt v^iiii.. jnotiv.-, 1.-.. ...^ ..w.uj-..--^ ... .- .-- Norfolk was principal; (whose family the Hollands served faithfully, being their trustees and chief managers of their estate in this county;) whether he means this Brian, I cannot posiiively say, but imagine he does, and if so, his being executed is a mistake ; for 1 find a pardon passed the seal, March 8, 1573, by which the Queen out of her abundant grace, at the humble request of John Holland, Esq. pardoned Brian Holland, late of Rednall, Gent, his father, and Edward Fisher, late of Cringleford, Yeoman, who were indicted for being in a conspiracy with John Applcyard of Nor- wich, Esq. John Throgmcrton of the same, Gent, George Redman, late of Cringle- ford, Gent, and Tho. Brook, late of Rollrsby, Gent, with abundance more, unlaw- fully assembled at Cringlcfoid on the 24th of June, in the 12th year of her reign, (which was 1569, ihc same year that Brian is said to have suffered,) designing treason- ably ro compass the Queen's death, and to make open war against her in her realm; \ (which was 1569, ihc same year that Brian is said to have sunercd,J designing treason- neo, ana two aaugnters, rtiamea, ine ciut ably ro compass the Queen's death, and to make open war against her in her realm ; burgh, and Sarah, the youngest, to Sir Cha and that they put such conspiracy in effect on the 25th day of June, at Trowse in the ther to Sir George Downing of Bedfordsh aim ucieiisive, d> iirtiiu-^wiiuta, uo^^i.i.3, ^isi.\ji^i.ay ^...i.... .,v..«..^, - — ■ and that at Trowse, op the said day, and at other times and places, they openly declared these words: "We will procure the Commons to rise, and expulse the " Strangers out of the City of Norwiche, and other Places in England, and when we " have levied a Powrc, wc will loke about us, and so many as will not take our Partes, " we will hange them up." And the said Brian, and Edward Fisher, with Christo- •pher Platers of Norwich, Gent. Clement Harwarde of the same, Gent. Anthony Nolloth of Yarmouth, Gent, and John Rochester of Norwich, Yeoman, well knowing the traitorous designs of Appleyard and his rebels, and their intentions, yet went to Cringleford on the 24th of June, to be aiding and abetting to their treasonable designs. * She had issue by Garrard, Thomas baptized 1675, John 1681, both died unmar- ried, and two daughters, Alathea, the eldest, married Sir Francis Beckley of Attle- burgh, and Sarah, the youngest, to Sir Charles Downing of Bury St. Edmund's, bro- [345 ] B A N H A M. There were three manors in this town, all which are now united, though each retains its. name in the style of the court, wliich is Ban- ham, Marshall's, Beckhall, and Grey's. The Customs of which are, that the lands descend to the eldest son ; the fines are at the lord's will ; it gives a third dower ; and the tenants cannot fell timber on the copyhold without the lord's license, unless to repair their copyhold premises. MARSHALL'S Was the head manor, part of which was owned by the Abbot oiEly, at the Confessor's survey, of whom it was held in the Conqueror's time by William De'Schoies, L'Escois, or the Scot,^ who in his own risht then held another part and the advowson. At this time the cluirch had 30 acres of land belonging to it ; part of this manor 0/f/ar then held of the said William, at one carucate, which, with the advowson, was afterwards given to York abbey; and in the Confes- sor's time was held (together with the manor and advowson oiWylby) hy Fader, L'Escois s predecessor. The whole town of Banham was 3 miles long, and 2 miles broad, and paid \4d. ob. geld or tax, out of every 204". that was laid on the hundred.' In the time of William Riifiis, William de Eschois, for the health of the soul of that King, his lord, gave to the monks of St. Mary's abbey by York walls, the advowson of this church, with a carucate of land here; together with the advowson of /r/%, and two parts of the tithes of his demeans, which were after valued at 8 marks per » Terre Sancte Adelrede, Gildecross H. (Domes, fol. 187,) in Benham i. soc. ii. car. terre tenuit Sancta Adclreda, T.R.E. tunc et post x. villani. m° iiii. semp. vi. bord. tunc. iiii. serv. xxiiii. acr. prati, silva c. pore, tunc ii. car. in dominio post, dim, m° i. et i. car. potest restau.ari tunc et post. i. car. homi- nuni m° 1. et alia potest restaurari, tunc iiii. anim. m° ii tunc. xvi. pore, modo ii. Hoc maTieriumtenetWill.de Schoies, de vbbatia, et iiii. soc. xx. acr. terre. semp. dim. car. ii. acr. prati. tunc vaLiit Ix. sol. m° xl In eade'.i iii. liberi homines, dim. c.ir. terre. et v. acr. de quibus non liabuit nisi cmn- menddt. soca in KemncliaU Reps vi. acr. prati. tunc. i. car. ei Jim. mi. val. x.s Hos liberos homines lenuit Rafridus, post Will de Schoies, ct Abbas saisivit eos propter commendationem suam. (Fol. 99.) Totum (sc. Benliam) habet i. leuget. dim. in. longo, et i. leug in lato, et x'nW.d. et i. obolum de Gelto, quicunque ibi teneat. » Terra Willi de Schoies, (fol. 205.) Hund. Gillecross. In Benham ii. car. terre pro manerio, tenuit Fader liber homo, T.R.E. semper v. villi, et vi. bord. et i. serv. et xx. acr. prati. Silva c. pore. semp. i. car. in dominio et i. car. horn, et i. rune, et ii. anim. tunc viii. pore, tunc xxx. ov. et xvi. soc. xxiiii. acr. terre, tunc et post, ii. car. modo i. car. et dim. et i. car. posset re- staurari. i. ecclia. xxx acr. etval. xxii. sol tune et post val. xl. modo 1. de hoc manerio tenet Odarus i. car. terre, etii. bor. et i. car. semp. val. xx. sol. 346 BAN HAM. annum, and tor that sum let to tlie rector and his succcssours. This pension was after granted by that abbey to tlieir priory or cell at Ji limb High in Sulfo/I:, in which it continued till it was dissolved by Cardinal IVohey, who procured bulls to dissolve this and some other small monasteries, in oidcr to erect two colleges, one at Oxford, and the other at Ifswic/t ; and besides those bulls and letters patent that he had obtained of the King, he procured releases of them from the patrons, for the Abbot of St. ]\!uri/ at Y^ork released to Tho. Capon, Dean of the Cardinal's college at Ip'izcic/i, all his right in the priory o{Ritmbnrgli, and ail its possessions, lying in Banham, l\'ilb>j, Cossei/, Bazi'burgli, und-Suaff'/iam in Noifolk, and in other places in other counties. This portion was issuing out of his demean lands in Baii- Jiam and JVilbi/ jointly, but yet tlie whole was paid out oi Banham, that rectory being by far the best ; the donation was confirmed by lieiiry I. and by Eierard Bishop oi' Norwich, and Theobald Arch- bishop ot'Caiilerburi/ ; after this the said IViUiam sold the manors to Walter Giffahd, who gave the advowsons to (he abbey of Nutlet/, which he had founded in his park at Crcndon, near Tamt in Buckinghamshire;' but it appearing that William de Escois had given them to York abbey before the sale, Giffard's grant had no force. Waltek Giffard, son and heir of the aforesaid Walter, sold it to John le Maresiiall, whose son, John Le Mareschall, was lord in 1276, in which year he brought an action against the Abbot of Yo)k, in order to recover the advowson, but without success. In 1285, Havise, widow of John le Mareschall, was lady, and had free- warren, view of frankpledge, assize of bread and 6cpr, allowed her to this manor, which w-as then valued at 40/. a year; she held it in dower of the inheritance of John le Marshall, a minor, then the King's ward. It seems Johii died under age; for in 1314 she held it in dower of the inheritance of William le Marshall. In 1332, Sir Jnselm Marshall, Knt. was lord, who, in 1345, held it at the third part of a fee of the Earl of Gloucester, and paid 13s. 4d. rehcf. This Sir Anselm united the manors, for he held the manor which John le Greij and his tenants formerly held, at one fee, of the Earl-iVIarslial, he of the Earl Warren, and he of the King, and paid 40s. relief; and the said Sir ^«se//«, jointly with If illiam de Banham and his tenants, held half a fee of John de Beck, who held it of Hugh le Fere, he of the Earl-Marshal, and he of the King, which manor Havise le Marshall and Hill, de Banham lately held, and for this he paid 20s. relief: after Sir Anselm's death,^ William de Morley, Marshal of Ireland, was lord, who, in 1361, granted to Sir John de Holing and his heirs free commonage in Banham, for all maimer of beasts. It was after in Havise le MARsnALL, wife of Robert de Morley. In 1380, Thomas de Fellon, Knt. and Joan his wife, had these and Wi/lby manor; Joan held them to her death, which was long after her hus- band's; they left two daughters their heiresses, Mauv, the eldest, married to Sir Edmund Hengrare, Knt.; and Isabell, or SiBiLL, to Sn- Thomas de Morley. In 1401, the said Joan settled them after her death, on her two ' Mon. Aug. torn. i. 155. * See Dug. vol. i. fol. 600, for this family. BANHAM. 347 daughters and their husbands, and their heirs, Robert Braiubrook Bishop of London, Sir T/iu. de Erpingham, Knt. Sir Wil/. llj/killf Knt. and others being trustees. In 14 Ij, (hey were settled by John Spencer, and others, on Sir Simon Felbrigg, John llubard, and others, in trust for Sibill de Feltou Abbess of lierkj/ng. In 1420, tliey were conveyed to Sir Lewis Robesart, Knt. who settlt^d them on Catherine, v/klow oi'Jo/in Spencer, for hfe, remainder to hi'm and Ijis heirs. Sir Simon Felbrigge, John llubard, clerk, Robert Ashjield, and other feoffees, reiea'^ing their rights. In 14J0, they were conveyed to John Eusfjictd, and IVi/l. Jbmyk Bisiiop of No/Tcich, S'lv Ra/j Cromwel/, Mu\ other trustees, by Tho. Chtmcer, and John Arundell, Dean of the free college of St. George at Windsor, and others, John Tirrell at that time holding them dur- ing the life of Katerine his wife, who was widow (I suppose) oi' John Spencer. In 1432, Sir Tho. MoRLEY, Knt. and IsABELLhis wife, conveyed them in fee to IVilL Alnztyk Bishop of Norzaich, Sir John Tirrell, Knt. R/i/f Cromwell, Knt. and tiicir heirs; and in the same year, 27io. Greene of IVest-Creeting in Suffolk, cousin and heir of IVilliam, formerly vicar of East-Dearham, released to them all liis right in the manors of Marshall's and Grej/'s, and the moiety of HeckluUl, which formerly were the said Thomas Green's, and extended into Bunhani, IVilbij, Quidenham, Old Bokenham, IVinfarthing, and Tihenham, from which time tliey went with Bokenham castle, till they were sold to Thomas Uuke oi Norfolk, in whose family it still continues, the Duke of Norfolk being now [1736] lord.^ In 15J8, Sk John Tirrel of Gipping granted all iiis rij^ht in the manor, with many lands here, to the Duke, who gave him Cotton and Bacton manors in exchange. GREY'S MANOR, At the first survey, belonged to Lessius a freeman, who had one carucate in demean ; it was IVilliam Earl Warrens, at the Conque- ror's survey, and belonged to his castle at Letees.* It went from Uilliam, the second Earl IVarren,\\ho died in 1135, to Reginald de Warren, a younger son, whose chief scat was at Wir- meguy, or fVrongay, in Norfolk, which he had by inarryina; Alice, daughter and heiress to William de Wirmegay; at his death, liilliani his son succeedid, who died in 1'209, leaving Beatrice his daughter, then widow of Dodo, or Doun Bardolph,h\s heir, by which marriage this manor came to the said Doun, who very soon after parted with it to Hugh Bardolph, his cousin, who was son of llarneline, brother to Will. Bardolph, grandfather to the said Doun. This Hugh was sheriff of Cornzcal anno 1184, one of the King's Lieutenants in ' SceFerbfield, it having passed as that car. in dominio, modo ii. semp. i. car. did, ever since it was in the Norfolk ct dim. hominuni. silva de c. pore, et t'ainlly. val. xl.j. et v. soc. tenet idem de xxxi. ♦Terre Willi, de Warrenna H. de acr. terre et ii. acr. prati. tunc, ct post Gildccros, (fol. 91.) In Bcnham lentiit i. car. et dim. post ct modo i. et valet i. liber liomo Lcssms, I .R.t. i. car. v. sol. Totura est de Castello de La terre, semp. ix. villi, et vi. bord. tunc qucis. i. serv. et xii. acr. prati. tunc et post i. 348 BANHAM. England, when lie was in Normandi/ in 1 186, associate to the Bishop of Durham and Ely, to administer justice in the reahn, during tlie King's absence in the Holy-Land, being in such iiigh esteem with King Richard, that in the third year of his reign, (1 191,) when he was in the Holy-Land, and suspected Lis Chancellor, (to whom he had chiefly committed the charge of governing in his absence,) he wrote his letter to Hugh Bardo7]>fi and others, requiring them, that if the Chancellor did not do as he ought, they should take upon them the rule in all things; from which time lie was one of the King's justices for some years, as also justice itinerant, of whose warlike actions and honours more may be seen in Mr. D>ifolk. 1360, William de Hawe, parson of/?.' 1361, \'^ Aug. JVilliam de Coti/ngham, priest. ISOl, 11 Octob. John CVerraH.r, i)r)est, on Coirituals) desired a discount for York and Runiburgh's por- tions in this town, they being exempt (1 suppose) by the King's or liis prcdc- cesser's grant. ' He was to provide him a living when any fell, wliich was in a monastery's gift. ' From a deed. ^ This John, in 1370, acknowledged the yearly pension of 8 marks, due from the rectory to the Abbot or the priory at Runiburgh. ' In 1746 he had Wilby, and in 1472 was elected master of Rushworth col- lege, and died possessed of them all. BAN HAM. 353 death. In 1534, he was consecrated Bishop of Lj~g> ^^'- And besides these, there were the arms of Morley, Keedeston, Caily, Bavent, iinpaling arg. a cross ingrailed az. Marshal!, impalingTiRRELL. Tirbell single. BASSiNGBOURNEandGAWDY. Clare impahng Plantagjnet. B A N H A M. 357 In the east window a broken efficies of Bardolpli. Tliis chapel brloiiged to the lords ol' the iimiiors, wlio founded a chanlry priest to sing for the dead in it : and in 141(), IVI/t. Morley was ciiaplain ; in l.')!J2, //<■«. C')lrid ; ad in 1474, 'Hid. Selhiiig. 0|)[)osite, in the south isie, wa^ a;iotlier chapel, heretofore beiong- inir to the gilds of the /Yo/y I'riiiili/ and St. Marif in this town, to both which U ill/am (Si/r was a hem factor in 1471). 141(;, litariiKi/il MiiinJ'rci/, chaplain. 1474, John II /.«( . ciiapjain. l47y, Rt^iiui/ti li.iuliiicinic, was chaplain here. 160.3, Jiiliit (i/mtr, chiiplain, to whom linger Midilton, who was then buried in ihis church, gave a legacy, and .Yis. Hd. to rejjair the church. In tile cliancpl, in a norlh window, w-as an effigies in a religious habit, with a broken sckiII from his mouth, on wliicii, Here was a parcel of land given in Iltiin/ the Seventh's time, to find lamps befoie Tiiiiili/ altar, called Liimij-Lond. The ancient names of tiu streets are, Cliercliegate, Ti/cknald, Fres- chena/e, IVcstmur, Ilardwick, and IVestnate. 'ilie crosses were timalmor Cross, IVhite Cross, Atle Borghe, and Jllfortlic Cross. Seynt Maries-Metr, and Bctnham-Gup are often mentioned in evidences. 142y, Ptier Pai/n of Dan/iam gave lo West-Acre prior fis. 8f/.; to the canons there \3s. 4d.; to the bretliren of every house of friars in Norwic/i \.s. to say 100 masses for his soul ; to each house of the friais at T/iclforcl s.s. for 100 masses for his soul; to the prioress of the nuns at Thetford Gs. 8d.; and to the convent (^s. 8rf.; to the chapel of the Blessed V irgin at Thi'tjhrd (is. 8d.; to tlie repairing St. Peter's church 6s. 8d.: he ordered to be buried in Ban/iam church- yard, and gave 40s. to be divickd among th.e poor at his burial ; to every hizar-house at \oraich 3s. 4d.; to the chapel of tiie Blessed Virgin at Bticki/iigham l:]s. -id. to mend llnrdan/k way in Htinham 40s. and 40s. more to set up a cross at the end of it, where the way parts ; Edmund atte Ilef/e, clerk, and others, were executors; the will was proved the same year. In 1437, Jo/in Jioptre of Baiiham gave 12*. to the lamp that burns before the image of tire Virgin Man/ in the church. In 14(i'2, Jelhy Ctiinie was executor to Bartholomew Count, senior, of iianhum, who gave j marks to buy a new vestment to the red rope. Mr Kidman haih two brasses, which came oH" a stone in 'liis church, containing inscriptions of the same purport, one in Latin, the other in English, viz. $)it iatet 3Dna. «r(i?nlictija IPountcnnic, nt'ondniit priori^^ia, i)uiu^ Uoti, pitc obiit n^ Die nUn^fii^' dprilis, Jniio om: .flK£*e<£€ f^n° tuiu.s aic: propicictur JT'cii?. pranc for tlje ^otolc of ©ame iChjabctljc .Jliountcncp, i^omctimt priotcs!*, of t\)\^ place. • I have it as it was traiiicribed before Supplicat liic tiby mas Genetoi x de it was brcken ; but so ignoraiitly, that Stantora Thomas Day. Int. Coll. P. L.N. I can make nothing of it, viz, VOL. 1. Z Z 558 BANK AM. It hath occasioned mncli suiniise how tliis inscription should be trne, when tlieie was never any priory in this place ; but tiie mystery lies in the impropriety of the wording the inscription, for llie words of this place, do not refer to her being prioress, but to herself, she being born here, where her family for n)any generations had a good estate, and afterwards removed to IVilhi/, for she was prioress of the monastery of nuns, of St. George liie jSlartyr at Thetjord, for in the 12th Insiilution Book I read "thus : in 145, tlic King brought an action for this hundred against Robert de Tateshale, to know what right he had in it, who answered that ne lield it jointly with Roger de Montealt, Mar- garet Basset, John Le.Strange, Maudde Erdington, Mabell dc Suthlcy, and Richard Fitz-Alan, a minor, of the in- lientance of Hugh de Albany, who died seized of it; and being called upon in the same manner, in relation to his mar- ket at Attlcburgh, and market, fair, and privileges, in Wilby, and New Boken. ham, he returned the same answer. ' See Bokenhain Castle, or 01d>Bo> kenham. 3 Sec Wilby. ♦ See Hargham. W I L B Y. 361 yearly fee-faim rent. The ancient rent that it paid before the forfei- ture was only half a mark. The Uets of the whole hundred beloiig to it with all superiour liberties, except those of Eccles, Hockliam- Magna, and Old- lioheuham. All the towns are in Rockland deanery, (which is made up of this and Giltcross hundred,) except Thefford, %vhich, though it be in this hundred, I look upon as single, it beiMQ- a deanery of itself belonging to the archdeaconry of ISiorwich, as this doth to the archdeaconry of 'Norfolk. This hundred paid for every tenth 100/. 14s. Ad. out of which the deductions came to 7/. Is, so that the King received clear 93/. 13«. 4rf. Wilby joins to Banham on the north, and had at the Conqueror's survey two manors ; the head nianoi', which hath been since called bj divers names^ according to those of its different owners, and now WILBY HALL MANOR, Belonged to Fader \n the Confessor's time, and to William de Schoies, or Escois, (sc. the Scot, or IVill. of Scotland, as he is sometimes called,) in the Conqueror's; it had a church then, and 10 acres of glebe, the whole town being a mile long, and as much broad, and paid \3d. out of every 20s taxed upon the hundred.' The advowson belonged to this manor, and in the reign of fVilliam RiiJ'iis, Ililliam de Escois, or Scoies, by the name of II illiam de Ilestois,^ gave the ad- vowson of Wilby, along with that of Banham, and a carucate of land there, together with two parts of the tithes of his demeans in both places, to the abbey of St. Mary at York.^ In 1226, Stephen de Ebroic was lord; he is sometimes called -L'iroM, D'Ebrois, Devercs, and D'Evereux, and this year he had grant for a market and fair in Banham ; he was succeeded by William D'Ebrois, his son ; at his death Maud his widow held it in doH-er, and in 10,56, Will IVEveres was lord. Me, and Maudhh mother, sold it to Sir KiciiABD DE BovLUND, and Maud his wife, in 1C7B, who had a charier of free-warren for all his lands here and in Brisinghum.* This ly illiam D'Everes pretended a ri2;ht to the moiety of the ad- vowson, against Simon then Abbot of York, but was cast in the suit, and forced to release all his pretensions. In 1295, Richard de Boy- land and El/en his wife had it, and Joint their son and heir was 24 years old, who, in 1314, settled it on himself and Emme his wife, and their heirs; but notwithstanding this, in 1315 Richard his brother was lord here, who, in 1321, settled it on himself and Jlice his wife, .John Lc-Claver and Adam Le-Long being his trustees. In 1345, Sir John Boyland, Knt. of Boyland Hall in Briaingham, held it at three ' Terre Willi dc Schoies, H. Sere- tunc. xl. oves, m'' Ix. Et luibet dim. pliam. (Domesd. fol. 205.) In Wil- leug. in longo, et dim. in lato, quicunqiie geby ii. car. terre teniiit Fader, T.R.E. ibi tcncat, et xv.d. de gelto, i. ecclesia tunc X. villani post et m° vi. semp. ix. x. acr. et val. iii. sol. bord. iiii. serv. m^i. et xiiii. acr. jirati. * Mon. Ang. torn. i. 387, ibidein, tunc. i. car. et dim. in dominio post ct 390. m' ii. tunc. i. car. el dim. honiiinim, ' See Banham. post et m° i. silva x. por. tunc. i. r. • See Brisingliani, p. 58. modo iiii. semper v, anim. et ix. pore. 30a \V I L B Y. qnarters of a foe, half of John fValei/s, the other half of JoJin lierde- !i(i/, who held it of the heire of Hugh dc Bokenhdm, tliey of the Earl of Aruudill, ami he i)f the King, all which Maud de Boifland afore- said latclv held, «nd paid 30s. relief. This part seems to be the free- man and his scrviecs, which was Roger Bifgod'it at the Conquest, aftenvards the liarl of jlrundeU's, then Ihtgh Bokenham's, lord of fVest-llerUtig,^ after that the Berdtwells, by whom it was sold to the Boi/laiids. in 13(i3, SirTiio. de Felton, Knt. had it settled on him, by Sir Jf'il/. [iitraldesthorp, Knt. and Eleanor his wife, it being conveyed to him during the life of Eleanor ; great part of this manor was sold by Sir John de lini/laiid, for it had now only two messuages, 108 acres of land, 6 of meadow, and \Gs. rent. In 137'i. Sir Tho. Felton, Knight of the Gaiter, was lord, by whom it was settled, as Rihurgh was, of which he was lord.' In 1380, Sir 1 no. de Felton, Knt. and Joan his wife, held it; Man/, his eldest daughter, was then married to Sir Edmund Hengrave, Knt. and Sihilla de Morlai was his second daughter.' 138(), Nicholas Colerell, ( haplain, released all his right in it to Joan, widow of Sir Tho. de Felton, who, in 1388, settled it on herself fur life, after on Robert Bishop of London, and other trustees. In 1-114, John, son of Sir John Ciirson, Knt. released all his right in the manor, late the Lady Felton's, to John Clifton, Tho. Lophain, and other feoffees, together with lugaldesthorp, Belugh, and Dersing- hani manors in Norfolk, and Barrow in Sujfolk. In 1470, Sir John Cuhson of Bechhalle in Belagh, Knt. gave this manor to TVio/rtMs, his son and heir, reserving ses'eral annuities;^ he was lord of Ingaldesthorp, &c. and died this year. In 151 1, it appears by the will oi' Thomas Curson, Esq. son and heir of Sir John, that he gave JVilbi/ and Darsingham manors to John his son, it being then lield of the Earl of Jrundell, as of Castle-Acre manor. In 1546, .lohn Curson, Esq. died seized, and JVilliam was his son and heir, who had now livery of this, Ingaldesthorp, Darsingham, Bt/ntre, Inckhall in Belagh, Harple, and many other manors. In IjGj, William Curson, Esq. and Thomasine his wife, sold the manor to Sir Tho. Love/I, Knt. and his heirs. ^ In 1570, it was in Tho. Lovell, Esq. it being then called Wilby Hall, otherwise Cursoiis; in this family it continued till l0"27, and then Charles Lovell of llerling, Esq. sold it to Edw Alio IloBARr of />rtHg/f(/, Esq. in trust : it had then a fold- course, but no rents. In 1631, Kduard iiohart sold to Charles Lovell of Hockering, Escj. and Edward Barken/ of the same, Gent, the ma- nors of llilhif, whicli late belonged to Sir Tho. Lovell, Knt. deceased, father of the said Charles, Sir Francis Lovell, Knt. deceased, and IVtUiam Lovell, Esq. brothers of the said Charles, and Peter Pretiman, Gent, ihey being conveyed to the said Edward, to the use of Sir Thomas and the rest. ' See Wcst-Herling. « S« Riburgh. ' See Baiiham Marshals. ^ Sec Beiagli, in Kinest'ord hundred. ^ It had then 40s. a year quitrent, free-warren, a fold-course for looo shcej', and it extended into Wilby, Old- Boktnham, Banhani, Quidenham, Ec- cles, Harphani, Bestborp, Attleburgh, 'iind KcninglMll, W I L B Y. 36'3 In 1565, CiiABLF.s LovEi.L of Etist-I furling, Esq. sold it to Robert Wilton oi WilOy, Esq. and his heirs, and so it became joined to BECKHALL MANOR, Which was owned by Ailid* in the Confessor's lime, and by Ralf Bainard in the Conqueror's, midcr whom it was held by Solidaritts, and had a carucate of land in demean, which sliews that it was an exact half of the town, the other manor being of the same extent and value. 5 In 1 104, Jii'j^a iWtnurd (his witlow 1 suppose) had it; and in 1106, Je(J'ri/ Hainuid, her son and hcir,vvho was a great benefactor to St. M(iri/'.s abbey at York; he was succeeded by IVi/l. Baiiiard, wlio taking part wiih FJias Earl of Main, Fhillip dc Bruose, ll'illiam Millet, and other conspirators, against King Henry I. lost his barony, the chief seal of which was called liainard's eastie, situate below St. P«h/'s, near the 'Ihnmes: upon this forfeiture it was given by the King to Robert, a younger son to Richard Fitz-Gi/bcrt, progenitor to the ancient liarls of Clare, i\i this Robert was to the noble I'amily of the Fitz-Walters,^ ot whom it was always held oi Bainard castle at half a fee; Fulk Bai/nard held it oi Robert Fitz-JValtcr ; and in 1228, Robert dc Cokejield held it of JV alter Fitz-Robert, as did Richard dc Cokefend, his son, whose son and heir, John, was a minor in the wardship of Simo/i de Kokcfend in 124!). About 1272, Robert de Beckham. 6rst had that half fee, which was formerly Robert Cockjield's, and another (pKuter of a fee joined to it, held of the Lady Mand de Boy/and, from whose manor he had purchased it. In 1313, he held the "half fee of Fulk Baimrd, he oi' Robert Fitz- JValter, and he of the King ; and in 1386, it was held of Walter Fitz- JValter, Knt. and I'hiltipit his wife, as of their manor of Hemeiihale. In 1345, the iS'uininu I illarum reckons Joh)i de Brandon, and John de Hereford, as lords here, but it was only on accounlof their manors of Ilargham, &-c. extending hither. In 1360, and 1399, I'eteu de Bekhall had it, and held the quar- ter of a fee of the Lady Felt on. In 142HN Guky, Esq. John Crofts of IVesl-Slozc, Esq. Edm. Bacon oi' Troston, Esq. and John Brampton, Gent, liis tiuslees; and so all the parts were joined again by Green's pur- chase. In loGl, Tho. Green of JVi/bi/, Gent, son oi John Green, died; he married Cecilia, daughter of Tlio. Gvyboti of Lyi), and Roue his uife, leaving his manor of Btckhall, in If i/hi/, Ilargham, Eccles, liaiifiam, Bokeiiliaiii, Crostuick, and Rustoii, to Francis, his son and heir, then three years old ; it then contained 12 messuages, 220 acres of land, 220 acres of pasture, 4a-. Bd. rent, 8cc. all which were held of C/iristop/ier Hei/don, Knt. in right of Temperance, his wife, relict of Tho. Grej/e, as of his manor of Buinard's Hall ia Bunrcell; he died seized also of Ilargham, &c. In 1371, Matuew Bacon, Gent, was lord, in right of C^c/Zy his wife, relict of Tho. Green, as guardian to Francis Green, her son, who died without issue in 1580, leaving it divisible amon» his five sisters. Rose, married first to Butterworth, then to Paul Gooch of Hargham. Prvidence, to John Laiince of Halisworth. Thomasine, to Tho. Edgar of Glemham in Su^'olk, The fourth, to John Prettiman, Knt. and The fifth, to JliU. Slohes, Gent, of whom John Wilton of Topcrojl, Gent, bought the several parts, and completed his title in 1622. John \\'h,ton of Topcroft, Gent, purchased the advowson, and joined it to the manor; he left one daughter, Cec/A/, married to Sir John Brtwse ol // enham in Snjj'olk, and Richard H i/ton of Topcroft, Gent, his son and heir, who married jtnne, daughter of Robert Buxton of Channons in Tibenham, Esq. ; he conveyed Beckhall to Robert his son, reserving an annuity of 50/. a year to be paid in his house at Tnnncgale Green in Topcroft, where he had a good estate : lie died in 1(J37 : Robert IVilton of Jl i/bi/, Esq. his son and heir, was born in 1599; he purchased J] ilby Hall manor, and the hundred of Shropham, and by so doing, joined the leet to the manor,' and made the estate complete : lie had three wives ; by Hannah, daughter of John Jay, Gent, he had only one daughter, Hannah, who married to Ro- bert Buxton, Esq. Aug. 24, 1654, by whom he had Robert Buxton, born Jpril 9, 1659, and Elizabeth, born Dec. 16, l66l ; by Susanna, his second wife, youngest d;'Ughler of Sir Anthony Drnry of Bt sthorp, he had issue; and by Bridget, daughter of Sir John Mead, of Lo/'ts in Essex, he had two daughters, and one son only, viz. Nicholas flillon of in/bi/, Eic\. who married a Clinch; he sold the manors, hundred, and advowson, to RalJ Hare of Hargham, Esq. whose de- scendant, /i«g/t Hare, now [l737] a minor, son of Thomas Hare of Hargham, Esq deceased, is lord and patron.' The advowson of the rectory, after the Dissolution, came to the Crown; and, in 1558, was held by Edward Lord North, and John Ifilliams, and their heirs, in free soccage by fealty only, as of East ' Leet (ea, 41. ^d. ' From the Collections of John Hare, Richmond. W I L B Y. 365 Greenwich manor in Kent, and went afterwards as the institutions shew you, till it was sold to John Wilton. In 1504, William Hammond, senior, of Wilhjf, infeoffed a close called 'Nells in Wilby, in Robert WaUen, rector iliere. Will. Moun- tenci/, Gent, and others, to tlie use of the repairs of the church for ever; he had it of Jolm Muiintenei/ of Wifhi/, chaplain, and Robert Hamond, deceased ; it abuts west on the street, and was ffiven in 1480, by Jolm Nell of Wilb^.» In 1637, Richard Wilton of Toperoft in Norfolk, gave a rood of ground, and built an alms-house thereon, over the door of which his arms still remain. The manor of Old Bokenhnm extended hither; in 1366, Iliigli Berntik had a messuage, and 39 acres of land, Sec. and 20s. rent in New liohenham, IVilby, Jtllebiirgli, and FJingliam, held by the twentieth part of a fee, which at his death was to revert to Alice Bernalc, and John, son of Will. Bernak. In 1367, Will. Li: Latimer had lands here, in which he was al- lowed free-warren. Eccles manor e.xtended hither, for in King Henry the Eighth's time, Robert Wi/ngjield held half a fee here of that Kirig, and paid 18r/. to the wardship of Norwich castle, it being part of the Bishop's manor of Eccles, which was part of his barony before the exchange. This rectory is valued thus in the King's Books. I Si/nodals. I None. Taxat. 7 4 ob. 1 10 I 10 marks ; and being sworn of the value of 48/. 14s. 2d. it is discharged both of first fruits and tenths. It hath a good rectory-house, and several acres of glebe; it is in Rockland deanery, and Norfolk archdea- conry.' It paid 3/. 6s. 8d. every tenth, and is now assessed at 4551. to the land-tax. In l603, there were 88 communicants, and now there are about UJO inhabitants [1737.] Here were two gilds kept in the gildhall, one dedicated to All-Saints, the other to St. Peter; to the brethren of each of these gilds. Robert Hammond gave 6s. Sd. and a new bell to the church. William JD'Eschoies, (or Le-Scot,) gave this and Banham advow- sons, and a part of the tithes of his demeans, to St. Mary's abbey near the walls at York, which was confirmed by Everard Bishop of Norwich, and Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury ;* part of this portion of tithes, with that at Banham,^ was settled by the abbey on their cell at Rumburgh in Suffolk, and in 1528, was granted with it to Cardinal Wolsexj, towards building his colleges in Ipswich and Oxford, by patent dated Dec. 30, 20th Henry VllI, s From a deed in the hands of the broke out in the parsonage-yard, occa. Rev. M. Baldwin, rector of Buiiwell. sionedbycarrying a lightea stick through ' Mortuaries are paid in this parish to it, wliich burned down the barn, stable, the rector, according to tlie act. The gate-house, tlie roof and scats of the temporals of Bokenham priory in this church, and chancel, and all the limber, town were taxed at 7s. lod. In 1507, work of the steeple, to 790/. value, the town of Besthorp had lands here, ^ Dug- Mon. vol. i, 404. lying by the Gildltall. In 1633, a fire ' Sec Banham. VOL. J. 3 A S66 WILBY. RECTORS. 1310, 16 kal. y^ug. John Le-Straunge, priest, instituted to Wilby, in the Bishop's palace at Eccles. York Abbot. 13S0, 7 kal. M(ii/, John de JVilltt/, priest. Alan Abbot of Ybr A. Nj'c. de IVilbif, parson of \aketoii, was iiis executor. 1362, John de Ilemc/ing, rector. (From a deed.) Sir Raff'de Clifton; he resigned in 1370, 12 March, to Hubert de Twiwell, sub-deacon, in exchange for Dighton rectory. York diocese. 1404, 1 1 Mai/, John Ilaxckeswell, shaveling. 1424, 13 Sept. Mich. IVolmcr, on Hazckesweirs resignation. 142(5, 3 'iug- Tho. Corki/, priest, IVolmer being deprived. 1452,21 Oct. Rich. Hoicson, on Corkbi/'s death. 1460, Robert Marchall, chaplain, on Howson's resignation. 14OO, 14 March, George Marchal, chaplain, on Robert's resig- nation. 14(i3, 24 Oct. Tho. Stanton, by lapse ; John Basham, chaplain, farmed it of liim at 13 marks a year, and serving the cure, and three gowns a year, fitting the said Thomas's degree. 1470,30 May, Henry Cossa, or Cosset/, A. M. on Statiton's death. Thomas Abbot of York. He had Banharn, and was master of Riish- aorth college. 1483, Richard Grey, on Cossey's death. 1502, 6 Oct. Robert JValden, on Grey's resignation. All these rectors were presented by the Abbots. • 1530, 11 June, Miles Spencer, doctor of laws, on IVnlden's death. WiL. Cleyuon, doctor of laws, by grant from the Abbot. He w;is after archdeacon of Sudbury, rector of Ilevenirigham and Redenhall in Noifolk, vicar of Sohani in Cambridgeshire, dean of Chappel- I'ield college, principal official, and vicar-general.* loS'lyQl March, S'n John Mi/gate; the Abbot. Hewasthelast prior of Bukenham.^ 1540, 7 Jan. Guy Ke/saij, chaplain. John Folbury, &C. by grant of the turn from the late abbot. 1553, 16 May, Kelsny resigned, Tho. Peyrson, priest, succeeded. King Edward VI. 1555, 16 Sept. George Vicars, on Peyrson's resignation. Leonard Palmer, Gent. IJtiS, 8 Sept. Ottinwell IVetwode, priest, on Fiker's death ; lapse; buried at Eccles, where he was rector. 1586, \3 Jpril, Peter Tytley, A.M. Edward Gbigg, notary publick, by grant of the turn. 158G, 6 Oct. Tho. Irland on Tithy's resignation. Peter Gooche of Hargham, by grant of the turn from Ralf Mulley, who had it of the grant of John Chitham, Gent, true patron. 1587, 24 Febr. Tho. B/udde, on Irland's resignation. Tho. GoocH, doctor of physick, by grant of John Chetham, Gent, true patron. He had Hargham. * Antiq. Capellae, &c. published with 5 See Kenninghall, p. 913. Browne's posthumous work. Lend. 1712, p. 51. WILD Y. 367 1587, iG Juhi, John Haljield, on Bludd'a rc-signalion. James WnicHT, Gent, bv grant of Ju/tu C/iel/iam, gent, senior, true patron. 1G27, 10 Sept. 'Robert lioot/ie, A.M. on lltttjicld's death. John Baiiley of Old Bokcnham, yeoman, true patron, (of whom the IViltons purchased it.) 1()44, .hdin Stiikeli/, on Boot/ic's deatli. lt)J7, Richard Unddelow, rector. 1()7!), 4 March,. lonalhan .Vor/o/J, A.M. Nicholas W^ilton, Esq. Hi8(i, ly -iiig. Tho. liaron, on burton's deatli. Ditto, l68G, 11 March, John Last, A.M. on Baron's death. Nicholas Wilton. IaisI was also curate of O/d-Bokenharn. l7'20,Q.(i Oct. Nicholas Neech, on Last's death. Anne Hare, widow ; he held it with Shropluim, and resigned it for Snitterton, and The l{ev. Mr. John Hare, LL.B. the present [1737] rector succeeded ; who was presented by Thomas Hare of llargham, Esq. liis eldest brother. Tiic Church is dedicated to the honour of all the Saints ; tlie chancel and south porch arc tiled ; there is a low square tower, and five bells. On stones in the chancel. Kedington impales Buxton, with two falchio:is for Kedington^s crest. Henry Kedington, Esq. died March 21 Anno Dom: 1713, aged 40 years. Kedington, arg. on a bend sab. sw. falchions in saltire proper, im- pales Buxton. Margaret, Relict of Henry Kedington of Hockham in Norff: Esq; eldest daughter of Robert Bu.xton of Channons-Hall in Tybenham, Esq; died Oct: 21, 1711, aQ;ed 56 Years. Here lyeth the Bodyof that faithful Patriot, and true Lover of his Country, Rob. VVilton ofWylby, in the County of NorfF. Esquire, Son of Richard Wilton ofTopcroft in the same County, Gent, by Anne the Daughter of Robert Bu.\ton of Tybenham, Esq; his first Wife was Hannah, Daughter of Robert Jay, Gent, by whom he had Issue Hannah, living at the time of his Death : His second Wife was Susan, one of the Daughters of Sir An- thony Drury of Besthorp, Knt. by whom he had 3 daughters, Bridgett, Ann, Elizabeth, living at the time of his death: His last NV'ife was Bridgett, one of the Daughters of Sir John Mead, Knt. of Lofts in the County of Essex, by whom he left 2 Daughters, Joanna and Dorothy, and only one so much beloved son Nicholas, he exchanged this Mortal, for an immortal Life, the 19 of Nov, 1657, in tlie 58 Yeare of his Age. Wiltons arms with three escutcheons joined to it, viz. Jai/,gul. on a bend ingrailed sab. three cinquefoils arg. a crescent or for ditference. Druri/. Meade, sab. a chevron or, between three pelicans az. vulning themselves proper, a crescent. 5G8 WILBY. S. M. Dominae Brigitae, Robert! Wilton, Armigeri, conjugis siiavissimae, Joliannis Mede, Equilis auiati FiliK quicquid uspiam Aniorisj Sanctimoniae, Prudenliae, V'eritatis, Honoris, repertum erat, in Terris experta, ncque beata satis, adhuc inde ccfilituin in album adscribi voluit, 15 Cal. Apr. An" Dni. lG52, ^tatis suae 32°. Arms against the north wall are, Wilton impaling Mede, Drtiry, and Jay. Bell impaling Knevett, which was put up for Muriell, widow of Sir Robert Bell of Beaupre-Hall in Norff: Knt. Daughter of Sir Tho. Knyvet the Elder, of Ashwell-Thorp in Norff: Knt. who (they say) was buried here. Per fess embattled, three suns proper, a coat of pretence, girone of eight, on a chief three annulets. Crest, a hawk. Here 13'eth the Body of Elizabeth Peirson, the second wife of Tho. Peirson of Middleton, in the County of Norfolk, Esq; She dyed at this Place the '27th of Oct. 1727. The Few Years She hved in Norfolk, She gained a great Esteem by her good Nature, and Humanity to all People, an Account of her Family, which was very Honourable, as she was descended, from several Bishops, as well as other Clergy of uncommon Credit, is to be seen in the Church of Midleton. The following inscriptions in the church. Hie jacet Corpus Johannis Hatfield, Clerici, qui obijt 8vo die Sept. Anno Domini, 1627. Wilton impales Dnny. D. N. Susannae Robert! Wilton, Armigeri, Conjugissecundje, Anthonij Drury Equitis aurati Fihae, Tranquilli Cmeres, cujus Pars purior. Turbine fatigata terrestri, ad Cceli Quielem advo- lavit, Calendis Augusti, A° Dni. l643. .Stat, suae 34. A broken inscription for Hannah, Daughter of Henry Jay of London, Clothier, Wife of Robert Wilton, who died the 16 of April, 1635, aged 31. Another inscription for Jay himself, who died the last of Jan. 1635. Anne, Sister to John Hatfield, Clerk, died the iQth of Jan. 1648. [ 369] OLD-BUKENHAM IvECEivED its name from the numberof bucks with wliicli tlie woods here formerly abounded, Uuc/ium, Bukham, and Buhenkam, being plainly' the village of bucks, and not of beech trees, as Mr. Camden imaojiiied,' there being none of them in this county, as Sir Jlenri/ Spelinan riglily observes;' and the additional title of Old was after- wards added, to distinguish it from New-Biikenham, which was taken out of it. Ralf Gu-^dek Earl of Norfolk owned the whole town (except the carucute which belonged to JSuri/ abbey) in the Confessor's time, when there were 3 carucales in demean, and woods sufficient to maintain 182 swine, 21 socmen of his own, and 43 that were under the protection of other men, all which the Earl joined to his manor. In the Conqueror's time it was worth Gl. 13s. 4d. and two se.xtaries of hone}' ; and when all was joined, it was risen to 32/. 13s. 4d. and 20s. as a present or gift; it was two miles long and as much broad, and paid \gd, geld or tax out of every 20s. raised on the hundred," This Earl fled the realm, and so forfeited all his estate to the Con- aueror, who owned it at the survey, when it was one of his manors lat he entrusted Earl GoJeric witli the management of. At this time tiiere were only two parishes, liz. All-Saiiits and St. Andrew's, and a castle which stood just by the abbey. The land on which New-Bukenham was after built was that part of St. Andrew's parish which belonged to the Bishop of I'hctford's manor of Ecclcs, and was called Bis/iop's-JIaitgh, the tithes of which now are, and always were, paid to the rector of Eccles, the land belonging to that manor origi- nally, and the Bishop granting them to the domestick diaplain of his palace at Eccles, to whom he generally gave that rectory. Albini. The Conqueror gave the castle and manor, and all that belonged to Earl Jialf, to If illiam de Albany, Albini, Albigni, de * Gibson's Camden, fol. 384, ^ Spelman's Icenia. " Serpeham Hiind. (fol. 32.) Torre Regis qiiani Godricus servat. Biicham lenuit Radiis. Comes, T.R.E. iiii. car. terre et m° Itii. et dim. tunc et post ix. villi, tuncxxiiii. m°xv. m° xxviii. bord. et (line xii. acr prati m° xx. tunc i. car. indnio, post et mudo ii. semper iii. car. hominum ; tunc s Iva cxx. jwrc. ir.° Ix. hic jaccnt xxi soc. ii. car. terre et X. acr. piati et 1. bor. seinp. iii. car. silva x. pore. semp. iui. animalia xii. pore. etlxvlij.oveS) et xliii. soc, x. car. terre, Ix. acr. prati. silva xxxx. pore, semp. xii. villi, et xlvi, bord. Tunc xxiiii. car. post et m" xvi. et ii. mol. et in predictis xliii. sotliemanis habuere alij homines commcndationem, sed Kadulfus eos omnes addidit huic ma. nerio tempore Regis Willi, totum valuit tuncvi. lib. et xiii. sol. etiiii.ejrings of the Arur.dell family having the lion with- out a tongue, 1 could not oniit inserting it. ' Though he was mostly known by the titles of Arundell and Cliiihcbter, at which places his ch ef residence used to be, yet it was the county of Slls^ex that he was' really Earl of. Dug. Bar. vol. i. 119. He louiidtd ihe little priory of Pynhani near Arundell, and liie cha- pel of St. i homas die Martyr in Wy- mondhaui. (Vincent 653.) '• This Hugli, at the coronation of Eleanor, daughter of Hugh Earl of Pro- vence, then married to the King, de- pu'ed the Earl Warren to serve his office of the botelry, he being incapaci- tated to serve that office himself, as being then excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, because when the arch- bishop was hunting in the said Hugh's forest in Sussex, he took away his dogs; the archbishop claiming it asliis right to hunt in any lorest in England, 'vlienever he pleased, which matter was not then deterni'ned. ' Vuicent, 653. ' 1 he pedigrees and accounts of this family vary much, as may be seen by 373 OLD-BUKENHAM. manors of Wimondham and Kcnuin^hall assigned for her maintenance, till lier dowry was set out, which was done soon after, and tlie manors of SntVfsAaw, lViinotidhnm,Plessct, viwA Kcnninghall, with the hundred of Gi/tcross in Norjbll;, besides many ollicrs in other coun- ties, were allotted to her.' RonEUT DE Tateshale, and Mahell' his wife, who was the eldest, had the castle and manors of lUtUenhain, IVimondbatn, &c. for their capital seat. John, son of John Filz-yJhin, and Isabel his wife, who was fourth sister, had Arundel castle, manor, &c. for their capital seat. Roger de Someky, who married Nicholea, the third sister had Barwein Lekesterskire, &,c. for their chief seat. Roger ee Montealt, who married Cecily, the second sister, had the castle of Rising, with the manors of Kenninghall, Snetesham, &c. for their principal seat; together with the hundred oi Sinithdon, and the fourth part of tiic tollbootli at Li/nn, which was now divided into four parts, so that a fourth part attended each of the inheritances. And thus the castle and manor came to Sir Robert de Tateshale, who made it his principal seat. He was descended from Eudo, who with I'inco, his sworn brother in war, (though no other way related,) came into England with Duke iVilliam, and merited so well from him in that service, that in recompense there- of he gave them tiie lordship of Tateshale, with Thoip hamlet, and Kirkchif town in Lincolnshire, to be equally shared between them ; jEf/rfo to hold his part of the King, and Pinco his of St. Cuthbert of Durham. Eudo settled at Tateshale, and assumed its name for his sirname. His arms were, chequy or and gul. a chief erm. ; he was succeeded by Hugh his son, who founded Kirstead abbey in Lin- colnshire. In 1139, Robert, his son, inherited, who left Philip, whose son. Sir Robert de Tateshale, was so great a benefactor to Bukenham priory, that the canons of that house altered their com- mon seal, and put in his arms along wiiii their founder's. Among other things, he gave the church of St. Martin in New-Buke?i/iam, and half an acre of land in Gunncbi/, called Munkwell, with the ad- vowson of the church of Gimnebi/, for a yearly pittance ;^ he left Sir Robert de Tateshale, who married Alabell aforesaid, his son and heir, who granted to the canons here liberty oi'faldage for 200 sheep in Atleburgh, with free pasturage for them there, and 53 acres arable land in liukenham; besides other gifts. In Lovelfs Book in the Exchequer,' he is found to hold this castle and manor by the service of the boteln/, and the manors of Babingle, Tibcnliam, Top' croft, and Denton, in capite, as parcel of his barony. After Mabetl's death he married a daughter oi' John De-Grey, and died in 1248, leaving Robert, his son and heir, then . ij.) 3B S74 OLD-BUKENHAM. son of the prioiy llicrc, the fourth part of the manor, and the half parts of other manors tlicrcto belonging, two parts of JVimondham, the foiuth part of all the lands in Atleburgh, and the third part of those in Tibenham, the third part of two parts of the fourth part of the profits of Li/nn tolbooth called the Green Garth, and 11/. 2s. yearly rent in 'Norfolk; all of which, together with Craimich, East- Bra^oiham, Hikkburicioorth or Hi/burgh, the advowson of Hilburgh chmxh, and of St. Margaret's free chapel there, he died seized in 13 iG, leaving Adam, son of Sir Roger de Clifton, by Margaret, his only sister, his cousin and heir, then nine years old. Joan de Dbiby had the castle of Tatshale, See. and the 8th part of Bukenhain manor, the third part of IVimondham, 150 acres of land, several parcels of meadow and pasture, 7s. ob. rent, and the rent of two sparrow or sparhawks, in Old and New-Buke/iham, Atle- burgh, and Elingham, and a third part of the himdred of Sliropham, which was then divided, and each had an equal share attending their inheritances, all which l\\\i Joan, then widow of Robert de Driby, settled on Gilbert de Bernak, parson of Tateskalc, and Jo/in de Gisling- ham, parson of If olfretoii, her trustees, who were to hold it for her use during her life, remainder to William Bernak and Alice his wife, who died about 1340, seized of the third parts oi' JVimondham imd Btikcnham, manors, and the third part of Flassing Hull or Plesset's, in Atleburgh and Beslhorp. In 1340, the aforesaid Hiigh^ Bernak, clerk, died, when he held Old-Biikenham part, for life, by feoftmcnt from Alice Bernak, and John, son of William Bernak, remainder to John and his heirs, who died in 1345, seized of the whole manors of Hetherset, Denton, and Flassing Hall, and the third part of JVi/mondham, and Bukenham, and this year Joan his widow was allowed her dower out of all the said manors; but soon after it was settled wholly on particular manors. John Bernak, his eldest son, died a minor, leaving his in- heritance to William, his brother and heir, who died in 1359, leaving Maud, his sister, then wife of Sir Ralfde Cromwell, lord of Tateshale, his sole heir. John de Okreby, and isaJe/ his wife, had among others, the manor of Tibenham in Norfolk, (except the third part of the park, which Tho. de Caili/ held, in part of his portion,) and the eighth part ot iiu/.f«/iflm manor, in recompense of the eighth part of the parks of Bukenham, which was assigned to the said Thomas, and the eighth part of the \waAsm Attleburgh, viz. 19 messuages, &.c. in Attlehurgh, Bukenham, Besthorp, Eli/ngham, and Ti/benham. Phillip de Onebi/ was their son and heir, whose son, John de Orreby, died in 1352, leaving Margaret his widow, who died in 1368, and Joan de Orrebj/, ' This Hugh held the manor of Old- land, and 9 of meadow, 7 of pasture, and Bukenham for life, (except the park,) ot 20s. rent in New - Biikenliam, Attle- the j;ift and feoffment of Alice Bernak, burgh, Elingham, and Wilby, by the and John, son of Will. Barnak, on con- service of the twentietli part, of the dition that after his death it should re- third part of the fourth part of the bo- turn to John, son ofWill. Barnak, andhis telry, to remain as aforesaid, and also heirs, it being held of the King in ca)iite, one messuage, 43 acres, and the sixth by theserviceof thceighth partofa third part of a watermill, itc. in Denton, by part of the fourth part «f the botelry j he the service of the tenth part ot .he third licldalso one messuage, 39 acres of arable part of the fourtli part of the botelry. OLD-BUKENHAM. 375 his sole (laughter and heiress, who married first to Sir Henri/ Percy, wlio died in 1367, and after to Sir Comtaittine C/iJion; she iiatlonc daughter. Mart/ Pierci/, her sole heiress, who was married to Sir John Roos of Hamlak. Knt. without issue, but died before her mother. In 1360, Sir Ralf Cromwell, Knt. in right of Maud Be ma k, his wife, became lord of the manors of Jlethersete, PlassingliaU in Besthorp, Denton, &c. all which (except Ilethenet^ were held of tlie King in capite, as parcel of the barony of Tnteshall; he had his parts of Bukenhain, IVijmundham, and Shropham hundred, for which he did homage to the King, and had livery thereof, to him and his heirs by Maud. In 1394, a writwasdirected to John Knevet, escheator of hJoiJ'o/k, to di- vide the lands, and deliver seizin to Constantine de C/i/'ton, and Maud, wife of Sir Ralf Cromzfcll, Knt. cousins and heirs of Man/, widow of Joh?i. Lord Roos of Hamlak, daughter and heir of Joaw, daughter and heir of John de Orrebi/. In 1395, he had the fourth pari of Lathes manor, two parts of G;-j/s/«/«gA in /J'j//wonrfA«/M, and the parts of the manors of Old and New-Bnkenham, Tybenham, 8tc. as they were di- vided by their ancestors. This Ralfd'ieA in 1398, Maud his widow died in 1418, leaving Ralf (after Lord Cronme/l) her grandson and heir, he being son of Raff, who died in his father's lifetime ; he was after Lord Treasurer, but having no issue by Margaret, daughter of John, and sister and coheir of IVilliam Lord Deincourt, his wife, at his death in 1455, his three aunts ^ became his heirs, viz. Elizabeth, married to Sir John Clifton; Harcise, to Thomas Lord Bardolph; and Maud; to John Fitz-Williams ; and they inherited his whole estate, viz. Plasset, or Plassinghall manor, which is a member of Bukenham manor, Bukenham, the fourth partof Ly» tolbooth, the advowsons of Attleburgh, Congham, St. Agnes, and St. Mary, Slanhow, Denton, and Tasboro, the manors ot Herdesete, TVi/mundham, Gonvyle's in JVymundhum, Besthorp, Eccles, Tibenham, Denton, Babingle, &c. He was buried in his collegiate church of Tateshale. And now we must return to the Cliftons, who all along held the castle, and the best part of the manor, from the year 1316, when jldam,^ son of Sir Roger de Clifton, by Margaret, only sister to Sir T/io. de Caily, became his heir; he married Eleanor, daughter of Sir 9 Hetherset was returned to be held of some ptlier. ' Dug. Bar. vol. ii. fol. 46. In 1431, he was summoned to parliament, con- stituted Chamberlain of the Household, Treasurer of the Exchequer, &c. * Mr. Neve rightly observes, that these three were heirs also to the two sisters of the last Sir Ralf Cromwell, viz. John, who married Humfry Bou- chier, Knt. Lord Ciomwell, and Maud, that married Gervase Clifton, Knt. Vin- cent says, Bourchier was Lord Crom- well in right of Joan his wife, which Joan, (as he says) was daughter of Ri- chard Stanhope, Esq. and niece and coheir of Ralf Lord Cromwell, and not sister, as others say ; she after married Sir Robert Ratclitf. In 1462, afine was levied between tlie Bishop of Winches- ter, Sir Thomas Tirrel, and other trus- tees, by which Gunvile's manor in Wy. mondham, Whethamstede in Hartford- shire, and Little-Burle in Northampton- shire, and others, were settled on them, by Humfry Bourchier, Knt. Lord Crom- well, and Joan his wife, one of the heirs of Ralf Cromwell, late Lord Cromwell, and Gervase Cliftoh, and Maud his wife the other. (Fin. Divers. Com. E. 4. L. i.N°8.) I J77, '398, Alice Ferrers held part of Bukenham, Tybenham, and Shropham hundred, and is a convict. 1498, Gilbert Talbot, Knt. is said to to hold a third part of Bukenham castle, Shropham hundred, &c. but I know not in whose right. ^ In 1 33 1, this Adam granted license to Walter de Fileby, Sir Tho. de Pres- ton, Parson of Colby, and Sir Stephen 'TC OLD-BUKENHAM. Hubert Mortimer of J lift bitrg/i, Knt. wlio died inl??66, and had tvro sons , Coiistiiiitinv, his eldt-st, died but'oie liim, but left issue by Katherine, daughter of /(//«, De-ln-pi)li', his wife ; Sir John C/iJ'tvii, Knt. Sir .Jtlam He Ciilton, Knt. liis second son, who had Di iivcre, and l'rebrid the manor of Babyngle, two parts of Gryshangh in fVymondham, Bu- kenham, Lathes manor, the profits of the court at Jttleburgh, the court of the market at New-Bukenham, and the part of Lyn tolbootli, all which at her death joined to the rest of the estate, in their son and heir^ Sir John Clifton' of Bukenham castle Knt. who died in 1447, parson of Lound, that they might give Tirrell, Esq. was a witness to it, he a messuage and g acres of land, with the being then at Burdeaux. (Regr. Wylby, advowson of St. Peter's church at 128, b.) Mundham, with all other the tenements 'In 146-!, after his mother Joan's wliich he liad licensed tliem to purchase death, he granted Denver manor, &c. of Sir John de Shelton, Knt. in Mund- to Sir Willia'.n Wiliongliby, Knt. and ham, Sethyni;, Tweyt, and Siseland, to his wife, and Sir John WiUoughby, Knt. the master ai.d brethren of St. Giles's (Clans. 3 E. 4. M. 5. J In 1481, Tho- hospital at Norwich ; his deed is dated at mas Brewse, in right of Elizabeth his Hildeburgwortb, (or Hilboro,) and to it wife, had Denton and Topcri ft manors hangs a fair seal of his arms. Autog. assigned to them, as parcel of the lands penes Majorem et Commiinitatem Civi- of Robert de Clifton. (Claus. 22 E. 4 ) latis Norwici in Annario suo. ''Dug Bar. vol. ii. 168. ♦ Sir Rob. Clifton, Knt. Constable of ' 144". Sir John Clifton, Knt. as heir Burdeaux in Normandy, by his will, of Sir Baldwyn Botetourt of Cranv^.rth, (proved 1446, but dated in 1442,) or- released all his right in Botetourt's au- dered his body to be buried in England, nor in Kymburle, to John Wodehouse, in the conventual church of St. James at Esq. In 1437, he surrendered Tudcn- Old-Bukenham: Alice his wife, the ham manor in Suffolk to Master Tli. mas lady Hastyngs his daughter, and Alice Well and his assigns, it having been long and Eleanor, two other daughters, who in contest between them, were nuns, are mentioned in it. Will. OLO-BUKENHAM, 377 soized of Btiheiiham castle, and the gienfer parts of tlic manors thereto belonging, of the liun(h'( d of Shropham, the ina:ior ol' Bi is/on, Giis/iiigh, Tvpooji, Diiilun, liiiliiniii/, his gentle- man, 100s.; to Julin Fadtr, 2s. a d.iy for his life, out of Buktuhum castle manor, to keep the park; to Joan his wife, his manor of Itiirston in fee simple," the castle of Biikeitham. J^olhcx manor. S/irop- hiim inmdred, and Tilnitham manor, to her for life; and orders his executors to perform the will of Constaidiiie Ciijloii, as to sctiling 10/. a year vent on Jhiken/Mm priory; he also gave 10/. annual rent to the I'rior of ll'i/inoinl/niin, out of his own lands, to find a monk for ever to sing lor his and Joan his wife's soul. He gave (iris/iagh manor in tVi/moiid/iaiii, tiie manors of Babing/e and H oljeilon in 'Norfolk, and IVulderton manor in Sussex, and other lands and tene- ments of his own purchase, to be sold, &c. tiie manors of liilhoro, Craiiacich, and Best Bradciihani, to be held by his executors twelve years, and then to go to his right heirs ; Robert Cliftoti, his cousin, "to have the manor ot TopcroJ't iuin Denton to him and his heirs, on condition he made a free estate to his executors in his manors of Ilaukers in llarleston, and Slitllei/, one of wliich was to be sold by, his executors, and the other to go to bis heirs, according to the change agreed on between them ; Jo/i« LV/ggs to have an annuity out of Lin/'ord nianor, and the refusal of buying it; Joan his wife, ./'uir ' Ini450, bir Andrew Ogard, Knt. yearsold ; Andrew (;gard, Esq. ; George held, jointly with Richard KailofSalis- and Henry his sons weie leoti'ees, among bury, and others, Bukenham castle, and others, tor Ecclcs manor by the sea, in Old and New. liiikenham manors, Latlies, niy, when it was settled on Chriato. Tibenham, two parts of Grisliagh, Hack- plier Coote, and islizabeth WichinghdiU. hcclihall in hiuiicth, Mcldin^holl in I 378 OLD-BUKENIIAM. held the castle and manors, and tliose of Lathes, New-Biikenham, IJoni/ng/iam, Ti/heiiltam, and 1\ ylby, two parts of Giinagh, Bromla/, and liokhdin in Surrey, to lur deatli in 14{)0. John Fitz-VVilliams, lord of Eimli/ and Spotsburgh in York- shire, married Maud, one of the heiresses of Ralf Lord Cromwell, and in her right had a third part of the third part of the manor; they left Sir John Filz-IVillianis their son and heir, who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Henri/ Green oi Drayton in Northamptonshire, whose son. Sir John Fitz-ll illiams of Elmlei/, married Margaret, daughter of Tho. Clavel the elder of Jhlnark, whose son. Will. Fitz-ff illiams of Elmleij, married Elizabeth, daughter of Tho. Chazcorth, whose son, .John Fitz-J( illiams, senior, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Com/ers, Knt. of Stockton in the county of Durham; John Fitz-ll il- liams, Esq. their son, died in 14S7, before his father, and left by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Fitz-ll illiams, his wife, one son, Jl illiani Fitz-ll illiams of Elmlei/, Esq.* who married Margaret, daughter of Sir iio/>. Brought on, and dying without issue in 151G, left his two aunts his heirs, Margaret married to Tho. Soulhill of Southill Hall in Yorkshire, who had one daughter, Elizabeth, married to Sir Henri/ Savile of Thornhi II in Yorkshire; and Dorothi/, to Sir JVill.Cropleu of Sportsburgh, Knt. by whom he had Phillip Croplei/ ; but as the chief, if not all this part, was united to the other, by diffe- rent purchases, it will be needless to trace their descendants any fur- ther, the whole being united in the Kncvels, Sir John Knevet, Knt. of Bukenham castle, Norfolk, married Elizabeth, sister, and at length heiress, of Sir John Clifton, Knt. and, in 14G1, held the castle and ma lors of Old and New-Bukenham, Lathes, two parts of Grishaugh in Jl i/mondham, &c. ; he was son of John de Knevet, Esq. by Joan, daughter and coheir of John Butte- tort of Mtndlesham in Suffolk, and grandson to Sir John Knevet, Knt. Lord Chancellor of England in 1371. He left Sir John Knevet of Bukenham castle, Knt. his son and heir, who married Alice, daughter and coheir of Will. Li/nnes, by whom he had Sir William Knevet of Bukenham castle, Knt. who, in 1483, was attainted by the name of Sir II ill. Knevet, Knt. of Bukenham, conjurer, together with the Earl of Richmond, John Earl of Oxford, &c. in the parliament summoned the 25th Jan. 1st Richard III. as being partakers with Henri/ Earl of Richmond, (afterwards Hcnri/\U.) which cost him a good part of his estate, for he conveyed to that King his castle and manor of Bukenham, the manors of Old-Buken- ham, Curleton, and Tibenham, which he had again, when that mon- ster was taken off; and then also he was forced to convey to Sir James Tirrell, that Kind's great favourite, and then Constable of the Tower, his manors of Hilboro, and two parts of Grishaugh in Wind- ham. In 1491, he was found to be cousin and heir to Sir Robert * In 151 1, Will. Fitz-Williams, Esq. the two moieties or whole manor called died seized of the moiety of Stou.Bedon the Close manor, in Old-Biikcnham, by manor, held by fealty of the Queen, as part of the bolelry, a moiety of Plassing- of her hundred of Waylond, the moiety hall in Besthorp and Attleburgh, held of of Hedirsete held of the Queen's manor Edmund, son and heir of Tho. Knevet, of Swaft'ham, as parcel of Richmond Knt. by the rent of one pair of gilt honour, by igj. rent, Wimondham, spurs a year. Gryshaugh, alias Cromwell's raoicty, OLD-BUKENIIAM. 379 Clifton, Knt. beinjr then 51 years old. He had three wives; first, yt/ice, daughter ot John Gra/, brother of Reginald Lord Grey of MuthijH, and widow of Nicholas Gibson, sheriij of London ; liis se- cond was Joan, daughter of Humjdiri/ Stafford Duke of Bucking- ham; she was living in Richard the Third's time, and was called Lady Beaumont ; the third was Joan, daughter of Tho. Courtney, relict of Sir Ro^er Clifford, Knt. one of the sisters and coheirs of Tho. Courtney Larl of Devonshire, b}- whom lie had no issue. By jilice his first wife he had Edmund Knevet, his son and heir, who married E/caHor, daugh- ter of Sir William, and sister of Sir James Tirrcll, of Gipping in SuJ- folk, Knt.; he was unfortunately drowned,^ but left several sons, of which Edmund Knevet, his second son, was seijeant-porler to King Henry Mill.,* he married Jane, daughter and sole heiress of John Bourehier, the last Lord Berners, from whom descended the Anhivell- thorp family. Sir Thomas Knevett of Bukenham castle, Knt. his eldest son, was Standard-bearer to King Henry VllL of whom he got a grant of the priory at its dissolution, with its appurtenances in Old and New- Bukenham, viz. St. ylndreie's and All-Saint's churches, the Priory manor, &c. all which continued in the family till Sir Phillip Knevet sold them. He married Muriel, daughter of TAo. Horfara Duke of IStorfolk, relict of John Grey Viscount Lisle, by whom he left several children. Sir Henry Knevet, his third son, settled at Charlton in Wilts. Sir Edmund Knevet of Bukenham castle, his eldest son, married Joan, daughter of Sir John Shelton of Shelton in Norfolk, by whom he had Sir Tho. Knevet of Bukenham castle, who married Catherine, daughter of Stanley Earl of Darby, and died Sept. 22, 15(jy. By his will, dated Sept. 8, 1509, he ordered to be buried in Neii-Bukenhum church, in the same tomb in which Katherine his late wife lies, and gave to every one of his yeoman-waiters 40s.; to each of his servants, 20.S. and ordered them to be maintained half a year after his death, that they might provide for themselves; he gave 40s-. to repair the church; his manors of Meudlesham in Suffolk, and Hilt/oro in .Vw- Jolk, to descend to his ne.\t heir, which is for the whole and full third part of all his manors, to the intent that the Queen's Majesty may thereof be satisfied for her wardships, &c. ; but if they will not do, the rest must be out of his manor of Bukenham. He settled Old- Bokenham manors and castle, the burgage of Neu-Bukenham, Lathes, Talersall's manor in Carleton, Tybeiiham manor, the little park, or Cronmell's Park in IVyndham, Bukenham Close manor, the |)ai son- ages of All-Saints and St. Andrew's, the priory with its appurtenances, &c. according to the statute of the 3'2d of Henri/ V'lll. which allows a man to assign Iwo-thirds of all his manors, for advancement of his children, on his executors, during the minority of his eldest son, to pay his debts, and raise 2000/. to buy manors with, to settle on Henry, his second son, in fee simple, with whom he ordered '20l. per annum, should be paid to the master and fellows of Corpus Christi college in Cambridge, tu bring htm up tiil Iti yeui's old, and then the executors ' In Britain Bay, in a sfa-finlii, in a that was biirnfd. sliip colled tlicKcgeiil of bu^laiiii, v> hen * Dug. bar. vol. ii, 424. r.8o OLD-BUKENHAM. are to pay liim 40'- '^ year, till tho manors are settled when he is of a"e. lie i^ave (he lease which he had of Hilburgh parsonage, of the BXixwi oi iikhard Coggell, parson lliere, to his two brothers, //<'«n/ and Antonii Ktievel, lisqrs. with the two next turns of that benefice, and his e\vc-coiirse in Attleborough ; to Otiier Mclli/nge his servant, the next turn of ^l/<'«rf/i's//«;« vicarage. Henri/ Kncvet and Ednnuid his brother, Iloin/ his son, and T/iu. Kncvet, his eldest son, Roger Jf'ode/ioKse of Kinibnr/e, Esq. I'niiirls T/iiir.slii/e of Coiighani, Esq, Francis Gaudi/e of IWiltingtoii, Estj. and Robert Rogers of Colloii, Gent, executors; r/iowr/s Duke oi Norfolk, Edward Earl ol' Dar/ii/, Thomas Earl of 6'«.sse.r, and Henri/ Lord Murhy, supervisors. Hemy Knevet, Esq. Gregory and Robert Buxton, Gents. &c. witnesses.' He left Sir Thomas, his son, then 3 years 10 months and G weeks old, who married Catherine, daughter of Sir T/io. Love/i of Easl-Her/in^, who after married Edztard iipring, and after that George Donne of lAlt/e Me/ton, Esq. by whom she had issue. He died Sept. C6, 159-1-, leaving Sir Phillip Knevet* of Bukenham castle, his son and heir, then 11 years, 4 months, and 22 days old ; he was sheriff of 'Norfolk \n 1650,-created Baronet June 29, iGll, and for 18,508/. lOs.' he sold to Hugh Audley and his heirs the castle and priory of Old-Bukeiihain, the manors of Old- Bukenham, viz. the castle manor, Lathes, alias Laches, the Priori/, and the Close manors, the manor or burgage of New- Bukenham, Talersa/rs, or Tibcnhain Hall, otherwise Tiirenham- Kiievet's, otherwise Carleton-Rode, and the tithes of all the premises in Bukenham, by deed dated 25 June, 1 649. Hugh Au dley aforesaid was sheriff of Norfolk, and dying without issue left three sisters; Elizabeth, married first to Stephen Peacock, and after to John Jennings ; Alice, to Sebastian Beaufoi/ of London, Gent. ; Sarah, to Robert Harvei/ of London,^ Comptroller of the Custom-house, whose son, II illiam Harvei/ of London and Low- Layton, was baptized a\. Bow chapel, 25th Sept. 1599; he married iS«r«A, daughter of /(/'//. Barret of London, hy whom he had three sons, Robert, Hugh, and Benjamin, each of which inherited a third part; for in l66o, Oct. 6, the said Hugh settled the whole (except Tibenham manor, which was settled on Robert Harvey? &c.) on himself for life, remainder to 11 illiam Harvey, his nephew, for hfe, remainder to Robert, Hugh, and Benjamin, sons of ]\ illiam, equally to be shared ; Ambrose Holbeeh of Mallingfon in IVar- zcickshire, second son of Ambrose Holbeeh of the same, married ' Regr. Ponder. ^ In 1634, the manor of Tibenham- Knevct, &c. in Tibeiihain, Carleton- Rode, Bunwell, Old Bukenham, i!cst- horp, and Attleburgh, and the rectory of Bukenham St. Andrew, were se'tlcj on Robert Davy, and Will. Crop, by Tho, Heme, Knt. Nic. Heme, Esq. and John Dyx, Esq. all trustees, but to what uses does not appear. ' Deficiente sub Hen. III. Haerede masciilo (bC.Comitis Arundeli.'c) ijisignis haec ha;ieditas inter foeminas dispaitita est : cessitque jam castellum dc Bucken< ham, cum nobilissimo manerio Wimond- ham, inter alia multa, per Tatsallos, C'alios, Cliftonos, ad Knevettorum pro- sapiam, E qua hodie Philipus Knevet, Baronciti gauilet novo titulo ; sed pa- trimonium velus, adeo labefactavit, ut vix Bukenham cum ca.stello remaneant integre. ( ipelman's Icenia.) * Several of this family are buried in St. Laivrcnce by Guildhall, London. ' 'iibenhain was, on the marriage of Rob. Harvey, settled for life on him and his wife, &c. OLD-BUKENHAM. 381 Sarah Hanei/, and became possessed of that third part, which was her brother Benjamin's ; and about 1693, partition was made between Ambrose his son, who had got Hugh's part also, and Robert Harvey of ILow-Laylon in Essex, who married Rebecca, daughter of ]\lr. Bowalcr of London, and at his death left his part to John Harvej/, Esq. his son and lieir, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir ./ames Honblon of London, Knt. He built the scat at Old- Ihikenham called St. Andreics,^ and settled there, and at his death left Robert Harvey, Esq. his only son, who is now [1737] lord and owner of that part, and Ambrose Holbech, aforesaid. Esq, is now lord of the other two third parts. The Park is a very ancient one, for the founder of the monastery here, among other donations, allowed the monks the privilege of taking wood in his park in this town ; and in 1242,'' the King sent his writ to the keepers of the lands of Hugh de Albany Earl oi'Arundell, that they should deliver to Robert de Tuteshale two bucks of his gift, out of the park lately belonging to the said Hugh, in his town of Bukenham. It was after separated from the manor; and in l626, one Long of Hingham, at the request or by the order of the Honour- able Mary Lady Hunsdon, late wife of the Lord Hunsdon, conveyed all his right in it to Sir Tho. Holland of Kenninghall ;^ but it was in various trustees hands, and incumbered, till the title was perfected by John Holland of Woitzcell, Esq. from which time it hath passed in this family, and still remains in the heiresses of Sir William* In l6'iO, Sir Tho. Holland, Knt. purchased much of Henry Viscount Rochjord. There were several other manors here, as Bukenham's manor, the Close manor, Lathes manor, the burgage of New-Buke?iham, and the Priory manor. BUKENHAM'S MANOR, Belonged to Bury abbey,' and continued in it till Baldicin, Abbot of that monastery, infeoffed Will, de Bukenham, who was to hold it at half a fee, and pay lAd. every 20 "weeks to the guard of Noi-wich castle, as I find i 1 the While Register of that monastery, (fol. 97;) it Contained, when he was infeoffed, 1 carucate of land, 8 bordarers, 10 freemen that held 60 acres, for all which he did homage. It con- tinued in this family (all of them being Williams) till 1345, and in that year Will, de Bukenham paid 205. relief for it. How it went fmm them, and when, I do not find ; but in 1401, it was divided into small parcels, forin thefeodary of that year, Adam Cock of Bukenham, and his partners, held it. In 1434, John Parker, Margaret Grey, Adam Joly, Robert Cogell and 8 more, did homage to the Abbot of ' It is so called because it was built teiuiit Sanctus Edmundus i. car. terre. just by the site of St. Andrew's church, T.R.E. tunc iiii. villi, m" v. semp. viii. which is now [1737] turned into a barn, bord. tunc liii. serv. modo ii. x. acr. * Claus. 27 H. 3. prati tunc i. niol. m° null. semp. i. car. ' They holding it hy mortgage from in dnio. et i. car. horn. i. rune, vii.ani- the I ovcUs, \> ho aold it tolhe Hollands, malia vi. pore, xxviii. oves, vii. soc. ♦ See Q^udciihani, p. 344. dim. car terre semp. ii. car. iii. acr. ' Sccri ham H. t erra Abbatis de Sco. prati iii. bord. silva V. pore, val, xl, sol, Eadnuindo, (tol. 177.) In Bucham VOL. 1. 3 C S8« O L D - B U K E N H A M. Burt/, for tlieir estate here.* About 1363, Richard Parker, Isabell Cogi/I, John Rouse, and Margaret Parker, held jointly tluit half lee, for which they used to pay to John Reeve, late and last Abbot of -Burt/, \4d. every twenty weeks to Noruic/t castle-guard. This family of tlie Bukenhanis always bore az. a cross chequy, or and gul. for their arms, as appears from the seal of Will, de Bukenham, in 13(50, and several others of that familv which 1 have by me. In 1438, Tho. Croftes of Soircii/t settled the court, with all thereto belonging, on Richard Gegh and Edmund Bukenham, Esqrs. Roger Cans, John Biigges, Peter Park, chaplain, and others, except all his villeins, and copyholders in Old-Bukeuham and ]f illtt/. In 1533, Robert Jermye of Soiicich, Gent, made his will, and gave his manor of Bukeuham in Noifo/k, to his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Jermt/e, and divers lands in Jforsted to E/a his w ife ;' Robert Jermt/e was his eldest son, and Tho. Jermi/e, his second son, whose mother-in-law, Margaret Brounc, is mentioned in the will ; but whether it be this manor, or in any other Bukenham, I am not certain. Catchevache's, Cachevache s, now CATSWACHE'S MANOR, Belonged to 1MU. de Schoies in the Conqueror's time, of whom Roger held it.* In the beginning of King Henri/ the Third's reign, Tho. de Brokdish, Rob. de IVesenham, and Tho. de Bernham, held it of the honour of Clare.^ In 1290, IVilliam, son of Matthezc Cachevache,' had it, and Roger Cachevache, his son, in 131 1 ; in 1323, he settled it on himself and Christian his wife; and in 1343, it belonged to IVil- liam Catsvache of Old-Bukenham ; in 1401, Maud de Mountenet/, then a minor, held it; m 1426, it was John Rnokwood's and others. lii 1533, Hugh U i/kenson and others had Cutchvuche's manor in Old and ISlew- Bukenharn, Jttlebridge, Ringstede, and Holme, and liberty uffaldage in Old- Bukenham, scllleA on them by IVilliam Gradbu'ch (or Cats- wac/i.) In 1600, Hugh IVilkenson was lord, since which time it hath passed through many hands, which have sold off" most (if not all) its rents. It some time belonged to the .Sorre/ls, and now [1737] to Mr. J'ldsard Phillips of Banham, who owns the site of it, which is now called Catsvache's Meadoic. THE CLOSE MANOR AVas part of the great manor till the division of it, and then it became a separate manor, and had insuken and outsoken juries, with a lett, and the profit of part of the market and stalls in JVtjmondham ; a moiety of it, in 1383, belonged to the Prior of Bukenham, who hired * Regr. Ciirteys, fol. 124. 9 In 1372, the honour of Clare had ' E Libro Cook, int. Archiv. Ep. other lands held of it, Curia honoris de Norw. 45. Clare apud Bukenham tent, coram Ro- 'Tcria Willi, de Schoies Screpham bert de Kediston, benl. ibm. H. (fol. 205.) Ill Bucham tenet Ro- ' At the latter endof King Henry the gerusi. car terre semp. iiii. bor. ct iiii. Third's reign, Mathew de Cathnache acr. prati et i. car. in dnio. silva Ix. held it of the Earl of Gloucester, at the pore, tunc xxiii. ov. rcP xxx. tunc et eighth part of a fee, as belonging to the post val. xii. m" xi. fees of the lionour of Clare. OLD-BUKENHAM. S83 the other moiely of the several loids, ft)i- thai moiety divided into ?aits wiili the great manor, and went from the Ciomzcells tu t!ie \tz-U'i//iiims, and from them to tlie Knevets; it hiid in Bukiiikam, yltllihnrgli, litst/iorp, and IVi/mond/uiin, and was lield by part of tlie botehy ; in 1353, Rolicrt Driny settled part of tiic moiety on Tlio. Kiievct ; tlie oilier m;)icty eanie wlio'.ly to the Kuevcts at ihe disso- hitron, along with liiikcii/inm priory, and from them to the Love/h; for in \56(i, Thomas, son ;ind heir otT/io. Loit//, Kiit held the Chse manor, and all that pa-itine for iCiO sheep called the LnthiS, Sec. of the Queen. In I,>78, I'lio Lovcll was lord ; but by lf)l'2 it belonged again to the Knevets, for then Pliilip Kiievet, Bart, delivered seizin of the site of it to Gabriel Pope, doctor of physick, and Tho. Talbot, Gent, at which time, I suppose, the rents and services of the manor were either joined to the other manors, or all manumised ; how the site^ passed afterwards 1 cannot say, but am informed that it now [1737] belongs to the Windhuim. The Lays, Lehs, Lathes, or GRANGE MANOR, Had its rise out of the great manor, at the same time with the Close manor;' and in 1383, the Prior had a moiety of it along with that manor; in 1400, theother moiety was divided ; ithad a het belonging to it, and a fair to be kept on St. Martin's Day, at New-Biikenham, the mere called Semere, or Otd-Hukenlmm mere, belonged to it; the site and demeans called the Lathes, or Lai/s, contained 140 acres of asture, 330 acres of wood, ik,c. and was held of the Queen in 1564, ly Thomas, son and heir of Sir 2'Ao. Lovell, Knt. ; but the whole manor was united to the rest by the Knevets, Sir T/io. Knevet, being lord of the united manors of Lathes, the Close, the Priory, and burgage of New-Bukenham, in 1594. I THE PRIORY MANOR \\'^as part of the great manor given to the priory at its foundation, and continued in it to its dissolution,* when it passed with that house to Sir Tlio. Knevet oi' Biikenham, in whose family it continued till Sir Philip Knevet sold it to John Eldred of London, Esq. and John f'erdon, Gent.; and after many conveyances, it was settled on the minister of NeK-Bukenham for the time being, who is always lord of it. The Castle was first situated by the abbey, on the east part ; the site of it contains about 3 acres; it is a large entrenchment, sur- rounded with a deep mote, the hills being still entire ; (see the plate) on the north side is an old arch, which served for a sewer when it was standing ; this was in some decay, when /fV//. de Albdny pulled it down, and built the priory with its ruins, (which is the reason that ' A° 163 1, the site of the Close alias ^ In 12S5, William atte Lathes of Ke- CromweU s Manor, in Bukcnhiim, At- teringham, and Oliva his wife, lived tleburgh, a. id Besthorp, was settled by there, but were not concerned here. George Cuck, Esq. Kob. Ric. and ♦ The King kept his first court for Francib Cuck, Gent, on KdmunU French the Priory manor after its dissolution in and John bcuito, Gents. i j-t°- 3S4. OLD-BUKENHAM. there are none remaining,) and give the site of it to that house,' as his foundation deed declares, and then removed to a far better situ- ation, in St. jindiew's parish, the eastern part of which belonged to the Bishop of Norwich, and was part of his manor of Ecc/es, kept in his own hands to serve his palace there ; notwithstanding which, the Earl procured the land which was part of ilie Hagli, of i\ ill. Ttirlxis Bishop of Norwich, (who greatly favoured his foundation,) to be held as freely as the old castle was before the priory's foundation ; the tithes only excepted ; and on this part he built the castle, and founded his burgh called Ncw-Biikeiih(U)>, close by it, having obtained license so to do. It is pleasantly situate upon a hill, fortified with a deep mote, which remains entire, and full of water; the building itself is quite demolished, and ploughed over, except part of the gatehouse, and a dungeon or keep, which all those places had ; (see the Prospect in the plate;) it is 63 yards round, and the walls about 10 feet thick,- and though it is not higher now than the entrenchment, I suppose it was formerly, the upper part of those /^ceps generally being watch-tow-ers ; it is divided in tne midst b}' a cross wail. The Kueveis dwelt in this castle till it was demolished by Sir Philip, who sold it. EXPLANATION OF THE PLAN OF THE NEW CASTLE. a is the entrance ; b is the spot on which the castle stood ; c is the site of St. Mari/'s chapel; d is the wall dividing the keep; e is the entrance into the keep ;y' is the site of the barbican ; g hi are motes; A: is a small sketch of the town from the keep. The Priory, now called the Abbey, was founded by JVilliamde Albany, Earl of Chichester, sirnamed the Strong, who died in 115G, and by him dedicated to the honour of God, St. Mary, St. James the Apostle, and all the Saints, in which he placed black canons of the order of St. Augustine, who were governed by a prior elected by the ni-ijor part of them, and confirmed by the Bishop oi' Norwich, after which he was installed; they were daily to pray for the soul of their founder, and of Queen Adeliza, or Alice, his wife, for the souls of Stephen King oi' England, and Maud his Queen, and their progeny, and for the souls of all his ancestors, successours, parents, friends, and benefactors ; they were governed by statutes, allowed by JVilliam Turbus Bishop ofNoraich, by whose advice it was founded, but they were in all things to follow the institution or rules of the church of St. Mary at Mertune; he endowed it with the rectories of the churches oi' All-Saints, and St. Audracs, belonging to his manor of Bukenham, which were immcdialely appropriated to it, and they took their w hole revenues, the canons serving them; and also the site of the castle, which was lo be pulled down, and 20 acres of land, and the wood called Little Huge, and Midcrofts, with the adjoining meadow, and New Crojl before the castle-gate, (on which the abbey was built,) and Alured the Smith, with the land that he held, and ,5 acres which was Spar-hauc's.'' The witnesses to his foundation were, Hugh Bigot, liulj' de Buchant, or Bukenham, Hubert and Warm Montchensi, liob. 'Monast. Ang. vo). ii. fo. 174. * There founder before his death gave " cum sede castelli, Ixxx, acia^, tt cas- 2 caiucates of land more in Bukenham, wllum diruendnn." to be held in free alms. Lib. Inquis. Vol.l.Pa^e384.. Thr f'n'sycrt .'/ Bukvnhiini {tisth- /rem tin Old JVooJ <',n-tintf >rn th<- outsiii^ of th- Crown hm , ui .\'ri\ StJcuJfiitn 77ic Amu^ tire- oti tJu- stvne housf .J^uvfpt tho Lut tJuec- , whioh arc Carv'd in' Stt/nc ,tjnd j-Lrt--d in a Wall af a- /uytuc iuill^d tht- OtO'iic-n ]uyjur<: ,bcuuf hrouijht /ram tJw Castlt: . OLD-BUKENHAM. 385 de Vuedale, Half the chaplnin, Thurstin, then priest, or parson, of Buckatn,(Bukcnham,) iind others; and afterwards he got the founda- tion confirmed by the King and Bishop. The benefactors to this house, that I meet with here, were. Will, de Albany, son of the founder, who gave them the advowson of Kenninghall^ Richard de Scenges, gave them the advowson of St. Mary's church at Bi:rwike,y in the Brakes,) Peter de Cley, gave them the advowson of St. Peter's at Cleythorp, (now Cocle-Clei/,) Richard, son of Robert de Sengles, gave them his whole tenement, &c. in Riveshale, (now Rusal/,) and Lin- croft, (a hamlet to Rasall,) John Malekin, and Katerine Le-Parker released to the prior, Sec. all his services which he owed them for his tenement, &.c. held of them in Riveshale, Sir Henry de Riveshale, and Sir John his son, Knts. being witnesses.' The said Richard, son of Robert de Sengles, gave them 90 acres of land, held of Miles, son of Alan, and Miles his son, and the ser- vice of Walter de Lincroft and his tenement in Lincroft aforesaic|, and the tenement which the said Richard held of the Prior and Convent of Norwich in Riveshale, and 10 acres of land which he held of Henry Parker, and 1 acre held oi'Will. Fitz-Roeis, and half an acre held of Jeffry, the Dean's nephew, and 3 acres and an half in Suthfettd, held of 'Pho. de Stuttestune and Amy his wife, and one acre held of Walter, son of Roger Lincroft, with the services of Fulcher Le-Feutrer, and Walwane Le-Biile, and their families and tenements, and all that the said Richard had purchased in these towns, with one acre of marsh in Brisingham, a parcel of meadow in Est-Medwe in Semere, and the land in Wrongeland, which he held of Alan, son of David. Robert, son of Robert de Tateshale, gave them the advowson of Gunneby, and a piece of land called Munkwelle, for a pittance, as is before observed ; Robert de Tateshale, the third of that name, gave a fold-course for 200 sheep in Attleburgh, and 53 acres and an half of arable land in B«A-e«Aaw« ; S\x John deJ'erdon, Knt. granted them divers lands, tenements, rents, and services in Brisingham, which was afterwards the Priory manor there." Benedict de Brehull gave them the homage and service of Roger Le-Leche and his heirs, besides other gifts. Tho. de Sancto Egidio (or Giles) gave them his messuage in the parish of St. Benedict in (Norwich) Jlestwic, with the advow- son of that church, with all rents belonging to his messuage. Peter, son of Sir Ralfde Cleij, Knt. gave 5 1 acres and an half in Cley Field, with divers villeins, yearly rents, and services, with liberty of faldage, common of pasture, and fuel in all his liberty. Roger de Montealt, Steward of Chester, released to them all his claim in the advowson of Kenninghall ,^ and granted them common of pasture in Soiithache in Kenriinghall, and the amerciaments of all their tenants in Kenninghall, who were punished in his leet there, to be received from his steward, who was to receive them of the offenders, all which grants were con- firmed by the King. In 1377, Will. Keleringham and others, aliened to the Prior 100 acres of underwood in Bukenham, by the King's license ; they had also 30 acres in Kcrthorp in Bukenham, settled on them in 1353, by license; and divers lands and tenements in West Bradenham the year before. In 1390, John Mounteny and others in Scacio. pen. Remem. Regis, fol. 334; ' Autog. pen. P. L.N. this was the Priory manor. ' See Brisingham Priory manor, p. ' See Kenninghall, p. lii. 62. ° Dug. Mon. Ang. vol. ii. fol. 174. ^ See p. 212. 386 OLD-BUKENHAM. settled 60 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, and a free fold in Ohl- Bukiuham, by the King's license. In l.')(i(i, they had hcense to receive divers lands in Tt/htnliam in Noifo/lc, and Cnitjie/d \n Su/fu/k. Coiistantine C/i/ton gave !(>/. a year lo be settled on the I'rior, which Sir Jo/iii Clifton, who died in 1447, onlered to be settled, and accordingly the manor oi' Mt/diiig Hail in Burston, whith belonged to the priory was settled on it by Sir Andrew Uguid, Kiit.^ Rob. Clifton, Knt. Constable of Burdeaiix, who was bmied in the conven- tual church of St. James the Apostle, was a good benefactor. Joint f erdon, of this town, in IjyO, gave 5 marks by will, to repair the church ; to the torches (or lights'in it) (is. 8(/. " To the Light of the " Sepnicor iijs. \\\yl. Also to tiie Light of the Mess of ./«/( iijs. \\\]d. " To the Pryor of Bokcnhain vjs. \'n\d. To ichc channon ijs. To " the reparaiyon of the Churche of (Jidc- Bokenhani xxs. Also to the " Gilde of St. Maityn in 'Sewe-Bokdiliam \js. viijr/. Also to the " reparacyon of the Gilde of our Lady xx.s. Also I will have an " honeste preste to syng for my sowie, and all my benefactors sowles, " in the parische churche of fsezct Bokvniium beforseid, by the space " an hole yer. Also 1 will that the place wiche I purehesid ijf Jolui " Heicett, John Colby, and ij. acr. of londc lyeing all the gate in the " heigh fcldc at Halt's Gate, remayne to the to\yn of Sewe Bokenliam, " to the common proHght, in releif and ciiinfortyng of the poor "■ pepnil fur evyrmor." The probate is now in the Church Chest. Dated March 29, 1491. In 1428,'^ the Prior's temporals in Old-Bukenham were taxed at 22/. \6s. lOd. ob. The total of the spirituals of this house, lying ia Noifolk, were taxed at 77/. ISs. 4d. and paid 5l. l.'is. 8d. every tenth ; the total of their temporals in Norfolk were taxed at 52/. gd. ob. and paid ol. 4s. 1(7. every tenth ; the whole of their temporals and spirituals at this time being taxed at IO9/. 14s. !. 129. given after 1177, and there were vicars ♦ From the accompt book of this pri- endowed at Kcnninghall, &c. but otiiers ory, in the hands of Micux Rant, Esq. were only paid a "siij end annually by MS^. fo. papyr. the house, who took tlic whole profits > Weaver, 856. and answered all outf;oiny charges. * Lib. Inst. No. 12. There were two ' The denieuns of the priory were let kes in this return, for some were at 52/. per annum. OLD-BUKENHAM. 387 went with the Priory manor in that family, and is now ownetl by Mr. Holbech. There are very few ruins remaining; the walls of the church are quite down, but the foundations may be easily traced; it was in the conventual form, with the tower in the midst, and had a nave, two isles, two transepts, a choir, and north vestry ; the mo- nastery stood on the north side of it, and was a good square court. On the wood work of an old gate I saw the arms of Albany carved, which looked very old. I have seen a piece of silver, which was found in digging in the ruins of the church anno 1723, which has a shield of arms, on which, a fess between two chevrons. A canton erm. impales quarterly a bend ; this looks as if it had been buried with its owner. See the plate for the seal, arms. Sic. of the priory. EXPLANATION OF THE PLAN OF THE PRIORY CHURCH, NOW CALLED THE ABBEY CHURCH. a is the choir ; h is the place where the tower stood ; c c is the nave ; d the north isle ; e the south isle ; ./the north transept; g the south transept ; A is a vestry ; i is the almonry. In 1579, John Margery was buried in this church, and gave every canon and monk 4f/. and 8 marks, to be prayed for. Katherine Brozcne was also buried the same year, and gave two silver phiolas, and the rest of her goods, to Sir fri/L Whalley, then prior, to pray for her. In 1507, Adam Sawer was buried here, and gave 4 nobles, for his soul to be sung for in the church. In 1508 ,the church was new roofed, and had an altar dedicated to St. Austin in it. PRIORS OF THIS HOUSE. 1216, Wj/Z/am was prior of Bukenham. 1221, Walter, who got Kenninghall appropriated. 1269, Hugh. 128t», Richard de Otteley. Br. Rich. Belts succeeded Bukenham. 1307,5 id. Febr. Brother JoA?j de Mutton, a canon of St. James's monastery at Bukenham, was elected piior by the sub-prior and con- vent, and confirmed by the Bishop of Norwich, as were all the priors to the Dissolution. 1329, 17 kal. Ju/y, Hugh de Brom, priest, canon there, elected prior. 1354, 11 Octob. Brother Will, de Spykesworth, canon, elected prior at Broom's death. I.'i81,27 Sept. Brother Will, de Banham, canon there, elected at Spykesworth's cession. 1402, 10 July, Brother Roger Carleton, canon, elected at Banham's death, and installed by the Archdeacon of Norfolk. 1442, 12 July, Brother John Noncich, elected on Carletou's death. 1451, 9 Nov. Brother Barth. Melles, canon, elected prior at Nor- wich's resignation. 1458, 17 Sept. Brother John Whalley, canon, elected on Melles's resignation. 388 OLD-BUKENHAM. 1480, 13 Mai/, Brother John Btikenkam,' senior, priest, canon there, elected prior at IVhalleys death. 149'3, John Flalti/ng, priest, was prior here. 15S4, 21 Jug. John Mylegate, or Millgate,' prior, Richard Ryntwz and five others subscribed to the supremacy. This John was the last prior, and resigned the house to the King ; Sir Tho. Broicne, &c. were canons at the resignation. These were the CANONS OF THIS HOUSE, That received their stipends over and above their daily maintenance and clothing, viz. 1479, Brother Tho. Fincham, Brotlier Rich. Cley, Brother Hen. Lychefeld, Brother Thomas Bevtrle, Brother John Bukenham, junior, Brotlier John Chambyr, Brother Richard Bukenham, cellerer. Brother Hi/ 1. Haricych. 1480, the same canons, except Brother John Baron, who was added to them. 1481, Brother Jo/(K Chambyr was added, and they continued till 14()3, and then brother John Foremale, a novice, was admitted among them, so that the monastery, when full, consisted of a Prior, an Auditor, who was not a religious, but one appointed by the lord to audit their annual accounts, and ten Canons, who yearly received for their stipends 40s. apiece, besides their maintenance and clothing ; out of these, a Sub-Prior, Sacrist, and Celerer, were yearly chosen. The temporal officers of the house were, the Steward of their Courts, a Heyward, Woodward, and Janitor, constantly attending at the mona'stery gates. In this year John Bonn was their auditor ; they yearly received, for the total income of the monastery, about 110?. and disbursed about 100/. THEIR CHURCHES WERE Bradenham West, an endowed vicarage. St. Benedict in Norwich ; they repaired the chancel, and had a parsonage-house. Bukenham AU-Saints, worth clear 7/. 15s. and the stipendiary serving chaplain paid. Claj, an impropriation; no vicar endowed. Giiston, had a vicar endowed ; great tithes were let at 15/. Barwyk had a vicar endowed. The offerings at the high altar of the monastery on St. James's Day, 6.S. 8rf. besides those on St. Margaret's Day, when the gild was kept there. •yEARLY RENTS. West-Herling church-waTdens paid \d. a year to this priory, for part of their town-land. Norton church-wardens paid Qd. a year for quitrent to their manor. " The expenses of his election, and 3/. » Lib. Comp. Prior, for the feast at his installation, came ■ WillisN Names of Incumbents, 144. to 7/. See much ot him at p. 223. OLDBUKBNHANr. 380 Kcnftint;Aout 3/. ptr annum. NiMtriiA (jiUI in !^l. I'rifr'i Sl,im rtiil , |>uic«n ol Si. .W./ry'« lyiligf III ihc I'lcldt, (now Chavtt FttlH.) \Ot. liurUun, iirotiu of lltv manor, Hi. Hit. OJ. Criilefieltl trul* o( 3l. Md. ptr annum, from the nuinor of Uic Earl of Sorlhumboral outi(oinKi were, to the manor* of Morlimer'i nml t'ro««A.i//iii UlUbur-^h, Kv/.; to lli< nilor of /.Vu/-//fr/i«;j, 8h<->, anil i /< - /. ; lo llie »airi«l of Sortirich catlu'drul, for III pcn*!'^! out • ' , 1 nnd llrndenluun churclici, ;»». W. ; to /I ill. />.• ' ( ,r one year, ')/. «m. 8//.; to ill- •■ . 8/. lo jIndrrK Sonrirh, nl ' In* *tip<.-nd, 8tc. ( 7cy uai - . ..iid ft4 acrt'» udj i. &.C. 1-187. at Sit/, anil inure >«;u laid oat in rt-pnii ; : thi- Virgin Marif, uiUiiii tlie precinct* of the muDutery. At the end of lliu ycmr'i uccompt are lhct>: line*. (' -f potutm. iJiim .Shuiim III fiiiiiiiio, I iKtmitt c to, Ummbui til iiuium, ijiioil ulu/uit •.,..,,■ /jtiim. Paid to Ecdtt court for the yearly tuil due, ( 390 OLD-BUKENHAM. a custos and two or three chaplains, his brethren, who had their dwel- ling at the west end ot" it, and constantly served there; it was the onfy place of worship that the burgh of New-Bukenliam had, till the present church was tounded, which was some time after the chapel: at the Dissolution it came to the lord's hands; and not long after- wards was converted into a barn, as it now remains. It stands on the south side of the castle, close by the road, as you enter into Nezo- Bukenham? The Parish Church of St. Andrew, in 01d-Bul;enham, was a rectory belonging to the manor, till the foundation of the priory, to which it was given by the foundej", and then appropriated to it, with- out any vicar endowed, the monks serving it themselves to the Disso- lution, when it was granted to Sir Tho. Kiitiet along with the priory,* and soon after was desecrated, and converted into a barn; it is just by Mr. Harvey's seat, which is called 'Al. Andrew's. It was taxed at 20s. and paid Is. every tenth. The Church of All-Saints in Old Bukenham, is the present parish church ; this was also a rectory appendant to the manor, and given by the founder to the priory, to which it was then appropriated, but no vicar endowed ; it was served by the monks, who found a stipendiary curate there till the Dissolution, when it was granted with the priory to Sir Tho. Kiievel, who received all the profits, and found a curate to serve the parish;' and thus it continued in that family till 1611, when it was mortgaged, with the King's license, along with Kiietet's manor in Tibeiiham, to Sir Tho. Herne, Knt. ; after this it was mortgaged backward and forward several times, till at last Sir Philip Kmvt't sold every one (that would purchase them) the tithes of their own lands, and the rest the parish purchased, together with the chancel and churchyard, and vested them in Robert If right and John jlllen, and their heirs, who reconveyed to Sir Philip all man- ner of tithes, oblations, &c. which might be due to the said rectory from any of his own land, and all those tithes which they sold, as trustees to Sir Philip, to Robert .Jollie, .Jacob Preston, and the rest of the parishioners, that had purchased their parts, after which they settled the chancel and .cluirch\ard of Old- Bukenham All-Saints, ■with all the great and small tithes, oblations, obventions, offerings, &c.' together with all other temporals whatever belonging thereto, on a great number of feoffees, who were to hold all the rectories of All- Saints and St. Andiew's, (except the churchyard, parsonage- house, and glebe lands of St. Andrew's, and all those tithes which placed in this chapel, of tlie gift of Julian Manyng, besides a gift of 41. in money ; and Tho. Beverle gava also ij. \d. the produce of all its oblations, lands, &c. this year, were %l. 6s. Sd. In 1485, Brother John Lichefeld, custcs of this chapel, received 6s. ad. as his stipend for it, from the prior. In 1493, Sir Richard Bukenliam, a canon, was custos. ^ It being so near, it is sometimes called St. Mary's chapel in Ncw-Bukcn- ham. ■• In 1557, Sir Tho. Kn?vet, was owner of it. Andrew s church, the rec- tory-house and glebes of which he then let at 3A 16s. a year. ' In 1603, Richard Montague, curate here, returned answer, that it was an impropriation, not endowed with a vi- carage ; that Sir Tho. LovcU was pro- prietor, and the number of communi- cants were 240. ' Autog. pen. Joh. Welhatn de Bu- kenham pra:dict. gen. OLD-BUKENHAM. 391 were sold before this feoffment,) with all the tithes of corn, grain^ hay, and all other great and small tithes, obventions, and oblations whatsoever, to them and their heirs, in trust, to the following uses ; that they, or the major part of them, shall for ever nominate, elect, and choose, an honest learned minister, for, and in the name of, the town of Old-liukeiihaiii aforesaid, to serve in yl/l-Saiiifs church, once in a week, and perform all services there,' who upon such choice shall be licensed according to the laws of the reahn,' after which he shall be allowed out of the profits of the rectory aforesaid, an annual stipend of Id/. 13a". 4(/. to be ])aid by the feoffees, one half upon every '2d day of Febniarj/, and the other half upon the 1st day of yy«g«s/, on which days they are to make and produce a just ac- count unto Sir i'liilip Ktievet, and his heirs, and the church-wardens of the town for the time being, and to all the rest of the inhabitants of the town, who shall think fit to be there, to see the accounts of the whole profits; and what ovci^plus of the profits remains (the sti- pend and charges being deducted) shall be by them paid inlo the churcii-wardens hands, to be by them employed to repair the chancel and churchyard walls ; and when all the feoffees are dead to five, they shall be obliged to make a new feoffment to ten persons at least, all which shall be [wrisliioners of this parish; and lest there should arise any disputes concerning the parts sold off, the lands and tene- ments so discharged, with the several purchasers names, are men- tioned, and all the lands which pay all manner of tithes to the feoftees, are separately described in nine rolls of parchment, annexed to the feoffment, among which, the Lai/es, containing 100 acres; a messuage and 100 acres, being the site of BMAfH/fam C/ose manor; 6 closes thereto belonging, containing 80 acres ; 50 acres more be- longing to the same messuage; 24 acres, called liromhiU Close ; 12 acres called Little Pond's Meadow; 8 acres called Fir Close; 30 acres called Hazcte Close, in the New Park ; 80 acres called Jlerli/ng IVood; l6 acres called Thome Croft ; and (iO acres called Fir Closes, are the largest parcels, though there are, besides these, 48 messuages and cottages, and 200 acres thereto belonging. The prior was taxed at 13 marks for the rectory, and paid l?*- 4t/. for it to every tenth. Mr. Last, rector of Wilbi/, was curate here, and the Rev. Mr. Robert Stone is the present [1737] minister. Here were three Gilds, dedicated to St. Margaret, St. Thomas the Martyr, and St. Peter. In 1373, Agnes Faucus of Old-Bukenham, buried in ylll-Saints churchyard, gave a heifer for her mortuary, and to Sir Roger, chaplain of the church, 6d. The church and chancel are thatched ; the steeple is octangular ; there are five bells ; the north isle is leaded. ' 1317, John Chapman. 1348, David tin's &c. 148+, Alonson, parish chap- Cobet, chaplain. 1400, Sir Roger Wood- lain, (S:c. accounted izi. for a mortuary cock, chaplain here. 1479, Edmund received. 1485, John Sewall, cliaplain. Nabbc, cliaplain, parish priest ; the J489, Henry Stanliovv, chaplain, prior paid his stipend, 4/. 6s. id. 1481, * After which license it is a cure for Will. Pec, parish priest, accounted for life, unless such objections are made as the offerings at the high altar for this can enable the Bishop to recall his U- year, it. 41. lod. At Bukcnham St. cense. Andrew's liigh altar notliiiig, St. Mar- 39C O L D - B U K E N II A M. In the chancel lies a stone for JOHN WELIIAM, Gent, who died July the lO'"" 17 13, aged 66 Years. Earth have possessed him, Ashes, Clay, and Dust, But Heaven contains his Soul, among the Just. On a brass plate, Prestoti's arms and crest, niC REQUIESCIT CORPUS JACOBI PRESTON,' GENR; QUI VITAM HANC F.XPIRAVIT IN FIDE (IIH1STI LXVI. ETATIS SU.-E ANNO DOM: l630. On another brass plate, Here lyclh the Body of iMntiiew Sturdyvant, Gent, who ended this Life the 21st Day of March lOtM, when he was of the Age of 8.') Years, and did give by his Last Will towards the Main- tenance of a Schoole in this Parish for ever, 100/.' and towards thre newe Bells to be bought 20/. HODIF,, MIUI. CRAS, TIBI. On a loose brass in the church, ilat unocr rc.stctlj tijt 5?oi3))C of olljomaiti tfo'l' ^Ijc «6locr, toljo ocpartcD tljijS -JLifc tljc pi ©an of Jamianjc, in tljc locate of ourc aiorO, iGo-i. Tiiere are stones in the chancel for William, Son of Phillip Leigh, and Eliz. his Wife, who died Febr. 1, 1682. Anne, Wife of Tho. Brewster, Gent, died Jan. 5, l68C. In the nave on the south side, as Mr. Weaver informs us,* there was a stone plated with brass, on which was a crane, and i©£0 43ratia^ in a scroll from its mouth, and this, ©rate pro Clnima CJ^omc 2?roton ruiuiS SInimc propitictur ®cu^, amen. Elizabeth, Daughter of Sam: Baker, died Nov. 4, 1725, iEt. l6. Over the King's arms, AOHA ©En. Vivat, vincat, et regnet Verbum Domini, et itt nobis, et Semini nostro in JRternum, annue summe Deus, per Jesum Christum, unicum Domi- num nostrum. ' He had a good estate here ; and was am informed) something more is added" grandfather of Sir Isaac Preston, Knt. to the stipend, of Beeston St. Lawrence, in Norfolk. * Folio 8j6. ' The school is still kept, and (as I OLD-BUKENHAM. 393 There were these arms in the windows, most of which now remain. St. GEORGE. KNEVET. nURV ABBEY. Tatshall and Clifton quarterly. Tatshall and Clifto.v impaled with Thorp, az. three crescents arg. Tatshall, chequy or. and gul. a chief erm. The priory arms, arg. three escalops s/il>. Barry of ten giil. and aig. quartering Cailv, chequy gii/. and or, a bend erm. Cromwell, «rg. achief ij«/. abends:. quarteringTATSiiALL. Knevet quartering Clifton. There are several angels holding some of the arms, «ith labels from their mouths, I'iz. &a[)oi ficgina .rciiitcr riiiscrctorCiie, 2>cntn 5r>ci Ocnrtrir jllariti. ate ficgina ^Calorum, atoc ©omnia. On hatchments in the chancel, 'Harvey, or, on a chevron between three leopards heads f Harvey, or, on a chevron between thrc 1 A J S"'' ^'^ many flower-de-liscs arg. impaled < jj^^. j,lon, «//as V an deprot, a;-'', on a ^ houbloDs, or hop-poles, frucled prope mound I'fr/, three roper 394 OLD-BUKENHAM. Harvey, or, on hy the contribution of several great men, some of whose arms still remain in the windows, and of such other persons as pleased to be benefactors ; for in that year John Cukt ordered to be buried in the new isle of St. Martin's church in New-Bukin/iam, and gave 5 marks towards leading it;'' he was a good benefactor to the gilds of St. Manj and St. Martin, which were kept in the church.' 'l"he south isle, porch, and tower, were begun soon after, by that Sir John Knevet who mar- ried Clijion's heiress, and finished by his grandson. Sir II i/tiain Knevet, as the arms in the windows and on the tower plainly demon- strate. This church is a donative, the minister being chosen by the majority of the votes of all the residents in the parish, that pay to the minister's rate, and after such choice so made, and entered by the church-wardens in the Town-book, he is to have a nomination under their hands to the Bishop, in order for a license, whioh being obtained, unless that be recalled, it is a cure for life. In 1()0;3, Mr. Francis Bradleij was curate, whose answer was, that he served it as an impropriate cure, without any stipend from the impropriator; that it was in Rockland deanery, and Norfolk arch- vic. hall. ' In I4j6, John Warengerof this town * 1318, Sir Robert Trot, and Sir John gave 4^. towards keeping a light burn- de Rcdenhall, chaplains. 1366 Sir Ko. ing before the image of St. Mar)' in this ger Wodecock of Wymondham, and church. In 1 J05, Richard Towlcr was Thomas de Gcsclc, serving chaplains, buried in the church, before the image VOL. 1. 3 E 398 NEW-BXJ KENHAM. The nave is leaded, having a neat square tower, wilh a clock and five bells in it, joined to its west end, on which the following arms are carved in freestone over the west door, viz. Will, de Bohun Earl of Nvrthanipton. HuMFUY DE Bohun, his son and heir. Staffoud. Holland, viz. France and England quartered, in a bordure. Lynnes. Knevet and Caily quartered. Knevet quartered with, pally, a bordure charged with roundells. Albany. Knevet and Clifton quartered. Knevet and Heveningham quartered. Knevet and Clifton, with a canton. In the nave there are stones for, John Pitcher, Gent, and Elizabeth his Wife, he died Oct. 30, 1720, aged 74, and she June 1705. Thomas Richards, died 2-1 July, 1705. Marj', Wife of Mr. Robert Harris of Lynn Regis, Daughter ol' Mr. Tho. Richards, she left a Son and two Daughters, and died Febr. 9, 1700, aged 23 Years. Chiudius Grey, Gent, buried Fcbr. 18, 1700, T. Colman 1718. At the west end of the nave there are stones for, Mr. Tho. Fulcher, Apothecary, who died June 10, 1707,.S^t.58. John Blake, Nov. 1723, ^t. 13, Tho. Blake, Nov. 28, 1728, iEt. 12, both sons of Thomas and Mary Blake. On the fonl, Kiievct's arms : it was erected, j^cbruarp i, i6i<), CijomaiS Cotman, Cljri.stopticr ()Lr,. BARDOLPll. CAILLV. :v\ n 0^. A. G o V ^ k, -^ L • • \ s ^ ^ ;-^ 1 ^^\u \ •;\ rs ^^ V ^^J — 1 u L^ L— \m 0^ FITZ WALTER. It Hi 400 NEW-BUKENHAM. The chancel is tiled ; on the north side is an inarched monument, in which is an altar tomb ; the arms, inscription, and effigies of a woman, with a label from her mouth, are all lost. 'I'his is tne tomb of Sir Thomas Kuevtt of Buheitham castle,* and Katharine his wife, daughter to the Earl of Derby. On a flat stone is this, on a brass plate, J^ic iacct aiicia,' qiionDam IJIror IPiIli: ftniibct, armigtri, que erat, 5Filia5oi)anni^eptcnifarij;. anno S^oittini ^li.ceeclvv)fi»°. ""U!^ anime propicietuc ©cu^ amen. $Jic iacet Bobt. .:§eman Capellanu^, qui ofaiit nono Die %m. 2." ©cm; lE.cecc" I]tb° tuiu^ Snime * ^ * s ».*?*== * ©rate pro 3nima l©ilti: PpIIjiS, qui obiit fvb tie 5&ecembri.s;, anno J©ni: ,Ili.ctccc4T)ci. cuiujS animc propicietut beu^ amen. There are many old stones without inscriptions, under which divers of the family of the Knevets lie buried ; an ancient house, saith Cambden? ever since Sir John Knevet was Lord Chancellor of Eng- land, under King Edzcard III. and also honourably allied by great marriages. For over and besides these oi Bukenham, now baronets, from hence sprung those right worshipful knights. Sir Tho. Knevet, Lord Knevet, Sir Henry Knevet o( Wiltshire, and Sir Thomas Knevet oi Ashwell- thorp, and others. <@tate pro animabujS 5jol]annii5 Kltnebet, armigeri, et aiesSiee ^jroti^ jiuff, qui ob: 1400.' His effigies in armour in a coat of his arms, viz. Knevet quartering Clifton, his wife by him in a gown, and an escutcheon between them of their arms, viz. Knevet, impaling Lt/n, or Lynnes. -^rg. a demi- lion rampant gul. in a bordure sab. bezant^. All this is lost. l^ic iacet artottia^ 5?iliu^ K^entici Collet, ciiJi.si et aitiermannt Citjitati^ Itonbon, qui obiit Die i,tjatitittati.^ i»ce: Jitiarae, 1479. Collet impaled with Knevet, quartering Clifton, This is also lost. ' See his will. p. 379. ' Weaver's Funeral Monuments, fo. ' She was sister of Edmund Grey, the 855. •*rst Earl of Kent of that family. » Camden, &c. » Coll. P. L. N. NEW-BUKENHAM. ^oi On an altar-tomb on the north side of the chancel, Gulielmus Barber hujus Parochiae Gen; Obijt 24° die Januarij, . f Xti. iTiys. ^""niEtatis84. Ille Senex omni ut clero succurreret ^vo, Paupcribusque pius, Munera larga dedit:* Ditibus Exempio, semper sua sint Benefacta, Laudent Parlicipes proque Datore, Deum. On a marble by the altar, the arms and crest of Tindall, alias Kendall,^ impahng a chevron between three castles or towers. P. M.S. INIaria, Henrici Scarborough, de Walsham Boreali, in Com: Isorft": Gencrosi, Mauritij Kendal de Eadem Armigeri, Eliz: et Mariae Kendal sobolum, Filia, Uxor, Mater, observantis- sima, dilectissinia, pientissima, nee minus Deo quam Amicis fidelis. Corpus in terra hie rcpositum, Virtutes in Prole bonis Auspicijs clucent, Spiritus in CceIo Triumphal. A C iEtat. A""nDom.l693. Another black marble more south, lies over John Kendal, Esq; [Father of Maurice] who died the 14fA of Dec. IG72, aged 59. Kendalls arms single. On a stone on the south side of the chancel. Kendal's arms. In Memoriam piam Matris suae charissima; Elizabethae, Jo- bannis Kendal Armigeri, conjugis dilectissimse. Quae vix ne vi.x fuit altera, Dei Reverentior, Mariti observantior, Liberoium Denique (at summo cum Religionis turn Morum studio) Indul- gentior, hoc Marmor Pietatis Ergo, apposuit Mauritius Filius ; obijt die 23 Febr. A^ Dni: l6'95, .Sltatis vero 80. Another stone hath Kendall impaling Ashfuld, a fess between three de-lises. Faelicem expectans Resurrectionem hie jacet, Mauritius Ken- dall de Norlhwalsham, in Agro Norfolciensi Armiger, Vir Pa- terque indulgens. Amicus Juratissimus, Ingcnuis congruus, nefarijs infensus, Ecclesiee & Monarchise Vindc.x acerrimus, seditiosis Perduellis, Legum in omnibus observantissimus, Juris- peritus ipse Eloquentissimus; obdormivit Anno salutis mdccxii. .£tatis Lii. * The church-wardens receive the an- dowed with a farm in this town of n/. nual rent of lands let at 6/. a year, to per annum. There is a town-house, and repair the church, and adarn it. The lands let at iil. i+j. a year, alms-house was erected by Mr. Wm. ^ See Banliam, p. 3jj. Barber, for four poor widows, and en- 40« N E W - H U K E N II A M. A large black marble near the screens balh this inscription, most of it covered by buiiiiing a pew over il, Here lyelh interred the Body of Dame Rebekah the Daughter of Edward Warne, of New-Uiuliing!i.un, Gent, her first Hus- band was Samuel Benson of Norwich, Gent, her 2d was 'J'hon)as Davy of Norwich, her third was Sir Francis Bickley of Attle- borrow. Baronet, her last Husband was Nicholas Pointer of Norwich, Gent, she dyed the 18//( of August 1694, aged j4. This stone was laid by JVilliam Bernham of Norwich, merchant, her executor. The south porch and isle are leaded, in the middle of which lies a black marble for, John, only Son of John Barber, and Elizabeth his Wife, who died May '10th 1711. aged 44. leaving Elizabeth his Relict (Younger Daughter of Henry Mcen, and Cicely his Wife) to be the greater Comfort of Elizabeth, John, and Susannah his Chil- dren, who survived him. A stone for, Hanah Pain who died March 14, 1728. iEt. 73. The windows were beautifully adorned witli the following arms, inscriptions, and effigies,* several of which are broken, though there are some remaining whole. In the east window of the chapel, at the upper end of the isle, were the effigies of its founder, and his three wives, viz. Alice Grei/, who is buried in the chancel ; she hath the arms of Grei/ of RtUhi/>i, with a crescent or for difference, quartering Grey, counter-quartering / itlence, on her mantle. The whole window is powdered with ragged staves mb. The second is mantled with the arms of Buckingham, Stafford, &e. being made for Joan, daughter of Iliimfii/ Stafford Duke of Buckingham. The third is for Joan, daughter of Thomas Courtney, relict of Sir Roger Clifford; on her mantle are the arms of Courtciiet/ Clifford, &e. all which, with Sir // illiani Kncxet, their husband, are buried in the chancel; over their heads was this, <©rate pro animabu^ UMlli: Iftnctict, mihti.si, 9Iific fflis '^obanniiS «?rcp, et 5£»omine "^oljannc filie liiimfribi 5?ur:?" 2?uch.fi, ft 5?ominc 3,oi)anne ;f>arori!n, ct uniu.ti l)crcDiim JDoinini »Cf)o: aXourtncp, nupcr Comitiji ©etoon: "Elforum Dicti IDiUi. ♦ Sir Henry St. George's MSS. A. 23, fol. 218. NEW-BUKENHAM. 403 The following arms are in the windows, KNEVET. STAFFORD. WINGFIF.Ln. Jenney, erm. a bend giil. cotised or, an annulet for difference, impaled with WiiDLEY, or Wederup. Knevet, Caily, and Clifton quartered. Grey, harry of six, arg. and az. in chief three torteaux, a crescent or for difference. Hastyngs quartering Valence. Humphry Earl of .S7 o/To'v/. BoiiUN Earl of 'Sorthampton. The same, with this difference only, that there are tiuee uiulicls on the bend. Courtney, or, three torteaux. Beau FORD Earl of 6o/ne;se/, and Bohun Earl of Northampton, impaled. Clifton. Albany. Fitz-Alan. Ta TESHALE, chequy or and giil. a chief frw?. Caily and Tateshale quartered. ytrl, a chevron between three conies arg. Parted per chevron gnl. and lozenge arg. and az. a dove volant in chief, of the second. Or, on a cross gw/. five escalops arg. Or, a chevron gul, between three torteaux. 404 NEW-BUKENHAM. rWEDERUP, vert, an annulet arg. a chevron, crin. bc- I tweeu three cups of ihe second. O -I ■ A ■^ "^'^^ escalops on the cross, as before. I Lozenge, az. and aig. on a chief gw/. two lions recom- I batant arg. LOr, a chevron gitl. between three torteaux. In llie east window of the isle these arms remain, Knevet quartering Cailv. Grey quartering Hastyngs, counter-quartering Valence. Holland, England and France quartered, in a bordure arg. quar- tering the Earl ot' Northampton. Wyngfield, mixed with Bohun and Stafford. The fifth shield is ihe same as the first. Courtney quartering |)er bend, az. and or, a lion rampant coun- ter-changed, impaling France and England in a bordure, gobone arg. and az. Clifton quartering Albany. Caily quartering! atesh ale. On an altar tomb, on the north side of the church, in the yard. Wade's arms and crest, a lion passant chained. j^rg. 3 bucks heads erased az. THOMAS WADE died Oct. 17, 1708, and Robert Wade his Brother 7 Jan. 1708. JOHN WADE, Gent, their Uncle died 23 July, 1721, aged 73 Years. An altar tomb on the south side of the church for MARY, Wife of Richard Crowe, Gent, who died 25 Aug. 1689, aged 2C) Years. RICHARD CROWE, Gent, died 12 Nov. 1717, aged 57 Years. From the Register it appears, that in 1543, Henry Spilman and jinne Thiirsdai/ were married t'ebr. 7. 1561, Francis Travers, Gent. and E/iz. Clere, Nov. 4. 1565, Thomas, son and heir of Sir 27«o. Knevet, baptized 2 1 Jan. 1568, John Knevet, Gent, baptized June2. Joan Knevet buried the same day. 1568, Kalherine, wife of Sir Tho. Knevet, buried June 22. 156y, Sir Tho. Knevet died Sept. 22. 1577, 19 Sept. Richard Stocka and /Inne hoodhousc. Gentlewoman, were mairied according to the law in that case for ministers provided. 1583, Francis, the brewer at the Castle, buried 5 Ju/i/. 1586, 14 Mar. Thomas, son of Tho. Knevet, Esq. buried. 1587, 25 March, John, son oi' Tho. Knevet, ^■^q. buried. 1594, Mart/ his daughter baptized 9 Jiili/, FJizubclh liis tinughter buried ISiliay, 1594. 1595, Sir Tho. Knevet, Ktit. buried 2() July. 1599, Robert, son of Tho. Knevkf, Esq. buried 24 Dec. IfiOO, 'Theophilns, son oH John Kendall, buried the 13 Dec. l\ illiam his son, baptized 1 Nov. Uy02, Anne his daughter l605. 1608, June 5, Thomas Havers, and Katlicrine Kendal married. I(i09, 24 Apr. Philip, son of Sir Fhil. Knyvet, baptized. I6l0, IS June, Will. Knevet his son, baptized. 1610, IS June, Ka- lherine, the Lady Knevet, was buried. 1011, 15 Sept, Dorothy, E C G L E S. 40j daughter of Sir Philip Knevct, baptized. l6l2, 30 .^ug. Elit. daugli- ter oi John Kendall, junior, baptized. I6l3, II Aug. Mr. C/emciit Hume and Mrs. Mary Knevet married. I6l4, 2 June, Katlierine, daugiiter of Sir Philip Knevet, baptized. 13 June, John, son oi John Kendall, junior, baptized, lfJ15, Jan. 23, Robert, son of Sir Phil. Knevet, Bart, baptized. 1615, Will, son of Sir Philip, buried, 16 y6, John his son baptized. 1623, 14 June, William, son o{ John Kendall, jnaioi, baptized, 1635, John Kendall buried 17 July. E C C L E S 1 s bounded on the east by Wilbij, on the west by Lerlin^ and Snit- terton, on the north by Harpham, and on the south by Quidenham ; it hath one manor only, to wliicii the advovvson of the rectory now is, and always was, appendant. It is often called in French deeds, about the time of Edicard III, L'Eglise, or the Church, which hath induced me sometimes to think, that it took that name by way of eminence, it being the Bishop's own church, and a place where most of them, to the time of Henry VIII. often resided in their palace here,' as appears from the great number of persons that were insti- tuted at this place, and from the additional name of Eccles Episcopi, or Bishop's Eccles, by which it was always distinguished from Eccles by the Sea. The manor was very extensive, including all this town, great part of St. Andrew's parish in Bukenham,'' or all Ncw-Bul;enham, .'uid the Hagh in Old-Bukenham, besides lands in most of the adjacent pa- rishes.' It was held by Half Earl oi' Norfolk, in the Confessor's time, and after, by Earl Kalf his son ; they jointly gave it to Egelmar, or Ailmar, Bishop of Elniham, just before the Conquest,^ who held it of them, as did Bishop Arfast, or Herefast, who removed his see to Thetford ; he was succeeded by IVillium Galsagus,^ Bishop of Thetford, who held it at the lime of the Conqueror's survey, not as belonging to the original revenues of his bishoprick, but as part of ' The palace is now quite ruinated ; nuit Radulfiis Comes filius ejus, postea the motes, foundations, Sec. may be seen Ailmarus Episcopus de iitroque, postea in the Low-Meadows, about a furlong Arf. Episcopus, modo tenet Willus. or more S.E. of the clnircli. Epus. semper xii. vill. ct xi. bord. * See Old-Bukenliaui, p. 369, and tunc v. scrv. modo ii. xx. acr. prati, New-Bukcnhani, p. 395. silv. c. pore, semper ii. car. in dominio ' The whole tithes of New-Bukcn- tunc v. car. honi. modo iiii. semper i. ham, and of the lands called the Bishop's mol. modo iii. acr. et vii. pore, clxxx. Hagli, or Hawe, in Old Bukenham, are Oves, tunc val. c. sol. modo Ix. totum now paid to the rector of Eccles yearly, habet i. leug. in long, et iiii. quart, in ' Terra Epi. Tcdfordensis, ad Epis- lato, et vii.^. de Gclto, banc terram ha. copatum pertinensT.R.E. fol. 248, and buit A. Epus. in tempore utrorumque 149. [Terra tjusdem de fcudo.] et Hundret nescit quomodo, et nunquani Scerpham Hundret. In Eccles tenet sui de episcopatu teste Hund, Rad. Comes T,R.E. iiii. car. post tc- » Godwin de Prass. 481. VOL. I. 3 F 406 E C C L E S. those revennes that his predecessors had been infeoffcd in by other pioHS benefactors, as I take the title De Fendo in Domesdai/ to signify, and not of his own fee or inheritance, as some interpret it; it had then 2 carucates in demean, wood ' able to maintain 100 hogs, pas- ture for 180 sheep, it was fallen from 5/. value to 3/. and was two miles long, and one broad, and paid Id.geid. In the record called Testa de Neii/, it appears it belonged to the Bishop, but they could not tell whether it was part of his barony, or whether he held it in free alms.* In the year 1200, King John, by his charter under seal, dated at Gay tint on, 28 Nov. in the second year of bis reign, con- firmed to John Grey, Chief Justice of England, and Bishop of Nor- jiich,^ his great favourite, and to the church of the JIo/i/ Trinity at Norwich, and to the succeeding bishops and monks serving God there, all their lands, villages, churches, possessions, rents, tenements, liberties, and ancient customs, whatsoever, which they had confirmed and given them in the time of King Henry* his grandfather. King Henry his father, and King Richard his brother; and also all the charters, deeds, grants, and gifts of all his ancestors. And further- more, at the request of the said Bishop, by this charter he granted them throughout all their lands, sac and soc, toll, theam, infengen- thcf, &c.^ with the liberty of not serving at hundred courts, sheriffs turns, or any other courts out of their manors^ and that they and the ' This innst be Biickenham Hawe. - He held it in free alms of the gift of the said Earl. ^ Pope Alexander III. by bull dated 1176, among other things, confirmed to John Bishop of Norwich, " Eccles cum •' Soca," &c. ♦ It seems Henry I. had seized part of the possessions of the Bishoprick, for in the Monasticon, fol. 410. I read this, A° iioi, Hcrbertus fiindator Nor- vic. catliedrai. dedit dictje ecclesix ma- nerium et ecclesiam de Eccles quam redemi a Rcge Henrico pro 60 libris. s Dedimus et concessinuis et ad im- pctrationem venerabilis patris nostri Joliannis Secimdi, Korwic. Episcopi, hac carta nostra confirmavimiis, quod habeant per universas terras suas, soc, sac, toll, theam, infengenthef, et utfen- genthef, cum jiidicio ferri, aque, ignis, et diielli, bene et in pace, libcre et quiete, plenarie et honorifice, infra civitates, burgos, villas, et extra, in terris, in redditibus, advocationibiis ecclesiarum, capellarum, servicijs hominuni, et rele- ■yijs, in bosco et piano, in vijs et semitis, introitibus et exitibus, in salinis,ct stag- nis, et vivarijs, in aquis et molendinis, in piscarijs, in moris et mariscis, in tiir- barijs, et in omnibus alijs locis et rebus ad tenementa sua pertinentibus. Sint etiam prcdicti Episcopus, ct monachi et eorum dominici ubiciinque sint, per to- tam terram nostram, soliiti, liberi et quieti, ab omnibus scottis, geldis, Dane- geldis, hydagijs, carucagijs, auxilijs, placitis, qiierelis, summonitionlbus de sectis shirarum et hundredorum, de auxilijs vicecomitum et prepositorum, de miserccordi:s comitatus et hundredo- rum, et de placitis eorum, de murdro et gaywite et latrocinio, de operationibus castellorum, domorum, valloriim, par- corum, vivariorum, pontium, et fossa- rum, et de fredwita, et hengwita, et de warde-peny, et averd-peny, et them- peny, et flemenswita, leirwita, blodwita et flictwita, gritbrigge et frememfrithe et forstall, ct hamsocne et herfare et franc, pleg. Ita quod visas franci ple- gij, fiat in curia eorum, coram serviente nostro sine admixtione hominum alieni homagij, ita quod si aliqux miserecordia vel forisfactura, vel ahquod proficuum inde pervenerint, ipsi illud accipiant ad opus eorum, sint etiam ipsi, et dominici burgenses eorum in terra sua residentes, ubicunque liberi et quieti de thelonio, pontageo, passagio, paagio, lestagio, fallagio, cariagio, pannagio, stallagio, summagio, et navig. et omni alia con- suetudine per totam terram nostram, preter civitatem London. Sint etiam quieti ipsi, et dominici burgenses sui pre- dict! de omnibus rebus suis, quas eme- rint vel vendiderint, et per aquam aut per terram deportari fecerint per totam terram nostram, ct homines de doniinicis suis sint quieti de omnibus qu. emerint vel vendiderint ad piopriuni victum vel vestitum suuni, salva libcitate civitatis London. Concessinms etiam et confir- niatnus eis, c^uod si aliquis hominum E C C L E S, 40? tenants residing in their manors, should transact every thing among themselves, at the views oi fmnkp ledge \n their manors; and that atl manner ot" felons goods, and I'orfeitiues of the tenants and burgesses residing on tiie Bishop's demeans, should be free from all toll, pont- age, paage, lastage, stallage. Sec. throughout all England, for all goods which they shall buy, sell, and carry by water or land, except within the liberties of the city of London, with other large liberties expressed in the said charter, all which were exemplified* under seal the 7th oi Febr. oQih oi Elizabeth, 1393, at the request of 2'/(0/nai and James Plowman, alias Cann, and Thomas Barnes, inhabitants of Eccles, on the behalf, and for the use of, the tenants, townsmen, an4 inhabitants of the said town, who had enjoyed the same liberties from the first grant to the present time.' In 1230, PValter Bishop of Norwich had a charter for free-warren here, and in all other demeans of his bishoprick.^ In 1286,' he had view of frankpledge, assize of bread and ale, a ducking-stool, a gallows,' and wei/J] and from this time the manor continued in the bishoprick, till Bishop Nix^ unfortunately falling under a premunire, for which he was by law to suffer perpetual imprisonment and loss of all his goods, was forced to purchase his peace of King HenryWiW. by exchanging the large estates (viz. 30 good manors and more) belonging to his bishoprick, for the abbey and revenues of St. Bennet of the Hulme;^ and that this agreement might remain firm for ever, the King pro- cured that it should be settled by Act of Parliament,* that the Bishop of Norzoich should be always Abbot of St. Bennet of Htdme, and on the contrary, the Abbot of Hulme Bishop of Norwich; b3' which exchange this manor came to the Crown, and there continued till Nov. 12, 1559, when Queen Elizabeth granted the manor, advowson, sheep's walk, and all other privileges thereto belonging, to Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knt. Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal, and to his heirs, to be held by him and them, in as full and ample.a manner, as any of the ancient bishops held it, when it belonged to that see. He conveyed it to Sir Nathaniel Bacon, Knight of the Bath, of suoriim vitam vel membrum debeat amittere, vel fugerit, et jiidicio stare noluerit, vel aliquod delictum fecerit pro quo, calalla sua debeat amitiere, ipsa catalla predictorum sint Episcopi et Monachorum. Prohibemus etiani, ne de aliqua possessione sua, ponantur in placitiim, nisi in presencia nostra vel heredum nostroruni. Hijs Testibus, \V. London, S. Bathon et Glaston. Episcopis, S. Wellen, Archidiacono, Galfrido filio Petri Comitis Essex, Sec. Indorsed, The Liberties of Jlccles Manor and Town. This charter is inroUed in Chancery. In Rotulis Cancellarie infra Turrim London, de Recordo remanen. * 1 he exemplification in the hands of Mr. Lanham of Yaxley in Suffolk, who owns an estate here. ' Plita Libertat. Epi. Norwic. temp. Joh, Epi. A°4i H. 3.R.3I. Episcopus Norwic. respondit pro catallis B. de Eccles. Plita. Coron. A°5i H. 3. rot3. s Cart. 35 H. 3. N^ 2. The leet al- ways belonged to tlie manor, and it has free-warren, and so was neverappendant to the hundred, for which reason the lord of the hundred hath nothing to do in this manor. ' Plita Corone apud Norwic. 15 E. fil. Hen. Rot. 510. in dorso. ' They stood on the hill called Gal- lowe-Hill, almost a mile N. W. of the town. ^ Atlas, p. 382. 5 The Bishop of Norwich is tlie only Abbot in England, awd now sits in par- liament by virtue of the barony of Huline abbey, the barony formerly belonging to the bishoprick being in the Crown. N. B. Hulme was a mitred abbey, and as such its abbots always sat in parliament. ♦ A" Reg. 27. viz. 1535. 408 E C C L E S. Stiveki/, or Stid-ei/, in Norfolk, his youngest son, who kept court here, trom about 1572 to 1J95;' he settled a moiety of it on Eliza- beth, his second daughter and coheir, upon her marrying Sir Tho; Knevet, junior, Knt. son of Sir Tho. Kneiet of Ashwc/Zthorp, Knl.; and in l63I, this moiety was settled by Dame Elizabeth Knevet aforesaid, on Mitriell, wife of Sir Charles Le-Grosse, Knt. of Crost- weyt, and her heirs. Sir Roger Toii'nsheiid, Sir Robert Garvdi/, and others, being then concerned as coheirs of the estate of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, who had settled the other moiety on Sir Ozcen Smith in re- mainder, after the death of Dorotki/, his second wife, eldest daughter of Sir Arthur Hoplon, Knight of the Bath, at the coronation of King James, son of Sir Ozccn Hoptoii, Knt. whicli Dorothif was relict of William Smith of Burgh castle in Suffolk ; and thus it continued in moieties for some time. In lfj'2'2. Dame Dorothj Bacon, widow of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, kept court here; in 1629, Charles Le-Grosse, and Thomas Smith held a court. In 1638, Sir Thomas Hopton, Knt. and Arthur Hopton, Esq. held their first court for one moiety, and the year following Sir Ralf Hopton, Knt. held his first court for the same moiety. In 1640, Alice Smith, widow, and Sir Charles Le-Grosse, Knt. held their first court for the other moiety. In l642. Sir Charles Le-Gros, Knt. and Fitz-Nunn Lambe, Esq. held their first court, the Hoptons having sold their moiety (as I suppose) to the Lambs, who after became pos- sessed of the whole, in whose family it continued till about 17 12, and then Mr. Edmund Lamb sold it to Mr. William Green of Stafford, whose son, William Green, Esq. became lord, but is lately dead, and Mrs. Marij Green oi' Eccles, his widow, is now [1737] lady. The Customs of this manor arc, that the fine is at the lord's will, the tenants cannot waste their copyhold without license; the eldest son is heir; there is no leetfee or common fine, and it gives no dower. The Commons belonging to this town are these, the Wroo, Rozese Hill, the Great Fen, the Little Fen, South Moore, North Moor, JVest Ling, or the further Heath, containing in all about 180 acres, on all which the lord hath no right of commonage, but it solely belongs to the tenants, who can common horses, cows, and all other cattle, and cut and carry away furze at all times from Rouse Hill, and the fur- ther Heath, and flags and turf from the fens,* There is a hamlet called Overey, which had a church formerly, for I meet with one Bartholomew, rector of Overey; but it never had any institution, which makes me think it always belonged to Eccles, and was served by that rector, because in the beginning oi Henry VIII. Overey is said to belong to Eccles, as it now doth. The Church is dedicated to St. Mary. It hath a round tower and three bells ; the nave is leaded, the chancel and north porch tiled ; 5 E Lib. Curia;: there are many alien- Plita. Tre. coram Justic.de Banco de ations, fines, &c. which vested tlie nia- Term. Sci. Hilarij 2 W. et Mar. rot. nor in several otlier persons, but tliey K50. pen. Dan. Lanham de Yaxley in were trustees only. Com. Suff. • Ex Exemplific. Irrotul. in Coia. E C C L E S. 40g the south isle (which hath a roof distinct from the nave) is thatched. It is a rectory in Norf'u/k archdeaconry and Rotkland deanery, valued in the King's Books at 14/. per anii'uiii, and pays 1/. 8s. ptr aiiiiuia tenths. It is altogether exempt from archidiaconal jurisdiction, and so pays no procurations, and it being the Bishop's own scat, he always excused the rector from payment of synodals, so that there are none paid, except at the general visitations. It is a small village, haying much decreased for some time, by the lord's purchasing many of the cottages and small tenements. In l603, ithad 108 communicants, and now [1737] it hath about 150 inhabitants; it paid 30x. a year to the tenths, and is now assessed at 338/. 10s. to the land tax. There is a rectory-house, which was built (according to report) by Bishop Nix, whose arms, with the arms of the see, were in the windows, but were lost when the house was burnt down a few years since, in Mr. Birch's time, who rebuilt it; there is a convenient quantity of glebe belonging to it. In Bishop Nix's time, anno 1510, one Thomas, a priest of Norwich, was burned at Erc/es: when he was in prison, he was by persuasion led away from his former opinions, wherefore, when he went to be burned, he would for penance be carried on sharp hurdles made of thorns.' This Bishop was certainly a greater bigot to Popery than could well consist with his learning and station, for when he was very old, he obstinately opposed the reformation then begun, and held seciet cor- respondence with the court of Rome, though he had with a solemn oath openly renounced the Pope's supremacy. But at last being accused and convicted, he was imprisoned a long time in the Mar- ihalsea, so that his own sufferings may in some measure clear him of his vices, and argue his sincerity in his religion, though erroneous.' RECTORS. 1301, kal. Jpril, Simon ht, so that the fee became vested in Maud de Lancaster, relict of lii/l. de Jhirgh Earl of Ulster, wlio ob- tained leave of )s.\n^ Edimrd \\\. at the intercession of/iewn/Earl of Lancaster, her brother, to found a chantry, of a master anil four chaplains, in the chapel of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, in the priory church belonging to the nuns at Cainpessc in Suffolk, to tile laud and honour of God, and the Holy Virgin, for the souls of IViUiam de Burgh, formerly Earl of Ulster, her first husband, and of Ralph de Uff'ord, her second husband, who is buried in the said chapel, and of Elizabeth de Burgh and Maud de Ufford, her daugh- ters, and also for her own soul, and those of John de Ufford and Thomas de Hereford, or He/ford, Knts. then living, that is, for their welfare when alive, and their souls when dead ; and in order to endow it, the King granted license to the prioress and nuns of Cam- pesse^ to receive and hold in mortmain the advowsons of the churches of Burgh in Suffdic and Hargham in Norfolk, of the gift of the said Countess, and to assign them to the cu%tos of the said chantry for ever, with license to api)ropriate them to the custos and chaplains for ever, for their maintenance.' But, about \335, she obtained a con- firmation under the broad seal, of certain letters patent, under the seals of li illiam Bishop of Norwich, of the prioress of Campsej/e, and chaplains of Brusci/erd chantry, in which it was declared, that the religious lady, Maud de Lancaster, then nun of the collegiate church of Campessc, and late Countess of Ulster, having founded the said chaplains, to reside in Ashe, and serve in the priory church at Cam- pessc,^ which was too great a distance, they all agreed to remove the chantry to Brusijerd, to the manor-house called Riddiallc.wheK the chaplains did, and do now, d\yell ; and whereas it was certified by Lionel Duke of Clarence and Earl of Ulster, that the chaplains went in secular habits, neglected their office, and wasted the revenues of ihe chantry, they all gave him leave to appropriate all the revenues of the chantry to sustain an abbess, and other religious women, of the order of St. Clare, in llokchall, in Brmi/erd aforesaid, and to erect an abbey, and endow it with whatever belonged to the chantry ; upon which the abbey was erected, and this advowson transferred to the abbess, who presented to the Dissolution. And in lo7fi, the King licensed Sir William de U ychingham, Knt. Sir Nicholas Gernon, Knt. and Roger IVolferston, to give the manor of Uargham, which was then held of the Lord II illiam Morlei/, as of his manor of Hockering, atone fee, as parcel of his barony oi Rhi/e, and the capital messuage. 5 Robert de Morley, Marshal of Ire- land, supenour lord of the fee, licensed the Countess to amortise the advowson to the nuns of Cainpesse. '■ Sir Tho. de Hereford, Knt. Thomas de Lavenham, and Mabell h s wife, tlie Countess of Ulster, and Sir William de VOL. I, Wicliingham, Nicholas de Gernon, Ro- ger de Wolferton, and John Castelyn, her trustees, released their rights to tlie prioress. ' But the Bishops would never con- sent to the appropriation. ' Atlas, 2S5, 2S7. 3G 414 HARPHAM. 160 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, and 20s. rent, in North and South Ktppes, Cromere, Thorp, and Gimiiigham, to Emine Beaiahamp, then abbess of Brusi/erd, and her successours for ever ; and If illiam dc Morley, Marshal of Ireland, released the services and fealty due from that fee, to the abbess; and from this time the manor and advowson belonged to that ai)bey till its dissolu- tion, and was then granted, in 1338, by the King, together with the advowson, and all other lands belonging to the abbey lying in Hargham, or Harpham,^ to Nicholas Hare, and Kathf.kinf. his wife," and their heirs, to be held in capite, at half a knight's fee ; and in 1539, Nicholas Hare aforesaid, Esq. had license to sell the whole to John Green, and his heirs, who h.id a great estate in IVilby, Snitterlon, Bauham, Attle- burgh, Hargham, Ohi-Bukenham, and Keiminghull, who in 1548, settled it by the King's license, on Tho. Green, his son, who in the same year made a jointure of it to Frances his wife, who held it to her death in 1580, and then it descended equally among their daughters and coheirs ; Rose, then married to Paul Gooch, Gent, of Bamham ; Prudence, to John Launce ; Susan, Elizabeth, and Tho~ masine being single, and under age, were under the care of the Court of Wards. In 1583, Paul Gouche, and Rose his wife, John Launce of Halesxiorth, and Prudence his wife, William Brook of Eston in Suffolk, and Susan his wife, Thomas Colby of Banham, Gent, and Elizabeth his wife, and JVilliam Hunston oiU'alsokne in Norfolk, and Thomasineh'xs wife, were possessed each of a fifth part, and Paul Gooch hired the whole. In 1584, Tho. Colby had license to pur- chase the fifth part of the manor and advowson of IVilliam Hunston, and Thomasine his wife, and in the same year had license to sell two fifth parts of the manor and advowson, to Francis Bolton, and John Goldi/ngham of Banham, and the heirs of Bolton ; and in 1586, they all joined, and conveyed the whole absolutely to Paul Gooch and his heirs, who, in 1587, sold the whole to Henri/ Gurnay, Esq. who sold it to Richard Hovell, junr. Esq. of Hillington, and he to Sir Ralph Hare, Knt. who settled it in l620on Sir Tho. Covenlrye, Knt. upon the marriage of his son with Sir Thomas's daughter, from which time it hath passed in the Hares, as the following pedigree will demonstrate. 9 In 1300, Roger de Boys, Knt. and Hargham, and a tenement in Harleston, others, aliened a messuage, 30 acres of to tlie Abbess of Bnisyerd. land, and 42 acres of pasture, lying in ' From the Evidences in the family of the Hares of Harpliara. 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U. Sd. it is discharged of first fruits and tenths, though it pays yearly Is. Sd. synodals, and 3s. pro- curations. It hath a rectory-house, and 30 acres, '2 roods, and an halfofglebe.^ In the lime oi Edward I. the rector had a house and 40 acres of land, and the rectory was not taxed, and so paid no first fruits. Domnd. Norwk. It is a small village, the whole (except one farm) being purchased by the lords, hath reduced it to 6 houses, and about 50 inhabitants, though it had 55 communicants in 1(J03; it paid 30s. a year to the tenths, and is now assessed at 230/. to the land tax. The Church is dedicated to all the Saints, and it hath a nave, cliancel, and south porch tiled, a square tower, and three bells. At the entrance of the south door, on two small brass plates, (j^ratc pro anima 3upetp^ (©all, cutUiS annne propicittut ©eu^. <^iate pro anima Sijome iz>all,^ cuiu.ei anime propicictur @eu^. There are stones by the north door for, KOBERT STEWARD, who died Febr. 7, \67i,a7idBRlDGYTT, who died in 106?. On the bells, 1. ^fiancta Mana .JEtagOalcna ora pro nobiji. c. ate .fllana ©ratia plena ST^ominu^ tecum. 3. ^anctc «£Dmon£ie ora pro nobi.b'. On a black marble before the desk, XXVIII'°. die Augusti, Anno Domini Mnccxxvm. obijt Henricus Pitts Clerieus, Coll: Divi Johannis Evang: Can- tabr: A. B. hujus Ecclesiie parochialis de Hardiam, per Ann. XL. Rector, Ecclesiae de Uowdham per annos XVII Vicarius, Vir in omni Doctrinie Genere Eruditus, omnibus Honestus, sic vixit, sic mortuus est ; Hie, Lector, optimum habcs Exemplar, Abi igitur, et tu fac Similiter. *i() Sept. i68c! the lord and the rcc- there is nothing paid under 20/. value, tor exchanged lands, the lord had 16 Fee for burial in the chancel 6s. %d. acres and one rood, and the rector re- E Regro. Fee for an oiil-town person, ceived for it 19 acres, 3 roods. ' The over and above the burial fee, 31. 4rntc pro anima '^obanni^ 2?Dhcnljam armigcn, nupcr Jrilti i^ufloniti i'oliniijam Oc llclitrmfrilllarina, ncrnon ntpotiji ctl^cre- Jii*i «r-DmiinDi 2?ohenljam Oc .^nister^ton, qui obtit iii. CiirJUcn jiiia Octobri.^ anno 5^ni : jir€vC€>Jlirrrni" rt pro anmiabuj; annc tt 5[ot)annc ^^-.j;; quorum anmiabusi -^^ >; In the east chancel window, ■'^»(>3.\a: miri: fiofaerti .tipnlman, tt amicor ^uor^^«*mccccU??# In the north chancel window, the cup and wafer in a glory, with Spilmans arms over it, and this underneath. Biasistfr iiobcrtusi ^ftpjilman ronfitiit in Domino. This llobert, in 1446, was instituted rector, at the presentation of Edmund Boketdiam of Siietterton, Esq. ; and about 14o0, he new glazed the chancel windows with beautiful painted glass, when the church windows were glazed by the parishioners, and the north isle windows by the lord. This rectory is valued in the King's Books at 12/. 17s. If/, and pays \1.5s. Qd. oh. yearly tenths. It hath a good rectory-house joining to the south side of the churchyard, with a convenient glebe belonging to it, of 60 acres.' RECTORS OF ALL SAINTS. 1257, Mr. Tho. de Ingaldesthoi-p, rector.' Ralph de Bukenham, patron. 1281, Mr. John, rector of J/l-Saints. 1311, 5 kal. Mar. The Bishop, in his manor of Gei/zcode, granted the sequestration for six months to Robert de I'u/doitc, priest, who was presented by Sir Hugh deBokknham, Knt. 1317, 3 non. Mar. John de Bokenham, accolite. Hugh de Bo- ken ham, Knt. his brother. • ' In 1267, Thomas de Ingaldesthorp, * He was afterwards Dean of St. Paul's rector, purchased a messuage and 12 and Bishop of Rochester, died 1291. acres of land, after the death of Ralph Godwin de Prss. 576. His hfe may Corde, rector of St. Andrew's, and set- be seen in Mewcourt's Repertoriumf tied it on his successours for ever. vol, i. fo. 38. SNETTERTON. 4Q1 1349, 4 July, John de Bokeiiham, shaveling. Alice, widow of Sir Hugh Bokailiam, Knt. 1352, y Mui/, IValler de Elveden, professor of civil law, precento of tlie churcli of Hereford, on the death oi' John de BoUeuham. Ditto. I35i), (J 3Iai/, Nic'/w/as Bu/cciiham, c\crk. Ditto. ]j(i2, 27 l^ov. Roger Dennay, or Diizemn/. Lapse. 1391, 20 June, Tho. de Bosevi/l, accoiitc. Julian, formerly wife of Hugh de Bokenham. 1435, 4 June, the church of St. Andrew in Snetterton was conso- lidated to the church of All-Saints there, at the request of Emund Bukenham, tlien patron of both, and of Tho. de Bosvule, rector of both. ^ 1446, 3 Octoh. Master Robert Spi/lman, priest, bachelor in the de- crees, was instituted to Snetterton Olraque, at Bosvi/le's death, at the presentation of Edmund de Bukenham, Esq. The 6th Sept. 1464, he was made master of St. Gregory's college in Sudburi/, on the death of Hen. Sethyng, last master. 1467, 19 Jan. Master Jo/;« Newman, LL.D. on Sjyylman's death. Edmund de Bukenham, Esq. 1492, 14 Oct. Thomas Dykys, priest. Lapse. 1449, 5 July, J falter Redmayne, priest, D. D. on Dykys' s resigna- tiori. George Bukenham, Esq. 1504, 21 Dec. Jfilliam Throgmerton, LL.D. on Redman's resig- nation. Ditto. 1530, Stephen Ga/le, clerk, buried here Dec. 3, 1556. Ditto. 1557, 5 March, Sir Edmund Bur rough, clerk, vicar of Runham, at Galle's death, buried 27 Nov. 1578. Tho. Caeill, Esq. and Do- rothy his wife. 1578, 9 Feb. John Weston, clerk. Nicholas Hare, Esq. of Stow-Bardolph. 1582, 23 July, Edmund Riseley, clerk, on Westous death. Ditto. 1588, 8 Octob. Ralph Leaver, clerk, buried June 3, 1605. Ditto. 1605, 25 Octob. James Branthwayte, A. M. buried 10 Feb. 1632. Sir Ralph Hare, Knt. 1633, 21 June, Edward Bcntky, clerk, buried 24 May, 1641. Sir John Hare, Knt. 1641, Samuel Rogers. 1644, 1 May, Thomas Martin, clerk, buried IG59. Elizabeth, relict of Sir John Hare. 1659, 10 Dec. Robert Scppens, clerk, resigned in I666, for Hing- ham. John Hare, Esq. 1668, 12 Febr. JValpole Chamberleyn, A. B. on Seppen's resigna- tion. John Hare of Sidestrond, second son of Sir John Hare. 1668, 2 Sept. Richard Neech, A. M, on Chambcrleyns cession. Ditto. 1670, 15 Febr. Anthony Neech, A.B. on his brother's resignation; he died Octob. 5, 1730, aged 84, as his graVe-stone in the altar rails informs us." Ditto. ' It also shews us that Thomasine, his wife, and died July 13, 1713 ; Eliza- his fim wife, was daughter of John Os- beth, his second wife, was buried at bourn of Norwich, Esq. and Thomasine Fersfield. Seep. no. VOL, I. 3 H 422 SNETTERTON. 1730, the Rev. Mr. Nichuk.iNfech, his son, is now [1737] rector, and holds it united to .^hivp/tam vicarage. Tho. Hare of Ilarpkam, Esq. RECTORS OF ST. ANDREW'S. 1257, Sir WUUam Le Parker, rector. Ralph de Bukenham, patron. 1281, Ralph Corde, rector. Sir Hugh Bukenham, Knt. 1308, 12 i, priest. Julian de Bokenham. 1394, 7 March, Henry Strok, priest. Joan, relict of Hugh Boken- ham of Sneterton. 1398, 5 Aug. John Somerby, priest, on Strok's resignation. Joan Bukenham, lady of Snetterton. 1399, ^^Apiil, Tho. Galle of Snetterton, accolite. Julian de Bokenham. At his death in 1435, it was consolidated to All-Saints, by Edmund Bukenham, Esq. patron of both, and Tho. Bosvile, rector of both; and being thus joined, about the time of Henry VHI. the church was pulled down. At the time of Norwich Domesday, Hugh de Kywelsle, or Kinesle, was patron, and the rector had a house and 10 acres of land. This advowson was purchased by Sir Hugh de Bokenham, father of Ralph, of Jeff'ery de Kinesle, son of Hugh de Kynesly. There were two Gilds in this town, the one called, the Fraternity of the Holy Trinity, and the other of St. John; they had a gild hall which stood on the other side of the road, against the end of the chancel ; they were dissolved in the year 1548, and the hnll, and 4 acres of land thereto belonging, came to the Crown, and there con- tinued till Queen Eliznbelh, by leiters patent dated 2G Jan. 15fi9, granted it to Nicase Yetszcert, Esq. and Earth. Brokeshij, Gent, and their heirs, to be held of her manor of East Greenuich, in free soc-. cage, by fealty only, and not in capite, without any annual payment whatever; and afterwards it was sold several times before the lord purchased it, and pulled it down. In 1528, the Prior of Bukenham was taxed at 5s. lOd. ob. for his temporals in this town, which were divers small pieces of land given Jlo their house by the Bokenh/ims. It paid to the tenths 31. U)s. is now [1737] assessed to the King's la.\- at 420/. and hath about 200 inhabitants. Snetterton, in the Confessor's time, was two towns; the south part of it, with All-Saint's church, was known by the proent name, .but the north pait, with St. Andrew's chnrcii tlieieto belonging, was Uien culled Esscbei, or Ashby, and contuiued tliat distiiicti^u al the SNETTERTON. 423 Conqueror's survey, and some time after.' Snetterton part was owned hy Ailmin in the Confessor's time, and by Roger Bigot in llie Conque- ror's, of whom Ralph, brother ot" Aikchi, then held it, the manor being worth 20s.; the whole o{' Snetterton and Ashby was two miles lone; and one broad, and paid Mid. \q. Danege/d. Ashby part wa? hel^ by Earl Ralph in the Confessor's days, and by him forfeited to the Crown, and the Conqueror committed it to Earl Goderic's care, at which time it was of the same value as Snetterton, viz. 20s. a year.'' These two parts afterwards became four manors. Old Hall, New Hall, Can Hall, and Grimes, the Customs of all which are, that the fines are at the lord's will, and the eldest son is heir; they have no leet belonging to them, but it always did, as it now doth, belong to the lord of the hundred, to whom they pay a leet fee of 25. 8d. THE MANOR OF OLD HALL Was prtrt o( Snetterton at the Conquest; A ilwin was lord of it in the Confessor's time, and Ralph his brother held it at the survey, of Roger Bigot, who infeoffed William de AlbauT/ in it, upon his marry- ing his daughterilfai/f/,^of whom Richard de Snetterton, the descen- dant of Ralph, held it;* he was succeeded by Hugh, (first sirnamed Rufiis, or the Red,) and afterward de Bukenham,^ and sometimes de Snitterton, his son, whose son William de Snitterton, alias de Bnkt-nham, married one of the daughters and coheiresses of Sir Bene- dict de Angerville, lord of IVest-Netcton^ West-Herling, and of Ker- halle in Snetterton, all which came to the said William, and Nicholas de Beaiifo, who married the other heiress; his son, Hugh de Boken- ham, alias de Snitterton, and Will, de Beaufo, held half a fee here of the Earl of A rundell, in the time of Henri/ III. He was succeeded by Ralph de Bukenham,^ his son, who, in 1203, gave 14/. by his guardian, Godfrey de Albany, to have his seventh part of the inheri- tance of Goscelme de Lodnes,^ in right of his mother Alice, who was ' Terra Rogeri Bigoti, Scerepham Hund. (fol. ii6.) Snetretiina, tenuit idem (sc. Ailiminiis) pro i. car. terre et pro inanerio, et tenet Radulfiis frater Herlvini, semper ii. vill. et iii. bord. et i. serv. viii. acr. prati, semper i. car. in diiio. et dim. car. Iiomin. tunc iii. acr, 111° vii. et ix. pore, tunc Ix. oves, iiiodo clx. et xiiii. capr. et ii. vasa apiim, sem- per val. XX. sol. et habet 1. leug. in longo et dim. in lato, quicunqiie ibi teneat, et w'u.d. et i. ferdingde Gelto. (Fol. 301.) H.dcWanelunt, Rogerus Bigot tenet in Snetretuna. lib. homo v. acr. et iii. virg. et ii. bov. et val. xv'i.d. de hoc, commend, tantum, soca in Bu- cliam, Radultus tilius Herlvim tenet de Rogero. ^ Terre Regis quam Godricus scrvat. (fol. 33.) Serpeliam hund, Essebei te- nuit Radus. (Conies) T. R. E. i. car. terre, semper ii. vill. et i. bor. tunc, iiii. serv. post et m-" ii. ct iii. acr. prati semper i. car. in diiio. ct ii. bov. lioiu. semper vi. oves, semper valet xx. sol. blancas. 2 See p. 370. * It was always held at half a fee of the Earl of Arundell. 5 Ho gave to All-Saints church heres for the souls of his ancestors, self, and successours, his liberty of faldage which he had here, and in the adjacent towns, to hold it freely in pure alms, of this manor. * He first assumed that name, because it was the residence of the Albanys, of wliom he held his estate. * Newton juxta Bircham. ' See p. 29S. * It is said that he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Peter Rosceline of Edg- field, coheiress of Sir Thomas Rosceline, her brother; in 1249, he was returned to hold a knight's fee, and was not then knighted, but was, soon after the certifi'- cate. 424 SNETTERTON. daughter anil coheir o? Rnfph iJc Somoion, son of Ralph de Somer^ ton, son of Hugh de Someiton and Susan his wife, sister and coi)eir of Gosceline de Lodiies. This Ralph gave tlie tithe of the paiiiiage of his wood in Bukeuham, and the advowson of IVest Iseicloii,'' to tlie monks at Jfiinondham, and Hugh de Bcaufo released his right in it. He left Hugh de Bukeuham, his eldest son and heir," who married Margaret, daughter of JlLVfs Le-Parker, (Parcarius, or the Park- keeper), brother of l\ illiam Le-Parker, rector of Eccles by the Sea, who outlived iiim, and left Hugh de Bokenluim, alias Suitlerlon, his son and heir, who, in the year IGyO, assigned to Margaret his mother part of the mansion-houses at Siietlerton and Herfiug, the third turn of Suettertuu J//-Saiuts, and the third parts oi' Suet teitoii and Her/iiig manors. In I'J'l-i, upon his marriage, he settled his manors of Snel- terton and II est-Her/iug, with the advowsons oi' AU-Saiuts, and St, Andrew s, the advowsons of Stuston and Oek/e in SnJJ'u/k, and lands, homages, Sec. in Stuston, Oekle, Hargham, Lerling, If hidenham, and IVilbi/, on Sir John de Bokenham, parson of Snilterton, his- brother. Sir lldmund de Buconsthorp, and Nicholas, son of Sir Gregory de Castello, for the use of Alice his wife for life, and died in 1339, and was buried here; she died before ]3(Jo, and the whole then came to Hugh de Bukeuham, her eldest son, who married Julian, lieiress of Sir John de Thelvetham, with whom he iiad the manor of Thelvelham, I^ivermere , Sec. in Suffolk, and by will ordered to be buried by the tombs of his ancestors in Snellcrton All-Saints, leaving Julian his wife executri.x, and Sir John de Thelvetham supervisor, who, jointly with Roger Dazcnei/, parson of All-Saints, II ill, de Rougham, and others, trustees oi Hugh de Bokenham deceased, settled their manors of Snittertoii, Carhall, and Ehhhall, with the advowsons, on the said Julian for life. In 1385, she and her trustees settled them on Hugh her son, on his marriage with Joan, daughter of Robert Aslijield, Lsq. who died about 1S93 ; and in the year 1399, the trustees covenanted to settle the manors on Hugh, and Joan daughter of Sir John Bruse, and their heirs male, if they should be married on Thursdu)/ next before the Purification of our Lad)', at Noruich, (as they were,) and not otherwise, reserv ing. /«//aH's life in them, and that the said Hugh, and John and John, his brothers," should release II est-Herling to other uses, to the same trustees. Thh Hugh was dead before 1425, for in that year Hugh,^ son of this Sir Hugh, confirms to Joan, then wife oi'OliierGrosse, tlie manor 9 Rot. Pip. 5 Johis. son, conliniied ihesirnanicof Snitterton, • William de Bukenham of Ketring- whose son, Sir Tho. dc Snyteiton, in ham was his second son, and was lord 1307, impleaded Rob. de Keydon and of tlingliam in 1285, and of Illington in others, for Denhani niajior in buff'uik ; 1304, and of Biikenham's manor in Old- and Peter de Bukenliani was the fifth, Biikenham, which he tlien held at half whose son Rob. de Bokcniiam liad a nia- afeeof the Abbot of Bury; (seep. 381;) nor in Cjarboldesham. bee p. 261. he died in 1 31 1, at Old-hukenham, and ^ These two Johns were younger bro- left Ralph, his eldest son, 24 years old thers to Hugh, and held Tottington and and more, who paid ss, relief to the Wesl-Herling manors for their hves. Abbot for his half fee, and 14^. every remainder to the said Hugh. 20 weeks to the guard of Norwich cas- ^ Said to be buried ai Great Liver- tie. He did his homage to tlie Abbot ir.erc, undef an altar tonih, at the nortli in 1315. John, the third son, wa^ lec- end of the coinnmiiion table, tor here in 1317, and Miles, the fourtli SNETTERTON. 4-25 called Newhall in Snetterton, which he held in right of Joan during her life, who had it settled on her by his fatiier at their marriage; this Joan died before 14.'3.'j, and Kdntiiiid de Bukvnhaiii inherited; and in that year settled his manors of OldhaUe, Neichalle, and Kcrhalle, and the advovvsons of All-Saints and St. JndreK^s, See. to divers uses, probably upon marrying Dioiiise his wife. He died at Norwich in 1479, without issue, and was buried in the chapel of our Lady in the Fields there, and by will ordered, that his feoffees in Oldliall and Kerhall manors should continue their estates till George, son of ,/o/m Bokenliam, his cousin, was CI years old, who then was to be his heir, he being son oi John Boicenham of Snilferlou and Livermere, Esq. by Anne, daughter of Jo/in Jlopton of Yoxford, Esq. which John was son of Hugh liokenhnm of Great Livrmeve, Esq by Emme, daughter of Robert Scarke, which lliig/i was brother to Edniaml the testator, and all along had Neicha/l manor of his father's gift; he died in 14G7, and was buried in St. Peter's church at Great Livermere, and gave his manors of Li/iermere and Newton to Emma his wife, for life, and the manor of Thelvetham to John his son, &c. who died, seized of Thelvetham and Livermere in 1484, and was buried in All- Saints c\\\\\c\\ here, by Anne Hopton his wife; he gave to Triniti/ and St. John's Gilds in this church, 6s. 8d. each, and to Joan, his se- cond wife, who survived him, all his household goods, leaving the aforesaid George Bokcuham,* Esq. his son, who became lord of the manors of Oldhall, Nezvhall, and Kerhalle,i\s heir to Edmund Boken- liam, Esq. his kinsman, and Hugh his grandfiither; he first married Christian, dinvj,hlev of William De-Grei/ of Merton in Norfolk, Esq. who died in 1492, and lies buried in the middle isle of Merton church ; and afterwards to ]\Lirgaret, daughter and heiress of Francis Heath of IVorlington, by Mildenhall in Suffolk, Esq. by whom he had issue, John Bokenhani, Esq. his second son, from whom the Thornhaiii family descended, and Tho. Bokenliam of Great Livermere, Esq. his eldest son and heir, who had Snetterton, Livermere, Sec. ; he mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of John Jenour of Great Danmow in Essex, who had Livirmere, Snetterton, &,c. for her jointure; she remarried to Richard Codi/uglon of Ixworth, who is buried in Great Livermere church,^ and held these manors in her right, during her life. This Thomas Bokenham died Dec. Q, 1535, seized of all these manors, leaving John, his son and heir, then above one year old, and was buried in the Temple church, with this mscription, ♦ He died seized of these and Thel vet- Codington, now Nonesucli in Surrey, ham, and BromhiU manors in Liver- and Eliz:ibetli liis wife, sometime wife mere, 21 Sept. 1523, and Tho. his son of Thomas Bokenhani, of Great Liver- and heir was then 13 yenrs old. mtre, Esq. which liad issue bv the said 5 Here lye buried the bodies of Rich. Thomas Bukcnham, Juhn and Morothy, Codyngtoii, Esq. ntbt temporal lord of tlie said Kichird Codyngton died the Ixworth,* wlio had it in exihangc tium 27th of May, 1^67, and the said Eliza- King Henry Vlil. for the manor ol beth the 8tli of Sept. 1571. • This means .Miice the Dis>"lii'ion, for the Blunds were temporal lords of. Ixwunh before the luundatiou ui tlui luuiiastery. 4S6 SNETTERTON. l)ir iafct Sljoma.si •:?ohnnljam armigcr, filiu^ ct liarcs il?corcii 2?ohtinljam nuptr Dc .t)nit|)crton in t£mn: Borfolh armigcn, ct .illnroarcttar Hi'ori.s" ciuji, irilia ct l^crcDi.^, jFranci.sci licatij ilrm: qui quiocm Cljomae, obiit, if' £iic <5?cccmbri«i anno fptimo, ruiu.s annua: propinctut ©cu^ amen.* John Bokenham of Sneliertoti, Esq. the last heir male of this fa- mily, was born Aug. 29> 1534 ; he married Lucy, daughter of Clement lieiohum of Barrow in SkJ'o/Ic, Knt. who, after his death, married again to Irancis Stonard, Gent, and died Aug. 1, 1551, leaving the manors of Oldliall, Neic/iall, and Carrhull in Sucflerfoii, and tiie advowson» the manors of T/ielvetham and Livermere, and the advowsons, &c. to Dorothy Bokenham, his only sister and heir, then 17 years old, who married Tho. Carryll of Sussex, Esq. son of Hk John Carri/lf, Knt. Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster, and died June 7, 15tiO; 27(0. Caryll her husband died A'or. 21, 1563, leaving Sir John Car- rill of fVaniham in Sussex, Knt. their son and heir, who, in 1577, had livery of Oldhall, Newhall, Carrhall, and Livermere, Sec. to him and his heirs; and in the year 1598, 20 NovJ he sold Suil/erlun to Ralph Hare, Esq. brother and heir of that Nicholas who built Stoio manor- house ; he settled it on liis ne])hew Ralph, afterwards Sir Ralph Hare, Knt. who kept his first court 10 Jaii. 1604, and was father of Sir John Hare of Sfozi.^ Bardolph, Knt. who, by his will dated 21 Dec. 1635, gave the manors and estate here (after the death of Elizabeth his wife, on whom it was settled for life) to John Hare, his second son, who married .SW/«, daughter and coheir of John IVulpole of Broms- thorp, Gent.* and enjoyed it to his death in 1 689,' and then left it to John Hare, Gent, his son," who was afterwards Richmond Herald, and a verj' ingenious antiquary: he died about 1720, without issue, and left his estate to Mrs. Anne Hare, his sister, who kept her first court in 1721, and died in 1724, leaving it to Catherine and Susan, daughters of Philip, son of Edmund Bedingfield of Bromsthorp in Norfolk, Gent, by Elizabeth Hare, her only sister; and they, in 1725, conveyed the manors, advowson, and estate, to Mr. Thomas Goddard of Suetterton, the present [1737] lord, who held his first comlFebr. 9, 1726. PARISHES'S, OR GRYMES'S MANOR, Was made up of several parts; one part was taken out of Kerhall before 1195, when Robert Mortimer released it to John L' Estrange ; another part was taken out of Netchall manor in Henri/ the Third's time, the whole being then held by ILigh Doraunt of Suetterton, by the twentieth part of a fee. In 1345, the heirs of Alan de Morlee and his partners held it of Hugh Bokenham, v;ho held it of Jef^'crj/ Kinewesdele, and he of John L' Estrange, and he of the King, and Alan de Morlee formerly held it at 2s. relief; and now the heirs of * Dug. Origin, fol. i8i. terset, alias Gatesend, where she died, ' Coll. P. L.N. Marcli 6, 1683. • Buried at Taterset 11 Dec. 1654. ' He sold Bromesthorp manor to his ' He and his wife were buried at Ta- brotlier-in-law, Philip Bedingfield. SNETTERTON. 427 Hugh Durrani ; in 1350, Tho. Doraunt of Siiitterlon, chaplain, sold it to Rklianl Paris of Hargham, and Margaret his wife, from whom it took tiic name oi' Pnris/ies ; in 1401, 11 ill. Pari/s oi' Stiettcrlou was lord ; it afterwards belonged to the Grimeses, and was sold by them to the Dcbnii/s, wiio sold it to Mr. Robert Smith of Carleton-Rode, wiio settled it on Tho. Smith, Gent, in lfJ21, and in 1(J22, Richard Smith of Thetjhrd died,^ who held the manor ol' G n/nu's,ii[\as Parris, alias Parishes, in Siiiltcrton, Rowdham, Eccles, llliugton, Hurling, Larliiig, and Bridgham, of Sir Ralph. Hare, Knt. as of his manors of 0/dhall, 'Sewhall, and Carhall in Siiiltvrlon, John Smith, his son and heir, was 30 years old, whose son Robert succecfled him, and sold the manor to Sir John Hare, who gave it by will to Thomas his youngest son, in tail, w ho cut oft" the entail, and sold it to his brother A'icAo/fls //«/•£ of //ar/j/ta/«, Esq. in whose family it still continues, Hugh Hare, son of Thomas Hare of Harpham, Esq. being now [1737] lord. THE MANOR OF KERHALL Was included in the Siietterfon part at the Conquest, and went with Oldhall manor, till the feoffment of that in Richard dc Snctterton, from which time it remained in the Albanys, who, in Henri/ the First's time, infeoffed the Angerviles, with whose daughters and' heir- esses it went equally to the Bolcenhams, lords of Oldhall, and the lieaufoes,^ with whose heiress one moiety went to the Berdezcellcs, and continued in that family till Sir IVill. Berdewelle, Knt. conveyed his manor of Siielterton, which Margeri/, the wife of Sir John de Tudcnliam, Knt. held for life, to Hugh Bokenham and his heirs, and so it became joined to the manor of Oldhall,'^ with which it hath passed ever since; and the said Hugh conveyed his manor of Wesl- Jlerling to the said IVitliam, in exchange. NEW HALL, OR ASHBY MANOR, Belonged to the Crown till it was divided, and one part given to the Bishop of Nortcich, who infeoffed it in the Rooses, to hold it of the Bishop at a quarter of a fee, as parcel of his barony; and in 1345, the heirs of Maud Roos held it ; the other part, with the advowson cf St. Andritcs, belonged to the Bygods, who gave it to the Albanies, wiio infeoffed Sir John Straunge, Knt. wiio infeoffed the Kersalls, Ki/nesdeles, or Kinesles, and Jeffery de Kynewesdcle, son of Hugh A /««■/<.', divided it into three or more parts ; the advowson and half the manor he sold to Sir Hugh de BuLeuham, lather of Sir Ralf, who joined it to Oldhall Another part became part of Paris's ma- nor, and ;■. third part, called Ashby Closes, continued in the family some time, but was after sold by Thomas le Hastelen of Ashby, and Margaret his wife, in Idl*, to Ruberl de Stukes, clerk; this was pur- chased by the Bokenhams in Henry the Eighth's time, and joined to their manors; and he.ng held of the Bishop, was taken with the other * He died seized of VVelholnie's ma- * The Bokeiiliams joined their moiety. nor Ml Thraiidcstun. to Oldhall manor, a:> soun a it came to ' bee p. 29;, 298. thero. 428 LERLING. revenues of his barony, and so became held of tlie Crown ; and in 1655, it paid a caslle-guaid rent of Is. <)d. a year to the King, that being the old rent that the whole manor used to pay the Bishop, towards the guard of Norwich castle, and was laid on this part at the division of the manor. That part which always went by the name of New Hall belonged lo the liooses, and was purchased by the Bokenhams about 14'25, and joined to their other manors. There was a family sir-named De Ashbt/, that lived and had a good estate in Ashby in Snetteiton, in Edward the Third's time. The Goiivile's had many lands, tenements, villeins, and services, in this town, which belonged to their manor in Lerling. There was also a part of Pakoihains manor in ^liropham, which extended hither; and hath passed with that manor from the Con- quest to this present time; it then contained 40 acres, and belonged to Earl Hiigli,^ and now it is owned by the city oi' Norwich, as that manor is, aad is ta.\ed at [)l. per annum. LERLING, J-iuRLiNC, LiRLiNG, and now Lerling, or Lerlingford, is so called from its low situation on the river, upon the ford or biggest passage that any where crosses it; it hath a well-known inn standing by it; and the great post road from London to Norzcicli passing here. Occasions this village to be more known by travellers than such places usually are. At the time of the Confessor's survey, there were two manors ; the least was then held by a freeman, and at the Con- queror's time was given to JVi/liani Earl Warren, who infeoffed Hugh in it, it being then of 30^. value :* the capital manor, both at the Con- fessor's and Conqueror's survey, belonged to Ulketcll,^ and the soke (or leet and supcrioiir jurisdiction) belonged at that time to Bukcnham castle, to which this hundred was then appendant; it was always of 40s. value; the town was then a mile long, and a mile broad, and the whole of every one's tenure paid 8f/. ob. geld; this was afterwards called ' Terra Hugonis Comitis, fol. 73. In Snetretuna xl. acr. tre. teniiit idem et i. bord. et dim. acr. prati tunc dim. car. ' Terre Willi, de Warenna, fol. 90. Hand, de Scerepliam l.urlinga tenet Hugo i. car. terre et dim. et fuit liberuta pro una car. quani tcnuit lib. homo T. R. E. semper ix. bord. et iii. lib. holes, et xv. acr. terre et ii. bov. et i. bord. semper ii. car. in dnio. et i. car. hominuni et viii. acr. prati semper valet XXX. sol. ' Terre Ulchetelli, fol. 288. H. de Scerphani, in Luringa ii. car. terre te. nuit idem Ulclietell T.E.R. tunc et post vi. vill. niodo iiii. semper i. bor. tunc et ser. viii. acr. semper ii. car. in dnio. tunc ii. car. horn, inodo i. modo i. mol. et semper ii. liberi holes, xxvi. acr. terre commend, tantum et soca in Bu- cham Regis, semper i. car. et ii. acr. prati semper val. xl. sol. totum habet dim. leug. in longo, et dim. in lato, qui- cunque ibi tcneat et vW.d, et i. ob. de Gcltu. LERLING. 429 LERLING, OR GONVILE'S MANOR, And went exactly as the capital manor of Rushworth, (which you may see at p. 284,) from the time of IJlketdl, till 1470, and then it was settled on Rushworth college, (as you may see at p. 287,) and from that time it continued in the college to its dissolution, and was after granted, as that was, to the Earl of Surra/, in 1541, and alienated in 1542, by the King's license, together with the advowson, to John AUington of JVest/ei/ in Cnmhridgeshirc , I'-sq. second son of Sir Giles Alyngton of Horseth in Cnmhridgeshirc, Knt. by Mary, daughter and heiress of Richard Gardiner, Lord Mayor oi London, who settled it on his viih Margaret , and their heirs. In } 563, Robert J Hi rig/ on, his son and heir, was in possession, who, in 1570, sold it to Tho, LoveU, Gent.* and his heirs, at which time it extended into Rozvd- ham, Shropham, and lUiugton, and was held of the Crown by knight's service, and formerly of the Lord Bardotph ; he was succeeded by Sir Francis Lovell, Knt. who conveyed it to John Langworlh and others, and they, to Robert Houghton of Shelton, Esq. who left it mortgaged to William IVherezcood, Esq. who presented, with the consent of Robert Houghton of Rnndrcorfh, Esq. his son and heir, who was left a minor. In lf)82, Charles Houghton, Esq. was lord and patron, who mortgaged it to Sir Edward Hungerford, and after to Paul Jodrell; and, about 1723, it was conveyed to Richard Stur- geon, Esq. and since that to Sir Edmund Bacon of Garboldesham, Bart, who is the present [17.37] lord and patron. The leet belongs to the hundred, to which this manor paid 2s. quitrent, and the town Is. leet fee, per annum. The ancient site, or manor-house, stood in a close by the church, the mote that surrounded it being still to be seen. The fines are at the lord's will, and the eldest son is heir, both in this and Chalkhill manor. THE MANOR OF WELHOLME'S, Or Easthall, as it is sometimes called, was split out of Gonvile's manor about the beginning of Henri/ the Third's time, in the 20th year of whose reign, yldain de Methelond held it of JVilliam IVauncy, who held it of the Bardolphs, and they of the Earl Warren, as of his castle at Acre, by the foinlh part of a fee, it being part of those eight fees that IVilliam de Wauncy and iiis tenants held of the said castle- n\\3\5, Robert de Welholme was lord; in 1345, Lucia de Welholni had it; in 1401, John Brusii/erd was lord ; and in 1439, Oliver Groos of Slolei/, Esq. was possessed of two parts of it, which he gave to John Groos of Irsted, his youngest son, who gave it his wife Marcraret for life, aiid to tlie issue of her body, with remainder to S\v Henry Heydon, Knt. In 1453, Oliver Groosc, Esq. gave a part to Cecily his daughter; in 1491, Robert Grosse held the moiety of it, and John was his son and heir. In 1532, .Inthony Gurnay, Esq. settled the manor on John Tirrell, Esq. and others, and the same ^'car John Heydon, Knt. and Catherine his wife, and Christopher Heydon, Knt. settled it on Sir Tho. Jerniyn, Knt. and soon after it extinguished, the ' See p. 323. ▼ OL. I. 3 I 4J0 LE II LING. wliole being maiiuinisocl, am; tlic demeans ilividecl into many parcels, most of wliicli still pay tlicir proportions to ti>c lord of the hundred, for the suit fines wliieh were due from this manor to the hundred.' DENEVERE, or CHALKIIILL iMANOR, Was given by the Conqueror to the Earl Warren, who infeoffed Hii^h in it, whose deseendants, the Bardolplis, held it at the third part ot a tec ; they granted it to the Dciicicres, to be held of them ; (hbert de DciiciL'rc is the first lord that I meet with of that nt\me, whose grand- son Osbcrt had it, and after him, Richard owned it in 1218, who sold the moiety of the advowson, which till then belonged to this manor, to Sir Richard de Lcr/iiig; (see p. 285 ;) Halter de Deneterc was the last of this family I find lord here ; from them it came to the Bnken- hams, IVi/liain de liukenham of Kefcriiigliam was lord in 1304;' and in 1313, John dcBukcnham, parson oi Itliugtou, settled it on Ralph de Bukcnham and Elizabeth his wife, it being then held by Tho. Suriggif oi Muuesle, in right of Julian his wife, widow of Ih(gh de liukenham, who joined and conveyed it to Ralph; and in 1315, Ralph de Bukenham was sole lord, and then it extended into Rowd- ham, Illiiigton, &.c. ; and from this time it passed in the Bukenhams,^ who sold off the demeans into divers hands,^ leaving the manor in their heiress, who carried it to the Carrills, who sold it to the Hol- lands ; and in 1598, John Holland of Worticell, Esq.* was seized of it, lor in that year he bronght an action against Tho. Lovcll, Esq. and other defendants,' in which he declared, that he was seized oi' Calk- hill manor in Lerling, by virtue of which, he prescribed to have common for 400 sheep, in a place caWcA the Plains of Larlingford, and that they with their sheep did cat the grass there growing, so that he could not enjoy his common in as ample a manner as before, upon which he recovered ; and from this time the manor continued in the Hollands, till Sir Jf illiam Holland sold it to Sir Edmund Bacon of Garboldesham, Bart, the present [1737] lord. RECTORS. 1280, fVill. de Lerling, rector, and lord of Lerling and Elveden, (or Elden^'m Suffolk,) had liberty of free-warren in his manors of Lir ling, I'ouldon, Fagraie, ami Rushetcorth, in 1252, and in Nezeton in Cam- briilgeshire, which was confirmed to IVilliam de Gonvile in 12SG, 1303, Edmund de Lerling, rector. 1318, 19 kal. Sept. Hugh de Resseicrth, or Rushzvorth, accolite. Sir Nicholas de Gonvile, Knt. 1321, 4 id. 7«/y, Master John de Galo, clerk. Ditto. 1334, 4 non. Febr. John de Gonvile, junior, clerk. John DE Gonvile, his brother. ' Mr. Clark of Larling now owns tlie * See p. 344, for the Hollands pe- inanor-house, called Easthall, and part digree. of the demeans, as I am informed. * Co. 9. Rep. 695, Mary's case. ' See p. 424, note '. '' He granted" Elveden to William, Ri- ^ See p. 424. chard, and Robert, his sons, who con. ^ The demeans were charged witli part veyed it to the Gonviles. This family of the suit fines of the manor, which always sealed with a chief in a shield, were paid to tlic hundred. but I know not the colours. LERLING. 431 1344, 14 July, John Gonvile, priest. John Le-Gonvile, priest, patron. 1349, 18 Nov. William de Briston, priest. The master and fellows of the college of St. John the fivaneelist at Rmliworth, by whom all the following rectors were presentee! to their dissolution. 1374, 19 Febr. Peter Fiott do Jslie/c, priest. 1392, 1 Sept. Tho. Runhalv, priest. 1400, 3 Sept. Peter, son ol' li alter Ilorsheye of Bernham, priest. 1414, 5 Febr. Alexander Theli/k, jjriest, who was master of Rush- worth, and obtained license that they might appropriate one rectory, with cure of souls, to their college, with design to have this appro- priated, it being of their own patronage ; but upon the Bishop's not approving of it, it could not be done; however, he so far consented, that the master might hold a cure with his mastership, upon which he was instituted at the presentation of the fellows, as you may see more at large, p. G88,'JSy. 1431, 26 Nov. Robert atle Fen, priest, on Thelyk'sAeaXh. 1433, 4 April, Robert Palmer, priest, on Fens resignation. 1436, 12 Oct. John Paj/n, priest, on Palmer's resignation. 1468, 24 Febr. Thomas Smule, priest. 1494, 28 2Vor. Richard Pun/, priest, on Smale's death. He held it united to Shropham vicarage. 1501, 6 May, If illiam Pari/s.fch, on Pnrrys death. 1.H6, 8 May, Sir John Purpel, master of the college, on Parishe's death, see p. 289. 1524, 10 Sept. JVilliam Ilcye, on Pi/;pe<'5 resignation, who had a pension of 4/. per (/««/m«tluring life, settled upon him out of the rec- tory, by the consent oi' Ilei/e,\vho was then instituted, and the Bishop. lie was the last presented by th<; college. 1559,30 May, Richard Brumme/l, at Heyc's death. John Alyng- TON, Esq. perpetual patron. 1580, 26 March, Richard Bromell. Queen Elizabeth, by l.ipse, united to Illinglon. 1592, SO Deccw. Edmund Suckling, S. T. B. on Brotiiell's death. Tho. Lovell, Esq. He held it with llcllesden rectory. 16O8, 4 March, Robert lyUlun, A.M. John Cotton, Knt. assig- nee of Fea.n. Lovell, Knt. 1614, 16 July, Tho. Smith, A.M. Sir Francis Lovell, Knt. Edmund Thompson, rector. 1673, 13 Sept. Tho. Morlci/, A.M. on Thompson's death. AVill. Wherewood, Esq. on account of a mortgage made by Robert Houghton of Shelton, Esq. deceased, and by the consent of the guardians of Rob. Houghton of Randicorlh, his son and heir ; united to Rockland All-Saints. 1679, i'2. May, BenJ. Culme, A.M. on Morley's death. Will. Wherwood, Gent. 1682,7 June, Will. Warkehouse, A.M. on Culme's cession. Charles Houghton, Esq. in full right; united to Shropham, A° 1684. 1722, 12 March, Tho. Sturgeon, at IVarkehousc's death. Paul Jodrell, Esq. The Rev. Mr. William Robinson, the present [1737] rector was instituted on Sturgeon's de[)rivalion, at llie preseuLation of Sir Edm. BAcoyi, of (iarboldcsh/tm, Bart, the present putrou. 432 ROWDHAM. The Church is dedicated to St. Ethelbert, and is a rectory valued at 10/. 2(), John Hei/don, Knt. and Catherine his wife, and Christopher Jlei/dou, Knt. conveyed it to Tho. Jermi/n, Knt.; it after belonged to the Earl of Surrei/, who sold it to the Pains, whose daughter married Brian Hol- land," and carried these manors to him ; and upon his attainder, the manor was seized ; but it appearing to be settled on John Holland, son of Brian, and heir of Catherine, he enjoyed it, and was lord in 1572, and so continued to 1583, and then sold it to Thomas Lovell and his heirs, who joined it to the other manor, with wliich it now remains; and that the title might be complete John Cotton, Esq. and Philip Azcdeleif, Gent, the heirs of John Paine, Gent, brotlier of the said Catherine, jomaA in the recovery. In 141;), the master and brethren of Rushteorth college granted to John, prior of the monks of the JIoli/ J irgin nlThelford, a yearly rent of Gd. paid from the lands and tenements called Rothj/ng's in Bretenham, and Bri/dgham's in RozcdhamJ The Church here consisted of one isle only, and a chance], both which were thatched, having a square tower standing on the south side, which served both as a steeple and porch; it had two bells in it till 1714, and then there was a faculty passed to sell one of them. About two or three years since, as the workmen were repairing the lead on the top of the tower, one of them blew the ashes carelessly out of his pipe, which fell on the thatch, and not being seen in time, burned the church and chancel, so tliat the walls only are standing, in a ruinous condition, at this time. There was only one inscription in the church, which was on a brass plate, placed there in memory of John Bringloe, late of Rozcd- ham, who died Aug. 14, l658. I find in the registers at Norwich, that in 14G0, JVill. Pai/n of Rowdham, Gentylman, vvas buried in the chancel ; Hen. Spelman, Geat. Chiistiana his wife, and Will, his son were executors. In 1468, Elizabeth, widow of Tho. Halle of RoKdham, was buried in the nave, she gave her manor in South Lenn to John Shouldhani, Esq. and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of the said Elizabeth, In 1.515, ^7//. liammesburi/ of Rozcdham, Esq. was buried in the churcii, and gave to Elizabeth his wife the wardship of John Pain her son, and Cathe- rine Payne her daughter, which he lately bought of Thomas Clerk, Prior of West-Acre, of whom' Netchall and Trusbutt's manor was then held, Edmund Rookrcood, Esq. of East on was executor. In l(il5, 26 persons were buried in this small parish, there were five buried in one day. lGl7, Dec. [),. John Butler, clcik, and Elizabeth daughter of Tho. Canham, (of this parish) Gent, were married. This parish, in lOOJ, had 86 communicants, but the greatest part * See p. 344, for Holland's pedigree. ' Regr. Thetford. R O W D H A M. 435 of it being purchased in, it is much wasted since that lime, though there are now [1737] about 120 inhabitants. It paid ll. 14*. to the tenths, and is vahied at 280/. \0s. to the hind ta.x. The rectory of the parish cliurch of St. Atidrew in Rowdham was appropriated to the priory at Wesl-Acre, and the priors of that mo- nastery were patrons of the vicarage to the Dissolution. It was valued at 4/. l(Js. 5d. ob. in the King's Books; but being sworn of the clear yearly value of S.")/. 2s. ob. it is discharged of first fruits and tenths, but still pays Is. synodals, besides the archdeacon's procura- tions. The Prior of JVest-.lcre was ta.xed at 10 marks, for the im- propriate rectory, and the portion belonging to the Abbot of Bury, which was appropriated to the hospital of our Blessed Saviouu there, was taxed at 9.0s. Here was a gild dedicated to St. Andrew. VICARS. 1313, 10 kal. June, Henry de Szcaffliam, priest. 1323, Walter de Horstede, priest. 1328, non. Nov. Thomas de Rudham, priest. 1349, 27 July, John Saunsale de Roudham, priest. 1361, 8 Sept. Thomas Le-Smith, priest. 1402, 11 Sept. Reginald Quylter de Castle- Acre, priest. 1410, 5 Oct. John Northgate de Swanton, priest, on Quylter s resignation. 1423, Walter Southbury, priest. 1430, 9 Jan. Peter Benne, priest. 1466, 13 Nov. John Munke, on Benne's resignation. 1475, 18 Nov. Tho. Wright, on Munke's resignation. 1482, 23 Dec. Tho. Sygar, on Wright's deprivation. 1490, 4 March, brother Rich. Rolstonne, a canon of West- Acre, on Sygar's resignation. 1504, 19 March, Sir Rob. Nezcman, on i?o/« to Richard de Brethenham , after to John de Brcthenham, and after to Alexander de Bretenham, and in 1218, Richard de Brcthenham held it, and had a carucate in demean, held of Clare honour at half a fee. In 1297, fVill. de Bre- tenham and John de Brockdish had it;* in 1299? the Lady Sarah Le- Noreise held it, and half Bretenham's part was settled on Rushworth college,' and John de Brockdisli's part was divided into several par- cels;^ for in 1345, Tho. de Brockdi/ssch, Rob. de Welhoime, and Wil- liam de Bretenham, held that quarter of a fee of the Earl ofGloucester, wliich formerly belonged to John de Brokedi/sh: and after this it was divided in many small parcels, all which were purchased, some by the Master of Ruslncorth college, and some by thePrior of Thetford, and added to their manors; the other part which was not settled on Rushworth, was held by IVilliam de Bretenham, and passed to the monks at Thetford, along with their manor oi Rothyng Hall, as you may see, at p. 287, where there is an account also of the separate fishery belonging to this manor. ROTHYNG HALL, or RUTTEN HALL, Was the capital manor, and was owned by John, Waleram's nephew, at the Conquest, and in Richard the First's time by Alexander de Rohinges, Roi/ngcs, or Rothi/ng, who, in Henri/ tho Third's time, is said to hold it at half a fee of Margery de Riparijs, who held it of the Earl of Arundell, .is of his hundred of Shropham, belonging to ' Dug. Mon. vol. i. fol. 667. Thetford, sottled by fine a messuage and *Seep. 287. lands here, on John de Biokdysh, and ' See p. 292. Agnes his wife, and Ricliard tlieir son, ' In 1 3 14, John, son of Benedict de and his heirs. BRET EN HAM. 445 his castle of Bukenham, and the Earl of the King in chief. In 1301, Ileniy de Rothiiige held of the King, as of his honour of Albemarle, at half a fee, one capital manor-house, 80 acres of land, one piece of meadow, and six acres hntery, liberty of a free-fold, 20*. rents of assize, and other rents and services in Brethenhain, the whole being valued at 50s. Qd. and also 100 acres in the said town, of William de Bretenham, by the service of \1d. a year, and Akxander was his son and heir, who, in 1308, possessed it; in 1314,' Alexander de Rothiiig, William de Bretenham, the Prior of Tlulford, and the Master of Rushford, were lords of the manors in this town. This Alexander it was that divided the manor into many parls, by selling half a fee held of the honour of Clare, to Robert Baynard, Hugh Stopusle, and others, who settled all their parts on Thomas Gardiner, clerk, rector of Croxton, in trust for the Prior of Thetford. In 1345, Henry de Rothing held the other part, which he divided into two manors, and sold one to the Ilerlings, whose heiress gave it to Rush- worth college ; and this was that Rothing Hall manor, that belonged to the college, to which there was 6o acres, and a toft added by If ill. Fullere, and others ;* and in 1374, he sold the other part to Rob. de Bati.tforth, Robert Benbras, clerk, Richard Parei/$, James de Breten- ham, John Purri, and Tho. Fullere, who, in 1385, settled it on Tho. Gardiner, rector of Croxton, and he conveyed it, with Baidard's part, to the Prior of Thetford, who was taxed for the first part at l6s. and for this, at one mark ; and these constituted that manor called Rothj/ngs, ahas Rothyng Hall, to which the Prior joined his manor of Burnvilles; and in 1413, Akxander, master of Rushworth college, Tho. Crotcc, John Matmi/ng, Will. Pari/s, and John Greene, clerks, fellows there, released to the Prior of St. Ma7y at Thetford a yearly rent of GrZ. paid them by the Prior, out of lands in Bretenham, and thus there were two manors called Rothing Hall, to the Dissolution, and then they both came to the Earl of Surrey in 1542, who reunited them ; and in 1556, Thomas Duke of Norfolk held it in capite of the Queen, and in 1572 it belonged to the Earl of Surrey; and in 1583, Phillip Earl of Arundell sold it to Tho. Lovell, Esq. and in 1622, Sir Francis Lovell, Knt. and William Lovell, Esq. sold it to Tho. Wright of Kilverstone, Esq. in whose family it continued till Tho. JVright of Kilverstone, Esq. lately sold it to Mr. George Proctor of Thetford, who is the present lord [1737.] ' Nomina Villarum. • See p. 191. VOL. I. 3 L [ 446 ] ILLINGTON. JllinketunEjIlsingtunEj or as it is now called, Illincton, is a small villagejoining to Roicdham and Lerliii^J'ord ; the church is dedi- cated to St. .-Vwrfreri, and is a rectory in the archdeaconry ot" Norfolk, and deanery ot" Rockland. It hath a rectory-house and glehc, and was valued at 6/. \gs. 2d. in the King's Books; it was sworn of the clear yearly value of 37/- -s. by which means it is discharged of first fruits and tenths, though it pays ]s. synodals, besides the archdeacon's pro- curations. In l603, there were 32 communicants in this village, and now [1737] there are about (K) inhabitants; it paid 53s. to the tenths, and is now assessed at 257^- to the land tax; the chief if not the whole of this town, belongs to the Churchmans, whose seat stands about two furlongs NW. of the church. The Church and chancel are very small, having a square tower at the west end. There is an altar tomb in the chancel for. Sir JOHN CHURCHMAN, Knt. sometime patron of this church, who suddenly departed this life, Feb. 24, 1688, Ag. 56. Moriendo perpetuam I'itam Litcramiir. At the foot of the tomb are two small stones, for, GORE, son of IVILLIAM CHURCHMAN, Esq. and SUSAN his wife, who died Jan. 12, 1()92, aged 9 months. SUSAN Iheir daughter an infant, buried April 23, 1692. As to what is said concerning the history of this parish in the Atlas, p. 342, there is -not one word of it true, as to this town, but part of it may be applied to hli/nglon in Mersldand. The Prior ol' Bukeit/uim had lands here of the gift of the Bitken- kams, ta.xcd at 2s. Qd. The Abbot of Sibeton in Suffolk held the twenty-fifth part of a knight's fee, which was either given or sold to that house by Henri/ de Esthall, before 1291, for then the xVbbot was returned to hold it of the said lleiiri/, who held it oi Adam de Cuyli/, he of the Earl fVarreii, and he of the King, to whom the Abbot paid his part, to make his eldest son a knight. It was ta.vcd at 1 Is. Ml. oh. Here was a parcel of land given to the abbey oi Bury, for which the sacrist of that monastery was ta.xed at Is. KECTORS. 1313, John de Biikenham, rector. 1334, 17 kal. Apr, John dc Bukenham, priest. Elizabeth de BUKENHA.M. ILLINGTON. 447 1349, 5 Aug. Will. Cark of Bukenham, priest. Will, de Bu- KENHAM. 1375, 6 Octob, Giles de Welham, priest. James de Wrotham, and John Chaa, of Tliefford. 1398, 18 Aug, John Rykedon oi Hockham, priest. Rob. Fle- MYNG of Bonenell. 1421, 2 June, William, son of John Calkewell. Tiio. Flemyng, Esq. 1426, 22 Octob. Robert Merstoii, who changctl his vicarace of St. Peter, in the isle oiTlianet for this, with William, aon oiJohuLalkwell. 1434, Martin Bole, rector. Thomas S/wrle, rector. 1450, l6 Dec. Thomas Ilansum, on S/)or/c's resignation. SirTno. Flemyng, Knt. 1460, 10 Oct. Tho. Blythe, on llamum's death. Ditto. 1469, 30 May, Bartholomew Wykc, priest, on Bli/tke's death. Margaret, late wife of Tho. Flemyng, Km. 1495, IG April, Tho. Parys, on W i/ke^s dealh. Henry Heydon, for this turn. 1528, 18 ./«/(/, The Bishop collated Will. Hei/e, rector o( Ler ling, by lapse, and united it to Lerliiig, at Pari/s's death. 1531 5 Jau. John Heydon oi' Bakonsthorp, Knt. patron of the advowson, granted the next turn to Richard Clark of East-Wrolham, and Robert Hi/chi/n of Gi/rston. William Burbie, rector. 1555, 5 July, Robert Hulman, priest, on Barbie's death. Fulk Gray, Gent. 1356, 24 February, Richard Mortoniie, priest, on Halmans death. James Down es, Esq. 1566, 2 Octob. Richard Bromell, on Mortonne's death, united to Lerling. Jerome Spring, and Eliz. his wife. 1591, 25 Sept. John Chatterys, on BromelCs death. Christ. Gascoigne. IOO9, 8 Juh/, John West, A. M John Gascoigne, Gent. In 1617, he held Thelford St. Peter united to this. 1626, 8 Dec. Henry Rose, A. M. on J Vest's' death. Cotton Gas- coiGN, Gent. 1643, 6 April, John Palgrave, A. M. on Rose's death. Sir John Palgrave, Bart. George Fish, rector. 1664, 19 June, Peter Lock, clerk, A. M. on Fishers resignation. John Churchman, Knt. united to Uockham in I667. 1672, 6 Jan. Henry Goodiick, A. M. on Lock's death. Ditto. 1712, \0 Dec. The Rev. Mr. James Holman, A. B. on Goodrick's death, who holds it united to Croxton. Will. Churchman, Esq. the present patron [173?.] EAST HALL MANOR. At the time of the Conquest the whole town belonged to William Earl Warren,'' and was of 20s. value in the Confessor's time, and 30 9 TerraWilli.de Warenna, (fol.^i.) i. car. terre ct dim semper vii. vill. et In llUnketuna ten. Willus. i. lib. horn. x. bord, ct iiii. acr. prati "-t vi. libcri 448 ILLINGTON. in the Coiiqucioi's; tlic whole was something belter than a mile Jons, and a mile broad, and paid Id. geld, and was held ot'Uie casile of Lewes, though at that time the superiour jiuistliction belonged to the iumdred oi' Shrouha in, the lord of which is now lord paramount of this town, keeps tlie lett, and receives 6J. forquilrent of the manor, and \Sd. for Icet fee. In the Earl's time, Bemer his servant held it at one fee, for life, and afterwards it went to Hubmt de Burgh, of whom Gilbert de Moiley held it; and from him it came to the Crown, and King tleniy gave it to Reginald de Warren, of whom Hilliani de IllifigtuHe had the whole fee, and left it to Henry his son, who built and settled in the east part of the town during his father's life, and assumed the name oi' East hall ; he divided the manor into many parts, reserving to himself the half of the town, which he held at half a fee of Adam de Caili/, as of the castle of Uukenhan, and this he called East Hall manor. BUKENHAM'S, WEST HALL, or ILLINGTON HALL MANOR. The other half fee he divided into many parts, all which were held of him, and became so many small manors. In Henry the Third's lime H illiam de Easthall, his brother, held a fifteenth part of a foe, John atte More held a twentieth part, John Dolon a fortieth part, Ralph the merchant a thirtieth part, John de Roccdham a fortieth part, Simon de Ropere a twentieth part, Adam Fain a twentieth part, Robert, son oUAdam de Long, a fortieth part, and William de Buken- ham a quarter of a fee, which was the original of Bukcnham's, J I est Hall or lllington Hall manor. This family had another quarter of a fee in this and the neighbour- ing towns, which belonged to the Earl Itarren, and afterwards to Adam Cuily, who infeoH'ed it in the Hukenhams, i\nA this they joined to the other part, purchased of Henry de Easthall, together with the advowson, so that Westhall or Biikenham's became now the capital manor; and in 1253, Will, de Bukeiiham bad a charter for free-war- ren here, in Ellingham and Bukenluim. In 13<)4, William de Buken- ham purchased the part which was i\ ill. de EsLhuUe's ' of John de lllington, uik\ added it to his manor. In 1313, Ralph de Bukenham aiKl Elizubethh\s wife had it settled on them in reversion, by Thomas Spriggi/ oi'Munesle, who held it in right of ./«//«« his wife, who held it in dower, as widow of a Bukenham. In 13 iG, Hen. de Esihall bought many lands of Ralph de Lerling, merchant, and Agnes his wife, and added them to his mauor; and in the same year William Albon of Old, Bokenluim ; (trustee, I suppose, oi' Ralph de Buken- Itam,) settled Bukenham's manor here, by tine, on Lucia de La-Mai/ne- zearin of Easf-Heriing ; it had then y messuages, !i29 acres of land, 6 of wood, and 20^. quilrent belonging to it, and extended into Lerling, Hoekham, and R-ircdham In 132!), Adam de iVrotham settled two messuages, &e. on Jeffry de Holbech of lllington, with boies. xxii. acr. terre, semper i. car. in lafo, et vv.d. de Gelto, et hoc de Cas- dnio ct iii. car. horn. tunc. val. xx. sol. tello de Laqtiis. post ei modo xxx. suca in Bucham. to- ' See p. 381, 424, note i. turn habet dim. in longo et iiii. quar. io 1 L L I N G T O N. 449 remainder to Aveline, widow of Roger De-la-Mui/newarin, who was heir ot" Jeffeiy. In 1.343, JoiiN DE EsTUALL held half a fee of Jdam de Clifton, he of the Earl IVarren, and he of the King, which half fee was held of tiie said John by the Abbot of Siheton, H'i/liam Piiyne, Simon Ropeie, Jo/ill attt More, IViUiam de Easlhalle, Robert, son oi Alan Le-Loiig, John de Long, Ralph the merchant, John of Rozcdliam, and Henri/ de Kslhnll ; and in the same year, Ralph of Illington and his tenants held a ijiiarter of a fee of tlie said Adam, lialf of wliich William de Bukenhani lield of him; and thus these small manors continued in various hands, and were called by divers names, accord- ing to their possessors, till 1373, and then James de IVrolham, and John Chan of Thetford, were lords of most of them, and each having a moiety, they presented jointly ; and in 1392, they became all united in the two chief manors of ll'eslhall and Eaxtliall, together with all the lands belonging to Ilelholme and Denvere Hall manors in Ler- ling, which laid in Illiiigloii, the moiety of all which were then con- veyed by Henry Pakenliain, Johitde Breccli/s, Tho. Fineh of Thetford, and Eliz. his wife, to John Brusierd, from tlie heirs oi' Eliz IChaa]; and the next year John Bokenham,jun\o{, IVilliam and John Rookzcood, and John Breecles, settled the other moiety on John Rookwood and his heirs, in trust for Robert Flemyng o( Boriewell, and ^//ce his wife, who was daughter of the said John ; and soon after John Bokenham,jnn. John Britsii/erd, and Joan his wife, settled the first moiety on John Rookzcood, in trust for Robert Flemi/ng and his heirs, who now became sole lord of the whole town. In 14<21, William Flemyng, Esq. was lord and patron ; but before 1428, it was divided again into moieties, the first of which (with the whole advowson) was held by Richard Flemyng, Esq. and the second by Joh)i Groos oi' Irsted, who died seized in 1428, as you may see under Welholme's manor in Lerling ; (p. 429;) and from this time it went by the name of East //«// manor, and extinguished with the said manor of JVelholmc's. The m^nor of If est Hall or Biikenham's continued in the Fle- myngs ; and in 1450, Sir Tho. Flemyng, Knt. was lord and patron ; in 1469, Margaret his wife had it;' in 1503, the whole was joined, and a fine levied between IVilliam Tye and Nieholas Bukenhani, que- rents, and Lawrence Goner and Maud his wife, deforceants, of the advowson and manors of Easthall, /I eslall, fl elhanis, Stratlon, and Illington, in order to settle it on the Jermyns; and in 1530, Sir Tho. Jerniyn, Knt. settled it on Sit John J ley don, Knt. and Katherine, wife of Sir Christopher Heydon of Baconsthorp, Knt. and in 1539, a fine was levied, confirming the same; it after belonged to Fulk Gray, after that to James Downes, and in 155f), Jerome Spring, and Elizabeth his wife, had it; but in \(i7 1, Christopher Gascoigne was lord and patron, who held it till about iGOO, and was succeeded by John Gascoign, Gent, his son and heir, whose son Cotton Gasroign, Gent, had it; in lG2(J he married ^-i/(»t', daughter of Sir fVil/iani De-Grei/ oi' Merton, Knt. who had it settled on her in Jointure; she after married lo Sir John Faigrave, who was lord and patron during her life, the reversion being sold by Cotton Gascoign, Esq. to SuJoHN Chuecu.man, Knt. who presented iu 1664, and settled here. This family is descended from John Churchmuu, citizen of London, and Entme his wife, ia the time of King Richard 11. who iu 450 SHROPHAM. 1387 were joint purchasers o( Skehiirgli manor and advowson, from whom descended Ozias, or Oti// Churchman, merchant-tailor of St. Ans^Kstiiics parish in London, in 1G32, in whicli year ho married Mary, daughter of Call/ of Lolhbury, from whom descended Sir John Churchman of lllington, Knt. who married Hester, daus^luer of Sir John Gore of Geldeston, in Hertfordshire, Knt.* and had John Churchman of lllington, Esq. who was buried here in 1688, wiio, by Susan, daughter and heir of Fishe of Stiveky in Norfofk, who, after his death, remarried to Maurice She/ton of Barninghum in Suffolk, Esq. had fVilUam Churchman of lllington, the present [1737] lord and patron,' who bears arg. two bars, in ciiief as many pallets sab. In 134G, Peter de EsthaJlc held 42 acres in this town, of Seckford's manor in IVest-Herling, (see p. 300,) and the several manors in Ler- ling, Thorphall manor in JVrotham, East-Herling manor, 8ic. extended hither. SHROPHAM, bcEREPHAMjSERPEHAM, ScROPHAM, or as it is now Called, Shrop- H AM, was a town of more than common note, when the hundreds were first appointed, as is evident from its giving name to the hundred ; at present it is a common vilIage,not so large by agreat deal as many in this hundred are, though it consists of three ancient villages, the two last of which have been so far lost, that thej' are not so much as known by their original names oi' Breccles-Pana, and Broadcar, or Bradcar. BRECCLES-PARVA, or LITTLE BRECCLES, At the lime of the Conquest, was a separate town, belonging to Roger Bigot,* haying in it nine freemen under him, who held IJO acres of land ; the manor was worth 10s. a year, and was then in Wayland hundred; but being given to the Earl of yi/; H)/f/t7 by the said Roger, with his daughter Maud,^ he added it to his hundred of iShropham, which belonged to his castle of Bukenham, and afterwards infeoft'ed ihe Breccleses; who always held it of the Earl of Arundel, at a quarter of a fee, as of his hundred of Shropham. In Henry the Third's time, John de Breccles was lord ; and in 1345, John de Brcc- cles, his grandson, had it; in 1402, Benedict de Breccles held it, and oon after it belonged to IVillium de iSiarburgh, whose daughter Ela * Chauncy's Hertfordi.hire, fol. 189. 117.) Wenelunt Hund. In Breccles ^ 1 he manor of lllington is now very viiii. liberi homines ex. acr. et i. villan. small, the greatest part (if not the whole) et i. bord. et x. acr. prati, semper ii. being purchased by the lord. car. et val. x.s. * Terra Rogeri Bigoti, (Domsday fo. ' Sec p. 369, 370. SHROPHAM. 451 had it, she first married Thomas Shouldham, and afterwards Henry Spilinan, who died seized in 1494, and Thomas Spilmau his son inhe- rited, and hisson./oA« had it in 1563; in 1567, it belonged to jFr««cw Woodhouse, Esq. who sold it to Thomas She/ton, Esq. at which time the manor was extinct, the whole being purchased in ; it had then a fold-course and free fishery, and extended into Shiopham, Breccles- Magiia, and Ilockham; it afterwards came to the Barkers, John Barker, Esq. tlie present owner, hath built a seat here, which is the only house in this place. I'lie cluirch was a rectory, given by Roger Bigot, lord here, to the Priory of ThelJ'ord, when he founded it, and so it came wholly to that house, to which it was contirmed by Ileitri/ U. f but it being a very small place, the monks agreed to take a pension of 8s. a year, from the rector oi Shropham, in lieu of all the tithes.' It was annexed to Shropham, and the church was demolished before i,V/z^a;f/ the Third's time, and the parishioners had the parochial chapel of St. Andrew in Shrophum, which till that time belonged to Bradcar, assigned them for their parish church, Bradcar being then entirely united to Shrop- ham; and this continued single for some time, though not very long; for before 1332 the rectory and chapel" was annexed to St. Peter and Pa«/'s church of .S/(ro/)Aaw, so that I meet with no institutions to either of them. At the first settling the vicarage, part of the land in Little Breccles, which belonged to Thompson college, was to pay all tithes to the college; but upon the last settlement in 1414, the vicar was to receive all the great and small tithes oi' Lit tie Brecc/es, so that the vicar oi Shropham is rector of Little Breccles at this time; and in 1514, upon the complaint of the parishioners oi Little Breccles in the parish oi' Shropham, setting forth that since the settlement the vicar had neglected serving the chapel, contrary to the terms of the consolidation, which, notwithstanding the appropriation, was still an entire rectory to him, the Bishop swore Sir Robert Morley, at liis institution in 1519, to perform service in it to the parishioners of Little Breccles, as you may sec under his institution. This was de- molished about Edward the Fourth's time. BIIOADCAR, OR BRADCAR, Was included in Shropham at the Conquest, but was independent of it some time after,' and had the parochial chapel of St. Andrew for their church,' till it was resigned to the parishioners oi Little Breccles, when this was united to Shropham; it belonged to Roger Bicrot at the Conquest,^ and to Andrew de Ilengham in 1235; it was afterwards * Ecclesiara de Serepham, &c. Dug. "> E Caitis pen. nie. Mon. Ang. torn. i. fol. 667. ' I find the name only of one parson ' The Prior ot Westacre had a pen- before the union, viz. Peter the parson sion of a mark a year out of Shropham of Bradcar. rectory, which was a perpetual compo- * Terra Rogeri Bigoti. (Donis. fo. sition for the tithes of the prior's lands 127.) Hiind. bcerephain. In H'lcham belonging to his rectory of Great Brcc- iiii. libi. homines, et in bcrepeham v. et cles, lying in Little Breccles. in Wileby i. et in Bescthorp, inter to- ' It stood about a furlong south-west turn iii. car. tre. et ii. acr. et dim et vi. of Shropham church; the site belongs bord. et xvii. acr. prati. silv. viii. pore, to the vicar; it is still enclosed, and is semper v. car. Totum val. Ixvui. >ol. now called the Old Churchyard. soca in Bucham Regis. In Scerpham i. 452 S U R O P H A M. added lo, and became a pari of, Pakenham's manor, and was always held of the Earls of y^/M«c/f// at half a fee, as of their hundred of Shropham, and is that pait of S/iropham which joins to the river by Unetcrtoii. The vicarage is valued in the King's Books at 8/. 13s. Qf/. and being sworn of the clear yearly value of 30/. '2s. dd. it is discharged of first fruits and tenths, and is capable of augmentation; it pays '2<. syno- chds, being endowed with the rectory-house and all the glebe land, except an acre and half, anil all the great and small tithes of Brecclcs- Parva, and all other tithes in Bradcar and Slnoplunn, exce|)t the tithes of corn and grain, which belong to the impropriation. It is in Norfolk archdeaconry, and deanery of Rocklaiul, and in l(i03 had 120 communicants, and now [1737J there are about C.JO inhabitants. It paid 7/. \3s. 4d. to the tenths, and is now assessed al(JlO/. 5s. 'J'here were three gilds kept in the church of St. Peter and Paul at Shropham ;^ the first was the gild of St. Peter and Paul, the second of St. John Baptist, and the third of our Lady, and there was another gild in St. Jndrezc's church, held in honour of that Apostle.* The Prior of the monks at Thetford had divers small pieces of land here, which were taxed at Cs. The Abbot oi' Bun/, at the Conquest, had a freeman, who held SO acres of him ; this was afterwards appropriated to the use of the infir- mary of that monastery, and the keeper of the infirmary received the profits till the Dissolution, and was taxed at 5s. and so paid 6d. every tenth. The temporcdities of Bee abbe}', and Okebourne priory wrere taxed 8s. 9d. ob. The Prior of Bukenham was taxed at fis. ob. for his temporalities, which were small rents issuing out of divers lands in this town, paid to the priory manor of Bukenham, of which they were held. RECTORS AND VICARS. 1284,* Will, de Hengham, rector. 1332, 4 kal. Juli/, Ralph de Coggeshale, clerk, was instituted to the rectory of the church of St. Peter at Shropham, with the chapel of St. Andrew lately annexed to the same, at the presentation of John, son of Sir John de Coggishalis, Knt. 1358, 10 Dec. Walter de Elveden, priest, at Ralph's resignation. John de Cokefield, Knt.; he exchanged his precentorship in Hereford cathedral, for this rectory. 1360, 7 Mai/, Walter Le-Pestour, priest. Sir John de Cogges- HAI.ES, Knt. 1371, 29 Octob. Tho. de Berton, priest. Sir Henry de Cogges- hale, Knt. 1396, 6 Jan. Sir Thomas, son of Lawrence of Horstede. John liber homo xxx. acr. terre semper i. bord. et iii.acr. prati et dim. car. etval. iiii. sol. soca in eodem Biicham. In Scerpham i. lib. ho. viii. acr. terre et i. car. dim. prati et ii. bov. et val. xvi. den. ' Regr, Grundesburgh, fo. 1J5. ♦ Regr. Geloiir. ' Doms. fol. 298. In Scerepham, Abbas Sci. Edmundi tenet i. lib. xxx. acr. iii. acr. prati, i. bor. dim. car. val. iiii. sol. * In 1170, William de Selot gave land to St. Peter's church at Shropham. SHROPIIAM. 453 Metiielwold. Tliis man was ihe last rector of this parish, for in 13<)8 the master and fellows of St. Marlins college at Tliomaton (or Tomsoii) obtained a bull from Pope Boniface to appropriate the church of St. Peter at Shropham, together with the chapel of St. Andrew thereto annexed, to their college for ever, on condition there should be a vicarage ordained by the Hishop of .Vora;V7(, which should be settled by him and his snccessours, to their pleasure and liking, provided that the patronage of the vicaiage should belong to the master and brethren of the said college, and accordingly in \398,G Jttfi/, Ifetin/ Stoket of Es^oh, priest, was instituted lo the vicarage of the parish church of St. Peter at Shropham, with tlir chapel of St. Aiidrac annexed, at the presentation of the master and fellows of Thomestoii college, who presented all the following vicars till their dissolution ; and in 1410, Alexander Bishop of Nonclch, by virtue of the power reserved in Pope Boniface the Ninth's bull,' and because Bishop Henri/ Le- Dispenser his predecessor, who consented to the appropriation, had appointed no further about the vicarage, but that it should be worth «20 marks a year, besides the vicars dwelling in the rectory-house, further declared and settled the vicarage in this manner, that the vicars should have the hall, its chambers, the kitchen, the bake-house, stable, and the chamber called the guest-chamber, a long house with ii chamber over it, called the priest's chamber, with all the houses belonging thereto, and the garden of half an acre adjoining thereto, the whole being the rectory-house and its site together with 24 acres of arable land (part of the glebe) lying near the house, with the same liberty of faldage, as the rectors had before the appropriation, and all the alterage, oblations, mortuaries, and personal tithes, tithes of calves, chickens, lambs, pigs, foals, geese, ducks, pigeons, wool, milk, flax, hemp, cheese, apples, pears, curtilages, mills, turf, herbage, pasturage, wood, fish, fowl, wax-candles offered, and all other offer- ings to the altars, or images, in both church and chapel, ploughshote, trees growing on the glebe and churchyards, together with the churchyards, tithes of hay, conies, and all other tithes whatever, except the tithes of corn and grain, all which were to belong to the college; and it was then also settled, that the vicar should pay all the procurations due for the said church, and all other pensions due before the appropriation, viz. Is. id. a year to the archdeacon, and 85. a year pension to the Vnox of Thelford ; and that the vicar should liave nothing from the college-land, called Breccles-Hohn, and that the master should pay an annual rent of 20s. a year to the Bishop for the first fruits, which would cease upon the appropriation, and that he should be taxed at 10/. for the great tithes, and the vicar at 7 marks for his vicaratre ; and this being thus settled, the Bishop, in 1411,0 Jpiil, collated William Ilelget/e, priest, by lapse, who re- signed in 1414, 8 Sept. to William Snell, nriest, in exchange for Shipton Solars in fl'orcester diocese, to whicli Uelgeye was instituted, at the presentation of John Soi.eks, lord there, as Snell was to this vicar- age, at the presentation of the master and fellows ; he held it till May J, 1422, and then resigned it; and at his resignation, with the consent of the bishop and the master, voided by deed, the former "> Lib. Instimt. N" 7, fo. 69. VOL. I. 3 M 454 SHROPIIAM. assignation of the vicarage;' and the same day after the avoidance, the bislio(> and master settled the vicarage for evermore to coiiliiuie, as in the former assignation, except in this, that wiicreas the College paid \6 marks in mone}' yearly to the vicar, besides the vicarage, out of the great tithes, the vicars for the future should iiave, and receive in kind, all the corn-tithes, and all other tithes whatsoever, arising and coming from Bircc/fs-Pdrid,' together with all the glebe belong- ing to the rectory," before the appropriation, except half an acre on the east side of the rectory-house, and one acre in Bieccles Holm, and in every thing else the first assignation was to be valid to all in- tents and purposes, and soon after the master and fellows, viz. 142'2, 13 June, presented Rich. Blok of Helgei/e, priest, who was then instituted vicar. 14C6, 30 ^ug. Gregory Dalle, priest, on Richard Ilelgeye's re- signation. 1435, 19 May, John Lalle, priest, on Dalle's resignation. 1449, 24 May, John Chaumberleyii, priest, on Lane's resignation, Mr. Will. Bettys, master of the college. 1457, IS May, Thomas Smale, on Chaumberleyn's resignation. He resigned for Lerling. (see p. 431.) 1469, 2() March, John Barsham, on Smale's resignation. 1476, 5 Fehr. Sicholas Brytni, priest. 1494, 05 Sept. Tho. FairacH, on Bryan's resignation. Ambrose Ede, master of St. Martin's college at Thomeston.^ 1514, 7 March, Robert Pitts. By lapse. 1519, 17 Febr. the Bishop presented Sir Robert Morley, by reason of the vacancy of the college, and swore him to perform service twice in a week, and upon the four principal offering-days in every year, in the chapel of St. Andrero, (of Breccles-Parva,) which was annexed to his church, the former vicars having neglected their duly, in serv- ing the parish of Breccles-Parva since tlie consolidation, and the parishioners would sufier it no longer, as being contrary to the terms of the consolidation; and as their parish of Breccles-Pana, notwith- standing the appropriation was in effect, an entire rectory to the vicar. 1526, 24 June, Will. .Johnson, priest, on Morley' s death. Nicholas Marshall, vicar. 1539, 9 Dec. Richard Ramnie, on MarshalTs death. Robert AwDELEY, master of Tho?npson chantry. 1554, 16 Sept. George IJalsled, (or llaaghe,) priest, on Ramme's death. Anthony Hevenynguam, Knt. and Mary his wife. 1574, 19 June, John Scott, A. M. at Jlaughe's deatii. The mayor and commonalty of the city of A'^o/a'ii/f, who have presented ever since, and are now patrons. Thomas Stafford. 1587, 15 May, Alexander IVestall, A.B. on Stafford's lesigaation. 1661, 25 July, Henry Moyse, A. M. » Lib. Inst. N° 7, fo. 151 h. The » All these were excepted from the original instrument, witli the college vicar, in tlie first assignation, seal hanging to it, and two seals (viz. ' It was only part of it before, the Bishop's and Prior's) cut ofl", was in * He was doctor in the decrees, rec- thc hands of Mr. Chapel), towii-clerk of tor of Oxburgh, and of Caston by Stow, Norwich, Oct. 6, 1715. and principal official to the Bishop. SHROPIIAM. 455 lfi84, 19 June, Will. Warkhouse, A. M. at Moyse's death, uiiiled to Lerling. 17'2'2, CO Oct. the Rev. Mr. Nicholas Neec/i, on Warkhouse s cession, uho holds it united to Snetlerton. This Church is a good building, iiaving a square tower and five bells.' On a brass plate is this, l^tc meet agne.si 23enii. On an old seat you may read this, J^ran for tlje ©jidfare of SljoniBiS 25tnri and ftatljerinc Ijis ©nfft anno Dm: l©il(imo: €>C£C€lt1iui. They seated the church at this lime, and made the screens between the church and chancel, and tiiose between the north isle and the chapel of St. Catherine, at the cast end of it. In a north chancel window is, ; - J €:. 2?. fiCttonsi ; - - For Thomas Berlou, who was the last rector but one, in whose time the chancel was glazed. Under the king's arms is this, <©ob siabc tlje ftina. (J itn\i ijim long to raunt , %n Jjcltl) ano peace tljc <6o6pel to maintain. On three marbles in the chancel. Hie positus est JACOBUS BARKER Armig: (Filius Uni- cus et Hseres JOHANNIS BARKER de Thorndon in Com: Suff. Gen:) obijt 15° die Febr. Anno Dni: 1718, .Sltatis suae 58. MARY, late Wife of GEORGE LE-HUNT, of New- Bukenham, Gent, died June 30, 1721, aged 51 Years. A saltirc impaling per fess, a star of eight points, counterchanged. JOHN HART, Gent, died March 2, 1711, -flEt. G7. There remain in the windows the arms of CoGGESHALL,(see p. 24.) Pakenham, quarterly, or and gul. in the first quarter an eagle displayed vert. Arg. a lion rampant murrey, with a forked tail, the arms of Tho- mas DE Berton, sometime rector, as appears by his seal in my own collection. BRETON'S on PAKENHAM'S MANOR, Belonged at the Confessor's survey to Anaut, and to Earl Hugh at the Conqueror's, of whom Richard de Veniun then held it; it was worth M. in Anaul's time, and afterwards 4/.;* the whole of Shropham ' In 1410, Henry Pakenham, Esq. for which they paid to Rob. Burford of Roger Caiiz, Thomas Lusher, Adam London 31/. i+s. 71/. Aiitog. pen. me. Beny, and Henry Walman of Shropham, + Tcrre Hiigonis Comitis. Scerepham gave a new bell with all its furniture, liundr. (fol. 73.) Sccrcphani, tenet 436 SHROPHAM. was then above two miles long and one broadband paid ISd.geld; the siiperiour jurisdiction belonged then to the hundred, tiie lord of which hath the leet (fee 3s.) ani it extended into Snetertoii, as it now does.' The first lord that I meet with, after the Conquest, was Richard de Kanki/. In 1230, Half de Jernemuth conveyed it to Richard Le Fresture. In 1308, John Le f eyle of Baminsham, granted it to Peter Le Breton of Shropham ; it extended then into Uneterton, Wileby, liarkham, Lerliiig, Brelenhaiii, Illington, Rokeland, and Stoio- Bydon; afterwards, Stephen Uryttoun had it; after this it divided, and in 1345, Richard de Cauz held half a fee of it, of John Gernnun, and the same Richard, Richard Herberd, Walter GoodhaU, Henri/ atte Green, and Robert of Bokcnham, held the other half fee of Ro- bert de Morley, and he of the King, which Peter of Shrop/uim, Roger Cauz, and others, formerly held. In 1367, Henry de Breton was lord, ■who this year left it to his two sisters, his heiresses; Lettice and Jgnes, whose son and heir, Henry de Pakeuham, inherited her moiety ; it was then held as parcel of Taieshal/ barony : Lettice married John Heryng of Thompson, whose son and heir, John Heryng, was lord of his part in 1393, and in 1394, Henry Heryng, clerk, brother and heir of .7o/j», held his part by the two hundredth part of Tateshall barony; Henry Pakenham, Esq. at his death, left his part to Henry, his son and heir, who lived at Shropham in his manor-house, called Pakenham Hall. About 1408, he became heir to Henry Hering of Thompson, clerk, and so the whole of this part was joined in him; the other parts of the half fee which was divided in 1345, were held in 144<2, by the heirs of Henry Breton, Roger Cans, Richard Cans, and the heirs of Richard Herberd, IValter Goodale, Robert de Bokenham, and Henry atte Green. Henry PAKiiNHAAi died in 1445, and left Robert Pakenham of Shropham, Esq. his son and heir, 30 years old, who held it till 1463,* when he died, and was buried, according to his will,' in the chapel of St. Catherine at the east end of the north isle of St. Peter's church in Shropham ; he gave his horse to the priest for his mortuary ; to the high altar Vis.4d.; to repair the church fis. 8^. ,' and to repair St. Andrew's :>s. id.; the manor he bequeathed to Henry his son, and gave Garboldesham manor (see p. 257) to his wife for life, with all his manors in Staffordshire ; and ordered 200 marks to be paid out of Palcenham manor, to his daughter Margery, and would have a trental^ Richardiis de Vermin, quam tenuit Anaut lib. homo T.R.E. ii. car. terre. semper iiii. vill. et xiii. bord. ct ii. serv. et XX. acr. prati semper ii. car. in dnio. et i. car. hom. et ii. mol. ct de diiobus molinis qiiartas paries, tunc i. acr. ni° ii. tunc X. pore. m° vL tunc xxx. oves m" xxviiii. ct ii. soc. i. acr. terre ct qiiarta pars minus acre, tunc val. Ix. sol. m' similiter sed red. Ixxx. Totiim habet i. leiig. in longo, et dim. in Uto, et xviii.rf. deGclto. Soca Regis in Bii- cliam tempore R.E. et semper donee Walterus de Dol habiiit de dono Radiilfi ut Ggdricusdicit. Terra Hugonis Co- mitis. (Doms. fo. 73.) In Snetrctuna xl. acr. terre tenuit idem et i. bord. ct dim. acr. prati tunc dim car. s Seep. 428. * He had Virley's manor in Snetesham. ' Autog. pen. me. " A trcntal is an obit for the dead, so called, as Minsheu says, from the Coun- cil of Trent; but I rather think, fronj the number of masses, which every tren- tal had, as it should seem from the Latin name, Trigintalc, that is, an oflice of 30 masses ; if it was a yearly trental, then it was called annualc ; if it was given for once only, then it consisted of a mass said for the departed, 30 days together, and this in old wills is called trigintalc or trentale. SHROPHAM. 457 celebrated for his soul soon after his death ; he desired Will. Warner, Esq. and John Lalle, rector of Rokeland All-Saints, his feoffees, to perform his will. Will. Berdewell, Esq. Hubert Spelman, William Mounteni/ of Threxton, and Tho. Beiii/, senior, were executors; Hen. I'akenkam died seized, in 1495, of this and Hont/ng manor, and of divers free tenements and lands in Huni/ng, Nur'thwalsliam, Worsted, Crostweyth,. and WittoH, axWed Brake's, Wales s, and Lombe's. He left two daugh- ters his heiresses; Elizabeth married John Sturges, senior, and had the moiety of this manor in her right, and purchased the other moiety of Anne Dobbes, her sister, to whom she sold her moiety of Garboldeshum ; and in 1529, John Sturges senior, of Cranworlh, and Elizabeth his wife, levied a fine of the manor of Falcenliam's, other- wise Breton's, to Humphrey Wyngfield, in trust; and in 1333, Sturges had license to alien it to Nicholas Si/!c:hat and his heirs. In 1558, Philip Applet/ard and Mary his wife had it, and not long after it was united to Bradker, with which it still [1737] continues. BRADEKER, or BRADCAR, Was a distinct manor, belonging to Aluric in the Confessor's, and to Gilbert the yJrcher in the Conqueror's time,' it being worth 30s. and afterwards 40 ; and the soke belonged to the hundred. In 1235, An- drezo de Hiiigham held Bradekore at half a fee, as part of the fees of lioger Bigot, which he gave to the Earl of Arundell. In 1250, Henrij de Hengham was lord, and obtained a charter of free warren in all his lands in Bradeker and Bathele ; in 1284, William de Henglmm, parson of Shropham, settled divers messuages and lands in Bnidkijr and Shropham, on Roger Le-Veuze and Alice his wife; in 1285, An- drew de Hengham was summoned to shew cause why he did not pay the King 90 marks, which were behind, of a certain annual rent of two marks a year, due to the King out of certain tenements that the said Andrew held in Shropham. In 1286, Alexander de Hingham had view of J rankpledge, assize of bread and ale, allowed him to this manor ; in 1288, the heirs uf Andrew held Bradeker, at half a fee of the Earl of Pembroke, and in 1295, Andrew de Hengham released to Ralph de Coggeshale the manor of Bradker, consisting of 2 messuages, 296 acres of land, 3 mills, 77s. 3d. rent in Bradker, Shropham, Snitterton, }f ilby, -and Hocham, together with the advowson of Shropham church. In 1319, Sir Johnde Coggeshalehad it, wbo, in 1327, settled it in tail on himself and Margaret his wite, and their heirs; and in 1331, John,. then- son and heir, had it, who, in 1348, settled the whole except one acre and the advowson, on himself, Margaret his wife, and Thomas tlieii- son, in tail; in 1360, the same John had it, and Henry was his son and heir, 30 years old ; and in 1372, the said Sir Henry de Cot- ges/tale, Knt. Thomas his brother, and Joan, wife of the said Hen°u, daughter and heiress of IVilliam de Welle, sold the acre of land, and the udvowsons of the church and chapel annexed, together with the manor of Bradker in Shropham, to c ' ^^I!"* *^i^'^''^7" Arbal. fo. 285. H. xxx. acr. iiii. ac. prati et i. bor. etsem- wcercihaml .K.E.tenuitAluricusi.car. per dim, ca. modo i. rune, et ii. anim. tcne pro. 1. man. semper iii bor. tiincet iii. pore, modo viii. tunc Ixxx. modo xl. post u. ser. modo 1. et x. arc. prati tunc et iii. vasu apiim. totuni val. xxx. sol. n. car post etmodoi. semper 1. mol . et Soca de libero hoc. in Biicham. I. lib. no. additus est hie pro escang. de 458 SIlROPllAM. Sir Thomas SiunDELOw, Knt. ami his trustees, who sold liim the manor ot" \etc/iaU in Boiefiam, Springjicld-Puna , Badew-Parca, Jl'a/thtim, and llaljicld Pivcicll in Essex, by way of exchange, on conehtion that Sir !/'/;o. Slioidcloic, Knt. and his trustees, pay an an- iiiiitv of S/. per iiniium to the said Sir Jhiiii/ and 'riioiuas his biother, during tiicir lives. In 13{)1, IticHARD Earl of jiniiidcU and Suiirij, chief lord of the fee of Bradcker manor, for CO/, grained license lo John Milhfno/d, Jo/in Coke, rector of H est Tof'tes, Will. Cotiperc, clerk, and John Hulnei/s, rector of Longford, trustees and feoftccs of Sir The. Shdrde/oue, Knt. to settle the manor of Bradekar Ihill, with the advowsons anil ap- purtenances, then held of him as of his manor of liochaiu, uj)ori yllcxander, master of Thompson college, and the fellows there, and their successonrs, for ever; on condition, that during the life of Phi/lipa, the Earl's wife, the college should pay her QOs. at every vacancy, as a relief, in lieu of all services: this is dated at Casf/e- Aere,\n the Earl's castle there, the lOlh day of ./«Hf, in the year aforesaid;' and in 1394, the trustees settled them on the college, where they continued to its dissolution, and were granted in 14J0 to Edmund kue-eet , Knt. together with Llie whole revenues of the col- lege; and in 1.541 he had license to ioW Brudcar and the rectory, and the advowson of the vicarage, to John FloKcrdeu- and his heirs, who, in 1545, sold them to Edzcard BiUingham, and he, in 1546, to Tho. Clere, and he, in 1547, to Sir Jnthonif IJevenyngham, who aliened them to Sir Ralph Shcltone and his heirs, in trust for Sir An- thuni/ and his wife during their lives; she outlived him, and held it to 157'j, and left Sir Arth. lleveningham, Knt. her son and heir, who sold it to the mayor and commonalty of the city of Ao;a'/c7(, who are now lords, impropriators, and patrons. MUDIGWELL, or MUDINGWELL'S MANOR, Was owned by Eudo the Seicer, of whom Rouland held it at the sur- vey ;* it had been worth GOs. but was fallen to 37; it was held of the hundred, and Lisius and Eitdo both claimed against Rouland; in 1 198, Julian and Emma, daughters of Richard [de Bradeker'\ sold it to fVimar, son of Jlilliam [of 'Shropham] ; in 1218, Emma and Belisant, daughters of Hervy de Sckropham, added many lands to it, which they purchased of Thonuis de Snetterton, and Maud his wife, and of Simon de Medeluolde, and j4m>/ his wife. In 1C79, Philip, son of Tho. de Mudigzcell of Shropham, at the death of Thomas his father, renewed the rental,' and after this it was much divided ; for in I'iy;), Roger, son of J dam of Shropham, purchased a part of U alter, son of Andrew Dc-la-JVade, and soon after we find in the Feodari/, that Peter [de iludigzcelQ of Shropham, Roger he Cauz, Will, de lloeham, Rieh.de Sneterton, and Peler I'itz-Usbert, held the whole at half a fee, of JVill. Mareshall, and he of the King, notwithstanding which, the ' The seal is very fair, the crest is a dim. fen. Rolandus et vi. ac. prati. silv. griffin's head between two wings ; the vi. pore, tunc iii. car. post etm'^ ii. tunc siipportei-i two griffins ; theanns, Aran- val. Ix. sol. ni° -xxxvii. soca in Bucham del and Warren quartered. Rejjis, sed Lisius rctinuit ct Eulo simi- ^Tcrre Eudonis Dapifcri. (fol. 236,) In liter. Scerepham viii. lib. liuies. i. car. terrc et * From tlic rental in my own collection. ; II O C H A M. 450 chief part continued to be a manor; and in 1S41, Henry de Mndi/ivj^- tedl was lord; in I38J, lioh. de AUfslidtn and .llhc (lis wife con- veyed it to Sir Miles Stapleton, and Sir Itogir de liuifs, Knts. and their heirs; in 1j05, John Dade ol' IVittiiii in Norfolk died seized of Madingwell manor, in Slimp/inm ; in Ijfil, Jo/m IVade, Gent, sold Modi/iigicell manor in Shioplmm, to Sir 'I'lto. JVoodlioii'ie, and IVill. IVoodhouse, Knls. since wliicii time it liath been divided into so many parcels, that it is now extinguished. The manors of Suetcrtoii, and divers other adjacent manors, ex- tended into this town. Shropfiam manor is fine certain at 6(1. ati acre. H O C H A M. rlocHAM, )50C-)3am, or, the (own in the dirt, as the name signifies, was a rectory an|)cndant to the manor till the year 1(227, and then Wanue dc Moiile Cnnisu, or Mnntcln-nsi/, released the advowson to Ricluird I'rior of the monks at ThetJ'oid, to which house it was soon after appropriated, and a vicarage instituted, to which the priors presented till the Dissolution. VICARS. 1349, 3 \ov. John dc Reding of Berningham, priest, Mary Countess of 'Norfolk, for this turn. \ol1,6 Jan. Thomas de Goldj/ngton, pv\ciit.. The King, for this turn, on account of the priory alien at Thetford, wliich is now in his hands. 1376, lO ./(///. Rob. Bert of Brandon, priest, on Goldyng's resig- nation. The IMiioK of the monks at Thetford. 1377, 13 March, Robert Sliigg of Thtjjord, priest. Ditto. 140S, Q, Mai/, yiv. Robert liule^s of iSudbourne, priest. Ditto. 1411 J 50 Octob. fVill. Suarescho of lavorth, priest. Ditto. 1420, 27 Nov. Robert Fenn of Rushworth, priest. Ditto. 1421, 8 Oct. Robert Trapet, priest. Ditto. 143S, 10 Jnli/, Rob. Langwude, priest, Wlll, ElvedeN". Sub- Prior of T/iel lord, the piiory being void. 1438, 15 L)ec. IVilliani Jointure. Ditto. John Barges. 1483, 4 Dec. Ralph Beelc, on Burges's resignation The Prior. 1497, WJuiy, II ill. Jtelltfs, on JBeele's death. Uobbrt Prior of T/ulford. 1527, 18 Not. Brother John Iiuorlh, Prior of the monks at Thet- ford, was instituted into the vicarage at his own and his convent's presentation, according to the Pope's dispensation, granted to the 460 II O C H A M. priors of the said monastery ; at the death of William JVeUi/s, the prior paid 53-5. 4d. for first fruits, to the Bisiiop, at his institution. 152<), 1(J l-'fl>r. Robert lli/de was instituted on tiie prior's resigna- tion, who reserved a pension of 4 marks /;<•/•«««(»«, lor I iie, before he presented tli)de to the vicarage, who was the last presented by that house. 1554, 25 Febr. George Halstede, priest. Thomas Duke of Norfolk. IS?.", IS March, John Wolfeiideii. Henuy Coppinger, Gent. \ 0^1,10 Sept. Will. Carter, A.M. on [(o//(-/(f/c«'4' resignation. Ditto. 1606, 21 Jan. John Benson. Robert J f.kmyn, Knt. 1634, 22 Dec. Robert French, A.M. on Benson's death. Bacoue- viLL Bacon, Esq. 1636, French resigned, and .John Underwood, A.M. was instituted at the presentation of Baco. Bacon, Esq. and held it united to Study, with a certificate that it was not above 20 miles distant, and tliis is one of the first unions that 1 have met with, that had any certificate of distance, the Bishops ofNorxcich having always had power of uniting any two benefices, so that both were within their own diocese. l6Gl, Samuel Greene, A.^^. was instituted to the vicarage oi' Hocham- Magna and Paiia annexed, on the death or John Underwood. Rob. Kerington, Gent, patron. ltiC7, 9 July, Peter Lock, A.M. on Greene's death, united to II- iifigton. Philippa Kedington, widow. 1673, 25 March, Car. Sippins. A .M. on Lock's death. Ditto. 1679, 20 Oct. John Jialdock, A.M. on Sippins's cession. Ditto. I68I, \ijlug. Daniel Bret, A.M. on J5aWoc/c's resignation. Ditto. 1690, 21 July, Henry Goodrich, A.M. on Bret's deprivation. Henry Kedington, Esq. united to Illington. 1712, 14 Oct. Tho. Sadler, on Goodrich's death. Philip Riley, Esq. 1714, 16 Jan. IVill. Barcroft, A. B. on Sarf/er's resignation. Ditto. 1717, 9 ^pril, John Abbot, A.B. on Ba?r/-q/i''s resignation. Ditto. 1724, 1 April, tlie Rev. Mr. John Verdon. A.B. on Abbot's cession, who holds it united to Rozidham. Ditto. The impropriation and advowson of the vicarage, at the Dissolution, went with the abbey of Thetford, and all its revenues, to Thomas Duke of Norfolk, who sold it to the Coppingers, and they, about I6OO, to the .Jcrmyns, and so it was joined to the manor. The vicarage is valued at 8/. Ms. \\d. in the King's Books, and being sworn of the clear yearly value of 40/. 10s. only, it is discharged of first fruits and tenths, and is capable of augmentation. The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and hath no tower; the ruins of one that hath been dilapidated many years, lie at the west end of the church, in which I find these memorials. On a mural monument against the north chancel wall, Memoria; Roiieuti Bai.dock, Filij Roberti Baldock, Equitis Aurati, et Marine Uxoris Ejus, natu Minoris, Praelio Navali contra Belgas, 28° die Maij, Anno Dom. 1673, .Sitatis sua; 18, occisi. posuit Pater. Coelum, Animam {Spero) annumerat Fa;licibus Umbris, Nescius an Corpus lerra, vcl Unda Capit. GREAT HOCHAM. 46l On flat marbles in the chance), Henricus Bacon Armiger, Bacquevilli Bacon Ar. (Dni. Nicholai Bacon de Redgrave, Militis & Baronetti Filij Nalu Tertij) Filius NatuTertius, Bacquevilli Bacon Ar. Frater et Haeres, obijt IS"* die Martij Ano Salutis l6i7. Depositum Mariae Filiae Bacquevilli Bacon Ar. Natu maximse, Henrici Bacon Ar. Sororis 8c Cohasredis, Uxoris Roberti Bal- dock Ar : Dote, Fide, Forma, Moribus, Caslitate, Pietate, Desi- deratissimse, ex hac Vita migravit 11° die AugustiAn° Salutis 1662. Here lyeth the body of Robert Kedington of Great Hockham, in the County of Norff. Esq ; who took to Wife Philipa, the se- cond Daughter of Bacquevill Bacon, Esq ; Sister and Coheir of Henry Bacon, Esq; he departed this Life the 28 Day of March Anno Dni: I667. Phillipa Kedington, Uxor ejus obijt 9 Aug" I69O. Henry Kedington,obijt 21 April 1690. Katharina Kedington 7 Febr : I69O. Rob. Kedington 1 Nov: 1698. Liberi Henr: et Margaretae Kedington. Sir Robert Baldock,' one of the Judges of the Common Pleas during the reign of King James II. was buried here ; he died Oct. 4, 1691, and had two wives, the first of which was Mary, sister and coheir of Henry Bacon, and daughter of Bacqueville Bacon of Hoc- ham, Esq. Jn 1532, Robert Poky of Hoc/iam, was buried in the church, as I find by his will, in which is this clause : " Item I wyll that my tene- " ment sumtyme called Jankyiis lately John Taylour, alias Nehys, " now Robert Foley's, shall fynde and kepe a light before our Lady of " Petye, wyth five prekett candeiis of wa.ve, to burn in the church of " Hocham in tyrae of divyne service in the said church, for ever."* GREAT HOCHAM Was always one manor, which belonged to Edric in the Confessor's days, and to Roger Bigot at the survey, when it was worth 4/. and was three miles long and one broad, and paid \5d. ge/d;^ it then ex- tended into Wayland hundred, and a freeman that held 8 acres of land in that hundred,' but the superiour lordship of it belonged to Bukenham castle as the rest of the town did, the leet belonging to * Regr. Alpe, fo!. 191. tice modo nulla tunc v. nine m° ii. tunc 'Terra Rogeri Bigoti, (fol. ti6.) See- xii. acr. modo ii. tunc xii. pore. mod» repham Hund. Hockham tenuit Edricus viii. semper ecxx. oves, modo ii. vasa tegn. T.R.E. v. car. terre tunc et post apum tunc et post val. iiii. lib. et m". xiii. vill. modo vii. qn°" recep xi. bor. similiter totum habet i. leug. et dim. in et modo similiter tunc et post vii. sol. long, ct dim. leug. in lato, quicunque modo iii. xxxvii. acr. prati. Silva c. ibi teneat, et wd. de Gelto. pore, tunc et post iii. car. in dnio. modo * Rogerus Bigot, tenet in (fol. 301.) ii. tunc iii. car. homin. post et modo ii. H. dc Wanclunt. in Hockham i. lib. ho. et ii. car. possent. restaurari ct iiii. soc. commend, tantum viii. acr. val. viii.rf. iii. acr. et dim. tunc ccxx, eque silva- soca in Bucliam, VOL. I. 3 N 4&2 GREAT HOC HAM. the liuiulrccl of S/tiopham, to which the town always paid a common Jine or leet fee of 7s. a year, till the hundred was mortgaged and after sold to the Kediiigtonsi' and then the Icet and leet fie, with all the liberties belonging to the leet and the wiiole liberties which belonged to the hundred were joined to the manor, before they sold the Inin- dredj and excepted upon the sale of it, so that the lord of the hundred hath no paramountship in this town. From the lVi7 ; and at her death, Henri/ Kedin"ton oi' Ilochhaiii, I"lsq. became lord, and kept his first court 9 Oct. 1()85 ;' and in 170'2, Philip Rj/let/, Esq. serjeant at arms to the lord treasurer, surveyor of the Queen's woods and forests on the south side of Trent, and one of the commissioners of the excise, who was afterwards knighted, purchased the manor, impropriation, and advowson, of llenri/ Kcdington, Gent, nnd built a neat brick house liere, which is now [1737] the seat of Philip Reginald Ri/lej/, Esq. his grandson and heir. The ancient Customs and privileges within the manor oi Great Iloeliam, as appears by the examined evidences of the said manor. The lord hath the goods of felons de se, within the manor. (Court Roll 1 1 Jl. 1 .) No tenant can waste his copyhold ; women are dow- able for a moiety of the copyhold, of which their husbands are seized, during the coverture. A man, by the custom of this manor, is tenant by the courtesy of Enaland, of lands and tenements of this manor, of which his wives are seized, and have issue between them. (Roll 12 E. 3.) No tenants of the lord's, inhabiting in Great Ilocham, ought to be cited to the consistory or spiritual courts, because it is against the custom of that village or town, and to the prejudice of the lord, as appears by the prior of the monks at Thefford, A° 1 If. 4. Hocham Meare, alias Cranberry Fen, is a separate water of the lords of this manor; (Rolls 7. 10 H. 7. 13. 22 //. 8. iG Eliz.) it contains fourteen score acres, and is in circuit 708 perches, every perch con- taining 18 feet, and the lord hath a fish-house there. The lord of the manor is lord of the common of pasture in Great Hockham, and of all waste in the bounds of the village. The tenants give for a fine for their copyhold lands and tenements; upon every alienation, whether by death or surrender, according to the ancient custom of this manor, Vld. out of every mark of the value and price of their lands and tenements by them taken up, and such fine is called mark shilling. One copyhold tenant can take a surrender, and another witness it. The lands descend to the eldest son, and the manor extends into Brecclcs, Illinglon, Tuttington, and Thomson.^ In 1384, Sir Stephen de Hales, Knt. aliened divers lands here and in other towns, to the Prior of JVahi/nglutm. In l65i, the township of Hocham held divers lands of this manor. • See Wilby, p. 367. * From the Court Book, marked c c c. 464 LITTLE HOCHAM. This town hath no market at this time, it contains about 200 soitls,' and paid 4/. 7s. to the tenths, and is now assessed with Little Hocliam at 6i8/. &. Qd. to the Kind's tax. LITTLE HOCHAM Was a small village between Great Hocham and lUington; in the Confessor's time it belonged to Ailwin, and in the Conqueror's it was held of Roger Bigot by Turold,^ for life, I imagine, because soon after, it was in Roger's own hands, who gave the church and tithes to the priory of ThetJ'oid at their foundation,* who received them se- parately, till the church of Great Hocham was appropriated to them, and then they joined them to Great Hocham, which is the reason we meet with no institutions, though I suppose the church was not de- molished till after Richard the Second's time, for then we meet with the church of St. Mary at Hocham, mentioned in evidences, which I believe must be this. Great Hocham being dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The manor afterwards was held of the honour of Richmond at a quarter of a fee, by Alan de Anestie ; and in 1252, by Ralph de Neketon, who had free-warren allowed him in it. It soon after be- longed to William de Hockham, who made it complete, by joining all the lands and tenements that belonged to the manor of H'rotham (or Wretham) to it, as well those that laid in Great Hocham as in this town; for I find in an old register^ of Bee abbey in Normandy, to which Jl'rotham manor belouged, that this William held all the lands and tenements that the church of Bee had in Hocham, by the rent of 17s. '2d. a year, three days work in ])loughing, three in mowing, and one hen ; and he and all his tenants under him were to pay reliefs, do suit to the halmote-court at Wrolham, pay scot and lot, and could not marry their daughters without license, and soon after this, in 1299, he levied a fine of the whole, when it contained 18 messuages, 275 acres of land, 1 1 acres of pasture, one acre of turf-land, 37 acres of heath, and 14s. ob. rent in Great and Little Hocham. In 1315, John de Hocham was lord, and in 132(), Ralph of Hocham ; in 1335,. John Duke of Bedford aliened to the prior of Thetford the manor of Little Hocham, but I take it to be only the superiority of the fee, the manor being then held of him, and afterwards of the Prior, and after that of the Bishop of ^^oriach, and after the revenues of the bishop- rick were taken into the King's handj, it was held of ihe Crown, in ' Terra Rogeri Bigoti, (fol. ii6.) In Parvo Hockham ten. Ailwiniis dim. car. terre semper iii. vill. et iii. bord. et ii. ser. et iii. acr. prati semper i. car. in dnio. et dim. car. honiinum et i. soc. iii. acr. et dim. semper val. xiii. sol. et im.d. et tenet Turoldiis. ♦ In Bishop Herbert's confirmation of Roger Bigot's foundation of Thetford abbey, it is said, " Donavit itaqiie Ro- " gems Bigoiiib qiiicqu d juris " habehat in Ecclesijsde Dommicis ter-. " ris <^uis, VIZ. de Hoicham, &c." Au- tog. pen. Hen. Smith, dc Hauteboys^ M.igna in com. Norf, 5 Pen. T. M. EAST, OR GREAT WROTHAM. 465 1558, Ambrose Jermi/ti was lord; it after belonged to the Bedincr. fields;^ and in 1573, Edmund Jermi/n died seized; in l603. Will. Jermyn had it, and released it to Robert Jerinyii, Knt. and Will. Jermyti, senior, Esq.; in Ifilfi, there were five copyhold tenants, which paid 3/. l'2s. rent, two tenements worth 8/. per annum, a sheeps* wallt, &c. It now [1737] pays all dues to Great Hocham, there being only two farms in the village, of which the manor-house is one, which with the manor is now owned by William Jermi/ of Norwich, Esq. in right of his wife, who was sister and sole heiress "of the Right Honour- able the Lord Richardson, Baron oi' Cramond in Scolland. The fines are at the lord's will, and the eldest son is heir. EAST, OR GREAT WROTHAM, Is so called because it lies most east of the three Wrothams,of M which Herald was lord in King Edienrd's time, and Ralph de Tony in the Conqueror's;' Wrelham (or Wrotham Thorp) had then two earu- cates, Wertham, (or West Wrotham,)^ had three, und-IVeretham (or JSast Wrotham)'' had four, and all of them were herewiles to Neketun, (or NectoN,) and contained together four miles in length, and four miles in breadth, and paid xxd. geld. This manor was given to Bee abbey in Normnndi/,' by that Ralph de Toni, who held it at the survey, from which lime it enjoyed all the privileges belonging to that monastery. In the register of the abbey (fol. 58, b) the customs of the manor are entered, among which it appears, that the tenants were to pay scot and lot, by way of aid to the abbots, when they came into England, or to their proctors, if the necessities of the abbey were very urgent ; they could not sell a horse- colt, nor an ox of their own bringing up, without their lord's leave, nor marry their daughters, nor go to live out of the manor, nor re- move their chattels out of it, without license; they paid at every death the best beast for a heriot, or 32d. instead of it, and if any one died intestate, all their chattels were at the lord's disposition. VVhen * See p. 339, 340. ' In alio Werctham tcnuit idem iiii. ' Terra Radiilfi de Toenio, (fol. 231.) car. teire tempore R. E. tunc et post. Hund. de btrepham, Wrctliani tenuit viii. vill. post et modo iii. semper iiii. Heroldiis, T.R.E. ii. car. terre semper por. et ii. scr. et ii. acr. prati semper ii. xii. vill. viii. bord. et iii. ser. et viii. car. in dnio. tunc et post iii. car. Iiomin. acr. prati semper li. car. in dnio. et iiii. et modo i. et iii. possiint esse et ii. soc. car. homm. silv. xxx. pore, et i. rune, una car. terre et xii. acr. viii. acr. prati et xii. pore. Ixxx. oves. et v. bor. et Ivi. acr. terre ct i. car. et ^ In alio Wertham iii. car. terre te- dim. hec tna sunt bcrcwite in N keruna nuit idem semper xi. vill. et ix. bor. et ct in pretio totum liabct ii. leug. in long, iiii. ser. et vi. acr. prati tune iii. car. in ct li. in lai. et xx d. de Gelto. dnio pust et m° ii. et tertia possei esse ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. fol. 463. semper iiii. car. homin. el i. mol. et i. runcet xxi. por. ct Ixxxi. ovcs. 4(56 EAST, OR GREAT WROTIIAM. the harvest work was finislied by tlie tenants, they were to have \r,\\( an acre of barley, and a ram let loose in tlie uiiclst of them; and if they catched him, he was their own to make merry with, but if he escaped from them, he was the lord's, which custom is still kept at J-]ton college, there being a ram every year let loose among the scho- lars, on a certiiin day, to be run down by them, the original of w hich might come from the custom of this manor; at this lime IVilliam dc Hockam held GO acres of land of the old feofi'ment, by 5s. per a/tniim rent, and also l6s. rent at RokeUind, and all that belonged to l\\o church of Bee, and was part of this manor, as you may see at Ho- cham-Pana. William Fmncolaniis, or Franlcliyn, held a carucate of land at Serepham, or Shropliam, and paid scot and lof, gifts and aids, and did suit to this court, and lleiiri/ de Biadekert held a tenement there by the same service. Emma dc Kerhrook, or Carhrook, Adam de Oekeham, or Hockham, JValter Bainard, and the heirs of IVilliam Crongethorp, held a brueri/, called Saiidwadeseot, by suit of court, and the service of going to London, or elsewhere at their own charge, on the lord's errand, and by doing the lord's and the town's service, in attending the sheriff's turns, and hundred courts, to hear the King's orders; and IVilliam de Wrotham then held 60 acres of land and a messuage, which, in 1240, was given by Reginald, son of Eiistaee de Wrotham, to Bee abbey. In 1285, the abbot held it in free alms, as parcel of Tony's barony, and had view oi frankpledge, assize oi bread and ale, a pillory, gallows, and weyf, and thus it continued in the abbey, (unless when it was in the King's hands by reason of the French wars,) till 1414, the second of King iie«n/ V. when the Parhament at Leicester dissolved the Prior's aliens, and then it continued in the Crown till King Henry VI. settled it on his college of FAon, at the foundation, and confirmed it by his charter in 1444; and in 1460 it was reconfirmed by King Eduard IV. it being parcel of the posses- sions of Okeburne prior}', which was an alien depending on Bee abbey; and at this time the provost, fellows, and scholars of jE'2I, prid. kal. Nov. Gilbert de Arundell, colet, (i. c. accohtt ) Ditto. In 1325, he was deacon, and liad hccnse for non-residence for two years. 1335, j)rid. kal. Sept. Muster J fill, de liraitmford, priest, on A run- dell's resignation. Rich, de Beausevall, proctor for the Abbot ot Bee. 1348, 30 Mmf, Roh. de A^h. The PRion of Olcef/ounie. 154i), 20 /•'<•/;/•. mil. de l\d;iji,to>i, shaveling, 'i'hc King. 130V, 30 March, liicliard Mercer, priest. J'kti: n de Falco, Prior of Okebornc, proctor-general for the Abbot of lice, in the diocese of Koan in France. 1394,27 Aug. Will. De-Lawe, priest. The King, as belonging to the temporals of Okebourne priory, which arc now in his hancfs. liobert Hwaulaiid. 1447, ly Sept. Mr. John Smith, bachelor in the decrees, on SuaiV' land's fleatli. 1447, 17 I'ehr. .John Gardiner, on Smith's resignation. 1453, 23 .Ian. Will, lietti/s, priest. 14()5, Adam Wciii/s, priest, on Betti/s's death. John Dunham. 1482, 30 Au^. Will. Pcnni/nglon, on Tiunhnm's death. J494, Will, llurman, A. M. on Peniii/ngtun's death. Richard Marlcu. 1503, 13 March, John Smith, on Marten's death. 1517, 9 Dec. Tho. Paun, on Smith's death, 1550, 25 Oct. Peter Latlon, priest, on Payn's death. 155G, 12 March, Stephen llopkjns, on Cotton's death, united to West U rotham. 1559,21 Fcbr. William Edwards on //o/>Ay;w's resignation. 1579, 7 Sept. Robert Coni/e, S.T. B. who had It'cst Wrotham. 1013, 29 Mai/, Robert ll'aldesworth, A. M. 16 14, Hi Nov. Tho. Browne, A. M. 1640, 16 Jan. Richard )ounge,A. M. on Broa//f'j death. Samuel Ifoalou, S. T. P. ; he had It est Wrotham. 1681, 25 April, John Poicell, A. M. united to West Wrotham. 171 1, 18 Oct. The Rev. Nathaniel Coddinglon, A. M. the present [1737] rector, who holds it united to It est Wrotham. All piesenled by liic Puovost of Eton college, who is now patron. Upon the west end of the steeple was an old inscription, beginning, OcatC pro, iJC. but so buttered, that it is illegible; a very large stout: 468 WEST, OR NORTH AVROTIIAM. coffin was ploughed up in a close in this town ahout 1715. There are divers saints painted on the screens, as St. Augustine, St. Am- brose, &c. In 161 J, John Doufj/td, Gent, gave 10/. by will to the minister and church-wardens, to be employed for ever as town stock, to set the poor on work. WEST, OR NORTH WROTHAM, Belonged to Ralph de Toni at the Conquest/ who was son of Roger de Toni, Standard-bearer of Normandy, and founder of the abbey of Conchis in that dukedom ; this Ralph was Standard-bearer to the Conqueror in that memorable battle against King Harold, and by his eminent service in it, became a sharer in those large posses- sions which were after that signal conquest disposed of to his friends and followers, and among others, had 19 lordships in Noifolk, these three being part of them, the biggest of which he gave (as is before observed) to Bee abbey, and left the other two to Ralph, his son and heir, who left them at his death, to Roger his son and heir, who gave this manor and advowson, with the mill and moors, and what- ever he held else in the township, to the monks of Conchis,^ who held them of his gift at his death, as belonging to their cell at Wotton- Waicen in IVaruickshire, which was in 1162. In 126?, Robert It Taylur and Aveline his wife, granted to Walter abbot of the church of St. Peter ofCnnches,'' 70 acres of land here ; in 1279, Ralph, sou of the said Roger, granted liberty of free-warren, and free fishing, to the abbot of St. Peter of Conehes Castellon, in all his demeans and waters in his manor of Wrotham,^ viz. in Wrotham-Thoip manor. In 1285, the abbot of Conches had view of frankpledge, assize of bread and ale allowed him, and thus it continued in the abbot (except •when the King held it on account of the French wars, when the tem- poralities of the alien priories were generally seized, that the revenues might not go to support the King's enemies) till 1414, the 2d of King Henry V . and tlicn the parliament at Leicester dissolved all the alien priories, and so it came to the Crown, and was granted for life to Sir Roziland Lenthall, Knt, and at his death it went with the Priory of fVotton JVawen, and all its revenues, to King Henry VI. who gave them to the provost and scholars of his college of St. Alary and St. Nicholas in Cambridge, commonly called King's college, who ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. fol.469. chief, in the right hand proper, a rose •Dug. Mon. Ang. torn. i. fol. of the second. Dug. Bar. page 6oj 559. ' Tliis is Wrotham Meer, which be- ' The arms of Cunches-abbey are or, longs to the lord, and in 1267, several an arm gul. issuing out of the sinister townsmen were indicted and fined for fishing in it. WEST, OR NORTH WROTIIAM. 469 arc now lords and natrons. King Henrif II. granted the monks of Wotlon license to choose their own abbot, and that all iheir tenants in England &\\o\i\A be free from serving at sherifl"s turns, and hundred courts, and accjuittcd them of all lax, Danegcid, hildiett, and liun- dredfu, and also granted them all felons goods forfeited ; by virtue of which, this manor pleaded an exemption from doing suit to the hun- dred, but still paid their leetfet of '^s. a year to it, lor themselves and Wrotham-Tliorp, of both which, the lord of the hundred is paramount, but hath no power to compel the tenants to any service. This rectory is valued in the King's Books at 12/. 1 Is. 3d. and pays 1/. 5s. Id. ob. yearly tenths; it is in Norfolk archdeaconry, and Rock- laud deanery. The Church is dedicated to St. Lawrence, was taxed in the hin- coln taxation at 14 marks, and paid 12(/. synodals. In lC03, there were 40 communicants, and there are now [1737] about 100 inhabi- tants ; it paid 3/. 4s. to the tenths, and is assessed at 376/. to the land tax, RECTORS. 130S, G non. May, TVilliam, called de Forda, (or Ford,) priest, was presented by the Abbot of St. Peler of Ctinchts. 1328, 8 kal. Febr. Rich. JVoderone, priest, was presented to North Wrotham, by John de LoTOVERis,proctorof the Ahhoi oi Clinches ; and in 1331, he had license for non-residence, as chaplain to the Lady Mortimer, at the request of the Bishop of Worcester. 1394, 2 Juhj, Barth. Pulleter, priest, was instituted to North alias West Wrothani, on the King's presentation, the temporals of the -Abbot of C««c//es being in his hands during the war between him and France. 1398, 22 June, John Gylot, priest. The King, as before. I4I7, 9 Nov. Tho. Doleyn, priest, on Gilbert's resignation. Tlie King for this turn. 1433, 7 Jan. Tho. Gw/Ze, priest, on Do/fj///s death. Sir Rowland Lenthall, Knt. in right of the manor called West Wrotham Hall, which he hath for life, of the gift of King Henry N. to which manor the advowson is appendant. 1435, Tho. Bennet, priest, on GalFs death. Ditto. 1436, 17 June, Tho. Sat/s, on BcnneVs resignation. Ditto. 1442, 3 March, Will. Been, priest, on Say's resignation. John prior of Woffon IVazcen in Worcester diocese. 1451, 10 Febr. Rob. Wodemanston, nriest. 1500, 30 June, David Barker, A. M. 1509, 30 Oct. Rob. Harlsey, on Barker's death. 1551, 16 May, Stephen Hopki/ns, A.M. on ITarlseu's death, in^ 1556, he was instituted to Great Wrotham, and held both by union. 1559, 21 Febr. William Edwards, on Hopkyns's resignation. 1579, 7 Sept. Robert Conye, S. T. B. 1613, 3 June, Richard Lancaster, S.T. B. 1613, 17 Sept. Paul Kent, clerk. 9 Dug. Mon, vol. i. fol. 561, VOL. I. 3 O 470 WEST, OR NORTH WROTHAM. 1640, 29 April, Samuel JVootoii, S. T. P. he had Great Wrotham. IfiSl, '2j April, John Powell, A.. M. on Wootons death, united to Great Wrotham. 171 1, 18 Oct. The Rev. Nathaniel Coddington, A. M. the present [1737] rector, liolds it united to East Wrotham. These last presented by tlie Provost of St. Mari/'s and St. Nicho- las's college at Cambridge, commonly called King's college, who is now patron. These inscriptions are in the cbancel, IIODIE MIHI. CRAS TIBI. Here lyelh the Body of Samuel Wotton, Doctor of Divi- nity, and Minister of both the Wrethams, who departed this Life the 4lh of Febr. and was buried the 6, 168O, aged 80 Years, 5 Mouths. He learn'd to live, while he had Breath, And so he lives even after Death. Elizabeth, Wife of Dr. Wotton, died 1 Aug. 1679, aged 53, on the North Side of her Stone lie Samuel, William, and Elizabeth their Children, Their Time was short, the longer is their rest, God calls them soonest, whom he loveth best. Thomas Townshend, Gent, and Kath. Hoo his Wife, he died JulySl, IG8I. Frances, Wife of George Townshend, Gent, and Daughter of Edmund Bacon of Hessel, Esq. died Sept. lG49. William Powell, Gent, descended from the Powell's of Shrop- shire, died Febr. 6, 1685. John Powell his Son, Rector of the Wrethams, dyed March 6, 1710. There is a brass plate fixed against the east end of the chancel wall, with this inscription. The Body of CATHERINE CODDINGTON, the beloved Wife of NATHAN. CODDINGTON, rector of the two parishes, dyed 11 Oct. 1716, aged 33. Oh ! had the Number of her Days, Been as compleat, as was her Praise, Happy, and pleas'd with such a Store, Her dearest Friend had ziish'd no more. Upon a south chancel window may be seen a small emblematical figure of an hare riding on a grayhound, with a bow and quiver hanging at its back, and a bugle horn by its side. / f [ 471 J WROTHAM-THORP, or LITTLE WROTHAM, NOW THORP-HOU S E. JThe third was called anciently Little Wrotham, or IVrotham-Thorp, and now Thorp-House, there being only one farm remaining at this time ; it never had any church, but was an hamlet to West IVrotham, which took the name of Little Wrotham after this was joined to it : it was a separate village at ihc Conquest, and so continued to the latter end of Edward 11. though the manor always was, and now is, distinct from the other Wrothams, by the name of Thorp Hall. It was held by the Tonys, who had all the three at first, and passed as West Wrotham did, till that was given to the Abbot of Conches, by Roger de Tojii/, who died seized of this, and left it to Ralph his son, who, in 1279, held Wrotham-Thorp, as part of his barony, the manor having then liberty of view oi frankpledge, assize of bread and ale, and zeeyf; he left it to Robert, his son and heir, after the decease of William Martin,and Lovedai/ his wife, who held it for life by Ralph's grant ; but in 1309, he was in possession,' and died seized, leaving it to Jlice, widow of Tho. La/bourne, his sister and heir, at that time 26 3'ears old, who married Guy de Beauchamp Earl of IVarwiclc, who, soon after his marriage, sold the manor, with 30s. l\d. rent, a mes- suage, and 100 acres of land in Stanford, held by (he tenth part of a fee, to Thomas de Nethergate, chaplain of Stanford, to be held of the Earl by the annual payment of a chaplet of roses ; and this Thomas gave the manor to the Prior of Cokesford and his successours in 1315, reserving the Stanford parts to himself. In 1343, itwassettled by Peter de Weston Taiilur, and Jlice his wife, on Sir John de Nor- wieh, Knt. at which time it contained two carucates, for which John gave them 100 marks ; how it came from Coiford, whether by ex- change or no, I do not find. In 1350, John de Herlyng granted to Sir John de Norwich, Knt. all the lands in the Wrothams and Illingion, which he purchased of John de Wrotham, with the fold-courses, homages, and services, thereto belonging; and in 1354, John de Brusei/erd of Shadeiifield, his feoffee, released his right; in 1374, it descended to Kntherine de Brezcse, cousin and heir of Sir John Nor- zcich, junior, who settled it on John Daventre, parson of Broui, Walter Barkty, vicar of Kymberle, John Cranhouse, Edmund Lakyngheth , and Richard jSooth, for her life, and a year after her decease, re- mainder to the King and his heirs. Sir John Plaiz,S\v Robert Howard and others being feoffees; and in 1384, King Richard II. gave the reversion to the prioress and nuns of Dartford in Kent; in 1405, William Barret of Diclcburgh, and Joan his wife, settled divers lands ' Dug. Bar. vol. i. 471. 472 LITTLE WROTHAM, now THORP-HOUSE. and a fold-course here on Joan, Prioress of Daitfurd, and lier siic- cessours, in which liouse it continued to the Dissolution; and in 1339, was granted to Sir Tho. Jtnnyn, Knt. and his heirs, to be held in capite. In IjGl, it was Edmund Jermyn's; in 157t), Sir Amb. Jermi/n of Rushbrovk, Knt. died seized, and left Robert his son and lieir, but gave this manor to i\ illiam Jermifii, Esq. iiis youngest son, who in l603, settled it on himself and his heirs; it afterwards belonged to George Toiciiseiid of Cranwort/i, second son of T/io. Tozi-nsena of Testerton, he married Franees, daughter oi' Edmund Bucon of Elesset in Suffo/lc, leaving two sons, Henri/ the younger, and Thomas the elder, who livetl at U^est IVrotliam, where he was buried in 1681, leav- ing by Ratherine Hoo his wife, one son, viz. George Tozcnsend of ]\ rotliam, Gent, who first married a Green, but by her had no issue, and afterwards a grand-daughter of Sir Robert Baldock of Tacol- neston, whose mother was sister and heir of Robert Ha (dock of Ta- cofneslon, Esq. his son and heir, by whom he had the Rev. JNIr. Tozcnsend, rector of S/iipd/unn ;' which of them it was lliat sold the estate, I cannot sa}', but am informed that it belongs to the heirs of Sir Nieho/as Gerrard, Bart, who died in 1*27. I meet with nothing more concerning these JVrotharns, but that the great hundred court is to be annually kept at a place called Kettle- Bridge, between Little Hoe/iam, lUington, and Great IVrotham, on Tuesdai/ after Michaelmas day in the morning, where all the rents due to the hundred are to be paid, and proper warrants issued for all arrears. In Fabian's Chronicle, (fol. Sfil,) is this," aboutC tljat ^fason, " [1418,] tijc par.sonot JPortljam m J^orfolh, toljndj longe Simic IjaO " bauntcD i>cto=jliarlict l^etlj, ano tljcrt robhcD aiiD ^"ponlcD manji o£ " t\)t ftmg'si ^uhictt.ii, toasi notot toitij Ijiji Concubpnc brougljtc into " Dctogatf, toljtrc lasthj Ije OjifO." And in a manuscript in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, it is thus related: " In 1418, the parsoa " of Wrotham in Norfolk, which iiad haunted Neumarkct lieathe, " and there robbed and spoiled many, was with his concubine to " Netigat of London where he died." It appears by the institutions, that it could not be the parson of West (frotham, and (if any) must be the parson of East IVrotham, and it looks something like it, there being no time of Swanlond's institution mentioned, who was instituted at the death of this parson; but whether it was De-Lane, or any other that had it after him, and before Swanlond, I cannot pretend to determine. * Dug. Mon. Ang. 359. ^ Pedigree int. Coll. P. L. N. [473 J ROCKLAND-TOFT, HoKELTJNT, Rochdunt, or noc-lan&, as it is now called, signifies the hilli/ land, which answers very well to the situation of these parisiies, as well as the other Rocldand in Hensted hundred, which is situate on the declivity of a hill,joining to a large marsh, through which the IVaveny passes, in its course lo Yarmouth. That this phice was of special note in early times, is evident from its being the residence of the deans of so large a deanery as this, having no less than three parishes in its own bounds, besides thirty other rectors anci vicars under its jurisdiction, it containing all the parishes in Gillcross and S/irop/iaiu hundred ; the parishes here are called St. Jndretc's, All- Sainls, and St. Peter's, the two first of which were lately consolidated, the church of Si. Andrew falling into decay, and standing not above a furlong eastward from All-Saints, was suffered to dilapidate; the tower is square, and is still standing, its three bells being stolen out of it some years since, were never heard of. This town is called, to dis- tinguish it from the other Rockland, Rockland-Tofts, and St. Andrew's parish, is often named in evidences, about Edzcard ihe Third's time. Toft, without an}' other addition. Here is a meeting of people on Mid- summer Day, in a nature of a small country fair, which they call the Gild, the remains, without all doubt, of the gild of St. John Baptist, which was held in St. Peter's church before the Reformation. U'he parishes of All- Saints and St. Andrew's are assessed together at 518/. 15s. to the land tax, as in Shrophani hundred, and the parish of St. Peter by itself at 230/. as in IVaylauA hundred, though I do not find it ever said to be in that hundred, till about 90 years since, at which time it was laid to IVai/land, and the constables and surveyors are the same with Little Ellingham, their presentments running, Ellingham- Parva, cum Rockland-Tofts St. Peter. The whole was taxed together in Shropham hundred to the tenths, to which it paid 4/. Ss. 4d.; there are now about 300 inhabitants. This and all the other deaneries were in the Bishop's collation, and had peculiar seals appropriated to them, several of which I have seen, but never met with that of this deanery ; the deans here follow in their order. DEANS OF ROCKLAND. Peter tliedean. 1315, 6 kal. April, Robert de Stokenet/land, accolile ; he was rector of a mediety in Denevere. 1338, 24 Sept. John de North-Kellesey, accolite, he resigned io 1341, 15 March, and Peter de 'Sormandehi/, accolite, succeeded. 1345, 20 Febr. Adam de Sudburi/, priest. 1348, 22 Dec. Lazcrence de Litteiton, shaveling, who was afterwards rector of Great Massingham. 1350, 19 Sept, John de Brei/deston, at jLj/fe/^ perpetual compositions for the Prioi* o( Castle- .^cre's portions of titlies in tlioso parishes. (See p. 475, 476.) There is also a rent of Ids, a year paid to the Duke, from the manor of Kirkiha//. There are now only tiiree distinct manors in this town, called CarbomPs, L(idie\ Kiihehall Moi/nts and Goiunai/'s ; though there were foniicriy no less then seven, before tlicy were united. CARBONEL'S MANOR, With the advowson of St. Aiidrezc's, belonged to Brnde, in the Con- fessor's time, and to William Earl Jf'anen in the Conqueror's, of whom Simon held it, the whole town being then above two miles long, and one broad, paid Wd.geld.^ In 1194, Jfalkelin de Rosei/ gave 20s. to King Richard I. to have seizin of 12a\ 7d. rent, of the service oi' HtrvyOoige, in such manner as Baldzvinde Jiostv/had, when he began his journey to Jerusalem, where he died : this Bald- win was lord here, and cotemporary, if not brother, to Roger de Rossei, or deRosseto, lord of Rose's manor in Soiith-Creke In 1218, another Baldivin de Rosseto held it of the Earl Warren at one fee ; in 1234, Robert Carbouel was lord; from about 1310 to about 1340 Henry Carbonel and Catherine his wife, had it, who held it after her husband's death to her own, which was before ISQDj for then Maud, their daughter presented ; it soon after divided, and one part, with the advowson, came to the Holdiches, who presented till 1571, and afterwards sold it to Sir Ralph Chaumher/ei/n, Knt. reserving two or three turns to the family ; the other part went to Jl illiam de Narburgh, wliosc daughter Ela married Tho. Shuldham, and had a son by him of his father's name, but he did not inherit, the manor being given by his mother to Henry Spelmaii, her second husband, and hislieirs, and William Spelman, their son, inherited; in 1488, Henry Spelman died seized, and left it to Edmund Paston, Esq. to perform his will, at which time it was held of the Earl JVarren, at the fourth part of a fee, in l606, Francis Spelman, Esq. was lord of Carbonell's in Rockland, in which family it hath continued to this time, it being now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Spelman of London. The leet (fee 3s. 4d.) belongs to the hundred ; the fine is at the lord's will, and the eldest son is heir ^ Terre Willi, de Warenna, (fol. 90.) donee W. de Gar. habuit tunc et sem- Hund. deScerepham, in Rokeliin tenet per iii. lib. et x. sol. Pretcr hoc ad. Simon iii. car. tcire quam tenuit i. lib. diti sunt huic terre ix. liberi homines et horn. Brode, 7'.R.E. semper ii. vill. dim. i. car. terre liiii. acr. hoc est dnio. et xii. bord. tunc i. serv. modo i. et viii. semper ix. bord. et viii. acr. prati seni- acr. prati -semper ii. car. in dnio. et i. per vi. car. et ii. dimidios molin. hoc. car. horn, silva vi. pore. tunc. iii. rune, totumest pro uno man. de laquis et val. modo null, tunc viii. anim. modo v. et iii. lib. et xi. sol. de iiii. et dimidio time XXX. pore, modo xv. tunc c. oves ex ix. socaet commend, erat in Bucham et modo similiter et in eadem ten. et idem Regis T.R.E. et post, donee W. liabuit, Simon vi. liberos homines et dimid. et totum fuit liberatum tempore Ra- quos habuit idem Brode commend, tan- dulfi Comitis. Totum habet i. leug, lum Ixx. acr. terre er iiii. acr. prati, in longo, et dim. in lato et xv.d. de semper i. car. et dim. et his vi. etdini. Gelto. SOC4 inBuclieham Regis T.R.E.et post. IIOCKLAND-TOFTS. 479 KIRKEHALL MOYNES and GURNEY'S, Were distinct manors at first, ihougii they have been long united- the first was held by Eudo the Sewer, of whom Richard held it;* and the second by liingu//, at the Confessor's, and by Roger Fitz-Renard at the Conqueror's survey;' to Moyiies manor the advowson of All- Saints was appendant, and belonged to John Le Moyne, who held It at three quarters of a fee of Will. Blaumister, and he of the Eail Warren m Henry the Third's time. In 1282, Sir John Le Moyne of W eston in Cambridgeshire had the manors of Weston by West Wrat- ^JH^, and this manor and advowson settled on him, by Tho. de Colvile, for hte, remainder to Baldwin de Monerijs (or Manors) for life, re- mainder to John, son of Henri/ de Cola^ield, remainder to the ri"ht heirs of Sir John Le Moyne, who, in 1285, had view of frankp/ed're, and assize ot bread and ale allowed him here. In 13 IG, it was settled by another fine exactly according to the former in 1282, and in 1334, John Le Maine's heir had it; I suppose Sir John de Brokesbourne married her, for he presented then; after his death Sir John de Sutton of Wivenho, Knt. held it in right of Margaret his wife, and levied a fine of the manor and advowson in 1359, "in order to settle them in trustees hands, to his own use, John de Caston having claimed a turn in the advowson, as belonging to his manor of Kirkehall, but was cast. In 1360, Andrew Mancer, parson of Little Shcllei/, granted to John Bach (or Beche) and other feoffees, the manor aiid advowson, and Moyne's manor in Weston Colvile, in Cambridgeshire. In 1377, Edmund, son of Sir Edmund de Brokesbourne, Knt. had it; and in 1401, Richard Chamberlain and John Sampler held it of Tho. de Bar- dolph, and he of the Earl Warren. In 14)5, John Filz-Ualph, Esq. and Tho. Elyngham, settled it on William Ray n forth and Eleanor his wile, for life; and before 1474, the manor cidled Moi/nes's, was united to Kirkehall, for then Sir Robert Chaumberleyn levied a fine of them and All-Saints advowson ; and in 154C), .)ohn Barneij set- tled his manor, called Barris, alias Gurneys, on Ralph Chaumberlain, Esq. who afterwards purchased one part of Carbonel's manor, and the advowson of St. Andrew's, and levied a fine of them all in 1567 ; and in 15B9, John Welde of London was lord; in 1590, Humphry Wcldc, Gent. e.\ecutor of the said John, kept his first court; and in 16OI, .Tohn Weld of London, Esq. was lord and patron; in 1623, William Welde had them ; in 1639, Sir Robert Beniey, Bart, was owner, in whose family they continued till Richard Barney, Esq. (who died in 1695, at Redham) mortgaged them, and Mrs. Anne Martell, widow, presented under the mortgage; in I709, they were ordered, by de- cree in chancery, to be sold to pay Mr. Barney's debts, and were sold accordingly to Colonel Windham of Earsham, and now they are ♦TerreEudonus Dapiferi, (fol. 236.) s Terre RoRcrij filij Rcnardi. (W Scerepham Hiind. In Rokeluiit ten. 3S2.) H. de Scrcpliam. In Rokelund Rikardiisx.lib. lioies. i.car. terre sem- j. car. tore ten Kingul. lib. !io. T.R.E. per i. bor. et iii. acr. prali silva iiii. semper i. vill. et viii. bor. tunc ii. ser. pore, tunc iiii. car. post ii. modo iii. iiiodo i. et viii. ;icr. prati silv. viii. pore, viii. a parsmol. tunc. val. c. sol. post, tunc ii. car. in dnio. post et modo i. et modo xl. soca jacuit T. R. E. in Bu- tunc et post i. car. liomin. modo dim, cham Regis et post, donee Lisius liabuit et i. car. posset esse, modo i. acr. ct v. tecram et hoc testat. liund. pore, ct xxiiii. ove.'i, semj'er val. xx. sol. 480 KOCKLAN D-TOFTS. owned hy Jo!:eph JViiidhaiii-.Jsfi, ]li(\. The /eet belongs to the hun- dred, the line is at the lord's xvili, and the eldest son is heir. As to KiiiKEiiALL before the union, that belonged to the family sirnamed de Casllcloii, Cakcstnii, or Casluii, and was originally a part of the manor of Cast on Hall that extended into this town, though it was taken as a separate manor very early, it being hekl by Robert de Cakestoii, or Caston, as sucli, about King John's tinie;* John de Kitestitn, or Caston, granted, and with his father's seal confirmed, to Castk-Jcre priory, his own and father's gift, of two garbs of the tithes of their lands in ItockUtnd St. Peter; in \2o6,Johii de Caston was lord; and in 1'29G, Robert de Caston lield it at a quarter of a fee, of JH/liam de Mortimer; in 1315, it belonged to Jgnes de Caston, and in 1319, John de Caston had a charier for free-warren here and in Caston, Brei/deston, and Uur/ingham. In 1373, Catherine, widow of Sir John de Caston, conveyed Kirhehall manor to Tho. Cans o{ Hoe- ham, and his heirs, llenri/ de Pakenham oi' Shropham being his trus- tee; and in 1387, lliiliam, son ui' JIngh Faslolf, released all his right in the manor to Riehard Cans, in whose family it continued, though sometimes in trustees hands, till it was united to Moines's. BARRIE'S MANOR Belonged to a family sirnamed de Rockland, and was split out of Moines's manor, for Aland de Rockland and her feoffees held it in Henri/ the Third's time, of John Le Moine, at a quarter of a fee; iu Edic'ard the First's time it divided, and Rich. Barn/ had one part, ■whose daughter Joan married to Sir Robert de Caston; and in ]'288, Henry Beny and Christian his wife had it; after that it fell to John de Caston, whose daughters, Elizabeth married Robert Carbonel, and Alice, William I'aslolf, in Edzcard the Third's time, when this part was joined to Carboncl's manor; the other part continued in the Rocklands, and in 1230, William de Rockland held it at half a fee; in 1234, Adam de Rockland was lord ; and in 1336, John de Rokeland; in 1338, Will, de Redham and his feoffees had it, and it went with the Redhams estate to the Bernci/s, John de Berncy being possessed, in 1355, of this and part of Kirkehall. In 1440,' John Benny of Redham, Esq. settled this manor by the name of Kirkehall only, on Phillip his son for life, remainder to Thomas his brother, and his heirs, instead of the manor of Castons in Shipdam; but yet the son recites in his will, dated 1441, that he had given it by deed to his brother Jo/(»/ Bernei/ for life, remainder to his own heirs ; and not long after this, Kirkehall part was uniled to Kirkehall and Moines's, with which it continues, but Barry's continued in the Barneys: and in 1527, John Barney, Esq. died seized, after which, about 1540, it united to Kirkehall. MORTIMER'S MANOR Was held by Constantine de Mortimer in Henry the Third's time, at one fee, of the Earl Warren, who held it of the King in capite; it continued in that family a long time, and passed as their manor of ' Reg. Castle-Acre, fol. 99. ' Regr. Doke, fol. 126. b. ROCKLAND-TOFTS. 431 Althbitrgh did ; in 1337, Comtantine de Mortimer, Esq. had a char- ter for frec-wanen ui his lordship; it descended uilli Hcoulton to Sir John Itlz-hull KxM. „iio nuuried Marina, /, graiul-dau"hler and coheir ot Sir hobert Mortimer, vvlio had issilc .lohn Fitz-Raiif I'sq whose son John married Jlice Waleshurgh, by whom he had Elnabelh his coheiress, who enjoyed it in fee simple after her grandfatlier's death, wah A/,pig/iam, and Waldiiigjidd in Sulfolk, and Ki„i,'john Halter a.i\d John Matherc, \\ho held their first court in 1494; and in 1498 they granted it to John Xe/e of Hucham, and ChrisUmhcr Purdeii of Bury, who sold it to Helen Muriel, Peter Jl'ibster, John Purde,, Ralph 'Scle, &c. in 1506; and in 1514, they conveyed it to Tho Muriel and Henri/ Darbi/, who sold it to Uill. Nede of Elimrham- Parra, who, in 1524, sold it to ieo6eW Sibbs of Coun^ton in slitfoU: milium Cunge of Berniiigham, Robert Hawise of Itestou, HndJohn Muriel of Rockland, Sitib's feoffees, to whom they released in I53(j from which lime the courts were held in his name, till his death in 1572, and llien Robert Sibbs of Han: lei/ in HuJ/'olk, his son and heir, ' Terra Roger! Bigot, fol. 128. H bor. et iii. acr. prati semper dim. car ct Schereph-im. In Rocliclunt dim. car. val. v. sol. soca in Bucliam. tcrre 1. lib. lio. queiii tenet Pagaiuis ii. •' Regr. Brosycrd, fol. 316 482 GREAT ELINGHAM. kept his first court, and in 1594, sold it to Edm. Sarjoit of Coneices' ton, who, in 1593, sold it to IViUiam Musket of Haw/ey in Suffolk, Gent, who, in l609, jointly with Robert his son, settled it on yJiiiie Bedgewell, the intended wife of the said Robert, and they sold it to John Duffield and Barbara his wife; hut in I619, Simon Musket, Gent, and Jnne his wife, recovered it by an action brought against John Duffie/d, senior, and John Dujfield, junior, to them and their heirs, and at their death it fell to the share of Henrj/ Dloniefietd of Fersfield, Gent, who married Anne Musket, their daughter and co- heiress; he at his death left it to Henri/ Blomefield of Brisingham, Gent, his only son by his second wife, at whose death it went to Sti//e Blomejield of Blonorton, Gent, his eldest son, who died single, and it descended to Mr. Henri/ Blomejield of Fersfield, his only brother, who is now lord.* The manor-house is dilapidated, its site is still called Ladie's, which name it assumed from the Lady Bigot, its for- mer owner. The manors of Castonhall, Attleburgh Mortimers cum Membris ex parte Crowshall, Elingham-Pana, Thompson, and Scoulton ^ewla7ids, extend into these parishes. GREAT ELINGHAM. Thi s town was in three parts at the Conquest, and hath continued so to this time, there being now three manors; the capital manor was always called, as it now is, ELINGHAM, or ELINGHAM HALL. It belonged to Turketel the Dane in the Confessor's days, and to Wari- bold, or IVarbold in the Conqueror's, who held it of Hermer de Ferrers, to whom the Conqueror had given it;' it was then worth 5/. and the whole town was two miles long and one broad, and paid igd. geld. • The manor was purchased of Henry pliain hundret. Helincliam ten. Wari- Blomefield of Fersfield, Gent, with all boldus quam tenuit Turchetel lib. ho. tlie demeans, rights and privileges, with T. R. E. iii. car. terre semper iii. vill. other freehold lands, (the whole being ct ii. bord. et v. serv. silva de c. pore. 20/. a year,) by the Govcinours of the xxx. acr. prati. semper iii. car. in doni. «' Bounty of Queen Anne, for the Aug- semper iii. rune, et viii. acr. et vi. equc " mentation of the Maintenance of the cum pull, tunc xx. pore. m° xxvii. " Poor Clergy," in 1738, and was by tunc cxx. oves, modo c. i. ecclesia xx. them settled on the vicarage of Cherry- acr. el xxviii. soc. Ix. acr. et vi. acr. Marham for ever, it being one of the prati. ieniper iii. car. tunc, et post val. livings augmented by the donation of iiii. lib. m° c. sol. et totum habet i, Mr. Brook, who left 1000/. to procure leug. in long, et dim. in late, et xix. infeoffed m///«;« son oUlalph dc Elingham,^ and in 1252, Rol/rt deL/mgkam held it at two fees, of Sir 7//,^/, liardo/ph, and had a charter tor tree-warrcn ; he was succeeded by J/c.v. dt Elhmham. who had the ,;hartcr allowed in Eire in 12^5, Robert de Elingham was lord after him, and settled it in 1313, on himself and Cassaudra his wile, lor life remainder to his own heirs; in 1369, Alexander his son was lord and patron, who conveyed the whole manor and advow- son to Sir Robert Mortimer, Knt. and Dame Margcruhh wife: and m 1372, according to the agreement on the sale, iheV reennted the manor (except eight acres and the advowson) to the saicl .^//era/^^o- and y//ny h.s wife, tor their lives, remainder to the said ^\v Robert and Margcn/ his wile, who settled the reversion on William atte iVe»d, parson o ^kuton, Iho Caus of IIocha,n, and Jol>», son of T/io. nottes ot Atileburgh, their feoffees, who released to them in 1377- and in \3S\^^n Robert was lord and patron; in 1388, Margeru his widow settled both the manor and advowson on Sir Geonre Felbriiiinon Jlotcisonc, rector of Seoul tone, and Robert Syred, master of the college, which set forth, that Sir Robert Mortimer de- signed to found (though he was hindered by sudden death) a college oi'chantry for five chaplains, to pray for his own and his wife Mar- geri/'s soul, &c. all which they, as his executors, in pursuance of his wil'l, had fulfilled, and had also procured this advowson, and obtained license of the King to settle it on the college, upon which the bull granted the appropriation, on condition that on the ne.\t avoidance, a vicarage was created by the Bishop, with institution to it. 141 J, 4 Jpril, Master John Rijhedon, priest, was instituted to tlie then created vicarage of Elinghani-Magmi, at the presentation of the master and fellows, or chaplains oi Attleburgh college or chantry, who were to pay 1 1 marks to the Bishop, on every vacancy of the college, in full for the tax of the first fruits of the rectory, and so the vicarage was not taxed at all, and paid no tenths nor first fruits. 1418,14 Oet. Simon S'cherreve of Seulton, priest, fellow of Atllc- burs.h college, was instituted at the resignation oi' John Rt/kedon, master of the college, at his and the rest of the fellows presenta- tion. 1453, 6 April, Walter Hotcard, on Shereve's resignation. Ditto. 1470, 22 April, John Hasby. In 147 j, 12 Jan. He sued the master and fellows, because the vicarage was worth no more than 9 marks a year, and made them auguient it for ever with four marks per annum, payable at Easter and Michael- mas, out of their great tithes. 14S2, 3 February, John Ptdmer, on Ilasbys resignation. Ditto. William Cherlt/s. Ditto. 1494, 23 Jail/, Tho. Sherman, im C7/er/3r.s's resignation. Ditto. 1504, 17 Jan. Thu. Holme, chaplain oi Attleburgh chantry, on Sherman's resignation. Ditto. 1508, 6 Octob. John Hardy ng. Lapse. 1561, 1 Aug. John Holden, priest, by lapse. In 1590, 3 May, He was re-instituted for confirmation, at the Queen's presentation, by lapse. 1601,20 Octob. Henri/ Womoek, A. M. on Holden's death. Kob. Radcliff, Earl of Sussex, united to Fersjield. 1628, 7 Nov. Salhaniel Scot, A.M. on IVomock's death. 16j1, 24 Nov. Samuel Harding, on Scott's resignation. Edward Earl of Sussex. 1639, 16 Se2)t. John Tireman,S,T, B. on Harding's death. Ditto. GREAT ELINGHAM. 487 1641, 21 Dec. John BattmaHf A.M. on Tireman's cession. James Lloyd, Gent. Abraham Turner. 1674, 29 Jan. Tho. Li/nford, A. M. on Turner's death. Tno. Cockayne of Sunning in Berks, Gent. 1676, 5 March, Nic/iolas Clegat, A. M. on LynforiTs resignation. Ditto. 1684, 15 July, Will. Kiinin, A. M. on Clegat's cession, united to Besthorp. Ditto. .Tames Bedingjield, alias Grey. 1717, 10 March, The Rev. Mr. John Cater, on Grey's resignation, who is now[1737] vicar, patron, and impro|)riator, and holds it united to the rectory of Little Elingham. lie was presented by Anthony Catek, Gent. THE RECTORY MANOR Always belonged to the rectors, for in the Conqueror's survey it ap- pears that there were then divers lands and services belonging to the church ; but at the appropriation in 1402, it was taken from it, and settled as part of the rectory on the college, and went with the rec- tor}', and advowson of the vicarage, at the Dissolution, to the Earl of Sussex, in whose family it continued till after 1639, as the institutions shews us. In 1641, James IJoyd, Gent, and Ahrahnnt Turner, pre- sented. It after belonged to Tho. Cockayne of Sunning, and is now owned, with the impropriation and advowson, by the Rev. Mr. John Cater, the present incumbent ; the customs being the same as Berry- hall manor. This town paid 4/. to the tenths, and is assessed at 733/. In l603, it had 360 communicants, and now there are about 400 inhabitants. It is a vicarage endowed and augmented, in Rockland deanery and A'o/yb/i" archdeaconry. The Vr'xovoi IVymondham's temporalities in this town were taxed at Qs. 8d. and the Prior oi' Bokenham's at 1 Is. ()d. In 1382, Thomas de Flitcham and others aliened to the Prior of Tlit- cham 1 messuage, 4 tofts, 133 acres of land, and 45s. rent in Flitcham, Appilton, HillingloH, Dtpham, Morle, Atleburgh, ff icleicood, and Great EUingham. The honour of Clare, extended hither, for in 1564, Thomas, son and heir of J?oger Greene, clothier, held the pas- ture lands called IschalCs of the Queen, as of her honour of Clare, by knight's service. The Church is dedicated to St. James the Apostle,' who had a Gild also kept to liis honour on the dedication day, and there was another kept on St. Peters day, to his honour, in the south chai>el, which is dedicated to him ; the north isle chapel is called Mortimer's chapel, and was made at the expense of that family, as appears by their arms scattered about it. The nave, two isles, and the chapels at their east ends, with the chancel, are leaded, the porch tiled, the lower is square, huth a spire on it, and five bells in it. « Rcgr. Gclour. 488 GREAT ELI NG HAM. In 1498, Thomas Spe/inan was biniecl in the chancel ; his mother was buried at Stow-ncdoii, and his father at Nttrbtirgh, as his will tells us. In 1505, his son and heir was buried here, over whom, at the upper end of the church, lies a sloiie whicli had a brass plate thus inscribed,' ©rate pro Slnimfl l^enrici .^lyelmnn ilrmiocri, filii, tt \)txtb\^ djomc ^pclman ilrmictcri, tiiii obiit primo Die .Jlkn^iiS J.Bartti anno SDomini, JJl.ctcccpv^- cuiu.^ animc propicictur ©cuiS 3mcn.- On the upper part of the stone were the arms of Spelman, im- paling MoRTiMEU, and Spelman quartering Manning. Jn 1509, Jdiim Coaper of Moc/ic E/iiigliam was buried here, in ■whose will is this clause, " I gctf onto the church oi Elijiigham afore- " seyd, iii. acres and a rode of fre lond, Ij'ing in a felde, called West "fe/de, ill Hesi////7ierc-Biis/i."^ ' Antlionif Giirnay of Great TLlingham, Esq. was buried in this church in 1557.* There are two black marbles in the chancel, thus inscribed, MEMENTO MORI. Here lyeth the Body of ELIZABETH, the Wife of CHARLES POTTS, Citizen, and Merchant Tayler of London, who departed this Life the '2d of Sept. A° Dni. ifoO, at Kensington, in Com: Midd:aged 21 Years. Not Youth, nor Beauty, Wealth, Descent, or Lands, Can charm pale Death, or stay his cruel hands. .Tacet PHILLIPUS POTTS, hoc sub Marmore Domini ROGERI Baronetti e Filijs, Amice Lector, parce (sis) Lachrymis tuis, INlorique discas, quern legis. Quondam fuit, Rarum beataj Exemplar Innocentiae, Virtute prtestans, candidisque Moribus, Facilis Amicus, et (quod Instar omnium) Pietate clarus, in Parentes et Deuni, Sed in Juventa languidus Morbo gravi, Valedixit Orbi huic lubrico, et plenus Fide Tenace, Isetus suaviterque obdormijt. Anno TEtatis 27, 1698. There is a stone in the chancel disrobed of the effigies of a woman, and the arms of Willoughhy and Coniers, and Coiiiers quartering Fitz- Ralph, and this inscription, ©rate pro ^nima anne niiper tlfori^ iSidjartii ©ptlugfaji ' armigcri, Vlniusi i?iliaruin $ l^ercDum Cljome vConncrijacmiueri, que obiit jrpP Die ©ctobns a ©ni: 1499- ■ Weaver, fol. 8io. ' He was her second husband, and ■* Regr. Sayne. Thomas Spelman was lier first, whose 3 Regr. Spyltimer, fol. 170. heirs inherited. * Regr. Jagges, fol. 58. GREAT ELINGHAM. 489 There are divers arms in the windows, and upon the seats and screens, in the church and chancel. , Fitz-Rauf, gul. three chevrons or, on each as many de-lises. sab. Manning, az. and gul. quarterly, over all a cross patonce, be- tween three trefoils slipped or. WiLLOUGHBY, gul. a cross moline voided arg, Mortimer of Atttebitrgli. Spelman, Coniers, Keedeston, Montchensy, Swathyng, Hetherset, Felbrigge, Plantaginet, Butler, and Bas- SliNGIiOURN. BuNDEviLE, or and az. quarterly, indented per fess, a bendletg«^. Edward the Confessor, az. a cross patonce, betweea four martlets or. Sab. three lions rampant arg. langued or. Chequy or and gul. a fess arg. And the following arms, and emblem of St. James, viz. the pilgrim's staff" and ring, his bag, pouch, and escalop shells, which were the badges of the pilgrims, that frequently travelled to Compostella, where St. James lies buried.'' BROME. ELYNGHAM.7 BARDOLPH. VERDON. * Aurea Legenda, London, 1503, fol. ' Jolin de Elyngham was one of the four bailiffs of Norwich in I3S4> 490 BESTHORP. ELY BISHOPRICK. EMBLEM OF ST. JAMES. BESTHORP. 1 HIS village is called in Domesday, Beset horp, and Baconsthorp, aad now Besthorp, or the Best Til/age, from tlie goodness of its soil, and plenty of wood, as Spehnan in his Icenia observes ; it was a rec- tory appendant to the two manors in this town, and each of them had a turn in its advowson ; that which belonged to Flasset's manor was given by Jl'illiant Earl of Arundel, the second of that name, to the monks of JVinumdham,^ and the other, which belonged to Robert de Baiitvent's manor,' was by him at that time released, to the same monks ; ami afterwards Robert, son and heir of Robert de Tateshale, and Hugh, son and heir of Sir Robert de Bavent of Besthorp, con- firmed their ancestor's gifts, Simon de Jf cmton Bishop of Noruieh, consented to the appropriation, and it was appropriated accordingly, before the year 1'26G,' for then that Bishop died; but in or after the year 1262, because John de Jheschirche, the Bishop's Official was witness to it ; the prior and convent were to be patrons of the vicarage ;* the vicars were to have the house and lands belong- ing to the rectory, and all other profits, and the whole tithes, ex- cept those of 638 acres, and one rood,' all which lands are specified in the appropriation, and the tithes valued at lo marks per annum, at least; but the vicars are to pay the synodals and procurations; ' Regr/Wymondham, in Bib. Cot. fo. 32. b. 40. ' Robert Bavent's original deed, witli the nssent of Picot, his first-born, lies in the bag of divers dioceses in Nonvicli box, in tl>e court of the receipt of tlie Exclieqiier. ' Tlie endowment of the vicarage is to be found in a MSS. in llie library at Canterbury, quoted by Mr. Batiey in his collections. ^ Regr.Wymondham, fol. 94, 95, 96. ' The Prior of Wymondhani owned 95 acres and an half, of these lands, of the gift of the Earls of Arundel and others, and the nuns of Marham 3 acres. Will. Plassys 30, and Rob. Mortimer and others the rest. BESTHORP. 491 and akeYW!\rds,ia Edward the First's time, it is thus entered in Nor- K'u7? Domesday, " the Prior of Wipnundlmm holds the ciiurch of " Besthorp, appropriated to his convent, but tiie vicar hath the par- " sonage-house, and 28 acres of glebe, and receives the moiety of the " tithes, and tiic Prior tl)e other moiety ; f\iUium Earl oi Arundel, son. " of William aiidJlice, gave it to the Prior in King Ihurif the Se- " cond'stime,in order thai it might be appr()priiitcd,\md its advowson " contmued in the convent, till Himon Bishop of \o/7r/( A appropriated " It, reserving ihe patronage of the vicarage to the Prior, the iiistitu- " tion to the Bishop, and the episcopal and archidiaconal dues to be " paid by the vicar." At the Dissolution the impropriation and ad- vowson came to the Crown, and there continued till Queen VJlzabelh, in the 18th year of her reign, granted the portions of tithes to Richard Brokelsbi/, to be held at '^Gs. Sd. yearly rent; and in the 2n ^Ijon i©otonnnfl. He died in 1559, and on Jitli/ 30, Christopher Smethe, priest, was instituted, on the Queen's presentation ; buried 13 Dec. 1575. 1575, 26 Febr. George Copping. Ditto. He was buried here 13 Dec. 1G29. 1628, 24 Oct. John Burrell, clerk, on Dobson's death. Philip Harbord ; united to Great Elingham. 1629, George Clerk, vicar. 160O, Daniel Donne. 1646, 22 Mat/, Elisha Agas,^ A.M. on Donne's death. Lady Mary Drury. 1679, 11 March, Samuel Dobson, A. M. on jigass death. Philip Harbord, Esq. 1683, 12 Oct. Will. Kimin, A. M. buried 12 Nor. 1715. Ditto. 1716, 2 June, Isaac Sai/er, on Kimin's death. Eliz. Shaw, widow, united to Crownthorp. 1716, 14 Febr. The Rev. Mr. Philip Carver, on the resignation of Isaac Sai/er, was presented by Eliz. Shaw, widow, and now [1737] holds it united to Tibcnhum. The temporalities of the Prior of Bukenham in this town were taxed at 3s. Id. being lands given by the lords of Bukenham castle to the priory. The lands belonging to the nuns at Marhani were granted at the Dissolution to Sir Nicholas Hare, Knt. and Rob. Hare. The Prior of Noruich had an annual rent of 12evc, and in 15G2, it helonged to Ifi/Iiam Cockct.hv puv- chase horn Lics-sener, ixnd in lo^tj, to Jnt/ion» Druru, in whieh fa- ^nPfu-n '"","/"' '" *''•' *°^'" '''''"' afterwards united.' In 1407. Maud Htlloug/,/,J,^v■ash^dy,hut it was only a jointure: the manor assumed its name Irom its situation, to whieh it exaetly answers; the p/ashcs. or sp/as/n-s, (as we now eall them,) arc swampy places where the water often stands, and according to this etymology, I find that in the time of King l^,aml I. JVi/llam dd Bemak held 10/. rent at i /«.«/. s and about that lime Will, dc P/«.sy, who assumed his name from the nianor, of which he was head teiiant, lived as farmer on ihr site of It, and gave it the name of P/,issj/ IJalt. BAVENT'S MANOR Belonged to Sir Robert de Bautvent ofBcset/iorp, in the time of Kin- nemy III. who gave the moiety of the advowson of the rectory to ni/mo>id/,am prior, as hath been observed: Picot dc Bavent was his eldest son and heir. Sir T/io. de Bavent of Besthorp was lord after liim, who divided It, by granting off that (.art, whieh Peter de Thd- vetliam sold to liohcrt dc Tateshale, he was succeeded by Peter his son, who died in I.'JG!), leaving it to be divided between Eleanor and i^ccil,,, his daughters and heiresses;* and soon after it came VoJolm IVarner oi Besthoip, Esq. who had no issue; for in the pedigree of Henry Warner, Esq. of Womhill Hull in Mildenhatl, SuffoUl it is thus recorded: «y;««o Domini, 1374, Tkonias Whe(enhalc,a youn-er son of Sir James Wlietenlialc, (of Clmhire,) Knt. being of -i?at acquaintance with one John Warner, Esq. (of Besthorn) m the county of Norfolk, who had no issue of his own, nor any 'related to " him of the name ; the said John Warner bequestcd his estate unto ,c M'1 , ^/'^'""' '^ ^"''''"''"''■> conditionally, that the said Tliomas n helenliale \you\d adopt himself, whereupon the said Thomas Whc- ' tenhalc came into Norfolk, and called himself Warner, who did bear for his coat armour, viz. Vert, a cross ingrailcd anr. as being Hhetenhales paternal coat, and for the name ot Warner adds the " other coat, 17^. quarterly, f^rst, party per bend, indented «;o-. and 5tf6.; secondly, a fleur-de-lis o;.; third as second, fourth as first, which hath, together with the Whctenhales arms, been impaled !c ""^ \ ^fua'tered many ages, by the Warners so adopted, and Sir Robert Harncr, and Sir Edward Warner, two brothers, findino- "■ npon record, that certainly their names were anciently /r//f/(WW°, " and that the cross ingrailed. See. was their paternal coat, resolved " to continue it according to their ancient bearing." This Thomas left It to Henry If helenliale, alias Jlarner, oi Besthorp, who married Cerz/y, daughter of William Spaney or Spain, of the same, after whose death it came to Robert Warner of Besthorp, Esq. who married Margaret Barton of Besthorp, and died seized in 1488, leavin"- two sons; Oliver Whetenhale, idiixs Warner, their second son, was Insti- tuted vicar m 1445, and J/enry IVarner, their eldest sou, married 3 The descent of the manor may be time, from p. 369 to p. 380. seen at large, under Bukenham, to tliis ■♦ Dug, Bar. vol. ii. fol. 644. 49S BESTHORP. Mary, daughter of John Bleverhasset of Soiithi/l in Bedfordshire, sister and coiieir ol'.Johii Dlevcrhasscl, lier brotlier; siie outlived him/ and remanied to IVilUani Driiri/ of Bcst/iorp, who had the manor during her life, and before her death it was released to him and his lieirs, bv Robert IVarner oi' Noncich, (from whom the Womhill Hull fainilv are descendeti, he being father of Sir Robert Warner of Mil- denhall,) and Sir Edward Warner of Plumstede, brotlier of the said Robert, and so it beeame united to Plasset's in the Drurj/s. PAGE'S MANOR Was part of Plasset's, granted oft' by Sir Robert de Tateshale, to Henry Page of Bestliorp, who was t<> hold it of him at one fee; in 1338, he settled it by line on John Page oi Bestliorp, liis son, and Margaret his wife, wlio held it in 1345; and afterwards married to Thomas Spayne, on whom it was settled, for he held it after her death; in Ed- uard the the Foarth's lime it belonged to the Denlons, and went with Felice, daughter and heir of Willium Denton of Besthorp, to Roger Drury of Haitsted in Sujj'olk, who married her; and thus this manor came to the Drurys. BRETTENHAM'S, or BRIDGEHAM'S MANOR, Was held by the Curzuns, or Citrsons, of East Carleton and Stanfeld,. of Sir Robert de Tateshale, at half a fee; and in 129G, IVilliam de Cursotin had it. In 1335, Margaret, wife of John, son of the said J1 illiani, died seized, it being then lield of Shrophani hundred; and Hill. Carson was her son and heir, who, before 1345, had parted with it to Tho. de lledersete, who then held it, and sold it the same year to Peter, vicar of llocham,^ and John de Bretlcnhain, from whom it took its present name, which in time was corrupted into Bridghains. In 1401, their heirs held it of the Lady Croiiiic^ell ; in 1408, Ralph Campayne, or Chaampannc, and Beatrice his wife, sold it to John, son of Reginald Maiindevile, hy the name of Carson's manor. In 1562, fVilt. Cocket of Besthrorp, Esq. had it, and owned it to his death in 1579, in which year he was buried in this church, Oct. 28, and the manor went to the Drurys, and became united to the rest. There was a part granted off" very early from Bavent's manor, which was held at half a fee, of the 'Thorps, as of Ashuell-Thorp manor; in 1328, Halter de Norwich held it of Sir John de Thorp; in 132y, Edmund de Baconsthorp held his manor in Besthorp at halt a fee, of Rob. de Thorp, who had it as part of the fees of Roger Bi/god Earl of Sorfolk. This after came to II illiam Cocket, Esq. and being joined to Jiridgham's, went with that to the Drurys, who became pos- sessed of all the manors, the impropriation, and advowson. In 1267, Baldwin de Aftlncs, or Melles, had those lands which Ebraud de Melhus his ancestor had, two parts of the tithes of which he confirme ' to the monks of !i'//({/o7f/, accorcling to his ancestor's gift, but It was no manor. The whole being thus united in the Drurys, it will be proper to ' His institution did not occur in tlic books, and so he is not among the Hoc. liaia vicurs. y BESTHORP. 479 trace tliat branch of the family that were lords here, having spoken of the family in general under lUdhsworth, at p. 277.* J?Oi?cr Drun/ of Ila listed in Suffolk, had by Fe/ire, or Pliillis, daughter and heir i>[' IVillium Deiiston oi Btslhorp in Norfolk, IViUiam iJniiy, his second son, to whom he gave Besl/wrp. He married Margaret, daughter and sole heir of William Briggs, of Whitwtll in Norfolk, by whom he had William Dniri/ of Besthorp, who married Ursula, daughter of Rich. Coo, by whom he bad two sons ; Cliiirles, who died young, and Francis, who succeeded his brother, but died without issue, leaving it to his uephew, William Druri/ of Besthorp, son of Rob. Drury\\i hrnlhcr, hy Eliz. Clijl'ord his wife; he married for his second wife, jf Jo/0/ Ay, daughter of William Brampton of Let ton in Noi folic, who after remarried to JFill. Coclcet of .7w/j/o«, Esq. and Mt Jnlhoiii/ Drury of Besthorp, Esq. their son and heir, who was high sheriff of Norfolk in iGiy, and married Jnne, daughter of John Garnish of Kenton in Suffolk, for his second wife, ylnne Kemp, his first wife, being buried liere in 1571 ; but Charles and Francis, her two sons, dying without issue, it went, at his death in I6l4, to Anne, his second wife, for life, who was buried here, March 31, 1G34, by her husband ; and it went to Sir Anthony Drury of Besthorp, his son and heir, who was knighted in 1603; he married /J/eV/ge/, daughter of John Spelman of A'a/'^«rgA, Esq. by wliom he had a numerous issue; Sir Anthony was buried Oct. IG, Ki.'lS, and Bridget, liis relict, the G8th of the same month, leaving Sir William Drury of Besthorp liis son and heir, who married Mary, daughter of William Cokayn of London, skinner, and was buried here Nov. 15, \639, leaving one son, Anthoiuj, who was baptized Feb. 17, 1638, and was buried Sept. 15, UHO, leav- ing these and Chaunteclers manor to his two sisters, his coheiresses, Bridget, born Jan. 21, 1635, and Anne, baptized ,Tuly 13, 1640, being born after her father's decease; Bridget first married to Charlcx Nedham Viscount Kilmurrey, by whom she had issue, Robert Lord Viscount Kilmurrey, who was lord of a moiety, he died in 166S, aged 13 years, and was buried here. Dame Mary, relict of Sir IHliiam Drury, his grandmollier, surviving him, till June l6S8, when she died, and was interred by him : Anne, the other daughter, mar- ried Philip Harbord of Slanninghall and Besthorp, Esq. by whom he had a son named William, who died young, and was buried here Sept. 7, 1678; and on the 12tii Jan. following, his mother was buried by him ; and on the lOlh Sept. HJ87, the said Philip was buried here, and his moiety descended lo his three daughters, of which Sarah, his third daughter, died unmarried Jaw. 31, 1689, and was buried here, leaving her part to her two sisters: Anne, married to Robert Paston, second son to Robert, Earl of Yarmouth, who sold his moiety of the moiety, to Charles Shaw, Esq. second son of Sir John Shaw of FJtham in Kent, Bart, who had married Elizabeth, the other sister, so that he became sole lord of \.hc Harbord's moiety, and of the other also, in right of his mother, who, after the death of Viscount Kilmurrei/, mar- ried Sir John Shaw aforesaid, for her second husband, so that he * The pedigree of Drury of Besthorp, and find some small differences from lib. ii. fol. 185, in tlip Office of Arms, is tlieni all, by the records, and the pariih copied by Mr. Le Neve, and another register which I have followed in this peiiigree is in the hands nf Mrs. thaw, account, besides two others that I liave coinparcd, 500 BESTHORP. became sole lord. He died at Besthorp, Jpril 2S, 1 7 16^ and was buried there, leaving two sons and one daugliter; Elizabel/i, married to King Gould, Deputy Advocate of the Admiralty, who hath issue two sons, Charles and I'aston : John Shan) of Besthorp, Esq. Captain in the Guards, inherited, and died without issue in 1722, and it descended to Charles Shaw, Esq. of Besthorp, his only brother, who married Frames, daughter of Mr. Lighlfoot of Hampshire, and died lately, aud is buried here, leaving Elizabeth, his only daughter, who is now a minor, his sole heiress. The Custom of all the manors are, that the fines are at the will of the lord, and the eldest son is heir. There are two halls, or manor-houses in this parish, now distin- guished by the nanres of the Old Hall (or Plassiiig Hall) and the New Hall, which is a good building, erected by the Druri/s, as their arms on the outside shew us, and is now the seat of the Shows. In the windows, &c. are the arms oi Drury, with 1593 under them, the time, I suppose, the house was built, and Dkury, impaling the following arms, Bkiggs, gul. three bars gemelle or, a canton sab. Hetiie, arg. three pellets. Denston, «;. two lions passant guardant, or. Kemp.Spelman, Brampton, Garneys, and Sab. three cinquefoils arg. On the chimney-piece, I)rury impales Cokain, arg. three cocks gid. armed, and crested mb. Drury and Nedham, wrg. a bend engrailed az. between two bucks heads caboshed sab. Drury and Harbord, quarterly gul. and az. four lions rampant arg. Shaw and Harbord. Sir John Shaw o( Eltham in KeJit married in 1675 to Bridget Viscountess Kilmurrei/, daughter to Sir IVilliam Drury of Besthorp in Norfolk, and was the 755th baronet by creation, and bare for his pa- ternal coat, Jrg. a chevron between three lozenges erm. ; and for his crest, seven arrows gul. headed, and one feathered, or, one perpendi- cular, and three and three crossing saltire ways, all within the slit of a girdle, e.xtended at length az. buckle and clasp or.' ' From a MSS. book of achievements, fol. no, collected by the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, rector of Bunwell. [501 ] ATLEBURGH. Th I s place without doubt hath been very famous in early times, as all authors, that speak of it, unanimously agree. If we may believe John Biame, a monk oi Thetford, whose history is extant in licnntt College Library at Cambridge^ it was some time not only a city, but the metropolis of all Norfolk, founded by Atlinge, then King of that province, in order to oppose Rond, King of Tkeodford, and by him fortified with a ditch, wail, four gates, and four towers ; and from this Atlinge he would have it called Atlinge s Burgh, or Atleburgh ; but as to that part, of its towers and gates, I cannot be persuaded to cre- dit it, there being no appearance or remains of any such walls, gates, or towers, as he speaks of, in this town, some parts of which, in all likelihood, would have remained, as well as those of other buildings, far older than these, it being unlikely that in the Danish incursions they could have time or materials to rear them up. Mr. Le Neve imagines that it was called Ethelingburgh , because it might belong in the time of the Saxons to some eminent nobleman of that name, who was nearly related to the Saxon kings, and had his residence here, being induced to think thus, because this part belonged to the Crown till the Conqueror's time. But neither of these etymologies seem right, and therefore, if I may have liberty of conjecture, I think the present name shews its signification, which, it will be proper to observe, hath suffered but little change from the time of the Con- fessor to this day, Atleburc, Burg, or Burgh, is the same, and it being certain that the termination burgh, or borough (as we now pro- nounce it) always signifies a castle, fort, or such like, as the learned Spelman in his Icenia justly observes,' we may conclude that it was called ^^-/e-B«//'g^, or the town at the burgh, or burgh-town, from its being situated by an ancient burgh or fortification, and from its being larger, and of more repute at that time, than its neighbours. That this^ burgh was a fortification of hills only, is plain, because there are no other remains, and therefore most likely was made at the time when the Danes ravaged this part of the country, and so far the old monk may be right; that when they got possession of Thetford, it is not unlikely the inhabitants of the country might as- semble and fortify themselves here in opposition to their enemies, who had done the same there; and indeed I take it, that this burgh was the head of the hundred, till the neighbouring castle of Buken- ham was built, after the removal of the chief of the inhabitants from it, to the present situation of the town, which is far better than its old one at the Burgh. And as a further confirmation, the Burgh is not only now called Burgh, or Burrough-Strett, but in Domesdai/, that * Marked, I. x. is properly inserted in Gibson's addi- 9 Icenia, fol. i$%: tlie account in the tional notes to Cambden, fo. 597, from Atlas, fo. 3jo, is taken from tliis, which whence lliey copied it. YOL. I. 3 S 50'2 ATLEBURGH. is called AtteUmrc, and ihe present town is called the Other Jtleburc, and llial ihe first ca>tic at Bukenham had its rise upon the dereliction of ihis bmgli is likely, because the whole of this Atltbunjrh, at first, was not a nianor held of the casUe, but an actual part of the Castle manor, called the part at the Pfashcs, afterwards Plassels, and had two parts, or the whole of the advowson, belonging to P/asset's part, appendant to it, that is, one half to the part oi' P/asset's manor, which conlaincd great part oi' Btsl/ioip, and the other part as belonging to this, the other part, or third part, belonging to the manor of the other Jtldmrah, where the church was built. It seems the removal at first miglu be occasioned b\- the lowness and nioistness of the situ- ation, and if so, the aforesaid monk, in his translation, might only mistake the name of the place, for a person, j/r. At 4' big- Burgh, or the burgh at the (inj) or uatert/ place, (or At Le Plats or Plashes, as it was called by the Normans,) for Atliugs Burgh, or the Burgh of Atliug; for he tells us, his history is only copied from two ancient books^'of the same sort, one of which was in old French, and the oilier in Eiiirlish, both of wliich he compared, and made his Latin transla- tion by; and indeed to do him justice, though I am sensible the ac- counts of things in it do seem at first entire fables, yet upon exami- nation several ^af them, if not all, are in some measure true, and the histories of the many battles in this part of the country, and espe- cially in Giltcross, Grimshoe, this, and the adjacent hundreds, might be the excursions of the Daues, from their great rendezvous at Thet- ford, recorded by some body near ham! at that time, and so pre- served in the neighbourhood, and afterwanls given to that monastery; and indeed the many tumuli in these hundreds shew us, that there were such excursions; and it is plain, that this history could not be of such light esteem, as we think it, because then, the 'Normans, after the Conciuest, would not have thought it worth their while to have translated it into their language; and though we meet with the names of many kings, as they are called, which were never heard of but in this book, I look upoiiitthat there might be such persons, who were heads and leaders of those bands, and as such called kings of those places, where these burghs or chief rendezvouses were, and that, because their names are pure Saxon or Danish ; and what induces me to think that the monk was not the inventor of these accounts, (as some would intimate,) is, because in the same book, where he de- scends so low, as to treat of the afiairs of his own monastery, just before, and in his own time, he is a faithful historian, and is so far from "-ivin"- us any fables of his own invention, that he tells us, when- ever l^e adds anything of the legend sort, where he had what he re- cites, so that I must own I am apt to think he had two copies of the history, as he asserts, and that there is more of reality in it, than at first sight we may imagine ; for 1 find, agreeable to the assertion of its being an ancient city,' that " in the year 841, Edmund, son o( Alk- " mund. King of Saxony, was born at Soremburg in Saxoni/ of Queen " Siic^ar a, and soon after it happened that OJa, King of the East- " Angles, who had no heir, passed through Saxouij in his journey to " the //o/y Land, where he went in pilgrimage, to beseech God to " "ive him an heir, and calling upon his cousin Alkmund, he adopted " '^■.dmund his son, his heir, and then hastened to Jerusalem, where " having performed his vows, he returned, but in his return, at a ATLEBURGH. 50.) " place called St. George's Arm, lie was taken violently ill, upon " which, he immediately sent for his council, ii\^\m'mieCi. Edmiiml his " successour, and sent him his ring, which he received from the " Bishop, when he was made King of tiic Easl-Jiig/cs ; after he was " dead, the Angles went to the King of Saxonif, and demanded " Edmund his son, and received him, as Offa's successour, and " hastening home, they landed at JluiistaiUoii, from whence they " carried him to the ancient city called Atlchnrglt, where he lived a " \yholc year, yielding himself up cliieHy to devotion, here he per- " fected what he had hegun in Saiviii/, namely, to repeat all the " Psalms without a book, and at llie yearls end, tie went to Siifo/l;, " &c."' From whence it appears, that it was certainly then a phicc of great repute, and might be afterwards refortilied, upon the Daitci coming to these parts; it is plain, that the hills of tlie fortification or burgh were very remarkable in Iltiiri/ the Second's time, for then the family that dwelt within thcin look their sirname from them; 11 i/liam de Fossato de Atkburc'^ lived at that lime, and in 1285, IVilliam, son of IVilliamde Fossnto lived there, who with his descendants, are called in old English, " attc the Jh/kc," (now Dihes, or Dix,) and all these things, being duly vveiirlied and compared, 1 could not omit them, knowing how much the account of Allcburgh hath invalidated the rest of his history. And thus, having given you my thoughts of the original of this place, I shall proceed to treat of the several manors, &,c. which have been, or now are, in this town. PLASSET, OR PLASSING HALL MANOR, Belonged to Toradre, a Dane, in the Confessor's time,' and another part to Turkill, one of that nation also; which shews us that the Danes had got possession of this place, and that its decay was owing to their seizing it. After Toradre's expulsion, or deatii, it belonged to the castle, and continued in the Crown till the Conqueror gave it to Roger Fitz-Renard, at whose death it was rejoined to the castle, to which it had belonged, almost ever since its foundation, which in all appearance was owing to the i)ft«cs forcing them hence; upon wliieh, the castle was first erected, in order to oppose them, and ac- cordingly, when they were forced to quit possession, the whole was seized, and added to the castle, with wiiieh it was given to JTilliam de Albany * unA descended with the coheiress of that family' to Sir Robert de Tateshale, and from him to the Beniaks, iis Plasse/s'' in Besthorp did, which was a part of tliis manor, to wliich one third ' From the abbreviation of tlie life of m' i. semper i. vas. apum. tunc vi. King Edmund, in Register Curteys, fo. pore, m" v. etviii. ovcsetxxi. soc. Ixxx. 302. ac. terre etxii. ac. prati. silva viii. pore. *In 1198, RalfjSon of Peter, sold land tunc et post ii. car. modo iii, tunc et in Atleburgh to William de Fossato de post valuit xl. sol. modo Ix. Atleburgli. Fin. loR. i. N° 247. * See Old Bukcnham, p. 369. ' Terre RogerijfilijRcnardi. (fo.281.) ' See Besthorp, p. 496. H. de Scrcpham. Atlebiirc tenuit To- 'The part in Besthorp and the ad. radre T.R.E. ii. car. et iii. acr. semper vowson was held by Maud, daughter of vi. viU. et v. bor. tunc. i. ser. modo iii. Adam, wlio presented in Richard the xxiii. acr. prati semper i. car. in driio. First's time, and by Isolda deArdernne, ct ii. car. homin. silva. Ix. pore, et due wlio presented in King John's time j but part. mol. dim, piscar. tunc ii. rune, they had it only for life. i04 ATLEBURGII. part of the advowson belonged, and another third part to this, so that there were two third parts belonging to Plrissets, this and Btstfioi-p being reputed as one manor; for in \3\'2, King Edward II.' summoned Sir liiUiam de Berniik, to shew cause why he hindered him presenting to two parts of the church of Atleburgh, which was void, and to which he ought to present, because the advowson was parcel of the inlieritance of llugli dt Albanti Earl oi Arundel, aX whose death the King seized his estate and advowsons, because he held of him in chief, and died without issue/ and his inheritance was divided among his four sisters, all wliioh, (except Ceii/i/,) had their several parts, in manors, lands, and advowsons, assigned to them, as the custom was; but as neither the said Ceci/i/, nor her heirs, had requested the King to grant out of his hands her part of the advowsons, therefore the advowson of two parts of this church, which was not assigned to any of theother parceners, remained in the King's hands, as belonging to the part of Robert de Montetilt, heir of the saidCVf/'/y: to which II i//ia>ii answered, and proved that the advowson belonged, to the manor of Plassef's, which was assigned to Robert de Tateshalc, who infeofled him in the said manor; and that if it had not been so, it could not belong to the King, because P/assct's manor is not held of the King in chief; upon which Sir WiUiam recovered the advowson, and presented accordingl}'. In 1285, Sir Robert de Tateshalc had view of fruiikpl edge, assize of bread and ale, free-warren, gallows, and a T/itirsdai/ market in Atlchurgh, as belonging to Plassingliall in Atlebargh and Beat/iorp, all which were conveyed by hiui to Sir William Bernak, and his heirs, who died seized in 13;i8, and Alice his wife survived him ; she infeofled Hugh Bernak, clerk, in this and other manors ; (as you may see al p. 374.) Hugh died in 1340, and it went to John Bernak, and from him, (as you may see at p. 49^)) till 1438, and then RalfLorA Cromueil, who had two turns in the advowson, (Sir John Clifton, Knt. having the third, in right of Mar- garet his mother,) granted his advowson to Sir John de Radclijf, Knt. and Thomas his son, and his heirs, together with the mitnor of Plasset's in Atteburgh, Cwhich was now separated from Plasset's in Beslhorp,) and so it became joined to Mortimer's manor, with which it now re- mains, the third turn in the advowson of the two parts being joined before 1516. BACONSTHORP, CROWSHALL, or COPSY MANOR, Belonijed to Alfred, an Englishman, at the Conquest, who held it of Bukcnham castle,* to whicli it was after joined, by King Henry the First's giving it to Ji illiom de Albany, who added it to Plasset's manor, with which it continued, till the said William, infeofled Alured de Atkburc in it, who was to hold this and other estates of his gil't, by ' Plita. de Banco. Trin. Ed. 2. Rot. beri holes, i. car. terre et dim. et iii. bor. S8 J 19. et xii. acr. prati semper iii. car. silv. " Seep. 371. viii. pore, semper il. lunc. ct tunc vi. "Terra AltVedi, fo. 289. H. See re- animal, inodo viii. tunc .\x. pore, modo phaminAlleburcii. car. terre pro man", xxviii. tunc xx. oves modo xxxviii. semper viii. vill. et xvi. acr. prati et bcniper xxvi. cap. tunc val. Ix. sol. post semper ii. car. in dnio. et i. car. homin. et modoiiii. lib. Soca de ill. quinque in silv. xl. pore, et XX. soc. dim. car. terre Bucliani. vi. acr. prati semper iiii. car. et v. U- ATLEBURGII. 505 the service of two knights fee; in 115\, Jeffrry Cmwe owned it. from whose family it took its name; an.l i,", ir/23,it was settled on John Uldiiwn tor hfc, by Richard de Banlnim, and Richard de Tii- deiihum, with remainder to Waller, son oi Margaret oiJtleburirh ;' '" *337, AV//«H«(/ dc BacoHslhorp,^ and Margaret his wife, settled this and IVelboarne manor and advowson on lliemselves fur life, and their Jieirs in tail ; and in 1347, tliis, and CaUer liy Nornich, was settled on iAowas Moyne, and Murgarel liis wife, and their heirs; and in 136" bir Ihwna^ Mot/ne, Knt. died seized of the manor of CV/s/re, the manor and advowson of Mcrheshale, the m.mor of Crowsha/l in Al/e- f)iirs;h, and ot Liitle-Tai/nton, in Gloucestershire, leaving them to Ldmund, his son and heir; in 1393, the manor of Cww^«// called Lopsi, was settled by RolfGedding, on tVcvVy his wife, Richard Caus, Hichard de Gegk, and Ih/icdict oY Ilocham,\\ho in the fine is .'ailed Jienedict Cost/u of J/ochaiiu being trustees; in 1397, ll-i/Ziam March, Knt. had It, a.id in 1400, Thuinas and John March, sons of Sir 1111/. March, knt. held Crmcshall, and a tenement called Kirigesha/e in Allcburgh; in 14.57, Sir John C/iJhm, Knt. held the manor of «rtco//s- Wor/», C:ipsi/, or Cromhull, and had lieensc to assign it in mortmain, if he pleased, but it seems he did not, for it fell soon after into Mor- timer's manor; it took its name of Hacoiisthorp from its ancient lord, and IS now by corruption called Bausthorp, which is a hamlet with a teet belonging to it, wliere the lord of the hundred who keeps it swears a constable yearly, whose power extends to this hamlet only. CIIAUISTICLER'S, commonly called CHANCELER'S, In Jlkburgh, was part oi Mortimer s manor, granted by William de Mortimer to William de Potii/aunt, who held it of him'in IG9O, at a quarter of a fee, and it extended into Eli/ngham and Beslhorp ; in 1359, Thomas Chaunticlcr o( Jllel>iirgh,'iitn\ Katherine his wife, owned it ; this Thomas built the north chapel or transept of the churcli, for in his will dated 1379, in which year he died, he ordered his body to be buried in his own chapel,' which he had built, adjoinino- to the north side of the church of Jtlcburgh, leaving Katherine \ns widow, Thomas de Brampton, and Alice his wife, (his daucchter and heiress, I suppose,) executors, to whom this manor went after Kalhc- rine's death ; for in 1481, Thomas dc Brampton, Escj. died, and was buried in this chapel between his two wives, .llice and Joan, the last of which died the year before him, leaving Robert Brampton of Jtleburgh, Gent, his son and heir, who died in Oct. 1.500, his will being proved Dec. the 2d in that year,* leaving his manors oi Wax- ham nmi Flegghall \nWinterlon, to --i^wc his wife, whom he joined in executorship with Henry Warner, Gent, of Bcsthorp; llilliam Brampton, his brother, seems to be trusted with the care of his sons and daughters; in lj47, William Brai.ipton, Esq. son, 1 suppose, of the said Robert, was loid ; and in 1 jtil, William Brampton, Esq. and Elizabeth his wife, owned the manor of Chanceler's, in Atlebargh and " Jolin Attilburgh, chaplain, was owner Edni. Bacon, lord of Grcsham manor at of .in estate in bt. Barllilonicvv's pans.h this time, in Bestrcet in Nonvith. ^ Probat. Jul. i. 1379. * L take it to be the same person witli •» Regr. Cage. 506 ATLCBURGH. Besthorp, lo the last of Hhich it was soon after joined, and, I suppose, hath continued so ever since. In 1619, Robert Earl of Sussex was lord of the manors of Bui og- ham's and Corie's in Jtlebuiiih, wliich in 1.547, belonged to Peler Moulde and Thomas Poole;/, and were now united to Mortimer's ; and this is all I meet with, in relation to those manors. ATLEBURGil MORTIMER'S Contained the third part of Atkburgh, or all the Other Atleburc, or the whole of that part where the present church and town stands; and accordingly a tliird part of the advowson always belonged to it, and continues to this day a separate institution. l\\ the time of the Confessor, Turhill the Dane had possession of this Allcburc,^ which was valued at 404'. but was risen to ol. in the Conqueror's time, who gave it as a manor of that value, to Roger Fitz-Renard ; the whole of both the Atlebmghs, or of the [)resent town, which includes both, was then about 4 miles long and 12 miles broad, and paid lo the Duiiegeld, Sid. ob. ; it came to the Mortimer's very early, if not in the time of the Conqueror, with whom that family came into England ; there are two towns in Franee of this name, one in Normandi/, the other in Poictii, both written Mortimer, but neither of them being by the sea side. Monsieur de Falois imagines them to be called Mortimars, and so should be rendered in Latin, De Mortuo Marisco, and not De Mortuo Mori ; and indeed it might be anciently written, by abbre- viation, (which was usual in tliose times,) De Mortuo Mar. which answers either to Mari or Marisco, though I think it is much the came, for I suppose that tuare signifies not only the sea, but anj' large stagnation of waters, and that hence is derived our English word mere, meer, or mare for a large water, and thus the Mare Mortuum, which is a lake in Judea, so called because it never moves, might give name to these places, which tliough they were not situated by the sea, yet stood near some such stagnated waters or fens. Mr. Dugdale^ thinks that Robert de Mortimer who lived in King John's time, was the first of the family that was concerned in Norfolk, and the Atlas (fo. 340) tells us that they are descended of the Lords Mortimer of JVigmore, both which are mistakes, for the arms of this family and those of JVigmore being always quite difl'eient, is a plain argument to me, that the}' are of a different extract, and might assume their names from different places; that this family was oi' French rise is evident from the ver^' arms, tiz. Or, semi dejieures-de-lis, sab. the very arms of France at that time, only the colours varied ; and as to the other point, the first of the family that 1 meet with here was Sir William de Mor- TuoMAUi, or INloRTiMER, of Atk'burc, Knt. whose effigies, riding full speed on horse bacl", with his sword drawn in one hand, and his ' Terre Rogerij, filij Renardi. H. de silva xii. pore. semp. iii. car. tunc i. Screpham. In alio Atleburc tenuit rune, semper ii. anim. tunc vi. pore. Turchillus T. R. E. ii. earucat. terre m^ iiii. tunc et post val. xl. sol. modo semp. vi. villan. ct v. bord. xxiiii. acr. Ix. Totum habet ii. leug. in longo et i. prati silv. ix. pore, semper i. car. in leug. in lato. Quicunque ibi tencat, et dnio. et ii. car. lioinin. ct i. car. potest xxxiiii.i/. et i. obulum er the IJih, rj<)7, and is buried in iiis own chapel; all which is true, ihouj^ii Mr. Heaver seems to misunderstand it ;» (or tlie college here, which was after- wards founded by Sir linheit Mortimer, his grandson, being dedicated to the Holy Cross, made him doubt which was the real founder, when the truth is, they were different foundations; the chapel of the Holi/ Cross founded by Sir Uilliam for his own interment is now standing, and is called Mortimer's chapel, it being the south transept or chaiH.-}, opposite to Chant iclere's, which is on the north side, and by reason of the officiating priests that daily served in these cha|)els, before the foundation of the college, this church was in the collegiate form, and had service performed in it, according to the collegiale manner. Hy his will, dated in 1'2<).5, it appears, that Robert dc llaiins rector of ScoiUtoii, Jeffry Fitz-H alter, parson of the third part of AlUlmrt^h, and Riehord de Helmiiijihum, parson of Hykerestoii, or liitton, were his executors. He held the manors of Uernham, .Scoiitloii, and .Itle- hurgh of the Earl Harreii at (i fees, and had a capital manor-house and ^4,1 acres of land adjoining, a wood of 4(^9 acres, a windmill, and 4.]/. yearly rents, besides another messuage and lands held of Sir Robert de fatesliute, by the payment of two sparhawks a year. He died seized oi Kiiigstone in Cambridgeshire, Ilerleveslon in Lin- colnshire, Atlebitrgh, Scoulton, and Bernham in Norfolk,' leavin" CoNST.VNTiNK, his SOU and heir, then Hi years old, whom the King seized as his ward ; but in 1298, ^(^/(« Larl H'mren sued the King for his wardship, which belonged to him, in right of the manor of Atleburgli, which w as held of him, and was unjustly seized by the escheator, while the liarl was in the King's service in Scotland, who as unjustly assigned to [.//*><■] the relict of the said IVilliam, much more than her just dower, upon which the Earl had his ward, and took from Alice those lands which she enjoyed above her dower; and the same year the said Constantinc [by tlic Earl his guardian] sued Joan, late wife of Gilbert Pcche, for conunitting waste in his manor of Ringstone,v!\\\\c she had the custody of it; in l;30j, he obtained a charter for a market and fair to be kepi at Kingtion; in 1307, he was one of the great men in the retinue ot John dc l\ arren Earl of -Surrey, who was then with the King in France, a.1 his interview and marriage with Isabel, daughter o^ Philip King of J'ranre ; in I'JOy, he held liis manors and lands in Atteburgh, pjingham, and Bcrnhnm-Pana, of the Earl H'arrcn, at one fee; and in 1;!1(), had a charter for a yearly fair at his manor of Atlcbiirgh, and was in the Scolrh expedi- tion ; and again in 1.')1,'3 and ljl4, in which years he had license to found a chantry at his manor of Kingston, and to make a castle of his house at Scoiilim: in Norfolk; in 13 Ij, he settled Atteburgh on himself and Sibil his wife, for life, Henry de Spectishall, parson of Kingston, vmA John dc Bctnham, parson ot lii/kercslon being trustees; in 13'2!), upon the dealh of Thomas de Cuilly, the custody of Bnken- ham castle was committed to him ; he had two wives, Katherine and ' Wearer, fol. gog, go9. in i i^g ; but they were dead or had re- ' He left the manor of Foxton to leased it before ijio, fur then Sir Con. Maud and Cassandra, his djiighters, for stanline Munimer, lord of it, had a grant life, who were sued by Alice, ihcir nio- for a fair to be held )carly at I'oxton. iher-in-law, for her dow er in that manor, VOL. I. -i T jiO ATLEBURGII. Sibil, who died llie Qtli of Stpt. and he the ICth of Nov. following, in the year 133i, and were buried in Mortiiiter'x ciiapei, leaving Sir CoNSTANTiNii MoKTiMEii, Knt. his son and heir, wlio was of full age; for tl)e year following, viz. \SS5, he was Steward of tlie Household to Elitiiwr Countess oi' Cue I die a, [the King's sister,] and had an allowance of '2'l/. for the charges of his men and horses in that service ; and in 1337," ho had a charier for free-warren, in all Foxloii in Cambridgeshire, and Ilerlevestoti in Lincolnshire. In 1341^ he was summoned to parliament among the barous, but never after, and was the same year in that expedition made by the King into Fnnue, one of the retinue to Ralph Loid Stafford, and so he was also in the expedition in the year 1344 ; in 1343, he released to Joan dc }Villns.by Lady of Eresby, his right in the sixth part of the manors of En^cf'eld, ll'alcote and Cltatg,rave, by deed dated at Noru>ich, to OO 1.' ' I'l- ■ I'll*' •' which the seal of his arms is appendant, with this circumsciiption, SIGILLUrt) EONStANtlNI DG TOORrl-rceR. In 1349, he had the King's license to travel to Uo/7ie,with one valet, 2 horses, and 2 servants; in 1351, an invasion being then threatened by the French, he was joined in commission with John D'Engaine, for arraying of all men that had able bodies, and sufficient estates, in Cambridge and IJuniingdoushires, for the defence of the realm ; he died in 1354, and leaving no issue by Agnes his wife, Sir Rob. de Mohtimeu, his brother,^ became sole heir, both to him, and Sir Constantine his father; he was lord of Great Elingham, (see p. 483,) and had two wives; Margery Fastolf, his first wife, died in 1341, but. Margery, his second wife, outlived him, and was alive in 13S8. This Sir Robert founded the college or chantry of the Holy Cross in Atleburgh, and was buried here in 1387 ; he had two sons, Constantine Mortimer, Esq. his youngest son, was possessed of the manors of Great Elingham, Bernham, Bekerston, and Corston in Norfolk, and had free-warren allowed him to ihem all in 1405 ; but Sir Tho. Mortimer, his eldest son, died before him, beyond sea, leaving issue by Mary his wife, who died May 2, 1406; she was daughter of Nicholas Park, Esq. own mother to the great Sir John Fastolf' of Caster by Yarmouth, in hiorfolk* for in his will dated- Nov. 3d, 1439, he desired liis substance to be disposed of in the best * In 1331, there was a John de Mor- a part of Atleburgh which is called a timer of Atleburgh, Knt. and Eleanor manor: and in 1403, Agnes Lady Bar- hiswifc,whosetlIed tliemaiior of Preston dolf, widow of bir Thomas Mortimer, in Siift'olk, and Steleye, on Thomas of made her will ; from him, I suppose, Ipswith, vicar of Preston, and Nicholas descended Robert Mortimer, who was de Hoc, chaplain; but whether it was one of Sir John Carbonel's feoffees in sold to Thomas, or settled only in trust, 1411, and made his will in 1465, which 1 know not. 1 his Sir Johi', I take it, was proved in 1469, in which year he was Sir Constantine's uncle, being a died. younger son ot Sir William Mortimer, * From Sir John Fastolf's will, by and brother to Sir Constantine, senior. which 1 have corrected inanyerrours in ^ 1 here was a third brother, viz. Sir tliis pedigree, for all the pedigrees I ever Thomas Mortimer of Atleburgh, who meet withof this family contradicted one was dead before j 400, and died seized of another. ATLEBURGH. 511 manner, for the pleasure of god and his soul's health, "and also for ilic " releef, socour and heipe of the soules that I am most oblyged to " prey and do preye fore, and for the soules oi John Fasto/f my f-MWr, " dam Mari/ (the doghtir of Nicholas: Park, souyer) my modir," 8cc. and it appears that she was buried in the chapel or quire belong- ing to the chantry of the Ha/j/ Cross, by Sir Thomas Mortimer, her last husband ; for in the same will I meet with these clauses; " Item, " I wolle 8t ordeyne that be the avys ' of myn executors beforn " named, that provision &, ordenaunce be mad, that the obyte and " anniversarye may be yerly kept in perpetiiitc with placebo & dirige " 8c 7nesse, be note for the sowleof dam Mary my modir & her aunce- " terys* in the chirche of Attilbunrh, and than on of the monkes or " prestys in the college be me ordenid, in the maiicyon of Casire " forseid,' shal syng specyally in perpctuite for the soule of my " modir &, of allc here auncetcres &, good doers ; Item, I wole that " in sembelable-wise,* that a marbul ston of a convenient mesurc be « ordeynid & layd [over] dam Mary my modir, in the chapell of the " chauntry foundid in the parissch chirche oi Atitburgh, with an " ymage of laton," accordyng to her degre, with a scripture there " abowten, of the day & yeer of here obyte, with iiii skochonys,' " wherof here iij husbondes, Mortymer, Fastolf, & Faruelle, & the " ferthe of hir aunceterys armys," by which it appears thai she had three husbands ; first hanvelle, then Fastolf, and lastly Mortimer, and had issue by the two last, if not by the first; by Sir Thomas she had three daughters, coheirs to Sir Robert, their grandfather, viz. Elizabeth Mortimer, the eldest, who married, in her grand- father's life-time, to Sir Ralph Bigot oi Stockton, and had her portion assigned her on her marriage, viz. part of this manor, which was now made a separate manor, Berryhall manor in Elingham,* Ladies manor in Rockland,^ &c. for which reason, she had nothing more at her grandfather's death; she had three husbands; first Sir Ralph Bigot, Knt.* who died in 140G; secondly Henry Pakenham, and lastly Tho. Manning, to whom she gave all her estate ;' he afterwards re- married to a daughter of Sir Thomas Jenny. Cecily, the next daughter, first married to Sir John de Ilerlin Brass. ' Sir Jolin founded a college in one ■ Her death, with four scutcheons, &c. court of his mansion-house at Castre, * Sec p. 485. and one of the priests of that college was ' Seep. 481. obliged to sin^ daily for his mother's ♦ She had a daughter Elizabeth, by soul, and to keep her anjiiversary at him, who married Will. Garncys ot Castre, tlie same day they did at Atlc- Kenton in Suffolk, whose son Ralph died burgh. without issue in 1446. ' That is, likewise, or in the same ' See p. 4X1. manner, as he had before ordered his * See p. 310, father's anniversary and grave-stortc. olii ATLEBURGH. John Fitz-Ralf, Knt. as the portion of Ma;gc/y, his grand-daughter;^ and by his wiil he further desired, that all his manors, lands, and ad- vowsons, should be conveyed by his trustees to his two sons-in-law aforesaid, on condition that each of them should pay 10(X) marks to his (eoftees, for them to finish Atltburgh college with, and endow it according to his desire ; and accordingly, after his death. Sir John Hcrling and Sir John Fifz-Ralph, giving the feoffees security for the money, had the inheritance divided between them in 1402, and settled by fine ; Sir John de lleiling, Knt. and Ceci/i/ his wife, had the manors oi Stanford and yJl/eliuigh, 4L rent in Hochain, the ad vow- son of Great Elinghum^ the moiety of the advowson' of the chantry at the altar of the lloli/ Cross in the church of Atleburgh,Xhe manors of .V«ii«A(/« and Foxton in Cambridgeshire, ix\\\\\\ich were settled on Cedti/ and her heirs : the manors of Scoulloii, Totington, and Great Flinghum, with the advowson of the third part of Atleburgh, and the moiety of the advowson, of the chantry at the altar of the Ho/j/ Cross, in tlie church of Atleburgh, with 52 messuages^ 380 acres of land, 4 of meadow, and 76s. rent, in Scoulton, Tomest on, Caston, Rokeland- Tofts, and Little E/irighain, the manors of Kingston in Cambridge- shire, and Mildcnhale in Suffolk, were settled on Sir John Fitz-Iialf for life, and Margeri/ his wife, and her heirs ; and thus the estate of the noble family of the Mortimers was divided ;' and In 1403, the Lady Ceeili/ de Herling was found to hold this manor at one fee of the Earl IVarren. In 1411, she was married to John Ratcliff, Esq. her second husband, and at her death left it to him and his heirs. This John was son of James Rate/iff, Esq. and was the first that advanced that family to the dignity and honour that it afterwards possessed, being a brave champion in war, even i'rom his youth, for which he was so much in the favour of that vic- torious prince. King Henry V.'' that in the first year of his reign he granted an annuity of 40 marks a year to him and Cecily his wife, and the longest liver of them, to be received by half yearly payments, at Faster and Michaelmas, out of the manor of Tunstede in Noifolk, which belonged to the King's honour or dutchy of Lancaster, upoa special trust and condition that the said John should not be retained, or serve any one in war, but himself only, during his life; and as a further mark of favour, another grant passed the same day, to him only, during his life, of another annuity of 25 marks a 3'ear, issuing out of all the lands and demeans of thjit dutchy in No/folk, to enable him the better to perform his service, both which annuities were con- stantly paid him by the receiver of the dutchy ; and from this time lie constantly attended the King in all his wars. He was a squire only at the battle of Shrewsbury, and was knighted by K\n^ Henry N . upon his landing at {Quies de Caax) commonly called Kidcuui,^ where the Seine quietly runs into the sea; and the next day went ^ Mr. Le Neve quotes an old paper » This was the moiety of the advow- roll among the Evidences of Sir Ro^cr son of the college. Potts, at Mannington, A° 1707, in which ' Fines H. 4, divers. Com. Lig. i. yearhecxtraaed (whathe thoughtworth No. 64,65. while) out of the Evidences of that fa- * E. Rotulo Compotus Ducatus Lan- mily. castrie in Com. Norif. SufF. Cant. &c , 8 Which she gave to the college here, penes me. see p. 484. ^ Holinshed, vol. ii. fol. J49. ATLEBURGH. 513 with his master to the town of Harfhw, which stands on that river, and besieged it on all sides, and was at its surrender; after wliich the King ordained the Duive oi Exeter, his uncle. Captain and Go- vernour of that town, who establisiied Sir John Fastolf, his heutenant, there, with 1500 men, (or as some say) 20o(j it them oflj and stayed there all night, and went towards llaijiue in tlie morning, which the French benig advertised of, followed and overtook them on the sands near Chief'e de Caux (or Quies de Cauz) and there attacked them, but in the end were quite discomfited, and many of them slain by the English, who came safe to Harflue, to the Constable's disgrace ; this was called by some the battle of Kidcau.v, and by others, the battle of Vallemont. Soon after this, the Constable (to retrieve his lost ho- nour) besieges them in Haijiae, but by the valiant behaviour of the Duke, Sir John Fastolf, our Sir John Ratcliff, and others, the town was manfully defended, till the King's navy, under the command of the Duke of Bedford, came to their assistance, and meeting with the French navy at the mouth of the Seine, engaged and vanquished it, sunk 500 ships, went up the river and refreshed the town with vic- tuals and money; the Constable hearing the navy was vanquished, raised his siege and returned to Paris, with less glory than he expected. In the year 1417, he was at the taking of the castle of Tongue, the city of Caen, the castle of Cuursie, the city of Sees, the town of Faleis, and at the great siege of the city of iioa/j,* being then in the King's troop, which joined with my Lord of Gloucester's, laid before St. Hillary s gate, the rest of the generals encompassing the whole town, which had then (according to historians) 21,000 souls in it, and such resolute commanders and governours among them, as swore to each other never to yield the city, as long as they could hold sword in hand, upon which ensued one of the greatest sieges that the history of that age furnishes us with, which is largely recited in Holinshtd's historj',' together with the miserable famine in the city during the latter part of the siege, " %i (says he) 31 S^IjOUIi) u\)taxii * From an old roll in my collections, of Fastolf's chaplain, as I take it) and ends all the names of the towns, castles, cities, thus. " Uibis Rotoma^i Wulstano and abbies, that King Henry V. got in " capfio claret, his second voyage into France in one " Quam Rex Henricus Quintus sexto year, (viZ. 1419, A° Reg. 6,) contain- "capitunno." ing the account of the siege of Roan, 5 Vol. ii. fol. $66, Sec. which was written (by Sir John 4U ATLEBURGH. " l)Oto Dctrlie bo0, ratsi, im.^c, anD fntji, tocrc solo toitljin tijc totoii, •' an6 bouj orcfbilic tbrn totrc hn tljt poorc people eaten anb beViouret), " ($c. tijc reaoer niiflijt lament tjjcir ertreme inisenejn," which passage I cannot but observe, to shew among other examples, the great fidelity of this historian, for in the old roll before-mentioned, is this passage, " Furthyrmor, as towchyng to the dcrth of vytayles withyii " thys forseyd cytee, one buschell of wliete was worth v. scutys, one " lofe, j. frank, one dog, j. frank, one kat, ij.s. sterl.j. rat, vjd. sterl. " and as towchyng all other vitailes, it was spendit er that we com " in to the C3'tee." It is plain that ^'n John liatctiff m\A Sir Jolm Fastulf had done eminent services in this siege, for immediately after the latter was made Governour, or Captain of Co/ide iSioreaif and the former of the castle of Fronsak in jltjuitaiii, and had 1000 marks per annum, allowed him for the guard thereof.* He was elected Knight of the Garter, by his royal master, in 1420, and died before St. George's feast in that year, (for then, his sword, helmet, &c. were offered,) and was interred in the choir of this church,' leavino; Sir John Ratcliff, Knt. his son and heir, who inherited his father's courage as well as estate, being well known to the King, and having constantly attended the wars with his father, was upon his death made Governour ofFrotisak castle, and of the castle of Bitrdeaux in Gascoign, in which posts he behaved himself so well, that King Henry VI. in the first year of his reign, retained him to serve him as seneschal or steward of the dutchy of Acqitituin, and assigned him 4 marks a day for his own salary, and 20 marks a piece per annum for his 200 archers. In 1425, he was nominated one of the knights companions of the Order of the Garter at St. George's feast at IVindsor, in the 4th year of the King's reign, by John Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, the Lieutenant, and the Companions, Sir John Fasto/J (whom the Lieutenant had first nominated) and he, having equal votes. Sir John Rate/iff was now chosen, as named by the Kegent, Sir John l^rt.s/o//' being elected at St. George's feast the ne.xt year; soon after this, he was again retained to serve the King in the French wars, with 100 men at arms, (of which number he himself was to be one,) four other knights, the rest squires, besides his 200 archers. In 1432, upon humble remonstrance, that there was due to him in arrear, for those and other services, no less than 7029/. he had divers lands, rents, &c. in Wales assigned him for payment of it ; in the 13th of Henrtf VI. he was sent to Arras, to treat with the Dolphin of France, and the year following was Lieutenant of Calais, when the Duke of Bur- giotdi/ laid siege to that garrison for three weeks ; but he lived not long after, for having exercised himself in arms 28 years, he died in the l6th year of this King's reign, and was buried by his ancestors in the choir of this church, leaving Thomas Itatclijf and Robert Lathum his executors, who, ni the I'Jth of the King's reign, had a grant of all the revenues of Bridgenater, and olhev ports, to discharge a debt of 701 j/. due from the King, for Sir John's services, as Seneschal of Acquilain, and Constable of the castle of Fromak ; some say he died * Hall's Cliron. H. 5, fol. 26. a fullowcd at fol. 10,) it seeming by him, ' Mr. Le Neve (wliom 1 have fol- that '•'ir John, who was first Lord Fitz- lowed )n this account) disagrees frcm VS alter, was grandson ot that Sir John Mr. Dugdale and others, (whom I have that married Cecily Herling. ATLEBURGH. 515 in the IQlh of Henry Yl. but whether iw the l6th or 19th, all agree that he died seized of Atleburgh-Morlinur's, Nezcm/iam, and Fo.itoii in Cambridgeshire, &c. Jn 1462, Katherine his widow was buried here ; she was daughter and coheir of Sir Edward liurtiell, Knt. and wife of Sir John Ferrerf, Knt. and at'ler of Sir John Ratcliff; she left Billingford manor and advowson, held of the King as of the honour oillalJietd-PevereU, hy the rent of 6s. Qd. per annum, and not in capite, to John Ratclipf, Esq. their son and heir, who, according to Mr. Le Neve, niariied Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Waller Lord Fitz-fVal/er; in 1440, he obtained a pardon of intrusion, for entering his lands without hcense; in 1444, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Walter Lord Fi/z- Walter, then married to John liatclif, Esq. proved her age; he was killed at Ferrybridge, (as you may see at p. 10,) ia 14](i, being then Lord Fitz-Walter, and left John Katci.iif, Esq. his son and heir, nine \'ears old, whose wardship the King granted to E/izabeth his mother," who then dwelt ixlJlleburgh; aiifi the same year an incjui'^ition was taken after his death, upon the oaths of Robert Morley and Thomas Brampton, Esqrs. who affirmed that John Ratcliff, the father of this John, at his death, held SotiUimere, Jlicbuigh, Docktpig, Henienhale, Tliyming, and Ryston manors, and that he died M/iich 28, 1416, having been 24 years married to Elizabeth Fitz-Walfer, whose son John, in I4b5, the 1st of King Henry Vil. was summoned to parliament as Lord Fitz-Walter, and was joined in commission with Sir Reginald Bray, Km. for exercising the office of chief justice of all the forests beyond Trent, being at that time Steward of the King's household, and had this year a special livery of all his lands; in I486, he was associated with Jasper Duke of Bedford, anc' others, to exer- cise the office of High Steward of England, at the Queen's corona- tion ; but in 1493, he. Sir 'Thomas Thazcyts, Sir Robert Ratcliff','' and Sir Simon Mundcford, were attainted of treason, for which the two last were belieaded, and the Loid Fitz-tcalter being pardoned as to life, was sent, to Calais, there to be kept in hold," but endeavouring to escaj)e from thence, he was beheaded, and so forfeited his estate to the Crown ;'^ but yet Robert, his son and heir, found much favour; for in 1505, Nov. 3, he was restored to his honour, by letters patent of that date, and soon after thcie were five several fines levied, by which the estate was conveyed (o Richard Bishop of JVinchester, Sir Tho. Lovell, James Hobart, Knt. and other trustees, who settled the whole on the said liob'-rt, and his heirs, except the manors of Southmere, Dockifn " College ano Cljahttrie, ana all jHanor.*', ILanDiS, Senemcntsi, aj)boto:= " .^on.^, SLithe.si, gten.sionsfi, 5>ortion!S, ana otticr li^cnbitamcnt^ thereto " belonging or appertaining, anii thing in tfy^ act to the Contrarie in " anie tt)i|tie nottoitljjitanbing."* Upon the death of £rfa'aj7] lord and sole patron. The advowson of the third part being purchased by JNIrs. iVindham, of Sir Algernoon Potts. The style of the court is, Atkburgh Hall with its members. The fines are at the lord's will, and the eldest son is heir. The Warepouml, or Frowich court, is the superiour court, all the other manors being held of it;^ it is always kept on II hitsiindai/, very early in the morning, by a tree which was on a hill in the street, (but is now cut down,) and is commonly called the iScoldiiig Court, it being obliged to be over and done with before sunrise, according to custom, or else the whole rents of the court are forfeited for that year. In the 38th of Queen Elizabeth, Robert Earl of Sussex paid l6d. for the manors in this town, held of this court, and Cr/. for the college lands, which are held of it also, as are several of the capital iiTcssuages, by the rents of pence and halfpence only, the whole being freehold, and the rents amounting in all to 2*. Q.d. ob. This always belonged to the hundred o\' Shropham, as it now does, together with the /ec/s of the whole town, its hamlets, and whatever belong to the manors of this town lying in Besthorp, for all which the annual leet ■fees, joined together, are (h. 4d. ob. a year. The lord of the hundred hath also a hundred court belonging to this town, to be kept every three weeks, with full power to end and determine all suits, and pleas of debt not exceeding 40s. in which any resident in this town is con- cerned, and power to lev}-, in as ample a manner as the county court: to him belongs also the market, which is held on Thursdaij, and was formerly remarkable for the number of fat bullocks and sheep which used to be exposed and sold here every other market day, but now this is wliolly lost, and the market itself is very near it; there are three fans kept every year, the first on Maumhj Thursdai/, but by what authority, or to whom it belongs, I know not; the second on Aseension-Dai/; this belongs to Mortimer's manor, being granted in 1310 to Sir Constantine Mortimer ; the third belongs to the lord of ' His second wife was Mary, daughter ried, and hath issue; his third wife was of Sir Humphry Winch, by whom he widow of Pointer, by whom he had ne liad three sons now living, Capt. John issue. Biclcley, the Rev. Mr. Humpliry Bick- " The Originals whence the following ley, now rector of the two parts of Ailc- accounts arc extracted, are all in my biii^li, both single, and Mr. Joseph own hands. Bickley, w ho is iettled in Virginia, ;nar. ATLEBURGIL 521 the hundred, with which it was given to the Alhanys, and is kept, according to itsinstilution, on the loth day o[' August, it being the day of the dedication of the ciiuich, and of tiie iiolding tiieir great gild, both which were dedicated to the iionoiir of liio Assumption of the Blessed firgin Man/, which is commemoialed on tiialday. In UioG, Robert mitun of />/%, E>q. (lord of the hundred) let unto//ff«m hickley, (lord of the manor,) for 21 years, at the rent of lO.s. a year, " a weekley, free and open markett in the towne oi Attkbuigh, on " Thorsday in every weeke, and alsoe one faire yearly, gc'every " yeare to be holden there, upon the l,3//< day of Aug: and also free " liberty of picage and stallage, in and upon the wast grounds, in " the street called the Tonn-street, in Attlchuigh, from the signe of " the Angell, to the signe of the Slarie, on the one side of thellreet, " and from the signe of the GriJ/iii, to the tumingof the wall of the " chuichyard, over-agaiiist the signe of the Stane, on the other side " of the street, and for the setting up of penns and stalls, 8c for the " buyeing, selling, and vending of all manner of provision for food, " and for sale of any other commodities whalsoever, &c. and also all " benefitts, protitts, iJCc. coming or acrucing by the said markets and " faires, and of the stalls, penns, standings, and places there; and also " free liberty of using the pound, erected upon the wast ground in At- " hbitrgh aforesaid." The lord of the hundred hath all felons goods for- feited, assize of bread and ale, a tumbiell, or ducking-stool, (which is but lately decayed,) weyf and strey, free-warren, liberty of the game, fugitives goods, and all forfeitures, besides other privileges, all which were confirmed in Queen Elizabeth's time, when the hundred was in her own hands, as appears by an inquisition taken before He/iri/ Blake, Gent, the Queen's steward of her liberty and hundred of Shropham, in a general hundred court lieH at Kelelbrigge, upon the Oaths of Ji/(7/«rr/ Coo/.-, and many others, who swore that the Queen in right of her liberty and hundred of Slirof>liam, and also her farmers and bailifTs of the same, have, and immemorially have had, the supe- riour jurisdiction over all the commons, wastes," heaths, and marshes, together with the liberty of driving them, and taking all strays found tliereon, in the towns of Atkburgli, Beslhorp, llarpliam, lliibi/, Siiit- terton, Illiiigton, Larling, S/trop/tam-Parva, Breckles, Rockland, Ellinghavi-Magna, Rowdham, Brctlenham, Kilverslon, &c. and also all outlaws, fugitives, and fielons goods, and other forfeitures; and also a court leet in each town, with full power to compel all residents to suit and service to it, once in a year, and to present and punish all oflences punishable in a leet, as well touching the said commons, ■wastes, heaths, and marshes, as other things, and to punish all false commoners and surchargers of the commons; all which liberties re- lating to these towns were returned by the Queen's mandate, upon inquisition as aforesaid, because the lords of these manors began within '20 j'ears last past, to claim and usurp witiiin their several manors, the liberty of gaming, and punishing false commoners, and surchargers, and other liberties, upon whieii the Queen brought actions against the Earl of Sussex, then lord of Mnrtiintrs in Atlcburgli, Tlio. Green, gent, lord of Harphum, Ralph Chaumberlei/n, Knt. lord of Moyncs, and Kirkhallm Rockland, the heirs of Anthony Gurnuy, Esq. lord of Elingham, the lord of Snitlcrton, Robert Allington, lord of 52« ATLEBURGH. Larling-Ford, the lord of Bretenham, &c. but they acknowledged her liberties, and obtained their discharge. THE GREAT RECTORY MANOR Belongs to the rector of the greater part, or the two parts of Ath- bur was brother to Jo UN Claypon, master of iht" college. AlanU'hillarke. Mr. KonERT Tk.n. and John Sotheeto.v, lor this turn, by grant of y/;////o/(j/ Guniai/, Esq. 1536, 2() Nov. .Stephen Preuel, [or Protect, } on JVhitlarkes death. 1544, 19 March, Master ./o/(w IVilliamson, on Prewet's resignation, James Undekwode, for this turn, by grant of Anthony Gcrnay. Esq. true patron. He had the other parts. Giiher/ licrke/ei/, S. T. P. Uishop of Balh and If'el/s; whe- ther he had the other parts I cannot lind, nor yet his institution to this. He was born in Norfolk? consecrated at Lambeth, 24 March, 1559,' had the temporalities restored ./w/y 10, 156o,dicd Nov. 2. 1581, and is buried at IVclls ; I sui)pose he helcl this till 05 in commendam. 15G3,2Q Aug. llilliam King, A.M. rector of the rectory of the two parts, was instituted into the third part at the presentation of Christopher Heydon, Knt. in right of yJnlhom/ Guniai/, Es<]. the vacancy happening liy the last incumbent's promotion to the bishoprick of /ia//( and lle/ls. Henri/ liaide, [or Parde,'] S.T.P. 1581, 8 il/«ri7(, ./o//7j liauli/ns, on Baide's resignation. IIe.vry Gurnay, Esq. united to llie other part. 1G14, 21 J)ec. Ilcnri/ iVoniack, A.^Sl. Ditto. United to (irc/it- Elingham, where he died in 1()28; he was ordained 5 Dec. 1589, and John I'orbie, rector of the two parts succeeded, who died in 1638. 1C39, 27 June, Henri/ Ncrford, rector of the greater part, on Forbi/'s death . E d w . G u r .\ a y , Esq . 1083, 31 Jan. liic/uird Bicklci/, A. Si. on NcrforiFs death. Fra.vcis Bickley, Bart, united at the same lime to the greater part. 1709, 29 April, Tho. Pond, on Pickhi/'s death. Roger Potts, Bart, perpetual patron. United to Elin<^hinn-Parva. The Rev. Mr. EvanPonen, the present [1737] rector, was presented by Mrs. Wi.sdha.m, after the advowson was pur- chased of the Pottscs, and now holds it unitcil to Tasebiirnh. After the division of the Mortimers estate, this advowson waj •Hotted to John Fitz-liulf, a-- part of the inheritance of Margeri/ Mortimer, his wife; and from that lime it |>a^sed with the manor of 9 Godw. de Prxs. 444. ■ Le Neve's Fasti, fol. 34. VOL.1. 3X j'2G ATLEBURGII. EUngham Hall, as you may see at p. 483, from Fitz-Rafph to Cun" yers, t'tom them to the JVarnars, and so to the (iitniai/s and Davi/s, and after to the Pvtscs, who sold it to Mrs. Windham, who holds it with the other manors and advowson. The tower, which stands in the midst of the church, according to the collegiate form, is square, and hath in it a clock and six bells, the first, second, and fifth, have no inscriptions, on the third is this, 3jt iopctf) mc mudj), to jjoc to <6oO!» Cljurcti. 1617. Church, Stede, Beane, \ These were at the charge of Sporle, Rainols, Gil, Greene. 3 casting it. On the fourth, ©n not tticrc ^lach tljc, to ficpcnt tlje. 1G17. Havercroft. Pilgrim. Thaine. NoBBES. Stalman. Burgh. Chamberlaine. Osborne. Thaine. Haw E. These were contributors; the first parcel lived in Ilavercroft- I street, and the next in Biirgk- . street. On the sixth, gj toi^i) to Die, to Wot ijcabcnlp. iGi: William Beale, John Allen, ' John Strang, [ Church-Wardens ic, (el N. B. They have three lurch-wardens annually hosen at this time. liohert oZarle o£ ^u?6Cf, I'^enru ItorD j»it?-lDaltcr, }f>tiil'P IWElict 2?aronft. antljonn 5?rurp, l^tnt. goljn i?orbie, ficctor. Baeonsthorp. P ^ jBarthelot, °^^ ■ 1 Anderson, f Beale, Alex. < Venturs, (.BURMAN, Tho. Green, John Halman, Weslhar. DoWE, Hill, Hastinges, Webster, Laite. These were all contributors ; the second parcel lived in Bansthorp hamlet, and the last in H estcar-street. Tlie nave, two isles, north porch, south and north chapels, are now standing, and are all covered with lead, the chancel, or quire, and a south isle which joined to it, are in ruins. Persons of note buried in the quire were, Sir Robert de Mortimer, Knt. the founder of the college, who was buried in the middle, before the high altar, in the year ].'387, close by the grave of illt/rgery Fasto/f, his first wife. Sir Thomas Mortimer, Knt. and dame Mari^ his wite, (of whom see p. 510, 311,) obijt May 2, 1406. Sir Joh?i Rateliff, Knt. elect of the Garter, in 14'20. Hit John Rateliff, Knight of the Garter, his son and heir. Katherine his widow was buried by him in 1452. Roger Rateliff, brother of the last Sir JoA«, and Philippu his wife, some time after him, for whom was this inscription on a brass plate, ATLEBURGH. 527 H^ic tarct tioocrttsS ll^atcdff, Srmigcr, ct JDJjiKipfl Ivor ein^, qui qiiibem fiogcrusS obiit rui^ Die ©cccmbci.si {Inno ©ni. ni° r ccc° IftiP quorum ani- niabu.ti propicictur iDcuiS. Jy//« IJi/huo lector, in 1478. John Forbi/ rector in lG38. Mortimer's chapel, which is on the south side, belongs to Mor- timer's manor, and was founded by Sir William de Mortimer of Kingston, Knt. (as you may see at p. 509,) and by him dedicated to the honour of the Ih/i/ Cross, and afterwards rededicated to St. Mary, as several wills shew me; he died 'Nov. 12, 1297, and was buried in the middle of it, before the altar there, at which he founded a daily mass, for his own and aiiccstours souls, and settled a compe- tent salary on the officiating priest. In this chapel are buried. Sir Cuustantine Mortimer, Knt. in 1334, by Catherine his first, and Sibil his last wife, who died in the same year. Sir Constantine Mor- timer in 1354, and Agnes his wife ; and Henry Inglose,^e^. for whom there was this inscription under his arms, <©rate pro anima IC^cnrici -Jnglope armiflcri, qui ofaiit yW hit .^eptcmbriiS anno 5Domini m" ccccc jrbii" cuiUjS animc propitictur ©eu.si. Chanticler's or Chanceler's chapel, which is on the north side, be- longs to Chanceler's manor, and was founded by Thomas Chauntieler, who was buried before the altar in it, in 1379, •m^l had a priest daily singing at that altar, for his own wife's, and their friends souls. Burials in this chapel are, Kathtrine, wife of the said Thu. Chaun- tieler, Alice, their daughter and heiress, with Thomas de Brampton, her husband, and Joan, his second wife : there was a stone, having his picture in costly armour, with this inscription, f)K iacct Sljoma.si 2?ranipton arniigcr, qui obiit -. -. ^ -. f ft f m"cccc°I).T),r ct 3;oljanna Mm cui^i : - - - : -/ m°cccCli-):jr° '^xta William Brampton oi Alleburgh in 1503. Edmund Berncy of Atle- burgh in 1495. Elizabeth wife of Tho. Garret, Esq. Alice Warner, and Robert Whetnal, alias Warner, for whom there was a brass thus inscribed, «©rate pro aninima ttoberti IDarncr ©cncro^i, qui ofaiit ^f i)ic men.s'i.si |ioVicmbri|S a° ©ni: m°cccc Iffif' cuiu.si animc propitictur <^eu^. And also these, J^ic iacet lElatgartta ©arntr IHlror fiofacrti IDarncr ©cncro.sii, que obiit ni° Die mtn.sia ©cccmbri.s" a° ©ni: m'ccccc" b' cuius! animc propitictur ©cuj;. <0ratc pro anima llcnrici ©arncr armigcri, nupcr Dcfuncti, qui ofaut )L7iii° aprili.s" m^ccctc"fif cuiu^ animc propitictur ©cus'. l^lofacrtu^ !©arncr armigcr, ofaut 7""«0ct: anno ©m: 1575°. On this stone are Warner's arms, quartered with Whetnall ; (see p. 497 ;) the crest is a plume of feathers. There was another grave-stone robbed of all its brasses, but one coat, viz. on a chevron three annulets. p28 ATLEBURGH. The present nave and isles were begun by Sir Robert Mortimer, founder of the college, about 137S, and continued by his grand- daugbtors, and their luisbaiuls, and a great number of other benciac- tors, as their arms and effigies in the windows shew us, it being not perfectly finished till after 1405. The chief of the contributors were. Sir liobcrt Mortimer aforesaid, John Ardernt, who was buried in the church in 1479; Tlio. Brampton, Esq. and several of that family, many of the different branches of the Mortimer family ; the Bishop of yiorzcich; William at the Broc, chaplain, and divers more, particu- larly the Lady Cecili/ Jlerling, Sir Jolin Fitz-Iialph, and others. The following arms were in the windows, several of which now remain, the rest being lost, viz. ALBANY. CLirrON. Fv \ C'. \, o G 1 V % V N L \ • • \ s ^ f^ ^ ^ .•^" c N >J \ ^ '—J L^ t^ ua •^ FITZ-WALTER. CLARR UIFORI). IIATCLIFF. ATLliHUKG II. MO WINGFIELD. IIF.ni.INO. CALTMOUIV >• >• >• >• 4 I I I And these, viz IIf.tiierset, az. a lion rampant or. Kekdesto.n, arg, u sullire ingrailcd ^'m/. Dbnton. Brami'ton. MouLTON, ihree barrulcts in a hordurv gul. Bacon of Bacomthorp, az. three boars passant or. NoilWMII. IJOUTF.TOHT. Tlie Bishopriik ufNonnch. BREwsUjgu/, across inoliiie mtl'. MoKTiMKH, or, semi de lleur-e same with a bor- diire gul. Tlie same witli a bordurc ingraile;irry ul" six, or and irrl, iJeurj-de- lis counler-elianged. The same with barry of four onljr. Az. a cross voided or. Az. a chevron between llirec boars heads or, impalen Dbbwib. Earl of Sussex quartering Boiiln luirl of Sorthumplon. Az. a bar gobonne gul. and lerl, bi-twecn iJiree owls arg. armed <>r. Arg. a lion rampant utb. arn)cd or, ou his shoulder a martlet or. Gul. a fess and three plates in chief urjf. Or, a saltire ingrailed uib. Over the porch dot)r arc the arms of Katcliff quartering Mortimer, and Ratcliff ioipulingj cbcquy a chief flcury-dc-Iis, cut id itoDc. 530 AT LE BURGH. In one of tlic windows was an eftlgies of one of the \orrcich family, kneelini; in his coat armour, with liis wife, and under them his arms, impaling s«6. a lion rampant enn. and another coat of Mortimer impaling Norwich. In a north isle window is the effigies of a priest in a blue vestment, kneeling on a broken label, under liim lies a man in winding-clothes, at full length, to intimate that IVilliam at the Brook, chaplain, whose effigies it is, was a benefactor to the church, glazed that window, and was there interred; under him is this broken inscription, [Oru/e] PRO: ANICOA: WILLI: At: ¥6: BROC: DAPeLLAM: QUI: pANC: Ifenes} cRACD: CONStllUXIc. In 1508, Jolin Ah/sainidtr o^ Attilhurgh was buried in the church, from whose will I copied these Items : " I bcquelhe to the makyng " of a new roof of the abbey church in Old-Uokthhcm, iiii. mark. " Also I wyll that vi. acres of land of myne, called Lamppisgate, with " the profights thereof cumynge yerly, I will thato6y/e be kepte every " yer yerly, in the church of Attilliurgh for me and my friends for " evermore, and 1 wyll that myn executors make this sure with the " best councell they can gett." ^ The organ or old rood loft is standing, on which are painted the anus of all the bishopricks. In Mortimer's chapel, against the east wall, is a mural monument much defaced, which was erected for JOHN RAWLYNS, rector of all the parts, of this church, whose arms, with those of his wife, are on it, viz. Rawli/ns, arg. three leopard's faces sab. impaling three grayhounds current regardant sab. JFui gioljanne^ iKatoljiniS, J)ortljaniptonieniSisJ, Htlla ibiDcm pa.^toniaE oriunDuii, ^palbaniac in Com: Itimcoln: aiix DeborjE Bickley Filia; Conie/ij I'ermuyden Militis, Uxoris Francisci Bickley Junioris, Fruiuisci Bickley Baronetti, ex Francisco Filio primogenito, Nepotis, Qusc cum tribus Libcris, Mariti Domum adauxerat, Dolore Puerperij correpta, Animam piam placid(i Deo reddidit, Martij 6to. l6Gy. In Chancekr's chapel, are two mural monuments, with the following arms and inscriptions, Bickley impaling Bickley. Maria Bickley, Francisci Bickley Baronetti Filia, Richardi Bickley hujus Ecclesite Rectoris Uxor, Pietatis, Obsequij, Amoris, Humanitatis, et Charitatis, erga Deum, Parentes, Maritum, Vicinos, Pauperes, Insigne Exemplar, diuterni tandem Morbi Dolore fracta, nee minus Christiana; Patientia;, quam F'ormaj et Ingenij Decus obijt, 24" Martij A° D. 1/07. In Sacrum cujus Memoriam, Hoc, quicquid est Monumenti, lugens posuit Maritus. Bickley quartering sab. a chevron between three roses arg. seeded or. RICHARDI BICKLI:Y, Qui ex Agro Warwicensi, ortus, Etonee Velalarum, in eodem Agro, Literis bonis et Religioni Purae, prima Rudimenla posuit, easdem, Cantabrigise in Col- legio Sanctae Magdalena;, auxit fculiciter, et confirniavil ; inde ad publicam Ecclesiaj Utilitatem emissus, banc demum Paro- chiam Provinciam sortitus, vigili Cura, indefessa Diligentia, ii'P(;»)f*o»'J5 xa' xa-ra. Ta^it, per Annos viginti quinque, mulla cum Laude administravit, obijt Nov. 25. A. D. 1708. iEtat. 71. Me- morias Sacrum, posuit, Testamento Debitum, Testamenti Pro- curator, ex Sorore Kepos, DUDIEM ii* RIDER. 3 Le Neve, vol. iii. p. 88. ♦ Dudley. J32 ATLEBURGH. On another mural monument. Nerford, giil. a lion rampant org. Beneath this wall, Henry Nerford, Batchelor of Divinitj-, Rcetor of this Church, where he was Minister XLV Years, a Man learned and Pious, a most obedient Son and Servant, of the Church of England, his Mother, and a most Faithfuil Sub- ject of the King, the Father of his Country, in Expectation of a blessed Resurrection lie and the rest ; to whose religious Me- morie Margaret Nerford, the Relict of his Nephew James Nerford, frankely erected this Monument of Respect aiid Gratitude, l684.' An under the monument lies a stone over him, with his arms and this inscription, of the same purport as the former, Henricus Nerford Tlieologitc Baccalaureus, hujus Ecclesise Rector, cui praefuit Annos XLV, vir doctus, et pius, Ecclesia; Anglieanae Mater, ejusdemque et Patriae Patris Filius et Servus obsequentissimus, Resurrectionis beatifica; Candidatus, hie Re- quiescit, ob. Jun. 4'"' An: 1684. iEt. sua: LXXXV. I find only two stones with inscriptions in the nave; one is for uinne wife oi John Burton, 14 Oct. l650. Hodie Mi/ii, Cras tibi. The other hath a crest, an arm cooped at the shoulder, holding a battle-ax. And these arms, on a chevron between three lions erased, three serpents. Here lyeth interred the Body of Capt. JOHN GIBBS, of the County of Norfolk, Gent, died the 22d of October \G\)o, in the 48 Yeare of his Age, he married Elizabeth Pride, the Daughter of Tho. Pride, Esq. and Eliz. Monk, the Daughter of SirTho. Monk, by whom he had two Sons, John, and Christopher, and three Daughters, Mary, Eliz. and Anne, Jolin, Mary, and Anne, now living. This narrow Space confines his dear Remaines Whose glorious better Part, Survives and reigns. Immortal Virtues now embalm his Name, And fix him, high, in the great List of Fame, The gen'rous Friendship that adorn'd his Mind, Was boundless, as the Needs of humane Kind, But where Relation did the Band indeai-e. The Rays contracted, did more warm appear. So good a Husband, Father, Brother, Son, As tew have equal'd, none has e'er outdone ; Such Charity thro' his whole Life was shown. As made the Wants of other, seem his own. His Soul so truly Brave, he knew no fear, Ev'n Death it's self, made no Impression there, 'Tis true he yielded, but Death lost the Prize, For he but stoop't, that he might higher rise. P. M. S.^ posuit, Vidua Merens. 5 Le Neve, vol. iv. p. 41. * Piae Memoriae suae. ATLEBURGII. 533 Mr. Le Neve calls him the famous Capt. GihfAs; he was a great gamester and horse-racer, in King C/iar/es (he Second's time « He ' laid a wager of 500/. that he drove his light chaise, and four horses, .. "P «"^ do^vn the deepest place of the DeviPs-Ditch.on Newmarket- lleak which he performed, by making a very light chaise, with a jomted perch, and without any pole, to the surprise of all the " spectators. ' There is a stone under the steeple much obliterated, but supplied from the Register, viz. « 'f If^^' i^rfa^az-rf Henderson, Ba.i\\e longe to the Lords here, a Man ot i-eace. Love, and Truth always in Word and Deed, buried Feb " 13, .S:tat. 69. " Vivus sine Dolo, Mortum sine Morbo, yEternus in Calo." On his grave-stone in the bell-room of the church. Let evert^ Bell, his 1' raise thus tell. On an old wainscot which stood in the church, Ratcliff quarters Fttz-fValter, and Ratclif impales Herling. ^ There is an altar-tomb in the churchyard for William Cokkell Oct.22, 1729,iEt. 60. ' Death from this World hath set me free. From all my Pain, and Misery. Ralph his son died Nov. 30, 1729. This life is like a fading Flower, Alive and dead, all in an Hour. The following accounts are taken from the old Reo-ister of this parish, which is a very particular one, it begins in 1552 T^hey are not digested into a series of time, but are just as they follow one another in the original. 1559, The town oi Attleburgh, viz. Market-street and Town-street burned. ' 1605, Edward Barthelet, Esq. buried 27 Nov. a worthy gentle- man, and justice of the peace, councelior at lawe, dwelt at the Hall, and kept a good house there. 1612, Master Glaspole, alias Hamlet, was buried 26 Oct. he was the Earle of Sussex's bailie, and dwelt in the Parke-Hall, and was the Earle's forester there, he kept a worthie-house, as if the park had been his own. 1614, 11 Mai/, John Ratclyns, rector, as well of the rectory of the two parts, as of the rectory of the third part, a learned, godly, and peaceable man was buried; "Terras multas emit, quas filiuset h^res " cito vendidit, si qnicquam in ecclesiae vel pauperum usus reliquisset, " hoc sine dubio permansisset : uxor aulem ejus postea diu \ i.xit sua " pura viduilate, usque octogessimum letatis annum, et ultra, toto " autem vitse tempore, et filijs alijs suis beiiigiiissima, et annos per- " paucos ante mortem, suo visu pcrempto, coecitatc permansit, manus " autem suas in pauperes semper extensas habuit, ingcnio etiani et " memoria acutissima, sicut longevam aetafein suam \n foclicitate, et " charitate, tandem diem clausit, ob. 23 Jul. 1639, -^Etat91'." VOL. I. 3 Y 534 ATLEBURGH. l6l5. The parsonage was repaired by John Forbie, to above 200 marks charge, who set up the Bishoprick's arms in the church, and those of the colleges. 1615, 10 June, JVi/ndham was burned, being set on fire by ro-nies coming on that purpose to the town, and were there (the man and woman) executed. 1617, This year, on May 5, the first, second, third, and fifth bells were finished by JVm. Brend, bell-founder in Norwich, and so out of four, there were now five bells, cost I(30/. IG30, Maria filia venerabilis dignissimique viri, Alexandri Ratclyft" Militifs, et Jana3 dignissima; ejus domina; et Uxoris, bapt. 22 Feb. in capella apud aulani Atlebitrgensem, per me J. Forbie; deditque niihi de suo beneplacito inexpectatam niercedem ct premium. 1618, Edward Barthe/et, Gent, and Man/ Miinilfurd, Gentw. were married by J. Forbie, at Hoe by East Dearham, 18 Nov. their marriage feast after kept at Atleburgh hall. 1623, A perfect terrier was made and delivered into the Bisliop's registry, of all the lands, and of all the free and copyhold, belonging to the rectory manors, with the rents, and number of court-rolls, and other remembrances of the church and college, some time belonging to the church, and also what was belonging to the rectory of the tliird part. In this j'ear a school was erected in the south isle chapel, the timber for the seats of it, was given by the Earl of Sussex, and Sir Will. Knevcf, and that for the top of the font now made. Mr. Edmund Toiiclife, parson o( 3Iorlie, gave the standing lec- lunie there, for the dictionaries. One Mr. Hathe of Triniti/ College, Cant, was the first schoolmaster, one Mr. Parlet the next ; the town voluntarily allowed 4I. per annum, out of their town lands. IG28, Against Easier, a communion cup was made. 1628, July 15, was a Gild new erected by four young bachelors of the town, and kept at the college-house, of above twenty meases of persons, and the poor then well relieved. 1626, It was continued by four widowers of the town, and held where the old gild-house was, at the west end of the parsonage-close, at Mr. Duffield's, the poor well relieved. IG30, It was holden on Midsummer day, and one Mr. James of Eccles, then the high-constable, and one Mr. Robert Allen of Great- Elingham, were two of the four heymasters, who for their own good credit, and our town's gild, procured guests, that there were thought to be 2000 people then there, they could not half sit and dine there, but were constrained to go into the town, and there could not be of that sudden, meat enough provided for them ; it was said that they left no bread in town by two o'clock, only bcare was plentiful : there was no outrage or disorder of the companye. We began all these good meetings with solemn prayers in our church, and a sermon, &c. RECTOR ECCL^SIyE AUTHOR GUILD/E. The town of Barnliam-Broome hath thus holden a gild with them, with much good company and merry meeting, and tiieir sermon was ever rewarded, and moreover in this year Mr. Legat, the minister who preached there, hiid a gold ring given him by the heymaster, worth above 20s. The motto was, Legatus Christi,Fatronus Festi. ATLEBURGH. SS5 1631, The church was well repaired, and decently batteled. In lG32, the wooden top of the cross in tlie chiirch-yard, was made by John Forbie, clerk, by the appointment of the Bishop of Noiwich, on the top of the side towards the cliurcii. Crux Chrhli, Sa/iis Muiidi. On the standing part^ Christuspro Nobis passiis. On the transverse, a wounded hearl, and hands wounded with the nails, Ecce ! Quanta pro Te pertulit. On the back side, towards the east. In Christo Spero. On the standing part. Si compatimur, conregiiahimiis. Then on the transverse, Reliijuit nobis Exemplum. The globe was set up to signify the heavens, coloured with blue, with stars and clouds. On the equator circle, Aspiremus pennansurii /Eterna. The lower part coloured green, to signify the earth, with trees and flowers on it. Quid tumultuamitr ? Peritura possidenms. 1633, The new organs were brought into tlie church from Squire Buxton's oiTybbenham Cuunons, which cost lO/. there, and ]()/. more to take them down and set them up here, purchased by the parishion- ers' voluntary gifts; and 9/. a year was voluntarily subscribed, for Mr. Lesingham the organist, of which Sir Alexander Ratcliff, lord and patron, allowed 40.s. a year, and the rector 40.?. Sec. 1636, The communion table was placed, &.c. as it now stands. 1642, Tho. Downes, aeniov, gravi morbo loesi cerebri diu afflictus, postquam Dei Opt. Max. beneficio integrum convaluit, pulvinar panni viridis, fimbria holocerica et fibulis ad angulos appensis deco- ratum, in grati pijque animi indicium Deo et Ecclesia: dono dedit. 1617, Divers mortuaries paid, (as they now are, according to the statute.) 1619, Mr. John Littleproud, a young man, lately in priests orders, for the help of his living, being but a grammar scholar, was buried Nov. 1. 1623, April 14, Joan, wife of John Allen, was buried, and had so great a number of people, that the church could not contain them, very many treated at the Griffin, &c. 1623, One Porter a butcher, and an honest man of Windham, being at church on Whitsunday, June 1, as he was kneeling at prayers died suddenly, " Quisjam non foelicem et beatum obitum fecisse eum dicat?" Mr. John Chamberlune, a very loving and honest gent, of good estate here, and elsewhere, and otherwise rich, dwelt sometime here, removed to Bridgham, thence to liarue in Siijf'. died on IVhitsuuday, and was buried at Bridgham, June fi, he seemed a little corrupted and addicted to the world, and his gain, through an executorship he had with one Mr. JVriglit of Larling, who might move and draw him more in that manner, than otherwise it is like he would have been : he was in his owne nature a very honest man. Auri sacra fames, qucm non insatiabilcm reddas ? Misere mortuus est Midas. Is'oli imitari. 1624, 13 April, Tho Thaine of Burgh-street, near 100 old, buried. 1625, King James, our gracious, peaceable, and ihe most learned prince in all Europe, died at Theobald's, March 27, having then reigned in England 22 years and three days, it was then Sundai/e, and about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, a blessed time, when every cburcU 336 ATLEBURGH. was to be s\l their prayers, and at sucli time as his Majesty was ever used to have a sennon in his presence at coiirtj he had a sermon ia court every Sunday and Tiiesaai/, and so caused many an excellent preacher; the preacher was always appointed by his cou;'se, out of Cambridge, while he was at Newmarket or lioistoii, or near Cam- bridge : his Majesties ^speeches were always admirable, it might be truly said of him as in the Gospell, never man spake an llm man speak- et/i ; he was the England's Solomon, and so was his funeral sermon intituled. I6i5, ^ug. 11. Then was buried M«/y wife of Gilbert Greene, hoastess of the Cock, who knew how to gaine more by her trade than any other, and a woman free and kind for any in sickness, or woman in her travel! and child-bed, and for answering for any one's child, and readie to give to any one's marriage. Mr. John never died here, carried and buried in St. Gregorie's church, Norzt'ich, which he had much adorned. Phillip Coullier, yeoman, dwelt at Windham, died Dec. 24, 1625, ■worth \O0l. per annum, he cloathed every Christ mass (long before his death) twenty poor children, from head to foot, he rebuilt all the houses for the use of the poor, that were burnt in the fire oi Windham, and left a gift for ever to cloath and feast, so many poor children every Christmas. God grant it be kept and done; ii. Cor. 9. 15. Now thanks therefore be unto God, for his unspeakable gift ; so I preached here of that. John I'orbi/. 1G27, John Jlleu a very good townsman, buried 22 -^ug. This wished to be on his gravestone : Hie in Ecclesia consepultus est Johannes Alien, una cum Palre & Matre Suisque duabus Uxoribus, prudens, fidelis, pius, pacatus, et Oppidanus benignissimus, Omnibus in vita amabilis, in Morte desiderabilis, Corpore hie tumulatus, Anima Coronatus, ad gloriam resurrecturus. Ml. 63, Aug 22, A. D. 1627- Hie in Ecclesia Domino obdormit Will. Beale, Gravitate Senex, Senectute prudens, Oppidanus providus. Vita plus et pacatus, paium rigidus &. raorosus, sed Pauperibus benignus^ coelestem Gloriam auspicaturus, TEt. 80, Jan. 1 1, 1620. Upon old John Dozce, an unprofitable townsman, of great estate in land, and yet not worth a mortuary at his death in goods. John Dowe an antient townsman, was buried in divers Years past before. And lyeth buried within the Church South Door. De quo hoc verum Epitaphium haberi posset. Here lyelh the DOWE who ne'er in Life did good. Not would have done, tho' longer he had stood, A Wife he had, both Beautifuil & Wise But he ne'er would, such goodness exercise. Death was his Friend, to bring him to his Grave, For he in Life, Commendam none could have. Mr. John Hare, Richmond Herald, saith in a letter of his, that this Johu DoiDe married Aime, daughter of Thomas Cockett, sister to ATLEBURCfH. 537 his great-grandfather Froxmere Cocketl, of Bromesthorp ; she outlived him, and was very charitable to the poor, and a benefactress to the church of Atilburgh, where she was buried in 1626, and her husband in 1620. The epitaph which I sent to Mr. Tho. Weaver, for Mr. John Weaver's gravestone in St. Gregory's church Norwich, Hie consepultusjacet Johannes Weavers, Norwicensis, Com- merciorum hujus Civitatis Comportator Londinum versus, fide- lissimus, eisdemq; Laboribus ditatus, Amicis amieissiinus, Servis suis benignissimus, niiserritnis Misericors, hujus Ecclesiae Sti. Gregorij, cum amicissimo turn suo Johanne treeman, per tres annosUardianusexistens, banc ipsani Ecciesiam mirifice ornarat, duosetiam hie constituithaberi annuosSermones in Dei Gloriam, Suique meinoriam, Diebus nempe, Sti. Johannis Evangelistse, & Johannis Baptistse, eisdemque, quibusdam terris dotavit, obijt Atleburgh. pie & pacifice, Nov. 18, \Q'lo. Inter Coeiorum Coelites inodo regnat. 1634, Aug. 7, Mr. Robert James of Eccks, High-Constable of Shropham hundred, died, of whom there is a great character ; he kept a good house, and always entertained the gentlemen that came to the training in Eccks-Field: he died rich, and was buried in Eccles church. Seneca. Obijt viridis, et officia borii Civis, boni Anuci, boni Viri, exercitatus estj ^c. Johannes Forbye Clericus, Sacro SanctK Theologiae Bacc. cum duarum, turn tertiae Partis Ecclesiaj Atleburgensis Rector, per 24 (vel circiter) annos extitisset. Diem obijt novissimum in Sancto Festo Innocentium, et consepultis jacet (prout antea statuisset)juxta Filiolas ejus duas, in veteris Ka»x£>;ia Loco, quas ipsemet Superstes ibidem inliumaverat ; sepultus erat 29 die Dec. hoc ipso Ao. Di. 1638. Anno .£tatis suae Septuagessimae prope octavae. 1646, Gregorius Feltwell, Turmae Equestris Cap. Pell Miles. Sep. Oct. 9- Verses made by Edward Barthelet, on his Mother's Death. My Mother now, doth in my Mother leye. Death coucht her there, long longing for to dye. Her Faith was firme, so fearles was her Death, The Heaven* are Witness, which drew upp her Breath, For while she lived, she lived a zealous Life, And died, Turtell like Widow, matchless Wife. 1653, Sarah daughter of John RatcUff, Esq. and Sarah his wife baptized. 1654, John their son baptized 15 July. The religious concerned in this town were, the Prior of Bukenham,'' to whose house Robert de Tateshale, the third of that n;une, gave a fold-course for 200 sheep. In 1377, fVilliam Ketringham and others ' Mon, Ang. vol. ii. fol. 275. 538 ATLEBURGH. conveyed laiuls here to the Priory, and tliere were many lands lield of thel'riory manor wliicli laid in this town, both free and copyhold, which in llie whole amounted to 2/. S»'. Sd. yearly rents, of which the master of the college paid a free rent for land given to his house of l6d. and there was the value of 45. lOrf. a year tithes, which belonged to the Priorj' manor, for all which the Prior was taxed at 46s. The Prior of fVi/mondliam was taxed for his temporals here \5s. 4d. they were divers small pieces of land given to the monaster}' by the Albantfs and Tateshales. The Prior of St. Faith's was taxed 15^. for his temporals here. The Terrier informs me that Mr. Neiford, late rector, founded a free school, and endowed it with 61. jut annum in lands, and also gave six two-penny loaves to the poor every Siitidai/, and tied the Rev. Mr. Beaks's estate for it, that there are 30 pieces of town lands besides College Close, all which are settled to repair the church, and find its ornaments, for ever; and in the year 1()51, 1 learn from the church-wardens account, it was then in the town's possession, though they were forced to employ some of its produce to contrary uses, viz. '' to Richard Laices for defacing the King's arms 6s." and it cost the town a good deal to repair the seats heads which were defaced at that time. The College of the Holy Cross, otherwise called Atleburgh- Chantry, Was founded by Sir Rubert de Mortimer, who was buried in 1387; he ordered Henri/ de Pakenham, senior, Simon, parson of Scoiilton, and his other feoffees, to found and endow it," to the value of 2000 marks, which they received according to the will of Sir John de Mer- lin^, Knt. and Sir John Fitz-Ralf, Knt. who had married the grand- daiighleis and heiresses of the said Robert; and accordingly King Henry IV. in the 7th year of his reign, [140.5,] for 100 marks paid by the feoffees, granted them' license to build a chantry of the /yo/y Cross in Atteburgh, for five chaplains,one of which was to be master, who should daily officiate in the church of yl I It burgh, for the souls of Sir Robert Mortimer, Knt. and Dame M argery his wife, 8cc. and to amortise to the said chantry a messuage and 70 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, and C of pasture, in yJtleburgh, and the advowson of Great Klingham, provided there be a vicar sufficiently endowed, and a yearly sum of money given to the poor there ; upon which, the sur- viving feoffie, by his deed, established it in the following manner, as I find It entered in the parish register, fol. 74. Simon, rector of Hcoulton, greeting. Know ye that Robert de Mortimer, Knt. son of Sir Cunstanline de Mortimer, Knt. granted and confirmed his manors of Scou/ton, Totinglou, and Stattjord in 'Noifolk, and liiirghlan, and Fojttone in Cambridgeshire, 1o Hugh Di-ta-Souche, Tho. Shurdelotee, George Fetbii^, Knis. Tho. Cans, Th>. Chaunteler, li ill. ut It'end, clerk, Henry de Pakenham, John JV.jtts, and me, the a'brcsaid Simon, and our liens, on the following conditions, viz. that we should hold them lo tl e use of him, the said Robert, son of Constuntine de Mortimer, Knt and Dame Margery his then wife, for term of their lives, and after their death, to me and ' bee p. 512. ' Dug, Mun. torn. iii. ful, 142. ATLE BURGH. 5^9 the aforesaid feoffees, and the longest livers of them, till the sum of 2000 marks be raised out of tlie proKts of the said manors, which said sum, after all reasonable expenses deducted, should go to found a chapel in honour of tiie Holy Cross, in the church of Atlcburgh, and a chantry of three priests to sing in the said chapel for ever, for the souls of the said Robert and Margeri/, for which a license in mort- main should be obtained, by virtue of which, there should be as many lands, advowsons, tenements, or manors purchased, as would be suf- ficient for the said priests, one of which was to be master of the chan- try; ail the feoffees being dead but Simon, (who had obtained a license in mortmain,) he the said Simon, according to the last will and testament of Sir Robert Mortimer, Knt. founded the chantry for five priests, of which one is to be citslos or master, who are all bound by the said Sinioti, to pray for the souls of Sir Robert de Mor- timer, Knt. and Daine Margeri/ his wife, and all their ancestors, and to conform to the following rules, statutes, and ordinances, as they are appointed by the said Simon, for ever to endure, r/r. The four fellows are to obey all lawful commands of their custos or m.aster. The custos and chaplains to be perpetual, that is, not removed, un- less for such causes as would deprive a rector. All of them are obliged to reside in their college, or mansion-house, and live together in commons, as in other colleges, and if any be so old that they cannot serve, or be hindered by continual sickness, yet they shall continue in their place, and be maintained by the college during their life. The master to have 60s. a year stipend, and every brother 40s. With this proviso, that Simon S/iirrcve, now brother in the said chantry, shall have 46s. 8(i. a year, for life ; the stipends to be paid, half on St. John Baptist's day, and half on Christmas day. The master and brethren to have every year a new cloth suit, or 10s. each. The custos to be chosen by the fellows, and the major part of them may choose any one, whether he be of the college or no ; and if they elect two, the Bishop shall nominate which he will ; and after choice is made, the college shall deliver him letters testimonial under their common seal, which the first master elected shall carry to John Filz- Rauff, son of Sir John Filz-Raiiff, Knt. son and heir of Margerif Fitz-Rauff, late wife of the said John Fitz-Ranff, Knt. and their heirs, (if tlicy be at Scoulton, and not else,) wlio thereupon shall admit him master, and whoever shall be elected the second master, shall go in like manner to the Lady Cecilif Harli/ng, and her heirs, (if they be nl Jt/ebiirgh or East-Her/ing,nnd not else,) so that each shall have turn in admitting the master, on condition that the said Ceci/j/ will give all her part of Capek-Meadous in Atlcburgh, to the college, otherwise she shall have no turn, but Fitz-Runff shall have the whole; and after such admission, each master shall go to the Bishop of the diocese, or his deputy, to be instituted, and ifi'7!. 299.) bcerepham Hund. In jacet 1. soc. Regis W. acr. icrre unde Calvereestuna i. lib. ho. cemmend. tan. Sims antecess. hatiiiit commend, tarn um, turn xi. acr. val. vm.d. hoc. tenet rt 'erra clamat de dono Regis tunc et Gait, de Cadomo de Roberto, (sc post i. car. mode ii.bov.et ii. acr. prati Malet.) 544 KILVERSTONE. Maraery de Caiseneto, or Cressy, and her heirs ; and she, with the said I'itaiis, scil]e(\ tliem on Coxford priory in the same year, the Prior of which liouse was always returned to iiold them of the manor of Hors- ford, and fiirtiicr of the manor of Ilockering. The other part or moiety was ahvays held of the honour of Jw/f, at a quarter of a fee; it belonged to the same Robert Filz-lf'alhr, after that to Giii/ de Fer- rarijs, or Ferrers, who infeoffed tlie Brooms; and in 1249, Roger de Broom settled it on Jolin Prior of Co.iford, and his successours, for ever; and in 1302, IVilliam, son of Roger de Broom, for 200 marks of silver, confirmed to the Prior and Canons of Coxford, his whole manor in Kilverstoiie, with the mill, frt'efold, &,c. to be held in free alms of him and his heirs by 10s. a year rent, and the service of a quarter of a knight's fee; and afterwards Robert de Broom, son of the said William, released the rent, all knight's service and homage what- ever, paying to Thetford priory 10s. a year out of the mill, according to the gift of IVilliam de Broom, his father; in 1293, the Prior of Cokesford granted a rent of 12t/. a year to the Prior of Thetford, for leave to dig'flag on ■Snareshill sich, to mend his mill bank at Kilvcrstone. And in 1428, the Prior was taxed at 1 \l. 1 Is. 1 \d. for his temporalities here, in 1230, there was a dispute between Richard Prior of Thet- ford, and William Prior of Cokesford, concerning their separate fish- eries belonging to their manors here ; " Concerning the use and pro- « priety of atl the fishing lying between the territory of Simreshill, " and the territory of Kilverstoiie , the Prior of Thetford claiming the " whole of the water or river from his mill called Melford Mill, to " the extent of his town of Siiareshill," viz. the whole of Siuireshill side, as belonging to his free fishery there, and this side, as belonging to his manor here; but the Prior of Coxford having a free fishery to his manor here, claimed an equal share on this side; and it being proved to be so, the Prior of Coxford let his right for ever, to the Prior of Thetford, for 8s. a year. But the Prior of Coxford reserved to himself his swan mark, belonging to his manor, throughout the whole river, with liberty to gather reed and grass at all times in the said river, with the consent of Richard Bishop of Norrcich. John Matheue Prior of the monastery of our Blessed Lady in Coxford, and the convent tliere, by indenture inrolled in Chancery, dated the last day of Jpr. 1 528, sold their manor of Coxford in Kilveisfone to Thomas Duke of 'Norfolk, and his heirs, for 400 marks, which the said Duke paid to King /y<'"rj/ VIll. in full of a debt due from the Prior to the King, the I'nor being collector of the King's subsidy in the archdea- conry of ISiorviich, aiid not haviii^ repaid the money he had collected ; and in 1329, Thomas Prior of Gw/iW, successonr to the said Jo//h, settled it by fine on the said Duke, Sir Roger Tozemend, Knt. and other feoffees, and immediately after sold it to Sk John Coiiiuakis, who leased it to William Prior of the monastery of our Blessed Lady at Thetford, for 99 years, at the yearly rent of a red rose, which mo- nasterv being dissolved, it came to the King's hands, who granted the monastery and ail th.it belonged to it to 'Thomas Duke of Noifolk, after whise a'.tainder it came to the King again, and contiiiU(d in the Crown till King Edward VI. sold the lease to Sir John Coinwaleis; in the fourth year of his reign. Sir John dies, and it descended to Sir Thomas Corii/oileis, his son and heir, who settled it on feofiecs, with power of revocation, to the use of himself for life, and then to William, R tiT, a Angoa'i head, cru/act fvgt Si Thomai Wbiciit. temp. Henry VII. i John Wrighi died leiied of ihe manotj of Tindalli and Rowses in Eiit-Lcxbar in Norfolk, 3)d Hcnrj' VIII. I. NlcholM Wright Anne, dr and coheir ofEdm. i. Catherine, dr. hjdfi.eeh.Idrtn. "Bejuprc of Btaupre Hall, by ofEdm-Beaupre Ciihcnne, daughter of Fhitip Hall ia NotfoU BedingliclJ. Anne. _£dmund Wright of Sutton a. Jane, daughter and of Tho. Rui-ell, bioihet to John, Etrlof Bedford, by ihe dau^her jndtiencM of th:: Jcrvaceiu qJ " - HalliaBrcot-Bradfielcl. I I 1. Willta m t>I dr. of 1. E( in W riRht Wright, Lord Ever, re- of Lxillc B k(n- lict of Sir John ham. Noil and Salyvan of Thw ayt in SutT. Yorkthire, i.p. t,q- dr. of Sir JohnSpring of Laven- ham in Suf- folk, Km. Thomai Wright Agnei, dr. 3, Ceorgc Wright, Cent, lord Dorothy, dr. of Weeting Norf. 4lh f Fiih. Witching- of Liiilc Bukc married at St. Pancta Lane, London, ao July, i^^t, lord of Rote- King) nays in Oxford ihi re. pie, Eig. Henty Chminj, of f'lj. atirr toGeorge Waller, £jq. ofi* The cldeit married the snceiior of of Twail, t. Fcances Tlioma. Bell. 3. MilUcenE John Thurston of Hoxne, Suf- folk, Gent, great-grandfather (o that John Thurtlon who wat alive about 1701. 4. Aone Sir John Heigham of Barrow in Suffolk, Knt. 4. Bridget Robert Rolf of Hadley in Suf- folk, Gent. e. Miry Will. Downej, Gent, of Bod- ncy, Norfolk. Reeve a. RoberL Thomai Wright 1; 3, George, of Kilveritonc, * .John, inNorfolk.Esq. 1. p. whi> built the pieieni hill. , dr. of John lyn of Dcpc- den in Suff, £iq. by hit 3d wife, Anne, dr. of Sir Roheit Druryof Kautird, Suffolk, jnd Mary hii «lfc. dr. of old Sir Lionel Tal- mach of Helm- ■ngham, SulTolk, Knt. William, Geo. and Dorothy. a. Edmund Wright of" Kingihay. Dorothy, dr. ufRich.Btak ol Hadcnbain ricd Richard CiuliWp of Kingshay ' Cc- cily, Robeit Mjule of Suff. Etq by 5a- -. of Sir Ed- Lewknor of -Will. -Jame. Slebbing. Ward of of Han Iringhim Braugh orf. £q. ied of Norfolk the county, of that troo| Wright of Kilvcritone, In 1696. Hcniy Duke .ade bin of hon he had Charlet Viscoiinl Townieod uf Raynham, Sarun of Lyn- Rr^ii. Loid Lieut. Set.-, he wai born in 16G6, and buiicd 16 No' '7»9 Ceorgc Violet, or Vilet, of PinkncyHall.inTater- tet, aiiaj Gateacnd, in Norfolk, buried here. I. Tho. Writhi of Sjndy- Dnwiiliam inSufT-Eii]. Juiiice of Peace from 1664, tohisdcathin 1669; buried at Down. Eli/. of Ro- bert Siy of Norfolk. Gent, died in 1701. I. Rob. Wright of Holmr-Hile Nor/. Gent. ob. Elic dr. at 3. George Uiiula, ^r. Edw Chj beilain, of Barnham- Broom.Etq. Rob. Wrieht of Holme-Hale Elicaletti and Jane. 'of John of Maiiii- liall, Nor. folk, El.). ■ Robert Anne, dr. of Sir Geo. Wyneive, Wright of' Down- ham, Eiq bam in Suffolk, by Chrittian, dr. of Dudley, Lord Notih, 3. Thomai Wright, Etq. of Heibng, 1 J.ne. 1. Heit. Stylet. 1. p. Davy. Stepney 1. Doto. Gent. thy S.Sarah, diciex. Hiekton to Will. Davy, hi* bro- ther. ricd to . R.y. > apoth. sTrl.'now Ur.ula, Thomai, John. Robeit. all young ini7oa. Hickion Wright, now living at Brandon-Ferry, SulTolk, b. John, reader at Stepney. 3. Tho. ob. 1. p. 4. Rob. fellow of Cai. Coll. rector of Laven- bam m Suffolk, buried ihete, 1. p. 1. Dorothy, now Single. 3. Joanna, married 10 Cawdcll. and after toMatthewGoodrick, cicfk, now rector of Brandon. 1 . Thomai t Anne, dr. 1. Dr. Rob. Wright. ' of Roger Wright, rec- North, Liq. tor of He. U ing. and .nd York, I.p. now li*- a. Francei, ..o,.i;ii,. i»g. dr. of Tho. Witght of E.HerliOfi, living. Id ue. 3. Gtorge johnWrigbt Wrifihtof Eiq, hit ley ... Suff E>q of Builey, and halh ill tie. , - .- and by the by the lint wife. livine."*"" Rob. Oath. dr. 3. Richard, Mai "of Cinl Wiche ( Hock, wold, E.q. the I lath iuue 9 daughten. and married to c. Thomu W„5l,i o[ Oownham and York, E.q. 1. Caih. buried lu 1696, 3. Francci, buried 1696. 8- Anne, buried m St. Si«[-ben'i chuKh. Norwieb, ■othSept. ijoi.aad removed isih Match following to Kilveritone, by order of the BiihopVCouri Dun., bulled I70J. Ctotf »i»d Robtrl buried 1. Sir Rob, Wright of Su»ii, An,/ ! Wjn^ford, Kot. wa»" "a of ,m\ fitit one of the Juiticea HuJ of the Common Pleai. Wren, veall), her Body's turn'd to Dust, Tis fitt we still Commemorate thejust. Twas here, she did adore the highest Lord, Who to her Soul great Comfort did aflbrd, 'Twas here she did with great Joy and Content, Receive Gods Holy Word and Sacrament, Since then she loved, this Sacred Place so well, 'Tis very meet, that here her Name should Dwell. On a grave-stone in the church, Here lyeth buried the Body of il/rtry Pearson, Wid. Relict of the Rev. IVill. Pearson LL. D. late Chancellour of the Diocess of York, whose undissembl'd Goodness made her whilst living beloved, when dead, lamented by all that knew her. She died Apr. gt/i. 1736. Ml. 72. By the bounds of this parish, is Riiigmere Pit, which I find Mr- Salmon, in his Roman Stations in Britain, (pag. 9,) lakes notice of in these words : " On the side of this way from Hockham, in East-Wrettam parish, " is a remarkable cavity called Ringmere Pit, it is in form of an " amphitheatre, to the bigness of si.x or seven acres, with an uniform " descent on every side to thea/e«a. So exact is its figure, even yet, " one cannot help believing it was contrived for show. There was " not in the latter end of Oetober, a drop of water in it, which the " wet summer must have filled, if it ever had been a pond. More of " this kind, I have heard ofhereabouts but not seen." I must own, a stranger, who saw it in 1724, or 1725, (as I suppose he did,)when it was entirely dry, might have been of the same opinion with him. But there is nothing uncommon to those that have been acquainted with it; it is a large cavity indeed, generally full of water, and the ground being a sand, the water occasioned that uniform de- scent; it is supplied with land springs from the adjacent hills, which in the extreme dry year ceased running, and so the water shrank into the sand ; it is a very old mere or large water, as the Saxon name which it still bears tells us, Rinj-mepe being no more than, the round mere or water. I have angled fine perch out of it when [ was a schoolboy at Thetford ; and am apt to think there are good fish in it now, it being stored, as I am informed, since it was last dry. But this pit is not to compare with that, which lies nearer Croxton ; and though it is three times as big, was then also dry; this is called Foulmere Pit ; the greater part of its fishery belongs to the estate in Croxton, settled on the school and hospital of Thetford, as 1 am in- formed, and that of Ringmere, to the lord oi East- W rot ham; there are other large pits on these heaths, (though not so big as either of the former,) that have water in them in winter, but being mostly dried up in summer time, they look very regular to the beholder's eye. INDEX OF HUNDREDS AND PARISHES IN VOL. I. HUNDREDS. Diss, Giltcross, Shropham, page 1 to 212. - 213 to 359. - S63 to 548. Atleburgh, - PARISH. Brisingham, Burston, Banham, - Bukenham (Old) Bukenham (New) Bridgham, - Bretenham, Besthorp, - Diss - - - Dickleburgh, Eccles, Elingham (Great) Fersfield, - Frense, Gissing, Gatesthorp, Garboldesham, - Herling (West) - Herling (Middle) VOL. I. 4A HUNDRED. Shropham, - PAGE 501 Diss Diss Giltcross Shropham Shropham Shropham Shropham Shropham - - 49 \'25 345 .169 395 436 440 490 Diss . . n Diss - 191 Shropham Shropham - - 405 482 Diss Diss - - 74 140 Diss Giltcross Giltcross - - 162 250 255 Giltcross Giltcross - - 297 313 INDEX. PARISH. HUNDRED. PAGE Herling (East) - - - Giltcross - - 3l6 Haipliam, - - - Shropham - - 411 Hocham, - - . Shropham - - 459 Hocham (Little) - - Shropham - - 464. Illington, - - - Shropham - 446 Kenninghall, » _ _ Giltcross « . 215 KiKeistone, - - Shropham - - 341 Lopham, - _ . _ Giltcross . 228 Lerling, - - Shropham - - 428 Market-Herling, see East-Herling. Norton, - - Giltcross - - 242 Osinundeston, - - Diss - - 130 Quidenham, - - Giltcross - - 333 Rockland-Tofts, _ _ _ Shropham • _ 473 Rovvdham, - - Shropham - - 432 Roydon, . Diss - - 39 Ridlesworlh, _ - Giltcross - - 274 Rushworth, - - Giltcross - - 284 Shropham, . _ • Shropham _ . 450 Siietteiton, - - Shropham - - 419 Shelthanger, . - Diss - - 114 Scole, see Osmundeston. - Shimpling, . - Diss . . 154 Sbarehill-House, - - Giltcross - - 294 Thorpe House, - • - Shropham _ . 471 Thorp-Parva, - - Diss . 1,j6 Thelton, _ - Diss . . 148 Tiishall, - - - Diss - - 205 Wrotham (Little) see Thorp-House, Wiotham (West, or North) - - Shropham - - 468 Wrothaii) (East, or Great) - - Shropham - - 465 Winfarthing, . - Diss - • 181 Wilby, - - Shropham - - 361 END OF VOL. I. Pr nud hv W. Bulmcr and Co. Cleveland-row, St. James's. i Tht folloxiing are elegant and valuable Works recently pub- lished by William Miller, Albemarle Street. 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