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AN 

ESSAY 

TOWARDS   A 

TOPOGRAPHICAL  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

COUNTY  OF~NORFOLK, 

CONTAINING    A 

DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  TOWNS,  VILLAGES, 
AND  HAMLETS, 

WITH     THE    FOUNDATIONS     OF 

MONASTERIES,    CHURCHES,    CHAPELS,    CHANTRIES,    AND 
OTHER  RELIGIOUS  BUILDINGS: 

ALSO  AN    ACCOUNT    OF 

The  Ancient  and  Present  State  of  all  the  Rectories,  Vicarages,  Donatives,  and 
Impropriations,  their  Former  and  Present  Patrons  and  Incumbents,  with  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; 

TOGETHER    WITH    THE 

Epitaphs,  Inscriptions,  and  Arms  in  all  the  Parish  Churches,  and  Chapels ;  with 

several  Draughts  of  Churches,  Monuments,  Arms,  Ancient  Ruins,  and  other 

RELICKS  OF  ANTIQUITY. 

COLLECTED   OUT    OF 

LEDGER-BOOKS.REGISTERS,  RECORDS,  EVIDENCES,  DEEDS,  COURT-ROLLS, 
AND  OTHER  AUTHENTICK  MEMORIALS. 


BY   FRANCIS    BLOMEFIELD, 

RECTOR  OF  FERSFIELD  IN  NORFOLK. 
Nos  patriae  fines,  et  dulcia  scripsimus  arva.        Vine. 

VOLUME  V. 
LONDON: 

PRINTED   FOR  WILLIAM  MILLER,   ALBEMARLE-STREET, 
BY   W.   BULMER  AND  CO.  CLEVELAND-ROW,  ST.  JAMES'S, 

180(5. 


THE 


HUNDRED  OF  HUMBLE-YARD. 


Humiltart,  Humilyerd,  now  Humble-yard  hundred,  takes  its  name 
from  a  valley  in  the  parish  pf  Swerdesfon,  where  the  hundred  court 
was  anciently  kept,  which  in  evidences  still  retains  the  name  of  Hvm- 
ble-yerd,  the  low  yard  or  court:  it  makes  up  exactly  the  whole 
deanery  called  by  the  same  name,  and  paid  to  the  ancient  task  or 
tenths  oil.  Is.  clear.  It  is  bounded  on  the  east  with  the  hundred  of 
Henstede,  on  the  north  with  the  county  of  the  city  of  Norwich;  on  the 
west  with  the  hundred  of  Forehoe,  and  on  the  south  with  the  hundred 
ofDepwade:  there  is  no  town  in  it  which  holds  a  weekly  market  at 
this  time,  it  being  so  near  the  city  of  Norwich,  that  hath  totally  swal- 
lowed up  all  profits  that  could  accrue  to  any  village  in  so  small  a  dis- 
tance. The  fee  of  this  hundred  was  in  the  Crown,  upon  Earl  Ralph's 
forfeiture  in  the  Conqueror's  time,  before  which  it  belonged  to  the 
manor  of  Hethersete.  In  Henry  the  Third's  time  it  was  worth  12/. 
per  annum,  when  it  was  farmed  by  William  de  St.  Omer.  In  Edward 
the  First's  time  Nic.  de  Castello  or  Castle  farmed  it,  and  Edward  III. 
conveyed  it  in  exchange  to  John  de  Clavering  and  his  heirs;  but  it 
afterwards  reverted  and  continued  in  the  Crown  till  James  I.  granted 
it  to  Sir  Charles  Cornzmleis,  Knt.  to  be  held  at  the  rent  of  ll.  6s.  id. 
ob.  q.  during  the  lives  of  Charles  Cornwa/eis,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  Sir 
William  Cornwaleis,  Knt.  Tho.  Cornwaleis,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  the  said 
Charles,  and  Thomas  Cornwaleis,  son. of  the  said  Sir  William. 

HUMBLE-YARD  DEANERY 

Is  in  the  archdeaconry  of  Norfolk,  and  at  the  time  of  the  2Vo;;- 
zeich  taxation  had  23  parishes  in  it,  and  the  annual  profit  to  its  rural 
dean  was  taxed  at  26s.  8d.  The  following  deans  were  all  collated  by 
the  several  Bishops  of  the  see. 

1256,  John  Ordermer.  s  r\  rrr»o  *  r> 

1312,  John  de  Chetestan.  loOU^ii) 

1320,  Ric.  Umfrey. 

1333,  Roger  de  Ayremine. 

1337,  John  de  North  Ki/lesey ;  he  resigned  ihe  same  year  to 

Rich.  leGrage  of  Barew,  who  died  in  1341,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Ric.  de  Normandeby,  who  resigned  the  next  year  to 
John  Backworth. 
vol.  v.  B 


2  COLNEYE. 

1349,  Robert  de  Hardeshull,  succeeded  by 

Tho.  de  Thorn/mm  the  same  year,  and  lie  in 

1350,  by  Walter  de  Newhawe  of  Baketon,  inceptor  in  arts. 
1360,  John  de  Methelwold,  shaveling. 

1388,  Robert  de  Uedersete,  clerk. 

1389,  John  Brereleye. 

1390,  Walter  Cntet  of  Brockford. 
1395,  Will.  Estryk. 

1419,  Nic.  Frenge,  he  resigned  in  1421,  for  Waynford  deanerv  in 
Suffolk,  to 

Robert  Lambe,  who  resigned  this  for  Thingo  deaneri/  in  Suffolk; 
and  in  1447,  this  deanery  was  perpetually  united  to  that  of  Depwude, 
and 

RalfSomerby  was  collated  to  both  as  one  deanery,  and  ever  after 
it  attended  that  deanery. 


COLNEYE 


Lies  at  the  northern  extremity  of  this  hundred;  it  was  taxed  at 
]/.  12s.  but  had  a  deduction  of  12s.  a  year,  on  account  of  the  revenues 
of  the  religious  here.  The  rectory  is  valued  in  the  King's  Books  at 
61.  13s.  4d.  and  being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  41/.  lis.  8rf. 
it  is  discharged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmenta- 
tion. The  situation  answers  its  name,  it  being  a  hill-islaiid.  The 
church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Andrew  the  Apostle,  to  whose  honour  there 
was  a  gild  held  here,  and  another  of  the  Holy  Cross;  the  image  of 
which  Saint  stood  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar,  and  was  new  painted 
in  1502.  In  the  Lincoln  taxation,  the  rectory  was  valued  at  5/.  and 
the  rector  bad  a  house  and  52  acres  of  glebe;  but  in  the  present  Werner, 
there  is  a  house  and  only  36  acres.  It  paid  Is.  8d.  synodals,  6s.  8d. 
procurations,  Qd.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  carvage. 

The  chuech  consists  of  a  nave  only,  which  is  17  yards  long,  and 
7  broad ;  the  chancel  is  10  yards  long  and  7  broad ;  it  hath  a  round 
steeple  tiled  at  top,  in  which  are  two  bells.  On  the  south  wall  of  the 
nave  is  a  small  memorial  for  Richard  Browne,  Gent,  who  died  Oct.  20, 
1674,  aged  58,  with  the  arms  of 

Brown  e  of  Diss  in  Norfolk,  per  chevron  O.  and  B.  in  chief  three 

estoils  of  the  second,  in  base  a  wyvern  arg. 

On  the  north  side  is  an  altar  tomb  of  wood,  with  Yaxley's  arms,  and 
this  inscription, 

Here  lyeth  buried  the  body  of  Henry  Yaxlee  Esq;  who 
died  in  the  Faith  of  God's  true  elect  Catholick  Church,  not  trust- 
jng  in  the  Merits  of  any,  but  the  alone  Saviour  and  Redeemer 
Jesus  Christ,  and  his  Death  and  Passion.     He  died  March  0", 


COLNEYE.  s 

1650.  They  that  know  thy  Name  will  put  their  Trust  in  thee, 
for  thou  never  forsakest  them  that  seek  thee,  Psalm  9,  10.  This 
is  Life  eternal  to  know  thee,  the  only  true  God,  and  Jesus  Christ 
whom  thou  hast  sent,  Joh.  17,3. 

Tota  Sapientis  est  Meditatio  Mortis. 

The  same  monument  also  shows,  that  John  Tomson,  Gent,  died 
March  17,1575.  Will.  Yaxlee  of  Boston,  Gent.  1625,  and  Raphe 
Yaxlee,  6th  son  of  Henry  aforesaid,  ]  636. 

There  is  a  brass  for  Robert  Pitcher  May  1,  1641, 

RECTORS. 

1302,  Henry  de  Norwich. 

1303,  Hugh  de  Creyk. 

1304,  Henry  de  Norwich  aforesaid,  he  was  son  of  John  de  Norwich, 
all  these  were  presented  by  Sir  John  de  Malherbe,  Knt. 

1337,  Witl.de  Estou.     Ric.  de  Melton. 

1338,  Francis  de  Wesenham.     Ric.  de  Buadenham. 

1351,  Will.  Pope  of  Witton,  buried  in  the  church  in  1400,  being 
succeeded  by 

Will,  de  Fomham,  at  the  presentation  of  Ric.  de  Melton. 
1418,  Will.  Norwich.     John  de  Melton  of  Colney. 
1436,  John  Norwich. 

John  Broun  of  Colney;  he  was  succeeded  by 
John  Dreru,  who  resigned  in  1441,  and 
John  Josse  was  presented  by  Tho.  Blak,  who  had  this  turn  in 
right  of  Brozen's  manor  in  Colney. 

1455,  Sir  Tho.  Bettys  was  presented  by  John  Melton  of  Colney ; 
he  lies  buried  in  the  chancel,  with  this  on  a  brass  plate  over  him, 

<©toan  the  2?el(e  p£  ^ofemplpe  rotonne, 
anb  the  JEegge  tojith  ©euos'pon  £onge, 
3nb  the  JEtcte  mcrptji  fjcte, 
<§one  £hatl  &crc  arijoma.fi  25cttn£  be  forgete. 
€>n  tohos'e  .£>otofe  <jBoo  fiatoe  jttcrcp,  amen. 
<©ui  ofaitt  t)°  Die  apn(i£  3°.  ©ni.  jEtcceclrjrjri. 

1481,  Henry  Alycock.  Robert  Melton  this  turn.  He  was  also 
buried  in  the  chancel,  with  this  on  a  brass  plate, 

<0ratcpro  anima  ^enrici  attftofi,  quondam  tfcctort£  igtmg  Cede 
£te,  qui  obnt  tit'  otc  Sept.  a.  ©ni.  M°  ME.  if. 
1502,  John  A/eyn.     John  Yak  esley,  Serjeant  at  law. 
1511,  Aug.  Thurkeld  or  Thyrkyll.  Eliz.  Yakesley,  widow;  he  re- 
signed in  1533,  and  she  presented 

Rich.  Whetelay,  who  held  it  united  to  Erlham. 
Christopher  J oye  succeeded  him,  at  whose  death  in 
1567,  James  Warcupp  was  presented,  by  the  assignee  of  William 
Yaxley,  Esq.  on  whose  death  in 

1592,  George  Vowell  was  presented  by  the  Queen,  as  guardian  to 
Henry  Ynxley. 

1600,  William  Johnson,  he  returned  60  communicants  here.  Chris. 
Knolls,  Gent,  in  rightof  Henry  Yaxley  of  Bowthorp,  the  true  patron. 


COLNEYE. 

Yaxley  and  Edward  I'Valgrave ;  he  was  deprived  in  lrjlG,  and  the 
King  gave  it  to 

Edw.  Tiddeswell,  at  whose  death  in 

1647,  Alex.  Burnet  was  presented  by  Mary  Ward,  widow;  he 
lived  till  1670,  and  then 

Sam.  Harding  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Ric.  Browne  ofColneu. 

1694,  Rob.  Harsnett.  Jeremiah  Norris,  Esq.;  but  in  lt>98,  he 
was  obliged  to  be  re-presented  by  the  King,  as  to  a  lapsed  rectory. 

1701,2 ho.  Clayton,  official  to  the  Archdedcon  of  Norwich,  and 
rector  of  St.  Miles  at  Plea  in  that  city,  was  presented  by  Teresa 
Norris,  widow  ;  at  whose  death  in 

1743,  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Brooks,  who  holds  it  united  to  the  rectory 
of  St.  Augustine  in  Norwich,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  67,  76,  12b,  477,  570,)  was 
presented  by  Francis  Loggin,  Gent. 

The  whole  town  belonged  to  Earl  Rulf  before  his  forfeiture,  after 
which  it  was  divided  into  two  parts  or  manors,  distinguished  by  the 
names  of  H  est-hall  and  East-hall. 

THE  MANOR  OF  WEST-HALL 

Was  the  capital  one,  and  to  that  the  advowson  was  many  years  ap- 
pendant ;  it  was  given  to  Godric  the  sewer,  of  whom  Walter  held  it  at 
the  time  of  the  Conquest,  who  purchased  and  added  to  it,  part  of  the 
other  manor,  which  then  belonged  to  Roger  Bigot;  at  the  Confessor's 
survey,  this  part  was  worth  30s.  and  at  the  Conqueror's  40s.,-  the 
whole  town  was  then  a  mile  long,  and  as  much  broad,  and  paid  to 
the  geld  or  tax  8d.  farthing.1  It  after  came  to  the  Tateshales,  and  in 
1201, 

Sir  Rob.  de  Tateshale  had  it  conveyed  to  him  by  Gilbert  son  of 
Hervu,  together  with  IVitton  in  Norfolk;1-  and  soon  after  it  was  sold  to 
the  Mathe rbes.     In  1239, 

William  Malherbe  was  lord  and  patron;3  and  this  year  he  had 
a  warm  contest  with  Rulf  de  Cringleford,  concerning  liberty  of  com- 
monage for  his  tenants  oiColney,  with  the  tenants  of  the  said  Rulf,  on 
a  common  called  Sunchmoodhowe;  and  it  went  so  far,  that  a  duel  was 
adjudged,  and  at  the  time,  they  both  appeared  armed  in  court;  but 
then  the  judges  decreed,  that  they  should  be  inter-commoners,  and 
that  each  should  have  the  several  services  of  their  villeins  and  tenants, 
with  prohibition  that  the  lord  of  Cringleford  should  not  plough, grub  up, 
or  any  way  alter  the  common  from  what  it  heretofore  was.     In  1302, 

Sir  Ralfde  Malherbe,  Knt.  owned  it,  who  in  1291,  had  sold  a  fourth 
part  of  it  to 

Elizabeth  de  Co/net/.  This  manor  was  held  of  Rob.  de  Tateshall, 
■who  had  and  held  it  of  Rob.  Filz.  Roger,  at  one  fee,  for  which  reason 
it  was  ever  after  held  of  the  honour  of  Horseford.     In  1309, 

•Sub   tit.    terre    Godrici     Dapiferi.  turn,  et  tenet  dim.  acr.  terre  q.  mercatus 

hundr.  de  Humiliart.     Donis.  fo.  168.  est,  post   quam  Radulfus    torisfecit,  de 

In  Ccleneia  tenuit  Walterus  xviii.  li-  terra    Rogeri   Bigoti    tunc    valuit    xxx. 

beri  homines  commendat.  tantumet  xxx.  sol.    modu  xl.  et    habet    via.    quar.  in 

acr.  i.  car.  terre   et   dim.  et   ii    bord.  longo,  et    viii.  in   lato,   et   viiid.  et  i. 

tunc  v.  tar.  modo  iiii.  et  vii.  acr.  prati,  feeding  de  Gelto. 

et  i    mol.  et  i.    lib.   hom.  sub  anteces-  *  Fines  divers,  com.  3  Joh.  N°  24. 

sore  Rogeri  Bigot,  commendation:    tan-  3  Fines  Norf.  lig.  a.  Is9-.  1.  24  H.  > 


COLNEYE.  5 

Sir  Ralf  Malherbe  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  settled  it  with  the  advow- 
son,  on 

He'ry  son  of  John  de  Norwich,  rector  here,  and  Roger  son 
of  Gilbert  Bourne,  in  trust  for  them  for  their  lives,  and  then  to 

Gilbert  Malherbe, remainder  to  Roger  in  tail:  it  had  then,  a 
manor-house,  mill,  240  acres  of  land,  12  acres  of  meadow,  and  14  of 
pasture  in  demean;  the  quitrents  were  35s.  and  Q  quarters  of  oats,  and 
it  extended  into  Hetherset,  Melton,  and  Cringleford.     In  1326, 

Thu.  de  Brockdisii,  and  Robert  de  Welholme  had  it;  and 
now  it  seems  that  the  4th  part  of  it,  which  had  been  sold  to  Eliz.  de 
Co/neye,  was  purchased  by 

Sir  Rob  de  la  Rokele,  lord  here,  whose  son  Robert*  in  1331, 
conveyed  the  4th  part  and  the  advowson,  to 

Rich.de  Melton,  citizen  ok' Norwich,  and  Maud  his  wife.  In 
1345, 

Jeffry  de  Snoring  had  the  remaining  three  parts;  and  in  1346, 

John  Braham,  Esq.  and  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
John  Tendringoi'  Brockdisii,  and  Ceci/ia  wife  of  Rob.  Ashjieldoi  Stow- 
Langetot,  another  daughter  and  co-heiress,  settled  it  on 

William  de  Norwich, junior,  and  his  heirs;  and  in  1370,  WiU 
Ham  Whet  and  other  feoffees',  sold  it  to  Catherine  widow  of  Sir  PVilliam 
Capele,  Knt.  and  Sir  Edmund  their  son;  and  in  1401, 

Will.  Rees  owned  it,  soon  after  which  it  was  joined  to 

THE  MANOR  OF  EAST-HALL, 

Which  was  forfeited  by  Earl  Ralph,  and  afterwards  given  to  Roger 
Bigot,  of  who-e  gift  Waregerius  held  it  in  the  Conqueror's  time,  when 
it  was  worth  30s.  per  annum.5  In  the  Confessor's  time  it  was  of  20s. 
value  only,  and  Stigand  was  the  then  lord.  The  successour  of  this 
Waregerius  assumed  the  name  of  Colney  from  this  village,  and 

Sir  Ralf  de  Colney,  Knt.  waslord  herein  1260.     In  1291, 

Sir  William  de  Colney,  his  son,  had  it,  and  held  it  at  a  quarter 
of  a  fee  of  the  Earl-marshal,  who  held  it  in  chief  of  the  King,  as  did 

Jeffery  de  Colney  after  him  ;  and  in  1306, 

Ric.  de  Colney;  in  1310,  Sir 

William  de  Colney  and  Eliz.  his  wife  settled  it  in  trust  on  John 
de  Whinbergh,  who  was  to  hold  it  for  their  use  during  their  lives,  re- 
mainder lo  Jeffery,  Ralf,  John,  and  Roger,  their  sons,  in  tail :  it  con- 
tained then  three  messuages,  one  mill,  200  acres  of  land,  10  acres  of 
meadow,  and  32s.  annual  rent  in  Colney,  Carleton,  Parva-Melton, 
Eriham,  and  Merkeshall,  and  was  held  of  the  honour  of  Forncet. 

In  1346  Laurence,  eldest  son  of  Jeffery,  eldest  son  of  Sir  William 
de  Colney,  owned  it,  and  sold  it  the  same  year  to  Will.  Blomvyle,  Ri- 
chard Hakuu,  Hugh,  parson  of  Melton  All-Saints,  and  Edmund  de 
Lesingham,  feoffees  in  trust  for  the  said  William,  Hugh  Curson,  and 
John  de  Wtlholm;  in  1377,  William  Pope,  rector  here,  Richard  Carter, 

*  He  sealed  with  lozenge  er.  and  gul.  tenet  Waregerius   semper  ii.  vill.  et  ix. 

inabordure  eleven  escalops.     Crest  a  Iiberi  homines  sub  eo  commend,  tantum 

martlet.  xxiiii.  acr.  tunc  iii.  car.  post  iii.  car.  et 

s  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  H.  de  Humi-  dim.  M°.  i.  car.  et  ii.   boves,  et  vi.  acr. 

liart.  Dums.  fo.  138.  prati.  et  i.  mol,  tunc  valuit.xx.  sol.  m° 

In   Colenen    i.    liber   homo   Stigandi  xxx. 
commend,   tantum  i.  car.  terre,  quern 


6  COLNEYE. 

Nic.  atte  Launch  and  Anne  his  wife,  settled  it  on  Rob.  atte  Laundc 
for  life;  remainder  to  Nic.  and  Anne,  and  their  heirs ;  which  Nicholas 
enjoyed  it  in  1401;  and  in  1432,  Anne  Launde  had  it  for  life,  rever- 
sion to  JoJin  Browne  andhls  heirs,  it  being  purchased  by  him  in  1401. 
In  1451,  Nic.  Browne  died  seized  in  fee  tail  of  Browne's  manor  in 
Colney,  with  the  moiety  of  the  advowson,  which  by  purchase  had  been 
added  to  it,  and  Nic.  Dunston  otNorwich  was  found  his  next  heir;  in 
1480,  Rob.  Bumpstede  of  Willingham  St.  Mary  in  Suffolk  was  buried 
in  the  chancel  of  St.  Marys  church  of  Soterley  in  Suffolk  at  the  en- 
trance of  it,  and  made  John  his  eldest  son,  and  Rob.  Bumpstede, 
chaplain,  his  son,  executors  ;  and  gave  his  manor  in  Willingham,  to 
Marion  his  wife,  and  his  manor  of  Colneye  to  his  son  Peter,  if  it  could 
be  recovered  out  of  the  King's  hands,  there  being  then  a  contest  about 
it,  between  him  and  the  heirs  of  Browne;  about  1490,  John  Mellon 
had  it,  and  in  1497,  settled  it  by  fine  on 

John  Yaxley  and  his  heirs;  in  which  family  it  continued  (as  the 
presentations  show)  till  the  late  troublesome  times,  when  one  of  the 
Yax/eys  being  a  papist,  settled  this  and  Bowthorp,  (see  Bowthorp,  vol. 
ii.  p.  387,)  and  a  considerable  estate  in  Yorkshire,  on  his  kinsman, 
Rich.  Browne  of  Colney,  whose  son,  Henry  Browne,  sold  it  to  Mr. 
Hunt  of  Loudon,  who  sold  it  to  Mr.  Jeremiah  Norris,  from  which  time 
it  hath  continued  in  that  family.  The  Spelmans,  Dethicks,  and  Hal- 
graves,  were  concerned  as  trustees  for  this  manor,  in  many  settlements 
of  it,  made  by  the  Yaxleys. 

Jeremiah  Norris  of  Norwich,  Gent,  is  the  present  lord. 

THE  MANOR  OF  MELTON'S 

Took  its  rise  from  the  4th  part  of  Westhall,  which  was  sold  as  aforesaid 
in  1331,  to  Rich,  de  Melton,  who  presented  in  1337,  and  Richard  de 
Bradenham,  his  trustee,  in  1338;  it  afterwards  belonged  to  Thomas 
de  Bumpstede,  whose  trustees, William,  rector  oi'Co/neye,  Ric.  de  Bite- 
ting,  John  de  Plumstede,  and  others,  settled  it  on  Rob.  de  Bumpstede? 
who  presented  in  1351 ;  it  having  been  settled  in  1348,  by  Thomas  the 
son,  on  Rob.  de  Bumpstede,  the  father,  and  Cici/y  his  wife,  Philip  son 
of  Edmund  Browne,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  their  heirs.  In  1399, 
Nic.  son  of  John  Corpsty,  and  John  son  of  Philip  Browne,  released  it 
to  Ric.  de  Melton;  and  his  trustees,  Sir  Miles  and  Sir  Brian  Stapleton, 
Knts.  Thomas  Bose,  parson  of  Wramplingham,  Rob.  Serjeant  of  the 
same,  and  John  Lingwood  of  Norwich,  settled  it  on  John,  son  and  heir 
of  Richard  de  Melton,  who  presented  in  1418,  and  1455,  and  Rob. 
Melton  his  son  in  1481  ;  and  in  1497,  John  Me/ton  sold  it  with  the 
manor  of  East-hall  to  John  Yaxley;  from  which  lime  it  hath  been 
joined  to  that  manor. 

There  was  a  freeman  and  30  acres  of  ground,  &c.  held  by  Rob.  de 
Vals(l  allibus  or  I  aux,)  of  Will,  de  Sc holes,  and  after  by  Roger  de 
Ebrois,  at  the  Conqueror's  survey  ;7  part  of  which  was  afterwards  set- 
tled in  1  190,  by  Roger  Picot,  on  Dcodate,  prior  of  St.  Faith  at  Hors- 
ham, and  the  convent  there,  which  in  1428,  paid  2s.  to  the  taske. 

6  He  sealed  with  arg.  on  a  bend  in.  InCo  lenei a  tenet  Robertas  dc  Vals. 
grailed  gul.  three  mullets  of  the  field.  i.  liber  homo,  xxx.  acr.  terre  modo  te- 

7  Terra  Willi,  de  bCHOiES,  ('e  Es-  net  Rog.  de  Ebrois  iiii.  acr.  prati,  tunc 
cois,  or  the  Scot,)  hund  deHuMiLiAKT.  i.  car.  modu  dim.  et  tercia  pars  niol.  et 
Doms.  fo.  110.  val.  xv.  sol. 


[7J 


LITTLE-MELTON. 

1  he  church  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  and  hath  a  square  tower 
and  three  bells  joined  to  its  west  end  ;  the  chancel  and  nave  are 
thatched,  the  south  porch  tiled,  and  a  south  isle  and  north  chapel 
leaded,  which  is  dedicated  to  our  Lady,  and  had  a  gild  held  in  it  ta 
her  honour,  and  another  in  honour  of  the  Baptist.  In  the  chancel  on 
a  monument  against  the  north  wall, 

Skottowe,  per  fess  or  and  az.  a  mullet  of  six  points  counter- 
changed,  impaling 

Le  Gros,  quarterly  ar.  and  az.  on  a  bend  sab.  threee  martlets  or. 
To  the  Memory  of  Richard  Skottowe  Gent,  (who  died  the 
22May  \6d6.)  Bridget  his  Wife  (one  ofthe  Daughters  of  Sir  Char, 
le  Gros  of  Crostwicke  in  the  County  of  Norf.  Knt.)  erected  this 
Monument;  by  whome  he  had  twoe  Daughters,  Franc,  whoe 
died  the  5  of  April  1655,  and  Eliz.  the  5  of  June  1656. 

Scottowe  impales  Weli.s,  or,  a  chevron  gul.  between  three 
mullets  az.  Crest,  a  hand  and  arm  erect,  holding  a  mullet  of 
eight  points. 

Augustine  Scottowe  Gent.  Mar.  13,  1683,  Susannah  his 
beloved  Wife,  Heiress  of  Rob.  Wells  Esq;  of  Rougham  in  Suff. 
'     28  Jan.  l6'81,  Augustine  their  Son  Jan.  31,  the  same  year. 

Skottowe  impales  Coulson  or  Colston,  or,  two  barbels 
hauriantsaZ).  respecting  each  other. 

Elizabeth  Wife  of  Thomas  Scottowe  Gent,  and  Heiress 
of  Chris.  Coulson  Esq;  of  Great  Ayton  in  Yorkshire,  Aug.  31, 
1718.  Jane  their  Daughter  Oct.  20,  1 699.  aged  two  Months. 
Christopher  their  Son  July  23,  1702,  aged  5  Months.  This  on  a 
black  marble. 

Repositorium  Francescae  Skottowe,  Richardi  et  Brigettse  FilL- 
olae,  A  prilis  5,Q  ^Etatis  S"\  1655. 

Just  thre  Yeares  old,  &  Aprill  be  her  Date, 

The  Month  bespeaks  our  Tares,  her  Yeares,  her  Fate. 

Dormitorium  Elisabethee  Skottowe  filiolae  Richardi  Skottowe 
Gener.  et  Brigettse  Uxoris  Unicae,  obijt  Junij  5'°  JEt.  3°.  A.  D, 
1656. 

Stay ;  shee'll  awake  e're  long,  then  cease  to  weepe, 

The  Damosell  is  not  dead,  but  shoe's  asleepe, 

She  (like  her  Sister)  did  but  take  a  taste 

Of  Moital  Life,  then  breathed  it  out  in  haste ; 

Soe  twoe  at  three  Yeares  old  interred  be, 

In  Expectation  of  the  One  in  Three. 

Sic  (a  death's  head  is  placed  here)  T&. 


B  LITTLE-MELTON. 

RepositumThomae,  Filioli  Johannis  Brandon  hujus  Eccle- 
siae  Vicarij,  ab  Anna  Uxore  sua,  qui  Menses  natus  duos,  objt28 
die  Decern.  Anno  Salutis  1710. 

A  mural  monument  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel,  hath  the  arms 
of  Johnson,  and  this, 

Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Thomas  Johnson  Gent.  Son  and 
Heir  of  Mr.  Rob.  Johnson,  who  died  June  7,  1714.  And  also  of 
Mrs.  Mary  Johnson,  the  eldest  Daughter  of  Mr.  Rob.  Johnson, 
who  died  Aug.  29,  1716,  both  single  persons,  brought  up  in  the 
sound  Principles  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  of  true  loyalty 
to  their  Sovereign.  This  Monument  was  erected  at  the  Charge 
of  Mrs.  Mary  Johnson  their  surviving  Sister,  A.  D.  1718. 

In  the  nave  on  a  brass  plate  by  the  desk, 

Here  under  lieth  the  Body  of  Dorothie  the  Wife  of  Edmund 
Anguish,  and  Daughter  to  Robert  Marsham  Gent.  And 
also  the  Body  of  Rob.  Anguish  her  Sonne,  which  said  Robert  An- 
guish deceased  the2  Day  of  June  1664,  and  the  said  Dorothy  the 
19  of  the  same  Month  following. 

Mors  ultima  Lima  Rerum. 

Anguish,  gul,  acinquefoil  pierced  or,  with  a  label  of  five  impal- 
ing Marsham. 

Johnson,  gul.  on  a  saltier  org.  5  fer-du-molins  of  the  field. 
Crest,  an  eagle's  head  erased,  parted  per  pale  embattled  A.  G. 

Robert  Johnson  Gent.  Sept.  17,  1680.  A  steady  Church- 
man, a  Loyal  Subject,  a  loving  Husband,  an  indulgent  Father, 
and  a  hearty  Friend.  Mrs.  Mary  Johnson  his  Wife  June  13, 
1704,  the  most  obliging  of  Wives,  the  tenderest  of  Mothers  Our 
Flesh  shall  rest  in  hope,  Ps.  16,  9. 

Rob.  Buck  Aug.  18,  1727,  £et.  65.     Tho.  Rackham  aged  45. 

In  1501,  Thomas  Batchcroft,  lord  of  this  town,  was  buried  in 
our  Lady's  chapel,  and  in  1558,  Rob.  Allen,  Gent,  was  buried  in  the 
church.  In  the  north  window  of  this  chapel  is  a  shield,  on  which,  S. 
a  chevron  er.  between  three  lions  rampant  arg.  and  in  the  south  isle 
window,  arg.  a  chief  gul.  over  all  a  bendlet  az.  Cromwell. 

This  advowson  was  given  in  1 121,  by  Ralfde  Monte  Caniso  or  Mont- 
chemy,  and  was  confirmed  by  f  Valine  de  Montchensy,  his  nephew,8  to 
Gilbert,  prior  of  Ixworth  in  Suffolk,  and  the  convent  there,  to  which 
it  was  appropriated  by  Pope  Honorius  II.  The  rectory-house,  and  24 
acres  of  glebe,  and  the  great  tithes  were  assigned  to  the  convent,  who 
presented  the  vicars  till  its  dissolution;  it  was  first  taxed  at  10,  and 
afterwards  at  12  marks;  the  vicar  had  a  house  and  12  acres  of  land, 
and  all  the  small  tithes;  the  vicarage  was  valued  at  4  marks  and  an 
half,  but  was  not  taxed;  afterwards,  the  rectory  and  all  that  belonged 
to  it,  was  granted  to  the  vicar  and  his  successours,  paying  the  prior  a 

8  See  vol.  i.  p.  185. 


LITTLE-MELTON.  g 

perpetual  pension  of  46s.  8d.  a  year.9  The  present  terrier  of  the  par- 
sonage and  vicarage,  hath  no  house,  but  about  S3  acres  of  land,  in 
1538,  King  Henry  VIII  granted  it  to  Richard  Codington  of  Codington 
in  Surrey,  (now  Nonesuch,)  in  exchange  for  the  manor  of  Codington. 
along  with  the  manor  of  lxworth,  &c.  and  he  with  other  trustees  in 
1554,  sold  it  to  Francis  Chamberlain  of  Great-Melton,  who  in  I56l 
held  it  in  capite  with  the  glebes  and  tithes  thereto  belonging,  till  by 
deed  dated  May  8,  1577,  he  conveyed  them  to  Emmanuel  college  in 
Cambridge,'  which  hath  presented  to  the  vicarage  ever  since. 

It  is  valued  at  5l.  6s.  8d.  in  the  King's  Books,  pays  no  first  fruits; 
synodals  2s.;  procurations  6s.  Sd.  The  Prior  of  Wimondhams  tempo- 
rals here  were  valued  at  lis. per  annum. 

VICARS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  CONVENT. 

1275,  r  William. 
1301,  Will.  deWlpet. 

Will  de  lxworth. 
1316,  Walter  deEwston,  who  in  1322,  exchanged  it  for  lxworth 
chantry  with 

Will,  le  Bailiff  of  Norton. 
3323,  A Ian,  son   of  Stephen  de  Lavenham.     In  1349,  during  the 
great  plague,  three  vicars  were  instituted. 
Tho.  Cosse,  Walter  Bate,  and  John  Gilbert. 
1371,  Simon  de  Horningtoft. 
1375,  Gilbert  de  Helhersete. 

1388,  John  Fowler,  who  in  1395,  changed  this  for  Netlested  with 
Henry  Stork,  who  resigned  to 
John  Arteys. 
1401,  Ric.  Manger. 
.     1410,  Sir  Robert  Bernak. 

14 19,  John  Josse,  who  resigned  in 
1426,  to  Tho.  Drawswerd,  and  he  in 

1430,  to  John  de  Aylesham,  who  was  buried  here  in  1457,  and  Jossc 
succeeded  again,  and  was  buried  here  in  1501,  and  in 
1502,  Will.  Godred  succeeded,  and  after  him 

Thurstan  Browne,  who  was  the  last  presented  by  the  convent. 
In  1554,  he  was  deprived,  and  Richard  Coddington,  Esq.  presented 
Tho.  Hewe,  who  was  also  deprived  in  1555,  and 
Walter  Sparry  was  instituted  ;  he  died  the  same  year,  and 
Ric.  Wheatly  was  collated  by  the  Bishop. 
1 562,  Edw.  Reed.  Fran.  Chamberlain,  Esq. 
1587,  Rob.  House;  he  held  it  with  Baburgh,  and  in  1603,  returned 
answer,  that  in  his  two  vicarages  there  were  158  communicants,  that 
the  valuation  of  the  rectory  and  vicarage  of  Melton  together,  is  in  the 

9  Acta   Consistorij    Norw.    io   Sept.  wood,   herbage,  calves,  &c.   due  to  the 

I5J4.     Depos.  1598,  fo.  156,  b.    Depos.  vicar.     Personal  Answers. 

a.  60,  1555.     Personal  answers   about  «  E  cartis  penes  Magrm.  et  Scolares 

tithe  corn,  &c.  somepaid  two  sheaves  to  Coll.  Eman.  Cantbr. 

Great  Melton,  and  one  to  this  Melton.  *  Sir   Rowland  the  priest  was   rector 

Depcsitiones    1507,    fo.     157.       Tithe  here,  sans  date. 

VOL.  v.  C 


10  LITTLE-MELTON. 

last  valuation  5l.  6s.  Sd  and  that  the  first  valuation  of  the  vicarage 
alone,  was  f>3s.  4d. 

The  following  vicars  were  all  presented  by  the  masters  and  scholars 
of  Emmanuel  college  in  Cambridge. 

1608,  Alex.  Wixted. 

\6\\,John  Fawether. 

16 12,  Will.  Merrick. 

1613,  Tho.  Robinson. 
1618,  Ric.  Youngs. 
1640,  Tho.  Bulbek. 

Gawen  Nash,  one  of  the  minor  canons,  deprived  for  not  taking 
the  oaths  to  King  William  III. 

1691,  John  Brandon,  united  to  Wramplingham. 

1743,  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Freeman,  on  Brandon's  death,  united 
to  Rackhithe,  the  present  vicar. 

This  town  belonged  to  Edwin  in  the  Conqueror's  time,  who  settled 
it  at  his  death  on  the  abbey  of  St.  Bennet  at  Holm  in  Ludham  in 
Norfolk;  it  was  then  worth  40s.  afterwards  60s.  and  at  the  Conqueror's 
survey  4l.  and  was  then  held  by  Godric  the  Sewer,  after  Earl  Ralfs 
forfeiture.  There  was  also  another  manor  here,  and  in  Great  Melton, 
held  by  one  of  the  Confessor's  thanes,  which  Godric  also  had ;  Little- 
Melton  was  one  mile  and  an  half  long,  and  1  mile  and  1  furlong  broad, 
and  paid  8d.  q.  to  the  geld.*  Ingreda,  wife  to  Edwin,  confirmed  her 
husband's  grant,  but  after  their  deaths,  Half  their  son  agreed  with 
Richer  the  Abbot,  Ralf  the  Prior,  and  the  monks,  that  he  should 
hold  it  for  life,  remainder  to  Letseliue,  his  wife,  for  life,  and  the  heirs 
of  Ralf  for  ever,  if  he  had  any,  if  not,  it  was  to  revert  to  the  convent, 
of  which  it  was  to  be  always  held,  by  a  clear  rent  of  10s.  a  year.  It 
was  called  in  this  deed  Medeltun  the  Less,  or  the  Middle-Town.  King 
Henry  II.  sent  a  precept  to  the  sheriff  of  Noifolk,  that  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Bennet  should  hold  quietly  this  manor,  which  Hubert  de  Mont- 
chensy  had  disseized  him  of,  during  the  war,  and  which  he  had  ac- 
knowleged  before  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  be  of  that  con- 
vent's fee  ;  w  hereupon  it  was  agreed,  that  Hubert  and  his  heirs  should 
hold  the  town  of  the  convent,  paying  a  fee-farm  rent  to  the  Abbot,  of 
10s.  which  is  now  paid  to  Bishop's  manor  of  Heigham,  which  belonged 
to  that  convent.  In  1284,  William,  son  of  Sir  Warine  de  Montchensy, 
had  view  of  frankpledge,  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  free-warren,  &c. 

In  1272,  Reginald  de  Argentein  and  Lora  his  wife  purchased  several 
lands  here;  and  in  1318,  John  son  of  Reginald,  held  one  part  of  the 
manor  at  the  loth  part  of  a  fee,  oiAymer  de  Faience  Earl  oi  Pembroke, 

3  T¥rre    Godrici   Dapiferi.    H.    de  car.  terre  et.  iii.  acr.  semper  iii.  car.  et 

Humiliart.  Doms.  fo.  168.  iii.   acr    prati  et  val.   xx.  sol.     In  his 

ParvamMeletunam  Xena'ixEduuinus  duabus  Meletunis   i.  car,  terre  tenet 

T.  R.  E.  de  Sancto  Benedicto   et  ita  quidam    liber     homo     Teinnus    etiam 

quod  earn  abbati  concesserat  post  mor-  T    R.  E.  pro  manerio  tunc   iii.  vil.  et 

tern  suam.  semper  ii.  car.  terre  et   iii.  i.  car.  in   dnio.  et   dim.  car.  horn,  hoc 

bord.  et  i.   serv.  et  ii.  car.  in  dominio,  tenet  Godricus,  et  tenebat  quando  R. 

iii.  acr.  prati  semper  i.  rune.  etv.  anim.  fecit,  et  est  in  pretio  de  duobus  mane- 

modo  xv.  pore,   et  lxxxx.   oves,   tunc  rijs,  et  parva  Maltuna  habet  x.  quar. 

valuit  lxj.  post  xl.  modo  iiii.  libr.  huic  in    longo,    etv.    in  lato,   et  viii<^.  et  i. 

manerio  adjacent  semper  xii.  liber,  ho-  ferdinc.  de  Gelto. 
mines  contend,  tantumet  soca  falde.dim. 


LITTLE-MELTON.  n 

valued  at  3/.  Is.  and  another  part  of  Holm  abbey,  valued  at  17/.  Qs.Sd. 
and  then  Emmade  Bek and  others  held  a  part  of  Hertford  fee,  valued 
at  20s.  of  all  which  he  died  siezed  ;  as  also  of  Keteiinghamia  Norfolk, 
Haleswovth  in  Suffolk,  Wimondly  Parva  in  Hertfordshire,  and  several 
manors  in  Cambridgeshire,  &c.  John  his  son  and  heir  being  one  year 
old.  In  1381,  Sir  John  de  Argentein,  Knt.  settled  it  on  Sir  William,  his 
son,  and  Isabel  his  wife,  daughter  of  Will,  de  K  erdeston,  Knt.  after  the 
death  of  himself  and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  had  it  in  1383,  the  quit- 
rents  being  10/.  per  annum,  as  also  the  manor  of  Keteringham;  and 
Joan,  wife  of  Bartholomew  deNaunton,  Knt.  andMargaret  their  daugh- 
ter, 40  years  old,  Alice  wife  of  Baldwin  St.  George,  Knt.  and  Baldwin 
their  son,  21  years  old,  and  Maud  wife  of  Ivo  Fitz  Warine,  Knt.  were 
heirs.  In  1445,  Will.  Wymer,  undMaigaret  his  wife,  who  was  daughter 
and  heir  of  John  Toll  of  South-Elmham,  settled  it  on  John  Alyngton, 
junior,  Esq.  and  Mary  his  wife,  remainder  to  Will.  Alyngton,  junior, 
father  ot  the  said  John  and  Eliz.  his  late  wife,  remainder  to  Anne Alyng- 
ton, cousin  of  Elizabeth.  In  1469,  John  Alyngton  and  Mart/  his  wife 
owned  it;  and  in  1534,  Giles  Alyngton  and  Mary  his  wife,  sold  it  to 
Eliz.  Marsham,  widow,  when  itextended  into  a\\  the  Meltons,  Hether- 
set,  Bawburgh,  and  Colney  :  she  was  widow  of  John  Marsham,  mayor 
of  Norzeich,  who  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  St.  John  Maddermarket 
inNorwich,  A°1525,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  290.)  In  1557,  Tho.  Marsham,  alder- 
man of  Norwich,  was  buried  in  St.  John'sMaddermarket,  and  ]eflEliza- 
bethhh  wife,  andRalph  his  brother,  each  a  moiety  of  the  manor;  James 
Marsham,  his  kinsman,  was  executor,  with  Eliz.  his  mother,  Eliz.  his 
wife,  andHamon  Claxtou,  Gent.;  his  sister,  Eliz.  Layer,  had  John,  Tho- 
mas, and  Christopher,  his  nephews.  In  1567,  Ralph  Marsham  ot  Nor- 
wich, grocer,  was  sole  lord  ;  he  married  a  daughter  of  Ha  mon  Claxtou  of 
Livermere  in  Suffolk,  and  left  it  to  Robert  Marsham,  his  son  and  heir, 
who  married  Eliz.  daughter  of  Robert  Downes  of  Bodney  and  Great 
Melton,  who  had  first  EdwardMursham  of  Little  Melton,  lord  in  1612 ; 
who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Edmund  Grey  of  Bun- 
well  in  Norfolk;  second,  John  Marsham  ;  third,  Thomas  Marsham,  al- 
derman of London,  from  whom  descended  SlrRobert  Marsham  of  Win- 
farthing, created  Lord  Rom ney  in  1716,  (seePeerage  vol.  iv.  p.  298.) 
The  manor  was  sold  about  1620,  for  then  it  appears  by  a  particular 
made  for  its  sale,  that  it  was  let  at  125/. per  annum,  and  contained  above 
16  score  acres;  and  the  freehold  rents  belonging  to  it  were  Si.  12s.  2c?. 
per  annum,  most  having  been  manumised  by  the  Marshams.  In  1623 
Tho.  Sayer  and  Will.  Barker  settled  it  on  Laur.  Sotherton,  Gent,  and 
his  heirs.  In  1636,  Augustine  Scottowe,  Gent,  died  siezed  of 
Melton  Parva,  and  left  two  sons,  Richard  his  son  and  heir,  aged  10 
years,  and  Augustine,  aged  two  years.  Richard  Skottoiv  died  in  1656, 
Augustine  Scottowe  in  1683,  and  it  continued  in  this  family  till  Tho- 
mas Scottowe  of  Norzoich,  Gent,  sold  it  to 

Sir  Benjamin  Wrench,  Knt.  M.  D.  of  the  said  city,  who  is  the 
present  lord. 


GREAT-MELTON. 


MELTON-HALL,  HERTFORD'S,  or  HEREFORD'S  MANOR, 

Belonged  very  early  to  Roger  de  Melton  Parva,  and  Muriel  ht3 
wife,  about  1 180,  and  after  to  Roger  his  son,  and  Roger  his  grandson, 
who  sold  to  Master  Vincent  de  Bek,  all  his  lay  fee  and  freehold,  which 
he  and  his  father  held  of  Will,  son  of  Jeffry  of  Great  Me/ton,  in  order 
to  enable  him  to  go  in  pilgrimage  to  the  Holy-Land,  having  settled 
on  Emma  his  wife  the  land  late  Rob.  de  Me/ton's,  his  kinsman,  near 
the  land  of  William  the  parson  of  Little  Melton.  In  1228,  Will,  de 
Bek  held  it  at  half  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  the  heirs  of Montchensy,  who 
held  it  of  Sir  Robert  de  Tateshall,  who  held  it  of  the  honour  of  Pevereil; 
in  1280,  William  de  Hereford  (from  whom  it  took  its  name)  owned  it; 
in  1318,  Emma  de  Bek  had  it;  and  in  1323,  Will,  de  Hertford  held  it 
at  the  8th  part  of  a  fee,  of  the  Earl  of  Pembrook,  and  John  Dameshad 
it  soon  after.  In  1338,  by  the  name  of  Burfield's  manor,  an  8th 
part  of  it  was  settled  on  John  Ski/man  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and 
John  their  son;  and  in  1345,  it  was  found  that  the  heirs  of  Will,  de 
Bek  held  it.  In  1371,  the  feoffees  of  Margaret  widow  of  Ra/fde 
Booking,  released  it  to  John  Dunnung  and  his  heirs;  in  1401,  Thomas 
de  Blickling,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  William  de  Blickling,  and  Julian, 
daughter  of  William  Spunk  of  Norwich,  his  wife,  held  it;  but  he  being 
a  minor,  it  was  in  the  King's  hands;  in  1408,  Rog. Blickling  had  it;  in 
1418,  it  was  sold  by  John  Swa)i  and  Ric.  Mones/e,  to  John  Briston, 
Esq.  Henry  Lesingham,  and  Robert  Harrington  and  Eliz.  his  wife ;  in 
1459,  Robert  Allen,  senior  of  Erlham,  and  Henry  Spelman,  mortgaged 
it  to  Simon  Thornham,  &c.  for  1 10  marks;  and  in  1501,  Tho.  Batche- 
croft  of  Melton  Parva  gave  it  to  Christian  his  wife,  by  will,  for  life, 
and  then  to  be  sold  ;  in"  1574,  Rich.  Ca/le  of  Melton,  Gent,  and  Edith 
his  wife,  and  Tho.  Calk,  Gent,  and  Catherine  his  wife,  sold  it  to  Nt- 
choals  SoTHERTON,junr.  of  Norwich,  Gent,  and  his  heirs,  in  whose 
family  it  afterwards  became  joined  to  Melton-Parva  manor, 


G  R  E  AT-ME  LTON, 

Or  Middle-ton,  had  two  churches  standing  very  near  one  another 
in  the  same  churchyard;  that  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  is 
now  standing,  and  in  use;  it  belonged  to  the  manor  of  Hacon's  or 
Hakun's  in  this  town,  and  when  Norzcich  Domesday  was  made,  Ric. 
Hakun  was  patron  of  it ;  the  rector  had  a  house  and  four  acres  of  land; 
it  was  first  valued  at  9,  and  after  at  12  marks;  it  paid  \3d.  synodals, 
6s.  Sd.  procurations  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk,  \Sd.  Peter-pence, 
and  id.  ob.  carvage.  The  tower  was  built  in  1440.  and  hath  three  bells 
in  it;  the  church  hath  only  one  isle,  which  is  thatched, as  is  the  south 
porch;  the  chancel  is  tiled.  The  rectory  remains  undischarged,  be- 
ing valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  61.  13s.  Ad.  and  so  pays  13s.  4d. 
yearly  tenths,  but  no  first  fruits.     It  paid  to  the  ancient  tenths  3/.  16s. 


GREAT-MELTON.  13 

clear.     It  is  27  yards  long,  and  6  yards  and  an  half  broad.     In  the 
chancel,  on  a  marble,  is  this, 

Here  lieth  interred  the  Body  of  William  Younger,  Master  in 
Arts,  and  Rector  oi  both  these  Parishes,  who  deceased  March  the 
6,  1661,  .Etatis  suae  57, 

Younger  he  was  by  Name,  but  not  in  Grace, 
Elder  than  he,  in  this,  must  give  him  Place. 
His  Faith,  his  Patience,  Charity,  and  Love, 
Argue  his  Soul  to  be  in  Heaven  above. 
Frances  his  Relict  died  Oct.  17,  1665. 
On  another  stone,  Bacon  impales  Bedingfield, 

Eliz.  Infant  Daughter  of  Francis  Bacon  of  Norwich  Esq;  and 

Dorothy  his  Wife,  who  died  at  Nurse  with  Rob.  Titles  of  this 

Town,  was  buried  July  CI,  l66l.     Life  is  even  a  Vapour  that 

appeareth  for  a  little  Time,  then  vanisheth  away,  Lam.  4,  14. 

At  the  lower  end  of  the  nave,  there  is  a  stone  for,  Thomas  Clarke, 

21,  May,  1689,  60,  and  Bridget  his  wife  28  Jan.  1672,  50. 

In  1527,  Rob.  Boleyn,  wax-chandler  of  Noricich,  after  the  death 
of  Alice  his  wife,  gave  a  messuage  and  8  acres  and  3  roods  of  arabie 
land,  and  a  piece  of  meadow  containing  two  acres  and  an  half,  and 
two  acres  of  arable  land  late  Robert  Barker's,  lying  in  the  town  and 
field  of  Great- Melton,  with  the  course  of  a  faldage  of  200  sheep,  to  the 
parish  church  of  our  Lady  of  the  said  town,  to  be  in  the  hands  of  10 
or  12  persons  (feoffees)  dwelling  in  the  said  parish,  to  hold  to  them 
and  their  assignees  for  evermore.  The  church-wardens  for  their  year 
to  receive  the  profits,  out  of  which  6s.  8d.  to  be  yearly  reserved  towards 
discharging  the  parishioners  of  the  King's  taxes.  His  own  and  wife's 
obit  to  be  kept  in  the  church  yearly  on  Whitsunday,  with  placebo,  di- 
rige,  and  )>iass  of  requiem,  and  the  rest  to  repair  the  church.  (Regr. 
Pa/grave, fo.  17.) 

The  Prior  of  Wimondhams  temporals  were  taxed  at  9s.  and  the  Prior 
of  Walsinghams  at  3s.  Sd.  this  was  given  to  that  monastery  by  Master 
Vincent  de  Becco,  or  Bek,  and  issued  out  of  the  lauds  which  he  held  of 
Will.  Fitz  Jeffery,  and  of  Richard  son  of  Ribald,  and  that  convent 
sold  it  to  Ric.  de  Hethersete,  rector  of  this  church,  paying  3s.  to  ihe 
convent;  and  Pandulph  Bishp.p  of  Norwich  licensed  Master  Vincent 
de  Bek  to  purchase  15  acres  of  the  free  land  of  St.  Mary's  church  at 
Melton,  (with  consent  of  the  rector  and  patron,)  to  him  and  his  heirs, 
paying  3s.  to  the  rector  for  ever,  in  1221.  In  1484,  henry  lletjdon 
received  5/.  of  Thomas  Batchcmft,  Gent,  in  full  payment  for  the  lands 
late  the  Prior  of  Walsinghams  in  Melton-Magna 

RECTORS  OF  MELTON  ST.  MARY. 

William  de  Melton,  rector  and  patron. 

1221,  Ric,  de  Hethersete.  Will,  sun  of  Jeff  ry  de  Magna  Melton, 
patron  ;  he  gave  to  Herbert  de  Hetliersete  6  acres,  and  to  Simon  ton 
of  Herbert,  1  acre,  paying  \Qd.  per  annum  to  St.  Mary's  altar. 

1302,  Walter  de  Winfarthing.     Sir  Hugh  Vere,  Knt. 

1307,  Walter  de  Magna  Heniuy.     Ditto. 

13-0,  the   advowson  belonged   to  the  Montchensies,  capital   lords 


14  GREAT-MELTON. 

here,  and  in  1313,  Aymer  de  Valence  Earl  of  Pembroke,  then  patron, 
held  it  of  the  fee  of  the  barony  of  Montchensy. 

1347,  Hugh,  son  of  Hugh  (iodwold,  buried  here  in  1376.  Sir  Ric. 
Talbot,  Knt.  and  E/iz.  his  wife. 

1377,  Griffin  ap  Johan.  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot,  Knt.  lord  of  [rclienfield, 
Blakmerc,  and  Godric's  castle  in  Hertfordshire:  he  changed  the  next 
year  for  Obcly  in  Wells  diocese,  with 

Nic.Hadham,  who  in  1382  changed  fovCaystro  in  Lincoln  diocese, 
with 

Will.  Hasulbech.  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot,  &,c.  and  in  1396,  he  ex- 
changed for  Ampthilt  in  Lincoln  diocese,  with 

Ric.  Snow,  who  was  presented  by  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot,  Knt.  Lord 
Talbot. 

1410,  Ric.  Manger,  buried  here  in  1453.     Ditto. 
Robert  Hope  was  rector  here,  and  resigned  in 

1471,  to  John  Chapman,  who  was  presented  by  John  Talbot  Earl 
of  Shrewsbury,  Lord  Talbot,  &c.  he  died  inl506,  and  was  buried  in 
the  chancel,  and  gave  a  legacy  to  our  Lady's  gild  in  this  church,  and 
another  to  that  of  the  Baptist  in  All-Saints  church. 

1507,  Robert  Jermyn,  by  lapse,  united  to  All-Saints;  he  died  in 
1523,  and  George  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  presented 

Ric.  B/onston,  who  resigned  in  1526,  and  the  Earl  presented 

John  Johnson,  who  died  in  1546,  and  Frances  Countess  of  Shrews- 
bury  presented 

John  Harrys;  and  the  year  following, 

John  IVaynhouse,  who  held  it  by  union  with  Southwood  rectory.  In 
1555,  she  gave  it 

Walter  Sparry,  who  had  it  united  to  All-Saints,  and  was  licensed 
to  serve  these  churches  alternately,  and  so  held  it  as  one  living,  with 
Nemy  Tracy,  alias  Bower,  in  Devonshire,  Thomas  Downes  being  his 
curate  here  ;  he  died  in  1557,  and  she  gave  it 

Robert  Wincop,  who  held  it  with  All-Saints,  at  whose  death  in 

1578,  George  Ma/by  had  it.     In 

1589,  George  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  gave  it  to 

Will.  Strickland,  A.  B.  who  returned  72  communicants  here;  he 
had  it  united  toCaldecote,  and  at  his  death  in  1(515,  the  Earl  gave  it  to 

Robert  Gobert,  who  held  it  united  to  Mar/ingford. 

1649,  Will.  Younger,  united  to  All-Saints,  buried  here  in  1661. 

1662,  Tho.  Ward,  united  to  All-Saints.  Sir  John  Talbot,  Knt. 
At  his  death  in  1680,  Charles  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  gave  it  to 

John  Amyas,  who  held  it  united  to  All-Saints,  and  resigned  this  in 
1703,  when  Edm.  Keene,  Esq.  gave  it  to 

Tho.  Jephson,  who  was  succeeded  by 

Joseph- Ben-Ellis,  in  whose  time  an  act  passed,  (12  Anna,  Session. 1,) 
by  which,  this  parish  and  that  of  All- Saints,  were  consolidated  and 
made  one  rectory,  advowson,  and  parish;  the  church  of  All- Saints  to 
be  pulled  down,  and  the  materials  to  be  laid  out  in  repairing  St.  Miny's 
church  ;  the  same  officers  to  serve  both  parishes  as  one  ;  and  with  the 
consent  of  Edm.  Keene,  Esq.  lord  of  the  manors,  and  patron  of  the 
churches,  and  of  Ami/as,  rector  of  All-Saints,  and  Ellis,  rector  here  ; 
at  the  next  avoidance  they  were  to  be  one  rectory,  with  one  presenta- 
tion, double  institution  tees,  and  all  other  fees  due  to  the  King, 
Bishop,  Archdeacon,  Sec.  to  be  paid  as  usual  heretofore,  and  all  the 


GREAT-MELTON.  13 

parishioners  to  be  liable  to  repair  St. Mary's  church  ;  and  the  act  to  be 
deemed  a  publick  act.  The  advowson  was  afterwards  sold  to  Go.\  vile 
and  Caius  college  \\\  Cambridge:  and  Dr.  Ellis  having  resigned,  in 

1723,  William  Selth,  A.  M.  fellow  of  that  house,  was  presented  to 
it,  as  one  rectory,  and  held  it  united  to  St.  Michael  in  Coslany  in 
Norwich;  (see  vol.  iv.p.  493;)  he  died  and  was  buried  here  in  1740, 
and  in 

1741,  The  Rev.  Mr.  Charles  Tucke,  A.  M.  late  fellow  of  the  college, 
the  present  rector,  had  it  of  the  gift  of  the  college,  and  now  holds  it 
united  to  St.  Michael  in  Coslani/  in  Norwich. 

The  advowson  of  St.  Mary  always  attended  that  manor  or  moiety 
of  the  town,  which,  from  the  owner's  name,  was  called 


THE  MANOR  OF  HAKUN'S  or  HACON'S, 

Which  Edwin,  a  thane  of  the  Confessor's,  held  in  his  time,  when 
there  were  two  carucates  of  land  in  demean,  ix.  villeins,  v.  bordars, 
and  iiii.  servants;  wood  sufficient  to  keep  lx.  swine,  Ix.  sheep,  iii. 
hives  of  bees,  &c.  the  whole  of  the  manor  being  then  worth  6/.  and  at 
the  Conquest  7 /.  The  King  and  the  Earl  of  Norfolk,  had  the  soc  or 
superiour  jurisdiction,  and  Godric  the  sewer  then  held  it.4  It  soon 
came  into  the  hands  of  the  Meltons  of  Great  Melton,  and  Thomas  de 
Melton  Magna  had  it;  his  son  Jeffry  succeeded,  and  his  son  William 
was  rector  here,  patron,  and  lord,  in  1199;  and  ThomasFitz-Walter-, 
released  it  to  him  as  2  carucates  of  land  in  1200;  and  in  1205 
Rob.  Hacun  had  bought  it,  and  settled  it  on  Ric.  Hacun,  it  being- 
then  held  at  half  a  fee;  and  in  1219,  Hubert,  son  of  Ric.  Hacun  had 
it,  and  was  then  under  age,  and  in  the  custody  of  Hubert  de  Mont- 
chensy,  of  whose  barony  it  was  always  held  ;  in  1229,  Hubert  granted 
to  Robert  son  of  Thomas  Hacun,  lands  here,  and  to  Simon  son  ot  Her- 
bert de  Hetherset,  the  homage  of  Anastatia,  daughter  of  Bartholomew 
of  Melton  Magna,  and  her  free  tenement;  in  1240,  Will,  de Munt- 
chensy,  capital  lord  of  the  fee,  and  patron,  resided  here;  in  1297,  Hu- 
bert Hakun,  then  lord,  hindered  his  tenants  paying  to  the  Earl's  or 
sheriff's  turn,  or  hundred  court,  for  which  he  was  impleaded  by  the 
Crown;  but  on  paying  the  King  4s.  Id.  per  annum  he  had  a  lete 
and  view  of  frankpledge  allowed  to  this  manor,  and  free-warren,  and 
so  became  exempt  from  the  hundred  court.  This  was  allowed  in  Eire. 
in  1274,  and  1284;  at  which  time,  Ric.  Hacun,  then  lord,  acknow- 
ledged that  he  held  the  whole  fee,  and  all  liberties  thereto  belonging, 
of  William  de  Muntchensy,  his  capital  lord  :  and  now  the  lete  of  Melton 
was  held  in  the  name  of  the  said  William,  and  in  128,5,  Simon,  son  of 

4  Terre  Godrici  dapiferi  H.  de  Hu-  semper  ii.  car.  et.  iii.  acr.  prati.  Rex; 

miliart.  Doms.  fo.    167.     Meltunam  Comes;  socam,  et  val.  viii.  sol.  et  mane- 

tenuit  Eduuinus,  temuus,  T.  R.  E.  ii.  rium  valuit  tunc  vi.  lib  postc.  sol.modo 

car.  terre,  semper  ix.  villani,  et  v.  bor-  vii.  lib.  et  iiii.  liberi  liom.  commend, 

darij,  et  iiii.  servi.  tunc  ii.  car.  in  dom-  tantum  xxx.  acr.  terre,  semper  i.  car.  et 

nio,  post  i.  modo  ii.  tunc  iii.  car.  homin.  i.  acr.    et  i.  acr.  et  dim.  prati  et  val.  v. 

post  et  modo  ii.  silv.  lx.  pore.  xx.  acr,  sol.     IiiMeltuna    ix.   libr.  homines 

prati  semper  i.  molin.  tunc  i.  rune,  modo  commend,  tantum,   ex.  acr.   semper  ii. 

ii.  semper  x.  anim.  et  xiii.  pore.  m°  lx.  bord.  tunc  iii.  car.  et  dim.  modo  iiii.  v. 
oves,  iii.  vasa  apum  etix.  liberi  homines, 
scca  falde,  et  commend,  tantum.  1.  acr. 


16  GREAT-MELTON. 

Hubert  Hacon,  and  Anne  his  wife,  conveyed  to  William,  son  of  Wa- 
rine  de  Moiilc/iensie,  capital  lord  of  the  fee,  the  advowson  of  St.  Mary, 
the  hie,  and  the  moiety  of  the  churchyard,  containing  1  acre;  and 
the  same  year  a  fine  was  levied  between  John  son  of  John  de  Bohun, 
and  Ric.  son  of  Hubert  Hucon,  and  Anne  his  wife,  by  which  the  4th 
part  of  Ofton  manor  in  Suffolk  was  settled  on  John;  and  in  12y0, 
John  Hacon  of  Shouldham  and  Anne  his  wife.  Hubert  son  of  John  Ha- 
con  and  Katherine  his  wife,  conveyed  many  lands  here  to  Simon  of 
Hetherset;  and  in  1302,  Hubert  son  of  Sir  Richard  Hacun,  Knt.  had 
the  manor  only,  out  of  which  he  granted  6s.  8r/.  per  annum,  to  the 
said  Simon ;  for  Hugh  de  Vert  and  Dionisc  his  wife  had  the  letk  and 
advowson,  and  held  it  as  part  of  the  fees  of  Rob.  de  Tateshall,  which 
Thomas  de  Gaily  then  had.  In  13 12,  they  settled  them  by  fine  on 
Gilbert  Baliol,  and  Katherine  his  wife,  who  were  found  in  1315,  to 
hold  them,  as  Hubert  Hacon  did  the  manor.  In  1318,  Ric.  Hacun  of 
Great  Melton  married.  Anne,  second  daughter  of  Roger,  and  sister  and 
coheir  of  Ric.  Lovedau  of  Great  Brisete  in  Suffolk,  and  in  1320,  Hu- 
bert his  father  settled  this  manor  on  him  after  his  own  death,  which 
happened  about  1323,  for  then  Hubert's  heirs  had  it.  In  1345,s  Ric. 
Hacun  held  it  with  BriseteMagna  in  Suffolk,  which  he  had  of  his  wife's 
inheritance,  and  in  1360  he  was  lord  here.  In  1342,  Gilbert  Baliol 
conveyed  the  advowson  and  hie,  &c.  to  Sir  Richard  Talbot,  who  pre- 
sented in  1347,  in  which  family  it  continued  till  lately,  as  the  several 
presentations  show,  to  which  I  refer  vou.  The  manor  continued  in 
the  Hacons;  for  in  1432,  JVill.  Hacon  of  Ipswich,  and  Margaret  his 
wife  conveyed  it  to  John  Hacon  of  IVyveton,  whose  son  1  hontas  of  City 
in  Norfolk,  in  1450,  sold  it  to  Robert  Toppe,  merchant  and  alderman 
of  No?-wich,  who  died  in  1467;  and  his  son  Robert  of  Great  Melton 
in  1487,  gave  the  manor  and  his  whole  estate,  to  Sir  Gregory  Lovell, 
Knt.  his  nephew,  and  to  Anne  Lovell,  his  sister,  and  to  John  Toppe, 
his  bastard  son,  divers  legacies ;  and  it  continued  in  that  family  till 
1534,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  323,)  and  then  Thomas  Lovell,  Knt.  and  Eleanor 
his  wife,  settled  it  on  Ambrose  Jl'ol/eu,  and  in  1557,  Roger  IVoodhouse, 
Knt.  settled  it  on  Henry  Dmry,  as  trustees  only  to  the  Lovells,  from 
which  family  it  went  to  Edward  Downes  of  Melton,  Esq.  who  mar-  . 
ried  Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Lovell  of  Herling,  Knt.  relict 
of  Sir  Thomas  Knevet  of  Bukenham,  and  of  Edzcard  Spring,  Esq.  in 
which  family  it  became  joined  to,  and  remained  with, 


THE  MANOR  OF  PEVERELL'S 

In  this  town,  to  which  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  All-Saints,  with 
the  chapel  of  of  A/gar's  Thorp,  always  heionged.  This  church,  since 
the  act  for  that  purpose,  is  ruinated  ;  the  steeple  is  square,  the  nave  is 
20  yards  long,  and  the  chancel  9,  it  had  a  south  porch,  but  no  isles: 
on  a  stone  in  the  altar  are  three  coats  impaled,  1st,  6  escalops  3,  2,  1. 
2d,  Anguish.     3d,  a  boar's  head  cooped  : 

5  1 333,  loan  Hacon  died  siczed  of  six  by  the  law  of  courtesy  of  England,  in 

acres  held  of  the  lord,  and  Will,  her  ton  1323,  John   Hakon  was  steward  of  Am- 

washer  heir,  and  iK  years  old,  but  Nic.  ringhall  court,  to  the  dean  and  chapter. 
Crostweyth  her  husband  held  it  for  life, 


GREAT-MELTON.  17 

Here  lieth  John  Anguish  of  Great  Melton  Esq;  who  after 
a  faith  full  Discharge  of  his  Duty  to  King  Charles  the  first  of  bles- 
sed Memory,  in  his  Wars  during  the  wicked  Rebellion,  died  on 
the  12  of  Febr.  aged  79  Years. 

On  another  adjoining  stone,  Anguish  impales  a  lion  rampant  in  a 
bordure  indented. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Major  Edm.  Anguish  Apr.  10, 1694, 
80,  and  Anna  his  Wife,  Oct.  8, 1702, 81. 

Hie  jacet  spe  futurae  Resurrectionis  Thomas  Ward,  hujus  alte- 
riusque  Ecclesiaj  Rector,  obijt  22°  die  Sept.  Anno  iEt.  59,  Dni. 
1680. 

In  the  north-east  corner  of  the  chancel  is  an  old  arched  monument, 
by  which  lies  a  stone,  but  the  inscription  was  so  covered  with  dirt,  I 
could  make  out  only  the  words,  Dam  Ludis,  transit  Vita,  but  it  was 
laid  over  Edmund  Anguish,  Esq.  lord  and  patron,  who  died  Nov.  5, 
1657,  set.  84. 

There  is  an  inscription  in  the  churchyard  for  the  wife  of  Robert 
Davy. 

The  rector,  when  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  had  a  house  and 
23  acres  of  land,  valued  without  the  portion,  at  12  marks,  and  the  por- 
tion of  the  Prioress  of  Redly ng field,  being  a  portion  of  the  tithes  of 
the  demeans,  was  valued  at  1  mark,  afterwards  at  30s.  the  synodals  2s. 
procurations  6s.  8d.  Peter-pence  ]s.  4d.  carvage  id.  The  present 
terrier  hath  a  house  and  25  acres  of  glebe.  There  was  a  gild  of  St. 
John  Baptist  held  in  the  church.  The  south  porch  was  new  built  in 
1455,  and  this  parish  paid  to  the  old  taske  or  tenths,  1/.  17s.  out  of 
which  there  was  a  deduction  of  8s.  on  account  of  the  lands  and  reve- 
nues of  the  religious  here.  It  stands  in  the  King's  Books  by  the  name 
of  Melton  Flolman.  All-Saints  rectory  is  valued  at  61.  \3s.4d  and  pays 
13s.  4d.  yearly  tenths,  but  no  first  fruits.  There  is  a  good  house,  called 
Melton  hall,  north-west  of  the  churchyard  at  a  small  distance, 
in  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lombe  now  dwells,  which  is  the  site  of  this 
manor. 

RECTORS  OF  MELTON  ALL -SAINTS, 

WITH    ALGARTHORP  CHAPEL. 

1301,  Remigius  Skileman.     John  Peverel. 

1312,  Stephen,  son  of  Bartholomew  Winterton,  resigned. 

13 14,  Julian  Peverel,  patroness. 

1331,  Thomas  de  Morley.     Sir  Hugh  Peverel.   Resigned; 

1338,  Hugh  Wykeman.     Ditto. 

1366,  John  atte  Cherche,  lapse,  resigned. 

1368,  William  de  Kelby.  Sir  Wjlliam  de  Burton,  Knt.  He 
changed  in  1373,  with 

John  atte  Park,  for  Kellyng. 

1395,  John  Cobbald.  John  Peverell  of  Mellon,  and  Ric.  Fre- 
ton,  clerk;  and  in  1402,  he  exchanged  for  Hevertond with 

vol.  v.  D 


18  GREAT-MELTON. 

John  Snow,  who  was  presented  by  John  Peverel,  and  Will. 
Curson. 

1420,  Henri/  Hall.     Sir  Edmund  Bury,  Knt. 

1444,  John  Toftys.  Ric.  Elsy,  8tc.  He  died  in  1475,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Giles's  church  at  Norwich. 

1476',  Henri/  Bozun.  Will.  Paston,  &c. buried  in  1487 ;  he  was 
son  of  John  Boznn  of  Great  Breccles,  and  had  a  brother  William,  whose 
sonllenry  and  his  brothers  were  his  heirs.  1488,  Rob.  Jermyn,  lord 
ofPeverel's  manovJVill. Paston,  and  other  feoffees ;  united  to  St.  Mary. 

1523,  Gilbert  Wheeler.    George  Talbot,  for  this  turn  ;  resigned. 

1351,  Will.  Sparry  united  to  St.  Mary.     Tho.  Downes,  Gent. 

1557,  Rob.  Whincop,  united  to  St.  Mary,  buried  here  March  18, 
1578      Rob.  Richers,  Gent. 

1579,  Hugh  Castleton,  resigned. 

1589,  Tho  Browne.  Robert  Browne,  Esq.  of  Melton  and  Doro- 
thy his  wife ;  he  returned  80  communicants  in  this  parish,  and  died 
June  22,  1631,  when 

Will.  Younger  was  presented  by  Edmund  Anguish  of  Melton, 
Esq.  and  had  it  united  to  St.  Mary. 

1662,  Tho.  Ward,  who  is  buried  here,  was  presented  by  Frances 
Younger,  and  had  it  united  to  St.  Mary,  as 

JohnAmyas  also  had  ;  he  died  26  July,  1728,  and  was  presented  by 
John  Anguish,  Esq.  and  in  his  time  it  was  annexed  as  before,  by 
act  of  parliament,  to  St.  Mary's  church  here. 


PEVEREL'S  MANOR 

Was  owned  by  Ketel,  a  Dane,  in  the  Confessor's  time,  and  con- 
tained two  carucates;  there  was  a  wood  to  maintain  100  swine,  two 
beehives,  a  faldage,  and  60  sheep,  and  in  the  Conqueror's  time  1 14, 
when  it  was  held  of  Ralf  Peverel,  one  of  the  Normans  who  came 
in  with  that  prince,  by  Garinus  or  Marine,  who  had  7  freemen 
under  him  ;  the  church  was  valued  with  the  manor,  and  had  3  acres 
of  land  worth  2s.  the  manor  and  church  was  in  King  Edward's  time 
valued  at  6/.  and  in  King  William's  at  ll. ;  the  whole  of  the  town  and 
both  manors,  paid  l6d.  ob.  to  the  geld  or  tax. 

It  was  a  league  and  3  furlongs  long  and  half  a  league  .broad,  and 
was  aways  held  of  the  Peverells  ;6  for  in  1204,  Gerebert  de  Sancto 
C/o»oheld  it  for  life,  of  the  fee  of  Will.  Peverell;  but  it  was  the  ma- 
nor only,  for  the  Peverells  had  the  advowson,  lete,  and  royalties  as 
capital  lords  all  the  while.     Mathew  Peverel  gave  to  the  monks 

6    Terre     Rannulfi     Peverelli.  et  val.  ii.   sol.  et  sunt   in  pretio  de  vii. 

Hund.  Humiliart.     Donisd.  fo.  260,  1.  liberis   tunc  et  post  val.  vi.  lib.  m°  vii. 

Mei.tuna  tenet  idem  Garinus,  q.  et  habet  i.  leug.  in  longo   et   iii.  quar. 

tenuit  Ketel,  T.  R.  E.  ii.  car.  terre  et  dim.  leug.  in  lato  etde  gelto  xvid.  et 

sen. per  ii.  vitlani  et  xvii.  bordarij  et  ii.  obolum,  quicunque  ibi  habeat. 

servi  etii.  car.  in  dnio.  tunc  v.  car.  horn.  In  Mflltunana  tenet  idem  Gari- 

post  et  m»  iiii.  silv.  c  porci.    semper  i.  nus  i    lib.  homovi.  acr.   prati  et  val. 

mol.  et  ii.  rune,  tunc  iiii.  anim.  m"  vi.  vi.d.  hoc  invasit  R.  Peverel. 

tunc  xxx.  pore,  m"  xlv.  tunc  lx.  oves  (fo.    306.)     In    Meletuna   i.   lib. 

m'cxiiii.  ii  vara  apum  et  vi.  liberi  homi-  homo  quern  invasit  Ranulfus   Peve- 

nes   de  xvii.  acr.  soca  (aide.  T.  R.  E.  rellus,  et  habet  vi.  acr.  et  dim.  acr. 

etcommend.  tantum,  semper Ixxvii.  acr.  prati,  val.  vi.d. 
i.  ecdesia,  et  iiii.  acr,  in  pretio  manerij, 


GREAT-MELTON.  ,g 

of  Norwich,  lands  and  rents  belonging  to  his  manor  here;'  in  1 186 
Will.  Peverel,  his  son  and  heir,  held  five  knights  fees  of  the  honour  of 
Peverel,  of  which  this  manor  at  3  fees,  and  Brakene  manor,  which  at- 
tended this,  at]  fee;  and  Oliva  his  widow  held  it  in  jointure;  and 
William  de  la  More  gave  Ric.  I.  40  marks  to  marry  her,  and  have  the 
custody  of  PeverelS  children  and  lands  till  they  cameof  a^e  •  she  af- 
ter married  Hugh  de  Risings,  and  in  1204,  William  his  son  had  seizin 
of  this  and  Brakene,  and  paid  the  King  20  marks,  and  a  palfrey  for 
livery  thereof;  and  the  same  year,  Cecily  de  SaucloOmero,  or  Sent 
Umer,  lady  ot  Brundale  manor,  promised  King  John  10  marks,  if  he 
would  put  her  in  seizen  of  the  land  of  Will.  Peverel,  as  freely  as  Kin- 
Kichard  I.  gave  the  custody  thereof  and  of  his  heir,  to  William  de  1% 
More  and  William's  widow  to  be  wife  to  the  said  William  de  la  More 
which  was  granted;  and  the  year  following,  Will.  Peverel  took  it  out 
of  her  hands;  in  1218,  Mat.  Peverel  held  here,  and  in  Brakene  Kete- 
nngham,  Carleton,  and  Riveshall,  4  fees,  of  the  honour  of  Peverel 
and  Jeffry  Tregoz  one  in  Billingford.  In  1242,  Hugh  Peverel  held 
Melton  at  three  fees,  and  John  his  son  and  heir  was  2a  years  old  In 
1246,  Alice  widow  of  Hugh  Peverel  held  it  till  her  dower  should  be 
assigned  ;  and  the  custody  of  the  heir  and  estate  of  Hugh,  was  granted 
to  Peter  Braunch.  In  1249,  Alice  his  mother  was  married  to  J/evan- 
der  de  laux,  or  de  Valiibus;  and  Oliva,  grandmother  to  Hu«h,  was 
alive,  and  married  to  Mat.  Peverel. 

In  1350,  King  Henry  III.  granted  him  a  weekly  market  and  fair 
to  his  manor  of  Melton  and  free  warren  to  it  and  his  manor  of  Bra- 
kene, and  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  which  was  allowed  in  eire  in  1"84  -8 
with  liberty  of  a  cucking-stool,  paying  l6d.  ob.  per  annum  to  the 
Kings  hundred  court,  for  the  exemption  from  its  jurisdiction.  In 
12^1,  Sir  Bartholomew  de  Redham,  Knt.  gave  the  moiety  of  Scolow 
manor  with  his  daughter  Joan,  in  marriage  to  John  son  and  heir  of 
Sir  Hugh  Peverel,  and  Sir  Hugh  gave  lands  to  Sir  John  Peverel,  the 
parson  of  Scotfow ;  Sir  Thomas,  son  of  John  Peverel,  his  grandson  and 
iona  «■  '?/ 1S?5'  a"d  ™as  buried  in  Bodmyn  priory  in  Cornwall.  In 
1298,  Sir  Hugh,  and  Maud  his  wife,  held  it  as  of  the  honour  of  Hat  ■ 
Jeld  Severe  I  at  3  fees,  and  Braken  manor  at  1  fee  ;  and  the  same  year 
conveyec \  Melton  to  Hugh  Wykeman,  parson  there;  bv  which  they 
settled  this  manor  and  advowson  on  themselves  for  their  lives  re- 
mainder to  Sir  Robert  de  Bajocis,  Knt.  and  Maud  his  wife,  daughter 
ot  John  Peverel,  their  grand  daughter,  in  tail.  This  Sir  Hu»h  was 
buried  also  in  Bodmyn  priory,  to  which  he  was  a  benefactor.  ° 

Sir  Rob.  de  Bajocis,  Baieux,  or  Bayhousc,  was  of  the  ancient  family 
in  Lincolnshire  ot  that  name,  owners  of  the  honour  of  Baieux  in  that 
county.  John  de  Bajocis  was  justice  itinerant,  and  conservator  of  the 
.Kings  royalties  and  wreck  in  Devonshire  and  Comical/  in  1218  In 
1302,  John  son  of  Hugh  Peverel  had  it.     In  1308,  John  Peverel  and 

7  The  prior  of  Norwich  was  taxed  firmed  tl.e  donation,  on  condition  thev 
tor  his  revenues  here  at  7j.  2d.  namely,  received  his  brother,  Peter  Peverel  a 
3-s.   rent  out  of  8  acres  held  by  Barnard     monk  among  them.     (Re^r    v     Red 

the  Driest.   It.  n„t  nf    K„A~  ,1*    l\/l»l. ,..->..       <•>    .1       r        „°         .  v        o  wt1. 


the  pnesi,  25.  out  of  Eudo  de  Mel 


Cath.  fo    48,75.) 


ands,  and  tne  land  which  Sir  Godefnde  "  I„  I2Sl>  Andrew  Peverel  was  one 

am  T&j        Vd'  rVhJl  Was   bl0ther    t0  of   the   barons    summoned    to  attend 

A'delaird,  wife   of  Mat.    Peverel    and  King  Edward  I.  into  Wales. 
Mat.  Peverel,   lus   son   and  heir,  con- 


20  GREAT-MELTON. 

Joan  de  Redham  his  wife  settled  this  and  Brakene  in  trn3t,  on  Remi- 
gius,  rector  here,  to  hold  to  their  uses  for  their  lives.  In  1327,  it  was 
settled  on  Hugh  Peverel  and  Margaret  his  wife,  in  tail.  In  1338, 
Thomas  Seymour,  lord  of  Pulton  by  Cirencester,  and  John  de  Lyle, 
lord  of  Harwood  in  Yorkshire,  released  to  Eliz.  Peverel,  Ric.  de  Bay- 
huse,  and  Will,  de  Burton,  Knts.  this  manor,  and  Pishobnry  in  Hert- 
fordshire, the  church  of  Wimpol,  the  manors  of  Coveney,  Rampton, 
Cotonham,  and  IVestwyk,  in  Cambridgeshire,  with  many  others;  in  all 
which,  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  of  Rob.  de  Lisle,  and  Eliz.  Peverel,  Sec. 
were  infeoffed.  In  1 342,  Ric.  de  Bayhouse,  Alice  de  Seintmor,  Eliz. 
Peverel,  Will,  de  Burton,  Knt.  Edrn.  de  Benhale,  and  Henry  Ewenny, 
granted  them  to  John  de  Lisle,  lord  of  Harwood ;  and  in  1344,  John 
de  Bayhouse  qnitted  all  his  interest  to  Sir  Hugh  Peverel,  Knt.  lord 
here  in  1346.  In  1349,  the  jury  found,  that  Jo/m  son  of  Edmund  Peverel 
died  Nov.  1.5,  but  long  before  his  death  had  conveyed  his  manors,  in 
trust.lo  John  de  Insula  deRubeoMonte, Hugh  Bray,  and  others,  and  Lho. 
de  Verdon  and  Alice  his  wife  had  them  for  life;  but  the  said  Alice  be- 
ing dead,  Margaret,  now  the  wife  of  William  de  la  Pole,  junior,  sister 
and  heir  to  the  said  John  Peverel,  was  20  years  old,  which  said  Wil- 
liam de  la  Pole,  released  all  his  right  to  John  de  Insula  and  his  heirs, 
and  that  the  said  John  Peverel  died  under  age,  and  the  King's  ward. 
In  1351,  Sir  Hugh  Peverel,  Knt.  and  Maud  his  wife,  settled  the  manor 
and  advowson  on  themselves  for  their  lives,  remainder  to  Sir  Robert 
de  Bajocis,  and  Maud,  daughter  of  John  Peverel,  in  tail;  and  in  1360, 
they  conveyed  all  their  right  to  Robert  de  Bumpstede  and  Thomas  his 
son,  except  20s.  rent,  and  two  knights  fees  belonging  to  the  manor. 
In  1372,  Maud,  daughter  of  Robert  de  Bajocis,  Knt.  and  sister  of  Sir 
Richard  de  Bajocis,  Knt.  released  all  her  right  in  this  manor  and  ad- 
vowson, to  William  Burton,  Knt.  and  Eleanor  his  wife;  this  Sir  Wil- 
liam was  one  of  thejustices  of  the  King's  Bench  in  Edward  the  Third's 
time,  whose  chief  seat  was  at  Talethorp  in  Rutlandshire;  he  died  in 
1374,  leaving  issue  by  his  first  wife,  Sir  Thomas  Burton,  Knt.  40  years 
old;  and  by  Eleanor  his  2d  wife,  Nicholas.  {Wright's  Rutlandshire, 
p.  128.) 

In  1395,  John  Peverel  of  Melton  was  lord  of  a  moiety,  and  patron. 
In  1401,  the  said  John  had  settled  a  moiety  on  Will.  Curson  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife,  and  they  three  held  it  of  the  honour  of  Hatjield  Peverel 
at  half  a  fee.  In  1435,  John  Peverel,  Esq.  died,  and  was  buried  in 
the  church  of  the  Austin-J'riars  at  Norwich,  and  left  Eliz.  his  wife 
executrix,  who  was  afterwards  buried  by  him.9  In  1436,  the  said 
Elizabeth,  then  widow  of  John  Peverel,  settled  the  moiety  on  herself 
and  William  Paston,  Ric.  Elsy  and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  presented 
in  1444;  and  in  1467,  Ehy  and  his  wife  conveyed  their  right  to  Rob. 
Skerne,  and  others,  trustees  for  Will.  Paston,  who  presented  in  1476, 
and  14S8.  In  1523,  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot  the  younger,  Knt.  was  lord 
and  patron  ;  and  in  1543,  Tho.  Ashley  had  it  in  right  of  Maty  hiswife, 
one  of  the  daughters  and  coheiresses  of  the  lady  Anne,  late  wife  of 
Sir  Gilbert  Talbot,  Knt.1  In  1545,  Robert  Newport  and  Margaret 
his  wife  settled  the  third  part  of  the  moiety  of  this  manor  and  advow- 
son on  Sir  John  Clere,  Knt.  In  1547.  the  King  licensed  Anthony  Lit- 
tleton to  alien  a  third  part  of  the  manor  to  Robert  Richers,  and  his 

?  See  vol.  iv.  p.  S8.  '  Obijt  12  Oct.  34  H.  VII. 


GREAT-MELTON.  21 

heirs;  in  ]548,  Tho.  Asteley  and  Maiy  his  wife  sold  their  third  part 
to  the  said  Robert ;  in  1559,  Rob.  Richers  held  three  parts  of  the  moi- 
ety of  this  manor,  and  in  1575,  had  got  the  whole  moiety,  and  sold  it 
to  Rob.  Downes  and  his  heirs,  who  had  purchased  the  other 
moiety  before  1531 ;  for  in  that  year  he  presented  in  its  right,  and 
died  in  1547,  Francis  his  son  being  16'  years  old.  It  appears  that 
Thomas  Downes  first  purchased  this  moiety  of  Tho.  AppleyardT  Gent. 
and  Avice  his  wife.2.  In  1558,  the  said  Francis  Downes  was  lord  also 
of  Thorney  manor;  and  in  156l,  Robert  Downes  had  livery  of  this,  and 
was  returned  lord  in  1570;  in  1574,  Edward  his  son  was  born,  Apr.  8  ; 
he  married  Katherine  daughter  of  Sir  Tho.  Lovell  of  Herling,  Knt. 
relict  of  Sir  Thomas  Knevet  of  Bukenham,  Knt.  and  of  Edward  Spring, 
Esq.  In  1589,  Rob.  Dozvnes  of  Melton,  Esq. 3  and  Dorothy  his  wife, 
presented  ;  and  in  1609,  they  sold  the  whole  to  Thomas  Anguish 
Esq.  and  his  heirs ;  he  bare  gul.  a  cinquefoil  or,  a  mullet  for  difference 
sab. ;  crest,  an  adder  sleeping  in  a  fern  bush  proper ;+  and  the  same 
year  it  was  settled  on  Edmund  Anguish,  Gent,  and  his  heirs  ;  he  was 
second  son  to  John  Anguish,  twice  mayor  of  Norwich;  this  Edmund 
presented  in  1631,  died  in  1657,  and  was  succeeded  by  John  Anguish 
of  Me/ton,  Esq.  his  son,  who  presented  in  1680.  He  gave  it  by  will 
to  John  son  of  Edmund  Woodhouse  of  Lexham,  who  married  Anne 
his  daughter;5  he  was  lord  and  patron  in  1692,  and  John  Woodhouse 
his  son  sold  it  to  Edmund  Keene;  and  by  the  particular  then  deli- 
vered, it  appears  that  the  quit  and  free-rents  of  the  two  manors  were 
9/.  10s.  per  annum;  that  the  fines  were  at  the  lord's  will,  and  each  ma- 
nor had  weyf,  estray,  ietes,  and  all  other  royalties,  and  that  the  whole 
demeans  and  estate  were  above  400/.  per  annum.  In  1701,  Edmund 
Keene  was  lord  of  the  town,  and  afterwards  one  of  the  South  Sea  di- 
rectors, he  died  single  at  Bath,  Jan.  21,  1723,  but  before  his  death, 
had  sold  Melton  to  Edward  Lombe  Esq.  who  settled  in  the  hall 
here,6  and  died  Apr.  1738,  being  succeeded  by  his  brother, 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Lombe,  late  fellow  of  Cuius  college,  after 
that,  rector  and  vicar  of  Seaming,  then  rector  of  Hei hill,  and  now  of 
Sparham  and  Foxley,  who  is  the  present  owner,  and  lives  here. 

1  Curia  prima  Barth.  de  Appleyard,  *  This  was  granted  by  Rob.  Cook. 

et  sociorum  A°  1376.     13S8,  Ric.  Jer-  5  See  vol.  ii.  p.  558,  in  Wodehouse's 

nemuth  had  a  moiety.  pedigree. 

3  On   a   bedstead   at  Melton  in  Mr.  b  Over  Melton-hall  door,  Anguish  and 

Rob.  Downes's   house,     Downes,   arg.  Drake,  by  the  staircase  Anguish   D.  of 

three  pales  wavy  gul.  quartering  1st,  az.  Norf.  in  the  hall,  the  five  Senses   neatly 

a   stag  at  layer  arg.   who  married   the  painted  in  glass  ;  in  the  great   parlour, 

daughter  and  heiress  of  Richers,  who  the  arms  of  King  James  1.  and  the  Prince 

married   the   daughter   and    heiress    of  of  Wales. 
Slade. 

MSS.  penes  7.  Anstis,  Garter.  E.  26, 
fo.  5,  4. 


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ALG  AR'S-THORP 

Is  a  hamlet  to  Great-Melton ;  it  had  a  chapel,  formerly  parochial 
dedicated  to  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  but  now  long  since  demolished ;  it 
stood  in  a  close  called  Maudlin  close;  Norwich  Domesday  says,  that 
then  the  rectors  of  Melton  St.  Mary  and  All-Saints  took  all  the  profits 
belonging  to  the  chapel,  for  which  they  were  obliged  at  their  charge 
to  find  a  chaplain  to  serve  in  it;  it  had  baptism,  burial,  and  all  signs 
of  a  mother  church,  and  seven  parishioners  and  their  families ;  it  is 
still  called  Thorp  hamlet.  In  1+76,  it  was  perpetually  united  to 
Melton  All-Saints,  though  the  chapel  continued  in  use  till  the  Disso- 
lution, in  the  Conqueror's  survey  it  is  not  named,  being  then  part  of 
Melton,  which  was  given  soon  after  to  one  Algar,  from  whom  it  took 
is  name. 

In  1 198,  Rob.  de  Riflai  settled  on  Maud  Prioress  of  Karhoe, 
and  that  convent,  7s.  rent  here,7  to  be  received  yearly  of  Alice  Peverel, 
Humfry  de  Eiiham,  and  Gerebert  de  St.  Clere,  and  their  hens;  and 
the  Pevereh  gave  so  much  after,  that  the  prioress  in  1279  was  returned, 
to  hold  in  Melton  and  Algarthorp,  of  John  Peverel,  a  quarter  of  a  fee; 
and  in  1428,  that  convent  was  taxed  at  39s.  6d.  for  their  tempoiahties 
here. 

Jeffry  son  of  Godfry  de  Algeresthorp  gave  two  acres  of 
land  to  the  monks  of  Norwich,8  with  the  consent  oi'S'ir  Hubert  Hacun 
of  Great-Melton,  his  lord,  Ric.  Hacun  his  son,  and  Hubert  Hacun 
his  nephew;  Will.  Burch,  parson  of  Homingtoft,  being  witness;  and 
in  1491,  the pitanciary  of  their  monastery  accounted  for  the  profits  of 
2  acres  in  Algerysthorp  by  Bawburgh,  which  were  given  by  Sir  Gre- 
gory Lovel,  Knt.  for  &  pittance  in  the  monastery  on  his  obit  day.  The 
principal  part  or 

MANOR  OF  ALG  AR'S-THORP 

Belonged  to  one  Algar,  of  the  gift  of  Math  ew  Peverel;  in  1248, 
John  te  Breton,  for  siding  with  the  French  King,  forfeited  it;  in  1249, 
Simon  son  of  Will,  de  Melton,  and  Will,  de  Herejord  had  it,  with  Simon 
son  of  Herbert  de  Hetherset,  and  Maud  de  Melton  ;  and  in  1267,  Si- 
mon de  Melton  was  sole  lord  ;  in  1268,  it  was  found  before  the  justices 
itinerant  then  sitting  at  Diss  in  Norfolk,9  that  Bartholomew  deliedham 
had  unjustly  disseized  Richard  Ski/man  of  Hethersete,  and  in  1284, 
Barth.  de  Redham  and  Ric.  Ski/man,  had  unjustly  disseized  John  sou 
of  the  said  Bartholomew,  of  4  messuages,  60  acres  of  land,  and  6s. 
rent  here.  In  1305,  Simon  de  Hethersete  and  Cecily  his  wife  had  a 
release  from  Ric.  Doche,  or  Doge,  mercer,  of  London,  who  married 
Sibil,  daughter  of  Nicholas  de  Hethersete.  1S23,  John  le  Graunger  of 
Great  Melton  granted  lands  in  Graungcr's  Croft,  to  Sir  Simon  de  He- 
thersete, Knt.  and  Cecity  his  wife  ;  this  was  soon  after  divided   into 

7  See  vol.  iv.  p.  528.  9  Placita  apud  Disse  an.  53  H.  3. 

8  Regr.  Sacriste,  fo.  68,  9. 


HETHERSETE.  23 

many  parts ;  Henry  and  Will.  Lominour  had  some  lands  and  rents, 
Jeffery  Davy  the  younger  of  Marling  ford,  others,  and  James  le  Pal- 
mer, Thomas  de  Blickling,  DavidMercator,  or  Chapman,  were,  and  had 
been,  concerned  in  the  manor  called  Skilman's.  In  1401,  Henry 
Lorn  nor,  junior,  had  the  biggest  part,  which  joined  to  Hacon's  ;  and 
the  other  parts  afterwards  were  in  the  Wootons,  Flowerdews,  Corbels, 
and  Davies. 

The  revenues  of  the  monastery  of  Wimondham  here,  were  given  by 
Mat.Peverel,  and  Alice  his  wife,  Richard  son  of  Ribald,  Hugh  Noble, 
Jeffery  Clerk,  and  Roger  de  Hereford. 


HETHERSETE, 

1  he  capital  village  of  this  hundred,  is  called  in  Domesday  Book 
Hederseta.  the  seat  at  the  place  or  most  publick  road  entering  the 
hundred ;  it  belonged  in  the  Confessor's  days  to  Olf,  one  of  the  thanes 
or  barons,  and  after  to  Earl  Ralf,  on  whose  forfeiture  it  was  given  to 
Alan  Earl  of  Richmond,  who  gave  it  in  the  Conqueror's  time  to 
Ribald,  who  held  it  of  Alan.1 

This  was  then  the  capital  manor,  and  had  3  carucates  of  land,  wood 
for  40  swine,  87  sheep,  7  hives  of  bees,  one  church  with  60  acres  of 
glebe  worth  55.  and  one  other  church,1  with  S  acres  of  glebe  worth  8^. 
and  77  socmen,  who  held  4  carucates,  one  mill,  and  2  freemen  that 
held  60  acres;  and  Earl  Ralf  had  the  soc  or  superiour  jurisdiction, 
viz.  the  hundred  which  he  forfeited.  The  manor  was  worth  8/.  in  the 
Confessor's  time,  and  was  risen  to  10/.  per  annum  at  the  Conquest. 
The  town  being  a  league  long  and  half  a  league  broad,  and  paid 
26d.  3q.  to  the  gelt  or  tax.  And  from  this  time  it  passed  with  the 
manors  of  Kenton  in  Suffolk,  PikeAham  and  Barford-haU  manors,  as 
in  vol.  li.  p.  483,  till  the  death  of  Ralf 'Fitz-Ralf  in  1269,  when  Piken- 
ham,  &c.  descended  to  Robert  de  Nevi/e,  who  married  Mary,  his  eldest 
daughter  and  heiress ;  and  this  went  to  Sir  Robert  de  Tateshall,  lord 
of  Bukenham  castle*  in  right  of  Joan*  the  second  daughter  and  heiress 

1  Sub.  tit.  Terre  Alani  Comitis,  H.  *  Called     afterwards    Cantelose,     and 

de    Humihart.      Hederseeta     tenuit  Cantley. 

Olfus  7"«'«ai  T.R.E.  m°  tenet  Ribal-  3  See  vol.  i.  p.  372.     At  Sir  Robert's 

dus   111.  car.  terre  semper  vni.  vill.  et  death  there  were  80  villeins,  which  paid 

vn.  bord.  tunc  111.  serv.  post   et  m°  ii.  13/.  35.  6d.  rent,  and  85  hens  then  worth 

semp.  11.  car.  1.  dim.  et  dim.  car.  homin.  -]s.    6d.  and  89  quarters   of  oats  worth 

silva  xl.   pore.   xii.  acr.  prati  tunc.  vii.  61.  13,5.  4af.  and  the  manor  was  held  of 

rune.  m°  i.  semp.  vii.  anim.  et  v.  pore,  the   honour   of  Richmond  by   38s.  per 

et  lxxxvii.  ov.  et  vii.  vasa  apum.  i.  ec-  annum  rent,  paid  to  the  manor  of  Cos- 

clia.  de  lx.    acr.  et  val.  v.   sol.  eta/ia  seye  ;  there   was  a  manor-house,   gar- 

ecclesia  viii.  acr.  et  val.  viiia'.  et  lxxx.  dens,  and  orchard,  and  80  acres  arable 

socman,  in.  minus,  iiii.  car.  tre.  tunc  et  land,  wortlnia".  peracre,i2o  acr. pasture 

car.  post.  etm«  vii.  x  acr.  prati,  i.  mol.  worth  8a".  per  acre,  12  aciesof  meadow 

et  ii.  libi.  homines  commer.dat.  tantum  worth  i8rf.peracr.  shack  in  the  summer 

de  lx.  acr.  tre.  et  R.  Com.  socam.  semp.  20s.  per  annum  a  water-mill  worth  6s.  2d. 

1.  vill.  et  v.  bord.  et  ii.   car.  et  v.  acr.  per  annum,   chevage  2s.  4d.  per  annum, 

prati  tunc  et  post.  val.  viii.  lib.  m"  x.  the  courts  and  lete  worth  3/.  and  9  free- 

et  habet  1.  leug.  in  long,  et  dim.  in  lato.  men  which  pay  42s.  5d.  rents. 

etxxvirf.etm.ferdingdeGelto.   Doms.  +  Rcgr.  Honoris  de  Richmond,  fo  46. 
fo.  70. 


24  HETHERSETE. 

of  the  said  Ra/f,  who  as  widow  to  Sir  Robert,  and  then  Lady  Tates- 
hall,  in  1305,  settled  the  whole  manor  and  advowsons  of  the  medie- 
ties,  and  of  Cantelose,  on  Sir  William  Bernak  ofHetherset,  Knt.s 
and  Alice  his  wife,  and  their  heirs;  which  A  lice  was  daughter  and 
sole  heiress  of  Sir  Robert  Driby,  Knt.  by  Joan,  one  of  the  three 
daughters  and  heiresses  of  the  aforesaid  Lady  Joan  de  Tateshall. 
This  Sir  Will.  Bernak  died  Apr.  6,  1339i  and  Alice  his  wife  died  April 
12,  1341,  and  are  both  buried  in  the  middle  of  the  chancel  here,  and 
left  it  to  John  de  Bernak,  their  son,  who  died  in  1345,  April  2,  and 
lies  buried  here,  leaving  Joan  his  widow,  and  John  his  son  and  heir, 
who  died  a  minor,  as  did  William  his  brother  and  heir,  Dec.  7,  1359, 
when  the  whole  descended  to  Maud,  his  sister  and  sole  heiress,  then 
the  wife  of  Sir  Ralfde  Cromwell,  lord  of  Tat eshale,  from  whom  it  is 
called 

CROMWELL'S  MANOR 

To  this  day;  and  from  thence  one  moiety  of  it  passed  with  Bukenham, 
through  the  Cliftons  to  the  Knevets,  till  Sir  Edm.  Kneve t,  Knt. 
about~l540,  mortgaged  it  to  John  Flowredieu,  or  Flowerdew,  who 
presented  jointly  with  Sir  Edmund  in  1541,  and  so  it  continued  till 
1554;  and  in  1560,  the  said  John  purchased  it  to  him  and  his  heirs. 
The  other  moiety  went  with  Maud  Cromwell  to  John  Fitz- 
Williams,  her  husband,  and  passed  in  that  family,  as  you  may  see 
vol.  i.  p.  378;  and  it  after  came  to  Sir  Rob.  Drewry,  or  Drury, 
Knt.  who  in  1541  sold  it  to  the  aforesaid  John  Flowerdew,  Esq.  and  so 
he  became  sole  lord  of  the  manor,  and  patron  of  the  church  ;  Rob. 
Drury,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  releasing  all  his  right;  and  soon  after, 
he  manumised  many  of  the  copyhold  lands,  as  sole  lord,  and  died 
Apr.  16,  1564  ;  by  Cat.  daughter  of  Will  Sheres  of  Ashwelthoip,  who 
is  buried  in  this  chancel,  he  had  seven  sons;  William  his  eldest  son 
married  Frances,  daughter  of  Rog.  Appteyard  of  Stanjield-Hall  in  Wi- 
mondham,  and  died  before  his  father,  leaving  Anthony  his  eldest  son, 
who  married  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Scottow,  and  inherited  a  moi- 
ety of  this  manor,  at  his  grandfather's  death  ;  Thomas,  the  third  son, 
inheriting  the  other  moiety  ;  the  whole  being  intailed  on  John,  Ed- 
zvard,  Edmund, Christopher,  and  Mark,  younger  sons  of  the  said  John ; 
all  which,  at  different  times,  sold  and  released  their  rights  to  Edward 
their  brother,  who  also  purchased  the  royalties :  and  so  the  whole  was 
solely  in  the  said  Edward  about  1584.  In  1571,  he  was  a  lawyer  of 
note,  for  then  the  dean  and  chapter  oi'Norwich  retained  him  their 
standing  council,  by  grant  of  an  annuity  for  life  of  20*.  out  of  their 
manor  of  Eaton.  In  1572,  he  lived  at  Stanfield-Hall  in  Wimondham, 
and  was  retained  by  Roger  Wodehouse,  Esq.  and  had  an  annuity 
granted  him  of  40s.  In  1575,  he  was  retained  by  Will.  He/men,  with 
an  annuity  of  40s.  out  of  his  manor  of  Rackhithe.  In  1580,  he  was 
serjeant  at  law,  and  treasurer  of  the  Inner-Temple,  in  which  he  was 
succeeded  by  Tho.  Rysden,  Esq.  In  1584,  3d  Baron  of  the  Exche- 
quer in  the  room  of  JohnClenche,  with. an  annuity  of  20  marks,  besides 

5  He  was  lord  of  Woodthorp  and  Tho-  granted  to  God  and  the  canons  of  St. 

resby  in   Lincolnshire  in  1322,   and  by  Peter    at   Markeby    (or    Mattersey    in 

deed  without  date,  Hugh  de  Woodthorp,  Lincolnshiie)   a   toft  and  a  croft  in   his 

otherwise  called    De    Bernacc,    tor   his  manor  of  Woodthorp. 
own  soul,  and  that  of  Maud  his  wife, 


HETHERSETE.  25 

all  the  fees,  profits,  &c. ;  and  upon  the  removal  of  Robert  Shute,  2d 
Baron  of  the  Exchequer  into  the  court  of  Common-Pleas,  he  was 
made  2d  Baron,  in  1585,  and  obtained  a  grant  of  3/.  6s.  8d.  to  be 
yearly  added  to  the  fees  of  that  office ;  lie  died  March  5 1 ,  1586/  seized 
of  all  the  manors  of  this  town,  (except  Woodliall,)  and  married  E/iz. 
daughter  of  Will.  Forster  of  Windham,  but  had  no  issue,  and  was  in- 
terred in  the  chancel  here,  leaving  his  brothers  Thomas  and  Christo- 
pher, his  executors;  and  Anthony  son  of  William,  his  eldest  brother, 
was  his  heir;7  at  his  death  he  gave  by  will  to  the  town  ofL.YN,a 
silver  cup  gilt,  and  another  to  the  town  of  Yarmouth,  and  to  Mrs. 
Shelton  a  giltcup,  which  was  given  him  by  the  city  of  Norwich.  He 
was  buried  with  much  pomp,  as  appears  by  the  fees  paid  the  heranld 
for  attendance,  &c.8  It  is  plain  this  Serjeant  was  an  oppressor,  com- 
plaints being  exhibited  against  him  by  numbers  of  people,  for  ploughing 
up  boundaries,  enclosing  lands,  &c.9  It  seems  that  Anthony  sold  the 
whole  to  his  brother  John,  who  died  seized  17  Nov.  1587,  leaving  Ed- 
ward his  son  and  heir,  then  7  years  old,  whose  trustee,  Henry  llobart, 
Knt.  presented  in  1620,  and  then  the  manors  were  mortgaged  to 
William  Gostlin,  who  presented  in  1639;  and  before  1670,  the 
advowson  was  in  John  Gostlin,  M.  D.  and  his  heirs  forever,  and 
the  manors  settled  on  Tho.  I'lowerdew  of  London,  merchant,  and 
were  after  sold  in  1678,  to  Captain  John  Aide  of  Horstead,  who  was 
sole  lord  of  all  the  manors;  and  in  1739,  Jane  Pomfret;  and  they 
are  now  in 

Edward  Atkins  of  Keteringham,  Esq.  high-sheriff  of  Norfolk  in 
1743,  by  purchase. 

The  Jinc  of  the  manor  of  Cromwclfs  is  certain,  at  4s.  an  acre  and 
6s.  8d.  for  every  messuage  on  alienation  or  descent;  and  2s.  an  acre, 
and  3s.  Ad.  each  messuage  for  ajine  upon  every  mortgage  title.  The 
ancient  blanchefarm  to  Humbleyard  hundred  was  5s.  "per  annum,  and 
to  Cosseye  for  the  privilege  of  the  lete  4s.  It  hath  the  correction  of 
the  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  weyf,  and  free-warren.1  It  paid  40s.  per 
annum  to  the  honour  of  Richmond; z  the  manor  of  Huningham-hall,1 
and  Baniards  in  Wramplinghamf  are  held  of  this  manor. 


HACON'S  MANOR 

Was  part  of  the  great  manor  granted  off  by  the  Fitz-Ralts  ;  it  takes 
its  name  from  the  ancient  lords  of  it,  viz.  Hubert  Hakun  of  Great 
'Melton  5  was  lord  in  1306,  and  afterwards  Robert  Hacun.  In 
1556,  Henry  Drury  was  lord,  and  being  purchased  of  Rob.  Drury 
by  Serjeant  Flowerdew  ;  it  was  joined  to  Cromwell's  manor  as  it 

6  See  vol  ij.  p.  502,  for  a  further  ac-        '  PlitaCoron.  15  E.  I. 

count.  *  In  155S  it  was  paid  to  the  Lord  La- 

7  See  vol.  ii.  p.  518,  where  correct  timer's  manors  of  North  Pikenham  and 
the  errour,  and  omit  the  words  "and  Houghton.  In  1680  it  was  paid  -  to 
heir,"  for  he  was  brother  but  not  heir.  Sir  Tho.  Cecill,   Knt.   and  1111584,10 

8  His  inventory  shows  he  had  a  large  Sir  Edmund  fiedingfield,  Knt.  as  to  his 
quantity  of  plate,  among  which  a  gold  manor  of  North  Pickenham. 

chain   valued  at   Sol.   one   doz.   silver  3  Vol.  ii.  p.  449. 

plates,   &c.  a  fair  diamond  ring,  given  +  Ibidem,  p.  48S. 

him  by  Sir  John  Vang,  in  his  last  circuit.  5  See  Hacon's  manor  in  Great  Melton. 

9  See  vol.  ii.  p.  521. 

VOL.  V.  E 


26  HETHERSETE. 

remains  at  this  day ;  the  customs  being  the  same  as  those  ofCromwelFs 
manor. 

WOODHALL  AND  CANTELOSE, 

Anciently  called  Hetherset's  manor,  belonged  to  Godeic  the 
seicer  at  the  Conquest;  one  part  of  its  soc  belonged  to  Earl  Alan's 
capital  manor,  and  the  other  to  the  King,  and  Earl  of  Norfolk,  of 
whose  descendants  it  was  alway  sheld  ai  a  quarter  of  a  fee.  6  John  de 
Hetherset  and  Margery  his  wife  were  succeeded  by  Sir  Simon  and 
Cecily  his  wife,  who  with  consent  of  Remigius  his  brother,  parson  of 
Hingham,7  settled  it  on  Margaret  their  sister,  and  Sir  Robert  de  Ufford, 
her  husband,  who  was  lord  here ;  this  Sir  Simon  was  a  man  of  note, 
being  one  of  the  King's  justices  itinerant,  was  alive  in  13.30;  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  Sir  John,  whose  widow  Elizabeth  remar- 
ried in  1357,  to  John  son  of  John  de  Reppes,  and  then  conveyed  the 
third  part  of  this  manor  to  Will,  de  Uethirsete,  her  eldest  son,  and 
Eve  his  wife,  who  left  two  daughters,  their  heiresses ;  Elizabeth,  second 
wife  to  John  Winter  of  Town-  Berningham,  Esq.  whose  daughter  Eliz. 
dying  without  issue,  the  whole  of  this  manor  came  to  Sibil/,  their  other 
daughter,  married  to  John  Palgrave,  Esq.  of  Northwood Berning- 
ham, who  kept  court  here  in  1481.  In  1517,  Henry  son  of  Margaret 
Pa/grave  died,  and  left  it  to  John  his  son,  at  his  wife  Margaret's  death  ; 
1545,  Clement  Pa/grave,  Esq.  owned  it:  and  in  1578,  John  Pa/grave, 
Esq.  and  from  that  time  it  went  as  Palgrave's  manor  in  Windham, 
(for  which  see  vol.  ii.  p.  505,)  till  it  was  purchased  and  joined  to  the 
other  manor  by  Mr.  John  Aide. 

The  customs  of  this  manor  are  as  the  former,  except  the  fines, 
which  are  arbitrary ;  the  quitrents  of  all  the  manors  in  money  and 
corn  are  above  50/.  per  annum.  The  manors  extend  into  Bai ford, 
Wramp/ingham,  Dunston,  Taverham,  Be/agh,  and  Hunningham,  and 
have  all  royalties  belonging  to  them.  There  remains  only  one  small 
tenement  in  demean,  with  liberty  of  digging  white  and  red  brick  earth 
on  the  commons,  and  right  of  commonage  thereon. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Remigius,  and  had  formerly  two 
mcdieties,  each  having  a  rector  instituted  thereto;  the  one  from 
Sir  Robert  de  Tateshak,  patron  thereof,  was  called  Tatesha/e's  mediety; 
as  the  other  from  Sir  Ralf  Fitz-Ra/f,  was  called  Fitz-Ra/f's  mediety; 
and  the  rector  of  Tatesha/e's  mediety  had  a  house  and  an  hundred  acres 
of  land,8  and  was  valued  at  15  marks  and  an  half. 

RECTORS  OF  TATESHALES  MEDIETY. 

ie60,  Ralf  de  Somerton. 

1300,  Rob.  de  Driby  held  it,  united  for  life  to  the  other  mediety. 
Joan  Lady  Tateshale. 

6  Terre  Godrici  Dapiferi,  fo.  168,  semp.  i.  car.  et  dim.  et    val.  iii.  sol.  et 

Domsd.  \\\]d.  Conies  Ai.anus  socam. 

IiiHederseta  tenuit  idem  (sc.  Go-  In    Hederseta   ix.   libi.  horn,  xliij. 

dricus)  iiii.   libi.  horn,  commend,  tan-  acr.  com.  tantum  et   soca  falde  semp.  i. 

turn  lx.  acr.  semp.  i.  car.  et  dim.  et  v.  car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  et  val.  v.  sol. 

acr.  prati  et  val.  x.  sol.  et  v'n'id.  Rex  et  7  See  vol.  ii.  p.  423. 

Comes  socam.     In  ead.   tenet  idem  xvi.  8  The  present  terrier  hath  a  house  and 

hbi.  horn,  commend,  tantum  xxiii.  acr.  about  90  acres  of  land. 


HETHERSETE.  g7 

1349,  Robert  Bishop  ;  he  resigned  in 

1350,  to  Will.  deKeteringham,  who  had  it  united  to  the  other 
mediety.     In 

1352,  Will.  Hille  or  Hulle  of  Keteringham  was  rector.  He  resigned 
this  in 

1384,  and  Lambert,  son  of  Tho.  de  Frampton,  had  it  of  the  gift  of 
Sir  Half  Cromwell,  Knt.  Lord  Tateshak,  who  in  1385  gave  it  to 

Sir  John  Christ  mass,  his  chaplain.     In 

1393,  Will.  Basset  had  it ;  and  in 

1398,  Rob.  Bosage.  Ralf  Lord  Cromwell.  He  was  succeeded  by 
John  Rygges,  at  whose  death  in 

1427,  Thomas  Ryby  was  presented  by  Sir  John  Tiptoft,  Knt.  Sir 
Will.  Phelep,  Knt.  Will.  Paston,  and  Oliver  Groos,  Esqrs. 
feoffees  of  the  manor  and  advowson,  to  the  use  of  Ralf  Cromwell 
Lord  Tateshale. 

RECTORS  OF  FITZ-RALF'S  MEDIETY. 

1300,  Rob.  de  Driby  aforesaid.     Joan  Lady  Tateshale. 

1325,  Sir  John  le  Curson,  rector. 

1327,  Gilbert  de  Scrobby.     Sir  Wil.  de  Bernak,  Knt. 

1334,  Hugh  de  Bernak.    Ditto. 

1341,  Roger,  son  of  Edmund  Smith  ofHetherset,  John  de  Bernak; 
he  resigned  in 

1346,  to  Rob.  Bishop;  the  King  as  guardian  to  John,  son  and  heir- 
of  John  de  Bernak;  he  had  the  other  mediety. 

1349,  Will.  Basset.  Ditto.  He  was  buried  in  the  church,  and  gave 
books  and  corn  to  it  in  1383,  but  resigned  before  his  death  to 

Will  deKeteringham  aforesaid,  9  in  exchange  for  Cranwich;  he 
was  buried  in  the  chancel  in  1386;  and  in  13S7 ,  Ralf  de  Cromwell 
Lord  Tateshale,  presented 

John,  son  of  Tho.  Serjeant,  who  in  1393,  changed  for  Wesenham 
with 

Tho.  Sawnders,  who  was  presented  by  Ralf  Lord  Tateshale 
aforesaid. 

1408,  Rog.  Wright.  Maud  Cromwell  Lady  Tateshale;  at  his 
death  in 

1429,  John  atte  Dam  was  presented  by  Sir  Jonn  Tiptoft,  &c.  as  be- 
fore, feoffees  oi  Ralf  Cromwell  Lord  Tateshale  ;  and  at  his  resigna- 
tion in  1433,  at  the  desire  of  the  said  Ralf,  these  medieties  were 
perpetually  united;  as  the  church  ofCANTLOSE  had  been  to  them 
in  1397,  and  ever  since  they  have  continued  as  one  rectory. 

RECTORS 

OF    THE    CONSOLIDATED    MEDIETIES   OF    HETHERSETE,    AND 
CHURCH    OF    CANTELOSE. 

1433,  Tho.  Ryby  aforesaid. 

1452,  Roger  Brode.     Ralf  Lord  Cromwell  and  Tateshale. 

1454,  John  Dyconson.     Lapse. 

1484,  Rob.  Smetherst,  on  Dyconson's  resignation.  Rob.  Ratclyff, 

9  Vol.  ii.  p.  224 ;  he  is  called,  by  errour  of  the  press,  Redingham. 


28  HETHERSETE. 

Esq.  late  of  Tateshale  in  Lincoln  diocese,  in  right  of  Joan  his  wife, 
one  of  the  coheirs  of  Ralf  Lord  Cromwell.' 

JohnSmetherst,  yeoman  of  the  Crown,  brother  to  this  Robert,  was 
buried  in  the  church  before  the  rood. 

1507,  John  Phillip,  rector  in  1515,  exchanged  for  St.  Mary  Mag- 
dalen's hospital  in  Colchester,  with  John  IVayn,  who  was  presented  by 
Sir  Rob,  Drury,  Knt.  guardian  to  V/ill.  and  Edmund  Knevet,  Esqrs. 
In  1532,  Waijn  exchanged  this  for  East-Mersey  in  London  diocese, 
with 

Tho.  Smith,  A.  M.  who  was  presented  by  Sir  Rob.  Drury  and 
Edm.  Knevet,  Esq.  at  whose  death  in 

1541,  John  Barret, S.  T.  P.  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Edmund  Knevet, 
Knt.  and  John  Floure-dieu,  (or  Flowerdew,)  Esq.  and  the  next 
year,  he  resigned  to 

Chris.  Wilson,  when  Flowerdew  presented,  by  grant  from  Sir  Ed- 
mund Knevet;  in  1549,  May  20,  this  rector,  by  consent  of  the 
Bishop  and  patron,  exchanged  18  pieces  of  glebe  in  lletherset ;  he 
was  deprived  in  1554,  and 

Edward  Jackson  had  it  of  Sir  Edmund's  gift,  and  died  iu  1573, 
when  Edward  and  Johk  Flowerdew,  Esqrs  gave  it  to 

Miles  Hunne,  who  was  deprived  in  1596;  the  Queen  by  lapse,  gave 
it  to 

Joshua  Hutton ;  but  in 

1603,  Miles  Hunne  was  restored  ;  for  then,  he  returned  answer  to 
the  general  enquiry  made,  that  there  were  200  communicants  in  this 
parish,3  that  he  held  it  with  Fomcet  St.  Mary  and  St.  Peter,  one  be- 
nefice, though  two  distant  churches,  valued  Ht  20/.  that  he  was  chaplain 
to  Lettice  Countess  of  Essex,  and  as  such  a  licensed  preacher,  and 
had  been  ao  30  years,  and  that  Tho.  Flowerdew,  Gent,  was  patron 
here. 

lfOQ,  Tho.  limine,  A.  M. ;  the  King  ;  Erasmus  Hunne,  A.  B.  was 
his  curate.      1615,  the  aforesaid 

Thomas  was  forced  to  be  reinstituted,  at  the  presentation  of  Theo- 
phi/us-G i  eenazcay,  clerk,  the  King,  when  he  presented  him,  having  no 
legal  title. 

1617,  Sept.  2,  WW.  Warren,  A.  M.  the  King  ;  but  his  title  being 
found  invalid,  in  the  same  year,  Jan.  6,  being  then  S.  T.  B.  he  was 
presented  by  Thomas  Plumstede,  John  Gooch,  and  Ric.  Glo- 
ver, with  the  consent  of  Sir  Henry  Hobart,  Knt.  and  Bart,  chief 
justice  of  the  common  pleas,  and  Edward  Flowerdew,  Esq. 

1620,  Will.  Warren,  A.  M.  Sir  Henry  Hobart,  Knt.  &c.  atwhose 
death,  in 

1639,  Edw.  Michel/  had  it,  of  the  gift  of  William  Gostlin  of 
Norwich  and  William  Trundel,  Gent,  patrons  of  the  turn. 

1647,  Philip  Tennison,  S.  T.  P.  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk,*  and  rec- 
tor of  Fouhham*  had  it,  but  was  ejected  in  the  rebellion,  to  make  way 
for  one  Jeremiah  Coleman,  who  was  buried  here  in  1658,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Tho.  Mbore,junior,  who  published,  "  Breach  upon  Breach, 
"  or  an  acknowledgement  of  Judicial  Breaches  made  upon  Us,  occa- 

1  See  vol.  i.  p.  375.  His  feoffees  held  1603.     MSS.  penes  P.  L.  N. 

their  first  court  in  1483.  *  See  vol.  iii.  p.  646. 

*  See  vol    iv.  p.  30.  5  See  vol.  ii.  p.  391. 
3  See  the  Answers  ef  the  Parsons  in 


HETHERSETE.  fig 

"  sioned  by  sin  full  Breaches  made  among  Us,  with  Instruction,  Admo- 
"  nition,  and  Encouragement, yet  to  turn  to  Him  that  smites  Us;  being 
"  the  Sum  of  what  was  delivered  at  the  Funeral  ol 'Mr.  JeremiahCoIeman, 
"late  Preacher  of  the  Gospel  at  Hetherset  in  Norff'.  Febr.  IS,  1685," 
published  in  quarto  at  London  in  1659,  by  Tho.  Mooke,  junior,  his 
successour  there,  who  was  outed  at  the  Restoration;  and  in 

1660,  Tito.  Jenny  was  presented  by  John  Beare  oflVestleton,  at 
whose  death  in 

1670,  Tho.  Church,  S.  T.  P.  had  it  of  the  gift  of  John  Gostlin, 
M.  D.  of  Caius  College  in  Cambridge ;  and  in  1673,  at  Church's  death, 
the  doctor  gave  it  to 

Will.  Lock,  A.  M. ;  and  in  1702,  at  Lock's  death,  to 

John  Amy  as,  who  held  it  united  to  Melton  All-Saints.  In  1704, 
Dr.  Gostlin,  president  of  Caius  college,  by  will  dated  Febr.  10,  gave 
the  patronage  to  that  society,  and  in 

\T2^,JohnMorrant,  A.  M.  fellow  there,  was  presented  by  the  master 
and  fellows,  on  Amyas's  death,  and  held  it  united  to  St.  Clement's  in 
Norwich.     He  was  buried  here,  and  in 

1736,  The  Rev.  John  Berney,  A.  M.  the  present  rector,  was  insti- 
tuted at  the  presentation  of  the  master  and^t7/oas.  He  is  now  D.  D. 
Archdeacon  of  Norwich,6  chaplain  to  the  Bishop,  rector  of  the  two 
consolidated  rectories  of  the  Saxtinghams  in  Norfolk,  and  of  the  rec- 
tory of  St.  Clement  at  the  Bridge  in  Norwich. 

The  whole  living  was  valued  first  at  20,  after  at  26,  and  after  that, 
at  31  marks,  and  the  portion  of  tithes  belonging  to  Coverham  abbey 
was  valued  at  20s.  and  let  to  the  rector  by  perpetual  composition,  who 
always  paid  Is.  to  each  tenth  for  it.  It  lies  at  8/.  in  the  King's 
Books,  pays  first-fruits,  and  16s.  yearly  tenths;  synodals  5s.  procu- 
rations 5s.  Peter-pence  4s.  and  caivage  Sd.  ob.  and  the  whole  town 
paid  to  every  tenth  ol.  9s.  and  had  13s.  4d.  deducted  on  account  of 
the  lands  in  it  belonging  to  the  religious,  for  which  they  were  taxed. 
The  master  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem's  Commandry  at  Karbrook  in 
Norfolk  had  small  rents  here  paid  by  the  lord  of  the  manor,  of  the 
gift  of  the  ancient  lords. 

There  were  the  gilds  of  St.  Remigius  ;  and  of  our  Lady,  held  at 
her  altar  in  our  Lady's  chapel ;  and  another  of  St.  Thomas,  held  at 
his  altar  in  St.  Thomas's  chapel. 

In  the  7th  of  Eliz.  a  messuage,  20  acres,  and  3  roods,  belonged  to 
the  inhabitants,  of  which  one  rood  and  an  half  formerly  belonged  to 
St.  John  at  Carbrook,  and  4  acres  and  3  roods  to  the  gilds  here,  and 
one  acre  and  two  roods  to  find  a  lamp  in  the  church,  on  which  ac- 
count they  seized  all  the  town  lunch,  as  concealed  from  the  Queen 
upon  the  statute. 

In  Edward  the  First's  time,  John  and  Roger  Bijgod  were  owners, 
but  I  do  not  find  them  ever  concerned  in  the  manors;  they  and  their 
family  settled  and  continued  along  time  here;  and  were  descended 
from  the  By  gods  Earls  oi  Norfolk, 

The  church  of  Hetherset  hath  its  north  porch  tiled,  nave,  two  isles, 
and  chapels  leaded,  with  a  square  tower  and  5  bells.  The  chancel  is 
totally  ruinated,  and  part  of  the  nave  used  as  a  chancel. 

6  See  vol.  iii.  p.  641. 


30  HETHERSETE. 

In  our  Lady's  chape],  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  isle,  is  an  altar 
tomb,  having  the  portraitures  of  a  knight  armed  cap-a-pie,  with  a 
sword  hanging  from  his  head,  which  lies  on  a  cusliion,  his  spurs  on, 
and  a  lion  at  his  feet ;  he  is  in  a  surcoat  of  his  arms,  and  hath  his 
shield  of  them,  viz.  Bernak,ot».  a  fess  g.  By  him  is  his  lady  with 
a  dog  at  her  feet,  and  on  her  mantle  are  the  arms  of  Bern  ak,  impal- 
ing Driby,  r/rg.  three  cinquefoils  and  a  canton  gul.  (see  vol  i.  p.  374.) 
The  inscription  is  lost,  but  was  this, 

<0bttu£  ©omini  JDiili  be  25ernaftc  lETcccTO'ir0.  M°  cIEten.siijS 
aprih>J. 
<®bitu£  !Domine  .lltcie  De  23crnafcc  JlVccc0^  pti0  trie  3prtli£. 

This  Sir  William  Bernak,  Knt.  and  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Sir  Robert  de  Driby,  Knt.  were  buried  in  the  midst  of  the 
dilapidated  chancel,  from  whence  this  monument  was  removed, 
through  a  covetous  desire  of  the  lead  wherein  they  were  buried,  by 
John  Flowerdew,  father  to  the  Baron.  It  seems  the  chancel  was  re- 
built by  them  and  Robert  de  Driby,  the  then  rector,  for  their  arms 
were  to  be  seen  in  the  east  window. 

In  St.  Thomas's  chapel,  at  the  upper  end  of  the  north  isle,  is  a  fair 
raised  tomb,  wherein  lyeth  Catherine,  mother  to  Baron  Flowerdew, 
and  wile  to  John  Flowerdew,  without  inscription.  In  the  same  place  lie 
John  her  husband,  and  Tho.  Flowerdezo ;  and  in  the  chancel,  lies  bu- 
ried the  Baron,  and  for  want  of  a  gravestone  of  his  friends  cost,  is 
covered  with  one  from  another  man's  grave,  as  the  MSS.  from  whence 
this  account  is  taken,  words  it. 


In  the  midst  of  the  chancel. 

Cock,  with  a  martlet  for  difference,  impaling  Jay.7 

Deposita  Johannis  Cock  Generosi  Filij  Roberti  Cock  de 
Rushford  Generosi,  hie  quiescunt,  Qui  duxit  in  Uxorem  Ma- 
eiam  Filiam  Johannis  Jay  de  Holveston,  in  Agio  Noe- 
folciensi  Armigeri,  Ilia  ob.  18  Aug.  A.  D.  1656.  Hie.  31 
Dec.  1668,  iEtatisq;  sua;  70. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  altar  rails,  Bokenham  and  nineteen  coats; 
and  the  same  on  an  achievement  hanging  at  the  east  end  of  the  south 
isle: 

1,  Bokenham,  arg.  a.  lion  rampant  G.  with  a  martlet  for  difference. 
2,  Or,  two  bars  <S'.  3,  Sab.  a  chevron  between  three  swans  necks  erased 
arg.  4,  Arg.  three  ogresses,  on  the  first  a  cross-croslet  of  the  field. 
5,  Sab.  a  lion  rampant  or.  6,  Sab.  a  chevron  era.  between  three 
coronels  of  tilting  spears  arg.  by  the  name  of  Wiseman.  7,  Gul.  a 
fess  lozenge  arg.  between  three  martlets  or.  8,  Vert,  a  lion  rampant 
arg.  crowned  or.  9,  Paly  of  six,  arg.  and  sab.  a  fess  gul.  10,  a  cross 
hurnette  chequy  arg.  and  at.  between  twenty  bezants,  five  in  each 
quarter,  2,  1,  2.  1 1,  as  5.  12,  Eim.  on  a  chief  indented  S.  a  trefoil 
slipped  between  two  annulets  arg.  13,  Per  fess  nebule  arg.  and  gul. 
gutte,  counterchanged  in  a  bordure  of  the  first.     14,  Gul.  a  chevron 

'  See  vol.  iv.  p.  151,  316. 


HETHERSETE.  31 

between  three  garbs  ar.  and  as  many  croslets  fitche  or.  15,  Sab.  a 
bend  wavy  between  two  cotises  arg.  16,  Bois,  arg.  two  bars  and  a 
canton  gul.  over  all  a  bend  sab.  17,  Ramsey,  sab.  a  chevron  between 
three  rams  heads  erased  arg.  18,  Sab.  three  hands  erect  cooped  in  a 
bordure  arg.  l<J,Arg.  on  a  cross  gul.  five  lioncels  rampant  of  the 
field.     20,  as  1. 

In  the  middle  an  escutcheon  of  pretence,  party  per  chevron  in- 
grailed  A.  S.  three  boars  counterchanged.  Crest,  a  buck  couchant 
proper. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Elizabeth  the  Wife  of  Hugh  Bu- 
kenham  Gent,  and  Daughter  of  Christopher  Flowerdew  Gent,  and 
Susan  his  Wife,  who  departed  this  Life  29  Dec.  A.  D.  1669. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Hugh  Bokenham  fourth  son  of  Wise- 
man Bokenham  of  Weston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  Esq;  he  was 
Sheriff,  Alderman,  and  Mayor  of  Norwich,  and  being  Bur- 
gess for  the  said  City,  dyed  in  that  Service  on  the  26th.  of  April, 
in  the  60  year  of  his  Age,  A.  D.  1694.8 

Under  this  Stone  is  laid  the  Body  of  Walsingham  Boken- 
ham Esq;  son  of  Hugh.  Bokenham  late  of  the  City  of  Norwich 
Esq;  he  died  9  Aug.  1714,  in  the  45  Year  of  his  Age. 

In  the  north  isle.  Crest,  a  man's  arm  holding  a  club.  Betts, 
sab.  on  a  bend  between  two  cotizes  arg.  three  roses  gul.  impales  az. 
two  bars  ar.  in  chief  three  leopards  faces  or. 

Here  lye  the  Bodies  of  Jeofry  Betts  Gent,  deceased  May 
16,  1680,  and  Eliz.  his  Wife  deceased  June  24,  1663,  he  aged 
74,  she  57. 

This  gentleman  came  out  of  Wiltshire,  and  was  steward  to  the 
Earl  of  Pembr 00k. 

Tho.  Staynes  died  March  13,  1726,  aet.  46. 

In  the  middle  alley,  Thomas  Richmond  1638,  at.  G3.     On  a  brass, 
C?ic  iacct  ©ominus  Henricitf  ©atontre  quonOam  Sector  dc  %ntc> 
toooo  cuiug  amine  propictctuc  !©eu$i2Unen.    He  died  in  1493. 

On  a  mural  monument,  Motham,  S.  a  cross  indented  erm.  impal- 
ing per  fess  nebule  .S'.  and  az.  three  martlets  or,  a  canton  of  the  3d. 
Crest,  a  talbot. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Isaac  Motham  late  of  this  Place 
Esq;  ob.  10  Mar:  1703,  act.  62;  And  also  Eltz.  his  Wife,  by 
whom  he  had  Issue  .5  Sons,  but  all  dead,  and  one  Daughter  yet 
living,  ob.  28  Jan.  1699,  aet   6l. 

On  a  stone  that  lies  in  the  chancel,  which  seems  to  have  belonged 
to  some  tomb  formerly,  are  three  dogs  heads  cooped  and  collared, 
2,  and  1 . 

The  hospital  of  St.  Giles  in  Norwich  has  lands  here,  now  held  by 
the  corporation. 

8  See  vol.  i'li.  p.  426, 


32  HETHERSETE. 

In  1658,  John  Kofe,  Gent,  of  Norwich,  gave  for  the  use  of  the 
poor,  a  messuage  called  Jerk's  in  Hethersete,  copyhold  on  IVoodhall, 
and  half  an  acre  copyhold  on  Cromwell's  manor,  which  is  now  the 
Queen's-head,  and  is  rented  at  10/.  per  annum,  the  clear  income  of 
which  is  annually  applied  by  Jerrny  Harcourt,  Cent,  and  Claude  Ro- 
berts, the  present  feoffees,  in  clothing  the  poor. 

Walsingham  Bokknham,  Esq.  gave  a  house  and  lands  for  the 
use  of  the  poor,  now  let  at  4/.  7*.  6d.  per  annum. 

The  part  of  the  old  town-lands,  which  remained  after  those  taken 
away  in  Edward  the  Sixth's  time,  are  now  let  at  2/. per  unnum.  Alice 
Kettle  pays  a  rent  charge  of  2s.  lid.  per  annum. 

Mrs.  Alice  Goddard,  who  is  buried  in  the  churchyard,  on  the 
east  side  of  the  north  porch,  gave  a  crimson  velvet  cushion  for  the 
pulpit,  in  the  year  1729- 

In  173,5,  Claude  Roberts  fitted  up  the  vestry,  gave  3  brass 
sconces  for  the  pulpit  and  desk,  a  Bible,  Common  Prayer  Book,  and 
communion  table-cloth. 


THICKTHORN,  or  THICKHAM, 

Is  a  hamlet  to  this  town,  which  takes  its  name  from  Alan  de  Thike- 
thorn,  its  owner,  who  had  it  of  Steph.  le  Noreys;  in  1240,  the  said 
Alan,  and  Clarke  his  wife,  settled  it  on  Roger  son  of  Robert  deThike- 
thorn,  Tikethorp,  or  Tykeham,  who  obtained  of  Henry  III.  A°.  41 
reg.  liberty  of  trying  pleas  in  his  court  at  Thikethorn ;  and  the 
same  year  he  settled  a  messuage  and  100  acres,  on  Will,  de  Hack- 
ford  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Tho.  Rosceline.  In  1275,  Daniel  de 
Thickthorn  lived  here,  and  held  his  court;  and  soon  after,  Ralf  at  the 
Thick-thorns.  In  Queen  Elizabeth's  time,  Robert  Balle  of  London, 
Esq.  conveyed  it  to  Roger  Ramsey,  Esq.  of  Norwich,  who  died  16 
June,  17th  Car.  I.  seized  of  the  capital  messuage  called  Thickthome, 
and  300  acres  of  land  in  Thickthome  in  Hethersete,  held  of  the  honour 
of  Richmond,  at  three  quarters  of  a  fee,  and  John  his  son  and  heir  was 
45  years  old.  It  belonged  after  to  the  Flowerdews,  since  that,  to  Isaac 
Motham,  oiMortram,  Esq.  but  it  seems  all  the  lands  held  of  the  manor 
were  purchased  in. 

This  hamlet  is  on  the  left  hand  of  the  London  road  from  Norwich 
to  Hethersete,  and  (he  common  belonging  to  it  still  retains  the  ancient 
name;  it  is  owned  by  Miles  Branthwait  of  Hethill,  Esq. 

CANTELOSE,  CANTELOWE,  or  CANTLEY, 

Was  part  of  the  manor  of  Hethersete,  but  a  separate  parish,  with  a 
parochial  church,  and  8  acres  of  glebe  in  the  time  of  the  Conqueror; 
it  took  its  name  of  Cante/eese  or  Cantelose,  about  King  Stephen's  time, 
signifying  the  leas  or  lees9  that  were  cut  off,  or  separated  from  the  pa- 
rish, as  being  a  village  by  itself,  totally  exempt  from  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk,  forit  paid  neither  procuratioiis,  synoduls, 
nor  Peter-pence,  and  but  3d.  carvage.  When  Norwich  Domesday 
was  made,  Sir  Rob.  deTateshale  was  patron;  and  it  was  a  rectory 

9  Lee  signifies  lands  unfilled,  and  sometimes  new  broken  up  ground. 


CRINGLEFORD.  S3 

valued  at  5  marks,  and  had  a  recto  /-(/-house  and  15  acres  of  glebe,  but 
was  not  taxed ;  the  whole  attended  Hetherset  manor. 
The  church  was  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints. 


RECTORS  OF  CANTELOSE. 

Tho.  de  Brunne,  rector. 

Simon,  rector.  Tho.  de  Brekles,  parson  of  Cantelos,  granted  to 
Simon,  son  to  Herbert  de  Hetherset,  the  ancestor  of  Sir  Simon  de 
Hetherset,  who  lived  in  1331,  his  wood  in  Tweitjield  in  Bekstede  in 
Hethersete. 

1321,  Jeffry  de  Depham.     Sir  Wil.  de  Bernak,  Knt. 

pj5>.Rob.  Scotard.  The  King ;  by  lapse.  He  changed  this  for 
Wikes  vicarage  in  Worcester  diocese  in 

1361,  with  Simon  de  Laxton,  who  was  presented  by  Ralf  Lord 
Cromwell,  as  was 

Simon  Muriel  in  1365,  and  died  in  1372,  and  was  buried  in  Great 
Linsted  church,  being  succeeded  by 

Will.  Nome,  the  last  rector  here;  for  in  1397,  this  church  was 
consolidated  to  Hethersete,  by  Henry  Bishop  of  Norwich,  at  the  pe- 
tition of  Ralf  Cromwell,  Knt.  and  the  parishioners ;  itbeing  certified 
that  the  revenues  were  so  small,  that  it  had  laid  void  because  nobody 
would  accept  it;  and  it  was  agreed  that  the  profits  should  be  divided 
between  John  Christmass  and  Tho.  Saunders,  and  their  successours, 
rectors  of  Hethersete,  for  ever;  who  served  the  church  alternately 
as  a  free-chapel,  till  the  reformation,  when  it  was  totally  demolished. 
The  place  where  it  stood  being  called  the  Old  Churchyard. 

There  was  an  ancient  family  sirnamed  from  this  hamlet,  for  John, 
son  of  Peter  de  Cantelos,  and  Will.  Bygod,  were  owners  here 
in  Henry  the  Third's  time. 

The  capital  messuage  called  Cantlowe-hall,  is  now  owned  by 
Arthur  Jennet/,  Gent. 


CRINGLEFORD 


.1  AKES  its  name  from  the  shingle,  or  gravelly  ford,  over  which  there 
is  built  a  noble  bridge  of  stone,  dividing  the  county  of  the  city  of 
Norwich  from  that  of  Norfolk.  At  the  Confessor's  survey  the 
whole  town  belonged  to  Alured  the  priest,  a  freeman  of  Bishop 
Stigahd;  but  at  the  Conqueror's,  Roger  Bigot  held  one  part  of  it, 
being  the  chief  manor,  of  the  Bishop  of  Baieux,  which  had  one  caru- 
cate  in  demean,  three  parts  of  a  water-mill  worth  20*.  at  the  first  sur- 
vey, and  40s.  at  the  second ;  the  town  was  a  mile  and  two  furlongs 
long,  and  six  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  1  Id.  gelt,  and  there  then 
vol.  v.  F 


34  CRINGLEFORD. 

belonged  to  it  two  freemen  and  an  half,  which  held  25  acres,  and 
one  acre  of  meadow  worth  2s.  lying  in  the  parish  of  Flordon.1 

The  said  Roger  held  the  second  part,*  of  Alan  Earl  of  Richmond* 
and  a  third  part  in  his  own  right,  of  the  Conqueror's  gift,*  so  that  the 
whole  town,  and  all  that  belonged  to  it,  was  wholly  in  him  when  the 
survey  was  made,  but  it  was  soon  after  divided,  and  the  manor  called 
afterwards 

BERFORD 'S  MANOR, 

Was  in  a  family  which  took  their  names  from  this  place ;  Rrc.  DE 
Cringi.eford  was  lord  here,5  and  Roger  his  son;  his  brother 
Ralf  was  lord  after  him,  and  was  succeeded  about  14544,  by  his  son 
William,  who  in  the  year  1271,  sold  5  messuages,  120  acres  of  land 
and  12  of  marsh,  part  of  the  demeans,  to  Henri/  de  Heylesdon  ;  and 
Joan  his  wife  released  her  right,  and  this  part  was  joined  to  Heyles- 
dons  manor;  but  Roger  de  Cringleford  having  entailed  the 
manor  after  his  own,  wife's,  and  son  William's  death,  on  Adam  de 
Berford  and  Pleasance  his  wife,  they  held  it  in  lt'87.  In  1315, 
Emma,  relict  of  Will.  Lek,  Rob.  de  Poleye,  8tc.  released  their  right  to 
him,  as  feoffees  to  Adam  his  father.  Hi/Ham  son  of  Adam  de  Ber- 
ford had  it,  and  died  seized,  leaving  it  to  Sir  Adam  de  Berford, 
clerk,  late  rector  of  Foston  in  Yorkshire,  his  son;  who  in  !. '350.  jointly 
\f\thAgatha  his  mother,  conveyed  it  in  trust  to  Will,  de  laPolc,  senior, 
Knt.  Sir  John  de  Chest rejield,  rector  of  Foston,  John  de  Be/ford,  citi- 
zen of  Norwich,  and  Hugh  Bandon,  rector  of  Bunreetl ;  and  in  1357, 
they  released  it  again  to  "the  said  Adam,  6  who,  in  I3C>7,  settled  it  on 
trustees,  viz.  Sir  Robert  de  IVylasham,  Knt.  Sir  Bill,  de  Hen/eye,  rec- 
tor of  Cred/ington,  Sir  Hugh  Bandon,  rector  of  Bernham,  John  de 
Er/ham,  Sir  Hi/Ham,  parson  of  Intwood,  and  Sir  John  Elys,  chaplain  ; 
and  in  1368,  Sir  Jo// m  de  Wylasham  and  John  de  Er/ham  released  to 
the  rest.  In  13(>y,  Hen/ye  and  Elys  settled  it  on  Catherine,  widow  of 
Sir  Will,  de  la  Pole,  senior,  knt.  and  Sir  Edmund  de  la  Pole,  Knt.  their 
son,  /I  illiam  deThueng  of  Foston,  and  Tho.  de  Esteijield,  their  trustees ; 
in  1370,  William  B'ysete,  rector  of  Intzcood,  Hugh  de  Bandon,  rector 

*  Terre  Episcopi  Baiocensis  Hu-  In    Cringaforda    tenet  R.  Bigot  i. 

mii.iakt.  H.  Domsd.  to.  6o.  liberum  hominem  StiganHi  xv.  acr.  et  ii. 

In  Kri'gelforda,  i.  car.  terre  te-  bord.  et  ii    liberi   homines  vii.  acr.  et 

nuit  Alurkpus,  presbiter,  liber  homo  dim.  semper  dim.  car.  et  dim.  prati,  et 

Stigandi  semper  iii.   vill.  et  i.   car.    in  octava  pars  molendini,  et  valet  iii.  sol. 

dnio.  et  dim.  car.   horn.  viii.  acr.    prati  3  Vide    Append    Kegr.    Honoris    de 

semper  i.  mol.  et  xvii.   soc.  i.  car.  tre.  Richemond.     fo.  16, 

semper   iii.  car.  iiii.    acr.  prati    et    iii.  *  Teira    Rogeki    Bigot.     H.    de 

liberi  homines  et  dim.  commendati  tan-  Humiliart.     Domsd.  fo.  138. 

tHin  T.  R.  K.  Ii.  acr.   semper  i.  car.  et  In  Iringaforda  i.  liber  homo  Sti~ 

ii.  acr.   prati  et  ties  partes  molendini  et  randi  xv.  acr.  et  ii.  bord.  et  ii.  liberi 

iiii.  soc.  vii.  acr.  etdim   sub.  istis.  tunc  homines  vii.  acr.  et  dim.  semper  dim. 

valuit  xxj.  modo  x\.t.  hcc  tenet  Roge-  car.  et  i.  acr  et  dim.  prati  et  viii.  pars 

rus  Bigot  et  habet  dim.  leng.  etii.  quar.  molendini  et  valet  iii.  sol. 

in  longo,  et  vi.  quar.  in  lato,  et  ix.d.  de  s  This  family   always  bare  in    their 

Geito.    Q^'cunque  ibi  tereal.    In  Flo-  shield,  and  on  their  seals,  a  lion  sal-ant. 

renpuna  ii.  lib.  etdim.  Stigandi,  xxv.  6  He  held  it  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of 

acr.  tunc  dim.  car.  et  i.  acr.  prati,  et  val.  Will,  de  Bukenham,  and  he  ofthe  leirs 

ii,  sol.   hoc  tenet  Rog.  Bigot.  of  Multon,  and  they  of  the  Earl-Mar 

1  Terre  Alan  1  Comitis.     H.  de  Hu-  shal,  and  lie  of  the  King, 
miliar!.  Domsd.  fo.  70. 


CRINGLEFORD.  g0 

of  Bernham,  John,  and  Rich,  de  Berford,a\\A  Emma  and  Ckily,  sister 
and  heirs  of  Sir  Adam  de  Be  i ford  late  rector  of  Foston,  released  all 
their  right  in  this  manor;  by  which  means  it  was  absolutely  vested  in 
the  De  la  Poles,  who  settled  it  soon  after  on  Edmund  Gouruey,  Will, 
de  Boyton,  Tho.  Spyuk,  and  John  le  Latimer  of  Norwich,  when  it  ex- 
tended into  Hethersete,  Eaton,  Erlham,  Little-Mellon,Colneye,  and 
Cringteford  watermill  belonged  to  it;  in  1381,  John  le  Latimer  was 
sole  lord,  and  had  view  of  frankpledge,  weyf,  and  strev,  belonging  to 
his  manor  of  Cringteford  and  Sur/ingham;  and  the  same  year,  Gour- 
nai/  and  the  other  feoffees  of  the  Poles,  released  all  right  to  hun.  In 
1391,  Margaret,  widow  and  executrix  of  John  Latimer,  and  Mc. 
Blakeney,  citizen  of  Norwich,  co-executor,  released  their  annuity  of 
10/.  out  of  Beiford's  manor,  to  John  Otte/ey,  Will.  Berton,  and  John 
Bishop.  In  1406,  John  Bishop,  mercer,  of  Norwich,  conveyed  it  to 
Simon  Sampson,  and  Gilbert  Debenham,  Esqrs.  liic.  W hethermersh , 
John  Jernegan,  and  Richard,  son  of  Ric.  Talmache,  Esq. ;  and  in  1 408, 
they  released  it  to  Simon  Sampson,  Esq.;  in  1409,  Sampson  sold  it  to 
William  Westacre,  archdeacon  of  Norwich,7  Will.  Rees,  Esq.  John  de 
Thornham,  rector  of  Sparham,  Edm.  Perke,  clerk,  William  Sedman, 
merchant,  and  Walter  Eton,  citizen,  who  in  141 1,  by  license  from  the 
King,  settled  it  on  St.  Giles's  hospital  in  mortmain,  to  rind  a  chaplain 
(being  no  brother  of  the  hospital)  to  live  as  a  brother  in  it,  who  was 
daily  to  say  mass,  and  pray  for  the  soul  of  Master  John  de  Der/ington, 
late  archdeacon  of  Norwich,  and  all  his  family,  and  for  Roger  Prat, 
clerk,  late  master,  and  Will,  Paston  of  Paston,  and  all  the  deceased, 
allowing  him  a  good  stipend,  chamber,  and  clothing;  aud  it  conti- 
nued till  the  Dissolution  in  that  hospital,  and  then  passed  with  the 
hospital  and  its  revenues,  to  the  corporation  of  the  city  of  Norwich, 
to  whom  the  manor  now  belongs.        .  0  ._ 

lo56213 

HEYLESDON'S,  or  THE  CAPITAL  MANOR, 

With  the  advowson,  was  given  by  Roger  Bigot,  along  with  Shimp- 
ling*  to  Rob.  de  Fallibus  or  Faux,  in  which  family  it  continued  a- 
good  while.  Sir  John  de  Faux,  Knt.  Will,  de  faux,  then  Robert  de 
Faux,  and  about  1£40,  Sir  Alexander  de  Faux,  Knts.  were  lords  ;  Sir 
Alexander  sold  an  acre  of  land  and  the  advowson,  to  Bi.-hopSrjFFi£LD,9 
who  in  1249,  settled  it  on  St.  Giles's  hospital,  which  he  then  founded. 
In  1287,  Sir  John  de  Faux,  Knt.  his  son,  was  lord  ;  and  sold  the  ma- 
nor, with  the  fishery  called  Cringford  Ee,  and  his  pool,  and  right  of 
fishing  in  the  stream  from  Erlham  to  Cringlefoul-bridge,  to  Htnry  de 
Heylesden,  whose  son  Henry  was  lord  in  1303;  and  then  sealed  with 
a  lion  rampant,  as  this  family  always  did  ;  and  held  it  of  II  ill, am  de 
Bukenham,  he  of  the  heirs  of  Mult  on,  they  of  the  [Lari.- Marshal,  and 
he  of  the  King,  at  3  quarters  of  a  fee ;  and  in  1315,  John  de  Heyhsdon, 
after  him  Henry  de  Hey/esdo/i,  who  in  1  >45,  held  it  of  H  ill.  Leigh, 
Knt.  as  of  his  manor  of  Mult  on' s  in  Sur/ingham.  In  1381,  Emma, 
widow  of  the  said  Henry,  had  it  for  life,  and  then  Roger,  t-heii  son 
and  heir,  who  held  it  in  1401,  and  in  14.13,  conveyed  it  to  Sir  Jo/uide 
Norwich,  lord  of  \  oxford,  Edm.  Barry,  John  Clifton,  lord  of  1  opciqfjt, 

7  Seevol.  iv.  p. 387,  8.        s  See  vol.  i.  p.  154.        9  See  vol.  iv.  p.  381. 


36  CRINGLEFORD. 

Jlob.  Alleyn,  senior,  Rob.  Suffield,  citizen  of  Norwich,  John  Bowkes 
and  Jo/in  Soterle  of  Intwood,  and  Thomas  Ringstede,  trustees,  to  the 
use  of  Tho.  Wetherby  of  Norwich,  Esq.  and  his  heirs ;  who  at  his  death 
left  it  for  life  to  Margaret  his  widow,  who  in  1454,  leased  it  for  8 
marks  a  year,  to  be  paid  her  in  Carrow  abbey,  where  she  boarded 
with  the  nuns,  among  which  Alice  Wetherby,  her  daughter,  was  one; 
at  her  death  it  was  to  go  in  trust  to  John  Heydon,  Tho.  Welles,  and 
Tho.  Croftes,  who  conveyed  their  right  in  reversion,  to  John  Jenney,1 
and  John  Browne,  and  in  1460,  Will,  and  J ohnJenney,  and  John  Browne, 
sold  it  to  the  master  and  brethren  of  St.  Giles's  hospital  aforesaid;* 
and  so  it  becamejoined  loBerford's  manor,  with  which  it  now  remains. 

DUNSTON'S,  or  HETHERSET'S  MANOR, 

Was  held  by  Alured  of  Roger  Bigot,  who  left  it  to  Eudo  his  son, 
and  he  to  l\  alter  his  son,  whose  son  Roger  assumed  the  sirname  of 
Norwich,  and  left  it  to  Gilbert  de  Norwich  his  son,  to  whom  it  was 
confirmed  by  Robert  de  Faux,  lord  of  Heylesdons  manor.     In  1284, 
Henry  de  Norwich,  clerk,  had  it,  and  it  was  after  in  Hugh  de  Dunston: 
and  about  1315,   was  conveyed  to  Sir  Simon  de  Hetherset,  Knt. 
one  of  the  King's  justices,  and  Cecily  his  wife,  who  in  1313  had  pur- 
chased of  Thomas  Spriggij  of  Monesle,  and  Julian  his  wife,  6  marks 
rent  in  Cringleford.     This  judge  was  descended  from  Alexander  de 
Hetherset  and  Maud  his  wife,  who  were  both  alive  in  1249,  and  was 
son  of  John  de  Hetherset,  and  brother  toRemigius,  parson  of  Hingham? 
he  had  three  sisters ;  Margaret,  married  to  Sir  Rob.  Ufford,  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  Emma,  to  Sir  John  Leke,  who  was  his  trustee  for  this  manor, 
and  Katherine,  to  Sir  Walter  father  of  Sir  John  Norwich,  who  built 
Mettingham  castle  in  Suffolk.     This  Sir  Simon  had  six  sons  and  two 
daughters;   1,  Sir  John,  his  eldest  son;  2,  Sir  Edmund  Hethersete, 
Knt.  buried  in  the  Charter-house  in  1380,  and  left  no  issue  ;  his  wife 
Isabell  was  buried  in  Buxhalc   churchyard  in  Suffolk,  A°.  1412;  3, 
William,  rector  of  Attleburgh;*  4,  Roger,  rector  of  Billiugford;  5, 
George,  parson  of  Sculthorp ;  (i,  Nic.  rector  of  Berford;1  Joan  married 
to  Sir  Rob.  l\  achesham,  Knt.  and  Margaret  to  Sir  Hugh  Peierel  of 
Melton,  Knt.  and  most  of  these  brothers  were  concerned  in  this  ma- 
nor, which  seems  to  have  been  shared  among  them;  but  as  all  died 
without  issue,  William  de  Hethersete,  eldest  son  of  Sir  John  Hetherset, 
and  only  heir,  (for  all  his  brothers  died  young,)  inherited  the  whole  ; 
he  was  made  guardian  of  the  wool-customs  in  this  county  in  1357,  and 
by  Eve  his  wife  had  only  two  daughters,  Eliz.  second  wife  to  John 
Whiter  of  Town-Bemingham,  and  Sibil,  to  John  Palgrave  ot'North- 
wood-Berningham,  Esq.  who  was  lord  here  in  his  wife's  right,  and  at 
last,  heir  of  the  whole  inheritance.     After  this  it  was  divided,  and  the 
chief  part  purchased  by  Tho.  Wetherby,  Esq.  who  was  buried  in  the 
Austin  friars  at  Norwich,6  and  so  becamejoined  to  his  manor  called 
Heylcsdon's. 

*  He    married    Eliz.    daughter    and         ♦  Pee  vol.  i.  p.  523. 
heiress  of  Tho.  Wetherby.     In   1477.         !  Vol.  ii.  p.  486.  In  1268,  Ralf  son  of 

Tho.   Jenney,  Gent,  released  all  right  Ralf  de  Hethersete,  vol.  i.  p.  523.  Gre- 

with  wanantry,  against    the    Abbot  of  gory    was    rector   of  Atlebugh.      See 

Westminster  and  his  successours.  Hetherset'.-,   manor    in  Windham,  vol... 

1  bee  vol.  iv.  p.  388.  ii.  p.  505. 

3  See  vol.  ii.  p.  422.  •  See  vol.  iv.  p.  Sy. 


CRINGLEFORD.  37 


B  A  RUN'S   MANOR 

Was  granted  to  one  Grim  bald,  from  Bedford's  manor,  by  Ralfde 
Cringleford,  lord  there,  and  was  c-o.iveyed  by  Grimbald  to  Walter 
Barm,  or  Baron;7  Hugh  Barun  had  it  after  him,  and  in  1304,  Will. 
Barun  of  Cringleford  conveyed  it  to  Petronel  his  sister,  and  her  heirs; 
in  1317,  Tho.  Spriggi.;*  and  Julian  his  wife  granted  it  to  Sir  Simon  de 
Hetkersete,  Knt.  9  Cecily  his  wife,  and  William  their  son,  and  their 
heirs,  and  so  it  was  joined  to  Hetherset's  manor.  In  1280,  Sir  Simon 
Peche,  Knt.  granted  divers  rents  here,  to  Me.  deCastello  or  Castle,  and 
Cecily  his  wife,  which  in  1298  belonged  to  Will,  de  Bukenham  and 
Julian  his  wife,  and  were  after  joined  to  this  manor. 

The  church  isdedicated  to  Sl.Peter,  and  was  a  rectory  till  S\rJlex. 
de  Vaux  sold  it,  with  an  acre  of  land,  to  Walter  de  Stiffield,  Bishop  of 
Norwich,'  who  appropriated  it  wholly  to  St.  Giles's  hospital  in  Nor- 
wich, which  he  founded  in  1249,  when  it  was  worth  10  marks  per  an- 
num, and  ever  since  it  hath  been  aperpeturl  curacy,  as  it  now  remains,* 
being  in  the  gift  of  the  city  of  Norwich,  in  right  of  that  hospital. 
The  steeple  is  square,  and  hath  three  bells,  on  the  second  of  which  is 
this, 

&um  ftos'a  JMssata  Jjlunbi  foaterina  bocata. 

On  the  biggest,  which  is  the  soul-bell,  is  this, 

Jesv  Christe,  Fili  Dei  miserere  nobis. 

It  hath  a  nave  22  yards  long  and  7  broad,  and  a  small  chancel,  all 
tiled,  and  a  north  porch  leaded. 

In  the  altar  rails  there  was  a  stone  (now  gone)  for  Lucy  wife  of 
Mr.  Robert  Cook,  Dec.  1668.  A  vertuous  woman,  and  a  loving  wife. 
There  are  also  interred  John  Pykarel  Gent.  June  19,  1707,  75.3 
Robert  hisyounger  brother  Aug.  26,  1677,41,  with  the  arms  and  crest, 
viz.  a  swan  proper.  There  is  a  plain  monument  against  the  north 
chancel  wall,  for  William  son  of  Charles  Lore  of  Kirstead-hall,  Gent. 
Jan.  11,  1714,  60.  Will,  his  son  Oct.  22,  1722,  18,  with  the  arms  of 
Love,  vert,  a  tiger  passant  or.  Crest,  a  tiger's  head  erased.  Honor 
-wife  of  Will.  Love,  Feb.  20,  1731,  66. 

In  the  church,  on  a  stone. 

Pykarel  impales  Cook,  or,  a  chevron  ingrailed  gul.  between  three 
cinquefoils  az.  on  a  chief  of  the  second,  a  lion  passant  guaidant  of  the 
third.  John  Pykarell  Gent.  Apr.  the  6th,  1627,  75.  Anne  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Chris.  Layer  Gent.  Apr.  21,  1628,  61,  John  his  eldest  son, 

7  See  vol.  iv.  p.  384.  erg.  three  castles  triple  tower  gut. 

8  He   sealed    with,    quarterly,    in    1st  9  This  Sir  Simon   sealed  with  er.    on  a 
and  last  quarters  a  castle,  in  the  2d  and  chief  demi-lion.     But  his  descendants 
3d  a  de-lis.     Julian  his  wife  sealed  with  bare  az.  a  lion  rampant  gardant  or. 
three  castles,  which  makes  me  think  she  ■  See  vol.  iv.  p.  381 . 

was  daughter  to  Nic.  de  Castello  and  Ce-  2  Bart/wlomezc  was  the  first  minister  in 

cily  his  wife,  and   might  be  first  wife  to  1253,  after  the  appropriation. 

Will.de   Bukenham,  and  then  to  Tho.  3  See  vol.  i.  p.  47. 
Spriggy.    The  arms  of  Castle  being 


f,S  CRINGLEFOED. 

Oct.  1 1,  1645,  50.  Catherine  his  wife,  daughter  of  Will.  Cooke  of 
Broome  Esq.  Aug.  19,  1663,  57.  Will,  son  of  John  Pykarell  Gent. 
June  15,  1683,  43.  Sarah  his  wife,  daughter  of  Charles  Love  of  Kir- 
stead  Gent.  20  July  1702,  58.  John  son  of  Will  Pykarell  Gent.  28 
Jan. 1725,  52. 

There  is  a  good  estate  here,  which  hath  been  a  long  time  in  this 
family. 

Another  stone  hath  the  arms  of 

Taylour,  erm.  on  a  chief  dancette  three  escalops,  for  John  Tay- 
lour  A.  M.  sometime  fellow  of  Corpus  Christi  college  in  Cambridge, 
afterwards  pa3tor  of  this  church  and  Heulesden,  Dec.  13,  1662.  Re- 
surgam.  John  son  of  Peter  Turner  Gent,  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  died 
Nov.  7,  1710,43. 

Pykaeell  impales  Cook.  Henry  Pykarell  Gent.  20  Feb.  1647. 
Anne  his  wife  21  Jan.  1662,  and  four  of  their  daughters,  Mary  Nov. 
30,  1626.  Anne  10  Jan.  1628.  Kath.  24  Nov.  1633.  Anne  Aug, 
8,  1659. 

Exuviae  Roberti  Pykarell  Generosi,  Collegij  Corp.  Christi, 
apud  Cantabrigienses  per  triennium  alumni,  cui  sub  ipso  iEtatis 
flosculo,  quippe  vix  annum  vicesimum  primtim,  emenso,  fatale 
Vitas  Stamen  ineidit.-^ro/HwKal.  Nov.17,  A.  D.MDCLXXXXVI, 
Infans  Layer  Pykarell  ob.  20  May  1722. 
Pykerell  impales  Vynn,  or,  on  a  fess  az.  three  lioncels  arg. 

In  the  south  windows  are  the  four  Evangelists,  and  in  a  north  win- 
dow St.  Catherine  holding  the  wheel,  and  the  Virgin  Mary  with  our 
Saviour  in  her  arms,  and  a  star  over  his  head,  a  broken  effigies  of  a 
priest  at  her  feet,  and  this  in  a  label, 

JJ&atcr.  <©ci,  jBetnento  rati. 

There  is  a  mural  monument  in  the  churchyard  against  the  north  part 
of  the  east  chancel  wall,  with  the  arms  of  Vynn,  for  Ric.  Vynn  Gent. 
Feb.  19, 1728,  65.  Layer  Vynn  Gent.  Feb.  27,  1736,  46.  Deborah 
daughter  of  Layr  Vynn  and  Honour  his  wife,  June  11,  17'-J6,  an 
infant     Honour  their  daughter  May  15,  1737,  14. 

There  is  a  small  parsonage-house  at  the  north-west  part  of  the 
churchyard,  called  anciently  the  Priest's  Chamber. 

When  this  living  was  appropriated,  it  had  a  house  and  2  carucates 
of  land,  valued  at  5/  ;  it  paid  4a.  synodals,  \4d.  Peter-pence,  3d.  ob. 
carvage;  and  the  lands  of  the  sacrist  of  Norwich  were  taxed  at  as. 
In  1603,  Edward  Biewsttr  had  the  profits  and  served  the  cure,  there 
being  then  C>6  communicants;  and  Anthony  Style,  Gent  had  the  hos- 
pital rev  emxes  by  lease.  I  he  several  benefactions  of  which  may  be 
seen  under  the  history  ofthathospit.il,  vol.  iv.  p.  .S84,  Sec.  It  is  now  leased 
for  lite,  to  the  Rev."  Mr.  John  Arnam,  rector  <>i  Possewick,  with  the 
house,  tithes,  &c  at  3s.  Ad.  per  air  urn  payable  to  the  hospital;  and 
being  under  value,  and  not  at  all  in  the  Kind's  Books,  it  is  capable  of 
augmentation.  In  14'2S,  the  Prior  of  Si.  Faith  was  taxed  at  4s.  for 
his  temporals  in  this  town  ;  and  the  Prior  of  St.  Olave  at  llerlingpete, 
had  45  acres  of  land,  3  messages,  4  acres  or  meadow,  4  acies  o1  marsh, 
and    2s.  rent  here,  and  in  Thorp  by  lladezco;  purchased  of  Adam 


NTWOOD. 


89 


Bacon  in  1312.  The  Prior  of  Norwich  was  taxed  forhis  temporals  at 
6s.  8d.  which  were  given  by  Half  son  of  MIL  de  Cringleford,  Roger 
anr)  Alice,  son  and  daughter  of  iiichard  de  Cringle  ford,  William  son 
of  Roger  de  Cringleford,  Walter  Baron,  Gilbert'  le  Uphalder,  Roger 
Bigot,  and  others.  In  \1Q\,  Petronel,  widow  of  Peter  at  Cringleford 
Cross,  settled  one  acre  and  an  half  on  Petronel  her  niece,  to  pay  for 
ever  4d.  per  annum  to  have  4  masses  said  yearly  for  her  soul,  in  this 
church,  every  Christmas  day.  This  village  was  totally  consumed  by 
fire  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  time,  for  which  reason,  an  act  passed  in  the 
23d  year  of  her  reign,  for  the  re-edifying  it.  4  It  paid  30*.  to  the  old 
tenths. 

In  the  bounds  of  this  parish  there  stood  a  free  chapel,  dedicated  to 
St.  Ethelberd,  commonly  called  St.  Albert's  chapel;  and  in  Queen 
Elizabeth's  time,  St.  Ethe/berd's  chapel  was  reckoned  among  the 
lands  concealed  from  the  Crown;  it  is  now  demolished,  and  was  al- 
ways appendant  to  the  parish  church,  with  which  it  passed  to  the  hos- 
pital; it  had  many  rents  paid  to  it,  and  the  alder  car,  called  St. 
liberal's  Grove,  in  Cringleford,  belonged  to  it.  It  appears  by  the  hos- 
pital accounts,  that  it.  was  a  thatched  building,  and  that  in  1.531  they 
almost  rebuilt  it;  the  profits  of  it  in  a  good  measure  consisted  in  the 
offerings  made  by  pilgrims  that  came  in  pilgrimage,  for  many  came 
hither  on  that  account;  but  what  this  image  here  was  so  famous  for, 
as  to  be  visited  that  way,  I  have  not  found.  In  Regr.  Rix,  fo.  309, 
in  the  Bishop's  office,  I  find  the  will  of  Agnes  Parker  of  Kesetoick,  who 
was  buried  in  Cringleford  churchyard  in  1505,  in  which  are  these 
woids,  "  Item,  I  owe  a  Pilgrimage  to  Canterburi/,  also  I  owe  to  St. 
Teba/d  of  Ilobeis,  Item  to  St.  Albert's  at  Cringleford  iij  Tymes. 

Between  this  and  Erlham,  on  the  same  side  of  the  river  with  this 
town,  stands  the  farm-house  called  Newfound,  from  a  remarkable 
sort  of  earth  newly  found  there,  which  was  lately  transported  to  Hol- 
land for  the  potters  use,  but  now  totally  disused. 


INTWOOD 

Belonged  to  Earl  Half  at  the  Conquest,  and  to  Coleman,  a  free- 
man of  Bishop  Stigand's,  in  the  Confessor's  time,  and  after  the  Earl's 
forfeiture,  the  Conqueror  gave  it  to  Eudo  the  sewer,  who  held  it  at  the 
survey ;  it  was  worth  3/.  per  annum  at  the  first  survey,  and  4/.  at  the 
Conqueror's;  being  a  league  long  and  half  a  one  broad,  and  paid  yd. 
q.  to  thegf/d.s     Thorp,  called  afterwards  Gloresthorp  and  Guzclhorp, 

*  1580,  an  act  passed  to  impower  the  5  Domesday,  fo.  237.  H.  de  Humi- 
lity of  Norwich,  as  lords  of  Cringleford,  liart.  Terrc  Eudonts  Dapiferi 
to  grant  what  lands  they  pleased  to  be  Intwf.ua  tenuit  Raduljus,  quam  te- 
heldbycopy  of  court  roll  of  theirmunor,  nuit  Cohmauus  liber  homo  Stigandi  i  car. 
and  to  make  it  as  ancient  copjhold,  in  semper  iii.  villani  et  iii.  bord.  tunc.  ii. 
order  to  re-edify  that  tlieir  villagejwhich  serv.  modo  iii.  semper  ii.  car.  in  domi- 
was  totally  burned  down.  nio.eti.  car.  et  dim.  hom.  iii.  acr.  prati 


in  INTW0  0D. 

which  now  is  included  in  Swerdeston,  belonged  about  half  of  it  to  this 
manor,  which  was  so  called,  as  being  then  situate  in  the  Wood.  The 
ancient  family  of  the  TrviLEs  were  settled  here  very  early.  In  the 
time  of  King  John  and  Henri/  III.  Ralfde  Tyvile  of  Inttcode  held  his 
manor  here  at  two  fees;  one,  of  the  ancient  family  simamed  de  Ri- 
parijs,  and  the  other  of  Will,  Marshal  the  younger.  In  1285,  .John  de 
Tyvile  was  lord  and  patron,  and  had  view  of  frankpledge,  assise  of 
bread  and  ale,  and  all  power  of  the  lete,  paying  \0d.  to  the  King,  as 
to  his  hundred  of Humbleyara '■;  so  that  this  town  was  by  that  rent,  ex- 
empt from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  hundred  court,  and  now  the  manor 
was  held  of  the  honour  of  Albemarle ;  and  the  Prior  of  St.  Faith  held 
the  8th  part  of  a  fee  of  the  said  John,  and  Tho.  de  Tyvile  of  Weston,  and. 
others,  held  a  fifth  part  of  a  fee  pf  him.  In  1305,  the  said  John 
granted  to  Simon  de  Hethersete,  liberty  of  commonage  for  100  sheep, 
and  all  other  cattle,  in  Intwood;  this  John  sold  the  advowson  and. 
lands  here,  to  Nic.  de  Castel/o. 

In  Edward  the  Second's  time,  Hugh  de  Tivile  was  lord,  and  in  1313, 
Tho.  Spriggi  of  Mones/c  was  lord  and  patron,  and  he  and  Julian  his 
wife  had  Tt  in  1325,  and  in  1349,  Will,  son  of  Ra/f  de  Bokcuham,  was 
lord  and  patron,  and  had  free-warren  here.  In  1356,  Baith.  Apple- 
yard  and  John  de  Erpingham,  citizens  of  Norwich,  owned  it;  Apple- 
yard  having  obtained  a  release  from  William  de  Bukenhaiu6  and  Joan 
his  wife,  settling  it  on  him  and  his  heirs;  and  in  13t>7,  it  was  held  of 
Rob.  son  and  heir  of  John  de  Insula,  or  L' isle,  Knt.  Will.  Appieyard 
his  son  held  it  till  1401,  and  then  Bartholomew  E/lys  was  found  to 
hold  it  at  two  fees,  of  the  dutchy  of  Lancaster,  of  which  Sir  John  Lisle 
held  it,  but  it  was  in  trust  only,  for  Nicholas  son  of  William,  and. 
grandson  to  Bartholomew  Appleyerd,  sold  it  to  Tho.  Wetherby,  the 
rich  alderman  of  Norwich,  who  died  in  1445,  and  left  it  to  Margaret 
his  wife  for  life,  and  then  to  John  Jenney,  Esq.  and  Eliz.  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  the  said  Thomas  :  this  John  Jenney  was  third 
son  of  Sir  John  Jenney,  Knt.;  he  died  in  1497,  when  Will.  Jenney,  son 
of  his  son  John  Jenney,  inherited;  he  died  at  Intwood  in  1512,  and 
was  buried  under  a  large  si  one  in  the  chancel,  now  robbed  of  its  brasses; 
Catherine  his  wife  survived  him.  In  1537,  Sir  John  Heydon,  Knt.  and 
others,  conveyed  the  advowson  and  manor  to  Ric.  Blyant,  with  Swer- 
deston manor  and  advowson ;  but  Sir  John  and  the  others,  were  only 
trustees  of  John  Blyant  and  Anne  his  wife,  who  presented  in  1517, 
and  Ric.  Blyant,  Esq.  their  son  and  heir,  sold  it  to  Sir  Ric.  Gresham, 
Knt.  of  London,  who  died  in  1548,  seized  of  the  manors  of  Intrcood, 
Keswick,  Siccrinsthorp,  Hardwick,  Swerdeston,  and  Mulberton,  leaving- 
John  his  son  and  heir,  then  30  years  old.  In  1549,  Sir  Thomas 
Gresham,  Knt.  entertained  John  Dudley  the  great  Earl  of  Warwick, 
in  his  journey  against  the  rebel  Ket  the  tanner,  at  his  seat  here,7  which 

silv.  viii.  pore,  et  quarta  pars  mol.  tunc  dim.  semper  ii.  car.  et  dim.  et  ii.  serv. 
iii.  rune,  m"  iii.  semper  iiii.  anc.  tunc     et  i.  lib.  horn,  de  dim.  acr.   tunc  valuit 


pore. 


it,  modo  xvii.  et  et  Intewida  habet 


clesiade  xii.acr.  terre  et  i.  acr.  et  dim.  leug.  in  long,  et  dim  in  lato,  et  ix.d.  et 

prati.  et  xv.  soc.  xl.  acr.  terre  semper  i.   ferding  de  gelto.     Et   hoc  maneriura 

ii.  car.  et  iv.  acr.  prati  et  v.  liberi  homi-  valuit.  T.  R.  E.  lx.  sol.  modo  Ixxx, 

nes  xx.  acr.  et  i.  car.  ex  his  habuit  suus  6  See  vol  i.  p.  298,381. 

et  antecessor  commend.  T.  R.  E.  et  ii.  7  See  vol    iii.   p.  246.     He  built  the 

liberi  homines  et  dim.  lxxv.  acr.  com-  Royal  Exchange  in  1567.     Stow,  667. 
mend.  tantumT.  R.  E.  et  i.    bord.  et 


INTWOOD.  41 

he  soon  after  endowed  and  finished,  in  the  manner  we  now  see  it*  it 
stands  about  half  a  furlong  west  of  the  church,  and  is  now  called  Int- 
wood-ha/l.  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  Knt.  appears  lord  and  patron  in 
1568,  and  in  1571,  William  Gresham  of  London,  Esq.  who  sold  it 
about  1596,  to  Henky  Hobart,  Esq.  with  the  manor  of  Swerdeston, 
in  which  family  it  hath  continued  ever  since,  John  Lord  Hobart  of 
Blick/i/ig,  being  now  lord,  and  owner  of  the  village,  (which  contains 
the  hall,  and  two  or  three  cottages  only,)  as  also  patron  of 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  and  hath  a  nave 
11  yards  Jong  and  6  yards  wide,  with  a  chancel  and  south  porch,  all 
tiled  ;  a  steeple,  round  at  bottom  and  octangular  at  top,  in  which  are 
two  bells.     On  a  brass  plate  in  the  chancel, 

Here  resteth  the  Body  of  Cecily  Hirst,  wife  of  William  Hirst 
Gent.  Dr.  and  Heir  of  Edward  Shelton  of  Brome  in  the  County 
of  Norfolk  Esq;  who  died  28  Jan.  1619. 
There  is  a  large  stone  robbed  of  an  effigies  and  inscription,  but  I 
find  that  William  Jenney  Esq.  was  buried  under  it  in  1512.     By  the 
font  there  are  two  stones  for,  Robert  Hammond  Gent.  15  Aug.  1678, 
8-1.     Hammond,  or,  on  chief  sab.  three  martlets  of  the  field. 
His  pious  Memory  here  shall  lay, 
'Till  Letters  cut  in  Stone  decay. 
Rob.  his  son  Aug.  14,  1687,44. 

]\il  nisi  pulvis  inest,  perfectum  Gloria  Corpus, 
Reddet,  disce  citd  vivere,  cit6  mori. 
Tho.  son  of  Tho.  and  Mary  Rackham  17  Aug.  1728.     Eliz.  their 
daughter  June  7,  1731,  8.     James  Charles  of  Intwood,  Aug.  19,  1718 
52.     Hannah  his  wife  Sept.  5,  1737,  52. 

This  rectory,  when  single,  was  first  valued  with  the  portions  at  5, 
after  at  9  marks.  When  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  John  de  Tivil'e 
was  patron,  and  there  was  a  house  and  30  acres  of  land  ;  the  portion 
of  tithes  then  belonging  to  the  monks  of  Colchester,  was  valued  at 
4s.  that  of  the  cellerer  of  Norwich  at  6s.  8d.  being  for  two  parts  of 
the  great  tithes  of  the  demeans,  which  were  given  by  Ralf  de  Tivile 
lord  here,  and  were  confirmed  by  John  de  Grey,  and  Tho  de  Blumxyle, 
Bishops  of  Norwich*  The  portion  of  the  Prior  of  St.  Faith  was  then 
valued  at  Is.  but  in  1428,  increased  to  2/.  4s,  2rf.  in  land  and  common- 
age. The  hospital  of  St.  Giles  in  Norwich  had  lands  here.9  The  sy- 
nodals  were  ISrf.  Peter-pence  \Q,d.  carvage  2d.  and  it  paid  2/.  to  each 
tenth.  Being  consolidated  to  Keswick,  it  is  above  value,  and  pa\  sfirst 
frnits  and  yearly  tenths,  viz.  for  Intwood  10s.  and  10s.  for  Kesewic. 
The  Virgin  formerly  had  her  image  in  this  church,  with  a  light  con- 
stantly burning  before  it. 

Anthony  Drury,  Esq.  second  son  of  Sir  Jnthony  Drury  of  Bes- 
tho/p,  Knt.  by  Bridget,  daughter  of  John  Spelman  of  Narburgh,  and 
brother  to  Sir  William  Drury,  who  died  in  ]639,  lived  here;  he  mar- 
ried a  sister  of  Sir  Owen  Smith,  Knt.  oi' Winston,  and  (as  the  book  in- 
tituled The  Grandeur  of  the  Lao?,  tells  us,  p.  229,)  was  descended  from 

8  Regr.  Pr.  Norw.  i.  fo.  37,  262.  »  See  vol  iv.  p.  3S4.  »  See  vol.  i.  p.  277,  8,  49;. 
vol.  v  G 


42  INTWOOD. 

Rob.  Druru  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  Esq.  a  person  of  great  learning,  and 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons  in  Henry  the  Seventh's  time. 

RECTORS  OF  INTWOOD. 

127 5,  Robert  de  Tivile,  rector. 

1313,  Nic.  Spriggi.     Tho.  Spriggi  of  Monesle. 

1325,  John  de  Bukenham.     Tho.  Spriggi  and  Julian  his  wife. 

1334,  Rob.  de  Shadwell.  Sir  Simon  de  Hethersete,  Knt.  guar- 
dian to  Will,  son  of  Ralfde  Bukenham. 

1336,  John  (or  Rob.)  de  Bingham. 

1349,  John  Boule  of  Old-Bukenham;  he  died  rector.  Will,  de 
Bukenham. 

1354,  Will.  JYiscte,  he  died  and  was  buried  in  the  minor-friars  church 
at  Norzcich.  Bartholomew  Appleyard  and  John  Erpingham, 
citizens  of  Norzcich. 

1339,  John  liysete,  buried  in  the  chancel  in  1392,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Walter  Bulleman,  and  he  in  1399,  by 

Tho.  Cantele,  these  three  being  presented  by  William  Apple- 
yard,  citizen  of  Norwich,  as  was 

Barth  Belagh  in  1401,  when 

The  chapel  of  St.  James  the  Apostle  of  Gawesthorp,  or  Gauthorp, 

was  annexed  and  consolidated  to  this  church  of  Intzcood. 

1424,  Will.  Bultell.  Thomas  Wetherby,  Esq.  citizen  and  al- 
derman of  Norwich. 

1425,  Walter  Martin,  who  in  1431,  changed  for  Titshall  with 
Rob.  Clement,1  who  in  1444,  changed  with 

Tho.  Brook  for  Pevensey  in  Chichester  diocese ;  he  was  deprived  in 
1452,  and 

Tho.  Morrice  was  presented  by  John  Jenney,  Esq.  and  Eliz.  his 
wife,  heiress  of  Wetherby,  who  presented  the  four  following  rectors, 

William  Freeman. 

1471,  Ric.  Roper;  at  his  death  in 

1482,  Ric.  Dawntre,  who  is  buried  in  Hethersete  church  and  was 
succeeded  in 

1493,  by  John  Ponsty.     In 

1501,  James  Styward  had  it  by  lapse,  and  in 

1502,  Tho.  Howson,  at  whose  death  in 

1517,  Edmund  Loge  had  it,  of  the  gift  of  John  Blyant  and  Anne 
his  wife;  he  died  in  1529,  and 

Chris.  Lant  had  it,  by  gift  from  Ric.  Bli ant,  Esq. ;  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Tho.  Cayton,  on  whose  deprivation  in 

1554,  Henry  Smith  was  presented  by  Tho.  Gresh  am,  Esq.  at  vvhoss 

1574,  John  Shinquen  had  it,  and  held  it  united  to  Keswick,  Sir  Tho. 
Gresham,  Knt.  being  patron. 

1597,  July  2i,Edzi>.  Munday  was  presented  by  Tuo.  Tirkll,  Esq. 

1  Vol.  i.  p.  209. 


KESWICK.  45 

patron  of  this  turn,  and  on  Oct.  23d  following  by  consent  of  Will. 
Gresham,  Esq.  patron,  it  was  consolidated  to  the  church  of  Keswick 
adjoining  to  Intwood. 

RECTORS 
of  Intwood  and  Keswick,  and  Gowthorp  chapel  annexed. 

1602,  Will.  Welles,  B.  D. ;  in  1603,  he  returned  46  communicants 
here.     Sir  John  Hobart,  Knt.  patron. 
1617,  Will.-  Warren.     The  King  by  lapse. 
1639,  John  Ridley.     Lady  Dorothy  Hobart. 

Henry  King;  he  resigned,  and  in 
1662,  John  Shejield,  A.  M.  was  presented  by  Sir  John  Hobart  of 
Blick/ing,  Bart.     In  16()3,  he  resigned,  and  Sir  John  gave  it  to 
Miles  Smith,  and  in 
1680,  to  Ric.  Clerk,  at  whose  death  in 

1708,  Sam.  Harris  was  presented  by  Sir  John  Hobart,  Bart,  and 
at  his  cession  in  1720,  he  gave  it  to 

Will.  Herring,  LL.  B.  on  whose  cession  in 
1743,  The  Rev.  Will.  Leech,  the  present  rector,  was  instituted  at  the 
presentation  of  John  Lord  Hobart,  now  patron. 


KESWICK, 

Or  Case-Wic,  i.  e.  the  cottages  upon  the  wic  or  winding  of  the 
river,  to  which  the  situation,  which  is  on  the  river's  side,  exactly  an- 
swers. In  the  Confessor's  time  this  manor  was  a  berewic  to Hethill 
manor,  and  was  owned  by  Olf,  a  thane  of  that  King,  and  by  Roger 
Bigot 'in  the  Conqueror's  time;  it  was  then  6  furlongs  long,  and  5 
broad,  and  paid  6d.  ob.  geld  or  tax,  and  Aitard  de  I  ah  or  de  Faux, 
held  it  of  Bigod.3 

Godric  the  sewer  had  a  man  that  held  10  acres  here,  and  the  King 
and  the  Earl  had  the  whole  soc,  lete,  and  superiour  jurisdiction.4 

It  continued  in  the  Vaux  family  for  many  ages ;  Hubert  de  Fal/ibus 
or  Vals,  was  lord,  and  had  an  exemption  from  paying  toll  in  Norwich, 

3  TervuRogeriBigotiH.  Humiliart.  prati    in  eadem  iv.  libi.  homines,   duo 

Doras,   fo.    121.     Hethella  tenuit  commend,  tantum  et  unus  sub  antecess. 

Olf  Teinus  T.  R.  E.  &c.  semper  i.  be-  G«^'a'similiteretquartusSr;£(2KaVsimiliter 

ruuita  Chesewic  de  i.  car.  terre  tunc  ii.  et  hab.  i.  car.  terre  de   xxx.   acr.  istius 

▼ill.  post  et  modo  i.  semper  i.  ser.  tunc  terre  saisitus  erat  Godricus  quando  R. 

et  posti.  car.  in  dnio.  m°  ii.  et  iii.  acr.  foris  fecit  et  due  sue  mulieres  ibi  mane, 

prati  semper  i.  mol.  et  Chesewic  habet  bant,  m"  earn  tenet  Aitardus  de  Rogero 

vi.  quar.  in  longo  et  v.  in  lato,  et  vi.d.  ii.  bord.  semper  ii.  car.  et  vi-  acr.  prati 

et  ob.  de  g.   et  tenet  Aitardus.     In  tunc  val.  in   totumxv.  sol.  mudo.  xxv. 

Kesewic  xiii.  libi.  homines,  quos  tenet  Rex  et  Comes  de  omnibus  istis  hberis 

Aitardus,  iiii.  sub  antec.  Godrici.  com-  hominibus  socam.     (Doms.  fo.  138.) 
mend,   tantum  et   de   v.   soca  falde,  et        *  Terre  Godrici  Dapiteri.     In  Kes- 

commend.  et  v.  sub  antecess.  Rogericom.  wic  i.  homo  x.  acr.  et  val.  xvi.d.  Rex 

mend,  tantum,  habent  et  lx.  acr.  tunc  i.  et  Comes  super  omnes  socaill.    Ibid.  fo. 

ear.  et  dim.  post  modo  i.  et  dim.  acr.  169. 


44  KESWICK. 

for  the  produce  of  his  demeans  here,  and  of  his  manor  of  Surlingham ; 
and  in  1220,  Jollun  de  Faux  was  lord  of  both  manors,  and  proved  his 
exemption  :  there  were  great  contests  between  him  and  the  Prior  and 
Convent  of  Norwich,  concerning  rights  of  commonage  in  Eaton;  but 
things  being  agreed,  he  became  a  good  benefactor  to  their  monastery, 
by  confirming  all  right  he  had  in  Eaton  to  the  monks,  and  a  water- 
mill  in  Kesewic  called  the  Old  Mill;  and  Emma,  daughter  of  Bartho- 
lomew, son  of  Will,  de  Hethill,  released  all  her  right  in  the  mill,  which 
was  first  given  to  the  convent  by  Albert  de  Novilla  or  Nevile,  subject 
to  pay  10s.  a  year  to  the  monks  alThetford,  which  Vincent  Prior  of 
Thetford  released  in  1289,  and  Robert  Prior  of  Alvesborne,  and  the 
canons  there,  released  to  the  monks  of  Norwich,  a  rent  of  20s.  in  Kese- 
mc;  and  in  1286,  Ralf  de ■  Jmodesham  and  Alice  his  wife,  conveyed 
to  the  Prior  of  Norwich  40s.  rent  here  to  be  remembered  daily  in  the 
bed-roll  of  the  church  of  Norwich ;  and  accordingly  the  monks  of 
Norwich  were  taxed  for  40s.  of  temporal  rents  in  this  town.  Sir  John 
de  Faux,  Knt.  was  succeeded  about  1234,  by  his  son  Sir  Alex,  de  Waus, 
Knt.s  who  granted  to  the  Norwich  monks,  joint  fishery  with  him  in 
his  stream  from  Hereford-bridge,  and  an  acre  of  land  there,  Roger  de 
Fans  being  witness;  he  confirmed  to  the  Prior  and  monks  of  St.  Faith 
at  Horsham,  18  acres  of  land  in  Casewic,  which  John  Godchep  gave 
them  in  free  alms,  and  also  a  portion  of  tithes  out  of  his  demeans,  for 
which  that  convent  was  taxed  at  6s,  8d.  spirituals,  and  lis.  temporals. 
In  1265,  John  de  Faux  was  lord  of  this  and  Boton,  and  Mary  his  wi- 
dow had  an  interest  in  it ;  and  in  1295,  the  manor  was  settled  by  a 
fine,  then  levied  between  William  son  of  Herbert  de  Faux,  and  Burga 
his  wife,  on  the  said  Mary,  for  life,  remainder  to  them  and  their  heirs ; 
and  in  ]<2[)6)Petro?iilla,  daughter  of  Alexander  de  Faux,  claimed  a 
part  of  it;  and  in  1315,  the  said  Burga,  her  husband  William  being 
dead,  was  lady  here,  and  in  1318  obtained  a  charter  of  free-war- 
ren to  the  manor.  In  1320,  she  and  John  de  Fals,  her  son  and  heir,  as 
executors  of  Will,  de  Faux,  paid  102/.  to  the  King,  as  the  remainder 
of  the  account  of  the  said  Will,  who  was  the  King's  receiver  for  the 
revenues  of  his  castle  and  honour  of  Knaresburgh  in  Yorkshire.  la 
1347,  John  Sparrow  of  Norwich,  was  lord.  In  1349,  Sir  John  Ufford, 
Knt.  and  Hugh  de  Curson,  by  whom  in  1365,  this  and  Fciux's  manor 
in  Burgh  St.  Mary  were  settled  on  Will.  Clere  of  Ormesby.  In  1390, 
Dionise  Clere  had  it.  In  1415,  Rob.  Clere,  Esq.  gave  it  after  the 
death  of  Eliz.  his  wife,  to  Robert  Clere  his  son,  when  it  was  held  of 
Forncet  honour.  In  1469,  Eliz.  Clere  had  it,  and  in  1523,  Sir  Robert 
Clere,  Knt.  her  son.  In  1549,  Sir  Ric.  Gresham,  Knt.  died  seized,  and 
Eliz.  his  relict  had  it,  and  after  her,  Sir  John  Gresham,  their  son  and 
heir.  In  1563,  Isabel  Gresham,  widow,  and  in  1577,  Sir  Tho.  Gresham, 
Knt.;  and  in  1580,  Will.  Gresham,  Esq.  and  from  that  time  it  hath 
passed  along  with  the  manor  of  Intwood,  and  remains  with  it  at  this  day. 

The  church  was  dedicated  to  All  the  Saints,6  and  the  rector  had  a 
house  and  26  acres  of  glebe ;  it   was  valued  at  5  marks,  and  is  now 

»  Margery,   widow    of  Sir  John   de  the  Third's  time,  Will,  de  Vaux  held  it 

Vaux  of  Kesewic,  Knt.  granted  to  Alex-  at  one  fee  of  the  heirs  of  Hubert  de  Mul- 

anderher  son,  lands  in  Trowse,  which  ton,  and  he  of  the  Earl-Marshal. 
Alexander  released  to  the  chambertain         6  Will.    fil.    Ranulfi  de  Swerdestone 

of  the  monks  at  Norwich,    In  Henry  abjuravi  redidisse  hospitali  See.  Marie 


KESWICK.  45 

valued  at  5l.  in  the  King's  Books,  and  pays  first-fruits,  as  consolidated 
to  Intwood,  and  JO*,  yearly  tenths ;  synoduls  are  Mid.  procurations, 
6s.  8d.  Peter-pence  12rf.  carvage  \d.  ob.  the  portion  of  St.  Faith  at 
Horsham  5s.  and  that  of  the  monks  of  Thetford  5s.  There  was  an 
image  of  the  Virgin  in  the  church,  and  in  1505,  Rob.  Curson  was  bu- 
ried before  it,  and  gave  a  good  legacy  to  repair  the  church ;  this  village 
paid  1/.  7*.  to  every  tenth. 

RECTORS  OF  KESEWICK. 

Guaidus  the  priest. 

Ra/f.   Alex,  de  Vaux,  Knt. 

1300,  Jeffery  de  Coluey.  Sir  Will,  de  Vaux,  Knt.  who  presented 
the  three  following  rectors; 

1301,  Edmund  ~de  Merkeshall. 
1303,  John  de  Basijigham. 
1310,  Rie.  deCatfield. 

1347,  Ric  at  Church  of  Swaynesthorp.  John  Sparwe  or  Spar- 
row, citizen  of  Norwich. 

1349,  Simon  de  Bintre.  Sir  John  Ufford,  Knt. ;  he  exchanged 
for  St.  Margaret  Westwick  in  Norwich.     (See  vol.  iv.  p.  257.) 

1355,  Rob.  de  Kyngton.  Sir  Kob.de  Ufford  and  Hugh  Curson  : 
buried  in  the  chancel  in  1383,  when  Will.  Clere  of  Ormesby  gave 
it  to 

Tho.  Ward  of  Ridlington,  who  was  buried  by  him  in  1390,  and 

Rob.  Vyn  of  Brunsted,  was  presented  by  Dionise  Cleke;  and  in 

1408,  Nic.  Hey/et  had  it;  and,  in  1422,  exchanged  it  with 

Roger  atte  Medewe  for  Ridlungton.     Oliver  Groos,  Esq. 

1426',  Rob.  Melton.     Nic.  Wichjngham,  resigned. 

1434,  Himon  Clerk.  Eliz.  Rothenhale;  he  resigned  in  1439, 
and 

Tho.  Burgh  was  presented  by  Rob.  Clere  of  Ormesby,  Esq.  in  right 
of  Casewick  manor,  which  came  to  him  by  inheritance. 

1458,  Ric.  IVymond,  lapse. 

1465,  John  Wode,  lapse. 

1469,  Brother  Alan  Aylesham.     Eliz.  Clere,  widow. 

1493,  Brother  John  Hevyngham.  Rob.  Clere,  Esq.  He  died  in 
1523,  and  Sir  Rob.  Clere,  Knt.  presented  his  chaplain, 

Sir  Will.  Hunt,  who  held  it  united  to  St.  Edmund  in  Norzvich;  at 
whose  death  in  1525,  he  presented 

Sir  Robert  Fosdyke,  alias  Poynter,  who  was  deprived  in  1555,  and 

Tho.  Warner  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Eliz.  relict  of  Sir  Ric  Gresh  am, 
Knt,  at  whose  death  in  1563,  Lady  Isabell  Gresham,  widow,  gave 
it  to 

John  Shynkwyn,  who  had  it  united  to  Intwood,  and  at  his  death, 
July  21, 

\597,Edw.  Munday  was  presented  to  this  church  by  Tho.  Tirrel, 
Esq.  patron  of  the  turn,  who  had  institution  and  union  to  Intwood 
with  Gowthorp  chapel ;  and  the  23d  of  Oct.  following,  they  were  con- 
Magdalene  juxta  Norwicum  et  fratribus  Herteford,  et  terra  liberi,  et  est  ex  dono 
et  sororibus  ejusdem,  Deo  servientibus,  Dni.  Alexandri  de  Vallibus  Dni.  de 
totum  jusin  una  acra,  in  campo  de  Che-  Chesewic.  E  Carta  sans  date.  Vol.iv. 
sewic  inter  terram  ecclesie  omnium  p.  441. 
Sanctorum  de   Chesewic  et  pontem  de 


46  MERKESHALL. 

solidated  by  consent  of  Will.  Gresham,  Esq.  patron  of  them  all ;  and 
this  church  was  immediately  pulled  down.  The  steeple  is  round,  and 
is  still  standing,  being  very  small,  as  was  the  church,  which  had  a 
nave,  chancel,  and  south  porch  ;  the  churchyard  is  ploughed  up  to  the 
walls;  it  stands  on  a  hill  between  Hertford-bridges  and  Intrcood,  on 
the  south  side  of  the  river,  and  the  ruins  are  seen  at  some  distance. 
There  are  a  very  few  houses  besides  the  hall ;  the  whole  village  belong- 
ing with  Intwood,  to  John  Lord  Hobart  of  Blickliug. 

More  east,  on  the  same  side  of  the  river,  on  a  promontory,  bounded 
on  the  south-east  by  the  river  Talis,  are  seen  the  ruins  of  another 
church,  properly  enough  called 


MERKESHALL, 

It  being  at  that  time,  the  mark  out  of  the  great  lake  at  the  division 
of  the  rivers,  though  by  corruption  it  is  now  called  Matteshail  ;  the 
whole  village,  as  well  as  the  church,  is  dilapidated,  there  being  only 
one  farm-house  in  its  precinct,  which  was  lately  built  by  the  Pettus 
family,  called  Matteshall-Hali,  where  the  farmer  lives  that  occupies 
the  whole. 

This  village  belonged  in  the  Confessor's  days  to  Godwin,  a  free- 
man of  Bishop  Stigand,  who  held  it  at  two  carucates  in  demean  ;  the 
whole  was  then  5/.  per  annum,  besides  the  church,  which  had  (j  acres 
of  glebe,  worth  \td.  per  annum.  At  the  Conquest  it  belonged  to 
Ralf  Beaufoe,  was  worth  11/.  a  year,  had  a  freeman  that  held  6 
acres  in  Dunston,  which  belonged  to  this  manor,  of  which  the  King 
and  Earl  had  the  soc  or  lete,  and  the  town  was  then  6  furlongs  long 
and  5  broad,  and  paid  6d.  ob.  geld  or  tax.1 

Afterwards  it  belonged  to  Hubert  de  Ria,  orRHYE,  beingsettled 
on  him  by  the  Beaufoe  family,  when  Henry  son  of  Hubert  married 
Agnes  de  Beaufoe;*  this  Hubert  gave  the  tithes  of  his  demeans  in 
Merkeshall,  to  the  monks  of  Norwich,  and  Henri/  de  Eia  and  Agnes  his 
wife,  confirmed  them.  On  the  division  ol  the  barony  of  Rhye,  this 
went  to  Isabel,  who  married  for  her  2d  husband,  Roger  son  of  Hugh 
de  Cressi,  who  had  a  daughter  named  Isabel,  married  to  Alex,  de  Po- 
ringland,  and  before  that,  to  Will,  de  Merkeshall,  whose  son, 
Peter  de  Merkeshall,  was  lord  here;  and  alter    him  Sit  William   de 

7  Markeshalla  tenuit  Goduinus  yi.  acr.  etval.  xii.d.  et  habet  vi.  quar. 

liber  homo  Stigandi  ii.   car.  terre  tunc  in  longo  et  v   inlaioet  vi.d.  et  obulum 

xii.  villan.  post  et   modo  xi.   tunc  viii.  de  gelto.  Rex  et  Comes  socum  de  liberis 

bordar.  post  et  m".  vii.  tunc  et  post  ii.  hominibus.     In    Ounestuna   i.   liber 

serv.  m°  i.  tunc  ii.  car.  in  dominio,  post  homo  vi.  acr.etest  in  pretio  deMerkcskala. 

i.  modo  ii.  semper  v.    car.   horn.    xvi.  Sub  tit.  terra  R.   de  Bellofag' .     Humi- 

acr.  prati  etsemperii.  mol.  etdim.  m°  ii.  iart  H.  Doms.  fo.218. 

runcin.  et  iv.  anim.  etxx.porc.  tunciv.  8  Regr.  i.  Ecce.  Norw.  54.     Reg.  v. 

oves.  m°    xiiii.  et  i.  lib.  homo  viii.  acr.  fo.  7.     See  also  vol.  i.  p.  44,  149.   Vol, 

terre  et  dim.  semper  dim.  car.  tunc  va-  ii.  p.  432,  490,  93. 
luit  cs.  post  viii.  Ii.  nv9  xi.l.   i.  ecclesia 


MERKESHALL.  47 

Merkeshall,  Knt.his  son,  whose  widow  Margery,  daughterof  Sir  John  de 
Vaux,  was  abenefactrix  to  Norwich  priory  ;  Aliva,  the  other  heiress, 
to  Rhie  barony,  married  John  le  Marsha/,  and  had  in  this  town  and 
Cas/re  adjoining,  rents  of  1  tl.  per  annum  which  she  conveyed  to  Ro- 
bert de  Mautby  and  Alice  his  wife,9  who  in  1267,  sold  part  of  them  to 
Roger  son  of  Hugh  le  Bigot;  and  in  1274,  this  part  was  esteemed 
as  a  manor,  for  the  Earl-Marshal  held  a  manor  in  Merkeshall,  and  had 
free-warren  to  it;  and  Stephen  de  Brokedish  was  his  bailiff  there.  In 
1382,  Sir  Will,  de  Merkeshall  granted  this  advowson  and  7  acres  of 
land,  to  Norwich  monks;  but  a  law-suit  ensued,  and  it  was  proved  that 
Peter  de  Merkeshall,  his  father,  had  granted  it  to  Roger,  son  and  heir 
of  Roger  de  Thirkelbij,  and  he,  to  Walter  de  Thirkelhi/,  his  brother,  who 
sold  it  to  Roger  Bigot. ;  and  in  1284,  the  said  Roger  agreed  for  the 
whole  of  the  manor  with  Sir  William  ;  *  and  it  was  settled  on  him  and 
his  heirs,  and  he  had  view  of  frankpledge,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  and 
all  royalties  allowed  him  to  his  village  of  Merkeshall,  paying  I2rf.  a 
year  to  the  King,  to  his  hundred  of  Humble yard ;  from  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  which,  this  village  was  exempt  by  the  said  payment.  In  1306, 
the  manor  and  advowson  was  settled  on  Giles  de  Munpynzoun, 
and  Lady  Christian  his  wife,  who  presented  in  1310.  Inl343,Nic. 
Deveros  had  it  too,  and  in  1349,  it  was  settled  oiiTho,  Moyne,  who 
died  seized  in  1362,  leaving  it  to  Edm.  his  son  and  heir.  In  1384,  it 
belonged  to  Simon  and  Roger  Blicki.ing  of  Norwich ;  and  it  was 
settled  in  1386,  on  Henry  Luminor  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Wil- 
liam their  son,  of  London ;  and  in  13y5,  to  Henri/  Luminor,  senior  of 
Norzoich;  in  1408,  he,  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Thomas Muigne  orMonk, 
of  Merkeshall,  settled  it  on  Edmund  Warner  of  Norwich,  in  trust  for 
"William  Morley,  Esq.  whose  daughter  Margery  had  it  in  1441, 
and  in  1451,  John  Yelverton,  Esq.  was  lord  of  the  manor  of  Merkeshall, 
called  Monk's  manor,  or  Lumnour-hall:  about  1520,  I  find  it  in 
James  He/mes,  Esq.  and  in  155  1,  Amy  his  widow  had  it,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  their  son  William  Hel/nes  of  Rackhithe,  Gent,  who  about 
1568,  sold  it  to  Thomas  Pettus,  alderman  of  Norwich,  with  Rackhithe, 
&c.  In  which  family  it  hath  continued  ever  since,  Sir  Horace  Pettus, 
Bart,  being  now  lord. 

The  church  was  dedicated  to  St.  Edmund  the  King  and  Martyr, 
and  stands  on  a  point  or  promontory,  like  the  chapel  of  that  Martyr, 
which  stood  at  the  very  north-west  extremity  of  the  county,  from  thence 
called  St.  Edmund's  Point;  it  never  had  a  steeple,  but  only  a  nave, 
and  chancel,  the  first  about  10  yards  long  and  8  broad,  the  latter 
about  the  same  length,  and  about  6  yards  broad ;  the  only  house  in 
the  parish  stands  about  2  furlongs  south  of  it;  the  ruins  are  still  per- 
ceptible at  some  distance.  The  rector  formerly  had  a  house  and  24 
acres  of  glebe  ;  it  was  first  valued  at  2  marks,  7*.'  6d-  after  at  10  marks; 
it  paid  \8d.  synodals,  3s.  procurations,  6d.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  car- 
vage;  and  the  rents  of  the  monks  of  Norwich  were  valued  at  4s.  2d. 

9  In  1441,  5/.  per  annum  rent  out  of  this  Mautby,  their  son. 
manor,   was    owned   by  Rob.  Mautby  of  '   In  1362,  John  de  Merkeshal  was  lord 

Mautby,  Esq.  was  settled  on  Margaret  liis  and  patron  of  Merkeshall  in  Essex,  and 

grandaughter,  married  to  John   Paston,  released  them  to  SirWill.  de  Rushbroke, 

Esq.  and  came  to  John  Pabton,  Esq.  of  and  Sir  Ralf  de  Foley,  Knts. 


48  MERKESHALL. 

to  the  tenths,  and  the  whole  village  at  l/.  4s.  2d.  but  paid  clear,  only 
xi.s.  to  each  tenth. 

RECTORS  OF  MERKESHALE. 

1277,  Roger. 

1300,  James  Dobell  of  Bungeye.  Sir  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Nor- 
folk and  Earl-Marshall. 

Athis  death  in  1310,  the  Lady  Christian  de  MuNPYNzouNgave 
it  to 

John  Cortone,  and  in  1317,  SirGiLES  de  Munpynzoun  presented 

Will,  de  Brunsthorp.     In 

1343,  Will.  Downyng  resigned,  and  Nic.  Deveros     ave  it  to 
John  Downyng  of  Tatersete,  and  in 

1349,  to  Will,  de  Isingham;  and  the  same  year,  Thomas  Moyne, 
or  Monk,  presented 

John  de  Cadewold  of  Woodford.     In 

1395,  John  Brunthorp  was  instituted  at  the  presentation  of  Henry 
Luminor,  citizen  of  Norwich;  and  in  1410,  Edmund  Warner  of 
the  same,  gave  it  to 

Walter  Wil/mund  of  Beeston.     In  1439,  at  his  death, 

JohnMorley,  shaveling,  was  presented  by  Will.  Morley,  Esq. 
and  in  1441,  he  resigned,  and  then,  as  executor  of  Will.  Morley 
aforesaid,  he  presented 

Gregonj  Smith,  chaplain,  jointly  with  Margery,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Motley,  Esq,  deceased. 

1451,  Rob.  Ryal.  John  Yelverton,  Esq.  at  Henry  Bagot's  death 
in  1525,  Will.  Paston  having  obtained  a  grant  of  this  turn,  of  James 
Helmes,  Esq.  he  presented 

William  IVoodtcard,  priest,  not  as  formerly  to  a  rectory,  but  to  a 
free-chapel ;  by  means  of  which,  at  the  Dissolution,  it  was  demolished, 
the  glebe  and  profits  seized,  which  were  then  valued  at  61. 6s. per  annum. 
Woodzcard  was  returned  not  rector,  but  custos  or  master  of  it,  and  had 
a  pension  for  life  assigned  him  as  custos,  of  2/.  15s.  6d.  which  I  find 
paid  him  in  1553,  and  then  it  was  totally  left  out  of  the  King's  Books, 
and  the  whole  lost  for  a  time;  but  in  16C8,  it  being  found  that  it  was 
apresentative  rectory,  formerly  valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  3/.  6s.  8d. 
it  was  reinstated,  and  the  King  presented. 

Tho.Twaits,  A.  M.  to  it  by  lapse  of  time,  and  he  having  some  trouble 
in  recovering  the  arrears,  compounded  it  at  last,  with  the  patron;  so 
that  in  1609,  Sir  John  Pettus,  Knt.  presented 

William  Leedes,  a  licensed  preacher;  after  whom 

Hen.  Nerford  had  it,  and  on  his  resignation,  in 

1637,  John  Hozilet,  A.  M.  was  presented  byTHO.  Pettus,  Esq.  who 
in  1639  at  Howlet's  cession,  gave  it  to 

II  ill.  Seamier,  A.  M.  In  1687,  on  John  Scamler's  death,  Sir  John 
Plttus,  Bart,  presented 

Ric.  Dix,  A.  M.  at  whose  cession 

JolmGoddaid  had  it;  and  in 

1695,  Mar.  16,  Rob.  Fawcet,  junior,  A.  M.  on  the  death  ofGoddard, 
had  it  consolidated  to  the  adjacent  rectory  of  Castor  St.  Edmund,  with 
the  consent  of  Sir  John  Pettus,  Bait,  and  then  held  it  united  to 


SWERDESTON. 


*9 


Burlingham  St.  Peter,  and  now  it  remains,  by  virtue  of  the  consolida- 
tion, part  of  Castor,  though  this  is  in  this  hundred,  and  Castor  in  that 
of  Henstede,  being  divided  only  by  the  river  Tails,  which  runs  between 
them,  separating  those  hundreds. 


SWERDESTON. 

This  village,  at  the  time  of  the  Conqueror's  survey,  was  in  many 
parts,  beino-  then  six  furlongs  long  and  5  broad,  and  paid  lSd.  geld. 
And  Thorp,  or Gowtlwrp,  then  belonged  to  it,  and  Mangreen  also, 
as  they  do  at  this  day;  the  two  last,  and  one  part  of  Swerdeston,  belonged 
to  Roger  Bigot/  but  the  manor  of  Swerdeston,  called  afterwards. 

SWERDESTON,  or  COLBY'S  MANOR, 

Which  was  the  principal  one,  belonged  to  Ordinc,  a  Dane,  one  of  the 
Confessor's  thanes  or  noblemen,  and  was  then  worth  66s.  and  the 
church,  which  had  15  acres  of  glebe,  was  appendant  to  it.3  It  was 
<jiven  by  the  Conqueror  to  Ralf  de  Beaufoe,  being  then  worth 
106s.per  annum.  Richard  held  the  whole  of  Ralf,  when  the  Con- 
queror's survey  was  made;  Pagan  or  Pain,  the  son  of  Richard, 
succeeded,  and  Ralf  his  son  after  him,  who,  by  the  name  of  Ralf 
Fitz-Pain,  <nive  lands  here  to  the  monks  of Nomich,  for  the  almoner's 


z  Ten-dRogeri Bigoti,  H.  de  Humiliart. 
of  136,  7,  Domsday. 

In  Suerdestuna  i.  liber  homo  viii. 
acr.  in  Suerdestuna  habet  vi.  quar.  in 
longo,  et  v.  in  lato,  et  xin.d.  de  gelto. 
T.  E.  R. 

In  Manegreena  i.  liber  homo  et 
dim.  de  hoc  habuit  antecessor  Rogcri 
dimid.  commend,  et  antecessor  Godrici 
[dapiferi]  similiter  et  hab.  xxxiii.  acr. 

In  Suerdestuna  viii.  liberi,  ex  tribus 
et  dimidio  habet  suus  antecessor  comd. 
tantum  T.  E.  R.  et  de  quatuor  anteces- 
sor Godrici  similiter,  et  de  dimidio  ante- 
cessor R.  Piperelli  similiter,  inter  totum 
habent  xlv.  acr.  et  ii.  bord.  semper  i. 
car.  et  dim.  ii.  acr.  prati. 

In  Torp  i.  liber  homo  comd.  tantum 
xv.  acr.  et  ii.  liberi  homines,  de  iiii. 
acr.  prati,  et  dim.  car. 

Terra  Godrici  Dapiferi.  H.  de  Hu- 
miliart. Doms.  fo.  169.  In  Suerdest. 
vii.  xl.  ii.  acr.  ii.  lib.  homines  et  dim. 
commend,  tantum  et  i.  bord.  semp.  i. 
aci.  et  i.  acr.  et  val.  vi.  sol. 

VOL.  V. 


3  Terra  R.  de  Beli.ofago.  H.  de 
Humiliart.  lb.  fo.  218.  Molkeber- 
tuna  tenet  Rkardus,  quara  tenuit 
Ordinc  Tegnus  T.  R.  E.  &c.  Et  in  Su- 
erdestuna tenet  idem  vii.  (sc.  liberi  ho- 
mines) inter  totum  lvi.  acr.  semper  i. 
car.  et  dim.  et  ii.  acr.  pra;i  tunc  et  post 
valuit  lx.  sol.  m°  c.  et  liberi  homines 
valent  vi.  sol.  i.  ecclesia  xv.  (acr.)  et 
val.  ii.  sol. 

Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  H.  de  Hu- 
miliart. Ibid.  fo.  303.  In  Suerdes- 
tuna dim.  lib.  homo  dequo  antecessor 
Godrici  habuit  commend,  tantum. 
T.  R.  E.  et  idem  Godricus  erat  hide 
saisitus  quando  Radulfus  Comes  foris 
fecit  m°.eum  tenebat  Rad.  de  Norun  et 
hab.  xv.  acr.  et  dim.  bor.  et  dim.  car.  et 
dim.  acr.prati  et  reddebatGodrico  x.sol. 
in'  reddebat/W.  xii.  sol.  et  hunc  homi- 
nemdetinuitadversusGodrk  timet  ahum 
dim.  hominem  similiter  de  v.  acr.  val, 
xii</. 


50  SWERDESTON. 

use,  *  on  condition  they  received  himself,  his  father,  and  mother, 
and  Soloman  his  uncle,  into  their  bedroll,  and  celebrated  for  their  souls, 
as  for  the  brothers  of  their  house.  In  1247,  William  Fitz-Ralpk,  lord 
here,  sold  the  advowson  to  the  nuns  at  Carhoe  ;  and  the  year  fol- 
lowing, Walter  Bishop  of  Norwich  appropriated  the  church  to  them, 
reserving  a  vicarage  to  be  presented  to  by  that  convent;  Bartholomezo 
son  of  Will,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Swerdeston,  was  lord  in  1256, 
and  in  1315,  it  belonged  to  Tho.  de  St.  Omer  of  Bruiidale,  who  died 
seized  about  1364,  leaving  it  to  his  two  daughters  and  heiresses,  Alice, 
after  married  to  Sir  William  de  Hoe,  Knt.  and  Eliz.  to  Tho.  Waryne. 
In  1392,  it  belonged  to  John  de  Colcby,i  in  which  family  it  continued 
so  long,  that  it  still  bears  that  name.  In  1440,  Tho.  Wetherby,  lord  of 
Bruiidale,  had  an  interest  here.  In  1510,  Will.  Jenney.  Esq.  held  it, 
who  died  in  1512,  and  was  buried  at  Intwood:  and  from  that  time  it 
passed  with  that  manor,  and  John  Lord  Hobart  is  now  lord,  and  pa- 
tron of  the  vicarage.  (See  p.  40,  41.)  It  was  held  of  the  King,  as 
parcel  of  the  dutchy  of  Lancaster. 


THORP,  GOWTHORP,  or  GALTHORP-HALL  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Roger  Bigot  at  the  Conquest,  and  continued  in  that 
family  some  time;  it  came  afterwards  to  the  family  sirnamed  leMoigne, 
or  Monk,  and  in  1286,  William  le  Moigne  lived  here,  and  claimed  view 
of  frankpledge,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  &c.  of  all  his  tenants  here.  It 
seems,  the  chapel  of  St.  James,  which  belonged  to  this  manor,  was 
founded  by  some  of  this  family,  and  endowed  with  the  great  tithes  of 
the  manor.  It  was  consolidated  to  Intwood  church  in  1401,  (see  p. 
42,)  but  was  in  use  till  about  1590;  it  is  now  totally  demolished,  but 
stood  in  the  Brick-kiln  Close  south-east  of  the  hall.  This  was  always 
reckoned  as  a  hamlet  to  Swerdeston.  and  is  now  included  in  the 
parish,  though  the  lands  belonging  to  it  are  often,  on  account  of  the 
consolidation,  said  to  be  in  Galthorp  in  Intzcood,  in  the  parish  of 
Swerdeston.  In  1306,  Peter  son  of  Will,  le  Moigne,  or  Monk,  was  lord. 
In  1320,  Will,  son  of  John  le  Monk  of  Gowthorp,  and  Isabel  his  wife, 
sold  it  to  Ric.  Cole  of  Norwich,  who  released  it  again  to  Peter  le  Monk 
in  1343 ;  and  in  1351,  John  de  Gowthorp  seems  to  have  had  an  interest 
in  it;  but  in  1S55,  Nic.  Blakeney  and  Emma  his  wife  sold  it  to  Bar- 
tholomew Appleyard,  when  it  contained  1 1  messuages,  4/.  quitrents,  &c. 
and  Will,  de  Blickling  and  Mariona  his  wife,  released  all  their  right 
in  1367.  In  1405,  Rob.  Stalon  of  Norwich,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
conveyed  it  to  Ric.  Purdamore  of  Norwich,  and  other  trustees.  In 
I486,  Margaret  widow  of  William  Skipwith  of  Noiwich,  Esq.  gave  this 
manor  to  William  her  son,  with  remainder  to  Edmund  his  brother,* 
and  ordered  JohnRatcliffe  LoidFitz-Walter,  and  her  other  feoffees,  to 
settle  it  accordingly,  and  in  1494,  Will.  Skipwith  and  his  wife  settled 
it  on  Ric.  Haleys,  John  Jollys,  Simon  Damme,  and  Rob.  Walsh,  their 

4  Regr.  ii.  Ecce.  Norwic.  fo.48.  The  here.  2  H.  VIII.  Swerdeston  alias 
monks  were  always  taxed  at  51.  id.  for  Colby's  manor,  tent,  per  Jenny  de 
these  lands,  called  Pilate' s-Hills.  Thoma  Bolleyne  Mil.  per  fidel.  et  red. 

5  Sir  John  Colby  of  Swarston,  and  6s.  per  ann.  ut  de  manerio  suo  de 
Rob.  Colby's    arms     impaling  Brewse,  Mulbarton. 

were  formerly  in  the  church  windows       *  See  vol.  iv.  p.  no. 


SWERDESTON.  51 

trustees,  with  the  advowson  of  Newton  Flotman,  and  a  fishery  in  the 
river  of  Hertford;1  all  which,  in  1525,  were  conveyed  by  Sir  Edward 
Boteyn,  Knt.  and  Anne  his  wife,  to  Leonard  Spencer  and  William 
Knightly.  In  1560,  it  belonged  to  Will.  Steward,  or  Styward,  who 
settled  in  the  manor-house  called  Golthorp-hall ;  his  second  wife  was 
Grisse/d,  daughter  of  Thomas  Eden  of  Sudbury,  and  his  first  was  Eliz. 
daughter  of  Sir  Chris.  Jennet/,  Knt.  of  Great  Cresingham;8  and 
in  1608,  he  and  Grise/d  his  wife  settled  it  after  their  deaths,  on  their 
son  Thomas  and  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of  Henry  Lord  Grey  of 
Groby,  both  which  are  buried  in  St.  Stephens  church  in  Norwich,  with 
many  of  their  family. 9  By  them  this  manor  was  sold  to  Thomas 
Berney,  3d  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Bemey  of  Park-hall  in  Redham,  by 
Julian  his  wife,  daughter  to  Sir  Thomas  Gawdy,  who  died  in  1 673,  and 
is  buried  here,  by  Dorothy  his  wife,  who  was  daughter  and  coheir  of 
John  Smith  of  Ameringhall ;  they  left  two  daughters  ;  Julian,  married 
to  Will.  Branthwait  of  Hethi 11,  Esq.  and  Frances,  to  Sir  Edward  Bark- 
ham  of  Westac  re,  Bart,  and  two  sons;  William,  the  youngest,  married 
Bridget,  daughter  to  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  Coke.  John,  the  eldest 
son,  settled  here,  and  died  in  1678,  and  by  Eliz.  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Sir  Arthur  Onslow  of  West  Clandon  in  Surrey,  Bart,  he  had  Elizabeth, 
buried  here  in  1678 ;  Anne,  married  to  John  Suckling  of  Wotton,  Esq. 
and  Thomas  Barney,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  who  by  Anne,  youngest 
daughter  of  Rob.  Suckling  of  Wotton  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  who  are  both 
buried  here,  had  John  Berney  of  Szcerdeston,  Esq.  the  present  lord, 
who  now  dwells  in  Galthorp-hall,  which  stands  about  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  eastward  of  the  church. 


MANEGRENE  MANOR, 

Was  a  hamlet  to  Swerdeston,  and  at  the  survey  belonged  to  Roger 
Bigot,  from  whose  ancestors  it  was  conveyed  to  Osbert  of  Mannegrene 
and  after  that,  Will,  de  Haverhill  had  it  conveyed  to  Will,  de  Man- 
negrene, his  kinsman.  In  1315,  Emma  de  la  Penne  and  Peter  Plum- 
stede  owned  it,  and  it  belonged  about  1334,  to  John  le  Neve  of  Manne- 
grene, and  in  1340,  was  settled  on  John  his  son,  and  Margaret  his 
sister,  who  married  Will.  Dene;  and  in  1395,  they  released  to  John  le 
Neve  all  their  right;  and  from  thence  till  1559,  I  have  met  with  no 
account  of  it,  when  Tho.Aldrich  of  Mangrene,  Esq."  was  buried  by  the 
font  in  Swerdeston  church,  and  left  Mangrene-hall  manor  to  Cecily  his 
wife;  about  1570,  it  was  owned  by  Thomas  Aldrich,  Gent,  by  whom 
the  most  part  of  the  lands  held  of  the  manor  (if  not  all)  were  purcha- 
sed in,  and  with  an  heiress  of  that  family,  it  went  to  the  Davies;  Mr. 
Henry  Davy,  married  a  daughter  of  Israel  Long,  Gent,  whose  daugh- 
ter and  heiress  Anne,  married  to  William  Churchman,  Esq. 
who  now  owns  it,  and  dwells  at  Mangrene-hall,  which  is  about  half  a 
mile  north-east  of 

The  church,  which  was  originally  dedicated  to  St.  Andrezv ;  and 
about  1400,  reded icated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin.     It  is  a  vicarage 

7  Fin.  Mich.  10  H.  7,  N°.   23.  Neve's   Monumenta  Anglicana,   under 

8  See  vol.  ii.  p.  454.  the  year  1662.     Salmon's  Hist,  of  Hert- 

9  See  vol.  iv.  p.  162.  fordshire,p.  273. 
1  See    vol.  iii.  p.   227,  8.     See  Le 


52  SWERDESTON. 

valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  6/.  but  being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly 
value  of  21/.  14s.  and  Ad.  it  is  discharged  of  hist  fruits  and  tenths,  and 
is  capable  of  augmentation.  It  was  anciently  valued  at  10  marks, 
was  appropriated  to  the  nuns  of  Carhoe  as  aforesaid;  there  was  no 
house,  but  the  vicar  had  24  acres  of  land  ;  his  vicarage  was  valued  at 
5  marks,  but  not  taxed.  It  paid  synodals  2s.  Ad.  procurations  6s.  8d. 
Peter-pence  lAd.  and  carvage  3d.  In  the  time  olHe'hry  VI.  the 
whole  impropriate  rectory  was  let  to  the  vicar  at  3l.  10s.  a  year.  The. 
Prioress  of  Carhoe  was  taxed  at  10  marks  for  it,  and  1  Id.  for  her  tem- 
porals, and  the  Prior  ofJlvcsbourue  had  temporals  here,  taxed  atl8d. 
the  whole  village  was  taxed  at  3/.  to  every  tenth,  and  paid  50s.  clear, 
the  rest  being  deducted  on  account  of  the  revenues  of  the  religious. 
In  1307,  Lettice,  wife  of  William  Payn,  settled  40  acres  of  land,  and  dl. 
per  annum  rents  here,  on  her  chantry  in  St.  Stephens  in  Norwich.7, 

VICARS  OF  SWERDESTON, 

PRESENTED    BY  THE  PRIORESSES    OF    CaRROW. 

1318,  Nic.  Jobbe. 
1369,Witt.  Bay  house. 

1375,  Simon  Bond. 

1376,  Hamond  Jyleward. 
1380,  Rodelandde  Kerbrook. 
1383,WiU.  Chapman,  lapse. 
1388,  Will.  Jurley. 

1394,  Ric.  Osteler. 

1398,  Will.  Lincock,  resigned. 

1405,  Walkeline  Percomb,  who  resigned  to 

John  Witton  in  1410,  in  exchange  for  Norton  by  Baldok,  in  the 
jurisdiction  of  St.  Albans,  and  in  1417,  he  exchanged  this,  for  Thime, 
with 

John  Greenhill. 

1420,  John  Fox. 

1422,  John  Deye,  who  exchanged  for  Wacton-Magna  in  1429, 
with 

John  Long. 

1437,  Tho.  Hacun. 

1470,  John  Fyer,  at  whose  death  in 

i479,  John  liayner  had  it.  At  the  Dissolution,  the  impropriate 
rectory  and  advowson  of  the  vicarage,  and  an  annual  pension  of 
2Ss.  Ad.  paid  to  the  impropriator,  were  granted  with  Carozc,  to  Sir  John 
Shelton,  Knt.  and  were  after  sold  by  Sir  Ra If  Sheltun,  to  Sir  Humphry 
May,  Knt.  and  in  1565,  belonged  to  Anthony  Style,  Esq.  who  this 
year  agreed  with  Robert  Beierle,  vicar  here,  that  as  he  was  also  pro- 
prietary of  Dunston,  if  he  the  said  Robert,  and  his  successours,  served 
the  curacy  of  Dunston,  and  paid  all  dues  to  the  Bishop  and  Archdea- 
con, then  he  the  anAJnthony,  for  himself  and  heirs,  settled  all  the  great 
and  small  tithes  whatever,  and  all  dues  belonging  to  the  parish  of 
Snerdeston,  and  in  the  bounds  of  the  parish,  on  the  vicar  and  his  suc- 
cessours for  ever,  on  condition  he  served  both  parishes,  as  appears 
in  the  19th  Institution  Book,  fo.  275;  but  on  some  consideration, 

-  See  vol.iv.  p.  227. 


SWERDESTON.  53 

when  the  two  parishes  were  severed,  this  was  dissolved,  though  in 
1603,  Brewster  was  returned  both  rector  and  vicar  of  Swerdeston, 
and  curate  of  Dunston ;  that  he  had  82  communicants,  and  that  An- 
thony %on  of  Anthony  Style,  Esq.  was  proprietary  and  patron.  In  l6go, 
on  the  cession  of  Anthony  Buxton,  Daniel  Scargy/l  was  presented  by 
Dudley  Scargyll,  Gent,  and  held  it  united  to  Mulbarton ;  and  on  the 
resignation  of  Samuel  Canning  in 

1726,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Swift,  the  present  vicar,  who  holds  it 
united  to  the  rectory  of  Swainsthorp,  was  presented  by  Sir  John  Ho- 
baet,  Bart. and  Knight  of  the  Bath^inovi  Lord  Hob  art,)  the  present 
patron. 

In  1474,  John  Gerard  of  Swerdeston  was  buried  in  the  church,  the 
nave  of  which  is  52  feet  long,  and  17  broad,  the  chancel  being  25 
feet  long  and  15  broad  ;  it  hath  no  isles,  the  whole  is  leaded  but  the 
south  porch,  which  is  tiled  ;  the  tower  is  about  22  yards  high,  and  hath 
five  bells  in  it,  on  the  biggest  of  which, 

J?ctrti£  ao  <£tcrna  Ducat  no£  jpa.sicua  bite. 

In  the  altar  rails,  crest  a  plume  of  feathers,  on  a  coronet,  Berney 
impales  Green. 

Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Thomas  Berney,  late  of  this  Parish 
Esq.  who  deparled  this  Life  Oct.  25,  1720,  jet.  46,  and  Anne  his 
Wife,  who  died  Apr.  12,  1743,  63. 

On  a  stone  in  the  chancel.  Berney,  with  a  crescent,  impales 
Smith,  a  bend  erm.  between  12  billets. 

Hereresteth  the  Body  of  the  vertuous  and  charitable  Dorothy 
the  Wife  of  Thomas  Berney  Esq;  one  of  the  Daughters  and  Co- 
heirs of  John  Smith  of  Ameringhale  Esq;  who  departed  this  Life 
the  IQth  Day  of  Sept.  A.  D.  1672.  Waiting  for  the  glorious 
appearing  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

On  the  next  stone  are  the  same  arms,  but  Berney's  crest  there,  is 
a  garb;  and  Smith's  on  a  cap  of  maintenance  doubled  erm.  two  wings 
expanded,  on  each  of  which,  are  Smith's  arms. 

Depositum  Viri  honorabilis  Thomas  Berney  Armigeri,  Filij 
tertij  Thomae  Berney  de  Recdham  Mililis,  qui  secundo  Die  Mensis 
Aprilis,  A.  D.  MDCLXXIH.  Spiritual  Deo  redidit,  et  in  Pace 
hie  requiescit,  Gloriosam  Domini  nostri  Jesu  Christi  praestolans 
Epiphartiam. 

On  stones  in  the  nave,  crest,  a  plume  of  feathers,  and  Berney 
quartering  Smith. 

M.  S.  Depositum  Johannis  Berney  Armigeri,  Thomse  Berney 
Armigeri  et  Uxoris  ejus  Dorotheas  Filij,  Qui  Virlute,  Probilate, 
Comitate  bene  notus,  omnibus  juxta  ac  Amicis  charus,  diuturni- 
ore  vita  nisi  quod  meliore  dignus,  naturae  cessit  Oct.  ig,  A.  D. 
1678.  Quadraginta  et  quatuor,  haud  multo  minus,  annos  natus, 
propvior  Jubilaeo. 

Perge  Viator,  et  ut  discas  vivere,  disce  mori. 

3  See  vol.  i.  p.  411, 


54  DUNSTON. 

On  the  next  stone  the  same  arms  in  lozenge.  Here  lyeth  interred 
the  Body  of  Mrs.  Eliz.  Berney,  the  eldest  Daughter  of  John  Berney  of 
Swerdeston  in  the  County  of  Norfolk  Esq;  and  of  Eliz.  his  Wife,  sha 
died  on  the  14  of  Nov.  1678. 

On  a  brass  plate  is  this, 
$ere  Ijithe  Sjohn  <j3oodtopn,  on  toho^e  &ouIe  3je£u  hate  J&ercrj, 
the  pv'ip  august!  M.  ©.  f. 

In  the  windows  there  were  the  effigies  of  the  12  Apostles,  some  of 
which  still  remain  ;  and  there  are  two  broken  portraitures  of  benefac- 
tors on  their  knees,  in  a  north  window,  and  in  a  south  window,  vert  a 
chevron  between  three  rams  passant  arg.  armed  or.  In  another  shield, 
the  arms  of  Berney  with  a  crescent. 

In  a  lozenge.  1,  Rich,  gul.  a  chevron  between  three  croslets 
botony  or.  2,  Felton,  g.  two  lions  passant  erm.  crowned  or.  3, 
Aldrich. 

Here  restetfi  in  Hopes  of  a  happy  Resurrection,  the  Remains 
of  Eliz.  Aldrich  Widow,  One  of  the  Daughters  of  Sir  Anthony 
Felton,  late  of  Play  ford  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  of  the  honoura- 
ble Order  of  the  Bath  Knight  deceased,  she  having  been  first  the 
Wife  of  Rob.  Rich  of  Mulbarton  in  the  County  of  Norfolk  Esq; 
and  after  his  Decease,  married  to  Thomas  Aldrich  of  Swardeston 
in  the  same  Countie  Gent,  and  having  attained  to  the  Age  of  80 
Years,  changed  this  Life  for  Immortality,  upon  the  last  Day  of 
Sept.  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  MDCLXXVIlI. 


DUNSTON, 

Or  the  town  by  the  dune  or  hill,  was  at  the  Conquest  (though  but  a 
small  village)  in  no  less  than  five  parts,  the  1st  belonged  to  Alan  Earl 
of  Richmond,  and  at  the  Confessor's  survey  was  owned  by  Herold 
the  Dane,  and  the  King  and  the  Earl  had  the  lete,  or  superiour  ju- 
risdiction of  the  whole  village,  which  was  half  a  mile  long  and  three 
furlongs  broad,  and  paid  6d.  ob.geld  or  tax.  The  2d,  was  Roger 
Bigot's.  The  3d,  Gomuc  the  sewer's  the  4th  belonged  to  Merkeshall 
manor,  as  at  p.  4(i,  and  the  5th  was  a  freeman  of  the  King's  who  had 
then  IS  acresonly,  valued  at  \1d.*    But  soon  after,  the  whole  became 

♦Sub.   tit.   Terre   Alani   Comitis.  et  val.  v.  sol.  (Append.  Regr.  Honoris 

Humiliart  H.  Doms.  fo.  70.  Richm.  fo.  15.) 

In  Dunestun    i  liber,  homo.   He-  2  Sub.  tit.  Terra  Rogen   Bigoti  Hu- 

raldi  xxx.  acr.  etiv.  bord.  semper  dim.  miliart  H.     Ibd.fo.  137. 

car.  et.  iii.  acr.    prati  et  tercia  pars.  i.  InDunatuna  iii.  liberi  homines  et  dim. 

mol.  et  ii.  liberi  homines  et  dim.  com-  xlix.      acr.      commendatione     tantum 

mendatione    tantum.     Rex    et    Comes  T.  R.  E.  semper  iii.  bord.  eti.  car.  et 

socam.  et  habent  xiv.  acr.  semper  i.  car.  ii.  acr.  prati. 


DUNSTON.  55 

one  manor,  with  the  advowson  of  the  rectory  appendant  thereto,  and 
belonged  to  the  Crown,  till  the  beginning  of  Ric.  I.  when  William 
Helgheton  had  it  of  that  King's  gift,  whose  son  Herbert  de  Helgheton 
granted  the  advowson  from  the  manor,  to  Alice  de  Fundenhale,  wife 
of  Robert  Fitz-Ralf,  who  in  1 196  had  a  trial  with  Herbert  for  the  ad- 
vowson, when  the  jury  found,  that  it  was  not  apparent,  that  the  church 
had  ever  yet  been  presented  to,  but  that  the  parsons  held  it,  from  par- 
son to  parson,  as  from  father  to  son,  till  the  death  of  the  last  incum- 
bent, and  that  though  the  said  Alice  had  no  manor  nor  demean  in 
Dunston,  yet,  it  being  founded  in  the  fee  of  the  said  Herbert,  her  grant 
was  good,  and  she  had  the  advowson  confirmed  to  her,  and  her  par- 
son was  instituted, s  and  so  the  advowson  was  separated  from  the 
manor. 

In  1205,  King  John  confirmed  the  manor  to  William  son  of 
Walkeline  de  Dunston,  when  Walkeline  his  father  took  upon 
him  a  religious  habit,  and  entered  a  monastery.  This  William  was 
falconer  to  King  John,  who  settled  this  town  on  William  de  Dunston, 
son  and  heir  of  William  his  falconer?  and  Alice  his  sister,  and  their 
heirs ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Bartholomew  his  son  and  heir,  who  in 
1256,  pleaded  an  exemption  for  his  manor,  from  suit  of  the  sheriffs 
turn.  In  12S0,  Rob.  de  Dunston,  John  de  Dunston,  and  Jeffry  de  la 
Penne,  were  lords  here ;  and  the  same  year,  William  son  of  Rich,  de 
Dunston  was  sued,  for  pretending  to  appropriate  to  himself  the  fishing 
in  the  river  between  Shotesham  and  Dunston,  when  it  appeared,  that 
the  fishery  on  Dunston  side,  was  common  to  all  the  tenants  of  Dunston 
manor.7  In  1285,  Emma,  widow  of  John  de  la  Penne,  had  one  part 
of  the  manor,  and  in  1286,  William  son  of  Richard,  and  William  son 
Nicholas  de  Dunston,  were  lords;  in  1345,  Robert  and  John  de  Dun- 
ston had  it ;  in  1385,  Hugh  de  Dunston ;  and  in  1395,  John  de  Dunston 
and  Maud  his  wife  settled  it  by  fine  on  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp  and  his 
trustees.  I  find  about  this  time,  Robert  de  Ho/veston  had  an  interest 
in  the  manor,8  which  soon  after  belonged  to  John  Howes  of  Dunston, 
who  sold  it  to  Joh>i  de  Bonyngton  and  Christian  his  wife,  who  all 
joined  about  \3\){),  and  conveyed  the  whole  to  Bartholomew  de  Apple- 
yerd,  citizen  of  Norwich,  for  life  ;  and  after  his  decease  to  Richard  de 

3  Sub    tit.  Terre  Godrici    Dapiferi.  aliquam  personam  presentari  ad  eccle- 

Humiliart  H.  ibid.  fo.  169.  siam  de  Duneston,  sed  sempertenuerunt, 

In  Duneston  vii.  liberi  homines  et  dim.  persona    in  personam,  ut   de   patre  in 

commend,    tantum   cxi.  acr.  et  i.  bord.  filium,  usque  ad  ultimatn  personam  que 


semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  et  i.  molin.  et  ii.  ultimo  obijt,  et  dicunt  quod  ecclesia  ilia- 

acr.  prati  et  val.  xiii.  sol.  et  habet  dim.  fundata  est  in  feodo,  quod  Alicia  tenet 

leug.  inlongo,  et  iii.  quar.  in  lato  et  vid.  de  ipso  Herberto  et  quod  nichil  habet  in 

et  obulumde  Gelto.  dominio   &c.   Alicia   teneat  in  pace,  et 

4  Sub.    tit.    Terra  R.   de  Bellofago.  episcopusrecipiat  personam  ad  presenta- 
Humiliart  H.  Ibid.  fo.  218,  tionem  illius. 

In  Dunestuna  i.  liber,  homo.  vi.  acr.  6  Asturcarius.     This  Will,  de  Dun- 

et  est  in  pretiode  Merkeshala.  ston   was   falconer  to    King  John,    to 

5  Sub.  tit.  Isti  sunt  homines  liberi  Re-  whom  that  King  confirmed  this  manor, 
gis.     H.  de  Humiliart,  Ibid.  fo.  292.  to  be  held  by  the  service  of  finding  the 

In  Dunestuna  i.  liber,  homo  xiii.  acr.  Kings  of  England  a  cast  of  hawks  at 

etval.  xiid.  their  own  charge. 

Alicia  de  Fundenhale  per  Robertum  »  Rot.  Inquis.  in  baga  de   quo  war- 

filium    Radulfi,    virum    suum,    versus  ranto,  sub  tit.  Norf.  Hensted  Hund. 

Herbertum   de   Helgheton,    de    placito  8  Manerium  tent,  per  servitium  unius 

advocacionis  ecclesie  de  Duneston.     Ju-  cast,  falconum,  ad  usum  Domini  Regis, 
ratores  dicunt,  quod  nunquam  viderunt 


56  DUNSTON. 

Dunston,  chaplain,  and  his  heirs,  who  after  became  seized  of  the  whole 
town  ;  Agnes  Custinoble,  heiress  of  John  de  Bonyngton,  releasing  also 
all  her  right.  In  1401,  Henry  Luminour  held  it  at  the  8th  part  of  a 
fee,  of  Will,  de  Kerdeslon,  and  he  of  the  heirs  of  Montchemy,  who 
held  it  of  Maud  de  Cromwell  Lady  Tateshall,  and  she  of  the  King  in 
chief ;  and  Roger  de  Blickling  then  held  here  the  5th  part  of  a  fee  of 
John  de  L'isle,  and  he  of  the  King,  as  of  the  honour  of  Lancaster.  In 
1419,  it  was  settled  in  trust  on  Sir  John  de  Heveningham,  Km.  Will. 
Paston,  and  others,  to  the  sole  use  of  the  Appleyerd  family  ;  and 
in  1481,  Will.  Appleyerd  of  East-Carleton,  Gent,  bequeathed  his  ma- 
nor of  Dunston  to  Thomas  his  eldest  son,  and  his  heirs  male,  paying 
annuities  to  his  brother  John,  and  Elizabeth  his  mother;  and  for  want 
of  male  issue,  it  was  to  remain  to  Thomas  his  brother,  then  to  John 
his  brother,  and  to  Henry  son  of  John,  then  to  Henry  his  brother,  then 
to  Bartholomew,  and  then  to  John  Appleyerd ;  it  went  after  to  Bar- 
tholomew, who  died  in  1492,  and  Margaret  his  widow,  and  Sir  Rob. 
Jermyn,  administered.  In  1534,  Thomas  Appleuerd  settled  it  on  John 
Taseburgh  his  trustee;  and  in  1548,  he  was  found  to  hold  it  of  Edmund 
Knevet,  Knt.  as  of  his  manor  of  Hethersete,  by  knight's  service,  and 
Robert  Appleyerd,  was  his  son  and  heir;  in  1572,  John  Appleyerd, 
Gent,  had  it.  In  1632,  John  Hamond  of  Effingham  by  Bungeye,  Gent, 
owned  it,  and  dying  this  year,  left  it  to  John  Hammond  his  son  and 
heir.  It  afterwards  came  to  the  Longs,  and  is  now  owned  by  Israel 
Long,  Esq.  who  is  sole  lord,  impropriator  and  donor  of  the  donative 
or  perpetual  curacy  of 

The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Remigius;  its  advowson 
was  separated  from  the  manor,  as  is  above  related;  and  in  1233,  it 
belonged  to  Bartholomew  de  Creke,  as  part  of  the  ancient  inheritance 
of  his  family,  for  then  he  granted  it  to  Richeld,  widow  of  Rob.  de 
Crcfce,  his  father's  second  wife  ;  and  in  1264,  it  was  given  by  Margery, 
relict  of  Bartholomew  deCreke,  foundress  of  the  nuns  at  Flixton,  to 
that  house,  to  which  it  appropriated  by  Simon  de  Walton  Bishop  of 
Norwich,9  on  condition  the  nuns  should  have  the  whole  of  the  rectory, 
finding  a  priest  to  perform  the  duty,  and  paying  him  for  so  doing; 
and  in  1288,  a  fine  was  levied,  by  which  Roger  Fitz  Peter  Fitz  Osbert, 
and  Sarah  de  Creke,  his  wife,  the  heiress  of  the  Creke  family,  settled 
the  advowson  on  the  Prioress  of  Flixton,  in  pure  alms  :  at  the  time  of 
the  appropriation,  the  rector  had  a  house  and  30  acres  of  land.  The 
living  was  first  valued  at  five,  afterwards  at  7  marks  and  an  half,  and 
paid  'Is.  synodals,  6*.  8d.  procurations,  I2d.  Peter-pence,  and  Id.  ob. 
carvage.  In  1349,  when  the  general  plague  had  depopulated  great 
part  of  the  realm,  it  was  returned,  that  most  of  the  parishioners  here 
were  dead,  the  land  left  untitled,  so  that  the  Prioress  could  not  pay 
the  King's  taxes  for  it,  nor  the  10/.  per  annum  to  the  Bishop,  then 
usually  paid.  It  was  granted  by  Edward  VI.  in  1539,  to  William  and 
27(0.  ll'oodhouse, '  and  the  whole  belonged  to  Anthony  Stiles,  whose 
son  Anthony  had  livery  of  this  rectory,  with  Swerdeslou,  Sec.  to  which 
he  got  it  annexed,  as  at  p.  52.  In  1559,  Ric.  Nicholls,  Esq.  had  it; 
and  in  1603,  Simon  Lusher,  curate  here,  returned  answer,  that  there 

s  E  Regro.  VII.  Ecce.Calh.  Norwic.  Ricum.  Fulmerston,  Arm.  et  Will.  Ful- 
fo.  -29,  dated  at  Hoxne.  merson,  Milit. 

8  1548,  Manerkim  et  rector,  tent,  per 


DUNSTON. 


67 


were  40  communicants  in  the  parish,  that  it  was  an  impropriation, 
without  a  vicarage  endowed,  served  by  a. perpetual  curate,  appointed' 
and  paid  by  the  impropriator ;  that  the  town  paid  clear  to  every  tenth 
18s.x  The  dean  of  the  chapel  in  the  Fields  in  Norwich  had  lands 
here,  settled  on  that  college  in  1391,  by  Henri/  Lumnor  and  others. 
The  Rev.  Mr.  William  Berney,  rector  ot  Newton  Flotman  and  Freten- 
ham,  is  the  present  curate. 

The  church  is  about  19  yards  long  and  5  broad,  hath  no  isles  nor 
porch;  the  nave  and  chancel  hath  one  continued  roof,  covered  with 
tiles,  as  is  the  top  of  the  tower,  which  is  square,  and  hath  in  it  only 
one  bell. 

On  a  stone  in  the  chancel  there  are  three  effigies  in  brass,  with  a  brass 
plate  under  them,  but  no  inscription ;  and  lower  down  on  the  same 
stone,  are  cut  three  shields;  on  the  first,  a  lion  with  its  tail  turned  over 
his  head.3  2d,  Talbot,  arg  a  chevron  gul.  between  three  talbots 
passant  sab.  3d,  Hauborne,  gul.  a  lion  passant  or,  between  three 
bezants,  a  crescent  for  difference. 

Here  lyeth  interred  the  Body  of  the  late  virtuous  and  pious 
Wife  of  Clere  Talbot,  Doctor  of  the  Law,  the  eldest  Daugh- 
ter of  William  Harbome  of  Mundham,  Esq;  who  died  18th  Day 
of  Decern.  1649,  leaving  three  Daughters  and  Coheiresses  by 
William  Sidnor  of  Blundeston,  Esq;  her  former  Husband. 

On  the  other  stone  are  the  arms  of 

Long  of  Dunston.  arg.  three  pales  sab.  on  each  three  leopards 
heads  or.  Crest,  on  a  hill  vert,  a  greyhound  passant  sab.  collared 
and  chained  arg. 

Israel  Long  Esq;  passed  from  death  to  life  Nov.  13,  MDCCIX. 
There  needs  no  Monument  of  Brass  or  Stone, 
For  one,  whose  Name  is  Monument  alone. 

Non  Deest  alii  celebrans  Poema 

Integro  vitae  scelerisque  puro  : 

Sufficit  nomen  maculis  inane 

Pro  Monumento. 

And  also  the  Body  ot  Sarah  Long,  the  Dr.  and  Heir  of  Mat- 
thew Long  Gent,  deceased,  and  Relict  of  the  said  Israel  Lon«, 
who  departed  this  Life  Apr.  8,  MDCCXX. 

Par  Nobile. 
Here  lies  a  Noble  Pair,  who  were  in  Name, 
In  Heart,  and  Mind,  and  Sentiments  the  same, 
The  Arithmaetick  Rule  then  can't  be  true, 
Tor  One  and  One,  did  never  here  make  Two. 

Here  lyeth  interred  the  Body  of  Mary  Long  Widow,  and 
Relict  of  Matthew  Long,  Gent,  who  departed  this  Life  the  19 

a  This  is  not  in  the  King's  Books,  as  designed  for  ;  those  of  her  first  husband, 

raying  no  first  fruits  or  tenths,  but  the  Sidnor,  are,  arg.  a  fess  nebule  az.  be- 

annual  stipend  being  under  50/.  per  an-  tween  three  crescents  surmounted"  of  as 

num.  it  is  capable  ot  augmentation.  many  de-lises  sab.  in  a  bordure  jts/. 
I  know  not  whose  arms  these  were 

VOL.  V.  I 


58  SWAINSTHORP. 

Day  of  May  1668.     Robert  son  of  Israel  Long  Gen.  and  Sarah 
his  Wife  died  Dec.  8, 1668.    Matthew  Long  Gent,  died  Nov.  12, 
1658.     Mary  Dr.  of  Israel  Long  Esq.  died  Dec.  21,  1718,  55. 
Long  impales  Potts,  az.  two  bars  surmounted  by  a  bend  or. 

Mortale  quod  habuit,  dum  Christojubente,  immortale  resurgat, 
hoc  sub  marmore  inter  Majorum  Cineres,  deposuit  Matthaeus 
Long  Armiger,  Vir  moribus  autiquis  Vitaj  integerrimus,  Filius 
Israelis  Long  de  Dunston  in  Agro  Norfolciensi ;  si  quid  amplius 
Viator,  scire  cupias,  Roges  Egenos,  qui  totres  hujus  Largitate 
Saturati,  discessere,  Eos  roges  Hospites,  quos  plena  Mensa  toties 
communicavit;  Uxorem  duxit  Susannam,  Domini  Rogeri  Potts 
de  Mannington  Baronetti  Filiam  pienlissimam.  Obijt  Aug.  28, 
Anno  set.  suae  6l,  Salutis  hurnanae  1724.  (He  was 

high  sheriff  of  Norfolk  in  1699-) 

On  a  brass  plate, 
<©rate  pro  anima  JEtargaretc  applparo  que  obiit  Stano  ©omint 
M- 1>£.  JL"t'ui.  cuius  anime  propicictur  ©eu£. 
In  the  nave,  the  arms  of  Davy  in  a  lozenge.     Sarah  Davy  died  11 
July,  1720,  aet.  22. 

Sleep  on  in  Silence,  never  more  to  wake, 
'Till  Christ  doth  raise  thee,  and  to  Glory  take. 

In  the  windows,  arg.  a  cross  gul.  Gul.  a  cross  arg.  Ar.  six  mul- 
lets three  and  three  gul.  Sab.  two  bars,  and  in  chief  three  annulets 
arg.  impaling  arg.  in  a  bordure  six  mullets,  3,  2,  and  1,  G. 


SWAINSTHORP, 

At  the  Confessor's  survey,  was  known  by  the  name  of  Thorp  only, 
and  before  the  Conquest  began  to  be  called  Szcains-TJwrjt,  from  the 
swains  or  country  men,  that  inhabited  there.  RalfStalra,  Bishop  Sti- 
gand,  and  the  antecessor  ofGodric  the  sewer,  had  it  at  the  first  survey, 
and  it  belonged  to  Tovi  at  the  second,  all  but  Godric's  part,  which 
was  then  of  2s.  8d.  annual  value,  and  belonged  to  him.4  The  whole 
was  then  a  mile  long,  and  as  much  broad,  and  paid  1  id.  geld.  The 
rents  of  the  manor  were  29s.  per  annum,  and  one  of  the  churches  had 

*  Sub  tit.  Terra  Tout.    Domsd.  fo.  sol.  i.  ecclesia   xxiii.  acr.  et  i.  bord.et 

279.     Hund.  Humiliart.    InToRPxv.  dim.  et  Torp  habet  dim.  leug.  in  longo 

liberi  homines,  civ.  acr.  et  de  xi.  et  di-  et  dim.  leug.  in  lato,  et  x\J.  de  gelto, 
midioliabuitRadusStalra,comd.T.R.E.         Sub  tit.  Terra  Godrici  Dapiteri.    H. 

et  de  iii.  Stigandi,  similiter  et  de  dimidio  Humiirart.     Doms.   fo.   169.     In  Suei- 

antec.  Godrici  dapiteri  similiter,  tunc  vi.  nesthorp  ii.  soc.  xxxv.  acr.  semp.  dim. 

car.   modo  vii.  et  dim.  et  xi.  acr.  prati,  car.  i.  bord.  et  i.  acr.  prati,  et  val.ii.sol. 

et  dim.  niol.  et  xii.  bor.  et  val.  xxix.  et  viiirf. 


SWAINSTPIORP. 


59 


23  acres  of  glebe.  It  afterwards  came  to  the  Bigots,  by  whom  it  was 
given  to  a  family  simamed  de  Sweynesthorp,  of  which  Gilbert  de 
Sweynesthorp,  is  the  first  I  meet  with,  that  assumed  that  name ;  he  left 
it  to  Walter  his  son,  who  by  deed  without  date,  granted  lands  here  to 
be  held  of  him  and  his  heirs,  to  Ralfde  Kynegham  or  Kiningham,  son 
of  William  de  Shotesham ;  in  1 195,  it  was  settled  by  Rob.  son  of  Regi- 
nald and  Ulfde  Sweynesthorp  and  William  his  son,  on  William  de  Ful- 
bourne  for  life,  from  whom  it  took  the  name  of 

FULBOURNE-HALL  MANOR, 

And  soon  after,  Robert  son  of  Reginald  de  Sweynesthorp,  and  Bartho- 
lomew son  of  Jeffry  de  Sweynsthorp,  were  lords  here;  and  in  1225, 
Ric.  de  Sweynesthorp,  who  that  year  obtained  a  market  to  the  town  of 
La.rfield  in  Suffolk.*  In  1249,  it  appears,  that  there  had  formerly 
been  a  serjeantry  belonging  to  this  manor,  the  owner  of  which  was 
obliged  to  find  a  cross-bow  and  archer  in  time  of  war,  to  guard  Nor- 
wich castle  for  30  days,  at  his  own  cost;  but  the  lords  here,  granted 
divers  lands  to  the  then  value  of  3/.  per  annum  to  the  Er/ham  family, 
chargeable  with  the  whole  serjeantry,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  510,)  which  after 
came  to  Robert  de  Worthsted,  who  parcelled  it  out  to  the  Earl-Mar- 
shal and  others ;  and  in  1362,  John  Berney  had  a  part  with  his  manor 
of  Fish/ee,  and  after  John  de  Hales  had  it ;  and  in  1345,  Rob.  de  Hol- 
veston.  In  1286,  Isaac,  chaplain  to  the  Jezos  at  Norwich,  and  many 
others,  both  Jews  and  Christians,  were  tried  for  breaking  the  churches 
of  Sweynsthorp  and  Newton.  It  after  came  to  John  de  Sweynsthorp, 
and  then  to  Walter  de  Bradenham ;  and  in  1315,  Ric.  de  Bradenham 
was  lord,  who  in  1352,  settled  the  manor  and  advowson  of  St.  Peters 
church  here,  which  belonged  to  it;  6s.  8d.  rent  in  Colney ;  the 4th  part 
of  Malherbe's  hall  manor,  and  the  4th  part  of  the  advowson  of  Newton 
Flotman  thereto  belonging,  on  himself  for  life,  remainder  to  Roger  le 
Haukere  of Redenhall,  andMary  his  wife,  in  tail ;  and  Tho.  de  Swathyng 
and  Robert,  parson  of  Sweynesthorp,  son  of  Walter  and  brother  to  Ric. 
de  Bradenham,  confirmed  it;  and  in  1372,  Roger  le  Haukere  of  Re- 
denhall, was  lord,  and  held  it  of  the  Norfolk  family  at  half  a  fee,  and 
in  1386,  Mary  his  relict  had  it,  and  soon  after  it  was  united  to  the 
other  manor  here,  called 


CURSON'S  MANOR, 

Which  was  that  part  that  belonged  to  Godric  the  sewer,  and  afterwards 
came  to  the  Cursons,  who  held  it  of  Tale  shall  honour;  Will,  h 
Curson  was  lord  here,  and  patron  of  the  church  of  St.  Mary,  which 
was  appendant  to  this  manor  when  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  and 
in  1315,  Rob.  le  Curzon  had  it ;  in  1338,  he  settled  it  on  himself  and 
heirs  in  tail.  In  1316,  Ric.  Neel,  held  here  and  in  Ho/kham,  a  fourth 
part  of  a  fee  of  the  honour  of  Lancaster  ;  and  in  1323,  he  held  it  of 
the  barony  of  Montchensy,  \ate  of  Jymer  de  Faience,  and  the  next  year 
Peter  le  Bret's  heir  had  it,  and  in  1348,  John  son  of  Rob.  de  Thorp, 
In  1381,  Will,  de  Hockham  and  Christian  his  wife,  settled  it  on  John 

5  Claus.  io  H.  3.  M.  22.  Liberat.  io.  H    3.  M.  1.  Suff, 


60  SWA  INST  HO  It  P. 

Stukele,  vicar  of  Windham,  in  trust;  and  in  1399,  John  Carson  had  it, 
and  the  same  year  it  belonged  to  Henry  Luminour,  who  joined  it  to 
the  other  manor,  and  so  was  seized  of  both;  in  1402,  he  was  found  to 
hold  Fulbourne-hall  manor,  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  as  of  For  nee  t  ma- 
nor, at  half  a  fee,  and  this  manor  of  Will,  dt  Kerdeston,  and  he  of  the 
heirs  of  Montehensie,  and  they  of  the  heirs  of  Maud  de  Cromwell,  and 
they  of  the  King,  at  the  8th  part  of  a  fee ;  and  in  1406,  the  two  united 
manors  and  their  advowsons,  were  settled  by  John  Mays  and  Robert 
parson  of  Swainsthorp,  their  trustees,  on  the  said  Henry  Luminor  and 
Margaret  his  wife;  and  in  1409,  John  Peverell  owned  them  all,  who 
presented  jointly  with  Eliz.  his  wife  in  1429;  in  1440,  Eliz.  then 
widow  of  Nicolas  Blomvile  (who  held  them  for  life)  and  William 
Blomvile,  settled  them  by  fine,  on  William  Paston  of  Paston,  and 
his  trustees,  Rob.  Clere,  Esq.  John  Dam,  &c.  In  1447,  Tho.  Lucas 
of  Holkham,  Esq.  gave  the  moiety  of  his  manor  of  Swainsthorp,  to 
F.theldred  his  wife  for  life,  remainder  to  Stephen  Lucas  his  brother, 
with  the  reversion  of  the  other  moiety  in  tail.  In  1450,  John 
Paston,  Esq.  was  sole  lord,  and  died  seized  in  1465,  and  his  feoffees 
presented  in  1467,  and  in  1505,  Will.  Paston  and  Bridget  his  wife 
had  it,  and  the  next  year,  settled  it  on  Sir  John  Fineux,  Knt. 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and  he  on  Sir  Robert  Rede,  Chief 
Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  Edward  Poininges,  Knt.  John  Moore, 
Serjeant  at  law,  &c.  to  the  use  of  A gnes  Paston,  widow,  for  life, 
remainder  to  Will.  Paston,  Esq.  and  his  heirs,  to  perform  the  will  of 
Sir  William  Paston,  Knt.;  and  in  1516,  the  said  William  Paston 
infeoffed  Sir  John  Hcxeningham,  Knt.  and  others,  and  in  1536,  Sir 
Will.  Paston,  Knt.  and  Bridget  his  wife,  and  Jeffry  Paston,  Esq.  and 
Mary  his  wife,  sold  the  manors  and  advowsons,  to  Sir  flic,  Gresham, 
Knt.  who  left  it  in  1548,  to  Sir  John  Gresham,  Knt.  his  son  and  heir, 
who  had  the  whole,  and  held  Fulbourne-Hall  of  Forncet  at  half  a  fee, 
Curson's  of  the  dutchy  of  Lancaster,  and  the  serjeantry  of  the  King  in 
chief.  In  1570,  Sir  Tho.  Gresham,  Knt.  owned  them,  and  his  Lady 
after  him ;  and  then  Sir  Will.  Gresham  his  nephew  had  them,  when 
the  customs  of  the  united  manors  (now  called  Swainsthorp-Hall)  were 
found  to  be,  that  thejines  are  at  the  will  of  the  lord,  the  copyhold 
descends  to  the  eldest  son,  and  the  widow's  dower  is  a  third  part.  In 
1580,  Will.  Gresham,  Esq.  owned  them,  and  inl609,Sir  Will.  Gresham, 
Knt.  held  it  of  Forncet  at  half  a  fee.  In  ]6l6,  Sir  Will.  Gresham  and 
Elizabeth  his  daughter,  sold  it  to  Christopher  Colby,  &.c.  in  trust  for 
Sir  Henry  Hobart,  Knight  and  Baronet,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas;  and  in  1617,  they  all  joined  and  sold  it  to  Tho.  Stew- 
ard and  John  Pickerell,  and  their  heirs;  and  in  1622,  they  conveyed 
it  to  John  Mynguy,  alderman  of  Norwich,  who  had  a  grant  of  the  lete, 
during  the  lives  of  Sir  Charles  Cornwaleis,  &c.  (see  p.  1,)  it  belonging 
to  the  hundred.  In  1640,  Mary,  relict  of  Thomas  Steward,  Esq.  and 
Hem  >/  her  son,  released  all  right  tp  Jtihn  Mingay  afpresaUJ ;  and  in 
1650,  Rob.  Rich,  Esq.  administrator  to  Sir  Eduyn  Rich,  released  all 
his  right  (which  was  a  mortgage  only)  to  John,  son  and  heir  of  John 
Myngai),  who  settled  it  in  trust  on  Roger  Myngay,  Gent,  his  brother. 
In  1662,  Mary,  relict  of  Alderman  Roger  Mingay,  had  it ;  and  John, 
Anthony,  and  Roger,  her  three  sons,  released  it  to  her;  and  the  next 
year,  she,  and  John  and  Roger,  conveyed  the  manors,  advowson,  and 
■whole  estate  loAnthonyMiugay,  her  second  son,  who  in  1666,  married 


SWAINSTHORP.  gi 

Anne,  daughter  and  coheiress  of  Charles  Cornzca/eis  of  Mileham,  Esq.- 
he  died  28-Dec.  17 13,  and  is  buried  in  St.  Stephen's  church  in  Norwich, 
and  left  Frances  his  only  daughter  and  heiress,  who  first  married  Mr.' 
Lane  of  Bristol,  by  whom  she  had  no  issue,  after  to 

William  Brooke,  Esq.  recorder  of  Norwich,  who  is  the  present  lord 
and  patron.  She  died  Jug.  23,  1729,  and  is  buried  in  St.  Stephens, 
having  no  issue  now  surviving. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  was  demolished  at  the  Reformation,  it 
being  in  a  decaying  way  ever  since  its  consolidation  to  the  present 
church  of  St.  Peter;  for  in  1503,  it  was  called  the  old  church,  and  the 
principal  image  of  the  Virgin,  was  almost  decayed.  William  Curson 
was  patron  of  it  at  Domesday  making,  when  the  rector  had  a  house 
and  20  acres  ;  it  was  valued  at  five  marks,  but  not  taxed  in  the  last 
valuation;  it  paid  id.  synodals,  12c?.  procurations,  Id.  carvage,  and 
Id.  Peter-pence ;  and  in  1435,  an  image  of  St.  Anthony  was  given  to 
the  church. 

THE  RECTORS 
I  have  met  with  are, 

1315,  Peter  le  Moyne.     Rob.  le  Curzon. 

1333,  John  Duke,ot'Morle,     John  Hales,  trustee. 

1349,  Roger  de  Southgate  of  Sweynesthorp.  John  Gosselyn  of 
Sweynsthorp. 

1361,  Roger  Ward. 

1666,  James  Motte.  Roger  de  Hales,  Ric  White,  and  Jef- 
fry  Galt  ;  he  exchanged  the  same  year  for  the  mediety  ot'Ringstede- 
Parva,  with  Seman  of  Ipswich. 

1373,  John  Syke/ing  was  buried  in  St.  Mary's  church  at  Stratton, 
before  the  great  rood,  and  was  formerly  sacrist  of  Wingfield 
college. 

1406,  Robert,  rector  of  Sweynsthorp  St.  Mary. 

St.  Peter's  church  is  39  feet  long,  and  22  broad,  the  north  isle 
is  34  feet  long  and  12  broad,  and  the  chancel  is  about  22  feet  long, 
and  as  much  broad ;  the  whole  is  tiled,  except  the  nave,  which  is 
leaded;  the  steeple  is  about  50  feet  high,  is  round  at  bottom  and 
sexangular  at  top,  including  four  bells. 

In  the  chancel, 

Mathew  Stonham,  clerk,  deceased  17  Apr.  1659,  50.  And  this  on 
a  brass  plate,  having  the  arms  of  Havers,  with  a  mullet  for  difference. 

Here  lielh  the  Body  of  Gilbert  Havers,  Esq;  who  served 
Queen  Elizabeth,  Captain  in  Bnrwick,  then  in  Scotland,  after 
in  Ire/and,  and  last  in  the  Netherlands  22  Years,  he  married  Fran- 
ces Dr.  and  Heir  ofTHo.  Nashe,  he  lived  87  Years,  and  died 
the  5  of  May,  1628. 

6    1548,   John  Nesh   or   Nash,  of  daughters,  Anne  and  Barbara;  Edward 

Swainsthorp,  buried  there,  left  Thomas  and  John  Blomvyle,  Esq.  were  brothers 

his  son  and  heir,  and  William  his  bro-  to  Amy  his  wife.  Keg.  Wymer,  fo.  81. 

ther,  and  Amy  his  wife,  executors,  two  Frances,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of 


61  SWAINSTHORP. 

In  the  north  isle, 
James  Long,  Gent,  died  Aug.  17,  1679      Alice  his  first  wife, 
Aug.  19,  1658. 

Mors  nuptos  separat,  separalos  nubit  utrosque 

Hos  se  divulsit,  junxit  utrosque  simul. 
Whom  Death  did  Part,  the  kinder  Grave  of  late 

Hath  joined,  once  again,  in  spite  of  Fate. 

This  James,  by  the  name  of  James  Long  of  Swainthorp,  Gent, 
had  a  grant  of  arms  from  Sir  Edward  Bishe,  Garter,  dated  Feb.  14, 
1651,  to  him  and  Matthew  Long,  Gent,  his  brother,  and  their 
heirs,  viz.  arg.  three  pales  sab.  each  charged  with  as  many  leopards 
heads  or.  Crest,  on  a  hill  vert,  a  greyhound  passant  sab.  collared 
and  chained  arg.  which  now  belongs  to  the  family  seated  at  Dunston. 
The  following  arms  are  on  the  chancel  roof,  and  in  the  windows  : 
3,  arg.  a  plain  cross  guL  Bygod  of  Seterington.  2,  Inglethorp, 
gul.  a  cross  ingrailed  arg.  3,  Shelton.  4,  ar.  three  crescents  G. 
Butteveleyn.  5,  Wingfield.  6,  Wo lterton,  quarterly  or  and 
az.  a  bendlet  gul.  7,  az.  a  bull's  head  caboshed  or.  8,  Hoe,  quarterly 
A.  B.  over  all  a  bend  gul.  9,  Ming  ay,  or,  on  a  bend  az.  three 
leopards  heads  arg.  impaling  three  cross  croslets  fitche  arg.  10,  Min- 
gay  impales  Pratt,  sab.  on  a  fess  between  three  elephants  heads 
erased  arg.  three  mullets  of  the  field.  11,  Mingay  impales  Corn- 
waleis.  12,  Gourn  ay,  arg.  a  cross  ingrailed  gul.  13,  Fitz-Ralph. 
14,  Kerdeston.  15,  sab.  a  cross  or.  16,  quarterly  G.  and  Jr. 
17,  Thorp.    18,  arg.  a  cross  sab. 

The  rectors  here  had  anciently  an  house  and  30  acres  of  land,  and 
the  rector i/  was  valued  at  15  marks,  paid  2s.  bd.  synodals,  6s.  8d.  pro- 
curations, 5d.  Peter-pence.  And  3d.  carvage,  and  20s.  to  each 
subsidy.  It  now  stands  in  the  King's  books  by  the  name  of  Swayns- 
thorp,  is  valued  at  12/.  13s.  4d.  pays  first  fruits,  and  1/.  5s.  [4d. 
yearly  tenths,  and  not  being  sworn  under  50/.  per  annum  it  is  not  dis- 
charged, and  so  not  capable  of  augmentation.  This  village  paid 
2/.  9s.  to  every  tenth ;  and  the  religious  concerned  here,  were  the 
Priors  of  Bromholm,  whose  temporals  were  taxed  at  3c?.  of  Mendham 
3d.  of  Ahesborne  \Qd.  and  of  St.  Faith  \6d. 


RECTORS  OF  SWAINSTHORP. 

1202,  Walter. 

1311,  Bike. 

1327,  Bob.  son  of  Walter  de  Bradenham.    Ric.  de  Bradenham. 

1372,  Robert  Cariol  of  Redenhale.      Roger    le   Haukere   of 
Redenhale. 

1373,  John  de  Bulmere.     Mary,  relict  of  Roger  Haukere. 

Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  John  Nashe,  old,  who  had  120  acres  of  pasture,  called 

married  John  Wright,  alias   Haley,  of  Nethards,   in   Newton    and  Bedingham, 

Shotesham,  who  died  in  1586,  and  left  held  of  Horseford  manor,   &c.    Cole's 

Frances  his  daughter  and  heir,  four  years  Inquis.  vol.  iii.  p.  99. 


NEWTON.  63 

1386,  Robert  Edwards.     Mary,  relict  of  R  oger  Haukere. 
1429,  Thomas  G/yse.     John  Peverel  and  Elizabeth  his  wife. 
1444,  Wilt.  Cotyng.    Will.  Paston  of  Pasiou,  and  John  Dam. 
In  1460,  he  exchanged  for  Tichwell,  with 
Richard  White.     John  Paston. 
1467,  Robert  Boys.  Feoffees  of  John  Paston. 

1503,  Sir  Peter  Petite,  chaplain,  on  Boys's  death.  Sir  John  Pas- 
ton, Knt. 

Sir  Henry  Halmanon  Petite's death,  res.  William  Paston, 
Esq.  1526,  Hatman  resigned  for  a  pension  assigned  him  for  life,  by 
the  Bishop's  consent,  and 

Sir  Chris.  Lante,  chaplain,  was  presented  by  Will.  Paston, 
on  whose  death  in 

1537,  Sir  Ric.  Gresham,  Knt.  gave  it  to 

Rozoland  Rabye ;  and  in  1554,  Lady  Isabel  Gresham,  relict  of 
Sir  Richard,  presented 

Will.  Fawcet,  A.  M.:  and  at  his  death  in  1556,  she  gave  it  to 
Sir  Richard  Hudsone,  who  resigned  in  1571,  and  Sir  Thomas 
Gresham  presented 

John  Fenton,  and  in 
1598,  Anthony  Locke,  A.M.  was  presented  by  Will.  Gresham 
of  Intzcood,  Esq.;  in  1603,  he  returned  67  communicants,  that  Sir 
William  Gresham,  Knt.  was  patron,  and  that  he  held  it  united  to 
Tybenham  vicarage. 

1619,  John  Foorth,  A.  M.;  he  was  ejected  in  the  rebellion,7  and 
Mat.  Stoneham  got  into  his  place,  but  died  in  KJ59,  and 
Foorth  was  restored,  who  died  about  167 1,  and  was  succeeded  by 

Samuel  Snowden,  presented  by  Israel  Long,  who  purchased 
the  next  turn  of  Mr.  Anthony  Mingay.  He  held  it  united  to  Newton 
Flotmau,  and  was  succeeded  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Swift,  the  present  rector,  who  holds  it  united 
to  the  vicarage  of  Swerdeston.  Rob.  Swift,  by  grant  from  Anthony 
Mingay,  Gent,  of  Norwich. 


NEWTON, 


Or  the  New-tozcn,  so  called  to  distinguish  it  from  other  places  of 
the  same  name,  Newton-Stoneham,  or  Stony-Newton,  but  most  com- 
monly Newton-Flotman,  from  the  jflote  ox  ferry-boat,  which  used  to 
convey  possengers  over  the  river  Tads,  which,  though  a  considerable 
stream  in  ancient  days,  is  now  but  a  small  river,  dividing  this  town 
from  that  of  Taseburgh,  generally  fordable,  except  in  high  waters, 
when  it  is  passed  over  by  a  very  good  brick  arched  bridge,  repaired  at 
the  expense  of  the  county.    At  the  time  of  the  Conqueror,  this  was  a 

'  Walker,  Part  II.  fo.  245. 


Oi  NEWTON. 

very  inconsiderable  village,  the  old  village  of  Ranthorp,  now  swal- 
lowed up  in  this,  being  by  much  the  largest  part  of  it ;  Tovi  then  had 
it,8  and  it  bad  15  acres  belonged  to  the  manor  of  Hethil,9  which, 
with  another  small  part,  belonged  to  Roger  Bigot,1  all  which 
constituted 


THE  MANOR  OF  BLUNDEVILLE'S,  or  NEWTON-HALL, 

Which  had  its  name  from  its  owners,  and  to  which  the  mediety  of  the 
advowson  of  the  church  belonged ;  the  first  that  I  find  of  this  name 
owner  here,  was  Will.  DE  Blundeville,  Bhmevyle,  or  B/unne/,1 
who  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Henry  de  Rhye,  with  BloMevyle's  manor 
in  Depham,  (vol.  ii.  p.  491,)  he  left  it  to  Richard  his  son,  who  was 
lord  in  1226,  being  nephew  to  Tho.  de  Blumville  Bishop  of  Norwich, 
(vol.  iii.  p.  483,)  he  was  succeeded  by  William  Blumvyle,  and  he  by 
Katherine  his  widow,-3  and  William  their  son  held  it  of  the  manor  of 
Hingliam,  as  of  the  barony  of  Rhye;  and  it  was  after  held  of  the 
barony  of  Montchemy  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee;  in  1388,  Rich.  Blumvyh 
held  it,  and  in  1420,  Will.  Blumvyle,  Esq.  who  was  succeeded  by  Ric. 
Blomevyle,  Esq.  and  he  by  Catherine  his  wife,*  and  she  by  Richard 
their  son,  who  died  in  1503  ;  Ralph  his  brother  succeeded,  and  died 
in  1514,  whose  son  Edward  was  lord,  and  died  in  1568  ;  and  in  156g, 
Thomas  his  son  held  a  court  baron  and  lete,  and  had  purchased  and 
joined  to  it  three  parts  of 

The  manor  of  Myles,  alias  RanthoBp,  in  this  town;  he  held 
the  manor  at  half  a  fee  of  the  Lord  D'acre's  manor  of  Horsford. 

The  advowson  of  Blomevyle's  mediety  in  Newton  church,  was 
a  rectory  valued  at  nine  marks,  and  had  12  acres  of  glebe. 

RECTORS. 

1294,  John  Blumvyle,  rector;  he  was  escheator  for  the  King  in 
Norfolk,  Suffolk,  Camhridgshire,  Huntingdonshire,  Essex,  and  Hert- 
fordshire, in  1289.     Will,  de  Blumville,  patron. 

1317,Masler  Nic.  Blumvyle.  Katherine,  widow  of  William  de 
Blumville  of  Newton. 

1334,  Ric,  Boghay.  Eve,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Clavering,  guardian 
to  Will,  son  and  heir  of  Will.  Blumvyle. 

1338,  Jeff'ry  at  Heme  of  Szcainsthotp.  John  Flynt,  guardian  to 
the  said  William. 

8  TerraToui.  H.  Humiliart.  Doms.  semper  i.  car.  et  i.  mol.  et   val.    v.s. 

fo.  279.  (fo.  139.) 

In  Niwetuna  ii.  liberi  homines,  xxx.  *  In   Niwetuna  i.   lib.   homo,  xv. 

acr.  de  uno  et  dim.  habuit  antecessor  acr.  et.  ii.  bor.  et  val.  xvi.d. 

Rogcri  Bigot  comd.  T.  R.  E.  et  de  dimi-  *  He  seems  to  be  son  of  Robert  de 

dio  antecessor  Radulfi  de  Bellofago,  sem-  Blomevyle,  who  lived  here  about  1190. 

per  v.  bor.  et  i.  car.  et  iiii.acr.  prati.et  3  1360,  Bertram  de  Blunnel  released 

iiii.  liberi  homines  de  xii.  acr.  et  dim  tunc  all  his  right  to  William,  and  Katherine 

valuit  x.  sol.  modo  xiii.  sol  et  iiii.  d.  his  wife. 

e  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.     H.  Hu-  *  1495,  Katherine  Blomevyle  died  a 

miliart.  Doms.  fo.  122.  In  Niwetuna  widow,   and  Lady  Eleanor  Jenny  ad- 

xv.  acr.  de  de  dominio  de  HethelLa  ministered. 


NEWTON.  65 

1345,  Richard Hudde.     Will.  Blumvyle,  res. 

1346,  Roger  B/umvile.     Ditto. 

1388,  Alan  Smith  of  Tasebnrgh.    Ric.  Blumvyle,  Esq.  who  pre- 
sented the  four  following  rectors  : 
1391,  John  Mersee. 
1406,  Stephen  Drezee  of  Burston. 
1414,  Richard  Oste/er. 
1418,  Seaman  Ketleburgh. 

1420,  John  Copuldi/ke.  Will.  Blomvyle,  Esq.  who  presented 
the  four  following  rectors  : 

1421,  Robert  Grubbe,  who  changed  for  Rougham  vicarage  in  Nor- 
folk in 

1427,  with  Benedict  Bishop. 
1437,  Robert  Edwards. 

1447,  John  Thompson,  united  for  life  to  the  other  mediety;  he 
resigned  both,  and  in 

1448,  Simon  Blake  was  presented  to  this  mediety  by  Will.  Blom- 
vyle, Esq.  Nic.  Forking,  John  Intewood,  and  John  Storour, 
his  feoffees;  and  to  the  other  mediety  by  Nic.  Appleyard  of 
Brakene-ash,  Esq.  and  Margaret  his  wife,  Edm.  Wichingham  ;  and 
soon  after  they  were  consolidated  in  the  said  Simon,  and  have 
remained  so  ever  since. 


RAINTHORP-HALL, 

Malherbe's,  otherwise  called  Myles,  or  Mills  manor, 

Belonged  to  Ailwin  in  the  Confessor's  time,5  and  was  held  by  Wil- 
liam, of  Roger  de  Ramis,6  in  the  Conqueror's,  and  another  part 
belonged  to  Waregius  who  held  it  of  Roger  Bigot  :7  It  after  came 
to  the  Crown,  and  continued  there  till  King  Hen.  II.  leased  it  out  to 
Roger  son  of  Rosceline,  and  King  Ric.  I.  A0. 1 189,  gave  it  to  Oliver 
Malherbe,  who  then  paid  two  marks  to  the  King,  for  the  imple- 
ments of  husbandry  and  stock  upon  it:8  in  1256,  William  Malherbe 
had  it,  and  after  him  Sir  Ra/f  Malherbe,  who  was  lord  in  1280,  and  in 
1290,  King  Edward  I.  granted  him  free-warren  to  all  his  demeans 
here,  by  the  name  of  William  de  Carliol.  It  now  was  divided  into  four 
parts:  in  1321,  a  fourth  part  belonged  to  John  de  Ovedale,  who  held 
it  of  John  de  Clavering  by  the  4th  part  of  a  fee,  and  had  the  4th  part 

5  Terra  Rogeri  de  Ramis,  H.  Hu-  ten.  feodum  unius  militis.  Lib.  Nig. 
miliart.  fo.  276.  Raniltorp  tenuit  Scac.  Essex,  edit,  per  T.  Hearne,  A.M. 
Ailuuinus,  i.  lib.  homo  lx,  acr.  terre,  Oxon.  vol.  i.  p.  237.  By  which  it  should 
modo  tenet  Wills,  semper  i.  car.  et  seem,  that  a  part  here  came  to  the 
vii.  acr.  prati  et  ii.  mol.  et  quinta  pars  Reinesthorp  or  Ranthorp  family,  very 
mol.  et  vi.  lib.  homines  vii.  acr.  semper  early. 

dim.  car.  et  i.  liber  homo  comd.  xxx.  7  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.     H.  Hu- 

acr.  tunc  ii.  villani  modo  i.  semper  dim.  miliart.   Domsd.  fo.  139.     In  Ratnes- 

car.  et  i.  acr.  prati,  tunc   valuit   xxx.  torp,  dim.   lib.  homo  T.  R   E.  xxx. 

sol.  modo  xliii.  acr.  modo  tenei  Waregius  tunc  ii.  vil- 

6  Carta  Willi,  filii  Milonis  de  Has-  Jani  modo  i.  semper  dim.  car  et  i.  acr. 
tinges,   qui  tenuit  feod.   duorum  mili-  prati,  et  val.  v.  sol. 

turn  de  Rogero  de  Reines,  &c.  item  in         8  Rot.  Pip    1.  R.  I.   Norf.    Madox 
com.  Norf.    Galfridus  de  Reinesthorp     Hist.  Exchq.  fo.  295. 
VOL.  V.  K 


G6  NEWTON. 

of  the  advowson  of  the  mediety  of  the  church,  belonging  to  it ;  this 
continued  as  a  separate  manor  a  long  time,  and  was  called  D'ove- 
dale's  manor,  of  which  Peter  de  Ovedale  of  Tacolneston  was  lord  in 
1322.  In  1316,  Sir  Ralf  Malherbe  had  another  4th  part,  and  pre- 
sented here;  and  in  1319,  Godfrey  de  la  Iioke/e  presented  in  right  of 
another  4th  part,  which  in  1331,  was  conveyed  by  Sir  Robert  son  of 
Robert  de  la  Rokele,  Knt.  and  Reginald  de  Nerford  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  to  Jeffiry  de  la  Salle  of  Norwich ;  and  in  1346,  Barth.  de  Salle9 
conveyed  it  to  Rich.de  Bitering  of  Norwich,  Nic.  Kemp  of  Westwyk, 
and  William  Ode  junior  of  Saxthorp ;  and  iu  1361,  this  part  of  the 
manor  and  advowson,  was  conveyed  by  Tho.  Cole,  Will.  Asger,  Nic. 
Whitefoot,  and  John  Tilney,  citizens  of  Norwich,  to  Barth.  Appleyard, 
citizen  of  Norwich,  and  Emma  his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  they  being 
feoffees  to  Barth.  de  Salle.  Sir  Ralf Malherbe's  part  was  joined  to  the 
other  4lh  part,  which  in  1306  was  held  by  John  de  Reynsthorp, 
who  dwelt  here,  and  took  his  name  from  this  place,  and  held  it  at  half 
a  fee  of  Forncet  manor  ;  but  he  parted  with  his  right  in  the  two  4th 
turns  of  the  advowson  of  the  mediety  of  the  church  ;  Ric.  de  Boy*- 
land  had  it  after  him,  and  V/ill.  de  Rees  after  him.  in  1383,  Ad<ua 
Humfry  of  Salle  had  it,  and  died  in  1385,  leaving  Margaret  his 
daughter  and  heiress,  who  was  a  ward  of  Barth.  Appleyard's,  who 
paid  10  marks  to  the  manor  of  Forncet  for  her  marriage ;  and  the 
said  Bartholomew,  the  same  year,  purchased  the  right  of  Thomas  de 
Bumpstede  in  the  advowson,  and  had  it  settled  in  trust  on  Thomas 
Spynk,  Will.  Eaton,  and  others,  and  obtained  the  marriage  also  of 
the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  de  Bumpstede  ;  and  in  1389,  the 
Countess  of  Norfolk,  granted  to  Jcffry  Massingham,  the  marriage  of 
Maud,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  son  and  heir  of  Adam  Humfry, 
and  Maud  his  wife,  of  Refham.  In  1432,  John  Szceynsthorp  had  it, 
and  Loveney  after  him.  In  1444,  Tho.  Bumpstede,  senior,  of  Tase- 
burgh,  Esq.  Master  Will.  Ludham,  chaplain,  and  Henry  Rant,  chap- 
lain, his  trustees,  conveyed  his  part  of  it  then  called  Milys's  manor, 
to  Nicholas  Appleyard,  Esq.  and  Margaret  his  wife,  Sir  John  Clifton, 
Knt.  Edm.  Wichingham,  Esq.  and  Thomas  Trute,  clerk,  their  feoffees, 
which  was  conveyed  to  Bumpstede,  &c.  by  John  Hare,  parson  of  Sax- 
lingham  ;  and  in  1466,  Margaret,  relict  of  Nic.  Appleyard,  Esq.  con- 
veyed Miles's  manor  to  John  Appleyard,  Esq.  in  tail,  remainder  to 
Will,  his  brother,1  remainder  to  Henry,  another  brother,  remainder  to 
Barth.  another  brother,  with  an  over  remainder  to  E/iz.  and  Anne, 
their  sisters,  and  their  heirs;  John  Appleyard,  Esq.  inherited,  and  in 
1498,  settled  it  on  Sir  Rob.  Clere?  Sir  Phil.  Calthorp,  Sir  Hen.  He./don, 
Sir  John  Windham,  Knts.  and  John  Grice,  Gent,  his  trustees,  to  the 
use  of  Nicolas  his  son,  who  succeeded,  and  left  it  to  John  hisson  and 
heir  ;  and  in  1515,  Thomas  B/omevyle,  Esq.  had  purchased  three  parts 
of  it,  and  joined  them  to  Blomevyle's  manor,  so  that  he  had  all 
but  the  4th  part,  with  the  4lh  part  of  the  advowson  of  Matherbe's 
mediety,  which  was  sold  by  NicholasAppleyerd  before  1557,  to  Edward 
Blomvyle,  Esq.  who  then  became  sole  patron.     The  4th  part  ot  the 

9  In  1345,  Ric.  de  Bradenham,  Jef.         •  In  1481,  he  gave  an  annuity  of  six 

de  Snoryng,  Barth.  de  Salle,  Rob.  son  marks  to  Elizabeth  his  wife,  out  of  this 

of  Ralf  Bumpstede  or  Benstede,  junior,  manor, 
and  Ric.  Melton,  were  lords.  *  1461,  Eliz.  Clere  held  it  in  trust. 


NEWTON.  67 

manor  passed  as  a  single  manor  in  the  Appleyerds,  and  in  1.528, 
Roger  Appleyerd,  Esq.  died  seized  of  it,  and  John  his  son  and  heir 
inherited  after  the  death  of  E/iz.  his  mother.  In  1538,  Robert  C/ere 
had  it  in  trust,  and  afterwards  Sir  John  Clere,  Knt.  for  John  Apple- 
yard.  In  1555,  John  Appleyerd  of  Brakene-ash,  Esq.  and  Thomas 
Chapman,  Gent,  son  and  heir  of  Alexander  Chapman,  Esq.  deceased, 
sold  to  Will.  Bigot  of  Stratton  in  Norfolk,  Gent,  and  John  Strote  of 
Reepham,  clerk,  and  their  heirs,  in  fee  simple,  the  manor  of  Myles 
or  Mills.  In  1609,  Thomas  Baxter,  Gent,  in  right  of  his  wife,  who 
was  late  the  wife  of  Alexander  Chapman,  and  before  that,  of  James 
Bigot,  Gent.3  held  his  manor  of  Reynesthorp  in  Newton  Flotman, 
Taseboro  and  Swainsthorp,  at  half  a  fee  of  the  manor  of  Forncet. 
In  1676,  John  Lackford  conveyed  it  to  William  Lackford,  and  both 
joined  and  settled  it  on  Edmund  Rolf;  it  after  belonged  to  the 
Bedingfields,  and  was  sold  from  that  family,  to  Mr.  Richard  Carter 
of  Norwich,  and  his  widow  sold  it  to  Mr.  Bateman,  of  whom  it  was 
purchased  under  a  commission  of  bankruptcy,  by  Richard  Wright  of 
Norwich,  whose  son  Mr.  Rich.  IVright  is  the  present  owner. 

The  mediety  called  Malherbe's,  in  Newton  church,  was  valued 
at  nine  marks,  and  had  12  acres  of  glebe. 

RECTORS. 

1294,  Gilbert  Malherbe. 

1316,  Richard  de  Bourne  of  Long-Stratton.  Sir  Ralf  de  Mal- 
herbe, Knt. 

1319,  Will,  de  Estone.  Godfrey  de  Rokele  this  4th  turn. 

1337 , Roger  Sonde.     Rica,  de  Bradenham  for  this 4th  turn.4 

1362,  Will,  atte  Hawe  of  Hardingham.  Will,  de  Colney  and 
John  de  Snoryng,  for  this  4th  turn.    He  resigned  in 

1379,  to  John  Clark  of  Gressenhall,  in  exchange  for  South  Wal- 
sham  St.  Mary.    Tho.  Bcmpstede,  citizen. 

1390,  Thomas  Paynot.     Mary  Haukere  of  Redenhatt. 

1401,  Rich.  Burgoyne.  Will.  Rees,  esquire  to  the  King's  body, 
as  guardian  to  Bumpstedt's  heirs. 

1416,  Rich.  Osteler,  who  held  it  united  to  the  other  mediety,  and 
at  his  death  in  1431,  Will.  Blomevyle  gave  it  to 

John  Keer  of  Atleburgh  ;  and  in  1447,  when  Keer  resigned, 
John  Thompson  was  presented  by  Nic.  Appleyard  of  Bra- 
ken-ash,  and  Will.  Blomevyle   of  Newton,  Esqrs.  and  held  it 
united  to  the  other  mediety  ;  and  on  his  resignation, 

Simon  Blake  succeeded,  and  the  two  raedieties  were  conso- 
lidated, as  before. 

The  consolidated  rectory  stands  by  the  name  of  Newton  Flot- 
man, in  the  King's  Books;  it  is  valued  at  \0l.  and  \>ays  first  fruits, 
and  ll. per  annum  tenths,  and  is  not  capable  of  augmentation.  It  paid 
I4d.  Peter-pence,  3d.  ob.  carvage,  \8d.  synodals,  and  6s.  8c?.  pro- 
curations. The  portion  of  the  tithes  out  of  the  demeans,  belonging  to 
Thetford  prior,  was  5s. ;  the  portion  of  tithes  belonging  to  the  Prior  of 

3  James  Bigot,  Gent,  married  Anne,         *  See  p.  59, 
sister  to  John  Appleyard. 


68  NEWTON. 

St.  Faith,  was  13s.  4d.s  and  his  temporals  2s.  as  were  the  temporals  of 
the  Prioress  of  Carhoe.  Here  was  a  gild  of  St.  Peter,  which  in 
1492  had  an  alderman  and  many  brethren.  The  terrier  hath  22  acres 
and  an  half  of  glebe,  and  the  whole  village  paid  3/.  clear,  to  each 
tenth. 


RECTORS  OF  NEWTON,    AFTER  THE  CONSOLIDATION. 

1467,  John  Tolbye.    Rich.  Blomevyle,  Esq. 

1490,  John  Manfield,  a  friar-m'mor,  commonly  called  Brother  John 
Carr.  Kat.  relict  of  Richard  Blomevyle,  Esq.;  he  was  deprived  in 
1504,  and 

Edward  Pennant,  a  great  acquaintance  of  Sir  Edw.  Howard, 
Knt.  otherwise  called  Edward  ap  Res,  clerk,  was  instituted  by  lapse. 

1509,  Thomas  ll'arde.     Nic.  Appleyard,  Esq. 

1517,  Henri/  IVoodhouse,  on  Warde's  deprivation.  John  Brooke 
and  Constance  his  wife.     At  his  death  in 

1540,  Richard  Hudson.  John  Robsart,  Esq.  in  right  of  the 
jointure  of  Elizabeth  his  wife  ;  at  his  dealh  in 

1557,  Will.  Knightbridge  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Edw.  Blomevyle, 
Esq.  who  at  his  death  in  1559,  gave  it  to 
John  Beare,  and  at  his  death  in 

1566,  to  John  Skeet.  In  1567,  Thomas  Blundevi/e,  Esq.  settled 
Bltimvyte's  manor,  &c.  on  John  B/umiy/e  in  trust  for  the  said  Thomas, 
who  presented  the  three  following  rectors: 

1570,  John  Fenton. 

1576,  George  Reynolds ;  and  at  his  death  in 

15y6,  William  Reynolds,  who  returned  answer,  that  he  had  113 
communicants  in  this  parish.  In  l6l6,  James  Goodinge  and  Richard 
Deane,  Gents,  conveyed  the  manor  to  Lionel  Seman,  Gent.  In  1626, 
at  Reynolds's  death, 

Thomas  Stokes,  A.M.  was  presented  by  Rowland  Mey- 
rick  of  Taseburgh,  Esq.  in  right  of  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  held  it 
united  to  Carleton  Rode. 

Samuel  Stalham,  on  whose  death  in 

1672,  Samuel  Snowden,  A.  M.  succeeded,  and  held  it  united  to 
Stcainsthorp.     John  Borman  of  Brakenda/e  for  this  turn. 

1721,  The  Rev.  William  Berney,  clerk,  the  present  rector,  holds  it 
united  to  the  rectory  of  Frettenham,  and  curacy  of  Du nston.  He 
was  presented  by  Mathew  Long,  Esq.  who  was  succeeded  in  the 
advowson  and  lordship  by 

Israel  Long,  Esq.  of  Dunston,  who  is  the  present  lord  of  New- 
ton-hall manor,0  with  the  three  parts  of  Malherbe's,  and  sole  patron  of 


The  church,  which  is  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary,  and  was 
rebuilt  in  1385,  by  the  lords  of  the  manors,  and  the  parishioners. 
Thomas  de  Bumpstede,  citizen  of  Norwich,  gave  50/.  towards  it.  This 
church  is  28  yards  long,  and  7  broad,  but  hath  no  isles ;  it  is  leaded, 

5  Paid  to  the  King  in  16 12.  Newton,  about  a  half  a  mile  north-east 

6  Bkindevile's  manor-house,  com-  of  the  church,  and  Ranthorp  hall  stands 
monly  called  Newton-hall,  stands  on  the  as  much  south-east,  between  Newton 
left  hand  of  the   road  from  Norwich  to  and  Flordon. 


NEWTON.  69 

as  is  the  chancel  also,  the  south  porch  is  tiled  ;  it  hath  a  square 
tower  and  two  bells  ;  there  is  an  inscription  on  the  battlements,  which 
are  so  high  I  could  not  read  it,  nor  make  out  all  the  arms  carved 
there-  but  among  them  are,  1st,  Blundeville  impaling  five  de-hses. 
Ditto  impaling  Gurnay.  Over  the  vault  (in  which  many  of  the 
Blundeviles  are  interred)  against  the  north  wall  is  erected  an  inarched 
monument,  having  Noah's  ark  figured  therein,  with  this,  Cutra 
<£cclC<$iam  noil  est  .§alus\  and  on  either  side  a  square  pillar  vert, 
the  whole  supported  with  four  marble  pillars,  dividing  it  into  three 
partitions;  in  the  first  of  which  are  three  men  in  armour,  in  a  praying 
posture,  with  each  a  reading-desk  before  them,  and  over  them, 

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iSatmlphusS  2MonbeMe  abut  an*  ©ni.  15 14,  starts'  ^uc  45 
<£DtuarDii$S  23(onDc\)ile  obtit  an0  ©nt.  1568,  <£tatig  m  75 
£ho.  2SlonDet>ple  yios'iiit  1571. 

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£he  ©ranDsiirc,  father,  anD  the  &one, 
ffljtvz  Barney  trjeur  age,  anD  toljen  tbey  DycD, 
abone  their  lijcaDDs  is-  sSpecpfpeD, 
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&heJ.§>tocfte  tenth  tehom  they  machcD  tecrc, 
Shen  InncD  toell,  anD  OncD  as"  toelt, 
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3nD  thear  Do  nrange  hnsS  holn  Bame» 
«5oD  graunt  that  toe  man  Do  the  £ame. 

1.  Blundeville,  quarterly  per  fess  indented  or  and  az.  a  bend 
G.  impales  Inglosse. 

2.  Ditto  impales  Gurnay.     3.  Ditto  impales  Godsalve. 

And  on  the  stone  work  just  under  the  brass  plates,  are  painted  two 
shields,  in  the  first,  • 

Blundevile  quarters  Ardesley,  arg.  a  fess  fusille  gul.  in  cniet  three 
bulls  heads  cooped  sab.  in  base  Hemenhale.  On  the  2d,  Blundevile 
quarters  $ir  .Rah/'  Hemenkal  or  Hemnal's  arms. 

In  the  second  partition  is  the  effigies  of  a  man  in  armour,  kneeling 
at  a  faldstool,  with  a  book,  and  his  helmet  lying  thereon,  he  being 
bareheaded;  over  him, 

^Thomas'  SMimbetulc,  films'  Otoarbt. 

And  under  him  are  two  shields. 

1.  Blundevile  impales  Johnson,  or,  a  water-budget,  on  a  chiet 
sab.  three  bezants. 

2.  Blundevile  impales  Puttingham  or  Puttenham,  sab. 
crusuly,  a  stork  arg.  quartering, 

"VVarbleton,  oiWarburton,  lozenge  or  and  B. 
In  the  third  partition  are  four  effigies  in  stone,  viz.  two  wives  and 
two  daughters,  and  over  them, 

ftosta  et  Hiargareta  "topsu*  €hotne  2&fonocte'(e  cum  $\V  f\x\$ 
€u?abetha  et  patientta. 
Under  them,  sab.  a  lion  rampant  between  three  croslets  crossed  arg^ 
impaled  with  Blundevile,  and  Blundevile  single. 


70  FLORDON. 

On  a  small  black  marble  monument, 

Here  lyeth  Patience  the  wife  of  Robert  King,  and  daughter  of 
Tho.  Blunderu/e,  who  lived  vertuously,  and  died  religiously,  Jan. 
i,  1638. 

Disce  Mori.     Mr.  Robert  Edwards  late  of  this  Parish,  died 
Febr.  3,  1732,  68. 
There  are  stones  in  the  church  for  Edward  Youngs,  Nov.  8,  1655, 
John  Youngs  1625;  and  there  was  formerly  a  stone  in  the  chancel  for, 
Thomas  Warden,  Gent,  son  of  Edward  Warden,  late  alderman  of  Nor- 
wich, ob.  22  March,  1582.     Arms,  a  cross  frette. 

In  1511,  John  Bremer,  Gent,  of  Newton,  was  buried  there,  and  gave 
Surlingham  to  Nic.  his  eldest  son,  and  his  house  in  Newton,  &c.  and 
Nether-hull  in  Saxlingham,  to  John  his  2d  son  ;  and  his  estate  in  Sax- 
lingham-Thorp,  to  Edward  his  youngest  son  ;  Olive  his  wife,  Lettice, 
Anne,  and  Elizabeth,  his  daughters,  survived  him. 

In  1552,  Cecily  Fastolfoi'  Newton  gave  a  legacy  to  Ric.  Blumvyle, 
Gent,  and  Edw.~Fastolphe,  Gent,  and  Florence  his  sister,  who  were  her 
nephews  and  neice. 

The  family  of  theNEWToNs  take  their  name  from  this  town,  where 
they  had  a  good  estate,  which  was  a  capital  messuage  with  divers 
rents  belonging  to  it,  that  was  owned  in  130.Q,  by  John  de  Newton, 
in  1324,  by  Thomas  Newton,  in  1475,  by  Will,  de  Newton,  who  sold 
part  of  it,  and  released  divers  rents  to  Nic.  Appleyard,  Esq.  and  John 
Appleyard,  senior,  and  their  heirs.  In  1477,  Margaret,  widow  of 
John  Newton,  released  Newton's  Place  here,  to  Will,  of  Newton  her 
son,  whose  son  William,  in  1503,  by  the  name  of  Will.  Newton  of 
Wreningkam,  and  his  feoffees,  John  Manfield,  late  of  Newton,  clerk, 
and  John,  Wardeyn,  rector  of  Wreningham,  conveyed  the  greatest 
part  of  it  to  Nic.  Jppleyard  of  Brakene,  Esq.  and  John  his  son  and 
heir,  and  Will.  Neve  of  Betelee,  his  trustee,  and  so  it  was  joined  to 
Ranthorp  manor. 


FLORDON, 


Or  the  Floure  Downs,  was  in  many  parts  at  the  Conquest,  Roger 
Bigot  held  two  freemen,  Sec.  of  Odo  Bishop  ofBaieux,  which  Stigand 
held  in  the  Confessor's  time. 7  Gtjert  a  freeman,  held  7  acres  of 
Alan  Earl  of  Richmond,  which  belonged  to  Cossey  manor. 8    The 

7  Terra  Episcopi  Bajocensis.  Doms.  Hurailiart  H.  fo.  7.  In  Florenduna 
fo.  60.  Humiliart  H.  In  Florenduna  i.  lib.  homo  Gert  vii.  acr,  et  i.  vill.  de 
ii.  liberi  homines,  et  dim.  Stigandi  xxv.  v.  acr.  et  ii.  boves  et  est  in  pretio  de 
acr.  tunc  dim.  car.  eti.  acr.  prati  et  val.  Costeseia.  (Vid.  Append.  Regr. 
ii.  sol.  hoc  tenet  Roger.  Bigot.  Honoris  Richmond,  fo.  15.) 

8  Terra  Alani  Comitis.    (Richmond) 


F  LOR  DON.  71 

third  part  belonged  to  Hethill  manor,  being  15  acres  of  the  demeans, 
and  was  then  owned  by  Roger  Bigot,9  who  had  the  cbief  or*  this  town, 
which  was  held  by  Olf  the  Dane,  of  him  ;*  Earl  Ralf  had  a  part  of 
it,  which  he  forfeited,  and  Godric  the  sewer  had  it.2  The  anteces- 
sor of  Roger  de  Ramis  had  &  freeman  also  ;  but  all  centered  at  last 
in  Roger  Bigot,  and  Olf  was  the  lord  under  him.  It  was  a  mile 
long,  and  five  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  Qcl.  3q.  to  the  geld  or  King's 
tax.  And  from  that,  to  the  present  time,  the  manor  was  always  held 
of  the  Norfolk  family,  and  lately  of  their  honour  of  Forncet,  at  one 
fee. 

This  manor  came  to  theBuTTEVELYNS  very  early,  and  passed  with 
Gissing,  as  you  may  see  in  vol.  i.  p.  177.  In  1 139,  Rob.  de  Buttevil- 
lane  was  pardoned  by  King  Stephen,  for  13s.  due  for Danege/d.  Wil- 
liam son  of  Robert,  succeeded,  who  founded  Pipewell  abbey  in 
Northamptonshire  in  1 143,  3  and  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Ralf 
Camois,  Knt. ;  and  whea  Henri/  II.  went  into  Normandy,  he  had  a 
writ  directed  to  the  Bishops  of  Lincoln  and  Norwich,  and  to  all  his 
liege  people,  English  and  Normans,  of  Northamptonshire,  Norfolk,  and 
Suffolk,  granting  to  William  Buttev/lan,  the  lands  of  his  father  Robert, 
in  Cotesbroke  and  Pipewell  in  Northamptonshire,  in  Florenduna  in 
Norfolk,  and  Flichestona  or  Flixlon  in  Sujfolk;  with  soc  and  sac,  thol 
and  theam,  and  infangenethef,  and  all  other  liberties  which  his  father 
honourably  enjoyed,  both  in  woods  and  plains,  waters,  &c.  In  1 154, 
Robert  his  son  was  lord,  and  in  1216,  had  a  pardon  from  Henry  III. 
for  being  one  of  those  Barons  that  had  levied  war  against  King  John, 
and  notwithstanding  such  a  favour,  he  was  afterwards  one  of  them  that 
opposed  Henri/  III.  and  was  proved  in  1255,  to  have  been  one  of  the 
rebellious  Barons,  and  to  have  been  against  the  King  in  the  battles  of 
Lewes  and  Evesham,  for  which  he  was  fined,  and  his  estate  restored. 
In  1292,  Sir  William  Butteveleun,  Knt.  had  it;  his  wife  Margaret  was 
daughter  and  only  heir,  of  Sir  Thomas  Mose,  first  husband  of Christian, 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Latimer,  Knt. ;  (see  vol.  i.  p.  77;)  he  released 
to  Sir  Robert  son  of  John  de  Thorp,  divers  of  his  villeins,  which  lived 
in  Thorp,  but  belonged  to  this  manor,  and  consented  that  Sir  Peter 
Roiceline,  Knt.  should  convey  to  the  said  Sir  John  Thorp,  Knt.  a 
meadow  held  of  him  in  Flordon  :  in  1305,  he  held  this  and  Flixton  at 

9  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti,  H.  Humiliart.  riushabuit  Stigandus, commend. T.E.R. 

In  Florenduna  x.  acr.  de  dominio  de  et  de  aliamedietate  habuit  antec.  Rogeri 

Hethella  ex. Florenduna  habet  viii.quar.  Bigot  comend.  tantum,  T.  E.  R.  et  ha- 

in  longo,  et  v.  in  lato,  et  ixd.  et  iii.  fer-  bent  xxx.  acr.  et  ii.  bor.  et  dim.  car.  et 

ding  de  gelto.  i.  acr.   prati  et   val.  iv.  sol.  de  dimidia 

1  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti,  (Src.    fo  136.  hac  terra  erat  Godricus  saisitus  ad  suum 

Florenduna   xv.   lib.   homines    sub  feudum.  quando  Radus.  forisfecit.    (fo. 


Olfa   soca   falde,   et  commendationem 

tantum.    In  Florenduna  v.  lib.  hoes,  de  In  Florenduna  i.  lib.  homo,  xxx. 

his  habuit  antecessor  Rogeri,  dim.  com-  acr.  tunc  dim.  car.  ex  hoc  habuit  antec. 

mendationem  tantum  et  antecessor  Go-  Godrici  commend,  et  val.   iii.  sol.  (fo. 

drici  Dapiferi  similiter  et  habent  i.  car.  139.) 

terre  xxx.  acr.  etii.  bord.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  ?  Terra  Godrici  Dapiferi.  Humiliart 

semper  ii.  car.  H.     fo.  1C9.     In  Florenduna  iii.  lib. 

In  Florenduna  v.  liberi  homines,  homines  xix.  acr.  terre  T.  R.  E.  semper 

de  quatuor  habuit   antec.  Rogeri  com-  dim.  car.  et  val.  ii.  sol.  etviiid.  duos  ex 

mend,   tantum,  et  antecessor  Rogeri  de  his  tenuit  antec.  Ro.   Bigot  commend. 

R.amis  de  quinto  et   habet  xv.   acr.  et  tantum  de  tercio  antec.  Godrici  similiter 

dim.  car.  et  val.  xvi.d.     In  eadem   ii.  modo  totum  tenet  Godricus. 

liberi  hoes,  de  uno  et  de  medietate  alte-  3  Tanner's  Notitia,  fo.  380. 


72  F  L  O  R  D  O  N. 

two  fees.  In  1310,  Robert  Buttevyline,  Knt.  and  Nicolea  his  wife,  had 
Cotesbroke  manor  settled  on  John  de  Foxton,  their  trustee,  except  the 
third  part,  which  Agnes  widow  of  IV ill.  de  Buteveline  held  in  dower. 
In  1314,  Lady  Nicolea  was  a  widow,  and  had  her  dower  assigned,  and 
Sir  William  her  son  and  heir  inherited;  and  in  1316,  had  a  charter 
for  free-warren  here,  and  in  his  manor  of Cotesbroke  in  Northampton- 
shire, and  Hynwycke  in  Bedfordshire;  in  1363,  Lady  Nicolea  was 
married  to  Sir  Giles  de  Ardern,  Knt.  In  1337,  Sir  William  was  mar- 
ried to  the  Lady  Julian,  and  in  1345,  they  held  this  and  Flixton,  of 
the  Enr\-Murshall,  at  two  fees.  In  1344,  Thomas  son  of  William 
Botevelyn,  Knt.  sold  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Newton,  and  Bran- 
don and  its  advowson,  in  Essex  and  Suffolk,  to  William  de  Bv/iun  Earl 
of  Northampton,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  In  1348,  Sir  William  settled 
on  Nicholas  de  Poininges,  Knt.  his  manor  of  Cotesbroke  in  reversion, 
after  Lady  Nicolea's  death;  and  in  1354,  he  settled  this  on  Edmund 
de  Caston  in  trust.  In  1383,  it  belonged  to  Robert  Bulevi/yn  of 
Flordon,  Esq.  In  1369,  Thomas  Gardener  of  Gissing,  Esq.  (see  vol.  i. 
p.  170,)  granted  to  Robert  son  of  William  Botevtlyn,  Knt.  an  annuity 
of  20  marks,  on  his  marrying  Katherine  his  daughter.  Their  son 
Robert  Buteve/yn  inherited,4  whose  son  William  Butevelyii,  was  an 
ideot,  and  was  seized  in  1447  ;s  and  at  his  death,  his  estate  went  to 
John  Kemp  of  Weston,  Esq.  Stc.  as  at  vol.  i.  p.  177 — 9,  and  hath 
continued  in  that  family  with  the  manor  of  Gissing,  to  this  day. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Michael ;  the  rector  had  a  house 
and  60  acres  of  glebe,  now  reduced  to  24;  it  was  valued  without  the 
portion  at  17  marks,  and  the  portion  of  the  monks  at  Thetford  at 
13s.  4d.;6  it  paid  2s.  4d.  synodals,  12c/.  Peter-pence,  and  bd.  carvage, 
and  stands  in  the  King's  Books  at  61.  13s.  4d.  and  is  discharged  of 
first  fruits  and  tenths,  and  being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of 
42/.  19s.  6d.  ob.  it  is  capable  of  augmentation. 

The  Abbot  of  Creke  had  temporals  here  taxed  at  6d.  and  the  Prior 
of  Norwich  had  rents  taxed  at  18s.lt/.  issuing  out  of  lands  in  this  town, 
which  belonged  to  Hapton  manor,  and  were  given  them  by  Will.  Pu- 
leis and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Roger  de  Puleis  his  son,  and  Jgnes  his 
wife,  Roger  son  of  Gosee/ine  de  Flordon,  Walter  son  of  A  Iveric  de 
Flordon  and/)  ido  deVerdon,  principal  lord  of  Puleis 's  fee  in  Hapton, 
confirmed  them.    This  village  paid  clear  to  each  tenth  2/. 

The  steeple  is  round  and  hath  three  bells,  the  church  is  24  yards 
long  and  6  broad,  and  hath  no  isles ;  the  nave  and  chancel  are  tiled. 
There  is  no  memorial  of  any  kind,  in  the  church;  but  there  lies  an  old 
stone  in  the  porch,  broad  at  one  end  and  narrow  at  the  other,  which 
shows  it  to  have  been  laid  over  some  priest  by  its  shape,  and  accord- 
ingly, I  find  that  Roger  Northwold,  rector  here,  who  died  in  1371,  is 
buried  under  it.  There  is  a  very  large  stone  in  the  churchyard,  for 
Mary  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Dade,  Jan.  3,  1718, 16.  Martha, 
another  daughter,  23  March  1718,  4.  And  Mary  their  mother,  died 
at  Great-Melton  June  5,  1721,  45.  There  are  stones  for  John  Hake- 
con  1722,  2.     And  Anne  wife  of  Thomas  Baxter,  1694. 

*  In  1403,  he  was   married   to  Mar-  mas   Brewse,    Esq.    had  a  grant  of  his 

garet  daughter  of  Henry  Lominuur.  custody,  which  in   1450  they  assigned  to 

5  Sir  1  nomas  Tudenham,  Knt.  Will.  mil.  White,  Esq.  of  Shotesham. 

de  la  Pole  Marquis  of  Suffolk,  and  Tho.  6  See  vol.  i.  p.  87. 


FLORDON.  75 


RECTORS  OF  FLORDON. 

1305,  John  de  Foxton.    Sir  Will.  Butevfleyn,  Knt. 

1323,  John  de  Northwold.  Sir  Rob.  de  Aspale,  Knt.  Rob.  de 
Canterbury,  John  de  Framelingham,  Jeffry  de  Castue,  and 
Tho.  de  Oxford,  clerks,  executors  to  Lady  Alice  de  Hanonia 
Countess  of  Noifalk,  who  was  guardian  to  the  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
William  Bute"ileyn,  Knt.  deceased.  He  was  dispensed  with  for 
non-residence,  as  being  chaplain  to  Lady  Benstede. 

1329,  Roger  de  Northwold. 

1371,  Ric.  de  Fouldeh.  Thomas,  rector  of  Heuksdon,  and  Tho. 
Blofield,  rector  of  Tivetshatl. 

138.5,  Ratf  Wymark.   Hob.  de  Buttevelyn  of  Flordon,  Esq. 

1403,  Peter  Feld.     Ditto 

1415,  Richard  Cristemesse,  changed  for  Stipeston  vicarage.    Ditto. 

1428,  John  Thrower,  O.  Feoffees  of  Robert  Butteveline,  viz.  Edw. 
Winter  of  Town-Bemingham,  Esq.  and  Robert  Edwards,  rector  of 
Sweynsthorp. 

1448,  Will.  Bi/ckeky.     Will.  Buteveleyn  of  Gissing,  Esq^ 

1457,  Robert  Spyre.     Tho.  Herteshorn,  Esq. 

1461,  Jo/in  Comb,  A.  M.  lapse. 

1477,  Brother  Will.  Caster,  a  monk,  obijt,  lapse. 

1507,  Jeffry  Paris.     Rob.  Kemp. 

1517,  Tho.  IVarde,  res.  lapse. 

1521,  John  Gotts.     Margaret  Kemp  of  Fundenhall,  widow. 

1546',  James  Booth,  O.     Bob.  Kemp,  Gent. 

1552,  Ric.  Hobson,  deprived.     Ditto. 

1555,  Richard  Merricocke,  res.     Ditto. 

1557,  James  Forster,  O.     Ditto. 

1559,  Rowland  Rabbye.     Ditto. 

1561,  John  Seman,  united  to  Tibenham.  Ditto.  He  returned  53 
communicants  here  in  1603. 

1607,  Edward  Rous,  res.     Bob.  Kemp,  Esq. 

1646,  Thomas  Rowse,  A.M.  res.     Sir  Rob.  Kemp,  Knt. 

1661,  Richard  Francis,  A.  M.  ob.     Rob.  Kemp,  Bart. 

1676,  George  Raymond,  A.  M.     Ditto. 

1679>  Thomas  Jeffery,  A.  M.  on  Raymond's  cession.     Ditto. 

1695,  Will.  Barber,  O.     Rob.  Kemp,  Esq. 

1719,  Thomas  Holmes,  A.  M.     Sir  Rob.  Kemp,  Bart.  ob. 

1729,  James  Soley, junior.  Rob.  Kemp,  Bart,  united  to  Gissing; 
he  resigned  in 

1731,  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Kemp,  the  present  rector,  who  holds 
it  united  to  Gissing,  and  was  presented  by  Sir  Rob.  Kemp  of  Ubbeston, 
Bait,  his  father,  and  now  Sir  Rob.  Kemp  of  Ubbeston,  Bart,  his 
eldest  brother,  is  lord  and  patron. 


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KENINGHAM, 

W  a  s  in  the  hands  of  Ancholf,  and  others,  in  the  Confessor's  days, 
and  of  Tovi 7  and  Godric  the  Sewer, in  the  Conqueror;8  when  it  was 
half  a  mile  long,  and  five  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  xi.d.  geld.  It  carne 
immediately  to  the  Norfolk  family,  and  attended  it  constantly  till 
Queen  Elizabeth's  time,  and  then  the  manor  was  sold  by  Thomas  Duke 
of  Norfolk,  to  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  and  became  joined  to  Mulbarton, 
though  the  demeans  were  sold  again  by  Sir  Thomas  in  1570,  to  Mr. 
Turner,  in  which  family  they  still  continue. 

THE  RECTORS  OF  KENINGHAM 

Had  a  house  and  5o  acres  of  land  ;  the  rectory  was  valued  first  at  six, 
and  after  at  nine  marks;  it  paid  SO/,  synodals,  6s.  8d.  procurations, 
12d.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  carvage.  The  church  was  demolished 
totally  long  before  the  Reformation,  and  the  churchyard  became  glebe 
to  Mulbarton,  and  hath  been  since  exchanged,  and  is  now  owned  by 
Mr.  Turner  of  Kenningham  ;  it  stood  south-east  of  Mulbarton-green 
about  half  a  mile. 

1309,  R  oger  Baste  of  Hasketone ;  the  King;  he  changed  for 
Bromeswell  in  . 

1320,  with  John  de  Thorpmarket.  Tho.  de  Beotherton  Earl  of 
Norfolk,  and  Earl-Marshal. 

1349,  Will,  de  Strixton.  Sir  John  de  Segrave,  Knt. 

1352,  Rob.  Drille,  lapse. 

1361,  Adam  Golle.  Walter  Lord  Manny;  he  was  succeeded  by 
Thomas  de  Ickworth,  who  resigned  in 

1398,  to  Rich.  Osteler  of  Taseburgh.  Mary  Dutchess  and  Countess 
of  Norfolk. 

1422,  J.  Glysse,  lapse.  He  resigned  in  exchange  for  Gimmingham  to 
Robert  Stratton,  the  same  year.    John  Earl  Marshal. 

1423,  Richard  Ji'ilby,  lapse. 

1426,  Richard  Howes  of  Tibenham,  lapse. 

1433,  Thomas  Bradjield.     Ditto. 

1446,  Will.  Steynware,  or  Steynour,  lapse.  He  resigned,  being  old 
and  lame,  and  in  1452,  it  was  perpetually  united  to  Mulbarton, 
with  which  it  halh  remained  ever  since,  the  parish  being  totally  in 
Mulbaiton,  there  being  not  above  two  or  three  houses  in  the  bounds 
of  the  the  old  parish  of  Kenningham. 

7  Terra  Tovi.    Humiliart  H.  Doms.  bov.  et  val.  xv\.d.  et  habuit  dim.  leug. 

fo.  279.     In  Kenincham  iii.  liberi,  de  in  longo,  et  v.  quar.  in  lato,  et  j\.d.  de 

duobus  ex   his  habuit  antecessor  Roger:  gelto.     In  Kenincham  i.   lib.  homo  ii. 

Bigot,  commend.  T.R.E.  de  uno,  an-  acr.  et  val.  xvi.a". 

tecessor  Rad.  de  Bcllofago  et  hat.  lxxv.         8  Terre  Godkici  Dapiferi.    H.  Hu- 

acr.  et  v.  liberi   homines   sub   illis   de  miliart.   fo.  169.    In  Kenincham  tenuit 

xviii.  acr.  et  dim.  et  ii.  bord.  et  ii.  car.  Ancholfus  i.  soc.  xxx.  acr.  semper  dim. 

tunc  x.  sol.  m°.  xiii.  et  \\\.d.    In  eadem  car.  et  valet  v.  sol. 
dim.  lib.  horn.  vii.  acr.  et  dim.  et  ii. 


MULBARTON.  75 

In  1315,  the  Prior  of  Thetford  had  divers  small  rents  taxed  at 
5s.  Id.  And  there  was  a  free-tenement  owned  by  a  family  sirnamed 
from  that  place,  purchased  first  from  the  manor  by  Will,  de  Shotesham, 
who  gave  it  to  Rn/f  his  son,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Kyningham, 
on  his  settling  here  in  Henry  the  Third's  time.  In  1299,  William  de 
Kiniiigham  and  Alice  his  wife  lived  here,  and  he  was  returned  as 
having  a  manor  or  free-tenement,  in  1315;  and  in  1393,  brother 
John  Kiningham  was  the  21st  provincial  oi  the  Carmelites  or  White- 
friars  in  England.9  He  is  mentioned  in  Fox's  Martyrology,  fo.  437, 
39,  as  one  of  those  that  sat  at  the  trials  or  examinations  of  Nic.  Her- 
ford,  Phil.  Repyndon,  and  John  Ayshton,  bachelors  in  divinity  ;  Bale, 
(p.  158,)  indeed  mistakes,  and  calls  him  a  Suffolk  man,  which  came 
from  his  first  being  educated  among  the  Carmelites  at  Ipswich ;  he 
was  after  that  D.  D.  of  Oxford,  a  modest,  temperate,  prudent,  and 
learned  divine,  so  much  beloved  by  John  Duke  of  Lancaster,  that  he 
made  him  his  chaplain,  and  confessor  to  himself  and  lady;  he  was 
author  of  many  books,  an  account  of  which  may  be  seen  in  Pitts's 
English  Writers,  at  page  565 :  he  died  at  York  and  was  buried  there 
in  1399,  in  the  6th  year  of  his  provinciulship. 


MUL-BARTON, 

Molke,  Mykil,  Muche,  or  Great-Barton,  was  owned  by 
Ordinc,  a  thane  of  the  Confessor's,  and  by  Roger  Bigot  and  Ralf 
de  Beaufoe  in  the  Conqueror's  time,  when  it  was  six  furlongs  long, 
and  five  broad,  and  paid  (id.  geld,  and  had  a  church  and  15  acres  of 
glebe,  then  worth  two  shillings.1  Hubert  de  Rhye  was  lord  here  in  the 

'  Fuller's  Church  History,  lib.  VI.  horn,  sub  Stigando   commend,   tantum 

fo.  272.  xxx.  acr.  tunc  ii.  car.  et  i.  acr.  prati, 

*  Terra  R.  de  Bellofago,   Humiliart  semper  val.  xx.  sol. 
H.  Domsd.  fo.  218.  Sub  tit  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Humi- 

Molkebertuna     tenet    Ricardus  liart  H.  fo.  137.  Domsd. 
quam  tenuit  Ordinc  tegnus  T.R.E.         In  Molkebertestuna  i  liber  homo 

ii.  car.  terre  tunc  et  post  x.  villi.  m°.  xxx.  acr.  sub  antec.  Godrici  commen- 

vii.  tunc  vii.  bor.  modo  xvi.   tunc  ii.  datione  tantum  t.  e.  r.  semper  ii.  bor. 

serv.  m°.  i.  semper  ii.  car.  in  dominio,  tunc  dim.  car  modo  i.     In  eadem.  i.  li- 

et  ii.  car.  hominum  x.  acr.  prati  silv.  bera  iemina  sub  antec.  Godrici   com- 

xvi.  pore,  semper  i.  mol.  modo  i.  rune  mend.  t.  e.  r.  xxx.  acr.  terre  et  ex  hoc 

tunc  i.  an.  m°.  vi.  pore,  et  vi.  soc.  xl.  erat   Godricus  saisitus  quando  Rad.  fo- 

acr.  semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  et  in  Carle,  mi'ecit,  et  ex  debito  reddebat  v.s.  et  qui 

tuna  tenet  idem  iiii.  liberi  homines  et  in  homo   Rog.  commend,    tantum,    films 

Swerdestuna  tenet  idem  vii.  inter  totum  ejusdem  mulierismanebat  in  eadem  terra 

lvi.  acr.  semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  et  ii.  acr.  cum   matre  sua  et   ideo    Rog.   revocat 

prati  tunc  et  post  val.  lx.  sol.  modo  c.  dimidiam  terramet  pater  ejusdem  homi. 

et  liberi  homines  val.  vi.  sol.  et  habet  nishabuit  in  alio  loco  aliam  terram  libe- 

vi.  quar.  in  longo  et  v.  in  lato,  et  v\.d.  ramsubantecessore  R.  comend.  tantum, 

de  Gelto.  i.  ecclia.  xv.  et  val.  ii.  sol.  et  illam  terram  tenet  Roger,  totam.    In 

In   Molkebertuna  tenet   idem  i.  liber,  illis  superioribus  xxx.  acr.  tunc.  ii.  car, 


76  MULBARTON. 

latter  end  of  the  Conqueror's  time,  and  about  1184,  gave  it  to  the 
monks  of  Christ  church  in  Canterbury;  and  in  King  Stephen's  time 
they  exchanged  it  with  Henry  his  son,  for  the  advovvson  and  manor 
of  Depham;7,  and  accordingly  it  was  held  of  the  barony  of  Khye,  as 
of  the  manor  of  Hingham?  it  after  came  to  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  and 
then  to  the  St.  Omers,  who  held  it  of  him  ;  Will,  de  Sancto  Audomarn, 
Omero,  or  St.  Omer,  was  the  first  lord  of  that  name,*  and  lived  in 
the  time  of  Henry  III.  and  was  succeeded  by  Thomas  his  son,  who 
married  Petronilla,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Tho.  Maintains,  widow  of 
Half  de  Tuny;  and  in  1267,  he  held  the  hundred  of  Grimeshoe  and 
Saham  manor,  during  her  life;5  in  1275  lie  was  justice  itinerant  in 
Cambridgeshire,  and  had  a  charter  of  free-warren  and  a  fair  here, 
confirmed,  which  was  first  granted  to  William  his  father,  with 
warren  and  a  fair  at  Brundale,  by  King  Henry  III.  in  the  38th 
of  his  reign,  1253.6  In  1285,  upon  the  quo-warranto  bronghl  For 
manor  in  the  county,  to  set  forth  and  prove  their  several  libertit 
Thomas  claimed  view  of  frankpledge,  assize  of  bread  and  ale, 
things  belonging  to  a  lete,  and  had  it  allowed  ;  he  also  claimed 
liberty  of  infangenthef,  and  accordingly  erected  a  gallows  here:  and 
this  year,  one  Walter  Godwyne  of  Car/eton,  taken  in  this  manor,  and 
convicted  of  felony  by  Nic.  de  Monuer  of  Carleton,  in  this  court  suf- 
ficiently proved,  was  condemned  and  hanged  ;  but  it  appearing  that 
this  Thomas  de  St.  Omer  was  the  first  that  erected  a  gallows  here,  and 
that  without  the  King's  grant,  or  the  manor  having  the  liberty;  it  was 
ordered  that  he  should  be  disseized  of  such  liberty,  and  the  gallows 
pulled  down.  This  Thomas,  at  his  death,  settled  sufficient  revenues 
out  of  his  lands  here,  on  the  pittancer  of  Norwich  cathedral,  to  keep 
his  anniversary  for  ever,  and  to  treat  the  convent  on  that  day.9  He 
left  two  daughters  his  heiresses;  Elizabeth,'  married  Thomas  IVaryn, 
and  they  levied  a  fine,  and  thereby  released  all  right  in  the  manors  of 
Mu/barton,  Keteringham,  and  Brundale,  in  Norfolk,  to  Sir  Will,  de 
Hoo,  Knt.  and  Alice  his  wife,  half  sister  to  the  said  Elizabeth;  but 
the  advowson  of  the  town  continued  in  Sir  William  de  St.  Omer,  Knt. 
till  his  death,  and  after  in  Elizabeth  his  relict,  till  her  death,  and  then 
the  whole  centered  in  the  Hoo  family,  and  Sir  William  de  Hoo  first 
presented  here  in  1367.  He  it  was  that  built  the  present  church  and 
tower,  in  the  chancel  of  which  he  and  his  lady  were  interred  ;2  he 
adorned  the  windows  with  the  portraits  of  himself  and  lady,  and  her 
family  and  their  arms  ;  and  till  lately,  one  of  the  north  windows  had 
in  it,  the  pictures  of  Sir  Thomas  de  St.  Omer  on  his  knees  in  armour, 

et  dim.  m°.   i.  et  iiii.  bor.  et.  ii.  acr.  4  Sir  Bartholomew  de  St.  Omer  had 

prati,  et  sub  se  ii.   liberi  horn,  et  dim.  lands  here  before  William. 

commend,  tantum  de  xvii.  acr.  et  dim.  5  See  vol.  ii.  p.  149,  326. 

semp.  dim.  car.  —  the  said  Roger  had  6  Rot.  Vasconiae  3S  H.  3,  Part  I. 

27  freemen  in  Carleton,  9  in  Swerdeston,  7  Placita  CoroneapudNonvic.  A0  15, 

20  in  Flordon,  6  in  Brakene-ash,  19  in  E.  Fil.  H.  Rot.  2,  in  dorso 

Nelonde  and  Wreningham,  3  in  Dun.  8  Placita  Corone,  aj  ltd  Norwic.  A0 15, 

ston,    one    in    Mangrene,    and    one    in  E.  Fil.  H.  Rot.  2,  in  dorso. 

Thorp,  and — Omnes  isti  liberi  homines  9  Vol.  iii.  p.  613. 

val.  T.  E.  R.  viii.  lib.  post  x.  modo  xv.  '  This  daughter  was  by  a  second  wife, 

lib.  et.  v.  sol.  et  v.d.  et  obulum.  who  after  married  to  Tho.  de  la  Riviere, 

*  See  vol.  ii.  p.  490,  91.  and  held  parcel  of  this  manor  in  dower. 

3  Ibid.  p.  432.  z  She  died  in  1456.    Chauncy's  Anti- 

-  quilies  of  Hertfordshire,  fo.  510. 


MULBARTON.  77 

with  his  sword  by  his  side,  and  his  arms  on  his  surcoat,  and  his  lady 
in  the  same  posture  behind  him,  with  the  arms  of  St.  Omer  and  Mai- 
ntains;  and  his  daughter  Alice  behind  them  ;  and  opposite  was  Sir 
Will.  Hoo  and  the  said  Alice  his  wife,  in  the  same  posture  ;  over  the 
former  were  the  arms  of  Ma/mains,  gul.  three  sinister  hands3  cooped 
arg.;  over  the  latter  were  St.  Omer's  arms,  az.  a  fess  between  six 
croslets  or ;  and  at  the  top  of  the  window,  were  the  arms  of  Hoe, 
quarterly  arg.  and  sab.;  and  at  the  bottom  this, 

preij  pour  kj  atmej  JBon^teur  Cljoma.si  ^entomcrisS  $  ©ame 
J>crinelle  £a  ircmme. 

This  Sir  William  was  a  great  warriour  and  a  man  of  figure  in  his 
time,  serving  in  the  French  wars  many  years,  being  one  of  the 
favourites  of  John  Earl  of  Somerset,  governour  of  the  garrison  at 
Calice,  under  whom  he  served  ;  he  died  in  the  year  14KV  aged  76, 
and  was  succeeded  by  Thomas,  his  son  and  heir,  who  in  1-1-17  levied  a 
fine  to  settle  the  manor  and  advowson  on  himself  and  heirs  ;  in  1434, 
he  presented  by  the  name  of  I  hornets  Hoo,  Esq.  but  he  was  soon  atter 
knighted  ;  in  1436,  he  was  sent  to  suppress  the  rebellion  about  Caux 
in  Normandy,  where  he  conquered  the  rebels  and  wasted  their  country; 
in  1445,  he  was  elected  knight  of  the  garter ;  employed  again  in  the 
French  wars,  where  he  merited  so  well,  that  he  was  created  a  baron 
of  the  realm  by  the  title  of  Lord  Hoo  and  Hastings,  and  was  sum- 
moned to  parliament  accordingly;  he  was  also  keeper  of  the  seals  in 
France,  and  afterwards  chancel/or  there;  he  had  three  wives,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  and  heir  to  Thomas  Felton,  Knt.  by  whom  he  had  one 
son,  Thomas,  who  died  before  him ;  the  second  was  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  heir  to  Nic.  Wiehingham,  by  whom  he  had  only  one 
daughter,  Anne,  the  third  was  Eleanor,  daughter  to  Leo  Lord  Hells, 
sister  and  coheir  to  Richard  Lord  Wells,  her  brother;  by  whom  he 
had  three  daughters ;  but  upon  this  last  match,  this  manor  was  settled 
on  Tho.  de  Hoo,  Esq.3  his  brother  and  heir.  This  Lord's  will  is  dated 
Feb.  12,  1454,  by  which  he  settled  20  marks  per  annum  on  Battle 
abbey,  for  two  monks  to  sing  perpetually  for  him  and  his  ancestors,  at 
St.Ben/iet's  altar  in  their  church:  Thomas  de  Hoo,  Esq.6  settled  this 
manor  and  advowson  on  Anne,  only  daughter  of  the  Lord  Hoo,  by 
Eliz.  Wiehingham,  on  her  marriage  to  Sir  Jeffery  Boleyn,  Knt. 
sometime  lord  mayor  of  London,  who  died  seized,  as  did  Anne  his 
widow.7  Sir  William  Boleyn,  Knt.  of  Blickting  succeeded,  and  by  his 
will  dated  in  1505,  he  entailed  it  on  Thomas  his  son,  who  enjoyed  it 
after  him  ;  he  was  Earl- of  Wilts,  Ormond,  and  liochford ;  and  in  the 
year  1535  sold  it  to  John  Gresham,  and  it  was  inherited  by  Sir 
Richard,  and  then  by  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  Knt.  who  was  lord  in 
1575  ;  and  in  1579>  William  Gresham  of  London,  Esq.  had  it,  who 

3  Mal-mains     signifies  bad,  or  left  5  This  Thomas  was  his  half  brother, 

hands.  The  field  is  -sometimes  az.  being  son  to  Sir  William  de  Hoo,  Knt. 

*  In  1386,  being  then  captain  of  the  by  Eleanor  Wingfield,  after  remarried 
castle  of  Oye,  he  had  the  King's  license  to  Lewkner. 
for  two  years  to  visit  the  Holy 'land,  and  6  He  died  in  1485. 
to  appoint  his  brother  his  deputy  there.  7  It  seems  as  if  she  remarried  after- 
See  Chauncy's  Antiquities  of  Hertford,  wards  to  Sir  Tho.  Fennys,  Knt. 
shire,  fo,  510. 


78  MULBARTON. 

mortgaged  it  to  Francis  Cuddom,  Gent.3  who  came  and  dwelt 
here  ;  and  in  J 599,  the  said  William  and  Francis  joined,  and  sold  it 
to  Sir  Edwin  Rich,  Knt.  who  was  descended  from  Richard  Rich  of 
the  Middle  Temple,,  Esq.  chirographer  of  the  court  of  Common  Pleas, 
reader  of  that  society,  and  lord  high  chancellor  of  England,  in  the 
time  of  .Henry  VIII.  and  Edward  VI.9  At  the  north-west  part  of  the 
church,  on  the  north  wall,  is  a  monument  for  this  Sir  Edwin,  with  the 
arms  of  Rich  at  the  top,  viz.  gul.  a  chevron  between  three  croslets 
botany  or.  Crest,  on  a  wreath  a  mount  vert,  on  which,  a  wyvern 
with  his  wings  elevated  arg. 

Sir  Edwin  Rich  was  knighted  at  Cadiz  voyage;1  he  purchased 
this  manor  of  Will.  Gresham,  Esq.  in  the  4  2d  year  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth; was  patron  of  the  church,  he  died  and  was  buried  at  Hartlepoole. 
Robert  Rich,  his  eldest  son,adied  in  the  year  1651, and  was  buried  in 
the  church  of  Swerdeston,  but  his  bones  were  since  removed  hither  by 
Edwin  Rich,  his  brother,  who  erected  this  monument  for  him,  and 
caused  a  vault  to  be  made,  as  a  dormitory  for  the  family  ;  and  here 
resteth  the  bones  of  Sir  Edwin  Rich,  Knt.  son  of  Sir  Edwin  Rich,  who 
died  lGth  of  Nov.  1675, 

For  whom  there  is  another  mural  monument  near  the  former, 
against  the  west  wall,  with  a  very  large  hour-glass  on  the  top,  and 
this, 

t  Our  Eyef  is  like  an  Hower  Glasse,  and  our  Riches  are  like  Sand 
in  it,  which  runs  with  us  but  the  Time  of  our  continuance  her,  and 
then  must  be  turned  up  by  another. 

To  speak  to  God,  as  if  Men  heard  you  talke, 
To  live  with  Men,  as  if  God  saw  you  walke, 
When  thou  art  young  to  live  well,  thou  must  strive, 
When  thou  art  old,  to  dye  well,  then  contryve. 
Thetfoord  gave  me  Breath,  &,  Norwich  breeding, 
Trinity  College  in  Cambridge,  Learning, 
Lincolne's  Inne,  did  teach  me  Law  and  Equity, 
Reports  I  have  made  in  the  Courts  of  Chancery. 
And  though  I  cannot  Skill  in  Rhymes,  yet  know  it, 
In  my  Life  I  was,  my  own  Death's  Poet, 

8  In  the  house  of  Francis  Cuddon,  arg.  abend  wavy  gul.  MSS.  Anstis.  E. 

Gent,    at   Mulbarton,   in  the   tapestry  2.  b.  fo.  7. 

hangings  in  the  parlour,  Cuddon,  arg.  a  »  English  Baronetage,  Vol.  III.  Part 

chevron  gul.  on  a  chief  az.  three  bezants,  II.  p.   588.    Grandeur  of  the  Law,  p. 

quartering  Francis  of  Shainfield,  arg.  a  146. 

fess  indented  gul.  between  three  eagles  *  He  was  third  son  of  Robert  Lord 

displayed  sab.    Cuddon  and  Duke.   Ditto  Richard  of  Leighs,  and  married  Honora, 

and  Berney.    Ditto  and  Barnard.    Jenny  daughter  of  Charles  Worlick,  Esq.  by 

and  Cuddon.   Brampton  and  ditto.  Kemp  whom  he  had  four  sons  and  three  daugh- 

and  ditto.  Cuddon  and  Hall,  arg.  a  fess  ters.  English  Baronetage,  Vol.  IV.  page 

between  three  griffins  heads  erased  sab.  59Z.  Lond.  1741. 

Ditto  and  Wren,  arg.  on  a  bend  wavy  z  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 

az.    three    wrens    proper,  arg.   a  bear  Sir  Anthony  Felton,  of  Playford  in  Suf- 

saliant   sab.   muzzled  and  chained   or,  folk,  Knight  of  the  Bath,   but  left  no 

quarters  Lucy,  withabordure  arg.  Cud-  issue.    She  remarried  to  Tho.  Aldrich 

don  quarters  Platers,  bendy  wavy  of  six,  of  Mangrene-hall,  Gent,  and  is  buried 

A.  and  B.    Cuddon  and  Goldingham,  at  Swerdeston,  aged  80. 


MULBARTON.  79 

For  he  who  leaves  his  Work  to  other's  Trust, 
May  be  deceiy'd  when  he  lies  in  the  Dust. 
And  now  I  have  travell'd  thro'  all  these  Ways, 
Here  I  conclude  the  Story  of  my  Days  ; 
And  here  my  Rymes  I  end,  then  ask  no  more, 
Here  lies  Sir  Edwyn  Rich,  who  lov'd  the  Poor. 

Qui  moritur,  antequam  moritur, 
Won  moritur,  postquam  moritur. 
Memoriae  Sacrum,  Anno  sui  Domini  1675,  Elatisque  suae  8 
Non  est  mortale  quod  opto 

This  Sir  Edwin,  gave  200/.  to  repair  the  roads  between  Wimond- 
ham  and  Atleburgh,z  and  100/.  towards  building  a  bridge,  and  to  the 
poor  of  Thetford,  where  he  was  born.4 

He  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Esquire  Reeve,  relict  of  Sir  John 
Suckling,  Knt,  comptroller  of  the  household  to  James  I,  and  Car.  I. 
and  left  no  issue,  upon  which,  this  manor,  with  that  of  Rosehall  in 
Beccles  in  Suffolk,  went  to 

Charles  Rich,  Esq.  his  brother,  who  was  advanced  to  the  dig- 
nity of  a  baronet  27  Car.  II.  with  remainder,  for  want  of  issue  male,  to 
Rob.  Rich  of  Stondon  in  Essex,  Esq.  2d  son  of  Colonel  Nathaniel 
Rich  of  Stondon,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund 
Hampden,  Knt. ;  Sir  Charles  married  Eliz.  Chotmondley,  who  survived 
him,  and  after  remarried  to  Mr.  Berners  of  St.  Mary's ;  he  died  in 
]677,  and  is  buried  at  Enfield  in  Middlesex,  leaving  only  two 
daughters,  Eliz.  married  to  Peter  Cevill,  a  French  gentleman, 
who  had  this  manor  ;  and  Mary  to  Sir  Robert  Rich,  who  had  Rose- 
hall  in  Beccles.s  Peter  Cevill,  Esq.  had  issue  by  the  said  Eliz. 
Cevill  Rich,  alias  Rich  Cevill,  Charles  Rich  Cevil,  &c.  by 
whom  the  manor  and  advowsonwas  sold  to 

Mr.  James  Balls  of  Norwich,  who  is  the  present  lord  and  patron. 

The  church  is  a  rectory,  and  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 
Mi/barton,  alias  Mulbarton  cum  Kenningham,  14/.  It  paysjirstfruits, 
and  1/.  8s.  yearly  tenths.  The  si/nodals  for  Mulbarton  were  3s.  4d.6 
for  Kenningham  2s.  4d.  and  the  procurations  3s.  6d.  at  each  primary 
visitation,  and  (js.  3d.  archdeacon's  procurations;  originally,  the  rector 
had  a  house  and  40  acres,  but  now,  there  is  a  good  house,  and  86  acres 
and  two  roods  of  land,  thereto  belonging,  in  right  of  this  and  Kening- 
ham:  the  first  valuation  of  Mulbarton  was  10  marks,  and  the  2d  14; 
it  paid  Is.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  ob.  cartage,  and  2/.  to  every  tenth. 
The  temporals  of  the  Prior  of  Alvesborne,  were  taxed  at  6s.  3d.  ob. 
and  the  Prior  of  St.  Faith  had  two  pieces  of  land  here,  containing 
eight  acres,  called  Little  Free/and  IVood,  which  he  settled  on  the  rector 
for  ever,  for  an  annual  pension  of  2s.  and  the  convent  confirmed  it 
in  1441,  and  in  1581,  this  pension  of  2s.  was  granted  by  Queen 
Elizabeth  to  Edm.  Frost  and  John  Walker. 

3  Vol.  i.  p.  541.  5  See  a  large  account  of  this  family, 

4  See  vol.  ii.  p.  137.  in  Vol.  IV.  of  the  Baronetage,  p.  594. 

6  The  old  synodals  are  only  1$. 


SO  MULBARTON. 

RECTORS 

OF    THE    CHURCH  OF    St.    MaEY    MAGDALEN    AT    MULBARTON. 

132Q,  Ralfde  St.  Omer.  Sir  Will,  de  St.  Omer,  Knt.  who  pre- 
sented the  three  following  rectors; 

1330,  Hugh  de  Wauncy. 

1339,  Will.  Novell,  resigned,  and  the  same  year  Wauncy  took  it 
again,  and  in  1352,  with  consent  of  Lady  Eliz  de  St.  Omer,  then 
patroness,  changed  it  for  Edgtjie/d,  with 

Adam  deBi/okby.     in  1353,  she  gave  it 
Philip  Martin,  and  he  resigned  to 

Thomas dc  B/oJield,  who  in  1307,  with  approbation  of  Sir  Will, 
de  Hoo,  Knt.  then  patron,  exchanged  it  for  Titsha/l,  with  Tho.  de 
Calkehille,  (vol.  i.  p.  209.)     In 

1S93,  Rich,  de  Dunston,  was  presented  by  Sir  Robert  Carbonel, 
Knt.  and  Robert  Denney  ol  Mulbarton. 

1419,  Hill.  Seijeaunt,  resigned.     John  Everdon  of  Sussex,  clerk, 

1434,  John  Elyot.     Tho.  Hoo,  Esq.  he  was  succeeded  by 
Stephen  Kirkeby,  at  whose  death  in 

1451,  Robert  Saundeis  had  it  of  the  gift  of  SirTno.  de  Hoo,  Knt. 
Lord  Hoo  and  Hastings,  and  had  it  united  to  Keningham  for  life,  and 
the  year  following,  it  was  consolidated  to  it  and  hath  remained  so  to 
this  day. 

RECTORS 

OF    MULBARTON7    COM    KENINGHAM. 

At  Saunders  s  death  in  1471,  the  Lady  Anne  Boleyn,  widow,  of 
£  lick  ling,  gave  it  to 

Tho.  Randolf,  S.  T.  B.  and  in  1482,  she  presented 

John  Jul/ys,  who  resigned  in  1494,  and  Sir  Will.  Boleyn,  Knt. 
gave  it  to 

Henry  Falk,  LL.  D.  and  at  his  death  in  1497,  lo 

Mr.  Edmund  Davy,  and  in 

1500,  to  Chris.  Prentice.     In  1511,  Sir  Thomas  Bolcyn  presented 

Sir  Ric.  I'orkinglon,  who  in  1517,  began  his  pilgrimage  to  Jerusa- 
lem, March  20,  which  he  performed,  and  took  an  exact  account  of  his 
journey;  his  manuscript  was  lately  in  the  possession  of  James  f) right.' 

152ti,  Alan  Percy,  A.  M.  brother  to  the  old  Duke  of  Northumber- 
land, (see  vol.  iii.  p.  208.)     Thomas  Earl  of  Rochford. 

1575,  William  Richardson,  Sir  Tho.  Gresham,  Knt.  He  returned 
88  communicants. 

lo'lG,  Anthony  Frere,  A.M.  Ric.  Frere,  senior,  and  Ric.  Frere, 
junior.  He  is  interred  in  the  chancel,  under  a  stone  having  the  arms 
of  Frere  and  Hartstonge,  per  chevron  ingiailed  or  and  sab.  in 
chief  three  pellets,  in  base  a  9tag  at  gaze  of  the  first. 

Here  resteth  the  Body  of  Mr.  Anthony  Freke,  late  Rector 
of  this  Parish;  he  was  inducted  into  this  benefice  May  4,  lbl6, 
and  buried  Dec.  27,  A.  D.  Ifi60,  on  his  left  side  lieih  the  Body 
of  Elizabeth  his  VVife,  the  Daughter  of  Henry  Hartstonge, 
Gent,  she  died  Jan.  30,  16^3. 

7  Taxatur  24  Marc.      8  Catal.  MSS.  Angliar,  vol.  ii.p.  182. 


MULBARTON.  81 

And  by  it  is  another  stone,  on  which  Carr,  gul  on  a  chevron  arc 
three  estoils  sab.  impaling  Frere. 

Mary  Dr.  of  Ant.  Frere,  Pastor  of  this  Church,  and  the  Relict 
of  Nic.  Carr  Rector  of  Burcham-Tofts  in  this  County,  interred 
Aug.  31,  A.  D.  1680 

1G60,  Henry  King.  A.  M.;  he  died  March  24, 1671, Edwin  Rich 
of  Lincoln's  Inn,  Esq. 

1672,  Daniel  Scargill,  A.  B.  Sir  Edwin  Rich  of  Lincoln's  Inn, 
Knt. 

On  the  east  pillar  next  the  pulpit,  is  fastened  a  brass,  representing 
an  open  book,  on  which, 

Scargll,  erm.  a  saltier  gul.  impales  Le  Neve. 

Here  lies  the  Body  of  the  most  religious  Mrs.  Sarah  Scar- 
gill,  the  Wife  of  Mr.  Daniel  Scargill,  Rector  of  thisPaiish, 
with  whom  she  lived  in  all  conjugal  Vermes  near  7  years,  and 
then  Death  divorced  them  upon  the  22d  Day  of  Aug.  1680,  in 
the  30th  Year  of  her  Age.  She  was  the  Pious  Daughter  of  a 
Loyal  Gent.  Mr. Tho.  le  Neve  of  Aslacton,  Cozen  to  Sir  Will, 
le  Neve,  who  was  Herauld  to  King  Charles  the  first,  of  Blessed 
Memory:  She  was  a  Person  of  unimitable  Devotion,  of  a  most 
nice  and  tender  Conscience,  of  sweet  Behaviour,  and  in  all  Things 
so  faithfull  a  Servant  of  God,  that  I  dare  contest  the  Divine 
Goodness  to  have  rewarded  her.  Happy  Soul,  whose  Body  rests 
Here  !  and  may  it  rest!  by  no  profane  Hand  disturbed,  'till  her 
Soul  shall  take  it  up  again,  at  the  Great  Day  of  Restitution. 
{This  on  one  leaf  of  the  book.) 

On  the  other  at  top,  is  engraven  a  hand,  as  out  of  a  cloud,  beckon- 
ing, and  the  person  obscured  by  the  cloud,  is  supposed  to  speak  thus, 

Come  Pilgrim  to  thy  Home, 

Dear  Love!  one  feather'd  Minute,  and  I  come, 

To  lye  down  in  thy  dark  retiring  Room, 

And  mingle  Dust  with  thine,  that  we  may  have, 

As  when  alive,  one  Bed,  so  dead,  one  Grave, 

And  may  my  Soule  teare  through  the  vaulted  Sky, 

To  be  with  Thine,  to  all  Eternity. 

Oh !  how  our  Bloodless  Forms  will  that  Day  greet, 

With  Love  Divine,  when  we  again  shall  meet, 

Devest  of  all  contagion  of  the  Flesh, 

Full  fill'd  with  ever  lasting  Joys,  and  fresh, 

In  Heaven  above,  (and't  may  be)  cast  an  Eye, 

How  far  Elyzium  doth  beneath  us  lye. 

Dear!  I  dis-body  and  away, 
More  swift  than  Wind, 
Or  flying  Hind, 

I  come,  I  come,  away.     DAniel  Scargill. 

1721,  George  Gay,  A.  M.  Edmund  Salter  for  this  turn. 

There  is  a  mural  monument  of  white  marble,  against  the  north  chan- 
cel wall,  and  two  stones  in  the  altar  for  him  and  his  wife,  the  monu- 
ment is  thus  inscribed, 

vol.  v.  M 


82  MULBARTON. 

Spe  BeatSE Resurrectionis gratissima,  infradormit  GEORGIUS 
GAY  A.  M.  Pastor  hujus  Ecclesiae  Fidus,  assiduus,  pius,  Quique 
ut  jucunda  captet  Evangelij  praemia,  Gregi  suo  in  Obedientiam 
naviter  proposita,  placidus  Leti  corripuit  Gradum,  at  non  prius 
morti  succubuit,  quam  privatis  suis  Sumptibus,  et  magnis,  Rectoris 
Domicilium  de  Fundarnentis  aedificasset,  Quicunque  haec  legas, 
ruentis  Domicilij  infelix  Dominus,  Fac,  sis,  in  animo  teneas  lau- 
dabilem  hanc  Pietatem,  et  imiteris,  obijt  17  Sept.  A  aet.  44°. 
JErae  Xiane  172b°,  Dextrum  huie  claudit  Latus,  Elizabetha 
Uxor  charissima,  Filia  Bovilli  Wimberly  apud  Lincolnhnses 
Generosi  quae  obijt  Octavo  Aug.  Anno  iErae  Xianse  1729°,  aet  46. 

1728,  John  Phillips  A.  M.  James  Balls,  Gent. 
There  is  a  stone  in  the  altar,  on  the  south  side,  with  this  inscribed 
thereon, 

In  memoriam  Johannis  Phillips  hujus  parochia?  per  decern 
annos  Rectoris  pacifici,  placidi,  et  Socialis,  Ingenij  Vir,  omnibus 
Urbanus  erat;  nihil  superbiae  habuit,  nihil  Arogantiae;  Pastor 
fidelis,  cui  serio  curre  fuit  Benevolentiam  Gregis  sibi  conciliari, 
et  conciliavit;  Vita:  meridiem  vix  attingens,  Febricitatus  obijt  A* 
Sal.  1737,  set.  39,  Amicis  et  nolis  multum  diuque  Lugendus.  In 
Honorem  ejus,  Horreum  insigne  in  usum  Rectoris  proprijs  sump- 
tibus aedificavit.  Hoc  monumentum  memoriae  dilecti  Fratris 
Franciscus  Phillips,  D.  D.  D. 

1737,  JamesVerdon,  clerk.  James  Balls,  Gent. ;  he  held  it  with 
East  hearham  sinecure  rectory,  and  so  wanted  no  union.  He  died 
in  1741,  was  buried  in  his  chancel  at  East-Dearkam,  and  was 
succeeded  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Berg,  Lany,  the  present  rector,  who  holds  it  united  to 
Wramplingham  ;  he  was  presented  by  John  Hivet,  Gent,  patron  of 
this  turn.     The  perpetuity  being  in  Mr.  James  Balls  aforesaid. 

Besides  the  inscriptions  already  mentioned  in  this  church,  I  find 
these  following  ones  : 

On  a  stone  in  the  chancel  are  the  arms  of  Ceane,  arg.  a  fess  between 
three  croslets  fitchegw/.  impaling  Carr. 
Oct.  19,  1678. 
Annos  sex  denos  Elisa  Ego  CARRTA  Virgo, 
THOMiE  nupta  CRANO,  tredecem  Menses  numeravj, 
Bisque  dies  denos  gavisa,  Fuerpera  obivi 
Virginitatem  Anni,  Menses  Consortia,  Matrem 
Mensurare  Dies  (Heu  !  Declinatio  Vitas 
In  bieviora  fugax)  immensurabili  Restat. 

Hodie  !  mihi,  Cras  tibi.  Noah  Headly  Oct.  12, 1670.  Jane  his 
wife,  Nov.  24,  1665,  buried  in  the  altar.  In  the  church  there  is  a 
stone  for,  Martha  wile  of  Christopher  Jtkow,  Apr.  3,  1655,  and  an 
acheivement  of  gul.  a  chevron  betweeri  thrt-e  cross  croslets  or,  impal- 
ing arg.  on  a  fess  sab.  between  three  escallops  az.  as  many  eagles 
displayed  or. 


BRACONASH.  83 

The  church  hath  no  isles,  the  nave  is  26  yards  and  an  half  long,  and 
7  broad,  and  is  leaded,  as  is  the  chancel  also ;  the  south  porch  is  tiled, 
the  tower  is  square  and  hath  five  bells. 


BRACONASH, 


Braccas,  Braccles,  Brakene,  commonly  called  Braconash, 
signifies  the  Broad-teas,  and  was  part  of  the  possessions  of  Hog  er 
Bioot  at  the  Conquest;9  one  part  he  gave  to  Olf  the  Dane,  who 
joined  it  to  F/ordon  manor,  and  that  contained  98  acres;  all  the  rest 
either  belonged  to,  or  else  was  infeoffed  by  him,  in  the  Peverells, 
in  which  family  it  continued,  and  passed  with  Pevere fs  manor  in  Great 
Melton,  as  may  be  seen  at  large  at  p.  18,  and  was  held  of  the  honour 
ofPeverel,  as  that  was,  at  one  fee;  and  in  1250,  Hugh  Peverel  had  a 
charter  for  free-warren  here;  and  in  1285,  the  assize  of  bread  and  ale 
of  all  his  tenants  in  Brakene,  allowed  him  in  Eire,  and  lele  also,  paying 
6c?.  per  annum  to  the  hundred  court ;  and  Robert  de  Tateshall  and  the 
Prior  of  Wimondhum, '  owned  lands  here,  and  had  the  same  liberty 
allowed  their  tenants,  and  the  manor  was  then  valued  at  6/.  2.s.  1  Id. 
rents.  He  claimed  intercommonage  on  the  green  and  commons  of 
Mulbarton  (which  contained  63  acres)  for  all  his  tenants  of  Brakene ; 
but  in  1291,  was  cast  in  his  action,  and  the  common  allotted  to  Mul- 
barton tenants  only.  In  1362,  it  was  severed  from  Me/ton,  for  then 
Sir  Robert  de  Bayhouse,  Knt.  and  Maud  his  wife,  sold  it  to  Bartho- 
lomew Appleyerd,  and  settled  it  on  William  Asger  and  John  Page, 
senior,  for  the  use  of  the  said  Bartholomew  and  his  heirs;  he  was  de- 
scended from  Ric.  son  of  Will,  de  App/egart  of  Dunham  in  Norfolk, 
who  lived  in  King  Stephen's  time;  this  Bartholomew  was  a  citizen  of 
Norwich,  who  raised  a  good  estate,  and  one  of  the  bailiff's  of  the  city 
in  1372,  and  one  of  their  burgesses  in  parliament  in  1374,  and  1412. 
He  was  a  benefactor  to  St.  Andrew's  church  in  Norwich,1  where  he  was 
buried,  and  was  succeeded  by  William  his  eldest  son,  who  was  a  man 
of  principal  figure  and  fortune  in  the  city,  long  before  his  father's 
death,  being  nine  times  burgess  in  parliament  ;3  bailiff  of  the  city  in 
1386  and  1395;  first  mayor  thereof  in  1403,  which  office  he  served 
five  times  more,  in  the  years  1404, 5,  1 1, 12,  and  18.     In  1402,  he  was 

9  Sub  tit.   Terra   Rogeri  Bigoti.  totam,   et  antecessor  Ranulfi  Piperelli 

Humiliart  H.     Doras,  fo.  136.  (Peverell)de  quatuor  similiter,  et  habent 

In  Braccles  i.  liber  homo    eodem  cl.  acr.  terre  semper  ii.  car.  et  dim.  et 

modo  (sc.  sub  Olfo)  inter  totum  ha-  vi    acr.  prati. 

bent  (sc.    xv.  lib.    homines)  c.  acr.  ii.  '  In  1428,  the  rents  and  customs  of 

minus  et  v.  bor.  et  i.  ac.  prati,  semper  the  Prior  of  Windham  in  Brakene  were 

ii.  car.  taxed  at  26s.  i,d. 

In  Braccas  v.    liberi   homines  de  2  Vol.  iii.  p.  136,  vol.  iv.  p.302,  318. 

quatuor  habuit  antec.  Roc.  Bigot  di-  3  Viz.  in  1384,  87.     1090,  4,  5,  6, 

midiam  commendationem  et  de  quinto  1403,  15,  and  17. 


84  B  R  A  C  O  N  A  S  H. 

escheator  of  IN  off  oik,  and  died  in  1419,  leaving  issue  by  Margaret  his 
wife, Nicholas  Appleyerd,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  then  25  years  old, 
who  married  Margaret  Thornbury  of  Loudon,  who  survived  him  ;  he 
was  succeeded  byJoHNAppLEYERDofBraA-fHe,4  his  son  and  heir,  who 
settled  here,  and  built  Brakene-hall,  (which  is  now  demolished,  and 
•was  a  very  large  building,)  and  at  his  death  in  1473,  left  it  to  Nic. 
Appley  ard  of  Brakene,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Agnes, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  William  Rookwood  of  Warham,  and  Alice  his 
wife,  with  whom  he  had  the  manors  of  Hales-Hall  in  Warham,  Hales 
manor  in  Holt  and  Testerton,  and  Netlestede  in  Suffolk,  with  a  good 
estate  in  lands  and  money :  the  year  after  his  father's  death,  he  was 
summoned  to  take  upon  him  the  order  of  knighthood,  and  upon  his 
refusal,  was  convened  before  the  privy  council,  and  upon  his  petition 
to  be  dismissed,  he  sets  forth,  "  that  he  was  not  possessed  of  lands  and 
"  tenements  to  the  yearly  value  of  40/.  by  the  space  of  three  years, 
"  before  the  King's  warrant  with  proclamation,  was  awarded  against 
"  him,  "  upon  which  he  was  excused  till  the  three  years  expired,  and 
then  he  was  knighted  ;  he  died  July  11,1511:  his  son  John  died  with- 
out issue,  and  Roger  App/eyard  of  Brakene,  Esq.  inherited,  as  son  and 
heir;  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Scott  of  Cambericell  in 
Surrey,  relict  of  Sir  John  Robesart  of  Sidisterne  in  Norfolk,  Knt.  and 
died  July  8,  1528,  leaving  John  Appleyard  his  son  and  heir,  not  then 
two  years  old ;  and  by  his  will,  ordered  to  be  buried  in  the  Gray-fri- 
ars church  in  'Norwich;  he  gave  to  this  church,  his  vestment  of  blue 
sarcenet,  and  his  gilt  image  that  belonged  to  his  chapel,  and  a  legacy 
to  build  a  church  porch;  and  to  Eliz.  his  wife  for  life,  bis  manors -of 
Staiffie/d  in  Windham,  Newton-Flotman,  Hethill  and  Keteringham  ;  and 
200/.  to  each  of  his  daughters,  Frances  and  Brigit,  to  be  raised  out  of 
his  manors  of  Hales  in  Warham,  Holt-Hales,  and  Testerton-Hules ; 
Bygrave  manor  and  advowson  in  Hertfordshire,  to  raise  money  for 
marriage  of  his  sister  Mary  ;  and  East-Carleton  manor  was  settled  for 
other  uses.  John  Appleyerd  of  Brakene,  Esq.  his  son,  succeeded  ; 
he  was  high-sheriff'  of  No/folk  and  Suffolk  in  1558,  and  married  Eli- 
zabeth, daughter  of  Robert  Hogan  of  East-Bradenham  in  Norfolk, 
Gent,  who,  jointly  with  Thomas  Hiigan,  her  brother  and  trustee,  levied 
a  fine  in  15b9,  in  order  to  sell  part  of  the  estate;  and  soon  alter,  sold 
this  manor  and  advowson,  to  Tho.  Townesend,  senior,  Esq.  son  of 
Henry  Townesend,  the  youngest  son  of  Sir  Robert  Townesend  of  Reyn- 
ham,  Knt.  and  in  1599,  it  was  purchased  by  Sir  Edwyn  Rich,  Knt. 
by  whom  it  was  sold  in  1622.,  to  Robert  Woode  of  Brakene,  Esq. 
and  his  heirs;  he  was  son  of  Robert  Wood,  mayor  of  Norwich,  who 
was  knighted  by  Queen  Eliz.  in  1578;  by  Anne  his  wife,  3d  daughter 
of  Augustine  Steward,  Esq.  and  married  Eliz.  daughter  and  coheir  of 
JohnlVoolmer  of  Thurston,  Esq.  on  whom  this  manor  was  settled; 
Robert  Wood,  their  son  and  heir,  inherited,  who  lies  buried  by  .his 
wife  in  the  chancel  here,  under  a  stone  having  the  arms  of  Wood  and 
Richardson  impaled,  and  this  inscription, 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Robert  Woode  of  Braconash  in  the 
County  of  Norfolk  Esq;  eldest  son  of  Robert  H  oode  Esq;  and 
Anne  his  Wife,  one  of  the  Daughters  of  John  Wootmer  of  L'harston 
in  the  County  of  Noifolk  Esq;  he  married  a  Daughter  of  Sir. 

4  See  p.  66  ;  he  was  lord  of  Mily's  manor  in  Newon. 


BRACONASH.  85 

Thomas  Richardson,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  both  Benches,  by  whom 
he  had  five  Sons  and  four  Daughters,  of  whom  three  Sons  and  one 
Daughter  survived  him  ;  he  was  born^Mg.  4,l601,died  Dec.  31,1680. 

There  is  another  stone  for  her,  with  the  same  arms  impaled,  and 
this, 

Here  lieth  interred  the  Body  of  Eliz.  the  3d.  Daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Richakdson  Knt.  Lord  Cheif  Justice  of  both  Benches, 
Wife  of  Rob.  Woode  of  Braconash  Esq;  she  departed  this  Life 
the  ]3th  of  July  1655,  being  aged  48  Years,  and  leaving  him  three 
Sons  and  two  Daughters. 

Their  Son  Thomas  inherited,  and  is  buried  by  his  father  and 
mother  ;  the  arms  of  Woode  impaling  Peyton,  sab.  a  cross  ingrailcd 
or,  are  on  his  stone,  and  this  inscription, 

THOMAS  WOODE,  the  eldest  Son  of  ROBERT  WOODE, 

by  Elizabeth  the  Daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Richardson  ;  he  had  two 
Wives,  Eliz.  his  first  Wife  was  Daughter  of  Anthony  Penning  Esq; 
of  Little-Badow  in  the  County  of  Essex,  by  whom  he  had  orre  Son 
and  one  Daughter.  His  second  Wife  was  Anne  Daughter  of  Tho. 
Peyton  Esq;  of  Rougham  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  by  whom  he 
had  one  Son  and  six  Daughters,  of  whom  one  Son  and  two 
Daughters  were  living  when  he  died;  he  was  born  Aug.  24,  l6'26, 
and  departed  this  Life  Dec.  the  Qd,  1699.     Requiescant  in  Pace. 

His  first  wife's  stone  hath  the  arms  of  Woode  impaling  Penning, 
az.  three  buck's  heads  cooped  arg.  a  chief  indented  erm. 

Eliz.  late  wife  to  Tho.  Woode  of  Braconash ,  Gent,  and  daughter  of 
Anthony  Penning  in  the  county  of  Essex,  Esq.  died  Nov.  25,  1662. 

Thomas  Woode,  Esq.  of  Braconash,  son  of  the  aforesaid  Thomas, 
is  now  lord  and  patron;  he  married  first,  Ellen,  daughter  of  Tho. 
Eyre,  Esq.  and  lies  buried  in  this  chancel,  with  the  arms  of  Woode 
impaling  Eyre,  arg.  on  a  chevron  sab.  three  caterfoils  or.  Crest,  a 
martlet  volant,  with  an  olive  branch  in  his  mouth  ;   and  this, 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Ellen  the  Wife  of  Thomas  Woode 
of  Brucon  Esq.  and  Daughter  of  Thomas  Eyre  of  Harsop  in  Der- 
byshire Esquire,  by  a  third  Daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Bedingjield,  who 
d'ied  20  Aug.  1712,  aged  27  Years. 

Worthy  of  a  longer  Life,  more  worthy  of  eternal;  so  adorned 
with  bright  Endowments  of  Nature,  so  graced  with  Vertues,  that  it 
may  be  a  Question,  whither  those  more  embellished  the  Woman,  or 
these  the  Christian,  prudent  beyond  her  Age,  of  so  early  and  con- 
stant Piety,  that  it  grew  up  with  Reason,  and  survived  it;  so 
obliging,  that  she  knew  not  how  to  disoblige;  so  far  from  Pride, 
that  Humility  seem'd  not  an  acquir'd  Vertue,  but  an  innate  Perfec- 
tion ;  of  so  discreet,  and  yet  of  so  engaging  Behaviour,  that  she 
equally  gain'd  the  Esteem  and  Love  of  All :  So  dutifull  a  Wife,  that 
while  she  wanted  no  Pattern  to  coppy  after,  she  might  justly  be  an 
illustrious  Pattern  of  conjugal  Love  and  Behaviour.    Thus  ripe  foe 


86  BRACONASH. 

Heaven,  she  dyed  on  Earth,  that  she  may  never  cease  to  live  above, 
where  her  ardent  and  swift  Desires  had  already  fixed  her  Heart. 

Which  may  the  King  of  Heaven's  large  Estate, 

Into  immortal  Happiness  compleat, 
That  what  on  Earth  her  Vertues  have  begun, 

May  through  Eternitie's  Dimensions  run. 

Mr.  Thomas  Woode,  their  son,  died  July  8, 1746,  and  was  buried 
here;  he  married  Mary  daughter  of  Hen.  Bedingfield  of  Coukey 
Wood  in  Stoke  Ash  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  by  Mary  daughter  of  William 
Havers  of  Thelton,  Esq.  but  left  no  issue.     (See  vol.  i.  p.  151.) 

His  second  wife  was  Eliz.  daughter  of  Edward  Heath,  Esq.  who 
is  buried  here  also,  with  the  arms  of  Woode  impaling  Heath,  arg. 
a  cross  ingrailed  between  twelve  billets  gul.  and  this, 

M.  S.    Elizabeths  Wood   Prudentis  et   morigerae  Uxoris 
Thomje  Wood  de  Braconash  in  Com.  Norfolcice  Armigeri,  Filia- 
que  Edwardi  Heath  de  Hemlington  in  Com.  Praedicto  Generosi 
objit  die  Mar.  V.  A0.  Domini  MDCCXXIII,  act.  suas  xxxi. 
Requiescat  in  Pace. 

He  hath  the  following  children    by  his  3d   wife,  buried    here, 

Phillip,  ob.  1733,  aged  one  Year  9  Months.  Eliz.  1735,  aged  3 
Years.    John  1735  aet.  2. 

The  arms  of  Woode  are,  per  pale  A.  S.  on  a  chevron  between 
three  martlets,  as  many  trefoils,  all  counterchanged.  Crest,  a  mart- 
let sab.  its  wings  expanded,  the  right  or,  the  left  arg. 

There  are  other  stones  in  the  chancel  for,  Edmund,  son  of  Robert 
Woode,  Esq.  Oct.  4,  l6l6.  Eliz.  eldest  daughter  of  Robert  Woode, 
Esq.  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  Dr.  of  Sir  Thomas  Richardson  Knt.  1649,  aet. 
9  Years  and  7  Months.  There  is  an  altartomb  under  the  south  chancel 
wall  in  the  yard,  for  Philip  3d  son  of  Robert  Woode  of  Therston,  Esq. 
July  8, 1668. 

Peyton  impales  Yelverton.  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Thomas 
Peyton,  younger  Son  of  Sir  Edward  Peyton  Bart  of  Isleham 
in  Cambridgeshire,  by  his  second  wife  Jane,  the  Daughter  of  Sir 
James  Calthorp  of  Basham  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  widow 
of  Edmund  Thimblethorp  ;  he  had  two  wives,  his  first  wife  was  the 
Daughter  of  Sir  Will.  Yelverton  of  Rougham  iu  the  county  of 
Norfolk,  who  by  the  Death  of  Sir  Will.  Yelverton  her  Brother, 
without  Issue,  had  Rougham  for  her  Inheritance  ;  she  left  4  Sons 
and  one  Daughter.  His  second  wife  was  the  widow  Hacon,  by 
whom  he  had  no  Children.  He  was  born  l6l6,  and  died  Oct. 
12,  1683.    Requiescat  in  Pace. 

On  a  small  stone,  I  was  Thomas  Fletcher,  1631. 

Weld  impales  Hall.  M.  S.  Hie  sita  est  Lectissima  Faemina 
Anna  Praesulis  illius  incomparabilis  et  per  orbem  Celebris  Domini 
Josephi   Hall  Norvicensis    olim    Episcopi    Filia    Domini   vero 


BRACONASH.  87 

Georgij  HALL,modo  Cestriensis  Episcopi  soror,animi  Corporisque 
Dotibus  cumulatissima,  qua;  Gascoigno  /FeMjunctaconnubio,  annos- 
plus  sex  decim  integerrimis  suavissimisque  moribus  insigne  praebuit 
viva  solatium,  defuncta  Reliquit  triste  desiderium.  ISataestJau. 
2,  1622.  Denata  Febr.  19,  l6t)0. 

Gascoign  Weld,  Esq.  died  25  Apr.  1701,  84.  Judith  and  Anna 
Weld  Infantes.  A.M.  P. 

M.  S.  Depositum  Matthei  Weld  Generosi,  qui  plenus  Anno- 
rum  obijt  6tJ.  Jan.  An°  X'1  1650,  cum  vixisset  annos  83,  Mens.  6, 
Septiman.  un:  Gascoignus  Weld,  Filius  unicus  bene  merenti 
gemens  posuit. 

Weld,  arg.  a  fess  nebule  between  three  crescents  er.  impaling 
Gascoign,  arg.  on  a  pale  sab.  a  luce's  head  erected  and  cooped  or, 
being  the  arms  of  E/iz.  his  wife,  daughter  of  Gascoign  of  Iliington. 
(See  vol.  i.  p.  449-) 

Joseph  Weld,  son  and  heir  of  Gascoign  Weld,  aet.  13,  A0.  1664,  was 
alive  and  lived  here.  Eliz.  his  sister  lies  buried  here  with  the  arms  of 
RuTTER,g«/.  three  garbs  in  chief  a  lion  passant  arg.  impaling  Weld. 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  Eliz.  Ruttcr  widow,  late  the  Wife  of 
Richard  Ratter  Esq;  of  Kingsley  in  Cheshire,  who  was  daughter  of 
Gascoigne  Weld  late  of  Braconash  Esq.  who  departed  this  Life  the 
4th  of  Dec.  1714,  act.  69.  The  Remains  of  Phi/lip  the  wife  of  Gas- 
coign Weld  Esq;  Daughter  oi  Phillip  Calthorp  Esq;  Aug.  4,  1704,. 
72.    Barbara  Weld  ob.  set.  18, 1690. 

There  was  a  good  estate  here  purchased  by  John  Weld  in  1618,  and 
much  added  to  it  in  1620,  by  Mat  Weld.  All  this  family  are  interred 
in  the  south  isle.  Alderman  Edward  Weld,  who  died  in  1746,  and  is 
buried  at  Causton  in  Norfolk,  was  of  this  family.  (See  vol.  iii.  p.  451.) 

The  church  is  36  feet  long,  and  18  broad,  and  the  chancel  is  33 
feet  long  and  16  broad;  the  south  isle  is  36  feet  long  and  six  wide  ; 
there  is  no  steeple,  but  one  bell  hanging  in  a  shed  at  the  south-east 
corner  of  the  churchyard  ;  the  nave,  isle,  chancel,  and  north  porch, 
are  all  tiled.  In  the  chancel  windows  are  the  arms  of  the  East-Andes, 
and  England;  and  in  the  yard  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  isle,  is  a 
memorial  fixed  for  Thomas  Corbou/d,  who  died  in  1709,  aged  78,  and 
Eliz.  his  loving  wife,  1713,  74. 

Sir  Hugh  Peverel  v/as  patron  here  when  Norwich  Domsday  was 
made,  and  then  the  rector  had  a  house  and  55  acres  of  land,  and  now 
there  is  a  house  and  64  acres  and  two  roods  of  glebe;  it  was  first 
valued  at  15,  after  at  21  marks;  it  paid  2s.  synodals,  6s.  8d.  pro- 
curations, \8d.  Peter-pence,  and  carvage  3d.  and  there  was  a  gild 
held  in  the  church,  called  our  Ladifs  gild.  It  now  stands  in  the 
King's  Books  by  the  name  of  Barknash  R.  (alias  Brakenash,)  is 
valued  at  10/.  pays  first  fruits,  and  \l.  yearly  tenths,  and  being  undis- 
charged, is  not  capable  of  augmentation. 


S3  BRACONASH. 

RECTORS  OF  BRAKENASH. 

1322,  Master  Tlw.  de  Morle.    Sir  Hugh  Peverel,  Knt. 
1335,  Nic.  de  Lymburgh.     Ditto. 

1349,  Roger  Mondegome.  Ditto.  Buried  in  the  chancel  in  1372, 
succeeded  by 

Will.  Cowper.    Barth.  Appleyard  and  John  Page,  citi- 
zens of  Norwich. 

1374,  Sir  John  Pygot  of  Braketie,  died. 

1400,  Robert  Erpingham.  William  Appleyard.  On  whose 
death  in 

1445,  Sir  Rob.  Blount  succeeded,  being  presented  by  Nic.  Apple- 
yard,  Esq.  William  Yelverton,  one  of  the  King's  justices,  Sir 
John  Curson,  Knt.  Oliver  Groos,  Esq.  and  Edm.  Wiching- 
ham  ;  and  at  his  death  in  1466,  Sir  Will.  Yelverton,  Knt.  John 
Selot,  clerk,  Edm.  Clere,  Will.  Yelverton,  junior,  U  ill. 
Tendale,  Esq.  and  Henry  Spelman,  presented 

Sir  John  Everard,  who  resigned  in  1490,  and  John,  son  of 
Nic.  Appleyard,  Esq.  gave  it  to  the  venerable 

John  Eluysch,  priest,  Abbot  of  St.  Mary  de  Pre  in  Creyk 
in  Notfo/h. 

1515,  John  Marshal,  on  whose  resignation  in 

1518,  Hugh  Swift  was  presented   by  Roger  Appleyard,  Esq. : 
he  resigned  in  1558,  and  John  Appleyard,  Esq.  gave  it  to 
John  Norton,  who  resigned  in 
1565,  to  John  Daynes,  who  was  presented  by  Tho.  Townesend, 
Esq.  who,  on  his  resignation  in  1581,  gave  it  to 

Rowland  Browne ;  and  on  his  resignation  in 
1582,  to  Robert  Maister,  who  in  1603,  relumed  92  communicants 
in  this  parish.     On  Maister's  resignation  in  1606,  Sir  Ewin  Rich, 
Knt.  gave  it  to 

John  Morland,  A.M.  who  was  buried  under  a  black  marble 
in  the  chancel,  Nov.  22,  1649,  set.  72,  being  succeeded  by 

Richard  Johnson,  who  was  buried  13  Dec.  1659,  and  in  1660, 
Ric.  Woode  of  Brakene,  Esq.  &c.  presented 

Richard  IVaddelone,  who  held  it  united  to  Wilby;  (see  vol.  i. 
p.  367  ;)  he  was  succeeded  by 

Thomas  Tennison,  who  in  1662,  resigned  it  to 
John  Tennison,  S.T.  B.  on  whose  death  in 
1671,  Roger  Stanhau'e  had   it;  both  which,  had  it  of  the  gift  of 
Rob.  Woode,  Esq.  (see  vol.   iv.  p.  459.)     In  1683,  on  Stanhaw's 
death,  Tho.  Woode,  Esq.  presented 

Will.  Bedingjield,  A.M.  who  quitted  Ashwelthorp,  and  had 
this  united  to  Urenningham,  with  Nclonde  ;  he  is  buried  in  the  chan- 
cel, on  the  north  wall  of  which,  a  mural  monument  adorned  with 
Bedingfield's  arms,  and  Woode  impaled,  hath  this  inscribed 
thereon : 

M.S.  Hie  jacet  Gulielmus  Beddingfield,  Humfridi,  de 

Whighton  in  Agro  Norfo/ciensi  Generosi,  Filius  quarto  genitus, 
hujus  Eccles'iEe  Rector  perquam  Gratus,  apud  Musas  diu  Vitam 
egit  Collegij  Amor,  Academise  Deliciae,  ea  enim  lugenij  vis,  ea 
nioruai  suavitas,  ut  qws  habuit  Familiares,  sui  avidos  quos  notos, 


KETERINHAM.  89 

sui  cupidos,  ignotos  sui  desiderio  reliquit.  Hie  etiain  exuvias 
posuit  Elizabetha  Uxor  ejus  dilectissima,  Thomje  Woode 
Armigeri  Filia,  Fcemina  egregiae  Indolis,  eximiae  pietatis,  vix 
trimestris  superstes  marito  qui  obijt  xi  Apr.  A°.  Dni.  1694. 

1694,  Peter  Coppin,  held  it  united  to  Carleton  St.  Mary,  and  was 
presented  by  Tho.  Coppin  of  Norwich,  worsted  weaver,  patron  of 
this  turn  only. 

1728,  Samuel  Ganning,  A.  B.  was  presented  by  Timothy  Gan- 
ning,  Gent,  patron  of  this  turn  only.  The  said  Samuel  died  in  1746, 
and  is  buried  in  the  chancel  here. 


KETERINGHAM 

CjHURCh  is  dedicated  to  St.  Peter  the  Apostle ;  it  hath  a  low  square 
steeple  and  five  bells,  is  17  yards  long  and  eight  broad,  and  is  tiled,  as 
is  the  chancel  also  :  it  was  re-dedicated  and  newly  hallowed  in  1535,5 
and  there  was  then  an  ancient  gild  of  St.  Peter  held  here.  It  was 
appropriated  to  the  Prior  oiPentneye,  who  as  rector,  had  a  house  and 
52  acres  of  glebe,  and  the  vicarage  had  a  house  and  28  acres  of  glebe. 
It  was  given  by  Rob.  de  Vallibus,  or  Faux,  the  founder  of  Pentnej/e, 
(who  came  with  the  Conqueror  into  England,)  and  was  confirmed  by 
William  his  son  and  heir.6  The  rectory  was  valued  first  at  10,  after  at 
15  marks,  and  the  vicarage  at  five  marks,  but  was  not  taxed  ;  it  now 
stands  at  6/.  in  the  King's  Books,  pays  no  first-fruits,  and  being 
sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  27/-  12s.  4d.  it  is  discharged  of 
tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmentation.  It  paid  3s.  synodals,  6s.  8d. 
procurations,  "}d.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  ob.  cartage;  and  the  portion 
of  tithes  belonging  to  the  monks  of  Thetford  was  4s.  per  annum,  given 
them  by  Robert  de  Faux;7  and  it  paid  3l.  6s.  clear  to  every  tenth. 

VICARS, 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  PRIORS  OF  PENTNEYE. 

Hubert  de  Chedestane. 
1326,  John  de  Diss. 
1349,  Nic.  JVesgate. 
1424,  John  Caldwell. 
1426,  Jeffry  Skinner,  res. 
14.55,  John  Elyot. 
1438,  Simon  luller,  ob. 
1465,  Brother  John  Lincoln. 

5  John  Borowe  in  1533,  was  buried  at  6  Monast.  Ang.  Vol.  II.  fo.  19. 

Keteringham,  "  I  give  to  halowing  the  '  Vol.  ii.  p.  109. 
said  church  aoj."Regr.  Godsalve,fb.78. 

VOL.  V.  N 


90  KETERINGHAM. 

William  Ive,  buried  in  the  chancel,  his  effigies  in  brass,  and 
this,  remains; 

©rate  pro  aniina  ©omint  JDilli:  %'ot,  Canonici,  cuiu£  anime  pros 
picietur  ©eug.  amen. 

1490,  Richard  Boc/ier. 

1490,  John  Cooke,  he  was  outed,  and  Bocher  had  it  again. 
1501,  Henry  Smithson. 

1515,  Richard  Wright ;  he  lies  buried  in  the  chancel,  with  this  on 
a  brass  plate, 

5jn  the  ^onourc  of  <2?oo  that  vi  tnoost  of  JtVvighr, 
$raj>  for  the  .#>otolc  of  ..§>ir  iTtdjaro  IPrpght. 
<©n  tohosic  Soule  %t$\x  hate  iliercr;. 

1520,  Henri/  Hagger. 

1530,  Richard  Hagger,  who  was  the  last  presented  by  the  convent. 

After  the  Dissolution,  King  Henry  VIII.  in  the  year  1545,  granted 
the  impropriate  rectory  and  the  advowson  of  the  vicarage  to  Robert 
Rum  bold,  alias  Reynbald,  and  his  heirs,  to  be  held  in  capite  by 
knight's  service  ;  and  in  1558,  Anne,  wife  of  Ben.  Reynbald,  daughter 
of  the  said  Robert,  and  Elizabeth  her  sister,  had  livery  of  it,  and  in 
1562,  presented 

John  Dixy. 

1568,  Adam  Each,  lapse.    1576,  Andrew  Thetford,  Gent,  presented 
Henry  Webb,  on  whose  resignation  in 

1584,  Rob,  Grey  had  it  of  the  gift  of  And.  and  Tho.  Thetford,  Esqrs. 

1586,  Will.  Parry.    The  Queen  by  lapse. 

1591,  Robert  Jackler,  by  Andrew  and  Thomas  aforesaid;  he  re- 
signed in 

1602,  to  Richard  Parker,  who  returned  67  communicants,  and  was 
presented  by  Thomas  Thetford,  Esq.  who  in  1607,  sold  it  to  Sir 
Henry  Hobart,  Knt.  Will.  Paston,  and  other  trustees,  for  the  use  of 
Sir  John  Heveningham,  Knt.  who  in  l6ll,  presented 

Richard  Johnson,  A.  M.    In  1623,  Sir  Arthur  Heveningham 
was  returned  impropriator  and  patron.    In 

1652,  Robert  Pecket  had  it,  of  the  gift  of  Will.  Heveningham, 
Esq.  ob. 

1697,  Richard  Clark.    Henry  Heron,  Esq.  ob. 

1707,  Nath.  Saltier.  Ditto.  He  held  it  united  to  Olton,  and  re- 
signed in 

1716,  to  Tho.  Tumtall.    Henry  Heron,  Esq.  at  whose  death  in 

1728,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  Clark,  A.  M.  the  present  vicar,  was 
presented  by  Edw.  Atkyns,  Esq.  the  present  patron,  and  now  holds 
it  united  to  the  vicarage  of  East-Dearham,  with  the  chapel  of  Hoe, 
and  sinecure  rectory  of  East-Dearham  aforesaid. 

The  chief  manor  of  this  town,  belonged  to  Olf  the  Dane  in  the 
Confessor's  time,  and  to  Ralf  Eitz-JValter  at  the  Conquest,  who  then 
held  it  of  Roger  Bigot,  and  it  had  a  church  and  40  acres  of  glebe, 
was  worth  3/.  per  annum,  being  a  league  long,  and  half  a  league  broad, 
and  paid  6d.  ob.  ge/dJ     The  other  manor  belonged  to  Ketel  the 

8  Terra  Roceri  Bigoti.  H.  Humi-  Kitrincham  tenuit  idem  Olfus 
liart,  fo.  622,  Domsd.  T.  R,  E.    ii.    car.    terre,   modo   tenet 


KETERINGHAM.  91 

Dane,  at  the  Confessor's  survey,  and  was  lield  of  Ralf  Peverell  by 
Warine,  at  the  Conqueror's;9  had  a  faldcourse,  and  though  it  was 
included  in  the  value  or  estimation  of  the  chief  manor,  was  of  but 
7s. per  annum  less  value  in  yearly  rents,  to  its  lord. 
The  chief  manor,  called  afterwards 

ARGENTELYS,  or  KETERINGHAM-HALL  MANOR, 

Came  to  Robert  de  Vallibus,  or  Vaux,  from  Raff  Fitz-Walter, 
and  he  held  it  of  Roger  Bigot.  This  Robert  came  in  with  the  Con- 
queror; he  left  it  to  William  his  son  and  heir;  and  in  1197,  Aubrey 
de  Vere  Earl  of  Oxford  died  seized  of  a  manor  here,  which  was  the 
head  manor,  though  one  third  part  of  the  town  remained  still  in  the 
Vauxes,  and  was  after  called  Castelyn's  manor  ;  in  1239,  Hugh  de 
Vere  Earl  of  Oxford  had  it,  and  gave  it  Hugh  de  Cressi,  in  frank  mar- 
riage with  Margaret  his  daughter,  and  died  seized  in  1262,  when,  for 
want  of  issue  of  their  bodies,  it  reverted  to  the  Veres,  and  Robert  de 
Vere  Earl  of  Oxford  gave  it  in  frank  marriage  with  Lora  his  sister, 
to  Sir  Reginald  de  Argentein,  Knt.  and  they  held  it  in  1265;  in  1315, 
Sir  John  de  Argenteyn,  Knt.  his  son,  was  lord,  and  held  in  1345,  of 
the  Earl  of  Oxford  at  one  fee ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Sir  John  his  son, 
who  in  1381  settled  it  on  Sir  Will,  his  son,  and  Isabel  daughter  of  Sir 
Will,  de  Kerdeston,  Knt.  his  wife,  after  the  death  of  himself  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife,  who  held  it  in  1383 ;  and  in  1390,  it  appears  that  their 
three  daughters  and  their  issue,  were  heirs;  namely  Maud,  wife  of 
Ivo  Fitz-Wurine,  Alice,  wife  of  Baldwin  St.  George,  and  Baldwin  their 
son,  then  21  years  of  age;  and  Joan,  wife  of  Batth.  de  Nuunton,  and 
Margaret  their  daughter,  40  years  old,  which  Margaret  had  this 
manor,  and  married  to  a  Bukenliam,  of  whose  trustees  the  manor  was 
purchased  by  Sir  Will.  Appleyard  of  Keteringham,  Knt.  and  with 
Emma  his  widow,  passed  to  her  husband  Sir  Henri/  Grey,  Knt.  who 
lived  at  Keteringham,  and  lies  buried  in  the  chancel  there,  with  this 
inscription, 

¥ferc  loth  .ftnrc  i>cnrn  >i3rcj>,  the  &onne  of  Mnnc  aromas!  ©rep 
ftnoght,  of  lectori,  $  of  3one  fjui  flMe,  that  toa£  .future  to  the  ©ufce 
of  j3ortolft,  that  Dneo  at  HennsS,  ano  Cmma  the  D?iifc  of  the  fore^aioe 
,&jir  tferru  <J3reii,  tfjc  ©iDoto  of  ,t>tr  !©illiam  aprjlenara  of  tije  £aio 
Countn  of  Dorfolfe  <i2^qjiec,  on  toho£e  .^otolcg  ©00  Ijabc  IDcrcy. 

Ranulfus  Alius  Galteri  semper  iiii.  vill.  per  i.  bor.  tunc  et  postii.  car.  m°  i.  car. 

et  xii.  bord.  tunciii.  serv.  m°  i.  semper  et  dim.  et  iiii.  acr.  prati  et  val.  x.  sol. 

ii.  car.  in  dominio  et  i.  car.  et  dim.  horn.  Rex  et  Comes  de  omnibus  istis  liberis 

viii.  acr.  prati  semper  ii.  rune.  i.  ecclesia  hominibus  socam. 

xl.  acr.  tunc  i.  mol.  modo  mil.  sed  est         9  Sub  tit.  Terra  Rannulfi   Peve- 

in  Hetella.  tunc  i.  anim.  m°  iii.  m°  relli,  fo.  261.   H.  Humiliart. 
xx.  pore,   et  lxxx.  ov.  et  viii.  soc.  xl.         Ketekincham    tenet   idem   Garinus 

acr.  semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  tunc  et  post  q°  tenuit  Ketel  T.  R.  E.  i.  car.  terre  et 

valuit  1.  sol.  modo  lx.  et  habet  i.  leug.  dim  semper  iii.  bor.  et  i.ear.  et  dim.  in 

in  longo  et  dimid.  in  lato,  et  xvi.<z\  et  dominio  et  dim.  car.  horn.  iiii.  acr- prati 

obulum  de  gelto.  Quicunque  ibi  teneat.  semper  i.  rune,  et  vii.  pore.  m°  xl.  oves, 

Sub  eodem  titulo  fo.  137.     In  Ket-  et  iiii.  liberi  homines  soca  falde.  etcom- 

rincham  v.  liberi  homines  dim.  com-  mend,  tantum  xv.  acr.  et  dim.  car.  eti. 

mend,  tantum   sub.   antec.    Rogeri    et  acr.   prati  tunc  val.  xxx.  sol.  post  xl. 

dinudia  commendatione  sub  antec.  God-  modo  lx.  et  liberi  homines  val.   iii.  sol. 

rici  et  habent  i.  car.  terre  et  xvi.  acr.  et  sunt  in  eodem  pretio.    (sc.  with  the 

modo  tenet  Radulfus  filius  Galteri  sem-  chief  manor.) 


92  KETERINGHAM. 

Their  effigies  in  brass,  with  their  hands  conjoined  as  praying,  remain 
on  the  stone  ;  he  is  in  complete  armour,  standing  on  a  lion,  and  there 
are  thearmsof  Brotherton  impaling  Grey, gul.  a  lion  rampant  in  a 
bordure  ingrailed  arg.  and  Grey  impaling  Appleyard,  az.  a  chevron 
or  between  three  owls  arg. 

The  present  chancel  was  rebuilt  by  these  two,'  and  their  arms 
remain  in  the  east  window  the  same  as  on  their  tombstone,  and  also 
thearmsof  England,  and  Grey  impaling  or,  a  lion  rampant  double 
quevee  gul.  Grey  impaling  gul.  a  saltier  arg.  and  these  :  arg.  on  a 
fess  between  three  leopards  faces  gul.  three  bells  of  the  field,  quarterly, 
1st,  gul.  a  lozenge  arg.  2d,  2  coats  quartered,  1st,  per  bend  A.  G.  2d, 
arg.  a  bend  gul.  3d  as  2d.  4th  arg.  on  a  chevron  ingrailed  between 
three  crescents  er.  two  lions  passant,  their  heads  towards  each  other. 
There  are  also  the  arms  of  Fitz-lt 'alter,  and  a  rebus  of  a  tun,  with  an 
oaken  branch  with  acorns  fixed  in  the  bunghole.  In  the  middle  pane 
is  Sir  Henri/  Grey  on  his  knees  in  complete  armour,  with  Greys  arms 
single,  and  crest,  on  a  wreath  vert  andgul.  a  lamb's  head  arg.  and  arg. 
on  a  cross  gul.  five  escalops  or.  Crest  a  demi-lion,  on  which  a  mul- 
let of  five  sab.  By  his  will  dated  in  1492,  he  gave  his  manor  of  Ke- 
teringham-hall  after  their  deaths,  to 

Thomas  Hevenyngham,  Esq.  son  and  heirof  Sir  John  Hevening- 
ham,  Knt.  and  to  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  to  Dame  Jane  Grey,  wife 
to  the  said  Sir  Henry  Grey,  and  their  heirs,  with  remainder  to  William 
Grey  of  Merton,  and  his  heirs ;  and  thus  it  became  the  residence  of 
the  ancient  family  of  the 

Heveninghams,  who  had  their  sirname  from  the  town  of  that 
name  in  Suffolk,  and  hath  been  very  honourably  matched ;  and  if  we 
may  credit  many  accounts,1  Jejjery  de  Heveningham  was  lord  there  in 
Canute'sume,  A°1020 ;  but  as  the  former  part  of  their  pedigree  does  not 
relate  to  this  town,  I  shall  not  begin  with  the  account  of  the  family 
earlier  than 

Thomas  Heventngham  aforesaid,  Esq.  the  great  favourite  of  the 
Duke  of  Gloucester,  who  settled  an  annuity  of  10/.  on  hirn  for  life,  out 
of  his  manor  of  Rothing-Bemers  in  Essex.  He  died  in  1499,  and  is 
buried  in  the  chancel  here,  with  this  inscription, 

(©rate  pro  anima  £bome  fceoeningham  armigcri,  jrihi  et  Iferebig 

gohannijs  y?ebeningf)am  .JMiti^  et  23annerettt  qui  nbiit  ultimo  Die 

3!anuaru,  anno  ©omini  M.  tccetyTO-tr.  cuiu£  anime  propicietux 

<£eug  amen. 

The  tomb  is  on  the  south  side  of  the  altar,  built  in  part  into  the  wall, 

the  brass  plates  are  fixed  over  it,  and  the  foregoing  inscription  over 

his  head,  and  the  following  over  her's : 

*  N.  B.  There  is  anerrourin  the  print  he  was  not  a  knight. 
of  the  foregoing  inscription,  for  Emma        *  Weever,  fo  854.    Atlas  of  Norfolk, 

wife  of  Sir  Hen.   Grey   was  not  widow,  p.  309. 
but  daughter  oiWill.  Appleyard,  Esq.  and 


KETERINGHAM.  93 

(©rate pro  anima  3nnc  nupcr  Tirana  £home  ^etoenmgham,  jfihe 
et  ^ereoijS  £home  gerfce  armiaen,  3  que  obiit  oie  ■-  -  ---,  armo  ©0. 
mini  JElcccce  *  *  -  *  (totii)  cutu.^  anime  propicietur  ©euiS  amen. 

They  are  both  in  praying  postures;  behind  him  are  four  sons,  and 
behind  her  are  four  daughters.     There  are  also  the  arms  of 

Heveningham,  quarterly  or  and  gut.  in  a  bordure  ingrailed  sab. 
nine  escalops  arg.*  quartering  Redisham. 

Courtney,  or,  three  torteauxes,  with  a  label  of  three  az.  for 
difference,  impaling  or,  in  a  bordure  ingrailed  gul.  three  catherine- 
wheels  sab. 

John  Heveningham,  son  of  the  said  Thomas,*  succeeded,  and 
married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  Raff  She/ton  the  younger  of  She/ton  in 
Norfolk,  Knt.  he  died  in  1530,  and  is  buried  in  the  chancel,  with  this 
on  a  brass  plate, 

$ic  tacet  ^ohanneiS  ^etoeninmjam,  JPiliuiS  ghamt  ^cbeningham 
armijjen,  cuiu£  anime  propicietur  ©eu£  3mcn. 

Sir  Anthony  Heveningham,  his  son  and  heir,  was  made  a  ban- 
neret by  King  Henry  VIII.  and  married  first  Katherine,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  Philip  Caithorp,  by  whom  he  had  Henri/,  his  son  and  heir, 
who  died  without  male  issue,  by  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  of  Eden  of 
Suffolk ;  as  did  Amy  their  daughter,  who  married  to  Sir  Edmund  Wind- 
ham of  Felbrigge,  Knt.  In  1546,  he  settled  by  fine  on  himself  and 
Mary  daughter  of  Sir  John  Shelton  the  elder,  of  She/ton,  Knt.  his  then 
wife,  the  manors  of  Heveningham,  Ubbeston,  Cooke/ey,  JValpole,  and 
Sibeton  in  Suffolk,  and  on  their  heirs  ;  and  in  1557,  he  held  the  manor 

3  The  inscription  isthus  in  Weever,  and  "  ham  Esq.  son  and  heir  of  John  Heven- 
on  the  stone; but  as  Mr.  ZeNroe  observes,  "  ingham  Knt.  andtoAnne  his  Wife, 
there  seems  to  be  a  contradiction  between  "  Daughter  to  the  said  Dame  Jane  Grey, 
the  will  of  SWHenry  Grey  and  this  inscrip-  "  wife  to  the  said  Sir  Henry  Grey,  and 
tion,  for  in  the  former,  this  Anne  is  said  "  to  the  Heirs  of  their  two  Bodies  law. 
to  be  daughter  of  Jane,  wife  of  the  said  "  fully  begotten,"  with  remainder,  &c. 
Sir  Henry  Grey,  (who  is  called  Emma  on  By  which  it  seems  to  me,  that  this  Anne 
the  monument, Jand  here  she  is  said  to  be  was  the  daughter  of  Jane  or  Emma, 
daughter  of  Tho.  Yerde,  Esq.  ;  he  would  daughter  of  Will.  Appleyard,  Esq.  by- 
have  this  a  mistake,  for  Will  Appleyerd,  Tho.  Yarde,  a  first  husband. 
Esq.;but  in  the  pedigree  she  is  called  so,  *  The  arms  of  this  family  seem  to  be 
and  the  arms  of  Yerde,  or  Yard,  arg.  compounded  of  those  of  the  Veres,  as 
a  chevron  between  three  water-budgets  Sir  Henry  Spelman  in  his  Aspilogia,  fo. 
gul.  are  placed  as  belonging  to  her ;  the  49,  takes  notice,  with  a  bordure  sab. 
words  of  Sir  Henry's  will  are,  28  Sept.  bezante  added,  as  holding  their  lands  of 
1  4.92,"  as  touching  my  Man ers, Lands,  that  family  ;  and  indeed  it  doth  not  ap- 
"  and  Tenements  hereafter  following,  pear,  that  any  of  this  family  used  these 
««  first  I  will  that  my  Lord  Edmund  of  arms  before  Sir  John  de  Heveningham, 
"  Suffolk,  with  all  other  the  Feofees  of  Knt.  son  and  heir  of  Philip,  son  and 
"my  Maner  of  Keteringham  alias  Kete-  heir  of  Roger,  and  he  sealed  with  them 
"  ringham-haUj.ihail  stand  seized  thereof  in  1358. 

"  to  ihe  Use  of  me  Syr  Harry  Grey  and  s  He  is  called  a  knight  in  most  eviden- 

"  Jane  my  Wife,  term  of  our  two  Lives,  ces,  but  in  reality  was  not  so.     In  1615, 

"  and  the  longest  Liver,  and  after  to  the  he  was  feoffee  to  Augustine  Stratton,  for 

"  Use  of  the  Executor  of  the  longest  his   manor  of  Weston  in  Norfolk;  and 

"  Liver  for  Payment  of  Debts  and  Per.  in  1513,  he  was  feoffee  for  Kirby-Cane 

"  formance  of  our  Wills,  and  after  eight  manor,  and  by  the    name  of  Sir  John 

"  Years   alter  the  Death  of  the  longest  Heveningham,     Knt.   infeoffed  his   sop. 

"  Liver,  to  remain  to  Tho.  Hevening.  Anthony. 


04  KETERINGHAM. 

oiWestbatrow-kall,  of  the  honour  of  Ralegh,  and  Totham  Parva,  and 
Go/dhanger  in  Essex,  and  died  the  year  following,  and  according  to 
his  will,  is  buried  by  his  last  wife,  under  a  tomb  on  the  north  side  of 
the  chancel,  which  hath  lost  its  inscription,  but  the  arms  of  [leveiting- 
ham,  with  helmet,  crest,  and  supporters,  and  those  of  She/ton,  with  a 
helmet  and  crest,  and  two  talbots  arg.  collared  and  chained  gul,  for 
supporters;  and  the  same  two  coats  impaled,  lately  remained.  She 
remarried  to  Philip  Appleyard,  Esq.  but  died  soon  after,  leaving 

Sir  Arthur  Heveningham,  Knt.  her  son  and  heir,  who  about 
1570,  appears  to  have  been  lord  of  this,  with  the  manors  of  Freteuham, 
Gissing,  Shropham  and  South-Wakham  in  Norfolk,  Heveningham, 
Ubesto/ie,  Walpole,  Cookeley  and  Sibton  in  Suffolk,  and  Goldhanger  in 
Essex;  he  married  Mary  daughter  of  Hanchet  of  Hertfordshire,  who 
lies  buried  in  the  chancel  with  this, 

Here  lyeth  buried  the  Body  of  the  Lady  Mary  Heveningham, 
Wife  to  Sir  Arthur  Heveningham  Knt/  Nov.  9,  1633. 
On  an  adjoining  stone  is  this:  Here  lyeth  buried  the  body  of  Sir 
Arthur  Heveningham  Knt.  who  died  Oct.  8,  1 630.  Sir  John  Heven- 
ingham Knt.7  his  son,  inherited  at  his  death;  he  married  first,  Kalhe- 
ritie,  daughter  of  Lewes  Lord  Mor daunt,  she  died  l60l2,  and  he  married 
again  to  Bridget,  daughter  of  Christopher  son  of  Sir  William  Paslon 
oi'Paston  inNorfolk,  Knt.;  she  lies  buried  in  the  chancel,  with  the  arms 
of  Heveningham  impaling  Paston,  and  this 

Here  lies  buried  the  Body  of  the  Lady  Bridget  late  wife  to  Sir 
John  Heveningham  Knt.  deceased,  and  Grandchild  to  Sir  Wil- 
liam Paston  of  Paston  in  the  County  of  Noifolk  Knt.  ob.  June 
9,  1624.     On  another  stone,  Here  lieth  buried  the  Body  of  Sir 
John  Heveningham  Knt.  Son  and  Heir  of  Sir  Arthur,  ob.  17  June 
1633. 
Willi  am  Heveningham,  Esq.8  his  son  and  heir  by  his  second  wife, 
inherited;  he  was  of  this  town  and  Hockwold  in  Norfolk;  and  mar- 
ried first,  Ratherine  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  JValop,  of  Farley  in  Ilant- 
shire,  by  whom  he   had  no  issue:   this  man  was  one  of  the  judges  of 
King  Charles  I.  for  which,  at  the  Restoration,  he  was  deservedly 
tried  and  convicted,  and  all  his  estate  forfeited  for  that  unparalleled 
villainy;  but  being  one  of  those   nineteen  regicides  that  surrendered 
themselves  upon  the  proclamation  of  the  6th  of  June  1660,  he  had 
his  life  saved;  and  the  year  following,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Earl 
of  Dover,  his  second  wife,  obtained  a  patent  from  King  Charles  11.  for 
most,  if  not  all,  her  husband's  estate,  particularly  that  of  Heveningham 
and  this  manor,  which  she  enjoyed  during  her  life.    On  the  north  side 
of  the  altar  is  a  handsome  monument  of  black  and  white  marble,  with 
the  effigies  of  a  man  and  woman,  each  having  a  child  by  them,9  in  a 
praying  posture  before  a  reading-desk,  and  to  the  table  on  which  the 

6  He  was  knighted  by  King  James  I.  Keteringham  in  1^48,  made  the  planta- 
at  Whitehall  Jan.  2,  1617,  high  she-  tion  of  trees  there.  High  sheriff  of 
riff  of  ;\urfolk  in  158  1,  and  in  1603.  Norfolk  in  1635. 

7  High  sheriff  uf  Norfolk  in  1615,  9  That  by  him  is  a  boy,  and  that  by 
member  for  the  county  3d  Car.  I.  her  a  girl. 

8  He  repaired  the  house  and  chapel  at 


KETERINGHAM.  95 

inscription  is  wrote,  is  fixed  an  angel  with  his  wings  expanded,  holding 
an  infant  in  swadling  clothes ;  at  the  lop  are  the  arms  of  Heven Ing- 
ham impaling  Cary,  urg.  on  a  bend  sab.  three  roses  of  the  field,  with  a 
crescent  gul.  for  difference. 

This  Monument  was  erected  by  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lady 
Mary  Heveningham,  for  her  deceased  Husband,  her  Self,  and 
Children,  the  Daughter  and  Grandaughter  of  the  Right  Honour- 
able Henry  and  John  Carey,  Viscounts  Rochford,  Barons  of 
Hunsdon,  and  Earls  of  Dover,  and  of  Abigail  Countess  of  Dover. 

Under  this  Pyramid  of  Marble  lies, 
Both  Root  and  Branch  of  noble  Progenies, 
His  matchless  Lady  him  secur'd,  brought  home, 
In  Peace  deceas'd,  lies  umbrag'd  in  this  Tomb. 
Where  undisturbed,  may  their  sluuibering  Dust, 
Rest  'till  the  Resurrection  of  the  Just. 
Inclyta  magnifici  cernis  Monumenta  Sepulchri 
Forte  Brevi  Spatio,  Fata  futura  Tua. 

Reader  consider  what  thou  here  dost  see 
In  a  few  Moments  thine  own  Fate  may  be. 
Anno  Domini  1678. 

They  are  both  buried  in  a  vault  under  the  altar;  the  coffin  of  this 
traitour  and  his  bones  are  now  wholly  broken  to  pieces,  which  seems  to 
have  been  done  designedly,  for  his  head  or  scull  is  laid  upon  his  wife's 
coffin,  *  which  is  very  entire;  she  died  at  her  house  in  Jermyn-slreet, 
London,  in  Jan.  1696;  in  the  same  vault  is  a  child's  coffin. 

Sir  William  Heveningham,  their  son  and  heir,  was  knighted  at 
Whitehall  in  1674;  he  married  Barbara,  daughter  of  George  Filliers 
Viscount  Grandison  of  Ireland,  by  whom  he  had  Abigail,  his  only 
heiress,  who  married  to  Henry  Heron,  Esq.  and  they  sold  it  to 

Edward  Atkyns,  Esq.  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Edward  Atkyns,  Knt. 
Lord  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  who  is  the  present  lord  and  patron, 
and  resides  at  Kete.rivgham-ha.tl,  which  is  a  good  seat  in  a  pleasant 
country,  about  four  miles  distant  from  the  city  of  Norwich. 

There  are  monuments  in  the  church  for,  Barbara  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Sir  Arthur  Heveningham,  Knt.  the  wife  ofTho.  Bradley, 
17  Sept.  1634.  And  a  brass  shows,  that  William  son  of  Gere  Talbot, 
LL.  D.  died  in  this  parish  Aug.  Q.9,  1635.  On  the  font  were  the  arms 
of  Redisham  and  Grey,  with  a  label  of  five  points.  In  the  chancel  is 
a  brass  plate  with  a  small  effigies,  and  this, 

¥>\t  iacct  <Johannc£  tfofoilc  ffrtiug  fiichatui  Cotoile  armijjert 

cutu£  anime  ($c. 

Th  re  are  altar  tombs  in  the  churchyard  for,  Henry,  fourth  son  of 

Sir  Aithur  Heveningham,  Knt.  Aug.  17,  l6o7,  aged  71.    Tho.  2d  son 

of  Sir  Arthur,  11  Sept.  1651,  aged  67.     Lady  Gilbert  eldest  daughter 

to  SirArthur,  April  1646. 

1  The  plate  on  the  coffin  hath  this,         Heveningham,  Dr.  and  Heiress  of  John 
The  RightHonourable  the  Lady  Mary     Earl  of  Dover,  died  Jan.  19,  1695,  6. 


9ti  KETERINGHAM. 

Tho.  Aid  26  July,  1665,  72.     Anne  his  wife,  10  April,  1664,  63. 

Here  Trio  in  One  at  rest  reposed  be, 
In  Expectation  of  the  One  in  Three. 

This  man  was  a  wholesale  tailor  in  Norwich,  and  raised  great  fortunes 
there,  and  was  father  of  John  Ayde  or  Aid  of  Horsttd,  Esq.  lord  of 
that  manor. 

On  the  north  side  is  an  altar  tomb  with  the  arms  of  a  lion  rampant 
only,  and  these  two  verses  out  of  the  Psalms  : 

What  Man  is  he  that  liveth  and  shall  not  see  Death'?  shall  he  deliver 
his  Soil  from  the  Grave  ?  Selah. 

But  God  will  redeem  my  Sovl  from  the  Power  of  the  Grave,  for  he 
shall  receive  me?  Selah. 


CASTELYN'S  MANOR 

Belonged  to  Ketel  the  Dane,  after  to  Warine,  of  whom  it  was  held 
at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  by  Ralf  Peverel,  (see  p.  91,)  and  passed 
with  PevereVs  manor  in  Great  Melton,  as  at  p.  18;  and  in  1237,  Oliver 
deVaux,  lord  of  Keteringham,  granted  a  third  part  of  this  town  to 
Richard  de  Rupel/a,  or  Rokele,  which  was  added  to  this  manor.  In 
1385,  Nicholas  de  Caste/lo,  or  Caste/yn,  (from  whom  it  took  its  name,) 
was  lord  of  it,  and  had  view  of  frankpledge,  assise  of  bread  and  ale, 
and  lete  in  his  manor,  allowed  by  the  justices  in  Eire,  on  condition  he 
paid  yearly  to  the  King's  hundred  of  Humbleyard  14rf.  ob.  q.  la 
1306  it  was  held  by  Will,  de  Ros,  Maud  his  wife,  and  Petronel  de  Vaux, 
of  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk.  In  1345,  Will  de  Bokenham  held  it 
at  a  fourth  part  and  half  a  quarter  of  a  fee,  of  Nic.  de  Castello,  who 
held  itof  Will,  de  Rokele,  he  of  the  heirs  of  Roos,  they  of  the  Earl-Mar- 
shal, and  he  of  the  King.  In  1364,  Sir  Thomas  de  St  Omer  of  Brundale 
had  it,  and  Alice,  daughter  of  Petronel  his  wife,  after  married  to  Sir 
Will,  de  Hoo,  Knt.  and  Eliz.  their  daughter  then  12  years  old,  and  after 
married  to  Tho.  de  IVarine,  were  coheirs,  and  in  the  King's  custody; 
and  in  1372,  Warine  and  his  wife  released  all  his  right  to  Sir  Thomas 
and  his  wife;  see  p.  76.  In  1402,  he  released  all  his  right  in  this 
manor  calle  Caslelyn's,  and  all  his  lands  thereto  belonging,  in  Kete- 
ringham, Stanfield  in  Witidham,  Cai/eton,  Curson,  Intwood,  Cantelose, 
and  Hethersete,  to  William  Parker  and  Stephen  Spelman,  citizens  and 
mercers  of  London  ;  and  in  1404,  Sir  Thomas  Hoe  his  son  confirmed 
it.  In  1495,  Sir  II enry  Grey  joined  it  to  Keteringham-Hall  manor, 
with  which  it  now  continues. 

KANGHAM'S  MANOR 

Very  anciently  belonged  to  William  de  Keteringham,  after  to  Sibil  de 
Keteringham,  and  then  to  Peter  their  son,  who  granted  part  of  it,  by 
deed  without  date,  to/17//,  de  Cuizon  of  Stanfield,  and  Robert  his  son, 
in  the  presence  of  Sir  Richard  de  Curzon  *  of  Stanfield  iti  Windham, 

a  He  was  William's  brother,  both  sons  of  the  Lady  Catherine. 


KETERINGHAM.  97 

and  Sir  John  de  Curzon3  of  Keteringham ;  and  this  William*  gave  in 
marriage  with  Alice  his  daughter,  to  Will,  de  Kangham,  who  released 
one  part  of  it  again  to  Oliver  de  Keteringham,  on  condition  the  said 
Oliver  paid  for  tiie  said  William,  to  the  church  of  Keteringham  St. 
Peter,  2s.  yearly  for  wax  to  be  burnt  before  the  cross  and  altar  of  St. 
Man/  there.  This  part  was  sold  in  1342,  by  Tho.  de  Keteringham 
and  Sciencia  his  wife,  to  John  de  I  lout  on  and  Ivetta  his  wife;  but 
Kangham's  part,  which  was  much  the  largest,  was  held  by  Alice  de 
Kangham  in  1274,  at  three  parts  of  a  fee,  of  the  Vauzes,  which  she 
divided  into  many  parts,  selling  some  to  John  son  of  Simon  de  Heder- 
sete,Nic.  de  Castello,  Will.  Carpenter,  &c.  with  consent  of  William 
her  son,  and  C/emence  her  daughter;  another  part  she  granted  to 
Andrew  her  son,  who  conveyed  it  to  Richard  son  of  Ric.  le  Curzon, 
who  had  all  the  part  that  remained  unconveyed,  by  deed  from  the 
said  Alice  de  Kangham;  and  in  1256,  this  Richard  held  it  with  Stan- 
Jield-Hall  manor  in  JVindham,as  at  p.  502,  vol.  ii.;  it  was  then  valued 
at  -it.  13s.  2d.  rents,  and  had  127  acres  in  demean,  and  it  continued 
with  Stanjield,  till  Henry  Heveningham  of  Keteringham  purchased  a 
part  of  it,  which  was  after  joined  to  Keteringham  manor,  and  the  other 
part  still  remains  with  Stanjield. 

The  Prior  of  Pentneye  had  a  manor here  composed  of  divers 
parcels,  given  by  the  lords  of  the  other  manors,  viz.  Robert  de  Faux, 
Richard  de  la  Rokele,  and  Alice  de  Kangham,  who  in  1249,  granted 
to  Simon  Prior  of  Pentneu,  28  acres  of  land,  8  acres  of  woodland  5s. 
rent,  and  the  whole  was  held  at  half  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  the  honour 
of  Forncet,  and  was  taxed  at  38s.  \0d.  and  at  the  Dissolution  it  was 
granted  from  the  Crown  with  the  impropriate  rectory,  and  with  that 
became  united  to  the  other  manors. 

William  Cukson  (see  vol.  ii.  p.  517)  and  others,  gave  lands  here 
ioWindham  monastery,  which  at  the  Dissolution  were  granted  to  Sir 
Edward  C/et  e  :  the  Prior  of  Si.  Faith's  had  6s.  rent  here;  and  in 
1314,  the  Prior  of  Haute y  was  found  to  hold  the  fourth  part  of  a  fee 
in  Keteringham,  of  John  Pevere/l,  which  was  after  released  from  that 
priory,  and  joined  to  Casteleyn's  manor. 

3  He  gave  to  the  Norwich  monks  which  Alice,  prioress  there,  and  the 
J2d.  a  year  out  of  this  manor.  convent,  granted  to  Herbert  Skilman  of 

*  He  gave  5  acres  to  Bungey  priory,     Hethersete,  and  his  heirs. 


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CARLETON, 

Commonly  called  Carleton  Curson,  from  its  lords  of  that  name, 
takes  its  denomination  from  the  Eheordes,  Eardes5  or  countiymen,  that 
anciently  inhabited  in  it;  Carleton  signifying  no  more  than  the 
Charles  Town,  which  is  the  reason  we  meet  with  so  many  places  of 
that  name;  for  distinction  it  is  sometimes  called  Norwich  Carleton, 
or  Carleton  by  Norwich,  and  very  often  East-Car/elon  :  as  there  are 
two  manors,  so  there  were  also  two  parochial  churches,  standing 
within  about  50  yards  of  one  another,  with  a  highway  only  between 
their  churchyards;  that  now  standing,  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary, and 
was  appropriated  to  the  nuns  of  Makham  from  their  foundation; 
and  before  13£4,  the  Priory  of  d/vesboume  held  it  appropriated  to 
them,  and  served  it  by  a  stipendiary  chaplain,  and  the  prior  had  a 
house  and  two  carucates  of  land  ;  it  was  first  valued  at  five,  and  after 
at  six  marks,6  paid  4s.  procurations,  Id.  synodals,r><f.  Peter-pence,  and 
4d.  carvage  ;  and  there  was  a  gild  of  St.  John  Baptist  held  here.  Alves- 
bourne  prior  and  his  convent  conveyed  it  to  the  master  and  brethren 
of  St.  Giles's  hospital  in  Norwich,1  who  were  obliged  by  the  Bishop,  in 
the  year  1498,  to  present  a  rector,  it  appearing  that  the  appropriation, 
though  it  had  continued  so  long,  was  never  legally  made;8  and  ac- 
cordingly it  hath  been  a  rectory  ever  since,  in  the  gift  of  the  hospital, 
till  the  Dissolution,  and  now  is  in  the  mayor  and  commonalty  of 
Norwich,  as  guardians  to  the  hospital. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  MASTER  AND   BRETHREN  OF  ST.  GILES'S 
HOSPITAL. 

1498,  John  Dalle,  alias  Hekker,  who  was  then  a  brother,  and  after- 
wards master  of  the  hospital  ;  he  resigned  in 

1511,  to  John  Bradnam,  who  died  rector  in  1531,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Will.  Porter,  on  whose  death  in 

1 541,  Rob.  Thakster  was  the  last  presented  by  the  hospital,  and 
held  it  to  his  death,  united  pepetually  to  Carleton  St.  Peter;   for  in 

1565,  John  Bayldon,  his  successour,  was  presented  by  the  Mayor 
and  Commonalty  of  jSorwich,  to  Carleton  Utraque  ;  he  resigned  in. 

1566,  to  Mat.  Robertson,  who  was  deprived  in 
1577,  and  Will.  Browne  had  it ;  and  in 

'  Carl,  rusticus,  whence  carrolling  is  8  During  the    appropriation,   it    was 

country  dancing  on  holidays;  thencealso  served  by  parish  chaplains,  for  in  1591, 

the  word  churl.  John  Smith  of  Gonthorp,  parish  chap- 

6  Spiritualia  Prioris  de  Alvesbourne,  lain  here,  was  buried  in  the  collegiate 
Ecclesia  Be.  Me.  vi.  marc,  temporalia  in  church  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Fields  at  Nor- 
terris  45s-  id-  wich.  See  vol.  iv.  p.  179. 

7  See  vol.  iv.  p.  388. 


CARLETON.  gy 

1579,  Henry  Golding  had  it  of  the  gift  of  the  Queen,  and  Mayor 
and  Commonalty.     He  died  in 

1628,  and  Tim  P/omer  had  it,  at  whose  death  in 

1639,  Greg.  Mower  was  presented,  and  in 

1651,  Miles  Smith.  In  1681,  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  gave  it  to 
Peter  Coppin,  and  at  his  death  in 

1729,  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Smith,  the  present  rector,  was  collated 
by  lapse. 

The  church  of  St.  Peter  the  Apostle,  was  wholly  appro- 
priated to  the  priory  of  Shouldham,9  and  no  vicarage  endowed,  and 
had  a  carucate  of  land  belonging  to  it ;  it  was  first  valued  at  5l.  after 
at  nine  marks,  and  paid  Qd.  synodals,  6s.  8d.  procurations,  2d.  ob. 
carvage,  and  12s.  for  every  tenth.*  It  was  disappropriated  for  want 
of  a  legal  appropriation,  and  became  a  rectory  in  the  gift  of  Should- 
ham priory. 

RECTORS 

presented  by  shouldham  convent. 

1439,  -R/c.  Cross,  to  the  rectory  of  Carleton  C arson  St.  Peter. 
1456,  Will.  Belle;  he  died  in  1458,  and 

Will.  Grimston  succeeded,  at  whose  death  in 
1464,  27(0.  Thompson  had  it ;   in 

1498,  John  Clerk,  who  in  1506,  had  it  united  for  life  to  North- 
bergh.    In 

1521,  Rob.  Longland  held  it,  and  is  buried  before  the  high-altar  on 
the  south  side;  and  in 

1530,  Rob.  Thaxter  was  the  last  presented  by  the  convent,  who  in 
1441,  had  it  united  to  St.  Mary  as  aforesaid,  and  it  continued  with  it 
till  1679,  and  then 

Tho.  Lezcgar  was  presented,  but  did  not  enjoy  it  long,  for 
Golding  had  it,1  and  after  him 
P/ummer;  but  in  l6iO,  the  King  presented 
Edw.  Rogeis  to  it  single,  and  in  1677,  it  was  returned  a  sine- 
cure, as  it  is  ;  for  the  church,  which  is  a  small  one,  without  any  tower, 
was  turned  into  a  parsonage-house,  now  uninhabited  and  in  ruins ; 
the  close  in  which  it  stands  is  glebe,  and  is  south-east  of  St.  Mary's, 
with  which  it  is  held  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Smith,  the  present  rector.    The  church  was 
suffered  to  be  dilapidated  about  1550. 

St.  Mary's  church  hath  a  square  tower  half  fallen  down,  one 
bell,  the  nave  and  chancel  are  tiled,  and  the  north  isle  leaded  ;  at  the 
east  end  of  which,  is  an  old  altar  and  chapel,  dedicated  also  to  St. 
Mary,  before  which  lies  a  stone  disrobed  of  its  brasses,  under  which 

9  Temporalia   prions    et  monial.  de  *  In  1603,  in  the  Parsons  Answers,  it 

Shouldham,  in   Carleton  Sci.  Petri,  de  was  returned,  that  he  held  the  said  ber.e- 

red.  ter.  et  faet.  animalium  195.  A0 14.28.  fice  long  since  united,  Carleton  St.  Peter 

Temp,  prioris  de  Wimondham  in  Carle-  at  61.  and  St.  Mary  at  4/.  that  he  had  90 

ton  bci.  Petri  de  red.  igd.  communicants,  and  that  the   King  and 

1    Both  parishes   paid   20*.    to  each  city   of  Norwich,   as  guardians  of  St. 

tenth.  Giles's  hospital,  were  patrons. 


100  CARLETON. 

William  Appleyard  of  this  town,  Gent,  lies  buried,  as  appeals  by 
his  will  dated  in  August  1481.3 

In  the  chancel  on  a  brass  plate  by  the  altar, 
Here  resteth   the   Body  of  Mr.  Henry  Golding,  who  was 
Minister  of  God's  Word  in  this  Place,  near  fifty  Years,  and  lived  a 
peaceable  and  godly  Life,  &  died  the  2d  Day  of  June,  1028. 

On  a  mural  monument  against  the  north  wall,  with  a  book  at  top, 

M.S.  Petri  Coppin  A.M.  hujusce  Ecclesiae  per  annos  48 
Rectoris  vigilantissimi  obijt  Nov.  die  14°  Anno  Sal'  Humanae  1728, 
JEt.  suse  73.  REBECc^'uti  etiara  Uxoris  ejus  dilectissimae  obijt 
Nov.  die  9"°  Anno  Sal.  humanse  1727,  iEt.  suae  73. 

Anice  Wife  of  Dr.  Suckling  Dean  of  Norwich,  died  Aug.  4, 
1732. 

Peter  Coppin  Apr.  11, 1715,  86.  Eliz.  his  Wife,  Dr.  of  Math. 
Murkham  sometime  Mai/or  of  Norwich,  Nov.  21,  1702,  aged  70. 
Michael  Son  of  Peter  Coppin  Rector,  at  whose  charge  this  Stone 
is  laid,  in  Honour  to  his  Father  and  Mother  Also  Jane  wife  of 
Rob.  Rudd  Yeoman,  youngest  Dr.  of  Peter  Coppin  Clerk,  Aug.  4, 
1722,  30,  and  2  Infants,  both  Johns,  Sons  of  John  &,  Eliz.  Coppin. 

Anne  wife  of  Robert  Sue//,  &  Daughter  of  Martin  Fountain- 
Clerk,  6  Jan.  1676. 

Hodie  mihi,  Cras  tibi. 

In  the  church  there  are  stones  for,  John  Bensley  Gent,  5  Jan.  1660, 
77.     Hen.  Bensley  May  4,  1593. 

In  the  isle,  Ric.  Watson  Sept.  20,  17 18,  74.  Easter  Richman 
Mar.  7,  1659- 

This  rectory  stands  as  a  consolidated  rectory4  in  the  King's  Books, 
thus, 

4l.  0  0  Carlton  St<£.  Maria  rect.  \  /.    s.   d. 

61.  0  0  Car/tun  Sti.  Petri  -  3  44  II  1 1  ob.  clear  yearly  value. 
So  that  it  is  discharged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of 
augmentation. 

CARLETON  CURSON'S  MANOR 

Belonged  to  Olf  the  Dane,s  and  was  held  by  Walter,  of  Roger  Bigot, 
at  the  Conqueror's  survey  ;  there  were  then  two  churches,  which  had 
38  acres  of  glebe,  belonging  to  this  manor,  and  27  freemen  and  an 
half,  part  of  which  belonged  Kog.  Bigot,  and  part  to  Half  Peverel, 

3  This  William   was   second  son   to  5  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.   Humiliart  H. 

Nicholas,  and  brother  to  John  Apple-  Domsday,  to.  122. 

yard  of   Brakene,   lord  here,  and  was  Karletvna   tenet  Gualterus  quam 

himself  lord  ot  Dunston;  see  p.  56.  tenuit  Ollus  i.  car.  tene  pro   n  anerio 

*  See  vol.  iv.  p.  570.  semper  ii.  bord.  et  i.  car.  in  dominio  iiii. 


CARLETON.  101 

who  had  also  a  manor  here,  which  belonged  to  Ketel  the 
Dane,6  and  after  to  Corbie  the  sewer,  then  to  Half  Peverel,  of 
whom  it  was  held  at  the  last  survey,  by  11  urine  ;  and  there  were  then 
ten  freemen  here,  over  which,  the  King  and  the  Earl,  had  lete  or 
jurisdiction  ;  at  the  first  survey,  this  town  was  worth  to  the  lords  3/.; 
at  the  last  5/.  10s.  a  year.  The  family  that  look  their  sirname  of 
Carleton  from  their  lordship  here,  were  descendants  of  this  Walter, 
in  whom  it  continued  till  Alice,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Philip  de 
Carleton  and  Margaret  his  wife,  carried  it  to  John  de  Curson  of  Carle- 
ton,  her  husband  ;  and  in  1203,  William  de  Curson  their  son  was  lord, 
and  held  the  manor,  part  of  the  Earl- Marshal  at  one  knight's  fee,  and 
part  of  the  honour  of  Peverel  at  one  quarter  of  a  fee.  In  1301,  Will. 
de  Cursonn  of  Carleton,  who  was  escheator,  accounted  with  the  King 
in  the  Exchequer,  for  the  receipts  of  his  office,  and  in  1308,  Ric.  son 
and  heir  of  William,  agreed  before  Sir  Wilt,  de  Carleton  and  others, 
to  settle  divers  lands  here  and  in  Stanjield,  on  Kalherine,  widow  of 
the  said  William.  In  1315,  Will.  Curson  was  lord,  and  died  in  1320, 
and  John  his  son  and  heir  succeeded,  who  in  1325,  held  it  jointly  with 
Margaret  his  wife,  of  Tho.  de  Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  and  Will. 
his  son  and  heir  was  then  three  years  old.  In  1371,  Hugh  Curson  had 
it,  who  in  1387,  had  it  settled  on  himself  and  Beatrix  his  wife;  Rob. 
de  Berne]/  and  others  being  trustees  ;  and  in  1392,  they  sold  it  to  Sir 
Robert  Be  met/,  Knt.  Nicholas  deBlakney,  Thomas  de  B tickling,  Hugh 
utte  Fenn,  and  Tho.  Hert,  and  their  heirs;  and  the  same  year,  they 
sold  it  to  Will.  Jppleyard  and  Margaret  his  2d  wife,  and  their  heirs; 
and  in  1406,  it  extended  into  Hethitl,  and  the  rents  and  profits  were 
about  15/.  per  annum.  It  had  a  lete,  and  paid  to  the  bailiff' of  Humble- 
yard  hundred  for  lete  fee  3d.  and  for  hundred  scot  I5d.  and  for  a  rent 
of  honey  due  to  the  hundred,  \5d.  and  was  obliged  to  find  a  wax 
taper  yearly  to  burn  before  the  image  of  St.  Catherine  in  one  of  the 
churches.  And  from  this  time  it  continued  in  the  Appleyaeds  of 
Biakene,  along  with  that  manor,  as  you  may  see  at  p.  83,4.  In  1551, 
John  Appleyerd,  Esq.  had  mortgaged  it  to  Simo>i  Morse  of  Great 
Yarmouth,  merchant,  and  he  entered  upon  it,  and  Appleyard  held  it 
by  lease  from  him  at  40/. per  annum,  and  after  sold  the  whole  to  Tho. 
Towneseud,  Esq.  along  with  Brakene,  and  by  him  it  was  sold  to  Ric. 
Rabye,  Uent.  who  in  l6l2  conveyed  the  manor  of  East  Carleton  Cur- 
suns  to  Sir  Will.  Heyricke,  Knt.  when  it  extended  into  Keteringham, 
Mulbarton,  Swardeston,  and  Hethitl.     It  was  soou  after  conveyed  to 

acr.   prati  silva  ii.  pore,  tunc  i.  runcin.  H.  Doms.  fo.  260. 
et  val.  x.  sol.  ii.  ecclesie  xxxviii.  acr.         In  Carletvna  tenet  idem  Garinus 

(Ibid.  fo.  136.)  In  Carletuna  xxvii.  q"  tenuit  Godricus  liber  homo  Kitel 

liberi  homines  et  dim.  sub  Olfo,  com-  lxxv.  acr.  tunc  i.  car.  post  i.  modo  ni- 

mendationetantum,et  socata'de  T.R.E.  chil  ii.  bord.  el  dim.  et  ix.  iiberi  homi- 

et  habent  i.  car.  terre,  et  de  dim.  et  x.  nes  socafalde  et  commend,  tantum  Rex 

acr.  et  nii.  liberi  homines  et  de  duobus,  et  Comes  socam.   et  habent  xxxiu.  acr. 

antecessor  Kanu!fi  Piperelli  commend,  et  post  ii.  car.  m°  i.  et  11.  acr.  prati  et  i. 

de  tercio  med.elatemhabuit  et  aniecessor  liber   homo   commend,    tantum    xxiiii. 

Eudonis  Dapit'eri  similiter  de  uno  et  de  acr    semper  dim.  car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati 

medetate  alterius  de  quibus  suns  ante-  tunc  et  post  val.  Ix.  sol.  modo  ex.  et 

cessor  nichil   habuit    et  habent    1.    acr.  Carletuna  val.   xx.    sol.   et   liber  homo 

inter  totum  habent  iiii.  car.  et  v.  acr.  val.   ii.  sol.   sed  est  in  numero  de  ex. 

prati-'  sol.    (et  est  in  pretio  manerij  de  Wal- 

6  Terre  Ranulfi  Peverelli.  Humiliart  sincham.) 


102  CARLETON. 

the  Hobarts,  and  in  lf>22,  Sir  Henry  llobart,  Knt.  and  Bart,  sold  it 
to  Sir  Thomas  Richardson,  Knt.  and  his  heirs,  in  whom  it  continued 
till  it  was  mortaged  by  the  Lord  Richardson,  and  after  sold  ;  and  now 
belongs  to  James  Arcourt  of  London,  Esq.7  the  present  lord. 

Carleton  Manor,  Peverel's,  and  the  Grand  Serjeanty, 

Belonged  to  Ketel  the  Dane,  afterwards  to  Godric  the  sewer,  then  to 
Half  Peverel,  of  whom  Warine  held  it  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  and 
the  King  had  then  a  freeman  here,  and  32  acres  of  land,  half  a  caru- 
cale  and  one  acre  of  meadow,  valued  at  3s.  a  year,8  all  which,  he 
gave  to  be  added  to  this  manor  for  ever,  on  condition  that  the  lords 
for  the  lime  being  should  yearly  carry  to  the  King's  house,  wherever 
he  is,  so  he  be  in  England,  24  herring  pies  or  pasties,  being  the 
uac\enl  fee-farm  rent  of  the  city  of  Norwich,  and  place  them  on  his 
Majesty's  table,  for  which  serjeanty  and  service,  the  person  so  carry- 
ing them  shall  always  receive  there,  wherever  they  are  delivered,  six 
white  loaves,  six  dishes  of  meat  out  of  the  King's  kitchen  ;  one  flaggon 
of  wine,  one  flaggon  of  beer,  one  truss  of  hay,  one  bushel  of  oats,  one 
pricket  of  wax,  and  six  tallow  candles  ;9  which  service  is  now  an- 
nually performed  by  the  sheriffs  of  the  city  of  Norwich,  or  their 
deputies,  the  city  being  now  lords  of  this  manor  by  purchase. 

William,  son  of  Ralf  de  Carletun,  son  of  Warine  aforesaid, 
and  William  son  of  John  de  Carleton,  brother  of  Half,  held  it  by  the 
sergeanty  aforesaid,  and  the  manor  was  then  valued  at  two  marks.1 
In  1235,  William  son  of  Ralf  de  Carleton,  and  Will.  Canon,  had  it; 
and  in  1247,  Eustace  son  of  William  de  Curson;  and  in  1274,  he,  and 
Will,  de  Brokedish,'1  Robert  de  Welhom,  jlgnes  daughter  of  William  de 
Carleton,  and  John  de  Hethersete,  had  the  serjeanty  ;  the  manor  being 
then  found  to  be  held  of  Hugh  Peverel,  as  of  the  honour  of  Peverel, 
at  a  quarter  of  a  fee  ;  and  in  1277,  the  citizens  of  Norwich  paid  4d.  to 
the  bailiff  of  the  manor,  as  a  customary  payment  for  carrying  the 
King's  pasties.  In  1286,  Tho.  de  Brokedish  and  the  others  owned  it, 
after  that  Jejfry  de  Brokedish,  and  after  him,  William  son  of  Jeffery, 
and  the  others,  had  it;  and  after  him,  Nigel  de  Brokedish  and  his 
parceners;  and  Will,  de  Curson,  who  died  seized  in  1319,  when  John 
de  Curson,  his  son  and  heir,  was  25  years  old,  and  Robert  de  Welhotm 
had  then  the  fourth  part.  In  1315,  John  Curson  died  seized  of  the 
other  three  parts,  and  Margaret  his  widow  had  one  of  the  three 
parts  assigned  by  John  de  Btomevile,  escheator,  as  her  dower,  and 
William  his  son  and  heir  was  then  three  years  old.  In  1327,  on  Rob. 
de  Welhobne's  death,  his  fourth  part  went  to  Robert  his  son  and  heir, 
who  in  1335,  is  said  to  have  been  married  to  one  of  the  heiresses  of 
Sir  Ralf  le  Botiler.     In  1343,  Thomas  Curson  of  East-Carleton,  aud 

7  James  Arcourt,  Esq.  sheriffof  Nor-         "  Testa  de  Nevil. 

folk  in  1712.  a  William  son  of  Ralf  de  Carleton, 

8  Isti  sunt  homines  liberi  Regis. Doms.  who  had  half  the  manor  and  sergeanty, 
fo.  292.  left  four  daughters  his  heiresses,  Alice 

H.  de  Humiliart.  In  Carletuna  i.  liber  married  10  Will,  de  Brokedish,  Isabel  to 

homo  xxxii   acr.  semper  dim.  car.  et  i.  Robert  de  Welholme,    Agnes    unmar- 

acr.  prati  et  val.  iii.  sol.  ried,  and   Maud   married   to   John  de 

9  See  vol.  iii.  p.  375,  6,  where  there  is  Hetherset. 
a  large  account  of  it. 


CARLETON.  103 

Joke  his  wife,  conveyed  divers  of  the  demeans  by  fine,  to  John  Rolf 
of  Norwich,  and  Alice  his  wife,  anrl  John  Ashewell,  free  from  any 
part  of  the  sergeanty.  In  1345,  the  heir  of  William  de  Colvile,  Hugh 
Curson,  and  John  de  We/holm,  owned  it;  and  in  1330,  he,  and  Edw. 
de  Welholme,  his  brother,  hud  a  King's  pardon  for  purchasing  lands 
held  in  capite,  and  adding  them  to  this  manor,  without  licen>e.  In 
1360,  Ric.  de  Co/neye  had  the  4th  part  of  it.  In  1369,  Nicholas  de 
Welholme  settled  it  (if  he  had  no  issue)  on  Richard  de  Welholme,  his 
nephew,  and  Agnes  his  wife;  and  for  want  of  their  heirs,  on  Alice 
daughter  of  Thomas  de  Welholme;  and  in  default  of  heirs  from  her, 
on  Robert,  son  of  Ric.  de  Nethergate.  In  1399.  Will.  Curson  held  it. 
In  1401,  the  whole  became  vested  in  Will.  Appleyerd  of  Brakene,  the 
3d  part  in  right  of  Margaret  his  wife,  who  was  widow  of  Will.  Curson, 
and  the  4th  part  by  purchase  from  Nicholas  at  Launde,  who  held  it 
at  a  quarter  of  a  fee,  of  Forncet  manor;  the  other  parts  being  held  of 
John  Peverel,  by  a  quarter  of  a  fee,  as  of  the  honour  of  Hatfield 
Peverel ;  and  from  this  time  it  attended  the  Appteyerds  along  with 
Brakene,  as  may  be  seen  at  p.  83,  4.  In  1530,  it  appeared  that  both 
Sir  Nic.  Appleyerd  and  Rog.  his  son  held  the  lands  called  Trenches, 
now  joined  to  this  manor,  by  the  service  of  summoning  and  distrain- 
ing all  the  suitors  to  the  court  of  Forncet.  It  was  sold  by  John 
Appleyerd  with  Brakene,  to  Thomas  Townesend,  Esq.  who  in  1576, 
acknowledged  the  receipt  of  the  herring  pies  of  the  sheriffs  of  Nor- 
zeich,  by  indenture  dated  on  Saturday  Sept.  4,  at  the  gild-hall,  where 
the  lore!  of  this  manor  was  obliged  to  come,  or  send  a  deputy  for  them, 
once  in  a  year  only;  about  l60(),  it  was  purchased  by  Sir  Edwyn 
Rich,  Knl.;  it  after  belonged  to  the  Hobarts,  then  to  the  Richardions/ 
and  in  Hi43,  Sir  Thomas  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Richardson,  Knt.  Lord 
Chief  Justice,  held  the  manor  by  knight's- service  of  the  Earl  of 
Arundel's  manor  of  Forncet,  and  a  messuage  and  24  acres  of  land  in 
grand  sergeanly.  In  1673,  Thomas  Lord  Richardson  Baron  of  Cra- 
moud,  had  it;  and  in  1680,  Peter  Clayton,  Gent,  held  the  manor  and 
sergeanty  ;  after  which  the  whole  was  purchased  by  the  city  of 
Norwich,  who  are  the  present  lords,  and  alternate  patrons  of  the 
rectory. 

The  old  revenues  of  the  city  in  this  town  and  Hethtid,  or  Hethitt, 
are  tied  for  an  annuity  of  10/.  to  the  master  and  fellows  of  Benuet 
college  in  Cambridge,  for  exhibitions  and  sermons,  as  appears  at  large 
vol.  iii.  p.  311. 

The  ancient  revenues  here  that  belonged  to  St.  Giles's  hospital, 
were  given  by  the  founder  thereof,  as  may  be  seen  at  p.  383,  vol.  iv. 

Brother  Robert  de  Carletom,  zcarden  of  the  Gray  friars  ia 
Norwich,  was  a  native  of  this  town ;  see  vol.  iv.  p.  1 13. 

3  See  vol.  ii.  p.  449. 


[   104  J 


H  ET  HI L  L 


Is  the  next  village  southward  of  Carletoii,  and  belonged  to  Olf,  one 
of  the  Confessor's  thanes,  who  had  two  carucates  in  demean.  *  The 
church  had  then  .SO  acres  of  glebe,  and  belonged  to  the  manor;  there 
was  wood  sufficient  to  keep  00  swine,  and  three  breeding  mares  ran  in 
it ;  there  were  8  socmen,  and  the  manor  extended  into  Ketaringham, s 
Nezvton,6  and  Kesewic  was  a  berewic  to  it;  it  was  then  worth  5l.  6s.  6d. 
a  year,  after  that,  was  raised  to  61.  and  at  the  Conquest  to  8/.;  it  was 
a  league  long,  and  6  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  6d.  3q.  to  the  geld  or 
tax.  but  though  the  manor  was  now  in  one,  it  was  after  divided  into 
the  several  manors  called  Hethill,  Jeminghams,  Penne's,Go/diiighain's, 
Ward's,  Twait's,  and  Nevile's ;  the  five  first  of  which  now  belong  to 
Miles  Bbanthwait,  Esq.  and  the  two  last  to  the  city  of  Norwich; 
and  all  of  them  have  been  always  held  of  the  Norfolk  family,  and  now 
are,  as  of  the  manor  of  Forncet. 

The  whole  continued  in  the  Bigods  till  Hugh  Bigod,  the  third 
Earl  of  Norfolk  of  that  family,  divided  it  into  many  parts,  and  gave 
the  capital  manor,  called 


HETHILL,  and  afterwards  CURSON'S  MANOR, 

To  William  de  Cu r son  of  Carleton,  and  it  continually  attended 
the  manor  of  Carleton  Cursom,  as  may  be  seen  at  p.  101,  being  held  of 
the  manor  of  Forncet  at  one  fee ;  and  in  1300,  it  extended  ialoCarleton, 
Mulbarton,  and  Szverdeston,  and  had  a  lete  belonging  to  it;  from  the 
Cursons  it  passed  to  the  Appleyards  of Brakene,  and  continued  with 
that  manor,  as  you  may  see  at  p.  83,4,  and  was  sold  with  \\.&nc\Carleton 
Cursons,  to  Tho.  Townesend,  Esq.  who  in  lofty  had  license  to  alien  it 
to  Rowland  Heyzcard,  John  Lang/ey,  and  Francis  Bozcyer,  and  their 
heirs,  as  trustees;  and  about  1001,  Tho.  Townesend  of  Brakene,  Esq. 
sold  it  to  Miles  Branthzcait,  Esq.  who  came  ai.d  settled  here. 

tunc  i.  ov.  modo  8o.  tunc  ii.  vasa  apum 
et  viii.  seem.  30  acr.  tei  re  tunc  et  p^st. 
i.  car.  modu  dim.  et  i  acr.  prati,  et 
semper  i.  berewita  Chesewic  &c.  ( ts  at 
fo.  29,)  tunc  vahnt  cvi.  sol  et  wd.  post 
vi.  lib.  niodo  viii.  et  habet  i.  leug.  in 
longo,  et  vi.  quar.  in  lato,  et  vi.d.  et  iii. 
ferdin.  deGelto. 

5  Ketrinch.>m,    &c.    tunc  i.  mol. 
niodo  nichil  sed  est  in  Hetilla.   ht  in 

6  Niwetuha  xv.  acr  de  dominio  de 
Hathella.    (fo.  42-) 


+  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Humiliart  H. 
Doms.  fo.  121. 

Hethi  lla  tenuit  Olfus  Teinus 
T.  R.  E.  ii.  car.  terre  et  xxxv.  acr.  tunc 
xii.  villan.  po^tx.  modo  xii.  tuncet  post 
vii.  bord.  ni°  xi.  semper  ii.  serv  tunc 
ii.  car.  in  dominio  post  i.  modu  ii.  eti. 
ecclesia  xxx.  acr.  tunc  v.  car.  bom.  post 
et  niodo  iii.  xii.  acr.  prati,  silva  Ix.  pore, 
modo  i  mol.  tunc  ii.  runctn.  modo  v. 
tunc  v.  animal.  ni«  viii.  et  iii.  eque 
silvatice.  tunc  xviii.  pore,  modo  xxv. 


HETHILL.  105 


JERNEGAN'S,  or  JERNINGHAM'S  MANOR, 

Was  sold  in  1297,  by  Ralf  de  IVedon  and  Alice  his  wife,  to  Will,  de 
Hallon;  Ralf  de  Creping  held  it  of  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk, 
at  the  fourth  part  of  a  fee.  It  after  belonged  to  Sir  HughJerntgan, 
who  settled  it  on  Jo/in  Leiston,  who  married  Joan  his  daughter  and 
heiress.  In  1345,  Henry  Jernegan  had  it,  and  in  1355,  John  Jernegan ; 
and  it  had  a  lete  belonging  to  it.  It  was  purchased  by  the  Apple- 
yards,  and  so  became  united  to  Hethil  manor  aforesaid,  with  which 
it  now  remains.  In  lo'09,  Miles  Branthwait,  Esq.  held  it  of  Fom- 
cel  manor  at  the  8th  part  of  a  fee. 


PENNE'S  MANOR, 

Was  granted  by  Hugh  Bigod  aforesaid,  to  Eustace  Curson  of 
Carleton,  commonly  called  Eustace  de  Carleton,  whose  son  William 
was  knighted,  and  was  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  Sir  William 
de  Hethil,  whose  son,  Sir  Bartholomew*  de  Hethil,  left  two  daughters, 
Alice,  the  eldest,  married  to  William  de  la  Penne,  and  Emma  the 
youngest  to  John  de  la  Penne,  the  sons  of  Jefery  de  la  Penne,  who 
had  his  life  in  this  manor  by  their  gift;  in  1274,  they  were  found  lords 
here,  and  had  a  lete  belonging  to  it,  and  the  assize  of  bread  and  ale  of 
all  their  tenants.  In  1285,  Emma  widow  of  John  de  la  Penne,  and 
Alice  her  sister,  then  wife  of  Ralf  le  Clerk  of  Aymondesham,  held  it  at 
3  quarters  of  a  fee  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk,  and  it  was  then  found  to  have 
liberty  of  free  warren  belonging  to  it;  it  contained  a  capital  messuage, 
(now  called  Hethill-hall,)  and  237  acres  of  land  adjoining,  10 
acres  of  meadow,  20  acres  of  wood,  3  Is.  \d.  ob.  quitrents,  and  4  capons; 
and  extended  into  Swerdeston,  Dunston,  Mulbarton  Carleton,  Brakene, 
Wrenningham,  Nelonde,  and  Swainsthorp.  In  130(>,  Jeffery  de  la  Penne, 
had  it,  and  John  de  Penne  released  to  him  that  moiety  which  Emma 
wife  of  Bart  holomeze,  son  of  William,  held  in  dower:  Peter  de  la 
Penne  had  it  after  him ;  and  in  1338,  Adam  de  la  Penne  conveyed  a 
quarter  of  a  fee  of  it  to  Richard  de  Bitering  and  Rich,  de  Bumpstede 
of  Norwich.  In  1379,  Thomas  de  la  Penne  sold  his  3d  part  to  Barth. 
Appleyard,  citizen  of  Norwich,  and  William  his  brother;  and 
then  Adam  de  la  Penne,  and  Peter  de  la  Penne, and  Christian  his  wife,7 
sold  all  their  parts  in  this  town  only,  to  Appleyard,  in  whose  family 
ft  continued  till  Philip  Appleyard,  Esq.8  sold  it  to  James  A/tham,9  who 
kepthis  first  court  inl563,  and  the  next  year  sold  it  loThomas  Townes- 
end  of  Brakene,  Esq.  who  sold  it  to  Miles  Branthwait,  Esq.  who 
in  l609,  held  it  of  Forncet  manor  at  one  fee. 

7  She  is  called   Christian  de  Bo.        8  Seep.  84,  5,  under  Brakene. 
NiNCTON,  A°4R.  II.  9  See  vol.  ii.  p.  502. 


106  HETHILL. 


GOLDINGHAM'S  MANOR 


Was  granted  by  Hugh  Bigod  to  Alan  de  Goldingham,  with 
view  of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  ale  of  all  the  tenants; 
and  in  1285,  Alan  de  Goldingham  (his  son,  I  suppose,)  brought  an 
action  against  Edmund  de  Wimundhah  and  Maud  his  wife,  (Alan's 
mother,  I  imagine,)  for  waste  committed  in  that  part  of  this  manor, 
which  the  said  Maud  held  in  dower,  of  his  inheritance;  and  in  1315, 
John  de  Goldingham  owned  it,  and  held  part  of  it  of  the  honour  of  Eye, 
and  the  other  part  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk.  In  1400,  Richard  de  Gold- 
ingham had  it,  who  sold  it  to  the  Appleyards,  and  so  it  became  joined 
to  their  other  manors;  in  1609,  Miles  Branthwait,  Esq.  held  it  at 
one  fee  of  Forncet  manor. 


WARD'S  MANOR, 

Or  free  tenement,  anciently  belonged  to  the  Raymonds;  and  in  1506, 
the  heirs  of  Thomas  Raymond  had  it ;  and  in  13y0,  Johyi  le  Ward,  who 
in  1401,  conveyed  it  to  Walter  Orlage,  who  was  lord  in  1432,  and  in 
1461,  John  Meke  had  it,  whose  son  John  owned  it  in  1509,  and  in 
1514,  his  son  John  paid  his  relief  for  it,  being  IQd.;  he  sold  it  to  Wil- 
liam Broicue,  whose  son  Robert  sold  it  to  Miles  Branthwait,  Esq.  who 
in  1609,  held  it  of  Forncet  manor  by  thelOOth  part  of  a  fee. 


TW AIT'S  MANOR 

Was  granted  by  Hugh  Bygod  to  Will,  de  Thweyt,  and  after  belonged 
to  John  deTweyt  and  Eglantine  his  wife,  who  owned  it  in  1315;  in 
1318,  John  de  'Fweyt  settled  it  on  Andrezo  le  Curson  and  John  de  Bra- 
kene,  who  reconveyed  it  to  the  said  John  for  life,  and  John  his  son, 
lawfully  begotten  on  Katherine  de  Bukenham ;  and  for  want  of  his 
issue,  to  William  his  brother,  remaindar  to  Ernald  brother  of  Wil- 
liam, and  to  Jerom  brother  of  Ernald;  it  then  contained  4  messuages, 
1 1 1  acres  of  land,  and  l6s.  yearly  rents  ;  and  extended  into  Wrenning- 
ham,Brakene,  Mulbarton,Swerdeslon,Keteringham,  and  East-Carleton  ; 
and  in  1321,  he  purchased  of  Bertram  le  Moneye  of  Gouthorp,  many 
lands  and  tenements  in  Hethill  and  added  them  to  his  manor.  In 
1345,  John  son  of  John  de  Tweyt  was  lord.  In  146l,  it  belonged  to 
Thomas  Tweyt,  from  whom  it  came  to  the  Pains,  and  in  151  \,John 
Chauntre/t 'farmed  it  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  during  the  minority  of 
John  Pain ;  in  1526,  Sir  Will.  Pennington,  Knt.  had  it,  and  afterwards 
Robert  Andrezcs ;  and  in  1556,  it  belonged  to  Thomas  March  and  Eliz. 
his  wife,  and  John  March  and  Frances  his  wife,  daughters  and  coheirs 
of  Robert  Andrezees;  and  after  this,  it  came  among  their  children,  and 
Tho.  Norton  of  Brakene,  Rob.  Bishop,  and  Ric.  Sewal,  sold  one  moiety, 
and  Ric.  Cattyn  and  John  Worsley  of  Norzeich,  butcher,  the  other,  to 
John  Applet/aid,  of  whom  it  was  purchased  by  the  mayor  and  com- 
monalty of  Norwich,  who  in  1609  held  it  of  Forncet  manor  at  the  4th 
part  of  a  fee. 


HETHILL.  107 

NEVILE'S  MANOR. 

Hugh  Bygot  infeoffed  Albert  de  Novilla,  or  Nevile  in  it,  who  seems 
to  have  been  concerned  in  the  foundation  of  Alvesbourn  priory  in 
Wodebridse  in  Suffolk,  to  which  he  gave  this  manor,  with  the  ad  vow- 
son  of  Carleton  St.  Mary,  as  at  p.  98;  and  in  1315,  that  prior  was 
returned  lord  of  it,  and  let  it  at  six  marks  a  year.  In  1391,  Robert 
Brethenham,  prior  of  Ahesboume,  held  it  of  Fomcet  manor  at  halt  a 
fee,  and  paid  5/.  for  a  relief,  as  his  predecessors  had  done,  and  was 
taxed  at  St.  5s.  5d.  for  his  temporalities;  and  this  remained  with 
Carleton  in  Ahesboume  priory  till  1424, and  then  John  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk, Walter  Bishop  of  Norwich,  Ralf  Shelton,  Esq.  and  John 
Heydon,  counsellor  at  law,  purchased  them  of  John  Tumour,  prior  of 
St  Mary  at  A Ivesbourne,  and  the  convent  there,  for  the  use  of  John 
Selot,  master  of  the  hospital  of  St.  Giles  in  Norwich,  and  his  succes- 
sours,  there  being  then  one  messuage,  133  acres  and  one  rood  ot  land, 
one  acre  and  an  half  of  meadow,  10  acres  of  pasture,  30  acres  of 
wood,  and  7s.  6d.  quitrents  in  Hethill,  and  two  messuages,  1  ly  acres 
of  land,  4  acres  of  meadow,  and  4/.  quitrents  in  Carleton?  belonging 
to  this  manor  ofNevile's,  which  was  by  this  means  joined  to  the 

MANOR  OF  BRITON'S, 

AFTERWARDS  CALLED 

THE  HOSPITAL  MANOR  IN  HETHILL, 

Which  John  le  Bretun,  or  Briton,  held  of  Roger  Bigod  Earl 
of  Norfolk,  at  whose  death  the  said  Roger,  in  the  presence  ol  his 
brothers  Sir  Hugh  and  Sir  Ralf  Bigod,  Knts.  about  the  year  1250, 
conveyed  to  Walter  de  Suthfield  Bishop  ol  Norwich,  the  whole 
tenure  late  John  le  Bretun's  in  the  towns  of  Hail,  (or  Hethil,)  Carle- 
ton, and  Ne/onde;  all  which,  the  Bishop,  in  1253,  settled  on  St.  (nless 
hospital,  which  he  founded  :*  and  at  this  time  also,  Ric.  de  Hethill, 
and  Ralf  son  of  Roger  de  Hethill,  and  Ralf  son  of  Reginald  de  Hethil, 
gave  and  confirmed  to  the  hospital,  a  messuage  and  47  acres,  and 
three  roods,  which  formerly  belonged  to  John  le  Briton  ;3  and  in  1330, 
other  lands  here  were  added  by  purchase.*  This  manor  was  held  ot 
the  manor  of  Fomcet,  by  the  4th  part  of  one  fee,  and  the  20th  part 
of  another.  .    ,  .     ._,     , 

These  manors,  with  all  the  revenues  ol  the  city  in  Carleton,  were 
tied  by  the  mayor,  sheriffs,  &c.  (who  received  200/.  as  a  consideration 
for  so  doing,  of  Archbishop  Parker)  to  pay  annually  for  ever,  a  clear 
rent  of  10/.  Ss.  whereof,  for  three  exhibitions  to  three  scholars  ot  Ben- 
net  college,  to  be  named  by  the  mayor  and  majority  of  aldermen,  out 
of  the  schools  in  Norwich  or  Aylcsham,  and  the  other  40s.  to  be 
retained  yearly  by  the  mayor,  to  pay  to  a  preacher,  yearly  to  be  sent 
by  the  college,  6s.  8d.  lor  a  sermon  at  Thetford.  (is.  8d.  lor  another  at 
Wimondham,  6s.  Qd.  for  another  at  the  cathedral,  and  10s.  lor  a  ser- 
mon in  St.  Clement's  church  in  Norwich,  and  the  other  10s.  to  be 

'  See  vol.  iv.  p.  388.     Mbid.  p.  383.       3  Ibid.  p.  3S4.       *  Ibid.  p.  386- 


108  HETHILL. 

distributed  there,  as  may  be  seen  at  p.  313,  vol.  iii.  where  there  is  an 
exact  account  of  this  donation.5 

In  1577,  I  find  an  agreement  between  the  city  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Townsend,  lord  of  the  other  manors,  "  for  the  apporcionyng  owt 
"  Hetheld  Grene,  betwene  the  cittie  and  Mr.  Townesend,  to  be 
"  done  by  Sir  Thomas  Cornwaleis,  Knt.  and  Mr.  Thomas  Sotherton, 
"  alderman."6 

These  manors  belong  now  to  the  mayor,  sheriffs,  &c.  as  guardians 
of  St.  Giles's  hospital;  and  in  that  hospital  accounts  in  1728,  among 
the  revenues,  I  find  it  entered  thus,  Manor  o/*East-Carleton  cum 
Hethill  Ql.  10s.  2c?.  ob.  per  ann.  From  East-Carleton  cum 
Hethill  and  Wren's  Close  there,  SOl.per  aim.  out  of  which  paid 
Archbishop  Parker's  yearly  annuity  to  Ben  net  College  in  Cam- 
bridge 8/.  his  sermon  at  St.  Clement's  in  Ascension  week,  &c.  Ql.7 

The  church  of  Hayele  or  Hethill,  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints, 
and  had  an  image  of  all  the  saints,  and  a  gild  kept  before  it,  of  the 
same  dedication.  The  rector  had  a  house  and  50  acres  of  glebe, 
when  Norwich  Domesday  was  made.  The  whole  without  the  portion 
stood  at  18  marks,  in  the  most  ancient  Valor,  but  was  then  raised  to 
20  marks,  and  it  stands  in  the  King's  Books  thus:  10/.  Hethell, 
alias  Hethwold  rectory,  ]/.  yearly  tenths  ;  so  that  it  pays  first  fruits, 
and  is  not  capable  of  augmention.  It  paid  lfjrf.  Feter-pence,  4c?.  ob. 
cartage,  18d.  synoda/s,  6s.  8d.  procurations;  the  monks  of  Thetford 
had  a  portion  of  tithes  here,  valued  at  13s.  4c?.  given  them  by  Roger 
Bigod,  their  founder,8  out  of  his  demeans  ;  Windham  abbey  had  lands 
here  of  the  gift  of  William  de  Albania  valued  at  40*.  per  annum;  in 
1528,  Richard  Amore  of  Norwich,  priest,  gave  three  acres  of  grove  by 
the  parsonage  in  Hethill,  to  be  sold  to  find  a  light  before  the  image 
of  Alt-Saints  in  Hethill  and  our  Lady  at  Brakene,  and  one  acre  in 
Forthbrigge,to  the  maintenance  of  the  perke'  light  forever.  It  paid 
clear  to  every  tenth,  2/.  4s. 

The  advowson  was  never  aliened  from  the  Norfolk  family,  but 
attended  the  inheritance  of  it,  belonging  to  their  manor  of  Forncet, 
till  the  Earl  of  Arundel  sold  it  to  Thomas  Townsend,  Esq.  who  joined 
it  to  his  manors,  with  which  it  still  continues. 

Hugh  Bigod  Earl  of  Norfolk,  granted  to  Hervy  the  land  which 
Roger  de  Constantine  held  of  the  lay-fee,  and  the  land  which  Helias 
his  mace-bearer  held  in  Hethill,  by  the  service  of  being  his  wheel- 
wright ;z  witnesses  were  Henry  Bigot  his  brother,  Roger  his  bastard 
son,  and  Hugh  his  son,  William  de  Nevile  his  constable,  Sulim  his 
sewer,  &c. 

In  1277  it  appears  that  the  manor  of  Cursons  was  obliged  to  find  a 
certain  quantity  of  oil  for  the  lamps  in  the  church,  and  chapel  of  the 
manor-house,  and  a  certain  number'  of  loaves  to  distribute  to  the  poor 

!  See  vol.  ii.  p.  136,  523  ;  vol.  iii.  p.  »  See  vol.  ii.  p.  511. 

310-16.  *  The  perke  was    the    rood  loft,  on 

6  Cur.  18  Jan.  20  Eliz.  which  the  principal  crucifix  or  rood  was 

7  See  vol.  iv.  p.  395,  6.  placed,  before  which,  there  was  a  light 

8  See  vol,  ii.  p.  log,  where  Haelia  always  burning  in  service  time. 

is  by  errour  interpreted  Hale,  instead  a  "  Faciendo  servitium,  de  esse  metis 
Hethill;  Hahilla,  Haelia,  or  Hethilia,  sig-  rotarius,"  are  the  very  words  of  the 
nines  the  enclosed  hill.  deed. 


HETHILL.  109 

on  the  day  of  the  obit  of  Will,  de  Cunon,  which  was  always  held  on 
St.  Catherine's  clay  ;  and  also  the  dole-bred  given  yearly  on  the  anni- 
versary of  Sir  William  de  Carleton,  viz.  as  much  as  a  bushel  and  half 
of  barley  would  make. 

RECTORS. 
1312,  Arnold  Lupi  de  Tilhjo,  an  Italian,  was  presented  by  the 

1320  Will  deSkothow.  Tho.  be  Brotherton,  the  King's  son, 
Earl  of  Norfolk  and  Earl  Marshal.  He  changed  in  1345,  tor  Estry 
in  Cuntberury  diocese,  with 

John  Radulphi,  or  Fitz-Ralf,  who  was  presented  by  Sir  John 
Sege ave,  Knt.  and  in  1347,  changed  for  Roslronthrour  in  St.  Dawd  s 
diocese,  with  ,  _ 

TAojimm  <fc  Merston,  who  in  1357,  changed  for  Great  Reyns 
in  London  diocese,  with 

JoAn  Jay,  who  was  presented  by  Sir  Walt,  de  Manny,  Knt. 
1383,  Sir  John  de  Trodesham.   Margaret  le  Marshal  Countess 
of  Norfolk.     In  1427,  he  resigned  to 

Robert  Goumay.  John  Duke  of  Norfolk.  1439,  the  Duke, 
on  Gourtieif's  death,  gave  it  to  _ 

Richard  Hadihy,  and  on  his  resignation  in 
1444,  to  John  Gone;  and  in  . 

144fj  to  Wi//.  Halyday,  in  exchange  for  Charlewode  in  Canterbury 
diocese;  and  he  in  1457,  changed  for  SotrfA  Hanningfie/d  in  Londcm 
diocese,  with  .        ,.,,,,„        j   T  ;     r»  i       p 

Erfwund  Woodrove,  who  resigned  in  1463,  and  JoAn  Duke  ot 
Norfolk  gave  it  to  ,  . 

tfo&er/  Coppin,  A.M.  and  on  his  death  m 
1469,  to  Je#«y  //er<,  a  monk,  who  was  licensed  by  the  Pope  to 
hold  it,  notwithstanding  he  was  a  monk  ;  in  1474,  having  thrown  by 
his  habit,  on  his  being  outed  from  this  living  by  reason  ot  it,  he  ob- 
tained another  Pope's  dispensation  from  his  habit  and  all  monastick 
rules,  and  so  becoming  a  secular,  he  was  re-inslituted,  and  resigned  in 
148J,  to  Rob.  Hawys,  alias  Wakerly,  priest,  a  canon  regular,  who 
was  presented  by  the  "King  ;  and  at  his  death  in  1490,  Ehz.  Dutchess 
of  Norfolk  gave  it  to  T       „ 

John  Rede,  who  died  in  1544,  and  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
Treasurer  of  England,  presented  ,  ' 

Sir  Nicholas  Reyner,  his  chaplain,  who  in  la54,  was  suc- 
ceeded by  „,„,.!• 

Henry  Cumbreford,  S.T.B.  who  resigned  in 
1558,  to  CW  ff«3//>er,  who  resigned  in  1659,  and  the  Duke 

Sir  Eo6<;^  &«7iag,  his  chaplain,  who  in  1603,  returned 
answer,  that  Mites  Brantkwait,  Esq.  was  patron  ot  his  living,  and 
that  he  had  46  communicants  in  his  parish. 

1618,  £fc«r#  ltowfc*  on  whose  death  in  1 6 19,  the  Earl  ot  J/Wei 

J?o&    Wither  el,  A.  M.  who  was  succeeded  by 
£rf/nU»d  Allen  in  1658,  »W*ere/  dying  Jan.  30,  in  that  year. 
Allen  is  buried  in  the  nave  with  this  inscription.: 


ViO  HETHILL. 

M.S.    Depositi  Edmundi  Allen,  Viri,  insigni  probitate  pariq; 
modestia,  castis,  Sanctisq;  moribus,  ornati,  Ecclesiae  Anghcanse 
Sacerdotis,  non  mediocriter  Docti,  non  immerito  laudati,  Qui  Na- 
ture cessit  quinto  die  Maij  A.  D.  1683,  iEt.  suae  67. 
Abi  Lector,  et  ut  tu  discas  vivere,  vive  tanquam  cito  moriturus. 

)683,  Sam.  Hancock,  A.M.William  Branthwait,  Esq.  On  his 
death  in 

1697,  Richard  Branthwait  was  presented  by  Will.  Branthwait, 
Esq.  his  father,  in 

1737,  John  Reddington,  rector  of  Rackhythe,  and  master  of  Nor- 
wich grammar  school,  was  instituted  here,  and  held  it  by  union  with 
Rackhythe;  he  is  buried  under  a  black  marble  near  the  font,  on 
which  is  this, 

In  hope  of  a  joyfull  Resurrection,  here  lieth  the  Body  of  John 

Reddington   A.M.  late  Rector  of  this  Parish,  &  Mary  his 

Wife;  he  died  24  Sept..  1739,  aged  57,  and  she  18  Feb.  1742, 

aged  63. 

and  was  succeeded  by 

John  Lombe,  clerk,  late  rector  and  vicar  of  Seaming,  on 
whose  resignation  in 

1743,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Metyer  Reynolds,1  the  present  rector,  was  pre- 
sented by  Miles  Branthwait^  Esq.  the  present  patron, 

Who  hath  a  handsome  seat  called  Hethill-hall,  about  two  fur- 
longs south  of  the  church  ;  and  the  parsonage,  which  is  very  conve- 
nient, and  was  much  beautified  by  Mr.  Reddington,  stands  about  one 
furlong  north-east  of  the  church,  which  is  very  neat,  as  the  chancel 
was  also  made,  by  Mr.  Reddington.  It  is  leaded,  and  hath  a  hand- 
some Venetian  window  at  its  east  end,  the  windows  in  both  chancel 
and  church  being  sashes  ;  the  church  is  33  feet  long,  and  22  broad  ; 
and  the  chancel  26  feet  long  and  13  broad  ;  the  nave  and  north  isle 
are  leaded,  and  the  north  porch  tiled;  the  steeple  is  square,  about  56 
feet  high,  and  hath  only  one  bell. 

The  arms  of  Thorp  of  Jshwellthorp  quartering  Banyard,  and 
also  those  of  Appleyard,  and  gul.  a  chevron  arg.  between  three 
boars  heads  in  a  bordure  ingrailed  of  the  2d,  were  in  the  windows,  but 
are  now  lost.  There  is  a  stone  by  the  font  for  Rob.  Hammond  Gent. 
Aug.  15,  1678,  Rob.  his  Son,  Oct.  14, 1687,44. 

The  Branthwaytes  are  descended  from  John  Branthwayte 
of  Sebber,  or  Sedber,  in  Yorkshire,  who  married  a  Clere  of  Stokesby 
in  Notfolk  ;  and  their  son, 

John  Branthwayt,  settled  at  Norwich;*  he  married  Elizabeth 
Turner  of  Essex,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons, 

1,  Richard  Branthwayte  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  serjeant  at  law, 
who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Bull  of  London  ;  he  had  a 
coat  of  arms  granted  him  by  Rob.  Cooke,  Clarendon,  by  patent  dated 
July  21,  1582,  viz.  or,  two  bendlets  ingrailed  S.  Crest,  a  falcon 

3  1740,  he  was  presented  by  Sir  Edm.  *  James  Branthwayte,  rector  of  Snit- 
Bacon  of  Garboldesham,  Bart,  to  the  terton,  seems  to  have  been  brother  to 
vicarage  of  Riburgh  Parva.  this  John.  Vol.  i.  p  .4- 


HETHILL.  HI 

risino-fromarock  proper;5  he  was  called  to  be  a  Serjeant  by  writ  dated 
at  Westminster  25  Nov,  1594,  36  Eiiz.  and  was  buried  in  St.  Marlins 
Lud<*ate,  Oct.  7,  1595  ;  lie  bad  one  son,  Richard,  who  owned  land  in 
Wigenhale  18  James  I.  and  four  daughters,  the  eldest  married  to  Sir 
William  Spencer;  2d,  Man/,  to  Henry  Gilling,  Gent,  of  Yorkshire. 
3d,  Maroaret,  to  Robert  Mursham  of  Norfolk.  4th,  Elizabeth  to  Sir 
Will.  JVebbe.6 

2,  Henry  Branthwayt,  who  was  feodary  for  Norfolk  in  \603, 
and  died  without  issue  about  l6l?  ;  he  married  Mrs.  Davy  of  E/ing- 
ham,  grandmother  to  the  old  Lady  Potts. 

3,  "Miles  Branthwaite,  who  purchased  Hethi/l,  where  he  lies 
buried  under  an  elegant  marble  monument  on  the  north  side  of  the 
altar,  with  the  crest  and  aims  of  Branthwait  at  lop,  with  a  martlet  for 
difference  ;  and  Branthwait  impaling  Southwell,  and  this  inscription  : 

The  inclosed  is  the  Body  of  Miles  Branthwait  Esq.  whose 
Place  of  Birth,  was  Peters  parish  in  Norwich  ;  his  wife  Mary,  one 
of  the  Daughters  of  John  Southwell  of  Barham  in  the  County 
Suffolk  Esq;  his  Place  of  death,  London;  his  Day  of  death  the  5th 
of  August  1612,  his  Age  55  Years;  his  surviving  Issue,  one  Son 
8c  two  Daughters. 

If  Death  would  take  an  Answer,  he  was  free, 

From  all  those  sorts  of  Ills,  that  he  did  see ; 

And  gave  no  Measure,  that  he  would  not  have 

Given  to  him,  as  hardly,  as  he  gave  ;  [Deathe, 

Then  thou  Miles  Branthwayte,  migh'st  have  answer'd 

And  to  be  so  moral,  migh'st  bayle  Breathe ; 

Thou  wast  not  yet  to  dye,  but  be  thou  blest, 

From  weary  Life,  thou  art  gone  to  quiet  rest. 

Joy  in  thy  Freedom,  from  a  Prison  thou 

Wast  by  God's  Hand  pluckt  out,  and  liest  now, 

Free  from  the  Dust  and  Cobwebs  of  this  Vaile, 

And  richer  art  thou,  by  thy  Heavenly  Baile, 

Than  he  that  shut  the  up  ;  This  Heap  of  Stones, 

To  thy  Remembrance,  and  to  Chest  thy  Bones, 

Thy  Wife  doth  consecrate,  so  sleep  'till  when 

All  Graves  must  open,  and  yield  up  their  Men. 

On  the  altar  tomb  lie  two  effigies  at  their  full  lengths ;  he  hath  his 
robes  on,  and  one  hand  under  his  head  ;  she  hath  her  hands  closed  in 
a  praying  posture,  being  buried  by  him  ;  on  the  front  of  the  tomb  are 
the  effigies  of  their  son  Arthur,  and  their  two  daughters;  Margaret, 
who  married  to  Sir  Robert  Leigh  of  Chigwell  in  Essex,  and  Elizabeth, 
who  lies  buried  by  them,  with  this  on  a  brass  plate : 

Here  resteth  'till  her  Redeemer  cometh,  the  Body  of  Elizabeth 
Branthwayte,  on  of  The  Daughters  of  Miles  Branthwayte  Esq;  who 
departed  this  Life  the  first  Day  of  May,  1621,  iEtatissuaj  20. 
Memorise  Sacrum. 
A  modest,  humble,  chaste,  and  vertuous  Maide, 
Is  by  Death's  ruder  Hand  untimely  laide 

>  Shirley's  Book  of  Cooke's  Grants,  p.  197.  6  See  vol.  ii.  p.  176- 


112  HETHILL. 

In  this  cold  Bed  ;  a  Mother's  Piety, 
Plac'd  here  this  Marble,  to  her  Memory. 
Many  a  sad  Tear  hath  that  Mother  shed, 
Since  her  dear  Fruit  was  here  deposited. 
Only  this  Comfort  doth  those  Griefs  Controul, 
That  Gracious  Heaven  received  her  spotless  Soul. 

4,  Will.  Branthwait,  master  of  Caius  college  in  Cambridge, 
died  single,  in  his  vice-chancellorship,  Feb.  15,  1618;  an  account  of 
him  may  be  seen  vol.  iii.  p.  302,  and  iu  Fullers  Church  History, 
Cent.  17,  fo.  46. 

Arthur  Branthwayte  of  Hethill,  Esq.  son  of  Miles  Branth- 
wayte,  by  Maty6  daughter  of  John  Southwell,  was  married  at  Besthorp 
Febr.  20,  1625,  to  Mrs.  Bridget,  daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Drury,  Knt. 
(vol.  i.  p.  500.)  It  seems  as  if  lie  died  in  1645,  for  on  the  10th  of  Feb. 
in  that  year,  there  was  an  inquisition  taken  at  his  death,  by  IV.  Davy, 
Gent,  feodary  for  Norfolk ;  by  which  it  was  found,  that  he  died  seized 
of  the  aforesaid  several  manors  of  Hethill,  with  the  royalties  thereto 
belonging.  He  had  three  sons,  Arthur  Branthwait  or  London,  who 
married  Mrs.  Pitt,  Miles  Branthwait,  who  died  single,  and 

William  Branthwait  of  Hethill,  Esq.  who  is  buried  under  a 
marble  in  the  chancel,  with  the  arms  of  Branthwait  impaling  Berney, 
and  this, 

Here  lies  the  Body  of  William  Branthwait  Esq;  who  upon 
the  first  Day  of  Dec.  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1657,  married  Julian 
the  Dr.  of  Thomas  Berney  of  Swardeston  Esq;  by  her  he  had  18 
Children,  viz.  8  Sons  and  10  Daughters,  12  of  which  lived  to  be 
Men  Sc  Women,  two  of  his  Sons  &  three  of  his  Daughters  married 
in  his  Lifetime,  &  he  left  at  his  Death,  five  Sons  and  five  Daughters,7 
twenty  three  Grand-children,  &  two  Great  Grand-children;  he 
departed  this  Life,  the  28  Day  of  Febr.  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
1710,  aged  76  Years.  Julian  Branthwayte  aforesaid,  died  29 
Nov.  1727,  Ml.  88,  left  living  at  her  Death,  7  Children,  19  Grand- 
children, Sc  20  Great  Grand-children. 

There  are  memorials  here,  for  the  following  children  of  the  said 
JJ'il/iam  and  Julian ; 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Thomas  Branthwayte  Gent,  eldest  Son 
of  William  Branthwayte  Esq;  &  Julian  his  wife,  who  was  Dr  of 
Thomas  Berney  of  Swardeston  Esq;  he  departed  this  Life,  in  the 
Life-time  of  his  Father  &  Mother,  the  6  Day  of  March,  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  1676,  aged  20  Years.  This  Stone  was  laid  down 
in  Memory  of  him,  by  the  Will  of  \w,  Father,  under  the  Character 
of  his  Dear  &,  deservedly  beloved  Son. 

6  1652,  14  July,  died  Mrs.  Branth-  Julian  to  Mundeford  Spelman  of  Nar- 
waite  of  Heihhill.  burgh,  Esq. 

7  Dorothy  married  to  Sir  Rich.  Ber-  Bridget  married  John  Berney  of  West- 
neyofKirb   -Bedon,  Bart.  (Baronetage,  wich,  Esq.  (Ibid.  p.  380.) 

Vol.  I.  p.  381.) 


HETHILL.  US 

John  Branthwayte,  doctor  of  physick,  son  of  William  Bran- 
thwayte, Esq.  and  Julian  his  wife,  died  at  London  Jan.  27,  17  14. 

Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  William  Branthwait  Esq;  Serjeant  at 
Law,  eighth  Child  and  6fth  son,  of  William  Branthwayte.  Esq; 8 
of  this  Parish,  and  of  Julian  his  wife;  he  took  to  wife,  Jemima, 
only  Daughter  and  Heiress  of  Augustine  Brograve  Esq;  by 
whom  he  had  one  Daughter,  who  died  an  Infant ;  this  Gentleman, 
will  be  remembered  for  his  Eminence  in  the  Law,  sweetness  in 
Temper,  and  readiness  in  forgiving  Injuries.  He  dep.  Nov.  i, 
1729,  and  was  here  under  buried  the  8  of  the  same  month.  iEt. 
62.     (He  was  of  Greys  Inn.) 

This  on  a  mural  monument  in  the  chancel,  having  Branthwayte's 
crest  and  arms,  and  on  a  coat  of  pretence,  Brograve,  arg.  three  lions 
passant  guardant  in  pale  gul. 

Under  an  altar  tomb  enclosed  with  iron  palisades,  in  the  churchyard 
at  the  east  end  of  the  chancel,  lies  buried  Elizabeth  Branthwayte,  the 
10th  daughter  and  17th  child  of  William  Branthwayte  Esq.  by  Julian, 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Berney  cf  Swerdeston  Esq.  ob.  21  Febr. 
1728,  iEt.  48. 

Arthur  Branthwayte,  Esq.  of  Hethill,  second  son  and  heir  of 
William  and  Julian  was  of  Grey's  Inn,  barrister  at  law,  an  eminent 
councellor,  chosen  steward  of  the  city  of  Norwich  in  I691,9  which 
he  resigned  in  1703,  died  at  his  house  at  Norwich,  on  Sunday  29th 
Sept.  1717,  and  was  buried  at  Hethill  in  the  chancel ;  there  is  a  stone, 
with  his  own  and  wife's  arms  impaled,  and  in  a  very  handsome  north 
chancel  isle,  lately  built  over  a  vault,  designed  for  the  burial-place  of 
this  family,  which  is  entered  by  a  door  on  the  north  side  out  of  the 
churchyard,  as  the  isle  is  by  two  sash  doors  at  the  east,  are  the  follow- 
ing achievements,  hanging  against  the  wall,  viz. 

BRANTH\vAYTE,andBAcoN,ar.on  afessingrailed  between  three 
inescutcheonsgH/.  three  mullets  or. 

Branthwayte,  and  Berney.  Ditto  and  Bacon,  with  an 
inescutcheon  of  pretence  of  Newton,  *  and  this  motto,  Incipe. 
Ditto  and  Brograve.     Jfo«o,MoRs  jANVAViTiE. 

This  isle  hath  a  seat  in  it  for  the  family  to  sit  in  during  service: 

Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Arthur  Branthwayte  Esq;  second 
Son  of  William  Branthwayte  Esq;  and  Julian  his  wife  sometime 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Isle  of  Ely,2  he  took  to  wife  Anne,  the  only 
Daughter  and  Heir  of  Thomas  Bacon,  Esq;1  second  son  of  Sir 
Francis  Bacon,  sometime  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  King's 
Bench,  by  whom  he   had  Six  Sons  and   six  Daughters,  whereof 

8  "William  Branthwaite  of  Swarston         *  See  voL  iv.  p.  483. 

"  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  is  descended  *  Anna,  &c.     Arthuro  Branthwaite, 

"  from  Ric   Branthwaite   of  Lincoln's  Armigero,  Ca,  itale  Justiciario  nostra  ad 

"  Inn  Serjeant  at  law,  one  of  the  readers  placita  infra  insulam  Eliensem  in   Co- 

"  thereof  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Eliza-  mitatii  Cantabrigiensi  tenead.  assignat. 

"  beth."  Grandeur  of  the  Law,  p.  263.  ssiutem,  &c.  A"  Reo'.  11. 

9  See  vol.  iii.  p.  426.  3  See  vol.  iv.  p.  274. 
VOL.  V.  Q 


114  WREN  INGHAM. 

Elizabeth,  Arthur,  Julian,  Dorothy,  Miles,  John*  Henri/,  were 
living  at  his  Death.  Elizabeth  his  eldest  Daughter,  married 
to  Tho.  Sotherton  oi'Taverham  Esq;  by  whom  she  had  Issue 
Elizabeth  and  'Thomas,  both  likewise  alive  at  the  Time  of  his  De- 
cease; he  departed  this  Life  on  the  29th  Day  of  Sept.  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  1717,  aged  58  Years;  and  will  be  remembered 
as  a  faithfull  and  able  Councellour,  ajust  and  mercifull  Judge. 
The  above  mentioned  Anne  Branthwayte  died  Nov.  18,  1729, 
aged  68.  Thomas  son  of  Arthur  Branthwayte  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  died  at  Norwich  Apr.  1,  1714 

Arthur  Branthwayte,  Esq.  of  Hethill,  the  eldest  son  and  heir, 
succeeded,  and  lies  buried  in  the  altar  rails,  with  the  arms  of  Bran- 
thwayte quartering  Bacon,  and  this, 

Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Arthur  Branthwayte,  Esq; 
whose  Body  is  deposited  under  this  Stone,  next  to  that  of  his  most 
honoured  and  worthy  Father  Arthur  Branthicai/te  Esq;  some 
Time  Chief  Justice  of  the  Isle  of  Ely,  whose  Estate  as  well  as 
eminent  Vertues,  he  inherited,  and  was  particularly  distinguished 
for  his  Integrity,  brotherly  Love,  extensive  Charity,  and  constancy 
in  Friendship;  which  Qualities,  with  great  Zeal  and  readiness,  he 
always  exerted,  whenever  his  Brothers,  Friends,  Relations,  or  the 
Poor,  stood  in  need  of  them  ;  he  died  at  Bristol  the  17  of  Oct.  in 
the  Year  of  our  Lord  17'24,  much  lamented  by  all  that  knew  him, 
and  was  here  buried  the  31st  Day  of  the  same  Month,  in  the  38*/* 
Year  of  his  Age. 

Miles  Branthwayte,  Esq.  of  Hethill,  the  present  lord  and 
patron,  his  next  brother,  succeeded  him.  He  is  a  barrister  at  law, 
high  or  capital  steward  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  steward  of  all  the 
courts,  general  receiver  of  all  the  farm  rents,  Sec.  and  supervisor  of  all 
the  manors  belonging  to  the  see.5  He  married  Rebecca,  one  of  the 
two  daughters  and  coheiressess  of  Thomas  Newton,  Esq.  late  mayor 
of  Norwich,6  who  is  now  deceased  and  buried  here,  by  whom  he  hath 

Mr.  Arthur  Branthwayte,  fellow  commoner  of  Cains  college  in 
Cambridge,  and  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  both  single. 


WRENINGHAM, 

As  it  is  now,  contains  three  whole  parishes,  and  three  manors,  all 
joined  in  one,viz.  Great  IVreningham,  or  All  Saints,  Little  Wreningham, 
or  St.  Mary,  and  Nelonde. 

*  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Branthwayte  is        5  See  vol.  iv.  p.  555.  6  Ibid.  p.  483. 
now  rector  of  Kettlestone  in  Norfolk. 


WRENINGHAM.  115 


LITTLE  WRENINGHAM, 

As  it  was  afterwards  called,  lies  in  Domesday  Book  by  the  name  of 
Wasincham  and  Walsincham,  and  was  formerly  in  two  parts; 
Ketel  the  Dane  had  the  biggest  part  in  the  Confessor's  time;*  and 
at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  Warine  held  it  of  Ralf  Peverell,  and 
the  church  had  60  acres  of  glebe;  and  Roger  Bigod  s  manor  had 
six  freemen  who  held  130  acres.7  Both  these  united  early  in  the 
liioods,  who  infcoffed  the  whole  in  the  Thorps  of  Ashwellthorp,  with 
which  it  hath  passed  to  this  day,  and  therefore  I  shall  refer  you  to  my 
account  of  the  manor  of  Ashwellthorp. 

The  church  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  and  in  Norwich  Domes- 
day  Sir  Robert  de.  Thorp,  son  of  Sir  John,  was  the  patron ;  it  then 
belonged  to  the  rectory  of  Ashwell-Thorp,  and  the  rector  had  no  house 
in  this  town,  but  one  at  Thorp  only;  but  it  having  all  the  signs  and 
properties  of  a  mother  church,  it  was  separated  from  Thorp,  and  became 
a  parochial  chapel,  and  independent  rectory,  valued  at  20  shillings, 
and  paid  V2d.  procurations,  Sd.  synodals,  Id.  Peter-pence,  and  ad.  ob. 
carvage. 

RECTORS  OF  WRENINGHAM  PARVA. 
1312,  Nicholas  de  Shropham.    Sir  John  de  Thorp,  Knt.  and  Lady 
At  ice  liis  wife. 

1334,  Alexander  atte  Mere  of  Little-Massingham  chaplain.     Bea- 
trix, relict  of  Sir  Robert  de  Thorp,  Knt.  and  John  his  son  and  heir. 
1349,  Henry  Fithell  of  Schotesham.     Sir  Roger  Straunge,  Knt. 
1477,  Tho.  Trych.     Robert    de   Thirning,   rector   of  Combes, 
Thomas  de  Bumpstede,  citizen  of  Norwich,  and  Adam  de  Red- 
grave, rector  of  Bathele  or  Bale. 

1402,  Richard  de  Flory  of  Islington.     Sir  Thomas  Erpingham, 

1406,  7  April,  it  was  perpetually  united  to  the  church  of  St.  Peter 
at  Nelonde,  and  , 

Nic.  atte  IVode,  priest,  was  instituted  to  the  parish  church  ot  br. 
Peter  at  Nelonde,  with  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary  of  JFrenningham-Parva, 
annexed,  at  the  presentation  of  Sir  Thomas  Erpingham,  Knt. 
Will.Rees,  Esq.  John  and  Walter  Daniel,  citizens  of  Norwich, 

•  TerreRanulfiPeverelli,  fo.  26S,  H.     ii.  acr.  prati  i.  ecclesia,  lx.  acr.  in  pretio 


Humiliart.  .      manenj. 


Et  Walsincham  habet  vi.  quar. 


Walsincham  tenet  Garinusq°tenuit  in  longo,  et  v.  inlato,  et  vi.d.  et  iii.  fer- 

Ketel.     Teinus  Stigandi  T.  R.  E.  pro  ding,  de  Gelto. 

i.  car.  terre,  et  dim!  semper  ii.  villani  et  »  Terra   Roger.   B.goh   Domsd.    fo. 

iii  serv.  et  ii.  car.  in  dominio,  et  dim.  135.     H.  de  Humiliart. 

car.  horn.  iv.  acr.  prati,  silva  xii.  pore.  In   Wasincham  vi.  liberi  homines, 

tunc  iii.  runcin.  tunc  iv.  an.  tunc  xxxv.  sub  antecess.  Rogen,  soca  fade  et  com- 

porc.  modo  xx.  tunc  xxv.  oves,  m'  lx.  mendatione  tantum  inter  totum  habent 

ii.  vasa  apum  et  xiii.  liberi  horn,    soca  exxx.  acr.  semper  111.  car.  et  1.  mol.  et 

falde  et  commend,   tantum  T.  R.  E.  i.  bor. 
xxx.  acr.  tunc  i.  car.  post  modo  dim. 


m  WREN  INGHAM. 

and  John  Aslack  of  Crostweyt,  trustees  to  the  Thorp  family.     And 
not  Jong  after,  the  chapel  becoming  ruinous,  was  pulled  down. 


NELONDE, 


Called  New/and,  Nayland,  and  Nailyng,  and  in  Domesday  Eiland, 
or  the  land  at  the  eye  or  island.  Roger  Bigod  was  lord  of  it  at  the 
Conquest,8  Earl  Eustace  had  another  part  of  it,9  and  Earl  Hugh  a 
third,  as  a  berezcic  to  his  manor  of  Fundenhall.'  They  all  united  in 
the  Bygods,  who  infeoffed  the  Britons,  and  John  le  Briton  infeoffed 
the  manor  and  advowson  in  John  son  oi  Henry  de  Thorp,  who  reco- 
vered the  advowson  against  John  le  Briton,  on  an  action  brought  in 
1256;  and  from  that  time  to  this,  it  passed  with  the  Ashwel/thorp  estate, 
and  is  now  a  member  of  Great  fVreningham  manor,  to  which  town 
this  village  was  annexed  in  1414. 


RECTORS  OF  NELONDE  ST.  PETER. 

1285,  William  de  Witton. 

1317,  John  de  Hakeford.  Sir  John  de  Thorp,  Knt.  and  Lady 
Alice  his  wife. 

1 322,  John  Fish,  of  Therston.     Ditto: 

1325,  Will,  de  Hakeford.     Lady  Alice,  relict  of  Sir  John. 

1328,  Robert,  son  of  Sir  John  de  Thorp,  Knt.  patron. 

1 330,  John  Perys  of  Faringby,  on  Hakeford's  resignation.  Sir 
John  de  Clavering,  Knt.  this  turn.  He  changed  for  West hall  in 
1347,  with 

Robert  Martin  of  Erpingham.     Sir  Roger  le  Straunge,  Knt. 

1349,  Henry  Fithel  of  Schotesham,  united  to  Wreningham  St.  Mary. 
Ditto. 

1358,  William  son  of  Andrew  de  Stivekele  Magna.  Sir  Edmund 
de  Thorp,  Knt. 

1378,  John  son  of  Robert  Clerk  of  Holm.  Robert  de  Thirning, 
rector  of  Combes,  &c.  trustees. 

1391,  Thomas  Saunfyth.    Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  Knt. 

1399,  Rob.  Brown  ot'Fomcet.     Ditto. 

1402,  Richard  Flory  of  Ilsington,  united  to  Wreningham-Parva. 
Ditto. 

1406,  7  April,  Nic.Attewode  of  Sislond,  to  this  and  Wreningham- 
Parva,  now  perpetually  united. 

8  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.     H.  de  Hu-  9  Terre  Comitis  Eustachij,     Domsd. 

miliart,  fo.  136,  7.  fo.  73. 

InNeilanda  et  in  Urnincham  ix.  liberi  Humiliart  H.     In  Neilamla  ix.  liberi 

homines,  ex   horum   viii.   et   dim,  &c.  hom.   Stigandi  1.  acr.  semper  i.  car.  et 

(See  in  Wjeningham-Magna.)  dim.  et  v.  acr.  prati  et  val.  x.  sol. 

In   Eilanda    iv.    liberi  homines,  i.  l  Terre  Hugonis  Comitis,  fo.  75. 

car.  terre  et  iv.  bord.   semper  ii.  car.  et  DepwadeH.   Fundenhala,   Sec.  ethic 

iv.  acr.  prati  de  duobus  liberis  et  dim.  pertinet  una  berevvita  Eilanda  xxx.  acr. 

habuit      antccess.     Rogeri     commend,  tunc  i.  vill.  semper  iv.  bord.   et  i.  car. 

T.  R.  E.  et  Stigandus  de  uno,  et  ante-  in  dom.  et  dim.  car.  hom,  et  i.  acr.  prati 

cess.  Hermeri  de  dimidio.  silva  xii.  pore. 


WRENINGHAM.  \\T 

1411,  Rob.  Edwards  of  Redenhall.     Edmund  Thorp. 

1414,  the  perpetual  united  rectory  of  Nelonde  and  Wrening- 
ham-Parva,  was  annexed  and  perpetually  united  to  the  perpetual 
united  rectory  of  the  rnedieties  of  Great  Wreningham,  and  so  conti- 
nue as  one  consolidated  rectory  at  this  time. 

When  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  Sir  Robert  son  of  Sir  John  de 
Thorp,  was  patron;  the  rector  had  a  house  and  19  acres  of  glebe,  it 
was  first  valued  at  4,  after  at  5  marks,  but  was  not  taxed  ;  it  paid  4s, 
procurations,  2s.  synodals,  lL2d.  Peter-pence,  and  Id.  cartage.  Bel- 
Aouse-hall  stood  in  this  parish,  and  there  were  74  acres  and  an  half  of 
land  in  demean  adjoining  to  it;  two  parts  of  the  tithes  of  which,  be- 
longed to  Eye  priory,  for  which  that  house  was  taxed  at  10s.  The 
temporals  of  the  Prior  of  St.  Faith  were  taxed  at  2s.  id.  The  church 
was  demolished  at  the  Reformation  ;  it  lies  between  Wreningham  and 
Ashwellthorp,  and  is  called  the  Old  Churchyard. 

Reginald  son  of  Hugh  de  Nelonde,  and  in  1259,  Bartholomew 
son  of  lVill.de  Nelonde,  had  a free-tenement  here,  with  divers  services 
and  rents  belonging  to  it;  but  it  long  since  was  purchased  by  the 
Thorps,  and  added  to  Belhouse  manor. 

In  1283,  it  was  found  that  the  lete  of  Nelonde  belonged  to  the 
Prior  of  Windham  and  Robert  de  Tateshale?  and  in  1284,  upon  a  suit 
commenced  about  it,  the  Prior  proved  that  it  belonged  to  his  monas- 
tery, of  the  gift  of  William  le  Buteler,  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  I. 
and  that  that  King  confirmed  it  to  his  monastery,  with  the  assise  of 
bread  and  ale,  &c.  of  all  their  tenants  here,  and  in  Brakene. 


W  R E NI  NG H  A  M- M  A  G  N  A 

Had  two  manors  in  it,  which  included  that,  and  the  greatest  part  of 
Nelonde;  the  manors  of  Nerford's  and  Belhouse-hall;  the  site 
of  the  former  was  in  Nelonde  parish,  where  the  ancient  family  of  Bel- 
house  resided,  and  the  site  of  the  latter  was  in  this  parish. 

'Wtmondbim  Dne.Regine  ex  parte  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  and 

Nelonde.     Leta  10  Oct.  1638.  lord  of  Stanfield  in  Windham,  had 

The  heyward  for  the   part  aforesaid,  an  enclosure  made  upon  the  west  end  ol 

doth  not   gather  any  rents,  but  in  the  Wreningham   Green,   which   was   pre- 

town    of  Wreningham    cum   Nelonde.  sently  laid  open  by  the  lord  of  Wrening. 

The  commons  in  thesaid  towns  are  the  ham  cum  Nelonde,  and  so  remains;  and 

upper  and   lower   Greens,   and  certain  it   was   found,    that  the   inhabitants   of 

spots  lying  at  the  ends  of  their  lands  Windham  and  Ashwellthorp,  who  had 

called  Spongfield  and   Lodgefield,  in  ail  been  oftentimes  wrongful  commoners  or 

about  15c  acres,  on  which  the  tenants  in  overchargers,  were  punished  from  time 

Wreningham  and  Nelonde  only,  have  to  time,   in   the   Lord's  court  of  Wre- 

the  commonage  or  feeding  the  cattle,  wiih  ningham,  for  such  offences  committed, 
the  privilege  of  digging  clay  and  gravel,         Ex.  Autog.     Indorsed,  "  the  Verdict 

and  cutting  furze,  at  all  times,  for  their  of  the  Tenants  of  Wreningham  cum  Ne- 

necessary  uses.     And  it  was  found,  that  londe,  upon  Sir  Tho.  Hatton's   In- 

Sir  Thomas  Richardson,  then  Lord  quisition  of  our  commons." 


118  WREN  INGHAM. 


THE  MANOR  OF  BELHOUSE-HALL 

Belonged  to  Levolt,  a  thane  of  the  Confessor's3  and  at  the  Conquest 
was  given  to  Hermee,  of  whom  Vagan  held  it;  it  had  a  chinch  and 
10  acres  of  glebe ;  the  lete  or  superiour  jurisdiction  belonged  to  the 
King  and  the  Earl  of  Norfolk ;  it  was  worth  at  the  first  survey  60s-, 
and  at  the  last  80s.  per  annum.  Great  Wreningham  (including  Ne- 
londe)  was  one  league  long,  and  half  a  league  broad,  and  paid  lOd.  to 
the  geld  or  tax.  And  Little  Wreningham  was  six  furlongs  long,  and 
five  broad,  and  paid  6d.  ob.  q.  to  the  geld.*  This  manor  was  in  the 
Norfolk  family,  and  was  by  one  of  them,  given  to  the  Creykes,  and 
Sir  Jefery  de  Crei/ke  gave  it  with  the  moiety  of  the  advowson,  to  Sir 
Tho.  de  Belhouse,  Knt.s  who  came  and  settled  in  the  manor-house 
of  his  own  building,  and  was  succeeded  by  Sir  Richard  his  son  and 
heir,  who  was  lord  in  1280,  and  held  it  at  half  a  fee  of  the  heirs  of 
Crek  e,  who  held  it  of  the  Enr\- Marshall.  This  Sir  Richard  sold  the 
uiediety  of  the  advowson,  to  Robert  son  of  Sir  John  de  Thorp,  who 
gave  it  to  Carrow  abbey.  In  1383,  Sir  Robert,  son  of  John  de  Thorp, 
by  the  name  of  Sir  Robert.  Fitz-Johnot'dshwellthorp,  obtained  a  charter 
of freewarren,  in  all  his  lands  here.  In  1384,  the  manor  wasinfeoffed  in 
Peter  de  Brompton  or  Brampton,  and  by  him  in  Robert  de  Sa/leford, 
who  released  it  to  Sir  Robert  aforesaid,  in  trust  for  Sir  Richard  de 
Belhus,  who  died  in  1300,  and  Sarah  his  wife  had  it  for  life;  and 
Thomas  his  son  and  heir  had  the  manors  of  West  Bilney,  Bodney,  Tud- 
denham,  Fatdegate,  &c.  Sir  Richard  de  Belhus,  his  son,  was  lord  after 
him,  but  dying  without  issue  male,  the  manor  came  to  the  share  of 
John  Bosun  or  Bozun  of  JVissingsete  in  Noifolk,  Esq.  whose  father 
William,  married  Maud  second  daughter  and  coheir  of  this  Sir  Richard 
Bclhuse,  Knt.  and  in  1415,  Edmund  O/dhall  and  John  Drew,  parson  of 
Harplcu,  feoffees  of  Bozun,  conveyed  this  manor  to  Sir  Edmund  de 
Thorp,  Knt.  and  his  heirs,  and  so  it  became  part  of  the  estate  of  that 
family,  and  hath  continued  with  it  ever  since.  The Jiiies  are  arbitra- 
ble, and  the  manor  hath  free-warren  by  the  charter  of  Edward  I. 

3  Terre  Hermeri.  Doms.  fo.  175.  H.  1.  i.  ecclesia  de  x.  acr.  tunc  et  post.  vat. 

Humiliart.  lx.  sol.  modo  Ixxx.  et  habet  i.  leug.  in 

Vrnincham  tenet  Vaganus  iii.  car.  longu,  et  dim.  in  lato,  et  xd.  de  gelto. 
terre  et  xii.  acr.  quas  tenuit  Leuolt  Tei-  Et  huic  (idem  ten.)  terre  jacent  viii.  li- 
nns T.  R.  E.  iii.  car.  terre  et  xii.  acr.  ben  homines  soca  falde  et  commendati- 
tunc  iv.  villain  post.  ii.  modo  nullus.  one  tantumxxviii.  acr  semper  i.  car.  et 
semper  xiv.  bord.  tunc  iii.  serv.  modo  i.  valet  et  iv.  sol.  Rex  et  Comes  de  hoc  et 
semper  iii.  car.  in  dom.  tunc.  i.  car.  et  demanerio  socam. 
dim.   horn,  modo  i.  semper  iii.  car.  in  *  Seep.  115. 

dom.  tunc.  i.  car.  et  dim.  horn,  modoi.  s  I  find   Sir  Theobald   de   Belhouse, 

xvi.  acr.  prati,  silva  vi.    pore,   semper  Knt.   mentioned  in  several  deeds  sans 

ii.  rune.  tunc.  ii.  anim.  modo  ix.  tunc  date,  and  in  1260. 
ii.  pore,  modo  xiii.  tunc  lx.  oves  modo 


VVRENINGHAM.  119 


NERFORD'S  MANOR 


Belonged  to  the  Bigots,6  and  was  by  them  infeoffed  with  the  moiety 
of  the  advovvson  in  the  Crekes,  who  separated  the  manor  into  two 
parts,  that  which  the  mediety  attended,  was  held  at  half  a  fee  of  the 
Earl  Warren,  by  Sir  Richard  de  Neefoed,  who  sealed  with  three 
fusils  in  fess  erm.7  he  left  it  to  Christian  his  widow,  and  she  to  Sir 
Robert  de  Neiford  their  son,  and  Alice  his  wife,  founders  of  the 
religious  house  called  St.  Man/  de  Pre  or  de  Pratisf  from  its  situation 
in  the  meadows  between  Bumham-Thorp,  and  North-Creyk,  to  which 
house  they  gave  the  mediety  of  the  advowson  ;  and  the  Bishop  ap- 
propriated it  without  any  vicarage  reserved  ;  so  that  during  the  appro- 
priation, the  rector  of  the  other  mediety  served  it  as  their  chaplain; 
this  was  about  1206.  She  was  succeeded  by  her  son  William,  who 
sealed  with  a  lion  rampant  er.  and  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  le 
Moigne,  or  Moneye,  with  a  de-lis  or,  and  they  sold  it  to  Sir  John  de 
Thorp,  with  their  part  of 


THE  MANOR  OF  iMOIGNE'S,  or  MONEY'S, 

In  this  town,  which  was  conveyed  by  Sir  Jeffry  de  Creyke,  and  con- 
firmed by  Sir  Robert  de  Creke,  to  Sir  Alexander9  son  of  Sir  Peter 
le  Moigne,  who  held  it  at  half  a  fee  of  the  honour  of  fVormegey,  or 
Wrongeye;  the  Lady  El  a,  widow  of  Sir  Peter,  and  mother  of  Sir 
Alexander,  had  her  dower  in  it;  in  1261,  Richard  le  Moigne,  and 
after  that  William,  son  of  Sir  Alexander,  owned  it ;  this  William  had 
three  daughters  and  heiresses  by  Alice  his  wife,  who  after  remarried 
to  Sir  Robert  le  Forester,  who  held  her  dower  here  in  1284.  Emma 
married  to  Gregory  de  O/dhagh.  Sarah  to  Alexander  de  Lenn,  some- 
times called  Alexander  Lambert  of  Lynn;  and  Alice  to  William  de 
Nerford  of  Wreningham  ;  who  all  joined  and  convened  it  to  Sir  John 
de  Thorp  of  Ashwellthorp,  Knt.  and  his  heirs;  and  ever  since  it 
hath  passed  as  the  Ashzcellthorp  estate  did.  It  paid  to  the  honour  of 
Wormgeye  10s.  lOd,  per  annum  for  waytefee,  castleward,  and  respite 
of  suit  of  courts,  held  for  the  honour. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints;  the  Abbot  of  Ckeyk 
had  one  mediety  appropriated  to  his  house,  to  which  belonged  a  house 
and  \Q  acres  of  glebe,  and  a  small  manor;1  it  had  no  vicarage  en- 
dowed, the  rector  serving  the  whole  cure,  had  a  pension  of  40s.  per 
annum  out  of  it,  which  was  not  taxed;  the  Prioress  of  Carrow  was 

6  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Domesday,  fo.  viz.  gul.  a  fess  arg.  and  gut.  a  lion  ram- 
136.   H.  de  Humiliart.  pant  erm. 

In  Neilanda  et  in  Vrnincham  ix.  8  Mon.  Ang.  Vol.  II.  fo.  327. 

liberi  homines,  ex  horum  viii.  et  dim.  9  He  was  a  benefactor  to  Magdalen 

habuit  antecessor  Rogeri  commendatio-  hospital;  see  vol.  iv.  p.  441. 

nem  tantum  et  socam  falde,  et  anteces-  *  The    spirituals    of   the   Abbot    of 

sor   Hermeri  de  uno  medietatem,  soca  Creyke  were  valued  at  eight  marks,  his 

falde  et  commend,  tantum.  temporals  at  jd. 

7  I  find  two  coats  born  by  this  name, 


120  WRENINGHAM. 

patroness  of  the  other  mediety?  and  that  rector  had  a  house  and  16 
acres.  The  whole  rectory  was  valued  together  at  six  marks,  paid  \$d. 
synodals,  6s.  8d.  procurations,  lOd.  Peter-pence,  and  Id.  carvage. 
The  portion  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  John  at  Colchester,  was  20*'.  the  por- 
tion of  Carrow  prioress  10s.  and  the  portion  of  the  Abbot  of  Creke, 
two  marks  and  an  half;  and  in  1612,  a  pension  of  lis.  Sd.  was  paid 
to  the  dissolved  abbey  of  Creke,  and  a  pension  of  5s.  to  Carrow  abbey; 
and  the  Prior  of  Wimondham  had  a  messuage  and  10  acres  of  land.3 
This  parish  paid  3/.  10s.  to  every  tenth.  It  stands  by  the  name  of 
Wreningham  rectory  in  the  King's  Books,  is  valued  at  10/.  and  pays 
Jirst  fruits,  and  1/.  yearly  tenths;  and  being  undischarged,  it  is  not 
capable  ofaugmention. 

RECTORS 

OF  CARROW*  MEDIETY,  PRESENTED  BY  THE   PRIORESSES    OF 
CARROW. 

1306,  Robert  de  Cokethorp. 

1330,  Richard  Sekkesteyn  of  Herduyk. 

1331,  Richard  de  Quytewash. 

1335,  Robert  King  of  Cnapeton,  who  in  1340,  changed  for  Paston 
vicarage  with  Sir  Clement,  son  of  Sir  Robert  le  Clerk  of  Cnapeton,  or 
Cnapton;  and  in  1347,  he  exchanged  for  East  Walton  with 
Peter  de  Horsted. 

1349,  John  Akewra,  who  changed  for  Framlingham-Pigot  in  1382, 
with 

John  de  Stevenache,  who  resigned  in 

1359,  to  John  Baxter  of  West  Lexham. 

1371,  Thomas  Cowles. 

1385,  John  Bale,  lapse.    He  resigned  in 

1385,  to  William  Giffard. 

1393,  Walter  Aldou's  of  Wingfield,  res. 

1401,  Nic.  Walter. 

1402,  Thomas  Catesby. 

1405,  John  Felys ;  he  was  the  last  presented  by  the  Prioress. 

RECTORS 

OF    THE    CONSOLIDATED  RECTORY  OF  THE  MEDIETIES  OF  WREN- 
INGHAM  ALL-SAINTS,  LITTLE  WRENINGHAM  ST.  MARY,  AND  OF 

NELONDE  ST.  PETER. 

In  1414,  the  mediety  given  by  Sir  Robert  de  Nerford  to  the  Abbot 
of  the  monastery  or  regular  church  of  St.  Mary  de  Pratis  or  de  Pre, 
sometimes  called  the  Hospital  of  St.  Mary  of  Lyngescroft,  in  the 
meadows  between  Burnham-Thorp  and  Creke,  was  this  year,  sold  by 
Robert,  abbot  of  that  house,5  to  Sir  Edmund  Thorp,  Knt.  and  his 
heirs,  and  disappropriated,  who  at  the  same  time  bought  the  advovv- 
son  of  Carrow  mediety,  of  that  house ;  and  then  he  got  them  joined 

1  The  temporals  of  Carrow  prioress        *  See  vol.  iv.  p.  524,  7. 
valued  at  6d.  s  And  confirmed  by  Alice  his  widow, 

3  The  temporals  of  Windham  prior    daughter  to  John  Pounchard. 
here  and  in  Ne^nde,  were  valued  at  3/. 
y.  4<f.  q. 


WRENINGHAM.  121 

to  Wreninghdm-Paroa  and  Nelonde,  which  were  of  his  own  patronage, 
and  so  they  became  one  rectory,  as  they  now  remain. 

1418,  Thomas  Arteys  ofRefham,  priest.  Will.  Westacre  Arch- 
deacon of  Norzeich,  Sir  Edmund  Barry,  Knt.  John  Lancaster, 
Esq.  John  Drewe,  parson  of  Harpley,  James  Walsingham,  and 
Charles  Alleyn,  trustees  to  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  Knt.  He 
resigned  in  1429,  and  Sir  John  Clifton,  Knt.  presented 
Thomas  Truyt,  who  was  succeeded  by 

JohnWardy,&t  whose  death  in  1504,Thomas  Earl  of  Surrey, 
guardian  to  the  heir  of  Berners,  gave  it  to 

Richard  Cation,  who  resigned  in  favour  of 
Richard  Gibson,  who  voided  it  in  1524,  and  John  Bour- 
chier,  Knt.  Lord  Berners,  gave  it  to 

James  at  Calvarde,  or  Calver,  who  in  1584,  joined  with  Jane 
Knevet,  widow,  his  patroness,  who  was  daughter  and  coheir  of 
John  Bourchier,  Knt.  Lord  Berners,  and  with  the  Bishop's  consent 
as  ordinary,  leased  to  John  Stayner  of  Ashwellthorp  for  99  years,  at 
the  rent  of  6s.  8d.  a  year,  26  acres  and  three  roods,  parcel  of  Wren- 
ingham  glebes,  lying  in  20  several  pieces  in  Wreningham  and  Ashwell- 
thorp. In  1594,  Sir  Thomas  Knevet,  Knt.  presented 

Mr.  John  Harrison,  who  was  chaplain  to  the  Earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland; in  1603,  he  returned  that  there  were  88  communicants, 
and  that  he  held  it  united  to  Ashwellthorp,  as  did 

Roger  Ga/lard,  who  succeeded  in  1627-    In 
1672,  Richard  Jacquis,  A.M.  held  it  with  Ashwellthorp,  of  the  gift 
of  Sir  John  Knevet,  Knt.  at  whose  cession  in  1676,  Sir  Thomas 
Knevet,  Knt.  gave  them  both  to 

William  Bedingfield,  A.M.  at  whose  death  in  1 693,  Thomas 
Glemham,  Esq.  Kat.  Harris  (afterwards  Lady  Berners)  Mary 
and  Jenny  Knevet,  who  held  the  advowson  in  fee  simple,  pre- 
sented 

William  Green,  at  whose  cession  in  1695,  they  gave  it  to 
John  Eachard;  and  at  his  death  in 
1735,  Dec.  6,  John  Goddard,  clerk,  A.  B.  the  present  rector,  was 
instituted  on  the  presentation  of  the  honourable  Katherine  Lady 
Berners,  patroness  in  fee  simple. 

The  church  is  24  yards  long,  and  six  broad,  is  leaded,  and  hath 
no  isles  ;  the  steeple  is  square  and  hath  four  bells,  the  chancel  is  tiled. 
In  the  windows  are  the  arms  of  Appleyard,  Thorp  impaling  Clifton, 
and  arg.  four  bendlets  gul.  Clere,  and  arg.  a  chevron  between 
three  horse  barnacles  sad.  Gul.  fretty  arg:  on  a  chief  of  the  2d,  three 
roses  of  the  1st,  barbed  and  seeded  proper.  Arg.  a  plain  cross  gul. 
Thorp  impaling  erm.  a  cross  ingrailed  gul. 

By  the  altar  is  a  gravestone  with  Buxton's  arms,  for  Rich.  Buxton, 
who  died  20  Feb.  1684.    And  another  with  this, 

Rogerus  Gallard  A.M.  hujtis  Ecclesiee  Pastor  ndelis  Corpus 

humiie  hie  deposuit,  ad  similitudinem  Gloiiosi  Corporis  Christi 

die  novissimo  transformandum  et  obijt  octavo  die  Mensis  Augusti 

A.  D.  1672.     iEt.  suae  74. 

Oportet  operari  donee  Dies  est,  venit  Nox  quando  nemo  potest  operari. 


WRENINGHAM. 


*  The  HUNDRED  Of  HuMBLE- 

*  The  HUNDRED  Of  HUMBLE- 

yard  pays  annually 

to   the   land 

YARTJ 

pays 

to  the  GENERAL  RATE 

tax,  at  4s.  in  the  pc 

unci, 

is  lol- 

for   the   county  o 

f  Norfolk,6  for 

lows,  viz. 

quarterage 

bridge  -  money,    va- 

grant 

-money, 

fee 

as  follows; 

To  the  600/.  levy. 

/. 

s. 

d. 

/. 

s. 

d. 

Braconash 

119 

8 

0 

- 

_ 

0 

19 

9 

Carleton-East 

97 

4 

8 

_ 

. 

0 

16 

8 

Cringleford 

52 

11 

4 

- 

- 

0 

8 

8 

Colney 

64 

11 

i 

- 

- 

0 

10 

8 

Dunston 

51 

8 

0 

. 

- 

0 

7 

8 

Flordon 

57 

4 

8 

- 

- 

0 

9 

4 

Hetherset 

225 

18 

0 

- 

_ 

1 

17 

4 

Hethill 

93 

4 

8 

- 

_ 

0 

15 

4 

Intvvood 

go 

5 

4 

- 

_ 

0 

3 

4 

Keswick 

51 

4 

8 

- 

_ 

0 

8 

0 

Keteringham 

108 

4 

8 

- 

- 

0 

18 

0 

Markeshall  or  Mat- 

tishal 

32 

1 

4 

- 

. 

0 

4 

0 

Melton  Magna 

155 

10 

0 

- 

- 

1 

7 

0 

Melton  Parva 

48 

1 

4 

- 

- 

0 

8 

0 

Mulbarton 

116 

4 

8 

. 

- 

0 

19 

0 

Newton  Flotemaa 

121 

8 

8 

- 

- 

1 

0 

0 

Swainsthorp 

77 

18 

0 

- 

- 

0 

12 

8 

Swerdeston 

69 

8 

8 

- 

- 

0 

11 

4 

Wreningham 

140 

11 

4 

" 

1 

3 

4 

Total  of  the  yearly 

payment 

1704 

9 

4 

13 

19 

0 

The  soil  of  the  northern  part  of  this  hundred,  is  light  and  sandy, 
that  of  the  southern  more  rich  and  heavy,  the  whole  is  enclosed, 
though  the  southern  part  hath  more  wood  than  the  other,  but  there  is 
no  great  quantity  in  any  part  of  it. 

N.  B.  The  county  raises  yearly,  either  a  300/.  quarterly  levy, 
which  is  1200/.  each  year;  or  a  450/.  quarterly  levy,  which  is  1800/. 
a  year ;  or  a  600/.  quarterly  levy,  which  raises  2400/.  a  year.  All 
which  is  in  the  disposition  of  the  Justices  of  the  peace,  to  be  employed 
as  the  act  directs.  I  have  inserted  only  the  600/.  quarterly  levy  on 
each  parish,  because  the  300/,  levy  is  always  half  as  much,  and  the 
450/.  levy  is  three  quarters  of  the  600/.  levy. 

6  7VO  R  FO  T  K  \  ^  8eneral  RATE  made  and  assessed  by  the  justices  of  the 
i\Uiti'Ui,A,  J"peace  for  the  said  county,  (in  pursuance  of  an  act 
made  12  George  II.  intituled  An  act  for  tie  more  easy  assessing,  collecting  and 
levying  county  rates)  at  the  general  quarter  sessions  held  Jan.  11.  16  Geo.  II.  to 
answer  the  ends  and  purposes  of  the  several  acts  recited  in  the  act  above-men- 
tioned, instead  and  in  lieu  of  the  several  separate  and  distinct  rates,  directed  by 
those  several  recited  acts,  to  be  made,  levied,  and  collected,  in  every  town,  parish, 
and  place,  within  the  county. 


[  123  3 


THE 


HUNDRED  OF  DEPWADE. 


1  h e  hundred  of  Depzcade  takes  its  name  from  the  Depe-ford* 
over  the  river  by  Taseburgh,  which  though  now  of  no  great  remark, 
in  early  days  was  otherwise ;  the  river  Talis  being  then  very  broad, 
and  fordable  in  no  place  in  this  hundred,  but  here  only.  The  hun- 
dred is  bounded  on  the  north,  by  the  hundreds  of  Humbleyard  and 
Forehoe;  on  the  east,  by  Hensted  and  Loddon ;  on  the  west,  by 
Shropham  ;  and  on  the  south,  by  Diss  and  Earsham  hundreds.  The 
fee  of  it  was  in  the  Crown,  till  King  Richard  I.  gave  it  to  Gdndred 
the  Countess;  Roger  son  of  Will,  had  it  after;  and  in  1225,  King 
Henry  III.  gave  it  for  life  to  Roger  de  Hadisco  ;  and  in  1249,  it  was 
valued  at  nine  marks  a  year ;  in  1274  it  was  in  Edward  the]  First's 
hands,  and  was  worth  6/.  per  annum  clear  ;  and  this  King  settled  it 
on  John  de  C/avering  for  a  term  of  years ;  and  in  1315,  Edward  If. 
assigned  it  to  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich;  but  in  1327,  Edward  III. 
granted  it  to  Sir  John  de  Clavering,  with  Cosset/,  &c.  and  his  heirs  ;r 
since  which  time,  the  inheritance  of  it  attended  Cossey,  and  was  after- 
wards sold  by  divers  of  the  lords  there ;  the  several  lords  of  the  manors 
purchased  the  royalties  and  letes  belonging  to  their  manors;  by  which 
means  the  hundred  court  failed.  This  hundred  paid  65l.  13s.  Us. 
clear  to  every  tenth,  and  now  raises  annually  to  the  land  tax  at  4s.  in 
the  pound,  3057/.  14s.  Qd.  viz. 


The  annual  payment  of  each 
town  in  this  hundred  to  the 
land  tax,  at  4s.  in  the  pound. 


I. 

s. 

d. 

Ashwellthorp 

83 

12 

0 

Aslacton 

114 

0 

0 

Bunwell 

234 

4 

0 

Carleton-Rode 

222 

18 

0 

Forncet,  St.  Mary 

77 

4 

0 

Forncet,  St.  Peter 

194 

id 

0 

Fritton 

92 

15 

0 

Fundenhall 

120 

]() 

0 

The  quarterly  payment  for  each 
town  to  the  justices  of  the  sessions, 
&c.  for  quarterage,  vagrant-mo- 
ney, bridge-money,  &c. 


/. 

s. 

d. 

0 

14 

0 

0 

18 

o 

i 

7 

6 

2 

3 

0 

0 

14 

0 

1 

5 

6 

0 

1 

17 

6 

6 

*  Depe,  Deep,  and  Waden,  to  i 
so  that  Depwade  is  the  deep  ford. 


See  vol,  ii.  p.  409. 


124 

Hapton 
Hard  wick 
Hemenhall 
Moulton  Magna  and 

Parva 
Mourning-Thorp 
She!  ton 

St  ration,  St.  Mary 
Stratton,  St.  Michael  123 
Tacolneston 
Taseburgh 
Tharston 
Tibenham 
W acton  Magna  and 

Parva 


DEPWADE. 


67 

4 

9 

78 

12 

0 

329 

9 

6 

148 

17 

1 1 

S6 

5 

7 

127 

12 

0 

168 

4 

0 

I  123 

0 

0 

114 

16 

0 

112 

16 

6 

154 

10 

0 

316 

4 

0 

90 

4 

0 

3057 

14 

9 

0  110 
0  16  0 
2     3     0 


1     0 

0  14 

1  3 
1      3 

0  14 

1  1 

0  18 

1  3 

2  3 

0   18 


23   11     6 


These  villages  make  up  the  deanery  of  Depnade,  which  con- 
tained 23  parishes,  and  was  taxed  at  16s. 

DEANS  OF  DEPWADE, 

COLLATED    BY    THE    BISHOPS    OF    NORWICH. 

1216,  Laurence  the  dean. 

1314,  Ralfde  Upgate  of  Tharston,  priest. 

1323,  Master  Robert  de  Stratton,  subdeacon. 

1334,  Sir  John  de  Hovedene,  priest. 

1350,  John  de  Hej/gate  of  Trunch,  fellow  of  Trinity  Hall  in  Cam- 
bridge. 

Thomas  de  Ravenser,  resigned. 

1359,  William  de  Daventre,  he  changed  for  Anderby  in  Lincolnshire, 
with  Ravenser. 

1359,  Roger  de  Haldenby,  clerk. 

1375,  Robert  de  Topclitf,  Shavelyng. 

1380,  John  de  Roseworth. 

1392,  John  atte  Brigge  of  Salle,  clerk. 

1393,  John  Ram. 
1405,  Alan  Ram. 
1422,  Thomas  Ash. 
1431,  Thomas  Holdeyn. 

1447,  Sir  Ralf  Somerby,  chaplain,  who   got  this  consolidated,  to 
Humbleyard  deanery,  see  p.  2. 
1496,  Mr.  Will,  Portland,  A.M. 
1498,  Mr.  Tho.  JVolsey,  A.M.  the  last  rural  dean  of  these  deaneries. 

This  hundred  being  so  near  Norwich,  it  hath  not  any  place  where 
there  is  a  market  now  kept.  The  soil  is  rich  and  well  enclosed,  and 
hath  much  wood  and  timber  in  it,  but  the  roads  (as  a  necessary  con- 
sequence of  good  land)  are  dirty  and  bad. 


[125] 


CARLETON-RODE. 

1  h  i  s  village,  to  distinguish  it  from  many  other  of  the  same  name  in 
this  county,  hath  the  addition  of  rode  fixed  to  it,  from  a  remarkable 
eode  or  cross  standing  in  Rode-lane,  where  the  road  from  Wimond- 
hant  to  Diss  laid. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  and  hath  a  square 
tower  and  five  bells;  there  are  two  isles  with  chapels  at  their  east 
ends,  the  chancel  and  nave  are  thatched.  When  Norwich  Domes- 
day was  wrote,  Robert  Fitz  Osbert  was  patron;  the  rector  had 
a  house  and  26  acres  of  glebe,  which  joins  to  the  north  side  of  the 
churchyard;  the  living,  with  the  portion  of  the  prior  of  sees,  was 
valued  at  26  marks,3  paid  3s.  9d.  procurations,  4s.  synodals,  13d.  ob. 
Peter-pence,  carvage  <2.d.  and  now  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

167.  Carleton  Rode  Red.     -     -     48/.  clear  yearly  value, 
As  sworn  ;  so  that  it  is  discharged  of  first  fruits  and   tenths,  and  is 
capable  of  augmentation. 

Here  were  gilds  of  our  Lady,  St.  Peter,  and  St.  John  the  Bap- 
tist; and  in  1502,  the  tower  was  finished,  and  the  bells  fixed. 

There  was  a.  free-chapel  in  this  town,  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Man/, 
the  way  which  leads  to  it  is  still  called  Chapel-gate-lane,  but  it  hath 
been  long  since  demolished. 

On  the  steeple  wall  is  this, 

CARLETON-RODE. 

Reparata  et  ornata  fuerunt  hsec  Turns, 

Ecclesia  ejusque  Cella,  Anno  Domini  1717. 

JOHANNE  OLIVER  Clerico  Parochia  ejusdem 

RECTORE, 

Johanne  Hoivse,  Samuele  Denny  et  alijs  Generosis 

Benefactoribus, 

Gulielmo  Pullyn  et  Jacobo  Blazicr  Ecclesite 

Gardianis, 

Et  Henrico  Kerrison  de  Carleton  Orientali, 

Architecto. 

This  Church  was  built,  in  it  God  to  adore, 
And  ought  to  have  been  repair'd  long  before  ; 
By  which  neglect,  we  did  great  sums  expend, 
Then  lelt  Successors  look  in  Time  to  mend, 
For  if  Decays  they  early  don't  prevent, 
They  will  like  us,  when  'tis  too  late,  repent. 

3  In  the  old  taxation  the  living  was    the  monks  of  sees  by  Mcndkam,  at  41. 
valued  at  25  marks,  and  the  portion  of 


126  CARLETON-RODE. 

There  is  a  stone  for  Tho.  Howse  of  this  parish,  \6  Mar.  1671,  and 
his  six  youngest  children  ;  and  another  for  Tho.  Talbot,  Gent.  Jan.  2, 
1657,  with  the  arms  of  Talbot  of  Windham,  impaling  a  chevron  in- 
grailed  between  three  goats  heads  erased.  There  was  taken  up  some 
years  since,  a  fine  stone  coffiin  in  the  midst  of  the  chancel,  which 
stood  level  with  the  earth,  the  gravestone  that  covered  it  being  jointed 
into  the  trough  or  coffin  part.  There  is  an  altar  tomb  on  the  south 
side  in  the  churchyard  for  Thomas  le  Hunt,  Esq.  son  of  Sir  George  le 
Hunt  of  little  Bradley  in  Stiff.  Jan.  2, 1703,  76.  Margaret  his  Relict, 
Nov.  6,  1716,  80. 

RECTORS. 

1307,  Henry  de  Clavering.  Catherine,  relict  of  Roger,  son  of 
Peter,  son  of  Osbert. 

1317,  John  Wa/ram.    The  said  Cath.  Fitz-Oubern. 

1338,  John,  son  of  Roger  Lither.  Lady  Catherine,  relict  of  Sir 
Walt,  de  Norwich,  Knt. 

1352,  William  Ernald,  buried  in  the  middle  of  the  chancel  in  1375 ; 
his  stone  lies  now  at  the  entrance,  his  effigies  in  a  priest's  habit  in  his 
desk,  with  a  book  lying  before  him,  and  a  cross  standing  before,  re- 
mains in  brass,  but  the  inscription  is  lost.  He  was  presented  by  Sir 
Roger,  son  of  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich,  Knt.  on  whom  this  advowson 
was  entailed  by  fine  levied  about  1320,  when  John  Noyoti  and  Peter 
Jernegan,  and  Catherine,  relict  of  Roger  Fitz-Osbert,  settled  it  on 
Sir  JValter  de  Norwich  and  Catherine  his  wife,  and  Roger  their  son. 

1375,  E/ias  de  Byntre,  son  of  Will.  Fychet ;  he  was  buried  in  this 
church  till  he  could  be  carried  to  the  new  chantry  at  Metyngham. 
Margaret,  relict  of  Sir  Walter  Norwich. 

1385,  William  Browne.     Ditto. 

1392,  King  Richard  II.  gran-ted  license  to  appropriate  this  rectory 
to  the  college  of  Norton  Soitpecors,  but  for  want  of  the  Bishop's  con- 
sent, it  never  took  effect. 

1411,  Master  William  Bemham,  afterwards  vicar  general,  &c.  see 
vol.  iii.  p.  632.  The  master  and  brethren  of  Metingham  chantry  or 
college,  which  was  founded  by  Sir  John  de  Norwich,  Knt.  Vice- 
Ad  miral,  and  Lord  of  Metynham. 

1425,  Master  Will.  Shelton,  LL.  B.    Ditto.     At  his  death  in 

1436,  William  Brigham  succeeded,  and  held  it  united  to  Ki/verston. 
(Vol.  i.  p.  546,)  on  whose  resignation  in 

1442,  Hen.  Gardiner  had  it,  who  was  buried  in  the  chancel  in  1464. 

1464,  Thomas  Myndryn;  he  resigned  it,  but  lived  till  1473. 

1467,  Thomas  Pecke  ;  he  resigued  in 

1493,  Thomas  Rede,  S.T.  P.;  he  new  roofed  the  chancel;  the 
initial  letters  of  his  name,  are  often  on  the  roof.  Ric.  Braunche, 
and  the  eight  fellows  of  Metingham  college. 

1543,  John  Proctor,  by  grant  from  the  college. 

1560,  William  Bennet ;  no  graduate,  and  a  man  under  excom- 
munication. John  Denny,  Esq.  He  had  a  long  suit  with  Stokes, 
as  coming  in  by  simony. 

1596,  Richard  Stokes.  Ditto  ;  united  to  Bunwell.  In  1603,  he 
was  chaplain  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  returned  answer, 


CARLETON-RODE.  127 

that  there  were  340  communicants  in  this  parish,  and  that  Fyrmyn 
Denny  was  patron. 

1619,  Tho.  Stokes,  LL.  B.  united  to  Newton  Flotman  ;  he  was  pre- 
sented by  Sir  Will.  Doyly,  assignee  of  Thomas  Denny;  and  was 
afterwards  rector  of  Heigham  by  Norwich,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  506,)  from 
which,  as  also  from  this,  and  a  temporal  estate  of  about  30/.  per  an- 
num, he  was  ejected  by  the  Earl  or  Manchester,  April  28,  1644,  for 
absence,  keeping  an  insufficient  curate,  observing  the  rules  of  the 
church,  refusing  to  contribute  to  the  rebellion,  and  being  an  ale-house 
haunter ;  he  had  a  wife  and  three  children.  {Walker's  Sufferings  of 
the  Clergy,  Part  II.  fo.  367.) 

1660,  Edward  Atkinson,  united  to  B unwell.  Robert  Barton, 
Esq.  He  lies  buried  under  an  altar  tomb  on  the  south  side  of  the 
churchyard,  with  the  arms  of  Atkinson,  and  this, 

M.S. 
Reverendi  EDWARDI  ATKINSON,  hujusce 
Ecclesiae  per  triginta  et  septem  Annos, 

Rectoris, 
Honestis  et  Generosis  Parentibus  apud  Lin- 
eolnienses  nata,  apudque  Cantabrigiensis 

Eruditi, 
Viri  Pietate,  Prudentia,  Humilitate,  et  Di- 
vinarum  humanarumque  Literaruni  Studijs 

Praeclari. 
Decessit  Ille  Bonus,  quarto  die  Maij 
Anno  JErae  Xianae  l6y8g,  iEtatisque  sua?  770°. 
Bonis,  Doctisque  omnibus  (quibuscurn 
Versatus  erat)  non  indigne  lugentibus. 

1698,  John  Oliver.  Thomas  Hoogan,  Gent.  At  his  death  he 
was  was  succeeded  in 

1719>  by  William  Rant,*  who  held  it  united  to  B unwell,  and  died 
in  1730;  and  in 

1731,  The  Rev.  Mr.  James  Baldwin,  sen.  A.M.  then  rector  of  Ick- 
lingham  St.  James,  and  Quidenham,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  334,)  was  presented 
by  John  Buxton,  Esq.  of  Chanons  in  Tibenham,  then  lord  and 
patron,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  295,)  father  of  Rob.  Buxton,  Esq.  of  Chanons 
and  SJiadweli  Lodge,  the  present  lord  and  patron,  to  this  and  Bun- 
well,  which  he  now  holds  by  union. 

In  1472,  Edmund  Cok  was  buried  in  this  church,  and  gave  a  legacy 
to  the  chapel  of  the  blessed  Virgin  Mary  in  this  town. 

This  village  paid  6/.  to  every  tenth. 

At  the  Conquest,  this  town  was  in  five  parts,  the  first  and  principal 
part  belonged  to  Roger  Bigot's  manor  of  Forncet,*  and  was  held  of 

*  He   was    presented    by   George   le  car.  et  i.  acr.  pratj.     In  Carletuna  xvi. 

Hunt,  by  grant  from  Hannah  Buxton,  liberi  homines  et  dim.  et  i.  car.  terre  et 

true  patroness.  vi.  acr.  et  x.  bord.  tunc  iv.  car  m°.  ii. 

s  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  H.  Depwade,  et  v.  acr.  prati,  et  ii.  ecclesie  xxx.  acr. 

fo.  139.  In  Carletuna  ii.  liberi  homines,  Oslac 

In  Fornesseta,  &c.  In  Carle-  commendati  tantum,  et  habent  vii,  acr. 
tuna  iii.  liberi  homines xii.  acr.  etdim. 


128  CARLETON-RODE. 

it  by  21  freemen,  two  of  which,  with  the  two  churches,6  and  30  acres 
of  glebe  belonging  to  them,  he  gave  to  Oslac  ;  the  rest  attended 
Forncet  manor  to  this  day  ;  in  right  of  which,  his  Grace  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk  is  lord  paramount  over  all  his  own  tenants,  and  still  holds 
court  lete  here. 

The  second  part  belonged  to  Tibenham  manor,  which  Alric  a  thane 
of  the  Confessor's  held,  and  was  given  to  Eudo  son  of  Spiruwin,  who 
held  it  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  and  Hainfrid  under  him.'  Carle- 
ton  was  then  two  miles  and  an  half  long,  and  one  mile  and  a  quarter 
and  four  perches  broad,  and  paid  22f/.  to  the  geld  or  tax.  This 
part  was  after  aliened  from  Tibenham  manor,  and  joined  to  Carleton; 
and  accordingly  in  1550,  Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  Edmund  Knevet, 
held  a  parcel  of  the  manor  of  Tibenham  lying  in  Carteton-Rode. 
And  hence  it  is,  that  as  all  the  manors  are  united,  and  joined  to  Bun- 
nell and  Carleton,  with  their  members?  that  Tibenham  is 
always  mentioned.  This  part  was  very  early  joined  to  Bokenham 
castle,  which  it  always  attended  till  sold  from  it  by  the  Knevets;9  and 
accordingly  in  Henri/  the  Third's  time,  1257,  that  King  granted  to 
Robert  de  Tateshak,  Lord  of  Buhenham  Castle,  liberty  o? free-warren 
in  his  demean  lands  in  this  town,1  and  King  Rich.  II.  in  1394,  con- 
firmed it  to  Conslaiitine  de  Clifton  his  heir;  and  in  1275,  King  Edw.  I. 
granted  view  of  frankpledge  or  a  lete,  and  assize  of  bread  and  ale  of 
all  his  tenants  in  Tibenham  and  Carleton,  for  which  he  paid  3s.  per 
annum  to  Depewade  hundred. 

The  third  part  belonged  to  fl '  illiam  de  Warren,  who  had  it  of  the 
king's  gift,  and  Almar  a  freeman  held  it  in  the  Confessor's  time 
under  Bishop  Stigand?  this  aftewards  became  the  manor  called 
Bukenham's. 

The  fourth  part  belonged  to  Alan  Earl  of  Richmond?  as  appen- 
dant to  his  manor  of  Cossey,4  and  made  part  of  the  manor  of 
Carleton. 

The  fifth  part  belonged  to  the  manor  of  Howe,  which  Godric  the 
sewer  took  care  of  for  the  King.5  And  this  was  the  state  of  the  village 
at  the  Conqueror's  survey.     The  capital  manor  called 

6  St.  Mary's  chapel  was  one  of  them,  2  Terre  Willi,  de  Warrenna  Dep- 
and  might  then  be  parochial.  wade    H.   to.   84.     In   Carletuna  xxx. 

7  Terre  Eudokis  filij  Spiruwin.  H.  acr.  terre  tenuit  Almarus  hberhomo 
Depwada,  fo.  247.  Tibfnham  tenuit  T.R.E.  sub  Stigando  et  semper  i. 
Alricus  Teinnus  T.  R.  E.  &c.  In  bor.  et  dim.  et  i.  serv.  et  i.  acr.  prati  et 
Carletuna  i.  liber  homo  viii.  acr.  tunc  i.  car.  et  valuit  5  sol.  hoc  est  de  dono 
valuit  viii.  m°  viii.  (i.  e.  all  Tibenham,  Regis.  Omnes  ecelesie  sunt  appretiate 
with  the   part  that   belonged    to   it   in  cum  manerijs. 

Carleton.)   Istos    liberos  horn,    recepit  3  Terre  Alani  Comitis.   DepuadeH. 

Haikfridus  pro  terra  tota.   Carletuna  fo.  70.-  In  Carletuna xiii.  liberi homines 

habet  i.  leus;.  in  longo  et  iiii.  quar.etx.  lxxxxv.  acr.  tunc  i.  car.  et  dim.  m°ji. 

quar.    in   lato,  et   hi.  per.  et  xxiid.  et  et  ii.  acr.  prati.  hoc  totum  eit  in  pretio 

obukim  de  Gelto.  de    ("osteseia.       (Append.    Honoris 

8  The  court  for  the  manors  is  held  at  Richi:  ond,  fo.  16.) 
Bunuell,   and  the  style   is  "  Bunwell,  *  tee  vol.  ii.  p.  407. 
Tybenham,  Carleton  cum  Membris."  5  Terre  Regis  qusm  Godricus  servat. 

9  See  vol.  i.  p.  378,  So,  H.  Depwade,  fo.  46.    In  Carletuna  iiii. 
1  Ibid.  p.  373.  acr.  et  dim.  et  est  in  pretio  de  Howa. 


CARLETON-RODE. 


CARLETON  MANOR, 

Contained  that  part  and  advowsons,  which  Oslac  had  of  the  Bigots, 
and  that  part  which  belonged  to  Cosset/,  the  former  of  which  was 
always  held  of  the  Norfolk  family,  and  the  latter,  of  the  honour  of 
Richmond,6  to  which  the  King's  part  was  afterwards  added,  when 
Maud,  mother  of  King  Henry  II.  gave  it  to  Gundred  the  Countess, 
the  whole  being  then  worth  10l.  per  annum.  That  Countess  infeoffed 
the  whole  in  one  Osbert,  and  Petronel  or  Pamel,  his  wife,  the  father 
and  mother  of  Roger  Fits  Osbert,  founder  of  St.  Olave's  in  Herling- 
fleet,  about  1216;  and  he,  by  Maud  his  wife,  left  Osbert  his  son, 
who  gave  40  acres  in  Tibeuham,  to  the  church  of  St.  Olavc,  with  his 
body  to  be  buried  there,  leaving  Peter  Fitz-Osbert  his  son  and 
heir,  who  gave  the  advowson  of  IVit/ingham  to  the  church  of  Saint 
Olave,  and  dying  in  1275,  was  buried  there,  as  was  Beatrix  his  wife 
in  1278,  leaving  this  manor  and  others,  to  their  son  Roger,  who  pass 
sometimes  by  the  name  of  Fitz-Osbert,  sometimes  Le  Fitz-Osbert, 
Oubem,  and  is  often  called  Roger  son  of  Peter,  son  of  Osbert,7  he 
died  in  1305;  Catherine  his  widow  survived  him,  and  held  it  for 
life;  she  presented  twice  to  this  rectory.  At  her  death  it  was  to  des- 
cend to  the  heirs  of  the  two  sisters  and  heiresses  of  Roger  aforesaid, 
viz.  Sir  Peter  Jernegan,*  son  of  Sir  Will.  Jcrnegan,  by  Isabel, 
sister  of  the  said  Roger,  and  to  John  Nuin,  or  Noion,  (now  Nun,) 
of  Salle  in  Norfolk,  son  and  heir  of  Alice  the  other  sister  of  the  said 
Roger,  and  they  about  1320,  by  fine,  settled  the  manor  and  advow- 
son on  , 

Sir  Walter  de  Norwich,  and  Catherine  his  wife,8  and  Roger 
their  son  and  his  heirs,  together  with  the  manor  and  advowson  of 
Bunwell  Perse-hall,  all  which,  have  passed  together  to  this  day. 


RODE-HALL  MANOR 

In  Carleton-Rode,  took  its  name  from  the  owners,  who  were  sirnamed 
from  the  rode  or  cross  they  dwelt  by.  In  1237  Walter  de  Rode 
held  it  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  Roger  Fitz-Osbert,  he  of  the  Earl- 
Marshal,  and  he  of  the  King.  In  1271,  Ralf  father  of  Walter,  re- 
leased all  right  to  Walter :  It  after  belonged  to  William  de  Rode, 
called  also  de  Carleton  ;  and  in  1338,  to  Benedict  de  Uvedale  and  Johr 
de  Carleton-Rode,  and  then  to  Robert  de  Rode;9  and  in  1402,  Wilt. 
Woodherd  had  it,  and  after  him  Robert  Morton,  Esq.;  and  in  1470, 
I  find  it  in  Henry  son  and  heir  of  John  Heydon,  Esq.  who  joined 
it  to  his  other  manor  here,  called 

6  This  honour  extends  now  into  this  Agnes,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Glan- 
town,  and  all  that  hold  of  the  .honour,  vile,  his  wife  ;  to  which  family  the  ma- 
are  exempt  from  any  superiour  jurisdic-     nor  of  Creke  belonged. 

tion  of  any  other  lords,  and  may  claim  *  See  vol.  ii.  p.  413. 

the  privileges  of  the  honour  by   their  s  Register  of  iVIetingham  College,  fo. 

tenure.  81,  b.  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Tho.  Martin 

7  Sarah  his  first  wife  died  in  1285;  of  Palgrave. 

she  was  daughter  of  Barth.  de  Creke  »  This   family   continued   here   long 

and  Margaret  his  wife,  son  of  Sir  Rob.  after,  for  in  1543,  Will.  Rode  sold  a» 

de   Creke   of  North  Creke,  Knt.  and  estate  here  to  John  Clement. 

TOL.  V.  S 


130  CARLETON-RODE. 


BOKENHAM'S  IN  CARLETON-RODE, 

Which  took  its  name  also  from  its  owners;  in  1279,  Robert  de 
Bukenham  died  seized,  leaving  it  to  Isolda  his  wife,  who  claimed 
the  guardianship  of  their  son,  against  John  de  Hastyngs,  Roger  Bigot, 
William  Ross,  and  Maud  his  wife,  William  de  Nerford  and  Petronel 
his  wife,  and  Robert  de  Caston,  all  claiming  the  same,  on  account  of 
lands  held  of  them  by  the  heir.  It  appears  that  this  manor  had  then 
two  acres  of  meadow  in  demean,  100  acres  of  wood,  four  hens  paid 
for  rent,  64  days  work  in  harvest,  done  by  the  tenants,  pannage  for  84 
hogs,  and  liberty  for  80  men,  and  two  servants  appointed  by  the  lord 
to  look  after  them,  to  gather  nuts  for  six  days  together  in  the  woods 
belonging  to  the  manor  of  Lopham.  In  1404,Jagnes  wife  of  Tho.  de  Lye, 
had  a  third  part  of  it,  and  conveyed  it  to  John  de  Colby ;  and  after- 
wards all  the  parts  were  bought  in  by  John  Heydon,  Esq.  and  in  1479, 
Henry  Heydon  his  son,  held  these  manors  joined  as  aforesaid  at  the 
death  of  John,  together  with  Bosevile's  manor  in  Bunzeell,  to  which  I 
refer  you. 

In  1544,  I  find  a  fine  levied  of  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of 
Beauchamp's  or  Beacham's,  which  was  settled  by  Rob.  Newport, 
Esq.  and  Margaret  his  wife  (in  whose  right  he  had  it)  on  Sir  John 
Clere,  Knt.  This  belongs  to  Beacham's  manor  in  Wimondham, 
which  extended  hither.     (See  vol.  ii.  p.  506.) 

The  lords  of  the  honour  of  Clake,  had  lands  here  held  of  them. 
In  1488,  John  Duke  of  Bedford  died  seized  of  two  courts  called 
Turns,  and  one  court  called  Lete,  to  be  held  yearly  in  the  village  of 
Carleton-Rode.  (Esch.  No.  36,  14  H.  VI.)  and  the  whole  lands  held 
of  that  honour  were  extended  or  valued  at  half  a  fee. 

In  1570,  return  was  made  that  Thomas  Knyvet,  junior,  James  Hub- 
hard,  Gent.  Anthony  Denny,  Gent.  Robert  Grey,  Rob.Jexe,  and  John 
Raudolf  were  lords  here,  and  that  the  honour  of  Richmond  and  the 
Earl  of  Arundel  were  chief  lords  of  the  commons. 

In  1699,  the  manor  of  Richemond's,  formerly  the  Talbot's,  is  men- 
tioned, and  said  to  belong  to  Mr.  William  Jubbs,  and  then  to  Mr. 
Martin;  but  finding  this  never  named  elsewhere,  am  apt  to  think, 
that  they  only  hired  the  property  of  Richmond  honour. 

The  religious  concerned  here  were,  the  prior  of  Norwich,  whose 
temporals  were  taxed  at  4s.  those  of  the  Prior  of  Bukenham  at  2s.  9c?. 
and  those  of  the  Prior  of  Wangford,  at  6d.  ob.  q. 


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B  U  N  W  E  L  L. 

i  H I  s  town  is  not  so  much  as  once  called  by  this  name  in  Domesday 
Book,  but  that  of  Habej--ian,  or  the  Holy  Stone,  from  some  remark- 
able stone  cross  erected  there  ;  but  it  soon  after  became  to  be  called 
by  the  name  of  BuiMell,  which  was  a  hamlet  belonging  to  it ;  Bun- 
well signifies  Fons  Rivuli,  or  the  Rivulet's  Head,  and  accordingly 
the  situation  of  the  place  answers  it,  for  that  part  of  the  town  which 
is  distinguished,  by  this  name,  from  the  other  manors,  hath  the  foun- 
tain or  head  of  a  small  rivulet  arising  in  it,  which  passing  southwards, 
is  called  Bunzcell-Beck,  running  at  the  entrance  into  Tacolneston 
common,  and  thence  by  Stanhowe  bridge,"  to  Aslacton  and  Forncet. 
This  town  comprehends  several  villas,  berewicks,  or  lesser  hamlets, 
mentioned  in  the  style  of  the  court  baron,  and  which  now  are  the 
several  manors, viz.  Bunwell  Haddeston,  BoseviFs,  Perishall,  and  Ban- 
yard's;  all  which  are  in  the  bounds  of  this  parish,  and  besides  these, 
the  style  of  the  court  runs,  Carleton,  Tibenham,  cum  Membris;  all 
which  lie  in  the  parishes  of  Tibenham  and  Carleton,  which  see. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Michael  the  archangel,  and  had 
SO  acres  of  glebe  belonging  to  it  at  the  Conquest,  when  there  were 
three  manors,  to  each  of  which,  a  part  of  the  advowson  belonged, 
but  Roger  Fitz-Peter  Filz-Osbert  bought  a  part  of  Walkeline  de  Bose- 
vile;  so  that  he  had  one  moiety,  and  Sir  Robert  Banyard  the  other. 

When  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  Rob.  Fitz-Osborn  was  patron, 
and  the  rector  had  a  house  and  40  acres  of  glebe  ;  it  was  first  valued 
at  20  marks,  after  at  30  without  the  portion  ;  and  the  portion  of  the 
prior  of  Lewes  was  first  laid  at  six,  after  at  ten  marks,  and  consisted 
of  two  third  parts  of  the  great  tithes,  of  all  the  demeans  of  Bosevile's 
manor,  which  were  given  to  the  monks  of  Castleacre,  (a  cell  to  Lewes 
in  Susse.r,  by  Walkeline  de  Busevile,  and  Lady  A gat/ia  de  Bosevile,  and 
Pandulf  Bishop  of  Norwich  confirmed  the  agreement,  made  by  the 
judges  assigned  by  the  Pope  for  this  purpose,  on  a  suit  between  the 
monks  of  Acre,  and  Alan  de  Beccles,  rector  here,1  that  the  rector  and 
his  successours,  should  for  ever  receive  all  the  tithes  of  all  the 
demeans  and  tenants  of  Bosevile's  manor,  paying  to  Castleacre  con- 
vent 30d.  every  Easter,  and  30d.  every  Michaelmas;  which  is  paid  at 
this  day  by  the  rector,  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  in  right  of  the  dis- 
solved monastery  of  Castleacre,  which  was  granted  to  his  family  at  the 
Dissolution.  The  portion  of  Sees  monastery  was  first  taxed  at  10s. 
after,  at  1 3s.  4d.  then  by  composition  between  the  monastery  and  rector, 
reduced  to  6s.  Sd.  pension,  which  is  also  paid  by  the  rector  at  this 
time,  to  the  aforesaid  Duke.  The  procurations  were  6s.  8d.  synodals 
2s.  <2d.  Peter-pence  10^/.  carvage  6d.  and  the  town  paid  clear  to  each 
tenth  bl.  6s.  8d.     It  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

17/.  Bunwell,  alias  Bullwell  Rect.  \l.  Us.  yearly  tenths. 

'  That  is,  the  bridge  at  the  stonny  hill.      *  Regr.  Castleacre,  fo.  57,  a.  1 19,  21. 


132  B  UNWELL. 

And  not  being  discharged,  is  capable  of  augmentation.  The  spirituals 
of  the  Prior  of  St.  Olave  were  one  mark,  his  temporals  3s.  and  the 
temporals  of  the  Prior  of  Bukenham  were  4s.  lid. 

RECTORS  OF  BUN  WELL. 

1101,  Alan  de  Beccles.  Fulk  Banyard,  by  grant  of  this  turn 
from  Roger  Fitz-Peter  Fitz-Osbert.  In  1218,  he  was  vicar-general  to 
the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  and  in  1224,  Archdeacon  of  Sudbury;  see  vol. 
iii.  p.  647- 

1327,  Will.  Banyard.     Sir  Rob.  Banyard,  Knt. 

1349,  Hugh  Bandon  of  Yoxford.  Sir  Roger  de  Norwich.  He 
changed  for  Bernham-Broom  with 

1355,  Master  Will,  de  Baketon.     Tho.  de  Grey  this  turn. 

1357,  Master  Will,  de  Herwardestok.  Sir  Rog.  de  Norwich,  Knt. 

1373,  Master  John  Branthwait,  rector. 

1 396,  Master  Elias  de  Bint  re.  The  master  and  brethren  of  Me- 
tyngham  chantry. 

1410,  Sir  John  To/eye,  priest.  Thomas  Patesle,  clerk,  Simon 
Brunne,  and  William  Fulbourne,  Esq.  this  turn. 

1418,  Jeffry  at  Medzce,  on  1'olye's  resignation.  The  master  and  bre- 
thren of  St.  Mary's  chantry  or  college  at  Metyngham. 

1427,  Thomas  Ringstede,  changed  with  Medzce  for  Farnham  rec- 
tory,3 in  London  diocese.     Will.  Grey. 

John  Maiming.  The  college  of  Metyngham.   On  his  death  in 

1442,  Tho.  Larke  had  it.  William  Grey  of  Merton,  Esq.  each 
other  turn.     He  was  succeeded  by 

1486,  John  Jullys,  presented  by  the  college.     At  his  death  in 

1504,  Walter  Catesby,  A.  M.  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Sir  Humfry 
Catesbye,  Knt.+  for  this  turn.     At  his  death  in 

1506,  Ric.  Grisley  was  presented  by  Ric.  Braunche,  master  of 
the  college. 

1541,  Sir  Robert  Codde,  chaplain  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  and 
Master  of  St.  Giles's  hospital  there,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  399,)  was  presented 
by  Thomas  Codde,  the  famous  mayor  of  Norwich  in  1549,  (see  vol. 
iii.  p  225,  30,)  who  had  this  turn  of  Edmund  Grey,  Esq.  At  Codde  s 
death  in 

1547,  Will.  Rede  had  it,  of  Peter  Rede,  Gent,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  200,) 
who  had  the  turn  of  Anthony  Denny,  Esq.  one  of  the  privy  coun- 
cil, in  right  of  his  manor  of  Persehall,  late  belonging  to  the  dissolved 
college  of  Mctingham.     He  was  succeeded  by 

1555,  John  Porye,  D.D.  fellow  of  Stoke-C tare  and  Bennet  colleges,5 
rector  of  Landbeach,  and  this  year  vicar  of  St.  Stephen's,  Norwich  ; 
prebend  of  the  2d  stall  in  Ely  cathedral ;  in  Jan.  1559,  being  made 

3  Newcourt,  vol.  ii.  fo.  25G.  tenths  ;  and  the   Bishop  confirmed  it. 

♦  He    married   Grace,    daughter    of  (Lib.  Confirmat.  i.  fo.  314  )     And  thus 

Thomas  Tye,  Esq.  second  wife  and  re-  when  nothing  was  to  be  got,  he  resig'  ed 

lict  of  William  de  Grey  of  Merton,  who  it  the  next   year.     A  bad   example   to 

held  it  in  jointure.     See  vol.  ii.  p.  303.  posterity  !   thaf  a  man   thus  laden  with 

5  Willis's  Survey  of  the  Cathedrals,  preferment,    should   be     permitted     to 

vol.  ii.   p.  376.     In  1563,  he  leased  out  make  such  a  lease  instead  of  lepairing  it 

the  parsonage  for  six  years  to  William  himselt;  and  as  bad  in  relation  to  that 

Tolp,  in   consideration  of  his  repairing  Bishop  who  confirmed  such  a  proceed- 

the  house,  and   paying  the  arrears  of  ing. 


BUN  WELL.  133 

vector  of  Lambeth  and  prebendary  of  Westminster ;  he  quitted  Ely, 
and  in 

156  i  Ric-  Hunt,  a  deacon,  succeeded  on  his  resignation,  who  had 
the  turn  bv  grant  from  John  Denney,  Esq.  • 

157  I,  Ric.  Stokes,  A.  B.  on  Hunts  resignation,  afterwards  united  to 
Carleton.  Sir  Chris.  Heydon,  Knt.  in  right  of  Temperance  his 
wife,  relict  ofTho.  Grey  of  Merton.     In 

1G03,  he  returned  answer,  that  there  were  240  communicants  in 
this  parish,  that  he  was  chaplain  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
that  Mr.  Grey  and  Mr.  Denney  were  patrons  by  turns. 

lfilO,  Nath.  Wadesworth,  A.  M.     Firmian  Denney,  Gent. 

1638,  William  Locke,  A.  M.  on  JVadesworth's  death.  Rob.  de 
Grey,  Esq. 

Edward  Atkinson,  united  to  Carleton,  and  died  in  1698.    (See 
p.  127.) 

1698.  William  Rant,  on  Atkinson's  death.  Tho.  de  Grey  of 
Merton,  Esq.  afterwards  united  to  Carleton. 

1731,  The  Rev.  Mr.  James  Baldwin,  the  present  rector,  holds  it 
united  to  Carleton.    John  Buxton,  Esq.  (see  p.  127.) 

The  church  is  a  neat  lightsome  building,  having  a  nave  only, 
which  with  the  south  porch  is  covered  with  lead ;  the  chancel  is  tiled, 
and  hath  a  decayed  vestry  on  the  north  side  ;  the  tower  is  square,  and 
a  neat  structure,  and  was  finished  about  1520.  In  1503,  William  Taylor 
of  Haddeston,  a  hamlet  of  Bunwell,  was  buried  in  the  churchyard,  and 
bequeathed  "  toward  the  makyng  of  the  stepill  of  Bonewell  every  yere 
"  whan  the  masons  work  upon  it,  6s.  8d.  till  the  sum  of  33s.  4rf.be 
"  paid."  There  was  a  brass  plate  fixed  in  a  stone  on  the  west  side, 
but  it  is  now  lost;  as  is  the  following  inscription  preserved  by  Mr. 
Weever,  fo.  814. 

€>f  pour  Charttw  prat?  for  the  .§out  of  %aYw  4Saro.s'£e  and  JEtar* 
naret  ht.si  SMe.orftoho.^e  .§>oul£  3^'u  haoc  Jticrcn  ilmcn. 

1724,  November  15,  the  widow  Richards  was  buried  here,  aged  one 
hundred  and  eleven  years. 

In  the  chancel  on  the  north  side,  is  a  stone  for  Mr.  John  Blake, 
Aug.  21,  lo8u,  iEt,  64,  and  the  arms  of  Blake  with  a  de-lis  for  dif- 
ference on  it,  as  in  vol.  i.  p.  48. 

Sir  Sim.  Soce/ye  had  a  pension  granted  him  out  of  the  revenues  of 
Metyngham  college  in  this  town,  by  Henry  VIII.  I  suppose  he  was 
one  of  the  last/e//oa«  there;  he  was  buried  here  in  August  1555,  and 
Mr.  Andrezcs,  the  Prince's  servant,  had  another  pension  ;  but  he  was 
buried  here  soon  after  the  grant. 


B  U  N  W  E  L  L. 

On  a  stone  towards  the  east  corner. 

Carolvs 

Jacobi  Baldwin 

Hujus  Ecclesise  Rectoris, 

Ex  Elizabetha 

Filia  Natu-Maxima 

Thoma  Cooper, 

Mercatoris  Jernemutensis, 

Filivs 

Inter  Jacobum  et  Gulielmum 

natu  secundus, 

Sara,  Elizabetha,  Maria, 

FRATER. 

Obijt  VP  Kal.  Jun. 

A".  iEt.  VIP. 

Mr.  Xpian' 

CID  PjCCXXXIIP. 

Terrenas  Oculis  vix  dum  lustraverat  Oras, 
Ocyus  hinc  inquit :  Sedes  super  astra  petamus. 

In  1479,  John  Bukke  purchased  eight  acres  and  one  rood  freehold 
in  Springfield  in  Bunwell,  and  by  will  dated  in  1497,  gave  it  for  ever 
to  the  parish  of  Bunwell,  to  help  the  poor  in  discharging  the  King's 
taske,  and  other  charges  when  they  fall ;  he  is  buried  at  Bunwell,  gave 
35s.  to  adorn  our  Lady's  tabernacle  and  the  herse  of  the  Sepulchre  of 
our  Lord  in  the  church.     These  are  town  lands  at  this  day. 

In  1498,  Idonea,  wife  of  John  Bukke,  confirmed  to  John  Heydon 
and  other  feoffees,  her  husband's  gift,  of  7  acres  in  one  peice  at  Blome's 
Close  by  Does  in  Bunwell,  and  1  acre  1  rood,  in  one  peice  in  Bunwell 
at  Nor th au gh. 

1546,  Will  Bret,  according  to  the  will  of  Simon  Rede  of  Bunwell 
infeoffed  Henry  Lincoln  and  others,  in  3  acres  of  land  lying  in  IVind- 
ham,  by  the  land  of  the  gild  of  St.  John  Baptist  in  Besthorp,  &c.  to 
the  sole  use  of  the  inhabitants  of  Bunwell,  towards  paying  the  tenths 
andjifteenths  of  the  said  parish,  to  the  King,  and  relief  of  the  poor. 

In  1581,  William  and  John  Ingram,  brothers,  settled  one  acre 
in  Bunwell,  to  the  use  of  the  poor. 

In  1629,  Nat.  Wadesvvorth,  rector,  and  Will.  Bret,  settled 
two  acres  of  pasture  lying  in  Carleton,  either  towards  paying  the  taske, 
repairing  the  church,  relieving  honest  poor  people,  or  any  other 
charges  needful  to  be  defrayed  by  the  parishioners  of  Bunwell, 

There  are  two  cottages  with  a  rood  of  ground  to  each,  which  belong 
to  the  parish. 

In  1546,  among  the  town  accounts  6  is  this  entered  "  Paid  to  John 
"  Warde  for  beating  down  the  altars  one  day  and  half  ll<f.  and 
"received  of  Will.  Rysijng  for  the  high  altar  \6d.  (for  the  stone,  I 
"  suppose,  that  covered  it) ;   1554,  paid  for  the  pix  image  6d." 

*  From  the  old  register.     Nothvs.  cujusdam  viri   vocati  Will.  Wrudhara 

'553,  Roberlus  Olivere,   filius    populi,  de  North  Tuddenham  servi  venerabilis 

seu  meretricis,  sed  pro-certo  filius  mu-  Domine  Dakers,  bap.  19  Apr. 
lieris,   vel   potius   meretricis   cujusdam         1621,  John  Gallard,  A.  B.  ofNorvv. 

vocatse  Agnetis  Olivere  etutfertur,  filius  son  of  Ric.  Gallard  of  Bunwell,  died. 


B  UNWELL.  135 


HADESTON,  BAINARD'S,  or  BANIARD'S-IIALL 

Was  the  principal  manor  in  this  town,  and  belonged  to  Torn  a  Dane 
in  the  Confessor's  time,  and  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  Gaoserid  or 
Godefride  held  it  under  Ralf  Bainard  ;  there  belonged  to  it  two 
villeins,  two  bordars  or  copyholders,  4-servants  to  manage  the  de- 
means, which  then  contained  two  carucates,  besides  15  acres  of  mea- 
dow, and  wood  that  would  maintain  20  swine,  1 90  sheep,  and  one 
hive  of  bees;  at  the  first  survey  it  was  worth  5/.  a  year,  and  at  the 
second  10/.  12s.  There  were  at  the  first  survey,  18  freemen,  reduced 
to  12  at  the  second,  and  they  were  worth  28s.  in  yearly  rents  paid  to 
the  manor;  the  whole  town  was  four  miles  and  one  furlong  long,  and 
two  miles  and  15  perches  broad,  and  paid  Qd.  to  the  geld.' 

As  this  manor,  for  the  most  part,  passed  with  the  manor  of  Merton, 
till  Tho.  de  Grey,  Esq.  the  present  lord  of  Merton,  sold  it  with  the 
moiety  of  the  advowson,to  the  Buxtons,  who  joined  it  to  theirother 
manors  here,  I  need  only  refer  you  to  the  account  of  Merton  at  vol.  ii. 
p.  298. 

Robert  Baynard  gave  two  parts  of  the  tithes  of  this  manor,  to 
the  monks  of  Lewes  ;  Fulk  Bainurd  held  it  at  one  fee  of  Robert  Fitz- 
Walter,  as  of  his  manor  of  Hemenhale,  and  confirmed  his  father's 
grant  to  the  monks  of  Lewes.  John  Prior  of  Lewes,  released  60 
acres  in  Merton,  and  one  messuage  to  Fulk,  and  he  released  to  the 
prior,  and  confirmed  the  advowsons  of  Merton  and  East-Riston,  and 
the  two  parts  of  the  tithes  of  Hadeston  demeans;  he  paid  28s.  every  20 
weeks,  for  castle-guard  to  Baynard  castle,  for  Merton,  and  this  manor, 
and  had  assise  of  bread  and  ale  and  weyf  belonging  to  it. 

In  1371,  Sir  Rogf.r  Grey  of  Merton,  Knt.  ordered  his  feoffees  (see 
vol.  ii.  p.  S02)  to  sell  this  manor  to  raise  portions  for  his  two  daugh- 
ters ;  and  accordingly,  they,  jointly  with  the  consent  of  Sir  Thomas 
Grey,  parson  of  Wethersjield,  in  1389,  sold  it  for  200  marks,  to  Tho. 
Duke  of  Gloucester  and  his  heirs,  Thomas [Archbishop  of  York,  Robert 
Bishop  of  London,  Ric.  Earl  of  A run del,  Thomas  Earl  of  Wan nek, 
and  others,  his  feoffees ;  and  in  1303,  the  said  Duke  of  Gloucester 
obtained  a  royal  license,  to  settle  an  annuity  of  10  marks  a  year,  on 
the  abbey  ofWalden,*  but  the  settlement  was  never  completed.  In 
1398,  Ric.  II.  granted  it  to  Edmund  de  Langley  Duke  of  York,9  as 
part  of  the  possessions  of  the  Duke  of  Gloucester,  attainted  ;  it  after- 
wards belonged  to  John  Stuh/ey  in  right  of  his  wife  Phillippa,  daughter 
and   heiress   of  John  Mohun   Loud    of  Dunster,  widow  of  Edmund 

7  TerreRAD' Bainardi.     Depwade  vas'  apum.  tunc  et  post  valuit  c.  sol. 

Ilwnd.  Doms.  fo.  251.  m°  x.  libr.  et  xii.  sol.  et  liuic  manerio 

Hatestvna   tenet  Gaosfridus  q°  te-  jacebunt  xvii.  libr' horn' commend' tan- 

nuit  Torn,  T.R.E.  iiii.  car'  terre,  et  i.  turn,  m°  xii.  i.  car'  tcrre,  et  xx  ac'et  v. 

acr'  tunc  ii.  villani  m°  i.  tunc  xxxiiii.  acr.  prati,  tunc  et  post  iiii.  car'  m°  ii. 

bordarij,   vnodo   xxvii.    tunc   iiii.  serv'  tunc   vat'  xx.    sol.    modo  xxviii.     Isti 

modo  i.  tunc.  ii.  car'  in  dom'  m*  iiii.  lib'  horn'  sunt  escangio.     Totum  habet 

tunc  v.  car'  hominum  m°  ii.  silv'  xx.  ii.  Ieug'  in  longo  et  i.  quar'  et  i.  leug  in 

pore'  xv.  acr'  prati,  tunc  iiii.  rune'  m°  lato,  et  xv.  pertic'.  et  ix.  deGELTO, 

1.  tunc  viii.  anim'  m°xi.  tunc  xl.  porci,  8  Pat.  17  R.  II. 

in"  xxxiii.  tunc  i.  ov'  modo  cxc.  et  i.  5  See  vol.  ii.  p.  410, 


136 


BUNWELL. 


Plain lagenet  son  and  heir  of  Edmund  of  Langley  Duke  of  York,  but 
was  after  repurchased  by  Tho.  Grey,  clerk. 

In  1536,  the  manor  of  Whitwell-llall  in  Skeyton,  was  held  by 
Thomas  Sterne,  of  Grace  Catesbye,  as  of  her  manor  of  Bainard's  Hall 
iri  Bunwell,  which  she  held  in  jointure.  In  1543,  Vaicce's  manor  in 
Easton,1  was  held  by  Gilbert  Talbot,  of  Edmund  Grey,  as  of  his 
manor  of  Bainard's  Hall. 

In  1566,  Robert  Grey  held  this  manor  of  the  Earl  of  Sussex,  as 
of  his  manor  of  Atleburgh,  by  one  fee.  In  1611,  Robert  Kemp,  Esq. 
of  Giss/ng,  held  his  manor  of  Burnet's  of  this  manor ;  and  in  1742, 
the  quitrents  of  the  manor  of  Bainard's-Hu/l  in  Hadeston,  were  22/. 
i4s.  4d.  q.  a  year. 

The  ancient  Baynards  upon  losing  their  barony  of  Bat/Hard's 
castle,  for  rebellion  against  Henri/  I.  had  it  given  from  them  to  the 
ancestors  of  the  Fitz-W alters,  as  at  vol.  ii.  p.  299.  But  this  manor 
being  granted  to  a  younger  branch  before  the  forfeiture,  it  was  never 
forfeited,  though  these  Baynards  bare  their  arms  differing  only  in 
colour  from  the  Fitz-JValters,  their  chief  lords  ;  as  the  Fitz-Walters 
did  from  the  Clare  family,  whence  they  descended,  from  whose  arms 
they  only  varied  by  a  fess  between  two  chevrons,  instead  of  three 
chevrons  born  by  the  Earls  of  Clare,  and  in  like  manner  the  Corn- 
herds  or  Coriterths,  in  imitation  of  the  Baynards,  their  capital  and 


FITZ-WALTER. 


CORNERTH. 


CORNERTH  &  BAYNARD. 


See  vol.  ii.  p.  39S, 


BUNWELL. 


J  37 


chief  lords,  bare  the  same  arms,  only  varied  in  colour,  and  often 
quartered  them  with  tb,e  Baynards ;  but  when  Sir  Thomas  de  Grei/, 
Knt.  married  the  heiress  of  Sir  Richard  de  Cornherd,  Knt.  he  laid 
aside  the  paternal  coat  of  Grey,  and  he  and  all  his  descendants  always 
used  Comherd's  as  their  own,  except  Tho.  de  Grey,  clerk,  who  always 
bare  the  ancient  family  arms  of  Grey,  with  a  mullet ;  and  when  their 
son  Tho.  de  Grey,  Knt.  married  Isabel,  daughter  and  coheiress  of  Fulk 
Baynard  of  Merton,  the  Greys  ever  since  bare  Bainard  quartered 
with  Cornerth,  as  follows: 

THOMAS  DE  GREY,  Esq.  174(1. 
ELIZ.  WINDHAM,  his  wife. 


THO.  GREY,  Clerk,  1403. 


V_ 


HADESTON,  FITZ-OSBERT'S,  PETER'S-HALL, 

Peree's,  commonly  called  Perse-Hall  manor  in  Bunwell,  took  its 
name  from  Peter  Fitz-Osbert,  its  lord;  Ailwin  of  The tj  or d  was 
lord  of  it  in  Edward  the  Confessor's  time,  and  Rob.  de  Curcun 
held  it  of  Roger  Bigot  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  when  it  had  a  mil], 
21  bordars,  wood  for  46  swine;1  the  tenants  could  sell  their  lands, 

1  Rogeri    Bigoti.     Depwade    H.         Hadestuna   tenuit  Ailwinus   de 
Doms.  fo.  124.  Tedfortu.  car'  terre,  modo  tenet  Ro- 

VOL.   V.  T 


138  BUNWELL. 

conditionally  that  they  reserved  the  lords  services;  the  church  had 
30  acres  of  glebe,  two  acres  and  an  half  of  meadow,  and  half  a  caru- 
cate,  the  soc  or  superiour  jurisdiction  over  the  manor,  belonged  jointly 
to  the  King  and  Earl,  and  the  manor  in  the  first  survey  was  valued  at 
40s.  and  afterwards  at  70s.;  but  as  it  passed  with  Carleton  manor  to 
Walter  de  Norwich,  as  at  p.  129,  I  need  not  repeat  it,  but  refer  you 
thither;  it  was  held  of  the  Earl-Marshal  at  1  fee,  and  had  free- 
warren  allowed  in  eire,  to  Roger  Fitz-Osbert,  its  lord;  in  1287, 

Sir  Walter  de  Norwich  being  seized,  left  it  to  Sir  John  his  son, 
who  confirmed  it  for  life  to  Catherine  his  mother,  and  after  her 
decease,  to  the  master  and  chaplains  of  the  college  of  St.  Mary  at 
Raveningham,  of  his  own  foundation,  to  whom  he  gave  his  castle  at 
Meti/ngham  in  Suffolk,  to  which  he  ordered  them  to  translate  their 
college  or  chantry,  and  his  own  and  ancestors  bones;  he  gave  them 
partof  his  estate  to  increase  the  number  of  theiry*e//oa's  from  8  to  13; 
he  first  founded  them  at  Raveningham  in  1342,  translated  them  in 
1350  to  Norton  Supecors,  and  in  1394,  they  removed  and  fixed  their 
college  at  Metyngham ;  Sir  John  Plays,  Sir  Robert  Howard,  Sir  John 
Boys,  Knts.  John  Wolterton  and  Elias  Bintre,  clerks,  having  obtained 
license  for  that  purpose  in  1382,  though  they  could  not  settle  it  be- 
fore :  they  were  executors  to  Sir  John  son  of  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich,3 
and  grandson  to  Sir  John  the  founder  of  Raveningham.  But  not- 
withstanding this,  it  being  settled  at  the  purchase  on  Sir  Walter  de 
Norwich  and  Catherine  his  wife,  and  Roger  their  son,  for  life;  the 
said  John  had  it  and  presented  in  1349  and  1357,  and  held  it  in  1371 
at  one  fee,  by  the  name  of  Hadiston  manor,  alias  Peryshall  in 
Bunwell,  Carleton,  and  Tibenham;  with  the  advowson  of  Carleton, 
and  the  mediety  of  the  advowson  of  Bunwell ;  and  John  de  Noricich, 
son  of  Walter,  was  his  heir;  and  in  1374,  Katherine  de  Breouse,  or 
Brewse,  cousin  and  heir  of  Sir  John  de  Norwich,  junior,  Knt.  viz. 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas,  brother  to  Sir  John,  father  of  Sir 
Walter,  son  of  Sir  John  Norwich,  junior,  settled  it  with  Ling,  Meting- 
ham  castle,  and  others,  on  Sir  John  Plays,  &c.  and  Miles  Stap/eton, 
executors  of  Sir  John  Noncich,  junior,  and  feoffees  to  her;  and  in 
1394,  they  settled  on  the  chantry  of  Norton-Subcross,  3  messuages, 
86  acres  of  land,  5  acres  of  marsh,  6  acres  of  aldercarr,  12  acres  of 
reed-harth,  and  4s.  rent,  in  Raveningham,  Norton-Subcross,  and  Met- 
ingham,  and  the  moiety  of  the  advowson,  and  the  manor  of  Pereshall 
in  Bunwell:  and  thus 

John  le  Neve,  the  last  master  of  Raveningham  chantry  at  Norton- 
Subcross,  became  lord  of  this  manor,  and  patron  of  the  mediety  of 
this  church  ;  and  in 

bertus  de  Curcun,  semper  i.  villan'  et  Comes  socam.  tuncval'  xl.s.  modo  70 

et  xxi.  bord'  et  ii.  serv'  nine  i.  car'  in  sol.  et  v.  lib'  hom'  de  ducbus  habuit  et 

dom'  m°.  ii.  tunc  et  post  iii.  car'  hom'.  i.  bord'  Aluuinus  commend'  tantum, 

modo  i.  vi.   acr'  prati,  silva  vi.    pore'  et  de  tercio,  antecessor  R.  Mal:t,  et 


semper  i.  niol'  et  i.  rune'  et  iii.  anim'  de  quarto,  antecessor  R.  Blang'  et  de 

etxlvi.  pore' et  xi.  hom' soca  falde  et  quinto,  antecessor  Eudonis    filij    Spi- 

commend'  T.  R.  E.  et  possent  vendere  ruic,  et  habent  43  acr'  semper  i.  car' 

terrain,    sed    consuetudo   remanebit   in  et  iii.  acr'  prati,  et  val'  vi.  sol.     Rex  et 

manerio,  et  habent  xxvi.  acr.  terre,  tunc  Comes  socam. 

i.  car'  et  dim'  modo  i.  et  i.  ecclesia  30  3  Tanner's  Notitia,  &c.  fo.  132. 
acr'  et  ii.  acr'  prati  et  dim'  car'.     Rex 


BUNWELL.  I39 

1403,  John  Wilby  of  Norwich,  priest,  was  chosen  by  the  fellows, 
and  was  inducted  by  John  Barnard,  priest/  conduct  of  the  college,  and 
one  of  the  13  fellows  there;  he  was  succeeded  by, 

1425,  Master  Thomas  Whitehead,  and  he  in  1442,  by  Master 
Thomas  Bowbrigg,  alias  Shaer,  on  whose  death  in  1448,  Willi  am 
Fransham  was  elected,  and  died  in  1480,  and  Robert  Wright, 
priest,  had  it;  and  in  1493,  Ric.  Braunche,  and  in  1520,  Ric. 
Shelton,  who  died  in  1530,  and  Tho.  Manning,  suffragan  bishop 
of  Ipswich,  succeeded  ;  he  was  the  last  master. 

This  college  was  granted,  with  the  revenues  thereto  belonging,  to 
the  Denneys,  and  in  1547,  Anthony  Denmy,  Esq.  one  of  the  privy 
council,  had  it;  and  in  1560,  John  Denney,  Esq.  in  lol9,  Thomas 
Denney;  and  in  1620,  Firmian  Denney,  Gent.  It  was  after  pur- 
chased by  theBuxTONS,  with  the  moiety  of  the  advowson,  and  joined 
to  their  manor  of  Carleton,  See.  The  quitrentsin  1742,  were  19/.  14s. 
per  annum. 

In  the  windows  of  Persehall  are  these  arms  : 

Sab.  a  saltier  arg.  Crest,  on  a  wreath  O.  G.  a  bunch  of  wheat 
ears. 

Ditto,  impaling  arg.  a  fess  lozenge  gul.  in  chief  three  eagles  heads 
erased  sab. 

HADESTON,  BOSEVILE'S  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Osbern  at  the  Confessor's  survey,  and  to  Roger  Fitz- 
Renard  at  the  Conqueror's  ;  in  Osbern's  time  it  was  worth  GO?,  and 
in  Roger's 40s.5  Fitz-Renard's  issue  assumed  the  nameof  Hadeston, 
and  William  de  Hadeston,  lord  here,  held  it  of  the  Earl  Warren, 
as  did  William  his  son,  who  died  young  and  without  issue,  leaving  his 
sisters  his  heirs,  viz.  Alice,  married  to  William  Muleton,  and  Cathe- 
rine to  Roger  Talbot,  who  all  released  their  rights  in  1198,  to 
Agatha  de  Hadeston,  their  sister,  who  the  year  following,  mar- 
ried to  Walkeline  de  Bosevile  ;  and  Ric.  Turburn  and  Marga- 
ret his  wife,  released  also  their  part  to  their  sister  Agatha,  by  which 
means  Walkeline  became  possessed  of  the  whole  manor.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  William,  and  he  in  1218,  by  Robert  his  brother, 
who  held  it  at  one  fee  of  the  Earl  Warren;  he  confirmed  to  the 
monks  of  Castleacre,  two  parts  of  the  tithes  of  his  demean  lands  here, 
and  of  his  lands  in  Tibenham  and  Westhache,  which  his  ancestors 
gave  to  that  monastery.  In  1297,  Will,  de  Bosevile  had  it,  and  held 
it  of  William  de  Mortimer,  who  held  it  of  the  Earl  Warren.  In  1314, 
Margery,  widow  of  William,  settled  it  on  Robert  de  Bosevile  and  Joan 
his  wife,  who  seems  to  have  been  a  Boys  ;  John  de  Boys,  junior,  and 
Ralfde  St.  Omer,  parson  of  Brundale,  being  concerned  in  the  settle- 
ment. In  1345,  Robert  Bosevi/eheld  it  of  Constanti?ie  Mortimer;  it 
was  after  that  Adam  Bosvile's  in  1363.     In  1403,  Sir  Robert  Noon 

*  John   Barnard,  Esq.  buried  in  St.  nus  T.R.E.  i.  car'  terre,  semper  iii.vill* 

Miles  Coslany,  Norwich,  a  great  bene-  et  iii.  bord'   tunc  i.  car'  in  dom'  modo 

factor  to  Metingham.  i.  et  dim'  semper  iii.  car'  horn'  iii.  acr' 

5    Terre    Rogeri    filij    Renakdi.  prati,   tunc  24   pore'  modo  12.  et   20 

Depwade  H.  fo.  283.  oves,  tunc  valuit  ao  sol.  modo  40. 

Hatestvna  lenuit  Osbernus  tein- 


140  BUN  WELL. 

had  it,6  and  in  1417,  Sir  Henri/  Noon,  Knt.  and  after  him  Sir  Jolt n 
Hey  don,  who  died  seized  in  1479,  when  he  held  it  of  Mortimer's 
manor  of  Afleburgh;  he  was  succeeded  by  Henry  Heydon,  Esq.  his 
son,  who  held  it  with  the  manors  of Bukenham's  and  Rodehall  in 
Carleton-Rode.  In  1570,  they  belonged  to  Sir  Christopher  Heydon, 
and  were  left  by  him  to  James  Hubbert,  Sir  Christopher  being 
bound  thereto,  by  the  grandfather  of  the  said  James.  In  1588,  it 
appears  by  a  survey  then  made,  that  James  Hubbert,  junior,  Esq.  was 
lord  of  the  several  manors  of  Hadeston,  Bosezcell's,  Rodehall,  Buken- 
ham's, Whitwell's,  and  Laund's  ;  all  which  were  joined,  their  court 
heing  kept  at  Bunwe  11,  and  the  style  of  the  court  was,  Bunwell, 
Carleton,  and  Tibenham  cum  membris ;  the  two  first  being  in 
Bunwell,  the  two  second  in  Carleton,  and  the  two  last  in  Tibenham  ; 
the  whole  rents  were  about  44/.  per  annum.  In  1597,  Henry  Ho- 
bart,  Esq.  conveyed  them  to  John  Hobart,  Gent.;  they  belonged 
to  John  Buxton,  Esq.  of  Chanons  in  Tibenham  in  1623,  and  after 
him  to  Robert  Buxton,  whose  widow  Hannah  owned  them  in 
1678,  and  her  son  Robert  Buxton,  Esq.  had  them,  who  was  succeeded 
bv  John  Buxton,  Esq.  father  of  Robert  Buxton,  Esq.  the  present 
lord  of  all  the  manors  in  this  town,  and  sole  patron  of  this  church. 


THORP'S  MANOR  IN  BUNWELL 

Was  originally  part  of  Fitz-Osbert's  manor,  which  was  separated  by 
Roger  Fitz-Peler  Fitz-Osbert,  who  settled  half  a  fee  here,  on  Sarah 
his  first  wife,  and  her  heirs;  she  was  heiress  of  Sir  Bartholomew  de 
Creke,  Knt.  son  of  Sir  Robert  de  Creke,  lord  of  North-Creke  in  Nor- 
folk, and  died  in  1285,  and  Sir  John  de  Thorp  of  Ashwellthorp, 
Knt.  was  one  of  her  cousins  and  heirs,  and  had  this  allotted  to  his 
share,  and  obtained  liberty  of  free-warren  to  it  of  Edw.  I.  and  in  1314 
he  settled  it  on  himself  and  Alice  his  wife,  in  tail  ;  and  in  1324,  they 
held  it  of  Bainartfs  manor  by  the  service  of  5s.  a  year,  and  the  rents 
were  then  3/.  10s.  per  annum,  and  Robert  de  Thorp,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  30  years  old,  and  lady  Beatrix,  widow  of  the  said  Robert,  held 
the  third  part  in  dower,  and  from  this  time  it  constantly  attended 
Ashwellthorp. 

It  was  settled  by  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  senior,  on  Thomas  de 
Thorp,  his  second  son,  with  remainder  to  Sir  Edmund  Thorp,  Knt. 
his  eldest  son.  In  1406,  Sir  Thomas  Jemegan  had  it,  and  had  a 
charter  of  confirmation  of  free-warren  ;7  in  1,14,  Sir  Thomas  de 
Thorp  ordered  it  to  be  sold  or  to  go  with  Eliz.  his  daughter.  In  1550, 
James  Downes  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  had  it,  when  Roger  lloodhnuse, 
Robert  Richers,  Thomas  Asteley,  and  Mary  his  wife,  conveyed  divers 
parts  of  it  to  him  ;  in  1272,  Robert  Downes  was  lord,  who  joined  it  to 
his  manor  of  Beacham's  or  Beauchamp's  in  Wimondham,  with 
which  it  still  remains. 

There  was  an   ancient  family  sirnamed  De  Bonewell,  for   in 

e  See  vol.  i.  p.  Go.     In  1347  lie  was  of  Shimpling,  p.  154.    Tho.    de   Bose- 

patron   of  a  mediety  of   Shelfhanger,  vile,  rector  of  Snitterton,  p.  421. 

ibid.   p.  115.    Lord  of  Hoe's  mar.oi   in  7  Vol.  i:.  p.  414. 
1360,  p.  118.  Rob.  de  Bosevile,  rector 


ASHWELL-THORP.  141 

1268,  William,  son  ofJejfery,  son  of  Richer  de  Bonewell,  gave  to 
Miles,  prior  o( Lewes,  a  rent  of  2s.  6c?.  out  of  his  lands  in  Bonezoell, 
by  deed  dated  at  Bukenham  castle,  in  the  presence  of  Richard  de 
Purl,  constable  of  (hat  castle,  and  others.  They  continued  a  long 
time  in  the  neighbourhood,  for  in  1482,  William,  son  and  heir  of 
Richurd  Bonewell  of  Carleton-Rode,  conveyed  to  Thomas  Chamber- 
lain, Gent,  and  others,  divers  lands  in  Carleton-Rode. 


ASHWELL-THORP 

Was  anciently  called  Thorp  only,  and  Ashewell  was  a  hamlet 
in  Thorp,  but  there  being  so  many  Thorps  in  the  county  about  Kin" 
Stephens  time,  it  began,  for  distinction  sake,  to  be  called  Ashwell- 
Thorp;  the  name  of  Ashwell  8  does  not  once  occur  in  Domesday 
Book,  though  it  seems  to  have  been  a  well  inhabited  place;  for  in 
1131.,  SirJoHN  de  Thorp  Knt.  founded 

The  free-chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  at  Ashwell, 
and  built  a  house  for  the  residence  of  a  chaplain  or  chantry  priest,  to 
perform  daily  service  in  it  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  hamlet,  and  to  pray 
for  his  own  and  wife's  souls,  and  those  of  his  ancestors  and  succes- 
sours  for  ever.  Having  obtaiued  a  royal  license  of  mortmain,  he 
settled  the  house  and  five  marks  a  year,  for  the  chaplain's  maintenance; 
but  in  1315,  thinking  he  had  not  fully  endowed  it,  he  confirmed  to 
God,  St.  Mary,  and  all  the  Saints,  the  messuage  and  five  marks 
annual  rent,  and  another  close  of  land,  which  he  now  added  to  the 
chantry  aforesaid,  with  the  consent  of  Sir  Gregory  de  Thorp,  Knt.  his 
brother,  the  King,  and  Sir  John  de  Clavering,  Knt.  his  chief  lord,  con- 
firming it ;  the  revenues  of  this  chapel  were  valued  at  3l.  and  paid  6s. 
annual  tenths;  but  at  the  dissolution  of  chantries  in  the  time  of  Edw. 
VI.  the  whole  was  seized,  aud  granted  away  by  that  King;  and  in 
1598,  Sir  Thomas  Knevet  purchased  the  chapel-house,  and  all  that 
belonged  to  the  dissolved  chapel  of  Ashwell I:  and  ever  since  they  have 
continued  with  the  manor. 

1315,  Thomasde  Cantia, or  Kent,  was  presented  to  the  chapel  by  the 
founder,  all  rights  of  the  mother-church  at  Thorp  being  reserved. 

1327,  John  lish  oiTherston.  Sir  Robert  de  Thorp,  Knt.;  he 
held  this  united  to  the  mediety  of  Fressingjield  in  Suffolk,  which  he 
changed  'm  1384,  with  John  de  Pagrave,  for  Thorp  rectory,  and  in 
1335  rechanoed  again,  but  held  this  till 

1344,  when  Jeffery  Kemp  of  Little  Massingham  was  presented  by 
Beatrix,  relict  of  Sir  Rob.  de  Thorp,  who  gave  him  Thorp  rectory 
in  1349 ;  he  resigned  in  1852,  and  she  gave  it  to 

B  It  signifies  the  well  or  spring  by  the  as/ies* 


142  ASHWELL-THORP. 

Adam  de  Redgrave ;  and  afterwards  it  was  generally  held  by  the 
rectors  of  Thorp,  upon  their  giving  security  to  perform  daily  service 
in  the  chapel,  by  themselves  or  deputy. 

Ashwell  was  also  a  distinct  manor  from  Thorp,  in  a  family  sirna- 
med  from  the  hamlet.  Ric.  de  Ashwell  was  lord  of  it  in  Henri/ 
the  Third's  time,9  and  after  him,  Sir  John  Eswell  or  Ashwell,  his  son, 
whose  brother  was  parson  of  Little-Massingham  in  1286,  and  joined 
with  him  and  sold  it  to  the  Thorps,  who  joined  it  to  their  manor  of 
Thorp,  with  which  it  still  continues;  but  the  title  was  not  completed 
till  1347,  and  then  John  de  Ashwell-Thorp,  son,  I  suppose,  of  Sir  Johnf 
confirmed  the  whole,  to  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  Knt.  and  his  heirs. 


THORP 

vjontained  one  manor  only;  at  the  Confessor's  survey  it  belonged 
to  a  thane  of  Bishop  Stigand,  and  was  worth  bl.per  annum.  At  the 
Conquest  it  belonged  to  Earl  Eustace,  and  was  worth  61.;  it  was  a 
mile  and  an  half  long,  and  five  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  6d.  ob.  q. 
geld*  It  soon  after  this  belonged  to  one  William,  sometimes  distin- 
guished by  the  addition  of  Norwich,  where  he  lived;  and  that 
Roger  mentioned  in  the  record  called  Testa  de  Nevil,  seems  to  have 
been  his  son  ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Robert,  called  Fitz-Roger,  and 
after  by  the  name  of  Sir  Robert  de  Massingham-Parva,  who  held  7 
fees  in  Thorp,  Massingham,  Anemere,  and  many  other  towns,  of  the 
honour  of  Bononia  or  Bul/oigne.  His  wife  Eda  survived  him,  and 
held  Thorp  in  1209,  when  she  was  called  Eda  de  Thorp  :*  Hugh  son 
of  Robert  lived  at  the  same  time;  he  is  also  called  sometimes  Hugh  de 
Massingham,  and  was  succeeded  by  Sir  John  the  Knight,3  son  of  Sir 
Hugh,  often  called  John  Fitz-Robert :  he  sealed  with  chequy  or  and 
G.  a  fess  in  a  bordure  arg.  and  was  lord  of  Ashwe/lthorp,  Fundenhall, 
IVreningham,  Bonwell,  &c. ;  he  married  Margery  daughter  of  Sir  Rob. 
de  Creke,  lord  of  North-Creke  and  Hillington  in  Norfolk,  and  Combes 

9  Alice  his  mother  held  it  for  life.  *  Besides  this  family,  there  were  seve- 

1  Terre  Comitis  Eustachii.  Dep-  ral  of  the  same  sirname  in  other  parts, 

wade  H.  Doms  fo.    73.     Torp  tenuit  there  being  so  many  towns  of  that  name, 

teinus  Stigandi  iii.  car.  terre,  semper  from  which  they  took  their  own. 

xii.  villani,  tunc  x.  bord.  m°xv.  tunc  In  1 107, Will.  deWormegeyeinfeoffed 

iv.  serv.  m'  iii.  semper  iii.  car.  in  dom.  Gilbert  de  Thorp  in  one  fee,  and  he  held 

tunc  vii.  car.  modo  v.  xxx.  acr.  prat,  it  in  11 65. 

silv.  xxx.  pore,  tunc  i.  rune,  tunc  xvi.  3  In  1249,  John  son  of  Hugh  de  Thorp 

anim.   tunc  xl.  pore,   modo  xvii.  tunc  and  Rog.  de  Thorp,   held  a  whole  fee, 

xxiii  oves,  tunc  xxiii.  capr.  modo  xl.  et  and  were  not  knights,   but   were  sum- 

viii.vasa  apum,  tunc  valuit  cj.  modo  vi/.  moned  to  take  that  honour, 
et  habet  i.  leug.  et  dim.  in  longo,  et  v. 
quar.  in  lato,  et  vi.d.  et  iii.  ferding  de 
gelto. 


ASHWELL-THORP.  143 

in  Suffolk,  and  at  length  coheir  to  Sarah  de  Creke,  daughter  of  Bar-' 
tholomew  de  Creke,  and  wife  to  Roger  Fitz-Osbcrt,  (see  p.  126,)  their 
son. 

Robert  Fitz-John  de  Thorp  succeeded  them,  who  in  King 
Henry  the  Third's  time,  A°  1236,  was  one  of  the  resident  Barons  of 
the  Exchequer,  his  countryman,  Master  Hervy  de  Belet,  being  then 
Chief  Baron,  Ric.  de  Eye,  rector  of  Fundenhale,  released  to  him  and 
Maud  his  wife,  his  niece,  all  his  right  after  his  death,  to  Sir  Philip  de 
Hue,  his  brother,  in  his  manors  and  lands  in  Horham,  Hoxne,  Strad- 
brook,  &c.  in  Suffolk;  and  Sarah  de  Hal  mo,  Richard  son  of  James 
Suddimere,*  and  Philip  de Braseworth,  released  all  their  rights  in  Hor- 
ham, Titshall,  Fresingfield,  Fundenhale,  and  the  mediety  of  the  advow- 
son  of  Fresingfield;  and  Robert  de  Hemenhale  conveyed  to  them  all 
his  tenements  in  Norwich,  whicli  he  purchased  of  the  prioress  and 
nuns  of  Haliwell,  for  a  gold  ring  given  to  the  said  Robert;  he  was 
lord  of  Hapton,  and  bare  chequy  or  and  gul.  a  fess  erm.  In  1266, 
King  Henry  III.  confirmed  to  Robert  son  of  John  de  Thorp ,  free-war- 
ren in  all  his  demeans  here,  and  in  Massingham  and  Fundenhale  in 
Norfolk,  in  Cotton  in  Suffolk,  and  Sharpenhowe  in  Bedfordshire,  by 
his  charter  dated  at  Cambridge  Apr.  7,  in  the  5  1st  year  of  his  reign. 
This  Robert,  in  1264,  had  several  manors,  lands,  &c.  confirmed  to  him, 
by  Robert  son  of  Sir  Richard  Nerford,  Knt.  of  Wreningham,  in  Wre- 
ningham,Thorp,Fundenhall,Hapton,  Flordon,  Ashwell,  an&Tacolneston.. 
(Seep. 1 19.)  Inl271,  hewas  impleaded  forerecting  a  gallows  atAshwell- 
Thorp,  when  the  manor  never  had  that  liberty,  which  he  took  down 
again  ;  but  had  then  free-warren ,  view  of  frankpledge,  assize  of  bread  and 
ale  allowed  to  the  manor  in  Eire.  It  seems  Margery  Creke  his  mother, 
was  alive  in  1274,  and  had  an  annuity  out  of  the  manor:  in  this  year 
Rob.Fitz-John%  was  sheriff  ot 'Norfolk  nndSu folk.  In  1282,  he  had  ano- 
ther charter  for  freewarren  in  his  manors  of  Horham,  Hoxne,  IVyttou, 
and  Stradbrook  in  Suffolk,  and  in  Wreningham,  Bunwell,  and  Funden- 
hall'm  Norfolk.  In  1284,  he  was  allowed  the  liberties  of  a  gallows, 
pillory,  and  weyf,  in  this  manor. 

John  de  Thorp,6  son  of  Rob.  aforesaid  and  Maud  his  wife,  suc- 
ceeded, being  lord  here,  and  of  Fundenhall,  Bunwell,  Hapton,  and 
Wreningham;  it  appears  that  he  had  two  wives,  Agnes  and  Alice, 
the  former  of  which  died  about  1299-  In  1293,  he  was  summoned 
among  the  great  men  to  attend  King  Edward  I.  at  Portsmouth,  on  the 
first  of  Sept.  in  order  to  recover  Gascoign,  then  possessed  by  iheFrench 
King  ;  and  this  year  he  procured  his  lather's  executors  to  advance  by 
way  of  loan  to  the  King,  167/.  2*.  lOd.  ob.  on  his  going  that  journey. 
In  his  time,  an  extent  was  made  of  the  several  fees  and  manors  held 
of  him,  as  of  this  manor  of  Ashzcellthorp,  among  which  his  sister 
Alice  held  20/.  in  Mawtby.     Will,  de  Colneys  held  100s.  in  Tiben- 

*  Ric.  de  Eye  was  his  uncle.  Ric.  his  son  30  years  old.    In  1293,  Ro- 

5  In  1249,  tliis  appears  to  have  been  bert  de  Thorp  was  made  Justice  of  the 

a  numerous  family.     In  1274,  it  seems  Common    Pleas.     Dugd.    Orig.   Jurid. 

that  a  John   Fitz-John  was  descended  Chronic,  fo.  30. 

from  the  family  of  Luvell,  "Johannes        6  Philip  de  Thorp,  rector  here,   was 

filius  Johannis  habuit  libertates  in  Mas-  his  brother.     In  1  298,  William  son  of 

singham  Parva  et  nomen  ejus  fuit  Lu-  Richard,  lord  of  Eyssewell,  and  Joan  his 

veil.  Rot.  Hund.  Frithbridge  3  E.  I."  wife,  confirmed  their  manor  to  Sir  John 

see  vol.  i.  p.  207.     In  1392,  John  Filz-  Thorp  and  his  heirs. 
John,  lord  of  Massingham  died,  leaving 


U4,  ASHWELL-THORP. 

ham,  See.  In  1303,  Maud  his  mother  held  Sharpenhow  manor  in 
Bedfordshire  for  life,  the  reversion  of  which,  was  settled  hy  Sir  John 
de  Thorp,  on  his  son  George  de  Thorp  and  E/iz.  his  wife.  In  1307,  he 
was  summoned  as  one  of  the  King's  council;  and  in  1309,  had  ano- 
ther summons  to  attend  King  Edward  III.  at  Newcastle  upon  Tine,  to 
march  against  the  Scots,  who  had  broken  the  truce,7  made  with  them, 
at  the  instance  of  Philip  the  French  King.  In  1314,  he  had  been  some 
time  married  to  his  second  wife,  Alice8  relict  of  Sir  William  de  Mor- 
timer; on  whom  this  manor,  with  thoseof Futidenhall,Tivetshall,  Bunwell, 
IVreningham,  and  Horham,  and  the  advowsons  of  Aslucelllhorp,  and 
die  mediety  of  the  church  of  Fresingjield,  were  settled  by  Alexander 
de  Repham,  rector  of  Sculton,  their  trustee;  it  being  then  held  of  Sir 
John  de  C/avering  at  one  fee :  in  1315,  being  appointed  high  sher  iff 
of  the  county,  he  got  a  letter  sent  to  Sir  William  de  Norwich,  to  get 
him  excused  by  reason  of  his  corporal  infirmities,  and  another  to  Hervy 
de  Stanton,  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  from  the  Prior  of  Norwich? 
by  whose  interest  he  got  off  serving  the  office  at  present.  In  1321,  a 
commission  issued  to  Sir  John  de  Thorp  and  others,  to  seize  all  persons 
in  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  who  should  rise  in  arms  against  the  King. 
In  1322,  he  and  Thomas  Bardolf,  were  appointed  wardens  to  guard 
the  coasts  of  Norfolk  against  any  invasions  from  the  Flemings  or  Scots ; 
and  the  same  year,  he  and  Alice  his  wife  conveyed  the  manor  of  Ailes- 
zcesthoip  hi  Freebridge  hundred,  and  the  advowson  of  the  moiety  of 
that  church,  after  their  deaths,  with  lands  in  Get/ton,  Walton,  Wykes, 
and  Bexzoe/l,  to  the  Prior  of  Pentney  and  his  successours.  In  1323, 
he  was  joined  with  Walt,  de  Norwich,  Simon  de  Ilethersete,  and  John 
de  Redeuhall,  Knts.  who  were  all  appointed  the  King's  just  ices  to  ex- 
amine into  the  frauds  committed  by  the  collectors  of  the  taxes,  several 
of  them,  having  collected  more  than  they  returned  into  the  Exchequer, 
but  dying  on  the  ]6th  of  May  this  year, '  John  le  Claver  was  made 
justice  in  his  stead.  It  appears  from  the  inquisition,  that  he  and 
Alice  his  wife,  held  jointly  at  his  death,  Hi llington,  Helmingham, 
Massingham-Parxa,  Titshall,  Thorp,  Wreningham,  Fundenhall,  Hup- 
ion,  Combes,  Sac.  manors,  and  that 

Robert  de  Thorp,  his  eldest  son,  was  above  30  years  old ;  he 
married  Beatrix,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  de  Hengrave,  and  died 
possessed  of  these  manors  in  1329,  leaving  a  wife,  and 

7  Rymer,  vol.  3,  p.  148.  quia  diversis  coiporis  infirmitatibus,  ut 

8  Bellemont  in  Essex  came  to  the  pro  certo  novimus,  continue  pregrava- 
Thorps  by  the  match  with  the  heiress  of  tur,  propter  quas  ad  dictum  officium  pro 
Belhouse,  p.  118,)  which  family  had  it  commedo  Regis  faciend.  habilis  non 
by  the  marriage  with  Isolda,   daughter  existit,  &c.  Roganms,  quatinus  diligen- 


and  coheir  of  Alice  de  Beliomont,  mar-  ciam  vestram  et  solicitudinem  operosam 
ried  to  John  de  Belhus.  pro  viribus,  si  placet,  apponere  digue- 
s' Pre-excellentis  discretionis  viro  et  mini  cum  effectu,  ut  ab  officio  memorato 
amico  confidentissimo  Domino  Herveo  valeat  totahter  liberari,  Sec.  (Regr. 
df  Stanton  cancellario  de  scaccario  Eccle.  Cath  Norwic.  ix  fo.  188.) 
Domini  Regis,  suns  ubi  libtt  fiater  R.  '  Just  before  his  death,  he  was  joined 
(sc.  Rob.  de  Langley)  Prior  ecclesie  with  Sir  Edmund  Baco",  K,,t.  to  treat 
See.  Trinitatis  de  Norwico,  salutein,  of,  and  assent  to,  a  match  between  Al- 
&c.  qualiter  amicus  noster  specialis  p/icnsa,  eldest  son  to  the  King a{Arragon, 
Dominus  Johannes  de  Thorp,  ad  and  Joan,  daughter  U  Edward  11  King 
officium  Vice-Comitis  in  Norff.  ct  of  England,  the  day  for  the  treaty  being 
Sufe.  exequend.  per  riominum  Regem  fixed  by  the  patent,  to  be  held  at  the 
sit  assumptus,  non  ignoras,  &c.  verum  Tower  of  London,  Febr.  19,  1322. 


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145 


John  de  Thorp,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  15  years  of  age,  and  John 
de  Clavering,  his  chief  lord,  was  his  guardian.  Alice  his  grandmother 
was  alive  in  1325.  In  1336,  Lady  Beatrix  his  mother,  was  patroness 
here  and  of  Massingham-Parva,  where  she  resided,  and  held  North- 
Crekt  manor  in  jointure.  He  married  this  year,  and  settled  on 
Robert  Brown,  parson  of  Shipden,  John  son  of  Robert  de  Ingham, 
and  other  trustees,  his  manors  of  Ashwell-thorp,  Fundenhall,  and 
IVreningham,  and  all  his  advowsons  except  North-Creke,  to  the  use 
of  himself,  and  Joan  his  wife,  and  their  heirs.  In  1338,  he  paid  rent 
to  the  Earl  of  Suffolk  for  the  moiety  of  his  manor  of  Combes.  In 
1339,  he  made  Sir  George  de  Thorp,  Knt.  and  John  Yemme  of  Nor- 
wich, his  attorneys,  to  present  to  his  livings,  during  his  being  out  of 
England,  in  the  King's  service  in  France ;  and  this  year,  he  settled 
on  the  chaplain  of  Ashwell  chapel  for  ever,  to  pray  for  his  soul,  100 
shillings,  and  100  pence  annual  rents,  issuing  out  of  lands  here  ;  and 
the  next  year  granted  to  the  minoresses  of  St.  Clare's  order  by 
Aldgate,  20  marks  annuity  out  of  his  lands  in  Congham,  Combes,  and 
Helmingham,  during  the  life  of  Catherine,  the  widow  of  Sir  John,  son 
of  Sir  Oliver  de  Ingham.  In  1340,  his  feoffees  released  to  him  all 
right  in  the  church  of  North-Creke,  and  all  the  lands  in  Helmingham 
in  Suffolk,  which  Sir  Ralfde  Bocking  held  for  life  ;  he  died  this  year, 
and  Joan  his  widow,  who  was  heir  to  Lucy  and  Maud  her  sisters, 
daughters  of  Roger  at te  Eshe,  was  alive  and  married  in  1345,  to  Sir 
Roger  le  Strange,  who  was  lord  here  in  her  right,  during  her  life ;  but 
they  having  no  issue, 

Edmund  de  Thorp,  his  brother,  inherited;  and  in  1348,  there 
was  a  suit  commenced  to  prove  Joan,  his  (hen  wife,  a  bastard  ;  but  on 
trial,  Bishop  Bateman  certified,  that  she  was  legitimate,  and  was  sister 
of  Thomas,  son  of  Robert,  son  of  Robert  Baynard,  who  died  seized  of 
Colkirk  and  Gutely  manors  in  1329,  and  cousin  and  heir  of  Robert 
Baynard,  who  lived  in  1257,  and  therefore  Edmund  had  those  manors 
of  her  inheritance.  He  was  lord  also  of  Combes  and  Finingham  in 
Suffolk,  a  moiety  of  the  former  of  which,  he  held  in  fee-farm  of  the 
King,  at  11/.  4s.  4d.  a  year,  and  15s.  scutage;  and  Robert  de  Uffbrd 
Earl  of  Suffolk  had  the  other.  In  1349,  he  settled  100  marks  annuity 
on  William  de  Bergh,  rector  of  Cantley,  Robert  de  Thirning,  rector  of 
Combes,  Thomas  de  Bumpstede,  citizen  of  Norwich,  arid  Adam  de  Red- 
grave, rector  of  Bathele,  out  of  A shzcellthorp,  Fundeidiall,  Hapton, 
Bunwetl,  Nelonde,  Wreningham,  Horham,  and  fVotton  in  Stradbrook ; 
he  sealed  with  chequy  on  a  less  three  crescents.  In  1351,  Sir  Miles 
Stapleton,  Knt.  and  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Oliver  de 
Ingham,  released  Fiesingfield  advowson,  and  a  messuage  in  Nether 
Conisford  in  Norwich,  to  Sir  Edmund  and  his  heirs.  In  1358,  he  in- 
ieofted  his  manors,  8cc.  to  raise  100  marks  per  annum,  for  21  years,  to 
pay  his  debts,  and  100/.  to  each  of  his  daughters,  Beatrix  and  Joan, 
by  the  advice  of  Joan  his  wife:  John  his  second  son,  who  married 
Mary  daughter  of  John  Argentein  of  Halesworth  in  Suffolk,  was  to 
have  Horham  and  Wottnn  in  Stradbrook,  and  all  his  lands  in  Suffolk, 
to  him  and  his  heirs;  Robert  his  third  son  to  have  Bunwell ;  and 
Eliz.  his  daughter  married  Robert  Corbet  of  Asington  in  Suffolk.  In 
his  time,  the  several  tee*  and  manors  held  of  the  manor  of  Ash- 
well-thorp  were  extended, and  by  the  extent  renewed,  it  appeared, 
that 

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146  ASHWELL-THORP. 

Half  a  fee  in  Swei/nesthotp,  Gouthorp,  and  Dunston,  was  held  by  the 
annual  payment  of  a  pair  of  boots  to  the  lord  of  As/m>ell- thorp,  and 
a  pair  of  buskins  lined  with  felt,  to  the  lady  there,  which  was  then 
held  by  John  de  Hethersete ;  and  Nie.  de  Aldburgh  held  in  Denton 
and  Aldburgh,  one  fee  by  the  payment  of  a  pair  of  gilt  spurs  every 
Easter. 

And  this  family  had  many  fees  held  in  Norfolk,  Suffolk,  Cambridge- 
shire, and  Essex,  of  their  several  manors,  viz. 

OF  THEIR  MANOR  OF  MaSSINGHAM-PaRV A, 

John  Barford  and  Walter  Ca/thorp,  held  a  fee  in  Anemere,  and 
John  le  Wassand  held  Frenge  manor  and  advowson  at  one  fee,  which. 
William  de  Colneye  lately  held  ;  and  Wichinglmm  manor  was  held  by 
John  de  Hall  and  his  parceners,  at  two  fees;  Warine  de  Bassingbourn 
held  Chishil  and  Shipneye  manors  in  Cambridgeshire  at  one  fee,  and 
all  of  them,  though  held  of  Massinghum,  were  held  by  the  lord  of  Mas- 
singham,  of  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  lord  of  Horsford,  as  of  the  manor  of 
Horsford. 

The  same  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  senior,  being  lord  of  North 
Creke,  Helmingham,  and  Fundenhall,  had  the  following  fees  held  of 
him,  viz. 

AS  OF  HIS   MANOR  OF  NoRTH-CREKE, 

Three  quarters  of  a  fee  in  Burnham,  held  by  the  Prior  of  Walsingham, 
half  a  fee  in  North-Creke  and  Bumham-Thorp,  held  by  Bartholomew 
de  Ca/thorp ;  a  quarter  of  a  fee  in  Depedale  held  by  Roger  de  Tofts, 
another  quarter  there,  by  Thomas  de  Brancaster ;  one  fee  there  by 
Thomas  Bacon  ;  a  quarter  of  a  fee  in  Burnham  held  by  Will.  Angre, 
half  a  fee  in  Stanhowe  by  Bartholomew  de  Calthorp,  half  a  fee  for- 
merly held  by  Robert  de  Quarles,  in  Quarks,  but  now  by  Edmund  de 
Baconesthorp,  the  Prior  of  Peterston,  the  Abbot  of  Creke,  and  the  heirs 
of  Richard  de  Redham;  half  a  fee  in  Dallyng  held  by  Simon  de  Piatis, 
or  Meadows,  &c.  the  8th  part  of  a  fee  in  Shipden  by  Cromere,  held  by 
Will,  de  Bradenham,  Roger  de  Reymes,Rob.  Theland,  and  Will.  Hervy; 
half  a  fee  in  Burnham  by  Sir  Gregory  de  Thorp,  half  a  quarter  of  a  fee 
there  by  Sir  Tho.  Sniterton  ;  the  manor  of  Bei  ningham  in  North-Er- 
pingham  hundred,  held  by  the  heirs  of  Eustace  de  Berningham  at  one 
fee;  three  quarters  of  a  fee  in  Northwood  Berningham  held  by  Ric. 
de  Berningham ;  half  a  fee  in  Basingham  by  Sir  Rob.  de  Mawtby;  the 
manor  of  Runton  held  by  Will,  de  Valens  at  the  8th  part  of  a  fee ; 
a  quarter  of  a  fee  in  JVickmere  held  by  Robert  de  Baconesthorp ;  half 
a  fee  there  by  John  de  Irmingland,  and  two  messuages  and  4'J  acres 
of  land  in  Riburgh,  held  by  John  Burnham  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee  ;  all 
which,  were  held  of  North-Creke  manor,  as  of  Fitz-Osbert's  fees, 
and  by  the  lord  of  Nortli-Creke,  of  the  Earl-Marshal,  as  of  Forncet 
honour. 

THE  FEES  HELD  OF  SlR  EDMUND  AS  OF  HIS  MANOR  OF  FuNDEN- 
HALL,  WERE  THESE, 

John  de  Norwich  held  Melles  manor  in  Suffolk  at  one  fee,  as  of  Sir 
JohnThorp's  manor  of  Fundenhall,  he  of  the  EsA-Marshal,  and  he 


ASH  WELL-THORP.  147 

of  the  King  ;  and  the  Thorps  held  Fundenhall  and  all  the  fees  held 
of  it,  as  of  the  Earl-Marshal's  manor  of  Forncet ;  but  the  manor  of 
Melles  belongs  to  Metingham  chantry  or  college,  by  license  from  Sir 
Edmund  de  Thorp  ;  half  a  fee  in  Carleton,  Brakene,  and  Mulkebarton, 
was  held  by  Edmund  de  Baconesthorp,  and  John  Pycot ;  one  fee  in 
Carleton  and  Quarks,  was  held  by  Edmund  de  Baconesthorp,  which 
fee  Sir  John  de  Thorp  purchased  of  Sir  Robert  Hovel,  and  is  now  di- 
vided among  Sir  Thomas  St.  Omer,  the  Prior  of  Shuldham,  the  Prior 
of  Alvesbourne,  and  many  others.  Besthorp  manor  was  held  at  half 
a  fee  by  Edmund  de  Baconesthorp ;  one  fee  in  Creke  and  Ne/onde, 
held  by  Ric.  de  Belhouse ;  one  fee  in  Besthorp  by  John  de  Curson,  one 
fee  in  Hockham  by  Mary  Countess  of  Pembrook,  one  fee  in  Wymton 
and  Cratfield  in  Suffolk,  held  by  Ric.  de  Bocking;  half  a  fee  in  Crat- 
field  by  Rob.  de  Wayland,  a  quarter  of  a  fee  in  Bunnell  by  Will,  de 
Bosevi/e;  one  quarter  of  a  fee  in  Carleton  Rode,  by  Will,  de  Rode. 

THE  FEES  OF  SlR  EDMUND'S  MANOR  OF  HeLMINGHAM  WERE, 

One  fee  in  Stikingland  in  Suffolk,  by  Rob.  de  Creke.  One  fee  in 
Honyngton,  as  of  the  EaA-Marshal's  manor  of  Chest  erjbrd,  by  James 
de  Creyk;  one  fee  in  Kenton,  by  Nigel  de  Kenton  ;  two  fees  in  IVes- 
thorp  and  Finingham  by  Adam  Conyers  ;  halt  a  fee  in  F/ixton,  held  by 
Flixton  prioress ;  a  fee  and  an  half  in  Middlelon  and  Yoxford,  held 
by  Rob.  de  Creyk;  all  which  fees  in  1305,  were  divided,  and  were 
the  fees  of  Rug.  Fitz-Peter  Filz-Osbert,  who  had  them  of  the  inheri- 
tance of  Sarah  his  wife,  and  were  delivered  to  Sir  John  de  Thorp,  as 
cousin  and  heir  to  Margaret,  one  of  the  aunts  and  heirs  of  the  said 
Sarah;  besides  which,  the  family  of  the  Thorps  inherited  from  her, 
the  following  estates  and  fees. 

The  south  part  of  the  moiety  of  the  capital  mansion-house  of  the 
Creke  family  at  North  Creke,  and  the  moiety  of  that  advowson,  and 
the  moiety  of  two  fees  and  an  half  in  Creke,  and  the  rnoiety  of  the 
advowson  of  Hi/ingtone. 

This  Sir  Edmund  sometimes  sealed  with  a  chevron  between  three 
crescents  :  a  cotemporary  and  relation  to  him,  but  how  near  I  cannot 
find,  was 

Sir  William  de  Thorp,  who  was  made  a  King's  Serjeant  in  the 
16th  of  Edward  III.  and  afterwards  justice  both  of  the  King's  Bench 
and  Common  Pleas,  and  0.6  Nov.  1347,  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's 
Bench  ;  in  1350,  the  record  of  judgment  had  against  Sir  Will.  Thorp, 
late  Chief  Justice,1  was  affirmed,  considering  that  against  his  oath  he 
had  received  bribes,'  but  he  was  soon  after  restored  to  the  King's 
favour,  and  made  a.  Baron  of  the  Exchequer ;  in  1353/ 

Sir  Robert  de  Thorp  (as  is  supposed)  brother  to  Sir  William, 
was  made  the  King's  Serjeant,  and  summoned  to  parliament  among 
the  judges  and  King's  council  in  1346,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common 
Pleas  in  1357,  and  Lord  Chancellor  of  England  26  March,  1372. 

Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  junior,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Edmund  aforesaid, 

1  Prinne's   Abridgment    of  the   Re-  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  was 

cords,  fo.  74.  adjudged  heretofore  to  death  and  to  for- 

3  Dugd.  Origines  in  the  year  1353.  feit  his  lands,  for  receiving  20/.  of  one 

*  10  Ric.  II.  Sir  Will.  Thorp,  late  for  a  matter  depending  before  him. 


14S  ASHWELL-THORP. 

was  married  by  Sir  Jeffery  de  Massingham,  rector  of  Ashwellthorp, 
Oct.  6,  1368,  to  Margaret,  daughter  of  Richard  de  la  Rivere,  in 
the  presence  of  Sir  Edmund  his  father,  and  dame  Joane  his  mother, 
Sir  Ra/fde  Shelton,  Knt.  and  others;  after  whose  decease,  he  married 
again  to  Joan  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  Robert  de  Northwood 
or  Norwood  of  Northwood-  Berningham,  in  Norfolk,  and  of  North- 
wood  in  Kent,  who  was  widow  to  Roger  Lord  Sca/es  of  Newcels ;  for 
which  match,  not  having  obtained  the  King's  license,  he  was  par- 
doned in  1387,  upon  paying  the  King  20/.  for  a  fine  for  that  trans- 
gression ;  the  said  lady  holding  divers  lands  in  capite. 

In  1370,  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  senior,  was  sheriff  of  Norfolk 
and  Suffolk,  as  appears  by  a  discharge  given  him  by  Robert  liucon, 
who  succeeded  him  in  that  office.  In  1380,  Robert  de  Thirning, 
rector  of  Combes,  and  Tho.  de  Bumpstede,  citizen  of  Norwich,  were 
infeoffed  by  him  in  his  manors,  advowsons,  and  lands,  in  Ashwellthorp, 
North-Crekc,  Massingham-Parva,Fundenhall,  Hapton,  Wreningham, 
Ne/onde,  Hethi/l,  Tacolneston,  Bonwell,  Horham, and  Wotton  mStrad- 
brook  ;  by  which  they  were  settled  on  his  son  and  others,  paying  him 
an  annuity  of  100/. per  annum. 

In  1381,  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  junior,  Knt.  and  Joan  his  wife, 
purchased  divers  messuages,  &,c.  and  several  villeins  here,  of  Hugh 
son  of  Robert  de  Dunston,  and  Christiana  de  Bonington,  which  Peter 
de  la  Penne  of  Hethil,  and  the  said  Christiana  purchased  of  Adam  de 
la  Penne  of  Hethil,  and  the  said  Peter  sold  them  to  Robert  de  Dun- 
ston, father  of  Hugh  and  William.  In  1383,  he,  and  Sir  Richard  de 
Waldegrave,  Knt.  Will.  Winter  and  Tho.  Wayte,  had  a  grant  of  the 
temporalities  of  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  during  the  forfeiture  of  Henry 
Spencer  Bishop  of  the  see,  except  the  knights  fees,  and  advowsons of 
churches,  paying  50  marks  yearly  to  the  Exchequer;  and  in  1385, 
they  had  a  writ  directed  to  them  to  restore  them  to  the  Bishop. 

In  1393,  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  senior  died,5  and  was  buried  by 
Beatrix  his  wife,  in  the  chancel  at  Ashwellthorp,  and  gave  five  marks 
to  any  one  that  would  take  a  pilgrimage  for  him  to  St.  Janus  the 
Apostle;  and  legacies  to  his  tenants  at  Thorp,  Fundenha/e,  Hapton, 
Wreningham,  Co/kirk,  and  Litt/e-Massing/iam,  where  he  was  lord ; 
many  rings,  jewels,  &c.  to  Joane  his  wife,  for  life,  and  then  to  Sir 
Edmund,  his  eldest  son  and  heir  ;  and  particularly  the  murrey  cup 
tipped  with  silver,  which  is  the  charter  cup  ofTHORP,  was  to  go  from 
heir  to  heir,  to  all  that  shall  be  lords  of  Thorp  of  his  biood,  and  three 
gold  rings  set  with  Oriental  saphires ;  he  gave  Edmund  his  heir  all 
his  goods  in  his  manor-houses  at  Colkirk,  with  Apkton-Hall,  and 
Littte-Massinghatn  ;  he  had  Thomas,  Robert,  and  George,  his  sons, 
and  ordered  to  be  buried  under  a  plain  tomb,  without  funeral  pomp; 
Joane  his  widow  died  at  Colkirk,  Febr.  1399,  and  was  buried  by  her 
husband,  and  then 

Sir  Edm.  de  Thorp,  her  son,  held  his  first  court  here,  and  imme- 
diately after,  put  his  estates  into  feottves  hands,  viz.  Sir  Thomas  Petri/, 
Sir  Robert  Knowlles,  Knt.  John  de  Clu/e,  clerk,  and  others;  at  which 
time  it  appears,  he  had  manors,  lands,  rents,  fees,  or  service:,  here 
and  in  Hapten,  Fundenhall,  Wreningham,  Neloncie,  Brakene,  Flo/don, 
Tacolneston,  Wimondham,  Hethil,  and  the  reversions  of  North-Creke, 

5  Proved  12  May,  1393.     Regr.  Harsyke,  fo.  183.  b. 


ASHWELL-THORP.  149 

Horham  cum  Stradbrooke,  and  JVotton  in  Suffolk,  which  were  held  for 
life  by  his  brother  Robert ;  his  seal  hath  three  crescents  2  and  1, 
and  a  plume  for  a  crest :  and  now  also,  he  assigned  to  his  mother  for 
life,  Hapton  and  Fundenhall  manors;  she  sealed  with  Thorp  as  before, 
impaling  Bainard.  Upon  his  going  beyond  sea,  he  made  his  will, 
and  gave  Ashwellthorp  for  life  to  his  wife,  and  North-Creke,  and  if 
his  infant  children  died,  then  North-Creyk  to  go  to  his  brother 
Thomas,  Horham  to  his  brother  Robert,  and  if  Little  Massinghant 
manor  should  fall  into  his  hands,  his  wife  to  have  it  for  life.  His 
seal  had  always  a  label  of  three,  during  the  life  of  his  father.  This 
Sir  Edmund  new  roofed  and  glazed  the  church  and  chancel  at  Thorp, 
and  founded  Thorp's  chapel  for  his  own  burial  place  and  that  of  his 
successours,  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel ;  and  by  the  covenant 
made  with  John  Faudy  of  Salle,  carpenter,  it  was  to  be  27  feet  long 
and  12  broad,  within  the  walls.  He  was  mayor  of  Burdeaux  in  Gas- 
coigne  in  1399-  In  1408,  John  Spencer  and  Kolherine  his  wife,6  re- 
leased to  Sir  Edmund  and  Joan  his  wife,  the  manor  and  advowson  of 
Stonham-Aspall,  alia;  Antegain  in  Suffolk,  and  a  moiety  of  Coulung, 
which  she  had  in  right  of  her  mother  Catherine,  who  was  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Sir  John  de  Aspale  of  Stonham-Antegain,  who  had  Sir 
Ralf  Hemenhale  for  her  other  husband.  In  1415,  Joan  Lady  Scales, 
wife  of  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,  died  and  was  buried  by  her  order,  in 
As/ncell-thorp  churchyard,  and  gave  20/.  to  make  her  a  tomb  ;  she 
gave  her  manor  of  Coulyng  to  be  sold,  and  her  manors  oiSto'nham  and 
Witlysford,  to  Robert  de  Scales  and  his  heirs  male,  remainder  to  the 
Lady  Catherine  Savage,  her  daughter,  remainder  to  her  daughters 
Joane  and  Isabell. 

Thomas  de  Thorp,  Esq.  second  son  of  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp, 
senior,  had  Bunwell  manor  for  life  :  in  his  will  dated  1414  it  appears, 
that  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  he  had  one  daughter  and  heiress,  named 
Eleanor.  He  ordered  Cleydon  manor  in  Suffolk  to  be  sold,  by  Tho. 
Brewse,  John  Sprot,  and  John  Snetyl,  rector  here,  his  feoffees  ;  and 
gave  10/.  as  a  stock  to  be  always  lent  out  to  some  person  in  Ashzeell- 
thorp,  the  interest  to  be  laid  out  in  buying  new  altar  clothes,  and  or- 
namems  for  the  chancel,  in  which  it  seems  he  was  buried  ;  his  feoffees 
were  to  pay  bl.  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  manor  of  Bale,  for  the  relief 
of  Eleanor  his  daughter,  if  that  manor  should  come  to  her  hands, 
Bunwell  manor  to  go  to  Elizabeth  his  wife  for  life,  then  to  his  daugh- 
ter and  her  heirs,  remainder  to  his  nephew  John,  son  of  Robert  de 
Thorp,7  and  his  heirs,  but  Sir  Edmund  his  brother  was  to  have  the 
preference,  if  he  pleased  to  buy  the  manors. 

In  1417,  Sir  Edmund  de  Thorp,8  John  Nevi/e,  and  John  Kemp, 
LL.  D.  were  appointed  by  King  Henry  V.  to  treat  of  and  compose  all 
differences  which  arose  from  any  violations  of  the  truce  between  the 
Duke  of  Burgoin  and  that  King.  9  This  Sir  Edmund,  as  1  take  it,  is 
the  same  person  whom  Holinshed  calls  the  Lord  Thorp,  who  was 

*  She  was  daughter  and  coheiress  cf  the  Commons  to  choose  a  new  speaker. 

Sir  John  de  Aspale.  Cotton,  &c. 

1   In    1452,    Tho.    Thorpe,    Esq.  »  Rot.   Norman,    6  H.  V.     Par.  I. 

Speaker  of  the  Commons,  was  mipri-  Mem.  104. 

soned,  the  Commons  petitioned  for  his  5  Holinshed,  to.  ^65.  Godwin,  H.  V.. 

liberty  accoiding  to  their  privileges,  the  p.  176.  178. 
Lords  would  not  consent,  but  ordered 


150  ASHWELL-THORP. 

killed  at  the  seige  of  Lovers  castle  in  Normandy,1  with  the  Lords 
Scales  and  Darci/;  but  his  body  was  brought  over  and  buried  in  the 
new  isle  of  his  own  foundation,  under  a  fair  tomb,  on  which  he  lies 
in  complete  armour,  with  his  helmet  under  his  head,  and  a  crown  and 
plume  for  his  crest ;  his  wife  lies  by  him,  with  a  pillow  under  her 
head  ;  both  the  statues  are  of  white  alabaster,  and  lie  under  a  wooden 
canopy.  The  arms  of  Thorp  quartering  Bainard  are  cut  on  his 
armour ;  he  hath  a  chaplet  about  his  head,  and  a  sword  lying  by  his 
side,  signifying,  that  though  he  lost  his  life  in  war,  yet  he  obtained  the 
victory  ;  at  his  head  an  angel  holds  an  inescutcheon  of  St.  George  ; 
at  her  head  the  arms  of  France  and  England,  At  his  feet  a  greyhound, 
and  at  her's  a  lap-dog ;  on  the  south  side  are  four  angels  holding  four 
shields,  1, Thorp  and  Bainard  quartered.  2,  Northwood,  erm.  a 
cross  ingrailed  gul.  on  the  first  quarter,  arg.  a  fess  between  two  bars 
gul.  3,  Clifton.  4,  Barry,  arg.  a  chevron  between  three  bears 
heads  cooped  sab.  muzzled  or.  And  on  the  north  side  are  shields  with 
these  arms  :  1,  or,  a  lion  rampant  gul.  armed  and  langued  az.  2,  arg. 
two  bars  and  a  canton  gul.  3,  Kerdeston,  gul.  a  saltier  ingrailed 
arg.     4,  Calthorp. 

Sir  Edmund  left  two  daughters  his  coheiresses;  Joan,  who  mar- 
ried Sir  Robert  Ec/tingham,  Knt.1  and  after  to  Sir  John  Clifton  of 
Bukenham  castle,  Knt.3  but  on  failure  of  issue  according  to  the  en- 
tail,* the  estate  of  the  Thorps  vested  in  her  sister  Isabel,  who 
married  Phillip  Tilney  of  Boston  in  Lincolnshire,  Esq.  and  they 
hept  their  first  court  in  1436,  in  which  year  she  died,  and  lies  interred 
under  a  marble  with  a  brass  circumscription  in  Thorps  chapel,  with 
the  arms  of  Tilney,  arg.  a  chevron  between  three  griffins  heads 
erased  gul.  impaling  Thorp,  quartering  Bainard,  and  her  effigies. 

Jft'C  iacct  Isabella  que  fu.it  #jcflr  Phillippi  Tilney,5  armigcn  una 
plliarum  Ct  ^crcDum  Edraundi  Thorp  Hfemtig  Ct  Nomine  Johanne 
quondam  Pennine  oc  Scales,  ConsSorti^  ?ue,  que  olmt  Dccirno  die 
ifeettgfg  .OolicmbrijS,  iinno  <Domini  JftcttFj$jari°.  ctrtug  animc  pro* 
picictur  JDcusi  amen. 

After  her  death,  her  husband  retired  from  the  world,  took  on  him 
a  religious  habit,  and  turned  secular  canon,  and  was  admitted  to  St. 
Butolph's  prebend  in  Lincoln  cathedral,  where  he  was  buried  in  1453; 
the  arms  of  Tilney  impaling  Thorp,  quartering  Bainard,  are  on  his 
grave-stone  there,  and  this, 

$ic  iacet  Philipus  Tilney,  <£anontcu<;  ct  $c£ibentiariu£  <£cclc£ie 
Cathcurali.^  2?cate  Marie  Lincoln:  nupcr  3rmtger ;  tfiltug  Fre- 
derici  Tilney  amiigcri,  .filit  Philippi  Tilney  H&iUti£,  ac  mantatu.S 

•  Stow,  fo.  354.      x  See  vol.  i.  p.  377.      remainder  toRob.  Thorp,  Esq.  brother  to 
3  I  find  she  had  Rob.  Caily  for  her     Sir  Edmund,  (he  died  about  1436,)  re- 
first  husband.  mainder  to  tiie  Lady  Jean  Grey,  sister  of 

*  In  1428,  Sir  Henry  Inclose,  Sir  Guy  Corbet,  Esq.  son  of  Rob.  Corbet, 
Edm.  Berry  or  Barry,  Knts.  James  who  married  Eliz.  sister  to  Sir  Edmund; 
Walsingham  and  Charles  Alleyn  clerks,  remainder  to  Agnes  late  wife  William 
the  surviving  feoffees  of  Sir  Edmund  Rookwood,  daughter  of  Robert,  son  of 
de  Thorp,  according  to  his  order,  set-  Guy  Corbet,  remainder  to  Sir  Simon 
tied  the  estate  on  his  daughter  Joan,  Fdbrigge,  Knt.  To  this  deed  hangs  a 
wife  of  Sir  John  Clifton,  Knt.  and  fair  seal  of  Barry's  arms,  and  an  oak 
for   want    of    heirs,   on    his    daughter  tree  for  the  crest. 

Isabel,  wife  of  Philip  Tilney,  Esq.        5  Weever,  fo.  S14. 


ASHWELL-THORP.  151 

Isabelle  uni  Irtliarum  Edmundi  Tborp  tic  Ashwell-Thorp  in  Comi* 
tatu  Norfolcie  Jiiliti.3,  et  ©ommc  Johanne  ©omfne  De  Scales, 
nuper  CongfirtisS  eittgBerri  Edmundi  qui  obut  pcnultimo  Die  Hieing 
<DctobrijS  anno  ©ommi  Jiccccliit '.  cuius!  anime  propicictur  Deu£ 
amen :  #or  Charitp. 

At  his  feet  is  this, 

pas^eD  the  pilgrimage  of  tfjig  present  ftpf, 

ftetfteth  &ir  Phillip  Tilney,  clo^eD  m  nour  .Sight, 

3in  hi£  youth  hauler,  anD  £0  toeDDeD  to  hi£  3©pf, 

Cht  daughter  anD  $eier  of  Edmund  Thorp  ftnight. 

anD  3tont  to  Thomas  JtorD  Scales,  Di^ccnDCD  of  ILr/ne  rigjjt. 

©i^po$itD  Jim  after  to  €>oD'£  <9rDinaunce, 

€outf)  none  fino  in  hurt  matter  of  iSMjSplea.ssaunce, 

^ere  fie  hicth  burieD  Canon  anD  Residentiarie, 

ii>umtjime  of  patrimonii  Sufficient  in  DceD, 

2But  ©eatvj,  that  from  ijer  ilatute  cannot  toarie, 

$ath  ceaeeD  him  fap  force,  anD  toe  mujit  all  Succeed; 

€on'$itrcc  tjecr  a  ftarnon,  iDormcjS  to  feeb, 

3uD  prap  for  his  Soul,  of  pep  to  hatoe  a  tyggt, 

3nD  Doa^for  hpm,  as  thou  tooulDcst  he  Did,  at  thy  nceD, 

$oto  Jesu  for  thp  paSSton,  bring  hym  to  thn  2S^|^e.6 

They  had  three  daughters,  Marion,  Grace,  and  Maud,  and  three 
sons,  Hugh,  Robert,  and 

Frederick  Tilney  of  Boston,  Esq.  the  eldest  son  and  heir,  who 
inherited  all  the  Thorps  ;  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Laurence  Cheney  of  Cambridgeshire,  Esq.  and  had  only  one 
daughter, 

Elizabeth,  who  married  Humphry  Bourchier,  Knt.  eldest  soil 
of  John  Lord  Berners  ;  he  was  slain  at  Barnet  Field,7  on  the  part 
of  King  Edward  IV.  upon  Easter  day  1471,  in  the  lifetime  of  his 
father,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Edmund's  chapel  in  Westminster  abbey, 
under  a  tomb  of  gray  marble  raised,  and  on  it  is  curiously  engraven 
on  brass  plates,  the  effigies  of  Sir  Humphry  armed  cap-a-pie,  his 
head  on  his  helm,  with  a  crest,  and  his  feet  supported,  the  one  by  a 
leopard,  the  other  by  an  eagle,  with  the  arms  of 

Bourchier,  arg.  a  cross  ingriled  gul.  between  four  water-budgets 
sab.  quartering  billete,  a  fess  and  a  file  of  three,  impaling  1st,  Til- 
ney. 2,  Roos,  arg.  three  bars  gul.  over  all  a  canton  sab.  3, Thorp, 
az.  three  crescents  arg.  4,  Baynard.  5,  three  chevronels.  6,  in  a 
bordure  three  de-lises.    And  this  inscription, 

Jgic  pugil  tea  iaccnS  Bernet,  Sera  23clla  cupiScenS,  j 
<£ertat  ut  €aci0es,  fit  saucius  unDique  miles, 
m  ceciDit  ^ulnuS  Mars  porngit  arma  Cruore 
Spargun  tincta  rubent,  Dolor  en  ladjrinnabilis  hora, 
fLumine  nempe  caDit  quo  Christus  morte  resurgit, 
Bourchier  Humfridus,8  clara  propagme  Dictum, 

*  Willis's  Survey  of  Lincoln  Cathc-  s  He  was  made  Knight  of  the  Bath  at 
dral,  p.  149.  the  coronation  of  Edw.  IV, 

7  Peerage,  Vol.  IV.  p.  371. 


152  ASHWELL-THORP. 

Edwardi  ftegiti,  qui  tertiuS  cjst  taocitatu;?, 
John  ©omtni  Berners  prole;*,  ct  £aroulu£  tjcrc.s!, 
<Suartu£  ct  Edwardus  25elli  tenet  cat  triumptjum, 
OSuo  pent  Humfridas,  ut  ficgi.si  Slcrnula  ticru.rf 
«£pronomon  l&engae  Sponge  ftcoM  fuit  i£te, 
Elizabeth,  g'ibi  g'ic  sua  oirtu.si  cresfcit  (lonorc  ; 
9nni£  congpicuug  quondam  ctaru^quc  Britannis 
*?ic  fuit,  ut  Ccli.s  bicat,  Depojtate  tootisi.9 

Elizabeth  his  wife  was  a  widow  in  1470,  and  then  made  her  first 
will,  relating  to  all  her  manors  except  Stonham,  J  spall,  Eestbergholt, 
and  Cowling  in  Suffolk  ;  but  before  14/2,  she  was  married  again  to 
Thomas  son  and  heir  of  John  Lord  Howard,  Knt.  afterwards  Earl  of 
Surrey,  and  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  made  another  will ;'  and  in  1506, 
Nov.  6,  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth  Dutchess  of  Norfolk,  she  made 
her  last  will,  which  was  proved  at  Lambeth  in  1507,  by  which  she 
ordered  her  body  to  be  buried  in  the  nuns  quire,  of  the  Minoresses 
without  Jldgale,  London,  near  the  place  where  Anne  Mougomery 
lieth.  The  Duke  survived  her,  and  held  the  manors  by  the  courtesy 
of  England,  to  his  death  in  1524,  when  he  was  buried  in  the  priory 
church  of  Thetford*  commonly  called  Thetford  abbey. 

Sir  John  Bourchier,  Knt.  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Humphry,  and 
grandson  and  heir  of  John  Lord  Berners,  was  summoned  to  par- 
liament as  Lord  Beuners  in  11  and  12  of  Henry  VII.  and  in  the  1st, 
3d,  6th,  and  21st  of  Henry  VIII.  and  died  deputy  general  of  the  town 
and  marches  of  Calais,  \'J  March  1532,  23d  Henry  VIII.  He  ordered 
his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  St.  Mary's  church  at  Calais, 
and  after  the  decease  of  his  lady,  gave  his  manors  of  Houghton, 
Offley,  and  Doxley  in  Hertfordshire,  to  the  King,  to  satisfy  the  500/. 
sterling  that  was  due  to  his  Majesty,  and  the  overplus  of  their  value 
was  to  go  to  perform  his  will,  Sec.  He  married  Catherine,  daughter 
ofJoHN  Howard  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  survived  him,  and  died  12th 
March,  27th  of  Henry  VIII.  1535.  This  Lord  Berners  was  only  seven 
years  old  at  his  grandfather's  death  ;  in  18  Edward  IV.  he  was  made 
Knight  of  the  Bath,  at  the  marriage  of  the  Duke  of  York,  second  son 
of  King  Edw.  IV.  with  the  daughter  and  heir  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk. 
In  7  Henry  VII.  he  was  retained  to  serve  that  King,  with  two  spear- 
men, himself  of  the  number,  each  having  his  custrel3  and  page,  and 
nine  demi-lances  on  horseback,  in  order  to  an  expedition  into  France j 
and  accordingly  Oct.  1,  the  King  took  shipping  at  Sandwich,  and  the 
same  day  landed  at  Calais  with  a  great  army,  and  laid  siege  to 
Bologne,  till  Nov.  8,  when  a  peace  was  made,  to  which  all  the  peers 
consented,  and  among  them  this  John  Lord  Berners.  In  1495,  he 
assented  to  a  peace  made  with  Fiance,  on  the  sea,  near  Bologne.    In 

9  Antiq.  of  Westm.  oct°.  Lond.  1741.  Stonham  advowson,  Lovedon  manor  in 

Vol.  II.  p.  Go.  Weever,  fo.  482.  Antiq.  Tyd,  and  the  manor  and  advowson  of 

Westm.  edit.  1715,  p.  49.  ^t  John's  chapel  there  ;   Baton's  manor 

1   In  1474,  she  owned  the  manors  of  in  Whaplode,  Pynchbck  ;"..mor  in  Lin- 

Ashwellthurp,  Wremngham,    NeUmde,  colnshire,  and    Ryngburgh    manor   in 

Fundenhall,  Colkirk,  Massingham-Par-  Yorkshire. 

va,  Creke  North,  and  their  advowsons,  x  ^ee  vol.  ii.  p.  1  19.  Vincent  against 

with  those  of  Testerton  ami  Ashwell-  Brook,  fo.  3.55. 

thorp  chapel.    The  manors  ot  Stonham-  3    *   servant  to  a  man  of  arms,  or  a 

Aspal,  Cowling,  and  Estbergholt,  and  Prince's  liie  guard-man. 


ASHWELL-THORP.  153 

1513,  he  had  the  King's  letters  of  protection,  being  made  captain  of 
the  pioneers  at  the  siege  of  Therovene.  In  6th  Henri/  VIIL  he  was 
made  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  for  life ;  and  that  year  attended 
the  Lady  Mary,  the  King's  sister,  into  France,  to  her  marriage  with 
Lenis  XII.  In  1Q  Hairy  VIII.  lie  obtained  a  grant  from  the  King, 
of  the  inheritance  of  the  manors  and  advowsons  of  Oakham,  Effing- 
ham, Waldingham,  Titsey  in  Surrey,  Stratton,  Audeley  in  Oxfordshire, 
Knoke  in  Wiltshire,  and  Up-Clatford  in  Southamptonshire,  with  all 
the  knights  fees  belonging  to  them.  It  is  also  observable,  that  this  John 
Lord  Berners  was  a  person  so  eminent  for  his  learning,  that  by  the 
command  of  King  Henry  VIIL  he  translated  the  Chronicle  of  Sir 
John  Froisart,  out  of  French  into  English:  he  likewise  translated 
several  other  works,  out  of  French,  Spanish,  and  Italian,  as,  the  Life 
of  Sir  Arthur,  an  Armoiican  Knt.  The  famous  Exploits  of  Hugh 
of  Bourdeaux.  Marcus  Aure/ius,  and  the  Castle  of  Love.  Besides 
which,  he  composed  a  book,  Of  the  Duties  of  the  Inhabitants  at 
Calais,  and  a  comedy  intituled,  lte  in  Fineam.  He  had  issue,  only 
two  daughters, 

Mary,  married  to  Alexander. Unton,  Esq.  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
Thomas  Unton  of  Wadley  in  Berkshire,  Knt.  to  whom  she  was  first 
wife,  but  died  without  issue,  and 

Jane,  her  sister,  by  her  death,  became  sole  heir  to  her  father ;  she 
married  Edm.  Knevet,  Esq.4  serjeant-porter  to  King  Henry  VIII, 
who  became  lord  and  patron  ot'Ashwellt/wrp,  and  ovvnerof  theTHORp's 
estate;  he  was  second  son  of  Edmund  Knevet  of  Bukenham  castle  in 
Norfolk,  Esq.  and  settled  at  Ashwell-Thorp-hall,  and  had  in  his  wife's 
right,  the  manors  of  Barneholt,  Horham,  Thorp-hall,  and  Cowling  in 
Suffolk,  Thetford  in  the  isle  of  Ely,  Lovcden  in  Tyd  St.  Mary  in 
Lincolnshire,  Aslmell-Thorp,  Co/kirk,  North-Creke,  Catchy,  &c.  in 
Norfolk  ;  Killingholm,  Alysehy,  Boston,  Toft,  Skyrbeck,  Pynchbeck, 
Thorp-hall,  and  Bacons,  in  Quap/ode  in  Lincolnshire;  Ri/ugburgh  in 
Yorkshire,5  Fisherwick,  Bacre,  Bromicych,  and  Shefeld  in  Stafford- 
shire, and  Stonham  Aspal  in  Suffolk,  &.C.  of  all  which,  except  the  six 
last  manors,  the  said  Edmund  Knevet,  Esq.  and  Jane  his  wife,  had 
livery,  5th  July,  25  Henry  VIII.  together  with  lYalpole  manor  in 
Lincolnshire.  He  was  constituted  receiver  of  the  revenues  of  the 
King's  domains  in  Denbigh  in  North-Wales  ;  and  dying  in  1546,  was 
buried  in  the  chapel  adjoining  to  AshwcUthorp  chancel ;  and  then 
Jane  his  widow  surrendered  the  manor  of  Thetford  in  Ely  isle,  to  her 
eldest  son  John,  and  Agnes  his  wife;  and  her  manor  of  Gate/y  in 
1551,  to  William  and  Edmund  Knevet,  her  younger  sons,  for  life  ;  and 
in  1557,  her  manors  of  Quaplodc,  Holbech,  Pynchbek,  Multon,  Ski/r- 
bek,  Boston,  Killingholm,  and  Aylsby  in  Lincolnshire,  to  the  use  of  her 
other  executors,  for  80  years,  &c.  and  then  %o  her  right  heirs.  In 
1560,  she  made  her  last  will,  and  ordered  her  body  to  be  buried  by 
her  husband ;  she  gave  Co/kirk  to  her  '2d  son  William,6  and  Gate/y 
and  North  Creke  to  her  son  Edmund,  remainder  to  her  right  heirs, 
her  daughters.  Rose  widow,  of  Oliver  Reymes,  Alice  wife  of  Oliver 

*  See  vol.  i.  p.  379.  The  Lord  Berners  sold  also,  Hunsdon 

5  Note,  that   the    following    manors  in    Hertfordshire,   Berners  Rothing   in 

were  sold  by  the  Lord  Berners,  and  the  Essex,  Esthegners  in  Oxfordshire,  &c. 

others  were  enjoyed  by  Sir  Tho.  Knevet,         6  From  this  William,  the  Knevets 

his  great  grandson,  till  he  sold  them,  of  Fundenhall  are  descended. 

VOL.  V.  X 


154  ASHWELL-THORP. 

Shiers  of  Wreningkam,  and  Christian  wife  to  Thomas  Foster,  Gent. 
bad  legacies.  In  the  said  chape),  k  a  gray  marble  with  a  brass  plate, 
on  which  is  this, 

Jane  Knyvet  res'tcth  here,  the  onin  ^eir  bv  flight, 
<©f  the  'lord  Beuners  that&ir  JohWBourchier  htght, 
€toent)i  gears'  and  tljrce,  a  IDiddotos'  EpR  she  ledd, 
Hftoans'  keeping  t?otos'e,  toherc  finch  and  poor  vnere  fedd, 
«5entpll,  just,  qunet,  tooid  of  debate  and  ^trrift, 
«tct)er  domng  «3ood  ;  %o  I  trju;S  she  led  her  Hrft, 
€ben  unto  the  45ratoe,  tohcrc  <£rth  on  <£.it$  doth  Ine, 
<j5n  tobos'e  .tioul  God  grant  of  his*  aboundant  JBerc? 

£he  run  of  februarn  3°  ©nt.  M®%$%7 

John  Knevet  of  Plumpstede,  Esq.  their  eldest  son  and  heir,  was 
22  years  old  at  his  father's  death  ;  and  died  in  his  mother's  lifetime; 
m  1537,  he  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Harcourt  of  Stanton 
Harcourt  in  Oxfordshire,  and  E/nhale  in  Staffordshire,  Knt.  who  re- 
married with  U  illiam  Bouyer,  Gent,  of  IVimblelon  in  Surrey.  On 
this  match,  the  manors  of  Horham,  Thorp-hall,  and  Burneholt  in 
Suffolk,  and  Thetford  in  Ely  isle,  were  settled  on  them  ;  and  in  1312, 
they  sold  to  Robert  Reynolds,  Esq.  all  their  part  of  the  manor  of 
Illaeys,  alias  New-hall,  in  Estbergholt,  Stratford,  Wenham- 
Magna,  Cape/,  Butley,  Jlolton  and  Brant  ham  in  Suffolk;  she  died  in 
1579, and 

Sir  Thomas  Knevet  of  Ashwell-Thorp,  her  eldest  son  and  heir, 
succeeded,8  and  in  the  year  l6l6,  having  petitioned  the  King  for  the 
barony  of  Beenees,  descended  to  him  from  Jane  his  grandmother, 
he  obtained  a  certificate  (upon  a  reference  of  his  petition  by  King 
James  I.  to  the  lords  commissioners  for  the  office  of  Earl-Marshal)  of 
his  right  and  title  to  the  said  barony,  but  died  the  9th  of  Feb.  follow- 
ing, before  he  could  obtain  the  King's  confirmation  thereof.  He  was 
knighted  by  Queen  Elizabeth  in  her  progress  into  Norfolk;  in  1579 
he  was  high-sheriff  of  the  county ;  his  will  was  proved  in  1617;  by 
which  it  appears,  that  Thomas  Knevet,  Esq.  his  grandchild,  was  his 
heir ;  Abigail  Mundefurd,  Katherine  Paston,  and  Muriel  Bell,  were 
his  three  daughters;  Etiz.  Ashfield  w as  his  sister,  and  had  a  daughter 
named  Abigail;  he  settled  an  annuity  for  life,  on  Edmund  his  son, 
out  of  Hapton  manor,  and  was  buried  at  Ashuellthorp  Feb.  9,  1617. 
He  married  Mueiel,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Parry,  Knt.9  master  of 
the  court  of  wards  and  liveries,  and  treasurer  of  the  household  tr> 
Queen  Elizabeth,  sister  and  coheir  of  Sir  Thomas  Parry  of  Welford  in 
Berkshire,  Knt.  chancellor  of  the  dutchy  of  Lancaster,  and  ambas- 
sour-leidger  in  France,  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth;  she  was 
buried  here. 

i  Weever,  fo.  815.  estate,  viz.  the  manors  and  advowsons 

8  He  had  the  whole  estate  at  the  death  of    Welford,    Boxworth,    Holbenham, 

of  his  grandmother,  except  the  manors  Eyston,    Uffington    in    Berkshire,   &c. 

settled  on  his  father  and  mother,  which  Ham|>sted    Marshal,     Benham    Lovel, 

did  not  come  to  him  till  his  mother's  Westbroke,   and    Chevele  :     the  other 

death.  moiety  went  with  her  sister  Frances 

»  This  Muriel  brought  to  the  Kne-  to  John  Abrahall  her  husband,  and  John 

yets  the  moiety  of  Sir  Thomas  Parry's  their  son  had  it. 


ASHWELL-THORP.  l55 

An  elegy  to  the  never  dying  fame,  of  that  ever-living  lover  of  vertue, 
the  right  worshipful  the  Lady  Muriel  Knyvet,  late  wife  of  the 
right  worshipful  Sir  Thomas  Knevet,  Kut.  who  ceased  to  live 
among  mortals  26  Apr.  Anno  Incarn.  Dni.  16.1 6. 

Here  Norfolk's  Wonder  lies,  a  Phenix  right, 
Who  might  be  term'd  for  her  good  Deeds  so  many ; 
In  doing  Good  who  took  her  chief  delight, 
Not  caring  for  vain  Pleasure  momentary,  8tc. 

Per  Oliver  Johnso/ium  Tyronem  Nordowicensem. 

This  Sir  Thomas,  was  a  man  of  great  repute,  and  much  beloved 
for  his  hospitality  and  good  nature,  for  which  he  was  eminent,  as  the 
following  ballad  containing  an  incredible  story  (the  tradition  of 
which  still  remains)  fully  declares  : 

The  Ballad  of  Ashwell-Thorp,  made  in  Sir  Thomas 
Knevet's  time. 

Once  there  liv'd  a  Man, 
Deny  it  they  that  can, 

Who  liberal  was  to  the  Poore; 
I  dare  boldly  say, 
They  ne're  were  sent  away, 

Empty  Handed  from  his  Doore. 

When  Misers  in  Holes  crept, 
Then  open  House  he  kept, 

Where  many  then,  did  resort, 
Some  for  Love  of  good  Beere, 
And  others  for  good  Cheere, 

And  others  for  to  make  Sport. 

There  was  a  Gentleman, 
From  London  Citty  came, 

The  Countrey  for  to  see, 
And  all  in  the  Pryme, 
Of  jovial  Chistmass  Time, 

There  merry  for  to  be. 

This  Londoner  did  say, 

If  the  Gentry  would  give  way, 

A  Trick  to  them  he  w'd  show, 
That  an  Acorn  he  would  sett, 
If  they  would  please  to  ha'te, 

Which  to  a  great  Tree  should  grow. 

The  Acorn  lie  pull'd  ou,t, 
And  shewed  it  all  about, 

In  his  Hand  then  he  took  it  agayne, 
In  the  presence  of  them  all, 
In  the  middle  of  the  Hall, 

He  sat  down  the  Acorne  playne. 


156  ASHWELL-THORP. 

While  one  could  drink  a  Cup, 
There  did  an  Oak  spring  up, 

Which  was  so  huge  and  tall, 
With  Arms  it  so  put  out, 
And  Branches  all  about, 

That  it  almost  fill'd  the  Hall. 

This  Oak  then  did  beare, 
Which  was  a  Thing  most  rare, 

Acorns  both  black  and  brown, 
For  which  the  Swine  did  busk, 
And  they  did  loose  their  Husk, 

As  they  came  tumbling  down. 

This  great  Oake  there  did  stand, 
To  the  View  of  every  Man, 

Who  saw,  it  was  so  playne, 
But  Roome  then  to  afford, 
To  bring  Supper  unto  Bord, 

They  wish't  it  gone  agayne. 

Then  lowdly  he  did  call, 
And  two  came  into  the  Hall, 

Who  were  both  stout  and  strong, 
And  with  the  Tools  they  had, 
To  work  they  went  like  mad, 

And  laid  this  Oake  along. 

I'le  tell  you  here  no  Lye, 
The  Chips  there  then  did  flye, 

Buzzing  about  like  Flyes, 
That  Men  were  forced  to  ward, 
Their  Faces  well  to  guard, 

For  Fear  they  sh'd  loose  their  Eyes, 
He  bid  them  then  be  bold, 
And  e'ry  one  take  hold, 

This  Oake  for  to  carry  away, 
And  they  all  hold  did  get, 
But  c'd  not  stirr't  a  whit, 

But  still  along  it  lay. 

He  said  they  had  no  Strength, 
Which  he  would  prove  at  length. 

For  it  sh'd  not  lye  long  on  the  floor, 
Two  Goslings  young  and  green, 
They  then  came  whewting  in, 

And  carried  it  out  of  the  Door. 
Then  gone  was  the  Oake, 
That  had  so  many  a  stroke, 

Before  that  it  fell  downe, 
Thus  as  it  grew  in  haste, 
So  quickly  did  it  waste, 

.Not  a  Chip  then  could  be  found. 


ASHWELL-THORP.  157 

This  Story  is  very  true, 
Which  I  have  told  to  you, 

Tis  a  Wonder  you  did'ntheare  it, 
I'le  la}r  a  Pint  of  Wine, 
If  Parker  and  old  Hinde, 

Were  alyve,  that  they  vv'd  swear  it. 

Sir  Thomas  Knevet  of  Ashwellthorp  and  Thornage,  Knt.  eldest 
son  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Knevet  the  elder,  and  Muriel  Parry 
his  wife,  died  in  Sept.  160.5,  in  the  lifetime  of  his  father,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Mary's  church  at  Feltwell,  Sept.  3D;  he  was  knighted 
at  the  Charter-house,  May  11,  1603,  by  King  James  I.  In  1592,  he 
married  Elizabeth  second  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon 
of  Stiveku  or  Stucay  in  Norfolk,  Knight  of  iheBath,  who  survived  him. 

Thomas  Knevet  of  Ashwellthorp,  Esq.  their  son,  was  baptized 
June  10,  1596,  and  inherited  at  the  death  of  his  grandfather ;  in  1625, 
he  was  summoned  to  receive  the  honour  of  Knight  of  the  Bath,  at  the 
coronation  of  King  Charles  I. ;  he  died  at  Henham-hall  in  Suffolk,  the 
seat  of  his  son-in-law,  Sir  John  Rous,  Knight  and  Baronet,  and  was 
buried  at  Ashwellthop,  July  2,  1058,  with  this  on  a  black  marble 
gravestone  in  Thorp's  chapel : 

Hicjacet  insignis  Heros  THOMAS.  KNYVET, 
Armiger,  Baro  hereditarius  de  BERBERS, 
Titulo,  a  J  ANA  Filia  JOHANNIS  BOURCHIER 
Baronis  de  BEliNERS,  traducto.    Virtutibus 
Publicis,  Privatis,  sincero  Numinis  Cultu, 
Moribus  antiquis,  prisca  animi  Indole, 
Ac  veteri  Prosapia.  illustris,  leniori 
Seculo,  et  fcelici  Caeoli  secundi 
Post  liminio  dignus.     Sed  exhalanti 
Monarchiae  vix  superstes,  Distichon 
Hocce,  generosi  animi  specimen,  proprio 
Calamo  Exaratum,  Posteris  legavit. 

Here  lies  loyal  Knv  vet  who  hated  Anarchy, 
Liv'd  a  true  Protestant,  and  died  with  Monarchy. 
Obijt  J unij  30,  1658. 

On  this  stone  are  the  arms  of  Knevet  quartering  Bourchier, 
and  Bouuchier  quartering  Berners  and  Kne vet's  crest,1  a  demi- 
dragon,  his  wings  erect,  az.  langued  gut.  He  married  Catherine, 
fourth  and  youngest  daughter  of  lho?nas  Lord  Burgh  of  Gaines- 
borough,  sister  and  coheir  of  Thomas  Lord  Burgh,  her"  brother,  who 
died  under  age;  she  was  buried  at  Ashwell-thorp,  May  1,  1646,  leav- 
ing two  sons,  John  and  Thomas. 

Sir  John  Knevet  of  Ashwell-thorp,  their  eldest  son,  was  made 
Knight  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of  King  Charles  11.  he  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Bedingjield  of  Darsham  in  Suffolk, 
Knt.  in  1655;  and  settled  on  her,  the  manors  and  advowsons  of 
Ashwell-thorp,  Wreningham,  and  the  manors  of  Nelonde,  Fundenhatl, 
and  Hapton,  and  96  acres  of  Thorp  wood  next  the  park  {Fundenhall 
wood  containing  180  acres,  the  upper  end  of  Thorp  wood  containing 

*  Guillim  abridged,  Vol.  I,  p.  167. 


158  ASHWELL-THORP. 

G4  acres  were  excepted  out  of  the  settlement.)  In  1662,  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Horace  Lord  Towneshend,  one  of  the  deputy  lieutenants 
for  the  county:  by  his  will  proved  in  the  prerogative  court  Feb.  13, 
1673,  he  ordered  his  body  to  be  interred  without  any  solemnity  in  the 
east  end  of  that  chapel,  in  the  church  of  Ashwell-thorp,  belonging  to 
his  family,  where  there  is  a  stone  with  his  crest  and  arms,  thus 
inscribed, 

JOHANNES  KNYVET 

Baro  Haereditarius  de  BERNERS, 

A  CAROLI  postliininio  Eques  Balnei, 

Antiquum  Genus  virtute  insignivit, 

Ad  exteras  peregrinando, 

Selectissimos  condivit  mores, 

Doctrinam  coluit  et  occuluit, 

Ritti  solemni  adoravit  Numen, 

Regi  Fidelitatem  late  testatus, 

Altare  ditavit  DEI  Elemosinarius,* 

Optimis  auspicijs  Uxorem  duxit 

MARIAM  Filiam  THOM^  BEDINGFIELD  Equitis. 

Conjugalis  Amoris  nobile  exemplar, 

Sic  Phoenix  in  Cineres  redactus 

iEternam  manens  renovationem. 
Bicjacet 
Obijt  July  28  1673. 

Mahy  his  wife  survived  him,  and  by  will  ordered  to  be  interred  in 
the  vault  of  Ashwellthorp  chancel,  as  near  her  husband's  body  as  pos- 
sible ;  and  in  that  chapel  there  is  a  stone  thus  inscribed, 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Dame  Mary  Knyvet,  Wife  of  Sir 
John  Knyvet  Knt.  of  the  Bath,  departed  this  Life  the  18th 
Day  of  April  1713,  being  in  the  80th  Year  of  her  Age;  they  left 
two  Sons  and  five  Daughters. 

1.  Thomas  Knevet,  Esq.  of  Ashxcell-thorp,  eldest  son  and  heir, 
was  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  the  militia  of  the  county  of  No/folk, 
died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  by  his  father  under  a  marble  thus 
inscribed, 

Hie  situs  est, 

THOMAS  KNYVET  Armiger, 

Johannis  de  Balneo  Equitis 

Filius  natu  maximus, 

Qui  nobilem  a  qua  oriundus  est  stirpem 

Non  minus  generosa  indole  Fide  antiqua, 

Spectata  omnibus  humanitate, 

Quam  ingenij  acumine,  acri  Judicio, 

Et  exquisita  politiorum  Literaium  Scientia, 

Expressit,  illustravit, 

Spem  vero  quern  Boni  omnes, 

*  He  gave  a  handsome  set  of  commu-    sheriff  of  Norfolk  ia  1682. 
nion  plate  to  the  altar,  and  was  high 


ASHWELL-THORP.  159 

De  illo  conceperant  amplissimain 

Praecox  Fatuin  eripuit. 

Diuturni  enim  moibi  dolore  fractus, 

Vigente  adhuc  iEtate, 

Ca3lebs  animam  DEO  reddidit. 

4t0  Kalend  Octobris  1G93,  iEtatis  suae  37. 

2.  John  Knevet,  Esq.  wa9  captain  of  a  foot  company  in  the  ser- 
vice of  King  IVilliam  III.  and  died  at  Lisbum  in  Ireland,  unmarried, 
Feb.  15,  1659,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  there. 

1.  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  to  Thomas  Glemham 
of  Glemham-Parva  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  where  they  were  buried.  They 
had  only  one  child,  Thomas,  who  survived  his  parents,  and  was  cap- 
tain of  a  company  of  dragoons  under  Brigadier  Pepper,  in  Spain,  in 
the  service  of  the  late  Queen  Anne,  and  died  unmarried  about  1711, 
at  Valladolid,  and  was  buried  there. 

2.  Catherine,  who  by  the  death  of  all  her  brothers  and  sisters 
withoutissue,  became  sole  heiress:  she  married  first,  to  John  Harris 
of  London,  Gent,  by  whom  she  had  no  issue,  secondly,  to  Rich. 
Bokenham  of  Weston-Mereate,  Esq.  high-sheriff  of  Suffolk,  by  whom 
she  had  no  issue  ;  he  is  buried  in  IVeston-Mercate  chancel.  In  1720, 
she  being  wife  to  the  said  Richard,  claimed  the  barony  of  Berners, 
and  after  a  hearing  in  the  House  of  Lords,  their  lordships  were  of 
opinion, 

That  she  had  fully  proved  her  claim  to  the  said  barony  of  Ber- 
ners \nfee,  and  had  aright  to  the  said  barony  \n  fee ;  and  accord- 
ingly by  his  Majesty's  command,  she  was  allowed  to  be  Catherine 
Baroness  Berners  by  descent  from  John  Bourchier  Lord  Ber- 
ners, who  was  first  summoned  to  parliament  by  writ  dated  26  May 
33  HemyVl.  Her  arms  were,  quarterly  1  and  4,  Knevet.  2  and  3 
quarterly  or  and  vert.3  She  died  in  December  1743,  and  was  buried 
at  IVestan  by  her  husband,  aged  89- 

3.  Mary  died  unmarried,  29  Oct.  1710,  and  is  buried  at  Jshzcell- 
thorp  under  a  marble  grave-stone,  with  Knevet's  arms  in  a  lozenger 
and  this, 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Mrs.  Mary  Knevet,  the  third  daughter 
of  Sir  John  Knevet  Knight  of  the  Bath,  departed  this  Life  the 
29th  of  Oct.  1710,  being  of  the  age  of  47  Years. 

4.  Jane,  married  to  Oliver  le  Neve  of  Great  Wichingham  in 
Norfolk,  Esq.  but  died  before  her  husband,  without  issue  19  June, 
1704,  and  is  buried  under  a  black  marble  in  the  chancel  of  Great 
Wichingham,  with  this, 

M.S. 
Mortalibus  exuvijs  hie  depositis, 
Dormit,  beatam  praestolans  Anastasin, 
(cum  Surgite,  novicissimum  resonabitur). 
Faemina  e  pluribus  Lectissima, 
JANA 
Johannis  Knyvet  Equitis  de  Balneo, 

3  Peerage,  vol.  iv.  p.  376.- 


160  ASHWELL-THORP 

Filia, 

Natu,  piaster  unam,  minima; 
Virtutibus  tamen  Magna, 
Oliveri  le  Neve  Armigeri, 
Uxor  alteia, 
Sed  nulli  secunda. 
Ulpote,  quae  viro,  suisque  omnibus 
Non  unquam  erat,  nisi  moriendo,  Gravis. 
Obijt  19  Junij  Anno  Salutis  nostra?  1704. 

5.  Muriel  died  unmarried,  and  is  buried  with  this  on  her  grave- 
stone, in  the  chapel  here, 

Here  lyethwhat  was  mortal  of  Muriel!  the  youngest  Daughter  of 
Sir  John  Knyvet,  Knt.  of  the  Bath,  and  Dame  Mary  his  Wife,  she 
died  Sept.  8,  1688. 

This  branch  being  thus  extinguished,  the  barony  and  estate  des- 
cended to  the  heirs  of 

Thomas  Knyvet  of  Mutford  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  Esq.  second 
surviving  son,  but  third  son  bom,  of  Thomas  Knyvet,  Esq.  eldest  son 
and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Knyvet,  of  Ashwettthorp,*  who  died  in  the  life- 
time of  his  father,  Sir  Thomas  Knyvet,  son  and  heir  of  John  Knyvet, 
Esq.  son  and  heir  of  Edmund  Knyvet,  Esq.  by  Jane  his  wife,  daughter 
and  sole  heir  of  John  Bourciiier  Lord  Berners. 

This  Thomas  was  baptised  at  AshweU-thorp,  22d  Feb.  1624,  and 
married  Em  me  daughter  of  Thomas  Hayward  of  Cranwyse  in  Norfolk, 
Gent,  who  survived  him,  and  died  in  1658,  leaving 

John  Knyvet  of  Norrcich,  Esq.  their  only  son  and  heir,  who  mar- 
ried Lucy,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Charles  Suckling  of  Brakendate  in 
Norfolk,  Esq.  who  are  both  dead,  and  lie  buried  at  Trouse  in  Noifo/k; 
they  had  five  sons  and  three  daughters. 

1,  Paston  Knyvet,  Esq.  died  without  issue.  2,  Thomas,  who 
died  unmarried.  3,  John  died  young.  4,  John  Knyvet,  Esq.  cap- 
tain of  a  company  of  invalids,  died  single,  in  May  1742,  and  was 
buried  at  Trozcse,  but  hath  been  since  removed  to  AshweU-thorp.  5, 
Charles  died  unmarried. 

1,  Eliz.  Knyvet,  married  Hen.  Wilson,  Gent,  of  Did/ington 
in  Norfolk,  who  was  buried  first  at  Trowse,  but  is  since  removed  to 
AshweU-thorp  ;  she  is  still  living  his  widow,  and  in  possession  of  the 
manors  of  AshweU-thorp?  Wreningham,  Fundenhall,  and  Hapton,  by 
the  will  of  the  late  Lady  Berners,  with  the  advowsons  of  AshweU- 
thorp  and  Wreningham,  and  hath  two  sons  and  one  daughter  living. 
1,  Henry.  2,  Knyvet.  3,  Harriot,  married  to  Mr.  John  Layton  of 
London. 

2,  Lucy  Knevet,  now  dead,  married  1st  to  Mr.  Thomas  Holt, 
by  whom  a  daughter  named  Elizabeth-Ann.  2dly,  to  John  Field,  car- 
penter, of  Reading  in  Berkshire,  by  whom  she  hath  two  daughters, 
Lucy  and  Catherine. 

3,  Catherine  Knevet  died  young. 

*  By  Catherine  Burgh  his  wife,  5  The  fines  of  this  manor  are  at  will, 

and  the  lete  belongs  to  it. 


ASHWELL-TIIORP.  ift 

So  that  now  the  harony  of  Berners  is  in  abeyance/  both  the  sis- 
ters having  surviving  issue. 

The  church  hath  a  square  tower  and  four  bells,  a  nave,  chancel, 
and  north  chapel.  There  is  a  handsome  stone  font,  erected  by  Thomas 
Knevet,  Esq.  and  Katherine  Burgh  his  wife  :  it  is  an  octogon,  and  hath 
eight  shields:  1,  Thorp.  2,  Tilmy  impaling  VBorp.  3,  Bourchier  im- 
paling Tilney.  4,  Knyvet  impales  Bourchier.  5,  Knyvet  impaling 
Harcourt,  or,  two  bars  G.  6,  Knyvet  impales  Parry,  alias  Vaughan, 
sub.  a  chevron  ar.  between  three  boys  heads  proper,  intwined  with 
snakes  noued  proper'  7,  Knyvet  and  Bacon,  gul.  on  a  chief  arg. 
two  mullets  sab.  8,  Knyvet  and  Burgh,  az.  five  de-lises  erm.  In  the 
east  window  of  the  chapel,  quarterly  Fiance  and  England.  Scales  \m- 
pzYmgNorthwood.  Burgh  in  the  garler.  Thorp  and  Bainard  quartered 
gul.  a  falcon  rising  arg.  In  the  east  chancel  window,  Thorp  siding 
Bauiard,  and  A.  a  cross  gul.  In  the  belfry  window,  Baniard  im- 
paled with  lozenge  erm.  and  gul.  In  the  other  windows,  Lord  Motley. 
Northzeood  with  the  crest,  and  two  bars  gul.  in  the  first  quarter. 
Aslack,  sab.  a  chevron  between  three  catherine-wheels  or 

On  a  black  marble,  Knyvet  with  a  crescent.  Deposita  Natha- 
Nielis  Knyvet  Armigeri  qui  obijt  15°  Die  Nov.  A.  D.  1(Jj9.  He 
was  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Knyvet,  Knt. 

In  the  east  window  are  the  remains  of  a  knight  in  armour,  kneeling 
at  an  altar  tomb,  and  Knyvet  and  Clifton  quartered  by  him,  with  a 
crescent ;  against  him  is  a  woman  kneeling,  in  the  dress  of  that  age, 
with  the  said  quarters  in  a  lozenge,  impaling  or,  a  fess  sab,  surmounted 
by  a  saltier  gul.  and  there  was  a  picture  of  it  atAslmell-thorp,  which 
I  take  to  have  been  erected  either  to  the  memory  of  that  Sir  John 
Knevet  who  married  Joane,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Boufetort 
of  Mend/e sham  in  Suffolk,  Knt.  or  rather  of  Sir  John  his  son,  and  his> 
wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Comtantine  Clifton  of  Buheultam- 
castle,  Knt.  who  was  buried  in  (Vimondham  abbey  church,7  with  this 
inscription, 

Kiftc  iacct  Nomina  ȣ(i?abctb.a  qumiuam  tfrotr  5Fohannis'  ftnefoct 
lEliiiris'  ©omini  be  jBenoles'ham,  fiiia  Constantmt  Clifton,  ©omim 
oe  2?uiicnham  Cartel,  s'oror  ^ohannt^  Chiton  USStiHg,  ct  Matci 
3Eohanni.*J  ftntmet  armigeri,  per  quam  Cnstrum  dc  ^ufitnljam,  et 
multa  alia  Jlianena  oicto  Johanni  ftnrmct  3nmgcro,  ture  $crcut- 
tario  oestcnocbant,  que  quiuem  Clnauerha  obtit  apuD  $icnole* 
•Sham,  in  4ftcn.se  .tieptcmbria-  3Q  ©ni.  4Etccccrli°. 

The  rectory  is  valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  61.  13s.  Ad.  and 
being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  30/.  it  is  discharged  of  jirst- 
fruils  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmentation. 

6  Journal  of  the  House  of  Lords,  die  writ,  and  sitting  die,  leaving  issue,  two 

Martis,  io  die  Martij  1694.  or   more  daughters,  who  all  die,  one  of 

The  heraulds  being  this  day  heard  at  them  only  leaving  issue,  such  issue  has 

the  bar,  pursuant  to  an  oraer  of  the  ii.th  a  right  to  demand  a  summons  to  Parlia- 

instant,  in  relation  to  descents  of  Baro-  ment. 

nies  by  writ;   and   debate   thereupon,  It  was  resolved  in  the  affirmative. 

&c.    1  his  question  was  put  ;  whether,  7  See  vol.  i.  p.  377;   vol.  iii.  p.  525. 
if  a  person  summoned  to  parliament  by 

VOL.  V.  Y 


162  ASHWELL-THORP. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  and  when  Norwich  Domes- 
day was  made,  Sir  Rob.  Fitz-John  was  patron  ;  the  rector  had  ;i 
house  and  10  acres  of  glebe,  it  was  valued  at  nine  marks,  paid  6s.  8c?. 
procurations,  3s.  synodals,  2s.  6d.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  carvage.  The 
terrier  hath  a  house  and  about  eight  acres  of  glebe.  The  church  of 
Ashwell  is  down,  and  immemorially  annexed  to  Thorp.  There  is 
weekly  service  here.  The  village  hath  about  20  families,  and  it  paid 
to  each  tenth  26s.  clear.  The  etymology  of  its  name  is,  the  Thorp 
by  the  Well  or  Fountain  at  the  Asshrs.     Here  was  a  gild  of  the 

oly  Trinity,  and   in  1504,  the  tenor  bell  was  made  by  the  con- 

bution  of  Sarah  Sawer  and  others. 


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RECTORS. 

William  le  Devees,  rector. 

1298,  Philip  de  Thorp,  brother  to  Sir  John  de  Thorp,  patron  :  he  is 
buried  under  a  stone  with  a  cross  only  on  it,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
altar. 

1317,  John  dePagrave.    Sir  John  de  Thorp  and  Alice  his  wife. 

1334,  John  Fish,  changed  Fressingjield  mediety  for  this,  with  Pa- 
grave.  Beatrix,  widow  of  Sir  Robert  de  Thorp,  Knt.  He  had  Ash- 
well  chapel .    1335,  he  rechanged  with  Pagrave.    Ditto. 

1337,  Alex.  Attemere  of  Massingham-Parva.    Beatrix,  &c. 

1349,  Jeffry  Kemp  of  Massingham-Parva.  Ditto.  He  had  the 
chapel. 

1387,  John  Snetel  of  Wimondham.  Sir  Edmund  deThorp,  senior, 
Knt.  He  was  buried  in  the  church  porch  in  1420,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Thomas  Truyt,  who  was  presented  by  Sir  Edm.  Berry,  Knt. 
Charles  Alleyn,  clerk,  and  John  Lancastre,  Esq.  patrons  of 
this  turn. 

1432,  on  Truyt's  resignation,  Sir  John  Clifton,  Knt.  gave  it  to 
Richard  Talpe,  and  in 

1434,  to  Master  Tho.  Dalingho,  and  on  his  resignation  in 

1444,  to  Tho.  Robyns,  who  resigned  in 

1456,  to  George  Barker,  who  had  it  of  the  gift  of  John  Bour- 
ciiiER,  Knt.  Lord  Berners,  guardian  to  Elizabeth  daughter  and 
heir  of  Frederick  Tilney,  at  whose  death  in 

1480,  Master  Tho.  Ashjield  was  presented  by  Sir  Tho.  Howard, 
Knt.  and  Lady  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  resigned  in 

1488,  to  Tho.  Greene,  and  Thomas  Earl  of  Surrey,  guardian  of  the 

West  and  Middle  Marches  of  England  towards  Scotland,  and  Justice 

of  all  the  King's  forests  beyond  the  Trent,  and  Lady  Elizabeth   his- 

wife,  presented  him  ;  and  on  his  resignation  in  1498,  they  gave  it  to 

Richard  Eaton.     In 

1511,  Will.  Smith  was  instituted,  and  at  his  death  in 

1533,  Sir  Stephen  Thompson  succeeded,  by  the  gift  of  Sir  Edmund 
Knevet,  and  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of  Bourchier  Lord  Berners. 
He  died  in  1544,  and  Joan  Knyvet,  widow,  relict  of  Edmund  Knyvet, 
Esq.  presented 

Robert  Barrey,  who  died  in  1553,  and  she  gave  it  to 
Hugh  Shclmerdon,  on  whose  death  in  1555,  she  presented 


ASHWELL-THORP.  16S 

Thomas  Longbottom,  and  in  1557,  he  was  either  veinstituted, 
or  another  of  the  same  name  had  it  of  her  gift,  who  died  in  1560, 
and  she  presented  . 

John  Browne,  who  held  it  united  to  Wremngham;  and  dying 
27  Dec.  1593,  was  buried  here,  and  Sir  Tho.  Knyvet,  Knt.  gave  it  to 

Jo/;h  Harrison,  A.M.  who  held  it  united  to  Wremngham,  and 
in  1603,  he  returned  answer  that  he  had  91  communicants  in  this 

1627,  Roger  G  a  Hard  had  it  united  to  Wremngham,  at  Harrison's 
death,  of  the  gift  of  Thomas  Knyvet,  Esq.  and  in 

1672,  Richard  Jacquis,  A.M.  had  it  with  Wremngham,  at  the  pre- 
sentation of  John  Knyvet,  Knight  of  the  Bath,  at  whose  cession  in 
1676,  Sir  Thomas  Knevet  gave  them  both  to 

WW.  Bedingfield,  A.M.  at  whose  cession  in  1684,  isomers 
Knevet,  Esq.  presented  , 

ffittiam  Bar/ow,  A.M.  who  held  it  united  to  Tasehurgh  ;  and 
at  his  death  in  1693,  Thomas  Knevet,  Esq.  of  Darsham  in  Suffolk 
presented 

Benjamin  Gooch,  at  who  death  in  ,,-<-, 

1728,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Browne,  the  present  rector,  had  it  of  the 
gift  of  Catherine  Baroness  Bekners,  and  now  holds  it  united  to 
the  rectory  of  Berningham-Parva  in  Norfolk. 

From  the  Register. 
1600,  Edmund  Mundeford,  Esq.  and  Mrs.  Abigail  Knevet,  married 

1601*.  Mr  Tho.  Holland  (afterwards  Sir  Thomas)  and  Mary  Knevet 
married  19  Oct.  Thomas  their  first  son,  born  and  died  in  lfiM. 

1603,  John,  2d  son  of  Thomas  Holland  born.  This  was  old  Sir  John 
ofQuidenham.  (See  Holland's  Pedigree,  Vol  I.  p.  344.)  Mary  wife 
of  Mr.  Tho.  Holland,  buried  at  Kenninghull,  Jan.  2,  I0O0. 

1603,  Edmund  Parfoa  (afterwards  Sir  Edmund,  lather  ot  Sir  WW. 
Parfo»,  Bart.)  and  Cath.  Knyvet,  married  28  April;  she  was  daughter 
of  Tho.  Km/vet,  Esq.  „,     .  ; 

1605,  Sir  Edmund  Bftf,  Knt.  married  to  his  second  wife,  Muriel 
Knyvet,  daughter  of  Sir  Tho.  Knyvet,  Oct.  30. 

1627,  Tho.  Pettus,  Esq.  and  Eliz.  Knyvet,  married. 

1655,  E06.  It  Card,  Gent,  and  Mwn'e/  daughter  of  Iho.  Knyvet, 
Esq.  married  June  1.  ,  .    ... 

1693,  r«o/««s  K«yi'ef,Armiger,  Johann.sde  Balneo,  Equitis  films et 
hseres,  florente  ajtate  calebs  obijt  4 to  kalendarum  Octobns  aetat.  37. 

1485,  Tho.  Longe  went  to  the  King's  hoste  at  Notingham.  (Regr. 
Caston,  fo.  252.)  By  which  it  seems  he  was  a  person  ot  distinction 
here. 

8  He  is  omitted  among  Wreningham  rectors  at  p.  121. 


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TACOLNESTON, 


Commonly  called  Tackelston,9  belonged  to  Stigand  the  Bishop, 
in  the  Confessor's  time,  who  held  it  as  a  bereztic  to  Wimondham  ;  it 
was  then  worth  10/.  per  annum,  when  the  Conqueror's  survey  was  made 
20/.  and  it  belonged  to  that  Prince,  and  was  under  the  custody  or 
care  of  Godkic  his  seicer ;  it  was  about  three  miles  in  length,  and 
one  in  breadth,  and  paid  Wd.  ob.  to  the  geld  or  tax.'  There  was 
then  a  part  of  it  which  belonged  to  Roger  Bigot's  manor  of  Fonicet* 
and  went  as  Fonicet  manor  did,  and  continues  with  it  to  this  day. 

The  whole  town,  except  Bigot's  part,  was  in  the  Crown,  till  lien.  I. 
gave  it  to  Richard  de  Lucy,  who  held  it  at  three  fees,  and  paid  castle- 
ward  for  them  to  Dover  castle,  and  he  gave  two  of  them  to  Sir  Rob. 
de  Munteney  or  Mounteney,  who  held  them  in  ll6l  ;  and  the 
other  fee  to  Hugh  son  of  Hamel,  or  Hameline,'  who  then  held  it  of 
Dover  castle,  and  they  were  always  held  after  of  the  honour  of  Dover, 
of  the  Fitz-lVultcrs,  as  of  their  manor  of  Hemeuhale. 

Hugh  son  of  Hamel  was  succeeded  by  Reginald  Ovedale  de 
Vvedale,  or  D'ovedale,  and  John  de  Uvedale  his  brother  :  the  first  held 
his  part  at  half  a  fee  of  Walter  Fitz-Robert,  and  the  last  held  his  of 
him,  at  the  fourth  part  of  a  fee;  and  this  constituted  the  manor 
called  afterwards  from  its  owners  DovEDALE's,or  Tacolneston  manor. 
Simon  Fitz-Richard  held  a  fourth  part  of  a  fee,  which  made  up 
the  manor  called  afterwards  the  Earl's  manor,  Hugh  son  of  Eustace 
of  Tacolneston  held  one  fee  of  Walter  Fitz-Robert,  which  was  after 
called  William's  manor;  and  Bartholomew  son  of  Philip  Ma  l- 
kerbe  held  one  fee  of  Walter  Fitz-Robert,  which  was  after  joined  to 
Takeleston  manor ;  and  the  aforesaid  manors  had  their  several  shares 
in  the  advowson,  all  which  were  purchased  by  Hugh  de  D'Ovedule, 
and  so  the  advowson  attended  Dovedale's  manor. 

9  Villa  Tacolvi.     From  some  an-  acr.  semper  dim.  car.  et  viii.  liberi  ho- 

cient  owner.  mines  i.  car.  terre  et  ii.  villani.  et  viii. 

1  Sub  tit.    Terre  Regis  quam  God-  bord.  tunc  iii.  car.  post  et  modo  ii.  viii. 

ricus  servat.  Depvvade  Hund.  Domsd.  acr.  prati.    Tunc  valuit  x.  libr.  modo 

fo.  56.  xx.  blancas,  et  habet  i.  leug.  et  dim.  in 

Tacolnestuna  tenuit    Stigandus    pro  longo  et  dim.  in  lato,  et  x.  den.  et  obu- 

berewita  in  Wimundham,  v.  car.  terre,  lum  de  Gelto. 

semper  xvi.  villani  et  xxi.  bor.  et  sex  *  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.     Domsd.  fo. 

servi  et  iiii.  car.  in  dominio,  tunc  xiiii.  140.  Depvvade  H. 

car.  horn,  post  et  modo  v.  xii.  acr.  prati,  In  Fornesstta,  &c.     In  Tacolnestuna 

silva  xx.  pore,  et  semper  i.  mol.  et  iiii.  i.   lib.   homo  Stigandi   xv.  acr.  et  iii. 

runcin.   et  xvi.   anim.  et.    1.   pore,   et  bord.  i.  car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati. 

lxxx.  oves,  et  xv.  capr.  et  v.  soc.  xii.  3  See  vol.  i.  p.  13. 


TACOLNESTON. 


TACOLNESTON,  or  DOVEDALE'S  MANOR, 

Descended  from  Reginald  de  Uvedale  to  Benedict  his  son  after 
whom  Hugh  de  Uvedale  had  it;*  this  Hugh,  in  1214,  purchased  a  part 
of  the  advowson  of  Rob.  Mortimer,  and  became  lord  and  sole  patron  ; 
he  was  son  of  John  de  Uveduk,  brother  to  Reginald,  by  Amicia  daughter 
and  heir  of  Roger  Malherbe  of  Tacolneston,  by  which  match,  Mal- 
herbe's$  part  was  united  to  this.  In  1274,  he  had  liberty  of  free-warren 
allowed  to  the  manor,  and  view  of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and 
ale  over  all  his  tenants  ;  and  in  1285,  the  King's  charter  for  liberty  of 
warren  was  allowed  an  eire,  but  the  other  liberties  belonged  to  the 
King's  hundred,  whose  bailiff  was  to  be  present  at  every  lete,  and 
receive  three  shillings  a  year  of  the  lord  for  liberty  of  holding  a  lete. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Sir  John  Dovedale,  bis  son  and  heir,  about  130G, 
when  he  held  here  one  fee  of  Roger  Bigod  of  Norfolk.  In  1318,  this 
John  gave  his  manor  of  Bedingham  to  the  canons  of  Walsingham, 
upon  which  an  inquisition  being  brought,  the  jury  presented,  "  That 
besides  the  manor  of  Bedingham  which  John  de  Uvedale  gave  the 
canons  of  Walsingham,  at  that  lime  John  had  his  manor  of  Tacol- 
neston, and  several  lands  and  tenements  in  "Newton  Flotman,  to  the 
value  of  40/.  which  would  fully  satisfy  all  customs  and  services,  as 
well  of  the  manor  so  given,  as  of  the  lands  remaining;  in  scutages, 
■view  of  frankpledge,  aids,  tallages,  wards,  fines,  redemptions,  amer- 
ciaments, contributions,  and  all  emergencies;  and  that  the  said  John 
might  still  be  put  on  all  assizes,  juries,  and  recognisances,  as  before 
the  said  gift,  so  that  the  country  would  not  be  more  charged  than 
before  the  said  John  gave  that  manor."6  This  I  have  transcribed  at 
length,  as  showing  in  a  good  measure,  the  reason  for  making  the 
statute  of  mortmain.  In  1332,  Isabell  widow  of  John  de  Dovedale, 
daughter  of  Gilbert  de  Eton  and  Alice  his  wife,  (which  Alice  was  one 
of  the  three  sisters  and  heirs  of  Thomas  de  Ticheseij,)  paid  a  relief  to 
the  King  for  Tichesey  manor,  which  the  said  Thomas  held  at  two  fees 
of  the  King.  In  1321,  Sir  Peter,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  de  Uvedale, 
had  the  manor  at  the  death  of  his  father  ;  and  the  inquisition  says, 
that  it  was  held  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk,  who  held  it  of  the  Filz- 
Walters  manor  of  Hemenhale  ;  that  the  manor-house  had  go  acres 
of  land  adjoining,  woods,  groves,  a  windmill,  and  3/.  10s.  yearly  quit- 
rents  ;  that  he  held  also  manors  in  Cambridgeshire  and  Surrey,  and 
that  Peter  his  son  was  28  years  old.  This  Sir  Peter  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  and  coheiress  of  William  de  Rusteing  of  Congham, 
with  whom  he  had  Rusteyn's  manor  in  Wimondham,  in  1333,  and 
the  two  manors  were  then  settled  on  Sir  Peter  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
remainder  to  Sir  Thomas  de  Uvedale,  Knt.  remainder  to  Hugh  son  of 
John  de  Uvedak 7  in  tail.  Sir  Peter  died  about  1345,  for  the  then  Lady 
Margaret  his  widow  held  it  of  the  Earl,  and  presented  in  1349.  After 
her,  Sir  Thomas  de  Uvedale  had  it,  and  paid  3d.  ob.  a  year  out  of  the 

*  1305,  Stephen  son  of  Benedict  de         6  Regr.  Walsingham,  fo.  142,  12  E. 
Uvedale  of  Tacolneston,  confirmed  lands     II. 

to  Sir  John  de  Thorp  of  Fundenhall,         7  Seevol.  ii.  p.  501.  Thiswasavery 
but  had"  no  concern  in  the  manor.  numerous  family,  many  of  them  being 

5  See  vol.  ii.  p.  516.  considerable  owners  in  this  county,  see 

vol.  i.  p.  516. 


IW  TACOLNESTON. 

manor,  to  St.  John's  command ry  at  Carbrook  ;  he  presented  in  1361, 
but  was  dead  before  1374,  for  in  that  year  John  de  Uredafe  presented  ; 
he  was,  as  I  take  it,  son  of  Hugh,  on  whom  the  manor  was  intailed  : 
in  1288,  lie  obtained  a  charter  from  King  Ric.  II.  confirming  the  char- 
ter of  King  Edward  I.  dated  16  May,  in  the  32d  year  of  his  reign, 
(1303,)  by  which  that  King  granted  to  Sir  John  de  Uvcda/e  and  his 
heirs,  a  weekly  market  on  Wednesday,  to  be  held  at  his  manor  of 
Taco/neston  ;*  and  two  fairs  yearly,  to  be  held  at  the  said  manor,  the 
one  on  the  vigil,  day,  and  morrow,  of  the  'Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Bap- 
tist ;  and  the  other  on  the  vigil,  day,  and  morrow,  of  A 1 1- Saints  :  and 
also  liberty  of  free-warren  in  the  said  manor.  In  1401,  the  said  John 
held  one  fee  of  it  of  Thomas  Mowbray,  as  of  the  manor  of  Forncet;  one 
fee  of  Robert  Mounteney,  who  held  it  of  Mowbray ;  he  presented  in. 
1410,  and  it  appears  that  he  married  Margaret  Rees,  and  died  about 
1434,  for  in  that  year,  Robert  Clere,  Esq.  ofOrmesby ,  held  his  first  court 
for  the  manor  of  Tacolneston,  D'Oveda/e's,  jointly  with  Eliz.  his  wife, 
only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Tho.  Uvedale,  Esq.  ;  she  outlived  him, 
and  died  in  1492,  and  was  buried  by  her  husband  in  Norzvich  cathedral, 
(see  vol.  iv.  p.  35,)  and  settled  a  rent  charge  out  of  her  manors  of 
C/ei/don  and  Threston  or  Thurston,  for  one  of  the  monks  to  pray  for 
their  souls,  and  founded  two  priests  to  sing  before  Rees's  altar  in  the 
collegiate  church  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Fields  in  Norwich,  for  her  own 
and  husband's  soul,  and  those  of  Will.  Rees,  Esq.  and  Margery  his 
wife,  her  father  and  mother,  who  were  buried  there,  (see  vol.  iv.  p. 
176,)  she  gave  4  bushels  of  malt  to  every  tenant  and  householder  in 
Ormesby  ;  and  legacies  to  Robert  Clere  her  son  ;  and  to  Audry  and 
Dorothy  his  daughters,  200/.  each,  their  sister  Anne  being  a  nun  at 
Denary ;  she  gave  legacies  also  to  John  and  Ralph  sons  of  Sir  Ralf 
She/ton;  and  to  her  daughter  dame  Margaret  Shelton,  a  pair  of  gold 
beads  for  lite,  and  then  to  Alice  Heveningham,  daughter  of  Sir  Ralf 
Shelton;  to  Eliz.  Beding field,  daughter  to  her  son  Robert,  her  god- 
daughter, 500  marks,  of  such  money  as  she  and  her  son  Robert  ought 
.to  have  of  Sir  Edmund  Bedingjield,  Kut.  for  the  marriage  of  John  his 
son  and  heir,  to  her  god-daughter.  In  1493,  Philip  Calthorp,  Esq. 
and  others,  held  their  first  court  to  the  use  of  Robert  Clere,  Esq.  and 
in  1506,  a  court  was  held  in  his  own  name,  and  that  of  Alice  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Sir  Will.  Boleyn  of  Blickling,  Knt.  and  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Sir  John  Clere,  Knt.  his  heir,  who  married  Anne,  daughter 
of  Sir  27(o.  Tirrel,  Knt.  and  in  1550,  Edward  Clere,  Esq.  his  son,  held 
his  first  court ;  he  married  Frances,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  Ric. 
Fulmerston  of  Thetjbrd,  Knt.9  and  settled  this  andTJiarslon  manors  on 
Anne  his  mother  for  life,  S'uJoh/t  Tirrel,  Knt. his  uncle,  being  trustee; 
at  his  death,  Sir  Edward  Clere  of  Ormesby,  his  son,  had  it;  he  mar- 
Tied  Margaret,  daughter  of  Will.  Yaxley  of  Yaxley  in  Suffolk,  Esq. 
whose  son  Sir  Henky  Clere  of  Ormesby,  Baronet,  mortgaged  it  to 
Mr.  John  Browne  of  Sparkes  in  Tacolneston,  who  afterwards  joined 
with  Sir  Henry,  and  sold  it  to  Richard  Biockden  or  Brogden,  alderman 
of  Norwich,  son  of James  Biockden,  sheriff  of  Norwich  in  U>79>  and 
Rebecca  Guscoign  his  wife;  he  married  Mary  Doag/as  of  Norwich, 
their  son  James  Brocden  was  killed  before  Namur  about  1 690  ;  he  had 
three  wives;    \,Mary,  daughter   of  Hugh  Bokcnham,  alderman  of 

8  The  market  and/air  have  been  long  since  disused.    9  See  vol.  ii.  p.  66. 


TACOLNESTON.  i67 

Norwich;  1,  a  daughter  of  Martin  Skypp  of  North-Tudenham ;  S,  a 
daughter  of  Tho.  Woode  of  Brakene,  Esq.  but  had  no  issue;  his  mo- 
ther Mary  held  this  manor  for  life;  and  afterwards  remarried  to  Joint 
Ladd,  surgeon  of  Norwich;  and  it  after  belonged  to  Benjamin  An- 
drewes,  who  sold  it  to  Edmund  Knipe  of  Tacolneston,  Esq.  the  present 
lord,  who  hath  a  good  house  here,  about  two  furlongs  west  of  the 
church,  anciently  the  seat  of  the  Brownes,  called  Sparkes  ;  William 
Knipe,  Esq,  is  his  son  and  heir. 


WILLIAM'S  MANOR 

Was  granted  to  William  sirnamed  of  Tacolneston,  the  place  of  his 
birth  and  habitation,  from  whose  christian  name  the  manor  took  its 
name;  he  was  succeeded  by  Eustace,  and  he  by  Hugh  his  son,  who 
owned  it  in  11  yd;  and  in  1249,  it  was  found,  that  he  held  it  at  a  whole 
knight's  fee,  but  was  not  yet  knighted.  In  1256,  Adam  de  Tacolneston 
had  it ;  and  in  1284,  William  de  Tacolneston  was  returned  of  full  age, 
and  fit  to  be  knighted;  and  in  1285,  by  the  name  of  Sir  William  de 
Tacolneston  (though  he  is  often  called  Sir  William  Filz-Eustace)  he 
had  view  of  frankpledge  of  all  his  tenants,  and  assise  of  bread  and 
ale;  the  King's  bailiff  of  the  hundred  attending  at  the  lete,  and 
receiving  I8d.  per  annum;  he  was  lord  in  1297.  In  1305,  Richard  de 
Tacolneston  had  it;  in  1308,  R.  de  Tacolneston  settled  on  Anastaia, 
daughter  of  Robert  de  la  More  of  Brakene,  divers  lands,  &c.  here  and 
in  Forncet,  for  life,  remainder  to  himself;  and  in  13 1 6,  the  said  Richard 
was  lord.  In  1381,  John  de  Tacolneston  was  lord  ;  the  famous  John 
Tacesphalus  (I  believe)  who  was  born  here,  and  was  elected  prior 
of  the  Carmelites  or  White-friars  in  Norwich  in  1404,  of  whom  Pits 
speaks,  p.  (J07.  He  was  1).  D.  a  man  of  great  learning,  remarkable 
piety,  and  a  good  orator;  a  great  preacher  against  the  disciples  of 
Wicklijf,  Hits,  and  the  Lollards;  he  published  two  books  by  way  of 
comment  on  the  Revelations  ;  a  collection  of  sermons  for  the  Saints 
days,  and  many  others;  and  to  make  them  of  the  greater  authority 
and  esteem,  he  went  to  Pope  Martin  V.  to  Rome,  to  obtain  his  appro- 
bation and  publick  recommendation,  which  he  had  just  obtained  when 
he  died,  and  was  buried  there;  and  it  is  probable,  the  manor  fell  by 
escheat,  to  the  lord  of  Forncet  manor,  of  which  it  was  held,  and  con- 
tinued with  it  till  about  1570,  when  the  Earl  of  Arundel  was  returned 
lord  of  William's  manor  in  Tacolneston,  and  chief  lord  of  the  commons 
there,  in  right  of  the  Earl's  manor,  which  belonged  to  Forncet 
manor;  but  it  was  sold  by  the  Earl  to  the  Cleres,  and  by  them  to  the 
Brownes;  and  in  1623,  Edm.  and  Rob.  Browne,  son  and  heir  apparent 
of  Edm.  articled  with  Tho.  Knevet,  Esq.  and  for  1900/.  sold  him  Ta- 
colneston manor,  and  the  manor  of  William's,  with  the  advowson 
and  the  rents  of  assise  there  above  11/.  per  annum,  6  capons,  2  hens, 
and  .5  eggs;  but  it  did  not  take  place,  for  William's  manor  des- 
cended to  John  Browne,  who  joined  and  sold  Tacolneston  manor  as 
aforesaid,  to  James  Brockden,  but  kept  this  to  himself;  in  1657, 
the  said  John  Browne  the  elder,  Gent,  was  lord,  and  in  1664,  John 
Browne,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  kept  his  first  court,  in  which  it  was 
found,  that  the  custom  of  the  manor  is  to  the  eldest  son  :  and  it  hath 
continued  ever  since  in  the  Brownes,  and  at  the  death  of  Richard 


^6S  TACOLNESTON. 

Browne,  it  descended  to  his  son,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Browne,  rector 
of  Ashwelthorp,  who  is  the  present  lord. 


EARL'S  MANOR 

Was  held  as  aforesaid  by  Simon  Fitz-Richard,  and  in  1 199,  by  Richard 
Fitz-lValter;  in  1277,  Robert  Fit z- John  and  Maud  his  wife  settled  it 
on  Richard  de  Eye,  and  it  bad  three  messuages,  seven  score  and  three 
acres  of  ground,  50  acres  of  wood,  a  mill,  Sec.  In  1306,  Roger  Bigot 
Earl  of  Norfolk  and  Marshal  of  England  held  it  jointly  with  Alice  his 
wife,  of  Robert  Fitz-lValter,  by  the  service  of  two  parts  of  a  fee;  aud 
from  that  time  to  this,  it  hath  passed  as  Forncet  manor. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints ;  when  Norwich  Domes- 
day was  wrote,  Hugh  de  Dovedale  was  patron  ;  the  rector  then  had 
no  house,  but  two  barns,  and  23  acres  of  glebe,  though  now  there  is 
a  house,  barn,  and  outhouses,  adjoining  to  the  north  side  of  the 
churchyard,  and  about  30  acres  of  glebe.  It  was  first  valued  at  10, 
after  at  12  marks,  and  paid  6s.  8d.  procurations,  3s.  synodals,  2s.  6d. 
Peter-pence,  and  8rf.  carvage;  and  the  town  paid  2/.  10s.  clear  to 
every  tenth.  The  Prior  of  Bokenham's  temporals  were  taxed  at  6d. 
and  those  of  the  monks  ofThetford  at  2s.  ob.  The  rectory  stands 
undischarged  in  the  King's  Books  at  12/.  pays  first  fruits,  and  1/.  4s. 
yearly  tenths.  There  were  two  gilds  here,  the  one  of  All-Saints,  and 
the  other  of  St.  Nicholas.  The  church  was  rebuilt  about  1503,  for 
there  were  about  that  time,  many  legacies  given  to  the  foundation  of 
the  church  of  Tacolneston.  The  tower  is  square  and  hath  five  bells  in 
it;  the  nave  and  chancel  are  thatched,  the  south  isle  is  leaded,  and 
the  south  porch  tiled.  In  1520,  John  Bannister  was  buried  in  the 
churchyard  by  Cici/y  and  Beatrix  his  wives,  and  gave  his  manor  of 
Aldham-hall  in  Lancashire,  to  his  eldest  child.  In  1543,  Will.  Bexwell 
af  Tacolneston,  was  buried  in  the  church. 

Browne  of  Tacolneston,  or,  abend  vert.    Crest,  a  buck  passant 
proper     Guillim  abridged,  vol  i.  p.  55. 

Ricardus  Browne  de  Sparkes  in  hac  Parochia  Gen.   hie 
jacet  Sepultus,  qui  mortem  obijt  21  Die  Augusti  A.  D.  1678,  aet. 
suae  45. 
Browne  impaling  Knevet.     Pietate  et  Charitate. 

Hie  jacet  Corpus  Murielis  nuper  Uxoris  Johannis  Browne, 
apud  Sparkes  Generosi,  quae  fuit  una  Filiarum  Johannis  Knevet 
Generosi,  et  Vitam  banc  cum  morte  commutavit  16°  Die  Marcij 
1G71. 

Hie  jacet  Corpus  Johannis  Browne,  apud  Sparkes  Generosi, 
qui  Vitam  banc  migravit  2y°  Die  Stpt.  A.  D.  1666. 

Hodie  mihi,  Cras  tibi. 
Margaret  Wife  of  Thomas  Browne,  one  of  the  Daughters  of 
Mr.  John  Fiamingham  of  Stucay,  19  Jan.  1682. 
Death  was  thy  Gain,  tho'  Lass  to  me, 
Who  lost  my  better  Half  in  Thee. 


TACOLNESTON.  169 

John  son  of  Thomas  Browne  of  Tacolneston,  died  in  1587.  Thomas 
son  of  Ric.  Browne  late  of  Brandish,  Sept.  18,  lt>79-  Tho.  son  of  Tho. 
Browne,  April  30,  1696.     ilfrt?y  lale  wife  of  Tho.  Browne  1696. 

Mary  Knipe,  March  30,1705.  .Henry  son  of  Edm.  Knipe  Gent. 
30  Dec.  1713.     All  these  in  the  nave. 

In  the  south  isle  is  a  stone  for,  Mary  Catherine  Browne  Dr.  to  Mr. 
Robert  Browne,  and  Mary  his  Wife,  Jan.  14,  1675. 

There  is  a  stone  in  the  churchyard,  for  Thomas  Browne  of  Saxling- 
ham-Thorp,  24  Oct.  1720,  51.  The  Brown  es  are  an  ancient  family, 
having  been  in  this  parish  ever  since  Henry  the  Sixth's  time. 

In  the  chancel,  Anne  the  dear  Wife  of  John  Baldocke,  Rector 
of  Redgrave  cum  Botesdale  in  Suffolk,  was  buried  here  Oct.  11, 1692. 
Phillippa  their  daughter  lies  on  the  north  side,  1676. 

Mary  daughter  of  Robert  Kedington  of  Hockham,  Esq.  in  Norfolk, 
and  of  Philippa  his  wife,  Nov.  19,  1691. 

William  Lynne  of  Bintre  in  Norfolk,  Gent.  27  Dec.  1678. 

In  the  east  window,  quarterly,  1,  Barry,  or  Berry,  arg.  a  chevron 
between  three  bears  heads  sab.  muzzled  or.  2,  lost.  3,  Paston. 
4,  Mawtby.     In  a  north  window  Bohun. 

RECTORS. 

1310,  Hugh  de  Dovedale,  accolite.  Sir  John  son  of  Sir  Hugh  dt 
Dovedale,  Knt. 

1311,  George  de  Uvedale,  accolite.     Ditto. 

1311,  Hugh  de  Dovedale  again,  being  now  sub-deacon;  he  was  insti- 
tuted by  George  de  Uvedale,  his  proctor,  who  resigned  to  him.    Ditto. 

1349,  Nic.  de  hide.  Lady  Margaret  de  Dovedale.  1361, 
Sir  Thomas  de  Uvedale,  Knt.  gave  it  to 

John  Broun,  or  Browne,  vicar-general  to  the  Bishop,1  and 
dean  of  Chapel-Field  college,  where  he  was  buried,*  who  changed 
this  for  that  deanery  in 

1374,  with  John  de  Henneye,  late  dean.  1400,  John  Fremingham 
and  other  trustees,  presented 

Stephen  Praty;  and  in 

1410,  Roger  Haghe  had  it,  of  the  gift  of  Tho.  Uvedale,  Esq.    In 

1443,  Sir  Robert  Stevenson  succeeded,  on  the  presentation  of  Eliz. 
Clere  of  Tacolneston,  widow,3  late  wife  of  Robert  Clere  of Ormesby  ; 
on  whose  death,  Robert  Clere,  Esq.  her  son,  gave  it  to 

John  Pyndtr,  who  in  1494,  resigned,  and  Richard  and  Robert 
Southwell,  Esqrs.  as  guardians  to  the  heirs  of  Richard  Hotdich,  late  of 
Didtinglon,  Esq.  presented  Thomas  Castleford,  who  resigned  in 

1498,  to  William  Isbellys,  who  upon  his  institution,  gave  security 
to  the  Bishop,  that  he  would  pay  a  pension  of  5  marks  per  annum  to 
Thomas  Castleford,  that  now  resigned  to  him,  as  not  being  able  to 
serve  the  cure.    In  1540,  at  hbell's  death, 

1  Vol.  iii.  p.  632.  3  Regr.  Wolmer,  fo.  161. 

2  See  vol.  iv.  p.  170. 

VOL.  V.  Z 


170  TACOLNESTON. 

Robert  Frosdit  or  Frosdike  was  presented  by  Robert  Eusing, 
Gent,  and  John  Siyond,  chaplain,  by  grant  from  Sir  Tho.Clere, 
Knt.     About 

1556,  Sir  Robert  Poynter  had  it;  at  his  death  in  156-2,  Edxv.  Clere, 
Esq.  gave  it  to 

Thomas  Bunting;  at  his  death  in  1574,  Tho.  Paris,  Gent, 
presented 

Will.  Mellinge,  on  whose  resignation  in  1577,  Sir  Edward 
Clere  gave  it  to 

George  Gurnay,  who  in  1603  returned  answer,  that  here  were 
ICO  communicants.     In 

1618,  John  Taylor;  he  held  it  united  to  Thugarton,  and  was  pre- 
sented by  Thomas  Palgrave  of  Pulliam,  who  had  it  of  the  gift  of 
Sir  Thomas  Knevet  of  Ashzcell-thorp,  Knt.  and  he  in  1589,  had  the 
turn  of  E/iz.  Trevor,  who  had  it  of  Sir  Edzc.  Clere.  In  1643,  John 
Taylor,  senior,  clerk,  gave  it  to 

Daniel  Colby  ,who  resigned  the  same  year,  and  Taylor,  senior, 
gave  it  to 

John  Taylor,  junior.  In  1660,  Bobert  Baldock,  Esq. 
presented 

Will.  Smithies,  who  resigned  in  1671,  and  then  the  said 
Robert,  by  the  name  of  Sir  Robert  Baldock,  Knt.  gave  it  to 

John  Baldock,  who  resigned  and  took  Redgrave  in  1681,  and 
Richard  Kenington  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Robert  Baldock.  Knt.  Serjeant 
at  law,  who  was  deprived  for  not  taking  the  oath  to  Will.  III.  and  in 
1690,  Sir  Robert  gave  it  to 

Charles  Ward,  afterwards  rector  of  Mileham,  who  held  it 
united  to  Hockering  ;  he  resigned  in  1705,  and 

Horace  To&neshend  had  it,  of  the  gift  of  George  and  Mary 
Toaneshend ;  at  whose  death  in 

1706,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Tozvnshend,  the  present  rector,  who 
holds  it  with  Shipdham,  was  collated  by  lapse. 

The  advowson  was  sold  from  the  manor  by  Sir  Henry  Clere,  and 
was  after  purchased  by  Sir  Robert  Baldock,  who  descended  from 
an  ancient  family  of  that  name  in  this  county,  for  Richard  Bal- 
dock ot'\eketon  owned  a  good  estate  there  in  1263;  in  1683,  the 
said  Robert  was  appointed  King's  serjeant  by  patent,  and  being  an 
active  man  in  King  James  the  Second's  time,  he  was  one  of  the  King's 
council  at  the  trial  of  the  seven  Bishops  in  l688,+  in  which  cause, 
showing  much  zeal,  he  was  the  same  year  made  one  of  the  justices 
of  the  King's  Bench,  in  the  room  of  Sir  John  Powell,  Knt.  who  was 
turned  out  for  maintaining,  that  the  Bishops  petition  to  the  King 
could  not  be  a  libel ;  because  it  was  founded  upon  the  King's  inca- 
pacity to  dispense  laws  ;  which  was  very  true :  he  had  two  wives,  first 
Mary  Bacon ;  2d,  the  relict  of  Sir  H  ittiam  Hezcet  of  Breccles  ;■  by  the 
first  he  had  two  children,  Henry  his  only  son,  who  died  without  issue> 
soon  after  his  father,  and  left  his  only  sister  Mary,  then  wife  of 
George  Toaneshend  of  Little-Wrvtham,  Esq.  his  sole  heiress,  whose 
only  surviving  son  is  the  present  rector.  Sir  Rob.  Baldock  afore- 
said built  a  house  opposite  to  the  south  part  of  the  churchyard,  which-. 

+  Rapin,  vol.  xv.  p.  143,  4. 


FUND  EN  HALE.  171 

is  commonly  called  Tacolneston-Hall,  in  which  he  dwelt,  but  now  be- 
ing decayed,  great  part  of  it  is  pulled  down.  This  estate  with  the 
advowson,  was  sold  some  years  since  to  Mr.  Ferrer,  who  left  it  to  his 
son  William  Ferrer,  Gent,  and  his  sister,  carried  it  to  her  husband, 
Bernard  Hyde,  Gent,  of  Seven-Oak  in  Kent,  the  present  patron. 


FUNDENHALE, 

At  the  Confessor's  survey,  belonged  to  one  of  his  thanes  named  Bcr- 
k  art,  who  owned  the  chief  part,  and  was  patron  of  the  church,  which 
had  then  24  acres  of  glebe  ;s  Albric,  a  freeman  of  Bishop  Stigund, 
had  another  part;  and  there  was  a  berewic  in  \elonde  (*),  which  be- 
longed to  it:  Walter  de  Dol,  lord  of  Habetuna  or  Hapten, 
became  lord  here,  and  made  these  two  villages  one  manor;  he  had 
them  both  of  Roger  Bigot,  who  held  them  of  Earl  Hugh,  except 
two  parcels,  which  the  said  Roger  kept  as  belonging  to  his  manor  of 
Jbr«cer(:),with  which  they  always  passed  to  this  time.  This  town  was 
a  league  in  length,  and  half  a  league  in  breadth,  and  paid  \Sd.  ob.  to 
the  tax. 

The  MiKOE  was  very  earh-  in  a  family,  which  took  their  name 
from  the  town  of  N orth-Creke,  where  they  were  lords,  and  alwavs 
resided.  Sir  Robert  de  Creke  much  augmented  his  estate,  bv 
marrying  one  of  the  heiresses  of  the  G/anvilles  family;  after  whose 
death,  he  married  again  ;  for  in  1233,  Richemeia  his  widow,  was 
lady  of  the  manor,  which  she  then  resigned  to  Sir  Bartholomew  de 
Creke,  her  son,  who  married  Margery  daughter  of  Jeffery  Haines, 

5  Terre  Hugonis  Comitis.     Hund.  lib.  horn,  qui  sunt  in  Habetuna,  unus 

Depwade  Doms.  fo.  74,  5.  Stigandi,  et  alter  Guerta  et  habent  xc. 

Fundehala  tenet  Rogerus  Bigo-  acr.  semper  v.  vill.  et  vii.  bord.  tunc 

Tus   quam  tenuit   Burkart  teinnus.  iii.    serv.  tunc  iii.  car.  et  dim.   m°  ii. 

T.  R.  E.  ii.  car.  terre,  semper  xi.  vill.  et  xvii.  acr.  prati.     Add;dit  etiam  iii. 

et    xi.  bor.    tunc   iiii.  serv.   modo  iii.  lib.  hom.  viii.  acr.  tunc  valuerunt  xii. 

semper  ii.   car.    in   dom.  et   iiii.   car.  sol.     In  Habetuna  i.  ecclesia  xv.  acr. 

hom.  xx.  acr.  prati,  ecclesie  xxiiii.  acr.  Ex  hoc  toto  fecit  Gualterus  de  Dol  unum 

libere  terre,  silv.  xiii.  pore,  m*  i.  nine,  manerium,  et  totum  simul  val.  ix.  l.b. 

et  ix.  anim.  et  xxx.  pore,  et  xlviij.  oves,  et  habet  i.   leug.  et  dim.   in  longo  et 

et  xlviij.  capr.   et  i.  soc.  i.  acr.   tunc  dim.  in  lato  et  xiii.  den.  et  ob.  de  gelto. 

valuit  xl.  sol.     In  eadem  ii.  car.  terre  Rogerus  Bigot  tenet  de  Comite  et  Habe- 

tenuit    Aluricus    liber    homo    Stigandi,  tuna  i.  leug.  in  longo  et  5  quar.  in  lato 

semper  v.  vill.  et  xvi.  bord.  tunc  vi.  et  vi.  den.  et  iii.  ferding.  de  gelto.  (') 

serv.  rn°  iii.  semper  ii.  car.  in  dom.  Terra  Rogeri  Eigoti.  H.   Depwade, 

tunc  iiii.  car.  hom.  post  et  ra*.  iii.  et  fo.  140,  1.  Fornesseta,  &c.  In  Fdk- 

xx.  acr.  prati,  silv.  xxx.  pore,  semper  dahala  i.  lib.  homo  viii.  acr.  et  dim. 

i.  mol.  et  iii.  sochemani  xii.  acr.  tunc  car.     In  Fundehaia  ii.  lib.  hom.  Ix.  acr. 

valuit  lx.  sol.  et  hie  pertinet  una  bere-  quos   tenet  OsUrtus  et  ii.   bor.  tunc  ii. 

wita  Lilanda,  &c.  (6)  as  at  p.  116.  Huic  car.  m°  i.  et  dim. 
manerio  addidit  Galterus  de  Dol  ii. 


172  FUNDENHALE. 

widow  ofLe  Clerk,  who  survived  him,  and  was  lady  in  1251,  and  in 
that  year,  resigned  all  her  right  in  this  manor  and  those  of  North- 
Crehe,  Combes,  and  Flixton  in  Suffolk,  to  Robert  de  Creke,  her 
eldest  son  and  heir  ;  but  on  his  death  without  issue,  she  had  it  again  ; 
and  in  1274,  had  view  of  frankplege  and  assise  of  bread  and  ale 
allowed  her  here;  about  1258,  she  founded  Flixton  nunnery  in 
Suffolk,  and  at  her  death,  John  de  Creke,  her  son,  inherited,  who  in 
1285,  obtained  a  charter  of  free-warren  from  King  Edward  I.  for  this 
manor,  and  that  of  Creke,  when  it  was  found  that  it  extended  into 
Hapton  and  JVimondham,  and  that  one  fee  of  it  was  held  of  Chester 
honour,  and  another  of  the  Earl-ilfarsAa/,  as  of  Forncet  manor;  but 
he  dying  without  issue,  his  inheritance  went  to  Sir  John  de  Thorp, 
Knt.  (called  John  Fitz-Robertf  in  right  of  Margaret  (or  Margery)  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  de  Creke,  and  at  length  coheir  of  Sarah 
de  Creke,  sister  to  Sir  John  de  Creke,  and  wife  to  Roger  Fitz-Osbert,9 
and  from  him  it  descended  to  Robert  Fit Z- John  de  Thorp,  his  son, 
who  obtained  general  releases  from  Roger  son  of  Peter  Fitz-Osbert, 
and  from  Agnes  daughter  and  heiress  of  JefferyGiltspur  of  Beccles, 
who  married  Agnes  de  Creke,  his  mother's  sister ;  Joan  de  Creke,  his 
other  aunt,  being  dead  issueless.  And  from  this  time  it  always  passed 
as  the  manor  of  As/mell-thorp,  with  which  it  still  remains  at  this  day, 
as  you  may  see  from  p.  142,  to  p.  162. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Nicholas,  and  was  a  rectory  ap- 
pendant to  the  manor,  till  Margery,  widow  of  Sir  Barth.  de  Creke, 
foundress  of  Flixton  nunnery  in  Suffolk,  gave  it  with  a  messuage  and 
12  acres  of  land,1  and  many  rents  and  services  here,1  to  Beatrix, 
prioress  of  Flixton,  and  her  successours  for  ever;3  and  that  convent 
presented  till  it  was  impropriated  to  their  house,  by  William  Bate?nan 
Bishop  of  Norwich  in  1547 ,*  an  annual  pension  of  two  marks5  being 
reserved  to  the  Bishop,  in  lieu  of  jirst-fruits ;  and  2s.  a  year  to  the 
sacrist,  as  to  the  high-altar  at  the  cathedral,  and  the  Prioress  was  to 
nominate  and  jind,  a  stipendiary  chaplain,  to  be  approved  by  the 
Bishop,  and  pay  him  for  serving  the  cure  ;  and  from  that  time  it  hath 
been  a  donative,  in  the  gift  of  the  impropriator,  who  names  a  chaplain 
or  clerk,  and  pays  him  for  serving  the  cure,  to  which  when  licensed 
by  the  Bishop  of  the  diocese,  he  is  a  perpetual  curate.  John  de 
Creke  was  rector  sometime  before  Norwich  Domesday  was  made, 
and  had  a  house  and  40  acres  of  glebe,  and  it  was  valued  at  15  marks 
with  all  the  tithes;  it  paid  2s.  8d.  synodals  and  procurations,  l6d. 
Peter-pence,  and  3d.  carvage.     In  1273,  the  day  after  St.  Luke's  day, 

8  See  p.  142.  Osbert,  and  Sarah  his  wife,  released  all 

9  Ibid.  129.  right  in  the  advowson,  to  the  nuns,  they 
■*  This  was  formerly  Reginald  Clerk's,     releasing   to  him  in  exchange,  all  their 

the  first  husband  (as  I  take  it)  of  Mar-  right  in  the  churches  of  North-Creke  iu 

gery  de  Creke  ;  it  continued  in  the  con-  Norfolk,  and  Combes  in  Sufivlk. 
vent  till  1392, and  then  Margery  Howel,         4  The  appropriation  is  extant  in  the 

prioress  there,  sold  it  to  Sir  Edm.de  fourth  Institution   Book,  fo.  5;  see  also 

Thorp,    .enior,  Knt.  and  Sir  Edm.  de  the  eighth  Institution  Book,  fo.  125. 
Thorp,  junior,  Knt.  his  son.  5  1  o  be  paid  by  equal  portions  at  the 

*  This  constiuited  the  rectory  ma-  two  synods  or  generals,  (as  we  now 

nor,  which  always  attended  the  impro-  call  them,)  and  for  want  ot  such  pay- 

priation.  ments,  the  Bishop  hath  power  to  reserve 

3  In   1288,  Roger  Fitz-Peter  Fitz-  and  sequester  the  profits. 


FUNDENHALE.  173 

there  was  an  inquisition  taken  in  the  consistory  court  at  Norwich,  on 
the  oaths  of  John,  vicar  of  Thorp,  Roger,  vicar  of  Tharstoii,  Gilbert, 
chaplain  of  Hapeton,  and  others,6  who  presented  that  the  rector  for 
the  time  being,  ought  to  repair  the  church  of  Fit ndeuhale,  and  if  it 
should  happen,  to  rebuild  it;  and  that  a  certain  lady  called  Bertha 
de  Fundenhale,7  gave  to  the  said  church  and  rectors  thereof  for 
ever,  15  acres  of  land  in  Fundenhale  field,  and  a  mark  yearly  rent. in 
the  town  of  Harpot ' ;  on  condition,  the  rector  and  his  successours  for 
ever,  should  repair  and  rebuild  it,  as  often  as  it  should  happen  to 
want ;  which  lands  and  rent,  the  rector  then  enjoyed ;  and  that  in  a 
former  controversy  between  the  parishioners  and  Robert  du  Boys 
then  rector,  it  was  adjudged  by  the  Bishop's  official,  that  the  rector 
should  repair  it,  and  not  the  parishioners  :  at  the  Dissolution  in  1536, 
the  King  granted  to  Rich.  Stephens  and  George  Buck,  "all  the  rectory 
and  church  of  Funhall  in  the  county  of  Noifo/k,  and  the  advovvson 
of  the  vicarage  of  the  parish  church  of  Funhall,  to  be  held  by  the 
rent  of  6s.  8d.  per  annum,  and  the  yearly  stipend  of  one  chaplain 
performing  divine  offices,  and  taking  the  cure  of  the  souls  of  the  said 
parish  ;"and  in  1547,  Stephens  had  license  to  sell  it  to  Sir  John  C/ere, 
Knt.  and  his  heirs.  Afterwards,  Thomas  Rnevet  of  Ashwell-thorp, 
Esq.  lord  here,  and  the  inhabitants,  petitioned  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, that  the  Lady  C/ere  of  Cotton,  late  wife  of  Sit  Francis  Clere, 
and  John  Smith,  Esq.  who  purchased  the  reversion  of  the  impropri- 
ation of  Sir  Edward  Clere,  brother  to  the  said  Sir  Francis,  who  died 
without  issue,  might  be  called  to  show,  why  they  should  not  pay  a 
competent  stipend  out  of  the  profits,  sufficient  to  find  a  serving  mi- 
nister, that  might  serve  it  regularly,  and  continue  with  them,  instead 
of  such  poor  stipends  as  12  "or  16  pounds  a  year  at  most,  by  reason 
of  which,  no  minister  would  stay  any  time  on  the  cure,  there  having 
been  40  returns  of  curates  in  the  memory  of  one  man  ;  but  it  appear- 
ing that  one  Mr.  Symouds,  who  obtained  a  presentation  from  the  King 
in  1608,  could  not  enjoy  it,  as  not  being  presentative ;  but  that  the 
impropriator  was  to  nominate  a  chaplain  or  curate,  and  pay  him  out 
of  the  profits,  a  competent  stipend,  they  were  dismissed.  However, 
Mr.  Edward  Voice,  the  then  curate,  being  returned  to  the  house  as  a 
"  godly,  conscionable,  and  painful  preacher  of  God's  word,"  was 
appointed  minister,  and  had  a  competent  stipend8 assigned  him  out  of 
the  profits,  by  virtue  of  the  order  of  the  House,  made  Dec.  19,  1640. 
The  impropriation  now  belongs  to  John  Berney,  Esq.  of  Swer- 
deston. 

RECTORS. 

Ric.  de  Eye. 

Will,  de  Giffard,  rector  in  Bishop  Turb's  time. 
1270,  Rob.  du  Boys,  rector. 

John  de  Creke,  rector.     Walter  Blench. 
1315,  Will,  de  Clare,  presented  by  the  prioress  and  nuns  of  Flixton ; 
he  resigned  in 

6  Coll.  P.  L.  N.  ex  autog.  inter  cartas  8  They  petitioned  for  30/.  per  annum 
Manerij  de  Fundenhale,  apud  Ashwell-  and  an  apartment  in  the  parsonage- 
thorp,  house,  which  was  not  allowed,  but  only 

7  Bertha  de  Glanville  of  Fundenhale.  20/,  per  annum. 


174  FUNDENHALE. 

1321,  to  Ric.  de  Geyst,  in  exchange  for  Helmingham. 

1341,  Henry  Becke  of  Beccles,  the  last  rector.     In 

1603,  Mr.  John  Peat/,  curate,  returned  answer,  that  he  was  perpe- 
tual curate,  it  being  a  donative,  and  there  were  93  communicants  in 
the  palish,  which  paid  46s.  to  each  tenth,  and  in  1627,  Richard  P un- 
der, A.  B   perpetual  curate  here,  returned  much  the  same  account. 

The  Prior  of  Witnondham's  temporals  were  taxed  at  12rf.  and  the 
spirituals  of  the  Prioress  of  Flixton  at  15  marks,9  and  were  to  pay  c20s. 
to  each  tenth  ;  but  in  1347,  the  nuns  being  returned  to  be  very  poor, 
they  were  excused  the  tax.  Here  was  a  gild  of  St.  Nicho/as,  and 
lights  before  his  image,  and  that  of  the  Virgin  in  the  church,  which  is 
built  in  the  collegiate  form,  with  a  square  tower,  under  which  William 
Petifer,  parish  chaplain,  was  buried  in  1374  ;  and  in  1460,  William 
Norman,  parish  chaplain  here,  was  interred  in  the  chancel,  and 
Master  Fergeant,  D.  D.  a  friar-minor,  was  to  pray  for  him  in  his  con- 
vent at  Norwich  ;  he  was  a  benefactor,  as  was  John  Daniel,1  who 
was  buried  in  1418  in  Magdalen-chapel  in  St.  Stephen*  church  in 
Norwich,  and  gave  20  marks  to  repair  this  steeple,  and  ordered  a 
priest  to  celebrate  a  whole  year  in  the  church,  for  the  souls  of  Roger 
and  Christian  his  father  and  mother,  &c.  There  are  three  bells,  on 
the  first, 

l.  .fionttu  Sum  s'anu.s',  mc  fecit  Baxter  Ricardus. 
£.  4Wuncre  Baptiste,  Scncbtctu^  £it  Chorug  tjStt. 

The  rood-loft  is  whole  and  painted  ;  in  the  middle  of  it  is  a  shield 
with  the  East-Angles  arms,  and  round  it, 

Hoe  ftcr  45cnti£  anglorum,  ftu  ffifejc  i3cgi.£  3ng(orum, 

O  Eadmunde! 

5rioji  jjiartnrum,  tocfuu  tfosa  toct  lUIium,  &c. 

Next  is  a  J3.  with  the  cross  keys,  for  St.  Peter,  and  the  arms  of 
Flixton  nunnery,  gul.  a  Catherine  wheel,  with  a  cross  arg.  that  house 
being  founded  in  honour  of  St.  Catherine  ;  next  is  a  crown  and  mitre, 
and  .§.  $.  for  St.  Nicholas,  the  patron  of  the  church ;  there  are  two 
or  three  stones  disrobed  of  their  brass  plates,  under  one  of  which,  lies 
buried  John  Kemp  of  Fundenhale,  by  his  mother:  Margaret  his  wife, 
and  John  his  son  survived  him,  and  inherited  his  estate  here. 

There  was  anciently  a  manor  or  free  tenement  called  Sundays, 
which  was  joined  to  the  other  manor  early,  and  now  continues 
with  it. 

William  Knyvet,  Gent,  second  son  to  Edmund  Knyvet,  Esq. 
Serjeant  porter  to  King  Henry  V11I.3  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Themilthorp,  and  by  will  dated  Nov.  26,  1594,  ordered  his  body 
to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Fundenhale,  where  he  lived,  leaving  two 
sons  and  two  daughters  ;  1,  Muriel,  married  to  Jeffry  Abbs,  and  had 
issue,     id,  Amphillis,  married  to  Mr.  Johnson,  and  left  issue,  Anne. 

9  In  1433,  Kat.  Pilly,  Prioress  of  to  wait  on  her,  and  an  honourable  pen- 

Flixton,  resigned,  being  old  and  blind,  sion  for  life,  out  of  this  impropriation. 

but  as  she  had  governed  well  and  lauda-  »  See  vol.  iv.  p.  132, 

bly,  the  Bishop,  as  patron  of  the  nun-  *  See  p.  153. 
nery,  assigned  her  a  chamber,  and  maid 


HAPTON.  175 

Thomas,  the  second  son  died  without  issue.  And  John  Knyvet 
of  Fuiidenhale,  his  eldest  son,  married  Joan  daughter  of  Robert 
Browne  of  Tacolneston,  and  had  John  Knyvet  of  fuiidenhale,  who 
married  Joanna  Sutton,  from  whom  descended  William  Knyvet, 
Esq.  of  Fundenhale,  the  present  coroner  for  the  county  of  Norfolk. 


HAPTON, 

.H.APETON,  Habeton,  or  Harpton  advowson, 3  was  given  by  Sir 
Robert  Je  Nerford,  founder  of  Lingerescroft  hospital  by  North-Creke, 
afterwards  called  the  monastery  of  St.  Mary  de  Pralis,  or  Creke 
abbey,  to  that  house,  to  which  it  was  appropriated,  and  was  to  be 
served  by  ^chaplain  or  parish  curate,  to  be  nominated  by  the  convent, 
and  paid  a  competent  annual  stipend  for  the  service,  out  of  the  profits; 
and  Alice  daughter  of  John  Pounchard,  formerly  wife  of  Sir  Robert 
deNerford,  confirmed  it,  with  ihe  moiety  of  the  church  of  IVrenning- 
ham  (as  at  p.  1 19,)  as  did  King  Edward  I.  in  1273.* 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.Margaret,  was  first  valued  at  7, 
and  after  at  8  marks,  and  had  23  acres  of  glebe ;  it  paid  5s-.  procura- 
tions, 22<1  synodals,  8(/.  Peter-pence ;  and  Ad.  carvage ;  and  the 
Abbot  paid  for  his  spirituals,  10s.  8d.  to  each  tenth,  and  for  his  tem- 
porals 25s.  id.  In  1314,  John  Ashwell,  by  royal  license,  aliened  to 
the  Abbot  of  Creke,  three  roods  of  land  in  Hapton,  to  enlarge  the  site 
of  the  rectory-house  there.  In  1426,  Brother  Robert  felbrigge,  abbot 
of  Creke,  sold  to  John  flete  and  his  heirs,  a  messuage  called  Da/yots 
in  Hapton,  and  4  acres  of  land,  paying  2s.  and  an  hen  yearlv  to  that 
house.  In  146 1,  John  Shetton,  Esq.  lessee  to  John,  abbot  of  Creke, 
sealed  to  John  Wode,  then  parish  chaplain  of  Hapton,  all  the  lands, 
houses,  great  and  small  tithes,  for  10  years.  About  1506,  this  monas- 
tery was  looked  upon  as  dissolved,  because  the  abbot  died  without  a 
convent,  to  elect  another;  whereupon,  all  the  lands  and  revenues,  bv 
the  procurement  of  the  Lady  Margaret  Countess  of  Richmond,  mother 
to  King  Henry  VII.  were  settled  on  her  college  in  Cambridge  called 
Christ's  college;  and  ever  since,  the  impropriation  hath  remained 
in  the  master  and  fellows  there,  who  nominate  a  perpetual  curate  to 
serve  the  parish,  and  pay  him  out  of  the  profits,  it  having  been  es- 
teemed a  donative  in  their  gift,  ever  since  the  foundation,  and  as  such 
it  now  remains. 

In  1603,  Mr.  Thomas  Hutchinson,  perpetual  curate,  returned  answer, 
that  there  were  43  communicants,  that  the  whole  parish  paid  50s.  to 
each    tenth,   and  that  Christ's  college  had  23  acres  of  glebe.     The 

3  It  is  to  be  observed,  that  the  advow.  from   which     family  it   went     to     the 

son  did  not  attend  the  manor,  but  be-  Nerfords. 
longed  to  the  Bigot's  manor  of  Forncet,         +  Tanner's  Notitia,  fo.  357, 
and  was  by  them  infeofl'ed  in  the  Crek.es,. 


176  HAPTON. 

Prior  of  Thetford  was  taxed  at  22i.  ob.  for  temporals  here;  the  Prior 
of  JVahingham  6d.  the  Abbot  of  Sibeton  10s.  and  the  Prior  of  Buken- 
ham  Zs.  9  J.  ob. 

The  church  hath  no  steeple,  the  nave  is  leaded,  and  the  chancel 
thatched;  in  the  east  window  are  the  arms  of  Thorp,  Clifton,  and 
Caily,  and  at.  three  croslets  arg.  but  there  are  no  other  memorials. 
There  is  a  bell  hanging  in  a  wooden  frame  in  the  churchyard. 

On  the  stocks ; 

Those  that  fear  God,  and  keep  an  honest  Name, 
Shall  not  come  here,  to  undergoe  the  Shame, 
Then  you  that  suffer,  don't  true  Justice  blame. 

There  was  an  ancient  family  sirnamed  from  the  town;  in  a  deed 
without  date,  Stephen  son  of  Eustace  de  Habeton,  was  an  owner 
here,  and  in  1348,  Will,  de  Habetun,  and  in  14)2,  John  Hapton  of 
Wimondham. 

By  a  deed  without  date,  William  jipu/iensis  gave  to  God  and  the 
church  of  St.  Michael  at  Florendona  or  Flordon,  3  acres  in  Habbetona 
or  Hapton,  between  the  land  of  Roger  son  of  William  the  priest,  and 
the  glebe  of  St.  Margaret's  church  at  Hapeton,  for  the  benefit  of  his 
own  soul,  and  those  of  his  father  and  mother,  of  Margaret  his  wife, 
and  of  Roger  Glanvile,  and  all  his  ancestors;  Safrid,  the  priest  of 
Habbeton,  and  Michael  the  parish  chaplain  of  Flordon,  and  many 
others,  being  witnesses. 

The  manor  was  joined  to  that  of  Fundenhale  at  the  Conquest,  by 
Walter  de  Dol ;  the  church  had  then  15  acres  of  glebe.  The  town 
was  a  mile  long,  and  a  mile  and  a  quarter  broad,  and  paid  6d.  3q.  to 
the  geld. s  It  was  always  held  of  the  Norfolk  family,  as  of  Fomcet 
manor,  at  one  quarter  of  a  fee,  and  always  attended  the  manor  of 
Aslmell-thorp,  as  at  p.  142,  to  p.  162,  to  which  I  refer  you.  The 
manor-house  is  called  Hapton-hall,  and  was  always  the  jointure-house 
of  the  Knevet  family.  The  style  of  the  manors  now  runs,  Ashwell- 
thorp  with  Wreningham,  and  Fundenhale  with  Hapton. 

The  manor  of  Fomcet  extended  into  this  town,  and  hath  done  so 
ever  since  the  Conquest,  for  then  Herbert,  chamberlain  to  Roger 
Bigot,6  had  a  freeman  and  15  acres;  and  another  freeman  late  of 
Bishop  Stigand, 7  held  30  acres,  &c.  and  there  were  4  freemen  8  that 
always  belonged  to  Fomcet,  that  held  36  acres,  &c. 

There  was  another  part  in  this  village  of  about  90  acres,  and  some 
small  rents  held  by  knight's  service  of 'William  de  Vallibus,  or  Vaus,  and 
in  1221,  was  settled  by  William  de  Langham,  on  Robert  de  Nerford, 
and  was  held  in  1341,  by  Robert  son  of  William  Dun,  of  Roger  h 
Strange,  lord   of  Knokyn,  and  Dame  Joan  his   wife.     In  1421,  Sir 

5  See  at  p.  171.  7  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti,  H.  Depwade 

6  Depwade  Hund.    In  Appetuna  i.     Doms.  fo.  140. 

lib.  xv.  acr.  val.  xxxiid.  hunc  tenebat         In  Fornesseta,  &c.  InHABiTUNA 

Herbertus  CamenuusRogeriBigot  e\  horn,  i.lib.   homo   Stigandi  T.  R.  E.  xxx. 

ComitisEusTACHij  eum  calumpunian-  acr.  tunc  i.  villan.  semper  ii.  bar.  eti. 

turad  suum  ieuduni  et  est  de  suo  feudo,  car.  in  dominio  tunc  dim.  car. 
modo  est  in  manu  Regis,  de  hoc  dedit        8  In  eadem  iv.  lib.  horn,  xxxvi.  acr. 

Herbertus  vadem  de  xvid.  quos  habuit.  et  dim.  car.  et  iv.  acr.  prati. 
Doms.  lb.  303. 


ASLACTON.  177 

Robert  Carbonel,  Knt.  owned  them,  and  after  him,  Sir  John  Carbonel 
and  Margery  his  wife;  which  Sir  John  hy  his  will  proved  in  1425, 
gave  10  marks  to  each  of  his  executors,  out  of  his  manors  of  Brey- 
deston,  Caston,  Shipdham,  and  of  his  lands  and  tenements  in  Brising- 
ham,  Hapten,  &c;  and  in  1426,  they  were  held  as  parcel  of  Wormegey 
honour. 

In  1345,  Wido  de  Verdon,  held  a  knight's  fee  in  Brisingham  and 
JIapton,9  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  and  the  Abbot  of  the  King,  in  chief, 
or  in  capite. 


ASLACTON, 


Or  Oslac's  town,  and  Estington,  commonly  called  Aslington,  was  a 
berewic  to  the  manor  of  Fomcet,  and  was  a  league  long,  and  half  as 
much  broad,  and  paid  Qd.  to  the  geld.1  Here  was  a.  socman  who  held 
6  acres,  belonging  to  Alan  Earl  of  Richmond*  and  passed  afterwards 
with  the  manor,  which  was  granted  from  Fomcet,  when  Roger  Bygot 
infeoffed  William  de  Verdon  in  William  Rufus's  time,  as  may  be  seen 
in  my  account  of  Brisingham,  vol.  i.  p.  49;  and  it  remained  in  the 
Verdons,  till  Wido  de  Verdun  gave  it  in  marriage  with  his  eldest 
daughter  Alice,  to  Nic.  de  Bruneste,  who  was  to  hold  it  of  Verdon  at 
one  fee,  and  Nicholas  gave  it  with  Oriel  or  Muriel,  his  daughter, 
in  marriage  to  Walter  Malet  and  their  heirs,  together  with  SaxUngham. 
In  1263,  John  son  of  Alexander  de  Vaux,  had  a  grant  for  a 
weekly  market  and  yearly  fair  here,3  and  fur  free-warren  in  Cruche- 
stoke,  Boston,  and  As/acton,  by  patent  from  Henry  III.  In  1 288, 
V/alter  de  Kerdeston  held  two  fees,  one  here,  and  the  other  in  Bulcamp 
in  Suffolk,  which  were  assigned  to  Will,  de  Roos  of  Hamlak,  and 
Maud  his  wife,  on  the  partition  then  made  of  the  estate  of  her  father 
John  de  Vaux  of  Holt  and  C/ey.  In  I2Q6,  it  belonged  to  William  de 
la  Chambre,  and  was  settled  on  Thomas  de  la  Chambre.  In  1306,  it 
was  settled  by  Reginald  le  Gros,  on  Oliver  de  Redham  and  Joan  his 
wife,  and  was  then  held  ofTho.  de  Verdon,  who  held  it  of  Fomcet.  In 
1309,  Will,  del  Park  of  Ilketishale  in  Suffolk,  (from  whom  the  manor 
took  the  name  of  Parks,)  and  his  partners,  held  the  manor  late  Tho- 
mas del  Chambre 's,  and  the   tenements   late  Ric.  de  Sething's,  of  Sir 

9  See  vol.  i.  p.  50.  horn,  Hiii.  acr.  terre  tunc  ii.  car.  modo  i. 

1  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Depewade  H.  iv.  acr.  prati  de  iii  b;  ex  his  xicim  (un- 

Fornesseta,  &c.  et  i.  bereuita  Oslac-  decim)  habuit  antecessor  Roberti  Malct 

tuna  lxxx.  acr.  semper  vi.  bord.  tunc  ii.  com.  T.  R.  E.  et  die  qua  Wills.   Malet 

car.  in  dom.  et  m"  similiter  tunc  i.  car.  mortuus  est  fuit  saisitusde  duobus,  hoc 

horn.  vi.  acr.  prati,  silv.  iv.  pore,  tunc  tenet  Hugo.  (to.  140.)     In  Aslactuna  i. 

i.  rune,  tunc  v.  anim.  m°  i.  et  i.  pore.  lib. homo  (Ojlac)  i.  car. 

et  iii.  soc.  vi.  acr.  tunc  dim.  car.  et  Os-  *  Terre  Alani  Comitis.     Doms.  fo. 

lactuna  i.  leug  in  longo.  et  dim.  in  lato,  71.     Depwade  11.     In  Oslactuna  i.  soc. 

ctix.  degelto.  In  Aslaketunai.  soc.xxx.  vi.   acr.     Vide  Append.  Kegr.    Honoris 

acr. semper  i.car.et  ii.bor.et  iii.acr. prati.  Richmond,  fo.  16. 

(Dons,  to.  139.)     In  Oslactuna  xi.  lib.  3  Seep.  44;  they  are  now  disused. 
VOL.  v.                                               A  a 


178  ASLACTON. 

John  Verdon,  and  he  of  the  Ea\\- Marsha  I,  in  right  of  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheirs  of  John  son  of  James  de  Ilkets- 
hale  ;*  Edm.  de  Specteshale  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Roger  sun  of 
John  de  Specteshale  having  released  their  right,  and  all  joined  and 
settled  the  whole  for  life,  on  Amabilia  wife  of  Richard  de  Shimpling, 
in  whose  right  the  said  Richard  was  lord  in  1315 ;  but  at  her  death  it 
came  to  the  Parks  again,  and  Will,  del  Park*  was  lord  in  1345,  and 
in  this  family  it  continued,  till  Joan  Park,  the  sole  heiress  of  the  fa- 
mily, inherited  it ;  she  first  married  John  Duke  of  Brampton  in  Suf- 
folk, by  whom  she  had  issue  Thomas;  secondly  to  John,  Strange,  Esq. 
of  Norwich,  6  who  made  his  will  in  1479,  and  ordered  all  right  in  this 
manor,  and  in  Wackton  and  Hedenham  Park's  manor,  to  be  released 
by  his  executors,  to  Tho.  Duke  and  his  heirs,  he  being  the  son  of  his 
first  wife  Joan,  if  he  would  grant  Eliz.  his  second  wife  and  widow,  an 
annuity  for  life,  of  ten  marks  a  year,  which  being  done,  it  was  vested 
absolutely  in  the  said  Tho.  Duke  and  his  heirs;  he  married  Margaret, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Henry  Banyard  of  Spectishall,  and  they  had  this 
manor  with  Park's  manor  in  Wacton  and  Hedenham,  and  Brampton 
manor  in  Suffolk,  which  they  left  to  William  Duke  of  Brampton,  who 
married  Thomasine,  daughter  of  Sir  Edw.  Jenny,  Knt.  and  were  suc- 
ceeded by  their  son  George  Duke  of  Brampton,  Esq.   who   married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Tho.  Bievcrhasset  of  Frenze1   in  Norfolk,  their 
son,  Edward  Duke  of  Shading  field  in  Suffolk,  succeeded,  who  married 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Ambrose  Jermyn  of  Rush  brook  in  the  said 
county,  and  left  it  to  their  son  Ambrose  Duke  of  Brampton  in  1597, 
who  died  in  lfi09,  seized  of  the  aforesaid  manors,  leaving  them  to  his 
son  Edward,  then  six  years  old,  who  after  he  had  attained  to  man- 
hood, married  Catherine  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Holland  of  Wortwell- 
hall,  Knt.  who  in  1 631,  by  the  name  of  Edward  Duke  of  Benhale,  Esq. 
sold   the  manor  to  Sir  William  Platers  of  Prileston  or  Billingford, 
Francis  le  Neve  of  Wiehingham,  and  Tho.  Jacob,  alias  Bradlehaugh  of 
Laxfield,  in  trust,  for  Sir  William  le  Neve,  Knt.     This  branch  of 
the  le  Neves  descended  from  Jeffry  le  Neve  of  Tivetshall?  and  Alice  his 
wife,  whose  son  Laurence  settled  at  Aslacton,  where  he  was   buiied 
May  17,  1587,  and  by  Ave/ine  Martin  his  wife,  left  two  sons,  William 
and  Jeffry:  William,  the  eldest,  married  Frances  daughter  of  John 
Aldham,~Genl.  of  Shimpling9  in  Norfolk,  who  died  in  15yy,  and  he  in 
1609,  leaving  William  le  Neve  their  only  son  and  heir,  who  was  bap- 
tised the  1st  of  July  159'2;  he  was  educated  at  Caius  college  in  Cam- 
bridge,1 created  herald  by  the   title  of  Mowbray,  June  '29,  1624,  soon 
after  made  York  herald,  afterwards  Noerov,  and  at  last   Clarkn- 
cieux,  and  knighted;  in  lr>43,  he  was  sent  by    King  Charles  1.  the 
day  before  the  battle  of  Edgchill,  to  the  parliament  army  under  the 
Earl  of  Essex,  with  a  proclamation  of  pardon,  to  such  as  would  lay 
dowu  their  arms;  but  when  he  offered  to  read  it  aloud  in  the  Eaii's 
presence,  and  to  deliver  the  effect  of  it,  that  he  might  be  heard  of 
those  that  were  pres?nt,  the  Earl  rebuked  him  with  some  roughness, 
and  charged  him  as  he  loved  his  life,  not  to  presume  to  speak  a  word 

*  Ilkftmhali;,   G.    a    fess  between  8  See  vol.  i.  p.  207. 

two  chevrons  or,  acanton  erm.  9  Ibid.  p.  159. 

'  Park,  az.  an  eagle  displayed  arg,  *  Wood's  Fasti  Ox.  vol.  ii,  fo.  707, 

6  See  vol.  iv.  p.  179.  where  there  is  a  large  account  of  him. 

7  See  vol.  ii.  p.  i42>  3- 


ASLACTON.  17g 

to  the  soldiers  ;  for  obeying  which  command,  he  was  very  uneasy  ever 
after.  He  died  unmarried  at  1 loxton  new  London,  Aug.  15,l66l, 
and  John  h  Neve,  his  brother,  being  dead  before  him,  without  issue  in 
1630,  the  manor  and  his  estate,  went  to  the  heirs  of  his  uncle  Jeff'ru 
le  Neve  of  Astaeton,  who  was  born  in  1578,  and  married  Margaret 
daughter  of  Robert  Burcham  of  Aslacton,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons; 
lyJeffry,  the  eldest,1  who  released  to  his  '2d  brother,  Wilt,  le  Neve, 
clerk,  of  Aslacton  ;3  he  had  two  wives,4  first,  Jane  daughter  of  Andrew 
Spring  of  Sidlesham-hall  in  Suffolk,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  son  John, 
who  died  without  issue  in  1666,  and  by  Jane  daughter  of  Richard 
Ailmer  of  Birdham  in  Sussex,  his  second  wife,  he  had  Mary,  Jane,  and 
William,  who  all  died  issueless,  and  Laurence  le  Neve,  his  eldest 
son  and  heir,  who  was  lord  here  in  1697  ;  he  was  then  married,  but 
had  no  issue,  and  his  brother  Richard  le  Neve,  who  was  born  in  1655, 
was  unmarried  in  1699;  and  after  this,  the  manor  was  purchased  by 
the  Buxtons,  by  the  name  of  Aslacton,  Park's,  or  le  Neve's  manor 
in  As/acton,  the  free-rents  being  l/.  Is.  bd.  per  annum,  and  the  copy- 
hold rents  8/.  6s.  lOd.  q.  and  Robert  Buxton,  Esq.  of  Chanons  in. 
Tibenham, 5  is  the  present  lord,  as  also  of  William's  manor  in  As- 
lacton6 and  Forncet,  the  quitrents  of  which  are  only  As.  Td.  a  year. 


THE  PRIORY  MANOR 

Was  given  to  the  Prior  of  Thetford  by  Roger  Bigot,  their 
founder,7  together  with  the  advowson  of  the  church,  and  remained  in 
that  monastery  till  its  dissolution  in  1540,8  when  it  was  given  with 
that  house  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  continued  in  that  family  till 
1561,  and  then  was  sold  to  Charles  le  Grice  of  Brockdisli,  and  John 
Tiler,  who  in  1564  settled  it  on  John  Rivet  and  Christopher  Thetford, 
and  in  1572,  Andrew  Thetford  had  it;  in  1574,  after  Charles  le  Grice's 
death,  it  was  granted  to  Andreiv  Mansfield  of  Norwich,  Gent,  and  Jane 
his  wife,  whose  daughter  Susan  was  married  to  the  said  Charles,  who 
died  seized,  and  devised  it  to  pay  his  debts;  and  it  was  sold  to  Thet- 
ford, and  by  him  in  1598,  to  the  Buxtons,  in  which  family  it  now 
remains,  Robert  Buxton,  Esq.  being  lord.  The  quitrents  are 
4l.  1 3s.  per  annum,  and  the  fines  of  this  and  Park's  manor  are  at  the 
will  of  the  lord. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Michael  the  archangel,  and  was 
given  by  Roger  Bigot  to  the  priory  of  'Thetford,  of  his  foundation,  to 

"  Jeffry,  eldest  son  of  Jeffry,  died  Nov.  Windham,  A0  1670.     3,  Joseph,   who 

1,  1 668,  and  left  issue  by  Mary  Brewster  died  young,  and  a  daughter  named  Sarah, 

his  wife,  1,  Christopher  married  Anne  married   to   Daniel    bcargil,    rector  of 

Fuller  of  Pulham,  2,  Jeffry,  3,  Robert.  Mulbarton  ;  see  p.  81. 

3  Buried  at  Aslacton  30  June,  1679.  s  See  vol.  i.  p.  287,  293. 

4  Robert  le  Neve,  3d  son  of  Jeffry,  6  This  was  part  of  William's  manor 
was  bapt.  9  Dec.  1610,  and  had  issue  in  Tacolueston,  which  was  not  granted 
Robert  Neve  of  London,  and  Thomas,  by  the  Earl  of  Arundel  (as  at  p.  167)  to 
who  married  Jane  daughter  of  Will,  le  the  Clere's  with  it,  but  to  the  Buxtons 
Neve,  Thomas  Neve,  Jeffry's  4th  son,  soon  after. 

born   in   1614,    was   married   to   Alice  7  It   belonged   before  to   Forncet, 

Greenwood  8  Aug.  1639,  and  had  three  and  was  always  held  of  it  at  half  a  fee. 

sons;   1,  Thomas,  ofGissing,  who  mar-  s  See  vol.  ii.  p.  108, 116. 
ried  Sarah  Duke.    2,  Will,  a  brewer  at 


180  ASLACTON. 

which  it  was  appropriated,  and  no  vicarage  endowed,  but  was  served, 
as  it  is  now,  by  a  parish  chaplain  or  curate,  it  being  a  donative  in  the 
gift  and  nomination  of  the  impropriator :  there  was  a  rectory-house 
and  two  carucates  ot'g/ebe ;  it  was  valued  first  at  10,  after  at  l'£  marks, 
and  paid  2s\  synodals,  Gs.  8d.  procurations,  lOrf.  Peter-pence,  and  2d. 
ob.  carvage.  The  Prior  was  taxed  for  his  spirituals  at  12  marks,  and 
paid  lGs.  to  every  tenth,  and  for  his  temporals  "il.  Is.  3d.  In  1G03,9 
Mr.  Thomas  Chandler,  perpetual  curate  here,  returned  answer,  that 
there  then  were,  129  communicants,  and  that  this  town  paid  \Gs.  to 
every  tenth.  There  are  now  about  50  families,  and  weekly  service, 
the  salary  being  20/.  per  annum. 

The  impropriation  always  attended  the  Priory  manor,  and  was  left 
by  Laurence  I e  Neve,  Gent,  to  Reuben  Oilman  of  Loddon,  and  his 
heirs,  and  he  at  his  death  gave  it  to  his  younger  brother,  Mr.  John 
Oilman,  the  present  owner. 

The  nave,  south  isle,  and  south  porch,  are  leaded,  the  chancel  tiled, 
the  steeple  is  round,  and  hath  five  bells.    In  the  south  isle, 

Le  Neve  impaling  Aldham. 

Hie  jacet  humatus  Willus:  le  Neve  Generosus,  Films  et 
Heres  Oalfridi  le  Neve  et  Avelince  Martin  Uxoris  suoe  qui  JVillus: 
in  primis  nuptijs,  Francescqm  Filiam  Johannis  Aldham  de  Skimp- 
ting  Armigeri  Uxorem  habuit  ex  qua  Will,  primogenitum,  secun- 

dis  jSuptijs  Annum. Generosi,  despqnsavit,  ex 

filias,  obijt  14° A°  Dni.  lfioy. 

Mathew  Cocke,  4  June  1672,  Anne  his  Wife,  25  Aug.  1642. 

John  Wright  buried  in  1505,  Will.  Wright  parish  chaplain.  By 
the  altar: 

Sub  hoc  tumulb  Johannis  Neveus  primogenit'  Oalfridi  Nerei 
Generosi,  et  Alicia  Bret  Uxoris  ejus,  dum  vixerunt Johan- 
nis Generosi  Uxore  sua  prolem  habuit,  Outielmttm,  Thomam,  Jo- 
hannam,  et  Emmam,  ob.  24°  Die  Nov.  An°  Dom.  1559. 

Laurence  le  Neve  departed  this  life  June  29,  1724,  iEt.  74,  he 
tied  10  acres  of  land  in  Aslucton,  to  pay  to  the  parish  officers  20s.  per 
annum  to  be  given  to  the  poor;  here  are  only  two  small  cottages 
belonging  to  the  parish. 

On  a  seat  in  the  chancel,  A0  1613,  J.  W.  W.  K.  i  -  bis  dat,  qui 
cito  dat. 

In  the  chancel  window  is  the  picture  of  an  infant  in  svvadling  clothes,1 
■lying  in  a  cradle,  which,  according  to  tradition,  represents  an  orphan 
so  left  at  the  church  style;  this  orphan  was  brought  up  by  the  parish, 
and  from  the  town  was  called  Aslac,  and  became  a  man  of  renown, 

'  The  Prior  of  Bukenham  had   lands  dition  of  paying  Ss.  t,d.  every  Lammas 

here,  see  vol.  ii.  p.  361.  In  1617,  Will,  day,  viz.  s-s-  for  the  30  acres,  and  3s.  $d. 

le  Neve  had  a  faculty  for  a  seat  in  the  for  the  12  acres,  &c.  Reyr.  xix.  fo.  279. 
church.     In  1467,  the  impropriator  sold         Tho.Blorield,  curate  here,  was  seques- 

the  tithes  for  ever,  of  two  enclosures  in  tered  in  the  late  rebellion.     Walker,  fo. 

Aslacton,   one  close  contains  30  acres,  505,  part  ii. 

and  lies  near  Chanons   wood,  the  other         *  MSS.  penes  J.  Anstis,  Garter.  E. 

contains  12  acres  and  half  a  rood,  called  26,  fo.  24,  b. 
Overhage  or  Over-house  Wong,  on  con- 


HEMENHALE.  isi 

being  standard-bearer  to  King  Edw.  III.;  lie  is  said  to  have  married 
the  daughter  of  Sir  Oliver  Calthorp,  Knt.  of  Bumham  in  Norfolk;  and 
this  window  is  adorned  with  these  arms. 

I,  Calthorp  and  Strange.  2,  Warren  and  Ditto.  3,  Bovile  and 
Ditto.  4,  Mawtby  and  Ditto.  5.  Mawtby  and  Clifton.  6,  Lord  Grey 
of  liuthyn,  and  Calthorp.  7,  Calthorp  and  ftftAe.  8,  £ms«e  and  CW- 
</;o>p.  9,  Brefow  and  Ditto.  10,  Pierpound  and  D«V/o.  1 1,  Pierpound 
and  Uffbrd.  1_,  Stapleton  and  Uff'ord.  13,  Aslac  and  Calthorp. 
14,  Argente'm  and  Calthorp.  15,  Calthorp  and  Bacon.  It),  Burgulion 
and  Calthorp.  17,  Burgulion  and  Kerdeston.  18,  Burgulion  and 
Mawtby. 


HEMENHALE. 


The  rectory  here,  was  given  by  JValter  Fitz-Robert,  patron  of  Dun- 
7/wwe  priory  in  Essex,  to  that  house,  to  which  it  was  impropriated  and  a 
vicarage  endowed,  which  was  presented  to,  by  the  priors  there,  till  the 
Dissolution,  and  then  King  Henry  VIII.  granted  the  impropriation 
and  advowson  of  the  vicarage,  to  Robert  Earl  of  Sussex,  and  his 
heirs,  to  be  held  of  him  in  capite,  by  knight's  service  ;  and  ever  since 
they  have  attended  the  manor  here,  with  which  they  no'w  remain. 

Before  the  appropriation,  the  rectory  had  a  house  and  20  acres  of 
glebe  ;  it  was  taxed  at  26  marks,  and  consequently  the  prior  paid 
34s,  8d.  to  each  tenth.  The  vicarage  was  taxed  at  10  marks,  or  61. 
13s.  4d.  as  it  now  stands  in  the  King's  Books,  and  being  not  dis- 
charged, it  pays  13s.  4d.  yearly  tenths,  and  is  not  capable  of  aug- 
mentation.   It  paid  4s.  synodals,  3s.  Peter-pence,  and  Sd.  carvage. 

VICARS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  PRIORS  OF  DUNMOWE. 

1303,  Robert  de  Nut  tele. 

1328,  Thomas  Seward  of  Melford. 

1331,  Thomas  de  Saxham. 

1342,  Thomas  at  Thorite  of  Couling.     He  was  succeeded  by 

John,  who  in  1350,  resigned  to 

Edmund  Cristmesse. 
1 3fi0,  William  de  Rethil. 
1368,  Robert  Larke. 

1397,  John  Spencer  of  Bury,  who  in  1402,  resigned  in  exchange 
for  Moiing-thorp,  with 

Richard  Par/ben. 
1408,  If  ill.  Mulct,  resigned,  and  in 

1444,  Jcffnj  Puller  had  it,  beiDg  presented  by  John,  prior  of  Dun- 
mowe  ,•  at  his  death  in 


182  HEMENHALE. 

1440,  Nic.  Denton  had  it ;   he  died  in  1503,  and 

John  Sage,  succeeded,  who  was  the  last  presented  by  the 
convent. 

1560,  John  Collison,  united  to  Fritton,  lapse.  On  his  resignation  in 
1564,  Tho.  Fit  z- Walter  Earl  of  Sussex  gave  it  to  Thomas  Fain/tan, 
deacon,1  at  whose  death  in  1591,  Henry  Earl  of  Sussex;  presented 
Richard  Cox,  A.  M.  :  he  died  in  1605,  and  Robert  Earl  of  Sussex 
gave  it  to 

George  Shunter,  who  returned  answer,  that  he  had  400  com- 
municants in  the  parish. 

1605,  Thomas  Porter.  Ditto.  He  died  in  1636,  and  the  aforesaid 
Earl  presented 

Will.  Barzoick,  A.  M.  who  was  sequestered,  April  28,  1644, 
by  the  Earl  of  Manchester,  for  observing  the  orders  of  the  church,  de- 
claring against  the  parliament  and  rebellion,  opposing  the  lectures  of 
godly  ministers  in  the  town,  and  swearing  by  his  faith  and  troth.5 
And  from  this  time  several  of  the  intruders  kept  possession  till  1649, 
and  then 

John  Potter  had  it,  who  was  buried  here  Aug.  4, 1692,  and 
John  Smith  was  presented  by  Sir  Capel  Luckyn;  he  held 
it  united  to  Freton,  and  died  in  1697,  and 

Will.  Aggas  was  instituted.    Ditto;  at  whose  death  in 
1723,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Parsons,  A.M.  the  present  vicar,  was  pre- 
sented by  Lady  Mary  Luckyn,  widow,  the  present  patroness,  and 
holds  it  united  to  the  rectory  of  Bedinghum. 

The  church  is  20  yards  long,  the  breadth  of  the  nave  and  two  isles 
is  12  yards,  being  all  covered  with  lead  ;  it  hath  a  square  tower  about 
16  yards  high,  and  only  one  bell  and  a  clock;  part  of  the  chancel  is 
ruinated,  and  the  remaining  part  is  tiled ;  I  find  no  inscription,  save 
one,  On  a  stone  in  the  north  isle,  which  lies  over  Robert  French  Gent. 
Aiig.3\,  171 1,  ^Et.  57. 

The  town  lands  were  given  by  Mr.  Sewell,  and  are  now  let  at  22/. 
10s.  a  year. 

This  town  paid  61.  105.  clear  to  every  tenth. 

In  1615,  13  Oct.  Eliz.  Gray,  aged  above  100  years,  was  buried 
here  ;  she  was  a  descendent  from  Robert  son  and  heir  of  John  Grey, 
Esq.  lord  of  the  manor  of  Little-hall  in  Topcroft,m  1408,  which 
manor  extended  into  Hemenhal,  IVooton,  and  Bedingham. 

The  prior  of  Dunmowe  had  anciently  divers  lands  here,  but  in  1234, 
Thomas,  prior  there,  sold  four  acres  to  Roger  son  of  Will,  de  Hemen- 
hale,  and  in  1204,  Rolf,  prior  there,  hud  sold  others  to  Hugh  son  of 
Odo,  and  20  acres  in  1208,  to  Roger  son  of  Henry,  so  that  the  Prior 
was  taxed  6d.  only  for  his  temporals,  and  the  Prioress  of  Bungei/  at 
12d.  for  hers.  The  Abbot  of  Bury  had  a  watermill  and  divers  suits 
and  rents  belonging  to  it  here,  for  which  he  was  taxed  at  34s.  4d. ;  it 
was  named  Twa-grind,  and  was  confirmed  to  that  monastery  by 
Walter  Filz-Robert,  being  situate  on  hong  Bridge,  and  anciently  was 

1  Buriedhere  Jan.  i,  1590.  Hiscurate  who  was  minister  of  God's  word,  was 
was  Robert  Noweli,  for  the  register  in     buried  June  5. 

this  year  says,  that  one  of  that  name,        3  Walker's  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy, 
Part  II.  fo.  204. 


HEMENHALE.  183 

called  Piper-mill  on  Ruc/iam  river  in  Hemenhale,  and  was  given  bv 
Roger  de  Bukenkam,  and  Will,  de  Ruc/iam  confirmed  it.* 


THE  MANOR  OF  HEMENHALE 

Belonged  to  Torn,  a  Dane  at  the  Confessor's  survey,  had  then  three 
freemen,  41  bordars,  (or  copyholders,)  and  54  villeins;  it  had  one 
priest  (or  rector)  and  two  churches,  endowed  with  a  carucate  of  land, 
and  four  villeins  and  four  bordars  that  held  two  carucates  more  of 
them,  valued  at  15s. ;  there  was  a  wood  called  Schieteshagh,  which 
maintained  200  swine,  and  the  Abbot  of  St.  Rennet  at  Holm  claimed 
part  of  it ;  the  manor  was  then  worth  15l.s 

At  the  Conqueror's  survey  it  belonged  wholly  with  its  soc,  sac,  and 
jurisdiction,  to  Ralf  Bainard,  when  it  had  four  carucates  of  land 
in  demean,  .38  bordars,  34  villeins,  two  mills,  five  working-horses  100' 
swine,  and  186  sheep,  it  being  worth  24/.  5s.  a  year,  besides  six  cows, 
20  swine,  and  two  rams;  it  was  four  miles  long  and  three  broad,  and 
paid  \Sd.  to  the  geld  or  tax.  It  had  10  acres  held  by  a  freeman,  which 
laid  in  Freton  and  Hardwick,  and  Forncet  manor  extended  hither.6 
A  freeman  of  Alwius,  or  Alwine,  of  Thetford,  had  30  acres,  &,c. 
worth  ten  shillings  at  the  first  survey,  all  which  was  held  by  Turold 
at  the  last. 

This  Ralph  Lord  Bainard  was  a  powerful  baron,  one  of  those 
that  came  in  with  the  Conqueror,  Lord  of  Castle- Bainard  in  London, 
and  of  the  barony  of  that  castle  ;  all  which  William  Bainard,  his 
descendant,7  forfeited  by  his  rebellion  to  Henry  I.;  and  he  gave  the 
whole  to  Robert  Fitz-Richard-Fitz-Gilbert,  the  first  Earl  of 
Clare,  and  his  heirs ;  and  he  gave  it  to  Robert  de  Tonebridge,  his  5th 
son,  and  he  to  Sir  Walter  Fitz-Robert,  his  son,  who  was  to  hold  it  of 
the  barony  of  Buinard's  castle  ;  this  Robert  was  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Diss,  with  which  this  passed  to  the  Fitz-Walters  and  Ratcliffs 
Earls  of  Sussex,  as  may  be  seen  in  volume  i.  from  p.  5  to  p.  ]  1,  being 
always  held  of  the  Fitz-Walter's  barony. 

In  1545,  Henry  Earl  of  Sussex,  on  his  son's  match  with  Elizabeth 

*  Regr.  Alb.  Mon.  de  Bury,  fo.  26,  valuit  xv.  lib.  modo  xxiv.  lib.  et  v.  sol. 

I.  the  rent  of  it  was  settled  on  the  cele.  et  iii.  lib.  horn,  at  quarta  pars  uniusliii. 

rer  and  sacrist  of  Bury,  and  the  rent  of  acr.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  et  viii.  bord.  tunc  i. 

a  windmill  here.  car  et  dim.  m°.  i.  et  val.  xv.  sol.  preter 

s  Terre  Radulfi  Bainardi  Dep-  hoc  totum  reddit  hoc  manerium  vi.  vac- 
wade  H.  fo.  251.  cas  et  xx.  pore,  et  xx.  anetes  et  habet 

Hamehala   tenuit  Torn   T.  R.  E.  ii.  leug.  in  lungo  et  i.  leug.  et  dim.  in 

pro  manerio  viii.   car.  terre  et  xvi.  acr.  lato,   et  xviii.^.  de  gelto.      Bainard. 


tunc  liii.  vill.   modo    xxxiii.  tunc  xli.  Socam  et : 

bord.  m°.  lviii.  et  presbiter  due  ecclesie         In  Frietuna  et  in  Herduic  x.  acr.' 

i.  car   terre  et  iiii.  vill.  et  iiii.  bord.  et  tenuit    liber    homo   T.  R.  E.  et  valuit 

ii.  car.  et  valent  xv.  sol.  tunc  et  post  xx.d.   hoc  est   additum   huic  manerio. 

viii.  m°.  nullus.  tunc  et  post  iii.  car.  in  hoc  est  in  Hamehala.  (fo.  252.) 

dom.  modo  iiii.  tunc  et  post  xxxv.  car.         6  Terra  Rogeiu  Bigoti.    Depwade 

horn.  m°.  xxiii.  xii.  acr.  prati  silv.  cc.  Hund.  Doms.  fo.  251. 

porci.  partem  istius  silve  calumpiiiatur         Fornesseta:  &c  etin  Hfmenhala 

Sanctus  Benedictus  quam  tenuit  T.R.E.  i.  lib.  homo  Alum  (sc.  de  Tedfcrt)  com. 

et  vocatur  Schietesliaga.  tunc  i.  mol.  mo-  ta'ntum   xxx.   acr.  et  i.  tar.  et  i.  acr. 

do  ii.   semper  v.  rune,  tunc  ix.  anim.  prati.  silva  viii.  porci  et  valuit  x.  sol.  et. 

modo  xii   tunc  c.  porci  modo.  Ix.  tunc  tenet  Turoldus. 

v.  oves,  modo  clxxxvi.   tunc   post   et        7  Dug.  Mon.  Ang.  Vol.  II.  fo.  75. 


184  HEMENHALE. 

daughter  of  Thomas  Wriothesley,  settled  it  on  them  and  their  heirs, 
and  it  remained  in  the  family  till  Robert  Ratcliffe  sold  it  to  Sir 
William  Luckyn,  alias  Capel,  son  of  William  Luckyn  by  Mar- 
garet daughter  of  ThomasJeuney  of  Bury  ;8  he  was  the  first  baronet  of 
the  family,  so  created  13  Car.  I.  and  married  Mildred  3d  daughter  of 
Sir  Gamaliel  Cape/l  of  Riiokzoood-ha/l  in  Essex,  Knt.  by  whom  he  had 
Sir  Capell  Luckyn,  Bart,  who  married  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of 
Sir  Harbottlc  Grimston  of  Bridficld  in  Essex,  Bart.  Master  of  the 
Rolls  ;  she  died  March  1718,  aged  86. 

Sir  William  Luckyn  of  Messinghall,  alias  Bainard's  castle,  in 
Essex,  Bart,  second,  but  eldest  surviving  son,  succeeded  ;  and  Lady 
Maky  Luckyn,  his  widow,  daughter  of  William  Sherington,  alder- 
man of  London,  is  now  lady  and  patroness  ;  this  manor  having  been 
usually  the  jointure  of  the  ladies  of  all  its  owners. 

SirBARBOTTLE  Luckyn,  the  eldest  son,  is  dead,  and  the  title 
absorbed  in  William  Luckyn,  the  second  son,  who  being  adopted  heir 
to  Sir  Samuel  Grimston,  Bart,  changed  his  name  to  Grimston,  and 
was  created  Viscount  Grimston  of  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  May  4, 
17  19. 

Luckyn,  sab.  a  fess  dancette  between  two  leopards  faces  or. 
Crest,  on  a  wreath,  out  of  a  castle  triple-towered,  port  displayed 
or,  garnished  sab.  a  demi-griffin  seiant  of  the  2d,  langued  and  armed 
gut. 

This  manor  had  liberty  of  free-zcarren,  view  of  lete  and  frankpledge 
in  the  presence  of  the  bailiff  of  the  King'i ;  hundred  of  Depwade. :  a 
weekly  market  on  Monday,  granted  by  Henry  III.  in  1225,9  and  a 
fair  on  the  vigil,  day,  and  morroze,  of  Si.  Margaret,'  granted  by  King 
Edzo.  I.  -a  pillory,  ducking-stool,  gallows,  and  assize  of  bread  and  ale, 
allowed  in  1286.  In  1327,  the  manor-house  had  a  park  of  260  acres, 
and  579  acres  in  demean,  96  acres  of  underwood,  and  10/.  2s.  3d.  q. 
rents  of  assize,  here  and  in  Pulham,  Hardzcick,  and  Shelton ;  and 
there  was  61.  19s.  paid  yearly  to  the  manor  for  castle-zcard,  from. 
Whetacre,  Chatgrave,  Lang/ey,  hales,  Kirkby,  Brom,  Boketon,  or 
Bowton,  Berton,  Slradset,  Titteshall,  Haleho/m,  and  Hiclewood ;  viz. 
for  every  fee,  every  24  weeks  3s.  4d.  the  whole  value  of  the  manor 
being  estimated  at  48/.  per  annum.  In  1315,  the  Lord  Fitz-Walter 
was  returned  entire  lord  of  the  town.  In  1379,  -John  Fitz-Walter  pro- 
cured a  charter  of  King  Richard  III.  to  hold  their  market  every 
Friday,  and  so  the  Monday  market  was  laid  aside;  and  now  the  Fri- 
day maiket  is  disused  ;  and  to  hold  another  fair  on  St.  Andrew's  day, 
which  is  sill  annually  kept  on  that  day  ;  and  the  ancient  chapel  of 
St.  Andrew,  which  at  the  Conquest  was  parochial  though  depen- 
dent on  the  mother-church,  is  now  used  (as  I  am  informed)  for  a 
repository  for  the  stalls. 

8  Baronetage  Lond.  1727,  Vol.  I.  p.  garet  the  Virgin,  whose  day  was  kept  on 

346.  July  20,  but  this   fair  is  kept  now  on 

»  Rot.  Clans.  10  H.  III.  Mem.  19.  Whitsun  monday,  &c. 
f  The  church  is  dedicated  to  St,  Mar- 


HEMENHALE. 


SIR  RALFS,  or  CURPLE'S  MANOR  IN  HEMENHALE, 

Took  its  name  from  Roger  Curpeil,1  who  had  one  fee  in  Hemenhale 
of  the  gift  of  Walter  Fitz-Robert,  and  it  was  always  held  of  the  Fitz- 
Walters  barony  of  Bainard's  castle,  as  of  their  manor  of  Hemenhale  ; 
this  Roger  Curpeil  or  Capell  (as  he  is  also  called)  divided  the  fee,  one 
4th  part  of  it  he  kept  himself,  another  4th  he  gave  to  Robert  Curpeil 
his  son,  and  Maud  his  wife  ;  another  to  Richard  his  son,  and  the  other 
to  Walter  de  Valoines,  which  descended  to  his  heirs ;  and  Robert  de. 
Capell  aforesaid  had  the  20th  part3  of  a  fee  of  the  gift  of  the  said 
Walter  Fitz-Robert ;  and  in  1235,  Robert  and  Richard  Capell  or  Cur- 
peil, were  lords  of  their  parts.  In  1256,  Alice  Curpeil,  Katerine, 
Agnes,  and  Isabel  her  sisters,  granted  their  4th  part,  viz.  one  mes- 
suage, five  acres  of  land,  and  \6s.  rent  in  Hemenhale  and  Taseburgh, 
to  William  de  Bumpstede.  In  1305,  another  part  was  settled  by  John 
de  Brisingham  and  Joan  his  wife,  on  Roger  de  Wingjield ;  this  con- 
tained two  messuages,  100  acres  of  land,  three  of  meadow,  five  of 
pasture,  and  8s.  id.  quitrents,  here  and  in  Flixton.  The  part  in  the 
Faloines  family  came  to  the  family  sirnamed  De  Hemenhale,  and 

Sir  Ralf  de  Hemenhale,  who  was  knighted  by  King  Edw.  I. 
(probably  son  of  David  de  Hemenhale,  and  brother  to  Hervy  de 
Hemenhale,  clerk)  was  the  first  lord  of  that  family,  from  whom  it  was 
styled  Sir  Ralf's  manor  ;  he  was  succeeded  by 

Ralf  his  son,  who  was  lord  of  this  part  in  1227,  and  added  to  it, 
by  purchasing  many  lands  of  Roger,  son  of  William  de  Hemenhale  in 
1234;4  he  had  Walter  and  Ralf. 

Walter  was  lord  in  1256,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother 

Ralf;  in  1307,  Ralf  de  London  and  Margaret  his  wife  settled  a 
4th  part,  which  belonged  to  them,  on  Sir  Ralf  de  Hemenhale  and 
Alice  his  wife,  who  had  now  the  whole,  except  one  4th  part.  In 
1308,  at  an  inquisition,  John  de  Hemenhale  was  found  to  be  son  and 
heir  of  Ralf,  and  in  1327,  this  Sir  Ralf  de  Hemenhale  s  held  a  mes- 
suage, 30  acres  of  land,  and  30s.  quitrents  in  Pulham,  Hardwick, 
Starston,  and  Redenhale,  of  the  Bishop  of  Ely  at  Qd.  per  annum.6 

In  1331,  John  de  Hemenhale7  purchased  many  lands,  tene- 
ments, &c.  of  Ralf  de  Burtoft  and  Margaret  his  wife,  here,  and 
in  Freton,  Shelton,  Long  -  Stratton,  Waketon,  Moringthorp,  and 
Hardwick.    He  bare,  as  the  Hemenhales  always  did,  the  very  arms  of 

a  Testa  de  Nevil.  shop  of  Worcester,  was  younger  brother 

3  This  20th  part  went  single  a  long  to  this  Ralf;  an  account  of  him  may  be 
time ;  in  1327,  Will.  Bainard  held  it  of    seen  in  vol.  iii.  p.  504. 

Robert  Fitz-Walter,  and  in  1349,  Edm.  6  In  1335,    Robert,   brother  of   Sir 

Hegge  of  Hemenhale  owned  it,   but  in  Ralf  de  Hemenhale,  and  Agnes  his  wife, 

1401,  it  was  joined  again  to  the  capital  had   Threxton.    (vol.  ii.  p.  365.)     In 

manor.  1312,  John    Butts   of  Norwich  settled 

4  In  1288,  Ralf  de  Hemenhale,  bro-  many  lands  here  and  in  Topcroft  and 
ther  of  Roger,  was  parson  of  the  4th  Freton,  on  this  Robert  and  Margaret 
part  of  Dicleburgh.    (Vol.  i.  p.  192,  3,  his  wife. 

327,9,)  and  in  1 291,  resigned  it  to  his  '  William   de   Hemenhale    Dean    of 

brother  John,  who  resigned  also,  but  Norwich  city,  (vol.  iv.  p.  64,)  in  1331, 

took  it  again  in  1322.  was  brother  to  this  John  ;  he  exchanged 

s  Thomas  de  Hemenhale  elected  for  the   deanery  of  the  college  in  the 

Bishop  of  Norwich,  and  consecrated  Bi-  Fields  in  Norwich.  (Seevol.  iv.  p.  170.) 

vol.  v,  B  b 


186  HEM  EN  HALE. 

Fitz-W alter,  their  chief  lord,  viz.  or,  a  fess  between  two  chevrons  gul. 
with  the  addition  of  three  escalops  org.  upon  the  fess. 

In  136o,  Sir  Ralf  de  Hemenh  ale  was  lord  ;8  and  this  year  Will. 
Phelip  and  Catherine  his  wife,  John  Loveyn  and  Ellen  his  wife,  settled 
(in  case  they  had  no  issue)  the  manors  of  Radwinter  and  Rougho  in 
Essex,  Codrede  in  Hertfordshire,  Wilburgham-Parva,  and  the  ad  vow- 
son,  and  Wachedon  in  Cambridgeshire,  on  Sir  Ralf  and  his  heirs  ;  all 
which  his  son  inherited  ;  Sir  Ralf  died  about  1366,9  leaving. 

Robert  his  son,  then  three  years  old;  in  1388,'  this  Robert  in- 
herited Wilbur gham,  and  the  rest  of  the  entailed  manors.  In  1389, 
Sir  Robert  Hemenhale,  Knt.  of  Hemenhale,  (where  this  family  always 
resided,)  released  to  Sir  George  Fe/brigge,  Knt.  and  other  trustees,  his 
manors  in  Hemenhale  and  PiJham  in  Norfolk,  Cotton  and  JVickham- 
Skeyth,  Boleshall  and  Yaxley  in  Suffolk,  and  all  the  possessions  of  his 
father  Sir  Ralf ;  he  was  first  husband  to  Joan,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  John  de  la  Pole,  Knt.  son  of  Sir  William  de  la  Pole,  Knt.  and  Joan 
his  wife,  by  whom  he  had  only  one  son, 

William  ;  it  appears  that  Sir  Robert  died  before  1406,  for  in  that 
year,  William  being  a  natural,  this  manor  and  40s.  rents  in  Freton, 
Moringlhorp  and  Long-Stratton,  were  committed  to  the  custody  of 
John  Beaver ;  but  this  William  was  dead  some  time  before  1419,  for 
in  that  year,  his  father's  arms  were  fixed  up  in  the  window  of  the 
Austin-friars  church  at  Norwich,  among  the  rest  of  the  knights  that 
had  no  surviving  issue,1  and 3 

John  son  of  Robert  de  Hemenhale,  his  uncle,  inherited,  and  died 
without  issue. 

In  1407,  David  Hemenhale,  Esq.  lived  here,  and  had  so  done 
for  25  years  past,  being  then  45  years  of  age;  he  was  a  witness  in  the 
cause  between  Sir  Reginald  Grey  and  Sir  Edward  Hastings  of  Elsing, 
for  their  arms,  in  which  he  deposed,  that  Walter  Ubbeston  of  Ubbeston 
in  Suffolk  was  his  father-in-law,  and  tutor  to  the  Earl-'Marshal,  who 
died  at  Venice;  it  seems  he  had  no  issue,  for  the  manor  went  to 

Sir  Thomas  Bbooke  of  Somersetshire,  in  right  of  Joan  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  John  de  la  Pole,  by  Reginald  Bray  brook  son 
of  Sir  Gerard,  her  second  husband,  according  to  a  settlement  made 
on  her  and  her  heirs,  by  Sir  Robert  de  Hemenhale,  her  first  husband,4 
in  case  of  failure  of  the  issue  of  his  own  family;  and  in  1468, 

Sir  Edw.  Brooke  of  Cobham,  son  of  Sir  Thomas,  died  seized. 

In  1490,  Richard  Blomvyle,  or  Blundevile,  Esq.5  had  his  manor 

s  Edmund  de  Hemenhale,  citizen  and  a  See  vol.  iv.  p.  87. 

mercer  of  London,  was  sheriff  of  London  3  Richard  de  Hemenhale  died  seized 

in  1345;  he  founded   a  chantry  in  the  of  Polsted-hall  and   Belagh  manors  in 

church  of  St.  Martin  le  Grand.    Stow,  Suffolk  in   Richard  the  Second's  time, 

p.  551.  Edit.  1633.  and  William  his  son  and  heir  came  of 

9  In  1379,  died  ^'r  Will,  de  Hemen-  age  in  1403. 

hale,  Knt.  at  Gislingham  in  Suffolk,  and  +  She  had  four  husbands,  her  third 

left  Ralf  de  Hemenhale  his  nephew  20/.  was   Sir  Nic.   Hawbeck,  Knt.  and  her 

1  i375,Thomas  son  ufSirTho.de  He-  fourth  Sir  John  Oldcastle,  Knt.   Lord 

menhale,  Knt.  buried  in  the  Austin-friars  Cobham. 

in  Norwich,  to  which  house  this  family  s  Sir  Ralf's  manor  in  Hemenhale  was 

were  great  benefactors.  I  takeit,  he  was  held  2d  H.  8,  by  Richard  Blomevyle,of 

eldest  brother  to  Sir  Will.  Hemenhale  John  Lord  Fitz-Walter,  as  of  his  manor 

of  Gislingham,  Knt.  and  died  before  his  of  Hemenhale,  by  the  rent  of  id.  a  year, 

father  Sir  Thomas,  who  was  buried  by  (Lib.  Ward.) 
him  in  1378.  (Vol.  iv.  p.  88.) 


STRATTON.  tfg 

and  Heverlond,  and  died  seized  of  them  in  1603,  and  it  continued 
in  that  family,  as  in  Newton,  at  p.  64,  till  after  1580,  and  then  it  was 
sold  by 

Thomas  Blundevyle,  Esq.  and  in 

1612,  Sir  William  Bowyer,  Knt.  and  Thomas  Awdeley,  Esq. 
conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Richardson  and  George  Alyngton, 
Esqrs.  and  their  heirs  :  and  since  it  is  nianumised  and  divided,  so  that 
I  do  not  find  it  subsisting  as  a  manor  at  present. 


STRATTON, 

fROPEELY  called  Straton,  Stratum,  the  paved  high-way,  or 
street,  it  being  the  direct  road  that  led  to  the  neighbouring  Roman 
burgh  or  fortification  ad  Taum,  now  called  Taseburgh,  and  thence 
to  their  station,  castrum,  or  camp,  called  Castre.  In  those  early 
times,  the  whole  of  the  three  villages  or  parishes,  that  pass  now  by 
this  name,  was  one  only,  and  afterwards  was  often  called  Est  rat  una, 
the  street  at  the  e£  or  water,  which  now  parts  this  from  Taseburgh ;  it 
is  commonly  called  Long-Stratton,  the  bounds  being  so  large,  and 
the  stratum  aforesaid  running  in  a  straight  line  such  a  long  way 
through  it. 

It  originally  belonged  to  the  East-Anglian  kings,  and  the  superiour 
jurisdiction  over  the  whole  remained  in  the  Crown,  till  the  Conqueror 
gave  it  to  Alan  Earl  of  Richmond,  who  held  it  at  the  survey,  and  it 
hath  ever  since  attended  the  honour  of  Richmond,  and  belongs  to  it 
at  this  day.6 

The  whole  was  then  4  miles  and  three  furlongs  in  length,  and  2 
miles  and  4  furlongs  in  breadth,  and  paid  25<f.  to  the  geld  or  tax. 
The  Earl  had  8  freemen  that  held  100  acres  of  land  or  pasture,  one 
carucate  or  plough  tilth,  and  one  acre  of  meadow,  which  were  valued 
with,  and  jsteemed  part  of  his  manor  of  Cosset/;  and  17  freemen, 
3  villeins,  5  bordars,  7  socmen,  and  the  fifth  part  of  a  mill,  that  be- 
longed and  were  subject  to  his  jurisdiction  here;  the  honour  held  two 
turns  or  superiour  letes  in  every  year,  to  which  all  the  tenants  of  the 

6  Terre  Alani  Comitis.     Depwade  xvii.  acr.  etdim.  car.  et  val.  viii.sol.  et 

H.  Doms.  fo.  71.  vita  pars  molendir.i. 

In  Estratuna  viii.  liberi  horn.    c.  Tota  Stratuna   habet   ii.  leug.  et 

acr.  eti.  car.  eti.  acr.  prati.  hoc  totum  vi.  quar.  in  longo,  i.  leug.  et  iiii.  quar. 

est  in  pretio  de  Costeseia  in  lato,  et  xxv.  den.  de  gelto.   (Append. 

In  Stratuna  i.  lib.  homo  xxv.  acr.  Regr.  Honoris  Richmond,  fo.  16.) 

et  dim.  car.  et  i.  acr.  prati  et  val.  ii.  Terra   Rogeri    Bigoti.    Depwade 

sol.  H.  Fornesseta,  &c.  Doms.  fo.  123.    In 

In  eadem  i.  lib.  homo  lxxxxi.  acr.  et  Stratuna  i.  soc.  xii.  acr.  (ibni.  fo.  140.) 

iii.  vill.  et  v.  bord.  tunc  i.  car.  et  dim.  In  Stratuna  vii.  lib.  horn.  lx.  acr.  terre 

modo  i.  et  iiii.  acr.  prati.    In  eadem  vii.  time  et   post  iii.  car.  m°  i.  et  ii.   acr. 

soc.  xxvii.  acr.  In  eadem  xv.  lib.  horn,  prati  et  dimidium  molendini.     In  Stra- 
tuna i.  lib.  iiii.  acr. 


188  STRATTON. 

other  manors,  were  obliged  to  do  suit  and  service,  as  well  as  to  the 
three  several  letes  belonging  to  tbe  three  capital  manors,  of  the 
three  different  parishes.  And  very  anciently  there  was  a  weekly 
market  held  here,  belonging  to  Richmond  honour,  but  upon  some 
disputes  between  the  lord  of  Stratton-Hall,  and  the  lessee  of  the 
honour,  just  before  the  Reformation,  the  market,  as  having  no  pe- 
culiar justification  for  holding  it,  was  totally  disused,  and  hath  been 
so  to  this  day.  In  1435,  John  Duke  of  Bedford,  lord  of  Swaffham 
and  of  the  honour  of  Richmond,  died  seized  of  the  superiour  court 
here,  called  the  Honour's  turn,  and  the  style  of  it  was  thus,  the 
Turn  and  general  Court  of  the  King's  Honour  of  Richmond, 
held  at  Stratton  30  of  April  1644,  when  a  church-warden  and 
four  men  out  of  each  parish,  appeared  to  do  the  suit  and  service  for 
the  several  parishes  of  Stratton,  Moringthorp,  Carleton,  Tibenham, 
Moulton,Waketon,  Taseburgh,  Freton,  Kcckletonm  Fomcet,  and  Bun- 
well;  in  all  which  places  it  appears,  that  the  honour  had  letes  and 
royalties  over  the  commons,  and  superiour  jurisdiction  over  the  several 
lords. 

Sigebert  King  of  the  East-Angles,  on  his  erection  of  the  bishop- 
rick,  gave  the  southern  part  of  the  town  to  Felix,  the  first  Bishop  of 
the  East-Angles,  and  so  it  became  part  of  the  bis/ioprick;  and  in  the 
Confessor's  time,  Bishop  Ailmer  held  it  as  such,7  when  there  were 
2carucates  in  demean,  7  villeins,  6  bordars  and  an  half,  (that  is,  half 
the  services  of  one  bordar,)  26  socmen,  and  12  freemen,  whose  rents 
and  services  were  valued  at  20s.  per  annum  ;  and  at  the  Conquest, 
Walter  the  Deacon,  and  one  Ralf,  held  it  of  the  bishoprick,  in 
right  of  which  they  had  a  lete,  the  half  of  which  belonged  to  them, 
and  the  other  half,  to  the  King  and  the  Earl ;  and  the  whole  of  the 
profits  of  this  manor,  was  then  worth  6/.  per  annum.  The  mother- 
church  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  always  belonged  to  it,  which  was  pro- 
bably founded  by  one  of  the  Bishops  that  owned  it,  and  that  before 
Ailmars  time;  and  the  successours  of  this  Ralf  owned  the  part 
which  afterwards  was  called  Stratton-Hall  manor,  and  was  held  of 
the  barony  of  the  bishoprick  of  Norwich,  till  that  was  taken  from  the 
see  by  Henry  VIII.  and  annexed  to  the  Crown,  and  since  it  is  held  of 
the  Crown  in  right  of  that  ancient  barony. 

That  part  called  Stratton  St.  Miles,  or  St.  Michael's,  was  held  by 
the  Confessor  till  he  gave  it  one  of  his  thanes  or  noblemen,  who  had  2 
carucates  in  demean  ;8  this  manor  had  17  bordars  and  7  freemen,  and 

7  Terra  Episcopi  Tedfordcmis  ad  epis-  dulfus  enm  tenuit  priusquam  forisface- 

copatum  pertinens.  T.  R.  E.  Doms.  to.  rit  ex  hoc  offert  judicium. 
147.   H.  Depwade.  (Ibid.  fo.  154.)    In  Stratuna  xii.  lib. 

Stratuna  tenet  Walterus  Diaco-  horn,    de    quibus    Almams   Episcopus 

jim  ii.  car.  terre,  xxx.  acr.  quas  tenuit  liabuit  commendationem  tantum  T.R.E. 

Almarus  Episcopus  T.  R.  E    semper  vi.  cciii.  acr.  et  x.  bord.  et  dim.  et  iii.  car. 

vill.et  vi.  bor.  et  dim.  tunc  ii.  car.  in  et   vi.    acr.  prati,  tunc  valuit   xx.    sol. 

dom.  modo  i.  tunc  ii.  car.  horn.  m°  i.  modo  xl. 

vi.  acr.  prati,  silva  de  vi.  pore,  et  sern-         8  Terre    Roberti    Filij    Corbutionis. 

per  i.  molin.  et  i.  anim.  et  xi.  pore,  et  H.  Depwade.  Doms.  to.  270. 
xxvi.  soc.  tenent  Ranulfus  et  Galterus         Stratuna  tenet  quam  tenuit  i.Teinnus 

Diaconus.     Rex  et  Comes  dim.  socam.  T.R.E.  ii.  car.  terre  semp.  xvii.  bor.  et 

et  habent  lxxxiii.  acr.  semper  ii.  car.  ii.  car.  in  dom.  et  iii.  car.  hom.  post  ii. 

semper  val.  iiii.  lib.  et  ii.  sol.     Dimi-  m°  i.  vi.  acr.  prati.  silva  vi.  pore,  sem- 

dium  unum  ex  his  calumpniatur quidam  peri    rune,  et  tunc  v.  poic.  m°  xi.  tuni 

homo  Comitis  Alani,  et  dicit  quod  Ra-  x.  oves,  m°  xxvi.  et  vi.  capr.  et  vii. 


STRATTON.  I8g 

was  worth  SO*,  per  annum.  It  was  risen  to  40s.  value  at  the  Conquest, 
and  a  lete  belonged  to  it;  when  Robert  son  of  Corbutio,  or  Fitz- 
Corbun,  held  it,  and  infeoffed  it  in  one  Hunfrid  or  Humfry,  the 
ancestor  of  the  family  afterwards  sirnamed  DeStraton,  lords  of  the 
manors  here  afterwards  called  Ree's  and  Welholme's,  which  last 
was  a  part  of  the  former,  granted  off  by  iheSiRATTONS  ;  and  though 
they  extended  into  the  other  parts,  laid  chiefly  in  Stratton  St. 
Michael's;  the  church  of  which,  in  all  probability,  was  first  founded 
by  Hunfrid  aforesaid,  and  the  advowson  attended  the  manor. 

The  third  part  belonged  to  the  Crown,  till  the  Conqueror  gave  it 
to  Roger  Bigot,  who  added  one  small  part  of  it  to  his  manor  of 
Forucet,  to  which  the  advowson  of  Stratton  St.  Peter  always  belonged ; 
so  that  it  is  likely,  this  Earl  was  founder  of  that  church  :  but  the  chief 
part  he  granted  off,  and  that  had  the  lete  of  all  its  tenants,  and  was 
afterwards  called  Saye's,  or  the  manor  of  Stratton  St.  Peter. 

There  wasa  small  part  that  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Buri/'s  manorof 
Moringthorp,9  and  another  to  St,  Ethe/dred's  manor  of  Pul/iam,1  which 
belonged  to  Ely  monastery  and  see. 

The  manors  called  Sturmyn's  and  Snapehall, were  firstsevered 
from  Stralton-Hall,  into  which  they  fell  again,  and  there  continue. 

And  thus  having  fixed  the  origin  of  the  several  manors  and  parishes, 
I  shall  treat  of  them  in  their  order;  and  first  of 


STRATTON-HALL,  or  STRATTON  ST.  MARY'S  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Philip  Malherbe,  who  was  succeeded  by  Bartho- 
lomew his  son,  one  of  the  lords  of  Tacolneston  ;*  and  in  Richard  the 
First's  time,  was  held  by  Richard  Malherbe  atone  knight's  fee,  of  the 
Bishop  of  Norwich,  as  of  the  barony  of  the  see.  Rog.  Malherbe,  who 
lived  at  Tacolneston,3  and  was  a  benefactor  to  Windham  abbey,4  died 
seized  of  it,  and  it  went  with  one  of  his  daughters  and  heiresses,  to 

Gilbert  de  Bourne,  who  occurs  lord  and  patron  about  1273, 
and  came  and  settled  here;  and  in  1285,  was  returned  as  a  gentleman 
of  estate,  that  was  much  above  age,  and  ought  to  have  been  knighted, 
but  had  not  yet  taken  up  that  honour,  for  which  he  was  fined  ;  in  J  286, 
this  Gilbert  had  free-warren  allowed  him,  wei/f  and  view  of  frank- 
pledge,1 over  all  his  tenants,  with  the  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  on  condi- 
tion, that  the  King's  bailiff  was  always  present  at  the  lete,  to  see  that 
none  but  the  tenants  of  the  manor  did  suit  there  ;  he  had  also  a  fair 
allowed  him  to  be  kept  once  a  year  on  the  day  of  the  Assumption  of 
the  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  viz.  Jug.  15.  This  fair  was  first  granted 
by  King  John,6  in  the  year  1207,  to  Roger  de  Stratton,  who  gave  that 

lib.  hom.  xvii.   acr.  de  quibus  suns  an-  In    Stratuna    tenuit    i.   soc.    12   acr. 

tecessor  com.  T.R.E.  et  habet  eos  pro  T.  R.  E.   valuit  nd.   Rex  et    Comes 

terra,  tunc  i.  car.  i.  acr.  prati,  tunc  va-  socam. 

luit  30  sol.  m°  40.  2  See  p.  164. 

'  TerraAbbatis  de  Sancto  Eadmundo.  3  Ibid.  p.  165. 

Depwade  H.  Doras,  fo.  184.  +  Vol.  i.  p.  516. 

Torp  tenet  Rob.  de  Vals,    &c.     In  s  Placita   Corone  apud    Norwic.    in 

Stratuna  i.   lib.  homo  15  acr.  et  dim.  Crast.  Sci.  Hillaiij   15  E  I.   Rot.  16  in 

car.  dorso. 

1  Terra  Sancte  Adeldreda.  Depwade  6  Rot.  Pip.  9  Johannis. 
Hund.  Doms.  fo.  190. 


190  ST  R  ATT  ON. 

King  one  good  palfrey  to  have  his  charter  for  liberty  to  hold  a.  fair 
yearly  for  two  days,  viz.  on  the  Assumption  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  and 
the  day  after,  at  his  manor  of  Stratton  ;  but  it  is  to  be  observed, 
that  he  was  lord  of  Saye's  manor  here,  and  that  Bourne  purchased  the 
liberty  from  it,  and  added  it  to  this  manor;  it  was  kept  in  a  close 
opposite  to  the  west  part  of  the  churchyard,  which  is  still  called  the 
fuir-lond,  or  land,  but  it  hath  been  disused  many  years.  In  1291, 
there  was  a  suit  between  Robert  Sturmy  and  John  Say,  and  Gilbert 
de  Bourne  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  others,  about  the  liberties  of 
their  manors,  and  of  a  way  leading  to  the  market  and  mill.  In  1315, 
Roger  de  Bourne  was  lord;  and  in  1325,  Ralf  Malherbe  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife  claimed  the  manor  against  Roger  son  of  Gilbert  de 
Bourne,  and  made  out  their  title  under  their  claim,  so  well,  that  Roger 
settled  an  annuity  of  40/.  on  them  during  their  lives,  for  their  release. 
In  1331,  he  was  a  knight,  and  was  succeeded  by  Sir  Nic.de  Bourne, 
Knt.  who  in  1348,  having  no  sons,  settled  all  his  estate  on  his  trustees, 
Sir  77(0.  Jenney,  Sir  Tho.  Savage,  Robert  de  Welholm,  Robert  and 
Thomas  de  Bumpstede,  John  Snoring,  and  Roger  de  Dersingham ;  it 
seems  that  Margery,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heiresses  of  SirMc. 
Bourne,  was  first  wife  to 

John  de  Herling,7  and  that  when  the  said  John  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Jenney,  this  settlement  was  made;  for 
in  1366,  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  Bourne  released  to  John 
de  Herling  all  her  right  in  this  manor  and  advowson,  and  in  the  ad- 
vowson  of  fVaketon  St.  Mary,  and  in  all  the  Bournes  estates  in  Wake- 
ton,  Taseburgh,  Moringthorp,  Moulton,  &c.  reserving  an  annuity  of 
20  marks  lo~Robert  Mortimer  and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  seems  to 
have  been  widow  of  Sir  Nicholas  de  Bourne,  remarried  to  Mortimer. 
He  died  seized  of  this  and  Sturmin's"  and  Snape-hall  manors  here; 
and  from  this  time,  it  passed  with  the  manor  of  East-Herling,  as  you 
may  see  in  vol.  i.  p.  320,21,  till  it  came  to  the  Bedingjields  of 
Oxburgh,  by  the  marriage  of 

Sir  Edmund9  Bedingfield,  with  Margaret  daughter  of  Sir 
Robert  de  Tudenham,  and  it  continued  in  that  family,1  till  Six  Henry 
Bedingfield?  sold  it  to 

Sir  Edmund  Reeve,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas, 
who  was  preferred  to  that  high  station  March  14,  1638,  and  died 
March.  27,  1647,  and  having  no  issue,  left  his  estate  to  Augustine 
Reeve,  his  brother,  and  he  to  his  son,  Mr.  Henry  Reeve  of  Brakendale, 
who  sold  the  manors,  &c.  to 

John  son  of  John  Mallom  of  Booton  in  Norfolk,  clerk,  at  whose 
death  they  descended  to  John  Mallom  of  Wackton-Magna,  who  left 
them  to  John  Mallom  of  Wackton,  Esq.  the  present  lord. 

But  the  patronage  of  Stratton  St.  Mary,  which  was  appendant  to 

7  See  vol.  i.  p.  319,  20.  '   157°.    Henry  Jernegan,   Esq.    was 

8  Sturmyn's,  Snape-hall,  Welholm' s,  and  lord  in  right  of  his  wife,  and  the  manor 
Ree's  manors,  were  all  in  the  Herling  fa-  was  held  of  Hoxne  manor,  as  parcel  of 
mily,  and  have  had  the  same  owners  as  the  barony  of  the  see. 

Bourne 's  or  Stratton-hzW,  ever  since.  *  See   the    names    of    the    Beding- 

9  Note,  in  vol.  i.  p.  322,  there  is  an  fields  lords  here,  among  the  patrons, 
errour  of  the  press,  it  being  printed  The  pedigree  and  account  of  this  ancient 
there,  Sir  Henry  instead  of  Sir' Edmund.  family  is  under  Oxburgh. 


STRATTON.  191 

this  manor,  was  sold  by  the  present  lord  and  his  father,  to  Caius 
college  in  Cambridge,  who  are  now  patrons. 

The  lete  is  held  annually,  at  which  the  constables  for  Stratton  St. 
Mary  are  always  chosen,  and  the  lete-fee  paid  to  the  lord  is  8(7.  The 
customs  of  this  manor,  as  well  as  those  of  the  manors  of  Stunner's, 
or  Sturmin's,  Snape-hall,  We/ham's  or  Welholme's,  and  Reese's,  all 
which  are  now  held  with  this  manor,  are  the  same,  viz.  all  lands  and 
tenements  descend  to  the  eldest  son,  the  Juries  are  arbitrary,  and  they 
give  now  dower. 

The  manor-house  called  Stralton-hall ',  and  the  demeans,  were  not 
sold  with  the  manors  but  are  now  the  estate  of  John  Houghton  of 
Bramerton,  Esq. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary,  commonly  in  old  evidences  called 
Stratton  cum  Turri,  viz.  Stratton  with  the  Steeple,  (by  which  it 
should  seem,  that  anciently  the  other  two  churches  had  none,)  was 
in  the  patronage  of  Gilbert  de  Bourne,  when  Norwich  Domesday  was 
wrote,  the  rector  had  a  house  and  40  acres  of  glebe,  now  increased  to 
50,  and  paid  then  as  it  doth  now,  2s.  3d.  synodals,  and  7*.  id.  ob. 
procurations;  besides  lid.  Peter-pence,  and  6d.  carvage.  In  1612, 
return  was  made,  that  a  yearly  pension  of  5Qs.  was  paid  on  Michael- 
mas day  by  the  rector  here,  to  the  rector  of  Stratton  St.  Michael, 
which  is  now  duly  paid.  The  rectory  was  valued  first  at  14,  and 
after  at  20  marks,  and  stands  now  thus  in  the  King's  Books  : 

10/.  Stratton  Longa  Maria;  R.     ]/.  tenths. 

and  being  undischarged,  it  pays  first-fruits  and  yearly  tenths,  and  is 
not  capable  of  augmentation. 

RECTORS. 

1293,  Master  Thomas  de  Boume.     Gilbert  de  Bourne. 

1319,  Ric-  de  Bourne.     Roger  de  Bourne. 

13S2,  Rob.  Balle.     Sir  Roger  de  Bourne,  Knt. 

1349,  Tho.  Carotin.  Sir  Tho.  Jenney,  Knt.  Rob.  de  Welham, 
Rob.  de  Bumpstede,  and  Rog.  de  Dersingham. 

1361,  Will.  Armory;  he  was  buried  in  the  choir  of  the  collegiate 
church  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Fields  in  Norwich,  as  in  vol.  iv.  p.  b'13. 
Tho.  Savage,  Knt.  Tho.  Bumpstede,  and  John  Snoring. 

1381,  Robert  de  Straff  ham  Bulbek  ;  he  was  buried  under  an  altar 
tomb  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  in  1401,  which  hath  now  lost 
all  its  brasses.     John  Herling. 

1401,  John  Bakere.     Cecily,  relict  of  Sir  John  de  Herling,  Knt. 

1420,  Ric.  Woodward,  resigned.     Sir  Rob.  de  Herling,  Knt. 

1427,  Tho.  Cove,  res.  John  Kirtling,  clerk,  Robert  Pale- 
gra^'e,  and  John  Intwood,  feoffees  of  Sir  Robert. 

1434,  John  Bulman.  John  Fitz-Rauf,  and  other  the  feoffees  of 
Sir  Robert.     He  was  succeeded  by 

John  Clerk,  on  whose  resignation  in 

1449,  Will.  Fur  nival  was  presented  by  Sir  Robert  Chamber- 
lain, Knt.  and  when  he  resigned  in  1450,  that  knightgave  it  to 

Edmund  Cross,  who  died  in    1471,  and  was  buried  in   the 
church  before  St,  Mary's  image,  and  gave  a  good  missal,  3l.  JOs.  to 


192  STRATTON. 

buy  a  cress,  and  his  tenement  late  Shot's  in  this  town  to  the  profit  of 
the  town.     In 

1469,  Edmund  Savage,  priest,  who  was  parish  chaplain  under 
rector  Crosse,  and  served  at  the  altar  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  in  his 
chapel,  at  the  east  end  of  the  north  isle,  and  at  St.  Thomas's  altar  at 
the  east  end  of  the  south  isle,  where  he  was  buried,  gave  two  altar 
cloths  to  lie  over  those  altars,  and  a  legacy  to  find  a  light  to  be  set  on 
his  grave  at  high-mass,  and  three  cruets  to  the  three  altars  in  the 
church. 

1472,  Will.  Petj/clerk.  Sir  Robert  Wingfield,  Knt.  and  Anne 
his  wife.     At  his  death 

John  Pike  had  it,  and  in 
1498,  Sir  John  Person.    Margaret,  relict  of  Sir  Edmund  Beding- 
jield,  Knt.  at  his  death  in  1529,  Sir  Thomas  Bedingjield,  Knt.  gave 
'it  to 

Hie.  Milgate,  on  whose  death  in  1547,  Sir  Edmund  Beding- 
field,  Knt.  presented 

John  Putter,  who  was  deprived  by  Queen  Mary  for  being 
married  in  1554,  and  Sir  Henry  Bedingjield,  Knt.  presented 

Tho.  Helperhy,  and  in 
1555,  George  Leedes;  at  whose  resignation 

John  Rutter  had  it  again,  and  died  in  June  1659,  and  was 
buried  here,  and 

Ric.  Gawton  succeeded  ;  he  was  presented  by  Ralf  Shel- 
ton,  Esq.  assignee  of  Sir  Henry  Bedingjield.  At  his  resignation  in 
1576,  Sir  Henry  gave  it  to 

John  Taylor,  A.  B.  who  in  1603,  returned  answer,  that  he 
had  in  the  parish  180  communicants.     He  died  in  1636,  and 

Tho.  Carter  had  it,  of  Tho.  Carver,  who  had  a  grant  of 
the  turn  from  Sir  Henry  Bedingjield,  Knt.  at  his  death  in  1638, 
Edmund  Reeve,  seijeant  at  law,  presented 

John  Reeve  ;  he  took  the  covenant,  and  died  Jime  24,  1657, 
and  in 

1G60,  Christopher  Reeve,  his  son,  was  presented  by  Justin  Reve  of 
Bracondale,  and  held  it  afterwards  united  to  St.  Miles,  and  O/ton  in 
Suffolk,  of  which  the  Judge  was  patron,  as  well  as  of  Stratton,  and 
died  rector  there  as  well  as  of  Stratton,  Aug.  the  14th,  1701,  in  which 
year 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Soley,  the  present  rector,  who  holds  it  united 
to  Wackton-  Magna,  was  presented  by  Mary  Bkame,  widow, 
patroness  of  the  turn  only. 

The  Prior  of  Thetford  monks,  was  taxed  at  12s.  to  each  tenth, 
for  his  temporals  here.  The  Abbot  of  Langley  for  his  at  6d.  The 
Prior  of  Norwich  at  \6d.  ob.  and  the  whole  parish  paid  clear  to 
each  tenth,  without  the  taxation  of  the  religious  aforesaid,  61.  10s. 

There  were  two  gilds  here,  the  most  ancient  one  was  held  in  ho- 
nour of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  their  priest  officiated  in  his  chapel 
at  the  east  end  of  the  north  isle,  by  the  grave  of  Sir  Roger  de  Bourne, 
the  founder;  he  was  daily  to  pray  for  the  souls  of  Sir  Roger  de 
Bourne,  Knt.  and  all  his  family,  and  for  the  souls  of  all  the  deceased 
brethren  and  sisters  of  St.  John's  gild,  and  for  the  welfare  of  all  the 
living  members  of  that  gild;  this  was  endowed  with  a  house  called 


ST  R  ATT  ON.  193 

tlie  Gild-hall,1  and  half  an  acre  of  ground  thereto  belonging  in 
Stratton,  (upon  which  a  little  house  is  built;  it  was  gild-land,  and 
lately  purchased  for  a  dwelling-house  for  a  dissenting  teacher,)  which 
being  copyhold  of  Forncet  manor,  was  seized  by  the  lord  at  the  Dis- 
solution, and  granted  to  be  held  by  copy  of  court-roll ;  it  was  given 
in  Henry  the  Seventh's  time  by  Robert  Barnard. 

The  other  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  and  St.  Thomas  ; 
the  office  for  the  members  of  this  gild  was  performed  at  St.  Thomas's 
altar,  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  isle, 

And  both  held  their  merry-meetings  and  feasts,  in  the  same  gild- 
house  or  hall. 

In  this  parish  also,  was  an  anchorage  of  ancient  foundation,  with  a 
small  chapel  or  oratory  adjoining;4  in  1256,  William  de  Suffield, 
alias  Calthorp,  Bishop  of  Norwich,  gave  a  legacy  to  the  anchorite 
here,  as  in  vol.  iii.  p.  489;  and  at  the  Dissolution  the  chapel  was 
granted  from  the  Crown  into  private  hands. 

Here  is  an  estate  of  20/.  per  annum  settled  on  the  rector  of  St. 
Edmund  in  Norwich,  as  at  vol.  iv.  p.  405. 


STURMYN'S,  or  STURMER'S  MANOR, 

Was  so  called  from  Robert  le  Sturmy  of  Stratton,  who  had  a 
grant  of  it  from  the  Malherbes;  and  William  le  Sturmy,  Knt.  his  son,* 
was  lord  of  it  in  1262,  and  held  it  at  one  fee  of  the  Bishop  of  Nor- 
wich ;  and  in  1285,  he  had  a  lete,  and  assize  of  bread  and  ale  of  all 
tenants,  allowed  in  eire.  In  1291,  Will,  le  Sturmy  had  it ;  and  after 
him  Sir  John  de  Sturmyn,  who  in  1327,  obtained  of  King  Edw.  II.  a 
charter  for  free-warren,  for  all  his  lands  here,  and  in  Moringthorp, 
Freton,  and  Tharston.  Lady  Mary  Stounnyn,  his  mother,  held  it  some 
time.  In  1342,  John  Sturmy  held  it  by  6d.  a  year  paid  to  the  Bishop  ; 
and  in  1345,  Robert  his  son  had  it,  by  whom  it  was  sold  to  the  lord  of 
Stratton-h.aU  manor,  and  hath  passed  with  it  ever  since  ;  the  manor- 
house  is  down,  the  site  is  enclosed  with  a  moat,  and  is  now  called 
Sturmin's  Yards. 


SNAPE-HALL  MANOR 

Was  another  part  of  the  capital  manor,  granted  to  the  family  of  the 
Snapes,6  and  was  in  1307,  in  the  hands  of  Stephen  de  Brockdish  ;  it 
had  then  a  house  and  (iO  acres  of  demean  land,  quitrents  to  the  value 
of  3/.  8s.  Sd.  and  was  held  of  the  honour  of  Richmond,  at  iyd.  per 

3  The  barn  owned  by  Mr.  Solr-y  is  fine,  by  which  four  virpires  of  land,  and 

the  very  gild-hall,  and  is  freehold  held  the  advowson  of   Bucksale,  and  many 

of  Straiton  manor  at  is.  per  annum  free  quitrems,    Sec.    in    Soiuhborne,    Butle, 

rent.  Orford,   Wanesdene,  Tunstall,  Blakes- 

♦  In  Stratton,  libera  capella  niinosa,  hall,   Helmele,   Fynesbrigg,     Lilleseye, 

tent,  per  Will.  Gnce  .-»rm.  et  Hercd    ut  Dunwich,  and  Cassen-hall,  were  settled 

de  manerio  de  Estgreenwich  in  socca^io  on  William  soiiot  Roger. 

g  Kliz  c  In  1420,   Sir  John  Snape,  rector  of 

5  In  1267,  Will,  son  of  Roger  Sturmy  St.   Michael  in   Stratton,  was  a  descen- 

ofBucktale  in  Suffolk,  art      .  I1..1    v,n  dam  from  this  family. 


0!  Hubert  Suirury  of  Stratton,  levied  a 
VOL. 


Cc 


194  STRATTON. 

annum  rent:  he  left  it  to  Reginald  de  Brokedish,  his  son  and  heir, 
and  in  1339,  it  was  conveyed  by  John  Hardele  and  Alice  his  wife,  and 
Rob.Bokenham,  parson  or'  Hardzcick,  to  Sir  John  It  Sturmyn  and  Maud 
his  wife,  and  their  heirs;  and  so  it  was  joined  to  Stunner's  manor, 
and  with  that  fell  into  Stratton-hall  manor,  and  there  continues. 

The  town  is  a  small,  but  compact  village,  and  hath  a  good  publick- 
house  or  two,  for  the  reception  of  travellers  ;  its  standing  on  the  road 
from  Ipswich  to  Norzcich  makes  it  pretty  much  frequented ;  the  justices 
of  the  peace  for  this  division  generally  meet  here,  and  have  done  so 
very  anciently,  for  in  1380,  the  justices  and  country  gentlemen,  in 
the  time  of  the  insurrection,  met  here  to  consult  what  was  best  to  be 
done  for  the  King's  service  and  country's  safety,  as  at  p.  108,  vol.  iii. 

St.  Mary's  church,  hath  a  round  steeple  54  feet  high,  with  a 
small  spire  on  its  top,  against  which  the  clock-bell  hangs,  on  the  out- 
side ;  there  are  now  five  bells,  on  one  of  which  I  read  this, 

$o£  ^ocict  &anctijti  temper  Jiicolflug  in  altijS. 

The  steeple  is  a  much  older  building  than  the  church,  the  present 
fabrick 7  of  which,  was  built  chief  by  Sir  Rog.  de  Bourne,  Km.  lord  and 
patron,  about  1330,  and  the  chancel  by  Rich,  de  Bourne  his  brother, 
then  rector  here  ;  and  it  seems  as  if  one  John  or  James  de  Bourne, 
glazed  the  clerestories  or  lights  in  the  nave,  for  J.  B.  in  old  capitals, 
remains  still  in  several  windows  there,  as  do  the  arms  of  Bourne 
in  the  east  chancel  window,  viz. 

Arg.  a  chevron  gul.  between  three  lions  rampant  sab. 

And  in  the  north  window  of  the  Baptist's  chapel,  at  the  upper  end  of 
the  north  isle,  which  Sir  Roger  built  for  his  own  burial-place,  is  this 
now  broken  inscription, 

0RAT6.  PRO    AIA'.  ROD. ORN6. TIS. 

(Orate  pro  anima  Rogeri  de  Borne,  militis,  &ic.J 

His  stone  is  robbed  of  its  inscription,  circumscription,  arms,  and 
effigies,  and  nothing  remains  thereon,  save  two  brass  effigies  of  corses 
looking  out  of  their  winding  sheets ;  at  the  altar  here,  the  gild-chaplain 
of  St.  John  celebrated  mass  for  his  soul,  and  the  souls  of  his  family  ; 
many  of  whom  are  interred  in  this  chapel  and  chancel. 

1  he  south  porch,  two  isles,  nave,  and  north  vestry,  which  is  now 
used  as  a  school-house,  are  all  leaded,  as  is  the  east  part  of  the  chan- 
cel, the  western  part  of  which  is  thatched. 

In  the  south  isle.  I  find  nothing,  save  these  words  on  the  poors' box, 
which  stands  at  the  south  door,  She  «3)it  Of  %ti\)n  JRacfott, 

In  the  north  isle  is  a  stone  for  Hannah  Wife  of  Thomas  Park  Gent, 
April  29,  1709. 

Anne  Dr.  of  John  &  Ann  Browne,  March  22,  17 16. 

7  The  nave  and  two  isles  are  56  feet     yard  is  very  large,  containing  about  an 
long,  and  -14  broad,  and  the  chancel  is     acre  and  a  quarter. 
36  feet  long  and  10  broad  ;   the  church- 


STRATTON.  195 

On  a  brass  plate  at  the  east  end  of  the  nave, 

©rare  pro  animabu^  <3johanni£  .Smith,  ct  Jtlargeric  flirari.s'  cius; 
mn  5,ohanries»  ©btit  vuiii°  Die  IjpripyS  pcbm'  E9  ©ni :  |U°cccc° 
■    [jcjrijr.  quorum  animabus  propteictnr  ©eu£  3mcn. 

iVeever,  £o.  S14,  gives  us  these  two,  which  are  now  lost: 
©rate  pro  antmabu.S  gjohanni;*  25ochec  et  H&argarete  mjCorijS  eiu^ 

quorum  ammabug  ($c. 
©rate  pro  antma  5Thome  ©rafcc  qui  omit  3"  ©ni.  It*,cecc0tjTO\ 

At  the  east  end  of  the  chancel  against  the  north  wall,  is  erected  a  very 
sumptuous  monument,  on  the  altar  part  of  which  are  the  curabent 
effigies  of  Judge  Reve  and  his  lady,  in  their  proper  proportions  and 
habits;  he  in  his  judge's  robes,  with  a  roll  in  one  hand,  and  the  other 
under  his  head ;  she,  with  a  book  in  her  left  hand,  and  her  head  sup- 
ported by  two  cushions. 

Crest,  on  a  wreath  O.  B.  two  wings  conjoined  of  the  1st. 

Reve,  az.  a  chevron  between  three  pair  of  wings  conjoined  and 
elevated  or,  impaling  sab.  on  a  chevron  between  three  griffins  heads 
erased  or,  three  stars  of  six  points  gul. 

D.  EDMVNDUS  REVE, 

Non  Ordinis  Equestris,Trabeaeque  Judicis,  auctus  est  Honoribus, 
quos,  eminente  Dignitate,  ac  eruditione  Syncera,  fecerit  ad  altiores 
Gradus  ascendere  Virtutis,  ad  istos  ipse  non  ascenderat. 

Quippe  in  it, 
In  Templo  Pietati  devotissimus,  in  Aula  conspicuus,  et  Officiose 
Prudens ;  In  Foro,  Gravitate  perspicax,  Palam  in  obvios  huinanus 
et  humilis,  in  Familia  placide  liberalis,  apud  Mensani  hopitio  muni- 
ficus,  in  Conclavi,  studio  deditus  &  Theologian,  in  Republica  tm- 
bulenta  tranquille  pacificus,  in  Concubitu  Castitate  Revereudus, 
Sanctitate  venerandus  in  Occubitii. 

Quit  fuit, 
Unite  Regi  dilectus,  obFidem  exploratissimae  probitatis  Palamento 
compertus,  heroica.  magnanimitate  colendus,  a  Proceribus,  a  Plebe, 
celebrandus  JEquitate  judicandi,  Sanctimonia,  Clero  suspieiendus 
ad  Exemplar,  Integritate  summa  Populo  coinmendandus,  a  Locu- 
pletibus  habitus  in  Pretio,  quod  Res  eorum  partas  assererat,  ab 
Egeuis,  in  precibus,  quod  siias  erogaret. 

Quem, 
Perterrefacere  non  potuit  Insolently  Vulgi,  nee  allicere  valuerunt 
Aulas  Lenocinia,  quo  coriimunia  placita  desereret,  (uti  alij)  neque 
furiarum  tot  millia  en  ilium  Gladijs  slrictis  Efficere,  Justitiae  Gla- 
dium  txuere,  sed  ejus  opera  (pennis  Hastas  dum  frustra  rriinantur) 
inter  anna,  non  siluere  leges. 

Unus  Ille, 
Pauperibus  seque   ac   Divitibus,  eadem   manu  nnnquam  fatigata, 
Biiancem  ostendit  in  Equilibrio,  Pondera  deiriceps  irhposuil,  repo- 
suitque  ad  bacoma  dextra  candidissima,  in  Examen  oculum  inteudit 


i96  STRATTON. 

irretortum,  utsi  vel  tantillum  alterutrinque  declinaret,  aspiceret, 
Expertoq;  Disfilo,  si  Funiculorum  Nodis,  quid  implicaretur,  expli- 
caret,  Jocantis  Oris  ac  innocui,  spiritu  penetrante  pulvisculum,  e 
Lancibus  excussit  in  iEqualem  ;  ut  nemo  de  summo  Jure  conqueri 
potuerit  unquam  aut  remissius  iniquo  ; 
Vnusitidem, 
Ex  Itineraatibus  optatissimis  Me,  Qui  Jus  e  postliminio  receptum, 
inter  Ruricolas  instauravit,  et  Diutino  Justitio  pridem  exulantes 
redintegiavit  Assisas ;  Curiam  Astraea  Westuionasterij  solum  ha- 
buit,  per  estiva  Solennia  peret>re  non  est  profecta,  Caeterum  prius- 
quam  Surrise  Circuitum  absolvisset,  iEgrotus  ad  Londinum  reversus, 
ad  nltimum  inde  Judicium  avocatus  est,  eodemque  Die,  Qui  vice- 
simi  iertij  Caroli  reclusit  inilium  (Martij  27°  A0  16-17  )  Diem 
clausit  extiemum,  somno  consopilus  immortali ;  Cui  superstes  Uxor 
Dna'  MARIA  REVE,  Cubile  meditabunda  securn  (uti  voluent) 
adornavit,  ubi  conquiesceret  ipsa,  cum  advenerit  Hora  (Capite 
nutante)  simul  obdormiendi. 

She  died  March  12,  1657,  and  was  interred  in  the  same  vault  with  her 
husband  under  this  monument. 

On  the  opposite  south  wall,  is  a  monument  with  Reves  arms,  erected 
to  the  memory  of 

Thomas  Reve  Esq;  Oct.  1,  1663,  aet.  6g.  Thomas  his  eldest  son, 
26  Nov.  1656,  ajt.  20.  John  Reve  his  youngest  son  Apr.  13,  1660, 
aet.  18. 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  altar, 

Hie  jacet  Johannes  Reve  Norf.  A.  M.  Canonice  Ordinatus 
Presbyter,  vir  omnigena  Eruditione  apprime  instructus,  Exemplari 
pietate  perquam  ornatus,  suramisque  Virtutibus  eminenter  praecla- 
rus,  hujus  Ecclesiae  Pastor  Fidelissimus,  ubi  cum  novemdecim  Annis 
munere  ministrali  indefesse  functus  esset,  terrenam  hanc  vitam 
Anno  iEiatis  suae  quadragesimo  nono  Febr.  Die  decimo,  et  Anno 
Domini  Mill:  sexcent:  quinquag:  Octavo,  pro  Ccelesti  Gloria  com- 
mutavit. 

The  following  persons  are  buried  under  divers  marbles  in  the 
chancel : 

Mrs.  Eliz.  Keene  Widow,  Dr.  of  Augustine  Reve  of  Bracondak 
near  Norwich  Esq;  Jan:  21, 1710,  aet.  79- 

Anne  Houghton,  sole  Dr.  and  Heir  of  Henry  Reve  of  Bracon- 
dale,  who  married  the  eldest  son  of  John  Houghton  of  Bra- 
inerton  Esq;  and  left  issue  only  one  Son  John,  ob.  6  May  1705. 
Rob.  Houghton  Esq;  ob:  1  Dec.  1715,  aet.  36. 

Houghton,  arg.  on  a  bend  sab.  three  eagles  displayed  or,  im- 
paling Reve. 

Ric.  Reve  1727.  John  Reve  Father  of  Rector  Reve,  1658. 

1611,  28  J<:&.  William,  second  son  of  Robert  Dazces  of  Long- 
Stratton,  had  a  grant  of  arms  from  Cambde/i,  of  arg.  on  a  bend  wavy 


STRATTON. 


197 


uz.  three  swans  of  the  field.      Crest,   a   serpent  vert,  stuck  on  a 
halberd's  point  embrued  arg.s 

Alexander  Blithe  of  this  parish,  descended  from  a  family  in 
Devonshire  of  that  name,  bare, 
Or,  a  chief  indented  sab. 

He  married  Isabel,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Jermyn,  by  whom 
he  had  John,  William,  and  Ralf,  who  all  died  without  issue;  and 
Alice,  their  sister  and  heiress,  married  to  John  Gresham  of  Holt,  father 
of  Sir  Richard  Gresham,  &c. 

The  Hev.  Mr.  John  Soley,  rector  here,  bears 

GuL  a  bend  ingrailed   or,  and  three  salmons  naiant  in  bend 

sinister  counterchanged. 

Eliz  Baspool  gave  ]/.  6s.  to  be  given  weekly  in  bread  at  the 
church,  to  the  poor,  for  ever,  and  tied  all  her  lands  in  Stratton  for 
payment  thereof,  now  the  estate  of  Mr.  Joseph  Cot/nan  of  Great 
Yarmouth. 

John  Roope  gave  1/.  6s.  to  be  paid  yearly  out  of  the  ale-house 
called  the  Swan  in  Stratton  St.  Mary,  which  he  tied  for  payment 
thereof,  on  condition  the  said  premises  be  not  rated  to  any  tax  above 
13/.  per  annum,  otherwise  the  gift  to  cease ;  it  is  given  in  bread  at 
church,  as  the  other. 

Thomas  Pudding  gave  12s.  yearly  to  the  poor,  till  10/.  be  paid  to 
the  church-wardens,  and  tied  his  estate,  now  in  possession  of  William 
Booty  tor  it,  lying  in  Stratton  St.  Michael. 

William  Pudding  gave  12s.  yearly,  issuing  out  of  Will.  Booty's 
estate,  till  10/  be  paid  to  the  church-wardens  for  the  use  of  the  poor. 

Half  an  acre  of  ground  with  four  cottages  thereon  built,  now  in- 
habited by  the  poor,  were  given  by  Nic.  Porter  and  Tho.  Stan- 
ton, in  James  the  First's  time. 

Eliz.  Keene,  widow,  daughter  of  Augustine  Reve,  and  neice  to 
the  Judge,  by  will  gave  1l.  10s.  yearly  to  be  laid  out  in  blue  gowns  for 
the  poor  of  Stratton  Si.  Mary,  during  the  life  of  her  nephew,  John 
Houghton  of  Bramaton,  Esq. 

The  church  of  Stratton  St.  Peter,  always  belonged  to  Forncet 
manor,  and  was  founded  by  Roger  Bigot,  about  the  Conquest,  in  all 
appearance.  In  1195,  by  fine  then  levied,  Will,  de  Stratton,  as  trustee 
settled  it  on  Gundred  the  Countess  for  life,  remainder  to  Rog.  le  Bygod 
and  his  heirs  for  ever.  It  was  valued  at  rive,  afterwards  at  six  marks, 
and  paid,  as  it  doth  now,  5s.  procurations,  18f/.  synodals,  3d.  ob.  Peter- 
pence,  and  bd.  curvage. 

RECTORS. 

1302,  John  de  Spanneby.  Roger  le  Bygod  Earl  of  Norfolk  and 
Marshal. 

1317,  Rob.  de  Davintre.  Thomas  Earl  of  Norfolk  and  Marshal. 

1S£C2,  Philip  Bland,  front,  who  resigned  in 

1325,  to  Philip  Myth.     Ditto. 

1320,  Master  Robert  de  Cantuaria  ;9  he  held  it  with  Lopham,  and 
resigned  in 

8  Morgan's  Heraldry,  L.  z,  fo.  117.  9  See  vol.  i.  p.  2S5. 


198  STRATTON. 

1327,  to  Thomas  Ferthing.  Tho.  Brotherton,  the  King's  son, 
Earl  of  No/folk,  and  Marshal,  as  before. 

1322,  Master  Tho.  de  Abingdon.     Ditto. 

1337,  Roger  dt  Leicester.     Ditto. 

1347,  John  dt  Raaeclyve.    Sir  John  Segrave,  Knt. 

1349,  IV ill.  de  London.     Ditto. 

1351,  Henri/  White;  he  was  buried  here  in  1378,  and 

William  at  Hille  succeeded.    Margaret  Countess-Marshal, 
and  Lady  Segrave. 

Goafry,  son  of  Walter  Mayster,  resigned  in 

1416,  to  John  Wetherpen,  in  exchange  with  Langham-Parva.  Sir 
Gerard  Usflet,  Knt.  this  turn  in  right  of  Forncet  manor,  which 
he  hath  as  the  dower  of  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk,  his  wife.  -He 
changed  for  Threkehi/  in 

1419,  with  Will.  Hernald  of  Corpusty.  John  Lancaster  and 
Robert  Southwell,  Esqrs.  attorneys  -  general  to  John  Earl- 
Marshal,  Notingham,  &.c.  he  being  in  foreign  parts. 

JohnGour/e  resigned    in    1439,   and  Jo/m  Duke  of  Norfolk 
gave  it  to 

Ric.  Feket,  and  in 

1444,  to  Thomas  Martin,  who  was  the  last  rector  here,  for  at  his 
death,  it  was  consolidated  Sept.  10,  1449,  to  the  church  of  Stratton 
St.  Michael,  which  stands  not  above  a  bow-shot  distant  from  it ;  and 
it  was  agreed,  that  as  a  recompense  for  this  patronage,  St.  Mary's 
alias  Winchester  college  in  Oxford,  should  present  two  turns,  and 
the  Duke  of  Noifolk  every  third  turn,  and  that  St.  Peter's  should  exist 
as  a  separate  parish  still,  and  the  rector  should  serve  in  each  church 
every  Sunday;  and  it  continued  so  till  the  Dissolution,  when  being 
returned  as  a  chapel  only,  it  was  totally  demolished,  and  was  laid  to 
St.  Michael's  parish,  and  hath  continued  as  part  of  it  ever  since;  and 
nothing  is  to  be  seen  of  the  church,  but  the  foundations  level  with  the 
ground,  which  show  that  it  was  a  small  building.  The  site  is  still 
called  St.  Peter's  Churchyard. 


SAYE'S  MANOR 

Belonged  to,  and  laid  chiefly  in,  this  parish,  and  was  granted  from 
the  other  part  of  the  parish,  and  the  advowson,  by  the  By  gods, 
lords  of  Forncet,  to  William  de  Say,  whose  second  son  Jejfery 
had  it,  and  held  it  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee;  he  died  in  1214,  and  left 
it  to  Jeffery  de  Say,  called  the  younger,  who  married  Alice  daughter 
and  coheiress  of  John  de  Cheuney,  one  of  the  founders  pfCojford 
monastery  ;  and  by  her  had  II  illiam  de  Say  the  elder,  who  died  seized 
in  127 1,  and  it  went  to  Sibi/l  his  widow,  who  married  Robert  de  Ufford, 
who  in  1274,  was  in  her  right  lord  here;  William  de  Say, junior,  was 
the  son  and  heir,  but  the  younger  son  John  de  Say,  had  this  manor, 
and  in  1285,  had  a  lete,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  the  assise  of  bread 
and  ate  overall  his  tenants  in  Stratton,  and  was  returned  to  hold  it  at  a 
quarter  of  a  fee  of  the  lord  of  Forncet  •,  who  held  it  of  the  Earl  of  Glou- 
cester as  ofCA/rt'hjnoui  ;  I  find  him  lord  in  1291,  but  in  129(3,  Jiffery 
son  and  heir  of//  ill.  de  Si;/,  junior,  owned  it,  and  was  a  minor  in  the 
custody  of  Henry  de  Ltybourne,  who  married  him  to  Idonea,  daughter 


STRATTON. 


19«J 


of  William  de  Leubourne,  his  brother.  The  rents  of  this  manor  were 
46s.  6d.  per  annum,  and  Mary  de  Say,  relict  of  his  uncle  John,  who 
died  without  issue,  had  her  dower  in  it.  Jeffery  died  in  1321,  but 
before  his  death  in  1317,  he  confirmed  an  agreement  made  by  John 
de  Say,  his  uncle,  as  to  this  manor,  and  conveyed  it  by  fine  to 

John  de  Holveston  and  Joan  his  wife,  who  afterwards  held  it 
of  the  Lord  Say,  &c.  In  1342,  Joan  widow  of  John  de  Holveston 
settled  it  on  James  de  Holveston  and  Alice  his  wife,  remainder  to 
Gilbert  de  Fiaunsham  and  Agnes  daughter  of  James  de  Holvesto?i ; 
and  in  1401,  Geffry  de  Fraunsham  held  it  of  the  Lord  Say,  he  of  the 
Earl  of  March,  &c.  In  1414,  William  son  of  Ba/deric  of  Taverham, 
conveyed  to 

Richard  Pygot  and  his  feoffees,  all  his  purparty of  Saye's  manor 
in  Lotig-Stratton,  and  it  continued  in  the  Pygots  till  it  passed  with 
Anne  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas  Pygot  of  Stirston,  to 

Robert  Barnard  of  Norwich,  Esq.  her  husband  ;  she  settled  it 
by  will,  on  Sir  Robert  Southwell,  and  other  feoffees,  to  find  a  priest 
to  sing  for  their  souls  in  the  Black-friars  church  in  Norzoich,  where 
they  are  buried,  at  their  tomb,  which  is  now  standing,  and  was  lately 
used  for  St.  George's  company  to  meet  at ;  see  vol.  iv.  p.  339.  They 
left  two  daughters  coheirs;  Eleanor,  married  to  Christopher  Calthorp 
of  Cockthoip,  Esq.  and  Elizabeth,  to  John  Legge,  and  this  was  as- 
signed to  Legge  in  1511,  and  Calthorp  had  Stirston  manor,  and  a  rent 
charge  of  ]/.  6s.  out  of  this,  which  Sir  James  Calthorp  and  his  son 
Christopher  sold  to  Will.  Machet  of  Moult  on,  clerk,  who  had  pur- 
chased this  manor  of  John  Legge  and  E/iz.  his  wife;  and  in  1539,  Sir 
John  Shelton,  Knt.  was  lord,  and  settled  it  on  Anne  his  wife  for  life, 
and  then  to  John  Shelton,  Esq.  his  son,  for  60  years,  and  after  that 
on  Ra If  Shelton  his  cousin,  who  was  lord  in  1570  ;  he  it  was  that  ma- 
numised  the  whole,  sold  the  rents  to  the  several  tenants,  and  the  de- 
means to  Nicholas  Porter;  and  so  the  manor  and  lete  also,  extinguished 
for  want  of  tenants.  The  site  came  after  to  the  Cu/lyers,  and  Abigail 
JSlorris,  widow  of  Bertoir  Tuft,  sold  it  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Tho.  Howes,, 
rector  of  Moriugthorp,  who  now  owns  it,  and  the  demeans  called 
Saye's. 


STRATTON  ST.  MICHAEL. 


This  rectory  was  given  by  Walter  Giffard  to  the  priory  ofLonge- 
vi/e  in  Normandy,  with  Weston  and  Wichingham  in  Eynsford  hun- 
dred ;  the  rector  had  then  a  house  and  10  acres  of  giebe,  and  now 
there  are  28  acres  and  an  half  in  31  pieces,  lying  about  the  town. 
The  parsonage-house  joins  to  the  south-east  part  of  the  churchyard, 
and  the  east  part  of  it  (as  I  am  informed)  is  copyhold  of  Ree's  manor, 
and  belongs  to  a  farm  adjoining  to  the  east  part  of  the  parsonage- 
house,  now  owned  by  Thomas  Hoices,  clerk.  It  was  valued  without 
the  portion,  at  8  marks,  and  paid  10s.  8d.  tenths,  and  the  rector  paid 
a  portion  of  13s.  id.  per  annum  to  the  prior  of  Lougavilte,  which  is 
now  paid  to  New  College  in  Oxford,  who  had  the  patronage  from 
William  of  Wickham,  their  founder,  by  grunt  from  iheKing,  it  being 


200  STRATTON. 

vested  in  the  Crown,  as  belonging  to  a  dissolved  alien  priory.  It 
stands  in  the  present  Valor  by  a  false  name,  thus,  . 

6/.  12s.  8d.  ob.  Stratton  Omnium  Sanctorum  R.    13s.  3d.  q.  tenth, 

and  I  suppose  came  to  be  fixed  so,  because  anciently  the  church  is 
called  St.  Michael  and  All-Saints;  but  strange  it  is,  that  the  names 
both  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Michael  (by  which  only,  this  rectory  is 
known)  should  be  omitted:  as  it  is  not  discharged,  it  is  incapable  of 
augmentation.  It  paid  4d.  carvage  and  Id.  Peter-pence ;  and  as  it 
now  doth,  Is.  lOrf.  synodals,  and  (is.  8d.  procurations;  and  for  St. 
Peter,  5s.  procurations,  and  Is.  6d.  synodals;  in  all  15s.    . 

The  church  is  25  yards  long  and  7  broad,  it  hath  a  square  tower 
and  two  bells,1  the  south  porch  is  tiled,  the  nave  and  chancel 
thatched,  the  last  of  which  was  built  by  John  Cowall,  rector  here 
in  1487 ;  he  lies  buried  in  the  middle  of  the  chancel,  with  this  on  a 
brass  plate  now  loose, 

<0rate  pro  anitna  Soljannij*  Cotoatt  quonoam  ficctori^  igtiug 
•Jccdc^ie  qui  i£tam  Onccllam  tie  #)euio  fieri  fecit  3°  ©omini  M° 
WCCljcjtjtfrii0  ft  P^o  quibu^  tcnetur.    (.s'c.  orare.)- 

But  though  he  built  the  chancel  in  1487,  he  continued  rector  till 
1509;  his  will  is  in  Register  Spyltimer,  fo.  225,  in  which  is  this; 
"  Also  my  house  in  the  street  called  Pepyrs,  I  wol  the  state  ther  of, 
"  with  all  the  Lands  ther  of,  shall  remayne  in  the  handys  of  feoffeys, 
"  and  in  the  Attorneys  of  them,  to  my  Parish  iners  beholfe,  in  excusing 
"  of  tenths  and  tallage,  when  it  fallyth,  and  the  overplus  to  the  re- 
"  paration  of  the  churchys  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  Peter  in  the  sayd 
"  town,  evermore;  seen,  that  the  cunstabyll  and  the church-wardynnys, 
"  shall  let  it,  and  repare  it,  with  the  ferme  of  it ;  and  the  residewe  of 
"  the  ferme,  I  wol  yt  remayne  in  the  handys  of  the  said  constabyll 
"  and  zcardeyns,  and  yerly  they  make  acounte  before  all  the  parishe, 
"  and  they  to  excuse  the  rent  of  it  to  the  lordys  of  the  fee."  This 
house,  with  about  12  acres  of  land,  part  copy  and  part  free,  is  now  in 
feoffees  hands;  and  is  worth  about  10/.  per  annum,  and  the  church- 
wardens receive  the  rent,  and  apply  it  as  it  ought  to  be,  to  repair  the 
church,  since  the  taxes  of  tenths  and  tallages  are  ceased.  He  was 
also  a  benefactor  to  the  gild  of  St.  Anne,  which  was  kept  in  this 
church. 

The  nave  was  finished  in  1440,  for  then  RicHavcll's  legacy  towards 
finishing  the  new  church  roof,  was  paid. 

There  was  anothei  brass  plate  in  the  chancel..  Dow  lost  for  Ric. 
Vynne,  Jan.  26,  1626,  aged  7<j.  1  find  that  Mr.  Layer  I  ynne  was 
curate  here  some  time. 

There  is  an  altar  tomb  in  the  churchyard  on  the  south  side,  for 
Will  Weddall,  Gent.  1730,  and  Mary  his  wile,  who  was  daughter  of 
2'/;o.  Dixon. 

1  There  were  three,  for  in  i  ''tq,  a  li-     sufficient  for  its  reparation. 
cense  passed  to  sell  a  bell,  underpretence        2  Weever,  fo.  814. 
to  repair  the  church,  whii.li  had  Lads 


STRATTON.  201 

The  rector  of  Mori ngthorp,  pays  a  yearly  pension  of  18s.  to  the 
rector  here,  on  Lammas  day,  for  exchange  of  tithes,  as  mentioned  in 
the  terrier. 

RECTORS  OF  ST.  MICHAEL. 

1278,  Rob.  h  Blake. 

IS  14,  Gilbert  de  Chelmeresford.  Prior  and  Convent  of  Longa- 
vill,  Giffard  of  the  order  ot'Cluny  in  Roan  diocese  in  Normandy  in 
France,  by  brother  Will,  de  Talaya,  their  proctor-general,  legally 
deputed  to  present  to  all  their  benefices  in  England. 

1333,  Will.  Power,  sub-deacon.  Brother  William  de  Tonolio, 
their  proctor. 

1334,  Humfry  de  Wakefield,  who  in  1339,  exchanged  it  for  King- 
ston in  Winchester  diocese  with 

Robert  de  Monte  of  Litchfield,  who  in  1347,  changed  it  for 
Chickney  in  London  diocese,  with 

Ric.  Merkaunt,  who  was  presented  by  the  King,  the  Prior  of 
Newenton  Longaville's  lands  being  seized  into  his  hands,  on  account 
of  the  war  with  France.  In  1449,  Merkaunt  changed  it  for  Hertlegh 
in  Rochester  diocese,  with 

John  Wrotham,  shaveling,  on  whose  resignation  in 
1352,  Ric.  Reyner  had  it,  and  both  were  presented  by  the  King. 
In  1361,  the  Proctor  of  the  priory,  presented 

John  de  Donyngton,  who  changed  for  Culford  in  Suffolk  in 
1368,  with 

Will,  de  Lovetoft,  and  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Sir  Nic.  de  Tarn- 
worth,  Knt.  lord  of  Clifford,  who  had  the  turn  of  the  King;  but  the 
next  year  they  rechanged,  and  the  King  gave  it  to  Donyngton. 
The  eight  following  rectors  were  all  presented  by  the  Crown: 

1376,  John  Dynne. 

1377,  John  Browne. 

1384,  Thomas  Verdon,  in  exchange  for  Wichhampton. 

1385,  Will.  Bekford. 

1386,  Mat.  Salle 

1391,  John  Snape,  buried  here  in  1420,  and 

Rob.  Mere  succeeded,  and  died  in  1438,  in  which  year 
Will.  Stele  was  instituted,  and  died  also.     In 

1439,  John  Rote  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Sir  Half  Rochford,  Knt. 
and  being  granted  from  the  Crown,  it  was  settled  on  the  custos  and 
scholars  of  St.  Mary  alias  Winchester  college  in  Oxford,  al  the  re- 
quest of  the  founder,  and  in  1449,  was  consolidated  to  St.  Peter  s  as 
before;  and  ever  since  New  College  hath  two  turns,  and  the 
Duke  of  Norfolk  the  third ;  but  the  perpetual  advovvson  of  that 
third  turn  is  now  sold  to  John  Soley,  clerk,  rector  of  Stratton  St. 
Mary. 

RECTORS  of   STRATTON  ST.  MICHAEL  and  ST.  PETER. 

At  Rote's  death  in  1479,  the  college  presented 
John  Byrkys,  and  at  his  death  the  same  year, 
John  Coioall;  and  at  his  death  in  1509,  Thomas  Earl  of  Surrey, 
gave  it  to 

vol.  v.  D  d 


202  STRATTON. 

Sir  Rob.  Browning,  his  chaplain,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Will.  Rownam,  by  lapse,  who  died  in  1537,  and 
John  Loudon,  LL.  D.  master  of  the  college,  gave  it  to 
Henry  Kele,  and  at  his  death  in 
]541,  to  Robert  Stevens.     In 

1562,  Sir  John  Stevens  was  presented  by  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk. 
1596,  William  Thorn,  S.  T.  B.      Martin   Culpepper,  M.  D. 
cnstos,  8cc.  he  resigned,  and  in 

1600,  George  Ryves,  cnstos,  Sec.  gave  it  to 

Anthony  Combe,  fellow  of  the  college,  who  returned  answer, 
that  here  were  91  communicants.     On  whose  resignation  in 

1610,  John  Cole,  assignee  of  the  Earl  of  Northampton,  gave  it  to 
Peter  Raye,  who   had   it  united    to  Starston  ;   he  was   suc- 
ceeded in 

1629,  by  John  Mertwtth.tr,  who  held  it  united  to  Taseburgh,  from 
both  which  he  was  ejected  by  the  Earl  of  Manchester's  scandalous 
committee,  and  one 

Cooke  was  put  in,  "  being  a  godly  man,"  to  preach,  and  had 
5s.  a  Sunday  allowed  him  by  the  sequestrators,  out  of  the  tithes,  and 
Mrs.  Mere-aether  had  a  fifth  part  of  the  profits  to  maintain  herself 
and  six  children  ;  he  being  also  deprived  of  his  temporal  estate  of  50/. 
■per  annum,  the  rest  was  ordered  to  go  towards  maintaining  the  par- 
liament forces,  Sec.  but  it  seems  Cooke  was  not  "  godly"  enough  for 
those  rebels,  for  in  1654,  they  put  in  one 

Ric.  Laurence,'  vho  held  it  by  intrusion  till  Merezeether's 
death,  which  happened  before  the  Restoration,  when  Nic.  Woodward, 
S.  T.  P.  custos,  &c.  in  1660,  presented 

James  Oldjield,  at  whose  death  in 
1681,  Charles  Reve  was  presented  by  Henry  Reve,  Esq.  who  had 
the  turn  by  grant  from  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  at  whose  death 

John  Cox  was  instituted  at  the  presentation  of  the  College, 
and  resigned  it  in  about  a  year's  time,  and  the  college  presented 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Rice  Price,  who  is  fellow  of  the  college,  and  the 
present  rector. 


WELHOLME'S,  or  WELHAM'S  MANOR, 

Was  granted  by  the  Strattons, from  their  manor  to  the  Welholmes, 
and  it  belonged  in  1271  to  Robeit  de  Welhotme,  and  in  1285,  to  Alex, 
de  Welholme,  who  had  a  lete  or  view  offraukptedge,  and  assize  of  bread 
and  ale,  allowed  him  in  eire ;  on  condition  he  paid  8d.  a  year  to  the 
King's  bailiff  of  Depzvadt  hundred,  for  that  liberty.  In  1315,  John 
and  Richard  de  Welholm  had  it ;  in  1345,  Rob.  de  Welholm  and  Stephen 
his  son,  held  it  at  half  a  fee,  and  half  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  Sir  John 
Inglose,  he  of  Isabel  Queen  of  England,  and  she  of  the  King,  as  heir 
to  Monteult,  lord  of  Rising-Castle.  In  1401,  John  Brusya/d  had  it, 
and  it  was  purchased  by  Sir  J 'ohn  Herling,  Knt.  and  ever  since  hath 
passed  as  Stratton-IIa/l  manor,  the  customs  being  the  same,  and  the 
court  is  always  held  at  the  same  time. 

3  Walker,  Part  II.  fo.  3:0. 


ST  R  ATT  ON.  203 

The  demeans  and  site  severed  from  the  manor,  were  late  Booty's, 
and  are  now  owned  by  John  Howse,  Esq.  who  also  hath  the 
demeans  of 

KEES'S  MANOR 

Here,  severed  anciently  from  that  manor,  which  is  now  (and  for  a  long 
time  hath  been)  joined  to  IVefholme's,  the  style  being,  Welholme's  or 
We/ham's  and  Reese's  in  Stratton. 

This  manor  was  infeoffed  by  Fitz-Corbun,  as  is  already  observed, 
in  oneHuNFRiD  or  Humfry,  whose  descendants  assumed  the  name 
of  Stratton  ;  and  it  was  in  Robert  de  Stratton  ;*  and  in  1  195  Wil- 
liam de  Stratton  had  it.5  In  1207,  Roger  de  Stratton,6  in  1239,  Henry 
de  Stratton. 

In  1249,  Ra/fde  Stratton,  called  also  de  Bosco  or  Bois,  held  it  at 
one  fee,7  and  was  fined  for  not  being  a  knight.  In  1285,  John  de 
Stratton  was  killed  by  William  son  of  Nic.  de  Dunston;  but  it  being 
found,  that  he  did  it  in  his  own  defence,  and  not  feloniously  or  mali- 
ciously, he  had  the  King's  pardon,8  which  he  pleaded  before  the 
itinerant  justices  at  Norwich. 

In  1270,  Robert  son  of  Nicolas  de  Stratton,  sold  part  of  the  de- 
means to  Richard  de  Boyland,  who  joined  them  to  his  manor  of  Boy- 
land-Hall  in  Moringthorp.  In  1274,  Roger  de  Stratton  was  lord.  In 
1315,  Thomas  de  Staunton  owned  it;  about  1318,  Thomas  Picot ;  and 
in  1323,  Nicolas  and  Jeffry  de  Stratton  released  it  to  Nicholas  Pi/cot ; 
in  1341,  Sir  John  Walweyn,  Kiit.  infeoffed  it  in  fee  in  John  Dengayne ; 
and  in  1358,  Tho.  son  of  Rob.  de  Bumpstede  of  Norwich,  and  Alice  his 
wife,  conveyed  it  to  Roger  de  Herdegrey  of  Norwich,  and  his  heirs,  and 
he  infeoffed  William  de  Wreningham,  John  de  Berney,  John  de  Bo- 
nyngham,  and  others.  In  1362,  Margaret  daughter  of  Tho.  Pygot  of 
Long- Stratton,  released  all  her  right  to  Edmund  son  of  Isabel  Berry. 

In  1404,  it  belonged  to  John  Rees  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
William  Rees,9  Esq.  and  Margery  his  wife,  who  sold  the  manor 
in  1407,  to  John  Kirtling,  clerk,  and  Rob,  Park,  and  the  heirs  of 
John,  but  reserved  the  site  and  demeans;  the  manor  was  soon  after 
conveyed  to  Sir  Robert  Herling,  and  ever  since  hath  attended 
the  manor  of  Stratton-Hall. 

The  site  and  demeans  called  Ree's  messuage  in  1449,  were  con- 
veyed by  Rich.  Baxter  of  Stratton,  Will.  Norwich,  Gent,  and  Thomas 

4  It  seems  he  sold  the  advowson  from  captus  et  detentus  est  in  piisona  nostra 
the  manor.  de  Norwico  pro  morte  Johannis  de 

5  Thomas,  Robert,  and  Ralfde  Strat-  Stratton  wide  retornatum  est,  quod 
ton,  lived  in  Bishop  Eborard's  time.  interfecil  ipiumjo/iannem,  se  defenriendo, 

6  In  i  ^27,  Robert  and  Henry  de  Strat-  ita  quod  mortem  propnam  aliter  eva- 
ton  owned  lands  here.  dere  non   poluit,  et  non  per  feloniam, 

7  1249,  Kalf  son  uf  William,  and  Ralf  neque  per  malitiam  excogitatani  :  nos 
son  of  Robert  de  iftiatton,  are  mention-  pietate  moti  condonavimus  cider:  Wil- 
ed, for  which  reason  he  thar  had  the  lelmo,  sectam  pads  nostie  que  ai  nos 
manor,  took  the  additional  i  ame  of  de  pertinet,  pro  morte  predicta,  et  firmam 
Boko,  from  the  wood  he  dwell  by  pacem  nostram  eidem  inde  concedimus, 

8  Edwardus,  Dei  gratia,  &c.   Qu^a  Sec. 

per  inquisitionem,  quam  per  Vicecouii-         9  See  for  the  Reeses  in  vol.  iv.  at  p. 
tern  fieri  fecimus,  accepimus,  quod  Wn-     175,  6,  Si. 
LEI.MUS  fillUS  NltHOLAI  DE  DUNSTON 


204  MOULTON-MAGNA. 

Swayn,  lo  William  Alnwyk  Bishop  of  Norwich,  Sir  John  Fastolf,  and 
Sir  Henri/  Inglosc,  Knts.  as  trustees  to  I  humus  Ludham,  clerk,  and 
Tuo.  Howes,  chaplain  to  Sir  John  Fastolf,  and  their  heirs;  and  in 
1464,  Howes  and  Ludham  having  conveyed  it  to  Sir  John,  John 
Paston,  heir  to  Sir  John  Fasto/f,  died  seized,  and  since,  it  hath 
passed  through  many  conveyances,  to  John  Howes,  Esq.  the  present 
owner. 

In  1285,  it  was  returned  before  the  justices  in  eire,  that  the  King 
was  defrauded  of  the  service  of  a  serjeanty,  due  for  lands  here;  and 
on  the  inquisition  it  was  found,  that  in  the  time  of  King  John,  Wil- 
liam Rosceluue  held  one  serjeanty  in  Carleton,  Tibenharn,  Fomcet, 
Waketon,  Strattxm,  Me/ton,  and  Taseburgh,  worth  bl.  per  annum,  by 
the  serjeanty  of  finding  one  horseman  in  the  King's  war,  whenever 
there  happens  to  be  war  in  England,  and  that  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of 
Norfolk,  then  held  it  substracted  from  the  King;  to  which  the  Earl 
by  his  attorney,  answered,  that  he  held  it  of  Richmond  honour  in 
capite,  and  that  it  was  in  King  Henry  the  Third's  hands,  who  gave 
that  honour,  with  all  belonging  to  it,  except  Cossey  manor,  to  Peter  de 
Subuudia,  or  of  Savoy ;  and  after  that  Roger  Bygot,  ancestor  of  the 
present  Earl,  purchased  it  of  Ric.  de  Hadesco,  as*  held  of  the  said  ho- 
nour, and  that  it  was  now  held  of  John  de  Britain,  lord  of  the  honour, 
by  the  service  aforesaid,  but  not  by  any  serjeanty ;  upon  which  he 
was  dismissed  ;  and  it  hath  ever  since  passed  with  Fomcet  manor. 


MOULTON-MAGNA 

Manor  was  held  of  Roger  Bigod,  as  of  his  manor  of  Fomcet,  by 
Alger/  at  the  time  of  Conquest,  and  another  part  of  it  belonged  to 
Alan  Earl  of  Richmond?  and  was  valued  with  his  manor  of  Cossey. 
Little  Moulton  belonged  also  to  the  said  Roger,  and  Algeu  held 
that  also,  of  him  ;3  it  had  then  a  church  and  15  acres  of  glebe,  and 

*  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.    Depwade  acr.  et  dim.  car.  et  iii.  acr.  prati.   hoc 

Hund.  (fo.  123.)    Fornesseta  tenuit,  est  in  pretio  de  Costeseia. 

&c.     In  Muletuna  i.  soc   x.  acr.  3  In  Muletuna  (s.c.  Parva)  i.  lib. 

(fo.  139.)    In  Muletuna  ix.  liberi  homo  xl.  acr.  idem  tenet  (sc.  Algerus 

horn,  et  dim.  cxl.  acr.  m°  tenet  Alge-  sub  Rogero  Bigot  ut  de  manerio  suo  de 

rus  et  xv.  bor.  tunc,  et  post  iiii.  car.  Forncet.)  et  vii.  bor.  et  ii.   car.  et  vi. 

modo  iii.  et  ii.  lib.   horn,  et  dim.  sub  acr.  prati  et  i.  ecclesia  de  xv.  acr.  silva 

illis  xv.  acr.  et  viii.  acr.  prati,  silva  v.  viii  pore,  tunc  i.  molend.*  et  sub  isto 

pore.  xiiii.  lib.  horn.  xx.  acr.  semper  i.  car. 

1  Terre  Alani    Comitis,    Depwade  et  ii.  acr.  prati,  in  eadem  iiii.  lib.  horn. 

H.  Donis.  fo.  71.  vi.  acr. 

In  Muletuna   vi.  lib.  horn.   lvii.  Iota;  Muletuna  habenti.  leug,  et 

*  Muleton  or  Moleton,  seems  to  signify  the  town  at  the  molendinum  or  mill  ; 
and  the  suit  to  this  mill  seems  remarkable,    14  freemen  being  forced  to  grind 


MOULTON-MAGNA.  205 

the  King  had  two  freemen  here,  named  Gouta  and  Osketel,  who  had 
the  inheritance  that  Ascitis  their  father  held  of  the  abbey  of  Holm,  to 
which  the  advowson  belonged. 

Both  the  parishes  were  three  miles  long  and  a  mile  broad,  and  paid 
13d.  ob.  geld. 

In  William  RuJ us '$  time,  the  Earl  of  Norfolk  infeoffed  William 
de  Verdon  in  it,  along  with  Brisingham,  as  appears  in  vol.  i.  p.  49 ; 
and  it  attended  that  manor  for  many  ages,  being  held  by  the  Verdons; 
one  half  fee  of  it  of  the  Norfolk  family,  and  one  5th  part  of  a  fee  of 
the  honour  of  Bainard's  castle,  which  was  purchased  ofRalfde  Camois, 
and  added  to  the  manor.  It  after  went  with  Brisingham,  till  Isabel/, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  John  Verdon,  by  habell  his  second  wife, 
married 

Sir  Imbert  Noon  of  Shelf  hanger,  and  carried  it  into  that  family, 
as  in  vol.  i.  p.  119,  and  it  passed  with  it  till  1512,  and  then  Henry 
Noon  of  Shelf  hanger,  Esq.  sold  it  to 

Thomas  Spring  of  Lauham,  clothman,  and  Thomas  Jermun  his 
feoffee,  together  with  the  advowson;  at  which  time  it  extended  into 
Waketon  and  Forncet ;  by  him  it  was  soon  after  conveyed  to 

Leonard  Spencer  of  Btofield.     It  after  belonged  to 

Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  Knt.  then  to 

Sir  William  Drury,  Knt.  after  to 

Robert  Wetherby  and  Eliz.  his  wife;  and  in  1562,  to 

Andrew,  John,  and  Anthony  Rivet,  and  in  1570,  to 

John  Rivet  of  Brandeston,  Esq.  in  which  year  it  was  found,  that 
the  superiour  lordship  over  the  commons,  &c.  belonged  to  the  manor 
of  Forncet.  It  continued  in  this  family  (as  appears  by  the  institutions) 
till  after  1689;  and  in  1717, 

Mrs.  Eliz.  widow  of  Tho.  Chute,  Esq.  had  it,  and  now  it 
belongs  to 

Mrs.  Anne  Elwin  of  Norwich,  widow,  and  Tho.  Lobb  Chute, 
Esq.  in  joint  tenancy,  and  a  third  turn  of  the  sinecure  rectory  of  l\  ac~ 
ton-Parva  is  appendant  to  it,  as  also  this  patronage. 

RECTORS  OF  MOULTON-MAGNA. 

1303,  Jeffnj  de  Halcote.     Sir  Thomas  i.e  Verdon,  Knt.. 
1317,  William  de  Brisingham.     Sir  John  Verdon,  Knt. 

1349,  John  Malyer,  resigned.     Ditto. 

1350,  John  le  Smith.     Ditto. 

1391,  Nic.  de  Rockynghum.     Ditto. 

1392,  Ralf.  Suathj/ng,  ob.     Sir  Edm.  Noon,  Knt. 
1438,  John  Goorle.     Hen.  Noon,  Esq. 

1445,  Roger  Hese,  deprived.     Ditto. 
1453,  John  Domh/n.     Ditto. 
'   1460,  Will,  Smith,  resigned.     Ditto. 
1488,  John  Stanton,  resigned.     Eleanor  Noon. 
1495,  John  Rudliam. 

dim.  in  longo  et  dim.  in  lato,  et  x'nid.  et         In  Muletuna,  Gouta  et  Osketel  duo 

obulum  de  gelto.  lib.  hum.  ii.  acr.  et  dim.  et  valent  wd. 

Sub  titulo,    Isti  sunt  homines  liberi  et  obulum,   Ascius  pater  eos   tenuif, 

Regis.  Doms.  fo.  292,    Depwade  H.  homoabbutisdeHuLMO  et  dedit  vadem. 


206  MOULTON-MAGNA. 

1497 ,  Henry  Wytham,xes\gnec].  Rob.  Wingfield  and  Eleanor 
Noon. 

1507,  John  Oxchpff,  resigned.     John  Noon,  Esq. 

1 509,  1  ho .  Taylor,  ob.     Hen.  Noon,  Esq. 

1516,  Ric.  Drake,  LL.  B.  ob.  *  united  to  Gryston.  Leonard 
Spencer  of  Bl afield. 

1526,  Sir  Thomas  Clark,  prior  of  Montjoy,  ob.     Ditto. 

1540,  Peter  Brinkeley,  S.  T.  P.  resigned.  Sir  Tho.  Jermyn, 
Knt. 

1543,  Tho.  Wells,  alias  Martin,  ob.  united  to  Moulton-Paira,  de- 
prived of  both  by  Queen  Mary.  Sir  William  Drury,  Knt. 

1555,  Henn/  Bradshaw,  resigned. 

1556,  Richard  C/egge,  united  to  All-Saints.  Rob.  Wetherby, 
and  Eliz.  his  wife. 

1560,  John  Dodd,  ob.     Elizabeth  Wetherby,  widow. 

1565,  John  Hill,  ob.  united  to  All-Saints.  Andrew,  John,  and 
Anthony  Rivet. 

1531,  Will.  Matchet,  A.  M.  united  to  All-Saints.  John  Rivet  of 
Ipswich,  Esq.  buried  here. 

1620,  William  Roy,  A.  M.  Nicholas  Rivet  of  Brandeston,  Esq. 
united  to  All-Saints. 

1640,  Richard  Lancaster,  ob.     Ditto. 

l66l,  Philip  Goodwin,  resigned.     John  Rivet,  Esq. 

1673,  Samuel  Williams,  k.M,  united  to  All-Saints.  Thomas 
Rivet  of  Rendlesham,  Gent. 

1689,  Ric.  Wilson.     Tho.  Rivet,  Esq, 

1717,  Thomas  Browne  on  Wilson's  death.     Eliz.  Chute,  widow. 

1726,  Will.  Nedham;  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  rector. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Jonathan  Wrench,  vicar  of  Aylesham. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Michael,  was  first  valued  at  10, 
after  at  12  marks;  the  rector  had  a  house  and  20  acres  of  glebe;  it 
paid  6s.  8d.  procurations,  Is.  10r/.  synodals,  ]0d.  Peter-pence,  and  3d. 
ob.  carvage.  The  portion  of  the  monks  of  Thetford  was  valued  at 
6s.  8d.  and  in  1612,  was  paid  to  Astacton  manor  in  right  of  Thetford 
priory. 

There  was  a  chapel  of  our  Lady  in  this  church,  and  an  altar  dedi- 
cated to  her  also  in  it,  by  which  stood  her  image,  with  a  light  burning 
before  it.  In  1504,  Walter  lay/or  gave  a  legacy  for  a  new  bell,  and 
in  1674,  a  license  passed  to  lessen  the  great  bell.  It  stands  in  the 
King's  Books  at  6/.  13s.  4d.  and  being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value 
of  30/.  it  i=  discharged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  aug- 
mentation ;  and  the  whole  parish  paid  5/.  clear  to  every  tenth.  In 
1239,  lands  here  and  in  Herdwick  were  settled  on  William  prior  of 
the  Holy  Trinity  at  Ipswich,  by  Richard  de  Mundham  and  Eve  his 
wife,  Hilliam  Weybrtd  and  Beatrix  his  wife,  Walter  de  Thorp  and 
Eda  Ins  wile,  and  R.  Fuger  and  Christian  his  wife;  and  the  Prior  of 
the  monks  of  Thetford  was  taxed  for  divers  temporal  rents  here,  be- 
longing to  their  estate  in  Astacton,  at  13s.  5d. 

*  Buried  by  the  cliurchyar '  gate  by     Moulton  and   Griston ;   Moulton   hath 
his  house,  and  gave  all  he  had  to  be  di-     now  lown  lands  of  his  gift.     1526. 
vided  among  his  poor  parishioners  of 


MOULTON-MAGNA.  207 

The  steeple  is  round  at  bottom  and  octangular  at  top,  and  hath  five 
bells;  the  south  porch,  south  and  north  isles,  and  nave,  are  leaded, 
and  the  chancel,  is  tiled  ;  the  arms  of  Verdon,  Vice  de  Lou,  and 
Moon,  were  very  often  in  the  windows,  and  az.  a  bend  arg.  and  arg. 
a  less  gut. 

In  the  nave, 

Hisjacet  Corpus  Johannis  Roope  Gen.  qui  obijt  30  die  Julij  1667. 

In  the  south  isle, 
Hicjacet  Corpus  Roberti  Roope  Gen.  qui  obijt  27  die  Oct.  166G, 
Dorothy  Roope  23  Oct.  1673. 

In  the  chancel, 
Ric.  Wilson,  Rector  27  Years,  28  Nov.  17 16,  set.  60. 
Will.  Nedham  Rector,  is  buried  north  and  south  under  the  altar. 

On  a  brass, 

Hicjacet  Willelmus  Machett,  quondam  Rector  istius  Ecclesie  qui 
obijt  xi°  die  Sept.  A.  D.  1620. 

Vivo  tibi,  moriorque  tibi,  mi  Christe  Redemptor, 
Tu  mihi  sola  salus,  tu  mihi  Vita  manes, 
Expectata  diu,  tandem  venit  hora  saliitis, 
Quaj  michi  suinma  dedit  Gaudia  fixa  puli. 

On  an  altar  tomb  by  the  south  chancel  door. 

Wickham,  arg.  a  chevron  sab.  between  three  roses  gul. 

Thomas  son  of  Tho.  Wickham5  Gent.  Apr.  5,  1661.  Tho. 
Wickham  Gent,  the  Elder,  Dec.  16,  1688,  66.  Mary  wife  of 
Tho.  Wickham  23  May,  1706,  80.  Will,  their  son,  Aug.  5, 
1706,  45. 

At  the  south-west  corner  of  the  churchyard  is  a  very  antique  altar 
tomb,  but  no  arms  or  inscription. 

John  Moultoti  born  here,  a  White-friar  or  Carmelite  in  Norwich 
monastery,  flourished  about  the  year  1400;  Pits,  page  568,  tells  us, 
that  he  was  a  pious,  learned,  and  eloquent  man,  and  an  excellent 
preacher:  he  published  a  book  of  yo  sermons. 

5  This  family  descended  fromWilliam    and  as  such,  their  descendants  are  the 
of  Wickham,  founder  ot   New  College    founder's  hinsmm, 
in  Oxford,  as  the  arms  plainly  show, 


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LITTLE    MOULTON, 


At  the  survey,  was  in  two  parts,  that  held  of  Forncet  by  Alger, 
belonged  first  to  Ralf,  and  then  to  Rob.  de  Jgnel/is,  and  the  whole 
was  held  of  Forncet  at  a  fee,  but  part  of  it  the  lord  of  Forncet  held  of 
the  honour  of  Gloucester ;  and  in  1212,  Lambert  Teutonicus,  called 
also  le  Almoin,6  who  afterwards  took  the  sirname  of  Moid 'ton,  agreed 
with  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk,  the  capital  lord  of  the  town,  and 
purchased  divers  rents  and  lands  from  the  manor  of  Great  Moulton, 
of  Bertram  de  Verdon,  of  whom  it  was  settled,  this  manor  should 
henceforward  be  held  ;  so  that  by  this  purchase  the  quitrents  of  this 
manor  became  ol.  per  annum. 

In  1235,  Richard  de  Brezcse  and  Oliver  de  Redham,  were  concerned 
in  it,  and  in  1 246,  the  said  Richard,  jointly  with  Eleanor  his  wife,  held 
a  court-baron  ;  in  1306,  Reginald  le  G70S,  settled  it  on  Oliver  de  Red- 
ham  and  Joan  his  wife;  it  had  then  three  messuages,  113  acres  of 
land,  five  acres  of  meadow,  and  20s.  lit?,  quitrents.  In  1309,  William 
son  of  William  de  Walcote,  settled  it  on  Thomas  de  Multon  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife,  who  held  it  in  1315,  of  Richard  de  Brewse,  and  in  1345, 
it  was  purchased  by  William  del  Park,  and  joined  to  his  manor  called 
Parks  in  Wacton,  and  from  that  time,  there  hath  been  no  court  kept 
in  this  parish. 

The  advowson,  from  the  Conqueror's  time,  belonged  to  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Btnnet  at  the  Holm,7  who  was  taxed  at  28s.  6d.  for  temporals 
here,  but  had  no  manor,  only  free-rents  or  pensions  paid  out  of  such 
lands  as  belonged  to  him,  which  were  granted  to  be  held  free. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  ABBOTS  OF  HOLM 

1322,  JVal/er  Duce.     Henry,  Abbot  there. 

1330,  William  Lessi. 

1350,  j  JYilliam  Bercher  of  Mendham,  res. 

1360,  X  Richard  L  jjtoft,  change  with  Ca/thorp.  ) 

1372,  (  Richard  ligmau,  change  with  Rockland  Minor,  j" 

1373,  {  John  de  Iselford,  change  Beiings  Parva. 
1404,  ]  Roger  Turner  oiWilby. 

1408,  \  Rob.  Deieuysh,  change  with  Leighs  in  London  diocese.  } 

1409,  (,  Thomas  York,  change  with  E.  Dene,  Chichester  diocese.  3 
1412,  I  WUiiam  Bale,  change  with  East  Basham. 

6  Whether  he  was  so  called  because  7  It  was  given  to  Sibricht,  who  gave 

of  travelling  to  Almain,   I  cannot  say,  it  to  Holm  abbey,  by  Ailfric  Bishop  of 

but  find  that  he  was  son  of  Thomas,  and  Elmham,  as  you  may  see  in  vol.  iii.  p. 

grandson  of  Tho.  de  Muhune,  lutds  and  461. 
patrons  of  Skirbek  and  Kuketon  in  Lin- 
colnshire. 


GREAT   MOULTON.  209 

1425,  Richard  Wilby.  Lapse. 
1434,  Clement  Chevyr,  deacon. 
1436,  William  Stele,  A.M.  Lapse. 
1438,  Jown  Howard. 
1452,  John  Leghton. 
1484,  William  Mene.    Lapse. 
1494,  Reginald  Cooper.    Ditto. 
1504,  William  Mene?    Lapse. 
1512,  John  Thirewall. 
1520,  John  Dawson,  ob. 
1525,  Thomas  Percivale.9 
1533,  Francis  Woode,  ob. 

1535,  Sir  Robert  RIathew,*  chaplain,  was  the  last  presented  by  the 
convent. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  BISHOPS  OF  NORWICH,*  AS  ABBOTS  OF 
HOLM. 

1550,  Tho.  Welles,  alias  Martin,  united  to  St.  Michael.  Robert 
Rugge,  alderman  of  Norwich)  by  grant  of  Will.  Rugge  Bishop  of 
Norwich. 

1555,  Rich.  Clegge.    Ditto,  as  to  union,  presented  by  the  Bishop. 

1566,  John  Seman. 

1570,  John  Hill,  ob. 

158 1 ,  William  Matchet,  A.M.  united  to  St.  Michael. 

1620,  Will.  Roy.    Ditto,  ob. 

1640,  Thomas  Stevenson.     Ditto. 

1663,  John  Worthington,  S.  T.  P.1 

1671,  John  Beak,  united  to  Drayton. 

1674,  Sam.  Williams,  held  it  with  St.  Michael. 

1689,  John  Richardson,  A.M. 

1720,  John  Paul,  A.M. 

1725,  John  Gardiner,  now  LL.  D.  and  rector  of  Massingham- 
Magna.    He  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  George  Kenrick,  vicar  of  Homing,  who  is  the 
present  rector. 

The  church  was  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  and  when  Norwich 
Domesday  was  wrote,  the  rector  had  no  house  but  13  acres  of  glebe; 
it  was  valued  at  three,  and  after  at  four  marks  ;  the  Abbot  of  Holm's 
portion  was  4s.;  it  paid  12c?.  procurations,  Is.  lOd.  synodals,18ct.  Peter- 

s  The  rectory  paid  to  the  Bishop  33s.  and  let  the  whole  profits  in  1664,  both 

4</.  first  fruits,  but  the  Bishop  remitted  of  tithes  and  glebes,  at  10/.  per  annum, 

205.  by  reason  of  its  meanness.  though  in  Henry  the  Eighth's  time,  it 

9  Buried  in  the  chancel  in  1533.  was  returned  to  be  then  worth  20/.  per 

*  He  leased  12  pieces  of  glebe  of  this  annum,   and   now   stands  at   30/.  clear 

rectory  tor  99  years,  to  John  Sherman,  yearly  value  in  the  King's  Books  ;  but 

Gent,  at  3*.  a,d.  a  year,  they  contained  in  1670,  I  find  by  the  Doctor's  book,  he 

eight  acres,  one  rood  and  an  half,  and  let  it  at  8/.  per  annum  only.  It  was  held 

it  was  confirmed  by  the  bishop  and  the  by  so  many  witli  Great  Moulton,  that 

dean  and  chapter.  the  lands   titheable  to  this  rectory,  are 

a  See  vol.  iv.p.  541.  scarce  known,  though  they  were  about 

3  He  was  presented  to  it  as  a  sinecure,  one  third  of  the  parishes. 

vol.  v.  E  e 


210  TASEBURGH. 

pence,  and  2</.  ob.  carvage.  The  church  was  in  use  till  1570,  and 
then  was  totally  demolished ;  the  site  of  it  is  still  called  All-Saints 
churchyard.  It  is  capable  of  augmentation,  being  returned  of  30/. 
value,  is  discharged  of  first-fruits  and  tenths,  and  now  stands  thus  in 
the  King's  Books: 

4/.  3s.  id.  ob.  Moulton   Omnium  Sanctorum,  alias  Parva  Rect. 
30/.  clear  yearly  value. 


TASEBURGH. 


Th  e  name  of  this  town  shows  its  original  to  have  been  the  burgh 
or  fortification  on  the  river  Taus  ox  Ties;*  and  according  to  Dr. 
Gale  in  his  Commentary  on  Antoninus  his  Itinerary?  tells  us,  this 
liver  was  called  Tail,  and  that  (he  station  ad  Taiim,  mentioned  in  the 
Pentingerian  Tables,  was  here;  and  indeed  the  parish  church  stands 
in  the  fortification,  the  dimensions  of  which  are  still  very  \isible; 
and  an  advantageous  situation  it  was,  to  guard  the  pass  of  the  river, 
leading  to  Cast  re :  being  on  the  very  summit  of  a  high  hill,  which 
surveys  the  adjacent  country,  and  hangs  over  the  river,  which  turned, 
eastward  by  it,  and  made  a  commodious  sinus  or  bay  for  such  vessels 
as  came  up  hither ;  and  though  for  many  years  this  stream  hath 
declined  through  neglect,  it  would  be  an  easy  matter  to  make  it 
navigable  for  lighters  and  such  sort  of  vessels,up  to  this  village,  which 
would  bean  advantageous  thing  to  all  the  neighbouring  country  ;  this 
good  project  hath  been  twice  attempted,  and  as  often  miscarried, 
rather  through  want  of  conduct  and  a  proper  application,  than  ability 
of  the  undertakers. 

The  entrenchment  or  burgh  here  is  square,  and  contains  about  24 
acres;  it  seems  to  be  that  encampment  of  the  Romans,  which  by  the 
Chorographical  Table  published  by  Mark  f'elser,  is  called  AuTaum. 
This  place  hath  given  name  to  the  ancient  family  of  the  Tase- 
burghs,  who  being  lords  of  the  town,  had  anciently  their  seat  there; 
but  after  their  removal  hence,  had  their  chief  seat  (and  that  a  very 
pleasant  one)  just  out  of  the  county,  on  the  bank  of  the  river  Waveney, 
which  parts  this  county  from  Suffolk,  not  far  from  the  abbey  ot'Falix- 
toten,  commonly  called  Flixton,  in  Suffolk  :  The  house  is  a  grand 
ancient  building,  and  fronts  the  road  from  Bungeye  or  Harleston. 
(Atlas  Norf.  p.  333.) 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  who  had  her 
gild  here ;  the  steeple  is  round  and  hath  four  bells  in  it  ;6  there  is  a 
north  porch  ;  the  nave  is  leaded,  and  the  chancel  tiled.7 

*  See  vol.  iii.  p.  3,  4.  6  The  steeple  was  rebuilt  in  1385. 

s  Gale's  Comnuntary  on  Antoninus,  7  In  1694,   the  rector  had  license  to 

&c.  p.  109.     He  tells  us  of  coins  found,  sell  the  lead  otf  the  chancel,  and  cover 

here  with  1C.  DVRO.  T.  it  with  tiles. 


TASEBURGH.  211 

On  an  altar  tomb  on  the  south  side  of  the  church, 
Bludworth,  chequy  arg.  and  sab.  on  a  bend  of  the  1st,  three 

eagles  displayed  of  the  2d,  impaling 
Baxter,  arg.  on  a  pale  within  a  bordure  sab.  three  bezants. 

And  this  on  a  brass  plate  on  the  top, 
Elizabetha  Filia  et  Heres  Georgij  Bludworth  Gen.  et 
Uxor  Thome  Baxter  Gen.  per  quern  habuit  duos  Filios  el  ties 
Filias,  obijt  8°  Die  Octobris  A°  Dni.  1587,  et.  iEtatis  sue  xxxviij0. 
On  the  side  of  the  stone,  Elizabetha  Uxor  Thom^e Baxter. 

On  a  brass  in  the  middle  of  the  church, 
Bdeman,  barry  of  six,  a  chief  wavy,  quartering  two   talbots 
between  two  flaunches,  impaling  Drury.    Crest  a  greyhound. 

Here  under  lieth  the  Body  of  Dorothy  late  wife  of  John  Bur- 
man  Doctor  of  Law,  and  Daughter  of  Anthony  Drury  of 
Besthorp  Esq;  by  Anne  his  Wife,  she  died  14  July  1642,  leav- 
ing issue,  John,  June,  and  Dorothy,  whose  pious  Example,  God 
give  them  Grace  to  follow. 

Under  the  screen  between  the  church  and  chancel  on  a  flat  stone, 
Tirrel  impales  Burman. 

Here  lieth  Elizabeth  late  wife  of  James  Tirrel  of  the  Inner 
Temple,  Esq;  one  of  the  Daughters  of  John  Burman  Doctor 
of  the  Civil  Law,  by  Dorothy  his  wife,  the  Daughter  of 
Anthony  Drury  of  Besthorp  Esq;  she  died  in  Child-Bed 
April  4,  1638,  leaving  no  issue  behind  her,  aet.  21. 

Henry  Dod  27  April  1693.  Susanna  wife  of  Francis  Bransby 
Gent.  Aug.  3  1729- 

On  a  brass  plate  in  the  chancel, 

Under  this  Stone  lieth  the  Body  of  Robert  Meeke,  who  in  his 
Life-time  and  after  his  Death  for  ever,  gave  liberally  to  the 
Poor  of  this  Parish  ;  he  was  buried  the  26  of  Aug.  1598. 

On  a  brass  nailed  to  a  seat  in  the  chancel,  are  Baxter's  and  Blttd- 
worth's  arms,  and  this, 

Hie  jacet  Elizabetha  prima  Filia  Thosle  Baxter  Generosi 
qui  obijt  innupta  3"  Die  Junij  A0  D.  1586,  set.  16. 

On  a  tomb  against  the  south  chancel  wall,8 
Thomas  Baxter  Patronus  hujus  Ecclesie  obijt  3  Dec.  A°  Dni. 
l6l  1,  aet.  suae  75. 

s  In  the  chancel  window,  the  lower  I  find  by  the  register,  that  Nic.  Bohun 

part  of  the  arms   of  Tateshale   remain,  of  Fresi.igfield,  Esq.  was  buried  here  in 

az.  chequy  or    and  gill,  the  chief  erm.  1572.     That  George   Benedick,  Gent, 

being  lost.  and  Thomasine  Gooche,  were  married 


212  TASEBURGH. 

He  built  Ranthorp-hcll.)    It  hath  three  shields, 

1st,  Baxter  as  before.    Crest,  a  pelican  vulning  herself  proper. 
2d,  Baxter  and  Talmach,  gul,  a  fret  or. 
3d,  Drake,  az.  a  wiverne  or. 

On  the  north  side  is  a  monument  for  Newce  of  Ranthorp-hall. 

Newce,  sab.  three  pallets  wavy  arg.  on  a  canton  erm.  a  mascle 

gul.  impaling 
SEABRiGHT.rt/g-.  two  cinquefoilsg!//.  a  crescent  for  difference  sab. 
Newce  impales  Leventhorp. 

Vir  quo  nee  probitas  Probior,  nee  Justior  Ipsa 

Justitia,  Antiquae  et  Archetypus  Fidei, 

Thomas  Newce  jacet  hie,  Titulus  Generosus  avitis, 

Delicitun  Populi,  dulce  Decus  Patriae; 

Conditur  hoc  eliam  Tumulo  lectissima  conjux, 

Maugareta,9  Viro,  par  Genere,  et  Genio, 

Fcelices  am  bo  pai  iter  vixere,  et  utrumque 

Et  Charum,  et  clarmn  Vita  beata  dedit, 

Mortis  iniqua  Manus  sejunxit  Corpore  Costam, 

(4t0,  Feb.  Anno.  Dom.  1629,  JEtidis  (38.) 
Adjunctum  Costas  Latus  est,  Urnaque  in  eadem  ; 

(24  Novembris  A°  Dni.  1632,  Altatis  69.) 
Hie  subito  expectant,  Tubas  se  Voce  sonantis 
Conjunctos  Cceli  scandere  ad  astra  poli, 
Lnicus  est  natus,  soboles  Generosa  Parentum 
Icon ;  Qui  Patris  Nomen  et  Omen  habet. 

RECTORS. 

1274,  Rog.  de  Taseburgh,  Lord  of  Uphall  manor,  sold  the  ad- 
vowson  from  the  manor,  to  Sir  Rob.  de  Tateshale,  Lord  of  Buketiham- 
castle,  who  in  1299,  presented 
Eustace  le  Brett. 

1326,  Sir  William  Bacoun.  Sir  John  de  Cove,  in  right  of  Eve  de 
Tateshale,  his  wife. 

1333,  Will.  Ytige.  Lady  Eve  le  Tateshale,  in  1339,  Adam  de 
Clifton,  John  de  Orreby,  and  Robert  son  of  William  de  Bernak,  were 
her  heirs. 

1361,  John  Grene  of  Atleburgh.  Sir  Adam  de  Clifton,  Knt. 

1416,  Nip.  Noth,  res.    Maud  Cromwel,  Lady  Tateshale. 

1451,  John  Davy.  Sir  Andrew  Ogard,  Knt. 

1452,  Jonn  Davy,  ob.     Ralf  Lord  Cromwell. 

in  1475,  and  that  he  died  the  same  year.  Nic.  Deye  buried  here,  gave  a  vest- 
In  1559  Robert  Flint,  Gent,  and  Mary  ment  to  the  church,  and  legacies  to  the 
Baxter  were  married.  In  1617,  Anne,  gild  of  our  Lady  here,  and  to  her  gild 
daughter  of  Henry  Reppes,  Esq.  and  at  Tharston  ;  Margaret  his  wife  and 
Anne  his  wife,  was  buried.  1628,  Mrs.  Robert  his  son,  were  executors,  and 
Margaret  Newce  of  Hedenham,  wife  of  Thomas  Deye  of  Ashwellthorp  super- 
Mr.  Tho  Newce,  buried  1628,  Susan,  visor.  1505,  Henry  Spawnton  gave  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Newce,  Gent,  and  new  covering  to  the  font. 
Mary  his  wife,  baptized  1657.  Mrs.  9  She  was  daughter  of  John  Shaw- 
Adriana  Knevet,  daughter  of  Mr.  Na-  berry  of  St.  Edmund's  Bury. 
thaniel  Knevet,  buried  1638.     In  1,511, 


TASEBURGH.  213 

1491,  Rich.  Hanworth.    Sir  Will.  Knevet,  Knt. 
Henri/  Hanworth,  res.  ~i 

1503,  John  Mannyng,  A.M.  res.    >  Ditto. 

1503,  Nic.  Craven.  ) 

154.3,  Sir  Will.  Burgess,  chaplain.  Sir  Edm.  Knevet,  Knt. 

1561,  John  Skeet,  res.    Lapse. 

1563,  John  Beare,  ob.    Thomas  Chapman,  this  turn. 

1566,  John  B/omevill.  James  Bigot,  Gent,  lord  of  Rainthorp- 
hall. 

1586,  Will.  Temple.  John  '  and  William  Matchet  this  turn, by 
grant  from  James  Bigot.  In  1603,  he  returned  answer,  that  he  had 
120  communicants,  and  that  Tho.  Baxter,  Esq.  was  patron. 

1629,  Henry  King.    Tho.  Newce,  Esq.    He  was  sequestered. 

I6i4,  Richard  Laurence.    By  the  Usurpers. 

l66l,  Edw.  Bainard,  A.M.  ob.  on  King's  cession.  Tho.  Nuce,  Esq. 

1679,  Edw.  Bosworth,  res.a  Edmund  Bedingfield,  Esq. 

1682,  William  Barlow.  Ditto  :  buried  under  a  marble  in  the  chan- 
cel, July  1,  1693. 

1693,  Will.  Smith,  res.    Tho.  Seaman,  junior,  this  turn. 

1709,  William  Stevenson,  united  to  Moringthorp.  Israel  Fold- 
ing, Esq.  this  turn  ;  at  his  cession  in 

\T2.6,John  Bourne  was  presented  by  Walter  Bateman,  lord  of 
Rainthorp  hall,  who  sold  the  advowson  to  Miles  Branthwayt,  Esq. 

1735,  William  Bentham?  ThomasWarkehoiise,  Esq.  this  turn. 
At  his  death, 

Mr.  Evan  Bowen,  the  present  rector,  was  presented  by  Miles 
Branthwayt,  Esq.  the  present  patron,  and  now  holds  it  united  to 
the  third  part  of  Atleburgh,  as  at  p.  525,  vol.  i. 

When  Norwich  Domesday  was  wrote,  iheprior  of  Bromholm  was 
patron,  and  the  rector  had  a  house  and  10  acres  of  glebe  ;  it  was 
valued  at  12,  after  at  14  marks,  and  paid  2s.  synodals,  lOd.  Peter- 
pence,*  and  4d.  carvage.  The  Prior  of  Thetford  monks  had  revenues 
here  of  the  gift  of  William  Bigod,  (as  at  vol.  ii.  p.  109,)  viz.  temporals 
taxed  at  40s.  Id.  a  year,  and  spirituals,  viz.  the  tithes  of  his  demeans 
and  divers  other  lands  held  of  him,  valued  to  the  tenths  at  40s.  a  year, 
and  afterwards  compounded  for  at  16s.  8^.  a  year,  reduced  after  to 
13s.  a  year,  which  in  1612,  was  paid  to  the  lord  of  Asiacton  priory 
manor,  in  right  of  Thetford  priory. 

It  now  stands  in  the  King's  Books  undischarged,  and  therefore  is 
not  capable  of  augmentation. 

8/.  Taseburgh  red.  16s.  yearly  tenth. 

1  1G26,  Sir  Will.  Segar,  Knt.  Garter  langued  and  armed  G.  which  he  con- 
King  at  Arms,  certified   under  seal  of  firmed  to  his  posterity, 
office,  that  he  found  by  authentick  books  2  See  vol.  i.  p.  ig. 
and   collections  of  worthy  antiquaries,  3  See  vol.  iv.  p.  25. 
thai  John  Matchet,  Gvnt.  deceased,  *  No  procurations  appear  in  Domes- 
some  time  rector  of  Lambhithe  in  5ur-  day.    In  1459,  the  mortuary  of  this  pa- 
rey,  did  bear  party  pei    s.tltier  az.  and  rish,  by  custom  was  $s.  Regr.  Brusyard, 
cr,  on  a  fess  gul.  three  de-lises  of  the  fo.  202.  In  16S0,  a  license  passed  to  the 
first;  and  for  his  crest,  a  derm-lion  or,  rector,  to  pull  down  a  malt-house  be- 
longing  to  the  rectory. 


214  TASEBURGH. 

This  town  paid  3l.  to  every  tenth,  when  the  taxes  were  raised  by 
tenths  and  fifteenths. 

THE  MANOR  OF  UPHALL,  or  BOYLAND'S 

In  Taseburgh,  was  the  capital  manor,  and  belonged  to  Bishop  Osbern 
in  the  time  of  the  Confessor,  and  was  held  by  Tarolfi  a  freeman  of 
Bishop  Stiganil,  at  the  Conqueror  's  survey,  and  then  it  extended  into 
Forncet ;  at  the  first  survey  it  was  worth  20s.  per  annum,  and  30s.  at 
the  last.  All  Taseburgh  was  a  mile  and  quarter  long,  and  7  furlongs 
broad,  and  paid  9^-  geld.s  The  successours  of  this  Taro/f,  were 
Richard  and  Mathew  his  son,  and  Ra/f,  who  lived  in  1199,  and  after- 
wards assumed  the  name  of  Taseburgh  about  1239- 

In  VlAl.Ralf  son  of  Ra/f  de  Taseburgh,  was  lord,  and  had  in- 
fangeutbef  or  liberty  to  try  all  theft  committed  by  his  tenants,  in  his 
own  court  baron  and  lete  here,  and  to  execute  them  and  take  their 
forfeited  goods.  In  1256,  he  was  dead,  for  then  Robert  de  Gissing 
granted  to  William  Esturmi,  the  custody  and  marriage  of  Roger  son 
and  heir  of  Ra/f  de  Taseburgh,  and  William  assigned  them  to  O/ha 
widow  of  the  said  Ra/f  and  if  Roger  died  before  he  came  of  age,  then 
she  was  to  have  the  custody  of  Christian  and  Richolda  his  sisters;  and 
in  1280,  this  Roger  had  sold  it  to 

Ric.  de  Boyland  and  Maud  his  wife,  who  in  1284  had  the  lete, 
paying  bd.  yearly  to  the  King,  by  the  bailiff  of  the  hundred  ;  assise 
of  bread  and  ale,  a  ducking-stool,  pillory,  and  common  gallows; 
and  in  1289,  William  de  Neiford  and  Petronel  his  wife,  and  their 
heirs,  had  their  free  way  and  passage,  under  Sir  Richard  de  Borland's 
court-yard  in  Taseburgh,  between  his  said  court-yard  and  his  chapel  of 
St. Michael,6  to  the  aldercar  of  the  said  William  and  Petronel;  in  1295, 
it  belonged  to  Sir  Ric.  de  Boyland,  and  Elen  his  second  wife,7  and 
was  then  sold  to 

Ric.  de  Uphall  of  Taseburgh,  from  whom  it  was  called  Uphall 
manor;  in  1298,  he  sold  it  to 

Henry  son  of  Henry  de  la  Sale  and  Sibil  his  wife,  when  it  con- 
tained 10  messuages,  140  acres  of  land,  24  of  meadow,  10  of  pasture, 
8  of  wood,  2  of  marsh,  and  61.  2s.  3d.  ob.  rent,  in  Taseburgh, 
Newton-F/otman,  Saxlingham,  Wackton,  and  Hemenhale.  It  after 
came  to 

Ralf  de  Bumpsted,  citizen  of  Norwich,  and  then  to  Thomas  his 
son,8  who  in  1385  conveyed  it  to  Bartholomew  de  Jppleyerd,  Tho. 

s  Terre  Osberni  Episcopi.     Hund.  use  of  the  family  ;  I  do  not  find  it  was 

Depvvade,  Doms.  fo.  163.  ever   endowed,  but  the   serving   priest 

Tasfburc    tenuit    TaRolf    liber  was  supported  by  the  lords,  to  pray  for 

homo  Stigandi  xiix.  acr.  semper  i.  bord.  them,  their  family,  and  ancestors  ;  this 

et  i.  car.  in  dom.  et  iiii.  acr.  prati  viii.  continued  to  the  Dissolution,  but  being 

va.  pars  molendini  et  vi.  lib.  hom.  x.  the  sole  property  of  the  lord,  the  statute 

acr.  com.   tantum  T.  R.  E.  et  semper  had  nothing  to  do  with  it. 

dim.  car.  7  For  the  Bovlands   see  vol.  i.  p. 

In  Fornesseta  i.  liber  homo  Sti-  59. 

gandi  xxx.  acr.  &c.  as  under  Forncet.  s  See  vol.  iv.  p.  212,  he  sealed  with 

Tunc  valuit  xx.j.   post  et  modo  xxx.  the  arms  of  Bumpstede,  arg.  a  bend 

Tota  Taseburc    habet    x.    qnar.    in  between  three  croslets  fitche  gul.  three 

longo,  etvii.  in  lato,  et  \xd.  de  gelto.  mullets  of  the  field.     He  was  a  benefac- 

6  This  was  a  free-chapel  belonging  to  tor  here, 
the  manor-house,  and  was  for  the  sole 


TASEBURGH.  215 

Spynk,  and  Will,  de  Eton,  citizens  of  Norwich  ;  and  in  1400,  Nichola 
son  of  William  Brooke,  late  citizen  of  Norwich,  released  it  to  William 
Rees,  Esq.  and  Tho.  Spynk  of  Norwich.  In  1444,  it  was  settled  on 
Thomas  Bumpslede,  senior,  and  Ivetta  his  wife,  with  remainder  to  Wil- 
liam Bumpstede ;  in  1445,  by  the  name  of  Thomas  Bumpstede,  senior, 
Esq.  he  made  his  will,  and  was  buried  in  the  collegiate  church  of  St. 
Mary  in  the  Fields  in  Norwich,  by  the  tomb  of  Margaret  his  mother;9 
Ivetta  his  wife,  and  Thomas  Crofts,  Esq.  were  executors;  he  gave 
Taseburgh  manor,  with  the  walermill  thereto  belonging,  to  his  wife  for 
life;  which  manor  and  mill  lately  belonged  to  Richard  Bodendale, 
citizen  and  merchant  of  Coventry,  and  Nic.  son  of  William  Brooke, 
late  citizen  of  Norwich,  and  after  her  death  Thomas  his  son  was  to 
have  it.  In  1507,  a  fine  was  levied  between  John  Jenour  and  Robert 
Bray,  querents,  and  John  Wiseman  and  Isabt I  his  wife,  deforciants, 
of  the  moiety  of  this  manor,  which  in  1539  was  sold  by  Thomas 
Wiseman,  to 

Charles  Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  in  1542,  sold  it  to 

Sir  Kic.  Gresham,  who  the  year  before  had  purchased  the  other 
moiety  of  John  Branch  and  others,  who  bought  it  of  Edward  Taseburgh 
and  Rose  his  wife.  In  1547,  Paul  Gresham,  Gent,  settled  it  by  tine  on 
Thomas  Gresham,  Gent,  and  before  1570,  it  was  sold  to  fVilliam  Fern- 
ley  or  Farlowe  ofCretyng  in  Suffolk,  and  by  him  to  Sir  Thomay  Gawdy 
of  C/axtou,'  who  died  seized,  and  left  it  to  Henry  Gawdy,  Esq.  his 
son,  who  sold  it  according  to  an  agreement  made  befoie  his  father's 
death,  witii  the  manor  of  Hunts  in  Taseburgh,1  to  Gascoi  on  J  Veld, 
who  left  it  to  Joseph  Weld  his  son,3  serjeant  at  law,  whose  two  daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth  and  Alary,  inherited ;  Elizabeth  married  to  Richard 
Rutter*  of  Kings/ey  in  Cheshire;  and  Mary  to  William  Starkey, 
clerk,  whose  daughter  Mary  inherited  the  whole,  and  carried  it  to 
her  husband, 

John  Jermy  of  Bayfit/d  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  whose  only  son  and 
heir, 

William  Jermy,  Esq.  is  the  present  lord. 


HUNT'S  MANOR 

Belonged  at  the  Confessor's  survey  to  Almar,  who  held  it  of 
Bis-hop  Stigand,  and  at  the  Conqueror's,  Roger  de  Ebrois  held  it 
William  de  Schoies,  and  Richard  de  Hadesco  held  it  about  King 

9  Thomas  de  Bumpstede,  husband  of  cutting  down  trees  on  the  common  of 

Margaret,  and  Tho.  de  Bumpstede  his  Taseburgh;  it  went  for  the  plaintiff,  it 

grandson,  son  of  this  Thomas,  were  now  being  proved  by  the  evidences  and  court 

living,  rolls,  that  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  lime  the 

1  He  was  Serjeant  at  law,  and   after-  lord  of  Taseburgh  granted  license  to  the 
wards  judge  of  the  King's  Bench.  lord  of  Ranthorp-hall,  to  plant  trees,  and 

2  The  style  of.the  court  now  is,  Tase-  to  make  a  causeway  through  the  com. 
burgh  Uphall,  Boyland's,  and  Hunt's.  mon  to  go  to  church,  and  that  all  the 

3  About   1700,   Joseph    Weld,   Esq.  drifts,  fishing,   and  oth?r  royalties  bc- 
serjeant    at    law,    brought    his    action  longed  to  the  lord  of  Taseburgh. 
against  Mr.  Carter,  an  attorney  at  Nor-  *  See  p.  S7,  and   Richardson's   pedi- 
wicli,  then  lord  of  Raathorp-hall,  for  gree  at  vol.  ii.  p.  449. 


Slr6  TASEBURGH. 

John's  lime,  of  the  honour  of  Clare,  at  the  8th  part  of  a  fee;s  and  in 
1235,  John  Wythe  and  Roger  de Brom  had  it;  in  1266,  King  Henri/ 
III.  granted  liberty  of  free-warren  to  Thomas  Rosceline,  then  lord,  by 
purchase  from  Ric.  Ic  Chamberlain  of  Hadesco ;  and  in  1270,  the  said 
Thomas  sold  it  to  Roger  son  of  Walter  de  Hales;  in  1289,  fVill.de 
Nerford  and  Lady  Pet  roue  I  his  wife,  had  it;  and  in  1315,1  find  it 
belonged  to  Dunmoue  priory  in  .Essex,  at  the  dissolution  of  which,  it 
came  to  the  Crown,  and  being  granted  from  it,  in  the  12th  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  it  belonged  to  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  Knt.  lord  mayor  of 
London,  and  by  him  was  joined  to  the  manor  of  Uphall,  with  which 
it  now  remains. 

The  honour  of  Richmond  extends  hither,  two  parcels  belonged 
to  Alan,  lord  of  that  honour,  the  one  was  valued  with  his  manor  of 
Costesey,6  and  the  other  belonged  to  the  manor  of  Swaffham,  and  in 
1632,  Mat  hew  Weld,  Gent,  was  obliged  by  process,  to  pay  2/.  10s. 
to  the  King  as  his  forfeiture,  for  not  paying  his  Majesty  an  annual 
rent  of  2d.  ob.  called  war-pound  7  rent,  due  to  his  honour  of  Rich- 
mond. 

There  was  a  serjeanty  held  under  Roger  Bigot  at  the  survey,  by 
Berard  and  Asceline*  and  afterwards  by  the  Enrl-Marshal,  who  was 
found  to  hold  it  of  Richmond  honour;  an  account  of  which  you  have 
before  at  p.  204. 


RANTHORP-HALL  MANOR 

Was  held  of  Roger  de  Ramis  by  William,  at  the  survey,  and 
and  after  him  by  Jeff',  de  Rainesthorp,  at  one  fee  in  1156;  and  it  is 
now  divided,  and  in  that  part  in  Taseburgh,he  was  succeeded  by  John 
dc  Rainesthorp,  and  he  by  William  de  Raines,  or  Reymes ;  in  1200, 
Robert  de  Reymesthorp  and  Sibil  his  wife,9  had  it ;  she  was  his  widow 
in  1229;  in  J 244,  Richard  de  Rej/mes  was  lord,  and  it  continued  in 
this  family  a  long  time ;  in  1307,  John  de  Reynesthorp  had  it,  and  in 

s  Terra  Willi,    de  Schoies.     H.  8  Terre  Rogeri   Bigoti  Hund.   Dep- 

Depwada.     Doms.  fo.  210.  wade.  Doms.  fo.  140,  1. 

In  Taseburch   ten.   Almarus   de  In  Taseburc  vii.  lib.   liom.   xc.  acr. 

Stigando  xxx.  acr.  terre  modo  tenet  Ro-  modo  tenent  Berardus  et  Ascelinus  sem- 

gerus  de  Ebrois  iiii.  acr.   prati  tunc  i.  per  ii.  car.  et  vii.  acr.  prati  et  val.xxiiii. 

car.  m°  dim.  et  tercia  pars  molendini  et  sol.  unus  ex  illis  septem  de  Taseburc 

valuit  xv.  sol.  calumpniatur  Hermer,  et  quidem  Angli. 

6  Terre  Alani  Comitis.  Depwade  cus  suus  homo  ex  hoc  often  judicium, 
H.  fo.  71.  quod   suus  antecessor  erat    eo  saisitus 

In  Taseburc  vi.  soc.  xxi.  acr.   et  i.  die  quo  Rex  Edwardusv'wus  fuit  et  mor- 

acr.  prati  et  dim.  car.  unus  ex  his  fuit  tuus,  et  hoc  contradicit  tot.  hund.  vel 

homo  antecessoris  Rogeri  Bigoti  et  Co.  bello,  vel  judicio,  ex  hoc  dedit  ille  An. 

mes  Radulfus  tenebat  eum,  quando  fo-  glicus  vadem. 
risfecit,  hoc  est  in  pretio  de  Costeseia.  9  Gilbert,   sc.    de   Reynesthorp,  was 

In  Taseburc  i.  lib.   homo  xxx.   acr.  lord,   for  he  gave  his  chapel  here   to 

et  dim.  car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  val.  ii.  sol.  Thetford  monks,  as  at  vol.  ii.   p.  112, 

7  War-pound,  beware  of  your  pound  rent,  where  there  is  an  errour  in  the  note3,  it 
the  forfeiture  being  one  pound  for  every  being  printed  Swenesthorp  or  Swaines- 
penny  left  unpaid.  E  Rot.  pen.  P.  L.  N.  thorp,  instead  of  Renesthorp  or  Rain- 
inter  Rot.  Honoris  Richmond,  in  Norff.  thorp. 

ex   parte  Stratton-Lcnga    in   Depwade 
Hund.  Curia  ibm.  1632. 


TASEBURGH.  217 

1342,  he  and  Agnes  his  wife,  were  living ;  it  after  belonged  to  Will,  de 
Rees,  and  from  that  time  passed  as  at  p.  66. 

In  1530,  Anne  Chapman  held  it  of  Forncet  at  half  a  fee;  and 
Thomas  was  herson  and  heir,  and  inl570,  Dudley  Chapman  his  brother 
had  it,  and  in  1579,  sold  it  to  Sir  Tko.  Cornwaleis,  Knt.  and  William 
his  son  and  heir;  Tho.  Baxter  had  it  about  l600;  he  built  the  house 
called  Ranthorp-hall,  in  the  windows  of  which  are  the  following 
arms  : 

Howard  Duke  of  Norfolk,  quartering  Brotherton,  Warren,  and 
Mowbray. 

Robsert,  vert,1  a  lion  rampant  or,  vulned  in  the  shoulder,  im- 
paling Kerdeston. 

Ditto  impaled  with  arg.  on  a  fess  az.  three  boars  heads  cooped  or, 

Az.  on  a  fess  arg.  three  martlets  gul. 

Appleyard  and  Thorn  bury,  arg.  on  abend  or,  a  lion  rampant 
between  two  cotizes  az. 

Baxter  impaling  Drake,  quarterly,  1,  az.  a  wyvern  or.  2, 
Stock  Eit.girony  of  s\xA.  B.  on  the  first  three  martlets  vert,  ?>,  party 
per  pale  A.  G.  a  chevron  between  three  trefoils  counterchanged. 

Baxter  and  Bludworth. 

Bludworth  and  Crosse,  quarterly  gul.  and  or,  in  the  first 
quarter  a  cross  pate  ar. 

Baxter  and  Bludworth  quartered,  impaled  with  Bowyee, 
1.  arg.  a  lion  rampant  between  three  cross  croslets  fitehe  gul.  L2,  az. 
three  shovels  arg.  shod  or.  3,  az.  two  bars  and  two  plates  in  chief 
arg.     4th  as  1st. 

Baxter  and  Sherman,  az.  a  pelican  or. 

Ditto  and  Flynt,  sab.  on  a  chevron  arg.  between  three  crescents 
erm.  two  lions  combatant  gul.  quartering,  party  per  pale  sab.  and 
az.  a  chevron  party  per  pale  sab.  and  gul. 

Tho.  Baxter,  Esq.  sold  it  to  Tho.  Newce,  Esq.  of  Hodsdon  in, 
Hertfordshire,  Stephen  Bowyer  and  Thomas  Heyward,  Esqrs.  being 
trustees;  at  his  death  it  went  to  his  only  daughter,  married  to  Morgan 
Jenkyn,  whose  only  son,  Newce  Jenkyn,  sold  it  to  Mr.  Ric,  Carter, 
senior,  attorney  at  law  in  Norwich,  and  his  son  Richard  had  it,  whose 
widow  sold  it  as  at  p.  67.z 

1  1586,  Sir  Edw.  Stafford  of  Grafton,  las,  daughter  of  William  Lord  Howard 

ambassadour  in  France  in  1586,  married  of  Effingham,  relict  of  John  Lord  Shef- 

Mrs.    Chapman   of   Ranlhorp-hall,   by  field,   mother  of  Sir   Robert   Dudley, 

whom   he  had  a  son  William  ;  and  she  Knt. 

was  relict  of  Robsert  when  he  married  a  It  seems  the    Lackfords  and    Be- 

her ;  Sir  William  married,  zdly,  Doug-  dingfields  were  only  mortgagees. 


Ff 


[218] 


HARD  WICK, 

Or  Herdeicic,  signifies  the  place  at  the  wic,  or  winding  of  the  river, 
where  the  herde  was  usually  fed;  it  was  in  many  parts  at  the  Con- 
quest, the  whole  being  two  miles  long  and  one  broad,  and  paid  Qd.  to 
the  geld.  The  honour  of  Eye  extended  hither,3  and  there  was  one 
part  which  belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Ely,*  as  to  the  manor  of  Pul- 
ham ;  and  another  to  Bainard  Castle,  as  belonging  to  the  manor  of 
Hemenhale*  which  was  held  of  that  honour. 

THE  CAPITAL  MANOR,  called  afterwards  BARRET'S, 

Belonged  to  Roger  Bigot  at  the  Conquest,  and  was  always  held  of 
the  Norfolk  family  at  one  fee,  as  of  their  manor  oi'Forncet.  This 
manor,  in  Henry  the  Third's  time,  belonged  to  the  Barrets,  and  was 
sold  by  Ivo  Baret  to  Robert  Baciin ;  and  in  1308,  Bartholomew  de 
Evereux  had  it;  William  le  Waleys  of  She/ton  was  lord  and  patron 
here;  and  in  1308,  Margaret  relict  of  Walter  le  Waleys  ;  and  it  then 
passed  along  with  the  advowson  in  the  Barrets  and  their  feoffees,  till 
Katherine,  daughter  and  heir  of  Symon  Barret,  carried  it  to  Will. 
Shelton  of  She/ton,  Esq.  her  husband,  in  Henry  the  Fourth's  time,  and 
it  continued  in  the  Sheltons,  till  sold  to 

Thomas  father  of  Peter  Gleane1  of  Norwich*  who  was  knighted  by 
King  James  I.;  he  married  Maud9  daughter  ol Robert  Suckling  of 
Norwich,  Esq.  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  Thomas  Gleane 
of  Hardwick-ha/l,  Esq.  who  married  Elizabeth1  daughter  and  heir  of 
Thomas  Breuse,  Esq.  (descended  from  Sir  Ric.  Brewse  of  Topcrojt, 

3  Terre   Roberti   Malet.     Dep-  makes  tlie  arms  of  Gleane  to  be  erm. 

wade  Hund.  Doms.  fo.  go.  on  a  chief  sab.  three  lioncels  rampant 

In  Herduuic  i.  villan.  de  v.  acr.  et  arg.  and  so  they  are  born  ;  but  by  Sir 

est  in  pretio  de  Eia.  Edward  Byshes's  MSS.p.  43,  itappears 

♦  Terra  See.  AdeLDREDE,  Depwade  that  they  were  granted  to  be  born  erm. 

H.  f.  190.  on  a  chief  az.  three  lioncels  rampant  gul. 

In  Herduuic  i.  soc.  xv.  acr.  et  dim.  and  the  crest  is,  on  a  ducal  coronet  or, 

car.  val.  ii.  sol.  et  Rexet  Comes  socam.  an   otter  vert,  though  they  have  lately 

5  Terre  Rad.  Bainardi.  Depwade  H.  born  for  a  crest  the  bust  of  a  man  full 
fo.  250.  faced  proper,  wrea'hed  about  the  tem- 

In  Frietuna  et  in  Herduuic   x.    acr.  pies.  Or  rather  a  Saracen's  head  proper, 

tenuit  lib.  homo  T.R.E.  et  valuit  xxd.  8  He  served  as  member  of  parliament 

hoc  est  additum  huic  manerio;  hoc  est  for  the  city  1  Car.  I.  1627. 

in  Hamehala.  9  He  had  by  her  three  sons;  1,  Tho- 

6  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Depwade  H.  mas.  2,  Leonard.  3,  John  who  left  issue, 
fo.  123,  4.  and  two  daughters;  Mary,  married   to 

In  Fornesseta,  &c.     In   Herduic   ii.  William  Peuus  of  Norwich,  and  Eliza- 

soc.  xxxv.  acr.  et  v.  bord.  semper  ii.  beth  to  Henry  Lane, 

car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  silva  ii.  pore.  Rex  *  He  had  Peter,  and  Leonard,  of  Sax- 

ct  Conies  socam.  lingham,  who  left  three  daughters. 

7  The  Baronetage,  vol.  ii.   p.   495, 


HARDWICK.  219 

Knt.)  for  whom  is  this  inscription  on  a  tomb  against  the  north  chancel 
wall  : 

In  Memory  of  Thomas  Gleane,  Esq.  eldest  Son  of  Peter 
Gleane  Knt.  and  Dame  Maud  his  wife;  and  likewise  Elizabeth 
the  wife  of  the  said  Thomas,  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Thomas 
Brewse  Esq.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  interred  together  in  the  sa- 
cred Ccemeterye  of  this  Church,  who  together  had  seven  Sons, 
two  only  surviving  both  their  Parents,  Peter  and  John  ;  Peter 
Gleane  Esq.  eldest  son  of  the  deceased,  caused  this  Altar  Table 
heere  to  be  erected.  He  died  27  Jan.  A.  D.  I6ti0,  aged  about 
74,  she  died  the  22</  of  July,  A.  D.  16.34,  aged  about  45. 

r\o  Person  upon  Earth,  can  happye  bee., 

Beatitude  comes  after  Exequie. 

Gleane  impales  Suckling.  Ditto  impaling  Beewse,  «r.' 
crusuly,  a  lion  rampant,  G.  crowned  or.  Brewse  impaling  Brew- 
ster, sab.  a  chevron  erm.  between  three  estoils  arg. 

The  two  crests  of  Gleane,  a  Saracen's  head  proper,  and  an 
otter,  as  before. 

Peter  Gleane,  their  eldest  son,  succeeded,  who  was  created  a 
baronet  17  Car.  II.  He  served  member  for  Norfolk,  in  the  parliament 
called  31  Car.  II.  at  Westminster,  A°  1678,  and  was  rechosen  to  serve 
in  the  succeeding  parliament  A°  1681  ;  he  married  Penelope,  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Sir  Edward  Rodney,  of  Rodney-Stoke  in  Somersetshire, 
Knt.  Siv  Peter  '  died  about  1&94,  and  his  lady  Feb.  17,  1689,  and  are 
buried  within  the  altar  rails  of  the  chancel,  under  an  altar  tomb,  by 
which  hang  two  achievements;  the  first  hath  Gleane's  crest  of  the 
Saracen's  head,  and  Gleane  quartering  Brewse,  with  the  Ulster  arms 
or  baronet's  badge  in  the  fess  point,  and  this, 

Motto,  J'ay  servy  mon  Roy. 

Rodney's  crest,  an  eagle  displayed purpure,  on  a  crown  or,  and 
the  arms  are 

Or,  three  eagles  displayed  purpure. 

Motto,  Non  Generant  Aquila  Columbus. 

Under  this  Stone  is  the  burying  Place  of  Sir  Peter  Gleane  Ba- 
ronet, and  his  Lady  Dame  Penelope ,  Daughter  to  Sir  Edward 
Rodeney,  Knt.  he  served  Charles  the  1st,  in  all  the  Civill  Wars, 
raised  and  armed  two  Foot  Companys  at  his  own  Charge  :  he 
served  the  Crown  faithfully  above  40  Years,  in  military  Offices, 
from  a  Lieutenant  to  a  Colonel  of  Foot,  and  in  this  County  of 
Norfolk,  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Militia,  and  was  Deputy 
Lieutenant,  and  likewise  Colonell  and  Deputy  Lieutenant  for  the 
City  of  Norwich.  In  his  Civil  Station,  he  bore  the  Character  of 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  within  this  County  above  20  Years,  and  had 
the  Honour  twice  to  be  chosen  one  of  the  Representatives  of  the 
same,  to  serve  in  Parliament;  in  which  several  Services  for  his 

z  He  had,  i,  Thomas,  i  Rodney,  who  Frances  married  to  Mr.  Pooley,  or 
died  unmarried  and  is  buried  here,  and     Polley. 


50  HARDWICK. 

King  and  Country,  he  spent  his  Strength  and  Fortunes,  and 
the  Wounds  which  that  received  were  not  healed  in  this  Year 
1683. 

This  Sir  Peter  was  lord  also  of 


BOUTON'S,  or  BOLTON'S  MANOR 

Here,  which  was  held  by  Wistret,  a  freeman,  of  the  Conqueror,  at  the 
survey;3  and  it  seems  to  have  been  in  the  Crown  sometime  afterwards. 
In  1315,  Sir  John  Sturmyn,  Knt.  had  it,  and  in  1332,  Roger  dt  Herd- 
wick  ;  when  it  was  held  of  Forncet  as  of  the  manor  of  Hemenhale  at 
one  fee;  it  after  came  to  the  Boxes;*  Catherine  daughter  and  heir 
of  Roger  Boys,  carried  it  to  her  husband  Jenney,  and  so  it  passed 
along  with  Intwood,  as  you  may  see  at  p.  40,  till  it  was  sold  to  the 
Gleanes,  by  William  Gresham  of  London,  Esq.  and  ever  since,  these 
two  manors  and  the  advowson  have  continued  together ;  the  style 
of  the  court  being,  The  Manor  of  Boughton's  and  Barret's  in 
Hardwick. 

The  lord  hath  zceyf  and  strey,  only  upon  his  own  demeans;  the 
eldest  son  is  heir,  and  the Jines  are  at  the  lord's  will. 

Hardwick  was  sold  by  Sir  Peter  Gleane%  to  Sir  John  Holland  of 
Quidenham,  and  given  by  him  to  his  2d  son  Brian  for  life;  and  in 
1713,  I  find  Walter  Bacon,  Esq.  of  Erlham,  lord  and  patron  ;  whose 
relict  Mrs.  Frances  Bacon,  now  enjoys  it;  Edward  Bacon,  Esq.  of 
Erlham,  now  member  of  parliament  for  Kings-Lynn,  being  her  eldest 
son  and  heir. 

Shelton  manor  always  did,  and  now  doth,  extend  into  this  town, 
and  therefore  that  manor  is  styled  Shelton  cum  Hardwick. 

The  church  hath  a  steeple  round  at  bottom  and  octangular  at  top, 
with  one  bell  in  it,  the  nave  is  leaded,  the  south  porch  tiled,  the  chan- 
cel, part  leaded,  and  part  tiled;  in  the  windows  of  which,  are  the 
arms  of  She Iton  single,  and  again  impaling  Morley  ;  and  Fitz-Wal- 
ter's  arms  single,  and  this  on  a  flat  stone : 

Bacon  oiBaconesthorp,  az.  three  bars  arg.  an  annulet  for  difference 
sab.  impaling  er.  on  a  bend  cotized,  an  annulet  sab.  for  dif- 
ference. 

<©rate  pro  anima  <8eorgu  23afton  #itii  <Chome  25afcon  2rmigcri 
tutu£  anime  propictetur  ©eu£. 

3  Isti  sunt  homines  liberi  Regis.  Hund.  his  father  William  by  King  Edward  IV. 

Depwade  Doms.  fo.  292.  because  he  married  Anne,  one  of  the 

In   Herduwic  i.   lib.   homo   nomine  daughters  of  Richard  Wodvile  Earl  of 

Wistret  xxx.  acr.  semper  iiii.  vill.  et  Rivers,  sister  to  his  Queen, 

ii.    bord.  et  ii.   acr.   prati  et  val.  x.j.  s  The  first  of  this  tamily  who  had  any 

Tota    Herduwic    habet  i.    leug.    in  estate  in  Norfolk,  was  Walter  Gleane  or 

longo,  et  dim.  in  lato,  et  ix.rf.  de  gelto.  Glene  of  London,  scrivener,  and  Alice 

*  The  Atlas,  p.  334,  says  that  Henry  his  wife,  who  owned  estates  in  Pulham 

Bourchier  Earl  of  Essex  had  Bolton's  and  Dicleburg  in  1423. 
manor  here,  which  was  bestowed  upon 


HARDWICK.  221 

In  a  north  window,  Shelton  impales  arg.  a  fess  sab.  between  three 
mullets  gul. 

Thomas  Crabbe,  hujus  Ecclesiae  Rector,  ob.  3  Febr.  A.  D.  1680. 
Veni  Domine  Jesu. 

Rand,  per  chevron,  or  and  ar.  a  lion  rampant  gul.  impaling 
Brock,  on  a  bend,  a  rope,  tassal  and  ring, 

Hie  jacet  Samuel  Rand  Clericus  A.M.  natus  apud  Ilarhston 
in  Com.  Norff.  15°  Die  Decembris  A.  D.  1649,  qui  per  33  An- 
nos  Rectoris  hujus  Parochiag,  &  per  31  Annos  Parochiae  de 
Shelton,  proxime  adjacentis,  munus  h'deliter  adiniplevit,  obijt 
apud  Hardwick  7°  die  Junij  A.  D.  1714,  annoq;  astatis  suaj 
sexagesimo  quinto.  Hie  etiam  sita  est,  in  eodem  tumulo, 
Maria  Uxor  piaedicti  Samuelis,  Filia  et  haeres  unica  Thomje 
Brock  de  Darsham,  nata  1°  die  Augusti  A.D.  1661,  denata 
5°  Aug.  1724,  annum  etiam  agens  aetatis  sexagesimum  quin- 
tum  ;  ex  Liberis  juxta  siti  sunt  infra  Cancellos  hujus  Ecclesia3. 

Simony  f  15  Febr.  1685. }  /  28  Aug.  1707. 

Thomas  (  ..  Vs  Mar-  IG89./  mn.  .  \l4  Julij  lGQI. 
Lidia  lnalli  5  Julij  l69l>m0rtU1  )  13  Jan.  l6y2. 
Noah     J  (l9  Maij  1694.3  '   7  Sept.  1 695. 

Ex  septena.  prole  tres  tantum,  Samuel,  Brock,  et  Maria, 
supersunt,  foelices,  si  memores  humanaj  sortis,  ita  Vitam  ege- 
rant,  uti  brevi  murituros  deceat. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Margaret.  William  le  Walerjs  was 
patron  when  Norwich  Domesday  was  wrote;  the  rector  had  a  house 
and  three  acres  of  glebe,  though  since  the  terriers  have  six  ;  it  was 
valued  at  eight  marks  and  a  half,  paid  4s.  procurations,  7d.  synodals, 
\<2d.  Peter-pence,  4d.\ob.  carvage,  and  ll.  8s.  clear  to  each  tenth. 
The  monks  of  Thetford  had  temporals  here  valued  at  10s.  and  in  the 
register  of  the  sacrist  of  Bury  abbey  it  is  said,  that  Robert  leGros 
released  his  right  in  the  advowson  to  the  Abbot  of  Bun/,  but  I  do  not 
find  the  abbot  ever  presented,  or  had  any  thing  to  do  here.  Jt  stands 
discharged  of  first-fruits  and  tenths  in  the  King's  Books,  and  is 
capable  of  augmentation. 

5l.  Hardwick  rect.  40/.  clear  yearly  value. 

RECTORS. 

1308,  John  le  Waleys  Margery,  relict  of  Walter  le  Waleys  of 
Shelton. 

1324,  Rich,  de  Berg,  res.  Simon  de  Hethersete,  Knt.  Cecily 
his  wife,  and  Edmund  their  sun. 

1339,  Mr.  Stephen  de  Rughton.  Ditto,  res.        }  changed  with   the 

1340,  Rob.  Trot,  ob.  WIll.  de  M.ddleton, |    ^-Ul 

1344,  Rich,  de  Norwich,  res.  Roger  de  Herdegray,  citizen  of 
Norwich. 

1 345,  Ralf  de  Southwell.    Ditto. 

1348,  William  de  Barneby.     Ditto. 

1349,  Simon  de  Walpole.    Ditto.    (See  in  Pulham  St.  Mary.) 


222  HARD  WICK. 

1387,  Robert  Scherwynd.  Tho.  de  Hoxne,  rector  of  Huntingfield, 
Jeffry  Hekdegray  of  Moringtkorp,  Will.  Rous  of  Dini/ngton, 
and  Jeffry  Randolf  of  Camion. 

1409,  Henry  Tumour  changed  Moringthorp  with  Scherwind  for 
this.  Ralf  Shelton,  Knt.  and  John  de  Honyng,  rector  of  Great 
Snoryng.    He  resigned  in 

1410,  to  John  C/avesberd,  (Ditto  :)  and  he  the  same  year  exchanged 
this  with 

John  Spendlove  (Ditto)  for  Kirton  vicarage  in  Ho/and  in  Lin- 
colnshire ;  and  in  141 1,  they  re-changed  again,  and  Clavesberd,  in  1412, 
resigned  to 

Richard  Papy.     James   Child   and  other  feoffees  of   Sir 
Ralf  Shelton,  Knt.  in  right  of  his  manor  called  Barret's. 

1420,  John  Hakenshaw,  res.  in  exchange  for  Carleby  in  Lincoln 
diocese,  with 

Robert  Rede  of  Ilohcell.    Will.  Shelton,  Esq.  by  right  of 
inheritance. 

1426,  Robert  Barker  of  Baketon.  Katherine,  lady  of  Shelton, 
relict  of  William  Shelton,  Esq.  she  presented  the  eight  following 
rectors : 

1426,  John  Lamtnot,  res. 

1430,  William  Hammond,  res. 

1440,  John  White. 

1444,  John  Wright,  res. 

1445,  John  Baron. 
1447,  John  Wyl/ys,  res. 
1450,  Richard  Reyner,  res. 
1452,  John  Mapes. 

1456,  John  White,  again.    Lapse. 

1460,  Master  Tho.  Mark.    Ralf  Shelton,  Esq.  he  exchanged  in 
1460,  with  Master  John  Selot,  doctor  in  the  decrees,  for  Cornwall 
archdeaconry.  Ditto.  (See  p.  399,  vol.  iv.) 
Sir  William  Conpyl,  res. 
1466,  John  Dalyson,  res.  VRalf  SheltoNi  Esq. 


1470,  John  Custaunce. 

1475,  John  Petyte,  ob. 

1504,  Sir  Robert  Bunnynge,  res.   John  Shelton,  Esq. 

1518,  William  Belconger,  ob.     Ditto. 

1536,  James  Bothe,  res.  John  Shelton,  Knt. 

1546,  Will.  Jkers,  ob.    John  Shelton,  Esq. 

1559,  Will.  Ward.  Lady  Margaret  Shelton,  widow.  United 
to  She  It  on. 

1568,  Robert  Gaulon,  res.    Lapse. 

1573,  Will.  Mann,  ob.    Ralf  Shelton,  Esq. 

1576,  Reginald  Nutha/l.    Sir  Ralf  Shelton  of  Shelton,  Knt. 

1603,  Will.  Woodcock,  A.  B.    Ditto. 

1614,  Thomas  Banks,  res.    Ditto. 

1620,  Thomas  Cronshay.  Will.  Boswell,  this  turn.  He  was 
turned  out  Apr.  28,  l644~  by  the  Earl  of  Manchester,  for  observing  the 
orders  of  the  church  dissuading  his  parishioners  from  assisting  in  the 
Rebel/ion,  and  saying,  the  parliament  are  laumen,  and  have  no  pouer 
to  order  religion  or  church  government.  He  had  at  that  time  a  wife 
and  10  children,  the  youngest  of  which  was  not  above  three  years  old; 


FORNCET.  223 

he  was  also  very  poor,  and  by  consequence,  when  sequestered,  was 
with  his  numerous  family,  turned  a  begging.   JVatker,  Part  II.  fo.  223. 

1658,  Rich.  Leuthzoaite,  res.    Tho.  Gleane,  Esq. 

1665,  James  de  Franc,  S.T.  P.  res.    Peter  Gleane,  Esq. 

I669,  Thomas  Crnbbc  on  Franc's  cession;  buried  here.  Sir  Peter 
Gleane  of  Hardwick,  Baronet. 

1681,  Samuel  Rand,  buried  here.    Ditto. 

1714,  John  Smith.  Waller  Bacon,  Esq.  united  to  Fritton. 

1714,  Will.  Harmer,  A.B.  on  Smith's  death.  Ditto.  1718,  at  Ilar- 
mer's  death, 

Samuel  Shuckforth.  Waller  Bacon,  Esq.  united  to  Shel- 
ton.  He  was  also  minister  of  Sethiiig  and  the  two  Mundhams,  all 
which  he  resigned  in  1746,  being  then  D.D.  and  prebend  of  Canter- 
bury. He  hath  published,  The  sacred  and  prophane  History  of  the 
World,  connected  from  the  Creation  of  the  World,  to  the  Dissolution 
of  the  Assyrian  Empire,  at  the  Death  of  Sardanapalus,  and  to  the 
Declension  of  the  Kingdom  of  Judah  and  Israel,  under  the  Reigns  of 
Ahaz  and  Pekah. 

The  first  volume,  octavo,  was  published  at  London  1728.  He  was 
succeeded  in 

1746,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Bott,  the  present  rector,  who  holds 
it  with  the  rectories  of  Spixworth  and  Crostzcick  by  Norwich,  being- 
presented  by  Mrs.  Frances  Bacon  of  Erlham,  widow,  the  present 
patroness. 


FORNCET 


Includes  at  this  time  several  ancient  berwics  or  hamlets,6  accord- 
ing to  which,  it  is  in  some  measure  divided  at  this  day;  one  part  is 
called  Kettleton  End,  anciently  Keke/ixg's  town  or  Kekelington  ;* 
this  with  Tu  an atu N A.tor  Tanaton  End,  made  up  the  parish  of  Forn- 
cet  St.  Peter,  which  though  not  known  by  that  name,  in  the  Con- 
fessor's time  was  only  a  hemic  to  Fomcet,  and  had  then  only  one 
church,  now  called  Forncet  St.  Mary,  to  which  St.  Peter  is,  and 

6  Terra   Rogeri    Bigoti.      Depwade  anatuna  xl.   acr.   semper  iii.  bord. 

Hund.  semper  i.  car.  in  dom.  et  dim.  car.  horn. 

Fornesseta  tenuit  Colemanus  li-  et  viii.  acr.  prati,  et  iii.  anim.  et  i.  soc. 

berhomo  sub  Stigandoi.  car.  terre  tunc  iii.  acr.     *ln  Kekelincetuna  ii.  soc. 

i.  vill.  post  et  m°.  ii.  et  i.  ecclesia  xy.  vii.  acr.  tunc  dim.  car.  modo  ii.  bor.   In 

acr.  tunc  viii.  bord.  post  x.  modoxiii.  Halas,  &c.  (as  in  Loddon  Hundred,) 

semper  ii.  car.  in  dom.  et  ii.  car.  hom.  Fornesseta   habet  i.   leug.   in   long,  et 

xii.acr.  prati,  tunc  ii.  rune.  m°  v.  tunc  dim.  in  lato  et  v\.d.  et  obol.  de  gelto. 

x.  anim.  m°.  xii.  tunc  i.  ov.  m°.  Ixxx.  Et  Oslactuna,  &c.  (see  as  before.)     Et 

tunci.  pore.  m°xviii.  et  iii.  socm.  xxvii.  f  Tuanatuna  xj.  quar.  in  longo  et  vi.  in 

acr.  tunc  i.  car.  et  dim.  et  i.  \btrtwita  lato,  et  x.  pert,  et  xi.  den.  et  obol.  de 

Oslactuna,  &c.   (which  see  fo.  177.  et  Gelto.     In    Fornesseta  xxx.  acr.  ten. 

alia  berewita  tenet  WiLLELMUsfTu-  OlfusT.  R.E.  semper  i.  vill.  et.  iii. 

t  Tuanaton,  Thwanaton,  and  now  Svvanton  hamlet  in  Forncet. 


234  FORNCET. 

always  was,  a  chapel  of  ease  ;  though  it  hath  all  the  privileges  of 
baptism,  burial,  and  administration  of  the  sacrament,  as  well  as  the 
mother-church.  It  was  founded  just  before  the  Conqueror's  time  in 
Tuanatun  berxeic,  probably  by  Oslac|  and  his  tenants,  who  then 
held  this  part;  for  Domesday  says,  it  had  GO  acres  of  the  alms§  of 
many. 

Forncet,  called  sometimes  to  distinguish  it  from  the  several 
berewicks  or  ends,  Mideltoun,\\  or  the  middle  part  of  the  town,  in  the 
time  of  the  Confessor  belonged  to  Bishop  Stigand,  of  whom  Coleman 
held  it;  it  had  then  only  St.  Mary's  church  and  15  acres  of  glebe 
belonging  to  it,  but  the  appendant  berewicks  or  manors  held  of  it, 
madelt  a  grand  manor,  for  besides  Kekelington,  Tuanaton,  Galgryme,7 
tittgat*  which  now  are  all  included  in  the  bounds  of  the  two  parishes, 
it  had  lands  or  manors  in  the  undernamed  towns  mentioned  in 
Domesday,  no  less  than  16  in  number,  held  of  it,  which  constituted 
the  honour  of  Forncet,  of  which 

Roger  Bigod  was  lord  at  the  Conquest,  when  the  Forncet  part 


bor.  et  i.  serv.  tunc  et  post  i.  car.  in 
dom.  modo  nul.  semper  dim.  car.  hom. 
vi.  acr.  prati,  silva  viii.  pore,  tunc  i. 
Tunc,  tunc  i.  anim.  In  Kekelingetuna 
ii.  soc.  vi.  acr.  et  in  Tuanatuna  ii.  soc. 
vi.  acr.  In  Waketuna  i.  soc.  iiii.  acr. 
In  Muletuna  i.  soc.  x.  acr.  In  As- 
lakeuna,  &c.  (as  before.)  tnTiBHAM  ii. 
soc.  lxvi.  acr.  et  viii.  bord.  tunc  ii.  car. 
m°  i.  car.  et  dim.  ii.  acr.  prati.  In 
Thekstuna  i.  soc.  xlv.  acr.  tunc  i. 
car.  m°  dim.  et  i.  acr.  prati.  In  Stre- 
tuna  i.  soc.  xii.  acr.  In  Sceltuna  i. 
soc.  lx.  acr.  et  xiv.  bord.  et  vi.  vill.  et 
i.  serv.  et  i.  car.  et  dim.  in  dom.  et  ii. 
car.  hom.  et  iii.  acr.  prati  silva  viii. 
pore.  In  Hierduic  ii.  soc.  xxxv.  acr. 
et  v.  bord.  semper  ii.  car.  et  ii.  acr. 
prati.  silva  ii.  pore.  In  Fredetuna  i. 
soc.  viii.  acr.  et  ii.  bov.  tunc  valuit  to- 
tum  lxxx.  sol.  modo  c.  et  xd.  Rex  et 
Comes  sooam. 

(Doras,  fo.  i2i,  3.) 

In  Tuanatuna  xxx.  acr.  tenuit  Harde- 
kine  liber  homo  T.  R.  E.  semper  iiii. 
bord.  tunc  iii.  serv.  m°  ii.  semper  i. 
car.  in  dom.  et  dim.  car.  hom.  et  i. 
mol.  et  iii.  acr.  prati,  et  xi.  lib.  hom. 
sub  se  T.R.E.  commend,  xx.  acr.  tunc 
i.  car.  et  dim.  m°  i.  tunc  val.  xv.  sol. 
m"  23  et  id.  hoc  reclamat  de  dono  Re- 
gis.  Hoc  tenet  Walterus. 

Domesday,  fo.  124. 

Hund.  Depwade.  In  Fornesseta  vi. 
lib.  hom.  comen.  85  acr.  tunc  iii.  car. 
m°  ii.  v.  acr.  prati.  In  Halsa,  &c.  in 
Carletuna,  &c.  (see  p.  12S.)  In  Keke- 
lingetuna iii.  lib.  hom.  48  acr.  et  i.  car. 
et  iii.  acr.  prati.  In  Oslactuna  et  (as 
under  that  town)  In  Muletuna  9  lib. 
hom.  &c.  (as  under  Moulton,  p.  204.) 
In  Muletuia  i.  lib.  homo,  &c.  In  Tu- 
anestuna  xii.  lib.  hom.  140  acr.  et  iii. 


bord.  modo  tenet  Wills,  tunc  v.  car. 
post  iiii.  m»  iii.  et  viii.  acr.  prati.  In 
eadem  sub  istis  iiii.  lib.  hom.  et  dim.  vi. 
acr.  et  dim.  car.  In  Waketuna  vi.  lib. 
hom.  et  86  acr.  et  v.  bord.  tunc  iii.  car. 
et  post,  modo  ii.  et  iii.  acr.  prati.  In 
eadem  sub  istis  iiii.  lib.  hom.  15  acr. 
In  Stratuna  vii.  liberi  hom.  60  acr.  tunc 
et  post  iii.  car  m°.  i.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  et 
dim  mol.  In  Sceltuna,  &c.  hoc  tenet 
Durandus  (sc.  Shelton)  et  Waketuna 
similiter.  In  Tibham  iii.  liberi  hom.  69 
acr.  et  vii.  bord.  tunc  et  post  ii.  car.  m° 
i.  et  dim.  et  ii.  acr.  In  Habitvna,  &c. 
(as  underHapton.p.  176.)  InTaseburc 
vii.  liberi  homines,  &c.  (as  at  Tase- 
bugh,  y.  214.)  In  Fundenhala,  &c.  (as 
under  Fundenhale,  p.  171.)  In  Tuana- 
tuna i.  liber  homo  J  Oslac  30  acr.  tunc 
v.  bor.  m°  10.  tunc  iii.  soc.  m°  i.  sem- 
per i.  car.  in  dom.  et  i.  car.  hom.  iiii. 
acr.  prati,  et  iiii.  soc.  vi.  acr.  et  dim. 
car.  et  i.  ecclesia  60  acr.  de  libera  terra 
^  Elemosina  plurimorum.  In  Carletuna, 
&c.  (as  at  p.  127,)  In  Kikelingtuna  ii. 
lib.  hom.  ii.  acr.  In  Fornesseta  i.  lib. 
homo,  ii.  acr.  In  Tanatuna  iii.  lib. 
hom.  iiii.  acr.  In  Wachetuna  ii.  lib.  i. 
acr.  et  dim.  In  Stratuna  1.  liber  iv.  acr. 
In  Muletuna  iii. lib.  hom.  v.  acr.  In  Tib- 
ham  ii.  lib.  hom.  vii.  acr.  In  Aslactuna, 
&c.  (as  at  p.  177.)  Inter  totum  ii.  car. 
et  ii.  acr.  prati.  In  Tacolve^tuna,  &e. 
(as  at  p.  164.)  In  Fundenhala,  &c.  (as 
at  p.  171.)  In  Tibham  3  lib.  hom.  28 
acr.  eti.  car.  et  i.  acr.  prati.  (^)  Totum 
simul  valuit  T.R.E.  10  lib.  m°  22  libr. 
et  2  sol.  et  9  den.  unuin  ex  iilis  septem 
de  Taseburc,  &c.  as  in  Taseburgh. 
(Domesday,  fo.  139,40,  1.) 

^  Galley-Green,  a  hamlet  to  Forncet. 

8  That  as,  South-gate  hamlet. 


FORNCET.  225 

was  two  miles  long,  and  one  broad,  and  paid  Gd.  ob.  to  the  geld;  and 
Tanaton  was  then  1 1  furlongs  long  and  six  furlongs  and  10  perches 
broad,  and  paid  l\d.  ob.  to  the  geld.  Kekelington  being  included  in 
the  measure  of  Tanaton. 

The  whole  without  the  freemen,  was  worth  4/.  per  annum  at  the  first 
survey,  and  dl.  \0d.  at  the  last,  and  the  King  and  the  Earl  had  the 
soe,  or  chief  jurisdiction.  The  freemen  at  the  first  survey  ,(9)  were  worth 
10/.  per  annum  to  the  manor,  and  at  the  last,  22/.  2s.  gd. ;  a  part  of  it 
was  held  of  Coleman  by  Olf  a  Dane,  in  the  Confessor's  time,  and 
Tanaton  was  then  in  two  parts;  ObLAC  held  one,  as  also  at  the  Con- 
quest ;  and  Hakdekinc  the  other,  and  reclaimed  it  as  given  him  by 
the  King;  but  yet  Walter  held  it  of  .Koger  Bigot. 

There  was  a  part  of  it  which  belonged  to  Taseburgh'  manor;1  one 
freeman  named  Scu/a3  that  belonged  to  the  King;  and  three  parts, 
one  of  which  laid  in  three  several  ends  or  divisions  of  the  town, 
belonging  to  Alan  Earl  of  Richmond's  manor  of  Cosleseye,  viz.  in 
Kekelington  three  freemen,  &c.  in  Tuanaton  two  socmen,  Sic.  and  in 
Mideltun,  one  freeman  and  half  the  services  of  another;4  and  this 
was  the  slate  of  the  town  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  when 

Roger  Bigot  was  lord  of  it,  by  that  Prince's  gift,  being  one  of  those 
great  men  that  attended  hnn  when  he  first 
came  into  England,  and  for  his  signal  ser- 
vices, was  well  rewarded.  This  was  that 
Roger  who  founded  Thetford  priory,  to  which 
he  gave  this  advowson.5    He  left  it  to 

William  Bygod,  his  son  and  heir,  steward 
of  the  household  to  King  Hen.  I.  who  was 
drowned  with  the  King's  children  as  they  came 
from  Normandy;6  and  was  succeeded  by 

Hugh  Bigod  his  brother,  steward  also  of 
the  household  to  the  same  King;7  but  at  his 
death,  which  happened  to  be  in  Normandy,  this  Hugh  became  the 
principal  instrument,  for  advancing  Stephen  Earl  of  Boloign  to  the 
crown  of  England ;  for  being  steward  as  aforesaid,  (an  office  in  those 
times  of  the  highest  reputation,)  he  hasted  to  England,  and  in  the 


1  William's  manor  extended  hither, 
for  which  see  p.  167,  and  under  Aslac- 
ton  at  p.  j 77. 

1  Terre  Osberni  Episcopi.  Hund. 
Depwade.    (Domesday,  fo.  163.) 

In  Forneaseia  1  liber  homo  Stigandi 
30  acr.  Sec.  This  was  part  of  Tase- 
burgh  manor  that  extended  into  Forncet.) 

3  In  Fornessota  tenuit  Scula  libr. 
homo  13  acr.  de  quo  habnit  antecessor 
Hermhu  commend.  T.R.E.  modo  est 
in  manu  Regis,  valet  lod.  In  hac  terre 
erat  domus  T.  R.  E.  qtiam  Oschetel, 
propositus  Regis  trar.stulit,  et  ex  hoc 
dedit  vadam.  Doms.  fo.  306. 

+  Terre  Alani  Cumitis  (sc.  Rich- 
mondiac)  Doms.  fo.  71,  Depwade  H. 
In  Kekelinctuna  3,  liberi  hom.  73  acr. 
VOL.  V. 


et  4bord.  tunc  2  car.  post  et  m°  1  car. 
et  dim.  et  4  acr.  prati. 

In  Tanetuna  2  soc.  7  acr.  et  dim.  car. 

||  In  Mideltuna  i  liber  homo  et 
dim.  1 2  acr.  et  dim.  et  dim.  car.  et  2 
acr.  prati. 

Hoc  totum  est  in  pretio  de  Costeseia- 
(Domesday,  fo.  71, J  Append.  Regr. 
Honoris  Richmond.,  fo.  16. 

In  1624,  &x.  Kickleton  hamlet  was  ob- 
liged to  appear  once  in  the  year  at  the 
turn  held  for  the  honour  of  Richmond  at 
Stratton,  the  lords  of  Richmond  honour 
being  superiour  lords  of  this  hamlet. 

5  See  vol.  ii.  p.  108  ;  vol.  iii.  p.  zi, 
2,  3;  vol.  iv.  p.  43. 

6  See  vol.  ii.  p.  109 ;   vol.  iii.  p.  21. 

7  See  vol.  ii.  p.  no;  vol.  iii.  p.  22,3. 


226  FORNCET. 

Eresence  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  averred  upon  oath,  that 
ang  Henry  upon  his  death-bed  disinherited  his  daughter  Maud  the 
Empress,  and  appointed  Stephen  his  heir;  for  which  services  (as 
some  say)  he  was  advanced  by  him  to  the  earldom  of  the  East- Angles, 
for  in  the  6th  of  King  Stephen,  he  was  so  styled  ;  and  in  the  12th  year 
of  King  Henry  II.  he  advanced  him  anew  to  the  dignity  and  title  of 
Earl  of  Norfolk,  and  to  the  office  of  steward,  to  hold  it  as  amply  as 
Roger  his  father  did  in  the  time  of  Henry  I.  notwithstanding  all  which 
honours  and  great  favours,  conferred  on  him,  he  took  part  with  Robert 
Earl  of  Leicester,  adhering  to  young  King  Henry  in  his  rebellious 
insurrection ;  for  which  disloyal  practices,  he  was  forced  to  make  his 
peace  with  a  fine  of  1000  marks,  a  prodigious  sum  in  those  days  !  aud 
going  soon  after  with  the  Earl  of  Flanders  to  the  Holy  Land,  he  died 
in  1177,  and  the  King  seized  on  his  treasure;  but  it  was  afterwards 
restored,  or  at  least  great  part  of  it,  to 

Roger  Bigod  his  son  and  heir,  who  upon  payment  of  1000  marks 
more  to  King  Richard  I.  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  viz.  118y,  was 
restored  by  special  grant,  both  to  the  earldom  and  stewardship,  and 
the  whole  inheritance  of  his  father,  to  hold  them  as  freely  and  honour- 
ably as  his  father  and  grandfather  did;  and  was  not  only  a  favourite 
of  the  King's,  but  was  entrusted  by  him,  and  much  employed  in  pub- 
lick  affairs;  for  in  1 190,  he  was  ambassadour  to  Philip  King  of 
France,  to  solicit  an  aid  towards  the  recovery  of  the  Holy-Land ;  he 
attended  William  de  Longcamp  Bishop  of  Ely,  when  he  went  to  King 
Richard,  then  made  captive  in  Almaigne;  he  was  one  of  the  four 
knights  which  carried  the  canopy  of  state  over  that  King's  head  at 
his  second  coronation.  He  was  sent  to  require  William  King  of  Scot- 
land to  come  to  Lincoln  and  do  his  homage  to  King  John,  whom  he 
attended  into  Poictou  in  1213;  but  in  1215,  he  deserted  that  Prince, 
being  one  of  those  rebellious  barons  that  met  in  a  hostile  manner  at 
Stamford,  and  afterwards  at  Brackley,  and  by  their  power  exacted 
from  the  King  those  strict  covenants,  whereby  he  insolently  wrested 
the  government  out  of  his  hands,  and  put  it  into  the  management  of 
himself  and  his  accomplices;  for  which  violent  proceedings,  he  and 
his  twenty-four  comrades,  who  had  thus  obtained  the  real  government, 
were  excommunicated  by  Pope  Innocent  III.  He  died  in  1220, 
leaving 

Hugh  Bigot  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Maud,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Will.  Marshal  Earl  of  Pembrook  and  Marshal  of  England, 
■who  outlived  him;  in  1222,  he  was  with  the  King's  army  in  Wales, 
but  dying  in  1224,  this  manor  and  all  his  inheritance  descended  to 

Roger  Bigod  their  son  and  heir,  who  was  knighted  in  1232;  and 
at  a  tournament  between  the  southern  and  northern  lords  in  1236, 
was  taken  much  notice  of  for  his  singular  skill  in  those  warlike  exer- 
cises. Upon  levying  the  aid  to  marry  the  King's  eldest  daughter,  he 
paid  162/.  lis.  for  125  knights  fees  of  the  o\dfeofment,  and  37  and  an 
half  of  the  new.  In  1241,  he  was  with  the  King  in  France,  and  be- 
haved gallantly  at  the  famous  skirmish  betwixt  the  French  and  Eng- 
lish near  Xantoigne.  In  1245,  he  was  one  of  those  that  were  sent  to 
the  council  of  Lyons,  to  complain  of  the  burthen  the  kingdom  laid 
under  trom  the  see  of  Rome,  and  finding  no  redress,  wras  one  of  those 
lords  who  subscribed  a  letter  to  the  Pope,  requiring  a  remedy  from 
such  future  exactions,  and  unjust  oppressions;  and  the  same  year 


FORNCET.  227 

obtained  the  office  and  honour  of  Marshal,  in  right  of  his  mother, 
which  that  King  thus  conferred  on  him  ;  the  King  gave  the  Marshal's 
rod  or  staff  into  Maud's  hands,  and  she  having  delivered  it  to  her  son 
and  heir  Roger,  the  King  accepted  his  homage  for  it,  and  ordered  the 
Treasurer  and  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  to  let  him  enjoy  all  the  privi- 
leges of  that  office,  and  admit  his  sufficient  deputy  (if  occasion  requi- 
red) to  sit  in  that  court.  In  1247,  he  seized  the  Earl  of  Ghisnes,  on 
his  arrival  in  England,  and  excused  that  fact  to  the  King,  by  acquaint- 
ing him,  it  was  only  a  retaliation  of  former  indignities;  the  said  Earl 
having  served  him  so,  when  he  went  ambassadour  into  France,  having 
detained  him  prisoner  till  he  had  satisfied  him  for  his  passage  through 
his  lands.  In  1252,  he  was  present  when  the  King  confirmed  the  two 
charters  called,  The  Great  Charter  or  Magna  Carta,  and  Carta  de  Fo- 
resta;  and  the  next  year  he  attended  his  Majesty  into  Gascoigne.  In 
1254,  Robert  de  Ross,  one  of  the  Barons,  being  charged  with  some 
crime  committed  against  the  King,  this  Earl  apologized  for  him,  till 
the  King  gave  him  harsh  language,  and  called  him  traitour ;  upon 
which,  with  a  stern  aspect,  he  told  him,  he  lied,  and  that  he  never 
was,  nor  would  be  so;  adding,  If  you  do  nothing  but  what  the  law 
warranteth,  you  can  do  no  harm:  Yes,  quoth  the  King,  I  can  thrash 
your  corn  and  sell  it,  and  so  humble  you :  to  which  he  replied,  if  you 
do  it,  I  will  send  you  the  heads  of  the  thrashers.  But  this  breach  was 
soon  made  up,  for  in  1259,  he  was  sent  ambassadour  to  the  Kins;  of 
France.  In  12f>3,  he  was  one  of  those  who  undertook,  that  the  King 
should  submit  to  the  determination  of  Lewis  the  French  King,  concern- 
ing the  provisions  of  Oxford;  and  the  King  being  made  prisoner  at 
the  battle  of  Lewes,  he  was  constituted  by  the  Barons,  governour  of 
Oifnrd  castle  in  Suffolk.  In  1269,  he  was  found  to  hold  this  manor 
and  advowson,  (the  Prior  of  Thetford  having  released  all  right  in  the 
latter)  as  head  and  chief  parcel  of  the  barony  ofByGOD,  and  dying 
soon  after,  he  was  buried  at  Thetford,  leaving  his  honours  and  estate 
to  his  nephew, 

Roger  Bigoo,  son  of  his  brother  Hugh,  who  was  under  age  when 
he  inherited ;  for  in  1272,  John  de  Thorp,  as  guardian,  had  the  custody 
of  the  manors  of  Forncet  and  Hanworth.  In  1281,  he  was  in  the 
Welsh  expedition,  In  1288,  he  had  a  charter  offree-warren  to  this 
manor.  In  1293,  he  was  licensed  to  embattle  his  castle  or  mansion- 
house  at  Bungci/e  in  Suffolk;  and  it  is  plain  he  did  not  degenerate 
from  his  ancestors,  for  he  stood  up  for  the  people's  liberty,  being  the 
chief  of  those  lords,  who  openly  opposed  Edward  I.  in  his  arbitrary 
impositions  upon  lands  and  wool;  and  not  only  opposed  the  levy  de- 
manded by  the  King  for  his  expedition  into  Flanders,  but  actually 
refused  his  personal  attendance  thither;  and  he  and  the  Earl  of 
Hereford,  with  others,  inhibited  the  payment  of  the  assessment,  and 
incited  the  Londoners  so,  that  he  obtained  a  confirmation  of  the  two 
great  charters,  and  the  Articuli  super  Chartas,  which  explain  them, 
together  with  a  pardon  for  all  offences ;  thus  all  discontents  being 
settled,  in  1299  he  went  in  the  expedition  into  Scotland,  and  having 
no  issue,  he  constituted  King  Edzcard  his  heir,  delivering  to  him  his 
Marshal's  rod,  on  condition  it  should  be  returned  to  his  children  if  he 
had  any,  he  to  have  1000/.  down,  and  1000/.  per  annum  during  life. 
Historians  aver  all  this  to  be  done  out  of  fear,  because  the  Earl  of 
Hereford,  his  old  friend  and  ally,  being  dead,  he  thought  the  King 


•28 


FORNCET. 


would  now  mal<e  him  suffer  for  conspiring  against  him.  But  soon 
after,  he  had  a  re-grant  of  the  earldom,  marshalship,  and  constable- 
ship  of  Norwich  castle,  and  all  his  estate  in  tail  special,  to  himself 
for  life,  and  to  his  heirs,  if  he  had  any,  by  Alice  his  second  wife,  with 
remainder  to  the  King,  who  inherited  the  whole  at  his  death  in  1JOJ  ; 
John  Bigot,  his  brother  and  heir,  inheriting  only  the  manors  ofStock- 
ton  in  Norfolk,  and  Seterington  in  Yorkshire,  and  a  few  more  estates 
not  contained  in  the  settlement.  The  King  being  thus  possessed, 
enjoyed  it  till 

Thomas  de  Brotherton,  his  fifth  son,  had  the  earldom  of 
Norfolk,  and  marshalship  of  England,  and 
great  part  of  the  estate  of  the  By  gods,  and 
among  others,  this  manor  and  advowson, 
granted  to  him  and  his  heirs  by  Edwardll.  his 
half  brother,  in  1 3 12,  he  was  constable  of  Nor- 
wich castle.8  In  1315,  was  returned  lord  of 
the  honour  of  Forncet,  and  of  the  manors 
of  Forncet,  Ditcliiugluim,  Ersham,  Framling- 
ham-Earl.  Halvergate,  Southfield,  South- 
Wahham,  Hanworth,  &c.  with  the  half 
hundred  of  Earsham.  In  1320,  having  beha- 
ved well  in  the  Scotch  wars,he  had  a  grant  of 


confirmation  of  the  honours,  lands,  and  es- 
tates of  the  Bygods.  In  1332,  he  was  a  third  time  in  the  Scotch  wars, 
and  dying  in  1338,  was  buried  in  the  abbey  at  St.  Edmund's  Bun/; 
he  had  two  wives,  but  left  no  male  issue;  by  his  first  wife  Alice,9 
daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Hales  of  Harwich,  Knt. ;  he  had  a  son  named 
Edward,  who  died  "before  him,  and  two  daughters,  named  Alice,1  and 

Margaret,  who  was  firstmarried  to  John  Lord  SEGEAVEofFo/te- 
tone  in  Kent,  who  in  her  right  was  lord  here;  by  him  she  had  issue 
Eliz.  and  Anne,  who  was  lady  abbess  at  Berking;  her  2d  husband 
was  Sir  Walt.  Manney,  Knt.1  by  whom  she  had  issue  Thomas,  who 
was  in  his  youth,  unfortunately  drowned  in  a  well  at  Deptford  in  Kent, 
and  Margaret  married  to  John  Hastyngs  Earl  of  Pembrook.  This  Sir 
Walter  was  lord  and  patron  here  in  13<il  and  1368,  hut  dying  before 
his  lady,  she  had  the  whole  of  the  estate  in  her  own  right,  and  in  1397, 
was  created  Dutchess  of  Norfolk  for  life,  by  King  Richard  II. 
she  died  in  1399,  and  was  buried  at  the  Friars-Minors  in  London,  and 
by  inquisition  taken  at  her  death,  it  was  found  that  her  daughter  and 
heiress, 

Elizabeth,  married  to  John  Lord  Mowbray,  had  issue  John, 
created  Earl  of  Notingham,  who  dying  under  age  issueless,  was 
succeeded  by 


s  Vol.  iii.  p.  76. 

"  Her  sister  Joan  married  with  Jermyn 
of  NorfolL. 

1  Alice,  sister  and  coheir  with  Mar- 
garet, married  Sir  Edmund  de  Montea- 
cute  or  Montague,  whose  daughter  and 
heiress  Joan  was  born  at  Bungeye  on 
Candltras  day  1348,  and  was  wife  to 
Will,  de  Ufford  Earl  of  iiffolk. 

1  Mr  Walter  Manney,  Knt.  in  right 
of  Margaret  his  w.i'e,  iat-  the  wife  of 
Sir  John  begrave,  held  Forncet  manors 


and  honour  in  chief,  as  parcel  or  head 
of  the  ban  ny  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk, 
by  knight's  service,  and  255.  pei  annum 
paid  for  castie-v.  aid  to  Norwich  castle; 
and  he  had  free-warren  belonging  to  the 
manor,  which  was  worth  20  marks  a 
year.  It  had  then  a  capital  mansion- 
house,  178  -icies  of  land,  23  of  meadow, 
divers  woods  and  aide. cars,  two  wind- 
mills, 'he  4th  part  of  the  lolisand  profits 
of  Stratton  market,  let  at  zs.  per  an- 
num, &c. 


FORNCET. 


2C9 


Thomas  Mowbray,  bis  brother,  wbo  was  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
Earl  of  Nottingham,  Baron  Mowbray, Segrave, 
JBraose,  and  Gower;  Knight  of  the  Gaiter, 
and  as  Coke  upon  Littleton  saith,  the  first 
Earl-Marshal  that  siyled  himself  Earl-Mur- 
shut  of  England;  3  his  christian  name  was 
Thomas,  in  respect  to  Thomas  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury.  He  was  so  much  in  the  King's 
favour,  as  to  be  created  with  his  title  of  Earl 
of  Notingham,  to  which  honour  he  was  ad- 
vanced the  very  day  bis  grandmother  Marga- 
ret (the  heiress  of  Brothertou)  was  created 
Dutchess;  but  as  his  greatness  was  founded 
in  blood,  so  he  soon  after  irrecoverably  fell; 
for  being  accused  by  Henry  of  Botinbroke,  for  words  spoken  indecently 
of  the  King,  whom  he  said,  notwithstanding  his  fair  pretences  and 
oaths,  meant  to  oppress  the  Duke  of  Lancaster  and  others  :  that  Prince, 
though  he  had  so  great  a  favour  for  him,  for  being  active  in  the  de- 
struction oi \  Richard  Earl  of  Arundel,  his  father-in-law,4  and  Thomas 
of  Wodstock  Duke  of  G/ocester,  as  to  create  him  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
and  give  him  his  father-in-law's  forfeited  estate,  yet  he  committed  him 
prisoner  to  Windsor  castle,  and  ^challenge  or  camp-ordeal  ensued  be- 
tween them,  when  the  Duke  came  to  the  place  appointed  for  the  com- 
bat, wiith  his  horse  caparisoned  with  crimson  velvet,  embroidered  with 
silver  tionsand  mulberry-trees:  but  the  King  then  prohibited  the  combat, 
ban  i  shed  Henry  called  Earl  qi 'Hereford  forlOyears,  and  IheDuke  for  life; 
and  this  happened  on  the  very  day  twelvemonth,  that  he  had  been 
accessory  to  the  murder  of  the  Duke  of  Gloucester ;  Germany,  Bohe- 
mia, and  Hungary  were  allotted  for  his  exile;  pursuant  to  which 
sentence  he  departed,  but  never  returned,  for  as  he  came  from  Jeru- 
salem, he  died  of  the  plague  at  Venice,  in  the  year  1400,  1st  Henry  IV. 
seized  of  this  manor,  with  the  court  called  the  Knyghten  court, 
thereto  belonging,  and  Elizabeth  his  widow  inherited  them,  and  after- 
wards remarried  to  Sir  Gerard  de  Ufflete,  Knt.  who  held  them  till  her 
death  in  1424. 


The  Knyghten  Court 
Belonging  to  this   manor  was  the  ancient  court,  to  which  all  those 
great  men,  that  held  their  several  manors,  lands,  and   tenements,  of 
the  Bygods  honour,  were  obliged  to  do  suit  and  service,   and  pay 
castle-ward  for  the  guard  of  the  Earl's  castle  at  Norwich,  every  three 


3  He  was  constituted  Earl-Marshal  (of 
Eng/andjfor  life,  but  afterwards  obtained 
it  in  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  his  body, 
with  an  union  of  the  office  of  Marshal 
in  the  courts  of  King's  Bench  and  Ex- 
chequer, and  Marshal  Crier  before  the 
steward,  and  Marshal  of  the  King's 
household,  and  f."  'hat  account,  he  and 
his  heirs  should  bear  a  golden  '.run  heon, 
enamelled  with  black  at  each  end  having 
the  King's  arms  engraven  at  the  uj  _  r, 
and  his  own  at  the  lower  end. 

*  Hehadtwowivcr,  ist  Eliz.  daughter 


of  the  Lord  Strange,  by  whom  no  issue. 
2d,  Eliz,  sister  and  oneofihe  heirs  of 
Tho.  Fitz-Alan  Farl  of  Arundel,  by 
whom  she  had  issue,Thomas  I  orH  Mow- 
bray, beheaded  atYork,  withRic.  Scroop 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  in  the  year 
1405.  John  his  second  son,  who  suc- 
ceeded him.  Margaret  his  eldest  daugh- 
ter, married  Sir  Robert  Howard,  Knt. 
Isabel  the  second  daughter,  married  first 
to  Hen.  Ferrers  of  Groby,  and  after  to 
Sir  James  Berkeley,  Knt.  father  of 
William  Marquis  Berkeley. 


£30  FORNCET. 

weeks;  and  to  do  their  homages,  pay  their  reliefs  and  aids  for  the 
several  knights  fees  they  held  of  the  honour,  at  every  death,  aliena- 
tion, or  aid  granted  to  the  Earl.  It  appears  that  there  were  many 
fees  held  both  of  the  old  and  new  feofment  in  the  Bi/gods  times ;  but 
it  was  greatly  augmented  in  1337,  when  the  division  of  all  the  fees 
belonging  to  Tho.  de  Brotherton  late  Earl  of  Norfolk,  was  made  by  the 
King's  writ,  between  his  two  daughters  and  heiresses,  Alice  married  as 
aforesaid,  to  Sir  Edw.  de  Montague,  and  Margaret  to  Sir  John  de  Se- 
grave,  who  had  Fomcet  for  his  share,  and  above  50  knights  fees,  many 
of  which  he  transferred  from  Rising  castle,  and  other  places,  and 
added  them  to  the  Knighten  Court  here. 

This  court  was  held  constantly  every  three  weeks,  and  had  the 
following  officers  belonging  to  it: 

1.  An  auditor,  whose  business  was  once  in  a  year  to  audit  and 
pass  the  year's  accounts,  receive  the  money,  and  return  it  to  the  lord ; 
he  was  generally  a  man  of  some  principal  family  in  the  county,  and 
had  a  handsome  salary  for  life,  it  being  held  by  patent.  Sir  Ric.  Ful- 
merston,  Knt.  and  several  of  the  Kempes,  8cc.  were  auditors. 

Q.  The  feodary,  an  office  of  honour  and  great  profit;  his  business 
was  to  take  inquisitions  at  the  death  of  each  tenant,  that  held  any 
fees  or  parts  of  fees,  by  knight's  service,  inroll  all  deeds  of  alienations 
of  any  fees  or  parts  thereof. 

3,  The  collector,  whose  office  was  to  attend  at  the  doing  of  all 
homages,  and  to  receive  all  reliefs,1  aids,6  castle-guard1  money,  wards,* 
marriage  money,9  &c. 

5  On  the  death  of  every  knight,  or  done,  sometimes  at  Bungeye,  or  at  Fram- 
tenant  by  knight's  service,  a  reasonable  lingham  castle  in  Suffolk,  and  after  that, 
relief  was  paid  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  at  the  palace  at  Kenninghall  in  Norfolk,  as 
fee,  which  was  originally  at  his  will ;  but  appears  from  the  rolls,  &c. 
that  growing  exorbitant  (as  in  the  case  6  And  aid  could  never  be  levied, 
of  copyholds)  the  lords  often  oppressing  without  the  consent  of  the  majority  of 
their  tenants  to  a  great  degree,  it  was  the  tenants  by  knight's  service,  unless  in 
determined  that  a  reasonable  relief  should  three  cases,  ist,  when  the  King  made 
be  for  each  fee,  five  pounds  certain,  (as  his  eldest  son  knight,  or  married  his  eld- 
in  copyholds,  the  reasonable  fine,  hath  est  daughter;  he  could  then  demand  an 
been  fixed,  at  the  unreasonable  sum  of  aid  of  205.  for  every  fee;  which  was  to 
two  years  rent,)  which  was  always  paid,  be  answered  to  him  by  the  chief  lords  of 
Besides  this,  the  new  tenant  was  obli-  the  fees,  to  whom  each  tenant  paid  their 
ged  to  come  and  do  homage  to  the  lord,  proportion  for  the  several  fees  or  parts 
or  else  pay  a  fine  at  the  lord's  will,  for  of  fees  lieid  of  them.  2d,  when  the  lord 
not  doing  it;  and  it  often  happened,  that  of  any  honour,  or  chief  lord  of  any  fees, 
the  lord  being  at  a  distance,  they  could  made  his  eldest  son  a  knight,  or  married 
not  conveniently  go  to  him  to  do  their  his  eldest  daughter,  he  .%iao,  could  levy 
homage,  and  then  they  fii.ed  for  respite  of  an  aid  of  205.  from  each  fee  held  of  him. 
homage,  some  for  a  year  others  for  3d.  when  the  King  went  to  the  wars, 
longer  time.  And  this  was  another  every  fee  being  obliged  to  find  a  knight  or 
hardship  brought  in  by  innovation ;  for  horseman,  well  armed,  to  do  personal 
originally,  the  tenant  (though  bound  to  service. for  the  fee;  hi*  Majesty  sum- 
do  his  homage)  was  not  obliged  to  do  it  moned  the  chief  lords  of  the  fees  to  come 
any  where,  but  at  some  court  held  in  person,  with  as  many  knights  or  horse. 
for  the  honour,  or  at  the  capital  mansion-  men,  as  they  held  fee.-;,  or  to  fine  with 
house  or  castle  belonging  :o  it.  The  chief  him  in  lieu  of  such  services;  and  then 
seat  oi  the  old  Earis  being  the  castle  at  the  chief  lords  summoned  their  several 
Norwich,  where  the  homages  were  chiefly  tenants  that  held  fees  under  them,  to 


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4.  The  SERJEANT,  who  was  the  feodarys  officer,  to  serve  all  pro- 
cesses, make  enquiries,  serve  all  summonses,  return  the  jurors,  and 
certify  the  deaths. 

5,  The  bailiff,  who  was  to  summon  the  under  tenants,  give  notice 
of  the  courts,  make  seizures,  return  copies  of  the  rolls,  &C.  to  the 
evidence  room. 

Thefeodary  book  of  this  honour,  was  last  of  all  renewed  in  1609, 
when  the  noble  Henry  Earl  of  Northampton,  Baron  of  Murnehill, 
lord  guardian  of  the  Cinque-Ports,  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal, 
Knight  of  the  Garter,  was  lord.  It  had  then  above  Jiftu  fees  held  of  it 
in  the  county  of  Norfolk  only,  as  may  be  seen  under  the  several  towns 
and  manors,  to  which  I  refer  you. 

At  the  death  of  Elizabeth  Dutchess  of  Norfolk  in  1424, 

John  Mowbray,  her  second  son,  and  heir,  by  the  death  of  his 
eldest  brother,  succeeded  to  the  honour  and  manor:  he  was  one  of 
those  valiant  noblemen  that  served  King  Hen.  V.  and  King  Hen.  VI. 
in  their  wars  with  France;  in  which,  having  behaved  with  the  greatest 
courage  and  fidelity,  he  was  by  parliament  restored  to  the  title  and 
dignity  of  Duke  of  Norfolk,  (being  before  styled  Earl-Marshal 
and  Earl  of  Notingham  only,)  in  1424.  In  1414,  he  was  at  the  siege 
of  Harfleu  with  King  Henry  v.  where  he  gat  the  flux  by  eating  too 
much  fruit,  and  so  was  forced  to  return  before  the  famous  battle  of 
Agincourt;  in  1416,  he  was  at  the  siege  of  Caen  in  Normandy,  and 
continued  in  those  parts  till  that  King's  death,  and  was  soon  after 
retained  to  serve  Henry  VI.  in  his  wars,  by  whom  he  was  made  Knight 
of  the  Garter;  he  died  Oct.  19,  14S3,  at  his  manor  of  Epleworth  in 
the  isle  of  Axeholme,  and  was  buried  in  the  charter-house  of  the  Car- 
thusians there  ;  by  Katherine1  daughter  of  Ralph  Nevile,  first  Earl  of 
Westmorland,  and  of  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  of  Gaunt  Duke 
of  Lancaster ;  he  had 

John  Lord  Mowbray,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Earl- Marshal  and 
Notingham,  Lord  Segrave,  Gozcer,  8tc.  Knight  of  the  Garter,  and 
lord  of  this  honour  and  manor,  who  in  1438  went  ambassadour  into 

appear  in  person,  with  as  many  horse-  purchasers  of  wardships  and  marriages, 

men  as  they   held   fees,   or  to  fine  with  would  not  have  given  such  vast  sums  as 

them  in  lieu  of  such  their  service.  was  usually  done,  for  their  purchase. 

7  Every  fee  held  of  this  honour  paid  9  If  the  tenant  left  a  widow,  her  mar- 
castle-guard  money  or  wayte-fecs,  to  some  riage  belonged  to  the  lord  of  the  honour, 
castle  or  other,  belonging  to  the  lords  of  and  was  sold  according  to  her  estate  for 
the  honour,  for  the  watch  and  guard  of  life,  which  if  not  submitted  to,  shefor- 
such  castles,  many  paid  to  Norwich  feited  her  dower  in  all  things  that  be- 
castle,  several  to  Rising,  others  to  longed  to  the  honour,  and  in  like  manner, 
Framlingham  and  Bongeye,  all  the  woman  (notwithstanding  any  prior 
which,  at  several  times,  belonged  to  the  or  contrary  agreement)  had  her  dower 
ancient  lords.  always  allotted,  in  all  lar.ds,  &c.  held  by 

8  Whenever  any  tenants  of  any  fees  knight's  service  of  the  honour. 

died,  and  left  their   heirs  minors,  the  ■  She  after  married  to  Tho.  Strange, 

chief  lord  of  the  fee,  sold  their  wardships  ways,  Esq.  to  John  Viscount  Beaumont, 

and  marriage  to  whom  he  pleased,  often  and  to  Sir  John  Widevile,  brother  to 

to  the  great  detriment  of  the  family,  else  Anthony  Earl  Rivers.  P.L.N. 


232  FORNCET. 

Picardy,  to  make  a  peace  between  the  Kings  of  England  and  France, 
and  had  then  a  grant  of  place  and  seat  in  parliament,  next  to  the 
Duke  of  Exeter.  In  1446  he  went  in  pilgrimage  to  Rome,  and  in 
1456,  he  had  license  to  visit  other  holy  places,  111  Ireland,  Scotland, 
Brittanmj,  Piccardy,  and  Cologn ;  and  to  the  blood  of  our  Saviour 
at  Wiudismark  ;  as  also  to  go  a  second  time  to  Rome  and  Jerusalem, 
having  vowed  to  do  it  for  recovery  of  the  King's  health.  In  1400,  he 
was  constituted  by  Edzv.  IV.  justice  itinerant  of  all  the  forests  south 
of  Trent,  but  died  in  146),  and  was  buried  in  the  abbey  of  Thetford* 
as  was  Eleanor  his  wife,  daughter  of  William  Lord  Bourchier,  and 
sister  of  Henri/  Bourchier  Earl  of  Essex;  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son, 

John  Lord  Mowbray,  who  during  his  father's  lifetime,  was 
created  Earl  Warren  and  Surrey,  by  King  Hen.  VI.  and  by  Edw.  IV. 
was  made  Knight  of  the  Garter;  in  1473,  that  King  retained  him  to 
serve  in  the  French  wars;  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Talbot,  first  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  and  had  issue  only  our  daughter  ;  lie 
died  in  1475,  and  was  buried  by  his  ancestors  in  Thetford  priory 
church,  and  this  manor  was  assigned  to  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Nokfolk 
his  widow,  who  presented  here  in  1196;  but  the  honour  of  Fomcet 
went  to 

Anne,  their  only  daughter,  who  married  Richard  Plantaginet 
of  Shrewsbury,  Duke  of  York,  second  sou  to  King  Edward  IV.  who, 
because  the  title  of  Duke  of  'Norfolk  was  by  the  creation  limited  to 
the  heirs  male  of  the  Mowbrays,  he  obtained  a  patent  from  his  lather, 
creating  him  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  Earl  Warren.;  with  annuities  of 
40/.  a  year,  out  of  the  revenues  of  the  counties  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk, 
and  '20/.  per  annum  out  of  the  profits  of  the  counties  of  Surrey  and 
Sussex,  to  be  paid  by  the  sheriffs  of  those  counties.  In  right  of  his 
wife,  he  was  Earl- Marshal,  and  had  the  baronies  of  Mowbray,  Segrave, 
and  Gower,  together  with  the  vast  inheritance  of  her  family.  Ihis 
Richard,1  with  his  brother  King  Edw.  V.  was  by  the  unnatural  and 
cruel  command  of  that  monster  Richard  Duke  of  Gloucester,  their 
uncle,  afterwards  King  Rich.  III.  barbarously  murdered  in  the  tower 
of  London,  in  148.1,  and  leaving  no  issue,  the  inheritance  of  this 
great  house  fell  to  two  female  heiresses,  Isabel  and  Margaret,  daugh- 
ters of  Thomas  d°,  Mowbray  first  Duke  of  Norfolk,  the  first  of  which 
married  Sir  James  Berkley,  and  the  other  Sir  Robeil  tloicard,  Knt.  to 
whose  family  this  honour,  manor,  and  advowson,  passed,  and  hath 
continued  in  it  to  this  day. 

I  shall  therefore  conclude  my  account  of  the  Bvgods  and  Mow- 
brays, with  the  following  extract  taken  from  an  old  mamiscript 
called  the  Book  of  Pleas,  now  remaining  in  the  gild-hall  of  the 
city  of  Norwich,  at  lb.  1,  viz. 

"  SERE  Roger  Bygott  Erie  of  Norfolke,  hadd  a  Sonne  hyte 
"Roger,  and  after  him  was  Erie  of  Northfolke,  and  that  second 
"  Roger,  hadd  a  Sonne  bite  Roger,  and  was  after  hym  Erie  of  Nor- 
"Jolke,  and  that  last 

*  See  vol.  ii.  p.  119.      3  Prinne's  Abridgement  of  the  Records,  fo.  400. 


FORNCET. 


I.};! 


Roger  [Bygot]  Erie  of  Noifolke  in  the  Tyme  of  Kyng  Edward 
"  the  first,  had  non  Heirs  of  his  Body,  and 
"  the  seid  Edward  had  iij  Sonnes,  whereof 
"  oon  was  Edward,  which  was  sethen  King 
"  Edw.  the  second  with  the  long  Shanks"; 
"  the  second  Sonne  was  Thomas  of  Bito- 
"  thirton  ;  the  3d.  Sonne  was  Edmond,  the 
"  which  Edward  the  Fader,  thought  that  his 
"  Son  Edward  schuld  be  his  Heir,  and  Kyng 
"  after  hym,  and  so  he  was,  and  Thomas  of 
"  Brodirton,  and  Edmond  his  other  Sones, 
"  schuld  no  Lyfelod  have,  but  he  get  to 
"  hem  ;  and  in  that  Tyme,  the  Erie,  Sire 
"  Roger  Bigott  Erie  of  Noifolke,  and  his 
"  Wif,  come  to  London  to  the  Parliament,  in  gay  and  gret  Aray,  and 
"  with  gret  Peple  that  passid  his  Estate,  and  the  Kyng  and  the  Lordis 
"  of  this  Lond,  in  that  Tyme  hadden  gret  Envye  therof,  and  the 
"  Kyng  cast  a  Wrath  to  the  seid  Sere  Roger,  and  arested  hym,  and 
"  put  hym  in  strong  Hold,  sayng  he  was  a  Traitor,  to  that  Entent, 
"  for  to  do  hym  yelden  up  his  Londes  into  the  Kyngs  Hond,  that  he 
"  schuld  thereof  don  his  Will;  and  the  seid  Ser  Roger  was  in  gret 
"  Distres,  many  Day  and  long,  and  at  the  last,  to  be  in  Ese  and  in 
"  Rest,  he  gaf  up  all  his  Londes  into  the  Ki/nges  Hond,  that  he  schuld 
"thereof  don  his  Will ;  and  thenne  the  Kyng  havyng  thereof  seson, 
"  of  his  speciall  Grace  grauntid  agen,  all  the  seid  Londes  to  the  seid 
"  Sire  Roger  Bigott,  and  to  his  Wif,  to  holden  Terme  of  their 
"  Lifes,  and  after  their  Disses  to  remeyndre  to  Thomas  of  Brodir- 
"  ton,  the  second  Son  of  the  seid  Kyng  Edward  the  first,  and  to  the 
"  Heirs  of  his  Body  ;  the  which  Thomas  Brodirton,  after  the  Deth  of 
"  the  seid  Sir  RogerBigott,  and  of  his  Wife,  possessed  thes  Londs,  and 
"  was  Erie  of  Noifolke.  And  the  Kyng  gaf  to  Edmond  his  thirde  son, 
"  the  Erldom  of  Kent,  with  the  Londes ;  and  the  seid  Thomas  Bro- 
"  dirton  Erie  of  Norfolke,  cam  doun  into  Noifolke,  and  ther  he  wedded 
"  a  Knygthis  Doughter,  fast  be  *  Bitngey,  and  thei  hadden  togedir  ij 
"  Dowters,  of  the  which,  oon  hight  Margeret,  and  the  toder  night 
"  [Alice,  who  had  a  Daughter]  which  was  married  to  oon  Ser  Wil. 
"  Ufford  Erie  of  Suffolk;  the  forseid  Margaret  and  [Alice]  Dowters 
"  of  Thomas  Brothirton  Erie  of  Norf  after  the  Decesse  of  the  seid 
"  Thomas,  possessed  and  hadden  all  his  Londes,  and  it  wern  partid 
"  between  them  to  ;  and  after  the  seid  [Alice]  Wif  of  (Edward)  Mon- 
"  tagew  deid  ;  and  hire  (Part)  fell  to  here  Dowter  {Joan)  Wif  of 
"  Ufford  Erie  of  Suthfolk  ;  aud  after  that,  the  seid  Lady  Ufford 
"  Countes  of  Suff.  deied  without  Heirs,  and  all  here  Part  thanne  fell 
"  unto  the  forseid  Margaret  Dowter  of  the  seid  Thomas  Brothirton, 
"  and  sche  was  thenueCWre.se  mad  of  Norff.  and  dwellid  at  the  Castell 
"  of  Framelingham,  and  sche  was  married  to  the  Lorde  Segrave,  and 
"  the  seid  Lorde  Segrave  gaf  to  hire,  whenn  he  schuld  wedden  here, 
"  all  his  Londis,  to  hir  and  to  hire  Heirs;  and  thei  hadden  togeder 
"  ij  Dowters,  wherof  oon  (Anne)  was  Abbesse  of  Berkyng,  and 
"  (Elizabeth)  the  todir,  was  married  to  the  Lord  Mowbrey  and 
"  Gower ;  and  after  that,  the  Lord  Segrave  deied,  and  thenn  Dame 

*  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Hales,  Knt. 
vol.  v.  H  h 


234  FORNCET. 

"  Margaret  his  Wif,  the  Countes  of  Norff.  was  both  Countes  of 
"  Norff.  and  Lady  Segrave,  and  after  that,  sche  was  married  to  Sere 
"  Water  Maughney  Knyght,  and  thei  had  togedir  (Thomas)  a  Son,  and 
"  (Anne)  a  Dowter,  the  which  Son  whenne  he  was  of  the  age  of  x 
"  Yeres,  he  drauthe  att  C/itslirforthe,  and  he  schuld  a  ben  Erie  of 
"  Northfolke  and  Lord  Segrave,  if  he  had  levid;  and  the  forseid 
"  Dowter  of  the  Countese  of  Norff.  and  of  Sir  Water  Maughney,  was 
"  mailed  to  (John  Hastings)  the  Erie  of  Penbroke,  and  ther  Son 
"dwellid  with  the  seid  Lady  of  Norff.  and  was  Warde  after  his 
"  Fader's  discesse,  and  the  seid  Countes  of  Norff.  had  his  Londes 
"  til  his  full  Age,  and  he  wedded  (Phillipa)  the  Dowter  of \Edm.  Mor- 
"  timer,  the  3d  Earl  of  March)  the  which  yong  Erie  of  Penbroke,  was 
"  slayne  with  Juslyng  with  Sir  John  Sent-Jon  att  Plaishe,  (in  1389) 
"  and  thenn  his  Wif,  was  maried  to  Sir  John  Holond,  and  thenne  he 
"  deied,  and  sche  was  maried  agen  to  Grene  Cornewall ;  and  whenne 
"  the  yong  Brie  of  Penbroke  was  ded,  all  the  Part  of  the  forseid 
"  Londes,  that  schuld  alonged  to  hym,  after  the  Decesse  of  the  seid 
"  Countes  of  Norff.  remeyndered  agen  with  the  todir  Parte,  to  the 
"Wif  of  the  seid  Lord  M.nvbrey  and  Gower,  Dowter  and  Eire  of 
"  the  seid  Countes,  and  of  the  Lord  Segrave';  the  which  Lord  Mow- 
"  brey  and  Gower,  and  his  Wif,  hadden  togedir  ij  Sonnys,  that 
"  werne  Thomas  and  John,  the  which  Thomas  theeldere  Son,  schuld 
"  be  Eire  to  his  Fader,  of  the  Mowbray  Londes  and  Gower,  and  Eiie 
"  to  his  Moder,  of  the  Erledom  of  Norff.  and  of  the  Lordschip  of 
"Segrave;  and  the  forseid  John  was  with  the  Deuke  of  Lancastre, 
"  and  schuld  non  Heritage  have,  lyfyng  his  Brother  and  his  Brother's 
"  Eire;  and  the  seid  Deuke  of  Lancastre,  get  hym  of  the  King  the 
"  Erldom  of  Notyngham,  and  xl  Marcs  be  Yer  therwith,  and  the 
"  Office  of  Marshall  of  Yngland,  with  certen  Fee  therwith,  to  hym 
"  and  to  his  Heirs;  and  after  that,  hedeied  witbouten  eny  Heirs  of  his 
"  Body,  and  ihenne  the  Kyng  gate  the  seid  Erledom  of  Notyngham, 
"  and  the  seid  Office  of  Marshall  of  Yngland,  to  the  forseid  Thomas', 
"  son  of  Lord  Mowbray  and  Gower,  to  him  and  to  his  Heirs  of  his 
"  Body;  and  thenne  deied  the  seid  Lord  Mowbray  and  his  Wif  and 
"  thenne  the  seid  Thomas  was  Erie  of  Notyngham,  and  Marschali  of 
"  Ingland,  and  Lord  Mowbray,  and  Lord  Gower;  and  he  weddid 
"  Elisabeth  the  Erles  Dowter  oft  Arundell,  and  the  Kyng  lovyd  hym 
"  well,  and  be  cause  that  the  [riheritaunce  of  the  Erledome  of  Norff. 
"  and  the  Lordshipp  of  Segrave,  shuld  afall  to  hym  atter  the  Decesse 
"  of  Dame  Margaret  Countes  of  Norff.  and  Lady  Segrave,  his 
"  Grauntdame,  thenne  levyng,  the  Kyng  made  hym  Duke  of  Norff. 
"  and  where  he  schuld  a  ben  mad  Erle  of  Noithr.  he  was  made  Erie 
"  Marschali,  thenne  he  was  Duke  of  Norff.  Erie  Marschali,  Erie  of 
"  Notyngham,  Marschali  of  Yngland,  Lord  Mowbray,  Lord  Segrave, 
"  and  Lord  Gower;  and  thenne  he  deied,  levying  the  forseid  Dame 
"  Margaret,  Countes  of  Norff.  and  Lady  Segrave,  and  so  the  Londes 
"  of  the  Dochie  of  Norff.  and  the  Lordshipp  of  Segrave,  were  never 
"  in  his  Hond." 

+  Eliz.  daughter  of  Fitz-Alan  Earl  of  Arundel,  sister  and  one  of  the  heirs  of 
Thomas  Fitz-Alan  her  brother. 


FORNCET. 


THE  HONOURABLE  FAMILY  OF  THE 

HOWARDS, 

Being  not  only  the  first  of  this  county,  but  of  all  England,  next  to 
the  royal  family  (1),  [  shall  treat  of  them  at  large  in  this  place;  this 
town  being  the  chief  or  head  of  the  honour  ;  beginning  as  far  back  as 
I  can  trace  them,  from  the  many  ancient  pedigrees,  rolls,  evidences, 
printed  accounts,  and  other  memorials,  that  I  have  met  with  concern- 
ing them;  chiefly  following  that  fedighee  which  is  in  Caius  col- 
lege library  in  Cambridge  ;  (2)  the  greatest  part  of  it  being  proved 
by  extracts  out  of  authentick  evidences  and  deeds,  which  are  entered 
upon  it. 

1.  FVLCHO,  or  Fulk  ;  he  is  exhibited  on  his  knees  in  armour, 
with  a  plume  of  feathers  for  his  crest,  on  the 
top  of  his  helmet;  the  sash,  on  which  the 
scabbard  of  his  sword  hangs,  goes  in  the 
form  of  a  bend,  and  is  tied  with  a  knot  on 
his  shoulder ;  he  hath  his  drawn  sword 
erected  in  his  right  hand ;  from  the  oval 
that  he  is  drawn  in,  hangs  his  shield,  made 
in  the  shape  of  a  heart,  and  on  it,  gul.  a 
bend  between  six  cross-croslets  fitche  arg. 
which  arms  have  been  constantly  born  by 
the  Howards  to  this  day. 

2.    G  ALFRED   or  Jeffery,  son   of 
Fulk,  (3)  succeeded  who  had  two  sons,  liumfry  the  younger,  and 

3.  ALAN  Fitz  Jeffery,  the  elder,  whose  son 

4.  WILLIAM  took  the  sirname  of  Wiggeniiall,  from  the  town 
of  that  name  in  Freebridge  hundred  in  Norfolk,  where  he  was  born, 


(1)  The  Duke  of  Norfolk  hath  precedence  of  all  other  Dukes,  not 
only  by  his  creation,  but  likewise  in  respect  of  his  office :  for  as  Earl- 
Marshal  of  England,  he  is  to  take  place  with  the  Lord  Great 
Chamberlain,  Lord  Great  Constable  (but  after  them)  and  Lord  Hiak 
Admiral  of  England,  Lord  Steward,  and  Lord  Chamberlain  of  the 
King's  household,  next  after  the  Lord  Privy  Seal,  above  all  other 
personages,  being  of  the  same  estate  and  degree.  Peerage  of  Eng- 
land, Vol.  I.  p.  51.  Edit.  Lond.  1715. 

(2.  The  title  of  that  pedigree  is,  Stemma  et  accurata  Deductio, 
praeclarse  Families.  Howardorum  usque  ad  annum  1605. 

(3)  Carta  Godfridi  filij  (Jrdonis  de  Ridune  facta  Roberto  filio 
Wlfrici  de  Norwico  et  heredibus  suis,  de  toto  prato  suo  vocato  Rubro 
Prato  in  Ridune,  (juxta  Rising  in  Com.  Norf.)  teslibus,  Hugone  de 
Milliers,  Hervico  Cappel/ano,  Galfrido  filio  Fvlchonis,  Alano 
filio  Galfridi,  Humfredo  fratre  ejus,  6cc.  (sans  date.) 


23<3  FORNCET. 

and  had  lands,  confirmed  to  him  by  the  Abbot  and  convent  of  St. 
Edmund's  Burt/  in  Suffolk.  (4)  He  had  three  sons,  Jskill  his  second, 
and  Wlfric  his  third  son, (5)  both  continued  the  sirname  oi'fViggen- 
hall,  but 

5.  JOHN  his  eldest  son,  (o)  look  the  sirname  of  Heyward, 
Hauuard,  or  Howard  and  was  the  first  of  this  family,  of  that 
sirname; (7)  which  as  I  take  it,  he  took  from  the  office  of  heyward 
there;  he  married  Lucy  Germund,  (8)  by  whom  he  had 

6.  WILLIAM  HOWARD  of  Wigenhall,(9)  with  whom  Sir  WiU. 
Dugdale  begins  the  pedigree  of  this  noble  family.  (10)  This  William 
being  bred  to  the  law,  made  so  great  proficiency  therein,  and  raised 
such  fortunes,(ll)  that  he  was  knighted  about  the  6th  year  of  Edw.  I. 


(4)  Carta  Abbalis  et  Conventus  Sancti  Edmundi  facta  Willelmo 
filio  Alan  i,  de  terrS.  sua  apud  JVigenha/l,  sc.  tuft  a  et  crufta,  quas 
Seman  et  uxor  ejus  Lewet,  tenuerunt  apud  Wigenhall,  &c.  Testibus 
Roberto  Priore  Sci.  Edmundi,  &c.  (sans  date,  sub  sigillo  Abbatis.) 

(5)  Relaxatio  Askelli  et  Wlerici  filiorum  Willielmi  de  Wi- 
senhall,  de  totis  terris  quae  fuerunt  Lesswot,  filie  Landrici,  sacer- 
dotis,  &c.  (sans  date.) 

(6)  Carta  Rie.  filij  Willielmi  de  Reynham  facta  Alkie  filie  sue,  &c. 
de  quinque  acris  terre  in  Tilney,  testibus  Johanne  filio  Willielmi  de 
Wigenhall. 

(7)  I  am  sensible  of  the  the  many  originals  this  name  is  said,  by 
different  people,  to  be  derived  from,  as  hot-zcard,  the  warden  of  an 
hull.  (Spelman.)  Hold-zeard,  the  warden  or  keeper  of  any  strong 
hold.  (Verstegan.)  Of  hoch,  high.  (Teuton.)  and  wapo,  a  warden, 
(Cambden,)  or  noLT>,favour,  and  word,  worthy.  Teut.  (Kilian) or  of 
hold,  hospitality,  and  ward,  (Skinner.)  But  all  these,  I  believe,  are 
little  to  our  purpose,  otherwise  than  the  natural  origin  of  it,  the  Hey- 
ward or  Howard  being  the  high  or  chief  warden  or  keeper  of  any 
place  or  thing;  and  indeed  I  believe  that  this  John  was  the  hey- 
ward here. 

(8)  Lucia,  (ilia  Johannis  Germund.  Her  arms  in  the  pedigree  are, 
quarterly  G.  and  V.  an  escarbuncle  or. 

(9)  Carta  Johis.  filij  Willielmi  de  Hakebech  facta  Willo.  filio 
Johis.  Howard  de  Wigenhale,  de  septem  acris  terre  in  campis  de 
Gildengore,  &c.  Testibus  Johanne  Fitlon,  Johanne  Howard,  An- 
drea fratre  ejus,  &c.  (sans  date.) 

(10)  The  Peerage  published  at  London  in  1715,  begins  with  this 
William  ;  but  the  edition  in  1741,  withHAR'»EY,  Clarencieux's,  ac- 
count of  the  family  (of  which  I  shall  take  no  notice,  believing  it  to 
be  of  no  authority,  as  to  what  is  said  of  it)  before  this  William. 

(11)  Carta  Willi,  filij  Constautini  de  Clenchewai tun ,  facta  Willo 
fil.  Johannis  Howakd  de  term  in  Wigenhale  abuttante  ex  parte 


FORNCET.  237 

and  had  his  seat  at  Wigenhale,  (12)  where  by  various  purchases,  he  ac- 
quired a  considerable  estate.  It  seems  he  had  a  brother  named 
Thomas,  who  was  called  sometimes  Thomas  de  Wigenhale,  and  some- 
times Thomas  Howard  of  Wigenhale  ;  whose  son  Andrew  also,  did  the 
same  ;  for  in  a  deed  of  exchange,  made  between  him  and  this  William, 
he  is  called  Andrew{\3)  son  of  Thomas  Howard ;  in  the  deed,  which 
hath  on  its  seal  an  eagle  volant  with  a  bird  in  its  claws,  the  circum- 
scription being  Sigillum  An'Dree  de  Wigenhale;  and  by  this 
deed  it  is  clear,  that  his  mother  Lucy  survived  her  husband.  (14)  It 
seems  as  if  he  had  also  another  brother,  culled  Hugh  Howard,  who 
was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  of  Wigenhale  St.  Germans,  7  Cal.  May, 
1304,  being  in  deacon's  orders  only,  when  the  Prior  of  Norwich  pre- 
sented him;  which  was  void  again  in  1307;  (15)  but  whether  by 
Hugh's  death,  or  promotion  to  other  preferment,  I  do  not  find.  This 
William  was  first  appointed  one  of  the  judges  in  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  by  K'mgEdwardl.  aboutl280  ;  and  on  thellth  of'OcM296,  (16) 
25  E.  I.  he  was  sworn  chief  justice  of  the  King's  Bench;  was  con- 
stantly summoned  to  parliament  till  1  Edw.  II.  in  which  year  he  was 
sent  into  Scotland  with  Rob.  de  Wateville,  on  the  King's  affairs;  (17) 
and  on  the  12th  of  Dec.  1307,  had  letters  of  protection  from  his  Ma- 
jesty, to  answer  no  sulfa,  and  not  to  plead  to  any  thing  till  his  return  ; 
which  patent  was  produced  in  the  first,  second,  and  third  years  of 
Edzv.  II.  so  that  he  did  not  return  to  settle  till  after  that  time.  By 
various  deeds  I  find,  that  he  purchassed  estates  in  Walpole,  Tilney, 
Norlk-Wotton,  and  many  towns  in  that  neighbourhood.    He  had  two 


australi,  super  tenementum  Thome  Howard,  &c.  Testibus,  Thoma 
Howard,  Johanne  de  Fitton  -  Willo.  de  Reynham,  8cc. 

Memorandum,  Quod  die  Sancti  Georgij  An°  1303,  domus  sive 
prioratus  de  Wymondham,  tenebatur  solvere  Domini  Willmo.  How 
asd  vi./.  xiij.s.  iiij.d.    E  Kegistro  Monastery  Sancti  Albani,  fo.  293. 

(12)  Carta  Sv/horm  proris  de  Bemewell  de  quadam  pecia.  terre  de 
Wigenhale,  facta  Willo.  Howard,  ad  ampliendurn  messuagium  suum. 
Sub  sigillo  Capituli  5  E.  I.  1276. 

Carta excambij  inter  Dominum  Willum.  Howard  de  Wigenhale, 
militem,  et  Alanum  til'ium  Thome  F/oa'f ,  de  diversis  terris  in  Wigenhale, 
&c.  Testibus  Johe.  Fitton,  &,c.  (sans  date.) 

(13)  In  Edward  the  Second's  time,  I  find  that  a  Will.  Howard  was 
son  of  this  Andrew,  by  Alice  his  wife  ;  so  that  the  Howards  that 
remained  in  these  parts  many  generations  after  the  chief  branch 
removed,  descended  from  him. 

(14)  Carta  excambij  in  Willum.  Howard  de  Wigenhale,  et  An- 
Bseam  filium  Thome  Howard  de  uno  messuagio  tribus  acris  terre 
in  Wigenhale.  Habenxi.  eidem  Andree  et  heredibus  sitis  in  perpetuum, 
salva  semper  Lucie  GERMUND,rehcte  Johannis  Howard,  rationa- 
bili  dote  sua  de  predicto  messuagio,  &c.  Testibus  Johanne  Fitton,. 
Johanne  Germund,  Galfrido  de  Kerville,  &c. 

(15)  Liber  Institut.  in  Regro.  Epi.  Norwic.  No.  I.  A°  1304. 

(16)  Madox.  Hist.  Excbeq.  fo.  606. 

(17)  Rot.  Soccie  1,  2,  3  Edw.  II. 


238  FORNCET. 

wives  ;  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  Rob.  Ufford,  Knt.  by  whom  he  had 
no  issue;  (18)  and  Alice  daughter  of  Sir ■Edmund  Fitton  of  Wigtn- 
hale,  Knt.  by  whom  he  had  issue  John  and  William ;  he  is  said  to  have 
died  about  1308,  (19)  but  where  buried  I  dont  rind  ;  the  Peerage, Vol.  I. 
p.  7,  saith,  he  is  pourtrayed  in  glass,  in  judge's  robes,  in  a  window  in 
Long- Ale/ford  church  in  Suffolk,  with  two  other  judges,  and  this 
inscription  under  them : 

$rag  foe  the  gooo  .§>tate  of  William  Haward,  Chief  %\xit\$  of 
Yngland,  anQ  for  >  *  >  *  Pycot  anb  John  Haugh  3justli»  of  the 
%tto.  (20) 

7.  JOHN  HOWARD,  Knt.  his  eldest  son,  succeeded  him,  who 
in  1305,  was  gentleman  of  the  bed-chamber  to  King  Edward  I.  after- 
wards sheriff'  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  ('21)  custos  or  governour  of  Nor- 
wich castle;  went  into  the  Scottish  wars,  and  to  Gascoigne,  to  serve 


(18)  Memorandum,  quod  Willus.  Howard,  miles,  Justiciaries, 
in  primis  nuptijs  desponsavit  filiam  Offord,  antecessoris  Offord, 
postea  Comitis  Suffolcie,  per  quam  non  habuit  exitum,  post  cujus 
mortem  duxit  in  uxorem,  Aliciam  filiam  Edmundi  [the  last  edition 
of  the  Peerage  calls  him  Edward]  Fitton,  militis,  de  quibus  exivit 

Johaitne  Howard  qui  sumpsit  sibi  in  uxorem,  filiam per  quam, 

habuit  filium  nomine  Johannem,  postea  militem,  qui  in  matrimonio 
fuit  copulatus,  filie  et  heredi  de  Bois  in  cujus  jure,  habuit  maneria  de 
Brakes,  Fersfield,  et  Gerbo/disham,  et  de  ipsa  s^enuit  filium  nomine 
Robertum;  qui  Robertus,  miles,  nupsit  filiam  Domine  Scales,  que 
peperit  (ilium  vocatum  Johannem.  E  Fragmento  Antiqui  Scripti 
niter  Evidencias  Willi.  Greene  defuncti  A°  lu'OO. 

(19)  In  1306,  he  was  a  witness  to  the  composition  between  the 
church  of  Norwich  and  the  citizens.     See  vol.  iii.  p.  73. 

(20)  His  wives  arms  are,  Ufford,  S.  a  cross  ingrailed  or.  Fitton 
az.  three  cinquefoils  pierced  arg.  She  outlived  him,  for  in  1310, 
Alicia,  que  fuit  uxor  Willi.  Hozcard,  habuit  literas  de  inquirend.  de 
transgressionibus  factis  apud  Southlen  et  Bi/ney  in  com.  Norjf.  Prima 
pars  Paten.  4  E.  II.  mem.  25  in  dorso. 

(21)  Johannes  Howard  et  Johanna  uxor  ejus.  Fin.  Norff  A°. 
2  E.  11.  Membr.  2. 

Johes.  Howard  Vicecomes  Norff.  et  Stiff.  Rot.  Pip.  12,  13,  14, 
15  E.  II.     Rot.  Claus.  15  E.  II. 

He  sealed  with  a  lion  rampant  circumscribed  Stovt.  Leo.  Fortis. 
as  on  a  seal  to  a  deed  of  his,  made  in  1308,  by  the  name  of  John,  son 
and  heir  oi  William  Howard,  Knt.  to  Jeff ery  son  of  Stephen,  son  of 
Walter  de  Tilney,  to  whom  he  conveyed  land  in  Ti/ncy  called  Antioche, 

faying  ^Os.  per  annum  to  the  said  John  Howard  and  Joan  his  wife. 
n  13  Hi,  he  sealed  with  the  Howards  arms,  circumscribed  Sigill. 
Johannis.  Howard.  Carta  Johannis  Howard,  militis,  facta  Alex° 
Neckton,  capellano,  de  uno  messuagio  et  quinquaginta  acris  prati, 
uno  salso  marisco  et  uno  molendino  ventritico,  &c.  in  JVigenhate, que 
quidem   quondam  fuere,   Rici  fijij  Ade   de  Wigenhale,  et   que  sibi 


FORNCET.  239 

the  Kin*  there :  his  brother,  William  Howard,  (22)  purchased  East- 
Walton  manor,  and  many  other  estates  in  Norfolk;  but  dying  without 
issue  he  became  his  sole  heir.  He  married  Joan  sister  ot  Richard 
de  Cornwall,  (13)  who  survived  him,  (24)  as  appears  horn  the  inquisi- 


descendebant  jure  hereditario,  post  mortem  Willi .  fratris  sol.  Data 
apud  Wigenhal  in  festo  Sci.  Laurentij  Martns  A°.  10  E.  fil.  L. 
1316. 

m)  This  Will.  Howard  was  dead  before  1316,  for  then  Sir 
John  Howard  his  brother  was  in  possession  ot  all  his  estates.  Lon- 
ventio  inter  Will  Howard  ex.  Alex.  Butterwick,  pro  manerio  de  Jut- 
walton,  quod  idem  Will,  perquisivit  de  eodem  Alexandra  per  finem  in 
Curia  Regis  A°.  22  E.  fil.  H. 

(03)  Kichardus  de  Cornubia,  8cc.  Willo.  de  Uudham,  attor- 
nato  suo  in  com.  Nor/,  salutem.  Sciatis  quod  ego  concessi  Domina 
Johanni  Howard,  et  Johanne  uxori  ejus,  sorori  mee,  quod  possint 
inlmbitare  et  manere  in  manerijs  que  habeo,  ex  dono  dicti  Johannis 
in  com.  Norf.  quanducnnque  eis  placue.it.     Inquis.  capt.  oh    111. 

This  was  because  Sir  John  Howard,  senior,  Knt.  so  called  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  his  son,  had  infeoffed  his  brother-in-law  Ric.  de 
Cornwall,  in  all  his  manors  and  estates  m  Norfolk,  ever  since  15  E.  If. 
1321,  as  by  inquisition  taken  at  Norwich  5  E.  III.  appears. ;<  Johan- 
nes How abb,  miles,  senior,  feofavit  Rkardum  de  Cornubia,  in  ma- 
neriis  de  Est-H  inch.  Est-Walton,  Wigenhale,  et  Terrmgton,  p  Cart. 
15  F  II  que  postea  seisita  fuere  per  dictum  Regem,  et  idem  Johan- 
nes di'ti  in  carcere  detentus  occasione  cujusdam  excesses  (et  non  pro 
alia  causa)  pro  eo,  quod  idem  Johannes  nianucepit  ad  mstantiam 
Huovnis  le  Dcspencers,  militis,  junioris,  quandam  inquisicwnem  trans- 
itu* coram  Rege,  de  coir.it.  Norfo/cie,  de  quadam  transgress.one 
facta  cuidam  servienti  ad  arma  die. i  Domini  Regis  in  d.cto  comilatu 
que  quidem  inquislcio  transivit  contra  dictum  serv.entem  ;  tandem  ad 
instantiam  dicti  Hugords  le  Despenser jiberatus  fu.t,  sub  spe  habendi 
manerium  dicti  Johannis  de  Est-Wmch;et  super <hoc idem  Jo- 
hannes a  prisona  liberatus,  precip.ens  cup.d.tatem ,  diet.  Hugoms  le 
Despenser ,  ad  evitandum  exheredacionem  suafn  ded.t  pred.ctum  ma- 
nerium  predicto  Rieardo  de  Cornubia  bona  hde,  et  absque  traude  vel 
cotluslone  aliqua,  Sec.  Inquis  cap.  Nonvic.  5  E.  III.  post  mort. 
Johis.  Howard,  &c.  int.  Rot.  in  Turn  Lond.  tic.  . 

Cornwall's  arms  are,  arg.  a  lion  rampant  gul.  in  a  bordure  .,1- 
grailed  S.'bezante.     See  vol.  i.  p.  106,  7- 

(24)  Relaxacio  Margaret*,  que  fait  uxor  Petri  Spaldyng,  facta 
Johanne,  queiuit  uxor  Johannis  Howard,  miht»,de  ominous  term 
et  tenementis,  que  predicta  Johanna  tenet  in  VeiringtoneX  Walpole 
u  de  libero 'Memento  suo  Data  apud  ^-^-D.e  Veneris 
prox.  ante  festum  Sci.  Marei  Evangel.ste  14  B.  III.  1339  By  this  it 
Teems  she  lived  at  Est-Winch,  to  which  place  the  eldest  branch  of 
Z  Howards  removed  from  Wigenhall,  and  it  is  most  likely  hat  she 
and  her  husband  were  interred  there.  R>c  de  Cornwall  probably 
died  without  issue,  for  Est-Walton  manor,  and  much,  .1  not  all  ot  hi, 
estate,  came  to  the  Howards. 


«4Q  FORNCET. 

tion  taken  at  his  death  in  5  Edw.  III.  A0.  1330,  when  he  was  lord  of 
several  manors  in  Wigenhale,  East-Walton,  Turlington,  South-JVottan, 
&c;  and  though  it  hath  been  said,  that  one  Edmund  Howard  was 
brother  to  this  Sir  John,  I  cannot  find  any  thing  like  it;  but  take  it 
to  be  a  mistake  for  that  Edmund  Howard,  who  was  presented  in  1309, 
by  King  Edw.  II.  to  the  rectory  of  Wetyng  St.  Mary,  as  at  vol.  ii.  p. 
172:  now  this  Edmund,  I  take  to  have  been  son  to  William,  (25)  son 
of  Andrew  Howard  before  mentioned. 

8.  JOHN  HOWARD,  junior,  Knt.  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John 
Howard,  senior,  Knt.  and  Joan  Cornwall  his  wife,  married 
Alice  du  Bois,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  de  Bosco  or  Bois  of  Fersfield, 
Knt.  by  Christian  daughter  of  Sir  William  Latimer,  Knt.  who  in  1333, 
became  sole  heiress  to  Sir  Robert  du  Bois  her  only  brother,  and  inhe- 
rited the  large  estate  of  that  family,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  77,  8,  92,  104,  5,) 
where  there  is  an  account  of  this  Sir  John,  who  in  1335,  was  consti- 
tuted by  Edward  III.  admiral  of  the  King's  whole  fleet,  from  the 
mouth  of  the  Thames  northward ;  and  in  1344,  he  was  sheriff  of  Nan* 
folk,  (see  vol.  ii.  p.  89,)  and  in  1346,  obtained  a  grant  for  a  market 
every  Friday,  and  a  fair  yearly,  at  his  manor  of  Wigenhale,  and  had  a 
new  patent  to  constitute  him  admiral  again  ;  (26)  he  was  esquire  of  the 
body  to  King  Edw.  III.  behaved  well  in  the  siege  of  Calice  in  the 
first  year  of  that  King;  he  had  issue, 

9.  Sir  ROBERT  HOWARD,  Knt.  who  married  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter, and  at  length  one  of  the  heirs,  of  Robert  Lord  Scales,  Knt.  Lord 


(25)  Carta  Willelmi  filij  Andree  Howard  de  Wigenhale  juni- 
oris,et  JoluatiusHWj  Benedicti  de  Garbicsthorp,  facta  Wil.  Howard, 
militi,  seniori,  de  tenementis  in  Wigenhale,  data  est  apud  Wigenhale, 
die  Sabbati  prox.  post  festum  decollacionis  Sancti  Joins.  Bapt.  8  AMI. 
To  it  hangs  a  fair  seal,  circumscribed  Sigill.  Willelmi  Howard, 
with  Howard's  aims,  and  the  bend  charged  with  three  mullets.  So  that 
this  deed  proves,  this  branch  to  be  settled  at  Wigenhale,  and  shows 
the  difference  they  used  in  their  shields,  to  distinguish  themselves 
from  the  elder  branch  seated  at  Winch. 

(26)  Johannes  Howard  constituitur  admira/lus  ab  ore  aque  Thamesis 
versus  partes  boreales  quamdiii  Regi  placuerit,  &c.  Teste  Leon,  filio 
nostro  carissimo,  dat.  Redyng.  8  Martij.  Prima  pars  Paten.  21  E.  III. 
1346. 

Johannes  Howard  tenet  matierium  de  Fersfield,  pro  uno  feodo 
militis,  de  Comite  Marescallo  et  idem  de  Rege,  quod  quondam  fuit 
Roberti  de  Bosco  (Huud.  de  Disce  Feodr.  Noif.)  and  it  continues  in 
the  family  to  this  day.  Arms  of  Bois,  erm.  a  cross  sab. 

Johannes  Howard  tenet  1  tenementum  in  Denton  pro  tercia  parte 
unius  feodi  militis,  et  decima  parte  feodi  de  heredibus  de  Tateshall,  et 
illi  de  Rege,  quod  quondam  fuit  Isolde  de  Bosco.    Hund.  de  Eresham. 

Relaxacio  Willi,  filij  Galfridi  Dix  de  Islington  facta  Johanni 
Howard,  militi,  et  Alkie  uxoris  ejus,  de  quodam  annuali  redditii  pro 
16  acris  terre  in  campis  de  Tilney.    Data  16  E.  III. 


FORNCET.  S41 

Newcels,  being  near  of  age  when  his  mother  died  inl371;(27)  inl378, 
he  was  committed  to  the  Tower,  for  detaining  Margery  de  Nerford, 
from  Alice  Lady  Nevi/e,  her  grand-mother ;  (28)  Sir  Robert  died 
July  3,  1388,  (29)  at  Est-Winch,  where  he  lies  buried ;  his  tomb  may- 
be seen  in  Weever,  fo.  841,  2.  His  will  is  dated  at  Est-Winch;  (30) 
by  which  he  ordered  his  body  to  be  buried  in  St.  Mary's  chapel,  in 
the  church  of  All-Saints  there,  and  gave  several  sums  to  the  high 
altar,  and  to  the  high  altars  in  the  churches  oHVigenhale  St.  German, 
Terrington  St.  Clement,  Fersfield  St.  Andrew,  and  Gerboldisham  St. 
John  Baptist;  with  legacies  to  the  Carmelites  and  Austin-friars  at 
Lyn.  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Sir  John  Tuddenham,  Knt.  were  his 
executors.  According  to  the  settlement  made  by  him  in  138t>,  (31) 
Margaret  his  widow  enjoyed  the  greatest  part  of  the  Boises  estate, 
during  her  life ;  (32)  and  at  her  death  she  was  buried  by  her  husband, 
who  died  before  his  father,  leaving  issue, 


(27)  Alicia,  que  fuit  uxor  J ohannis  Howard,  militis,  obijt  die  Lune 
prox.  ante  festum  Nativitatis  Beate  Marie  A0,  xlvj  Edri.  III.  et  Ro- 
bertas Howard,  filius  et  heres,  est  etatis  viginti  annorum  et  amplius. 
Esc.  A".  48  Ed.  III.  so  that  the  estate  of  the  Boises,  at  his  mother's 
death,  came  to  him. 

(28)  Peerage,  Vol.  I.  p.  40.  Edit.  Lond.  1715.  Scales,  gul.  six 
escalops  arg.  3,  2,  1. 

(29)  Robektus  Howard,  chevaler,  obijt  3"  die  Julij  12  R.  II.  et 
Johannes  Howard,  filius  et  heres,  est  etatis  xxiij  annoiuin  et  amplius. 
Esch  12  R.  II.  No.  2fi. 

(30)  E  Registro  Harsyke,  fo.  3,  inter  Archiv.  Epi.  Norwic.  proved 
July  1389. 

(31)  Feofamentum  Roberti  Howard,  militis,  factum  Johanni  Lovell, 
Johanni  Todenham,  militibus,  et  alijs,  de  manerijs,  terris,  et  tenemeniis 
suis  in  Wigenhale,  Est-Winch,  Fersfield,  Gerboldesham,  Uphall  et  Bo- 
kenham's  in  Gerboldesham,  Terrington,  Tilney,  Walpole,  West-Walton? 
Brisingham,  Lopham,  Kenninghall,  Reidon,  Wrotham,  Spaldyng, 
South  and  North  Clenchzcarton,  East  Walton,  South-Woitoii,  Upwell, 
Outwell,  Islingtori,  Sadelbow,  and  Sechithe  in  Norfo/cia,  et  manerio  de 
Brokes  in  comitatu  Suffolcie,  &c.  ad  implendum  ejusultimam  volun- 
tatem  et  testimentum,  sc.  tain  pro  dote  Margareta,  uxoiis  ejus,  quam 
pro  sustentacione  filiorum,  et  maritagijs  filiarum.  It  is  dated  at  Est- 
Winch,  and  hath  his  seal  of  arms  fixed  to  it,  circumscribed  Sigill. 
Roberti  Howard. 

N.  B.  He  had  only  the  reversion  of  several  of  these  manors. 

(32)  Carta  Johs.  Howard,  mil.  facta  Margarete,  que  fuit  uxor 
Roberti  Howard,  militis,  Simoni  de  Felebrige,  militi,  et  alijs  de  ma- 
nerijs de  South-Wotton  et  Reynham's  in  South-Clenchwarton  cum. 
pertinentijs,  et  cum  omnibus  terris  et  pertinentijs  et  tenrmentis  que 
Robertus  Howard,  miles,  perquisivit  de  Johanne  de  Wessingham,  seu 
quocunque  alio  in  villis  predictis  testibus  Laurencio  Trusbut,  Edm. 
Kervile,  Thoma  Howard,  &c.  Data  apud  Est-Winch,  22  R.  II.  1393. 
The  seal  to  this  deed  hath  Howard's  arms  quartered  with  P/ais,  and  a 
man's  head  erased,  with  long  hair,  beard,  and  a  hat  on,  for  a  crest. 

VOL.  v.  I  i 


242  FORNCET. 

10.  Sir  JOHN  HOWARD,  Knt.  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  who  at 
his  grand  father's  death  became  heir  to  the  whole  estate,  except  the 
manors  of  Brakes  in  Suffolk,  and  Est- Walton  in  Norfolk  ;  ihe  former 
of  which  was  settled  by  Sir  Robert.  Howard,  (.33)  on  Edmund  Howard, 
his  second  son;  and  the  latter,  on  Robert  Howard  his  third  son;  hut 
both  dying  without  issue,  they  reverted  to  Sir  John,  their  elder  bro- 
ther, (34)  who  was  retained  to  serve  King  Ric  II.  for  life,  and  had  two 
wives;  by  Maigaret,  (351  his  fir«t  wife,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir 
John  Plais  of  fleeting,  Knt.  (36)  he  had  issue, 

John  Howard,  junior,  Knt.  (37)  who  married  Joan,  (38)  daughter 

(33)  Sir  Rob.  Howard  had  also  three  daughters,  Lady  Alice  Hozcard, 
a  nun  at  Thetford,  (vol.  ii.  p.  92,)  Margaret,  and  Catherine,  the  for- 
mer of  which  is  said  to  have  married  Robert  Lord  Scales,  whose 
daughter  Catherine,  is  m  ide  the  wife  of  Sir  Constantine  Clifton, 
(Dug.  liar.  Vol.  II.  His,)  but  it  appears,  that  Margaret  herself  was 
Clifton's  wife ;  for  after  her  death  in  1432,  the  Escheat  Roll  of  the 
next  year  hath  this  ;  Inqnisicio  capta  10  Apr.  A°12  H.  Vl.  Murgareta 
que  fuit  uxor  Constantiui  Clifton,  militis,  obijt  25  Mar.  ult,  preterit. 
et  Johannes  de  Clifton,  miles,  filius  et  heres  dicte  Margniete,  est 
etatis  35  annorum  etamplius.  Which  will  correct  the  mistakes  in 
vol.  i.  p.  106,  and  378,  9,  as  also  the  place  of  this  Margaret  in  the 
pedigree,  where  she  is  made  daughter  of  Sir  Joint  Howard,  by  Plais, 
his  first  wife;  and  to  be  married  to  GilbertJTalbot  of Cast/e-Ricard, 
after  Clifton  s  death,  which  probably  was  so;  for  I  find,  he  held  part 
of  Bukenham  castle.  (See  vol.  i.  p.  375.)  Clifton,  chequy  O.  G.  a 
bend  erin.  Talbot,  gul.  a  lion  rampant  in  a  bordure  ingrailed  or, 
over  all,  a  bendlet  az. 

(34)  See  vol.  i.  p.  79,81. 

(35)  Pateat  universis  quod  ego  Johes.  Plais,  miles,  recipi  die  Con- 
fectionis  presencium  de  Roberto  Howard,  milite,  per  manum  Willi. 
Cooke,  pro  termino  Pasche  ultim.  preterit.  50  marc,  in  parte  solucionis 
300  niaic.  in  quibus  idem  Robeilus  michi  tenetur  solvend.  in  vita  mea, 
pro  maritagio  Margarete  filie  mee  cum  Johanne  filio  ejusdem  Roberti, 
prout  in  quibusdam  indenture  continetur.  Dat  (Jclee  in  Essexia  die 
Jovis  in  seplimana  Pasche  4  Ric.  II.  1360. 

(36)  Johns.  Plais,  chevaleir,  obijt  2do  die  Junij  12  R.  II.  1388,  et 
Maigareta  filia  et  heres,  nupta  Johanni  Howard,  chevaleir,  est  etatis 
xxiij  annorum  et  amplius.  Esch.  12  ft.  II.  JN.  44.  Rot.  Pip.  (>ee 
vol.ii.  p.  161,  2.) 

Margareta,  que  fuit  uxor  Johannis  Howard,  militis,  adhuc  super- 
stitis,  obijt  anno  15  ft.  II.  et  Johannes  Howard,  filius  et  heres  dicte 
Margarete,  est  etatis  sex  annorum  et  amplius  13y  I.  Plais,  pt  c  pale 
or  and  gul.  a  lion  passant  arg.  (See  vol.  i.  p.  106,  7 ;  vol.  ii.  p.  16 1, 
9,71.) 

(37)  See  his  effigies  in  coat  armour,  vol.  i.  p.  106 

(88)  This  Joan  married  afterwards  to  Sir  Thomas  Erpingham,  Knt. ; 
Johanna,  que  fuit  uxor  Thome  Erpingham,  militis,  primo  uxor 
Johannis  Howard,  junioiis,  militis,  rilij  Johannis  Howard,  senioris, 
militis,  obijt  13°  Decern,  (sc.  3° Hen.  VI.  anno  1424,)  ult.  preterit,  et 


FORNCET.  2« 

and  heiressofSir  Ric.  Walton,  Knt.and  by  her  had  Elizabeth  How- 
ard, their  sole  daughter  and  heiress,  (39)  who  married  John  de  Veer, 
12th  Earl  of  Oxford  of  the  Vere  family,  for  whom  see  vol.  i.  p.  81. 

Margaret  Plais,  his  first  wife,  died  on  1391,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  79,)  and 
he  married  again  to  Alice,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  William 
Tendring,  Knt.  and  Catherine  Clopton  his  wife,  who  died  in  1426, 
and  was  buried  at  Stoke  Neyland  in  Suffolk,  (40)  by  her  father,  Sir 
William  Tendryng ;  and  in  1437,  when  Sir  John  her  husband  died,  (41) 
he  was  buried  by  her.  (More  of  these  persons  may  be  seen  in  the  first 
volume,  p.  78,    .) 


Elizabetha  filia  et  heres  dictorum  Johannis  Howard  et  Johanne,  fuit 
etatis  14  annorum  et  amplius  in  festo  Sci.  Barnahe  Apostoli  ultimo 
preterito.  Her  first  husband,  Sir  John  Howard,  died  in  1410,  27  years 
before  his  father.     Esch.  A0  3  H.  VI.  No.  1 9. 

(39)  Johannes  Howard,  miles,  obyt.  17  die  Novcmbris  A°  16H.VI. 
(1437)  et  Elizabetha  uxor  Johannis  Fere  Comitis  Oxonie,  est  consan- 
guinea  et  heres  propinquior,  viz.  filia  Johannis  filij  predict!  Joins. 
Howard,  militis,  et  Margarete  de  Plais,  uxoris  sue,  et  est  etatis  27  an- 
norum et  amplius.     Esch.  A°  ]G  H.  VI. 

(40)  SeefVeever's  account  of  the  Howards  andTENDRiNGs  monu- 
ments at  Stoke  Neyland: 

H|tc  latent  Cumulati  ©ominug  Willus  Tendryn  lEtilc.s*,  et©omina  Ka- 
therina  Clopton  Bjror  eiusSDem  obtcruut  3°  1408. 

Alicia  Tendring  conbtOit  Ccs'tamentum  £uum  13,  et  obiit  18  Oct. 
1428,  sScputta e£t  in  ecclc.s'ia  OtStoke-Neyland  3jiu;ta  Jpatrcm. 

(41)  In  1402,  3d  Henry  IV.  Johannes  Howard,  vicecomes  comit. 
Cantabr.  et  Huntind.  Johannes  Howard,  vicecomes  Essex  et  Hertford. 
(Rot.  Pip.)     I  take  the  first  to  be  the  father,  and  the  second  the  son. 

In  1399.  Sir  John  the  father  was  steward  of  the  liberty  of  St.  Ed- 
mund's Bury.     Placita  coram  Rege  1  H.  IV. 

Inter  Willum.  Tendryng,  chevaleir,  querentem,  et  Thomam  Hamun 
et  alios,  defendentes,  pro  duobus  cignis,  &c.  et  vicecomes  retoniavit, 
quod  fecit  retornari  brevem  Domini  Regis  Johanni  Howard,  senes- 
challo  libertatis  Sancti  Edmundi. 

In  1418,  William  Howard  of  JVisbitch,  Esq.  who  was  of  the  JVigen- 
hale  branch,  and  Tho.  Howard  of  Wigenhale,  A°  1410,  sealed  with 
Howards  arms,  without  any  difference. 

1418,  John  Howard,  chevalier,  vicecomes  Essex  et  Hertford.  Rot. 
Pip.  7  H.  V. 

1422,  1  H.  Vl.preceptumest  vicecomiti  Norf  distrintzere  Johannem 
Howard,  militem,  pro  homagio,  fidelitate  et  relevio  Domino  faciend. 
et  persolvend.  pro  terris  in  Tilney,  Terrington,  et  We&t-walton,  20 
Febr. 

Inquisicio  capta  post  mortem  Johannis  Mowbray  D.achNorfolcie  A" 
11  H.  VI.  de  feodis  militum  pertinentibus  dicto  Duci  et  manerio  suo 
de  Framelingham  in  comitatu  Suffolcie. 

Johannis  Howard,  chevalier,  tenet  decimam  partem  uniusfeodi 
in  Brokes  quam  Alicia  de  Holbrook  quondam  tenuit. 


244  FORNCET. 

He  had  issue  byhislast  wife,  two  sons,  (42)Henry  his  youngest,  (43) 
whoseonly  daughter  Eliz.  married  to  Henry  Wentworth  of  Cobham,{44t) 
and 

Robert  Howard,  his  eldest,  lord  of  Forncet  manor  and  honour, 
in  his  wife's  right,  who  died  in  his  father's  lifetime,  leaving  issue  by 

Marg-aret,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Thomas  de  Mowbray  Duke 
of  Norfolk,  by  Eliz.  his  wife,  (45)  daughter  and  coheir  of  Richard 
Earl  of  Arundel. 

11,  Sir  JOHN.  HOWARD,  Knt.  who  began  very  early  to  distin- 

fuish  himself  in  the  wars.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  reign  of  Henry 
I.  he  accompanied  John  Viscount  Lisle  to  Blay  with  22000  men, 
and  soon  after  marched  to  the  relief  of  Chalillon,  with  John  Earl  of 
Shrewsbury,  where  that  valiant  Earl  was  slain.  In  1442,  he  was  sent 
by  King  Henry  VI.  to  appease  the  great  riot  at  Norwich.  (46)  In 
1460,  the  first  of  King  Edward  IV.  he  was  sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suf- 
folk, and  consequently  had  the  custody  of  Norwich  castle,  (47)  then 
the  King's  prison ;  and  was  appointed  one  of  the  King's  carvers,  and 


Idem  Johannes  et  Robertas  Wing f  eld  tenent  unum  feodum  militis 
in  Baileham  et  Colneys,  quod  Johannes  de  Rothing  quondam  tenuit. 

(42)  He  had  also  by  her,  two  daughters,  Margaret,  married  to 
Sir  William  Daniel,  Knt,  and  Catherine  to  Edward  Nevile  Lord 
Abergavenny. 

Daniel,  arg.  a  pale  fusile  sab. 

Nevile,  gul.  on  a  saltier  arg.  a  rose  of  the  field. 

(43)  Henrico  filio  2d0  pater  suus  Johannes,  rr.aneria  de  Terrington, 
Est-Walton,  Bokenham's,  et  Wigenhale  in  Garbotdisham  cum  multis 
alijs  sibi,  et  heredibus  masculis  de  corpore  talliavit  A0  1435. 

(44)  Henricus  Wentworth  vixit  A0  1481.  Rot.  Turr.  &c.  22  E. 
IV.  M.  11. 

Wentworth,  sab.  a  chevron  between  three  leopards  faces  or. 

(45)  Thus  it  appears,  that  this  Sir  John  Howard,  the  first  Duke 
of  Norfolk,  by  his  mother  was  descended  from  King  Edward  I. 
Thomas  de  Mowbray  Duke  of  Norfolk  being  son  of  John  Lord  Mowbray 
and  Eliz.  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Lord  Segrave,  by  Mar- 
gai  et  his  wife,  eldest  of  the  two  daughters  and  coheirs  of  T/io.  de  Bro- 
therton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  fifth  son  of  King  Edward  I  but  eldest,  by  his 
second  wife,  Margaret  daughter  to  Philip  the  Hardy  King  of  France. 

This  Sir  John  Howard  being  the  first  Duke  of  Norfolk  of  the 
family,  an  account  of  him  and  his  successours  is  very  judiciously  drawn 
up  by  Mr.  Collins,  in  the  Peerage  published  at  London  1741,  vol.  i. 
p.  8,  so  that  I  shall  transcribe  it  here,  inserting  such  additions  as  I  have 
met  with. 

(46)  See  vol.  iii.  p.  150,  72.  See  more  of  him  in  the  Atlas  of 
Norfolk,  p.  S55. 

(47)  Rot.  Pip.  I  find  no  constables  of  the  castle  of  Norwich,  after  it 
was  once  committed  to  the  custody  of  the  s/uritfs  of  the  county  for  a 
common  prison. 


FORNCET.  245 

in  consideration  of  his  great  services,  obtained  a  grant  of  several  ma- 
nors, which  were  then  in  the  Crown,  by  the  attainder  of  John  Earl  of 
Wiltshire.     In  the  second  of  Edward  IV.  he  had  the  joint  command 
(with  the    Lords  Falconberg  and  Clinton)   of  the    King's  fleet,  and 
did  considerable  service  against  France;  being  also  at  that  time  Trea- 
surer of  the  King's  household.     In  1467,  he  was  sheriff  ot  Oxfordshire 
and  Berkshire.  (48)    In  14fiy,  bearing  the  title  of  Lord  Howard,(49) 
(by  which   title  in  1471,  he  was  summoned  to  parliament  as  a  baron 
of  the  realm)  he  was  made  captain  general  of  the  King's  forces  at  sea, 
for  baffling  the  attempts  of  the  Lancastrians,  then  making  a  powertul 
head  under  the  stout  Earl  of  Warwick.     In  1470,  was  made  deputy 
govertwur  of  Calais  and  the  Marches,  with  the  Lord  Hastings;  and 
having  behaved  with  singular  prudence  and  fidelity,  he  obtained  a 
grant  in  tail  special,  of  divers  lands  and  manors.     In  1473,  he  ob- 
tained of  the  Kinar,  (50)  the  wardship  and  marriage  ot  John  Bourg- 
chier,  Knt.  Lord  Berners,  then  a  minor,  whom  he  afterwards  married 
to  Catherine  Howard,  his  only  issue  by  his  second  wife.     In  1477,  he 
had  a  giant  of  the  office  of  constable  of  the  Tower  of  London:  and 
thenextyear  was  again  made  captain  general  of  the  King's  fleet  against 
the  Scots,  and  was  also  installed  Knight  of  the  Garter  in  Edward  the 
Fourth's  reign,  to  whom  he  adhered  faithfully  during  the  whole  course 
of  it;  (51)  as  he  did  to  King  Richard  III.  after  he  had  got  the  Crown, 
(though  without  having  any  evil  hand  in  the  barbarous  actions  which 
were  exercised  thereto,)  so  that  to  oblige  him  the  more,  he  was  upon 
June  28,  in  the  first  year  of  that  King's  reign,  made  Earl-Marshal  ot 
England,  (52)  and  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
(Thomas  his  son  being  then  also  created  Earl  of  Surrey)  and  the  day 
preceding  the    King's  coronation,  was  constituted  High  Admiral  ot 
England  for  that  day,  also  Lord  Admiral  of  England,  Ireland,    and 
Acqmtuin  for  life;  and  at  the  same  time  obtained  a  special  grant  of 
divers  manors  and  lordships,(53)  and  confirmation  of  his  mother's  inhe- 


(48)  Rot.  Pip. 

(49)  Rot.  Parliament.  12Edw.  IV. 

(50)  Rex  Edwardus,  &c.  Sciatis  quod  pro  500  marcis  solutis  nobis 
concessimus  Johanni  Howard,  militi.et  Thome  Howard,  armigero,  (filio 
suo,)  custodiam  et  mantagium  Johannis  Bourgchier,  mihtis,  Domini 
Berners,  qui  de  nobis  tenet  in  capite  diversa  manena,  Stc.  habend. 
prajfatis  Johanni  et  Thome  custodiam  et  maritagium  predict,  absque 
dispar.ngacione,  Sic.  Teste  meipso  apud  West.  6  Aug,  A0  reg.  14°. 

(51)  E  Stemmate. 

Johannes  Howard  unus  quatuor  militum  fuit,  qui  Regem  Edicardum 
Quartum  e  castello  AeMidelham  in  comvlatuEborancensi,  in  arcta  cus- 
todia.  Ricardi  Nevile  comitis  Warwicensis,  eduxerunt  ;ut  in  Chronica 
Raduiji  Holingshed. 

(52)  Tenuit  officium  Comitis Marescalli  Anglie  sibi  et  heredibus 
de  corpore  exeuuiibu=,  Sic.  creatus  fuit  Dux  Noifolcie,  Sic.  1483. 
Rot.  Caucellar.  1  R.  III. 

(53)  Manerium  de  Strange's  in  Est-Walton,  Howard's  manor  in 
Terrington,  tenentur  de  honore  de  Wormegeije,  manerium  sive,  roes- 


246  FORNCET. 

ritance,  and  among  others,  this  manor,  advowson,  and  honour ;  and  of 
all  the  liberties,  since,  and  now  called  the  Duke  of  Norfolk's  liberties, 
which  were  first  granted  to  Joint  Lord  Mowbray  and  Eliz.  Talbot  his 
wife,  an  account  of  which  may  be  seen  at  large  in  vol.  i.  p.  238,9. 
But  these  great  honours  and  vast  possessions  were  not  long  enjoyed, 
for  inl485,  heing  placed  in  the  front  of  the  army  at  Bosworth  field, (54) 
he  was  there  slain,  with  the  King,  Aug.  22,  and  being  afterwards 
attainted,  great  part  of  his  estate  was  seized  by  Henry  V 11.  His  body 
was  brought  back  and  interred  in  the  abbey  church  at  Thetford.  Ca- 
therine, daughter  to  William  Lord  Molins,  was  his  first  wife,  (55) 
by  whom  lie  had  one  son  and  four  daughters,  Anne,  married  to  Sir 
Edmund  Gorge,  Knt.  (56)  Isabel,  to  Sir  Robert  Mortimer  of  Essex, 
Knt.  (57)  Jane  to  Sir  John  Timperley,  (58)  and  Margaret  to  Sir 
JohnWindham,  Knt.  (59)  By  his  second  wife  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Sir  John  Cheticorth,  Knt.  (60)  he  had  only  Catherine,  married  to 
Sir  John  Bourgchier  Lord  Bemers.  (6l) 

12.  THOMAS  HOWARD,  his  son  and  heir,  being  esquire  of  the 
body  to  King  Edward  IV.  was  retained  to  serve  him  in  his  wars.  In 
15  Edieard  IV.  1474,  he  was  sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  and  in  the 
first  of  King  Richard  III.  1483,  was  created  Earl  of  Surrey  ;  and 
though  he  took  part  with  the  slain  King,  being  taken  prisoner  at  Bos- 
zvorth-field  fighting  in  his  own  defence,  yet  did  the  conquering  Prince, 
King  Henry  VII.  receive  him  into  his  favour,  and  made  choice  of 
him  for  one  of  his  Privy  Council;  and  in  1488,  restored  him  to  his 
title  of  Earl  of  Surrey ;  and  employed  him  to  restrain  the  Scots  incur- 


suagium  vocatum  Howard's  manor  in  Est-JValton  et  Boteler's  alia* 
Howard's  manor,  tenentur  de  Saham-Tony,  &c. 

(54)  See  vol.  iii.  p.  173. 

(55)  See  TVeever's  Funeral  Monuments. 

Molins,  paly  wavy  of  six  or  and  sab.  sometimes  or  and  gul. 
Buried  at  Stoke-Neyland  in  Suffolk. 

(56)  Gorge,  masculy  or  and  azure,  a  chevron  sab. 

(57)  Mortimer,  barry  of  six  or  and  az.  an  inescutcheon  org.  on  a 
chief  of  the  2d  two  pallets  between  two  esquires  dexter  and  sinister, 
of  the  first. 

(58)  Timperley,  gul.  a  lion  party  per  bend  ermine  and  ermines. 

(59)  Windham,  az.  a  chevron  between  three  lions  heads  erased  or. 
For  this  Margaret  see  vol  ii.  p.  360,  401, 66. 

(60)  Chetworth,  az.  a  chevron  between  three  nags  heads 
erased  or. 

Johannes  Howard,  Dominus  Howard  miles,  et  Margareta  uxor  ejus, 
injure  ipsius  Margartte  tenent  certa  tenementa  vocata  Souinghills  in 
com.  Berk,  pro  termino  vite  ipsius  Margurete,  reversion,  inde  IVillo. 
Norriset  heredibus  ejus.     Claus.  A*.  12  E.  IV. 

(61)  BouRCHiER,flrg.across  ingrailed g«/.  between  four  water-bud 
gets  sab. 

See  more  of  her  at  p.  152,  and  in  vol.  iii.  p.  172. 


FORNCET.  247 

sions,  and  the  northern  insurrections:  about  this  time,  he  shared  with 
Maurice,  brother  of  William  Marquis  of  Berkley,  the  lands  which 
came  to  them  by  inheritance,  by  reason  of  his  descent  from  the  coheirs 
to  Mowbray  Duke  of  Norfolk.  In  14gy,  he  attended  the  King  and 
Queen  to  Calais;  and  the  next  year,  was  advanced  to  the  high  office 
of  Lord  Treasurer  of  England,  and  so  much  was  he  in  his  master's  fa- 
vour that  he  constituted  him  one  of  his  executors;  and  immediately 
after  Henry  the  Eighth's  accession,  that  Prince  nominated  nun  one  of 
his  privy  council,  renewed  his  patent  of  Lord  Treasurer,  and  the  3'ear 
following  made  him  Earl-Marshal  of  England  for  life.  In  1,512,  being 
sent  general  of  the  English  forces  against  the  Scots,  he  slew  James  IV. 
King  of  Scotland,  and  routed  their  army  at  Flodden- Field;  for  which 
great  service  a  special  giant  passed  by  the  King'sorder,  that  he  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body,  should  forever  bear,  as  an  honourable  augmenta- 
tion to  his  arms,  on  the  bend  of  the  Howard's  arms,  the  upper  half  of  a 
red  lion  (depicted  as  die  armsof  Scot/and  are)  pierced  through  the  mouth 
with  an  arrow.  And  in  Ij13,  Feb.  1,  the  King  advanced  him  to  the 
dignity  of  Duke  of  Norfolk,  which  title,  John  his  father  (deriving 
his  descent  through  the  heirs  female  of  Mowbray  and  Segrave,  from 
Thomas  of  Brotherton,  son  to  King  Edward  I.)  did  enjoy.  At  the  same 
time,  he  had  a  new  patent  for  the  office  of  Lord  Treasurer;  and  a 
grant  of  divers  lordships  and  manors  from  the  Crown,  and  confirma- 
tion of  many  others;  among  which,  the  honour  and  manor  of  Forn- 
cet,  then  valued  at  44/.  per  annum, and  its  appendages  of  Swanton, 
Sugate,an<i  Galgrime, -were  included;  and  in  lo  Id,  he  issued  his  letters 
to  Sir  Nicholas  Appleyard,  Knt.  chief  steward  of  his  honour,  and  to 
other  the  learned  council  of  the  law,  who  were  constantly  retained  by 
him,  and  to  John  Crane,  his  high  bailiff,  to  renew  the  extents,  rentals, 
and  evidences  of  the  honour  and  manors  belonging  thereto,  which  was 
done  very  exactly.  In  15'21,  he  performed  the  office  of  Lord  High 
Steward,  at  the  trial  of  Edward  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and  gave  sen- 
tence of  death  upon  him,  but  not  without  tears;  and  in  15c2'2,  obtained 
a  grant  to  his  son  Thomas  Earl  of  Surrey  of  part  of  the  said  Duke's 
lands;  and  resigning  to  him  his  office  of  Lord  Treasurer  oi  England, 
he  retired  with  the  King's  leave,  to  his  castle  at  Framlingham  in  Suf- 
folk, where  he  kept  an  honourable  house  to  his  death,  and  being  above 
80  years  of  age,  died  there  on  the  1st  of  May,  1524  ;  (62)  and  when  he 
was  carried  out  of  that  castle,  towards  his  burial  in  the  abbev  church  at 
Thetford, "  he  cude  nat  be  asked  one  grote  for  h>sdebte,"as  appears  from 
an  exact  accountof  his  life,  which  was  fixed  on  a  table  by  his  monument, 
and  is  printed  at  large  vol.  ii.  p.  120,  &e.  to  which  I  refer  you. 

He  married  two  wives;  first,  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  sole  heir 
to  Sir  Frederick  Tilney,  Knt.  and  widow  of  Humphry  Bourchier, 

(jri)  J  homas,  Dux  Norfolcie,  ea intentione  quod  in  ecclesia. 
Beate  Marie  de  But  ley  in  Suff-olcia  unum  obitum,  tain  pro  salubri 
statu  dicti  Ducis,  quam  pro  salute  anitne  ejus,  cum  ab  hac  luce  migra- 
verit,  nee  non  pro  anima  patris  sui,  ac  eliam  animabus  omnium 
antecessorum  suorum,  et  omnium  tidehum  defunctorum,  in  die  xxv° 
Septembr.  aunuatim  servatuium,  omnia  iila  tenemeuta  sua,  prata  et 
pa^cua  vocata  Staverton  Park,  in  villa  de  Eike  in  Suffolcia,  dedit  et 
concessit,  tenend.  dicto  priori  et  conventui  et  successoiibus  suis  in  per- 
petuum.     E  Stem. 


248  FORNCET. 

Knt.  Lord  Berners,  by  whom  he  had  eight  sons,  of  which  Henri/* 
Jokn,1  Charles*  Henry*  and  Richard*  all  died  young ;  the  other  three 
survived  him. 

1,  Thomas,  his  eldest  son,  was  created  Earl  of  Surrey  in  his  father's 
lifetime. 

2,  Sir  Edw.  Howakd,  Knight  of  the  Garter,  and  Lord  Admiral, 
was  a  man  of  as  great  account  as  any  of  his  cotemporaries.  In  1491, 
he  was  in  an  expedition  then  made  into  Flanders,  in  favour  of  the 
Emperor  Maximilian.  In  1509,  he  was  made  standard-bearer  to  Hen. 
VIII.  who  in  1512  constituted  him  Lord  High  Admiral  of  England, 
when  he  convoyed  the  Marquis  of  Dorset  into  Spain,  to  aid  Ferdinand 
the  Emperor  against  the  French;  and  having  scoured  the  seas,  he 
landed  in  Britanni/,  did  great  execution  in  that  country,  and  returned 
home  laden  with  honour  and  spoils.  This  put  the  French  to  reinforce 
their  navy,  and  that  encouraged  the  King  to  do  the  same ;  upon  which, 
to  the  honour  of  this  Lord  Admiral,  he  searched  for  the  French,  and 
met  them  coming  out  of  Brest,  and  after  a  sharp  encounter,  obtained 
a  signal  victory.  He  was  aho  sent  after  Sir  Andrew  Barton,  the  fa- 
mous Scotch  pirate,  whom  he  fought  and  took.  Afterwards  the  French 
could  never  dare  to  look  out  of  Brest,  so  that  resolving  to  attempt 
them  in  their  harbour,  he  entered  a  galley,  and  boarding  the  admiral 
of  the  French  gallies,  the  grapplings  giving  way,  the  gallies  parted, 
and  he  was  left  in  his  enemies  hands,  where  fighting  courageously,  in 
the  heat  of  the  action,  he  was  born  over  board,  and  lost  his  life.5  He 
married  Alice,  sister  and  heiress  to  Hen.  Lovel  Lord  Morleu,  and 
widow  of  Sir  William  Parker,  Knt.;  she  died  Apr.  1513.  His 
brother, 

3,  The  Lord  Edmund  Howard,  was  at  Flodden-Field,  and  with  his 
■elder  brother,  the  Lord  Thomas,  led  the  vanguard  of  the  army,  and 
behaved  very  gallantly  :  he  was  then  a  knight,  and  marshal  of  the  host. 
He  married  first,  Joice  daughter  to  Sir  Richard  Culpepper  6  of  Holing- 
borne  in  Kent,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons,  Henry,7  who  died  an  infant; 
Sir  George  Howard,  knighted  in  Scotland  by  Edward  Duke  of  Somer- 
set in  1546;  and  Sir  Charles  slain  in  France,  all  dying  without  issue; 
and  five  daughters;  1,  Margaret,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Arundel,  Knt.8 
grandfather  to  Thomas,  the  first  Lord  Arundelof  IVardour.  2,  Cathe- 
rine Queen  of  England,  fifth  wife  to  King  Henry  VIII.9  3,  Mary, 
married  to  Edmund  Trafford,  Esq.1     4,  Joice,  to  John  Stanney,  Esq.1 

5,  Isabel,  to Bainton,  Esq.3   His  second  wife  was  Dorothy, 

daughter  of  Tho.  Troys,  Esq.*  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 

The  said  Duke  by  his  first  wife  had  also  three  daughters  ; 

»  Obijt  A0  ijoo.  7  The  pedigree  says  Edmund. 

*  Obijt  1503.  3  Arundel,  sab.    six  swallows   3,    2, 
z  Obijt  1512.                                               and  1. 

3  Obijt  1513.  9  The   royal  arms  impaling  Howard. 

*  Obijt  1 517.  *  Trafford,  arg  a  griffin  rampant  with 

5  Edwardus  Howard,    miles,   ordinis  wings  expanded  gul. 
Garterij,  sed   ante    diem  inatallacionis  *  Stanney. 
occisus  fuit  apud  Brest  in  Britania  sine  3  Bainton. 
prole.     E  Stemmate.  +  Troys. 

6  Culpepper,  arg.  a  bend  ingrailed 
eul. 


F  O  R  N  C  E  T. 


24y 


1,  Eliz.  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Bullen,5  afterwards  Viscount  Roch- 
ford,  Earl  of  Wiltshire  and  Ormond,  by  whom  she  was  mother  of  Queen 
Anne  Bullen,  who  had  by  Hen.  VIII.  her  husband,  Elizabeth  Queen 
of  England. 

2,  Muriel,  who  first  married  JohnGreyf  Viscount  Lisle,  by  whom 
she  had  Eliz.  wife  of  Henry  Courtney, 7  and  secondly,  to  Sir  Thomas 
Knevet,  Knt.8  and  had  issue  Sir  Hen.  Knevet. 

The  aforesaid  Duke's  second  wife  was  Agnes,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Tilney  Esq.9  sister  and  heiress  to  Sir  Philip  Tilney  of  Boston  in  Lin- 
colnshire, Knt.  and  had  issue  by  her, 

1.  William,  afterwards  created  Baron  Howard  of  Effingham,  of 
whose  descendants  more  will  occur  hereafter.1 

2.  Sir  Thomas,  who  marrying  the  Lady  Margaret  Douglass,1 
daughter  to  Margaret  Queen  of  Scots,  niece  to  King  Henry,  was  at- 
tainted of  treason,  on  some  suspicion  of  his  aspiring  to  the  crown,  and 
died  in  the  Tower  of  London. 

3.  Ric.  who  died  Mar.  27,  1517,  and  was  buried  at  Lambeth,  with 
two  other  of  his  brothers  who  died  infants,  and  four  daughters. 

1,  Anne,  the  eldest,  married  to  John  Vere  Earl  of  Oxford?  but  left 
ho  issue  by  him. 

2,  Dorothy,  to  Edw.  Stanley  Earl  of  Derby.* 

3,  Eliz.  to  Hen.  Ratcliff  Earl  of  Sussex.* 

4,  Katherine,  married  first  to  Sir  Rhese  ap  Thomas?  and  after,  to 
Hen.  Daubeny  Earl  of  Biidgewater.7 

13.  THOMAS  Earl  of  Surrey,8  eldest  son  to  the  last  mentioned 
Duke,  succeeded  him  in  his  honours;  in  his  father's  lifetime,  he  com- 
manded a  ship  under  his  brother  Edward,  who  was  then  lord  admiral, 
when  the  famous  pirate  Sir  Andrew  Barton  was  taken  in  15 12.9  He 
accompanied  the  Marquis  of  Dorset  into  Spain,  in  aid  of  King  Ferdi- 
nand, against  the  French;  and  the  said  Marquis  falling  sick,  he  had 
the  command  of  the  English  army.  In  1513,  upon  the  death  of  the 
Lord  Edward  his  brother,  being  then  Knight  of  the  Gaiter,  he  was 
constituted  lord  admiral  in  his  stead,  and  so  scoured  the  seas,  that  not 
a  French  fisher-boat  durst  be  seen;  and  landing  in  Whitsand  bay,  he 

5  Bullen,  arg.  a  chevron  gul.  between  s  RadclifF,  arg.  a  bend  ingrailed  sab. 
three  bulls  heads  cooped  or.     s  Grey.  6  Ap  Thomas,  or,  on  a  cross  S.  5 

7  Courtney,  or,  three  torteauxes.  crescents  ar. 

8  Knevet,  arg.  a  bend  in  a  bordure  7  Daubeny,  gul.  a  fess  lozenge  arg. 
ingrailed  sab.  s  See   a   large   account   of  Thomas 

9  The  pedigree  says  thus,  but  the  third  Duke  of  Norfolk,  in  Goodwin's 
Peerage  makes  her  the  daughter  of  Sir  Annals  of  H.  VIII.  fo.  10,  where  there 
Philip  Tilney,  Knt.  which  seems  to  be  are  many  observations  and  accounts  of 
wrong  according  to  the  time.  several  of  the  family. 

Tilney,  arg.  a  chevron  between  three         9  Dominus  Edwardus  Howard,  Ordi- 

griffins  heads  erazed  gul.  nis  Garterij  Eques  Auratus,  An^l.  Tha- 

1  Vincent  against  Brooke,  fo.  356.  lassiarcha,  ope  fratris  sin  majons,  Do- 

1  Douglass,  az.   a  lion  rampant  arg.     mini  Thome  Howard  A°.  4  H.  VIII. 

crowned  O.  1512,   Andream   Barton,  Scotum,  infa- 

3  Vere,  quarterly  sab.  and  or,  in  the    mem  p'ratum  projecie  audacie  virum  na- 

firsr  quarter  a  mullet  arg.  vali  pugna  irucidavit,  et  ipse  po-tea  ad 

oppugnationem    Breste     in     Britannia, 

hasta  transibssus,  s:ne  libens  interjit. 

Kk 


250  FORNCET. 

ravaged  the  country  thereabouts.  Upon  the  invasion  of  James  IV. 
in  Scot/ami,  he  landed  5000  veterans,  and  joined  his  father  the  Earl 
of  Surrey,  then  general  of  the  English  army,  sending  a  message  to 
that  King  to  justify  Sir  Andrew  Barton's  death  ;  at  the  battle  of  Flod- 
donjield  he  behaved  gallantly,  when  he  commanded  the  vanguard  with 
his  younger  brother  Edmund,  who  being  in  great  distress,  was  suc- 
coured by  him  and  Sir  Edw.  Stanley;  and  in  recompense  of  these 
signal  services,  he  was  soon  after  created  Earl  of  Surrey,  the  same 
day  that  his  father  was  made  Duke  of  Norfolk,  5  Hen.  VIII.  and  on 
a  dispute  in  parliament  concerning  his  place  there,  it  was  declared, 
that  he  should  sit  according  to  his  creation,  and  not  as  a  duke's  eldest 
son.  In  1520,  being  appointed  lord  deputy  of  Ire/and,  he  suppressed 
the  O-Neals  and  O-Carols,  and  governed  so  acceptably,  that  he 
gained  the  love  of  that  country.  Afterwards,  having  performed 
many  signal  services  in  France,  he  was  constituted  lord  treasurer,  and 
made  general  of  the  King's  whole  army,  designed  to  march  against 
the  Scots,  and  all  this  in  his  father's  lifetime;  after  whose  death,  he 
was  again  made  general  of  the  army,  at  that  time  raised  to  advance 
into  Scotland,  to  set  the  young  King  free,  whom  the  Duke  of  Albany 
kept  then  in  custody  at  Sterling  castle.  He  afterwards  attended  the 
King  into  France,  and  was  sent  chief  ambassadour  to  the  French. 
King,  to  attend  him  to  Nice,  and  commune  with  the  Pope,  as  to  his 
delaying  King  Henry's  divorce.  In  1536,  he  marched  to  the  assist- 
ance of  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  when  he  suppressed  the  insurrection 
in  Yorkshire,  called  the  Pilgrimage  of  Grace,  raised  on  account  of  the 
dissolution  of  the  lesser  monasteries,  and  was  soon  after  made  lieute- 
nant-general of  all  the  King's  forces  beyond  the  Trent.  But  after  all 
these  signal  services,  (so  little  gratitude  reigns  among  the  great,)  by 
the  insinuating  persuasions  of  some  of  the  nobility,  (because  on  some 
occasion  he  had  called  them  the  new  raised  men,  which  they  counted 
a  dishonour  to  them,)  the  King  was  so  far  misled  and  incensed  against 
him,  that  he  not  only  sent  him  prisoner  to  the  Tower,  but  gave 
order  for  seizing  his  goods,  and  gave  notice  to  his  ambassadours 
abroad,  that  he  and  his  son  had  conspired  to  take  upon  them  the 
government  during  his  life;  and  after  his  death,  to  get  the  prince 
into  his  hands.  All  which  jealousies  (the  King  being  in  a  decaying 
and  weak  condition)  so  far  prevailed,  that  the  Duke,  and  his  son 
Henry  Earl  of  Surrey,  were  both  attainted  in  parliament;  the  Earl 
lost  his  head,'  and  the  Duke  had  fared  no  better,  had  not  the  death 
of  that  inexorable  prince  hastened  him  to  give  an  account  of  his  own 
actions  at  that  bar  to  which  he  had  so  lately  sent  the  son,  and  de- 
signed to  have  hurried  the  father  also :  however,  though  his  life  was 
spared,  yet  his  enemies  so  far  prevailed  over  him  in  Edward  the 
Sixth's  reign,  that  though  a  pardon  was  given  by  proclamation  to  all 
persons  for  what  crimes  soever,  yet  was  he  with  five  others,  excepted 
by  name ;  as  to  the  particulars  laid  to  his  charge,  though  the  act  of 
attainder  itself  be  not  on  record,  the  act  of  repeal  in  the  1st  of  Queen 
Mary  reciteth,  that  there  was  no  special  matter  in  the  act  of  at- 
tainder, but  only  general  words  of  treason  and  conspiracy,  and  that 
out  of  their  care  for  the  preservation  of  the  King  and  the  prince, 
they  passed  it.  And  this  act  of  repeal  further  sets  forth,  That  the 
only  thing  with  which  he  stood  charged,  was  for  bearing  of  arms-, 


FORNCET.  251 

which  he  and  his  ancestors  had  born  both  within  and  without  the 
kingdom,  in  the  King's  presence,  and  in  sight  of  his  progenitors,  which 
they  might  lawfully  bear  and  give,  as  by  good  and  substantial  matter 
of  record  it  did  appear.  It  also  addeth,  That  the  King  died  after  the 
■date  of  the  commission  :  likewise,  that  he  only  empowered  them  to 
give  his  consent,  but  did  not  give  it  himself;  and  that  it  did  not  ap- 
pear by  any  record,  that  they  gave  it:  moreover,  that  the  King  did 
not  sign  the  commission  with  his  own  hand  ;  his  stamp  being  only  set 
to  it,  and  that  not  at  the  upper  part,  but  to  the  nether  part  of  it,  con- 
trary to  the  King's  custom.  At  the  attainder,  all  the  manors  and 
estates  of  the  duke  were  seized,  and  among  others,  the  manor  and 
honour  of  Fonicet,  of  which  a  curious  survey  was  then  made.  He 
afterwards  retreated  to  his  palace  at  Kenninghall  in  Norfolk,  where 
he  died  in  1554,x  and  was  buried  at  Framlingham  in  Suffolk. 

He  had  two  wives;  the  first  was  Anne,  3d  daughter  to  King  Ed- 
xcard  IV.  by  whom  he  had  a  son  named  Thomas,  who  died  young  on 
the  3d  of  Aug.  23d  Hen.  VII.  and  was  buried  at  Lambhithe,  though 
she  lies  buried  at  Framlingham  in  Suffolk.  His  second  wife  was 
Eliz.  Stafford,  eldest  daughter  to  Edward  Duke  of  Buckingham,  by 
whom  he  had  two  sons,3  Henry  Earl  of  Surrey*  beheaded  in  his 
lifetime,  and 

Thomas,  who  married  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheirs 
to  John  Lord  Marney  and  Christian  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Sir  Roger  Newburgh,  Knt.  He  had  livery  of  the  lands  of  her  inheri- 
tance, was  restored  in  blood  the  1st  of  Queen  Mary,  and  in  the 
1st  of  Eliz.  was  advanced  to  the  title  of  Viscount  Howard  of  Bindon 
in  Dorsetshire,  and  soon  after  summoned  to  parliament,  and  died  in 
1582,  Febr.  14,  leaving  four  sons,  Henry*  who  succeeded  him  in  his 
honour,  but  dying  without  issue  male,  Thomas,  his  next  brother,  en- 
joyed the  title  of  Viscount  Howard  of  Bindon,  and  was  installed 
Knight  of  the  Garter  4  Jac.  I.  but  died  without  issue. 

14.  THOMAS,  the  eldest  son  of  Henry  Earl  of  Surrey,  on  the 
death  of  his  grandfather,  became  the  fourth  Duke  of  Norfolk  of  this 
family,  being  then  upwards  of  18  years  of  age;  he  was  fully  restored 
in  blood,  and  the  act  of  his  grandfather's"  attainder  made  void  1st 
Mary.     In  the  second  year  of  that  Queen,  he  commanded  the  forces 

*  See  vol.  i.  p.  226.  Jac.  1.  he  was  made  privy  councellor, 
3  He  had  four  daughters,  Jane  wife  of  warden  of  the  Cinqueports,  and  con- 
Charles  Nevile  Earl  of  Westmorland  stable  of  Dover  castle,  and  the  13  of 
(Vincent,  fo.  357,)  who  at  p.  592,  is  March  following,  he  was  advanced  to 
i'alsly  called  Anne.  Margaret,  married  the  title  and  honour  of  Baron  of  Marn- 
to  Henry  Lord  Scroop  of  Bolton.  Ka-  hill  in  Dorsetshire,  and  dignity  of  Earl 
therine,  to  Hen.  Lord  Berkley;  but  of  Northampton,  and  one  ot  the  commis- 
though  Vincent  observes,  that  Mr.  sioners  for  the  office  of  Earl-Marshal  of 
York  would  not  acknowledge  these  two  England,  and  April  2+,  1605,  made 
daughters,  Margaret  and  Catherine,  yet  Knight  of  the  Garter ;  and  in  1608, 
it  was  certainly  so,  for  these  three  sisters  lord  privy  seal  ;  he  died  2s  June,  1614, 
were  restored  in  blood,  with  their  bro-  and  lies  buried  under  a  goodly  raonu. 
ther  Henry,  1  Eliz,  ment  in  the  church  of  Dover  castle.   He 

*  This  Henry  Earl  of  Surrey  married  was  a  man  of  reddy  wit,  surprising  elo- 
Frances,  daughter  to  John  Vere  Earl  of  quence,  and  excellent  learning;  dying 
Oxford.  Thomas  the  4th  Duke  of  Nor-  single  at  his  house  Charin  J-Cross.  (Vm. 
folk,  and  Henry,  were  restored  in  blood  cent  against  Brook,  fo.  365.) 

in    parliament  1  Eliz.  and  in    May  1         5  Ibid.  fo.  641.     3d  Francis,  4  Giles. 


252  FORNCET. 

against  the  Kentish  men,  and  continued  in  esteem  all  her  reign,  and 
was  installed  Knight  of  the  Garter  1  Eliz.  and  in  the  3d  year  of  that 
Queen,  was  constituted  lieutenant-general  for  the  northern  parts  of 
the  realm.  In  1565,  he,  with  Robert  Earl  of  Leicester,  was  solemnly 
invested  with  the  habit  and  ensigns  of  the  order  of  St.  Michael,  in  the 
chapel  of  the  Queen's  palace  at  Westminster,  by  an  embassy  sent 
from  the  French  King :  but  in  the  1 1  th  of  Queen  Eliz.  being  suspected 
to  be  not  onty  a  favourer,  but  great  admirer  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots, 
he  was  cast  into  prison,  accused  of  designing  to  marry  her,  tried, 
condemned,  and  beheaded  June  2,  1572,  15  Eliz.  on  Tower  Hill,  to 
the  grief  of  many,  for  he  was  a  good  man,  and  much  beloved  by  his 
country.6  He  married  three  wives;  first,  Mary,  daughter  and  co- 
heir to  Henry  Fitz-Alan  Earl  of  Arundel;1  by  whom  he  had  Philip 
Earl  of  Arundel,  his  son  and  heir;  she  died  at  Arundel  House  in  the 
Strand,  Aug.  25,  1557,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Clement's  church  near 
Temple  Bar. 

His  second  wife  was  Margaret,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  to  Thomas 
Lord  Audley5  of  Wa/den,  Chancellor  of  England,  widow  of  Henry 
Dudley,  a  younger  son  to  John  Duke  of  Northumberland,  who  was 
slain  at  St.  Quintins  in  Picardy  A"  1557,  by  whom  he  had  'Thomas, 
afterwards  Lord  Hozcard  of  Walden,  and  Duke  of  Suffolk,  (of  whose 
descent  more  hereafter;)  2dly,  William  Lord  Howard  of  Nauorth 
castle,  born  Dec.  19,  1563,  and  two  daughters,  Elizabeth,  who  died 
an  infant,  and  is  buried  at  Framlingham  in  Suffolk,  and  Margaret, 
born  Aug.  1,  1562,  afterwards  married  to  Robert  Sackvile  Earl  of 
Dorset.  This  dutchess  died  atNoruich  in  1563,  and  is  buried  in  the 
church  of  St.  John  Maddermarket,  as  at  vol.  iv.  p.  289.  His  third 
wife  was  Elizabeth  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Leiboum,  Knt.9  widow  of 
Thomas  Lord  Dacres  of  Gillesland,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue;  she 
died  in  1567,  and  was  buried  at  Kenninghall,  as  in  vol.  i.  p.  226. 

15.  PHILIP  HOWARD,  son  and  heir  to  the  last  mentioned 
Duke,  was  Earl  o/'Surrey,  Lord  Howard,  Mowbray,  Segrave, 
and  Bruse  o/'Gower,  and  Earl-Marshal  of  England;  also,  in 
right  of  his  mother,  he  assumed  the  title  and  honour  of  Earl  of  the 
earldom  of  Arundel,  with  the  appurtenances  thereof,  it  having  an- 
ciently been  adjudged  in  parliament,  to  be  a  local  dignity,  so  that  the 
possessors  thereof  should  enjoy  that  title  of  honour;  whereupon,  he 
sat  in  parliament  by  the  title  of  Philip  Earl  of  Arundel,  23d  Eliza- 
beth, in  which  parliament  he  was  restored  in  blood  from  the  attainder 
of  his  father,  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk,  beheaded  A°  1572.  This 
noble  peer  being  a  most  zealous  papist,  was  much  maligned,  and  being 
accused  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  by  some  of  his  potent  adversaries,  for 
holding  conespondence  with  Cardinal  Allen,  Parsons  the  Jesuit,  and 

6  See  vol.  i.  p.  86,  7.  He  was  a  great  tween  two  bars  gemels  gul.  2d,  aro-.  a 
friend  and  benetactor  to  the  Office  of  fess  and  canton  gul.  3,  a  chief,  quarter- 
Arms.  Was  Earl  of  Surrey,  Earl-Mar-  ing  or,  a  frette  sab. 
shal  of  England,  Lord  Mowbray,  Se-  8  Awdley,  quarterly,  per  pale  indent- 
grave,  and  Biuse  ot  Gower,  and  Privy  ed,  and  per  fass  plain,  O.  B.  in  each  of 
Counsellor.  He  is  buried  in  the  chapel  the  2d  and  3d  quarters,  an  eagle  dis- 
of  the  Tower,  and  she  at  Kenninghall.  played  G.  over  all,  on  a  bend  S.  a  frette 
See  vol.  i.  p.  223,  6.  between  two  martlets  or. 

1  Arundel,   gul.  a  lion  rampant  or,  9  Liibourn,  az.  six  lioncels  rampant 

quartering  Badelesmere,  arg.  a  fess  be-  arg.  3,  2,  1. 


FORNCET.  253 

others,  she  took  a  great  dislike  towards  him ;  for  which  reason,  after 
the  strict  laws  made  against  the  papists,  he  endeavoured  to  go  beyond 
the  seas  without  leave,  but  bting  discovered,  was  apprehended  and 
committed  to  the  Tower,  A°  1 38 4,  and  his  estates  seized  ;  and  among 
others,  this  honour  and  manor  of  Forncet,  of  which  the  Queen  took 
immediate  possession,  and  demised  part  of  it  to  William  Pennant  for 
21  years,  namely,  all  that  part,  which,  after  the  attainder  of  Thomas 
late  Duke  of  Norfolk  had  been  granted  to  the  Lady  Mary,  the  then 
King's  sister,  and  by  her,  had  been  leased  to  the  said  William.  In 
1586,  he  was  fined  10,000  pounds  in  the  Star  Chamber  for  his  misde- 
meanors, and  attempt  to  go  beyond  the  seas,-  and  three  years  after, 
was  arraigned  and  condemned  by  his  peers  in  IVestminster-haW,  for 
divers  practices  in  relation  to  his  religion,  and  favouring  of  the  Spa- 
niards: nevertheless,  by  the  Queen's  grace,  he  obtained  her  pardon 
for  his  life,  but  continued  prisoner  in  the  Tower;  and  at  length  died 
in  custody  there,  Nov.  19,  15Q5,  being  not  full  40  years  of  age;  hav- 
ing, during  his  imprisonment,  lived  in  the  severity  of  his  religion,  a 
most  strict  and  austere  life.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas, 
and  sister  and  coheir  to  George  Lord  Dacres1  of  Giltesland,  by  whom 
he  had  his  only  son, 

16.  THOMAS  Earl  of  Arundel,  who  was  born  during  his  father's 
imprisonment,  and  was  restored  in  blood  by  James  I.  A0  1602,  in  the 
parliament  met  at  Westminster  in  the  1st  year  of  his  reign,  and  had 
livery  of  all  estates  from  that  Prince,  and  among  others,  of  his  honour 
and  manor  of  Forncet.  He  was  Earl  of  Arundel  and  Surrey,  Earl- 
Marshal,  and  premier  Earl  of  all  England,  Knight  of  the  most  noble 
order  of  the  Garter,  and  one  of  his  Majesty's  most  honourable  privy 
council,  and  lord  steward  of  the  household ;  and  by  King  Charles  1. 
was  constituted  chief  justice  of  the  forests  north  of  Trent,  and  general 
of  the  army,  in  the  first  expedition  to  Scotland,  A°  1638.  He  sat  as 
lord  high  steu-ard  of  England  in  IVestminsler-haU,  at  the  remarkable 
trial  of  Thomas  Wentworth  Earl  of  Strafford;  shortly  after  which, 
foreseeing  the  civil  wars  then  beginning  in  England,  he  willingly 
resigned  his  staff' of  lord  steward  of  the  household,  resolving  to  travel : 
his  lady  also  took  the  same  resolution,  and  a  fair  and  honourable  op- 
portunity presently  offered;  for  the  Queen-mother  of  France  having 
been  in  England  about  two  years,  was  at  this  time  necessitated  to  re- 
turn; and  the  care  of  conducting  her  to  the  sea-side,  and  waiting  on 
her  over,  was  committed  to  this  Earl;  who  afterwards  spent  some 
time  at  Utrecht,  but  in  the  winter  returned  to  England;  and  by 
reason  of  his  special  services  and  great  merits,  as  also  in  respect  of 
his  lineal  descent  from  Thomas  de  Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  (a 
younger  son  to  King  Edw.  I.)  was  by  letters  patent  dated  June  6,  20 
Car.  1.  advanced  to  the  title  of  Earl  of  Norfolk  :  shortly  after  which, 
discerning  the  flames  of  war  to  encrease  daily,  his  age  and  infirmities 
also  rendering  him  unfit  for  any  further  employment,  he  obtained 
leave  of  the  King  to  travel;  whereupon,  retiring  to  Padua  in  Italy, 
he  died  there,  Sept.  14,  1646,  in  the  6 1st  year  of  his  age,  and  his 
corpse  being  brought  over,  was  buried  at  Arundel  in  Sussex.  He 
married  the  lady  Alathea,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheirs  of  Gilbert 

'  D'acres,  gul.  three  escallops  arg.  i,  i. 


254  FOR  N  GET. 

Talbot1,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  by  whom  he  had  issue,  1,  James  Lord 
Mowbray  and  Lord  Ma  It  ravers,  who  was  one  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Bath  at  the  coronation  of  Car.  I.  and  after  making  the  tour  of  France 
and  Italy,  died  in  his  return,  at  Gaunt  hi  Flanders,  unmarried.  2, 
Henry  Lord  Mowbray,  who  succeeded  him.  3,  Thomas.  4,  Gil- 
beet.  6,  Charles,  who  all  died  infants  in  their  father's  lifetime. 
William,  the  fifth  son,  married  Mary,  sister  and  sole  heir  to  Henry 
Lord  Stafford/  and  16  Car.  I.  was  created  Baron  of  Stafford,  and  she 
at  the  same  time  Baroness  of  Stafford,  from  whom  the  present  Earl  of 
Stafford  is  descended.  During  this  time,  the  manor  and  honour 
passed  in  the  trustees  of  the  family,  along  with  Fersjield  manor,  as 
in  vol.  i.  p.  89,  90. 

This  most  noble  Earl  was  the  greatest  favourer  of  arts,  and  pro- 
moter of  sciences,  that  we  have  met  with.  He  had  an  excellent 
knowledge  in  painting,  sculpture,  carving,  building, and  designing; 
his  collections  of  designs  exceeding  that  of  any  person  then  living; 
and  his  statues  were  equal  in  number,  value,  and  antiquity,  to  those 
in  the  houses  of  most  princes;  to  gain  which,  he  had  persons  many 
years  employed,  both  in  Italy,  Greece,  and  many  parts  of  Europe, 
where  rarities  were  to  be  had;  all  which,  were  by  him  placed  in  the 
garden,  and  certain  rooms  belonging  to  Arundel  House  in  the  Strand, 
and  are  accurately  described  in  that  tract  of  his,  intituled  Marmora 
Arundeliana;  and  will  remain  a  lasting  monument  of  his  highly  de- 
served fame  to  future  ages;  Henry  Duke  of  Norfolk,  his  grandson, 
bestowing  them  on  the  University  of  Oxford,  they  were  orderly  placed 
in  the  walls,  enclosing  the  stately  Theatre,  but  are  since  removed  to  a 
room  over  the  Bodleian  Library. 

His  paintings  likewise  were  numerous,  and  of  the  most  excellent 
masters,  having  more  of  that  exquisite  painter  Hans  Ho/ben  than 
were  in  the  world  besides.  He  had  the  honour  to  be  the  first  person 
of  quality  that  set  a  value  on  them  in  our  nation  ;  being  also  the  per- 
son that  brought  in  uniformity  in  building,  and  was  chief  commis- 
sioner to  see  it  performed  in  London;  he  was  likewise  sumptuous  in 
his  household  stuff;  full  of  state  and  magnificence  in  his  entertain- 
ments, especially  of  strangers;  at  his  table  very  free  and  pleasant. 
He  was  more  learned  in  men  and  manners,  than  in  books,  yet  under- 
stood the  Latin  tongue  very  well,  and  was  master  of  the  Italian:  he 
■was  a  great  favourer  and  admirer  of  learned  men,  as  appeared  by  his 
intimacy  with  Mr.  Cambden,  Mr.  Seldon,  Sir  Robert  Cotton,  and  Sir 
Henry  Spelman,  the  lights  of  their  age.  He  was  a  promoter  of  order 
and  ceremony,  and  kept  greater  distance  toward  his  Sovereign, 
than  any  person  at  court;  often  complaining,  that  the  too  great  affa- 
bility of  the  King,  and  the  French  garb  of  the  court,  would  bring 
Majesty  into  contempt.  In  council  he  was  grave  and  succinct,  rather 
discharging  his  conscience  and  honour,  than  complying  with  parti- 
cular interests;  and  so  was  never  at  the  head  of  business  or 
principal  in  favour.  He  was  free  from  covetousness,  and  so  much 
above  a  bribe  of  gratuity  (for  favours  done)  as  no  person  ever  durst 
tempt  him  with  one.  He  was  in  his  religion  no  bigot  or  Puritan,  and 
professed  more  to  affect  moral  virtues,  than  nice  questions  and  foolish 

1  Talbot,  gul.  a  lion  in  a  bordure  in-     the  title  of  Baron  Strange  of  Blackmere 
grailed  or.     aee  Vincent's  Discovery  of    to  her  husband,  says  the  Pedigree. 
Brooks's  Errors,  fo.  470.     She  brought        3  Stafford,  or,  a  chevron  gul. 


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controversies:  if  he  was  defective  in  any  thing,  it  was  that  he  could 
not  bring  his  mind  to  his  fortune,  which  though  very  great,  was  far 
too  little  for  the  vastness  of  his  noble  designs,  which  were  only  for 
the  glory  and  ornament  of  his  country,  and  may  well  be  excused. 
When  he  was  constituted  Earl-Marshal  of  Engtand^he  revived 
that  honourable  court,  which  had  anciently  been  held  by  the  Con- 
stable and  Marshal  jointly;  wherein  remedy  was  given  for  such 
abusive  provocations  as  might  occasion  no  little  bloodshed  by  duels, 
or  other  mischievous  ways  of  revenge;  and  some  scruple  being  made 
as  to  the  jurisdiction  of  Earl-Marshal  alone,  he  the  year  after  obtained 
other  letters  patent,  bearing  date  Jag.  1,  20  Jac.  I.  1621,  whereby 
the  King,  after  mature  advice  had  with  the  lords  of  his  council,  did 
declare,  that  in  the  vacancy  of  the  Constable  of  England,  the  Earl- 
Marshal  had  the  like  jurisdiction  in  the  court,  as  both  Constable  and 
Marshal  jointly,  ever  exercised  ;  commanding  him  to  proceed  accord- 
ingly ;  which  he  thereupon  did,  with  much  honour  to  himself  and  his 
authority,  and  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  the  nobility  and  gentry  of 
the  realm,  in  cases  where  they  received  such  affronts  antl  injuries  ;  for 
which  (by  the  rule  of  the  common  law)  no  redress  could  be  had  ;  until, 
by  the  votes  of  a  predominant  party,  in  that  parliament  (which  de- 
stroyed monarchy  and  episcopacy,  and  brought  all  things  into  confusion) 
his  jurisdiction  in  the  court  was  questioned. 

17.  HENRY  HOWARD  Lord  Mowbray  and  Maltravers,  (as  he 
was  called  in  his  father's  lifetime,  and  as  such,  sat  in  parliament,)  suc- 
ceeded him  in  his  honours.  In  1626,  he  married  the  Lady  Elizabeth 
Stewart,  eldest  daughter  of  Esme  Stewart  Lord  of  Aubigny,  Earl  of 
March,  and  afterwards  Duke  of  Lenox ;  but  it  being  without  the  King's 
consent,  he  and  his  lady  were  confined  some  time  to  Lambeth,  with 
Archbishop  Abbot ;  but  after  that,  he  was  called  up  by  writ  to  the 
house  of  peers,  as  Lord  Mozcbray  and  Maltravers.  When  the  rebellion 
brake  out  in  1641,  he  faithfully  adhered  to  the  King,  and  served  in 
his  army  till  about  the  end  of  the  year  1645,  when  he  visited  his 
father  in  Italy,  and  was  with  him  when  he  died,  and  returned  with  his 
corpse  into  England.  During  the  tyrannick  government  of  his  native 
country  under  Cromzoell,  he  lived  retired  till  his  death,  which  hap- 
pened Apr.  17,  1652,  when  he  was  buried  at  Arundel. 

He  had  by  his  lady,  nine  sons,  and  three  daughters,  whereof  Anne 
died  young,  Catherine  was  married  to  John  Digby  of  Gothurst  in 
Buckinghamshire,  Esq.  and  Elizabeth  to  Alexander  Macdonnel,  grand- 
son to  the  Earl  ox'  Antrim  in  Ireland;  his  sons  were,  Thomas,  Henry, 
Philip*  Charles,  Talbot,  Edward,  Francis,  Bernard,  and  Esme. 

18.  THOMAS  HOWARD  succeeded  him  in  his  titles  of  Earl  of 
Arundel,  Surrey,  and  'Norfolk;  and  after  the  restoration  of  Charles  II. 
in  the  year  166 1,   at   the  humble  petition  of  James  Howard  Ead  of 

4  Philip  Howard,  the  third  son,  in  her  service  several  years;  but  retir- 
travellingwith  his  grandfather  Thomas  ing  to  Bornheim  in  Flanders,  to  an  En- 
Earl  of  Arundel  into  Italy,  took  up  the  glish  convent  of  his  own  order,  he  had  a 
habit  of  a  Dominican  or  black  friar  at  Cardinal's  cap  sent  to  him  there,  by 
Cremona,  at  15  years  of  age;  and  on  Pope  Clement  X.  in  May  1675,  and 
the  marriage  of  King  Charles  II.  with  made  his  public  entry  into  Rome,  with 
Catherine  the  Infanta  of  Portugal,  be-  great  magnificence, 
came  lord  almoner  to  her,  and  continued 


236  FORNCET. 

Suffolk,  Thomas  Howard  Earl  of  Berkshire, JF////a»z  HozvardVh- 
count  Stafford,  Charles  Lord  Howard  of  Charlton,  Edzcard  Lord 
Howard  of  Esrick,  Charles  Lord  Howard  of  Naworth,  all  lineally 
descended  from  Thomas  the  last  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  above  eighty 
others  of  the  nobility,  he  was  restored  by  Act  of  parliament,  to  the 
title  of  Duke  of  Norfolk,  to  remain  to  him,  and  the  heirs  male  of 
his  body,5  with  all  the  privileges,  precedences,  and  pre-eminences, 
thereunto  belonging ;  by  which  he  became  the  fifth  Duke  of  Norfolk ; 
but  dying  at  Padua  in  Italy  in  1678,  unmarried,  the  title  and  estate 
descended  to  his  next  brother, 

19-  HENRY  HOWARD,  the  sixth  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  on 
March  26,  1669,  21  Car.  II.  was  created  Lord  Howard  of  Castle- 
Rising  in  the  county  of  Norfolk?  and  on  the  29th  of  Dec.  1672,  in 
consideration  of  the  eminent  services  done  by  his  noble  father  and 
grand-father,  to  King  Charles  I.  and  the  crown  of  England,  at  home 
and  abroad,  as  also  for  many  personal  services  performed  to  King 
Charles  II.  in  his  exile,  was  created  Earl  of  Norwich,  which  honour 
was  limited  to  him  and  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  ;  and  also  by 
the  same  patent,had  the  office  and  dignity,  of  Earl-M  arshal  of  Eng- 
land granted,  with  all  rights,  powers,  jurisdictions,  precedencies,  and 
authorities,  thereto  belonging,  Sic.  to  him,  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body; 
and  for  default  of  such  issue,  to  the  heirs  male  of  the  body  of  the  Lord 
William  Howard  of  Naworth  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  younge  t 
son  of  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk,  (who  was  beheaded  15  Eliz.)  and  for 
default  of  such  issue,  to  Charles  Howard  Earl  of  Notyngham,  and  the 
heirs  male  of  his  body.  He  was  born  July  12,  1628,  and  died  at  his 
house  in  Arundel-street,  Jan.  11,  1683.  He  married  to  his  first  wife, 
the  Lady  Anne  Somerset,7  eldest  daughter  to  Edward  Marquis  of 
Worcester,  by  Eliz.  Dormer  his  first  wife,  and  by  her  he  had  two  sons 
and  three  daughters;  and  by  his  second  wife,  Jane,  daughter  of 
Robert  Bickerton,  Esq.s  gentleman  of  the  wine- cellar  to  King  Car.  II. 
(a  lady  famed  for  her  beauty  and  accomplishment)  he  had  first,  Lord 
George  Howard,  who  married  Arrabella,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  to 
Sit  Edmund  Allen  of  Hatfield  Pevercl  in  the  county  of  Essex,  Bart, 
widow  of  Francis  Thompson  of  Ilumbleton  in  the  county  of  York,  Esq. 
and  died  March  6,  1720,  without  issue.  The  second  son  was  Lord 
James  Howard,  who  died  a  bachelor,  being  drowned  Aug.  1702,  at- 
tempting to  ride  over  Sutton-Wash  in  Lincolnshire.  The  3d  son  was 
Lord  Frederick-Henry  Howard,  who  married  Catherine  daughter  to 
Sir  Francis  Blake  ot  Oxfordshire,  relict  of  Sir  Richard  Kenned//  of 
Mount- Kennedy  in  Ire/and,  Bart,  and  died  March  16,  1726,  his  lady 
surviving,  who  died  Jan.  23,  1731.  Lady  Catherine,  and  Lady  Anne, 
both  nuns  in  Flanders ;  and  Lady  Phillippa  married  to  William 
Standish  of  Stundish-hall  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,  Esq.  and  died  in 
Jan.  1683. 

The  Duke's  daughters  by  his  first  wife  were,  the  Ladies  Anne- 
Alathea,  Elizabeth,  and  Fiances ;  whereof  the  latter  was  married  to 

5  It  was  also  limited  to  the  heirs  male  7  Somersft,  France  and  England  in 
of  Henry  late  liarl  of  Arundel,  Surrey,     a  bordure  gobone  arg.  and  az. 

and  Norfolk;  with  divers  other  re-  8  Bukerton,  arg.  an  eagle  displayed 
mainders.  gul. 

6  See  vol.  iii.  p.  404,  5,  13,  14. 


FORNCET.  257 

the  Marquis  Falparesa,  a  Spa?iish  nobleman  in  Flanders;  the  second, 
to  Alexander  Gordon  Marquis  of  Huntley  in  Scot/and,  who  was  created 
Duke  of  Gordon  in  that  kingdom  ;  and  the  eldest  died  in  her  infancy. 
His  sons  were,  Henry  and  Thomas.9 

20.  HENRY  HOWARD,  7th  Duke  of  Norfolk,  was  born  Jan. 
II,  l6o4  and  on  Jan.  27, 1(377,  was  summoned  to  parliament  by  writ, 
by  the  title  of  Lord  Mowbray;  and  upon  the  death  of  PrinceRupert, 
was  made  constable  of  Windsor  castle,  warden  of  Windsor  forest,  and 
lord  lieutenant  and  custos  rotulorum,  for  the  counties  of  Norfolk, 
Surrey,  and  Berks;  and  on  May  6,  Ii>85,  1  James  H.  being  elected 
Knight  of  the  most  noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  he  was  installed  the  22d 
of  July  following.  This  Duke  obtained  a  commission  under  the  great 
seal,  dated  Jug  13,  lu'87,  3  James  11.  whereby  his  Grace,  as  Earl 
Marshal  of  England,  should  revive  and  hold  a  court  of  chivalry,  &c. 
and  setting  out  for  France  the  24th  of  March  following,  constituted 
his  brother,  the  Lord  Thomas  Howard,  his  lieutenant  in  the  court  of 
chivalry,  and  Sir  Thomas  Exton  and  Sir  Richard  Raines,  surrogates. 
His  Grace  returned  from  Flanders  July  30,  1688  ;  and  on  the  landing 
of  the  Prince  of  Orange  in  England,  being  then  in  Norfolk,  he  imme- 
diately declared  for  him,1  and  brought  over  this,  and  some  of  the 
adjacent  counties  to  his  interest,  for  which  service,  he  was  soon  after 
sworn  of  his  privy  council,  and  so  continued  to  his  death  ;  afterwards, 
he  was  made  constable  and  governour  of  his  Majesty's  royal  castle  at 
JVindsor,  lord  warden  of  Windsor  forest,  lord  lieutenant  of  the  counties 
of  Norfolk,  Surrey,  and  Berks,  and  of  the  city  of  Norwich,  and  county 
of  the  same  ;  as  also  custos  rotulorum  for  the  counties  of  Norfolk  and 
Berks,  and  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society.  He  died  at  his  house  in  St. 
James's-square,  April  2, 1701  ;  having  married  the  Lady  Mary  Mor- 
daunt,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  to  Henry  Earl  of  Pettrburgh,  from 
whom  he  procured  a  divorce  in  parliament  for  incontinency,  which 
in  the  yearl700,  passed  both  Houses;  and  having  no  children  by  her, 
he  was  enabled  to  marry  again,  but  leaving  no  issue,  his  honour  and 
estate  descended  to  the  eldest  son  of  his  brother  Lord  Thomas,  viz. 

21.  THOMAS  HOWARD,  the  8th  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  was 
born  Dec.  1 1,  1683,  and  in  1709,  his  Grace  was  married  to  Alary,  sole 
daughter  and  heiress  to  Sir  Nic.  Sher bourn  of  Stony-Hurst  in  the 
county  of  Lancaster,  Bart,  but  dying  without  issue,  Dec.  23,  173'i,1 
{Henry  his  next  brother  being  dead  without  issue,)  his  honour  and 

>  This  Lord  Thomas  Howard,  at  1689.  His  Lordship,in6V<.i68i,  married, 

the  coronation  of  King  James  II.  as  lord  Mary -Elizabeth,  daughter  and  sole  heir. 

of  the  manor  of  Workwp  \n  Nottingham-  ess  to  Sir  John  Savile  of  Copley   in  the 

shire,   claimed  to  find  the  King  a  right-  county  of  York,  ban.    who  died  in  AW. 

hand  glove,  and  to  support  the  King's  1733,  and  by  her  left  a  daughter  Mary, 

right  arm,    while  he  held  the  scepter:  married  to  Walter  Lord  Aston  of  Forfar 

and  it  being  allowed,  he  performed  t/iat  in  Scotland,   and  seated   at   btandon   in 

service.     In  1685,  he  was  made  master  Hertfordshire,  and  died  in  1723  ;  hehad 

of  therobes  to  King  James  II.  and  being  five  sons,  Thomas  the   8th  Duke  of  iNor- 

of  the   Romish   religion,  was  in   great  folk,  &c.  &c. 

esteem  at  court :   so   th.it  in  168S,  when  *  Vol.  iii    p.  424,  &c. 

King    James     withdrew    himself    into  z  He  died  at  his  house  in  St.  James's- 

Fiance,  this  lord  soon  after  attended  him  square,  and  was  buried  at  Arundel  custie 

into  Ireland;  but  in  his  return  to  Brest,  in  Sussex, 
was  unhappily  cast  away  at  sea,  in  Nov. 

VOL.  V.  L  1 


258  FORNCET. 

estate  went  to  his  third  brother,  the  present  lord  of  this  honour  and 


22.  The  high,  puissant,  and  most  noble  Prince,  EDWARD  HOW- 
ARD, the  present  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Earl-Marshal,  and  Hereditary 
Earl-Marshal  of  England,  Earl  of  Arundel,  Surrey,  Norfolk,  and 
Norwich,  Baron  of  Mowbray,  Howard,  Segrave,  Brewse  o/Gower 
in  Carmarthenshire,  Fitz-Alan,  Warren,  Clun,  Oswaldestre,  Maltra- 
vers,  Greystock,  Furnival,  Verdon,  Lovetot,  Strange  (o/' Black  mere) 
and  Howard I  of  Castle-Rising;  Premier  Duke,  Earl,  and  Baron  of 
England,  next  the  Blood  Royal,  and  chief  of  the  truly  illustrious 
family  of  the  Howards.* 

He  married,  A0  1727,  Mary  daughter  to  Edward  Blount  of  B/agden 
near  Torbay  in  the  county  of  Devon,  Esq  a  younger  son  of  Sir  George 
Blount  of  Sodington  in  IVorcestershire,  Bait,  but  at  present  hath  no 
issue,  and  Richard  Howard,  his  next  brother,  being  dead  without 
issue, 

The  honourable  Philip  Howard,  Esq.  of  Bukenham-house  in 
Norfolk,  his  youngest  brother,  is  his  heir;  who  on  the  7th  oi \  Jan. 
1723,  married  (Vinifrede,  daughter  of  Tho.  Stoner  of  Watlington  Path 
in  the  county  of  Oxford,  Esq.  by  whom  he  hath  a  son  named  1  ho  mas, 
born  Febr.  3,  1727,  and  a  daughter  IVinifrede.  Since  the  death  of 
this  lady,  he  remarried  to  a  sister  to  the  present  Dutchess  of  Norfolk,* 
by  whom  also  he  hath  issue. 


*  [Creations.]  Baron  Howard,  by  writ  of  summons  to  parlia- 
ment by  Henry  VI.  15  Oct.  1470,  10  Edward  IV.  and  also  19  Jug. 
1472,  12  Edward  IV. — Earl-MARSHAL,  and  Duke  of  Norfolk  and 
Earl  of  Surrey,  28  June  1483, 1  Ric.  III.  confirmed  Earl  of  Sur- 
rey 3  Nov.  1492,  8  Henry  VII.  and  again  13  May  1509,  1  Henry 
VIII.  again  Earl  of  Surrey  and  Duke  of  Norfolk.— \  Feb.  1513,  5 
Henry  VIII.  Earl  of  Arundel  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  (a  feudal 
honour  or  local  dignity,  as  adjudged  in  parliament  8  July  1433,  11 
Henry  VI.)  by  inheritance  and  possession  of  that  castle  only,  without 
any  other  creation;  also  by  summons  to  parliament  16  Jan.  1580,  23 
Eliz.;  by  descent  originally,  as  well  before  as  after  the  Conquest,  by 
King  William  I.  and  by  Maud  the  Empress  in  the  time  of  King  Ste- 
phen; confirmed  by  King  Henry  II.  and  also  27  June  1 189,  1  Ric.  1. — 
Earl  of  Norfolk, 6  June,  1644,  20  Car.  I. —  Duke  of  Norfolk  by 
act  of  purliament,  with  an  entail  on  the  heirs  male,  and  divers  limita- 
tions, 8  May  1661,  13  Car.  II. — Baron  Howard  of  Rising-Castle  in 
Norfolk,  27  March  1669,  21  Car.  II. — Earl  of  Norwich,  and 
hereditary  Earl-Marshal,19  OcMfi72,  24  Car.  II.— Baron  Mow- 
bray, by  writ  of  summons  to  parliament,  t>  Mar.  1678,  31  Car.  II. 
and  likewise  21  Mar.  1039,  15  Car.  1, ;  by  desceut,  originally  8  June 
1294,  22  Edward  I. 

*  Nov.  1739,  the  honourable  Philip  in  Sussex,  to  Mrs.  Proley,  a  widow  lady, 
Howard,  brother  to  his  Grace  the  Duke  and  sister  to  her  Grace  the  Dutchess  of 
of  Not  folk,  was  married  at  Arundd  castle    Norfolk. 


FORNCET. 


559 


The  arms,  crest,  supporters,  and  motto  of  his  Grace  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  are, 

Arms,  gul.  on  a  bend  between  six  cross  croslets  fitchee  arg.  a 
shield  or,  therein  a  derni-lion  rampant,  (pierced  through  the  mouth 
with  an  arrow,)  within  a  double  tressnre  counterflory  of  the  first. 

Crest,  on  a  chapeau  gul.  turned  up  erm.  a  lion  (or  leopard)5 
passant  guardant,  (his  tail  extended,)  gorged  with  a  ducal  coronet 
arg. 

Supporters,  on  the  dexter  side  a  lion,  and  on  the  sinister  a 
horse,  both  arg.  the  latter  holding  a  slip  of  oak  fructed  proper.  Motto, 

SOLA    V1RTVS    INVICTA.6 


CLAVER'S  or  CLAVERING'S  MANOR, 

Was  originally  part  of  the  capital  manor  granted  by  the  Bi/gods  to 
John  de  C/avering,  from  whom  it  took  its  name,  and  was  held  of  it  at 
a  quarter  of  a  fee.  In  1283,  William  le  Claver  or  Clavering  of  Stirston, 
and  Katherine  his  wife,  and  Miles  le  Parker  of  Stirton,  and  Christian 
his  wife,  settled  it  on  Ralfde  Oreping ;  and  in  1286,  John  de  Faux  was 
lord,  and  h  ad  free-warren  allowed  to  it  in  eire.  It  after  belonged  to 
John  le  Graunt,  in  1306,  to  John  Jermu,  and  in  1308,  to  Henry  Page ; 
in  whose  time  an  extent  of  it  was  made,  and  the  customary  perch  or 
pole  was  then  found  to  be  sixteen  feet  and  an  half.  It  had  a  manor- 
house, and  above  86  acres  in  demean,  and  12  acres  of  wood,  and  9  copy 
or  customary  tenants,  and  65  freemen.  In  1329,  Jo hn  Rudokin  died 
seized,  and  in  1333,  John  Claver  and  Agnes  his  wife  settled  it  on  them- 
selves and  their  heirs  in  tail ;  Walter  Claver,  parson  of  Litt/e-P/ump- 
stede,  being  deforciant  in  the  fine;  it  then  contained  8  messuages,  and 
many  large  parcels  of  land  in  Forncet,  Mutton,  Aslacton,  IVacton, 
Thanton,  and  Tacolneston.  In  1385,  Christian  Snort/ng  was  lady,  and 
in  1391,  'Ihomas  Brampton  was  lord,  and  held  it  in  1432,  of  John 
Mowbray  Duke  of  Norfolk,  as  of  his  honour  here.  In  1480,  a  Tho. 
Brampton  died  seized  ;  in  which  family  it  continued  till  1536,  and  then 

5  This  crest  belongs   to  the  Duke,  as  Ric.  II.  part  i.  mem.  2.)    Per  breve  de 

being    descended     from    Margaret,  privato  sigillo. 

daughterand  heiress  of  Tho   de  Brotherton  In  SylvanusMorgan's  Sphere  of  Gentry, 

Earl  of  Norfolk,  fifth  son  oi  King  Ldw.  lib.  4,  cap.  6,  there  is  a  neat  copper-plate 

I.     Rex  omnibus,  &c.  sciatis  quod  cum  pedigree    of  The  top  Branches  of  the  noble 

dilectus  et  fidelis  consangumeus  noster,  Stock  of  the  Howards.     And  much  of  the 

Thomas   Comes  Marescallus,  et  Not-  family  may  be   seen  in  Sir  William  Se- 

tinghamie,  habet  jusium  litulum  heredi-  gar's  Honour  Military  and  Civil,  Lond. 

tarium  ad   portandum  pro  cresta   sua  fo.  1602,  more  may  be  read  of  the  Hovv- 

unum  leopardum   de  auro  cum  uno  ards,  and  at  fo.  63  there  is  an  excellent 

labello  albo,  qui  de  jure  essei  cresta  filij  copper-plate  of   Charles  Lord  Howard, 

nostri  primogeniti,  si  quern  prucreasse-  Earl  of  Nottingham,  and  Lord  Admiral 

mus  ;  nos  ea  consideratione  concessmius  ofKngland,in  his  robes  of  Knight  of 

pro   nobis  et  heredibus  nostns,   eidem  the  Carter. 

Thome  et  heredibus  suis,  quod  ipsi  pro  6  The  chief  seats  of  the  family  are,  at 

differentia  in  ea  parte,  deferri  possint,  et  Arundel  castle  in  the  county  of  Sussex, 

deferant,   tinum  Leopardum  et  in  loco  la-  8  miles   from  Chichester,  and  56   from 

bslli,  Uiiam  coroi.amde  aigento,  absque  London;  and  at  Worksop  Manor  in  the 

impedimento  nostro  vel  heredum  nostra-  county   of  Notingham,  116  miles  from 

ruin,  &c.     Teste  meipso  apud  Westm.  London. 
12   Ian.  11  Ric.   II.    (1393.)     (Pat.  57 


$60  FORNCET. 

William  Brampton  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  sold  it  to  Thomas  Reeve; 
and  in  1559,  Thomas  son  of  Thomas  Reeve  was  lord,  and  in  1570,  it 
was  sold  to  Edward  Clere,  Esq.  who  in  1571,  sold  it  to  William  Moore, 
Gent.;  in  1605,  Thomas  Lingwood  died  seized  of  a  moiety  of  it;  it 
after  passed  through  the  Cocks  and  Edwards,  and  now  belongs  to  Mr. 
Matthew  Goss,  a  dyer  in  Norwich. 

Here  are  two  churches  now  in  use,  which  were  given  by  Roger 
Bigot  to  the  monks  of  Thetford,7  who  released  that  gift  very  early; 
these  churches  were  annexed  very  soon,  for  I  never  find  thetn  pre- 
sented to  separately :  though  Domesday  makes  them  both  parisb 
churches,  governed  by  one  rector,  who  then  had  in  their  right,  a  house 
and  40  acres  of  glebe.  They  were  valued  as  one  benefice  at  30  marks, 
and  paid  4s.  9d.  synodals,  and  procurations,  besides  3s.  Peter-pence, 
and  Ad.  ob.  carvage  ;  all  the  institutions  run  to  Forncet  only,  till  1465, 
and  then  to  Forncet  utraque;  the  rectory  always  paying  double  insti- 
tution fees,  shows  it  to  have  been  an  ancient  consolidation  ;  though 
for  many  ages  St.  Peter's  church  hath  been  esteemed  as  a  chapel  of 
ease  to  St.  Mary,  the  mother-church  ;  there  were  anciently  three  gilds 
here,  those  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  and  St.  John  the  Baptist  held  ia 
St.  Mary's  church,  and  one  of  St.  Peter  held  in  his  church.8  The 
terriers  have  85  acres  of  glebe,  and  a  good  parsonage-house,  and  it 
pays /fYsf:/)u/7s  and  yearly  tenths,  it  being  valued  at  20/.  in  the  King's 
Books.  The  Prior  of  Bukenham's  temporals  were  taxed  at  4</.  those 
of  the  monks  of  Thetford  17 s.  6d.  The  whule  town  of  Forncet  St. 
Mary,  or  Forncet  Magna,  with  Forncet  St.  Peter,  or  Parva  Forncet, 
paid  3/.  10s.  clear  to  every  tenth.  There  is  a  farm  belonging  to  the 
Girls  Hospital  atNorwich.     (See  vol.  iv.  p. 451,  2.) 

RECTORS  OF  FORNCET. 

1256,  Master  Guy  deTomello;  (see  vol.  ii.  p.  151;)  he  was  pre- 
sented by  the  Prior  ofThetford. 

1305,  Sir  Robert  Boutetorte.     The  Earl  of  Norfolk, 

1316,  Mr.  John  de  C/axton.  Tho.  se  Brotherton  Earl  of 
Norfolk. 

1321,  Walter  Flemming.     Ditto. 

1 324,  71  illiam  de  Lang  ford.     Ditto. 

John  Devennys  resigned  in  1348,  in  exchange  for  Haverhill, 
with 

Tho.Guyan,  who  was  presented  by  Sir  John  Segrave,  Knt. 

1349,  Hugh  de  Elnestow,  senior,  shaveling.   John  Lord  Segrave. 

1351,  Rob.  de  Wyngrmorth.     The  King,  in  right  of  Sir  John  Se- 
grave's  lands;  who  at  his  death,  in  1353,  gave  it  to 
John  WeUewyk. 

1361,  Rob.  de  Arneburgh.  Sir  Walter  Manney,  Knt.  Lord 
Manneu,  who  in  1368,  presented 

i  Mon.  Ang.  fo.  664.  were    then   several    town-lands  for  to 

8  In  1423,  the  brethren  of  St.  Peter's  repair  the  churches.     1699,  Oct.  io,  a 

gild  had  divers  lands  here,  as  well  as  faculty  for  a  seat  in  St.  Peter's,  passed 

those  of  St.  Mary's  gild;   besides  a  com-  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Nightingale, 
mon  gild-hall  for  all  the  gilds;  and  there 


FOR  N  GET.  261 

John  de  Lavenham,  accolite.  In  1388,  Margaret  Countess  of 
Norfolk  preferred 

John  Fordham  to  it,  at  whose  death  in  1391,  she  gave  it  to 

Will.  Stokere. 
1408,  Robert  Rqlleston  had  it  of  Gerard  Ufflete  and  Eliz.  his  wife, 
who  was  Dutchess  of  Norfolk,  being  relict  of  Thomas  Mowbray  Duke 
of  Norfolk.     In 

1413,  Rub.  Bond,  rector  here,  exchanged  for  Cottesmere  in  Lincoln 
diocese,  with 

Tho.  Wilcotes.  Ditto:  and  he  in  1419,  changed  for  New- 
(hurch  in  Canterbury  diocese,  with 

John  Sout'ho,  S.  T.  P.  In  1444,  John  Duke  of  Norfolk 
presented 

Ric.  Haddesley,  who  in  1447  changed  for  Depeden  in  London 
diocese,  with 

Sir  Thomas  Patteshull,  ditto.     In  1457,  the  Duke  gave  it  to 

Henri/  Fraunceys,  who  exchanged  it  in  1465,  with 

Thomas  Frysby,  and  he  in  1470,  with 

JohnSavage,  who  was  presented  by  John  Selot,  doctor  in  the 
decrees,  and  Robert  Bernard,  Esq.  patrons  of  this  turn.  In  1496, 
on  Savage's  death,  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk  gave  it  to 

John  Manning,  as  did  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  in 
1522,    to  William  Hodgeson.     In  1541,  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
presented 

JohnRichards,  his  domestick  chaplain,  and  prebend  of  Norwich, 
for  whoin  see  vol.  iii.  p.  66g.     In  1560,  the  Duke's  trustees  gave  it  to 

JohnKillet,  who  died  in  1578,  and  the  Queen  by  lapse  gave  it  to 

Robert  Norgale,  who  was  B.  D.  second  prebendary  of  Ely, 
and  master  of  Bennet  college  in  Cambridge.     In 

1581,  Alexander  Brozcne  had  it,  of  Philip  Earl  of  Arundel,  and  in 

1582,  John  Rawlyns.     In 

1584,  William  Dixe  and  William  Cautrell  feoffees  to  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  gave  it  to 

George  Gardiner,  Dean  of  Norwich,  for  whom  see  vol.  iii.  p. 
620.     In  1588,  the  King  presented 

Miles  Hunne,  chaplain    to  Lettice    Countess  of  Essex,   and 
Jicensed  preacher ;  he  held  it  with  Hetherset.     (See  p.  28.) 
1615,  Thomas  Hunne,  A.  M. 

Edward  Hunne.     (Ibid.) 
1617,  John  Gould,  A.  B.     Will.  Browne  for  this  turn. 
1630,  Hugh  Williams,  A.  M.  lapse;  he  was  sequestered,  and  after- 
wards kept  school  at  Low-Layton  in  Essex.     {Walkers  Sufferings,  &c. 
Part  II.  to.  402;)  at  his  death  in  1 66  ] ,  Algemoon  Earl  of  Northumber- 
land, and  Richard  Onslow,  guardians  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  presented 
William  Lock,  A.  M.  at  whose  death  on  June  6, 
1702,  William  Aggas  was  presented  by  Thomas  Aggas,  who  had 
purchased  the  turn.     At  his  death  in 

1725,  Rozeland  Hill,  A.  M.  was  presented  by  the  Honourable  Ric. 
Hill.  The  advowson  having  been  purchased  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
by  Dr.  Hill,  who  hath  obliged  his  heirs  for  ever,  to  present  a  fellow 
of  St.  John's  college  in  Cambridge,9  and  accordingly  at  Mr  Hill's 
death, 

9  See  vol.  i.  p.  237. 


262  FORNCET. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Lloyd,  fellow  there  was  presented,  and  is  now 
rector. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  hath  only  a  nave  and  chancel,  both 
thatched;  a  north  porch,  which  is  leaded;  and  a  square  tower,  and 
three  bells,  on  the  biggest  of  which  is  this, 

3!n  multig  anni£  fte^onct  Campana  gohannig. 

And  there  are  no  other  memorials  of  any  kind  in  it. 

The  church  of  St  Peter,  hath  its  steeple  round  at  bottom,  and 
octangular  at  top,  with  five  bells ;  the  north  porch,  nave,  and  two  isles, 
are  leaded,  and  the  chancel  is  tiled. 

In  the  communion  rails,  on  the  north  side,  on  a  black  marble, 

Aggas,  az.  a  fess  erm.  cotized  or,  in  chief,  three  bucks  heads 
caboshed  of  the  last. 

William  Aggas,  A.  M.  who  was  27  Years  Vicar  of  Hempnall, 
and  23  Years  Rector  of  both  the  Forncets,  Sept  4,  1724,  5 1 . 

There  is  a  hlack  marble  in  the  church,  for  Edmund  Marcon,  Sept. 
16,  1709.  Grace  Marcon  Aug.  22,  17  10.  Edmund  Marcon  his  son, 
JNov.  8,  1727,  John  Marcon  May  20,  1728,  39. 

*|ic  iacet  $icar0u£  2?arrer,  qui  per  g.s'ahcllam  Iftrorem  tiu.sf, 
habuit  DuojS  filter  ft  Dua£  ^filiajS,  et  po^tea  itmarie  fculneratujS,  moc 
obnt  ultimo  Die  JEtan  anno  ©ni.  M"  cccc-"  Irrvb.  euiu£  anime 
propicietur  ©eu.£. 

There  is  a  curious  altar  tomb,  with  the  figures  of  a  gentleman  and 
his  wife  engraved  to  their  middle,  erected  (as  I  take  it)  to  the  memory 
of  Thomas  Drake  and  Elizabeth  his  wife;  the  inscription  is  now  gone, 
but  part  of  it  remains  in  IVeevers  Funeral  Monuments,  fo.  823. 

©rate  pro  antmabu.£  £home  ©rafce,  ct  <£li?abcthe    ^roriiS 

C1U£  ft  ft 

211  Christian  pepfe,  that  toalfc  bv  thn£  2Tomb  erln  or  late, 

<©f  pour  £hentj>  gap  a  pater  nogter  for  tfje  &oul  of  £ho.  ©raftc. 

Near  it,  on  the  ground,  on  a  stone  inlaid  with  brass  plates,  is  this, 

arhomasS  2?after  1535. 
Orate  pro  anima  Choinc  Starter,  qui  ©urit  jftargaretam  pu 
ham  HDillclmi  ©raise  43encro.s'i,  et  habuit  cittum,  quatuor  jriiiosS,  ct 
unam  p Uiam  et  obijt  jri)°  Die  2prili£  3.  ©.  M.  ccccc.  rrjrb. 

Three  shields,  two  of  Baxter,  arg,  on  a  pale  in  a  bordure  az. 
three  estoils  of  the  field. 
The  third  having  a  wivern,  the  paternal  arms  of  Drake. 


[  263  ] 


S  H  E  L  T  O  N. 


This  town  in  the  Confessor's  time,  belonged  to  Bishop  Stigand,nnd 
was  held  of  him  by  Aldwin  or  Ailwin;  but  at  the  Conqueror's  sur- 
vey, it  was  in  three  parts  ;  '  the  head  or  principal  manor,  called  after- 
wards Overhall,  belonged  to  Roger  Bigot,  who  infeoffed  Dur and  in  it,1 
for  which  reason  it  was  always  held  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk's  honour 
of  Forncet,  at  one  fee.  It  was  then  a  league  long,  and  half  a  league 
broad,  paid  gd.  geld  or  tax,  and  had  a  church  and  \6  acres  of 
glebe;  the  advowson  of  which,  then  solely  belonged  to  this  manor; 
but  when  the  tithes  of  the  manor  called  afterwards  Nether-hall,  were 
joined  to  it;  the  lords  of  that  manor  presented  to  one  turn,  and  those 
of  this  to  another;  but  when  the  moieties  were  separated,  and  one  of 
them  given  by  the  She/tons  to  Langley  abbey,  and  the  other  remained 
with  Netherha/l  manor,  till  that  fell  into  the  Shellons,  then  the  turn 
that  belonged  to  the  convent,  being  sold  to  John  Jennet/,  senior,  Esq. 
it  passed  as  at  p.  40,  and  220,  till  it  was  sold  to  the  G/eanes,  and  they 
joined  the  alternate  presentation  to  their  manor  at  Hardtack,  with 
which  it  now  remains. 


THE  MANOR  OF  NETHER-HALL, 

At  the  Conquest,  was  held  by  Nigel  of  Robert  Fiiz-Corbun,  and  was 
then  worth  20s.  per  annum ,-3  it  passed  afterwards  with  Borland's  ma- 
nor in  Scole,  as  at  p.  J 32,  vol.  i.  till  1322,  when  it  belonged  to  Sir 
Ralf  flemenhale,  Knt.  and  after  to  John  de  Hemenhale,  (for  which 
family  see  p.  185,  fi,)  and  before  the  extinction  of  that  family,  was 
vested  in  the  She/tons'  trustees,  and  ever  since,  hath  been  joined  to  their 


MANOR  OF  OVER-HALL, 

Which  went  as  the  capital  manor  of  Scole,  to  the  Scheltons,  very 
early;  which  family,  though  they  took  their  name  from  this  village, 
were  anciently  seated  at  Stradbrooke  in  Suffolk.  John  de  She/ton,  by 
deed  without  date,   tied   his  manor  in  Slradbrook,*  to   the  Prior  of 

1  There  was  a  third  part  which  be-  Doras,  fo.  269.     H.  Depwade. 

longed  to  Forncet  manor,  as  at  p.  223,4.  Scelt  una  tenet  Nigellusquam  tenuit 

1  Terra  Rogeiu  Bigoti.     H.  Dep-  Alduinus  liber  homo  Stigandi  xxx.  acr. 

wade,  fo.  140.     Domsd.  semper  i.  viil.  et  ix.  bor.  et  dim.  et  i. 

In  Sceltuna  viii.  lib.  horn,  et  dim.  car.  in  dom.  et  i.  car.  horn,  et  ii.  acr.  et 

et  iii.  bor.   et  i.  ecclesia  16  acr.    et  sub  dim  prati,  tunc  valuitxj.  modo  xx. 

istisiv.  lib.  horn,  inter  omnes  lix.  acr.  +  There  was  an  ancient  free   chapel 

semper  ii.  car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati,  et  tota  founded  in  the  Shelton'   manor  at  Strad- 

Scehuna  habet  i.  leug.  in  longo  et  dim.  brook,  endowed  with  many  lands.    Lib. 

in  lato,  et  91/.  de  gelto.  Inst.  vi.  fo.  320.  1405,  pen.  Nov.  Johes. 

Hoc  tenet  Durandus  et  Waketuna  Kene  institutus  fuit  in  libera  cupella  in 

similiter.  manerio  de  Schelton,  (in  Stradbrook)  ad 

3    Terre    Roberti   filij    Corbutionis.  presentationem  Roberti  de  Wyngfield,. 


264  S  HELTON. 

Butle,  to  excuse  that  house  from  all  suit  and  service  to  the  county 
courts  or  hundred  courts;  and  John  his  son  and  heir  confirmed  it. 
Nicholas  deShelton,  in  1215,  had  purchased  all  the  estate  of  Robert 
Maloysel  and  Alexander  his  son,  in  IVeybred,  and  was  then,  one  of  the 
rebelling  Barons  against  King  John,  and  upon  the  surrender  of  Fram- 
lingham  castle  in  Suffolk,  he  submitted,  and  gave  his  son  Robert  as  a 
pledge  for  his  future  allegiance. 

In  1222,  the  King  seized  Henri/  de  Shelton's  lands,  because  he  was 
not  in  the  IVelsh  army,  and  he  was  forced  to  pay  4  marks  to  have  them 
restored. 

In  1225,  Ralf  de  Shelton  was  married  to  Catherine  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Henry  de  Hlegh,  with  whom  the  manor  of  Burnt-lllegh 
in  Suffolk  came  to  this  family,  and  attended  it  many  generations;  her 
inheritance  was  large,  for  he  gave  18  murks  to  King  Henry  III.  and 
did  homage  to  that  King  for  three  whole  fees,  held  of  the  honour  of 
JVitl.de  He/yun ;  this  Ralf  owned  an  estate,  and  the  advowson  of 
Mundham. 

In  1235,  Robert  de  Shelton  held  one  fee  of  Robert  de  Tateshal,  and 
he  of  the  Earl-Marshal,  and  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  John  de  Shelton,  and 
he  of  the  Ear\-Marshal. 

In  1239,  Robert  son  of  Henry  de  Shelton,  conveyed  an  estate  here 
to  Jordan  de  She/ton;  and  in  1424,  Henry  de  Shelton  held  3  fees;  and 
in  1244,  Ralf  de  Shelton,  father  of  Henry,  was  dead.  In  1257,  Nic. 
de  Schelton  v,  as  lord  here  and  of  Burnt-Illegh,  and  in  that  year  gave 
ands  there  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Osith  in  Essex.  In  1270,  Henry  de  Shel- 
ton held  this  manor  of  the  fee  of  Arundel,  and  divers  lands  of  Nic. 
Shelton,  with  the  manors  of  Arsa  sive  lllei/e  Combusta,  Brent,  or  Burnt- 
Illeye,  in  Suffolk,  the  manors  of  Scole  and  of  Bedingham  in  Norfolk  ; 
and 

Robert  his  son  and  heir  was  above  25  years  old,  who  had  livery 
of  them  all  at  his  father's  death,  and  in  1286,  had  liberty  of  free-zear- 
ren  allowed  to  them  in  eire.  This  Sir  Robert  settled  lands  in  llleye, 
to  maintain  divers  lights  in  that  church.  In  1302,  he  had  fees  in 
Mundham,  Shelton,  Bedingham,  and  Scote  ;  in  1305,  he  and  Isabel  his 
wife  held  them  with  Biirnt-Il/eye  manor  for  life,  Juhn  de  She/ton  being 
their  son  and  heir,  and  of  full  age ;  with  remainder  to  Tho.  and  Henry, 
their  other  sons ;  Sir  Robert  died  this  year,  and  in 

1306,  John  deShelton,  held  Shelton  and  the  lands  in  Hardwick,  at 
one  fee  of  Forncet  manors.  By  his  wife  Maud,  he  had  John  Shelton, 
on  whom  this  manor  was  settled  for  life,  and  on  Agatha  his  wife,  by 
his  father,  in  1308.  In  1313,  John  Shelton  settled  it  on  himself  and 
Joan  his  wife,  and  their  heirs. 

In  1315,  Ralf  son  of  John  SheltonheM  three  fees  in  Bedingham, 
Shelton,  and  Scole.  In  1316,  John  son  of  John  de  She/ton,  Knt.  and 
Robert  his  son,  sold  their  manor  of  Heverlond,  toNicholasShelton  son  of 
the  said  John  and  Alicebis  wife,  and  Thomas  their  son,  and  others,  for 
their  lives;  and  this  John,  as  appears  by  his  seal,  bare  afess  between 
three  mullets;  he  was  lord  also  of  Hlegh. 

In  1323,  Robert  de  Shelton  and  Maud  his  wife  settled  this  ma- 
nor on  themselves  and  their  heirs.  In  1330,  it  was  found  that  Sir 
Ra/j  She/ton,  senior,  Knt.  held  Buriit-l/leyejo\nl\y  with  Joan  his  wife, 
then  living,  and  that  he  died  Off.  16,  in  that  year,  leaving  only  3 
daughters;  Joan,  aged  12  years,  Margaret,  5  years,  aud  Isabel,  half  a 


S  HELTON.  265 

year  old.  In  1332,  Margaret  wife  of  John  de  Shelton  deceased,  having 
long  before  his  deatli  separated  herself  from  him,  of  her  own  accord, 
and  lived  with  her  gallant,  lost  her  dower  in  ltleye  manor  for  so  doing; 
so  that  Sir  Ralf,  who  died, had  it  wholly  from  his  father  Johns  death. 
In  1333,  Alice  wife  of  John  de  She/ton  died  seized  of  Shelton  manor, 
and  Ra //'their  son  was  18  years  old  ;  and  Robert  de  Shelton,  clerk,  had 
lands  here. 

In  1345,  Sir  Ralph  Shelton  was  lord;  in  1346,  King  Edward  III. 
granted  him  his  letters  patent,  signifying  that  he  was  in  the  King's  own 
company  in  the  battle  of  Cressy,  and  there  received  the  order  of  knight- 
hood, the  King  pardoning  him  the  contempt  and  penalty  which  he  had 
incurred  for  not  taking  that  order  upon  him  before,  when  his  Majesty 
issued  his  proclamation,  that  all  those  who  had  40  pounds  a  year  in 
land,  should  take  that  order  upon  them.5  And  the  same  year,  on  his 
marriage  with  Joan  daughter  of  Sir  John  de  Plais  of  Wetyng,  he  settled 
this  and  Eedingham  manors  on  himself,  wife,  and  their  issue  ;  in  1355, 
on  going  beyond  sea  with  King  Edward  III.  he  had  his  letters  of  pro- 
tection, and  being  in  the  battle  ofPoicters,  he  took  John  Rocourt  pri- 
soner; for  whom  he  obtained  a  safe  conduct  in  1350.  This  Sir  Ralf' 
was  cousin  and  heir  of  Sir  Ralf  Burgulion  of  Kerdeston  and  Thirsford; 
by  his  will  proved  in  1375,  by  the  name  of  Sir  Ralf  Shelton,  senior, 
Knt.  he  ordered  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  St.  Mary's 
church  at  Shelton;  and  accordingly  he  was  interred  there,  and  his 
gravestone  lielh  in  the  midst  of  it,  with  his  effigies  in  complete  armour, 
and  a  Saracen's  head  cooped  for  his  crest ;  over  his  head, 

prj>c?  pour  1'amc  Dti  Ittontftcut  $aulf  DC  .§ljctton  le  pcre  taDtsS 
UiaijStrc  De  Ce^te  lille.  qui  moru.s'tie  ytin  tour  De  $oDcmbre  fan 
De  ©race  JJicccleriu.  et  pout  Ic  femme  pile  Du  IUounj>etur  pan<i. 
%i  Corpsi  Du  quel  gigt  tct, 
©icu  De  .f>on  ame  ctt  Jllerci. 
He  left 

Sir  Ralf  Shelton,  junior,  Knt.  his  son  and  heir,  who  was  then 
married  to  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  Tho.  Uvedale  of  Tacolneston,  Knt.; 
in  1385,  he  attended  John  Duke  of  Lancaster  in  his  great  expedition 
into  Spain,  and  was  at  the  famous  battle  of  Nazaret.  In  1398,  John 
son  of  Ralf  de  She/ton  released  the  manor  of  Gedney  in  Lincolnshire 
to  the  Abbot  of  Ramsey.  In  1405,  the ju/;y  present,  that  Joan  widow 
of  Sir  Ralf  de  Shelton,  senior,  died  seized  of  Burnt-Illeye  manor,  and 
was  buried  by  her  husband,  with  this  on  a  brass  plate, 

Jftc  facet  "Joanna  ^ijclton  nuper  tflror  ftaDuInhi  Shelton,  que 
cbut  it  Die  gjanuani  3.  ©ni.  H&.  ccccro  cuius*  anime  propicietur  Deus 
3men. 

She  having  no  heirs  by  Sir  Ralf,  the  manor  reverted  to 
Sir  Ralph,  son  of  S'w'Ra/f,  who  was  58  years  old.  He  was  in  the 
voyage  of  St.  Maloes  de  L'is/e,  and  in  that  into  Scotland  with  King 
Ric.  II.  and  in  that  into  Spain,  where  Sir  Hugh  Hastyngs  died;  this 
Sir  Ralf  died  25  April  1424,  as  the  inscription  on  his  tomb  in  Great 
Snoryng  church  saith. 

He  had  two  brothers,  William  and  Robert,  who   died  in  1423,  and 

5  Rymer,  vol.  v.  fo.  561. 
vol.  v.  M  m 


Z66  S  HELTON. 

was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  Mary  at  Snoryng-Magna,  leaving 
his  brother 

William,  executor;  who  in  1420,  had  been  executor  to  John  Tolle, 
rector  of  Snoryng.  This  William  Shelton,  Esq.  died  seized  this  year, 
of  the  manors  otOver-hall and  Nether-hall;  by  his  wife  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Simon  Barret,  who  lies  buried  in  Shelton  chancel,  with 
this, 

H>fic  iacet  Nomina ftatcrina  .£>htlton,  quondam  Hror  H?i((i:  Sijel' 
ton  3rnitgen,qui-  obut  m0  Die  I&engig  ilua.u£tt  j»  ©ni.  jlVcr-ccntoi0. 
cuiu£  amine  propinetuc  Deu^  3mcn. 
There  are    arms  of  Shelton    and  Burgullion    quartered,    and 
Shelton  and  Barrett  impaled. 

He  had  the  manor  of  Barrett's  in  Hardwick,  (seep.  218,)  and 
was  also  possessed  at  his  death,  of  the  manors  of  Snori/ng- Magna, 
Thursford,  and  Biirgu/lion's  in  Kerdeston,  as  heir  of  the  Burgullion 
family,  and  of  Burnt-I/leye  in  Snjfo/k;  all  which  he  left  to 

John,  his  son  and  heir,  17  years  old,  who  had  livery  of  his  lands 
in  1427,  and  died  in  1430,  leaving 

Ralf  his  son  and  heir,  one  quarter  of  a  year  old,  by  Margaret  his 
wife,  who  had  Burnt-Illey  for  life,  and  remarried  to  Robert  Alynglon; 
and  her  son  Ralf  was  40'  years  old  at  her  death.  In  (487,  he  had  a 
grant  from  Henry  VII.  of  the  custody  and  marriage  of  the  body  and 
lands  of  Ralf j  brother  and  heir  of  Robert  Berney,  Esq.  of  Gunton ;  he 
married  Margaret  daughter  of  Rob.  C/ere  of  Ormesby,"  and  E/iz.  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Sir  l7iomas  Uveda/e,  by  whom  he  had  Jo/in,  his  son 
and  heir,  Ralf,  Richard,  Elizabeth,  and  Alice1  married  to  John  Heven- 
ingham  :8  he  was  living  in  1492,  but  dead  before  1500,  for  then,  Mar- 
garet Shelton  of  She/ton,  late  the  wife  of  Sir  Rafe  Shelton,  Knt.  willed 
to  be  buried  in  Shelton  chancel  by  her  husband,  in  "  a  tumbe  which  is 
"  ordeyned  to  that  intent;"9  she  gave  the  tenements  in  Moringthorp 
called  Roper's,  with  the  appurtenances,  to  pay  the  Jijteenths,  for  the 
towns  of  Shelton  and  Freton. 

Sir  John  Shelton,  their  son  and  heir,  was  high-sheriff  of  Norfolk 
in  1504,  and   was   made  Knight  of  the  Bath  at   the  coronation  of 
Henri/  VIII,  when  he  bare  tor  his 
Arms  az.  a  plain  cross  or. 

And  for  his  crest  a  tawny  Moor's  (or  Saracen's)  head  proper. 

In  1512,  a  pardon  was  granted  to  this  Sir  John  She/ton,  who  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Bolleyn  of  Blick/ing  in  Norfolk, 
Knt.  and  died  Dec.  21, 1539,  in  the  62d  year  of  his  age,'  and  is  buried 
in  Shelton  chancel  with  this  over  his  head,1 

*  See  p.  166.     In  the  east  window  of  Norwich,   widow,  buried  in  St.   Peter's 

the  nortli  isle,  aie  the  effij'es  of  Ralf  church  there,   had  two  sons,  Nic.   and 

Shelton  and  Margaret   his  wire,  in   sur-  Augustine  a  monk,  at  Eye,  and  Margaret 

coats  of   their   arms.     This  Ralf,  was  and  Isabel  her  daughters, 

high-sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  in  8  Seep.  93      Fliz.    married  Sir  Ric. 

1487.  Fitz-Lewes,  Knt.  and  Alice,  John  He- 

7  This  family  was  so  numerous  from  veningham,  Esq. 

their  original,  that  an  exact  account  of  »  E  Regr.    Cage,  int.   Archiv.  Epi. 

them  in  a  regular  pedigree,  cannot  be  Norw.  probat  3  Dec.  1500. 

fixed.     1484,  Cecily  shelton,   widow  of  '  Weever,  p.  S64.. 

Thomas  Shelton,  Gent,   was  buried  by  z  Anne  late  wife  of  Sir  John  Shelton 

her   hus'iand  in  the  Minors  church  at  Knt.  deceased,  marie  her  will  Dec.  19 

Norwich.      In  1479,   Joun   Shelton    of  which  was  proved  8  Jan.  1556,  in  which 


S  HELTON.  267 

$tc  gum  jscpultujs  gobanncis  dc  jetton  mailed 

The  circumscription  about  the  tomb  in  brass  is, 

3jrj;hanneg  Shelton  $atleg  quonDami£tiu£  pagi  ^ominuij, 

Si  J:ortunam,  £i  laitam,  *Jt  £elicitatem,  .Scire  cupi.sf, 

$ec  Carmma  tibi  oicent. 

Hcge,  mtie,  et  male. 

Hlorborum  toicia,  ct  tflttc  JUala  marima  fugit, 

$unc  careo  pacts,  pace  fruor  placioa. 

licit  3nnoS  62,  3°  1539. 

23ene  mercntt  ®jcnr  posuit. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  tomb  are  these  arms : 

1,  Shelton.  2,  Illegh.3  3,  Burgullion.  4,  Shelton 
quartered  in  the  notnbreil.  Cockfield,  Shelton,  and  Bullen 
impaled. 

On  a  north  side,  Shelton  and  Bullen  impaled.  Bullen  and  Butler 
Earl  of  Ormond  quartered,  and  Shelton  and  Bullen  impaled  again. 

The  east  window  or'  this  chancel  was  glazed  at  his  charge,  and  in  it 
is  his  own  effigies,  in  a  praying  posture,  with  his  arms  on  his  surcoat; 
and  that  of  his  wife  with  Bullen  s  arms  Over  his  head,  Shelton  and 
Bullen  impaled  ;  over  her's,  Shelton  and  Burgullion,  quarterly  or  and 
gul.  on  the  2d  and  3d  quarters,  three  annuletsO.  over  all  a  bend  sab. 

On  an  inescutcheon  of  pretence, 

Cockfield,  az.  a  cross  countercornpony  ar.  and  gul. 

All  impaled  witli  Bullen. 

Sir  John,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Shelton,  Knt.  called  Sir  John 
Shelton  the  younger,  was  high-sheriff  of  Norfolk  in  1522,  and  again 
in  1525,  and  had' livery  of  the  manors  of  Shelton,  Stratton-Saies,  Ref- 
ham-Biirgii/ions,  Scote,  Bediiigham,Suoryng,Gallowes,  &c.  in  Norfolk, 
and  of  Burnt-Illegh  and  Meldyng  in  Suffolk.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Sir  Hen.  Parker,  Knt.  son  and  heir  oi'  Henry  Lord  Morley ; 
and  was  one  of  those  gentlemen  that  joined  Queen  Mary  at  Kenning- 
hall,  in  order  to  advance  her  to  the  crown. 

He  is  buried  under  an  altar  monument  in  the  chancel,  on  the  north 
side,  with  this: 

Sir  John  Shelton  marryed  Margaret  the  Doughter  of  the  Lord 
Morley,  and  had  issue,  Raphe,  Anne,  J/ys,  and  Marie,  and  died 
the  -  -  Day  of  Novembre  Anno  Dni.  1558. 

thereare  legacies  to  To  her  daughters  Gabriela,   Emma, 

Sir  John  Shelton,  her  son.  and  Elizabeth,  all  which,  died  without 

To   Ralf  Sheln  n   of   Depeham,  her  issue, 

second  so;.,  and  Amy  his  wife,  daughter  Sir    [ames  Bullen,   Knt  her  brother, 

of  Sir  Roger  W.dehouse  ot  Knvberley  was   supervisor.     N.  B.   this   lady   was 

in  Norfolk,  Knt.  and  sister  to  Thomas  sister  and  coheir  to  Tho.  Boleyn  Kail  ot 

Wodehouse,    who    married    her    sister  Wilts  and  Ormond,  son  of  Sir  A  illiam 

Margaret   Shelton,    (see   Wodehouse's  liolevn,  Knt.  of  Blickling,  by  Margaret, 

Pedigree  vol.  ii.  p   558  )  daughter  and  coheir  of  Tho.  Bonier  or 

To  her  daughter  Mary  Shelton,  who  Builcr,  Duke  of  Ormond,  who  was  son 

married    Sir    Anthony     Heven.ngham,  of  S.r  Jeffry  Boleyn,  Knt.  Lord  Mayor 

Knt.  (see  p.  93,)  and  remarried  to  Phi-  of  1  (  ndon,  by  Anne  daughter  and  coheir 

lip  Appleyard,  Esq.  of  '1  homas  Lord  Hoo. 

To  her  thud  son,  Thomas  Shelton.  3  bee  vol.  iv.  p.  329. 


268  SH  ELTON. 

Raphe  married  the  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Woodhouse* 
Anne,  married  the  Son  and  Heir  of  Sir  John  Godsalve.'* 
Alys,  married  the  sonn  and  Heir  of  Sir  Tho.  Josselyn.6 
Marye,  now  Ladye  Scudamore.7 

Arms  of  Sh  elton  and  his  quarterings :  Shelton  impaling  Morley  ; 
She/lou  and  JVoodhouse,  &c. 

Sir  Ralph  Shelton,  Knt.  high-sheriff  of  Norfolkin  1570,  had 
livery  of  his  father's  inheritance, viz.  the  manors  of  Shelton,  Snoryng, 
Carrow,  &c.  he  married  two  wives;  1st,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Woodhouse  of  Waxham,  Knt.  2dly,  to  Anne,  daughter 
to  Thomas  Barrow,  Esq.  of  Baminghum  in  Suffolk,  who  after- 
wards married  to  Sir  Charles  Cornwaleis.  He  lies  buried  on  the  north 
side  of  the  altar. 

Raphe  Shelton  maryed  MAry  the  Doughter  of  Sir  William 
Woodhowse,  the  13  Daye  of  Septembre,  Anno  Dom.  1551,  by 
whom  he  had  Issue,  Tho.  John,  Raphe,  Edward,  Margaret, 
and  Audrey,  and  dyed  15  June,  1568. 

On  the  side  of  the  tomb  the  children's  births. 

Thomas  Shelton  was  borne  the  19  Daye  of  Maye,  1558. 
John  Shelton3  was  borne  20  Dec.  1559. 
Raphe  Shelton  was  born  1  Febr.  1560. 

Edward  Shelton  was  borne  1  Dec.  1564,  and  died  10  March 
followinge. 

Margaret  Shelton9  was  borne  24  Dec.  A.  D.  1556. 
Audrey  Shelton1  was  borne  10  June  1568. 

Arms,  Shelton,  Illeye,  Burgu/ion  and  Cockjield,  quartered,  impaling 
Woodhouse  of  Waxham. 

By  Anne  Barrow,  his  second  wife,  he  had  issue,  William,  who 
died  12  Dec.  1583,  leaving  Henry  Shelton  his  brother  and  heir,  then 
7  years  old,  and  two  daughters.1 

Thomas  Shelton,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  married  Eliz.  daughter 
of  Edw.  Floicerdew,  Baron  of  the  Exchequer;3  and  was  lord  of 
Shelton,   Snoiyng-Magna,    Hardwick- Barrets,    Thursford,    &c.    and 

gentleman  porter  of  the  Tower;4  he  died  15 and  was  succeeded 

by  his  brother, 

*  Amy,  daughter  of  Sir  Will.  Wood-  grandfather  of  Sir  Rob.  Southwell,  Knt. 
house  of  Kimberley,  had  Anne,  married     alive  in  1694. 

to  Martin  Sidley  of  Morley.  *  Married  to  Sir  Thomas  Walsingham 

5  Sir  John  Godsalve  of  Bukenham-     ofScudbury  in  Kent. 

Ferry.  2  Barbara,  married  to  Sir  George  le 

6  she  married  Sir  Tho.  Josseline  of  Hunt,  of  Little  Bradley  in  Suffolk,  Knt. 
Hidehall  in  Hertfordshire.  and  Mary,  married  to  Edmund  Daney 

7  She  married  Sir  James  Scudamore  of  of  Cretinghara  and  Combs  in  the  said 
Hertfordshire.  Gul.  three  stirrups  lea-  county;  and  had  one  son  and  daughter, 
thered  or.  She  is  buried  in  Westhorp  chancel  in 

8  He  was  at  the  sacking  of  Cadiz  in  Suffolk. 
Queen  Elizabeth's  time  ;  was  afterwards         3  See  p.  24. 

knighted,  and  married  Eliz.  daughter  of        *  He  died  2^  Dec.  1595,  and  is  buried 
Edward  Lord  Cromwell.  in  St.  Peter's  church  in  the  Tower,  with 

*  She  married  to  Anthony  Southwell,     an  epitaph  and  arms.     See   in   Stow '3 

Survey  of  London. 


SH  ELTON.  269 

Sir  Ralph  Shelton,  Knt.  born  as  above  in  1560,  wbo  married 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Rob.  .Iermvn  of  Rushbrook  in  Suffolk, 
Knt.  He  was  killed  at  the  isle  of  RhZ  in  France,5  and  dying  without 
issue, 

Henry  Shelton,  only  surviving  son  of  Sir  Raphe  Shelton,  by 
Anne  Barrow  his  second  wife,  inherited,  who  was  a  captain  in  the 
Low-Countries  60  years;  he  married  Eliz.  daughter  of  Thomas  Jer- 
myn  of  Depeden  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  and  dying  IS  Oct.  1634,  at  Barn- 
iugham,  was  buried  here,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son^ 

Maurice  Shelton  of  Shelton,  Esq.6  and  of  Barningham  in  Suffolk, 
which  he  had  as  heir  to  Maurice  Barrow,  son  of  William  Burrow  of 
Westhorp  in  Suffolk,  brother  of  June  Barrow  aforesaid,  his  grand- 
mother; he  married  Eliz.  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  and  sister  of  Sir 
Robert  Kemp  of  Gissing,  Bart.7  and  is  buried  at  Shelton,  leaving  four 
sons,  and  four  daughters, 

1,  Eliz.  married  to  Richard  Bokenham  of  Weston  in  Suffolk,  Esq. 

2,  Sarah,  married  to  Robert  Suckling  of  fVotto?i  in  Norfolk,  Esq. 

3,  Mary,  married  to  Tho.  Greene,  D.  D.  rector  of  St.  Olave  in  the 
Old  Jury,  London. 

4,  June,  married  to  Waldegrave  Alexander  of  Badingham  in  Suffolk, 
Esq. 

Ralfd'iec]  an  infant. 

Charles  Shelton,  the  4th  son,  died  single. 

As  did  Robert,  the  3d  son. 

Maurice  Shelton,  the  eldest  brother,  married  Martha,  daughter 
of  Robert  Appleton  of  Great  Waldingjield'm  Suffolk,  Esq.  and  Martha 
his  wife,8  daughter  of  Thomas  More  of  St.  German's  Wigenhall,  and 
Martha  his  wife,  daughter  of  Mr.  William  Jackson,  whose  daughter 
and  heiress,  Martha,9  married  to  Lile  Hacket,  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
Andrew  Hacket,  son  and  heir  of  Bishop  Hacket  of  Moxhu/l  in  War- 
wickshire, and  had  a  son,  John;  this  Maurice  dying  without  issue 
male,  was  buried  at  Shelton,  and  the  estate  went  to  his  second  brother, 

Henry  Shelton  of  Barningham  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  who  lies  buried 
under  a  black  marble  in  Shelton  chancel,  with  the  arms  of  Shelton 
impaling  Churchman,  and  this, 

Here  lieth  interred  the  Body  of  HENRY  SHELTON  of  Bar- 
ningham in  the  County  of  Suffolk  Esq.  who  married  Hester 
Daughter  of  Sir  John  Churchman  of  Illington  in  the  County  of 
Norfolk  Knt.  (by  whom  he  had  two  Sons,  Maurice  and  Henry) 
who  departed  this  Life  the  24th  Day  of  May  1690,  iEt.  suae  3(i\ 

And  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 

Maurice  Shelton  of  Barningham  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  and  now  of 
Bury  St.  Edmund's,  who  sold  the  manors  of' Over-hall  and  Nether- 

5  In  1G02,  he  sealed  with  az.  on  a  Elizabeth,  married  to  Fernley  of  Cre- 
chief  indented  or,  2  mullets  of  the  field  ;     tyng  in  Suffolk. 

and  P.  L.  N.  observes  that  they  are  said  Sarah,  married  to  Captain  Hooper. 

to  have  been  the  ancient  arms  of  Shel-  7  See  vol.  i.  p.  178,  9. 

ton,  reassumed  by  Sir  Ralph.  8  She  was  buried  at  Shelton,  A0  1689. 

6  He  had  three  sisters;     Dorothy.  9  Died  1688,  was  buried  at  Barning- 

ham, and  her  husband  married  again. 


270  SHELTON. 

hall  in  this  parish,  with  the  alternate  right  of  presentation  to  the 
rectory  of  Shelton,  to 

John  Howse  of  Norwich,  Esq.  the  present  lord. 

To  these  manors  belong  letes  and  all  royalties,  with  weyf  and 
est  ray.  The  Jines  are  at  the  will  of  the  Lord,  the  eldest  son  is  heir, 
and  they  give  no  doner. 

The  Church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  was  first  valued  at  14,  and 
after  at  15  marks;  it  paid  \ld.  synodals  and  procurations,  \0d.  Peter- 
pence,  and  3d.  carvage,  and  was  in  medieties;  the  Abbot  of  Langley 
was  patron  of  one,  and  that  rector  had  lti  acres  of  land,  but  no 
house;  and  Sir  Richard  de  Boy/and  was  patron  of  the  other,  having 
purchased  it  in  1277,  of  Roger  de  Taseburgh,  and  the  Rector  of  that 
had  a  house  and  18  acres  of  land.  The  whole  now  lies  as  one  rectory 
in  the  King's  Books,  valued  at  8/.  and  the  village  used  to  pay  2/.  17s. 
to  every  tenth.  The  present  fabrick  was  built  by  Sir  Rolf  Shelton, 
Knt."  and  is  a  fine  uniform  brick  building,  having  a  nave,  two  isles, 
and  chancel  leaded,  a  square  tower,  and  one  bell.  His  name  is  ex- 
pressed often  in  the  windows,  viz.  fiaf,  with  au  escalop  shel  and  a  tun, 
which  cannot  fail  of  making  She/tun.  There  is  now  a  handsome  new 
built  parsonage-house,  and  above  30  acres  of  glebe. 

RECTORS 

OF  THE  SOUTH  PART,  OR  SCHELTON's  MEDIETY. 

1303,  Gilbert  de  Be/awe,  instituted  by  Will.  Freeman,  rector  of 
Prillestone,  his  pioctor.     Sir  John  de  Boyland  Knt.- 

1306,  Alan  le  Man.     Ditto. 

1322,  Will,  de  Stirston.     ShRalf  Hemenhale,  Knt. 

1823,  Alan  leMan.     Ditto? 

1328,  Sir  William  de  Wortham.     John  de  Hemenhale. 

1349,  RalfGodelard.     Sir  Half  Hemenhale,  Knt. 

1 35 1 ,  Henry  White.     Lapse. 

1387,  John  Heppe,  ob.  John  Muriel,  rector  of  Dennington,  and 
Robert  Asiifield,  this  turn. 

1421,  John  Cummerton.     Lapse. 

1428,  John  U  iltoneshurst,  change  with  Cummerton  for  Castor  St. 
Edmund.  Sir  Simon  Felbrigge,  Knt.  hie.  Carew,  and  John 
Cornwaleis,  Esq.  res. 

1431,  Robert  Mingay  oiPulham.     Ditto. 

RECTORS 

of  the  north  part, or  Langley  mediety. 

1301,  A  sequestration  to  Master  P 'hit ip  de  Erpingham. 

1302,  Henry  de  Wendiing. 
1311,  J uhn  Barrett. 
1320,  John  de  Rickingale. 

1  By  that  Sir  Ralph  who  married  Mar-  *  Tn  1304,  Sir  John  de  Boyland  reco- 
garet  Ciere,  and  built  the  HA  LL.  veied  it  against  John  de  Taseburgh. 


SHELTON.  271 

Robert  le  Spencer  changed  in 

1343,  with  Thomas  de  Greneford,  for  Willingham  All-Saints,  and 
he  in 

1344,  with  John  de  Reppes  of  Mattishall-Bergh,  and  he  in 
1347,  with  John  de  Kentford,  for  the  vicarage  of  Mendham, 
1361,  Rie.  de  Bajocis,  or  Baieux, 

1353,  Nic.  le  Mi  tier  of  Honyng. 

13(3 1,  John  Granew  of  Honyng,  afterwards  rector  of  Great  Snoryng. 
13?5,  Will.  Chapman  ot'Topcroft. 
141  1,  Sir  Tho.  Richer. 

1431,  Henri/  Brammerton.  All  which  were  presented  by  the  Abbot 
and  convent  of  Langley. 

In  1445,  'he  two  medieties  being  void,  and  the  convent  having  sold 
their  mediety  to  the  Sheltons,  they  were  perpetually  united  by  consent 
of  the  patrons ;  the  Bishop  reserving  double  fees  on  all  institutions. 
(Reg.  Inst.  10,  lb.  97.) 

RECTORS  OF  THE  WHOLE  RECTORY. 

1445,  James  Herbert.  John  Jenney,  senior,  Esq.  this  turn. 
Resigned. 

1456,  Thomas  Renneaway,  ob.     Ralf  Shelton,  this  turn. 
1458,  William  King,  ob.     John  Jenney  of  Knodishale. 
1470,  27;o.  Fydyan,  or  Fydymont,  res.     Ralf  Shelton,  Esq. 
1481,  Master  Archibald  Davy.    John  Jenney  of Intwood  in  Nor- 
folk, Esq.  and  Eliz.  his  wife.     This  rector  was  iicensed  to  solemnize 
matrimony  between  Sir  Richard  Fitz-  Lewes,  Knt.  and  Eliz.  Shelton, 
and  between  John  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Heveningham,  Esq.  and 
Alice  Shelton,  in    the   oratory  or  chapel,  in   the  manor-house   of  Sir 
Ralf  Shelton,  Knt.  father  of  the  said  Eliz.  and  Alice,  at  his  manor  of 
Shelton. 

1497,  John  Bloys,  or  Blowes,  ob.     Sir  Ralf  Shelton,  Knt. 
1508,  Sir  John  Shelton,  priest,  whom  I  should  have  taken  to  have 
been  the  poet  laureat  of  that  name,  mentioned  at  vol.  i.  p.  30,  had  it 
not  been,  that  this  man  died  in  1523,  and  the  laureat  lived  to  1529. 
John  Bliant,  Gent,  in  right  of  Anne  his  wife,  this  turn. 
1523,  George  Rust,  ob.     Sir  John  Shelton,  Knt. 
1554,  It  iltiam  Acres,  or  Akers,  united  to  Hardwick.    Lady  Isabel 
Geesham,  widow. 

1558,  Will.  Ward,  on  Aker's  death;  united  to  Hardzvick.  Lady 
Mabgaeet  Shelton,  widow. 

15<)2,  Thomas  Wa/ney,  or  Waive.  Lady  Eliz,  Gresham,  widow  ; 
he  returned  10i  communicants. 

l60o,  Will.  Touueson.A.  M.on  Wake's  death.  Sir  Ralf  Shelton, 
Knt.  res. 

1626,  John  Greene,  A.  M.  ob.  Sir  Peter  Gleane,  Knt.  of 
Norwich. 

lf)33,  John  Jermyn,  ob.     Henry  Shelton,  Esq. 
lf)83,  Samuel  Rand,   A.   M.   united    to   Hardwick.      Sir  Peter 
Gleane,  Bait.  (See  p. 221,  3.)    On  whose  death  in 

1714.  John,  Randall,  A.  M.  was  presented  by  Maurice  Shelton, 
Esq.  and  held  it  united  to  Thelton  ;  and  at  his  death  in 


272  S  II  ELTON. 

1722,  Samuel  Shuckford,  D.  D.  now  prebend  of  Canterbury,  had 
it  of  the  gift  of  Waller  Bacon,  Esq.  lord  of  Barret's  manor  in 
jSardwick,  (see  p.  223,)  and  on  his  resignation  in 

1746,  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Salmon,  the  present  rector,  had  it  of  his 
father's  gift,  who  purchased  this  turn  of  John  Howse,  Esq.  lord  of 
Sfielton;  and  the  next  turn  belongs  to  Barret's  manor  mHardwick, 
which  Mrs.  Frances  Bacon  of  Earlham,  widow,  now  enjoys. 

There  was  a  grand  antique  mansion  or  MANOR-house  here,  built  by 
Sir  Half  Shellon,  in  a  square  form,  with  an  outside  wall  iinbattled, 
and  a  turret  at  each  corner,  moated  in,  with  a  grand  gate  space  at 
the  entrance,  and  a  turret  at  each  corner  of  it.  In  the  windows  and 
ceilings  were  many  coats  of  the  matches  of  the  She/tons,  &c.  but  the 
whole  is  now  ruinated.  The  demeans  and  thepark,  8tc.  were  sold  by 
the  Sheltons  from  the  manors,  as  I  am  informed,  to  Sir  Rob. Houghton, 
Knt.  serjeat  at  law,  and  one  of  the  justices  of  the  King's  Bench  ;  who 
died  seized  of  the  manors  of  Leffley,  Buxhall,  Bretenham,  and  Hecham, 
in  Suffolk,  and  their  letes  ;  leaving  Francis  his  son  and  heir,  30  years 
old ;  who  died  in  1629,  leaving  Robert  his  son  and  heir  6  years  old, 
who  inherited  the  said  manors.3 

This  judge  was  born  at  Gunthorp  in  Norfolk,  Aug.  3,  1548,  and  was 
buried  0  Feb.  1623,  in  the  church  of  St.  Dunstan  in  the  West,  London, 
for  whom  there  is  a  noble  cccnotaph  in  this  chancel,  with  his  effigies 
in  his  judge's  robes,  and  those  of  his  wife,  and  son  and  his  wife,  kneel- 
ing on  the  top  of  it,  and  this  inscription, 

Debito  Honori 

Optimi  Mariti  Robekti  Houghton  Equitis,  Judicisque  de  Regis 

Banco,  cujus  Cineris  Divi  Dunstani  Templum  infra  Lond- 

inum  Custos  est,  Hie  quoque  Locus,  cum  Filij  sit,  Palris  etiam 

Monumentum  esse  Optimo  Jure  videtur  vendicare. 

Memoriae  piae, 

Charissimi  Filij  nostri  Francisci  Houghton  Armigeri,  necnon 

Helena  Uxoris  ejus  (ut  quorum  Corda  conjugalis  Amor,  Animas, 

Una  Fides  (uti  spes  nostra)  in  iEtemum  univit,  eorum  ossa 

Unum  hoc  Sepulchrum  condat,  conjungat. 

Ego  Maria  Roberti  Richees  de  Rootham  in  Comitatu  Cantij 

Armigeri  Filiae,  bene  Merito  inarito,  duobus  Filijs,  Filiabus  tribus, 

Oh  Dolor  !  orbata,  toliesq;  partim  Mortua  Johanne  Houghton, 

Unico  minimoque  Nalu  superstite,  Reliquorum  Consortij  Avida, 

Potissimum  vero  Coronam  Beatitudinis  Anhelans,  utq;  cum  i>a]vatore 

Vivam,  Dissolutions  cupientissima,hoc  Poni  Sacrum,  rueas  Reliquias 

Hie  condier  Jussi. 

Per  mortem  itur  ad  Vitam. 

1623. 

Houghton's  arms  as  at  p.  196,  quartering, 

1.  Richers,  org.  three  annulets  az.     2.  Hotighton.     3.Az.l\vo 
barrulets  arg.  between  three  helmets  or. 

3  See  vol.  ii.  p.  365.     In  1683,  a  fa-    Hungerford,  Knt. 
culty  passed  for  a  seat  for  Sir  Edward 


SHELTON.  «73 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  church, 
A  bend  between  two  cotises,  impales  a  chevron  between  two  birds. 
Spe  BeatEe  Resurrectionis. 
Here  lieth  the  Body  of  William  Pearse  Gent.  Aug.  3, 17 1 1,  80. 
Eliz.  Wife  of  Charles  Pearse  Gent.  Aug.  10  1714,  34. 

Hie  jacet  Uxor  Gulielmi  Pearsei  Charissima,  spei  beatifical 
Resurrectionis  Pulvino  Sufl'ulta. 

In  the  windows  of  this  church  and  chancel  were  all  the  matches  of 
the  Shelton  family  put  up,  many  of  which  still  remain  ;  and  the  same 
were  in  the  windows,  and  on  the  ceilings  in  Shelton-Hall,  and  are 
the  same  exactly,  as  those  in  Carrow  abbey,  which  see  at  p.  529, 
■vol.  iv.  only  the  impalement  oiBurgu/ion  is  there  omitted,  it  being 
lost. 

There  are  in  the  church  also,  the  following  arms  besides  : 
Sab.  a  chevron  between  three  trefoils  arg.  Wytchyngham,  Howe, 
Scutmnbre,  Heydon,  and  Boleyn.  Calthorp  quartering  Burgulhon. 
Dovedale  impaling  gul.  a  chevron  erm.  between  three  de-lises  or. 
Fitz-walter  and  Shelton.  Stapleton  and  Hingham.  Clere  and  Dove- 
dale.  Clere  and  Haukforth,  Howard,  Bedingfield,  and  Shelton. 
Boleyn,  Butler,  and  Ormond.  Boleyn,  Howe,  and  Wichingham,  and 
az.  a  fess  between  six  cross  croslets  or.  Vere  quartering  Howard  and 
Plays.  Shelton  and  P/ais.  Shelton  quartering  Clere  and  Dovedale. 
Ye/verton  and  Brewse.  Biaunch  and  Bardolf.  Lowdham  and  Shel- 
ton. Brewse  and  Shardelowe.  Mundeford  and  Barrett.  Knevet  and 
Shelton. 

And  many  of  the  arms  were  in  the  chapel  in  shelton-hall, 
where  the  several  lodging  rooms  were  called  after  the  names  of  those 
families  whose  arms  were  placed  in  them,  as  Morley's  chamber, 
Howard's  chamber,  &c.  . 

And  formerly,  there  was  a  MSS.  kept  at  the  hall,  which  had  a 
drawing  of  the  house  in  it,  a  copy  of  which  I  have  by  me,  and  the 
arms  oP  such  families  as  the  Sheltons  married  into,  and  many  of 
the  quarterings  of  those  families.  The  grand  coat  of  Shelton 
there,  was, 

Shelton,  az.  a  cross  or,  the  present  arms  of  the  family,  quar- 
tering the  old  coat  of 

Shelton,  sab.  three  escallops  arg.  \ 

Crest,  a  Moor's  (or  Saracen's)  head,  cooped  at  the  shoulders 
proper. 

Supporters,  two  talbot's  arg.  collared  or,  their  strings  on 

their  backs  gul. 

Motto,  Ghenre  Ant  Thol. 
Quartering  Weigh,  Burgullion,  Cockfield,  and  Barret,  quartered. 

The  impalements  are  47: 

],  Shelton  and  Fitz-hammond.    2,  Ditto  and  Gedding.    3,  Cretyng. 

4    Faux.     5,  Herling.     6,  Martin.     7,  I/legh      8,  Plais.     9,  Bures. 

10   Tendring.     U,  Winter.     hZ,  Metiers.     \S,Uford.     14,  Thoring- 

ton.   15,  Burgidlion.    16,  Cockfield.    17,  Lowdham.    18,  Dovedale. 

vol.  v.  Jin 


274  SHE  LTD  N. 

19,  Heveningham.  20,  a  fess  between  three  de-lises  or.  21, 
Mohun.  22,  Peyton.  23,  Stapleton.  24,  Calthorp.  25,  Poyn- 
ings.  26,  Gilbert.  27,  Barre*.  28,  Lea'es.  29,  Bmose.  30,  Thorp 
of  Ashwellthorp.  31,  St.  Phi/ebert.  32,  Delabere.  33,  Talbot 
Earl  of  Shrewsbury.  34,  C/fre.  35,  Notingham*  36,  Marke. 
37,  Brome.  38,  Bedingjield.  39,  Boleyn.  40,  Wodehouse  of  Kim- 
berley.  41,  Notingham.*  40,  Parker  Lord  Morley.  43,  JFocfe- 
/(owse  of  IVaxham.  44,  Cromwell.  45,  Barrow.  46,  Appleyard. 
47,  Jermyn. 

Other  matches  of  Shelton  in  the  same  book,  are, 

1,  Bemardiston  impaling  Shelton.  2,  Lowdham  impales  Shelton, 
as  do  the  following  names,  wz.  IVentworth,  Fitz-walter,  Ufford,  He- 
veningham, Bedingjield,  Bullen,  Knyvet,  Danny,6  Godsalve,  Scuda- 
more,  JValsingham,  Hunt,  Lewes,  Josceline,  Aske,7  ll'oodhuuseof  Kim- 
berley,  Stanton,  Nappier,  Bacon*  Southwell,  and  Ferntey.9. 

So  that  hence  it  appears,  that  gentlemen  of  all  these  families  have 
married  into  this  family. 

There  are  also  the  arms  of  Shelton,  with  a  crescent,  and  other 
differences  for  younger  brothers,  impaling  24  coats,  which  show  that 
the  younger  brothers  of  the  family  matched  into  those  families. 

Shelton  impaling;  1,  Dusing,  sab.  three  swords  arg.  hiked  and 
pomelled  or,  their  points  downwards.  2,  Batteld,  gul.  a  griffin  sejant 
or.  3,  Feme,  per  bend  arg.  and  gul.  indented.  4,  gul.  a  leopard 
saliant  in  a  bordure  indented  arg.  5,  Walden,  sab,  two  bars  and 
three  cinquefoils  in  chief  arg.  6,  arg.  three  hurts  between  two 
bendlets gul.  7,  St.  John.  S,  Le  Port,  barry  of  six  A.B.  a  saltier 
gul.  9,  Cornwaleis.  10,  Mac  Williams.  11,  Brum ng,  sab.  two  bend- 
lets  wavy  arg.  12,  Kal/ey,  sab.  two  falchions  saltier-ways  arg.  hiked 
and  pomelled  or.  13,  Ptott,  vert,  on  three  caterfoils  arg.  as  many 
lions  heads  erased  sab.  \A,Morgan,  arg.  a  griffin  sejant  sab.  15,  Husey 
arg,  a  cross  vert.  16,  Feme,  or,  a  bend  between  two  lions  heads 
erased  sab.  17,  Star/ey,  pally  ofjsix  arg.  and  sab.  18,  Daniel  of 
Suff.  19,  Rush,  gul.  on  a  fess  or,  between  three  horses  current  sab. 
as  many  hurts.  20,  Arnold  of  Cromere.  21,  Barrow,  22,  Jermyn. 
23,  Kemp. 

I  find  two  small  manors  in  this  and  the  adjoining  towns  of  Hemen- 
hale,  Fritton,  &c.  called  Blomefield's  and  Seaman's,  as  the  abut- 
tals of  the  lands  in  Shelton  Court  Books  mention  ;  and  the  estate  late 
the  Houghtons  being  the  Park,  &c.  which  Charles  Houghton  owned 
in  1665,  belongs  now  (as  I  am  informed)  to  Sir  Edmund  Bacon  of 
Garboldesham,  Bart. 

4  Notingham,  gul.  a  bend  or.  7  Or,  three  bars  sab.  in  a  bordure 

5  Notingham,    or,    a  chevron  coupe'     ingrailed  gul. 

parted   per   pale  B.  G.  between   three  8  Sab.  three  boars  in  pale  passant  or. 

mullets  sab.  9  Arg.  on  a  bend  vert,  three  bucks 

c  Gul.  a  saltier  arg.  between  twelve  heads  caboshed  or,  a  crescent  sab. 
croslets  or. 


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T  I  B  E  N  H  A  M. 


The  church  here  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  and  hath  a  squara 
tower  and  five  large  bells;  the  south  porch,  south  isle,  nave,  and  chancel 
are  all  leaded  ;  the  vicarage-house  joins  to  the  west  part  of  the 
churchyard :  there  are  the  emblems  of  the  four  Evangelists  at  each 
corner  of  the  tower,  carved  in  stone,  and  four  marbles  in  the  chancel 

1.  Robertus  Herne,  Generosus,  ob.  Mar.  2.  A.  D.  1685.  Anna 
Heme,  ob.  20  Mar.  A.  D.  1729,  set.  81. 

2.  Richard  Herne,  Gent.  1668. 

3.  Herne's  arms  and  crest,  a  heme's  head  erased  proper,  collared 
with  a  crown  or.  Robertus  Herne  Armiger,  Films  Roberti  Heme 
Generosi,  ob.  12  die  Aug.  A.  D.  1720,  ast.  66. 

4.  Goocn  impaling  Herne. 

Here  lieth  Sarah  Gooch,  the  Wife  of  Clement  Gooch,  late  ot 
Earsham  in  the  County  of  Norfolk  Esq  ;  and  Daughter  of  Robert 
Herne  of  this  Parish  Gent.  Dec.  1,  1729.  aet.  76.     To  the  Me- 
mory of  so  good  a  Parent,  Ann  theWife  of  John  Buxton  otChan- 
nonz-Hall  Esq ;  her  only  surviving  Child  by  the  said   Clement 
Gooch,  consecrates  this  Monument.     Clement  the  1th  Son  of  the 
said  John  and  Ann  Buxton,  died  in  Infancy,  and  was  buried  near 
this  Place  May  19,  1741. 
There  are  several  brasses  lost  in  the  nave  and  south  isle.     At  the 
west  end  of  the  nave  is  a  stone  for  Sam.  Ferdon,Gent.  March  2,  1686, 
set.  49,  who  left  one  son  and  one  daughter,  by  Sara  his  wife,  who  is 
buried  by  him. 

On  an  old  brass  in  St.  Nicholas's  chapel,  at  the  east  end  of  the 
south  isle, 

©rate  pro  animabu.S  Roberti  2r?uc.£ton,  tfri^tianc,  et  3gneti^, 
-Qvorum  ciu.si,  qui  qutDem  ftobcrtu£  ofaut  2nno  ®ni.  M°  ccccc0 
jCjL-ntif.  quorum  animate  yropicictur  ©eu£,    (Weever,  fo.  814.) 
Buxton  quartering  two  bucks  couchant,  impaling  or,  a  bend 
ingrailed  between  six  roses  Gul.  seeded  and  barbed  proper. 

Hie  requiescit  Johannes  Buxton  Generosus  Films  et  Heres 
Roberti  Buxton  qui  quidem  Johannes  Thalamo  sibi  conjunxit 
Margaretam  Warner,  et  ex  ea  habuit  prolem,  Robertum, 
Franciscum,  Elizabethum,  et  Annum,  annos  spiravit  Octoginta  et 
Quatuor  pie  vixit,  patienter  obijt,  5'  die  Aprilii  in  Vigilia Pasche. 
Anno  Dom.  1572. 


276  T I  B  E  N  H  A  M. 

There  is  cut  on  the  Burtons'  seat  in  the  church,  which  was  built  by 
these  two,  the  paternal  coat  of 

BUXTON, 


Quartering  or,  two  bucks  lodged  gul.  and  is  the  rebus  for  the 
name  of  Buxton,  as  I  have  seen  for  the  name  of  the  town  of  Buxton 
in  Norfolk,  whence  this  family  took  their  sirname  ;  and  indeed,  Bux- 
ton signifies  the  bucks  town,  lodgement,  or  habitation, 

Impaled  with  Warner  as  before. 

Buxton  impaled  with  Herne,  az.  three  herns  or.     Buxton  and 

Kemp  impaled.     Buxton    impaling    gul.    three   bucks   heads   ca- 

boshed  arg. 

Buxton  impaling  Pert,  arg.  abend  gul.  between  two  mascles 

or.     On  a  coat  of  pretence  az.  a  maunch  gul. 

On  another  brass  plate, 

"Johannes  be  2?iirton,  cr  huiu.tf^mbra  ^ccuti,  annfggiK  Status 
octaginta  ct  quatuor.,  pit,  bcatcque  transact^,  per  ron.stanrem  in 
ChriiSto  £ioem,  in  Olon^ortium  Clectorum  migrator  5°  ©ic  flpnlig 
in  Bttgiiia  $agcbe  3nno  ©ni.  157^.  <!?t  3°  14  €fi?.  tfeginc,  <]\ii 
in^tante  noto^'imo  ^ut  tran^itugi  puncto,  n^irabili  JDatientia  in 
iarulum  |Korti£  proneOitujS,  flli.s'u,  auc'tu,  jjictnorta,  ^ntcltettu 
tt  &ermone  gauoiTijS,  inga  ab  bencrem  ucrumque  iTci  Cultum 
saint  eriter  apphcuir.  £m  <©mmporcnti  1  to  patri,  £iho,  ct  &pintut 
^ancr?,  nb  banc  ^uam  ingentem  in  lp.s'um  ct  s'ibi  rons'irnilc?  niipe* 
recorD'arum  <Ct'pan^am,  £it  potior,  «5Ioria,  ct  %au$,  nunc  ct  in 
^cctila  &ernIorum.  amen. 
Buxton  with  his  crest  of  a  buck's  head  cooped,  impaling  Pert. 

Joaannes  Buxton  de  Channonz  apud  Tubenham  Armiger, 
Charitate  plenus,  Claritate  refulgens,  obijt  29°  Die  Mensis  Aprilis, 
A0  Dni.  ldOO,  .rEtatis  sua;  51,  cujus  Reliquias  sub  hoc  marmore 
requiescunt.  Exemplar  Virtutis,  et  Pietatis  insigne ;  M/.rga- 
reta  Uxor,  Filia  Gulielmi   Pert  de  Montnessiny  Comitatu 

*  Note,  thi?  and  the  preceding  inscrip.    yet  are  for  the  same  man. 
tion,  though  they  are  on  two  brass  plates, 


TIBENHAM.  o77 

Essex'  Armigeri,  una  ex  Heredibus  Thome  Conyers  de  East  Bar- 
nett  Comitatu  Hartford?. Armigeri,  Filios  Robtrtum,  Johannem, 
Conyers,  (improvise*  ereptum)  GuUelmum,  Henrkum ,•  Filiasq ; 
tres,  Isabellam,  Margaretam,  (in  Infantia  Mortuam  enixa)  Hie 
juxta  posita,  obijt  li9  Die  Mensis  Maij  A°  Dni.  1 687,  aet.  suae 
curren'  76.  In  Pietatis  Memoriam  debitaeque  observantias  Tes- 
timonium, Johannes  Filius,  Flens,  Majrensque,  posuit.  Dec* 
Gloria. 

There  is  a  stone  for  Benjamin,  third  son  of  William  Buxton, 
who  died  16  April  1681.  And  another  headstone  by  the  chancel 
door,  for  Mary  wife  of  Francis  Buxton  Gent,  and  Mary  his  wife,  who 
died  Jan.  29  1723,  set.  22.     And  Hannah  their  daughter. 

Thomas  Talbot  Armiger,*  Juris  consultus,3  Justiciarius, 
Vir  Deo  Devotus,  omnibus  bonis  charus,  Amicus  fulissimus,  na- 
talibus  virtutibus,  Dignitatibus  inclytus,  Mortem  patiendo  Cor- 
poralem  Victor  abibat  in  Vitam  eternam,  per  Domitium  nostrum 
Jesum  Christum,  cui  omnis  Laus,  Gloria,  Honor,  &c.  in  secula 
seculorum.     Amen. 

Here  was  a  chapel  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Ma/^. standing  by  itself 
in  the  churchyard,  at  the  east  end  of  the  chancel,  the  ruins  of  which 
may  still  be  seen.  William  Lynster,  alias  Bocher,  by  his  will 
proved  May  7,  1493,  ordered  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chapel  of 
the  blessed  Virgin  Mary  at  Tibenham ;  he  gave  a  messuage  and  lands 
to  the  parish  church  of  All-Saints  here,  ordering  the  church-wardens 
to  apply  the  neat  profit  to  repair  and  adorn  the  church  for  ever  :  he 
gave  also,  nine  acres  of  freehold,  lying  at  Mil-hill  and  Rozce-Bushes, 
for  the  constables  to  receive  the  rent,  and  with  the  neat  yearly  profit 
thereof,  to  pay  the  King'sjifttenths  for  the  poorer  sort  of  people ;  and 
when  there  are  no  fifteenths,  then  the  church-wardens  are  to  receive 
it,  and  repair  and  beautify  the  church  with  it.  His  house  and  land, 
which  he  bought  of  IVillium  IVothorpe,  if  the  brothers  and  sisters  of 
the  gilds  of  St.  Thomas  and  St.  Mary  will  buy  them,  they  to  have 
them  10/.  cheaper  than  any  one  else,  and  their  own  time  of  payment; 
if  they  settle  it  on  a  priest  to  pray  for  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the 
gilds.     (Reg.  Hurning,  fo.  136.) 

There  were  three  gilds  here,  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  which, 
had  one  common  gild-hall,4  since  turned  into  a  school-house ;  viz.  the 
gild  of  All-Saints,he\d  in  the  nave  of  the  church  ;  that  of  St.  Thomas 
the  Martyr,  held  in  St.  Nicholas's  chapel  at  the  east  e.id  of  the  south 
isle;  and  that  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  held  in  her  chapel  in  the  church- 
yard. These  gilds  had  divers  lands  here,  which  at  their  dissolution 
were  seized  by  the  Crown,  where  they  continued  till  1609,  and  then 
King  James  i.  granted  them  to  John  Eldred,  Esq  ;  and  Joan  Verdon, 
gentlewoman,  and  their  heirs.     The   furniture  of  the  gild-hall  re- 

1  See  vol.  ii.  p.  503.  carius  Wymonilhamiensis. 

3  E  Registro  Wymondhamiensi.     Se-  *  1584,  Queen  Khz.  at  the  humble  pe- 

pulturas  auteni,  quod   terrenum  in  illo  tition  of  Henry  Lord  vVentworth.grant- 

fuit,  traditur,  in  ecclesia  parochiali   de  ed  to  Theophilus  ^\dams  and  Thomas 

Tibenham,  in  certam  spem  futurae  re-  Butler  ot   London,  Gent,  two  acres  of 

surrect  0111s,   huius  memoriae  nunquam  land  late  belonging  to  St.  Faith's,  and  a 

moriturx  pauculas  hasce  lineas  crassiore  house  called  the  gili-kall  in  Tibenham.. 
filo  contextas.     D.  D.     Josua  Meen  vi. 


278  T I  B  E  N  H  A  M. 

mained  till  1650,  when  the  hall  was  ruined  ;  for  then  the  officers  sold 
30/6.  of  pewter,  92/6.  of  lead,  four  spits  that  weighed  1 69/6.  a  metal  pot 
that  weighed  44/6.  two  pots  of  brass  of  89/6.  and  a  brass  pan  of  9/6.  A 
plain  proof  of  the  jolly  doings  at  these  gilds!  But,  as  the  poor  of  the 
parish  always  were  partakers  with  them,  I  much  question  whether  their 
revenues  were  not  better  spent  then,  than  they  have  been,  since  they 
were  rapaciously  seized  from  the  parishes,  to  which  they  of  right  be- 
longed. 

In  1652,  the  town  lands  to  beautify  and  repair  the  church,  were 
let  at  above  28/.  per  annum. 

In  1506,  John  Blomejield  of  Norwich,  Gent,  bequeathed  to  the 
paving  of  St.  Nicholas's  chapel  in  Tibenham  church,  a  thousand  paving 
tiles,  or  money  to  the  value.     (Regr.  Rix,  fo.  449.) 

VICARS  OF  TIBENHAM, 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  PRIORS  OF  HORSHAM  ST.  FAITH  ;  OR  THE 
KING,  WHEN  HE  SEIZED  THAT  PRIORY  INTO  HIS  HANDS,  AS 
BEING  AN   ALIEN. 

1310,  Robert  de  Hegham,  res. 

1345,  John  Gerard  of  Bukenham-Castle.' 

1351,  Ralf  Randes, 

1380,  Robert  de  Kirkeby, 

1386,  John  Hervy ;  in  1389,  he  changed  for  Bradfield  mediety, 
TV'ith 

Ralfat  Heythe  of  Gimton,  who  in  1393,  changed  for  Atdham?  with 

John  atte  Stretesende  of  Pakenham,  who  the  same  year,  changed 
for  Mi/end  by  Colchester,  with 

Simon  de  Lakenham  of  Berton. 

1395,  Will.  Joye  of  Car/eton  Rode,  who  in  1408,  changed  for 
Shadenjield  with 

Robert  Samborn,  who  was  succeeded  by 

John  C/ia/oner,  who  resigned  in 

1431  to  Thomas  Tasman. 

1476,  Thomas  Cowell,  who  was  succeeded  by 

Simon  Driver,  licenciate  in  the  decrees,  on  whose  resignation  in 

1484,  Nic.  Williams  had  it;  at  whose  death  in 

1503,  John  Avelyn  was  instituted  :  he  lies  buried  here,  with  this  on 
a  brass  plate  preserved  by  Mr.  Weever,  fo.  814  : 

<©ratc  pro  annua  ^.ohannis  illiclun  quonoam  ^Uic< 
am  i?tiu£  <i3cclc?'ic  qui  obut  rrrjiu  Die  ©cccmbn.3  3°. 
3Jlccccc  M°  cuius*  amine  propicictur  oeus'  amen. 

In  1505,  Jacob  Glover  succeeded  him,  and  is  buried  here;  the  afore- 
said author  hath  preserved  his  inscription  also  : 

<©rate  pro  anima  gjacobi  «Otorjcr,  quondam  laicarii  l.s'tiujS  €u 
cics'ie,  cuiu£  anum  propicictur  Deu£.    amen. 
He  died  in  1525,  for  then 

5  This  and  the  former  vicar  are  sup-  others,  to  Norton-Subcross  chantry  ;  but 
posed  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  they  having  no  other  right  in  it,  only  a 
under  the  two  old  atones  with  crosses  on  grant  from  the  King,  as  part  of  the  pos- 
them,  which  remain  at  this  day.  sessions  of  an  alien  priory  ;  when  that 

6  In  1393,  the  advowson  of  Tibenham  was  made  a  denizon,  the  grant  ceased, 
was  aliened    by   Miles  Stapleton   and 


TIBENHAM.  279 

Peter  Paine  succeeded  him,  at  whose  deatli  in 
153.5,  George  Plate  was  the  last  presented  by  the  Prior  of  Horsham. 
In  1554,  Plate  being  deprived,  and  a  pension  assigned  him,  Sir  Ric. 
Southwell,  Knt.  by  lease  from  the  Crown,  of  the  impropriation  and 
advowson  of  the  vicarage,  gave  it  to 
Peter  Walker;  and  in 
1558,  to  John  Seaman,  who  held  it  with  Flordon.     (See  p.  73.) 
1590,  Anthony  Loeke,  A.  M.  the  Queen.7     He  was  buried   Oct. 
1641,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  remarried  to  Robert  Green,  Gent,  and 
died  in  1673.  , 

On  his  stone  are  Lock  s  arms,  and  crest  of  an  eagle  volant  or. 
1641,  Abel  Hodges,  who  held  it  united  to  Thaiston. 
1720,  Will.  Herring,  LL.  B.  united  to  Intwood,  at  whose  resigna- 

The  Rev.  Mr.  PAiZip  Carver,  the  present  vicar,  had  it  of  the  gift  of 
the  Bishop  of  Ely,  and  holds  it  united  to  Besthorp,  as  at  vol.  i.  p.  492. 

In  1227,  it  was  a  rectory,  for  Ric.  le  Chaum  then  granted  two  parts 
of  the  advowson,  to  Augustine,  Prior  of  St.  Faith  at  Horsham,  who 
had  the  other  third  part  before,  in  right  of  their  lands  here;8  and  the 
church  was  appropriated  and  confirmed  to  them  by  John  of  Oxford 
Bishop  of  Norwich,  according  to  an  agreement  made  in  the  time  of 
William  his  predecessor,  saving  a  sufficient  maintenance  to  the  vicar: 
And  in  14G8,  the  prior  was  taxed  for  his  spiritualities  at  23  marks,  and 
his  temporals  paid  l°d.  to  each  tenth.  At  the  Dissolution,  their  tem- 
porals as  well  as  spirituals,  vested  in  the  Crown,  and  in  1610,  were 
granted  by  James  1.  to  George  Salter  and  John  Williams,  by  the  name 
of  the  revenues  and  lands  late  of  St.  Faith's  Priori/;  viz.  the  tenement 
called  the  Priory-house,  and  yard,  and  32  acres  of  land;  and  a  tene- 
ment and  11  acres  of  land  called  Annables ;  and  the  tithe  wood  and 
hay,9  of  the  rectory  of  Tibenham  aforesaid,  late  in  the  tenure  of  Tho- 
mas Baker,  and  now  in  the  tenure  of  Nie.  Heme,  Esq.  of  the  yearly 
value  of  44*.  . 

As  the  impropriation  consists  of  all  the  great,  so  doth  the  vicarage  or 
all  the  small,  tithes,  except  the  tithe  wood  and  hay  aforesaid.'  It  now 
stands  in  the  King's  Books  at  ll.  6s.  Sd.    When  Domesday  was  made, 

7  Dna    Regina  habet  presentationem  s  I  find  id.  an  acre  is  now  paid  to 

vicarie    de   Tibenham,   rectoria    est   in  Francis  Heme,    Esq  ;    for    every   acre 

manu  Rici  Southwell,  militis  pro   ter-  mowed  in  the  parish,  as  a  modus  for  the 

mino  annorum  futurorum,  pro  redditu  tithe  hay. 

8/  i«  6^     They  were  after  granted  by  '  In  the  Deposition  Book,  marked 

Queen  Eliz.  in  exchange  to  the  bishop-  A',  fo.   120,   .63,  there  are  depositions 

rick  of  Ely  ;  and  ever  since,  the  Bishop  concerning  the  tithe  wool  and  lamb  of 

of  Ely  hath  been  patron  of  the  vicarage,  15  hears,  every  one  ot  which,  havejo, 

and  leases  out  the  impropriation.     In  some  100  sheep  goin?  upon  Tibenham 

1605     he  returned  210    communicants  and  Banham  common,  winch   they  hire 

here.'that  he  was  also  rector  of  Swaines-  of  the  lord  of  Banham.     Some  depose, 

thoro,  (seep.  63.)   that  the   Bishop  of  that  heretofore  the  vicar  had  two  parts, 

Ely  was  patron  of  the  vicarage,  and  had  and  the  rector  of  Banham  the  third,  of 

the  impropriate  rectory,  which  had  for-  the  tithe  wool  ;  afterwards  the  vicar  of 

merly  been  endowed  with  part  of  the  Tibenham   took   the   whole   tithe,   and 

vicarage,  viz.  the  tithe  hay.  paid  by  composition,  izd.  to  the  rector 

8  In  12S5,  Rouland  Targ  sold  a  mes-  of  Banham. 

suage,  two  acres,  and  a  mill  here,  to  the  (Tanner,  vol.  1.  to.  550.  mss.; 
convent. 


280  TIBENHAM. 

the  vicar  had  a  house  and  half  an  acre  of  land,  and  the  vicarage  was 
valued  at  rive,  and  after  at  six  marks,  but  was  not  taxed ;  it  paid  3s.  8d. 
synodals  and  procurations,  1'id.  Peter-pence,  and  Id.  ob.  carvage  ;  and 
the  village  paid  4t.  1.5s.  1  Id.  clear  to  every  tenth.  The  Prior  of  I  Vest- 
acre  was  taxed  at  bl.  13s.  5d.  for  his  ttmporah  here.  The  Prior  of 
Castle- Acre  at  half  a  mark  for  his  spirituals,  which  were  two  parts  out 
of  three,  of  the  tithes  of  the  demean  lands  of  the  manors  of  Robert  de 
Jiusevile  here,  which  the  said  Robert  confirmed  to  the  monastery,  as 
his  ancestors  had  formerly  granted  them.1  The  portion  of  the  mo- 
nastery of  Sees  (in  Mend  ham)  was  6s.  The  portion  of  the  Prior  of  St. 
O/ave  in  spirituals  (being  taxed  at  half  a  mark)  was  for  two  parts  of 
the  tithes  of  their  demeans  here,  valued  at  two  marks:  and  the  por- 
tion of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Bennet  in  the  Holm  was  one  mark,  and  was 
for  two  parts  of  the  tithes  of  his  demeans  here.  The  Prior  of  Buken- 
ham  had  temporals  also  in  this  parish  taxed  at  15s.  And  it  is  said, 
there  was  a  chapel  at  Tibenham  Old-hall,  which  belonged  to,  and  was 
served  by,  the  canons  of  that  house ;  but  I  have  not  met  with  any  cer- 
tain account  of  it. 

TIBENHAM-HALL, 

alias  Orrebys,  Tatersales,  8cc.  cum  Carleton,  &c. 

(For  it  hath  gone  by  the  several  names  of  its  owners,)  is  the  capital 
manor,  and  belonged  to  Aleic,  a  thane  of  King  Edward  the  Confes- 
sor, and  had  then  three  carucates  of  land  belonging  to  it,  two  in  de- 
mean, and  one  in  the  tenants  hands;  who  had  liberty  to  sell  their 
lands,  if  they  first  offered  them  to  sale  to  their  lord,  and  he  refused 
them.  The  King  and  Earl  had  then  the  lete,  and  all  superiour  jurisdic- 
tion:3 and  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  it  was  owned  by  Eudo  son  of 
Spiruivin*  the  founder  of  the  Tateshale  family;  in  which  it  continued, 
till  it  was  joined  to  Bukenham-cast/e,  and  passed  exactly  as  that  castle 
did,5  through  the  Tateshales,  Orrebys,  Cliftons,  Knevets,  &c.  till  it  was 
sold  by  the  Harveys,  to  Mr.  Shaw  of  Besthorp,6  whose  daughter  and 
heiress  married  to  the  Lord  Biron,  who  now  owns  it. 

In  1257,  Sir  Rob.  de  Tateshale  had  a  charter  for  free-zcarren  in  this 
manor,  from  K  Hen.  III.  which  was  afterwards  confirmed  to  Con- 
stantiue  de  Clifton,  his  heir,  by  King  Ric.  II.  in  1274,  assise  of  bread 
and  ale  over  ail  his  tenants  in  Tibenham  and  Carleton,  was  allowed 
him  by  Edw.  I.  In  1285,  all  these  privileges  were  allowed  in  eire, 
with  zceyf,  and  a  timberel. 

In  1272,  it  was  found  that  this  manor  was  held  in  capite  of  the  King 
by  barony,  of  which  John  de  Ingham  held  a  fee  in  Ingham  and  Wor- 
sted, and  Margery  de  Creik  half  a  fee  in  Westhorp,  and  another  half 
fee  in  Hillington.  He  also  held  Shelly  manor  in  Suffolk,  of  this  ba- 
rony of  Tibenham. 

1  Regr.  Castle-Acre,  fo.  57.  et  ix.  capr.  et  xxvi.  hom.  soca  falde  et 

3   Terra    Eudonis      filij    Spiruzoin.  commendat.  et  possent  vendere  terram, 

Doms.  fo.  247.     Depwada.  H.    Tiben-  si  prius  eani  obtulissent  domino  suo.  Rex 

ham  tcnuit  Aluricui  teinnus.     T.  R.  E.  et  Comes   socam,  et  habent  I.   acr.  tunc 

iii.  car.  lerre,  semper  ii.  villani,  et  xxi.  iv.  car.  modo  ii.  et  i.  acr.  prati. 

bordarij,  tunc  iv  berv.  modo  ii.  semper  +  See  p.   118.     This  manor  extends 

ii  car.  in  dom.  tunc  vi  car.     Hominum  into  Carleton  Rode. 

m°  i       et  xii.  acr.  prati,  silva  xii.  pure.  5  For  which  see  vol.  i.  p.  372  to  385. 

tunc  i.  mol.  modo  xl.  pore,  et  xvii.  ov.  °  Ibid.  p.  499,  300. 


TIB  EN  HAM.  281 

In  l649>  Philip  Knevet,  Baronet,  had  it  valued,  and  the  free  quit- 
rents,  &c.  were  20/.  site  of  the  hall,  Sec.  93/.  15s.  per  annum.  The 
hall  stands  a  quarter  of  a  mile  north-west  of  the  church. 

ABBOT'S  MANOR, 

Was  given  before  the  Conquest  by  Lefwald,  a  Saxon,  to  the  abbey 
of  St.  Bennet  at  the  Holm  in  Norfolk ;  and  at  the  Conquest  was  worth 
25s.  a  year.7  In  1218,  the  abbot,  by  fine  in  the  King's  court,  conveyed 
to  Osbert  de  Dagworth,  a  messuage  and  140  acres  of  land,  and  divers 
rents  in  Tibenham;  and  in  1249,  Adam  Fitzwalter  released  to  the  Abbot 
of  Holm,  a  messuage  and  carucate  of  land  in  Tibenham  for  ever ;  and 
in  1326,  Roland,  then  parson  of  East-Bradenham,  gave  to  the  abbot 
13  acres  of  land  and  20  acres  of  wood,  parcel  of  the  manor  of  Tiben- 
ham, and  then  the  rents  of  assise  were  22s.  4rf.  ob.  a  year ;  and  there 
was  a  manor-house,  and  136  acres  of  arable  land  worth  3d,  an  acre; 
two  acres  of  meadow  worth  2s.  and  20  acres  of  wood ;  for  all  which 
temporals,  the  abbot  was  taxed  in  1428,  at  4/.  7s.  4rf.  ob.  The  whole 
revenues  went  with  the  abbey  of  Holm,  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich, 
whose  lessee  now  hath  it,  and  is  valued  as  at  p.  540,  vol.  iv. 

DAG  WORTH'S  MANOR 

Was  part  of  the  Abbot's  manor  granted  as  above,  to  Osbert  de  Dag- 
tcorth,  who  recovered  it  in  the  King's  court  against  the  abbot,  by 
proving  that  his  father,  and  Osbert  son  of  Herri  de  Dagworth,  his 
grand-father,  was  seized  thereof  by  grant  of  Abbot  Thomas;  and  then 
the  said  Osbert  gave  it  to  the  monastery  of  St.  O/ave's  at  Herringfleet 
in  Suffolk;  and  the  prior  of  that  house  paid  7s.  Id.  tax  for  it  in  1428. 
In  1392,  Ric.  II.  licensed  Rog.  Rogers  to  grant  50  acres  of  land  here, 
to  Herringfleet  convent.  At  the  Dissolution,  this  manor  of  Tibenham 
was  given  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  to  Henry  Jerningham,  and  it  after  came 
to  the  Lord  Burgavenny. 

THE  MANOR  OF  TIBENHAM,  HASTYNGS,  or  LONGROWE, 

Belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmund's  Bury,  and  was  held  of  him 
by  Ricuardf  being  raised  from  40,  to  60s.  value.  At  the  Conqueror's 
survey,  the  village  was  a  league  and  an  half  long,  and  one  league  broad, 
and   paid  18d.  geld  or  tax  ;9  and  it  passed   as  Hastyngs's  manor   in 

7  Terra  Sci.  Benedicti  de  Holmo  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  and 
ad  victum  monacorum.    Doms.  fo.  202.     William  the  Conqueror 

Depwade  H.    Tibham  tenet  Scs.  Be-         9  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sancto  Eadmundo. 

nedictus  i  car.  terre,  et  dim.  et  xv  acr.  Doms.  fo.  183,  Depwade  H. 
semper  iv  villan.  v  bord.  et  i  car.  in  do-         Tibham  tenuit  Sanctus  Edmundus 

minv,  tunc  i  car.  et  dim,  hominum  ni°  i  T.R.E.  pro  ii  car.  terre,  et  Ix  acr.  mo- 

et    iii  acr.  prati,   silva  x  pore,  vi  porr.  do  tenet  Ricuardus  semper  v  villani  et 

val.  xxv  sol.  ix  boidar.  et  i  serv.  et  ii  car.   in  dom. 

8  Regr.  Pinchbek,  fo.  160,  savs,  one  et  i  car.  hominum  v  acr.  prati  vi  anim. 
Richard,  who  likewise  held  Midleton,  xl.  capr.  tunc  valuit  xl  s.  modo  Ix.  et 
held  two  carucates  of  land  here,  and  six  habet  i  leug.  et  dim.  in  longo,  et  i  leug. 
villeins  and  nine  bordars,  and  was  in-  in  lato,  et  xviii  d.  de  gelto. 

feoftid  by  Abbot  Baldwyn,  who  lived  in 

VOL.  V.  O  O 


282  T I  B  E  N  H  A  M. 

Gissing,  which  see  at  vol.  i.  p.  168,  Sec."  In  1272,  John  de  Hastings, 
senior,  held  it  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  by  the  service  of  half  a  fee,  and 
2s.  Id.  per  annum  rent,  for  castle-guard  to  Norwich  castle.  In  1374, 
Jo/in  Hastings  Earl  of  Pembrook  died  seized  of  Tibenham-Rowes  and 
B'infarthing,  of  which  manor  it  was  held,  and  constantly  attended  it, 
as  at  p.  187,8,  vol.  i.  &c.  for  some  time.  In  1401,  Will.  Beauchamp 
had  it;  and  in  1445,  Joan,  widow  of  Will.  Beauchamp,  Knt.  Lord  of 
Bergavenny,  died  seized  thereof,  having  held  it  in  dower  of  the  inheri- 
tance of  Elizabeth  her  grandaughter;  wife  of  Sir  Edward  Nevi/e,  Knt. 
Lord  Abergavenny,  as  parcel  of  the  inheritance  of  Hastyngs  Earl  of 
Pembrook.  In  1475,  Edward  Nevi/e  Lord  Bergavenny  died  seized; 
and  in  1570,  it  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord  Bergavenny. 

CHANNONS,orCHANEUX'S  manor, 

Was  so  called  from  the  Chauns  or  Chains,  the  ancient  lords 
thereof.  In  the  Conqueror's  time  it  was  parcel  of  Fomcet  manor,  and 
belonged  to  Roger  Bigot,  as  at  p.  187,  214,  &c.  and  in  1198,  it  was 
Adam  Fitz-Robert's  afterwards  the  Fitz-B  alters,1  of  whom  Henry  de 
Crostweijt  held  it  at  one  fee.  In  1200,  Ralfde  Chaum,  Cham, or  Caam, 
held  it  at  one  fee ;  in  1227,  Ric.le  Cham,  who  sold  two  parts  of  the  ad  vow- 
son,  as  before  mentioned.  In  130.",  it  was  found  that  William  de  Mor- 
bun  and  John  le  fVa/es  or  JVa/tis,  had  the  manor  late  Tho.  de  C/iauu's, 
which  then  contained  30  messuages,  four  carucates  of  land,  two  acres 
of  meadow,  20  acres  of  pasture,  80  acres  of  wood,  a  windmill,  and  60s. 
per  annum  rent,  in  Tibenham,  Aslacton,  Million,  and  the  towns  adja- 
cent. In  1312,  the  heirs  of  Robert  de  Chaum  had  it,  and  William  de 
Morburne,  parson  of  Suffield,  settled  it  on  Tho.  Bacun  of  Baconesthorp, 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  it  being  then  held  by  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Wil- 
liam de  Colney,  for  life,  remainder  to  Eliz.  wife  of  Tho,  Bacun,  and  her 
heirs.  In  1319  Roger  son  of  Tho.  Bacon  of  Baconesthorp,  settled  it  on 
Godfry  de  Rokele  and  Eliz.  his  wile  for  their  lives,  with  remainder  to 
his  right  heirs  ;  and  in  1334,  it  was  settled  after  the  death  of  Eliz. 
widow  of  Will,  de  Coiner/,  by  Roger  de  Bacon,  on  Thomas  Bacon,  his 
son,  and  Joan  his  wife,  in  tail;  in  1401,  John  Bacon  had  it,  who  died 
at  Baconesthorp  in  14t)'0,  being  son  of  Sir  Roger  Bacon,  Knt.  In  1426, 
John  Bacon  of  Lodne,  Esq.  son  of  the  said  John  Bacon,  on  his  mar- 
riage with  Margaret  daughter  of  Robert  Banyard  of  Spectisha/e  in 
Suffolk,  if  he  survived  his  father,  had  the  united  manors  of  Hack- 
foi;d,  Chaun's  oiChaneux,  and  V\  esthall  in  Tibenham,  settled 
on  them  and  their  heirs;  and  he  inherited  them;  and  dying  in  140'2, 
gave  them  to  his  wife  Margaret  for  life,  with  view  of  frankpledge, 
&c.  belonging  to  them.  In  1477,  John  Bacon  of  Baconesthorp,  Esq  ; 
•was  lord  of  Chaneur,  Westhall,  and  Hackford,  alias  Tibenham-  Bacons : 
It  descended  to  the  coheirs  of  Thomas  Bacon,  and  the  last  of  that  fa- 
mily, Anne,  married  to  Robert  Garnish  of  Kenton  in  Suffolk;  and 
Elizabeth,  to  Sir  John  Glemham,  Knt.  who  inherited  the  whole,  by  re- 
lease from  Anne  and  Rob.  Garnish;  and  in  1513,  John  Glemham, 
Esq.  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  settled  them  in  tru>t,  on  Charles  Brandon 
Viscount  L'isle,  Sir  Rob.  Brandon,  Knt.  Chris.  W'illoughbtj,  Esq. 
Ilumfry  Wingfield,  Esq.  and  Chris.  Jeuney,  Esq.  with  the  manors  of 

*  Note,  it  went  with  Gissing-Hastings     Winfarthing  manor.     See  vol.  ii. p.  352. 
till   zsi>  and  from  that  time  attended        1  See  vol.  Up,  4,  5. 


T I  B  E  N  H  A  M.  283 

Vver-Petistre,  Chesteyn,  Ketleburgh,  Fornham,  and  TwutaU,  in  Suf- 
folk; with  20  messuages,  &c.  in  Great  and  Little-Glemliam,  &c.  30 
messuages,  1800  acres  of  land,  and  12/.  rent  in  Tibenham  and  Old-Bu- 
ktnham.  In  1537,  Sir  John  Glemham,  Knt.  died  seized,  and  left 
Christopher  his  son  and  heir  26  years  old  ;  he  died  18  Oct.  1549,  and 
left  them  all  to  Tito.  Glemham,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  who  was  also 
cousin  and  heir  to  Charles  Brandon  Duke  of  Suffolk.  After  this  I  find, 
Christiana  Glemham  had  these  manors  of  Citations,  Westhnll,  Hackford, 
and  Seckford  in  Tibenham,  and  paid  for  Ward  to  Norwich  castle  every 
30  weeks,  2s.  Ad.  and  before  the  year  15G7, 1  find  them  in  the  hands  of 

Robert  Buxton,  Gent,  who  died  seized  of  them,  and  North  or 
Great  Glemham  manor  in  Suffolk,  June  5,  1621,  leaving,  Robert  his 
son  and  heir,  19  years  old  :  this  Robert,  was  grandson  lo~Robert  Bux- 
ton who  was  buried  in  the  church  of  Tibenham  in  1528,  being  son  of 
John,  Buxton,  Gent,  by  Margaret  Warner  his  wife,  who  was  buried 
here  in  1572.  In  1655,  John  Buxton  of  Citations  was  lord,  and  was 
buried  here  in  1660,  leaving  by  Margaret  Pert  his  wife,  one  of  the 
heiresses  of  Thomas  Confers  of  East-Bamet  in  Hertfordshire,  Esq. 
four  sons,  Robert,  John,  William,  and  Henry,  and  Isabell, 
who  married  to  Mr.  Acton  of  Br  am  ford  in  Suffolk;  and  E/iz.  to  Mr. 
Thruston  of  Hoxne  ;  John  Buxton,  the  second  son,  lived  at  St.  Mar- 
garet's in  Suffolk,  and  by  his  wife,  who  was  heiress  to  Mr.  Proctor  of 
Burston,  he  had  three  sons,  Robert,  John,  and  Thomas,  who  was 
educated  at  Cambridge.     (See  vol.  i.  p.  158.) 

William,  the  third  son, married  Bridget,  daughter  of  Robert  Jer- 
my  of  Buy  field,  Esq.  and  had  John  Buxton,  who  died  at  Dereham,  in 
1699;  and  Hill.  Buxton. 

Henry  Buxton,  the  fourth  son,  was  unmarried  in  1699. 

Robert  Buxton  of  Citations,  the  eldest  son,  married  Hannah 
daughter  of  Robert  Wilton,  Esq.  of  Topcroft  and  Wilby,  (see  p. 
364,  5,  vol.  i.)  and  was  buried  at  Tibenham;  John  Buxton,  his  eldest 
son,  dying  unmarried  at  Orleans  in  France,  where  he  was  buried, 

Robert  Buxton,  his  second  son,  succeeded  him,  and  married  E/iz.' 
daughter  of  Leonard  Gooch  of  Ears/tarn  in  Norfolk  ;  he  was  buried  at 
Rushford  in  I69I,  and  E/iz.  Buxton  was  buried  by  him  in  1730.  (See 
vol  i.  p.  295.)  His  brother  Charles  was  A.  B.  and  fellow  of  Clare-hall 
in  Cambridge,  and  died  in  1682,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Edward's  church 
there,  being  22  years  old.  Margaret  his  sister  married  to  Henry  Kid- 
ditigton  of  Hockham,  as  at  p.  367,  vol.  i.  and  Hannah  her  sister  was 
then  unmarried. 

John  Buxton,  son  of  Robert  Buxton  and  Eliz.  Gooch,  succeeded, 
and  was  buried  at  Rushworth  in  1731,  as  at  p.  295,  vol.  i.  leaving 
these  manors  to  Anne  his  wife,  who  is  now  owner  of  them  for  life,  and 

Robert  Buxton,  Esq.  his  son,  who  is  now  unmarried,  is  heir. 

In  1570,  Knevet  and  Buxton,  in  right  of  their  manors  here,  were 
chief  lords  of  the  commons.  In  1 742,  the  total  of  the  quitrents  of  the 
manors  of  Citations,  I  Vest/tall,  Hackford,  and  Seckford,  were  7 1.  6s.  1  Id. 
ob.  per  annum.  The  site  of  the  manor  of  Chanons  is  now  called 
Chanons  Hall,  and  is  the  seat  of  the  Buxtons  ;  it  stands  about  a 
mile  south-east  of  the  church,  and  is  a  good  old  regular  building, 
moated  in. 


TIBENHAM. 


THE  MANORS  OF  WEST-HALL,  HACKFORD,  AND 
SECKFORD, 

Called  afterwards  Bacon's  manor,  belonged  to  Roger  Bigod's 
manor  of  Fomcet  at  the  Conquest,  as  may  be  seen  under  Forncet  at 
p.  223,4  ;  and  the  several  parts  before  their  union  belonged  to  different 
families;  West-hall  was  held  by  Ric.  de  Hadesco,  by  the  4th  part 
of  a  fee,  in  Ric.  the  First's  time;  and  after  that,  was  joined  to  Hack- 
ford's  manor,  which  passed  as  Hackford's  manor  in  West- Her ling,  as 
you  may  see  in  vol.  i.  p.  300,  and  from  thence  to  the  Seckfurds,  as  at 
p.  301,  and  was  by  one  of  them  sold  to  the  Bacons,  and  joined  to 
Chanons  manor  as  before  mentioned. 


THE  MANORS  OF  SKEYTON-HALL,  alias  WHITWELL'S 
and  LAUNDE'S, 

Are  now  joined  to  the  manors  of  Bunwell,  Carleton,  and  Tibenham 
cum  membris,  the  members  of  it  being  these  two  manors,  as  at  p.  128 
and  140. 

Skeyton-Hall  manor,  alias  WhitweWs,  took  its  name  from  Sir 
John  de  Skegeton,  lord  of  it  in  Edward  the  First's  time,  as  also  of  Skey- 
ton-hall  in  Skeyton,  from  which  village  he  took  his  name  In  1 J03, 
Ra/fde  Skeyton  was  under  age,  and  a  ward  of  Sir  Fulk  Baynard,  Knt. 
of  whom  this  manor  was  held,  and  Richer  de  Whitwtll  had  it  in  Lgrjl:. 

Launde's  manor,  in  1204,  belonged  to  Richard  Lemming  of  Tiben- 
ham, who  forfeited  it  for  rebelling  against  Hen.  III.  In  1278,  Robert 
de  Bukenham  had  it,  and  in  1283,  Hill,  de  Cruce,  de  la  Croyz,  or  at 
Cross,  owned  it.  In  1287,  -lohn  de  Tibenliam  had  assise  of  head  and 
ale,  and  weyf,  allowed  him  here.  In  1478,  John  Heydon  of  Bac  >ics- 
thorp,  died  seized,  and  from  that  time  to  this,  they  have  passed  as  at 
p.  140,  Hobert Buxton,  Esq  ;  being  now  lord. 

Alan  Earl  of  Richmond's  manor  of  Carleton3  extended  hither;  see 
p.  128. 

For  Tibenham  commons  see  vol.  i.  p.  350,  51.  Fox's  Martyrs, 
fo.  2073,  and  Cole's  Collections,  vol.  i   p.  192,  4. 

Tibenham  vicarage  is  valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  6l.  I  (is.  8d.  and 
being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  4b7.  it  pays  no  first-fruits  nor 
tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmentation. 

3  TerraALANi  Comitis  Doms.  fo.  71.  In  1632,  Robert  Heme  was  sued  for 

Depwade  H.     In  Tibh  am  i  liber  homo  not  attending  the  suit  of  the  court  uf  the 

xxx  acr.  et  i  acr.  prati.  honour,  and  paying  \d.  per  annum  for 

Vide  Append.  Regist,  Honoris  Rich*  castle.ward,  as  usual, 
mond,  fo.  16. 


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MORINGTHORP, 


Commonly  called  Mourning-Thorp,  was  known  by  the  name 
of  Thorp  only  in  the  Confessor's  time;  and  to  distinguish  it  from  the 
many  villages  of  that  name,  it  began  to  be  called  Moring-thorp  about 
the  Conqueror's  time,  from  the  mere,  mare,  or  more,  it  was  situated  by. 
It  was  given  before  the  Confessor's  survey,  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Ed- 
mund at  Bury  in  Suffolk,  by  Thurketel,  a  Danish  th  ane  or  noble- 
man, along  with  the  town  of  Castre  by  Nonoich;*  and  the  abbot  held 
it  as  a  manor,  having  one  carucate  in  demean,  of  20s.  a  year  value,  to 
which  belonged  a  church  and  20  acres  of  glebe;  but  before  the  Con- 
queror's survey,  the  whole,  (except  the  advowson,  lete,  and  some 
small  parcels  which  always  attended  the  abbey  to  its  dissolution)  was 
infeoffed  by  Abbot  Baldwin,  in  Robert  de  Vals5  or  Faux,  who 
held  it  of  the  abbey  by  knight's  service;  it  was  then  risen  to  30s. 
value,  and  the  town  was  a  mile  long,  and  three  furlongs  broad,  and 
paid  Id.  ob.  q.  to  the  geld  or  tax. 

RECTORS  OF  MOURNING-THORP, 

presented  by  the  abbots  or  bury. 

Richard. 
1285,  Peter  de  Shotesham. 
1809,  John  of  St.  A /bans,  res. 

1320,  John  Bastard,  priest,  changed  for  Chigwell  in  London  dio- 
cese. (See  Newcourt.) 
1331,  Luke  IValrod. 
1349,  Roger  de  Fla/esworth ;  he  resigned  to 

John  Martyn,  who  in  1370,  changed  for  Hoxne,  with 

Sir  John  Doget ;  in  J  370,  he  was  succeeded  by 

Ric.  Parlben;  he  resigned  in 
1402,  to  John  Spenser  of  Bury,  in  exchange  with  Hemenhale,  who 
in  1404,  changed  with  Robert  Bailly  for  Ileuham  in  London  diocese; 
he  resigned  in 

1408,  to  John  Bette,  who  exchanged  the  same  year  with 

Henry  Turner  for  Beauchamp  vicarage  in  the  patronage  and 

*  Regr.  Alb.  fo.   19.     Thurketel  manni  xxx  acr.  semper  i  car.     Ecclesie. 

Theying,  dedit  Deo.  Sco.  Edo.  et   Bene-  xii.  acr.  tunc  valuit  xx  sol.  modo  xxx. 

dicto  de  Hulmo  in  communi,  Castre  et  et  i  liber  homo  de  quo  habuit  abbas  di- 

Torp.     Holm  abbey  released  that  part  mid.  commendat.  T.R.E.  de  i  car.  terre 

to  the  Abbot  of  Bury.  quod  tenet  idem,  et  ix  lib.  horn,  et  dim. 

5  Terra  Abbatisde  Sco.  Eadmundo.  sub  se  commend,  tantum  xxx  acr.  et  i 

i.  Doms.  fo.  183.  vill.  et  i  burd.  tunc  inter  eos  iii  car.  et 

)RP,  tenet  Robertus   de  Vals,  dim.  m°  iii.   ii  acr.  prati.     In  Torf  ii 

quod  tenuit  S.  Edmundus  pro  manerio  lib.  horn,  et  ii  acr.  et  dim.    car.   tunc 

et  pro  i  car.  terre,  semper  vii  vill.  et  iii  valuit  xxx  sol.  m°.     Hoc  tenet  idem  Ro- 

bord.   et    i    serv.    et    i    car.   in    dom.  bertus.     Torp   liabet  i  leug.   in  longo, 

et  i  car.  hom.ii  acr.  prati  et  i  rriol.  et  et  iii  quar.  in  lato.  et  i  den.  et  iii  ter- 

ii  anim.  et  iv  pore,  xvi  oves,  et  iii  soc-  ding,  de  Gelto. 


)<■;>■.'., 
To  i 


«86  MORING-THORP. 

jurisdiction  of  the  Dean  of  St.  Paul's  London,  and  he  in  1409, 
changed  for  Hardwick,  with 

Robert  Scherwynd,  who  resigned  in 
1431,  to  Will.  Herdegrey. 

1437,  Will.  Deye,  ob. 

1438,  John  Scherwynd,  res. 
1445,   Will.  Harriot,  res. 

1451,  Edw.  Woodrowe,  res. 

1452,  Tho.  Turner,  res. 
1454,  Robert  Steward,  res. 
1400,   Robert  Drayton,  ob. 

1465,  Sir  Giles  Tilney,  chaplain,  res. 

1470,   Nic.  Denton. 

1482,  Master  James'  Manners,  lapse. 

I486,  Mr.  Will.  Pooley,  bachelor  in  the  decrees,  res. 

1492,  Will.  Lister,  alias  Haule,  priest,  canon,  ob. 

1524,  John  Peuwyn,  or  Pennenn,  A.  B.  ob. ;  he  was  succeeded  in 

1530,  by  Sir  John  Blomefield,  chaplain,  who  was  presented  by  Sir 
John  Shelton,  Knt.  John  Garnish,  and  John  Dade,  Gents,  by 
grant  of  the  turn  from  the  Abbot. 

At  the  Dissolution  the  advowson  vested  in  the  Crown,  and  still 
remains  there. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  CROWN. 

1543,  Sir  Robert  Gainsborow,  chaplain,  on  Blomefield's  resignation. 

1551,  Henry  Glyre. 

1554,  John  Lougworth,  united  to  Brasworth  in  Suffolk. 

1574,  Herbert  Alman. 

1585,  John  Bennet ;  he  returned  58  communicants  in  this  parish. 

1619,  Will.  Bennet,  A.  M.  who  was  succeeded  by 

Chris.   Hat  ley,  A.  M.  for  whom  see  Walker's  Sufferings  of 
the  Clergy,  Part  II.  fo.  271 ;  at  his  cession  in 

1679,  Andrew  Hatleu,  A.  M.  succeeded. 

168 1,  John  Starkey,  A.  M. 

1692,  Will.  Smith,  on  whose  resignation  in 

1708,6  William  Stevenson,  A.  M.  had  it,  and  held  it  united  to  Tase- 
burgh,  and  at  his  resignation  in 

1723,  The  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Hoicse,  the  present  rector,  had  it,  and 
now  holds  it  with  the  rectory  oi'Thorndou  in  Suffolk. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptist,  who  had  a  gild 
kept  in  it  to  his  honour.  The  rector  had  a  house  and  9  acres  of  glebe, 
when  Norwich  Domesday  was  made;  it  was  valued  at  1 1  marks,  and 
the  Prior  of  the  Holy  Trinity  at  Ipswich  had  a  portion  of  tithes  valued 
at  32s.  per  annum  ;  it  paid  6s.  8d.  archdeacon's  procurations,  Qd.  syno- 
dals,  7d.  ob.  Peter-pence,  and  3d.  carvage;  and  the  village  paid  clear 
to  every  tenth,  \l.  13s.  It  now  stands  in  the  King's  Books  by  the 
name  of  Morningthorp  red.  valued  at  ll.  but  being  sworn  of  the 

6  In  1722,  he  published  a  translation  cerning  Eloquence,  by  the  late  Arch- 
from  the  French,  of  the  Dialogues  con-     bishop  of  Cambray. 


MORING-THORP.  287 

clear  yearly  value  of  45/.  it  is  discharged  ofjirst-fruits  an&tenths,  and 
is  capable  of  augmentation. 

The  temporals  belonging  to  Bury  abbey  here,  were  assigned  to  the 
use  of  the  sacrist  of  that  monastery,  and  were  taxed  at  4s.  6d.  The 
Prior  of  Dunmowe  in  Essex,  had  a  mill,  lands,  and  rents,  of  35s.  Q.d. 
per  annum.  The  temporals  of  the  Prior  of  Norwich,  were  taxed  at 
5s.  1  Id.7  and  those  of  the  Prior  of  tVimondhum  abbey,  at  Id. 

There  is  a  pension  of  18s.  a  year,  paid  by  the  rector,  to  the  rector 
of  Stratton  St.Michael;*  and  in  1612,  I  find  another  pension  of6s.  8d. 
per  annum  was  paid  out  of  this  rectory,  to  the  rectory  of  Stratton  St. 
Miles. 

The  steeple  is  round,  the  church  is  leaded,  and  the  chancel  tiled. 
There  is  an  altar  monument  in  the  south  part  of  the  churchyard,  for 
John  Roope,  Gent,  of  this  parish,  who  died  Febr.  1 1,  16S6,  aged  77, 
Roope,  gul.  a  lion  rampant  within  an  orle  of  eight  pheons  arg. 

In  the  church,  there  are  memorials  for  the  following  persons, 

Hammond,  or,  on  a  chevron  sab.  three  martlets  of  the  field," 
impaling  quarterly. 

Hie  infra jacet  depositum  mortale  Francisci  Hajiond  Gene- 
rosi,  Viri  qui  ob  pietatem  Deo  chains,  ob  Prudentiam  Reipublica; 
utilis,  ob  gravitatem  morum,  omnibus  venerabilis,  maximum  vixit 
hujus  Comitatus  Ornamentum,  et  maximum  est  ejusdem  jam  de- 
functum  desiclerium,  nascebatnr  7"p  die  Decemb.  1687, 

In  the  steeple  window  are  two  shields, 

Arg.  three  bars  sab.  in  chief  three  annulets  or. 
Gul.  three  bugle  horns  sab.  stringed  or. 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  chancel,  Roope  impaling  harry  often  on 
a  canton  a  helmet.  It  being  in  memory  of  John  Roope,  junior,  Gent. 
June  30,  1685.  Eliz.  Roope,  wife  of  John  Roope,  Gent,  died  Nov.  15, 
1680. 

Hodie  mihi,  Cras  tibi. 

Martha  Daughter  of  Will.  Smith  A.  M.  Rector  of  this  Parish,  and 
Mary  his  Wife,  died  Aug.  8,  1699,  aged  7  Months: 

There  is  a  brass  for  John  Garnish  19  March,  1626. 

A  black  marble  hath  this  inscription,  and  two  shields: 

1,  Garnish  impaling  Rudge  or  Rugge,  a  saltier  erm.  between 
four  eagles. 

2,  Ditto  impaling  So  AME,g«/,  a  chevron  between  three  mallets  or. 

Here  resteth  the  Body  of  John  Garneys  of  Borland- Hall 
Esq;  who  departed  this  Life  Dec.  15,  l66l,  in  Expectation  of  a 
joyfull  Resurrection,  as  also  the  Body  of  Charles  Garneys  of 

7  In  i437>  John  Stourton  and  others     suage  and  20  acres  of  land  in  Moring- 
were  pardoned   for  purchasing   without     thorp, 
license,  of  the  Dean  of  Welles,  a  mes-        8  See  p.  201. 


2S8  MORING-THORP. 

Boyland-Hall  Esq;  (Father  of  the  said  John  Garneys)  and  some 
Time  High-Sheriff'  of  this  County,  who  departed  this  Life  Jan. 
30, 1657,  in  the  8yth  year  of  his  Age. 

Mrs.  June  Garneys  eldest  Dr.  of  John  Garneys  Esq;  died  29 
March  l6b"8. 

Eliz.  eldest  Dr.  of  John  Garneys  Esq;  by  the  last  Wife,  died 
March  13, 1675. 

Charles  Garneys  Son  of  Clere  Garneys  of  Kenton  in  Suffolk, 
died  June  25,  1678. 

He  learn'd  to  die,  while  he  had  Breath, 
And  so  he  lives  ev'n  after  Death. 
Garneys. impales  Richmond. 

P.  M.  S. 

Heicjuxta  situm  est  pium  Depositum  Anns:  Garneys  Uxoris 
Wentworthi  Garneys  de  Boyland-Hall  in  hac  Parochia 
Filiaeq;  Dni:  Caroli  Gawdij  Equitis  Aurati  de  CrowshaU  in  Coini- 
talu  Suffolciie,  denata  est  Mensis  7bris  die  Septiino,  A.  D.  1681. 

Garneys  and  Gawdy  impaled. 

Ma ry  only   Dr.  of  Charles  Garneys  Gent,  and  Ma ry  his  Wife, 
buried  June  12,  1684. 

Susan  Dr.  of  Charles  Garneys  Gent.  Jul.  1, 1685. 

On  an  altar  monument  in  the  chancel, 

Hie  conditur  mitis  et  bcatae  Animse  Domicilium  Marthje 
Raworth  Johannis  Garneys  de  Boyland-Hall  in  Comitatu 
Norfolcia  Armigeri,  Filia;;  Roberti  Raworth,  Mercatoris 
Londiiiensis  conjugis  dilectissimae;  quae  cum  Deo  unice  servierat 
Parentibus  morigera,  et  maiito  (Quern  tribus  Filijs  Henrico,  Ro- 
berto, et  Johanne,  Filiaque  Elizabetha  beavit,  prater  Annum,  in 
ipsa  fnfantia  ereptam,  Totterigia  in  Agio  Hertfordienm Sepultam) 
rarum  Pudicitia?,  morumq;  suavitatis  Exemplar,  omnibus  Bonis 
benigna,  et  amabilis  mariti  dum  vixit  delieia;,  nunc  Dolor,  seculi 
immortalis  cupida,  et  Ccelo  matura,  diutino  Languore  detrita, 
Animam  Deo  Authori,  et  quicquid  hie  charum  tuit  illius  Tutelaj 
commendavit  et  plaeide  in  Christo  obdormivit,  22°  die  Augu&ti 
1694.  Annoq;  aet.  36° 
B  a  worth,  on  a  fess  dancette  between  six  cross  croslets  fitche' 

three  anchors,  impaling  Garnish. 

Nine  coats  quartered:  1,  Garnish.    2,  Ramsey.   3,  Wellyt- 

ham.    4,  Kenton.    5,  Fraunce.    6,  Denston.    7,  Waunton. 

8,  Toppesfied.     9,  Churciie. 

Garnish   with  a  crescent  impales  Berney.     Ditto  impaling 

Tirrel.     Ditto  impaling  on  a  chevron  rive  martlets. 

On  a  white  mural  marble  monument,  with  the  arms  of  Gostlin 
and  Garnish,  on  a  coat  of  pretence; 

To  the  Memory  of  Dame  Mary  Gostlin,  Dr.  of  John  Garnish 
of  Boyland-Hall    in   the   County  of  Norfolk   Esq;    Sister    and 


MORING-THORP.  289 

Coheir  of  Wentworth  Garneys  Esq;  who  died  Jan.  23,1 723, in  the 
6{/h  Year  of  her  Age ;  she  left  Issue,  one  Son  Charles,  and  one 
Dr.  who  married  Sir  Hew.  Bendish  of  Steeple-Bumpstede  in  the 
County  of  Essex.  Also  near  this  Place,  licth  the  Body  of  her 
Husband  Sir  William  Gostlin  Knt.  who  was  Alderman  and  Sheriff 
of  the  City  of  London. 

Against  the  north  chancel  wall  is  a  mural  monument  with  this 

John  Howse  Esq;  died  1737. 
He  was  a  pious  Man,  and  the  World  the  better  for  him. 
Howse,  arg.  a  chevron  between  three  griffins  heads  cooped  sab. 
quartering,  arg.  a  lion  rampant  gul.  in  an  orle  of  pheons  sab.  im- 
paling Keddington. 

Howse's  crest  is  a  demi-griffin  issuing  from  a  crown  proper. 

John  Howse,  Esq.  hath  a  seat  in  this  town;  he  married  Barbara 
Sidnor,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Sidnor,  rector  of  Hempstede 
cum  Eccles,  and  vicar  of  Hunningham,  who  was  descended  from  a  bro- 
ther of  Richard  Scdenore's  alias  Sydnore,  Archdeacon  of  Totnes  in 
Devonshire,  who  in  1519,  had  a  grant  of  the  following  arms  from 
Thomas  Wriotsley,  Garter,  and  Thomas  Bevo/t,  Clarencieux,  viz. 

Arg.  a  fess  unde  az.  between  three  de-lises  placed  upon   three 

crescents  sab.  in  a  bordure  ingrailed  gul. 

In  1429,  John  Howes,  Esq.  did  homage  to  Bury  abbot,  for  hi* 
estates  in  Ashfield  in  Suffolk.     (Regr.  Curteys,  fo.  51.) 

There  is  a  mural  monument  against  the  south  chancel  wall,  for 

John  Warmoll  Gent,  of  this  Parish,  Jan.  4,  1 729,  45.  He  was 
an  excellent  Husband,  Father,  Neighbour,  Friend;  he  lived  be- 
loved and  esteemed,  and  died  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him. 
Eliz.  Warmoll  Senior,  Dec.  22, 1721,  63.  Eliz.  Warmoll  Junior, 
Nov.  20,  1723,  14.     Mary  Warmoll  May  24,  1728,  21. 

An  altar  tomb  on  the  same  side  of  the  chancel,  hath  the  arms  of 
John  lioope,  Gent,  who  died  Febr.  1 1,  1686,  77. 

There  is  a  town-house,  and  20  yards  of  land  in  length,  and  14 
yards  in  breadth  held  of Moringthorp,  or  Thorp-hall  manor;  and  a 
messuage  and  13  acres  and  an  half  of  lar/d,  of  which,  three  acres  and 
an  half  lie  in  Shelton-Field,  and  the  rest  in  this  parish,  the  clear  yearly 
profits  of  which  are  to  be  laid  out  about  the  repairs  and  ornaments  of 
Moringthorp  church. 

The  honour  of  Richmond  extends  hither,  and  did  so  at  the  Con- 
quest, for  Alan  Earl  of  Richmond  had  a  freeman,  and  other  services 
here,  valued  at  4s.  per  annum.9 

9  Terre  Alani  Comitis.  Depwade  xxxiii.  acr.  et  vii.  bord.  et  i.  car.  et  ii. 
Hund.  fo.  71.     Doms.  acr.  prati,  et  val.  iv.  sol. 

In  MoRiNGA-Thorp,  i.  liber  homo 


Pp 


290  MORING-THORP. 


MORINGTHORP,  or  THORP-HALL  MANOR, 

Passed  in  the  Vauxes,  who  held  it  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury  at  one  fee ; 
the  Abbot  always  being  superiour  lord,  held  a  lete,  which  at  the  Disso- 
lution vested  in  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  to  the  Sheltons,  and 
added  to  the  manor,  which,  as  I  read  in  the  Register  of  the  Sacrist  of 
Bury  abbey  (fo.  49,)  was  settled  by  fine  levied  in  1 186,  on  Henry  son 
of  Joceline,  who  had  it  of  the  Vauxes  by  the  Abbot's  consent ;  and  in 
1198,  Henry  settled  it  on  Wido  son  of  Roger,  and  nephew  of  Robert 
de  Shimpling,  in  which  family  it  continued  long,  all  of  them  releasing 
to  the  Abbots  all  right  in  the  advowson ;  Soman  the  priest  being  then 
rector;  in  1202,  this  Wido,  Guido,  or  Guy,  had  assumed  the  sirname 
of  Thorp,1  from  this  his  manor.  In  1274,  the  heir  of  Roger  de  Shimp- 
ling had  it,  and  was  in  the  custody  of  Richard  de  Boyland,  and  had 
assise  of  bread  and  ale,  and  free-warren  allowed  to  the  manor.  In 
1286,  William  de  Schimpling  had  view  of  frankpledge  of  all  his  tenants 
in  Moringthorp,  to  be  held  in  the  presence  of  the  bailiff  of  the  hundred, 
paying  the  King  by  him  12d.  a  year,  and  also  assise  of  bread  and  ale, 
and  zceyf;  and  in  1287,  he  held  it  at  one  fee,  of  John  de  Vallibus  or 
Vaux  of  Thar st on,  which,  at  his  death  was  assigned  to  Petronel  his 
daughter  and  coheir,  wife  of  William  de  Ros,  and  they  held  it  of  the 
Abbot  of  Bury.  In  1363,  Isabel  Shimpling  held  the  third  part  in 
dower,  and  conveyed  it  to  John  de  Esthall,  on  condition  to  many  her,1 
but  he  not  performing  his  promise,  she  was  forced  to  sue  for  her  lands 
again;  and  in  an  action  brought  in  1401,  it  appeared,  that  Roger 
Shimpling  died  seized  of  this,  and  Shimpling  and  left  three  daughters 
and  heiresses;  Isabel,  married  to  John  Kittling,  Katerine,  to  Will. 
Elingham;1  and  Joan,  to  whom  this  manor  was  alloted  inl412. 

And  soon  after,  it  was  purchased  by  the  Sheltons,4  and  continued 
in  that  family,  till  SuRalf  Shelton,  Knt.  sold  it  to  the  Gameyses  of 

*  This  family,  though  the  manor  went  tas,  scilicet,  in  recusando  ipsam  maritare, 
to  the  Shimplings,  continued  here,  and  ac  in  feofandum  alios,  de  diversis  par- 
had  a  good  estate.  In  1274,  Walter  de  cellis  terrarum,  ac  eciain  in  retinendo 
Meringthorp  and  his  father  had  free-  reliquas  penes  se  renuendo  ipsam  de 
warren  to  their  estate  here.  In  1285.  premisMS  refeoffare,  ad  dampmim  pre- 
John  son  of  Warine  of  Meringthorp,  chctr  lsabelle,  si  ipsa  terras  et  tenementa 
and  Ralf  his  brother,  and  Agnes  his  predicta  vehabere  potent  triginta  libra- 
sister,  had  estates  here  and  in  Stratton.  rum.     Et  si   eadem   Isabella  terras  et 

%   Placita  Termino  Trinitatis   Anno  tenementa  predicta  rehabere  non  potent, 

xxxviij.  Edr.  III.  coram  Rege  in  Banco,  tunc  assidentur  dampna  ipsius  Isabella; 

Juratores  dicunt  in  placito  falsitatis  et  ad  septuaginta  libras;  etquia  eadem  Isa- 

deceptionis,   per  billam;    quod  Isabella  bella  jus  habet  in  posterum  et  accionem 

Shimpling  dedit  Johanni  de  Est/ialt  terciam  petendi  tenementa  predicta  vel  ea  intran- 

partem   manerij   de  Moring-Thorp,  di,ad  voluntatem  suam.consideratum  est, 

centum  et  quadraginta  acras  terre,  prati  quod  prefata  Isabella  recuperabit  versus 

et  pasture,  in  villa  de  Thelveton;  mes-  prefatum  Johannem  triginta  libras  tan- 

suagium,  centum  etviginti  acras  terre  in  turn,  et  idem  Johannes  capietur,  quos- 

Hales  juxta  Lodne  sub  condicione  ad  que,  &c. 

ducendum  ipsam  in  uxorem  vel  ad  refeo-  3  His  son,  Roger  Elingham,  held  it  in- 

fandum   ipsam  de  terris  predictis;    et  1401.      See    tor    the    Shimplings    and 

quod  predictus  Johannes   fecit  prefate  Elinghams,  at  vol.  i.  p.  257,  8. 

Isabelle  decepciones  et  falsitates  predic-  *  See  p.  164. 


MORING-THORP.  291 


BOYLAND-HALL 


In  this  parish,  and  ever  since,  it  hath  been  united  to  Boyland-Hall  m 
Mourning-thorp,  for  at  the  Conqueror's  survey, 

Boielun  d,5  was  a  separate  w7/,and  afterwards  was  united,  part  of  it 
XoFreton,"  and  the  greater  part  to  this  town;  Torn  the  Da/ie  owned 
it  in  the  time  ot Edward  the  Confessor,  when  the  demeans  and  manor 
were  worth  2Us.  and  Ralf  Bainard  had  it  at  the  Conquerors  survey, 
when  it  was  worth  40s.  a  year,  and  had  the  soc  and  sac  belonging  to  it, 
with  fee, 'and  all  other  jurisdictions;  and  it  passed  in  this  family  as 
Merton  and  Bunnell*  till  they  sold  it  about  1 1Q0,  to  RalJ,  who .  se  tied 
here,  and  took  the  name  of  Boyland  from  this  place  :  in  12 18,  Richard 
son  of  Ralfdc  Boyland  owned  it;  and  in  1250,  Roger  de  Boyland  and 
Alice  his  wife  had  it,  and  Sir  Richard  de  Boyland  their  son,  suc- 
ceeded them;  he  built  Boyland-hall  in  Bresingham,  and  settled 
there,  as  at  p.  51,  vol.  i.  and  from  his  time  it  passed  in  that  family, 
and  continued  with  Boyland-Hall  in  Bresingham,  till  about  1534," 
and  then  it  was  purchased  by  .  .      , 

John  Garnish,  late  of  Mendlesham  in  S«//ott,  and  joined  to 
Mourning-thorp  manor,  which  he  purchased  as  before. 

The  femifa  of  the  Garneys  or  Garnishes,  is  and  hath  been  many 
ages,  esteemed  one  of  the  principal  families  of  the  county 

In  1384,  Robert  Garneys  was  one  of  the  lords  of  Soham-Hall 
manor  in  Bereford,1  whose  son  . 

Robert  gIrneys  of  Heveningham  in  &0btt,  in  the  year  1400 
married  to  Catherine,  daughter  and  heir  of  JohnBlanchard    of 


was 


the  same  town,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons ;  Will,  his  second  son, 
married  Eliz.  daughter  of  Sir  E«/f  B^  of  Stockton,  Knt.*  by  whom 
he  had  Ralf  Garneys,  Esq.  who  died  without  issue  in  1440,  and 

Sir  Peter  Garneys,  his  uncle,  was  found  to  be  his  hen;  he  mar- 
ried  Eliz.  daughter  and  heir  of  Ralf  Ramsey  of  Kenton-HalU in  Suf- 
folk, Esq.  by  Alice  his  wife,  who  was  only  daughter  and  heir  ot  Roger 

.Lour*  Wtf-4  or  the  woody-    ^^^SSfi^jSK 

'The  style  of  Fr.tton  court  runs;     and  Freton,  thereto  belonging. 

socam  et  sacam. 


S^rt'dta.™  ^'etdmT  ^ge'the  Abbot  granted  to  hisuncle  Sir 

SnTvaKx.  sol.  modo  xl.  Bainardus  PeterGa^sh,  Knt.^ 

rn  et  sacam.  ,  of        Bigot  of  Stockton,  or.  a  lion  rampant 

See  vol.  u.  p.   298,  and  p.  13s  verti"the  colours  only  being  altered  to 

»    Tho.  Man,  Gent,  and  John  Ive,  distinguish  that  branch  of  the  Bigods. 
sold  Boyland  manor  to  John  Garneys, 


292  M  O  R  I  N  G  -  T  H  O  R  P. 

Wettiskam,  Esq.  and  by  this  match,  Kenton  came  to  the  family;5  thev 
had  two  sons;  Edmund  their  second  son,  had  T/io.  Garneys,  who  lies 
buried  at  Blonorton,  with  Alice  his  wife,  as  at  p.  248.  vol.  i. 

Thomas  Garneys  of  Kenton-  Hal/,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Peter  Garneys, 
Knt.  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Hugh  Fraunceys  of 
Giffard's-Ha/l  in  Suffolk,  who  outlived  him,  and  remarried  to  Thomas 
Peyton  of  Iselham,  Esq.  and  of  Peyton-Hull  in  Boxford  in  Suffolk  ;6 
they  had  two  sons, 

Richard,  his  second  son,  settled  at  Mendlesham,  and  married 
Elizabeth  daughter  of  Will.  Toppesfield1  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  who 
who  was  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  Churche,  Esq.8  of  Gislingham, 
by  whom  he  had 

John  Garneys,  who  having  purchased  the  manors  of  Moring- 
thorp  and  Boyland-Hall,  as  before,  removed  from  Mendlesham  and 
settled  here,  and  by  Ursula  his  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Berney,  Esq. 
of  Redham,  had  four  sons,9  of  which  the  eldest  was 

Ric.  Garneys,  Esq.  of  Boyland  and  Mendlesham,  who  built  the 
present  fabrick  called  Boyland-Hall,'  which  he  finished  in  1571,  as  the 
date  on  the  portal  shows,  on  which  is  the  full  coat  of  Garnish,  sup- 
ported by  two  mermaids;  and  in  the  windows  is  his  motto,  in  which, 
every  word  begins  with  a  45.  the  initial  letter  of  his  name,  viz. 

oSoDDcti  «5race  «?ooerne  <*3arnep£. 

The  full  coat  hath  a  crescent,  to  show  he  was  of  the  second  branch 
of  the  family;   the  arms  are, 

],  Garneys.  2,  Ramsey.  3,  JVellisham.  4,  Kenton.  5,  Fraun- 
ceys.    (J,  Denston.     7,  Wanton.     8,  Toppesfield.     Q,  Churche. 

And  in  the  ball  windows,  Garnish  with  a  crescent,  is  impaled  with 
Ramsey,  Fraunceys,  Toppesfield,  Berney,  and  Tirrell. 

5  Ramsey,  gul.  three  rams  heads  ca-  7  Toppesfield,  gul.  a  chevron  erm. 

boshed  arg.  between  three  martlets  sab. 

Wellisham,   sab.   two  bars,   in  chief  8  Churche,  sab.  a  fess  between  three 

three  cinquefoils  or.     Kenton,  sab.   a  de-liscs  arg. 

chevron  between  three  cinquefoils  or.  9  2d.   son  was  Sir  Francis  Garneys, 

*  Fraunceys,  gul.  a  chevron  erm.  be-  Knt.  of  the  Rhodes.     3,  Sir  Thomas,  a 

tween  three  doves  volant  proper.  priest.     4,  John  Garneys. 

Pewon,  sab.  a  cross  ingrailed  or,  in  *  In  1352,  there  u  is \  chapel  belong. 

the  first  quarter  a  mullet  arg.  for  dif-  ing  to  Boyland-hall,  called  Moring-tAorjp 

ference.  chapel.     The  present  bunuing  is  moated 

Denston,  az.  two  lions  passant  gar-  in,  and  hath  been  a  grand  house.     I  was 

dant  or.  shewn  a  painting  here  of  Hen.  VIII.  with 

Wanton  of  Yorkshire, arg.  on  a  chev-  Edw.  VI.  at  his  right  hand,  and  Queen 

''  tab.  a  cross  croslet  of  the  field.  Mary  at  his  left,  with  these  verses  on  it: 

Venite  Benedicti  Patris  mei,  poasidete  Regnum. 

1.     The  Kyngdom  of  Heven  be  Christ,  'teys  resembled  to  this  noble  Kyng 
With  Riches  inrobed  Mercy  for  to  lern,  and  to  have  Compassion 
One  of  another,  after  Goddes  Fassyon. 

.     The  Kyng  here  hys  Serwantes  before  hym  dothe  call, 
Accountes  for  to  make,  of  hys  Goodes  grete  and  smalle; 
Among  them  ys  one,  that  ten  tliowsand  Talants  owght, 
But  wherewyth  for  to  pay,  the  Man  had  right  nowght. 

3.     Wherfor  the  Kyng  commawnded  that  he  shuld  be  solde, 
His  Wyfee,  Children,  and  Goodes,  Payment  to  be  tolde, 
On  Knees  he  asked  respight,  and  Payment  promysythe, 
The  Lorde  do  releasse  hym,  and  all  hys  Dett  forgyvythe. 


M  O  R  I  N  G  -  T  H  O  R  P.  29s 

Ramsey,  JVeUhham,  Kenton,  and  Garnish  quartered. 
Garnish  and  Tirrell  quartered.     Barney  impaling  Southwell,  arg. 
three  cinquefoils  gul.  on  each  five  annulets  or. 

Garneys,  Fraunceys,  Denston,  and  Wanton  quartered. 

Garneys  quartering  Churche,  impaling  Tirrel. 

Caeew,  or,  three  lions  passant  in  pale  sab.  langued  and  armed  gul. 
impaling 

Kelley,  arg.  a  chevron  between  three  billets  gul. 

Tirrel  and  Kelly  quartered,  impale 

FiTz-PAiN,fl/'g. two  wings  conjoined  gul.;  besides  others  defaced  and 
lost. 

He  married  Margery  daughter  of  James  Tirrell,  Esq.  of  Columbine- 
hall  in  Suffolk,  but  dying  without  issue,  all  his  inheritable  lands  went 
to  Nic.  Garneys  of  Kenton,  who  descended  from 

John  Garneys  of  Kenton,  Esq.  eldest  son  of  Tho.  Garneys  and 
Margaret  Fraunceys  aforesaid  :  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  John  Sylyard,  Knt.^one  of  the  King's  judges,  and  sister  and 
next  heir  of  Sir  William  Syllyard,  Knt.  and  died  about  1524,  and  she 
about  1527,  and  are  buried  at  Kenton,  and  had  two  sons;  Thomas, 
their  second  son,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Hen.  Bedingjield 
of  Oxbargh,  Knt.  who  after  his  death,  remarried  to  Brice  Rookwood ; 
they  had  John  Garneys  of  Metinghum  in  Suffolk,  who  married  Mrs. 
Chiselden,  and  by  her  had  Nicholas  Garnish,  their  only  son  and  heir, 
who  married  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Dude,  of  Tannington  in  Suffolk. 

Robert  Garne\  s  of  Kenton,  eldest  son  and  heir,  married  Anne, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Tho.  Bacon,  Esq.3  of  Specthhull and  Bacones- 
thorp,  and  had 

John  Garneys  of  Kenton,  who  married  Anne  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund Rooktcood,  of  Ewston  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had  Anne, 
married  to  Anth.  Drury  of  Besthorp,  Esq.*  and  four  sons,  of  which, 
Robert,  the  third  son,  and  John,  the  second  son,  who  was  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Hammond's  in  Micklejield  in  Suffolk,  died  without  issue. 

Thomas  Garnish  of  Kenton,  the  eldest  son,  married  Frances 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Sylyard  of  Wethersden,  Knt.  who  afterwards  re- 
married to  Mr.  John  Lentall,$  and 

Elizabeth,  their  only  daughter  and  heiress,  married  first  to  Mr. 
Jernegan,  and  secondly  to  Nic.  Strelley  of  Strelley  in  Noting/iam- 
shire,6  and  had  one  only  son  and  heir, 

Nicholas  Strelley,  who  died  without  issue,  and  his  inheritance 
went  to  his  great  uncle, 

Nicholas  Garnish  of  Kenton,  who  was  fourth  son  to  John  Gar- 
nish and  Anne  Rookwood,  and  now  sole  heir  of  the  family;  In  1592, 
he  was  high-sheriff  for  Suffolk,  and  his  estate  in  Kenton,  Moringthorp, 
Ringsfield,  Redesham,  &c.  was  above  1200/.  per  annum  ;  he  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Charles  Clere  of  Stokesby  in  Norfolk,  Esq.7  and  died 
about  1599,  left  six  sons,  and  five  daughters.8 

a  Sylyard, arg.  a  chevron  gul.  between  s  Ibid.  p.  337.     Lental,  sab.  abend 

three  pheons  reversed  sab.     Bedingfield,  lozenge  arg. 

erm.  an  eagle  displayed  gul.  Rookwood,  6  Strelly,  pally  of  six  arg.  and  az. 

arg.  three  chess  rooks  sab.     Dade,  gul.  7  Clere,  arg.  on  a  fess  az.  three  eagles 

a  chevron  between  three  garbs  or.  displayed  O. 

3  Bacon   of  Baconesthorp,  az,  three  s   1,  Margery.     2,  Anne.     3,  Marga- 

boars  arg.  ret.     4,  Catherine.     5,  Elizabeth. 

*  See  vol.  i.  p.  499. 


2f)4  MORI  NG -THORP. 

1.  Charles  Garnish  of  Kenton,  Esq.  the  eldest,  removed  to  Boy- 
land-hall,  and  settled  there;  he  was  high-sheriff  of  Norfolk  in  1652, 
and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Wentworth,  Esq.  sister  of  Sir 
John  IVentwoith  of  Somerly-town  in  Suffolk,  Knt.9  the  great  lawyer, 
who  bought  it  of  Jernegan  ;  and  on  her  brother's  death  without  issue, 
the  said  Charles  had  it  in  her  right,  as  one  of  the  coheirs  to  Sir  John; 
he  was  buried  at  Moringthorp  in  \6o7.  Thomas,  the  second  son,  mar- 
ried the  relict  of Ford,  Esq.  of  Ravcningham.     3,  John  Gar- 

■neys  married  Margaret  Jackson.  4,  Edward.  5,  Nicholas  of  Itedi- 
sham  in  Suffolk,  Gent.  6,  Clere  Garnish,  who  married  Anne 
daughter  of  John  Jolly  of  Southwold,  merchant,1  and  had  several 
daughters,  and  three  sons;  John,  the  youngest,  Clere,  the  second, and 
Charles  Garnish,  the  eldest,  who  married  Mary  daughter  of  John 
Richmond  of  Hedenham  in  Norfolk,  Gent.'  and  was  buried  at  Moring- 
thorp in  1678,  (of  whose  issue  more  will  occur  under  Hedenham.) 

John  Garneys  of  Boyland-hall  and  Somerley-Town,  only  son  of 
Charles  Garnish,  and  Eliz.  Wentworth;  had  two  wives,  first,  June 
daughter  of  Will.  Rugge  of  Felmingham,  Gent,  by  whom  he  had  June, 
who  died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  here  in  1688;  and  Thomas  Gar- 
nish of  Redisham,  who  died  without  issue.  His  second  wife  was  Eliz. 
daughter  of  Sir  Stephen  Soame,  alderman  of  London,  by  whom  he  had 
three  sons3  and  five  daughters;4  he  died  in  1661,  aged  54,  and  was 
buried  here,  and 

Wentworth  Garnish,  Esq.  his  eldest  son,  succeeded  him,s  and 
married  for  his  first  wife,  Anne  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Gawdy  of 
Crowshall  in  Debenham,  Knt.  who  died  in  1681,  and  is  buried  here, 
but  left  no  child  ;  and  for  his  second  wife,  Mary  daughter  of  Sir  Tho. 
Abdif  of  Felix-hall  in  Kehedon  in  Essex,  but  had  no  issue;  he  died  in 
1685,  and  is  buried  here,  leaving  Boyland-hall  and  this  estate,  to  his 
sisters,  and  it  is  now  in  the  heiress  of  his  fourth  sister, 

Martha,  then  married  to  Robert  Raworth  of  London,  merchant; 
she  died  in  1694,  and  is  buried  here,  leaving  one  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
and  three  sons,  liemy,  Robert,  and  John;  and  it  is  now  in 

William  Drake,  Esq.  of  Sharde/oes  in  Bucks,  member  in  the 
last  parliament  for  Agmondesham  in  that  county,  who  in  17^6,  married 
the  heiress  of  the  Raworths,  a  young  lady  of  a  large  fortune. 

The  manor  called 


HOO  HALL,  BLOMEFIELD'S,  and  SEAMAN'S, 

From  the  names  of  the  several  owners,  belonged  to  Sir  Will.de  Hoe, 
Knt.  and  Alice  his  wife  in  1372  ;  and  in  147y,  to  Thomas  Hoe,  Esq. 
who  infeoffed  Sir  Thomas  Arundel,  Knt.  and  others,  in  it  and  Worthing 
manor,  and  also  in  the  manors  of  Frenchcourt,  Farlegh,  Pittehoseland, 

'  Wentworth,  sab.  a  chevron  between  man,  merchant,  secondly  to  Sir  William 

three  leopards  heads  or.  Dutton  Colt,  Knt.     3d,  Mary,  who  died 

1  Jolly,  az.  three  bucks  lodged  gul.  in  1723,  and  is  buried  here,  by  Sir  Will. 

a  Richmond,  er.  on  a  chief  sab.  a  grif-  Gostlin,  alderman  and  sheriff  of  Lon- 

fin  passant  or.  don,   her  husband.      5,   Susanna    died 

3  2d,  Stephen.     3d,  John,  from  whom  single,  buried  here  in  1685. 

no  issue.  s  gee  vol.  i.  p.  259, 

*  1,  Eliz.  buried  here  in    1675.     2,  6  Abdy,  or,  two  chevronela  betwee» 

Margaret,  first  married  to  William  Ship-  three  trefoils  slipped  sab. 


WACTON.  295 

Slovene,  and  Catfield,  in  Sussex:  and  in  1565,  John  Blomefield 
conveyed  it  to  Philip  Tirrel,  Esq;  and  he  to  Ric.  Garneys,  Esq. 
and  it  hath  been  ever  since  joined  to  Boyland-haU  manor,  in  Moruig- 
thorp  and  Freton ;  the  site  of  it  is  between  Moringthorp  and Hemenkale, 
into  which  it  extended  ;  as  also  into  Stratton,Taseburgh,  and  Saxhng- 
ham.     (See  p.  274). 


WACTON, 


Or  watch  town,  might  probably  take  its  name  from  the  watch  that 
used  constantly  to  be  kept  upon  the  Roman  highway,  at  the  entrance 
of  Stratton,  in  order  to  guard  the  passage  to  their  fortification  at 
Taseboro.  ,  ,    ,  - 

At  the  Confessor's  and  Conquerors  surveys,  the  whole  belonged  to, 
and  was  included  in,  the  manor  of  Forncet,7  except  one  part,  which 
belonged  to  the  honour  of  Richmond,  and  afterwards  became  Park  s 

manor  here.8  „.■.,•.»»  .        ,     ^  » 

There  was  a  fourth  part  of  a  fee  held  by  Durand  at  the  Conqueror  s 
survey,  and  this  was  the  manor  of 

WACTON-PARVA,  or  LITTLE-WACTON, 

Which  always  attended  the  manor  of  Great-Maulton  from  that  timt 
to  this  (as  at  p.  205,)  in  right  of  which,  the  third  turn  of  the  sinecure 
rectory  here  is  still  appendant  to  it.  The  other  3d  part  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Wacton-Parva  always  belonged  to  Fomcet,  and  a  3d  part  of 
the  advowson,  till  it  was  lately  purchased  of  the  Duke :  of  Norfolk, 
bv  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Soley,  rector  of  Stratton  St.  Maty,  who  hath 
also  the  other  3d  part  of  the  gift  of  Thomas-  Bokenham  Tirrel,  lord  of 
the  manor  of  Park's  in  Great  Wacton,  to  which  it  lately  belonged, 
though  formerly  it  was  appendant  to  the  manor  of  Strattofr-hall, .ac- 
cording to  an  agreement  made  in  1288,  between  Roger  le  Bigot  harl 
of  Norfolk,  and  Gilbert  de  Borne  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  owners  ot  Strat- 
ton-hall,  by  which  this  turn  was  settled  on  them  and  their  heirs. 

RECTORS  OF  WACTON-PARVA. 
Ralfde  Aylesham.    Thomas  de  Brotherton  Earl  of  Nor- 
folk, in  right  of  Fomcet  manor.  .      .  , 

1349  John  at  Ash  of  Bintre,ob.     Sir  John  Verdon,  Rnt.  in  right 
of  Wacton-Parva  manor,  now  united  to  the  manor  of  Great-Moulton. 
?  <^ee  p    22 t   4  xxviii.  acr.  terre  tunc  dim.  car.  etii.  lib. 

»  Terre  Alani  Comitis  Depwade  H.  horn.  xx.  acr.  et  dim.  car.  et  ii.  acr. 
Doms.fo.  71.  .    u  dim.prati. 

In  Waketuna  ii.  libcri    homines, 


»96  WACTON. 

1353,  William  Stannard,  resigned.  Sir  Ralf  de  Shelton,  Sir 
Thomas  de  Shardelow,  Sir  Richard  de  Boyland,  Knts.  Will. 
de  Midelton,  Hugh  Curson,  and  Thomas  Caroun,  rector  of 
Stratton  St.  Mary,  feoffees  of  the  manor  of  Bourne's  or  Stratton- 
Hall,  to  which  this  3d  turn  belongs. 

1354,  77(0.  Trendel,  res.     The  King. 

1356,  Reginald  Martin,  in  exchange  with  Paston.  Sir  John  Ver- 
don,  Knt. 

1404,  Will. Smith.     Cecily,  late  wifeof  Sir  John  Herling,  Knt. 

1423,  Rob.  Balle,  res.     Lapse. 

1432,  John  Prat.     Thomas  Tirrel  of  Wilinghale,  Esq. 

1435,  Clement  Chevyr.     Feoffees  of  Sir  Robert  Herling. 

1440,  Edmund  Norman,  alias  Waketon.     John  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1443,  Roger  Hesse,  res.     Hen.  Noon,  Esq. 

1446,  John  Bartram,  resigned.     Lapse. 

1448,  John  Elyot,  res.     John  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1452,  Miles  R'oche,  A.  M.  Hen.  Noon,  Esq.  united  to  Waketon- 
Magna. 

1403,  John  Hauteyu.     Ditto. 

1470,  Rob.  Thayter,  ob.  Sir  Robert  Wingfield,  Knt.  and 
Anne  his  wife. 

1474,  Will.  Pulvertoft.     John  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1485,  Will,  la  Vile,  alias  Norman,  res.     Hen  Noon,  Esq. 

1492,  John  Savage,  ob.  John  Lord  Scroop,  in  right  of  Anne  his 
wife,  who  was  relict  of  Sir  Robert  Wingfield,  and  heiress  of 
Herling. 

1497,  Will.  Brett,  res.  Thomas  Duke,  Esq.  this  turn ;  united  to 
Waketon-Magna . 

1505,  John  Hclrede,  Helvede,  or  Chede,  res.  Thomas  Beding- 
field,  Esq. 

1511,  John  Wade,  ob.     Thomas  Earl  of  Surrey. 

1.524,  Robert  Peryn.  Lapse;  united  to  Wuketon-Magna. 

1526,  Richard  Grey,  res.  Leonard  Spencer,  in  right  of  Multo* 
manor. 

1533,  Robert  Stringfellozc.     William  Duke  of  Brampton. 

1543,  Sir  John  Cooke,  chaplain.  Sir  Edmund  Bedingfield,  Knt. 

1555,  Robert  T'aser,  lapse. 

1563,  Edward  Bowling,  lapse;  united  to  Waketon-Magna. 

1567,  Tho.  Watson.  Tho.  Duke  of  Norfolk;  united  to  Waketon- 
Magna. 

1613,  Will.  Pudding,  A.M.     John  Rivet,  Esq. 

1613,  Abacuc  Cadywo/d.  Tho.  Duke  and  Tho.  Goodwin,  guar- 
dians to  Edward,  son  of  Ambrose  Duke  of  Benhale.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Brian  Smith,  D.  D.  ob.     Thomas  Rivet,  Gent,  united  to 
Stoke- Ash. 

1672,  Philip  Goodwin,  A.  M.    Tho.  Rivet. 

1700,  Tho.  Colman  on  Goodzcin's  death.  Sir  John  Duke,  Bart.  ob. 

1719,  Joseph  Charles.  Eliz.  Chute  On  his  going  to  Swaffham 
in  1721,  he  voided  it,  and  John  Soley,  clerk,  presented 

Abel  Hodges,  A.  B.  and  in  1725,  when  he  went  to  Brockdish, 
Sir  Edw.  Duke,  Bart,  presented 

The  Rev.  Mr.  William  Baker,  A,  M.  the  present  rector,  who  holds 
it  with  Hedenham. 


WACTON.  297 

The  church  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  and  when 
Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  the  rector  had  a  house  and  ]fl  acres 
of  glebe;  the  revenues  were  so  small,  that  it  was  not  valued  in  the 
first  taxation,  but  at  the  second  it  was  valued  at  40s.  though  not 
taxed.  It  then  paid  ]Q.d.  procurations,  gd.  synodals,  5d.  ob.  Peter- 
pence,  and  Id.  ob.  carvage  ;  it  now  stands  in  the  King's  Books  thus : 

2/.  13s.  4c?.  WACTON-Parva  Rectory  30/.  clear  yearly  value.9 
so   that  being  discharged,  it  pays  no  first  fruits  nor  tenths,  and  is 
capable  of  augmentation. 

In  1606,  this  parish  was  valued  by  itself,  at  233/.  13s  Sd.  per 
annum  to  the  taske  or  tax.  The  church  was  in  constant  use  till  about 
1500,  and  then  it  began  to  be  called  a  chapel,  and  in  1510,  was  re- 
turned to  be  in  decay,  and  in  1520,  it  was  so  bad  that  service  began 
to  be  omitted;  and  then  there  was  a  design  of  rebuilding  it,  though 
it  never  took  place,  for  in  1522,  William  Cullung  of  W acton  St. 
Mary,  was  buried  there,  and  willed,  "  That  when  it  shall  please  the 
"  Parissheners  af  the  seid  Wakton,  to  go  about  the  halovvynge  of  their 
"  churche,  yf  that  they  will  doo  geve  the  Bishop  his  Dener  that  Day, 
"  then  1  will  that  mine  Executors  shall  soo  geve  the  Bishop  his  sty- 
"  pende,  as  he  and  they  may  agree.""  But  notwithstanding  this,  it 
fell  down  and  was  never  repaired.  It  stood  on  the  piece  of  glebe 
now  called  Dove-house-Acre  or  Chappel-yard ;  but  the  foundations 
are  ploughed  over,  though  the  rector,  upon  every  institution,  reads 
prayers  there  forenoon  and  afternoon,  as  in  other  rectories;  the  silver 
cup  which  belonged  here  is  now  the  only  cup  in  Great-Wacton 
church,  as  the  inscription  on  it  shows. 

The  parish  is  now  so  far  swallowed  up  in  Great-W acton,  that  the 
bounds  are  not  commonly  known,'1  so  that  all  the  tithes  are  received 
by  the  rector  of  Great-Waclon*  there  being  no  house,  church,  or 
parishioner,  it  is  an  absolute  sinecure.  The  rector  at  this  day  being 
possessed  of  nothing  but  about  16  acres  ot  glebe,  and  even  that,  pays 
all  taxes,  tithes,  and  rates,  to  Wacton-Magna,  being  rated  at  5/.  10s. 
per  annum,  besides  Ad.  ob.  synodals  to  the  Bishop,  and  Is.  procura- 
tions to  the  archdeacon. 

Twelve  small  pieces  of  this  glebe  laid  intermixed  in  10  or  12  enclo- 
sures of  land  belonging  to  Mrs.  Martina  Robe,  widow,  but  are  newly 
exchanged  for  the  like  quantity  of  land  in  two  enclosures,  containing 
about  8  or  Q  acres,  by  consent  of  the  Bishop,  rector,  and  patrons. 

9  Ecton's   Valor,  &c.  p.  224,   edit,  called  Haptens,  were  equally  divided  be- 

Lond.  1723.  tween  the  two  rectors,  and  all  tithe  pigs, 

1  E  Regr.  Alablaster  inter   Archiv.  were  paid  to  that  rector  in  whose  parish 

Epi.  Norwic.  fo.  13S.  the  owner  dwelt. 

z  In  the  first  book  (N°  I.)  of  depo-  3  About   tithe   herbage,    cow,    calf, 

sitions  in  the  Bishop's  office,  under  the  wood,   &c.   see  Depos.  1.  121,  and  for- 

year  1532,  there  is  much  concerning  the  merly  there  were  tithing  books  kept,  to 

division  of  both  these  parishes.     After  separate  the  church  and  chapel  tithes 

the  battle  of  Bosworth,  the  tithes  of  the  one  from  the  other, 
meadow  in  the  tenure  of  John  Seaman, 


Qq 


[  298  ] 


WACTON-MAGNA. 


J.  he  church  is  dedicated  to  All  the  Saints;  the  ad vowson belonged 
to  Fomcet  manor,  till  sold  from  it  lately.  When  Norwich  Domesday 
%vas  made,  the  rector  had  a  house  and  16  acres  of  glebe;*  the  house  is 
situate  against  the  churchyard,  and  much  the  same  quantity  of  glebe 
now  remains.  It  was  first  valued  at  five,  after  at  eight  marks,  and  the 
monks  of  Thetford  had  a  portion  of  tithes  valued  at  6s.  8d.  It  pays 
4d.  ob.  synodals,  and  Is.  procurations,  the  old  carnage  was  3d.  and 
Peter-pence  5d.  ob.  and  the  whole  village  paid  2/.  6s.  8d.  clear  to 
every  tenth. 

Eliz.  Baspoole,  widow,  tied  her  estate  in  JVacton,  now  Mr.  Joseph 
Cotman's  of  Great  Yarmouth,  for  ever  to  pay  2l.  12s.  yearly,  to  be 
given  weekly  at  church,  by  Is.  a  week  in  bread,  to  such  poor  people 
of  the  parish  as  constantly  attend  there. 

RECTORS  OF  GREAT-WACTON. 

1310,  John  Tayt.  Alice  de  Hanonia  Countess  of  Norfolk,  in 
right  of  Fomcet  manor,  which  she  held  in  dower. 

1327,  Edmund  de  hetilburgh.     By  the  Pope's  provision. 

1330,  Will,  de  Berdefeld.  Thomas  Brotherton  Earl  uf  Noifolk. 

1335,  Roger  de  Dyngeley.     Ditto. 

1349,  Roger  Parleman,  res.     John  Lord  Segra ve,  Knt. 

1352,  John  de  Donyngton,  shaveling,  res.  The  King,  in  right  of 
the  Lord  Segrave's  manor  of  Fomcet,  then  in  his  hands. 

1361,  John  Bertram.     Walter  Lord  Manney. 

1403,  Michael  de  Barsham  lapse:  he  changed  in  1404,  for  F/ix- 
ton  in  Lothingland,  with 

Peter  Cuttyng.     Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Noifolk. 

1428,  John  Long.     John  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  in  1429,  changed 
for  Swerdeston  with 
John  Dey. 

1434,  Thomas  in  le  Fen  of  Wickmere.  The  King,  as  guardian  to 
the  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1440,  David  Hechinson.     John  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1447,  Thomas  Eckerislay.      Ditto. 

1451,  Miles  Roche,  A.  M.  united  to  Waketon-Parva.     Ditto. 

1457,  John  Bole,  lapse. 

1484,  Will.  Brett.     Ditto,  united  to  Waketon-Parva. 

1524,  Robert  Peryn,  lapse. 

1561,  Edward  Boielynge.  Tho,  Duke  of  Norfolk:  united  to 
Waketon-Parva. 

*  Five  acres  and  three  roods  of  glebe,  exchanged  for  one  piece  of  the  like 
lying  in  six  pieces,  within  the  lands  of  quantitv  called  Stoney-lulls,  by  consent 
Martina  Robe,  widow,  are  now  lately    of  the  Bishop,  patron,  and  rector. 


WACTON- MAGNA.  299 

1567,  Tho  Watson.  Ditto.  He  returned  67  communicants  here,  and 
held  it  united  to  hittle-Wacton  to  his  death,  when  he  was  buried  here. 

1613,  Abacuc  Cadiwould,  A.  M.  The  Earl  of  Northampton.  He 
was  sequestered  in  1644,  and  died  before  the  Restoration,  when 

Edm.  Pooler/,  A.  M.  who  had  intruded  during  the  rebellion, 
took  institution,  at  the  presentation  of  Sir  William  Platers  and 
Sir  Richard  Onslow,  Knts.  trustees  to  the  Norfolk  family;  at 
Pooley's  death  in  1697, 

Layer  Finite  succeeded;  Ric.  Vinne,  Gent,  patron  of  this 
turn  ;  at  his  death  in 

1702,  William  Rant  was  presented  by  Claudius  Grey,  Gent,  patron 
in  full  right,  and  held  it  united  to  Bunwell,  and  when  he  took 
Carleton-Rode  he  resigned  it,  and  in 

1715,  The  Rev.  John  Soley,  senior,  A.  M.  the  present  rector,  and 
patron  in  full  right,  was  presented  by  Will.  Staffe  of  Willing- 
ham  in  Suffolk,  and  now  holds  it  united  to  Stratton  St.  Mary. 


WACTON-PARK'S, 

Is  the  only  manor  in  this  parish,  except  the  parts  belonging  t» 
Fomcet,  and  to  the  honour  of  Richmond?  (of  which  this  manor  is 
held,)  and  to  the  honour  of  Eye,6  both  which  extended  hither;  and 
the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  as  lord  of  Fomcet,  and  the  lord  of  the  honour  of 
Richmond,  are  superiour  lords  of  the  commons  and  zcastes,  and  had 
their  letes  here,  though  there  is  a  lete  belonging  to  this  manor,  the 
jurisdiction  of  which,  extends  to  the  tenants  of  the  manor  only,  as 
the  other  letes  do  over  the  several  tenants  of  the  honours. 

It  was  first  held  by  the  family  of  the  Wactons,  and  Stephen  de 
Wacton,  who  had  it  in  1230,  was  the  last  lord  of  that  name  here. 

In  1235,  Walter  de  Wa/ys  owned  it,  who  was  succeeded  by  Thomas 
de  Camera  or  Chambers  of  Buketon,  who  in  1285,  had  lete  or  view  of 
frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  ate  of  all  his  tenants  here,  bj'  the 
King's  grant;7  this  lete  belonged  to  the  King's  hundred,  and  therefore 
the  lord  was  obliged  to  pay  6d.  per  annum  fee-farm  for  it,  to  the 
bailiff  of  the  hundred.  In  1298,  Thomas  son  of  Will,  de  la  Chambre 
settled  it  on  William  Carleton,  who  resettled  it  on  the  said  Thomas 
and  Isabell  his  wife,  in  tail:  it  had  then  130  acres,  one  mill,  and  16 
messuages  belonging  to  it,  and  extended  into  Aslacton,  Stratton,  and 
Fomcet.  In  1315  the  said  'Thomas  was  lord,  and  after  him  it  came  to 
the  Parks,  and  passed  with  the  manor  of  Park's  in  As/acton,  as  at 
p.  177,  8,  and  so  to  the  Dukes  of  Benhale  in  Suffolk,  and  after  the 
death  of  that  Sir  Edward  Duke  who  sold  Aslacton,  it  went  to 

Sir  John  Duke,  his  son,  who  served  as  member  of  parliament  for 
Orford  in  Suffolk.   He  married  Eliz.  daughter  and  coheir  of  Edward 

5  Append.  Regr.  Honoris">Richmond.  6  In  1299,  Edmund  Earl  of  Cornwall, 

fo.  16.  held  lands  by  knight's  service  in  Wake- 

1696,  Constance,  widow  of  Timothy  ton,  belonging  to  the  honour  of  Eye. 

Sherman,    and    others,    held    lands   in  Esc.  N°  28.  A0  2S  E.  I. 

Waketon  of  this  honour  in  soccage,  by  7  Placita    Corone    apud   Norwic.   in 

id.  q.  per  annum,  and  was  amerced  25s.  crast   Sci.  Hilarij    A°  regni   Edri.   fili; 

for  non-payment.  Rot.  Honoris  de  Rich-  Regis  Henrici,  1500  rot.  16  in  dorso. 


300  WACTON- MAGNA. 

Duke,  M.  D.  by  whom  he  had  four  daughters:  1,  Eliz.  who  died 
young ;  2,  Jane,  married  to  John  Brame  of  Campsey-Ash ;  3,  Anne, 
to  Thomas  Tirrel,  Esq.  of  Gipping;  and  4,  Arabella,  to  Maurice 
Shelton  of  Bamingham,  Esq.  and  one  son, 

Sir  Edward  Duke,  Bart.8  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas Rudge  of  Staffordshire,  but  dying  without  issue,  he  gave  it  to  his 
sister's  son, 

Edm.  Tirrel  of  Gipping,  Esq.  who  sold  it  to  his  brother, 

Thomas-Bokenham  Tirrel  of  Belsted  near  Ipsnich,  Esq.  the 
present  lord. 

The  Jines  are  arbitrary,  the  eldest  son  inherits,  and  it  gives  no  dower. 

There  was  a  fourth  part  of  a  fee  of  the  Fomcet  part,  granted  from 
it,  and  was  to  be  held  of  it ;  this  was  called 


GRESHAUGH,  LA  VILE'S,  or  BACON'S  MANOR, 

And  anciently  belonged  to  RicharS  la  Vile;  and  in  1306,  to  Margery, 
widow  of  Walter  le  Waleys,  and  soon  after  to  John  de  Dunhodde 
and  Isabel  de  Haggele ;  in  134.5,  Thomas  Grey,  chaplain,  and  his 
parceners,  had  it;  in  1370,  Robert  Bacon  of  Dickleburgh,  lord 
of  it,  was  outlawed  for  felony,  and  it  was  seized  by  the  King,  but 
Joan  his  wife  recovered  it,  and  held  it  in  1391,  and  at  her  death  it 
went  to  the  Crown,  and  was  purchased  by  the  lord  of  Park's  manor, 
and  joined  to  it,  and  so  continues. 

The   church  and  chancel  are  both  of  a   height,   and  thatched; 
there  is  no  porch,  the  tower  is  round,  and  hath  three  bells. 

On  a  brass  in  the  nave,  are  the  arms  of  Knevet,  with  a  crescent 
in  a  lozenge. 

Hie  jacet  Abigail  Sedley  Vid:  Filia  Johannes  Knyvet  de  Ash- 
would-thotp  Armigeri,  et  nuper  Uxor  Martini  Sedley  de  Motley 
Artnigeri,9  quas  diem  obijt  15  Decern.  A0  D.  Ifi23. 

At  the  entrance  of  the  chancel,  are  two  black  marbles  thus  in- 
scribed, 

Hie  jacet  Corpus  Katharine  Uxoris  Johannis  Mallom  Cierici, 
et  Fihae  Timothei  Maun  Generosi,  et  Elizabethce  Uxoris  ejus, 
qua;  obijt  5  Die  Maij  A.  D.  1685,  set.  66. 

Mallom,  John1  of  Wacton,  Gent,  had  a  grant  of  arms  anno 
1685,  viz. 

Gal.  on  a  chief  or,  a  lion  passant  of  the  field,  between  two  mul- 
lets az.  in  base  three  chevronels  braced  arg.  and  this  coat  is  impaled 
with  Mann.     (See  p.  I  go,) 

8  Duke,  the  291st  Bart.  SirEdw.  Knt.  the  arms,  see  vol.  ii.  of  English  Baro- 

created  Bart.  1661.  nets,   p    282.  Edit.  Lond.  1727. 

Az.  a  chevron  betwe.n  three  sterns  9  See  vol.  ii.  p.  479. 

arg.  beaked  and  niembered  gui.  "  John    Mallom,   Esq.    hath  a  seat 

For  the  family,  and  augmentation  to  here. 


WACTON-MAGNA.  30I 

Hie  jacet  Corpus  Eliza.  Uxoris  Johannis  Mallom  Generosi,  et 


Filiae   Thomee  Stone   Generosi.  et  Elheldredce  Uxoris 


ejus  quae 


obijt   12mo   Die   Sept.   A.  D.    1684.     Etiam   preclictus   Johannes 
Mallom  obijt  Aug.  A.  D.  1687. 

Mallom  impales  Stone,  per  pale  era.  and  gnl.  an  eagle  dis- 
played aZi 

On  two  other  black  marbles  in  the  chancel  as  soon  as  you  enter  it, 

Sub  hoc  marmore  Corpus  Johannis  Mallom  Armigeri  jacet  qui 
vicesimo  quarto  Die  Mensis  Julij  A  Salutis  1728,  ast.  58  diem 
clausit  extremum. 

Mallom  impaling  Suckling,  and  Mallom's  crest,  viz.  an  arm 
in  pale  cooped  at  the  shoulder,  sleeved  proper,  holding  a  cord  with 
a  tassel  at  each  end,  bent  in  form  of  a  bow. 

Depositmii  Elizabeths  Uxoris  Johannis  Mallom,  Filiseq;  Ro- 
berti  Suckling  de  Woodton  Armigeri  natu  maximae  ;  14°  Die  Nov. 
Au  Salutis  1728,  a£t.  53  obijt. 

Here  is  a  vault  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  in  which  are  bu- 
ried, Guliel.  Soley  1725.  He  was  of  Pembroke-Hall,  Cant.  Susanna 
Soley,  1741.  M.  B.  Soley,  1741,  and  Mary  Baker,  for  whom  there 
is  a  mural  monument  with  the  arms  of  Soley  impaling 

Baker,  gul.  a  goat  passant  arg. 

Mary  wife  of  William  Baker  Clerk,  Rector  of  Hedenham* 
and  elder  Daughter  of  John  Soley  Clerk,  Rector  of  this  Parish, 
was  buried  on  the  \lth  Day  of  April  1741.  aged  41. 

Wisest,  Virtuousest,  Discreetest,  Best. 

In  the  rails  are  buried  John  F/ey,  Gent.  2  Sept.  1647,  26.  Walter 
Reyner,  Dec.  10,  1655.     Thomas  Reyner,  June  4,  1680. 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  nave, 

Samuel  Cock  died  Oct.  17,  1727,  aged  77. 

Stay  hasty  Traveller  who  'ere  you  be, 
Tell  if  you  can,  what  is  become  of  me; 
Conscious  of  Guilt,  my  Soul,  as  one  afraid, 
Fled  from  that  Body,  which  now  here  is  laid  ; 
Thoughtfull  in  Life,  make  it  your  chiefest  Care, 
What  you  must  be,  as  well  as  what  you  are; 
Death  makes  the  stoutest  hearts  and  hands  to  yield, 
Cease  to  dispute,  and  tamely  quit  the  Field; 
And  when  approaching,  makes  all  Living  fear, 
To  be  they  know  not  what,  they  know  not  where. 

Margaret  his  wife  died  Jug.  20,  1736,  aet   81. 

There  are  three  stones  by  the  font  for  John  Gilbert  and  his  two 
wives,  he  died  in  1680,  Susan  in  1659,  and  Eliz.  in  1675.  By  the 
north  door  lies  Stephen  Hartley,  1664,  and  Joan  his  wife,  1671. 

Over  this  door  (the  usual  place  for  St.  Christopher)  is  an  ancient 


302  WACTON-MAGNA. 

picture  of  that  Saint,  painted  on  the  wall  with  "  a  terryble  and  fereful 
countenaunce,"  according  to  the  description  of  him  in  the  Legend,7- 
and  of  as  prodigious  size,  as  the  height  of  the  wall  would  permit, 
though  not  so  monstrous  as  the  Legend  makes  him,  for  that  says, 
"  he  teas  xii  cubytes  of  length."  At  the  uppermost  corner  towards  the 
west,  are  the  two  tables  of  the  Commandments,  on  the  upper  part  of 
the  one  is  Moses,  and  on  the  other  Aaron,  and  by  them  Solomons 
temple  at  Jerusalem;  at  the  lower  corner,  on  the  same  side,  is  a 
shield,  and  on  it,  the  golden  pot  that  had  manna,3  and  Aaron's 
rod  that  budded,*  types  (I  suppose)  of  the  Aaronieul  priesthood  ;  in 
the  midst  is  a  river,  and  the  huge  saint  with  "  a  grete  pole  in  his  hand 
in  stede  of  a  staffe,  by  which  he  susteyned  hym  in  the  water;"  and  on 
his  shoulders  is  our  Saviour  represented  as  a  child,  "  which  prayed 
hym  goodly  to  bere  him  over  the  water;"  and  when  Christopher 
"  lyfte  the  Chyld  on  his  Sholdres,  and  toke  his  Staffe,  and  entree!  the 
"  Ryver  for  to  passe,  the  Water  of  the  Ryuer  arose,  and  swelled  more 
"  and  more,  and  the  Chylde  was  heuy  as  Leed,  and  alway  as  he  went 
"  ferder  the  Water  incresed,  and  grewe  more,  and  the  Chylde  more 
"  Sc  more  wexed  heuy,  in  so  moche  that  Christofer  had  grete  An- 
"  guysshe,  8t  was  aferde  to  be  drowned,  and  when  he  was  escaped 
"  with  grete  Payne,  and  passed  the  Water,  &  set  the  Chylde  a 
"  Grounde,  he  sayd  to  the  Chylde;  Chylde,  you  hast  put  me  in  grete 
"  Peryll,  you  weyst  almost  as  1  had  had  all  the  World  upon  me,  I 
"  myght  bere  no  greter  Burden.  And  the  Chylde  answered ;  Christ 
"  tofer,  marvayle  the  nothynge,  for  you  hast  not  only  b..rne  all  the 
"  Worlde  upon  the,  but  you  hast  borne  hym  that  created  &  made  all 
"  the  Worlde,  upon  thy  Shouldres:  I  am  Jesu  Chryst  the  Kyng 
"  to  whome  you  servest  in  this  Werke,  and  bycause  that  you  know, 
"  that  I  saye  to  the  Trouth,  set  thy  Staffe  in  the  Erth  by  thy  Hows, 
"  &  thou  shalt  se  to  Morrowe  that  it  shall  bere  Floures  and  Fruyte. 
"  And  anon  he  vanyshed  from  his  eyen.  And  than  Christofer  set  his 
"  Staffe  in  the  Erth,  &  whan  he  arose  on  the  Morowe,  he  found  his 
"  Staffe  like  a  Palmyr,beryng  Floures  Leues,  and  Dates."3  And  after 
this  he  was  baptized,  for  when  the  King  enquired  his  name  and 
country,  he  answered  thus,  "  tofore  I  was  baptysed,  I  was  named 
"  Reprobus,  and  now  am  named  Christofer,  tofore  Baptysm  a  Ca- 
"  nanee,  now  a  Chrysten  Man."  And  at  the  upper  corner  towards  the 
east,  is  Noah's  ark,  the  figure  of  Christian  baptism,6  by  which  we 
enter  into  the  church,  which  is  represented  at  the  lower  corner  of  the 
same  painting,  to  which  the  Saint  directs  his  steps:  all  this  confirms 
my  former  observation  at  p.  2S9,  vol.  iv.  that  this  Saint  is  always 
placed  here  (opposite  to  the  font,  which  anciently  stood  always  be- 
tween the  two  doors)  "  in  allusion  to  the  water  in  baptism,"  notwith- 
standing what  is  said  in  the  Polygraphia  Britannica,  #c.  Number  II. 
page  65,  against  the  truth  of  it.7 

1  The  Golden  Legend,  fo.  176. 

3  Exod.  xvi.  ver.  15,  33,  4,  5. 

4  Numb.  xvii.  8,  10.     Hebr.  ix    4.  "  At  the  bottom  of  p.  63,  he  adds  a 
s  Golden  Legend,  177.                                «  learned  note  from  his  fellow-labourer 

6  l  P«r.  ni-  20,  21.  «  Blomejield,   telling  us,  St.  Christopher  is 

7  Palaographm  Britannica,  Number  II.     "placed  over  the  north   door,  because 
p.  65,  published  by  Will.  Stukeliy,     "  children  to  be  bapfzed,  were  usually 

"  brought  in  at  it ;  in  allusion  to  zaater  in 


THARSTON.  303 

This  rector)/  is  valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  5l.  stands  there  by  the 
name  of  Wacton-Magna  Rectory,  and  being  sworn  of  the  clear 
yearly  value  of  45/.  is  discharged  of  first-fruits  and  tenths,  and  is 
capable  of  augmentation. 

The  common  called  IVacton-Great-Green,  is  rated,  and  the  going 
of  each  beast  is  usually  let  off  at  12s.  per  annum. 


THARSTON. 


1  his  village  is  called  by  various  names  in  old  evidence,  as  Sters- 
tun  a,  or  Steres-Tozin?  Therstim,  Testun,9  Thurston,  and  Tharston;  and 
was  in  divers  parts  at  the  Conquest,  several  of  them  belonging  to  the 
manor  of  Forncet,1  of  which  the  capital  manor  was  always  held  at  one 
fee.  Ulukic  held  it  of  Bishop  Stigand  at  the  Confessor's  survey,  and 
Robert  de  uallibus,  Vols,  or  Vauz,  of  Roger  Bigot  at  the  Con- 
queror's.1 The  church  had  40  acres  of  glebe  valued  at  3s.  per  annum, 
the  manor  was  worth  5l.  6s,  and  the  town  was  a  league  and  a  half 


"  baptism;  'tis  false,  that  children  to 
"  be  baptized  were  usually  brought  in 
"  by  that  dour,  and  nothing  at  all  to  the 
"  purpose,  was  it  true." 

Now  as  the  author  seems  to  have  such 
an  excellent  knuwledge  in  antique  ima- 
gery as  to  fix  exactly  the  time  of  a  carv- 
ing by  the  look  of  its  phyz,*  and  such 
sagacity  in  explaining  figutes  of  many 
centuries  duration,  "  os  easily  as  if  their 
names  were  wrote  over  their  heads,"f  as 
is  evident  from  his  own  words  in  the 
account  he  has  given  of  his  Roisian  fa- 
mily ;%  I  should  be  very  glad  to  know 
the  age  of  these  figures,  or  what  other 
interpretation  the  learned  Doctor  would 
please  to  put  upon  such  an  old  painting 
as  this ;  for  as  what  I  have  formerly 
mentioned  in  relation  to  this  saint,  he 
says  is  false,  (being  no  advocate  tor 
infallibility,  though  1  have  quoted  the 
Golden  Legend,)  if  any  other  explica- 
tion of  his,  would  come  as  near  the 
point,  as  the  relation  he  hath  made  out 
between  his  Liuy  Roisia  and  Robin 
Hood;  I  could  not  but  acknowledge  Ins 
great  judgment,  and  re  urn  him  the 
thanks  due  tor  such  information. 

8  From  the  steers  or  young  bullocks, 


it   being   probably    appropriated   for   a 
place  to  breed  and  bring  up  young  cattle 
in,  in  the  Saxon  times. 
9  See  vol.  ii.  p.  no. 

1  Therstuna,  Doras,  fo.  123  ;  see  it 
under  Forncet  at  p.  223,  4. 

2  Terra  Rogeri  Bicoti.  Doms. 
fo.  123.  Depwade  hund. 

Sterestuna  tenet  Robertus  de 
Vals,  quam  tenuit  Uluricus  sub  Sti- 
gando  ii.  car.  in  dom.  i.  ecclesia  xl. 
acr.  et  val.  iii.  sol.  tunc  ii.  car.  horn. 
modu  i.  et  i.  car.  posset  restaurari  xii. 
atr.  prati,  silva  x.  poic.  et  i.  mol.  tunc 
iiii.  runcin.  modo  iiii.  anim.  tunc  xl. 
pore,  modo  xx.  tunc  xl.  oves,  modo 
Ixxx.  et  i.  vas  apum  et  xxxiii.  soc.  i. 
car.  terre  tunc  viii.  car.  post  et  modo 
iiii.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  tunc  valuit  v.  lib.  et 
vi.  sol.  et  modo  similiter  et  habet  i.  leug. 
et  dim.  in  longo,  et  dim.  in  lato,  et  vi. 
den.  et  obol.  de  Gelto. 

Huic  maneno  addidit  Robertus  de 
Vals  vii.  lib.  hom.  et  dim.  de  omnibus 
habuit  suns  antecessor  commendationem 
tantum,  preter  ex  uno  qui  fuit  socman- 
nus  Stigandi,  et  habent  lxxxii.  acr. 
tunc  et  post  iii.  car.  modo  ii.  et  iii.  acr. 
prati,  et  valent  xiii.  sol. 


*  A  group  made  Aug.  10,  1 173.    A  group  cut  Feb.  2,  1 176,  &c.    Palaog.  &c. 
82.     "  These  figures  were  made  in  the  year  11S8,  &c."     Ibid.  p.  uc. 
t  Ibid.  p.  113.  %  Ibid.  p.  115. 


S04  THARSTON. 

long,  and  Haifa  league  broad,  and  paid  \5d.  ob.  to  the  geld.    This 
was  after  called  Nerford's  or  Tharston-Hall  manor. 

Another  part  belonged  to  Robert  Fitz  Corbun,  3  which  was 
worth  10s.  per  annum  in  rents  at  the  first,  and  20s.  at  the  last  survey  ; 
this  constituted  the 


MANOR  OF  THARSTON'S,  or  ST.  OMER'S, 

Taking  both  its  names  from  the  lords  of  it ;  in  1236,  Richard  de  Thars- 
ton  was  lord,  and  held  it  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  Robert  de  She/ton,  of 
whom  he  purchased  it;  and  Shelton  held  it  of  Robert  deTateshale, 
lord  of  Bukenkam-Castle,  from  which  it  had  been  formerly  sold  by 
the  Albany*. 

In  1317,  Richard  de  Therston  and  Cecily  his  wife,  settled  it  on  them- 
selves for  life,  and  then  on  Ralfde  St.  Omer ;  and  it  soon  after  divi- 
ded into  two  parts,  for  in  1329,  Richard  and  Cecily  held  one  part  of 
Bukenham-Castle  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee,  and  lVil/iam  Jenny  and  Ellen 
his  wife,  held  the  other  of  the  said  castle,  at  the  other  quarter  of  a  fee;* 
but  before  1401,  St.  Omcr's  part  was  joined  in  Will.  Rees,  Esq.  who 
was  lord  of  this,  and 


NERFORD'S,   LOVENEY'S,  or  THARSTON-HALL  MANOR, 

As  it  is  now  called,  which  continued  in  the  Vauxes  a  long  time;5  in 
1275,  John  de  Faux  had  a  charter  for  free-warren  here,  and  in  1285, 
he  had  a  lete  held  once  a  year,  but  the  King's  bailiff  of  the  hundred 
was  to  be  present,  or  the  lord  could  not  hold  it,  unless  he  agreed  with 
him  yearly;  which  was  afterwards  done  constantly,  till  it  was  bought 
in  perpetuity ;  and  then  the  lord  had  view  of  frankpledge,  assise  of 
bread  and  ale,  and  weyf.6 

In  1288,  upon  the  partition  made  between  the  two  daughters  and 
coheirs  of  John  de  Faux,  Maud  married  to  William  de  Roos,  and 
Petronel  to  Will,  de  Nerford,  who  had  this  manor,  and  that 
of  Shotcsham  in  Noifolkjlisete  in  Suffolk,  and  the  moieties  of  Holt  and 
Cley ;  the  whole  advowson  of  Holt,  with  divers  knights  fees  in  Thorp, 
Winch,  Bichamwell,  Thurneton,  Moringthorp,  &c.  and  it  continued  in 

3  TerreRonERTifilijCoRBUTloNis.  that  family,  and  in  1514,  Sir  Robert 
Depwade  H.     Doms.  fo.  270.  Clcre,   John    Shelton,    and    Sir  Philip 

In  STERSTUNAtenet  idem  i.  car.  terre,  Boothe,  Knt.    purchased   the  wardship 

tenet  i.   lib.  hom.   semper  i.  vill.  et  v.  and  marriage  of  John  Jermy,  of  Thomas 

bord.  i.  car.  in  dom.  et  dim.  car.  hom.  Duke  of  Norfolk,  for  ico/.  which  John, 

iii.  acr.   prati,  silva  iv.  pore,  et  i.  mol.  in  1526,  was  a  knight,  and  lord  here  ;  in 

et  i.  lib.  homo  ii.  acr.  et  i.  runcin.etiv.  1561,  Francis  Jermy  had  livery  ofit,  and 

anim.  tunc  valuitx.  sol.  modo  xx.  in  1609,   Robert  Cock,  junior,    had  it, 

4  In  1303,  John  Jermy  and  Isabell  his  and  held  it  of  Forncet  manor,  and  soon 
wife  purchased  of  Roger  de  Hales,  3  after  it  seems  to  be  purchased  of  George 
messuages,  120  acres  of  land,  4  of  mea-  and  Francis  Cocke,  Gents,  by  Sir  Edw. 
dow,  8  of  pasture,  15  of  wood,  and  20s.  Clere,  Knt.  and  joined  to  the  other 
rent,  in  Tharston,  Waketon,  and  Font-  manor. 

cet,  this  was  held  in  Henry  the  Third's  =  Seeformany  of  this  family  atp.  43,4. 

time,  by  Roger  de  Wynthsted,  by  the  6  PlacitaCoroneapudNorr.ic.  in  crast. 

serjeanty  of  finding  one  slinger,  with  Sci.   Hillarij   A0   15  E.  I.   Rot.  16   ia 

a  sling  to  cast  stones  with,  in  the  King's  dorso. 
army.     Jermy's  manor  continued  in 


THARSTON.  30.5 

the  Nerfords ;  for  after  the  death  of  William  and  Petronel,  John  de 
Nerford and  Agnes  his  wife,  in  1328,  settled  this,  Shotesham  Nerford's, 
the  advowson  of  Pentney  priory,  the  church  of  Holt,  &c.  in  Norfolk, 
the  advowson  of  Hamburgh  priory,  Wisete  manor,  Sic.  in  Suffolk,  on 
themselves  and  their  heirs,  in  tail.  This  Agnes  was  daughter  of 
William  de  Hereford,  sister  and  heir  of  Edm.  de  Bereford,  widow  to 
John  Argenteyn,  and  married  after  Nerford's  death,  to  John  Mautra- 
vers,  senior;  she  died  seized  in  1375,  of  this  and  Shotisham,1  and  they 
went  to  John  de  Bit rose  son  of  Peter  de  Brewse,  Knt.  and  Margery  hia 
wife,  who  was  a  Nerford ;  and  Kat.  de  Brewse,  his  sister,  a  nun  at 
Dertford,  released  her  right  in  it.  In  1383,  Sir  John  settled  it  on 
William  deCobham  and  William  de  Bergh,  his  trustees. 

Sir  Thomas  Roos  of  llamlake,  Knt.  and  Beatrix  his  wife,  who  de- 
scended from  Maud,  the  other  daughter  and  coheir  of  Faux,  had  it; 
and  in  1 39-1,  Margery  de  Nerford  released  and  conveyed  ali  right  in 
it,  to 

William  Roos  or  Rees,  Esq.  and  his  heirs,  who  held  it  in  1403, 
of  Thomas  Mowbray's  manor  of  Forncet,  at  one  fee.  In  1410,  this 
William  Rees,  Esq.  by  will  gave  his  two  manors  in  Therston,  the  one 
called  Neiford's,  and  the  other  St.  Outer's,  to  be  sold  by  his  executors, 
with  his  manors  of  Caxton  and  Wrotung  in  Cambridgeshire,  to  found 
a  chantry  in  the  college  of  St.  Mary  in  the  Fields  in  Norwich,  and. 
to  pay  Sir  Thomas  the  anchorite  near  that  college,8  2s.  a  week  for  life  ;9 
and  soon  after  it  was  sold  to  William  Loveney,  and  after  purchased  by 

Sir  Robert  Clere,  Knt.  who  held  it  in  1.432,  and  it  passed  in  that 
family  as  Keswick,  at  p.  44.  In  1549,  Sir  John  Clere  was  lord,  and 
the  manors  were  valued  at  30/.  but  he  manumised  much,  and  died 
■Aug.  21,1557,  leaving  Sir  Edward  his  son  and  heir,  then  25  years 
old,  who  was  to  permit  Sir  Richard  Fulmerstone,  and  his  other  execu- 
tors, to  take  the  profits  for  5  years,  to  pay  a  legacy  to  Walter  Haddon 
his  son.  He  made  a  long  lease  of  the  demeans,  to  John  W'oolmcr,' 
and  settled  the  manor  as  at  p.  166.  He  left  it  to  Sir  Edward  Clere  of 
Ormesby  his  son  and  heir,  who  sold  it  to  John  Smith,  Esq. 1  of  Ame- 
ringhall,  and  he  in  1617,  to  Sir  Thomas  Knyiet  of  Ashwelthorp,  Knt. 
when  there  were  319  acres  3  roods  and  an  half  of  copy-hold,  which 
paid  10/.  2s.  3d.  quitrents,  besides  6  capons,  2  hens,  3  geese,  10  eggs, 
2  bushels  of  oats,  7  days  work  and  an  half  in  harvest,  7  days  work  in. 
winter,  half  a  day's  work  in  hay-seele,  and  half  a  day's  work  in  weed- 
ing; which  were  even  now  paid  in    kind.     The  freehold  rents   of 

7  Esch.  49  E.  III.  N°  17.  Eleanor  '  Scitum  manerij  i.  mes.  60  acr.  terre  ' 
her  daughter  and  heiress  by  Mautravers,  31  acr.  prati,  120  acr.  pasture,  80  acr. 
married  John  son  of  Richard  Earl  of  bosci  nuper  parcel,  manerij  post  mortem 
Arundel.  Sir  John  her  son  and  heir,  by  Johannis  Woolmer  descendebant  Anne 
John  Argenteyn,  was  50  years  old  at  his  uxori  Roberti  Wood,  Elize.  uxori  Hen- 
mother's  de..th.  Sir  John  Nertord,  Knt.  rici  Bastard,  et  Francisce  Woolmer 
her  husband,  died3  E.  III.  1329, and  Sir  filiabus  et  co-heredibus  ejus. 

Thomas  Nerford  his  brother  and  heir,  Wood  purchased  all  the  parts. 

died  18  E.  3,1344,  leaving  Sir  John  Ner-  *  In  1616,  John  Smith  covenanted  to 

ford,  Knt. his  son  and  heir.  convey  to   Francis  Jones,   alderman  of 

8  Vol.  iv.'p.  175,  6.  London,   and  Will.  Webb  ofEwston, 

9  It  seems  as  if  his  wife  Margery  was  this  manor,  which  the  said  John  Smith, 
a  Brews,  for  he  gives  legacies  to  SirRob.  together  with  Dame  Agues  Clere,  widow, 
Brewes,  Knt.  Will.  Appleyard  his  bro-  his  mother,   purchased  of  Sir  Edward 
ther,    and    to    Thomas   Uvedale,   and  Clere,  Knt.  but  it  did  not  take  place. 
Margaret  his  wife. 

vol.  v.  Rr 


306  T  H  A  R  S  T  O  N. 

ancient  tenure,  were6/.  2s.  4d.per  annum,  12  capons,  5  hens,  1  comb 
of  wheat,  half  a  pound  of  pepper,  and  one  July-flower.  The  freehold 
rents  of  the  new  purchases  or  manumissions,  were  9.1.  7s.  5d.one  capon 
and  one  red  rose.  The  rents  of  159  acres  of  demeans  granted  off 
free,  61.  17*.  ob.  and  one  capon.  The  profits  of  the  court  one  year 
with  another,  8/.  10s.  The  lord  hath  hadaoiarrot  of  coney &&t  Holme- 
hill,  and  hath  letten  Holme  chapel  to  farm.  It  then  paid  3d.  per 
annum  to  Forncet,  and  Is.  to  Stratton  manors.  In  1626,  Thomas 
Knevet  of  Ashwellthorp,  Esq.  sold  it  to 

Robert  Wood  of  Bracon-Ash,  Esq.  and  it  hath  passed  ever  since, 
as  at  p.  84,  and  Thomas  Wood,  Esq.  of  Bracon-Ash,  is  now  lord. 

WELHOLME'S  or  WELHAM'S  MANOR 

Laid  in  Stratto?i  St.  Michael,  and  this  town,  for  which  see  p.  202. 
Before  the  Welholmes  removed  to  their  new  made  manor-house  at 
Stratton,  they  dwelt  in  the  old  site  of  their  manor  by  Holm-hill  in  this 
parish,  to  which  belonged  an  ancient  free-chapel  dedicated  to  St. 
Giles,  called  Holme  or  IVelholme's  chapel ;  the  site  of  which  now  be- 
longs to  the  manor  of  Tharston  :  and  on  account  of  this  it  is,  that  we 
often  meet  with  the  churches  of  Tharston  mentioned,  but  the  manor 
united  to  Stratton-Hall. 

The  advowson  of  the  rectory  of  the  church  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin 
at  Tharston  was  given  in  King  Stephen's  time,  to  the  priory  of  Pent- 
NEY  in  Norfolk,  by  Rob.  de  Vaux,  founder  of  that  house,  to  which  it 
was  appropriated  before  1273  ;3  it  was  first  valued  at  15,  after  at  18 
marks,  and  had  a  house  and  40  acres  of  glebe.  The  vicarage  is  valued 
in  the  King's  Books,  by  the  name  of  Thurston,  at  bl.  Is.  8d.  and 
being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  45/.  it  is  discharged  ot'Jirst- 
fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmentation.  It  paid  7s.  8d. 
procurations,  l6d.  synodals,  \6d.  Peter-pence,  and  id.  carvage;  and  in 
1571, the  Queen's  receiver  general  paid  to  the  vicar  outof  the  impropri- 
ate tithes,  a  yearly  pension  of  3l.  6s.  8d.  There  was  a  gild  held  in 
honour  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  and  the  following  religious  persons  had 
temporalities  valued  as  follow  ;  the  Prior  ofThetford  monks  at  2s.  ;  the 
Abbot  of  Creke6d.;  the  Prior  of  Bukenham  2s.;  the  Prior  of  Norwich 
4i  6d. ;  and  it  paid  clear  to  every  tenth  4l.  12s. 

The  church  hath  a  square  steeple  and  four  bells,  the  nave  is  leaded, 
the  chancel  and  north  porch  are  tiled. 

There  are  two  monuments  of  black  marble  thus  inscribed, 

Here  resteth  the  Body  of  Robert  Wood  Esq;  Sonn  and 
Heire  to  Sir  Robert  Wood,  of  Ay/esham  in  the  County  of  Norfolk 
Knt.  who  departed  this  Life  in  this  Parish  the  23  Da}'  of  May 
1623.     Here  also  resteth  the  Body  of  Anne  Wood,5  Wife  to 

3  Thomas  son  of  Alexander  de  Wei-  granted  land  to  John  son  of  Henry  de 

holm,  mentioned  in  a  deed  without  date.  Welholme  or  Welham,  at  Welholme's 

1 280,   Robert   son  of  Rob.  de  Wei-  Field  near  UUotine's-Street'm  Tharston. 
holme  and   Lucy  his  wife,   had  it  ;  in         *  See  vol-  ii.  p.  no,  12. 
j  296,  Tho  de  Welholme  of  Tharston        5  See  p.  84. 


THARSTON.  ^07 

the  said  Robert,  Daughter  and  one  of  the  Co-heirs  of  Robert 
Woolmer  Esq;  sometimes  Clark  of  the  Assizes  for  this  Circuit; 
the  said  Anne  departed  this  Life  at  her  House  at  Brakene-Ash  in 
this  County,  the  7th  Day  oi'Jan.  1646.  The  said  Robert  and 
Anne  had  Issue  3  Sons  and  2  Daughters,  Sir  Robert  their  eldest 
Son,  married  Elizabeth  the  3d  Daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Richard- 
son Knt.  late  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench.  Edmond  their 
Q,d  Son,  married  the  Daughter  of  William  Adams  of  Patterchurcft 
in  the  County  of  Pembrokeshire  Esq;  Phillip  3d  Sonn  un-mar- 
ried.  Frances  their  eldest  Daughter  married  Thomas  Fletcher  of 
St.  Edmonds-Bury  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  Esq;  Alice  the  young- 
est Daughter  married  Anthony  Penning  of  Little-Baddo  in  the 
County  of  Essex  Esq. 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  John  Woolmer  Esq;  sometimes 
Clark  of  the  Assizes  for  this  Circuit;  a  Man  of  excellent  Learn- 
ing, ingenuous  Conversation,  and  of  singular  Piety  and  Integrity 
of  Life;  and  the  Body  of  Alice  his  Wife,  a  modest,  discreet, 
industrious  and  religious  Gentlewoman,  both  which  have  left 
behind  them  a  perpetual  good  Name,  answerable  to  such  everliv- 
ing  Vertues.  The  said  John  Woolmer  died  in  this  Towne,  the 
2  Dec.  1598,  and  Alice  his  Wife  died  at  Croxton  in  this  County6 
the  9th  of  Dec.  1610,  after  they  had  enjoyed  each  other  the  space 
of  32  Years  ;  they  left  Issue  3  Daughters,  Anne  the  eldest,  mar- 
ried to  Robert  Wood  of  this  Town  Esq;  who  had  Issue  3  Sonns, 
Robert,  Edmund,  and  Phi/lip ;  and  two  Daughters,  Frances  and 
Alice;  Alice  the  Id  Daughter  married  to  Henry  Bastard  of 
Great-Dunham  in  this  County  Gent,  who  had  Issue  G  Sonns, 
Richard,  Henry,  Robert,  Thomas,  Leonard,  and  John;  and  5 
Daughters,  Elizabeth,  Anne, Margaret,  Alice,  and  Frances;  Fran- 
ces the  youngest,  married  to  Mathew  Goad  of  Croxton  aforesaid 
Gent,  and  had  Issue  4  Sonns,  WToolmer,  Mathew,  Thomas,  and 
Francis ;  and  one  Daughter  Catherine. 

Hoc  pietatis  Monumentum  posuit. 

Matheus  Goad,  28  Junij  1617. 


VICARS 

PRESENTED  by  the  priors  of  pentneye, 

1273,  Roger. 

1306,  Stephen  de  Shotesham. 

1319,  Roger  deBeccles. 

1349,  Stephen  de  Bowthorp. 

1412,  John  Redgrave,  resigned. 

1414,  Tho.  Edzcards,  resigned. 

1416,  John  Ala  rye,  resigned. 

1420,  Edm.  Ovisson,  or  Quysson,  resigned. 

1427,  Simon  Towe,  resigned. 

1436,  Tho.  Umfrey,  ob." 

1439,  Rob.  Caley. 

1455,  Henry  Stevenson. 

6  See  vol.  ii.  p.  154. 


303  THARSTON. 

1461,  Robert  Waltham,  resigned. 

1475,  John  Glovere,  who  was  succeeded  by 

John  Borell,  at  whose  death  in 
1496,  John  Shaw  had  it. 

1500,  Thomas  Dawson,  ob.  He  was  the  last  presented  by  the  Prior, 
who  granted  the  next  turn  to  Thomas  Codde,  alderman  of  Norwich,  by 
virtue  of  which  in  1540,  he  presented 
Sir  Walter  Done,  chaplain. 
The  impropriate  rectory  and  advowson  of  the  vicarage,  vested  in  the 
Crown  at  the  Dissolution,  and  the  King  let  the  impropriation  to  farm, 
at  61.  6s.  8d.  reserved  rent,  and  presented  to  the  vicarage  one 

Robert  Ringer,  who  in  1554,  was  deprived  by  Queen  Mary, 
for  not  complying  with  the  Romish  religion,  which  she  endeavoured  to 
establish,  and  she  gave  it  to 

Robert  Vassour ;  and  in  1557,  he  being  outed, 
Thomas  Undencood  alias  Babington,  took  it  by  lapse,  who  wa« 
succeeded  by 

George  Heynszcorth,  who  resigned. 
In  1565,(1 (ill.  Burton  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Robert  GosnoJd  and 
Anne  his  wife,  by  grant  from  the  Crown,  and  in  1585,  the  Queen 
gave  it  to 

Rob.  Robinson :  and  in  1589,  when  he  resigned, 
Leonard  Greaves  had  it  by  gift  of  John  Bacon,  by  grant  of 
the  turn  from  the  Crown.     In  1591,  the  Queen  presented 
Henry  Goodram,  and  in 
1595,  James  Wadesworth,  and  after  this, 

The  impropriation  and  advowson  of  the  vicarage  was  settled  by  the 
Crown,  on  the  Bishoprick  of  Ely,  the  Bishops  of  which  see  have  all 
along,  and  now  do,  enjoy  them. 

VICARS, 

PKESENTED    BY    THE    BISHOPS    OF    ELY. 

1601,  Ric.  Muckleston,  A.  B.  he  returned  136  communicants  in  this 
parish  in  1603. 

1609,  Thomas  Cross. 
«     1613,  Miles  Willan,  A.  M. 

1641,  Tho.  Trunch  intruded  into  the  rectory  and  vicarage,  and  held 
the  whole  till  the  Restoration;  and  in  166 1,  at  Willaris  death, 

Abel  Hodgts,  A.  M.  had  it,  and  held  it  united  to  Tibenham 
and  in 

1678,  Abel  Hodges,  A.  M.  had  it  at  his  father's  death,  and  at  his 
death  in 

\T2.0,Abcl  Hodgeshis  son,  had  it,  and  held  it  first  united  to  fVac- 
ton-Parva,  and  after  to  Brockdkh;  at  whose  death, 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Thurlow,  the  present  vicar,  succeeded. 


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FRITTON. 

The  chief  part  of  Fritton,  or  Free  Town,  to  which  the  advowson 
belonged,  was  part  of  the  honour  and  manor  ot'Forncet,7  and  from  its 
enjoying  the  liberties  of  the  honours  that  extended  hither,  it  might 
take  its  name,  as  being  free  from  many  things  that  other  villages  were 
subject  to. 

There  was  another  small  part  held  of  the  manor  of  Hemenhale*  by 
Thomas  Trot  and  Alice  his  wife,  in  1384.     (See  p.  183.) 

Robert  Malet,  lord  of  the  honour  of  Eye,  which  extends  hither,' 
had  two  freemen  here  and  their  services. 

And  the  honour  ofRicHMOND  also  extends  into  this  village;  for  in 
1636,  it  appears  by  the  rolls  of  that  honour,  that  Roger  JVarde,  Gent, 
was  amerced  20s.  for  detaining  from  the  King,  as  lord  of  the  honour, 
Id.  a  year  of  ware-pound  rent  for  his  lands  in  Freton. 

The  Abbot  of  St.  Edmund  had  lands  here  belonging  to  his  manor 
of  Moringthorp,1  which  he  assigned  with  that  manor  to  Robert  de  Vals, 
and  it  hath  passed  to  this  day  with  Moringthorp,  or  Thorp-hall  manor, 
to  which  I  refer  you.  To  this  also  was  joined  one  freeman  and  two 
lordars  under  him,  and  their  services,  which  belonged  till  then  to  the 
King's  hundred  of  Depwade 

Besides  these  parts,  there  was  a  considerable  share  of  the  parish, 
which  in  the  Confessor's  time  was  held  by  Olketel  a  Dane,  and 
freeman  of  Ederic  de  Lax  field's,  the  antecessor  of  Robert  Malet,  lord  of 
Eye;  and  by  G  if  art,  under  Robert  Fitz-Corbun  at  the  Conquest  :" 

7  For  the  Forncet  part  see  Doms.  fo.  Herduuic  i.  vill.  et  v.  acr.  et  est  in 
123.  (as  at  p.  223,  4,  under  Forncet,)     pretio  de  Eia. 

and  at  fo.  139  Doms.  under  Forncet  also,  *  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sco.  Eadmundo. 

is  this  :  Depwade  H.     Doms.  fo.  184. 

In   Fredetuna    iii.   liberi   homines  In  Fritletuna  tenet  idem  sc.  Rob. 

(belonging  to  Forncet  manor.}  et  dim.  de  Vals)  as  belonging  to  Moringthorp 

lxxx.  acr.  et  xiii.  bord.  semp.  ii.  car.  et  manor,  ii.  liberi  homines,  de  xxiii.  acr. 

dim.  car.  hominum  et  iii.  acr.  prati,  et  et  i.  vill.  et  iii.  bord.  et  i.  car. 

i.  ecclesia  xl.  acr.  et  i.  soc.  et  dim.  sub.  In  Frietuna  i.  lib.  homo  Regis  de 

illis  v.  acr.  xv.  acr.  et  ii.  bord.  et  val.  iii.  sol.  hoc 

8  Terre  Radi.  Bainardi  Depwade  tenet  idem  Robs. 

H.  Doms.  fo.  252.  2    Terre    Roberti    Corbutionis.    H. 

In  Fretuna  et  in  Herduic  x.  acr.  Depwade  Doms.  fo.  270. 

tenet  lib.   homo  T.  R.  E.  et  val.  xxd.  Fridetuna  tenet  Gifart  qnam  tenuit 

hoc  est  additum  huic  manerio,   hoc  est  Olketel  liber  homo  Edrici  dt  Laxcfdda, 

in  Hamehala.  antecessoris  Roberti  Malet  xxx.  acr.  et 

9  Terre  Roberti  Malet.  Doms.  iii.  bord.  tunc  et  post.  ii.  car.  tunc  xvi. 
fo.  80.     Depwade  H.  pore,  m"  viii.  tunc  vi.  anim.  etlx.  oves, 

In  Fretuna  i.  liber   homo  de  quo  m"  nichil  semper  dim.  car.  hominum  i. 

habuit  suis  antecessor  commendationem  acr.  et  dim.  prati,  soca  falde  et  vii.  ho- 

tantum  T.  R.  E.  et  habet  xv.  acr.  et  ii.  mines  qui  possent  vendere  terram  suam 

bordarioset  dimidium  carucate,  etvaluit  sieamprins  obtulissent  domino  suo  et 

iv.  sol.  et  iii^.  habent  xiv.  acr.  eti.  liber  homo  iv.  acr. 

Fretuna  i.    lib.   homo  de  quo  suis  semper  dim.   car.   semper  valuit  xxv. 

antecessor      habuit      commendationem  sol.  et  habet  i.  leug.  in  longo,  et  dim.  in 

T.  R.  E.  xxx.  acr.  et  ii.   bord.  modo  Iato  et  \xd.  de  gelto.     Ex  hac  terra  erat 

dimid.  car.  et  dim.  acr.  prati  et  val.  vii.  saisitesW.  Malet,  quando  ivitinMaresc. 
sol.  et  tenet  Garinus  cocus.     Et  in 


310  FRITTON. 

and  there  were  then  7  tenants  of  this  manor  that  had  power  to  sell 
their  land,  if  their  lord  refused  to  purchase  it  of  them  ;  it  was  always 
worth  25s.  and  had  the  liberty  of  faldage;  and  the  town  was  a  mile 
Ions*  and  half  a  mile  broad,  and  paid  gd.  to  the  geld.  This  was  after- 
wards called  Bouland  manor,  and  hath  passed  ever  since,  as  Boyland- 
Hall  in  Moringthorp,  to  which  I  refer  you. 

Another  part  of  this  village  extended  into  Heustede  hundred,3  and 
was  held  of  Roger  Bigot's  manor,  at  the  20th  part  of  a  fee,  by  liainulf 
or  Ralf,  and  belonged  to  Ulf  the  Dane  in  the  Confessor's  time.  In 
1264,  Roger  le  Hayre,  Eyre,  or  Ayer,  was  found  to  be  a  rebel  against 
King  Henry  III.  and  to  hold  a  manor  in  Fret  on  of  100s.  value,  which 
the  King  seized;  but  in  1276,  it  was  restored  to  William  le  Ayer;  in 
1306,  Roger  Ri/vet  had  it,  and  in  1432,  John  Storer,  and  after  Roger 
Be/met,  by  whom  it  was  sold  to  the  lord  of  Boy  land,  and  so  became 
joined  to  it. 

THE  MANOR  OF  BAVENT'S  BURTOFT'S  and 
HEMEN  HALE'S, 

Was  infeoffed  by  the  lord  of  Forncet,  in  Peter  Fitz-Nicholas,  to  be 
held  of  Forncet  at  the  4th  part  of  a  fee ;  and  in  1 198,  he  settled  it  by 
fine  on  Eustace  de  Bavent  and  his  heirs;  and  about  1210,  Ra/fde  Fre- 
ton  and  John  his  son,  were  lords;  and  in  1245,  John  de  Bui  toft,  who 
in  1264  was  found  to  be  one  of  the  rebels  against  Henry  III.  but  ha- 
ving obtained  his  pardon  in  12,85,  Ra/fde  Burtoft  and  Margaret  his 
wife  possessed  it.  In  1307,  a  Ra/fde  Burtofts  was  lord,  and  in  1315, 
Sit  John  de  Stunnyu,  Knt.  who  in  1327,  had  a  charter  for  a  weekly 
market  and  yearly  fair  here,  and  for  free-warren,  in  this  town,  Stratton, 
and  Moringthorp.*  In  1329,  Ralf  de  Burtoft,  and  Margaret  his  wife 
sold  it  to  John  de  Hemenhale,  and  in  1331,  the  rest  of  their  lands  here;5 
in  1.^45,  Sir  Thomas  de  Hemenhale  had  it,  and  it  continued  in  that 
family  till  aboutl400,  and  then  James  Rees  and  Edmund  Younghusband, 
held  the  lands  and  site  of  Hemenhale's  alias  Burtoft's  manor  in 
Freton  ;  but  the  manor  continued  with  Hemenhale,  and  Lady  Luliyit 
now  hath  it.6 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Catherine,  was  valued  in  the  old 
taxation  at  16  marks,  and  had  a  house  and  1 1  acres  of  glebe;  it  paid 
2s.  Qd.  synodals,  Gs.  8d.  archdeacon's  procurations,  lOd.  Peter-pence, 
and  Id.  carvage.  And  the  whole  village  paid  3/.  10s.  clear  to  every 
tenth. 

It  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

9l.  Fritton  Rectory.     40/.  clear  yearly  value. 
It   is   discharged   of  first-fruits   and    tenths,   and   is  capable   of 
augmentation. 

There  is  a  messuage  and  10  acres  of  town-land,  and  the  following 
religious  houses  had  temporals  here  taxed  as  follow  ; 

3  Doms.  fo.  132.    Sub  tit.  Terra  Ro.  6  Ibid.   p.  184.  And   on  account  of 

geri  Bigot  1.     H.  Heineste.  exchanges  made  between  the  lords  of 

In  Freistuna  i.  liber  homo  ULFt  Boyland  and  Burtoft's,  it  hath  passed  by 

«ommend.  hoc  tenet  Ranulfus.  the  name  of  Fritton  cum  Boyland  for 

+  Cart.  2  E.  111.  n.  69.     See  fo.  127.  some  time. 

5  See  p.  185. 


FRITTON.  3|| 

The  Prior  of  the  monks  at  Thetford  30s.7  The  Abbot  of  Windham 
\0d.  the  Prior  of  Duntnow  2s.  and  the  sacrist  of  St.  Edmund  &tBuru 
4s.  4d*  * 

RECTORS  OF  FRITTON. 

1293,  Master  Hamon  de  Gatele,  who  held  it  with  East-Tuddenham ; 
resigned. 

1300,  Robert  de  Bosco,  or  Boys  of  Great-Thornham;  he  pu  rchsed 
the  parsonage-house  and  a  2d  rent  in  1319.  of  William  le  Eyre,  and 
settled  it  on  the  church  by  license  of  mortmain  from  King  Edward  II. 
who  presented  him. 

1349,  Thomas  Revet  of  Freton.  Sir  John  de  Segrave,  Knt.  lord 
of  Fomcet.  He  was  deprived,  because  the  King,  as  guardian  to  Sir 
John,  recovered  the  next  turn  in  his  own  court  in  1352,  and  then  he 
presented 

Robert  Colston. 

1375,  John  Beneyt.  Margaret  Lady  Segrave,  and  Marshal. 
Resigned. 

1376,  Henry  Godchilde.  Ditto.  He  changed  with  Beneyt  for  this, 
and  Will.  Mu/sho,  dean  of  the  royal  chapel  of  St.  Martin  le  Grand  in 
London,  presented  him  to  St.  Catherine's  in  Col/nan-street,  London, 
which  was  in  his  patronage. 

1380,  Robert  son  of  Ralf  in  the  Willows. 

1387,  Hen.  Gille.  Ditto.  Afterwards  rector  of  Holesle. 

1394,  John  Wilby.   Ditto.  Deprived  in  1434,  and 

William  Home  had  it  of  the  King,  as  guardian  to  the  Duke 
of  Norfolk.     He  was  deprived  the  same  year,  and 
John  Gybelot  had  it  and  resigned  in 

1441,  to  Thomas  Joye.     John  Duke  of  Norf.  Resigned. 

1447,  John  Machou.     Ditto. 

1458,  John  Tumor,  ob.     Ditto. 

1489,  Thomas  Clerk.     Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norf.  Resigned. 

1496,  Nic.  Saunders.     Ditto. 

1528,  Sir  Lancelton  Wharton,  resigned.     Tho.  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1536,  Will.  Hughson,  ob.     Ditto. 

1559,  John  Collison.     Ditto. 

1565,  John  Midleton,  resigned.     Ditto. 

1557,  Reginald  Nuthall,  resigned.  Will.  Dix  and  Will.  Cau- 
trell,  assignees  of  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk.  In  1603,  he  returned 
88  communicants. 

1616,  Thomas  Cronshay,  or  Crausley,  resigned.  Henry  Jermyn 
this  turn.     In 

1627,  Ralf  Smith  of  Fritton,  Gent,  having  purchased  the  advowson 
of  the  Norfolk  family,  presented 

George  Cooke,  who  in  1636,  was  suspended  by  Bishop  Wren, 
for  not  complying  with  the  Rubrick;  but  after  his  submission,  he  was 
restored,  and  died  rector;  and  in 

7  In  1342,  John  Sturmy  and  Rob.  his  8  These  were  small  rents  given   by 

son  held  a  messuage  and  30  acres  of  land,  Walter  and  Rob.  le  Goz,  and   Botild, 

in   Freton,   of  the   Prior  of  Thetford  daughter    of  John    le   Noreis,   as   the 

monks,  by  the  annual  rent  of  30*.  Esch.  Sacrist's  Register  informs  me  at  fo.  128. 
17  E.  III. 


S12  FRITTON. 

1 661,  Samuel  Snowden,  A.  M.  was  presented  by  Mr.  Smith,  and  at 
his  resignation  in  166S,  he  presented 

John  Smith,  A.  B.  who  held  it  united  to  Hemenhale.     In 

1697,  John  Smith  was  presented  by  Anne  Smith,  widow,  and  held 
it  united  to  Hardimck;  and  at  his  death  in 

1714,  Tho.  Holmes,  A.  M.  had  it,  united  to  Flordon ;  he  was  pre- 
sented  by  John  Howse,  senior  Esq.  who  purchased  theadvowson  ;  at 
his  death  John  Howse,  Esq.  son  of  the  said  John,  who  is  now 
patron,  presented 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Martin  Baily,  the  present  rector,  who  holds  it  with 
the  rectory  of  Wrentham  in  Suffolk. 

In  1536,  Margaret  Sporle  widow,  gave  five  marks  to  make  the 
covering  for  the  font. 

The  church  and  chancel  are  leaded,  the  south  porch  is  tiled,  the 
steeple  is  round  at  bottom,  and  octangular  at  top,  and  hath  three  bells. 
There  is  no  memorial  of  any  kind  in  this  fabrick,  except  the  arms  of 
Bigot,  Thetford  abbey,  and  Brotherton,  in  the  chancel  windows. 

In  the  yard,  against  the  south  chancel  wall,  under  an  altar  tomb 
lies  buried, 

Thomas  Holmes  A.  M.  Rector  here  14  Years,  he  died  in 
Aug.  1729,  aged  44.  He  left  the  World  with  a  great  Assurance 
to  be  made  Pertaker  of  a  glorious  Resurrection. 


[  313  ] 


THE 


HUNDRED  OF  EARSHAM. 


1  hi  s  hundred  or  rather  half  hundred,  is  wholly  in  the  liberty  of 
the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  joins  to  Diss  hundred  on  the  west,  Depwade 
and  Lodne  on  the  north,  and  Waveney  liver  (whicli  divides  Norfolk 
and  Suffolk)  on  the  south ;  the  east  end  of  it  terminating  upon  the 
town  of  Bongeye  in  Suffolk,  which  island,1  by  the  winding  of  the  river 
northward,  juts  out  as  it  were  into  No/folk. 

The  fee  of  it  is  appendant  to  the  manor  of  Ear  sham,  and  was  first 
granted  with  it,  to  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk,  by  King  Ric.  I. 
and  was  confirmed  to  Hugh  Bigot  by  Henry  II.  when  he  made  him 
Earl  of  Norfolk,2-  In  l'itiy,  Roger  Bigot,  then  Earl,  held  it  as  parcel 
of  his  barony.  In  1285,  Robert  de  Tateshale,  lord  of  Bukenhum-castle, 
sued  Roger  le  Bigod  Earl  of  Norfolk,  and  John  Grenecurtel,  his  war- 
rener,  or  game-keeper?  for  this  half  hundred,  for  taking  away  his  dogs, 
and  two  hares,  from  the  game-keeper  of  his  manor  of  Denton,  in  the 
half  hundred ;  upon  which,  the  Earl  sets  forth  his  liberties,  and  shows, 
that  in  the  Confessor's  time,  Bishop  Stigand  had  the  soc  and  sac  of  all 
the  half  hundred,  except  Thorp,  which  belonged  to  St.  Edmund's  at 
Bury,  Pu/hams,  to  St.  Et/u/dred  of  Ely,  and  such  parts  of  Redenhall 
and  Denton,  as  belonged  to  Earl  Ralf  who  had  the  soc,  sac,  and  all 
jurisdiction  of  his  own  men  or  tenants  there,  when  he  forfeited;  and 
when  the  grant  of  the  hundred  passed  to  his  ancestors,  they  then  had, 
as  he  now  hath,  free-warren  through  the  whole  hundred ;  and  the 
letes,  or  superiour  jurisdiction  and  paramountship,  in  his  own,  and  all 
other  persons  fees,  except  those  before  mentioned  ;  with  view  of  frank- 
pledge, assise  of  bread  and  ale,  a  common  gallows,  infangthef,  weyf,* 
and  all  other   liberties    belonging  to  a  hundred?     The  whole,    with 

1  Bongeye,  or  the  Good  Island.  per  juratores,  et  totum  comitatum,  per- 

a  Roc.  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfok,  gave  tinere  Comiti  Marescallo,  ratione  hundr. 

Ric.  I.  iooo  marks,  to  have  seizen  of  his  de  Eres/iatn ;  consnetudo  regni,  custodi- 

county  of  Norfolk,  this  town,  and  half  endi  weyf  per  anuum,  et  diem  adjudi- 

hundred,  with  that  of  Pirnho,  Sec.     Rot.  catur  bonam  esse,  post  proclamacionem 

Pip.  i  R.  I.  Norf.  factam apud  Harleston  in  plenocomitatu. 

3  Warener,  the  keeper  of  the  liberty  Placita  Corone  34  H.  III.  Rot.  14  Norf. 

of  free-warren,  or  game-keeper  of  a  ma-  s  A  hundred  court,  to  be  held  at  Har- 

nor;  for  the  liberty  of  free-warren  or  leston  on  the  market  day,  every   three 

gaming,  every  where  belonged  to  the  weeks,  &c.  with  the  tolls  of  the  market 

Crown,  till  granted  thence,  by  the  several  and  fairs  at  Harleston,  paying  3s.  d,d.  to 

charters  offrcc-warren.  the  King,  as  to  the  castle  of  Norwich, 

+  Catalla  vocata  we yfs,  adjudicantur  felon's  goods,  &c. 

VOL.  V.  S  s 


S14 


EARSHAM. 


Ear-sham  manor,  being  valued  at  30/.  and  held  of  the  Crown  by  a  fee- 
farm  of  40d.6  to  which  Robert  answered,  that  he  had  free-warren  also 
to  his  manor  of  Denton,  and  it  appearing  that  it  was  that  part  which 
belonged  to  Earl  Half,  it  was  agreed  between  the  parties,  at  the  instance 
of  R.  de  Ingham,  and  his  fellow justices  itinerants  at  Norwich,  that  both 
should  have  free-warren  in  Denton.  In  1352,  the  jury  for  lite  hundred 
presented,  that  the  inhabitants  of  Bongeye  used,  time  out  of  mind, 
to  repair  the  bridges  between  Bongeye,  and  Suffolk,  and  those  between 
Bongeye,  Ditchingham,  and  Earsham  in  Norfolk.1 

In  1374,  there  were  free-rents  paid  to  the  hundred  from  Brockdish, 
Lyncroft,  Prilleston,  Reveshale,  Sterston,  Redenha/e,  Aldebergh,  and 
Denton.  The  perquisites  of  eleven  hundred-courts  held  at  Har/eston, 
were  bl.  9s.  6d.  The  profits  of  the  nine  letes  belonging  to  the  hundred 
5l.  8s.  id.  and  of  the  eight  views  of  frankpledge  3l.  17s.  The  profit  of 
Harleston  market  and  fairs,  3/.  10s.  &c.  The  whole  received  this  year 
from  the  hundred  anA  accounted  for  to  the  head  manor  of  Forncet,  was 
46/.  15s.  5d.  3q.  and  in  1537,  Rob.  Applevard,  steward,  accounted 
for  the  profits  received  of  the  bailiff  of  the  hundred,  to  John  Rob- 
sart,  receiver-general,  much  the  same  as  before. 

This  is  often  written  anciently  Erlesham,  and  was  thought  to  take 
its  name  from  the  Earls  of  Norfolk,  the  lords  of  it ;  but  it  is  not  so, 
for  it  was  called  by  this  name  long  before  it  belonged  to  the  Earls: 
Hersam,  as  spelt  in  Domesday,  seems  to  signify  the  station  of  the 
army;  and  accordingly  there  is  an  encampment  by  the  church;  this 
hundred  (with  that  of  Diss)  makes  up  the  deanery  of  Redenhall  in 
the  archdeaconry  of  Norwich,  and  paid  clear  to  every  tenth,  4Ql.lSs4d. 

The  quarterly  payment  for  each 
town  to  the  justices  of  the  sessions, 
&e.  for  quarterage  vagrant-money, 
bridge  money,  8tc.  for  a  600/.  levy 
each  quarter. 

/.  s.  d. 
1  8  8 
1  3  2 
1      5     8 


The  annual  payment  of  each  I 
town  in  this  hundred  toiheland  ' 
tax,  at  4s.  iu  the  pound. 


Alburgh 

Billingford 

Brockdish 

Denton 

Earsham 

Langmere  in  Dickie- 
burgh 

Mendham 

Needham 

Pulham-Market 

Pulham  St.  Mary 

Redenhall  cum 
Harleston 

Rushall 


6  In  12S6,  it  was  found,  that  Stephen 
Fitzwalter  held  a  part  of  Earsham  half 
hundred,  worth  five  marks  ;  Ernald  de 
Mountenay  another  part  worth  60s.  and 
Ric.  de  Boyland  another  part  worth  zSj. 
and  Stephen  paid  for  the  whole  of  this 
half  hundred,  a  fee-farm  of  +od.  and  had 


/. 

s. 

/. 

127 

16 

0 

74 

8 

0 

99 

10 

0 

231 

12 

0 

233 

16  O 

67 

0 

0 

76 

12 

0 

95 

0 

0 

249 

1  1 

(1 

203 

16 

0 

425 

14 

0 

65 

8 

0 

valued  with  Rushall. 

0   13    10 


0  15 

1  14 
1    13 


1     6     2 

all  liberties,  as  the  Earl  of  Norfolk  had, 
to  his  half  hundred  of  Earsham ;  this 
bung  that  part  of  Earsham  hundred, 
then  and  now  joined  to  Diss  hundred. 
See  vol.  i.  p.  i,  6. 
7  Placita  Term.  Hillarij  27  E.  III. 


Stars  ton 
Thorp-Abbots 
Wortwell  in  Redenha 


EARSHAM. 


85 

2 

0 

20 

8 

0 

87 

10 

n 

2303   19  0 


19   19 


315 


THE  MANOR  OF  EARSHAM 

Was  the  chief  manor  of  the  hundred,  and  belonged  to  Stigand  the 
Archbishop  at  the  Confessor's  survey,8  when  there  were  3  carucates 
in  demean,  2  mills,  wood  sufficient  to  maintain  300  swine,  3  saddle 
horses,  30  goats,  &c.  and  was  worth  11/.  being  then  a  mile  and  an 
half  long,  and  a  mile  broad,  and  paid  Qd.  to  the  geld  or  tax.  At  the 
Conquest  it  belonged  to  the  Conqueror,  who  committed  the  manage- 
ment of  it  to  William  de  Noiers.  The  soc  and  sac  belonged  to  it,  and 
the  whole  was  risen  to  40/.  value.  There  were  then  belonging  to  this 
manor,  12  socmen  in  Denton;  Stigand  had  the  soc  of  nine  of  them  in 
Ersham,  and  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmund  had  the  soc  of  three  of  them, 
who  held  40  acres,  which  they  could  neither  give  nor  sell,  without 
license  from  that  church. 

From  the  time  it  was  granted  to  the  No/folk  family  along  with  the 
half  hundred  from  the  Crown,  it  passed  with  Forncet  manor,  to  which 
I  refer  you;  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  being  lord  of  the  manor  and 
hundred,  and  owner  of  the  park  here,  which  is  now  disparked,  though 
in  35  Edw.  I.  it  was  well  stocked,  and  belonged  to  the  lodge  or  manor 
house,  which  had  286  acres  in  demean,  16  acres  of  meadow,  and  the 
hall  dt/kes  or  fishery,  a  watennill,  and  many  woods  and  feus;9  all  which 
were  kept  for  the  use  of  the  family  of  lioger  Bigot,  then  lord,  who 
chiefly  resided  at  his  adjacent  castle  of  Bongeue. 

There  was  a  manor  here,  which  formerly  belonged  to  William  de 
Fraxineto,  or  Freney,  who  gave  the  tithes  of  the  demeans  of  it  to  the 
monks  at  Castleacre ;'  it  after  came  to  Rog.  de  Glanvile,  who  con- 
firmed that  donation,  as  did  Simon  Bishop  of  Norzvich  in  1265;  but  it 


8  Terre  Stigandi  Epi.  quas  custodit 
Will,  de  Noiers  in  maim  Regis. 
Hersam  dimid.  hund.     (Doms.  fo.  52.) 

Hersam  tenuit  Stigandus  T.  R.  E. 
proiii.  car.  terre,  tunc  et  postxxi.  vill. 
modo  xxv.  semper  xxiv.  bord.  et  semper 
v.  serv.  tunc  iii.  car.  in  dom.  post  et 
modo  ii.  tunc  xvi.  car.  horn,  pest  et 
modo  xii.  tunc  silva  ccc.  pore,  post  et 
modocc.  xx.  acr.  prati  semper  ii.  mol. 
et  semper  iii.  equi  in  aula,  et  i.  rune, 
tunc  xl.  pore,  et  m°  similiter  semper 
xxx.  capr.  et  xi.  soc.  de  i.  car.  terre  et 
iv.  bord.  Tunc  iv.  car.  post  et  modo  iii. 
silv.  xl.  porci  etxii.  acr.  prati.  Tunc 
valuit  ii.  libr.  post  et  modo  40  libr. 
blancas,  cum  omnibus  que  adjacent. 
Habet  i.  leug.  etdim.  in  longo,  eti.  leug. 
in  lato,  et  de  Gclto  s\d. 


In  Dentuna  12soc.de  his  ix.  habe- 
bat  Stigandus  socam  in  Ersam  et  habe- 
bant  60  acr.  et  de  iii.  Sanctus  Edmundus 
liabebat  socam  et  habebant  40  acr.  quod 
nee  dare,  nee  vendere  poterant  terram 
suam  extra  ecclesiam,  sed  Rogerus  Bi- 
got addidit  in  Ersam  propter  consuetudi- 
nem  quia  soca  erat  in  hundredo,  semper 
v.  car.  inter  omnes. 

9  In  1652,  the  commission  of  sewers 
found  418  acres  of  low  ground  subject  to 
be  damaged  by  inundations,  valued  at 
above  330/.  and  so  paid  13/.  10s.  -jd. 
towards  the  repair  of  the  sea  breach 
between  Lowestoft  and  Kirkly  in  Suf- 
folk;  and  anciently  1  find  many  legacie* 
left  to  repair  Earsham  dam. 

1  Regr.  Castleacre,  fo.  61,  a.  129  b. 


316  EARS  HAM. 

extinguished  or  wasjoined  to  the  other  manor,  for  I  meet  with  nothing 
of  it  since. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  All  the  Saints;  Norwich  Domesday 
tells  us,  the  rector  had  then  a  house  and  40  acres  of  land,  and  now 
hath  about  37  acres;  it  was  first  valued  at  24,  and  after  at  SO  marks, 
and  paid  2s.  synodals,  7d.  Peter-pence,  and  the  village  4/.  8s.  clear  to 
every  tenth.  It  is  incapable  of  augmentation,  and  so  consequently 
pays  first-fruits  and  yearly  tenths,  and  stands  thus  in  the  King's 
Books : 

15/.  Eaesham  Rectory.  \l.  10s.  Tenths. 

RECTORS. 

1305,  Walter  de  Bonyngton.  Hugh  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk,  and 
Maieschal. 

1321,  Giles  de  Wingfield.     Tho.  de  Brotherton. 

1349,  Rob.  Swan.    Sir  Edw.  Montague,  Knt. 

136),  John  de  Methelwold.  The  King,  as  guardian  to  Sir  Edward's 
heir. 

1390,  Will.  Fitz-Piers.     Margaret  Countess  of  Norfolk. 

1394,  Tho.  de  Orton;  he  changed  for  Thaxted  in  London  diocese, 
with 

Rob.  JVitton,  doctor  in  the  decrees,  in  1407.     Elizabeth 
Dutchess  of  Norfolk. 

1412,  Rob.  Gouerton,  ob.     John  Duke  of  Noifolk. 

1437,  Henry  Bradfield,  res.     Ditto. 

1444,  Rob.  Stafford,  res.     Ditto. 

1466,  John  Wace;  he  was  buried  in  1502,  and  gave  a  piece  of 
alder-carr  to  repair  the  church,  and  a  piece  in  North-Meadow  to- 
wards paying  the  town  charges  for  evermore.1 

1502,  Will.  Fynchebek,  united  to  Alburgh.  ob.  Eliz.  Dutchess  of 
Norfolk. 

1504,  Will.  Holme,  res.     Ditto. 

1510,  Rob.  Legge,  ob.    Thomas  Earl  of  Surrey. 

1524,  Tho.  Seman;  he  and  the  five  following  were  presented  by 
Tho.  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1526,  Reginald  Maynerd,  priest,  buried  in  the  church. 

1543,  Henry  Simonds,  deprived  in  1553,  by  Queen  Mary,  as  a 
married  priest,  and 

Henry  Cumbreford,  S.  T.  B.  was  instituted,  who  resigned  in 

1558,  to  Alan  Persey,3  brother  to  Anne  Countess  of  Arundell. 

1500,  Will.  Dyer,  ob. 

15S5,  Edward  Key,  A.  M.  Will.  Mayster,  LL.  D.  this  turn;* 
in  1603,  he  returned  answer  that  there  were  260  communicants  in  this 
parish. 

1612,  John  Blague,  A.M.  ob.     Earl  of  Northampton. 

1618,  Nic.  Sherztood,  A.  B.  he  was  ejected  in  1643,  by  the  Ear]  of 
Manchester,  but  lived  to  be  restored,  and  died  Apr.  19,  aud  his  wife 
Apr.  22,  167 1.5 

1  Regr.  Popy,  fo.  154.  ♦  See  vol.  iv.  p.  346. 

3  See  vol.  iii.  p.   208;    vol.  iv.  p,        '  Walker,  part  ii.  fo.  367. 
331,  98. 


EARSHAM. 


317 


1671,  John  Doughty,  A.  M.  Will.  Doughty,  this  turn.  He  is 
buried  by  the  altar  rails. 

1702,  Edw.  Chebsey,  buried  by  Doughty.  Will.  Longevile, 
Esq.  assignee  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1717,  Charles  Buchanan.  John  Anstis,  Esq.  Garter  Principal 
King  at  Arms,  united  to  Ditchingham. 

17 18,  Samuel 'Canning.6     Ditto.     At  his  death  in 

1740,  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Burcham,  the  present  rector,1  was  pre- 
sented by  his  father,  who  purchased  this  turn  of  Mr.  Gunning,  who  is 
said  to  have  purchased  the  advowson  of  the  assignee  of  the  late  Duke 
of  Norfolk. 

The  church  stands  on  an  old  encampment,  which,  by  its  oval  form, 
seems  to  have  been  a  work  of  the  Danes  or  Saxons.  The  tower  is 
square,  and  hath  three  bells,  the  nave,  the  chancel,  and  south  porch, 
are  tiled,  and  the  north  porch  is  leaded;  at  the  door  of  which,  lies  a 
stone  over  Thomas  Berry,  Apr.  17,  1653. 

On  a  mural  monument  in  the  chancel,  on  the  south  side,  by  the 
altar, 

Juxta  depositae  sunt  Reliquiae,  Gulielmi  Lamb  Generosi, 
Vitfe  integri,  Scelerisque  Puri,  Dun  servi,  veri  Ecclesiaa  Angli- 
cana  Filij,  Pads  aeque  ac  Charitatis  Alumni,  omnibusque  Amici, 
obijt  20  Aug.  1724,  A°  set.  suae  54°.  Cujus  Memoriae  hoc  sacravit 
in  Lachrymis  Filia  ejus  unica  Martina. 

Lamb,  sab.  on  a  fess  or,  between  three  cinquefoils  arg.  a  lion 
passant  gul.  between  two  mullets  of  the  first,  impaling. 

Arg.  in  a  bordure  ingrailed,  a  lion  rampant  sab. 

Under  this  monument  lies  a  flat  black  marble  for  Sir  Thomas 
Barker,  Knt.  who  died  Aug.  22,  1658, 

Barker,  per  fess  nebule  az.  and  or,  three  martlets  counter- 
changed,  a  canton  er.     Crest,  a  lion  saliant, 

In  the  altar  rails,  on  black  marbles, 

M.  S.  Johannes  Filius  secundus,  Johannes  Filius  tertius  Jo- 
hannis  Buxton  de  Chanonz  in  prima,  aetate  obierunt,  ethic  sepeli- 
untur;  Fato  cessit  alter  Mense  Junij  1710,  alter  Maij  1712. 

Robert  Goocii  of  Ea.rsh.am  Esq;  ob.  2  Apr.  1655,  aet.  53- 
Anne  Dr.  of  Leonard  and  Dorothy  Gooch,  ob.  29  Dec.  1692. 
Leonard  Gooch  Gent.  ob.  10  Jan.  1686. 

Gooche's  arms  and  crest,  an  arm  in  pale  cooped  at  the  elbow, 
the  sleeve  parted  per  pale  embattled  A.  S.  the  hand  proper;  to 
this  is  sometimes  added  a  wolf's  head  erased  proper,  held  in  the 
hand. 

Dorothy  Wife  of  Leonard  Gooch,  Gent,  one  of  the  Daughters 
of  Richard  Cat/yn  of  Kirbu  Esq;  ob.  19  June,  1085,  aet.  48. 
Gooch  impales  Catlyn. 

6  See  vol.  iv.  p.  190.  7  Ibid.  p.  355. 


318  BILLINGFORD. 

On  a  monument  against  the  north  wall, 

In  Memoria  Eterna  eruntjusti. 

Near  this  Place  lies  interred  the  Body  of  Robert  Gooch  late  of 
this  Town  Esq;  who  departed  this  Life  upon  the  cZgth  Day  of 
Sept.  A.  D.  1704,  and  in  the  76  Year  of  his  Age.  To  whose 
(never  to  be  forgotten)  Memory,  his  Niece  Dame  Barbara  iVurd, 
Wife  of  Sir  Edw.  Ward  Bart,  of  Bixley  in  this  County,  has 
caused  this  Monument  to  be  erected,  as  a  small,  but  lasting 
Token  of  her  Gratitude,  to  so  good  a  Friend,  and  just  a  Guardian. 

On  brasses  by  the  chancel  door, 

<©rate  pro  anima  lEargatete  grhcocftmerton  Jfilia  <3Johannis» 
^rhrofcmerton. 

$ic  iactt  £imon  Chrofimcrton,  rSccunDuj*  jfiliu.S  gjohanni.^ 
Chrohmcrton,  nupcr  &outh*£lmham,  in  Comitatu  ^ufWcie,  qui 
fuit  s-iecunOu.si  Jriliu^  Ctome  Chrofcmerton,  nupcr  ue  £hrohmerton 
in  Comitatu  ©pprnie,  obut  Dccimo  <©te  3]ulii,  3°  ©nt.  M"  ccccc 
j,-jcijii°. 

There  is  a  silver  cup  with  this  on  it, 

For  the  Tovne  o/"Ersam  Al  Sayntes. 
And  a  flaggon  with  this, 

Sarah  Gooch  D.  D.  Ecclesiae  de  Earsham. 

The  estate  formerly  the  Throkmertons,  was  afterwards  the  Gooches* 
and  then  the  Buxtons,  on  which  John  Buxton,  Esq.  built  the  present 
house  called  Earsham  Lodge  or  Hall;  and  afterwards  sold  it  to  Co- 
lonel William  Windham,  who  is  interred  under  the  altar;  and  it  is  now 
the  seat  of  the  Windhams. 

For  Ric.  Belward,  and  others  of  this  town,  see  Fox's  Martyrs, 
fo.  660,  1 . 

I  do  not  find  that  the  Abbot  of  Sibton  had  any  thing  to  do  here, 
though  it  is  said  that  he  had,  in  the  Atlas,  p.  332. 


BILLINGFORD. 

1  h  e  original  name  of  this  place,  is  Preleston,  or  the  Town  of  the 
Battle,  in  all  probability  so  called  from  some  remarkable  battle  fought 
here,  when  the  Romans  possessed  the  land :  and  by  this  name  only  it 
is  mentioned  in  Domesday :  its  present  name  first  occurring  in  Henry 
the  Third's  time,  when  the  inhabitants  began  to  fix  themselves  by  the 
ford,  or  pass  over  the  river  into  Suffolk,  for  Billingford,  signifies 
the  dwelling  at  the  ford  by  the  low  meaaows;*  and  such  is  the  situation 
of  the  village  at  present. 

»  Lambert,  page  417. 


BILLINGFORD.  sig 

Stigand  the  Bishop  was  superiour  lord  here  at  the  Confessor's 
time,  and  Roger  de  Ramis  at  the  Conquest.9  One  part  of  the 
of  the  town  formerly  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Bui y,  and  another  to 
the  Abbot  of  Ely;'  all  which  Warenger  held  under  the  said 
Roger,  and  retained  the  superiour  jurisdiction  to  himself,  in  those 
lands  which  formerly  belonged  to  Bury;  the  one  part  was  given  to 
Bury  along  with  Thorp,  and  the  other  to  Ely  with Pulham,  to  which 
manors  they  then  belonged. 

Soon  after,  they  were  divided,  and  one  moiety  continued  in  Roger's 
family,  till  1249,  and  then  Richer  de  Remes  sold  it  to  Roger  de  ller- 
debaiow,  or  llerleburgh,  who  by  this  purchase  became  lord  of  the 
whole;  for  the  other  moiety  went  to  the  Bigots,  and  in  1211,  was 
sold  by  William  Bigot  to  Hugh  de  Hurleburgh ;  the  whole  was  held 
always  of  Forncet  manor  at  one  fee,  and  Id.  ob.per  annum  castleward  ; 
Isabel/  de  Bosco,  widow  of  Hugh,  held  it,  at  whose  death  it  went  to 
their  son  Roger,  and  in  1238,  it  was  settled  on  Ida,  widow  of  Roger, 
for  life,  with  remainder  to  Ela  and  Isabel  their  daughters,  in  tail; 
but,  in  1285,  Isabel  was  alive;  for  then  she  impleaded  Ida,  widow  of 
Roger,  and  her  daughter's  guardians,  for  her  dower  here  and  in  Great 
Harborow  manor  in  Warwickshire;2,  and  this  year,  Roger  Bigot 
claimed  liberty  of  free-warren,  as  superiour  lord  or  the  fee  ;  after  this, 
it  divided  again  into  moieties :  Ela,  one  of  Herleburgh's  heiresses, 
married  Walter  de  Hopton,  and  presented  here  in  1300,  and  John  de 
Peyto  married  the  other;  whose  son,  by  the  name  of  John  de  Petto, 
junior,  presented  in  1337,  it  having  been  settled  on  him  and  Alice  his 
wife  in  1326,  by  John  de  Watevile,  who  was  to  have  an  annuity  of  20 
marks  for  life,  but  in  1338,  they  all  joined  and  sold  the  whole  to  Sir 
Walter  de  Hopton,  Knt.  who  in  1345,  settled  it  on  Joan  his  wife.  In 
1360,  John  de  Clinton  was  lord  for  life,  jointly  with  Sir  Walter  de 
Hopton;  and  in  1375,  Agnes,  relict  of  John  Brown,  and  Ric.  Brown, 
clerk,  their  son,  sold  it  to 

Sir  Simon  Burley,  Knight  Banneret,3  the  great  favourite  of  Ed- 
ward the  Black  Prince,  and  tutor  to  Ric.  his  son,  afterwards  King 
Ric.  II.  who  advanced  him  to  many  honours,  and  places  of  trust  and 

9  TerreRoGERi  de  Ramis.  H.  dim.  terre  modo   tenet  Rogerus  de  Ramis  de 

Hersam.     Doms.  fo.  275.  Abbate,  semperv.  bord.  et  i.  serv.  tunc 

In  Prelestuna  tenet  Idem  (sc.  Rog.  de  et  post  ii.  car.  in  dom.  m°i.  semp.  dim. 

Ramis)  xxiv.  acr.  terre,sed  fuere  in  aula  car.  horn,  silva  xvi.  pore,  viii  acr.  prati 

Sci.  Eadmundi  xii.  liberi  homines  Sci,  tunc  et  post  valuit  xx.  sol.  modox.  ha- 

Eadmundi,    qui  nee  dare   nee  vendere  bet  v.  quarant.  in  longo  et  v.  in  lato,  et 

poterant  terram  suam  sine  licencia  Sancti,  de  Gelto  ivd.  plures  ibi  tenent. 

et  Stigandi  qui  habuit  socam  et  sacam  in  "  De   terra  vero   quam  Sanctus  Ead. 

Hersam,  habent  homines  lx.  acr.  et  ii.  "  mundus   habuit  in   hoc  dimidio  hun- 

bor.  tunc  et  post  ii.    car.  nv»  i.  et  dim.  "  dredo,    tenuit    socam,    in  Prelestuna, 

tunc  et  post  val.  xs.  modo  v.  "  detinuit  Warengerus,  ad  feudum  Ro- 

In  eadem,  tenet  idem,  adhuc  xl.  acr.  «'  geri  de  Ramis."     Doms.  fo.  53. 

terre  quas  tenet  Scs.  Eadmund.T.  R.  E.  2  Dugd.  Bar.  p.  49,  62.    Waiwicksh. 

teste    hundredo.      Modo    Warengerus  p.  62. 

(sub  Rogen  de  Ramis)  sed  liund.  nescit  3  Burley  manor  in  Herefordshire,  set- 

quomodo.  tied  by  John  deBurley,  on  his  son  Roger 

1  Heinesteda    (by   mistake  of  the  ini3i5.  In  1316,  Sir  Ric.  Burley,  Knt. 

scribe  for  Hersam)  hund.  dim.  Doms.  fo.  died,  and  Simon  Burley  his  brother,  was 

198.  his  heir,  and  33  years  old,   being  son  to 

In  Prelestuna   tenuit  liber  homo  Sir  John  Burley,  Knt.  afamous  warriour 

sub  Sancta  Adeldreda  T.  R.  E.  i.  car.  under  Edw.  III. 


520  BILLINGFORD. 

profit;*  he  being  Knight  of  the  Garter,  one  of  his  privy  council, 
chamberlain  of  the  household,  governour  of  Windsor  castle,  constable 
of  Dover  castle,  and  lord  warden  of  the  Cinqueports  :  in  1378,  he  ob- 
tained a  grant  from  the  King,  of  the  castle  and  lordship  of  Llan 
Stephan  in  Pembrokeshire,  late  Rob.  de  Femes;  and  in  1382,  ano- 
ther, to  be  master  of  the  King's  falcons  and  game  kept  at  Charing, 
with  the  manor  of  Burrock  by  Graveseud;  and  many  other  lands,  &.C. 
in  consideration  of  his  great  services  done  to  him  from  his  in- 
fancy, before  he  was  made  a  knight,  and  at  that  time,  and  after, 
when  prince  of  Wales,  and  since,  when  King  of  England;''  but  being 
so  great  in  his  master's  favour,  it  raised  him  to  such  an  intolerable 
degree  of  pride,  and  its  consequence,  oppression,  that  he  incurred  the 
displeasure  of  the  whole  nation,  and  being  attainted  in  parliament, 
was  beheaded  on  Toicer-hill  in  1388 ;  but  this  manor  was  not  forfeited 
thereby;  for  in  1375,  Sir  Simon  conveyed  it,  after  his  decease,  to  Sir 
John  Bui  leu,  his  brother,  and  he  settled  it  (or  rather  a  moiety  of  it) 
on  Sir  John  Hopton  of  Shropshire,  Knt.  who  married  Isabel  Barley, 
his  daughter,  and  their  heirs;  and  the  other  moiety,  afterwards  called 

CORBET'S  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Sir  Nic.  Dagworth,  Knt.  and  in  1401,  to  Tho.  Yomig, 
Esq.  of  Sibton,  and  after  to  John  Corbet,  Esq.  in  whom  the  whole 
united  again. 

Sir  John  de  Hopton  left  Sir  John  his  son  and  heir,  whose  son 
Walter,  was  dead  before  1423,  for  then  Joan  his  widow  presented. 
Their  son  Tho.  de  Hopton,  in  1444,  was  found  heir  to  Wilt.  Barley, 
who  then  died  without  issue,  being  son  of  John  Barley,  lord  of  Elmyn 
castle  in  Caermarthenshire,  son  to  Sir  Roger  Bur/ey,  Knt.  brother  to 
Isabel  Barley,  great  grandmother  to  Thomas  de  Hopton,  by  his  first 
wife,  Lucy,  daughter  of  William  Guildford,  relict  of  Sir  Ayuier  Browne, 
Knt.;  and  at  the  death  of  Walter  Hopton  in  1460,  John  Corbet,  Esq. 
was  found  his  heir,  in  ris^ht  of  his  wile  Kathektne,  only  daughter 
and  heiress  of  the  said  Walter;  Sir  Roger  Corbet,  Knt.  his  father, 
being  now  infeoffed  in  trust;  and  it  continued  in  the  Corbets  a  long 
time;  Roger  Corbet,  Esq.  was  lord  in  1531,  and  died  in  1539,  leaving 

Andrew  his  son  and  heir,  who  sold  it,  jointly  with  Joan  his  wife, 
in  1544,  to 

Sir  Robert  Southwell,  of  whom  it  was  purchased  by 

Christopher  Grice,  Gent,  who  died  in  lo5S,  and  was  buried  in 
this  church,  leaving  the  manor  and  ..dvowson  to  Anne  his  wife  for  life, 
and  then  to  Robert  their  son  and  heir,  who  married  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter and  coheir  to  Thomas  Ayre  of  Bury,  Esq.;  he  died  in  1583,  and 
Christopher  le  Grice,  their  only  child,  inherited;  he  married 
Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  to  Thomas  Whipple  of  Dick/eburgh,  Gent, 
and  dying  in  1601,  lies  buried  here,  leaving  only  one  daughter, 

*  He  could   dispend  but   jo  marks  a         5  Reymer,  vol.  vii.  p.  34S.    Weever, 

year  of  his  own  inheritance,  but  by  his  367.  Stow,  15S,  and  Sir  Will.  Dugdale's 

Prince's  favour  attained  to  3000  marks  Hist,  of  St.  Paul's,   p.    47,  103.     Edit. 

of  yearly  revenue;  he  gave  sometimes  2d,  p.  50.     His  tomb,   p.  104,  epitaph 

220    liveries   in  a  year,  of  scarlet,  &c.  p.  J05. 
(Erdswick,  fo.  136.) 


BILLING  FORD.  321 

Frances  le  Grice,6  who  married  to  Sir  William  Platers  of  Sat- 
ter/ey,  Knight  and  Baronet,  deputy-lieutenant  and  vice-admiral  of  die 
county  of  Suffolk,  and  member  in  parliament;  they  left 

Sir  Tho.  Platers,  Bart,  their  only  son  and  heir,  who  was  high- 
sheriff  of  Suffolk,  and  a  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  horse  to  King  Chat  les 
I.  and  afterwards  had  a  command  at  sea  under  the  King  of  Spain. 
He  married  Rebecca,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas  Chapman  of 
Wormley  in  Hertfordshire,  and  died  at  Messina  in  Sicily,  A°  1031, 
without  legitimate  issue,  but  settled  this  manor  and  estate  on 

Elizabeth,  his  natural  daughter,  who  married  to  Sir  Edward  Chi- 
senhall,  Knt.  of  an  ancient  family  in  Lancashire,  and  had  issue  Wil- 
liam Chisenhall,  of  whom  it  was  purchased  by  the  Carters,  and  in 
1704,  Edward  Carter,  senior,  was  lord  and  patron;  and  afterwards 
by  the  Holts,  and 

Rowland  Holt,  Esq.  of  Redgrave  in  Suffolk,  is  now  lord  and 
patron. 

9?.  Billingford  rectory.     45/.  clear  yearly  value. 

This  rectory  being  discharged,  pays  neither  Jirst-fruits  nor  tenths, 
and  is  capable  of  augmentation.  When  Norwich  Domesday  was 
made,  the  rector  had  a  house  and  10  acres  of  land;  the  house  stood 
near  the  summer-house  at  the  hall,  and  was  long  since  burnt  down, 
and  never  rebuilt;  the  terrier  hath  37  pieces  of  glebe ;  it  was  valued  at 
16  marks,  and  paid  22d.  synodals,  and  \0d.  Peter-pence;  and  the 
village  paid  46s.  clear  to  every  tenth.  It  is  in  the  liberty  of  the 
Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  in  right  of  his  hundred  of  Earsham,  is  lord 
paramount  here.  There  was  a  family  sirnamed  of  the  town  ;  in  J260, 
Mat.  ofPreleston,  and  in  1316,  John  of  Prilleston  and  Margaret  his 
wife  lived  here. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Leonard;  the  nave  and  south  porch 
are  tiled,  the  chancel  is  thatched ;  there  was  a  large  square  tower, 
which  is  fallen  down,  so  that  it  is  no  higher  than  the  church,  is  covered 
in,  and  hath  one  bell  in  it. 

On  a  brass  plate, 

Here  lyeth  buryed  the  Corps  of  Christopher  le  Grys  Esq; 
sometimes  Lord  and  Patron  of  this  Church,  only  Child  to  Robart 
le  Grys  Esq;  and  Susan  his  Wife,  Dr.  and  Co-heire  to  Thomas 
Ayre  of  Bury  in  Suffolk  Esq  ;  lineally  descended  from  Sir  Robert 
le  Grys  of  Lcmgley  in  Norfolk  Knt.  one  of  th'  Equerris.  to  King 
Richard  the  1st.  he  married  Margaret  Daughter  and  Heir  to 
Thomas  Whipple  of  Dickteborough  in  Norfotk  Gent,  and  Eliza- 
beth his  Wife,  Daughter  and  Cu-heire  to  John  Garningham  of 
Belton  in  Suffolk  Esq;  and  had  Issue  by  her,  only  Frances,  who 
married  with  Sir  William  Playters  of  Sailer lei/  in  Suffolk  Knt.  and 
Bart.  He  ended  this  Life  the  19  of  Oct.  A0.  1601,  and  ia  the 
Q3d.  Year  of  his  Age.     Resurgam. 

1,  Le  Grice,  as  at  vol.  i.  p.  199.  Q,  Whipple,  gul.  a  fess  erm. 
between  two  chevron^,  arg.     3,  Jarnegan.     4,  as  1. 

6  See  vol.  i.  p.  198,  9,  for  her  inscription,  and  an  account  of  the  family. 

VOL.  V.  T  t 


322  BILLINGFORD. 

On  another  brass, 

Here  lyeth  bury  I'd  the  Corps  of  Christopher  le  GRicE,Esq; 
sometimes  Lord  and  Patron  of  this  Church,  Sonn  to  William  le 
Grys  of  Brockdish,  and  Sybell  his  Wife,  Dr.  and  Heire  to  Edmund 
Syngleton  Esq  ;  he  married  Ann  eldest  Daughter  to  Roburt  How- 
ard of  Brockdish  Gent,  by  whom  he  had  3  Sonus  and  two  Daugh- 
ters ;  he  died  19  Jan.  1558. 

Grice  impales  quarterly,  Singleton  and  Howard  of 
Brockdish. 

Here  lyeth  buried  the  Corps  of  Charles  le  Grys  Gent,  the  only 
Sonne  of  Henry  le  Grys  and  Ann  his  Wife,  Daughter  to  Anthony 
Yaxley  of  Yaxley  in  Suffolk  Esq.     He  dyed  4  Sept.  1634. 

In  the  chancel  windows  are  the  arms  of  De  la  Pole,  Hastyngs, 
and  Valence,  of  Anthony  Grys  with  three  martlets  on  the  top,  and 
of  Hen.  Grys  with  a  crescent.  And  on  a  tree,  hangs  a  shield  with  the 
arms  of  Brewse  on  it. 

The  font  hath  the  arms  of  St.  Edmund,  St.  George,  and  a  chev- 
ron and  chief  in  one  shield,  all  carved  in  stone. 

RECTORS  OF  PRELESTON,  OR  BILLINGFORD. 

In  1267,  there  was  a  vicar  here,  one  Walter,  at  whose  death  the 
vicarage  was  reunited  to  the  rectory,  and  so  it  continued  a  rectory  ever 
since. 

1300,  Geffery  de  Halton,  rector,  Walt,  de  Hupton,  Knt.  and 
Ela  his  wife. 

1316,  Alice  de  Hannonia  Countess  of  Norfolk,  as  guardian, 
presented 

Will.  Freeman  of  Dickleburgh,  who  in  1337  exchanged  for 
Kedeley  in  Rochester  diocese,  with 

Tho.  de  Bilney,  who  had  it  of  the  gift  of  John  de  Petto, 
junior  ;  he  changed  in  1339,  for  Dunchurch  in  Litchfield  diocese,  with 
Will,  de  Chulton,  who  (as  also  the  three  following  rectors)  was 
presented  by  Sir  Walt,  de  Hopton,  Knt. ;  which  William,  the  same 
year,  changed  this,  for  Cotton  in  Litchfield  diocese,  with 
James  de  Runham. 
1349,  John  Fittes. 

1361,  Will,  de  Easthawe  of  Wingfield;  he  was  buried  in  the  chan- 
cel in  1385,  and  made  the  lattices  between  the  church  and  chancel. 
1385,  Rob.  Daventre.     Sir  Nic.  Dagworth,  Knt. 
1394,  John  Fornham,  Thomas  le  Younge  of  Sibton. 
1403,  Thomas  Smith  ;  he  was  buried  here.     Thomas  Younge,  Esq. 
1423,  Robert  Drake.     Joan,  late  wife  of  Walter  de  Hopton. 
1465,  Thomas  Dekyn.     Sir  Roger  Corbet,  Knt. 
1471,  Robert  Clifton.    Sir  Will.  Stanley,  Knt. 
I486,  John  Hunger,  lapse. 
1502,  Ric.  Greneleft,  ob. 
1506,  JohnBatson,  lapse,  resigned. 
1517,  Roger  Morley,  ob. 
Anthony  Ma/ery. 


BILLINGFORD.  S2.<5 

1530,  Henry  Lockwood,  resigned.    Roger  Corbet,  Esq. 
1532,  Elisha  Lache,  resigned.     Ditto. 
1536,  Will.  Triste.     Ditto. 

Will.  Stowe,  ob. 
1552.  Henry  Watson,  deprived  in  1555.     Chris.  Grice,  Gent. 
1556,  Nic.  Calverd.     Ditto. 
1560,  Anne  Grice,  widow,  gave  it  to 

William  Hudson ;  united  to  Thorp-Abbots.  He  was  buried 
here  Dec.  7, 1560,  and  was  succeeded  by 

William  W alley  ns,  who  was  buried  March  7,  1566,  being 
•ucceeded  by 

John  Inman,  on  the  presentation  of  Robert  le  Grice.  He 
resigned  in 

1582,  to  John  Richards,  and  he  in 

1585,  to  Thomas  Buskard,  and  both  of  them  were  presented  by  the 
aforesaid  Robert. 

1587,  Nic.  Grice,  clerk,  as  patron  of  this  turn,  gave  it  to 

Edw.Calky,  who  returned  80  communicants  here  inl603; 
he  was  buried  Nov.  23,  1617,  and  John  le  Grice,  Gent,  gave  it 

William  Owles,  who  held  it  united  to  Brockdish,  and  resigned 
in  1642,  and  Sir  William  Platers,  Bart,  presented 

Edward  Cartwright,  A.  M.  who  held  it  united  to  Thelton;  he 
was  buried  here  Sept.  13,  1679,  when 

Thomas  Searank  had  it,  and  held  it  united  to  Ashley  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire;  being  presented  by  Sir  Edward  Chisenhull,  Knt. 
and  upon  his  taking  Cheveley  in  Cambridgeshire,  he  resigned  this,  and 
Edward  Carter,  senior,  Esq.  gave  it  to 

John  Bryars,  A.  M.  in  1704,7  who  held  it  united  to  Diss,  (for 
whom  see  vol.  i.  p.  18,  32,)  at  his  death  in 

1728,  Samuel  Birch  was  presented  by  Rowland  Holt,  Esq.;  see 
vol.  ii.  p.  138.  He  held  it  united  to  Little-Thorp,  which  at  his  death 
in  1739,  was  consolidated  to  Billing ford,  when  Mr.  Holt  presented 
The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Gibbs,  at  whose  resignation  in 
1742,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Barker,  the  present  rector,  was  presented 
by  Elizabeth  Holt,  widow,  mother,  and  then  sole  guardian,  to  Itozo- 
land  Holt  of  Redgrave,  Esq.  the  present  patron. 

There  were  formerly  many  arms  of  the  Grices,  with  their  impale- 
ments and  quarterings,  both  in  the  hall  and  church  windows,  but  are 
now  some  of  them  removed,  and  the  rest  so  broken  and  defaced,  that 
there  is  no  depending  on  them  for  the  exactness  of  the  several  coats. 

East  of  this  town,  on  the  great  road  from  Yarmouth  to  LondonP 
which  passes  here,  is  the  village  of 

7  1713,  he  was  appointed  perpetual    whose  chaplain  he  was. 
•urate  of  Wingfield  by  Bishop  Trimnel, 


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THORP-ABBOTS, 


So  called  to  distinguish  it  from  other  villages  of  this  name/  it  being 
for  many  ages,  part  of  the  possessions  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  and  of 
those  manors  that  were  appropriated  to  the  /Ibbot's  own  use  ;  and  from 
its  being  much  larger  than  the  other  neighbouring  till  called  Thorp- 
Parva  in  Diss  hundred,  it  is  often  named  Thorp-Magua  ;  and  of  late 
■years,  Thorp-Cor nzcaleis,  from  its  lords. 

This  town  belonged  to  Ailfric  Bishop  of  Elm  ham  in  King  Edgar's 
time,  (for  whom  see  vol.  iii.  p.  460,)  who  gave  it  to  Bury  abbey,9  to 
which  it  belonged  ever  since,  to  its  dissolution  ;  the  abbots  of  that  house 
being  always  lords  and  patrons.  At  the  survey,  the  manor  had  two 
carucates  in  demean,  and  was  seven  furlongs  long,  and  six  broad,  and 
paid  Ad.  geld  or  tax.1  The  church  had  12  acres  of  glebe,  then  worth 
Qs.  a  year;  and  the  Abbot  had  the  soke  or  superiour  jurisdiction  here 
exempt  from  the  hundred,  except  the  services  of  two  freemen  which 
belonged  to  Hersam  ;  and  in  all  returns  made  to  the  King,  the  Abbot 
is  said  to  hold  this  town  as  part  of  his  barony. 

In  1285,  Roger  Bigod  Earl  of  Noifo/k,  as  Lord  of  Ersham  hundred, 
claimed  freewarrtn  here,  but  it  was  not  allowed  him,  the  Abbot  re- 
covering it  against  him,  proving  by  Domesday,  that  he  was  sole  lord, 
and  had  the  paramountship  of  Thorp  in  right  of  his  church,  exempt 
from  the  hundred:  about  this  time,  Robert  of  Thorp  held  it  by  lease  for 
life  from  the  Abbot;  and  it  appears,  that  he  had  a  good  estate  in  the 
town,  for  in  1271,  he  purchased  of  Arnold  de  Bedingjield  and  Or- 
framnia  his  wife,  two  messuages,  a  mill,  liiO  acres  of  land,  4  acres  of 
meadow,  10  acres  of  wood,  here  and  in  Preleston. 

In  1425,  Will.  Curteys,  then  abbot,  leased  it  to  Will.  Grice  of 
Brockdish  for  10  years,  at  22  marks  a  year.     At  the  Dissolution,  it  was 

8  N.  B.  The  account  in  the  Atlas,  p.  lani  et  ii.bordarij.  Tuncvaluit  iv.  hbr. 
332,  is  every  word  false,  as  to  this  town,  modo  c.  sol.  habet  vii.  quar.  in  longo  et 
most  of  it  belonging  to  Thorp  by  Nor-  vi.  in  lato,  et  de  Gelto  iv.  d.  Ecclesie  xii. 
wich.  acr.  val.  ii.  sol. 

9  Ex  Albo  Registro  Ccenobij  Sci.  Ed-  Terre  Stigandi  Epi.  quas  custodit 
mundi  penes  Honorab.  Edm,  Bacon  de  Will,  de  Noiers  in  manu  Regis.  Donis. 
Garboldesham,  Bar.  fo.   24.  b.     Alfri-  fo.  53.     Hersam  dim.  hundr. 

cus    Episcopus    dedit     Sco.    Edmundo         Hersam   tenuit    Stigandus,    Sec.      In 

Torp.  Torp  20  liberi  homines,  ii.  Stigandi  fuer 

*  Terra  Abbatisde  Sancto  Eadmun-  commend,    et    habebant  -  -  acr,   terre 

DO.  Doms.fo.179.  Hersam  dim.  Hund.  T.  R.  E.   et   18  Sancti  EHmundi  com- 

Thorp   tenuit    Sanctus   Eadmundus  mend,  et  non  poterant  reddere  sine  li- 

T.R.  E.  pro  maneriuet  proii.  car.  terre  cencia  Sancti,  sed  soca  et  saca  in  Hersam. 

tunc  viii.  villani,  modo  9  et  viii.  bordanj  ilabuit  Stigandus  socamet  sacamT.R.E. 

semper  ii. car.  in  domimo  et  vi. car. hum.  de  hucdim.  hundreto  prefer  Torp  Sancti 

tunc  silva  lx.   pore,  modo  40.   12  acr.  Edmnndi  et  prefer  Pulham  S.  Aldredre 

prati.  tunc  i.  mot.  modo  non.  semper  iv.  in  Hersam,  de  terra  vero  quam  Sanctus 

runcin.  10  animal,  xi.  pore.  10  oves.  20  Edmundus    habet.  in   hoc  dim.  hund. 

capr.     Et  in  Brodise  ii.  soc.  pertinen-  tenuit  socam. 
tes.  isti  manerio,  de  i,  car.  terre  et  ii.  vil- 


THORP-ABBOTS.  325 

bought  of  King  Henry  VIII.  by  Giles  Biidges,  Esq.  citizen  and  dra- 
per of  London,  son  of  Sir  John  Bridges,  Knt.2  Lord  Mayor  of  London, 
who  died  in  1521,  and  is  buried  in  St.  Nic.  Aeon,  church  in  Lumbard- 
street;  his  wife  was  daughter  of  Tho.  Ayhffe  of  Braxted  in  Essex; 
This  G«7fs  married  Eleanor  daughter  of  John  Robins,  Gent,  of  Wor- 
cestershire, and  they  conveyed  it  to  Robert  Southwell  Esq.  who  in 
1546,  sold  it  to 

Thomas  Cornwaleis,  Esq.  and  his  heirs:  he  was  afterwards 
knighted,  and  became  a  man  of  great  figure  and  reputation;  an  ac- 
count of  him  and  his  descendants  (who  have  been  lords  here)  may  be 
seen  in  the  4th  volume  of  the  Peerage,  edit.  London  1741,  p.  175,  to 
which  I  refer  you. 

The  Right  Hon.  Charles  Cornwaleis,  Lord  Cornwaleis  of  Eye, 
and  Baronet,  constable  of  the  Tower  of  London,  lord  lieutenant  of  the 
Tower  hamlets,  and  one  of  the  loids  of  his  Majesty's  most  honourable 
privy  council,  is  now  lord  and  patron,  and  hath  the  lete  here. 

His  arms  are  quarterly,  1  and  4,  sable,  gutte  d'eau,  on  a  fess  arg. 
three  cornish  choughs  proper. 

Crest,  on  a  wreath  a  mount  vert,  thereon  a  stag  lodged  arg.  attired. 
or,  with  a  garland  of  laurel  proper,  about  his  neck. 

Supporters,  two  stags,  attired  and  gorged  arg. 

Motto,  Virtus  vincit  Invidiam. 

This  rectory  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books : 

61.  Thorp-Abbots  rectory.     49/.  clear  yearly  value. 

And  being  discharged  of  first-j 'rials  and  tenths,  it  is  capable  of  aug- 
mentation. 

In  Domesday  we  find,  that  the  church  is  dedicated  to  All  the  Saints, 
and  the  rector  had  a  house  and  nine  acres  of  land,  that  it  was  valued 
at  15  marks,3  paid  2s.  synodals,  7s.  7d.  ob.  procurations,  and  Id.  ob. 
Peter-pence.  The  vicarage  was  dissolved  and  fallen  into  the  rectory. 
The  Abbot  of  Bury  was  taxed  for  his  temporals  here,  viz.  the  manor, 
demeans,  mill,  silva  cedua,  Sec.  at  20/.  4s.  Id.  and  the  village  paid  36s, 
clear  to  every  tenth. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED  by  the  abbots  of  bury. 

1303,  Peter  de  Tatington,  who  changed  for  Hoxne  in 
1324,  with  Richard  Freberu  of  Fulbourne,  who  resigned  in  1331,  ita 
exchange  for  Botesham  in  Ely  diocese,  with 

Barth.  Peryn,  who  changed  for  Frekenham  in 
1340,  with  Robert  de  Overee,  and  he  in  1348,  for  Bradjield,  with 
Simon  son  of  John  de  Fhurlow  of  Lopham,  who  died  in  1381, 
and  was  succeeded  by 

1  There  was  a  fee-farm  rent  reserved  In   1507,  these    following    out-rents 

to  the  Crown,  of  11/.  12s.  &d.  per  ann.  were  paid  :  for  the  Queen's  rent  :  4*.  to 

which  was  granted  among  other  fee-farm  the  Lord  of  the  hundred  6s.  id.  to  the 

rents  by  King  William,  to  the  Lord  Os-  free-suiters  court  at  Harleston  1  2d.  rent 

sulston,  afterwards  Karl  of  Tankervile,  for  Thorp  Close  A,d.  to  the  Serjeant  of 

and  is  now   paid  to   Horatio  Walpole,  Langmere  zid.  Mr.  Tebould's  rent  2s. 

Esq.  3  1694,  a  house  and  12  acres  glebe. 


326  THORP-ABBOTS. 

John  de  Rekynghale,  S.  T.  B.4  who  exchanged  for  Fresing- 
field  mediety  with 

George  Palmer  in  1399,  and  he  in 
1408,  with  Tho.  Springthorp,  for  Besby  in  Lincoln  diocese. 
1414,  Will.  Ward  ob. 

1449,  John  Brackle,  D.D.  a.  gray  friar  at  Norwich,  for  whom  see 
vol.  iv.  p.  1 10,  15. 

1461,  Brother  John  Norwich,  a  Premonstatensian  canon.     Lapse. 

John  London,  ob. 
1472,  Philip  London,  ob. 
1475,  Andrew  Daldy. 
1484,  Robert  Cross. 
1527,  Robert  Draicot,  resigned. 
1530,  Robert  Norwich,  or  Norrys,  ob. 

1538,  John  Manser,  ob. ;  he  was  the  last  presented  by  the  Abbot. 
The  six  following  rectors  were  all  presented  by  Sir  Thom  as  Corn- 
waleis,  Knt. : 

1 558,  Will.  Hudson,  who  held  it  united  to  Billingford. 

1560,  Rob.  Crabbe,  resigned. 

1561,  William  Towsell,  ob. 
1566,  George  Webbe,  resigned. 
1577,  Ric  Peacock. 

1588,  Edm.  Risley ;  he  returned  63  communicants. 

1607,  John  Woolward,  A.  M.  resigned.  Mary  Countess  of  Bath, 
younger  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Cornwaleis,  Knt.  on  whom  he  had 
settled  this  town  for  life. 

1642,  Thomas  Woods,  A.  M.  ordained  priest  this  year,  born  at  Pul- 
ham  St.  Mary,  ob.     Frederick  Cornwaleis,  Bart. 

1661,  John  Jermy,  resigned.     Ditto,  Baron  of  Eye. 

1667,  Thomas  Page,  ob.  Charles  Lord  Cornwaleis  Baron  of 
Eye. 

1673,  Charles  Robins,  A.  B.  resigned.     Ditto, 

1683,  Sam.  Bayes,  ob.     Ditto, 

1694,  The  Rev.  Mr.  Abraham  Cooper,  the  present  rector,  was  pre- 
sented by  Charles  Ld.  Cornwaleis,  and  now  holds  it  united  to 
Scole. 

The  steeple  is  round  at  bottom  and  octangular  attop,having  a  clock 
and  two  bells ;  the  chancel,  church,  and  south  porch  are  tiled.  There 
was  a  brass  by  the  pulpit,  with  this  on  it : 

•©rate  pro  annua  ftogeri  ^arocp,  cuiujS  animc  pcopicietur  5B>cujff. 

The  arms  of  the  East-Angles  and  Bury-Abbey  are  in  the  windows, 
but  no  other  memorials,  save  a  piece  of  black  marble  fixed  into  the 
south  side  of  the  wall  in  the  churchyard,  with  this  : 

Near  this  Place  lyeth  the  Body  of  Susan  late  wife  of  Henry 
Chamberlain  late  of  Flordon-hall,  who  died  March  1,  1707,  aged 
71  years. 

*  See  for  him,  vol.  iv.  p.  iji. 


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BROCKDISH 

Is  the  next  adjoining  town  eastward,  through  which  the  great  road 
passes  to  Yarmouth;  on  the  left  hand  of  which,  stands  the  church, 
on  a  hill  by  itself,  there  being  no  house  near  it  but  the  parsonage, 
which  joins  to  the  east  side  of  the  churchyard.  The  advowson  always 
belonged  to  the  Earl's  manor  here,  with  which  it  now  continues. 

In  Norwich  Domesday  we  read,  that  the  rector  had  a  house  and  30 
acres  of  land,  that  it  was  then  valued  at  15  marks,  and  paid  as  it  now 
doth  for  sunodals  Is.  9^-  procurations  6s.  &d.  and  l<2d.  Peter-pence.  It 
stands  in  the  King's  Books  thus; 

10/.  Brokedish  rectory.  \l  yearly  tenths. 
And  consequently  pays  first-fruits,  and  is  incapable  of  augmentation. 
The  church  stands  included  in  the  glebe,  which  is  much  the  same  in 
quantity  as  it  was  when  the  aforesaid  survey  was  taken.  It  is  in  Nor- 
folk archdeaconry,  Redenhall  deamry,  and  Duke  of  Norfolk's 
liberty,  though  he'  hath  no  lete,  warren,  paramountship,  or  supenour 
jurisdiction  at  all  in  this  town,  the  whole  being  sold  by  the  family  along 
with  the  manors  of  the  town. 

In  1603,  there  were  103  communicants  here,  and  now  there  are  50 
families,  and  about  300  inhabitants  ;  it  was  laid  to  the  ancient  tenths 
at  4/.  but  had  a  constant  deduction  of  14s.  on  account  of  lands  be- 
longing to  the  religious,  so  that  the  certain  payment  to  each  tenth, 
was  3/.  6s. 

The  Prior  of  St.  Faith  at  Horsham  owned  lands  here,  which  were 
taxed  at  »s.6d.  in  1428.  . 

The  Prior  of  Thetford  monks  had  lands  here  of  the  gift  of  Richard 
de  Cadomo  or  Caam,5  who  gave  them  his  land  in  Brokedis,  and  a  wood 
sufficient  to  maintain  20  swine,  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  I  when 
William  Bigot,  sewer  to  that  King,  gave  to  this  priory  all  the  land 
of  Sileham,  which  from  those  monks  is  now  called  Monks-hall  manor, 
and  the  water-mill  there  ;  all  which  Herbert  Bishop  of  Norwich  con- 
veyed to  his  father,  in  exchange  for  other  lands,  he  being  to  hold  it  in 
as  ample  a  manner  as  ever  Herbert  the  chaplain  did  ;  and  in  Ric.  the 
Second's  time,  the  monks  bought  a  piece  of  marsh  ground  in  Brokedis, 
to  make  a  way  to  their  mill,  which  being  not  contained  in  the  grant  of 
Monks-hall  manor  from  Hen.  VIII.  to  the  Duke  of  Norjolk,  William 
Grice,  Esq.  and  Charles  Newcomen,  who  had  a  grant  of  such  lands  as 
they  could  find  concealed  from  the  Crown,  seized  on  this  as  such  ;  and 
upon  their  so  doing,  the  owner  of  the  mill  was  obliged  to  purchase  it 
of  them,  by  the  name  of  Thet ford-Mill-Way,  and  it  hath  ever  since 
belonged  to,  and  is  constantly  repaired  by  the  owner  thereof. 

RECTORS  OF  BROCKDISH. 

12--  Robert 

12  -  -  Sir  Ralf  de  Creping,  rector. 

i  Mon.  Ang.  torn.  i.  fo.  663. 


528  BROCKDISH. 

1313,  Sir  Stephen  Bygod.    The  King,  for  this  turn. 
1324,  Nic.  h  Mareschal.     Tho.  Earl  of  Norfolk  and  Marshal. 
1 326,  Mathew  Pawner,  or  Palmer.     Ditto.     He  changed  for  Cane- 
field-Parva  in  London  diocese  with 

Master  Robert  de  Hales.     Ditto. 
1333,  John  de  Melbum.     Ditto. 

1355,  Roger  de  Wombwell.  Lady  Eleanor  and  Thomas  de  Wing- 
field,  attorneys  to  Sir  John  Wingfield,  Knt. 

1356,  John  Knyght  of  Exeter.  Mary  Countess-Marshal,  widow 
of  Tho.  de  Brotherton,  who  recovered  the  advowson  by  the  King's 
writ,  against  Sir  J.  Wingfield,  Knt.  and  Thomas  his  brother,  William 
de  Lampet  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  Catherine  her  sister,  and  so  Womb- 
taell  was  ejected. 

1357 ,  John  de  Esterford.  Mary  Countess-Marshal.  He  resigned  in 
1367,  to  John  son  of  Catherine  de  Frenge,  and  he  in 

1308,  to  John  Syward.     Sir  Walter  Lord  Manney. 

1382,  John  de  Balsham,  who  changed  for  Stowe  St.  Michael  in 
Exeter  diocese,  with 

Bartholomew  Porter.      Margaret    Marshal,  Countess  of 
Norfolk. 

1405,  Sir  John  Da/yngho  of  Redenhall.  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norf. 
in  right  of  her  dower. 

1417,  he  exchanged  with  Thomes  Barry,  priest,  for  the  vicarage  of 
Berkyng  church  in  London.  John  Lancaster,  Ric.  Sterisacre, 
and  Rob.  Southwell,  attorneys  to  John  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Earl- 
Marshal  and  Notyngham,  who  was  beyond  the  seas.  Barry  resigned 
in 

1422,  to  Sir  Thomas  Briggs,  priest,  who  died  rector.     Ditto. 

1454,  Sir  Hen.  White,  priest.  John  Duke  of  No>f.  Earl-Marshal 
and  Notingham,  Marshal  of  England,  Lord  Mowbray,  Segrave,  and 
Gower.      He  resigned  in 

1455,  to  Sir  Thomas  Holm,  priest.     Ditto.     And  he  in 

147S,  to  John  Nun.  The  King,  as  guardian  to  Richard  Duke  of 
York  and  Norfolk,  and  Lady  Ann  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  John 
lale  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1491,  John  Mene  ;  he  had  a  union  to  hold  another  benefice. 

1497,  John  Rogers,  A.M.  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk.  He  re- 
signed in 

1498,  to  Sir  John  Fisk,  priest,  chaplain  to  the  Dutchess.  Ditto. 
At  whose  death  in 

151 1,  Sir  Robert  Gyr/yug,  chaplain  toTnoMAS  Earl  of  Surrey,  had 
it  of  that  Earl's  gift :  he  was  succeeded  by 

Sir  William  Flutberry,  chaplain  to  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
who  presented  him  ;  he  resigned  in 

1540,  to  Sir  Nic.  Stanton,  chaplain  to  his  patron,  Tho.  Duke  of 
Norf.  Lord  Treasurer  and  Earl- Marshal,  and  was  succeeded  by 

William  Hide,  priest.      Ditto.     He  resigned,  and  the  Duke 
presented  it  in 

1561,  to  Sir  John  Inman,  priest,  who  was  buried  here  Aug.  1,  1586. 

1586,  Aug.  4,  Master  Richaid  Gibson  was  instituted,  who  was 
buried  Oct.  1,  1625  ;  he  was  presented  by  Robert  Nichols  of  Cam- 
bridge, by  purchase  of  the  turn  from  William  le  Grice,  Gent,  and 
Hester  le  Grice,  wife  of  Charles  le  Grice,  Gent,  true  patrons. 


BROCKDISH.  329 

l6°5  William  Owles,  who  held  it  united  to  Billingford.  John 
KNAPp'of  Brockdhh,  by  grant  of  this  turn.     He  was  succeeded  in 

1645,  by  Brian  Witherel,  and  he  by 

Mr.  Jawws  Aldrich,  who  died  rector  Nor.  10,  1657,  from 
which  time  somebody  held  it  without  institution,  till  the  Restoration, 
and  then  receded,  for  in 

1663  May  14,  Sir  Augustine  Palgrave,  patron  ot  this  turn,  in 
right  of  Catherine  his  wife,  presented  George  Fish,  on  the  cession  of 
the  last  incumbent ;  he  was  buried  here  Oct.  29,  1686. 

1686,  Thomas  Palgrave,  A.  M.  buried  here  March  24, 1724.  *RAN. 
Laurence,  Gent.  ,  ,.   , . 

1724,  ^6e/  //orfgM,  A.  B.  he  held  it  united  to  Tharston,  and  died  in 
1729.     Richard  Meen,  apothecary,  for  this  turn. 

1729,  Efc//arrf  CVfl/fc,  LL.  B.  was  instituted  Dec.  3,  and  died  about 
six  weeks  after.     Mrs.  Ellen  Laurence  of  Castleacre,  widow. 

1730,  Man  Fisher.     Ditto.     He  resigned  in 

1738,  and  was  succeeded  by  Robert  Laurence,  A.  B.  of  Lotus  col- 
lege, who  lies  buried  at  the  south-east  corner  of  the  chancel,  and  was 
succeeded  in  ,      ,    -,,    .. 

1739,  by  Francis  Blomejield,  clerk,  the  present  rector,  who  holds  it 
united  to  Fersjield  rectory,  being  presented  by  Mrs.  Ellen  Lau- 
rence aforesaid. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  the  apostles  St.  Peter 

and  Paul,  and  hath  a  square  tower  about  1 6  yards  high,  part  ot  which 

was  rebuilt  with  brick  in  17 14 ;  there  are  five  bells ;  the  third,  which  is 

said  to  have  been  brought  from  Pulham  in  exchange,  hath  this  on  it ; 

&ancta  Uiana  ora  pro  nobi£. 

and  on  the  fourth  is  this, 

^Iirgo  Coronata  out  no£  ab  ftegna  beata. 
The  nave,  chancel,  and  south  isle  are  leaded,  the  south  porch  tiled, 
and  the  north  porch  is  ruinated.  The  roof  of  this  chancel  is  remark- 
able for  its  principals,  which  are  whole  trees  without  any  joint,  from 
side  to  side,  and  bent  in  such  a  rising  manner,  as  to  be  agreeable  to 
the  roof.  The  chancel  is  30  feet  long  and  20  broad,  the  nave  is  54 
feet  long  and  32  broad,  and  the  south  isle  is  ot  the  same  length,  and 
10  feet  broad. 

At  the  west  end  of  the  nave  is  a  black  marble  thus  inscribed, 

Here  lyeth  buried  the  Body  of  Richard  Wythe  Gent,  who  de- 
parted this  Life  the  6  of  Sept.  1671,  who  lived  64  Years  and  4 
Months  and  9  Days.  „,     ,,     „,.  .  ,, 

This  family  have  resided  here  till  lately,  ever  since  Edw.  the  Third  s 
time,  and  had  a  considerable  estate  here,  and  the  adjacent  villages. 
See  their  arms,  vol.  iv.  p.  135. 

Another  marble  near  the  desk  hath  this, 
Near  this  Place  lays  Elizabeth  Wife  of  John  Moulton  Gent. 
whodied  Oct.  31, 1716,  aged  32  Years.  And  here  heth  Man/ the 
late  Wife  of  John  Moulton,  who  died  March  20,  1717,  aged  27 
Years.  And  also  here  lyeth  the  Body  of  John  Moulton  Gent, 
who  died  June  12, 1718,  aged  38  Years. 

Moulton's  arms  and  crest  as  at  vol.  iv.  p.  501. 
vnr..  v.  L)  U- 


330  BROCKDISH. 

In  a  north  window  are  the  arms  of  De  la  Pole  quartering  WingfiM. 

In  1465,  Jeffry  Wurlkhe  of  Brockdish  was  buried  here,  and  in  1469 
John  Wurlkhe  was  interred  in  the  nave,  and  left  a  legacy  to  pave  the 
bottom  of  the  steeple.  In  1518,  Henri/  Bokenham  of  Brockdish  was 
buried  in  the  church,  as  were  many  of  the  Spaldings,6  Withes,  How- 
ards, Grices,  Tendrings,  and  Laurences;  who  were  all  considerable 
owners  and  families  of  distinction  in  this  town. 

The  chapel  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  isle  was  made  by  Sir  Half 
Tendring  of  Brockdish,  Knt.  whose  arms  remain  in  its  east  window  at 
this  day,  once  with,  and  once  without,  a  crescent  az.  on  the  fess,  viz. 
az.  a  fess  between  two  chevrons  arg. 

His  altar  monument  stands  against  the  east  wall,  north  and  south, 
and  hath  a  sort  of  cupola  over  it,  with  a  holy-water  stope  by  it,  and  a 
pedestal  for  the  image  of  the  saint  to  which  it  was  dedicated,  to  stand 
on,  so  that  it  served  both  for  a  tomb  and  an  altar;  the  brass  plates  of 
arms  and  circumscription  are  lost. 

On  the  north  side,  between  the  chapel  and  nave,  stands  another 
altar  tomb,  covered  with  a  most  curious  marble  disrobed  of  many  brass 
plates  of  arms  and  its  circumscription,  as  are  several  other  stones  in 
the  nave,  isle,  and  chancel.  This  is  the  tomb  of  John  Tendring  of 
Brockdish-haU,  Esq.  who  lived  there  in  1403,  and  died  in  1436,  leaving 
five  daughters  his  heirs,  so  that  he  was  the  last  male  of  this  branch  of 
the  Tendrings.     Cecily  his  wife  is  buried  by  him. 

On  the  east  chancel  wall,  on  the  south  side  of  the  altar,  is  a  white 
marble  monument  with  this, 

Obdormil 

hie  in  Domino,  laetam 

in  Christo  expectans  Resur- 

rectionem,  Robertus,  Roberti 

Laurence,  ac  AnnjE  Uxoris  ejus, 

Filius,  hujusce  Ecclesiae 

de  Brockdish  in  Comitatu  Noifo/ciensi  Rector, 

ejusdem  Villaa  Dominus,  ac  Ecclesiae 

Patronus,  jure  hereditario  (si  vixisset)  Futurus  ; 

Sed  ah  !  Fato  nimium  immatuio  abreptus ; 

Ccelestia  per  Salvatoris  merita  speraus, 

Terrestria  omnia,  Juvenis  reliquit. 

Dec.  31°.  Anno  aerae  Christianas  mdccxxxix'. 

iEtatis  xxv°. 

Maria,  unica  Soror  et  Haeres, 

Roberti  Frankling  Generosi  Uxor, 

Fraterni  Amoris 

hoc  Testimonium  animo  grato, 

Memoriae  Sacrum  posuit. 

•  Spalding,  per  fess  az.  and  or,  a  arms,  arg.  an  eagle  displayed  gul.     An. 

pale  counterchanged,  and  three  square  other  of  Frances  their  daughter  in  her 

buckles  of  the  second.  winding  sheet  :  this  child  being  young, 

This  family  was  originally  of  Spalding  went  into  a  garret  in  a  remote  part  of 

in  Lincolnshire.     In  the  house  belong  the  house,  and  the  door  shutting  upon 

ing   to   the  family,  I   saw  a  picture  of  it,  it  was  there  starved  to   death,  not- 

Samuel  Spalding,   town-cleik  of  Cam-  withstanding    strict    enquiry   had    been 

bridge,  in  his  aldernun's  gown,  with  a  made  after  it ;  this  Samuel  was  father  of 

book  in  his  hand,  A0.  1664,  aet.  74.    An-  Samuel,  father  of  Dan.  Spalding,  Gent, 

other  of  his  wife  A°.  1664,  set.  63,  her  deceased. 


BROCK  DISH.  331 

1.  Laurence,  arg.  a  cross  raguled  gul.  on  a  chief  gul.  a  lion  pas- 
sant guardant  or. 

2.  Aslack, sab.  a  chevron  erm.  between  three  catlierine-wheels  arg. 

3.  Lany,  arg.  on  a  bend  between  two  de-lises  g^/.  a  mullet  of  the 
field  for  difference. 

4.  Cooke,  or,  on  a  chevron  ingrailed  gul.  a  crescent  of  the  field 
for  difference,  between  three  cinquefoils  az.  on  a  chief  of  the  second, 
a  lion  passant  guardant  of  the  first. 

5.  Bohun,  gul.  a  crescent  erm.  in  an  orle  of  martlets  or. 

6.  Bardolf,  az.  three  cinquefoils  or. 

7.  Ramsey, gul.  a  chevron  between  three  rams  heads  caboshed  arg. 

8.  as  1. 

Crest,  a  griffin  seiant  proper. 
Motto,  Floreat  ut  Laurus. 

On  a  flat  stone  under  this  monument,  is  a  brass  plate  thus  inscribed, 

Sacrum  hoc  Memorias  Robert i  Laurence  Armigeri,  qui  obijt 
xxviij"  die  Julij  1637,  Elizabeth  Uxor  ejus,  Filia  Aslak  Lany 
Armigeri  posuit. 

Arms  on  a  brass  plate  are, 

Lawrence  impaling  Lany  and  his  quarterings,  viz.  \,Lany.  2, 
Aslack.  3,  Cooke.  4,  Bohun.  5,  nine  de-lises,  3,  3,  and  3.  6,  Bar- 
dolf. 7,  Charles.  8,  on  a  chevron  three  de-lises.  9,  Ramsey.  10, 
Tendriug.  11,  on  a  less  two  coronets.  12,  Wachesam,  arg.  a  less,  in 
chief  two  crescents  gul.     13,  a  lion  rampant.     14,  Lany. 

There  is  a  picture  of  this  Robert  drawn  in  1629,  set.  36.  He  built 
the  hall  in  1634;  it  stands  near  half  a  mile  north-east  of  the  church, 
and  was  placed  near  the  old  site  of  Brockdishe's-hall ;  the  seat  of  the 
Tendrings,  whose  arms,  taken  out  of  the  old  hall  when  this  was  built, 
were  fixed  in  the  windows.  The  arms  of  this  man  and  his  wife,  and 
several  of  their  quarterings,  are  carved  on  the  wainscot  in  the  rooms. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  churchyard  is  an  altar  tomb  covered  with  a 
black  marble,  with  the  crest  and  arms  of 

Sayer,  or  Sawyer, gul.  a  chief  erm.  and  a  chevron  between  three 
seamevvs  proper. 

Crest,  a  hand  hotding  a  dragon's  head  erased  proper. 

To  the  Memory  of  Frances  late  the  wife  of  Richard  Tubby  Esq. 
who  departed  this  Life  Dec.  22, 1728,  in  the  60th  Year  of  her  Age. 

And  adjoining  is  another  altar  tomb, 

In  Memory  of  Richard  Tubby  Esq.7  who  died  Dec.  10th. 
1741,  in  the  80lh  Year  of  his  Age. 

7  He  was  high-sheriff  of  Norfolk  in  Fritton,  whose  widow  she  now  is,  and 

1729,  and  his  wife  was  neice  and  coheir-  hath  issue,  Eliz.  married  the  Rev.  Mr. 

ess  to  Thomas  Tennison  Archbishop  of  Pepin,  who  are  both  dead,  but  left  issue  ; 

Canterbury,  whodied  Dec.  14,  17 15,  and  Mary,   married  in    1723,  to   Mr.  Joshua 

is  buried  at  Lambeth.     They  had  many  Grigby,  attorney  at  law  in  Bury, who  ?re 

children,  who  all  died  single,  and  are  in-  both    living,   and    have    iSbue.      Frances 

terred  by  them,  except  Anne,  who  mar-  married  Mr.  John  Simpson  of  Pulham, 

ried   the  Rer.  Mr.  Holmes,  rector  of  and  is  since  dead,  but  left  issue.     Sarah 


332  B  R  O  C  K  D  I  S  H. 

There  are  two  other  altar  tombs  in  the  churchyard,  one  for  Mr. 
Rich.  Chatton,  and  another  for  Eliz.  daughter  of  Robert  and  Eliz. 
Harper,  who  died  in  1719>  aged  8  years. 

The  town  takes  its  name  from  its  situation  on  the  fVaveney  or  Wag- 
heneye,  which  divides  this  county  from  that  of  Suffolk  ;  the  channel  of 
which  is  now  deep  and  broad,  though  nothing  to  what  it  was  at  that 
time,  as  is  evident  from  the  names  of  places  upon  this  river,  as  the  op- 
posite vi/l,  now  called  Si/eham,  (oftentimes  wrote  Sayl-holm,  even  to 
Edw.  the  Third's  time)  shows;  for  I  make  no  doubt,  but  it  was  then 
navigable  for  large  boats  and  barges  to  sail  up  hither,  and  continued 
so,  till  the  sea  by  retiring  at  Yarmouth,  and  its  course  being  stopt  near 
Lowestoft,  had  not  that  influence  on  the  river  so  far  up,  as  it  had  be- 
fore; which  occasioned  the  water  to  retire,  and  leave  much  land  dry 
on  either  side  of  the  channel ;  though  it  is  so  good  a  stream,  that  it 
might  with  ease,  even  now,  be  made  navigable  hither ;  and  it  would 
be  a  good  work,  and  very  advantageous  to  all  the  adjacent  country. 
That  Briob-bic  signifies  no  more  than  the  broad-ditch,  is  very  plain, 
and  that  the  termination  of  o,  eau,  or  water,  added  to  it,  makes  it  the 
broad  ditch  of  water,  is  as  evident. 

Before  the  Confessor's  time,  this  town  was  in  two  parts;  Bishop  Sti- 
gaud  owned  one,  and  the  Abbot  of  Bury  the  other;  the  former  after- 
wards was  called  iheEarl's  Manor,  from  the  Earls  of  Norfolk;  and  the 
other  Brockdishe's-ha\\,  from  its  ancient  lords,  who  were  sirnamed 
from  the  town. 

The  superiour  jurisdiction,  lete,  and  all  royalties,  belonged  to  the 
Earl's  manor,  which  was  always  held  of  the  hundred  of  Ears/turn,  ex- 
cept that  part  of  it  which  belonged  to  Bury  abbey,  and  that  belonged 
to  the  lords  of  Brockdishe's-haft ;  but  when  the  Earl's  manor  was  sold 
by  the  Duke  of  Noifo/k,  with  all  royalties  of  gaming,  fishing,  &c.  to- 
gether with  the  letes,  view  of frankpledge,  8tc.  free  and  exempt  from 
his  hundred  of  Eursham,  and  the  two  manors  became  joined  as  they 
now  are,  the  whole  centered  in  the  lord  of  the  town,  who  hath  now 
the  so/e  jurisdiction  with  the  le te,  belonging  to  it;  and  the  whole  parish 
being  freehold,  on  every  death  or  alienation,  the  new  tenant  pays  a 
relief  of  a  year's  freehold  rent,  added  to  the  current  year :  The  annual 
free-rent,  without  such  reliefs,  amounting  to  above  3l.  per  annum. 
At  the  Conqueror's  survey  the  town  was  seven  furlongs  long,  and  five 
furlongs  and  four  perches  broad,  and  paid  6d.  to  the  geld  or  tax.  At 
the  Confessor's  survey,  there  were  08  freemen  here,  six  of  which  held 
half  a  carucate  of  land  of  Bishop  Stigand,  and  the  others  held  143 
acres  under  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  and  the  Abbot  held  the  whole  of  Sti- 
gand, without  whose  consent  the  freemen  could  neither  give  away,  nor 
sell  their  land,  but  were  obliged  to  pay  him  40s.  a  year  free-rent  ;8  and 

married  in  1730,  to  Thomas  Seaman  of  T.  R.  E.  et  xxiii.     Sancti  Edmundi  de  c. 

Brook,  Esq.  who  are  both  dead,  but  left  et  xl.  acris,  sed  nee  dare,  nee  vendere 

issue.     Hannah  married  in  1739  to  Den-  poterant  sine  licencia  Stigandi,  qui  socam 

nison  Suckling  of  Woodton,  Esq.  who  habebat.     Tunc  inter  omnes  viii.  caru- 

is  dead,  but  she  survives  and  hath  issue,  cate  modo  vii.  silva  xii.  pore.  vi.  acr. 

8  Terre  Stigandi  Episcopimias  cus-  prati.  habet   vii.    quar.   in  longo  et  v. 

todit  W.  de  Noiers   in   manu   Regis,  quar.  in  lato,  et  iv.  perticas,  et  de  Gelto 

Hersam  dim.  hund.  Doms.  fo.  53.  vi.  d.     Soca  et  saca  de  omnibus  istis 

In  Brodiso  xxviii.  liberi  homines  v.  fuit  Stigandi  T.R.  E.     Isti  omnes    beri 

Stigandi   cum    dmiidio    carucate    terre  reddebant  Stigando  T.  R.  E.  xl.  sol.  si 


BROCKDISH.  333 

if  they  omitted  paying  at  the  year's  end,  they  forfeited  their  lands,  or 
paid  their  rent  double;  but  in  the  Conqueror's  time  they  paid  16/. 
per  annum  by  tale.  There  were  two  socmen  with  a  carucate  of  land, 
two  villeins  and  two  bordars  here,  which  were  given  to  Bury  abbey 
along  with  the  adjacent  manor  of  Thorp-Abbots,  but  were  after 
severed  from  that  manor,  and  infeoffed  by  the  Abbot  of  Bury  in 
the  lord  of  Brockdishe's-ha\\  manor,  with  which  it  passed  ever  after.9 


BROCKDISH-EARL'S  MANOR,  or  BROCKDISH  COMITIS. 

This  manor  always  attended  the  manor  of  Forme t  after  it  was  granted 
from  the  Crown  to  the  Bygods,  along  with  the  half  hundred  of  Ears- 
ham,  for  which  reason  I  shall  refer  you  to  my  account  of  that  manor 
at  p.  223,  4.  It  was  mostly  part  of  the  dower  of  the  ladies  of  the  se- 
veral noble  families  that  it  passed  through,  and  the  living  was  gene- 
rally given  to  their  domestick  chaplains.  In  3  Edward  1.  the  Abbot 
of  Bury  tried  an  action  with  Roger  Bigod,  then  lord  and  patron,  for 
the  patronage ;'  pleading  that  a  part  of  the  town  belonged  to  his  house, 
and  though  they  had  infeoffed  their  manor  here  in  the  family  of  the 
Brockdishes,  yet  the  right  in  the  advowson  remained  in  him  ;  but  it 
appearing  that  the  advowson  never  belonged  to  the  Abbot's  manor, 
before  the  feofment  was  made,  but  that  it  wholly  was  appendant  ever 
since  the  Confessor's  time,  to  the  Ear/'s  manor,  the  Abbot  was  cast  : 
notwithstanding  which  in  1335,  Sir  John  Wingjield,  Knt.  and  1  ho  mas 
his  brother,  William  de  Lampet  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  Catherine  her 
sister,  owners  of  Brockdishe's  manor,  revived  the  claim  to  the  advow- 
son ;  and  Thomas  de  Wingjield,  and  lady  Eleanor  wife  of  Sir  John 
Wing field,  presented  here,  and  put  up  their  arms  in  the  church  win- 
dows, as  patrons,  which  still  remain;  but  Ma ry  Countess  Marshal, 
who  then  held  this  manor  in  dower,  brought  her  quare  impedit,  and 
ejected  their  clerk;  since  which  time,  it  constantly  attended  this  ma- 
nor, being  always  appendant  thereto.  In  15  Edw.  I.  Roger  Bigot, 
then  lord,  had  free-warren  in  all  this  town,  as  belonging  to  this  manor, 
having  not  only  all  the  royalties  of  the  town,  but  also  the  assise  of 
bread  and  ale,  and  amerciaments  of  all  the  tenants  of  his  own  manor, 
and  of  the  tenants  of  Reginald  de  Brockdish,  who  were  all  obliged  to 
do  suit  once  a  year  at  the  Ear/'s  view  of  frankpledge  and  lete  in  Brock- 
dish;  and  it  continued  in  the  Noifo/k  family  till  1570,  and  then  Tho- 
mas Howard  Duke  of  No/folk,  obtained  license  from  Queen  Elizabeth 
to  sell  it;  it  being  held  in  capite  or  in  chief  of  the  Crown,  as  part  of 
the  barony  and   honour  of  the  said  Duke,  who  accordingly  sold  the 


non   redderent,  essent  forefacti   de   iv.  cessor  ejus  :  de  terra  vero  quas  Scs.  Ed- 

libr.  modo  reddunt  xvi.  libr.  ad  nume-  mundus  habet  in  hoc  dim.  hund.  tenuit 

rum  inHersam,  ubi  Richardus  Pugnator  socam. 

eos  adcensavit.  T.R.E.     Habuit  Stigan-  9  Terra  Abbatis  de  San ctoEadmundo. 

dus  socam  et  sacam  de  hoc  dimidio  hun-  Hersam  dim.  hund.  Doms.  fo.  178,  80. 

dreto,  preter  Torp  Sancti  Edmundi  et  Thorp  tenuit  SanctusEdmundus  pro 

preter  Pulham  Sancte  Aldrede  in  Her-  manerio  T.R.E.  &c. 

sam.      Quando   Radulfus  se   forefecit,  Et  in  Brodiso  ii.  socmanni  pertinentes 

habuit  socam  et  sacam  de  Radahalla  isti  manerio  de  una  carucata  terra  et  ii. 

et  de  commendatis  suis,  quando  Reimun-  villani  et  ii.  bordarij. 

dus  Geraldus  discessit,  habuit  socam  de  *  Pat.  3  Edw.  I.  M.  36  dors. 

sua  terra,  post  Rogerus  Pictavensis  sue- 


334  BROCKDISH. 

manor,  advowson,  free-fishery,  and  all  the  place  or  manor-house,  and 
demean  lands;  together  with  the  lete,  view  of  frankpledge,  liberty  of 
free-warren,  and  all  other  royalties  whatsoever,  tree  and  exempt  from 
any  jurisdiction  or  payment  to  his  half  hundred  of  Ear  sham,  to 

Charles  le  Grice,  Esq.  of  Brockdish,  and  his  heirs,  who  was 
descended  from  Sir  Rorert  le  Grys  of  Langley  in  Norfolk,  Knt. 
equeriy  io  Ric.  I.  and  Oliva  his  wife,  whose  son,  Sir  Simon  leGrus, 
Knt.  of  Thurveton,  was  alive  in  1238,  and  married  Agnes  daughter  and 
coheir  to  Augustine  son  of  Richard  de  If'axtenesham  or  IVaxham,  of 
Waxham  in  Norfolk,  by  whom  he  had  Roger  le  Grys  of  Thurton,  Esq. 
who  lived  in  the  time  of  Edward  I.  whose  son  Thomas  le  Grice  of  Thur- 
ton, had  Roger  le  Grice  of  Brockdish,  who  lived  here  in  1392,-  whose 
son  Thomas  left  John  le  Grice  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  who  married  a 
Bateman.  and  lies  buried  in  St.  John  Baptist's  church  in  ISioncic.h  ;  (see 
vol.  iv.  p.  127;)  but  having  no  male  issue,  William  le  Grice  of  Brock- 
dish,  Esq.  son  of  Robert  le  Grice  of  Brockdish,  his  uncle,  inherited: 
he  married  Sibil/,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Edmund  Singleton  of 
tVingJield  in  Suffolk,  and  had 

Anthony  le  Grice  of  Brockdish,  Esq.*  who  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  U  ingjidd,  Esq.  of  Dunham,  who  lived  in  the  place, 
and  died  there  in  1553,  and  lies  buried  in  the  church,  by  whom  his 
wife  also  was  interred  in  1562.  His  brother  Gilbert  Grice  of  Yar- 
mouth, Gent.3  first  agreed  with  the  Duke  for  Brockdish,  but  died  be- 
fore it  was  completed;  so  that  Anthony,  who  was  bound  with  him 
for  performance  of  the  covenants,  went  on  with  the  purchase  for  his 
son, 

Charles  le  Grice  aforesaid,4  to  whom  it  was  conveyed:  he 
married  two  wives;  the  first  was  Susan,  daughter  and  heir  of  Andrew 
Manfield,  Gent,  and  Jane  his  wife,  who  was  buried  here  in  1564  ;  the 
second  was  Hester,  daughter  of  Sir  George  B/agge,  Knt.  who  held  the 
manor  for  life;  and  from  these  two  wives  descended  the  numerous 
branches  of  the  Grices  of  Brockdish,  Norwich,  Wakejield'm  Yorkshire, 
&.c.  He  was  buried  in  this  church  April  12, 1575,  and  was  found  to 
hold  his  manor  of  the  hundred  of  Earsham,  in  free  soccage,  without  any 
rent  or  service,  and  not  in  capite  ;  and  Brockdishe's-hall  manor  of  the 
King,  as  of  his  barony  of  Bury  St,  Edmund  in  Suffolk,  which  lately 

a  Christopher  le  Grice  of  Billingford  Quarterly  O.  B.  7,  Az.  three  swans  or. 

was  a  younger  son  to  this  William,  and  8,  Erm.  a  cross  compone  gul.  and  or.  9, 

brother    to    Anthony,    for    whom  see  Sab.  a  chevron  between  three  rosesArg. 

Billingford.  10,    arg.    three    mullets    between    two 

3  From  him  and  Margaret  his  wife,  bendlets  invecked  sab. 
descended  the  Grices  of  Yarmouth.  Quartering  quarterly, 

4  This  Charles  rebuilt  the  house  1,  Howard  of  Brockdish,  gul.  a  bend 
called  the  Place  in  1567,  and  fixed  his  cotized  between  six  cross  croslets  fitche 
own  and  wife's  arms  and  quarterings  in  arg.  This  family  being  descended  from 
the  windows  there,  viz.  a  younger  branch  of  the  Norfolk  family, 

Le  Grice,  as  at  vol.    i.  p.  199,    his  always   bare  the  bend  cotized  as  a  dis- 
crest on  many  single  quarrels  of  gla-s,  tinction.  2,  Jernegan.  3  as  2,  4  as  1. 
and  CLE  GRYS  andMANFYLDE,  1567. 

1,  Gul.  three  crescents  or,  a  fess  arg.  In  another  shield  the  first  ten  quarter. 
2,  Sab.  on  a  chevron  arg.  three  holly  ings,  quartering,  1,  Wingfield.  2,  Bo- 
leaves  vert.  3,  Barry  of  ten  arg.  and  az.  vile.  3,  Warren.  4,  Arg.  three  bars 
on  a  canton  gul.  a  lion  passant  or.  4,Sab.  gul.  a  canton  erm.  5,  Erm.  on  achev- 
on  a  chevron  arg.  thu  e  escalops  of  the  ron  sab.  three  lozenges  or,  a  chief  in. 
field.  5,  Sab.  three  lions  passant  arg.  6,  dented  of  the  2d.  6  as  1. 


BROCKDISH.  335 

belonged  to  the  abbey  there,  in  free  soccage,  without  any  rent  or  ser- 
vice, and  not  in  capite,  and 

William  le  Grice,  Esq.  was  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  who  at  the 
death  of  his  mother-in-law,  was  possessed  of  the  whole  estate  ;  for  in 
J  585,  William  Howard,  then  lord  of  Brockdishe's-hall  manor,  agreed 
and  sold  it  to  this  William,  and  Henry  le  Grice  his  brother,  and  their 
heirs;  but  Howard  dying  the  next  year,  the  purchase  was  not  com- 
pleted till  1598,  when  Edio.  Coppledick,  Gent,  and  other  trustees, 
brought  a  writ  of  entry  against  John  son  of  the  said  William  Howard, 
Gent,  and  had  it  settled  absolutely  in  the  Gkices,  from  which  time 
the  two  manors  have  continued  joined  as  they  are  at  this  day;  by 
Alice,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Mr.  Eyre  of  Yarmouth  ;  he  left 

Francis  le  Grice,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  who  sold  the  whole 
estate,  manors,  and  advowson,  to 

Robert  Laurence  of  Brockdish,  Esq. »  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Richard,  son  of  Edmund  Anguish  of  Great-Melton,  by 
whom  he  had 

Robert  Laurence,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Aslack  Lany,  who  survived  him,  and  remarried  in  1640,  to 
Richard  Smith,  Gent,  by  whom  she  had  one  child,  Eliz.  buried  here 
in  3641 :  he  died  July  24,  1637,  and  lies  buried  by  the  altar  as  afore- 
said :  he  built  the  present  hall,  and  had  divers  children,  as  Aslak 
Laurence,  Robert,  born  in  1633,  buried  in  1635,  Samuel  Laurence,  born 
in  1635,  Ellen,  born  in  1635,  Elizabeth,  who  married  William  Reynolds 
of  Great-Massingham,  Gent,  and 

Francis  Laurence  of  Brockdish,  Esq.  his  eldest  son  and  heir, 
who  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Patrick  of  Castle-acre,  Gent, 
widow  of  Mathew  Ha/cote  of  J.itcham,  Gent,  who  survived  him,  and 
held  Brockdish  in  jointure  to  her  death,  which  happened  Jan.  6,  1741, 
when  she  was  buried  in  the  nave  of  Litcham  church  :  they  had  Fran- 
ces, and  Elizabeth,  who  died  infants;  Mary,  who  died  single  about 
1736,  and  was  buried  in  the  vestry  belonging  to  Castleacre  church; 
Jane,  married  to  Mr.  Thomas  Shin  of  Great  Dunham,  by  whom  a 
Thomas,  a  son,  &c.  she  being  dead  ;  Ellen,  now  widow  of  Thomas 
Young  of  Oxboro,  Gent,  who  died  Oct.  1743,  leaving  issue,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Thomas-Patrick  Young  of  Caius  college  in  Cambridge,  Benjamin 
and  Mary,  and 

Samuel  Lawrence,  Gent,  their  second  son,  is  now  alive  and 
single;  and 

Robert  Lawrence,  Esq.  their  eldest  son  and  heir,  is  long  since 
dead,  but  by  Anne  daughter  of  John  Meriton,  lale  rector  of  Oxburgh, 
his  wife,  he  left  one  son, 

Robert  Laurence,  late  rector  of  Brockdish,  who  died  single, 
and 

Mrs.  Mary  Laurence,  his  only  sister,  who  is  now  living,  and  mar- 
ried to  Robert  Frankling,  Gent,  of Lynn  in  Norfolk,  is  the  present 
lord  in  her  right,  but  they  have  no  issue. 

5  Oliver  Laurence  created  baneret  by  rough  in  1547,  was  of  this  family,  which 
the  Duke   of  Somerset   before   Roxbo-    was  originally  of  Buckinghamshire. 


M6  BROCKDISH. 


BROCKDISHE'S-HALL  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Bury  abbey  as  aforesaid,  till  the  time  of  Henry  I.  and 
then  the  Abbot  infeoffed 

Sir  Stephen  de  Brockdish  in  it,  from  whom  it  took  its  present 
name ;  he  was  to  hold  it  at  the  4th  part  of  a  knight's  fee  of  that  abbey  : 
it  contained  a  capital  messuage  or  manor-house,  called  now  Brock- 
dishe's-hall ;  105  acres  of  land  in  demean,  12  acres  of  wood,  8  of  mea- 
dow, and  4/.  13s.  10rf.  rents  of  assise;  he  left  it  to 

Jeffery  de  Brockdish  his  son,  and  he  to 

William,  his  son  and  heir,  who  in  1267,  by  the  name  of  William  de 
Ha/lehede  Brokedis,  or  Will,  of  Brockdish-hull,  was  found  to  owe  suit 
and  service  once  in  a  year  with  all  his  tenants,  to  the  lete  of  the  Earl 
of  Norfolk,  held  here.  He  left  this  manor,  and  the  greatest  part  of  his 
estate  inNorwich-Carle/on  (which  he  had  with  Alice  Curson  his  wife)  to 

Thomas,  his  son  and  heir,  and  the  rest  of  it  to  Nigel  de  Brockdish, 
his  younger  son;  (see  p.  102;)  Thomas  left  it  to 

Reginald,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  and  he  to 

Sir  Stephen  de  Brockdish,  Knt.  his  son  and  heir,  who  was  capi- 
tal bailiff  of  all  the  Earl  of  Norfolk's  manors  in  this  county;  he  was 
lord  about  1329,  being  succeeded  by  his  son, 

Stephen,  who  by  Mary  Wingfield  his  wife,  had 

Reginald  de  Brockdish,  his  son  and  heir,6  to  whom  he  gave 
Brockdhh-hall  manor  in  Burston,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  127,  vol.  ii.  p.  506,) 
but  he  dying  before  his  father,  was  never  lord  here ;  his  two  daughters 
and  heiresses  inheriting  at  his  father's  death,  viz. 

Alice,  married  bo  William  de  Lampet  about  1355,  and  Catherine 
some  time  after,  to  William  son  of  John  de  Herdeshull,  lord  of  North 
Kellesey  and  Saleby  in  Lincolnshire,  who  inherited  each  a  moiety,  ac- 
cording to  the  settlement  made  by  their  grandfather,  who  infeoffed 
Sir  John  de  Wingfield,  Knt.  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  and  Thomas  his 
brother,  in  trust  for  them;7  soon  after,  one  moiety  was  settled  on  Ro- 
bert Mortimer  and  Catherine  his  wife,  by  John  Hemenhale,  clerk,  and 
John  de  Lantony,  their  trustees ;  and  not  long  after  the  whole  was 
united,  and  belonged  to 

Sir  William  Tendring  of  Stokeneyland,  Knt.  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Will.  Kerdeston  of  Claxton  in  No/folk, 
Knt.  who  were  succeeded  by  their  son  and  heir 

Sir  John  Tendring  of  Stokeneyland,  Knt.  who  jointly  with  Agnes 
his  wife,  settled  it  on 

Sir  Ralf  Tendring  of  Brockdish,  Knt.  one  of  their  younger  sons, 
who  built  the  old  hall  (which  was  pulled  down  by  Robert  Lawrence, 
Esq.  when  he  erected  the  present  house)  and  the  south  isle  chapel, 
in  which  he  and  Alice  his  wife  are  interred;  his  son, 

John  Tendring  of  Brockdish,  Esq.  who  was  lord  here  and  of  West- 
hall  in  Colney,  (see  p.  5,)  and  was  buried  in  the  said  chapel,  with 
Cecilu  his  wife,  died  in  1436,  and  left  five  daughrers,  coheiresses,  viz. 

6  The  family  of  this  name  were  very  cutors,  mentioned  by  Mr.  Fox,  vol.  ii. 

numerous  and  many  collateral  branches  fo.  1913. 

continued  a  long  time   in   this  county ;  7  The  account  in  the  Atlas,  p.  332, 

Sir  John  Broadish,  priest  of  Mendlesham  is  erroneous, 
in  Suffolk,  was  one  of  the  Marian  perse- 


BROCKDISH.  337 

Cecily,  married  toRobert  Ashfield  of  Stowlangetot  in  Suffolk,  Esq. 

Elizabeth,  to  Simeon  Fincham  of  Fincham  in  Norfolk,  Esq. 

Alice,  to  Robert  Morton. 

Joan,  to  Henry  Hall  of  Helwinton. 

Anne,  to  John  Braham  of  Colney. 
Whojoined  and  levied  a  fine  and  sold  it  to 

Thomas  Fastolff,  Esq.  and  his  heirs;  and  the  year  following, 
they  conveyed  all  their  lands,  &c.  in  Wigenhall,  Tilney,  and  Isling- 
ton, to 

Sir  John  Howard,  Knt.  and  his  heirs;  and  vested  them  in  his 
trustees,  who,  the  year  following,  purchased  the  manor  of  Fastolff 
to  himself  and  heirs;  this  Sir  John  left  Brockdish  to  a  younger  son, 

Robert  Howard,  Esq.  who  settled  here,  and  by  Isabel  his  wife 
had 

William  Howard  of  Brockdish,  Esq.  who  was  lord  in  1469;  he 
had  two  wives,  Alice  and  Margaret,  from  whom  came  a  very  numerous 
issue,  but 

Robert,  his  son  and  heir,  had  this  manor,  who  by  Joan  his  wife 
had 

William  Howard,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  who  died  in  1566, 
seized  of  many  lands  in  Cratfield,  Huntingfield,  Ubbeston,  and  Brad- 
jield  in  Suffolk;  and  of  many  lands  and  tenements  here,  and  in  Sile- 
ham,  &c.  having  sold  this  manor  the  year  before  his  death,  to  the 
Grices  as  aforesaid ;  but  upon  the  sale,  he  reserved,  all  other  his 
estate  mBrockdish,  in  which  he  dwelt,  called  Howard's  Place,  situate 
on  the  south  side  of  the  entrance  of  Brockdish-sireet;  which  house  and 
farm  went  to 

John  Howard,  his  son  and  heir,  the  issue  of  whose  three  daugh- 
ters, Grace,  Margaret,  and  Elizabeth,  failing,  it  reverted  to 

Mathew,  son  of  William  Hoieard,  second  brother  to  the  said  John 
Howard  their  father,  whose  second  son, 

Mathew  Howard,  afterwards  owned  it;  and  in  1711,  it  was 
owned  by  a  Mathezo  Howard,  and  now  by 

Mr.  Buck n  all  Howard  of London,  his  kinsman  (as  I  am  informed.) 

The  site  and  demeans  of  the  Earl's  manor,  now  called  the  place, 
was  sold  from  the  manor  by  the  Grices  some  time  since,  and  after  be- 
longed to  Sir  Isaac  Pennington,  alderman  of  London,  (see  vol.  i.  p. 
159,)  atJd  one  of  those  who  sat  in  judgment  on  the  royal  martyr,  for 
which  his  estate  was  forfeited  at  the  Restoration,  and  was  given  by 
Car.  II.  to  the  Duke  of  Grafton;  and  his  Grace  the  present  Duke  of 
Grafton,  now  owns  it. 

THE    BENEFACTIONS  TO  THIS  PARISH  ARE, 

One  close  called  Algorshegge,  containing  three  acres, 8  and  a  grove 
and  dove-house  formerly  built  thereon  containing  about  one  acre,  at 
the  east  end  thereof;  the  whole  abutting  on  the  King's  highway  north, 
and  the  glebe  of  Brockdish  rectory  west:  and  one  tenement  abutting 
on  Brockdish-street  south,  called  Seriches,9  with  a  yard  on  the  north 
side  thereof,  were  given  by  John  Bakon    the  younger,  of  Brockdish, 

*  It  pays  a  free-rent  of  \d.  ob.  time  of  Richard   Gibson,  rector,   who 

9  This   tenement   with  a  town-clock    contributed    thereto,  with  many  of  his 
fixed  therein,  was  rebuilt  in  1583,  in  the     parishioners. 
VOL.  V.  X  X 


338  BROCKDISH. 

son  of  John  Bakonthe  elder,  of  Thorp- Abbots;  the  clear  profits  to  go 
yearly  to  pay  the  tenths  and  fifteenths  for  the  parish  of  Brockdish  when 
laid,  and  when  they  are  not  laid,  to  repair  and  adorn  the  parish  church 
there  for  ever :  his  will  is  proved  in  1433.  There  are  always  to  be  12 
feoffees,  of  such  as  dwell,  or  are  owners  in  the  parish,  and  when  the 
majority  of  them  are  dead,  the  survivors  are  to  fill  up  the  vacancies. 

In  1590,  1  Jan.  John  Howard,  Gent.  John  Wythe,  Gent.  William 
Crickmere  and  Daniel  Spalding,  yeomen,  officers  of  Brockdish,  with  a 
legacy  left  to  their  parish  in  1572,  by  John  Sherwood,  late  of  Brokdish, 
deceased,  purchased  of  John  Thrust  on  ofHoxne,  Gent.  John  Thruston 
bis  nephew,  Thomas  Barker,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Hoxne  in  Suffolk, 
one  annuity  or  clear  yearly  rent-charge  of  6s.  8d.  issuing  out  of  six  acres 
of  land  and  pasture  in  Hoxne,  in  a  close  called  Calston's-close,  one  head 
abutting  on  a  way  leading  from  Heckfield-Green  to  Moles-Cross,  to- 
wards the  east;  to  the  only  use  and  behoof  of  the  poor  of  Brockdish,  to 
be  paid  on  the  first  of  November  in  Hoxne  church-porch,  between  12 
and  4  in  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day,  with  power  to  distrain  and 
enter  immediately  for  non-payment;  the  said  six  acres  are  warranted 
to  be  freehold,  and  clear  of  all  incumbrances,  except  another  rent- 
charge  of  13s.  4d.  granted  to  Hoxne  poor,  to  be  paid  at  the  same  day 
and  place 

In  1 592,  John  Howard  of  Brockdish  sold  to  the  inhabitants  there,  a 
cottage  called  Laune's,  lying  between  the  glebes  on  all  parts;  this 
hath  been  dilapidated  many  years,  but  the  site  still  belongs  to  the  parish. 

From  the  old  Town  Book. 

1553,  1st  Queen  Mary,  paid  for  a  book  called  a  manuel  2s.  6d. ;  for 
two  days  making  the  altar  and  the  holy-water  stope,  and  for  a  lock  for 
the  font.  1554,  paid  lor  the  rood  9c?.  1555,  paid  for  painting  the 
rood-loft  14c?.  At  the  visitation  of  my  Lord  Legate  \6d.  To  the 
organs  maker  4d.  and  for  the  chalice  26s.  1557,  paid  for  carriage  of 
the  Bible  to  Bocnam  12c?.  for  deliverance  of  the  small  books  at  Harl- 
stone\5d.;  the  English  Bibles  and  all  religious  Protestant  tracts  usually 
at  this  time  left  in  the  churches  for  the  information  and  instruction  of 
the  common  people,  being  now  called  in  by  the  Papist  Queen.  Paid 
for  two  images  making  5s.;  for  painting  them  1 6d.  for  irons  for  them  8d. 
But  in  1558,  as  soon  as  Queen  Elizabeth  ascended  the  throne,  all  these 
Popish  images,  &c.  were  removed  out  of  the  church.  Paid  for  sink- 
ing the  altai  4c?.;  carrying  out  the  altar  5d.;  mending  the  commu- 
niontable 3d.;  1561, paid  for  the  X.  Commandments  \8d. ;  forpulling 
down  the  rood-loft  14c?. ,-  paid  Roger  Colby  repairing  the  ckosse  in 
the  street  26s.  8c?. ;  for  a  lock  to  the  crosse-house,  &c. ;  1565,  for  digging 
the  ground  and  levelling  the  low  altar,  (viz.  in  the  south  chapel,)  and 
mending  the  pavement.  For  makyng  the  communion  cup  at  Harl- 
ston  5s.  Ad.  besides  6s.  Qd.  worth  of  silver  more  than  the  old  chalice 
weyed.  1569,  paid  to  Belward  the  Dean  for  certifying  there  is  no 
cover  to  the  cup,  8d.  1657,  layd  out  19s.  4c?.  for  the  relief  of  Attle- 
burgh,  visited  with  the  plague.  Laid  out  17s.  for  the  repair  of  the 
Brockdish  part  of  Sileham  bridge,  leading  over  the  river  to  Siteham 
church.  This  bridge  is  now  down,  through  the  negligence  of  both 
the  parishes,  though  it  was  of  equal  service  to  both,  and  half  of  it  re- 
paired by  each  of  them.  In  1618,  the  church  was  wholly  new  paved 
and  repaired ;  and  in  1619,  the  pulpit  and  desk  new  made,  new  books, 
pulpii-cioih,  altar-cloth,  Sec.  bought. 


R  U  S  H  A  L  L.  339 

From  the  Register : 

\593,Daniel  son  of  Robert  Pennington,  Gent.  bapt.  13  July.  1626, 
John  Brame,  Gent,  and  Anne  Shardelowe,  widow,  married  Sept.  2. 
1631,  John  Blomefield  and  Elizabeth  Briges  married  May  30. 
1666,  Roger  Rosier,  Gent,  buried.  1735,  Henry  Blomefield  of  Fers- 
field,  Gent,  single  man,  and  Elizabeth  Bateman  of  Mendham,  single 
woman,  married  Feb.  27. 


RUSHALL, 

\Jr  Reeve's-hall,  was  in  three  parts  ;*  the  first  (which  belonged  to 
Bishop  Stigand)1  was  seized  by  the  Conqueror,  and  was  afterwards 
granted  to  the  Bigods,  and  hath  attended  the  manor  and  hundred  of 
Earsham  to  this  time :  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Noifolk  keeping  lete 
here,  is  lord  paramount  in  right  of  the  hundred.  In  1285,  Roger  Bigot 
Earl  of  Noifolk  had  free-warren  allowed  him  here.     The  second  was 


RUSHALL  MANOR, 

Which  before  the  Confessor's  time  belonged  to  Bury  abbey,  who  in- 
feoffed  Henry  in  it;  but  at  the  Conquest  it  was  given  to  Ralf  Peverel, 
of  whom  Warincus  held  it,  it  being  then  of  3/.  per  annum  value.  The 
town  was  then  half  a  mile  long  and  five  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  Hd. 

feld.3  The  third  part  belonged  to  Stigand,  of  whom  Brictric  a 
~)ane  held  it:  the  Conqueror  gave  it  to  Robert  Fitz-Corbun,  of 
whom  Gunfrid  held  it  at  the  survey;*  this  was  afterwards  divided  into 
many  parts,  and  constituted  the  manors  called  Vauce's,  Stunner's, 
Branche's,  St.  Faith's,  and  Langley,  or  the  Rectory  manor. 

1  So   called    from    the    Prepositus  or  xvii.  tunc  xix.  oves,  modo  xviii.  modo 

Reeve  of  the  hundred,  that  anciently  xii.  capr.  tunc  iii.  vasa  apum  modo  i. 

dwelt  here.  tunc  et  post  valuit  xl.  sol.  modo  Ix.  ha- 

1  Terre  Stic  andi  Episcopi  quas  cus-  bet  dim.  leug.  in  longo,  et  v.  (quar.)  in 

todit  Will,  de    Noiers  in  manu   Regis,  lato,  et  de  Gelto  viii.  d.  sed  plures  ibi 

Hersam  dim.  H.  Doms.  fo.  53.  tenent.  modo  tenet  hanc  terramRanulfus 

In  Rivessalla  x.  lib.  hom.Stigandi  ad  feudum  Regis. 

T.R.E.  de  xl.  et  iii.  bord.  semper  iii.  ♦  Terre  Roberti  filij  Corbutio. 

silva  vi.  pore,  et  ii.  acr.  prati.  soca  et  nis.     H.  dim.  Hersam.  Doms.  fo.  268. 

saca  in  Hersam.  In  Rivessalla  tenet  Gunfridus quam 

3  Terre  Rainulfi  Peverelli.     H.  tenuit  Brictricus   i.    lib.  hom.   Stigandi 

Hersam  dim.     Doms  fo.  261.  commendat.  sed  nee  dare  nee  vendere 

Rivessalla  tenet  Warincus  quod  poterat  terram  suam  sine  licencia  ejus 

tenuit  Htnricus  a  Sancto  Edmundo  oni.  i.  car.  et  dim.  terre  tunc  yi.  villani  post 

nino  inter  ecclesiam  T.R.E.  pro  i.  car.  et  modo  iii.  tunc  i.  car.  et  dim.  mod. 

et  dim.  terre  semper  vii.  vill.et  iii.  bord.  dim.  semp.  dimid.  car.  hom.  silv-  xl. 

semper  ii.  car.  in  dom.  et  i.  car.  hom.  pore,  et  vi.  acr.  prati.  tunc  et  post  valuit 

silva   xl.  pore,  et   v.  acr.  prati  modo  xx.  sol.  modo  x. 
equus  et  iii.  anim.  tunc  1.  pore,  modo 


340  R  U  S  H  A  L  L. 


RUSHALL-HALL,  or  THE  CAPITAL  MANOR, 

Was  held  of  the  honour  of  Pererel*  at  one  fee,  by  Warincus,  whose 
successour,  Alan,  assumed  the  name  of  Riveshale,  or  Rushale,  from 
this  his  lordship;  his  sod,  Miles  de  Riveshale, lord  here,  gave  in  free 
alms  to  the  monks  at  Norwich,6  10  acres  of  land,7  and  a  ploughed  field, 
which  were  appropriated  to  the  office  of  sacrist  in  that  church:  he 
was  succeeded  by  Sir  Hen.  de  Riveshale,  Knt.  and  he  by  a  son  of  his 
own  name,  a  knight  also,  who  had  two  wives,  the  first  was  Helen, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  William  son  of  Walter  de  Hepworth,  with 
whom  he  had  a  part  of  Hepworth  manor  in  Suffolk;  and  after  her 
death,  he  married  Amy,  who  in  1284  was  his  widow,  and  had  her 
dower,  viz.  the  third  part  of  the  manor.  In  1263,  he  obtained  a  char- 
ter of  free-warren  for  this  manor,  and  that  of  Semere  in  Suffolk,  of  King 
Henry  III.  John  de  Riveshale,  Knt.  his  son  and  heir,  about  1285, 
married  Winesia,  daughter  of  Ralf  son  of  William  de  Pevense,  who  was 
a  widow,  and  lady  here  and  at  Hepworth.  In  1290,  their  son  and  heir, 
John  de  Riveshale,  was  in  custody  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  of  whom  this 
manor  was  said  to  be  originally  held,  the  Peverels  holding  it  of  the 
Abbot.  He  was  lord  here  in  1315,  and  sealed  with  his  arms  on  a 
shield,  and  his  name  round  it,  viz.  a  cross  and  label  of  five.8  He  left 
Winesia  his  daughter  his  sole  heiress,  who  held  it  at  one  fee  in  1345; 
and  by  her  marriage  with  Sir  Oliver  Withe,  carried  it  out  of  the  Rives- 
hall  family,  which  continued  here  some  time  after  this,  for  Ric.  de 
Rives/tall,  her  uncle,  in  1338,  married  Maud,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Ric.Buishe,  and  left  issue;  and  William  de  Rivesha.ll,  her  other  uncle, 
left  issue  also,^'ce,  a  daughter  and  heiress,  to  whom  Henry  de  Rives- 
hall  was  guardian  and  heir. 

Sir  Oliver  Withe  being  thus  possessed  of  this,  purchased  the  other 
manors  of  Vauce's,  Brauche's,  and  Sturmyn's,9  in  this  town  and  Pul- 
ham,  and  joined  them  to  Rushall-halt ;  the  demeans  of  them  being  ex- 
cepted, having  passed  separate  to  this  day  :  the  demeans  of  Branche's 
in  Rushall  making  one  farm,  and  those  in  Pulham  another;  both 
which  are  now  known  by  their  ancient  names. 

From  the  Wythes  they  came  to  the  Carbonels;  Sir  Robert  Car- 
bonel  being  the  first  lord  of  that  family,  whose  son  Sir  John  Carbonel, 
Knt.  and  Margery  his  wife,  possessed  them  in  1421 ;  and  in  1425,  Sir 
John  Heveningham,  senior,  Knt.  owned  them,  and  settled  them  on  Sir 
John  Heveningham,  Knt.  his  son  and  heir.  It  after  passed  through 
the  Grooses,  and  Calthorps  ;  and  in  1565,  Thomas  Beaumond  and 
Thomas  Gooch,  sold  the  manors  of  Rushall-hull,  I  ounce's  or  Vance's, 
Sturmyn's  and  Branche's,  in  Rusatl,  Pulham,  Dickleburgh,  Harleston, 
Redenhall,    and    Diss,  to    Thomas  Crane  and  his   heirs.     In  1571, 

5  See  p.  18.  their  owners.     In  1272,  Will.  deVAux 

6  Register  Sacrist.  Norwic.  fo.  59.  held  a  quartergof  a  fee  here,  of  Robert 

7  This  land,for  a  certain  annual  rent,  de  Tateahale  ;  this  was  Vauce's  manor, 
was  assigned  to  the  Prior  of  Bukerham,  In  1364,  William  Bernak  had  it.  In 
and  joined  to  the  priory  lands  here.  1398,  Gilbert  Talbot.     In  1401,  John 

8  He  bare  his  coat  different  from  that  Brtisyerd.  In  1470,  John  Branche  was 
of  the  rest  of  the  family,  which  was  lord  of  Branche's  manor,  and  that  fa- 

Gul.  three  lozenges  in  chief  arg.  mily   continued    long   here,  after  they 

9  They  took  their  several  names  from    parted  from  the  manor. 


RUSH  ALL.  341 

Anthony  Tebold  had  it:  it  afterwards  was  purchased  by  the  Pettus 
family,  and  hath  continued  in  it  some  time,  Sir  Horace  Pettus,  Bart, 
of  Rackhithe  being  the  present  owner,  but  holds  no  court,  the  whole 
being  either  purchased  in,  or  manumised,  and  the  demeans  are  about 
50/.  per  annum. 

THE  PRIORY 

Is  a,  farm-house,  owned  by  the  Bat  lards  of  Metingham  ;  it  is  so  called 
as  belonging  anciently  to  the  priori/  of  Bukenham,  to  which  it  was 
given  by  Richard  son  of  Robert  de  Sengles,  with  his  whole  tenement 
in  Rusa/l,  and  Lincroft  a  hamlet  thereto;  as  may  be  seen  in  vol.  i.  p. 
385,  9;  Sir  Henry  de  Riveshale  and  Sir  John  his  son,  Knts.  being  wit- 
nesses to  the  gift.  In  1401,  the  Prior  of  Bukenham  held  it  at  the  4th 
part  of  a  fee,  of  the  heirs  of  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  and  he  of  the  King ; 
and  was  taxed  for  his  temporals  at  St.  2s.  In  1402,  he  held  it  of  the 
manor  of  Horsford,  then  belonging  to  Henry  Lord  Dacres  ;'  at  the 
Dissolution  it  went  to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  by  Philip  and 
Mary,  to  Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Gawdye,  and  was  held  by 
Anthony  Gawdye  and  Anne  his  wife,  who  conveyed  it  to  Sir  Bassing- 
bourn  Gawdye,  Knt. 


THE  RECTORY,  or  LANGLEY  MANOR, 

Consisted  of  two  parts,  the  first  was  the  manor  originally  belonging  to 
the  rectory,  before  its  appropriation  ;  the  other  was  a  manor  owned  by 
Wulnard  Betekarl,  and  after  by  Warner,  and  then  by  Eusta  ce  de  Ho 
his  heir,  whose  daughter  Imbria,  before  1195,  was  married  to  Baldwin 
de  Bures,  the  then  lord  :  this  was  after  given  to  the  Abbot  of  Langley, 
and  joined  to  the  impropriation ;  but  now,  the  whole  hath  been  long 
since  manumised,  and  no  court  kept  for  these  manors.  The  Abbot 
held  it  at  half  a  fee  of  Robert  Fitz-Roger,  as  of  Horseford,  and  so  of 
Eye  honour,  and  was  taxed  for  his  temporals  at  St.  6s.  This  was  given 
in  divers  parcels  to  this  abbey.  In  1202,  Roesia,  daughter  of  Regi- 
nald de  Riveshale,  gave  to  Gilbert  Abbot  of  Langley,  many  lands  and 
rents  in  this  parish.  In  1223,  Agatha,  widow  of  Miles  de  Riveshale, 
settled  40  acres  and  rents,  on  Hugh  Abbot  of  Langley.  In  1246, 
Stephen  de  Brokedish  settled  lands  here,  on  Abbot  Hugh;  and  in  1427, 
the  Abbot  of  Langley  was  prosecuted  for  purchasing  and  holding  200 
acres  of  land  in  Rushalt  of  lay-fee;  but  upon  proving  that  all  his  lay- 
fees  here,  were  joined  to  his  spiritual  impropriate  rectory,  and  taxed 
with  it  as  spirituals,  and  that  he  was  cessed  for  it  with  the  clergy,  he 
was  acquitted. 

The  Prior  of  St.  Faith  at  Horsham  had  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  the 
founder's  gift  in  this  parish  :  in  1272,  it  was  returned  as  held  of  that 
house  by  Robot  Fitz-Roger,  as  of  Eye  honour;  it  was  afterwards 
found  to  be  held  of  the  Lord  Dacres,  as  of  his  manor  of  Horseford; 
was  first  taxed  at  30s.  after  as  spirituals  at  40s.  and  so  paid  4s.  tenths; 
all  the  tithes  belonging  to  it  being  paid  to  St.  Faith's,  and  not  to  the 

1  E  Feodario  Honoris  de  Horseford,  penes  P.  L.  N.  Norroy. 


342  R  U  S  H  A  L  L. 

rector  or  vicar.  This  house  was  taxed  at  25s.  5d.  for  their  temporals 
in  Rushall;  being  vested  in  the  Crown,  King  Henry  VIII.  in  the  S6th 
year  of  his  reign,  granted  all  the  lands,  rents,  and  possessions,  belong- 
ing to  the  priory  of  Horsham,  late  in  the  tenure  of  Catherine  Branche, 
to  John  Carryll  and  his  heirs. 

The  rectory  was  given  to  the  abbey  of  Langley  in  Norfolk,  and 
was  appropriated  to  that  house  ;  Will,  the  priest  being  the  only  rector 
of  it  that  I  have  found  mentioned.  In  the  old  taxation,  the  Abbot  of 
Langley  was  taxed  for  his  manor  and  lands  at  6  marks ;  the  rectory 
was  valued  at  15,  and  in  the  new  valuation  at  26  marks :  there  was  a 
house,  manor,  and  carucate  of  land  before  the  impropriation;  the 
vicarage  endowed  was  valued  at  five  marks,  but  was  not  taxed  ;  it  paid 
Q.s.  synodals,  and  12d.  Peter-pence,  and  the  vill  paid  40s.  ;i  year  clear 
to  each  tenth.  The  vicarage  is  discharged  of  Jirst-fruits  and  tenths, 
and  is  capable  of  augmentation  ;  it  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

4/.  Rushall  vicarage.  —  -  -  30/.  clear  yearly  value. 

In  1548,  King  Edw.  VI.  granted  to  John  Pykarel  and  John  Bar- 
nard, the  tithes, glebes,  &c.  with  the  appurtenances  of  Rushall  rec- 
tory, late  parcel  of  Langley  monastery,  paying  20s.  per  annum  to  the 
vicar,  and  7s.  per  annum  for  procurations  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Nor- 
folk: in  Queen  Elizabeth's  time,  a  confirmation  of  it  passed  to  the 
Cleres,  and  in  1603,  Sir  Eduard  presented  to  the  vicarage,  as  an  ap- 
purtenant to  the  rectory :  it  was  afterwards  conveyed  to  Tho.  Sher- 
wood, who  in  James  the  First's  time  sold  about  70  acres  with  the  par- 
sonage-house, to  one  Ket,  but  excepted  the  tithes,  &c.  and  fixed 
6s.  8d.per  annum  to  the  vicar  for  his  dividend  of  the  20s.  a  year;  it  be- 
longed after  that,  to  the  Redes,  and  then  to  William  Long,  in  right  of 
his  wife ;  and  he  sold  it  to  the  Bransbys,  and  being  sold  by  Mr.  James 
Bransby  of  Shot.es/iam,  to  Immanuel  college  in  Cambridge,  they  are 
now  rented  of  that  society  at  85/.  10s.  per  annum.  The  small  tithes 
belong  to  the  vicar. 

VICARS 

PRESENTED     BY    THE    ABBOTS    OF    LANGLEY. 

1316,  Ric.de  Brom. 

1349,  John  Pecock,  res. 

1354,  John  atte  Frithe  of  Gissing. 

John  Mason,  who  changed  for  Burnham-Westgate  in  1397, with 

Ric.  Wapound. 
1398,  Brother  Will,  de  Hoo,  a  canon  of  Langley. 
1402,  Will.  Tyffeyn. 
\407,  Tho.  Davy,  res. 
1409,  Andrew  Gele. 
1412,  Adam  Sharnburn. 
1415,  Ric.Joos, 

1470,  Brother  John  Myntelyng,  S.  T.  D.  a  friar-preacher 
1482,  Brother  Thomas  Tudenham. 
1513,  William  Whyk,  a  canon  of  Laugleu,  lapse 


RUSHALL. 


VICARS  SINCE  THE  DISSOLUTION. 

1544,  Will.  Hudson. 

1567,  Brian  Jackson. 

1581,  Jerom  Emery. 

1594,  James  Wilson  ;  all  presented  by  the  Crown. 

1603  iienru  Aldred,  presented  by  Sir  Edward  Clere,  Knt.  there 
being  92  communicants  in  the  parish.  In  1608,  it  was  united  to 
Thorv-Parva,  during  the  incumbancy  of 

Hugh  Hatton*  who  had  it  by  lapse  to  the  Bishop. 

1620,  John  Thirteby,  presented  by  the  Crown ;  he  held  it  with  Way- 
brede  vicarage  by  union,  and  was  the  last  vicar,  it  being  served  by 
sequestration  till  the  year  1733,  when 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Traceu,  B.  A.  the  present  vicar,  was  instituted, 
being  presented  in  right  of  the  Crown,  by  virtue  ot  the  lapse. 

The  advowson  of  the  vicarage  now  belongs  to  Immanuel  college,  as 
appendant  to  the  impropriate  rectory. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary,  hath  a  steeple  round 
at  bottom  and  octangular  at  top,  and  only  one  bell,  two  being  lately 
sold,  with  the  lead  tl^xt  covered  the  church,  towards  repa.r.ng  it;  so 
that  the  nave,  chancel,  and  south  porch,  are  tiled.  There  was  a  small 
chapel  on  the  north  side  of  the  nave  which  is  now demolished ;  in 
which  there  was  an  altar,  image,  andg.W,  held  ;  all  in  the  honour  of 
the  Holy  Trinity ;  to  sustain  which,  there  was  a  close  given  at  Bon- 
well-Croft.1  Grimes  Meadow  was  given  in  1473,  by  John  Braunch, 
To  find  alight  always  burning  before  the  image  ot  the V,rgin  in  the 
chancel,  where  he  is  buried  ;  his  stone  lies  ,n  the  middle  of  it,  but  hath 
lost  an  effigies  in  armour  standing  on  a  lion,  and  four  shields ;  Marion 
his  wife,  and   Richard  and  John  his  sons,  had  good   estates  ...  the 

^There  are  no  copyholds  but  such  as  are  held  of  the  manors  that  are 
in  other  places  and  extend  hither,  as  Semere's  in  Mendham,  Gunshaws 
in  Starston,  Manclerk's  in  Dickleburgh,  &c. 

From  the  Register. 
1561,   Thomas  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Blomefield,  baptised. 
X>m,John  their  son.     1563,  Kat.  their  daughter.     1564,  Alice  their 
daughter.     1565,   Faith,  daughter  ot    Tho.  and    Jgnes  Blomefield 
1568    Rachel,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Blomefield.      1571, 
a«n7v  daughter  of  Tho.  Blomefield'  baptized.      1589,  Tho  and  Mar- 
ZZnUmJLu  buried.     1584,   Charles,  son  of  Anne  and  Henry  k 
tnce,  baptized.     John  Sayer,  Gent,  and  Ehz.  Sayer,  married,  l670. 
There  is  also  a  town-house  for  the  poor. 
3  Thele  lan'/s'conwin  six  acres,  lying     There  are  two  pieces  of  land  belonging 
feoffees  hands    to  Nedham,  that  he  in  this  town. 


in  three  puces,  am' 


the  church  with  the  profits. 


[  344  ] 


STARSTON, 


Uk  Steees-town,  was  anciently  in  many  parts;  the  head  manor 
belonged  toBury  abbey?  and  was  infeofted  by  Baldwyne,  abbot  there,5 
in  Roger  Bigot  ;  who  obtained  of  the  King,  a  freeman  and  his  ser- 
vices here,  which  belonged  to  St.  Audrys  monastery  at  Ely  ;6  and 
another  part  which  was  Stigeind's,be  had,  as  belonging  to  his  manor 
of  Earsham  :  all  which  he  left  to  his  successours,  and  they  continued 
in  his  family,  till  one  of  them  granted  off  2  fees,  which  made  2  manors, 
to  be  held  of  the  manor  of  Forncet,  and  reserved  the  superiour  juris- 
diction, lete,  and  advowson,  with  liberty  of  warren,  &c.  to  his  hens;  all 
which  have  passed,  and  now  continue  (except  the  advowson)  with  the 
manor  and  hundred  of  Earsham,  in  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  lord  thereof; 
the  chief  part  of  the  town  being  free  suitors  to  the  hundred-court  at 
Harleston.1  The  town  at  the  Conqueror's  survey  was  a  mile  and  five 
furlongs  long,  and  five  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  13d.  geld. 


*  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sancto  Eadmun- 
do.     F0.180.   Doms.  Hersam  dim.  H. 

Sterestunam  tenet  Rogerus  Bigot 
de  Abbate  quod  tenuit  Brictflit,  li- 
bera fcmina  Sancti  Edmundi  commerd. 
pro  ii.  car.  terre,  tunc  iii.  villani  modo 
ii.  semper  iii.  serv.  tunc  ii.  car.  in  do- 
minio  modo  null  vi.  acr.  prati  tunc  et 
post  xl.  sol.  modo  xx.  habet  i.  leug.  et 
v.  quar.  in  longo,  et  v.  quar.  in  lato, 
et  xiii.  d.  de  Gelto.  quicunque  ibi  teneat. 

In  Sterestuna  i.  liber  homo  Sci.  Ed- 
mundi commend,  sed  soca  Stigandi  in 
Hersam  v.  acr.  terre  val.  x.d.  hoc  est 
in  dominio. 

5  Willelmus  siquidem  Rex  Anglo- 
rum,  qui  Wngfozw  manu  adquisivit  bellica, 
licenciam  dedit  et  facultatem  BalcUwyno 
Abbati  Sancti  Eadmundi,  ut  quocunque 
modo  posset, terras  ecclesie  sue  adijceret, 
vel  pecunia  easavicinis  suis,  redimendo, 
vel  dono  ipsorum  proprio,  et  spontanea 
voluntate  eorum  adquirendo  ;  unde  fac- 
tum est,  ut  plures  liberos  homines,  quos 
sokemannos  vocamus,  et  eorum  homagia 
adquireret,  et  eorum  adquisitione  mo. 
nasterium  suum  locupletaret. 

6  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Doms.  fo.  133. 
Hund.  dim.  Hersam. 

In  Sterestuna  tenuit  i.  liber  homo 
Sancte  Aldrede  T.  R.  E.  et  Stigandi 
erat  soca  et  saca  in  Hersam  :  sed  nee  dare 


nee  vendere  poterat  terram  suam  sine  li- 
cencia  Sancte  Aldrede  et  Stigandi,  dim. 
car.  terre  modo  tenet  Godvinus  et  sub  eo 
iii.  bord.  semper  i.  car.  in  dominio  et 
viii.  liberi  homines  sub  eo  de  xx.  acr. 
semper  iii.  car.  semper  val.x.  sol.  modo 
R.  Bigot  revocat  ad  t'eudum  liberorum 
suoruni  ex  dono  Regis.  Sed  hundred, 
testatur  quod  quando  Ricardus  Punnant 
erat  prepositus  in  Hersam,  pertinebat  in 
Hersam,  sed  ille  qui  modo  tenet  tunc 
subprepositus  Ricardi  in  Ersam,  abstu- 
ht,  et  teste  hundredo,  et  dedit  censum  in 
Ersam  xx.  sol.  et  vi.  d.  unoquoque  anno 
de  hac  terra  nominatim,  et  de  aha,  sed 
hoc  anno  nichil  reddidit,  et  Will,  de 
Noiers  habuit  hucusque  censum. 

7  Terre  Stigandi  Episcopi,  quas  cus- 
todit  Will,  de  Noiers,  in  manu  Regis. 
Doms.  fo.  52.     Hersam  dim  Hund. 

In  Sterestuna  xv.  soc.  atigandi 
pertinentes  ad  Ersam  cum  soca  tenent 
lxxx.  acr.  prati.  et  vi.  bord.  semper  viii. 
car.  inter  omnes.  In  eadem  xv.  socm. 
de  quibus  Scs.  Edmundus  T.  R.  E.  ha- 
buit commendat.  sed  terra  eorum  om. 
nino  erat  in  ecclesia  sed  soca  et  saca  in 
Hersam,  et  R.  Bigot  ideo  addidit,  quando 
tenuit  manerium  Hersam  tempore  Sti- 
gandi, inter  omnes  lx.  acr.  terre  et  i. 
acr.  prati.  semper  iii   car. 


STARSTON. 


STARSTON-HALL  MANOR, 

Bein"-  granted  from  the  Bigods  to  be  held  of  Forncet  at  one  fee,  was 
owned  by  Bartholomew  Evereus,  or  Devereux,  lord  also  of  Hardwick  ? 
and  after  by  Roger  Devereux,  and  in  1308,  by  Ra/f  Devereux  and 
Dionise  bis  wife;  and  was  soon  after  sold  to  James  Herwardstoke,  and 
Jefery  de  Waterbeche,  son  of  Sir  Jeffery  de  Stoke,  Knt.  in  1352,  re- 
leased it  to  Sir  John  de  Herwardestok,  rector  of  Pulham,  who  in  1341 
confirmed  it  to  John  de  Herwardestoke,  his  brother,  citizen  of  London, 
who  sealed  withgw/.  an  eagle  displayed  or,  on  his  shield,  and  his  name 
round  it;  he  sold  it  to  Robert  de  Bumpstede,  citizen  of  Norwich,  and 
Robert  and  Thomas  his  sons;  and  they  to  William  and  Roger  Pycot, 
Stephen  Horn,  vicar  of  Ilketshall  St.  Andrew,  and  Richard  Dautns, 
feoffees  to  Roger  Pi/cot,  whose   son,  Sir  Earth.  Pycot,  Knt.  was  lord 
in  1373  ;  in  1387,  Richard  Picot  sold  it  to  Ric.  le  Haukere  and  John 
Can/o/f  of  Redenha/I,  who  reconveyed   it,  in  1395,  to  the  said  Ric. 
Picot  of  Stanton,  John  Caltoft,  and  Robert  Rous  or  Dymngton,  his 
feoffees;  and   in  1406,  it  was  vested  in   Sir  Rob,  Berney,  knt.   and 
others,  conditionally,  that  if  Anne  wife  of  Richard  Picot  should  claim 
any  dower  out  of  Blickling  manor,  that  then  the  feoffees  should  enter 
upon  this.     In  1411,  this  Richard   was  returned   lord,  and   in  1428, 
Thomas  Picot,  Esq.  who  in  1432,  is  said  to  hold  Bovile's  tee  ;  he  left 
the  manor  at  his  death,  vested  in  trustees  for  the  use  ot  his  daughters 
and  heiresses,  after  the  death  of  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Tirrel,  Knt.  and  widow  of  William  Skrene  ;  and  in  1460,  Robert  hay 
nard  of  Specteshall,  Esq.  and  Tho.  Crofts  of  West-Hall,  Esq.  by  d.rec- 
tion  of  the  will  of  Thomas  Pi/cot  of  Starston,  Esq.   at  the  request  ot 
Katerine  daughter  of  Thomas  Pykot,  confirmed  to  Hugh  Austyn  of 
FramlinghamCastle,  Gent,  and  to  the  said  Catherine  his  wife,  Stars- 
ton,  alias  Pykot's   manor,  to  hold  to  their  heirs,  with  remainder  to 
Anne  sister  of  Catherine  aforesaid;  and   the   same  year,  Hamon  le 
Stian«e,  Esquire  of  the  King's   household,  released  to  Hugh  and  Ca- 
therine, all  his  right  in  it:  Kat.  Austyn  died  before  1500,  tor  then  her 
executor  released  the  manor  to  Robert  Bernard,  Esq.  and  Anne  his 
wife   her  sister;  and  in  1515,  Christopher  Calthorp,  Esq.  held  his  first 
court  in  right  of  Eleanor  his  wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heiresses 
of  Rob.  Baynard  and  Anne  Bigot  his  wife  :  their  son,  James  Calthorp 
of  Cockthorp,  in  Norfolk,  succeeded,  and  was  lord  in  1560;  in  1570, 
Christopher,  his  son  and   heir,  was  dead,  and  .t  was  held  in  jointure 
by  Jane  daughter  of  Roger  Rookwood,  Esq.  of  Fish/ey  in  Norfolk,  his 
relict,  then  remarried  to  Sir  Jerome  Bowes  of  London,  Knt.  who  in 
158l'  for  G0l.  per  annum  during  his  wife's  life,  released  all  right  to  Sir 
James  Calthorp  of  Cockthorp  in  Norfolk,  Knt.  who  was  lord  in  1610, 
and  was  succeeded  by  C/uistopher  Calthorp,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir;  it 
was  then  the  chief  manor  in  the  town,  and   had  a  convenient  house 
belonging  to  it;  it  afterwards  belonged   to  the  II il tons  oi  II  i/ by  in 
Norfolk,  was  mortgaged  to  John  Strange  ot  Red- Lion.  Square,  and  is 
now  owned  by  Mr.  Mills  oi  London. 

8  Payone's  manor  in  Denton,  Anne     ton,  Catherine  had,  see  p.  199. 
had  for  her  part,  this  and  Saies  inStrat- 
vol.  v.  Y  y 


346  STAR  ST  ON. 


BRESINGHAM'S  MANOR 

Takes  its  name  from  its  ancientlords ;  Halter  de  Bresingham  was  lord 
about  1235  ;9  after  him,  William  his  son;  in  1362,  Richard  de  Bre- 
singham;  and  it  continued  in  the  family  till  1462,  when  John  Bre- 
singham, Esq.  died,  and  was  buried  in  Brockdish  church,  and  left  the 
manor  to  Elizabeth  daughter  of  William  Grice  of  Brockdish,  his 
wife,  and  her  heirs;  and  it  continued  in  the  Grices  till  they  sold  it  to 
the  Pi/cots,  or  Pygots;  and  in  1578,  William  Pi/cot  was  lord,  who  sold 
it  to  Bratholomew  Cotton,  Esq.  son  and  heir  of  Rog.  Cotton  by  Audry, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Cotton,  second  brother  to  Sir  Rob.Cotton 
of  Lauwade  in  Cambridgeshire,  Km.  In  his  time  it  was  returned  to  have 
a  house,  demeans,  and  royalties,  but  no  copyhold  tenants  nor  court  ba- 
ron, the  whole  being  manumised  ;  and  the  freeholders  belonging  to  it, 
paid  about  ]Qs.  per  annum  freerents.  He  lies  buried  undei  a  sumptu- 
ous monument  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel ;  his  effigies,  with  a 
ruff  about  his  neck,  is  kneeling  at  a  desk  ;  his  crest,  on  a  torce  A.  S. 
a  griffin's  head  erased  arg.  Motto,  Mors  Quies,  Vita  Labor.  12 
coats  marshalled,  with  a  crescent  gul.  in  the  fess  point  for  difference. 
1,  Cotton,  S.  a  chevron  between  three  griffins  heads  erased  arg. 
2,  Ar.  a  fess  invecked  gul.  in  chief  a  rose  of  the  second.  3,  Erm.  on 
a  chief  sab.  two  mullets  or.  4,  Erm.  on  a  bend  sab.  three  eagles  heads 
erased  arg.  5  as  1.  6  as  2.  7  as  3.  8,  Gul.  a  chevron  between 
three  drops  or.  Q,  Arg.  three  birds  heads  gul.  in  a  bordure  ingrailed 
sub.  10,  Sab.  a  cinquetoil  in  an  orle  of  martlets  arg.  1 1,  Vert,  three 
eagles  displayed  or,  a  canton  erm.  12,  Erm.  on  abend  gul.  three 
eagles  displayed  or. 

Hie  in  Christo  obdormit  Baetholomeus  Cotton  Armiger, 
Filius  et  Haeres  Rogeri  Cotton  ex  antiqua  Familia.  Cottono- 
rum  de  Lanzcude  in  Comitatu  Cantab)  igice,  per  Etheldrtdam  Fliam 
et  Hasredem  Johannis  Cotton  Fratris  secundi  Roberti  Cotton  de 
Lanzeude  Militis,  Qui  verae  Religionis  verus  Cultor,  Beniricus 
egenis,  et  omnibus  eharus,  muneie  Eirenarchse  complures  annos, 
et  Clerici  Brevium  atque  Processuum  in  Camera  Stellata  xxxmi 
Annos,  cum  summa  Integritates  Laude  perfunctus;  ties  duxit 
Uxores,  Ceciliam  Borrough,\ irginem  et  Haeredem,  A/iciam  Gas- 
coigne,  et  Annum  Sler/inge  Viduas,  Animam  Deo  pie  et  placide 
reddidit,  die  Luna?  viz.  xxi  Junij  AQ  Salutis  MDCXII1.  iEtatis 
sua?  LXXVl0. 

Patri  Optimo  Thomas  Filius  et  Haeres,  in  Officio  Successor, 
observantiae  ergo  posuit. 

Thomas  Calthorp  Gent,  his  son  and  heir,  married  Eleanor,  daughter 
of  James  Calthorp,  whose  son,  Bartholomew  Cotton  of  this  town,  mar- 
ried Jane  daughter  of  Ric.  Lucliinof Diveshal  in  Essex,  and  had  Luckiii 
Cotton,  Gent,  who  by  Anne  h^wife,1  he  left  issue;  he  is  buried  here 
with  this,  &■ 

9  For  this  family  see  vol.  i.  p.  57.  with  a  crescent,  impaling  on  a  fess  three 

*  She  is  interred  in  the  altar  under;a  lions  faces.  Anne,  late  wife  of  Luckyn 
black  marble  with  the  arms  of  Cotton     Cotton,  Esq.  died  Aug.  8,  16,58. 


STARSTON.  347 

In  Memory  of  Luckin  Cotton  Gent,  interred  Jan.  the  17,  1G54. 
He  left  C  Sons,  Luckin  and  Bartholomew;  and  2  Daughters, 
Lydia  and  Mary;2,  Bartholomew  and  Luckin  died  synce,  and 
were  buried  by  their  Father;  Bartholomew  Apr.  14,  and  Luckin 
Oct.  3,1655. 

Cotton  with  a  crescent,  impales  az.  on  a  fess  or,  three  lions  faces 
gul. 

Crest,  on  a  toice  or,  and  sab.  a  gray-hound  arg.  collared  or. 

On  an  altar  tomb  with  Cotton's  arms, 

Here  lie  the  Bodies  together  ofJohn-Luckin  Cotton,  Gent,  who 
(being  about  25  Years  of  Age)  was  interred  Jan.  17,  1654,  and  of 
his  2  [nfants  Sons,  Luckin  and  Bartholomew,  who  (like  un-timely 
Fruit)  fell  all  at  a  Blast,  and  in  the  space  of  ten  Monthes,  wi- 
thered away  in  the  Immaturity  of  their  Years;  Bartholomew 
(being  about  a  Year  old)  was  buried  Apr.  13,  1655  ;  and  Luckin 
the  eldest  (not  being  3  Years  old)  periodized  the  Males  of  his 
Family  here  by  his  deplored  Death,  and  was  buried  Oct.  3,  1 655. 

Our  happiest  Dayes  do  passe 
From  us  poor  mortall  Men ; 
First  and  before  the  rest ! 

Seneca. 

In  I6S9,  Robert  King  of  Great  Thurlow  in  Suffolk,  in  right  of  his 
wife,  Eliz.  daughter  of  Thomas  Steward  of  Barton-Mills  in  Suffolk, 
and  relict  of  Sir  Robert  Kemp  of  Finchingjie/d  in  Essex,  was  lord  here, 
and  lived  in  1705 ;  his  son  Thomas,  about  1698,  was  killed  by  Sir 
Sewster  Peyton,  Bart,  but  by  a  daughter  of  Cordel,  and  sister  and  heir 
of  Sir  John,  left  one  son  ;  she  died  his  widow  in  1706. 

Starston-Place  is  now  owned  by  Waldegrave  Pelham,  Esq.  and 
is  a  good  house  near  the  church. 


BECKHALL  MANOR 

Is  so  called  from  the  site  of  it,  (long  since  demolished,)  being  near 
the  bek  or  rivulet  that  runs  through  this  village.  It  was  very  anciently 
in  William  de  Bovile's  hands,  who  held  it  at  one  fee  of  Forncet  manor. 
In  1296,  William  de  Ingham  had  it;  in  1306,  Eliz.  de  Ingham;  in 
1309,  John  de  Ingham  died  lord,  and  Oliver  de  Ingham,  his  son,  suc- 
ceeded ;  in  1330,  being  then  a  knight,  he  settled  it  on  John  de  Ingham, 
his  son,  and  Katherine  his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  reserving  five  marks 
per  annum  for  life  ;  in  1342, Sir  Oliver  was  returned  lord,  and  in  1358, 
Isabel  de  Ingham  was  lady;  and  it  passed  with  Ingham  in  Norfolk  to 
the  Stapletons,  and  was  settled  by  Sir  Miles  Stapleton,  Knt.  and  Dame 
Joan  his  wife,  on  John  his  son,  and  Isolda  his  wife,  and  their  heirs; 
in  1418,  Sir  Miles  Stapleton,  Knt.  was  lord,  and  Sir  Brian  his  son  and 
heir  was  40  years  old  ;  he  died  seized  in  1438,  leaving  it  to  Sir  Mites 

*  One  of  these  coheiresses,  married  to    issue;  andthe  otherto  Thomas  Steward. 
John  Heme  of  A  meringhall,  but  left  no 


.048  STAR  ST  ON. 

his  son  and  heir,  then  30  years  old;  in  1441,  he  settled  it  on  Cathe- 
rine his  wife,  and  died  seized  in  1465,  and  it  continued  in  the  family 
till  1501,  when  Dame  Elizabeth  Fortescue,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir 
Miles  Stapkton,  first  the  wife  of  Sir  Will.  Calthorp,  and  after  of  Sir 
John  Fortescue,  Lord  Chief  Justice,  and  lastly  of  Sir  Edward  Howard, 
(while  Fortescue'*  widow,)  settled  it  on  the  heirs  of  her  hody,  and  so  it 
came  to  the  Calthorps,  and  afterwards  to  the  Gawdies,  and  was  joined 
by  the  Cottons  to  Bresingham's  manor. 


BOUTON'S,  or  BOLTON'S  MANOR, 

Passed  in  a  great  measure  like  the  manor  of  the  same  name  in  Hard- 
wick,  which  see  at  p.  220.  In  128.5,  William  te  Claver  and  Katherine* 
his  wife  had  it;  in  1318,  William  his  son  and  heir,  whose  daughter 
and  heiress,  Maud,  married  to  Walter  de  Burwood,  whose  widow  she 
was  in  1362.  It  was  sold  by  Will.  Gresham,  Esq.  to  Peter  Gleane  of 
Norwich,  at  which  time  it  had  no  house,  but  several  copyhold  tenants 
belonging  to  it. 


GUNSHAW'S  MANOR  IN  STARSTON,  NEDHAM,  &c. 

Was  anciently  held  by  William  de  Arches  of  John  de  Mendham,  at  half 
a  fee;  it  formerly  belonged  to  the  Hey locks,  and  was  purchased  of  the 
Wisemans  about  Charles  the  First's  time,  by  one  Mr.  Stiles  of  Coden- 
ham,  whose  wife  married  a  second  husband,  and  held  it  for  life. 

It  hath  a  farm-house  and  about  50/.  per  annum  besides  the  royalty 
and  many  copyhold  tenants.  It  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  Nun  of  South- 
wold  in  Suffolk. 

The  several  manors  of  Seymer's  and  Huntingji eld's  in  Mendham, 
Gunshaw's  and  Burt's  in  Nedham,  Pulham,  &c.  awiPayoiie's  in  Denton, 
extend  hither. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Margaret;  the  rector  hath  a  good 
house  and  about  43  acres  of  glebe;  there  are  no  customs,  all  tithes  being 
due  in  their'proper  kind.  It  is  undischarged  of  tenths  andfirst-firuits, 
and  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

15/.  Sterston  rectory,     ll.  10s.  yearls  tenths. 

In  the  old  Valor  it  was  valued  at  30  marks,  and  paid  2s.  synodals, 
7s.  "d.  ob.  Archdeacon's  procurations,  14rf.  ob  Peter-pence,  and  the 
town  paid  clear  to  every  tenth  3/.  15s.  The  monks  oiThetford  had 
lands  here,  aud  the  tithes  arising  from  them,  were  anciently  valued  at 
20s.  but  was  afterwards  compounded  for  perpetually  at  6s.  per  annum, 
and  in  1612,  was  paid  by  the  rector  to  the  lord  of  Aslacton  manor,  in 
right  of  Thetjord priory ;  at  the  same  time  also,  the  rector  paid  a  pen- 
sion of  3s.  -id.  to  Mendham  priory,  as  a  perpetual  composition  for  the 
tithes  of  that  part  of  their  manor  of  Hunting  field's,  which  extended 
hither ;  for  which  lands,  that  house  was  taxed  at  24s.  2d.  ob.    The 

3  See  p.  259. 


STARSTON.  349 

Prior  of  Norwich  had  temporals  in  the  parish  taxed  at  5s. Wd.  and 
the  Prioress  of  Carrow  at  14r/. 


RECTORS. 

1306,  Robert  de  Beverley.  Sir  Roger  le  Bigot  Earl-Marshal  and 
'Norfolk.  He  exchanged  for  Iladstock  in  London  diocese  in  1319, 
with 

John  Pikard  of  Herwardestok.  Tho.  Brotherton  Earl 
Norfolk. 

1348,  John  Woodward. 

136i,  Will.  Danyel  Sir  Walter  de  Manny,  by  Nic.  de  Horton. 
rector  of  Lopham,  his  attorney  general,  he  being  out  of  England. 

1372,  Tho.  de  Trowel.     Margaret,  Marshal,  Lady  Manny.     In 
1379..  he  changed  for  Boyton  in  Salisbury  diocese,  with 
John  Haselore,  who  was  succeeded  in 
1383,  by  Tho.  Alborn,  who  changed  for  Boreham  in  London  diocese 
in  1386,  with 

John  Gelle,  and  he  for  Castor  by  Norwich  in  1393,  with 
John  Lefe,   and    all  of  them   were   presented    by   the    said 
Margaret 

1408,  Will.  Newton.  Elizabeth  Dutchess  of  Norfolk.  He  was 
succeeded  by  Will.  Baker,  who  exchanged  for  Southrey  in  1420, 
with 

Alex.  Co/loo,  who  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Sir  Gerard  Usflete,  Knt. 
and  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk,  his  wife.  He  died  rector  the  next 
year,  and  was  interred  in  the  churchyard. 

142 1 ,  John  Welt.  Ditto.  He  resigned  in  1 437,  and  John  Duke  of 
Norfolk  gave  it  to 

John  Swan,  who  was  buried  in  the  chancel  in  1478,  being 
succeeded  by 

Peter  Wodecock.     Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk.     In 
151.5,  Nic.  Carr  had  it  by  lapse,  and  at  his  death  in  1531,  the  Duke 
gave  it  to 

Nic.  Cotney,  at  whose  death  in 
1558,  Will.  Clark  had  it,  and  resigned  the  same  year  to 

Tho.  Palmer,  who  died  in  1576,  and  Will.  Dix  and  Will. 
Cantrell,  feoffees  to  the  No/folk  family,  presented 
George  Grume,  who  resigned  in 
1586,  to  Peter  Raye.     The  Queen.     In 

1603,  Peter  Rix,  then  rector,  returned  120  communicants  in  the 
parish.  In  1629,  Will,  le  Neve,  patron  of  the  turn,  presented 
Will.  Sennet,  who  died  in  1638,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Richard  Anguish,  who  was  one  of  the  sequestered  clergy, 
(Walker,  fo.  184,  part  ii,)  and  was  of  the  family  of  Anguish  of  Melton, 
(p.  17,  18,  21,)  where  his  children  were  baptized.  Thomas  Earl  of 
Arundel. 

1669,  Ric.Lewthwaite.     Henry  Lord  Howard. 
1672,  Will.  Hyatt,  A.  M      Richard  Richmund,  this  turn.     He 
is  buried  in  the  churchyard  on  the  south  side,  with  this  on  a  head 
stone : 

Gulielmus  Wiat  A.  M.  Rector  hujus  Ecclesie  ob.  29  Sept,  1699. 


350  STARSTON. 

Henry  Duke  of  Norfolk  in  1699,  presented 

T/10.  Arrowsmith,  who  lies  buried  in  the  chancel  at  the  south- 
east coiner,  1'or  whom  there  is  a  neat  monument  with  the  crest  and 
arms  of  Arrowsmith,  impaling  Smith  of  Cratjield. 

Ckest,  an  arm  erect  sab.  holding  a  wreath  vert. 
Arrowsmith,  erm.  on  a  chevron  between  three  arrows  sab.  five 

pheons  O. 

Smith,  barry  wavy  of  eight  A.  and  az.  on  a  chief  G.  three 

barnacles  O. 

Underneath  lieth  the  body  of  Thomas  Arrowsmith  M.  A. 
rector  of  this  parish  and  Aldburgh  30  Years;  he  was  the  eldest 
son  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Airowsmith  vicar  of  North  Weald  Essex, 
and  Grandson  of  the  eminent  Dr.  Arrowsmith  some  time  master 
of  Trinity  college  in  Cambridge.  He  was  a  truly  zealous  and 
conscientious  Son  of  the  Church  of  England,  whose  Discipline  he 
strictly  observed,  and  whose  Rights  he  was  always  ready  to  de- 
fend ;  He  was  a  generous  Benefactor  to  his  Relations,  an  hos- 
pitable Neighbour,  and  a  never  failing  friend  to  the  poor:  He 
married  the  Daughter  of  John  Smith  of  Cratjield,  Esq;  and  Relict 
of  Anthony  Freestone  late  of  Mendham  Gent  to  whom  he  was  a 
kind  and  indulgent  Husband  25  Years,  he  died  March  28,  1729, 
aged  55. 

His  mournful  Widow,  in  Testimony  of  her  inviolable  Affection 
to  him,  has  caused  this  Monument  to  be  sacred  to  his  Memory. 

1725,  15  Aug.  Philip  Williams,  S.  T.  B.  fellow,  and  some  time 
president  of  St.  John's  college  in  Cambridge.  Rowland  Hill,  Bart, 
by  purchase  from  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  he  being  obliged  to  present  a 
fellow  St.  John's  college  in  Cambridge.  He  is  now  D.  D.  and  held 
it  some  time  with  Barrow  in  Suffolk,  and  at  his  resignation  in 

1746,  The  Rev.  Mr.  George' Davies,  late  fellow  of  St.  John  s  col- 
lege, had  it,  and  is  the  present  rector.     Ditto. 

The  tower  is  square  and  hath  five  bells  ;  on  the  5th, 

per  £fiome  Kfcerittg,  mcrcamur  43auDia  3luci£. 
The  nave  is  leaded,  and  the  south  porch  and  chancel  are  tiled. 

On  a  brass  by  the  church  door. 

William  Bugott  Gentleman,  died  Nov.  1580. 
Blessed  is  he,  that  dieth  in  the  Lord. 

Bacon,  arg.  on  a  fess  ingrailed  between  three  escutcheons  gul. 
as  many  mullets  or,  impaling  Bedingfield. 

Philip  the  Son  of  Francis  Bacon  Esq;  and  Dorothy  his  wife, 
died  un-weaned  at  Nurse,  Nov.  1657- 

Death  is  the  Sentence  of  the  Lord  over  all  Flesh. 
1740,  Thomas  Aldous  a  Poor  Man  buried,  aged  106  Years. 
Twenty  shillings  a  year  is  paid  to  the  use  of  the  poor,  out  of  the 


ALDEBURGH.  351 

estate  of  John  Smith,  late  of  Harkston,  butcher,  after  owned  by 
Francis  Botterit  of  St.  James's  Suffolk. 

There  is  a  town-house  for  four  families,  and  some  inconsiderable 
quantity  of  town-land. 


ALDEBURGH, 

Commonly  called  Arborough  ;*  its  name  signifies  the  old  burgh, 
it  is  often  written  in  evidences  Akenberwe,  or  the  Burgh  of  Oaks. 

There  are  three  manors;  the  superiour  manor  and  jurisdiction, 
with  the  lete  and  advowson,  belonged  to  Bishop  Stigand,  after  to  Raff 
Earl  of  Norfolk,  who  forfeited  it  by  his  rebellion  to  the  Conqueror, 
and  he  assigned  it  to  the  care  of  Will,  de  Noiers.  The  town  was  then 
a  mile  long,  and  five  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  10d.  to  the  geldJ  It 
was  after  granted  to  the  Bigods  Earls  of  Norfolk,  with  Earsham,  and 
hath  passed  always  with  it  to  this  day ;  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Norfolk 
being  now  lord. 

In  1  '285,  Roger  Bigod  claimed  free-warren  here,  and  a  prison  for 
his  tenants. 

The  second  is 


HOLEBROOK,  or  ALBURGH-HALL, 

Which  was  in  two  parts  ;  Alfric  held  one  as  a  berewic  to  Tibenham, 
in  the  Confessor's  time;  and  Morvan  after  him  ;6  and  a  freeman  of 
St.  Audry  of  Ely  held  the  other,  which  Herfrind  had  afterwards, 
and  his  successour  E«do  son  of  Spirzain  had  the  whole  of  the  Conque- 
ror's gift.7     It  came  afterwards  to  Nicholas  de  Latham,  who  occurs 

*  Mr.   Fuller,  among  other  county  quar.   in    lato,   et   de   Gelto   xd.     Sed 

proverbs  hath  this,  (such  as  it  is)  plures  ibi  tenent. 

Denton  in  theDa/t,and  Arborough  „  (Most  °\ '  lll£ ltown  ™e  free  suitors  to 

in  the  Dirt  Harlestone  hundred-court,  tu  which  this 


And  if  you  go  to  Homersfield,  your 


is  now  joined.) 


purse  will  get  the  squirt.  6  Terre  Eudonis  filij  Spiruwin.  Her- 
sam  dim.  H.  Doras,  to.  246. 

Homersfield  lies  in  Suffolk,  just  by,  and  In  Aldeberga  tenet  Morvan  quod 

is  a  small  village  abounding  with  ale-  tenuit  Alfric  T.  R.  E.  i.  bervitam  in 

houses.  Tybenham  pertir.entem  de  i.  car.  terre 

5    Terre    Stigandi    Episcopi    quas  tunc  dim.  car.  m°,  nichil  appretiata  est 

custodit  Will,  de  Noiers,  in  manu  Regis.  7  In  eadem  tenuit  idem  i.  liber  homo 

Doms.  fo.  53.   Hersam  dim-  Hund.  See.   Aldrede   commend,  qui  nee  dare 

Hersam  tenuit  Stigandus,  &c.     In  At-  nee  vendere  poterat  terram  extra  eccle- 

DEBikGA  xv.  hberi  homines,  de  trede-  siam.     Hfrfrindus  habuit  ex  libera- 

cim,   habebat    anteces.    Eudonis   filij  tione  ad  perficienda  maneria  sua,  modo 

Spiruwic    commend,   de  ii.     Sanctus  tenet  Euuo  successor  ejus,  habet  dim. 

Edmundtis,  inter  omnes  Ixxx.  acr.  tene  car.  terre   semper  i.  bord.   et  i.  serv. 

et  iiii.  acr.  prati  semper  inter  omnes  v.  semper  dim.  car.  et  ii.  acr.  prati  semper 

car.    et  habet  i.  leug.  in  longo,  et  v.  valuit  x.  sol. 


352  A  L  D  E  B  U  R  G  H. 

lord  in  1256,  and  in  1274,  was  purchased  of  John  Dagworth  and 
others,  by  John  de  Holebrook,  who  added  lands  to  it  by  purchase 
from  William  de  Alburgh  and  Alice  his  wife.  In  1342,  John  de  St. 
Maur,  or  Seymor,  (lord  of  Semere's  manor,  which  extended  also  into 
this  town,)  son  and  heir  of  Edmund  St.  Maur  and  Joan  his  wife,  was 
lord;  and  in  1350,  William  son  of  Sir  John  Seymour,  Knt.  son  of  Sir 
Half  Seymour,  Knt.  conveyed  it  to  Sir  John  Wingfield,  Knt.  Eleanor 
his  wife,  and  Thomas  brother  of  Sir  John;  and  soon  after,  they  all 
joined  and  sold  it  to  Gilbert  de  Debenham,  Esq.  and  Mary  his 
wife,  who  was  in  possession  in  1360,  when  it  was  worth  10  marks  a 
year,  and  was  held  of  Ear  sham  hundred.  It  continued  in  the  Deben- 
hams  a  long  time,  though  in  1456,  Hamond  le  Strange  and  Alice  his 
wife  had  an  interest  in  it.  In  1480,  Gilbert  Debenham,  Esq.  died 
seized,  who  by  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Ilastyugs  of  Gres- 
senhall,  Knt.  left  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham  his  son  and  heir,  of  full  age. 
Mr.  Rice,  in  his  Survey,  says,  that  the  manor-house  or  hall  was  then 
down,  that  it  belonged  to  the  heirs  general  of  the  Brewses,  two 
ladies;  one  married  to  Sir  Edward  Thimblethorp,  Knt.  The  demeans 
and  quitrents  were  30/.  per  annum,  the  fines  were  at  will,  and  there 
were  about  20  tenants. 

The  third  is  the  rectory  manor,  which  hath  about  40s.  per  annum, 
rents,  and  the  copyholds  are  at  the  will  of  the  lord. 

Tiiere  was  also  a  small  part  belonging  to  the  honour  of  Richmond* 
but  that  belonged  to  Redenhall  manor. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  all  the  Saints,  was  first  valued  at  12 
marks,  and  after  that,  at  17,  and  paid  Qd.  Peter-pente.  The  rector 
had  a  house  and  40  acres  of  land,  when  Norzcich  Domesday  was  made, 
now  reduced  (by  the  rectors  granting  them  to  be  held  as  copyhold  of 
their  rectory  manor)  to  about  8  acres.  The  town  paid  5/.  clear  to 
each  tenth.  It  paysjiist-fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  not  capable  of  aug- 
mentation, standing  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

12/.  Albergh  rectory.  \l.  4s.  yearly  tenths. 

The  Abbot  of  Langley's  temporals  in  this  town  were  taxed  at  6a. 
The  Prior  of  Mendham's  at  5s.  \d.  ob.  The  Prior  of  Weybrige's  at 
2s.  5d.     So  that  the  religious  were  little  concerned  here. 

RECTORS. 

1303,  John  de  Honyng.     Sir  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk. 

1307,  Rob.  de  Whetelay.     The  King. 

1308,  Jeffry  de  Castre.  Alice  de  Hanonia,  Countess,  Marshal, 
and  Norfolk. 

1313,  John  de  Framlingham.     Ditto. 

The  three  following  were  presented  by  Thomas  de  Brotherton 
Earl  of  Norfolk,  the  King's  sou. 
1318,  Will.  deBath. 
1321,  Tho.de  Weyland. 
1328,  John  de  Reding. 

s  Terre  Alani  Comitis.  Dim.  H.  de  In  Aldeberga  xii.  acr.  terreet  dim. 
Hersam.  Doms.  fo.  69.  acr.  prati  et  pertinet  in  Romborc. 


ALDEBURGH.  S5S 

And  the  three  following  by  Sir  John  Segeave,  Knt. 
1545,  Hugh  de  Elustow. 
1349,  Adam  de  Newton,  and 

Hugh  Cane. 
1371,  Tho.  Fox.     Sir  Walter  de  Manny  Lord  Manny.     He 
resigned  in  1376,  to 

Will.  West,  who  was  presented  by  Margaret,  Mareschal 
and  Countess  of  Norfolk.  In  1378,  he  exchanged  for  Swalclywe  in 
Canterbury  diocese,  with 

Rob.  Falbek,  who  in  1387  changed  for  Berking  All-Saints 
in  London  diocese,  with 

John  Hydeky,  who  in  1400,  changed  with 
John  Blunt  sham  for  Suaburn.   Thomas  Mowbray,  son  and 
heir  of  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk,  by  the  King,  his  guardian. 

1407,  John  Yarmouth.  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Will.  Preston,  who  resigned  in  1416,  and 
Sir  Robert  Payn  had  it  of  Gerard  Usflete,  husband  to 
Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk. 

1424,  Jeffry  Burger.  Elizabeth  Dutchess  of  Norfolk.  He  ex- 
changed for  Rawrehith  in  London  diocese  in 

1428,  with  John  Dalle,  who  was  presented  by  John  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  as  were  the  two  following,  viz, 

Ric,  Thompson  in  1450,  who  resigned  in 
1464,  to  Henry  Baldreston.     In  1491,  Eliz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk 
gave  it  to 

Robert  Ardem,  and  at  his  death  in 
1502,  to  Will.  Pinchbek,  who  held  it  united  to  Earsham,  but  dying 
in  1504,  she  gave  it  to 

Will.  Taylor,  and  after  him  to 

Robert  Bredlaugh,  who  died  rector.  In  1517,  the  Duke  gave 
it  to 

Sir  Nic.  Hanson,  his  chaplain,9  and  in  1540,  at  his  death,  to 
James  Halman,   whose    successour,   Ric.  Whetley,  was   de- 
prived by  Queen  Mary,  among  others  of  the  clergy,  whose  sole  offence 
in  those  days,  was  matrimony.     In  1554,  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
presented 

Rob.  Thirkettle,  and  at  his  death  in 
1569,  Robert  Archer.     In 

1572,  John  More  had  it  by  lapse,  who  returned  156  communicants 
in  his  parish.  In  1611,  the  assignee  of  the  Earl  ol  Northampton,  gave 
it  to 

Ric.  More,  who  held  it  united  to  Redenhall.  1629,  Mat. 
Good,  Esq.  gave  it  to 

Steph.  Hurry,  A.  M.  who  was  sequestered  in  16-14,  (see 
Walker.)  In  1662,  Sir  Will.  Platers,  Bart,  in  right  of  the  Norfolk 
famy,  gave  it  to 

George  Fenn,  at  whose  death  in 

'  1519,  Mar.  1.   He  1. ad  secretly  re-  voided  this   day,   and    lie   held  it  not- 

signed  it  for  some  time  to  the  Bishop  of  withstanding,  to  his  death. 
London,  vhich  iei« nation  the  Bishop 

VOL.  v.  Z  z 


3o4  ALDEBURGH. 

1679,  James  Heylock  had  it,  of  the  gift  of  John  and  Anne  Hey- 
lock  ;  he  was  succeeded  the  next  year  by 

Giles  Wilcox,  A.  M.  who  was  presented  by  Henry  Duke  of 
Norfolk.  He  resigned  in  1682,  and  Fe.  Effingham,  PaulRicaut, 
and  Cuthbert  Brown,  gave  it  to 

Will.  Wyat,  A.  M.  at  whose  death 

Thomas  Arrowsmith  had  it  in  1699,  of  the  gift  of  Henry 
Duke  of  Norfolk.     He  held  it  united  to  Starston,  till  his  death  in 

1729,  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fairfax  Stillingjleet,  A.  M.  late  fellow 
of  St.  John's  college  in  Cambridge,  the  present  rector,  was  presented 
by  Sir  Rowland  Hill  of  Has.-kston  in  Shropshire,  Bart,  it  being  one 
of  the  livings  purchased  of  the  Duke  of  No/folk ;  to  which  the 
family  must  always  present  a  fellow  of  St.  John's  college,  Cambridge. 
Synodals  2s.  procurations  to  the  archdeacon  7s.  Id.  ob. 

The  tower  is  square,  had  originally  three,  but  now  there  are  six 
bells ;  on  two  of  which, 

Vat  m  Conclave  Oabricl  nunc  pangc  s'uatic. 
©ona  rtpcnot  pia  rop  JEUtjOalcna  jjiarta. 

The  chancel  is  thatched,  the  church  and  south  porch  leaded;  the 
north  vestry  is  down. 

On  marbles  in  the  chancel. 

Thomas  Green  Generosus  de  Pulham  Sta.  Maria  coelebs, 
mortuus  est  quarto  die  Mart:  Anno  X"-  Mdccvi.  JEl.  lxix. 

Crest,  a  buck's  head  erased  on  a  torce,  and  Green's  arms  with 
a  crescent  for  difference,  as  in  vol  i.  p.  411. 

Mr.  Ric.  Cooper,  June  16,  1669,  86.  Anne  his  Wife  26  Oct. 
1669,  65. 

Over  the  north  door  remains  a  painting  of  St.  Christopher,  as 
usual  very  large  ;  and  there  was  an  image  of  our  Lady  in  the  chancel; 
a  chapel  dedicated  to  St.  Laurence  in  the  church,  and  an  ima^e  of 
St.  Catherine,  by  which  the  Wrights  (a  very  ancient  family  in  this 
parish)  are  interred,  and  were  benefactors  towards  building  the  porch 
in  1463. 

On  a  grave  post  south  side  of  the  churchyard, 

Hie  jacent  reliquie  Roberti  Bayes  Clerici  qui  obijt  8,  et 
sepultus  fuit  undecimo  Die  Dec.  A°  Dni.  1702,  iEt.  suae  78. 

Mortalis  PlacidS.  jam  pars  reqniescit  in  Urna, 

Sed  petnt  superas  altera  leta  Domos, 

Vita  Gravis  nulii,  mors  flenda  suis,  sibi  Foelix, 

Sic  vixisse  placet,  sic  cecidisse  juvat, 

Mens  Equa,  antiqui  Mortis,  facilisque  senectus 

Solis  displicuit,  queis  placuisse  Pudor. 

Depositum  Sam.  Bayes  Art.  Magistri,  quern  summa  in  Rebus 
Sacris  et  Humanis  eruditio,  pietas,  et  suavissimi  mores  insignem 
reddideruut  ob.  24  Aug.  A*  set.  29.  Dni:  nostri  1689. 


HARLESTON.  355 

Memoria  Justorum  in  Benedictionibus. 

A.M. Jones,  aet.  6 1 . An.  Dom.  1689, 

Memoria  Justorum  in  Benediclionibus. 

Scandens  alma  novas  Fcelix  Consortia  vitae, 

Civibus  Angelicis  junctus  in  arce  Poli, 
Vive  Deo  !  tibi  mors  requies,  tibi  Vita,  labori, 

Vive  Deo  !  mors  est  vivere,  Vita  Mori. 

An  altar  tomb  at  the  west  end  of  the  steeple  for  Robert  Jay,  Gent. 
Jan.  12,  1723,  84,  and  2  of  his  Wives  and  14  Children. 

A  grave  post  for  John  Hambling,  29  Mar.  1712.  63. 

Friend !  I  am  gone,  and  you  must  follow 
Perhaps,  to  Day,  perhaps,  to  Morrow, 
Your  Time  is  short,  improve  it  well, 
Prepare  for  Heaven,  and  think  on  Hell. 

Here  is  an  estate  belonging  to  the  Boys-Hospital  in  Norwich,  (see 
vol.  iv.  p.  412.) 

There  are  four  town-houses,  two  commons,  containing  about  100 
acres,  on  which,  Wortwell  and  Alburgh  intercommon. 

There  is  also  an  estate  of  5ll.  per  annum  given  by  Richard  Wright 
of  this  parish,  appropriated  to  the  church  and  poor,  by  a  decree  in 
chancery  made  A°  14  Jac.  I. 

The  description  of  the  penance  of  Thomas  Rye,  and  John  Mendham, 
in  1428,  may  be  read  in  Master  Fox's  Acts  and  Monuments,  at  fo. 
663. 


HARLESTON, 


Anciently  called  Herolf'ston  and  Herolveston,  from  Herolf, 
one  of  the  Danish  leaders  that  came  with  Swain  King  of  Denmark, 
into  these  parts,  about  the  year  1010,  in  order  to  subdue  the  Ead- 
Anales,  and  bring  them  under  their  power  ;  which  they  did  so  effec- 
tually, as  to  seize  their  possessions  :  and  most  likely  it  is,  that  Herolf 
settled  here,  and  gave  name  to  the  place,"  which  is,  and  always  was, 
of  small  extent ;  for  it  never  contained  more  than  25  acres  of  land  in 
its  bounds,  which  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  was  divided  (as  it  now 
continues)  into  two  parts  ;  13  acres  of  it  held  by  Fro  do/  being  added 

i  vol.  i.  p.  189.  'n  Hersam  xii.   acr.  terre  val.  semper 

*  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sco.  Eadmundo.  xxd. 
Hersam  dim.  hund.  doms.  fo.  180.  In  Herolvestnna  tenet  Frodo  i.yill. 

In   Heroluestuna    i.    liber   homo  et  dim.  de  xm.  acr.  et  pertinet  in  Men- 

Sci.  Edmundi  commend,  et  soca  Stigandi  ham. 


356  HARLESTON. 

to  Mendham,  to  which  it  now  belongs,  as  the  other  12  acres  do  to  the 
hundred  of  Eausham,  on  which  the  chapel  and  the  town  now  stand, 
being  the  middle-row  only :  the  rest,  (though  commonly  called 
Haeleston)  being  in  the  parish  of  Redenhall,  to  which  parish 
this  is  a  chapel  of  ease,3  and  hamlet. 

The  manor  always  attended  the  hundred  of  Earsham,  and  still  con- 
tinues with  it,  in  the  Norfolk  family ;  and  ihe  houses  are  all  copyhold, 
except  those  called  the  Stone-Houses,  which  are  free.  On  this  spot 
of  ground  formerly  stood  Hkrolf's  stone,  or  cross,  (as  I  take  it,) 
where  Richard  de  Herolves  ton,  about  1 109,  settled,  and  look  his 
sirname  from  hence;  from  whom  descended  the  famous  Sir  John 
Herclveston,  so  often  mentioned  in  our  English  chronicles  for  his 
valiant  prowess  in  martial  exploits,  and  particularly  for  being  a  great 
instrument  in  quelling  the  grand  rebellion  in  these  counties  in  Richard 
the  Second's  time;4  of  whom  much  may  be  seen  in  Froissart?  Ho- 
Ungshed,6  and  Stow's  Chronicles  ;7  from  him  descended  the  family  of 
the  Harlestons,  of  good  account  in  both  counties:8  they  had 
estates  in  Shimpling  in  Suffolk,  settled  at  Norwich,  and  afterwards  at 
Mateshall  in  Norfolk;  and  Archbishop  Parker  married  one  of  them, 
as  at  vol.  iii.  p.  306,  13,  14. 

This  town  hath  a  weekly  market  on  Wednesday  ;a  and  two  fairs  in  a 
year;  one  is  held  on  Midsummer  day,  being  the  nativity  of  St. 
John  the  Baptist,  to  whom  the  chapel  is  dedicated ;  so  that  this  is  the 
feast,  wake,  or  dedication  day;  and  the  other  was  granted  by  King 
Henri/  III.  in  the  year  125y,  to  Roger  le  Bigod  Earl  of  Norfolk,  and 
Marshal  of  England,  to  last  eight  days,  namely,  the  vigil,  and  day  of 
the  decollation  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,1  and  sir  days  after  :*  and  the 
said  Earl  had  a  hundred  court  held  here  every  three  weeks,  and  the 
toll  of  the  market  and  fairs,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  free-warren  and 
■weyf.  In  1570,  there  was  a  rebellion  intended  to  have  begun  here,  as 
you  may  see  in  vol.  i.  p.  344,  pedigree;  and  vol.  iii.  p.  281. 

The  chapel  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  was  a  free  chapel,  founded  in 
all  probability  by  Sir  John  de  Heroifston,  for  his  own  use;  it  never 
had  any  institution,  but  was  always  dependent  upon  its  mother- 
church  at  Redenhall;  the  rector  of  which,  serves  here  one  part  of  the 
day  every  Sunday;  it  hath  administration  oi  both  sacraments  be- 
longing to  it,  but  not  burial ;  the  street  surrounds  it,  so  that  there  is 
no  convenience  for  that  purpose  :  at  the  east  end  is  the  market-cross, 

3  Vol.  iii.  p.  557-  *  Aug.  29. 

*  See  vol.  iii.  p.  ill.  *  Ex  Rot.  Cart,   de  A°  44  H.    III. 

5  Fo.  136.  i  b.  9  a.  213  b.  246  a.     No.  30. 

247  b  Rex,  &c.     Sciatis  nos  concessisse  di- 

6  Fo.  413,  21,  2,  4,  36,  1136.  lecto  et  fideli  nostro  R.  gero   le  Bygod 

7  p0-  293,  666.  Comiti  Norfolcie  et  Marescallo  Anglie, 

8  Harleston  of  Norfolk,  arg.  on  a  quod  ipse  et  heredes  sui  in  perpetiuim 
chevron  S.  an  annulet  or.  habeant  unam  feriam  apud  Herolvist  in 

Harleston   of   Suffolk  and    Cam.  dimidio  hundredo  suo  de   Ersliam  nn. 

bridgeshire,  or,  a  fess  erm.  double  co-  gulis  annis  per  octo  dies  duratui  uni,  vi- 

rised  sab.  delicet,   in  vigilia   in  die    Decollations 

9  Pari  distantia  Waveneiam  occapit  Sci.  Jchannis  Baptiste  et  pei  sex  dies  se- 
mercatorium  Harleston,  inde  in  septen.  quentes.-cum  omnibus  libeitatibus  et 
trionem  rediens  per  Shelton,  quod  anti-  liberis  consuetudinibus  ad  hujusmodi  fe- 
quos  suae,  appellationis  dominos  nuper  riani  pertinentibus  &c. — Dat  per  ma- 
cxuit,  ad  Tasburgk  itur.  Spelman  Norff.  num  nostramapud  Westm.  xii  die  Julij. 


HARLESTON.  557 

which  with  the  chapel,  was  rebuilt  about  1726 :3  it  is  tiled,  hath  one 
beil,  and  a  good  clock  in  a  sort  of  a  cupola,  for  there  is  no  tower. 
In  Ki88,  being  almost  useless  and  deserted  for  want  of  fit  endowment, 
that  pious  and  charitable  prelate,  William  Sandcroft  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  settled  on  the  master,  fellozos,  and  scholars  of  Emanuel 
College  in  Cambridge,  54/.  per  annum,  payable  quarterly  out  of  the 
hereditary  revenues  of  the  excise;  in  trust  and  special  confidence, 
that  they  will  receive  it,  and  constantly  nominate  a  chaplain  and 
schoolmaster,  and  pay  it  so  received  to  him ; 

"  Upon  condition,  and  so  long  as  he  the  said  chaplain  and  chaplains, 
<<  or  schoolmaster  and  schoolmasters,  for  the  time  being,  shall  perform 
«'  and  celebrate  publickly  in  the  said  chapel  at  Harleston  aforesaid, 
«  the  daily  office  of  divine  service,  morning  and  evening,  on  every 
«  day  of  the  week  throughout  the  year,  (except  only  the  Lord's 
«'  days,  when  the  inhabitants  of  Harleston  are  bound  to  repair  to  the 
«<  mother-church  of  Redenhall  aforesaid,)  according  to  the  Liturgy  of 
««  the  Church  of  England  by  law  established;  and  also,  to  hold  and 
"  keep  a  pnblick  school  there,  for  the  education  of  youth,  in  some 
««  convenient  place  near  the  said  chapel,  which  the  inhabitants  of 
*<  Harleston  aforesaid,  in  consideration  of  the  great  benefit  which  by 
<«  this  donation  may  accrue  to  them  and  their  children,  are  desired 
«'  from  time  to  time  to  provide:4  and  particularly  besides  the  common 
"  grounds  of  learning,  shall  teach  and  instruct  all  his  scholars  in  that 
"  excellent  Catechism  of  the  church  of  England,  and  cause  them  to 
*'  get  the  same  perfectly  by  heart,  together  with  the  Nicene  and 
««  Athanasian  Creeds;  the  Te  Deum,  and  such  other  prayers,  psalms, 
«<  and  hymns,  as  are  contained  in  the  Primmer  and  Common-Prayer 
"  Book,  and  are  fit  for  every  good  Christian  to  learn  and  use ;  and 
"  also  to  take  care,  that  all  the  scholars  whom  he  shall  undertake  to 
*'  teach,  be  constantly  present  with  himself,  at  the  prayers  of  the 
"  church,  whenever  they  shall  be  publickly  performed  in  the  said 
"  chapel,  and  behave  themselves  soberly  and  piously  there,  and  be 
"  taught  to  use  such  gestures,  and  make  such  answers  as  the  church 
"  prescribes,"5  The  master  and  fellotes  under  their  college  seal,  are 
for  ever  to  nominate  some  able  and  competent  person  in  holy  orders, 
to  be  licensed  by  the  Bishop  to  read  prayers  and  teach  school  here. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Smith,  rector  of  Homersfield,  the  present  chaplain 
and  schoolmaster,  was  nominated  by  the  master  and  fellows,  receives 
the  annual  salary,  and  keeps  school  in  a  house  provided  for  that  pur- 
pose by  the  inhabitants. 

Other  Benefactions  here  are, 

A  rent  charge  of  40s.  per  annum,  payable  out  of  the  profits  of  the 
bullock-fair  held  here,  and  the  annual  interest  of  200/.  given  by  Mr. 

3  Being  a  free-chapel,  it  was  dissolved  merly  made  a  market-cross  and  cham- 

by  the  statute  of  Edw.  VI.  and  beeame  bers  over  it,  but  the  whole  is  now  laid 

afterwards  vested  in  the  inhabitants,  and  into  the  chapel  as  at  first,  and  a  cross 

was  by  them  settled  on  feoffees  to  their  built  at  its  east  end. 

use  :  in  1726,  it  was  repaired  at  the  ex-  4  1433,  the  Bishop  collated  Mr.  Wil- 

pense  of  1 100/.  as  I  am  informed,  700  of  liam   Kyng,  priest,    to   the    grammar, 

which  were  raised  in  the  parish  by  con-  school  in  this  place, 

tribution  only,  and  the  rest  by  the  neigh-  *  From  the  deed  of  settlement, 
bouring  gentlemen  ;  part  of  it  was  for- 


358  REDENHALL. 

Dove,  for  a  schoolmaster  to  teach  poor  boys  to  read  and  write.  With 
which  an  estate  is  purchased  in  Rushall,  and  the  profits  are  enjoyed 
by  the  schoolmaster. 

This  hamlet  is  in  the  liberty  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  as  well  as 
the  town  of 


REDENHALL 


Itself,  which  gave  name  to,  and  is  still  the  head  town  of,  the 
deanery,  which  contains  25  parishes,  and  was  taxed  at  2  marks. 

DEANS  OF  REDENHALE, 

COLLATED  BY  THE  BISHOP. 

Jeffery  de  Stoctone,  resigned  in  1326J 

William  King  of  Repham,  priest;  he  resigned  to 

John  de  IVultertone,  and  he  in 

1337,  to  Waster  Tho.  Hiltoft,  who  resigned  in 

1338,  to  William  de  Hiltojt,  and  he  in 

1 339,  to  John  Tamworth. 

1392,  John  Budham,  clerk,  and  from  this  time  to  1501, 1  have  not 
their  succession,  but  then 

John  Hole  had  it,  who  was  succeeded  by 

Robert  Hendry,  who  married,  and  was  for  that  reason  de- 
prived in  1524,  and 

Edward  Calthorp  had  it;  in  1534,  the  Bishop  collated 

Francis  Pandyn,  his  servant,  to  hold  it,  and  exercise  his 
office,  by  his  sufficient  deputy. 

RECTORS  OF  REDENHALE. 

1264,  Sir  Ric.  de  Argentein. 

1300,  William  de  laDoune.  Margaret,  relict  of  Sir  Hugh  de 
Branteston,  Knt. 

1309,  Robert  de  Ponterell.  William  de  Bergis,  Knt.  lord  of 
Redenhale. 

1311,  Will.de  Dyntynsha.ll,  priest,  Ditto. 

1311,  William  de  Neuport,  priest,  was  presented  by  Thomas  de 
Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk.  He  lies  buried  in  the  chancel  under 
a  stone  robbed  of  an  effigies  in  brass  in  his  proper  habit;  the  brasses 
of  the  circumscription  are  picked  out,  but  the  remaining  impression 
shows  that  they  were  ancient  capitals;  much  may  be  read  now,  from 
which,  and  a  copy  taken  long  since,  1  have  made  out  this: 

IEi :  LmSt  .  SirG  will  :  dG  :  n£uport  :  jadiS  :  pGpSonG  : 
oG:  EGSrG:  GEliSG  :  prGbGnd:  dG  :  ErGdinDton  :  6t  : 

dG:  wGllGS  :  Qui  :  --COil  :  EEE priGi'  ;  pur  ;  l'alCOG  : 

qu€  :  diGux  ;  Gn  :  Git  :  COGrEi  :  aCDGn  : 


REDENHALL.  359 

In  1326,  he  resigned  this  rectory  in  exchange  for  Framlingham- 
Costlc  w  i  tli 

John  de  Wy  (Ditto  ;)  who  in  1 328,  changed  it  for  Rotherfield 
in  Chichester  diocese,  with 

Will  de  Shotesham.    Thomas  de  Brotherton,  8tc. 
1338,  Reginald  de  Donyngton,  priest.     The  King,  in  right  of  the 
lands  of  Tho.  de  Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  now  in  his  hands,  by  his 
death,  they  being  held  in  capile  of  the  Crown. 

This  advovvson  fell  to  the  share  of  Margaret,  one  of  the  daughters 
and  heiresses  of  Thomas  de  Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  and  was 
settled  by  the  King's  license  and  the  Popes  bull,  on  the  prioress  and 
nuns  at  Hungeye,  and  was  afterwards  confirmed  by  Alice  her  sister, 
and  Sir  Edw.  de  Montacute,  or  Montague,  her  husband;6  and  in 
J349,  it  was  appropriated  by  the  Bishop,  to  pay  10s.  to  each  nun, 
towards  finding  her  clothes.7  The  Bishop  had  a  pension  of  3  marks 
and  a  half,  and  the  new  erected  vicarage  was  taxed  at  13  marks.  The 
Bishop  of  Noiwich  and  his  successours  for  ever,  were  to  nominate  a 
vicar  every  vacancy  and  the  prioress  was  obliged  to  present  him. 
The  rectory-house,  which  was  very  large,  and  moated  in,  with  a  great 
portal  at  the  entrance,  was  then  parted,  and  the  south  half  assigned 
to  the  vicar,  who  was  to  have  the  manor  and  rents  of  assise,  4  acres 
by  the  house,  and  30  acres  of  the  demeans  of  the  church ;  being  all 
that,  on  the  south  side  of  the  bek ;  and  also  to  have  right  of  com- 
monage on  all  the  commons  in  Redenhall,  with  the  alterage,  &c.  and 
a  vicar  was  nominated  by  the  Bishop. 

VICARS, 

NOMINATED    BY    THE    BISHOPS,    AND    PRESENTED     BY     THE 
PRIORESSES. 

1375,  John  de  Sloleye. 

1378,  Adam  Make/. 

1389,  John  Clerk  of  Gressenhall. 

1402,  Sir  Oliver  Shelton,  deacon. 

1408,  Tho.  Bolton.  In  1409,  he  changed  for  Hardtack  in  Ca»J- 
bridgeshire,  with 

Mr.  Edm.  Beylham. 

1410,  Mr.  John  de  Aylesham,  A.M.;  he  changed  for  Couteshall  in 
1420,  with 

John  de  Frydecock ;  he  was  succeeded  by 
John  Swarby,  who  resigned  in 

1409   to  Mr.  Ro°er  Blakenham,  alias  Brightmey,  S.  I .  P. 

1430'  Master  Tho.  Ingham,  S.  T.  B.  In  1441,  at  the  complaint  ot 
this  war  the  church  was  disappropriated,  and  became  a  rectory 
arain  on  condition,  that  the  rector  should  pay  a  yearly  pension  ot 
40s  to  the  Prioress;*  which  is  still  paid  to  the  Duke  ot  Norfolk,  m 
rio-lit  of  Bnnoeye  priory,  by  the  rector;9  and  that  the  Bishop  should 
for  ever  nominate  to  the  Prioress,  and  if  she  did  not  immediately  pre- 

6  Fines  Norf.  No.   13-    P-  '•    M-  6-  I  Lib-  Instiu  IV<  fo"  lS 

20  Edw.  III.     The  prioress  licensed  to  Ibid, 

rece.ve  the  advowson.    21  Edw.  III.  h-  9  Lib.  Inst.  x.  fo.  89, 
cense  to  appropriate  it. 


360  REDENHALL. 

sent  the  person  so  nominated,  the  Bishop  might  then  collate  him  in 
his  own  right.1 

RECTORS  OF  REDENHALL, 

NOMINATED  BY  THE  BISHOPS,  AND  PRESENTED  BY  THE  PRIORESSES 
AND  THE  NORFOLK  FAMILY,  WHO  HAD  THAT  PRIORY  AND  ITS 
REVENUES,  BY  GRANT  FROM  THE  KING  AT  ITS    DISSOLUTION. 

1441,  Thomas  de  Ingham,  S.T.  B.  changed  it  for  Toft's  rectory  in 
Cambridgeshire,  with 

Nicholas  Stanton,  LL.  B. ;  he  exchanged  this  for  Bliekling 
in  1462,  with 

Tho.  Beccles,  A.  M.     In 
1500,  Ric.  Stokes,*  bachelor  in  decrees,  had  it;  he  resigned  in 
1518,  to   Mr.  Ric.  She/ton,  who  was   the  last  presented  by  the 
Prioress ;  he  was  succeeded  by 

Miles  Spencer,  LL.D.  (see  vol.  i,  p.  366,  and  vol.  iii.  p.  633,) 
who  resigned  in 

1548,  to  Sir  Ric.  Wheatly  chaplain  to  the  Bishop,  who  was  nomi- 
minated  by  Sir  John  Godsalve,  Knt.  to  whom  the  Bishop  had 
granted  the  nomination  of  this  turn ;  he  was  deprived  of  this  and 
Alburgh,  by  Queen  Mary,  for  being  a  married  man,  and  no  favourer 
of  the  mass;  and  the  Duke  of  No/folk  presented 

John  Whitby,  S.T.  B.  but  he  not  being  nominated  to  the 
Duke  by  the  Bishop,  his  presentation  was  void,  and  the  Bishop 
nominated 

John  Salisbury,  deau  of  Norwich,  &c.  (for  whom  see  vol.  iii. 
p.  617,)  he  resigned  in  1555,  and  the  Duke,  at  the  Bishop's  nomina- 
tion, presented  his  suffragan  bishop, 
Thomas,3  who  resigned  in 
1557,  to  Ric.  Blaunch,  A.  M. 
1563,  Thomas  Lancaster,  A.  M.;  he  died,  and  in 
15S4,  Arthur  Purefaue,  Gent,   assignee  of  Edmund  Freke,  late 
Bishop  of  Norwich,  who  granted  off  the  turn  to 

Will.  Maplizden,  S.T. B.  Archdeacon  of  Suffolk;  nominated 
John  Hutchinson,  S.T.  B.  to  Philip  Earl  of  Arundel,  who 
presented  him. 

1594,  Edward  Yardley. 

1597,  Ric  Moorre,  M.  B.  and  S.  T.  B.  was  nominated  by  the 
Bishop  to  the  Queen;  he  held  it  united  to  Alburgh,  and  returned 
answer  that  there  were  600  communicants  in  this  parish.  In  1628, 
upon  the  consecration  of  Bishop  White,  Archbishop  Abbot  chose  the 
next  nomination  for  his  option;  and  in 

1629,  Peter  de  Lawne,  S.T.  P.+  was  nominated  in  that  right. 
1636,  Henry  Bridon,  succeeded  by 

William  Smith,  S.  T.  P.  (for  whom  see  vol.  iii.  p.  667.) 
1642,  Henry  Mingay,  A.  M.;  he  died  rector. 

*  Vol.  i.  p.  537.  cros  diaccnatiis  et  presbyteratus  ordines 
1  Vol.  iii.  p.  645.  juxta  morem  et  ritum  ecclesie  Angli- 
3  Thomas  Episcopus  Synodensis  sive     canas  coopta'us  est,  ac  predicare  liccn- 

Sindoniensis,  suft'raganeus.  ciatus  autnorirate  ordinaria  gradumqvie 

*  Natione  Gallus,  ecclesieque  Gal'.ice  magistn  in  ait.bus  suscepit.  Revjsio 
intra  civitatem  Norwic.  autistes  in  sa-    Archid.  Nortt.  A0  1630. 


RED  EN  HALL.  SGi 

l6gi,  Charles  Robins,  held  it  united  to  Broome}  The  Crown  by 
lapse.6     He  died  in  1724,  and 

Ric.  Fiddes,  D.  D.  was  presented  by  Lord  Frederick 
Howaed,  younger  son  of  Henry  late  Duke  of  Norfolk;  but  the 
Bishop  voided  it,  as  not  being  at  his  nomination)  and  then  he  nomi- 
nated 

William  Tanner,  A.  M.7  to  the  said  Lord,  and  he  held  it  with. 
Toperoft  to  his  death,  when 

Matthew  Postlethwait  succeeded  him.  (See  vol.  iii.  p.  641.) 
At  whose  death,  in 

1745,  Dec.  2fi,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Nicolls,  the  present  rector,  was 
nominated  by  the  Bishop  to  Francis  Loggan,  Gent,  who  presented 
him.  He  is  resident  chaplain  to  the  merchants  at  Oporto  in  Portugal. 

CO/.  Redenhall  rectory.     Yearly  tenths  9,1. 

So  that  being  not  discharged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths,  it  is  incapable 
of  augmentation.  It  was  valued  in  the  old  taxation  at  35  marks; 
Norwich  Domesday  says,  that  the  Archdeacon  ( Jakendensis)  was 
patron  ;  that  the  rector  had  a  house  and  carucate  of  land,  that  it  was 
after  valued  at  40  marks,  and  paid  \lld.  ob.  Peter-pence,  2s.  synodals, 
5s.  Bishop's  procurations,  and  ~s.  Id.  ob.  Archdeacon's  procurations. 
The  religious  concerned  here,  were,  the  Prioress  of  Carrowe,  whose 
temporals  were  taxed  at  Gs.  8d.  the  Prior  of  Mendham  at  365.  gd.  ob. 
the  Prior  of  JVeybrede  for  meadows  at  23s.  6d.  the  Abbot  of  Lang- 
ley  at  8s.  6d.  In  1390,  Roger  de  Bois,  Knt.  and  others,  aliened 
divers  tenements  in  Harleston,  to  the  Abbess  of  Brusyerd.  Hamon 
de  Peccatum,  or  Pecche,*  gave  10s.  yearly  in  rents  in  Herolfstone  to 
Bury  abbey;  Gefj'ry  PecchelOs.  and  Gilbert  Pecche  other  rents.  In 
1307,  Stephen  de  Brockdish  and  Reginald  his  son,  held  8  acres  of  the 
Prior  of  the  Holy  Trinity  at  Ipswich,  by  6d.  per  annum  rent.  In 
1236,  the  rector  took  toll  of  all  that  passed  through  part  of  his  church- 
yard.9   This  town  paid  clear  to  every  tenth,  11/.  13s.  Ad. 

The  church  is  dedicated  in  houour  of  the  Assumption  of  the  blessed 
Virgin  Mary,  and  is  a  good  regular  building;  having  its  north 
porch,  nave,  and  two  isles,  leaded,  and  chancel  tiled.  It  was  rebuilt 
of  freestone,  by  Thomas  of  Brothertou  Earl  of  Notfolk;  and  the 
chancel  b}'  Will.  Neuport,  rector:  but  the  noble  square  tower  which 
is  very  large  and  lofty,  is  of  a  much  later  foundation,  it  being  a  long 
time  from  its  beginning  to  its  finishing;  it  hath  neat  battlements,  and 
four  freestone  spires  on  its  top,  and  is  the  finest  tower  of  any  country 
parish  church  in  the  whole  county.  It  was  begun  about  1400,  and 
was  carried  on  as  the  legacies  and  benefactions  came  in.  John  de  la 
Pole,  lord  of  JVingfe/d  Castle,  who  was  buried  at  Wingficld  in  1491, 
was  a  principal  benefactor.     Joan  Banning  gave  3l.  6s.  8d.  in  14(jy. 

5  See  vol.  iv.  p.  552.  same  year  to   Francis  Jessop,   who  22 

6  Henry  late  Duke  of  Norfolk,  by  the  Nov.  1690,  presented  toward  Mansell, 
name  of  Henry  Lord  Howard,  Earon  of  who  being  not  nominated  by  the  Bishop, 
Castle-Ri>ing,  by  deed  dated  4  Sept.  the  presentation  was  voided,  and  this 
1672,  granted  to  Ric.  Slowe,   Gent,  the  Bishop  collated  by  lapse. 

next  turn  of  this  rectory;  and  in  1685,         7  See  vol.  ii.  p.  256,92. 
Margaret      his    widow    assigned    it    to         s   Alb.  Regr.  fo.  26. 
Charles   Mawson,    Gent,    and    he    the        9  Plita  Corone  41  H.  III.  rot.  9. 
vol.  v.  3  A 


362  REDENHALL. 

In  1492,  Thomas  Bacon  gave  a  legacy  ;  in  1511,  John  Bacon;  and  it 
was  finished  about  1520,  by  Master  Ric.  Shelton,  then  rector;  and  on 
the  south-east  spire,  there  is  an  escallop  shel  and  a  tun,  carved  on  the 
stone,  as  a  rebus  or  device  for  his  name;  Sir  John  Shelton,  Knt.  was 
also  a  contributor  to  the  work.  In  l6l6,  it  was  split  from  top  to  bot- 
tom by  a  tempest,1  so  as  to  be  obliged  to  be  anchored  up  as  it  now 
remains;  though  it  was  done  so  effectually,  that  it  is  scarce  any 
damage  to  its  beauty  or  strength :  there  was  this  carved  on  the  north- 
west spire, 

This  Spire  was  demolished  in  the  Year  1680,  and  rebuilt  in  the 
Year  1681,  by  Hen.  Fenn  and  John  Dove,  Church-Wardens,  John 
Teuton  and  Edmund  Knights,  Masons. 

The  arms  of  Brotherton  and  Mowbray,  and  the  rose,  the  badge  of 
Brotheiton,  and  the  leopard's  face,  the  badge  of  De  la  Pole,  are  often 
on  the  stones.  On  the  west  doors  are  carved  a  hammer  and  horseshoe, 
and  a  shoe  and  pincers,  as  rebusses  for  the  names  of  Smith  and  Ham- 
mersmith, probably  the  donors  of  them.  Here  are  8  melodious  bells, 
on  three  of  which,  are  these  verses  : 

2d  bell.    j>erru$  a&  £tcrne  Ducat  no£  pas'cua  $ttc. 
4.  €th  &ola men  nobig  uet©cu£.    ilmen.  15S8. 

6.  Stella  IHana  lEUrig  ?'uccurre  piis^ima  nobi.£. 

The  church  is  new  seated  throughout,  and  kept  as  neat  and  decent, 
as  I  have  any  where  seen.  In  the  east  chancel  window,  De  la  Pole 
quarters  IVingJield  in  the  garter.  Erpingham  in  a  garter.  Brandon 
quartering  Bourchier  in  a  garter.  In  the  south  window  gul.  an  eagle 
displayed  or  ;  and  Brewse. 

In  1504,  Thomas  Pyers  of  Harleston  gave  20  marks  to  make  the 
funte  new.  The  roode  or  principal  image  of  our  Saviour  on  the  cross, 
which  stood  on  the  rood-loft  between  the  chancel,  was  a  remarkable 
one  in  those  days;  in  1506,  Agnes  Stanforth  of  IVortwa/e,  hath  this 
in  her  will,  "Item,  my  marrying  Ring  to  the  Goode  Roode  of 
Redenhale." 

In  1464,  Sic.  Totyl  or  Tuthill  was  buried  in  the  church;  and  in 
1469,  John  Baker  in  the  nave;  and  Joan  widow  of  Robert  Banning, 
by  the  north  door,  and  was  a  benefactrix  to  the  steeple,  church,  and 
Harleston  chapel ;  to  all  which  she  left  legacies. 

On  biases,  now  lost, 

©rate  pro  anima  ^obannt^  2?orct  qui  obiit  prima  Die  men£i£ 
Hiau  3°  ©ni.  jJVcccclrrri.  cuiu£  anime  propicietur  Deu£. 

<©ratc  pro  animc  fio^'e  3Urfce. 

©rate  pro  animabu.s   3frjhanru£  iBooe    ct  JJiartjaretc  urori.si 

siu£. 

Orate  pro  animabusS  3Johanni.si  2?acon  <$  3gncti£  Wrort.si  £ue. 

This  John  Bacon  of  Har/estone,  made  his  will  in  1511,  and  ordered 
a  priest  to  sing  in  the  chapel  of  St.  John  in  Harleston,  for  him  and 
his  wife;  and  made  Richard  his  son,  his  heir  to  his  estate  here;  and 
1  The  sessions  gave  13/.  13s.  6d.  to.vards  it. 


R  E  D  E  N  H  A  L  L.  S6S 

John  his  son  had  his  estate  in  Lopham,  paying  legacies  to  Catherine, 
Margaret,  Rose,  and  Jone,  his  daughters.  His  son  Richard  died 
ahout  1540,  leaving  Thomas,  Robert,  and  John  his  sons,  and  two 
daughters,  Anne,  and  Elizabeth. 

©rate  pro  animabu<;  fiicaroi  2?acon  ct  Catherine  WjroriS  £ue, 
qui  ofant  ii°  Die  gjulii  a,  ©tit.  M.  cccctjcjcjrjrm0. 

At  the  upper  end  of  the  south  isle  where  the  Bacons  are  interred, 

©rate  pro  anima  JUargarete  Sacon. 

*tic  jacet  COmunouji  ^piccris  be  ^arlcjSton,  qui  obiit  bin0  bit 
Dob.  a°  JEtccccb.  et  ^Johanna  uror  eing. 

In  the  north  chapel,  which  belongs  to  Gazcdy-hall,  are  buried  several 
of  the  families  to  which  that  manor  belonged  ;  it  seems  to  have  been 
founded  by  the  Brewses,  for  anciently  the Gawdies buried  in  the  middle 
alley,  where  on  a  stone  under  the  portraitures  of  a  man  and  a  woman, 
\vas  this, 

©rate  pro  animabtt?"  ^oljanntiS  45atoDyc  $  Slice  BrorijS  £ue,  qui 
ofaiit  im0  Die  JEtaii  an"  ©ni :  M.  b€.  jr.  quorum  aniraabusi  propt- 
cietur  beug  amen. 

On  another, 
pran  for  the  <£>ouie  of  Mt$>  3nne  ©atobgc  in  the  Jfcare  of  43ob 

1530. 

©rate  pro  anima  3gneti£  ©atoOjie  que  obiit  pb°  die  &cpt.  a5 
©ni.  JOtcccccr  cuiujS  anime  propicictur  bcujS  amen. 

In  1573,  John  Witham  buried  here,  gave  a  good  legacy  to  the  steeple.1 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  altar  rails, 

Herelieth  the  Body  of  Mrs.  Penelope  D'oyly,  Wife  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  James  Doyly,  who  died  the  8th.  of  Oct.  1721.  Reader  ! 
if  thou  hast  any  Curiosity  to  enquire  after  her  Character,  know, 
that  she  once  possessed  a  Nature,  Friendly,  Liberal,  and  Gene- 
rous :  She  was  Religious  without  Superstition,  &,  Virtuous  without 
the  Formalities  of  it :  Her  Mind  was  easie  in  it's  Self,  and  form'd 
to  make  others  happy:  She  had  all  the  Family  Vertues  in  Per- 
fection, not  a  Sentiment  of  her  Soul,  but  what  was  turn'd  for  the 

z  I  find   in  the   old  church-wardens         1693,  a  feofment  made  of  the  chapel 

book,  that  in  1577,  a  bell  was  bought  and  chambers,  and  town-close,  which 

for  the  chapel.     Mr.  Bacon    paid    for  contained  about  three  acres,  and  was  let 

burying  his  two  children  in  the  church  at  4I.  per  annum,  said  to  be  given  by 

and  John  Cook  for  burying  his  brother  the  Gawdies,  the  profits  to  be  given  to 

Thomas   Cook    6s.    id.    each,    to    the  the  poor  every  Christmas.     The  hamlet 

church-wardens.  of  Wortwale  was  answerable  for  a  fourth 

1588,  received  for  Sir  Thomas  Gaw-  part  of  all  charges,  and  it  inter-cemmons 

dy's  grave  6s.   %d.  ;    the   farm  of  the  with  Alburgh,  and  hath  each  a  drift, 

town- house  of  Redenhale  16s.  1594,  two  But  there  are  no  commons  to  Redenhall. 

deeds  of  the  house  called  the  chape],  to  In  1641,  the  chancel   was   levelled,  and 

be  kept  to  the  use  of  the  town;  the  late  the  organ  case  pulled  down.     In  164.4, 

chapel  and  cross-chambers.     1612,  Mr.  the  crosses  at  the  end  of  the  chapels  were 

Holland  buried  in  the  church.     163s,  taken   down,   aud   the  pictures  in   the 

Nic.   Cooke   and   his   wife,  and  James  chancel  defaced.    167 1,  paid  the  ringers 

Spalding  buried  in  the  church.  for  ringing  when  the  King  passed  by. 


SG4  R  E  D  E  N  H  A  L  L. 

Pleasure  or  Advantage  of  her  Husband,  the  tenderest  of  Mothers, 
and  the  best  of  Mistresses;  In  a  Word,  she  filled  up  every  Part 
of  Life,  with  Decency  and  good  Manners,  and  when  God  who 
gave  it  her,  commanded  her  to  resign,  she  did  it  tho'  upon  the 
shortest  Warning,  with  such  a  Firmness  of  Mind,  as  shew'd,  she 
was  neither  ashamed  to  live,  nor  afraid  to  die  :  This  Testimony  of 
his  own  Love  and  her  Merit,  He  thought  fit  to  give,  who  knew 
her  best,  &  would  in  every  Action  of  her  Life,  do  Justice  to  her 
Memory. 

Rand,  per  chevron  or  and  ar.  a  lion  rampant  gul.  Crest,  a 
boar's  head  cooped. 

The  Bodyes  of  John  Rand  M.  A.  a  late  painful  Preacher  of 
the  Gospel  at  Rednall  cum  Harleston,  &  of  Anne  his  Wife, 
&  Eliz  their  Dr.  Sept.  27,  lOoQ.     Here  expect  the  Resurrection. 

Three  Temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 

Ruin'd  by  Death,  ly  here  as  lost, 

St.  Johns  fell  first,  St.  Anne's  next  Year, 

Then  St.  Elizabeth  fell  here  ; 

Yet  a  few  Dayes,  and  thes  againe 

Christ  will  re-build  and  in  them  reigne. 

Ruth  Relict  of  Bruce  Randall  Oct.  23,  1666. 

The  north  vestry  is  leaded,  and  the  north  chapel  tiled,  in  which  is 
an  altar  tomb  for  Sir  Tho.  Gawdie,  buried  here  in  1588.  The  roof 
is  adorned  with  spread  eagles. 

There  is  a  hatchment  with  the  crest  and  arms  of 
Wogan,  viz.  or,  on  a  chief  sab.  three  martlets  org. 

(And  was  first  granted  to  IVogan  of  Pembrokeshire.) 
Crest,  on  a  torce  ().  S.  a  lion's  head  erased  sab   impaling 
Sandcroft,  arg.  on  a  less  between  three  crosses  patee  gnl.  as 

many  martlets  of  the  field. 

The  following  memorials  are  in  the  nave,  in  which  stands  a  fine 
large  brass  eagle  ;  the  roof  over  the  rood  loft  is  painted,  and  the  twelve 
Apostles  are  on  the  screens;  and  there  is  a  gallery  at  the  west  end. 

Henry  the  1st.  &  Henry  the  2d.  Sons  of  Henry  Fenn  of  fied- 
nall,  Gent.  8c  Eliz.  his  Wife,  the  Is;,  died  March  15,  l66l,  aged 
5  Years  &  6  Weeks,  the  Id.  Dec.  17,  1675,  aged  ten  Years  & 
six  Weeks. 

When  Time  hath  marr'd  this  Marble,  St  defac'd 
The  kind  Memoriall,  by  Sister  Mary  trac'd, 
Twill  loose  the  Virtve  of  her  first  Intent, 
No  longer  Overs,  but  it's  own  Monument. 

Frere,  as  at  vol.  i.  p.  68,  impaling  a  saltier  ingrailed,  on  a  chief 
three  croslets. 

Tobias  Son  of  Tobias  Frere,  Gent.  &  Sarah  his  Wife,  ob.  18 
May  1660,  ajt.  2.  Eliz,  his  Sister,  Aug  4,  1658,  at.  1  Year  9 
Months. 


REDENHALL.  365 

Tobias  Frere  Esq;  Febr.  6, 1655. 

His  Corps  lye  here,  his  Soule  like  to  the  Dove, 
Finding  small  Rest  Below,  now  rests  Above. 

Rich.  Frere.  Alice  Frere  Wid.  13  Mar.  1639,  et  hie  ad  Dex- 
tram  Ricardi  Frere  Senioris,  Generosi,  Quondam  viri  sui  Sepulta. 

On  a  neat  mural  monument  against  the  south  wall,  at  the  west  end 
of  the  nave, 

In  piam  Memoriam  Tobi.e  Frere  Armigeri,  vidua  Ipsi  su- 
perstes,  Domina  Susanna  Frere,  una  cum  Filio  Tobia,  Monu- 
mentum  hoc  Amoris  et  Officij  insigne  Statui  curaverunt,  obijt 
autem  66™  annum  agens.     Febr.  6°.  Anno  Dni.  1655. 

Ne  quis  Succumbat  Fato,  cedatve  Sepulchro, 
Non  Pietas,  Virtus,  non  Medicina  Valet ; 
Cuique  est  dicta  Dies,  Fcelix  qui  Tern poraVitae 
Sic  Agit,  ut  sit  ei,  grata  suprema  Dies. 

There  is  a  scull  fixed  in  the  wall  on  the  south  side  of  the  screens, 
under  which  is  this, 

Death. 
Behold  thy  Selfe  by  me, 
Such  Once  was  I,  as  thou, 
And  thou  in  Time  shall  be, 
Even  Dust,  as  I  am  now. 

On  altar  tombs  on  the  south  side  in  the  churchyard, 

In  piam  Memoriam  Johannis  Dove  Synceri  Ecclesias  Angli- 
canaz  Filij,  Mariti  optimi,  Parentis  indulgentissimi,  Bonorum  om- 
nium Amoris  et  de  Charitate  in  Pauperes  optime  Meriti,  obijt 
Martij  26,  A.  D.  1690,  a;t.  46. 

Edw.  Hart  Sept.  22,  1731.  Edward  Hart  his  Nephew  erected 
the  Tomb  in  Gratitude  to  his  Memory. 

Hie  jacet  sub  Marmore  Corpus  Stephani  Freeman  de  Harle- 
stone  Generosi,  obijt  A°  set.  suae  42,  A.  D.  1684. 

The  following  inscriptions  are  on  head-stones, 

Hie  deposita  sunt  ossa  Hannre  Wotton  Uxoris,  Fleetwood 
Wotton,qu33  ad  pluies  abijt  Martij  die  decimo  nono  1715,  act.4S. 
Fleetwood  Wotton  Gen.  ad  plures  abijt  Jan.  17,  1720,  ast.  68. 

Elizabetha  Sara  Kerrick,  Filia  Gualteri  et  Anna  ob.  22°  Die 
Apr.  1726,  set.  sua2  25. 

Sub  hoc  marmore  reconduntur  Cineres  Gualteri  Kerrich  qui 
mortem  obijt  Jan.  8,  1703,  iEtatis  vero  sua?  38° 
(See  vol.  i.  fo.  229,  and  also  under  Mendham.) 

Thomas  Bayfie  Gent.  Nov.  20,  1717.  aet.  72.  Mary  his  Wife 
1701,  33t.  61.  June  21. 


3GG  R  E  D  E  N  H  A  L  L. 

(This  on  the  north  side.) 

John  Brown,  Sadler,  Sept.  21, 1720,  2fj. 
All  you  that  my  Grave  do  see, 
As  I  am  so  must  you  be, 
I  in  my  Youth  was  snatcht  away, 
Repent  in  Time,  make  no  delay. 

Thomas  Freeman,  Sept.  20,  1727,  set.  57. 
Adieu  !   Life  Adieu!  hoping  for  a  better 
Hereafter,  thro'  the  Merits  of  Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 

The  church  is  situate  near  the  midst  of  the  parish,  so  that  it  might 
be  equal  to  the  tenants  of  the  several  manors,  being  equidistant  also 
from  its  two  principal  hamlets  of  Harleston  aud  iVortwale,  near  a  mile 
from  each. 

Redenhal  takes  its  name  from  Rada  the  Dane,  who  was  lord  in 
the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  and  held  it  of  Edric,  the  ante- 
cessor of  Robert  Malet,  lord  of  the  honour  of  Eye.  It  was  then  3/. per 
annum,  but  rose  to  8/.  value,  and  was  a  mile  and  half  long,  and  half  a 
mile  and  three  perches  broad,  and  paid  \0d.  to  the  Dane  geld.  It  ex- 
tended into  Alburgh  and  Starston;  in  the  former,  there  were  15  free- 
men, and  9  in  the  latter,  and  20  in  this  town  ;  whose  rents  were  4l. 
per  annum,  but  they  were  after  separated  from  this  manor,  and  added 
to  Earl  Ralf's  hundred  of  Earsham  :  Ivo  Tallebois,  after  the  Earl's  for- 
feiture, got  them  for  some  time  ;  but  being  restored,  they  have  con- 
tinued ever  since  with  the  hundred.3  Bishop  William  claimed  20 
acres  as  held  of  him  by  a  freeman  ;  and  Jgneli  held  80  acres :  a  free- 
man of  Edric 's  had  a  part  of  the  town,  which  {he  falconer  to  the  Earl 
afterwards  held,  and  his  manor  called  Hawker's,*  was  free  from  all 
services  to  the  capital  hall  or  manor,  and  afterwards  held  of  the  King 
under  Godric :  as  for  the  freemen  and  superiou r  jurisdiction  of  the 

3  Terre  Regis  quam  Godricus  servat.  omneslx.  acr.  terre  semper  iii.  car.  xiii. 

Doms.  f.  30.  Dim.  Hund.  Hersam.  acr.  prati. 

Radanahalla  tenuit  Rada  i.  liber  In  Redanahalla  xx.  liberi  homines 

homo  Edrici  commend.  T.  R.  E.  ii.  car.  Rade  commend,  de  lxyx.  acr.  terre.  Isti 

terre  tunc  xxx.  vill.   post  et  modo  x.  homines  tHnc  valuere  iv.  libr.  m°  viii. 

semper  vi.  bord.  tunc  iv.  serv.  post  ii.  RadulfusCoihcs  adcensavit,  post  Ivo 

m°i  semper  ii.  car.  in  dominio.  tunc  vi.  Tallebosc.  semper  v.  car.  et  iv.  acr. 

car.  horn,  post  111°  ii.  et  dim.  tunc  silva  prati. 

lx.  pore.  m°  xx.  et  viii.  acr.  prati,  sem-  +  In  eadem  i.  liber  homo  Edric  com- 

per  i.  mol.  semper  v.  an.  et  xxx.  pore.  mend.  i.  car.  terre,  semper  ii.  vill.  et 

vii.  capr.  tunc  valuit  lx.  sol.   post  et  viii.  bord.  tunc  et  post  ii.  car.  in  dom. 

modo  viii.    blanc.  et  habet   i.  leug.  et  ni°  i.   semper  ii.   car.  hom.    silva  xx. 

dim.  in  longo,  et  dim.  et  iii.  percas  in  pore,  et  iii.  acr.  prati  et  sub  eo  v.  liberi 

lato,  et  de  geho  x.  d.  homines  et  dim.  de  xx.  acr.  terre  sem- 

In  Radanahalla  ii.  liber  hom.  de  per  ii.   car.  tunc  valuit   xx.   sol.     Sed 

c.  acr.  semper  i.  car.  Episcopus  Wilel-  ipsa  erat  quietus  de  aula  quia  erat  and- 

Muscalumpniatur  xx.  acr.  de  istis  x.  et  pitrarius  Comitis,  postquam  Radul- 

hundr.  testatur  etjigneli tenet lxxx.  acr.  fus  se  forisfecit  et  fun  in  manu  Regis 

In  Aldeberga    xv.    liberi  homines  sub  Godrico,  sed  nichil  reddidit  et  recla- 

Rade  et  Ulmari  T.  R.  E.  commend,  mat  Regem  defensorem. 

de  lx.  acr.  terre  semp.  iii.  car.  et  iii.  acr.  Tene  Stiganui  Episcopi  qua;  cus- 

prati.     In   Sterestuna   xii.   lib.    ho-  todit  Will,  de  Noiers  in    manu   Regis, 

mines  ix.  Rade  commend.  T.  R.  E.  et  i.  Doms.  fo.  52.      Hersam  dun.  Hur.d. 

Waitrct,  et.  i.  Ulmari.  et  i.   communis  In  Redanaha.   vii.  liberi  hum.  Sti- 

Abbati  de  Sco.  Edo.  et  de  Eli.     Jnter  gandi,  comd.  T.  R.E.  de  lx.  acr.  terre 


REDENHALL  SG7 

whole  town,  they  all  belonged  to  Bishop  Stigand,  by  him  were  for- 
feited to  the  King,  who  committed  the  care  of  them  to  William  de 
Noiers,  and  they  have  ever  since  passed  with  the  hundred. 

There  are  now  only  two  lords  here;  Redenhall  cum  Harkston,  the 
lete,  hundred  court,  market,  fairs,  tolls,  free-warren,  and  all  superiour 
jurisdiction  of  the  whole  town,  belong  to  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk, and  have  passed  with  the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Norfolk,  along 
with  Forncet  manor;  to  which  I  refer  you. 

The  other  manors  are  now  joined  and  belong  to  John  Wogan  of 
Gawdy-hall,  Esq.  viz.  the  manors  of  Redenhall,  Coldham-hall,  Hol- 
brook-hall,  Merks,  and  Hawkers. 

Thev  were  all  in  the  Bygods  as  one  manor,  and  by  them  parted 
and  sold  to  different  persons. 


REDENHALL  MANOR, 

And  half  the  advowson,  was  owned  by  Henry  de  Agneux,  or  Anew; 
and  half  by  Richard  de  Argentine  in  Henry  the  Second's  time. 

This  Henry  was  son  of  Walter,  son  of  that  Agneli,  who  held  80 
acres  here  at  the  Conqueror's  survey;  in  II96,  being  a  rebel  to  King 
Richard  I.  that  King  seized  all  his  lands,  and  granted  them  for  200 
marks,  to  Ra/fde  Lenham,  saving  to  Mabel  de  Agnis,  her  dower,  and 
to  Peter  de  Leonibus  his  goods,  and  corn  sown  on  the  land  ;  and  in 
1199,  Walter  himself  confirmed  the  grant.  In  1200,  Roger  de  Len- 
ham owned  one  moiety,  and  Henry  de  Agnells,  son  of  Walter,  seltled 
it  on  him  by  fine  ;  in  121  1,  Petronel  his  widow,  settled  it  for  her  life, 
on  Roger  Butvant ;  at  her  death,  Roger  de  Lenham  her  son  had  it, 
whose  widow  Joan,  in  1225,  had  her  dower  assigned,  and  remarried  to 
Reginald  de  Argentein.  In  1247,  Sir  Nic.  de  Lenham  was  lord,  and 
in  1236,  had  a  charter  (or  free-warren  here,  and  at  Terling  in  Essex  ; 
upon  which,  Roger  le  Bigot  Earl  of  Noifo/k,  lord  of  the  hundred,  and 
superiour  lord  of  the  fee  of  the  whole  town,  sued  him,  and  seized  on 
this  manor,  because  he  had  leased  it  for  1 6  years  to  the  Queen,  whose 
attorneys  the  Earl  ejected.  The  manor  being  held  of  him  by  ol.  yearly- 
rent,  and  other  services  ;  and  though  the  lease  was  made  to  the  Queen, 
it  was  in  effect  the  same,  as  if  it  had  been  to  the  King ;  so  that  no  dis- 
tress could  be  taken,  but  upon  the  King's  granting  him  letters  patent, 
that  the  lease  should  not  be  to  the  disherison  of  him  or  his  heirs,  but 
that  he  might  distrain  for  the  rents  and  services,  the  Earl  confirmed  it. 
In  1257,  this  Nicholas,  and  Isolda  de  Lenham  his  wife,  sold  all  his 
possessions  here  to  Peter  de  Subaudia  or  Savoy,  who  the  same  year 
settled  them  on  Ingeram  de  Feynes  and  Isabel  his  wife,  with  nine  score 
pounds  per  annum  in  Netlested,  Ket/eburgh,Si,c.  and  in  1258,  they  re- 
conveyed  them  to  Peter,  with  250  marks,  land,  and  the  advowson  of 
Geyton,  Thorp,  &c. 

In  1261,  Henry  III.  says,  that  his  beloved  uncle,  Master  Peter  de 
Savoy,  surrendered  into  his  hands,  to  the  use  of  Prince  Edxcard  his 

et  ii.  bord.  tunc  iii.  car.  et  modo  ii.  silva  prati  appretiatum  est  cum  alijs. 

iv.  pore,  et  ii.  acr.  prati.  Quando  Radulfus  se  forisfecit  ha- 

In  Radanakalla  et  in  Dentuna  buit  socam  et  sacam  de  Radahalla et 

ii.  lib.  homines  Stigandi  cum  soca  xiii.  de  commendatis  suis. 
acr.  terre  semper  dim.  car.  et  dim.  acr. 


368  REDENHALL. 

eldest  son,  the  manors  of  Redenhall,  Wisete,  Ketleburgh,  Nettkstede, 
and  Wyke,  by  Ipswich  in  Suffolk;  with  the  fees  of  4/.  13s.  Ad.  rent  in 
Ipswich,  and  the  King  confirmed  them  to  the  Prince  and  his  heirs, 
and  so  to  the  Kings  of  England  for  ever;  but  the  Prince  granted  it 
with  his  father's  consent,  to  Nic.  de  Yatingdon,  and  Alice  dc  Bathonia 
his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  to  be  held  by  the  service  of  two  fees.  Bar- 
tholomew de  Yatingdon,  his  brother,  inherited,  who  in  1280,  settled  his 
moiety  on  Master  Henri/  de  Branteston  and  Beatrice  his  wife,  with  re- 
mainder to  Hugh  de  Branteston  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  their 
heirs ;  and  in  1284,  John  de  Agneus  sued  them  as  heir  of  that  family, 
but  did  not  recover  it. 

The  other  moiety  continued  in  the  Argentein  family,  though  in 
1206,  William  de  Curcun  gave  20  marks  to  King  John  to  have  it:  in 
1281,  Giles  de  Argentein  held  here  and  in  Thimmg,  four  fees  of  Rich- 
mond honour;  his  grandfather  Richard  having  married  Joan,  widow 
of  Roger  de  Lenham  ;  and  this  Giles  conveyed  it  to  Master  Henry  de 
Branteston,  who  had  the  whole  manor  and  moiety  of  the  advowson, 
and  this  part  was  held  of  the  honour  of  Richmond?  In  1298,  Hugh 
de  Branteston,  brother  of  Henry,  died  seized,  and  left  it  to  Margaret, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Bartholomew  de  Yatingdon,  his  widow,  who 
held  one  moiety  of  the  Earl  of  NorJ'o/k,  and  the  other  of  the  Earl  of 
Richmond;  and  in  1300,  Henry  de  Branteston  and  Margery  his  wife 
had  it,  who  was  a  widpw  this  year.  Osbert  de  Clinton,  lord  here  in 
1317,  and  Joan  his  wife,  conveyed  it  from  Joan  and  her  heirs,  (who 
1  suppose  was  a  Branteston,)  to  Thomas  de  Brotherton  Earl  of  AW- 
folk,  Marshal  of  England,  and  his  heirs;  who  in  1325,  jointly  with 
Alice  his  wife,  settled  it  on  Will,  de  Neuport,  rector  here,  and  Richard 
de  Bunted,  rector  of  Stonham,  as  trustees  for  the  heirs  of  Alice ;  and 
Alice,  one  of  her  daughters  and  coheirs,  married  to  Sir  Edw.  de  Mon- 
teacute,  or  Montague,  who  owned  it  in  1344,  and  mortgaged  it  to  John 
de  Co/oigue  and  Thomas  de  Holbech,  merchants  of  London,  by  the 
King's  patent  and  license;  and  in  1360,  Edward 'son  of  Edward  Mon- 
tague, and  Alice  his  wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heiresses  of  Tho- 
mas de  Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  held  it;  and  Ethe/dred  his  sister 
was  found  his  heir  by  one  inquisition,  and  Joan  the  wife  of  William  de 
Uff'ord  Earl  of  Suffolk,  daughter  and  one  of  the  heiresses  of  the  said 
Edward  and  Alice,  by  another ;  but  she  did  not  inherit  it ;  for  in  1365, 
at  the  death  of  Edward,  son  and  heir  of  Edward  Montague,  Etheldred 
his  sister  had  it;  and  in  1390,  she  was  married  to  Hugh  de  Strautey, 
Knt.  and  John  was  their  son  and  heir  :  the  capital  messuage  or  hall, 
had  384  acres  of  land,  8  acres  of  meadow,  8  of  pasture,  62  acres  of 
wood  and  a  water-mill  belonging  to  it;  and  in  1414,  Sir  John  son  of 
Sir  Hugh  was,  lord;  it  after  belonged  to  William  de  la  Pole  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  and  lord  of  Wingjield  castle,  and  in  1485,  Will,  Catesbie 
owned  it,  who  was  attainted  in  1  H.  VII.  and  that  King  granted  it 
to  Sir  William  Norreys,  Knt.  and  his  heirs  male.  In  1558,  it  was 
granted  to  Tipper  and  Dawe,  and  soon  after  belonged  to  the  Gawdies, 
and  so  it  came  joined  to 

5  Mr.  Henr.  de   Branteston  tenet    2  Hon.  Richmond,  fo.  45.     The  Bran- 

feod.  in  Redenhale,  Alberg,  et  Starston,  testons  had  manors  in  Warwickshire 

et  red.  ad  ward,  castel.  Richmond.  26*.  Leicestershire,  and  Berkshire. 
Manerium  valet  per  ann.   sol.   Regr. 


REDENHALL.  S69 


THE  MANOR  OF  HOLEBROOK,  or  GAWDY-HALL, 

Which  was  held  of  the  honour  of  Richmond  at  half  a  fee;  this  an- 
ciently belonged  to  the  Turbeviles  of  Devonshire,  and  Henry  de  Turbe- 
vile  was  lord  in  1223;  it  took  its  name  from  the  situation  of  the 
manor-house,  being  in  a  hole,  by  the  brook  side;  the  hi  lis  adjoining 
still  retain  the  name  of  Holebrook-IIilts,  and  are  on  the  left  hand  of 
the  road  leading  from  Harlestou  to  Yarmouth,  near  to  Wortwale  dove, 
but  this  was  pulled  down  by  the  Gawdies,  when  the  house  called 
Gawdy-hall  was  built,  in  which  John  Wogan,  Esq.  the  present  lord, 
now  dwells. 

In  1226,  Ralf,  and  in  1230,  Walter  de  Turbevile  were  lords;  this 
Walter  served  'King  Henry  III.  with  three  knights,  for  one  whole 
year,  to  Poictou,  to  be  released  of  150  marks  due  to  that  King.  In 
1259,  Roger  de  Thirke /by,  one  of  the  justices  itinerants,  lords  here, 
wasdeadfand  leh  Simon  Abbot  of  Langleu, and  Hugh  Bigod,  his  exe- 
cutors ;  and  this  manor,  and  houses  in  Cadre  in  Norfolk,  to  Walter 
de  Thirkelby,  his  brother  and  heir.  In  1313,  Robert  Tendevile  of 
Harlestou,  and  Julian  his  wife,  seem  to  have  it ;  and  probably  it  con- 
tinued in  this  family  a  whole  century,  for  in  1414,  Richard  Tyndale 
of  Dean  in  Northamptonshire,  son  and  heir  of  John  Tyndale,  owned 
it;6  and  William  was  his  brother  and  heir;  which  Will,  in  1420, 
settled  it  in  trust  on  Henry  Bishop  of  Winchester,  Sir  Lewes  Robesart, 
and  others;  and  it  continued  in  the  family  till  1542,  and  then  Tho. 
Tyndale  and  Osbert  Muudeford,  Esqrs.  conveyed  it  to  Robert  Bacon 
ofSpecteshall,  Esq.7  and  in  1551,  the  title  was  completed:  in  1570, 
his  son  and  heir,  Edward  Bacon,  Esq.  had  it,  and  sold  it  to  'Ihomas 
Gawdy,  Esq.  and  so  it  became  joined  to 


THE  MANOR  OF  COLDHAM-HALL, 

Which  was  held  of  the  Earls  of  Norfolk,  and  to  which  the  moiety 
of  the  advowson  belonged,  till  sold  from  it.  In  1239,  Wanne  de  Re- 
denhall,  lord  of  it,  impleaded  Roger  Bigot  Earl  ot  Norfolk,  to 
permit  him  to  enjoy  certain  liberties  belonging  to  this  manor,  which 
he  held  of  him.  In  1303,  Simon  de  Cotdham  of  RedeuAall,  and 
Emma  his  wife,  (from  whom  it  took  its  present  name,)  sold  the 
moiety  of  the  advowson  which  belonged  to  it,  and  the  manor 
(except  an  hundred  .hillings,  land,  and  some  rents,  afterwards  called 
Merits  manor,)  to  Sir  William  de  Burgh,  Knt.  and  his  heirs;  and  in 
1309,  the  said  William,  and  Master  Thomas  de  Burgis,  sold  the  moiety 
of  the  advowson  to  Thomas  de  Brotheiton  Earl  of  Norfolk,  (patron  ot 
the  other  moiety,)  and  the  manor  to  John  deRiveshale.or  Rushall, 
and  his  heirs.  It  afterwards  belonged  to  the  De  la  Poles  and  conti- 
nued in   the  Earls  of  Suffolk,   till  the  attainder  of  Charles  Duke  of 

6  See  vol.  ii.  p.  i  So  for  the  Tindales.     Anne,  his  other  children  ;  to  whom  Ro- 

i  Richard  Bacon  ot"  Harlestou,  buried     bert,  father  of  Bartholomew  Kemp  of 

at  Redenhall,  by  will   dated  1526,  gave     Gissing,   gave   legacies   also  :    the   said 

his  estate  to  Robert  his  eldest  son,  and     Richard  having  married   his   daughter 

legacies  to  William,  Thomas,  John,  and     Anne.     See  vol.  1.  p.  177- 

VOL.  v.  3  B 


370  REDENHALL. 

Suffolk;  and  in  1551,  was  granted  by  Philip  and  Mary,  to  Edward 
Lord  North;  and  afterwards  it  was  purchased  by  the  Gazvdies. 

In  1510,  John  Gazcdie  of  Harleston  was  buried  in  Redenhall  church, 
and  gave  his  estate  to  Thomas  Gawdye  the  younger.  In  1523,  Tho. 
Gawdy  of  Wortwell,  Gent,  obtained  a  manumission  of  all  his  lands 
in  Mendham,  Metfield,  and  Withe rsdale,  held  of  the  manors  of  Met- 
Jield  priory  and  Kingshall,  of  Simon  Prior  of  Mendham.  In  1545, 
Thomas  Gawdy  of  Redenhall,  senior,  was  buried,  leaving  Agnes  his 
wife,  James  Marsham  of  Norwich,  merchant,  and  John  Calle  of  Bale, 
his  executors.  In  1556,  Thomas  Gawdy,  junior,  Esq.  of  Harleston, 
was  buried  in  Redenhall  church  by  his  first  wife,  and  Elizabeth  his 
relict  was  buried  by  him  in  1563;  he  left  Thomas  and  Francis,  and 
three  daughters,  Eliz.  Southall,  Margaret  Jldrich,  and  Catherine. 
In  1570,  Thomas  their  eldest  son  purchased  Weybrede  manor  of 
William  Calthorp,  Esq.  and  in  1582,  he  sold  this  manor  to  Sir  Tho. 
Gawdye,  Knt.  and  he  settled  it  on  William  Brend,  trustee  to  Eliz. 
daughter  of  Helwise  his  first  wife,  and  her  heirs :  he  married  Frances, 
his  second  wife,  and  was  one  of  the  King's  judges,  but  dying  in  158S, 
was  buried  here,  being  seized  of  Claxton,  Hillington,  Rockland,  Po- 
ringland,  &c.  leaving 

Henry  Gawdy,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  then  26  years  of  age  ;  and  in 
1615,  Sir  Henry  and  Clipesby  Gaudy,  Knts.  were  lords.  In  1633,  Sir 
Tho.  Gawdie,  Knt.;  and  it  was  mortgaged  by  Charles  Gawdie,  Esq.  to 
Tobias  Frere,  who  afterwards  purchased  it ;  in  1654,  he  was  one  of 
the  justices  of  peace  for  Norfolk,  a  sequestrator,  and  member  in  par- 
liament, and  was  buried  here  in  1655,  leaving  Susanna  his  widow,  and 
Tobias  his  son  and  heir;  his  widow  (as  I  am  informed)  married  John 
Wogan,  Esq.  who  was  lord  here  in  1688,  and  now  John  Wogan,  Esq.8 
is  lord  of  all  the  aforesaid  manors,  which  are  now  joined  with 

THE  MANOR  OF  MERKS, 

Which  was  part  of  Coldham-hall  manor,  that  continued  in  the  Re- 
denhall family  as  aforesaid,  and  was  sold  to  John  de  Mar/eburgh,  of 
whom  John  de  Redenhall  purchased  it  in  1313,  and  held  it  of  the 
Earl  of  Norfolk  at  the  8th  part  of  a  fee  ;  in  1344,  Henry  de  Reden- 
hall and  Margaret  his  wife  conveyed  great  part  of  it  to  Thomas  son 
of  Peter  del  Brok,  and  others,  with  remainder  to  their  heirs  ;  and  in 
1358,  Robert  de  Redenhall,  rector  of  Eike  in  Suffolk  had  it;  it  came 
after  that,  to  James  Ormond  Earl  of  Wilts,  and  at  his  attainder,  to  the 
Crown  ;  and  was  granted  by  Edward  IV.  with  the  manors  of  Moreffes 
in  Waldingjield,  and  those  of  Overhall  and  Silvesters  in  Bures  in 
Suffolk,  to  Sir  Tho.  Waldegrave ;  and  passing  through  divers  hands, 
in  the  year  1551,  it  was  purchased  by  Rob.  Bacon,  and  joined  as 
aforesaid. 

HAWKER'S  MANOR 

First  belonged   to  Edric,  of  whom  it  was  held  in  the  Confessor's 
time  by  one  of  his  freemen,  when  it  was  worth  20s.  per  annum.   After 
the   Conquest,  RalfGwader  or  Wayet  Earl  of  Norfolk,  had  it,  and 
*  Dugdale's  Troubles,  fo.  638. 


REDENHALL.  371 

gave  it  to  be  held  free  of  his  capital  manor,  to  Roger  his  hawker  or 
falconer;  who  held  it  free  from  all  service  but  that  of  falconer, 
when  the  King  had  the  capital  manor  by  Earl  Rolf's  forfeiture, 
and  when  Godric,  to  whom  he  had  intrusted  the  care  of  it,  claimed 
services  of  him,  he  appealed  to  the  King  (of  whom  he  held  it 
freely)  as  his  protector,  and  was  discharged  accordingly;  and  from 
this  tenure,  the  manor  and  lords  also,  took  their  names.  The  record 
called  Testa  de  Nevil  tells  us,  that  Warine  le  Ostricer,  or  hawker,  son 
of  the  said  Roger,  held  it  by  the  grand  serjeanty  of  keeping  agoshawk 
for  the  King's  use,  and  carrying  it  every  year  to  the  King  at  his  Ma- 
jesty's cost.9  This  Warine  added  much  to  the  manor,  by  purchase 
from  Maud  de  Beauchamp  in  1289,  and  was  succeeded  by  Robert  his 
son  ;*  and  he  in  1285,  by  Peter  le  Ostricer  or  Hawkere,  his  son  and 
heir;  whose  tenure  was  found  to  be  grand  serjeanty,  being  obliged 
to  keep  a  goshawk  from  Michaelmas  to  lent,  and  to  mute  it,  and  carry  it 
to  the  King,  of  whom  he  was  to  receive  10/.  per  annum  for  so  doing: 
he  died  seized  in  1337,  leaving  it  to  Robert  le  Hazcker,  his  son,  and 
Alice  his  wife;  he  died  in  1373,  leaving  Richard  his  son  under  age, 
who  had  livery  of  his  estate  in  1380,  when  the  manor-house  had  144 
acres  of  demean,  and  the  manor  was  found  to  extend  into  Alburgh, 
and  other  adjacent  towns;  he  was  succeeded  by  John  his  son  and 
heir,  and  he  by  Richard,  whose  son  Rog.  died  about  1436;  and  soon 
after  it  passed  to  Robert  Clifton,  cousin  to  Sir  John  Clifton  of  Bu- 
kenham  castle;  for  in  1447,  Sir  John  willed,  that  Robert  his  cousin 
should  have  his  manors  of  Topcrqft  and  Denton,  on  condition  he 
made  an  estate  to  Sir  John's  executors,  of  his  manors  of  Hawkere's 
and  Shelly,  which  the  said  Robert  had,  in  exchange  for  the  manors  of 
Topcroft  and  Denton  ;z  and  from  that  time  it  passed  with  Topcroft 
and  Denton,  all  which,  in  1481,  Thomas  Brewse,  in  right  of  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  had  assigned  to  him  as  parcel  of  the  lands  of  Robert  de 
Clifton;  and  it  continued  with  the  said  manors  (to  which  I  refer  you) 
till  1021,  and  in  that  year,  John  Brewse,  Gent,  sold  his  manor  of 
Hawker's  cum  Shacklock's,  to  Tobias  Frere,  Esq.  and  his  heir ;  and  in 
1627,  John  Brewse  and  Tobias  Frere,  conveyed  it  to  Sir  Clipesby 
Gawdy,  Knt.  and  Mary  his  wife,  and  their  heirs;  and  so  it  became 
joined  to  the  other  manors. 


WORTWELL  MANOR 

Was,  soon  after  the  Conquest,  in  a  family  called  Peccatum  ovPecche: 
in  1  196,  Gilbert  Pecche,  a  benefactor  to  Bury  abbey,  held  two  fees  of 
that  house  in  Wortwell,  Harleston,  and  Drenkeston  in  Suffolk.  The 
next  owner  that  I  find,  was  in  1298,  when  it  belonged  to  William 

9    Warinus    le    Ostricer,  filius  ■  This  family  of  the  Hawkers  were 

Rogeri   Ostricarij  de   Radanhalla  tenet  very  numerous,  and  many  of  them  had 

unam  carucatam  terre  per  Ostuceriam,  good  estates  here,  and  elsewhere  ;  they 

in  capite  de  Rege,  per  magnam  serjean.  sealed  with  a  lion  rampant  in  an  orle  of 

ceam  custodier.di   unum  austurcum  (or  billets.     See  vol.  i.   p.  177.     See  Fox, 

goshawk)  Domini   Regis,    et   mutandi,  fo.  661,  3.     Baker's  Cron.  287. 

et  annuatim  in  Yeme  deferendi  et  por-  *  See  vol.  i.  p.  373,  4,  5. 
tandi  dictum asturcum  Regi,  ad  sumptus 
Regis. 


572  MENDHAM. 

Carliol and  Agnes  his  wife;  and  in  1299,  to  Richard Carliol ;  in  1345, 
Richard  Carliol,  Henry,  and  John  his  brothers,  were  returned  lords, 
and  the  manor  then  extended  into  Alburgh:  this  family  lived  in  the 
manor-house  for  several  descents.  In  1401,  Richard  Carliol  held  it 
at  the  fourth  part  of  a  fee,  as  parcel  of  the  barony  of  Tateshale.  In 
1428,  Robert  Warner  was  lord;  in  which  family  it  continued  till 
1546,  when  John,  third  son  to  Brian  Holland  of  Wortwell,  married 
Anne,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Robert  IVarner  of  Wingjield,  with  whom. 
he  had  this  manor  ;  this  John  came  and  settled  at  II  ortzcell-hall,  and 
purchased  the  greatest  part  (if  not  the  whole)  of  the  copyhold  ;  and 
it  hath  continued  in  his  family  to  this  day,  it  being  now  owned  by 
Isabella-Diana  and  Charlotte  Holland,  sole  heiresses  of  Sir  William 
Holland,  Bart,  deceased  ;  the  account  and  pedigree  of  which  family 
may  be  seen  at  large  in  vol.  i.  p.  344. 


MENDHAM. 


NED  HAM     IN     MENDHAM. 

JNedham,  adjoins  east  to  Brockdish,  on  the  great  road  ;  and  is  ori- 
ginally a  hamlet  and  chapelry  to  Mendham,  which  is  a  very  ex- 
tensive place;  the  parish  church  stands  just  over  the  river,  and  so  is 
in  Suffolk ;  but  this  hamlet  and  the  adjacent  part  between  it  and  the 
parish  church,  on  the  Norfolk  side,  were  no  less  than  two  miles  and 
five  furlongs  long,  and  seven  furlongs  broad,  at  the  Conqueior's  sur- 
vey, and  paid  "id.  to  the  geld  or  tax  ;  and  the  part  on  the  iSorfu/k 
side  (exclusive  of  the  bounds  of  this  ancient  hamlet)  was  called 
Scotford,  or  the  part  at  the  ford,  (over  which  there  is  a  good  biick 
bridge  built,  called  Shotford  bridge  at  this  day,)  and  for  many  ages 
had  a  rector  presented  to  it,  who  served  in  the  church  of  Mendham, 
by  the  name  of  the  rector  of  Shotford  portion  in  Mendham. 

Part  of  Hero/veston  or  Harleston  then  belonged  to  Mendham  also ; 
and  now,  that  part  of  the  town  opposite  to  the  south  side  of  the 
chapel,  on  which  the  publick-house  called  thePye  stands,  is  in 
Mendham. 

Mendham  parish  church  is  dedicated  to  All  the  Saints,  and  was 
originally  a  rectory,  one  turn  of  which,  was  in  Sir  William  delluuting- 
Jield,  founder  of  the  priory  here,  to  which  he  gave  it,  and  the  other 
in  Sir  Thomas  de  Nedham,  who  gave  it  to  William  Prior  of  the  Holy 
'Trinity  at  Ipszcich,  and  the  convent  there,  to  which  it  was  appropriated 
by  Thomas  de  Btundeville  Bishop  of  Noncich, in  122?,  when  thevicar- 
age  was  settled  to  consist  of  a  messuage  and  24  acres  of  land,  6  acres 
of  meadow  and  marsh,  with  all  the  allerage  belonging  to  the  church, 
and  the  tithes  of  the  mills,  hay,  turf,  and  jish,  and  all  sorts  of  pulse, 


MENDHAM.  373 

and  10s.  per  annum  rent;  viz.  from  the  Lady  Eve  de  Arches  half  a  mark, 
&c.}  and  the  said  Prior  was  to  pay  all  dues  to  the  bishop  and  arch- 
deacon, except  synodals  ;*  and  Henry  de  Diss,  chaplain,  the  first  vicar 
here,  was  presented  by  the  Prior  of  Ipswich.  The  account  of  this 
church  in  Norzcich  Domesday  is  thus;  the  Prior  of  the  Holy  Trinity 
of  Ipswich  hath  the  moiety  of  the  church  of  Mendham,  appropriated 
to  his  convent,  and  hath  a  house  and  two  carucates  of  land,  and  re- 
ceives the  tithes  of  the  demeans  of  Sir  Thomas  de  Nedham;  this  was 
valued  formerly  at  15  marks.  The  Prior  of  Mendham  hath  the  other 
moiety,  and  receives  the  tithes  of  Sir  IVillium  de  llantingjield,  and 
his  moiety  is  valued  at  ten  marks.  Sir  Thomas  de  Clare  is  patron  of 
the  third  part,  which  the  vicar  holds  of  the  fee  of  Cockjietd,  and  is 
valued  at  five  marks. 

The  chapel  of  St.  Peter  at  Nedham  was  in  all  probability  founded 
by  the  Nedham  family,  and  most  likety,  by  Sir  Thomas  de  Nedham 
himself,  for  his  own  tenants  ;  and  being  so  far  from  the  mother-church 
of  Mendham,  was  made  parochial,  and  hath  separate  bounds,  officers, 
administration  of  sacraments,  and  burial ;  it  is  under  the  episcopal,  but 
exempt  from  the  archidiacoual  jurisdiction  ;  for  it  pays  neither  suno- 
da/s,  procurations,  nor  Peter-pence :  and  in  1329,  a  perpetual  compo- 
sition and  agreement  was  made  between  the  parishioners  of  the 
mother-church  of  Mendham,  anil  those  of  the  chapel  of  Nedham  ;  by 
which,  in  lieu  of  all  reparations  and  dues  to  the  parish  of  Mendham, 
they  agreed  to  pay  ISd.  every  Easter-day,  towards  the  repairs  of 
Mendham  church,  as  an  acknowledgment  that  they  were  members 
of  it.  In  1411,  the  parishioners  of  Nedham,  complained  to  Pope 
John  XXIII.  that  their  chapel  was  not  well  served,  though  the  Prior 
of  Mendham  was  well  paid  his  tithes;  upon  which,  a  hull,  directed  to 
Alexander  de  Totington  Bishop  of  Norwich,  issued  ;s  commanding  him 
to  oblige  the  Prior  of  Mendham  to  find,  and  give  security  to  him,  that 
that  convent  would  always  find  a  parochial  chaplain  resident  in  Ned- 
ham, well  and  duly  to  serve  the  chapel  there  :  and  ever  since,  the  im- 
propriator of  Mendham  nominates  the  parish  chaplain.  In  1G03,  it 
was  returned  that 

Mr.  Andrew  Wily,  clerk,  was  curate,  that  there  were  220  communi- 
cants, and  that  it  was  an  impropriation  ;  the  herbages  being  reserved 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  minister,  who  hath  now  the  vicarial  tithes, 
amounting  to  about  14/.  per  annum,  for  which  it  is  served  once  every 
fortnight; 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Tracey  being  the  present  curate. 

The  steeple  is  round  at  bottom  and  octangular  at  top,  and  hath 
four  bells  in  it;  the  south  porch  and  nave  are  tiled;  there  are  several 

3  This  house  and  land  was  settled  in  curatus  hnjus  ecclesie,  in  qnam  multis 
1226,  on  the  priory  of  Ipswich,  by  Wil-  transactis  annis  fuerunt  due  medietates 
liam  de  Arches  and  Eve  his  wife,  with  sive  portiones,  quarum  una  appropriata 
half  a  carucate  of  land,  and  a.  manor  prioratui  See.  Trinitatis  in  Gyppuwko, 
thereto  belonging  in  Mendham,  called  altera  prioratui  de  Mendham,  nulla  vica- 
Whitendon.  ria  est   fundata,  nee  taxatur,  nee  solvit 

4  The  deed  of  endowment  A0  1723,  sinodalia,  nee  procurationes.  So  that 
was  among  the  evidences  of  the  Fres-  it  is  totally  exempt  from  the  archdeacon, 
tons.  but  the  two  medieties  were  in  Mendham 

5  Dat.  Bonon.  xv.  cal.  Jim.  A°  Cons,  church,  and  not  in  this  chapel. 
Primo.  Andreas  Wm  Scotus,  sacel-        Kevisio  Archid.  Norfolk,  A0  1630. 
lanus  (ut  ait)  Lcvink  [Lenox]  Ducis,  est 


374,  M  E  N  D  H  A  M. 

stones,  but  none  with  inscriptions  on  them,  all  their  brasses  being 
reaved:  the  chancel  was  wholly  rebuilt  in  1735,  of  brick,  and  tiled 
(though  less  than  the  old  one  was)  by  William  Freston,  Esq.  who  is 
interred  in  it ;  for  whom  there  is  a  mural  monument  on  the  south  side, 
with  the 

Crest  of  Freston,  viz.  a  demi-greyhound  arg.  collared  sab.  and 
his  arms, 

Az.  on  a  fess  or,  three  leopards  heads  gul.  which  were  first  granted 
to  the  Frestons  of  Yorkshire,6  impaling 

Kedington,  and  this  inscription, 

Memoriae  sacrum,  Gulielmi  Freston  de  Mendham  in  Agro 
Norfolciensi,  Armigeri,  qui  ex  hac  Vita  demigravit  26°  Die  Oct. 
A.  I).  MDCCXXXIX".  iEtatis  LV°.  Et  Margaret™  Uxoris 
Charissimae,  Filise  et  Herasdis  Henrici  Kedington,  Armigeri,  quae 
nimio  ob  Mariti  obitum  indulgens  Dolori,  Die  2do.  Julij  animam 
efBavit  Anno  Dni.  DCCXLl".  iEtatis  Ll°.  Vincula  Amoris  inter 
eos  arctissima  ut  ad  Amorem  mutuum  nihil  posset  accedere.  Ex 
his  nati  sunt  octo  Liberi,  Quorum  sex  jam  Superslites,-  Maria 
Filia  natu  maxima,  20°  Die  Mensis  Junij  mortem  obijt  A.  D. 
MDCCXL.  iEt.  XVII.  Et  in  hoc  Adesto  (cum  Johanne  Fratre 
Infantulo)  humata  jacet.  Hoc  Monumentum  Pietatis  Ergo 
Coke  Freston  Filius  natu  maximus  posuit. 
Anno  Domini  MDCCXLVI. 

This  chapelry  hath  a  fete  held  in  it  by  the  Duke  of  Norfolk's  steward, 
it  being  in  his  Grace's  liberty,  who  is  lord  paramount  in  right  of  his 
hundred  of  Earsham,  over  all  the  Norfolk  part  ot  Mendham;  and  in 
1285,  Roger  Bigot,  then  lord  of  the  hundi  ed,  had  free-warren  allowed 
him  here. 

The  abbot  and  convent  of  Sibton  in  Suffolk  had  ^fishery,  and 
water-mill  called  Fryer's  Mill,  in  this  place ;'  which  was  let  with  their 
grange  and  manor  of  IVeybrede  in  Suffolk;  which  in  l6l  1,  belonged  to 
George  Hering  of  Norwich. 

This  hamlet  originally  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Bury, 8  and  was 
infeofled  by  one  Frodo  at  the  Conquest,  whose  descendants  took  the 
sirname  of  Nedham,  and  contrary  to  the  common  rule,  gave  their 
name  to  this  place;  it  should  seem  that  the  family  extinguished  in 
several  heiresses,  by  the  many  parts  or  manors  it  was  divided  into; 
and  now  there  are  four  manors  still  subsisting  here. 

The  first  is  a  very  small  one,  called  Sileham  Comitis,  ex  Parte 
Noifolk  ;  and  was  originally  part  of  the  Earl's  manor  of  Sileham,  from 

6  Freston  of  Suffolk,  arg.  on  a  chev-  car.  terre  et  30  acr.  quod  teimit  ii.  soc- 
ron  sab.  three  cinquefoils  of  the  field.  man.  et  sub  eis  xi.  villan.  et  vii.    bord. 

7  The  convent  of  Redlingfield  in  tunc  inter  omnes  v.  car.  m°  vii.  silv.  lii. 
Suffolk  had  lands  here,  taxed  at  21.  6d.  pore.  xii.  acr.  prati,  appretiatum  est  in 
and  the  monastery  of  St.  Faith  at  Hors-  Mekham,  tunc  i  niol.  m°  nullus,  habet 
ham's  land  was  taxed  at  43.  (sc.   Menhain)  ii.  leug.  et  v.  quar.  in 

8  Terra    Abbatis   de    Sancto    Ead-  longo,  et  vii.  in  !ato,  et  de  Gelto  v\\d. 
mundo.     Hersam  dim.   Hund.  Doms.  In  Herolvestuna   tenet  Frodo  i. 
to.  1SS0.  villan.  et  dim.  de  viii.  acr.  et  pertinetin 

InMenham  tenet  Frodo  de  Abbate  i.    Menham. 


MENDHAM.  575 

which  it  was  separated,  and  now  belongs  to  Mr.  James  Bransby  of 
Shotesham. 

The  second  is  called  Denison's,  or  Denston's   manor:  this  was 

fiven  to   the    priory  of  Mendham,   to  which    it   belonged  till  its 
dissolution. 

This  monastery  was  founded  in  King  Stephen's  time,  by  Will,  son  of 
Rog.  de  Huntingjield,  with  the  approbation  of  Roger  his  son  and  heir, 
who  gave  the  whole  isle  of  Mendham,  called  Medenham,  or  the  village 
of  meadows,  to  the  monks  of  Castleacre,  on  condition  they  should  erect 
a  church  of  stone,  and  build  a  convent  by  it,  and  place  at  least  eight 
of  their  monks  there:  in  the  place  called  Hurst,  or  Bruningsherst, 
being  then  a  wooily  isle  on  the  Suffolk  side  of  the  river;  accordingly, 
monks  being  placed  there,  the  founder  ordered  that  they  should 
be  subject  to  Castleacre  monks,  as  a  cell  to  that  house,  in  the  same 
manner  as  Castleacre  itself  was,  to  the  monastery  of  St.  Pancras  at 
Lewes  in  Suffolk ;  and  that  to  the  church  of  Cluni  or  Clugny  in  France; 
but  after  the  death  of  the  founder,  the  Prior  of  Castleacre  covenanted 
with  Roger  de  Huntingjield  his  son,  (who  was  also  a  great  benefactor,) 
to  maintain  at  least  eight  monks  at  Mendham,  and  not  to  depose  the 
Prior  there,  unless  for  disobedience,  incontinence,  or  dilapidations  of 
the  house. 

Their  founder  gave  the  who]e  island  of  St.  Mary  of  Mendham,  with 
Vlveshage  and  the  Granges  there;  and  many  other  lands,  rents,  and 
homages ;  and  all  his  lands  in  Crochestune,  and  his  homagers  there, 
which  were  all  to  be  employed  by  the  Prior,  to  the  maintenance  of 
Mendham  monks,  except  half  a  mark  of  silver  to  be  paid  yearly  to  the 
priory  of  Castleacre,  as  an  acknowledgment  of  their  depending  as  a 
cell  to  that  monastery  :  9  he  gave  them  also,  St.  Margaret's  church  at 
Linstede,  and  St.  Peter's  there;  the  moiety  of  the  church  of Trideling; 
an  aldercarr  and  1 1  acres  by  the  mill,  of  Thomas  de  Mendham ;  and  the 
third  part  of  the  tithes  of  his  demeans  in  Suttorp  ;  and  5s.  rent  in  Bra- 
denham;  together  with  all  his  right  in  the  church  of  Mendham  :  to  all 
which,  Willi  am  the  Dean  of  Re  denh  all,  and  others,  were  witnesses. 
And  Stephen  de  Saukeville  released  all  his  right  in  Hurst.  In  1239, 
Richard  son  of  Benedict,  after  his  decease,  settled  a  messuage  and  6'0 
acres  of  land  on  this  priory.  In  1386,  Sir  Robert  de  Swillington,  Knt. 
Sir  Roger  Bois,  Knt.  John  Pyeshale,  clerk,  and  Robert  de  Ashjield, 
settled  the  patronage  of  this  monastery,  on  Isabel  Countess  of  Suffolk. 
This  house  and  all  its  revenues,  were  given  by  King  Henry  VIII.  to- 
gether with  the  lands  of  the  dissolved  priories  of  Jnkemick  in  Lincoln- 
shire, and  Little  Marlow  in  Buckinghamshire,  to  the  then  newly  restored 
monastery  at  Bisham  or  Butlesham  in  Berkshire,  in  1537/  by  way 
of  augmentation  to  the  value  of66l/.  14s.  9^. per  annum  for  the  main- 
tenance of  an  abbot  and  13  monks  of  the  Benedictine  order.  But  that 
monastery  was  short-lived  and  soon  fell ;  and  this  house,  &c.  in  1539, 
was  granted  to  Charles  Duke  of  Suffolk,  and  with  it,  this  manor  of  Deri- 
sion's, which,2d  3d  Philip  and  Mary,  was  conveyed  to  Richard  Preston 
Esq.  and  Anne  his  wife,  and  he  was  lord  of  it  in  1567  ;  and  it  continued 

9  Regr.  Castleacre,  fo.  62,3,  135.  ner's  Notitia  Monastica,  fo.  508.  Hist. 
See  Monast.  Angl.  torn.  i.  fo.  631.  Nort".  vol.  iv.  .  454?  &c. 

1  MSS.  Ashmole,  p.  463.     See  Tan- 


376  MENDHAM. 

in  his  family  some  time :  it  now  belongs  to  Mrs.  Frances  Bacon  of 
Earlham,  widow. 

The  prior  was  taxed  for  all  his  temporals  in  Mendham  on  the  Norfolk 
side,  at  4/.  12s.  Ud. 

From  the  rolls  of  this  manor,  I  find  the  following  Priors  of  Mend- 
ham,  to  have  kept  courts  here. 

1239,  John.  1250,  Simon.  1336,  Nic.  Cressi ;  he  died  this  year, 
and  Sir  Rog.  de  Huntingjield,  patron  of  the  priory,  kept  a  court  during 
the  vacancy. 

1340,  John  deWaltun;  succeeded  in  1342,  by  Henry  de  Berlegh. 
1353,  William.  1382,  John  deTomston.  1400,  Robert.  1420,  John 
Betelee  succeeded.  1449,  Sir  Tho.  Rede.  1487,  Sir  Tho.  Pytte. 
1501,  Sir  Tho.  Bullock.  1523,  Simon.  Robert  Howton,  sub-prior, 
and  Sir  Ric.  Pain,  monk. 

The  third  manor  is  called  Bourt's  and  was  owned  by  Daniel  Bourt 
in  1345,  and  after  by  John  le  Straunge  and  Thomas  de  Hales,  who  held 
it  at  half  a  fee  of  the  heirs  of  Roger  de  Huntingjield ;  it  after  belonged 
to  the  Grices  of  Brockdish,  for  which  family  I  refer  you  thither.  In 
1600,  Thomas  Paw/et,  Esq.  conveyed  it  to  Thomus  Leigh  and  John 
Godfrey;  and  it  now  belongs  to  Sir  Edmund  Bacon  of Gillingham, 
Bart. 

The  fourth  manor  is  called  Gunshaw's,  which  see  at  p.  348. 
To  this  hamlet,  joins  the  aforesaid  portion  of  Mendham,  called 


SHOT  FORD    IN    MENDHAM, 


Which  contains  two  manors,  called  Whitendons,  or  the  White- 
hills,  and  Seameares,  each  of  which  originally  presented  alternately 
to  the  portion  of  Shotford  in  Mendham  church. 

RECTORS  OF  SHOTFORD  PORTION. 

1317,  Ralf  son  of  Sir  William  de  Ingham,  accolite.  Lady  Maroya, 
relict  of  Sir  John  de  Ingham,  Knt.  for  this  turn 

1318,  Walter  of  Ipswich,  priest. 
1328,  Jeffry  de  Swanton. 

1 332,  Roger  Nicole,  priest.  John  son  of  Robert  de  Ingham,  attor- 
ney to  Sir  Oliver  Ingham,  Knt. 

1339,  Roger  de  Hempstede. 

1347,  Robert  at  Wode.     Lady  Isabel  Queen  of  England. 

13^9,  Giles  Arches  of  Mendham,  to  the  rectory  of  the  third  part  of 
the  church  of  Mendham,  called  Shotfuxl  portion  in  Norfolk.  Sir 
Roger  Loid  Strange  of  Knoiyn,  Knt.  He  resigned  in  1350,  and  the 
Lady  Joan  le  Strange  gave  it  to 

Robert  de  Harwoode;  afterwards  the  noble  Sir  Miles  Staph  ton, 
Knt.  having  the  whole  advowson,  gave  it  to  Mendham  pi  ioiy ;  and  on 


MENDHAM.  377 

the  3d  of  July,  1385,  it  was  appropriated  to  the  monastery  of  the 
blessed  Virgin  Mary  at  Mendham,  and  no  vicarage  ordained,  so  that 
the  Prior  received  all  tithes  whatever  of  the  whole  portion,  paying  a 
pension  of  6s.  8d.  yearly  to  the  Bishop,  and  finding  a  chaplain  to  per- 
form a  third  part  of  the  service  in  Mendham  church:  which  service 
was  after  turned  into  that  of  a  chanty  priest,  who  was  to  officiate  in 
St.  Marys  chapel  on  the  east  side  of  Mendham  churchyard  ;  and  that 
service  ceased  in  Edward  the  Sixth's  time,  and  the  chape/  was  granted 
by  the  Crown  into  lay  hands,  and  is  now  used  as  a  malt-house. 


THE  MANOR  OF  SEMERE'S, 

At  the  Conqueror's  survey,  belonged  to  Roger  of  Poictou,  third  son  of 
Roger  de  Montgomery  Earl  of  Arundel,  and  was  held  in  the  Confes- 
sor's time  by  a  freeman  named  Ulfriz:*  it  was  then  valued  at  10*. 
and  after  at  20.  It  divided  into  two  parts,  one  belonged  in  1311,  to 
Alice  and  Edmund  de  Sancto  Mauro  or  Seymor,  Knt.  and  Joan  his  wife, 
from  which  family  it  took  its  name:  this  Sir  Edmund,  inl335,  infeoffed 
it  with  the  manors  of  Sileham  and  Esham,  and  their  advowsons,  in  Sir 
John  Wingjield,  Knt.  as  trustee ;  and  Laurence  Seymour,  parson  of  the 
united  churches  of  Sileham  and  Esham,  and  Ra/f  his  brother,  released 
all  their  right;  and  the  next  year,  Sir  John  released  them  to  John- 
son and  heir  of  Sir  Edward  Seymour,  Knt.  It  appears,  that  in  1291, 
John  de  Brampton  held  the  other  part  of  Elizabeth  de  Ingham  at  half 
a  fee,  and  that  it  then  divided,  the  one  half  continuing  in  the  Inghams, 
of  which  Sir  John  Ingham,  Knt.  was  lord,  and  Maroya  or  Mariona, 
liis  widow,  in  1217.  In  1331,  Sir  Oliver  Ingham,  Knt.  and  it  passed 
with  that  family,  till  Sir  Miles  Stapleton  gave  it  to  Mendham  priory, 
when  it  became  joined  to  Den ston's  in  Nedham.  The  other  part, 
now  Semere's  manor,  was  sold  to  Sir  John  Wingjield  by  Laurence  de 
Seymor;  and  in  1349,  John  Garlek  and  Sa?-a  his  wife  conveyed  their 
third  parts  of  Sileham,  Esham,  and  this  manor,  and  their  advowson,  to 
him.  In  1401,  Effe.  Hales  was  lord;  in  1551,  it  was  sold  to  Henry 
Floteman,  and  it  is  now  owned  by  John  Kerrich  of  Bury  M.  D. 


WHITENDONS,  or  WICHENDONS  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Humfey,  a  freeman  of  Edric's  in  the  Confessor's  time  ; 
and  to  RobertMalet,  lord  of  the  honour  of  Eye,  in  the  Conqueror's  ; 3 
it  after  belonged  to  a  family  sirnamed  De  Arcubus ;  and  in  1226, 
William  de  Arches  and  Eve  his  wife  gave  it  to  the  Priory  of  the  Holy 

*  Terre  que  fuere  Rogeri  Pictavkn-         3  Terre   Roberti   Malet,   dimid. 
sis,*  Hersani  dim.  Hund.  Doms  fo    243.     Hundret.  Hersam.     Donis.  fo.  77. 

In    Scotoford    tenuit    Ulfriz    i.  In   --covoford  tenet    Humfridus 

liber    homo  T.  R.  E.    i.  car.  terie   et  quam  tenuit  i.  liber  homo  Edrici  com- 

xv.  acr.  semper  x.   villani  et  iii.  bold.  mend,   de  xliii.    acr,    terre  et  semper  ii. 

semper  i.  car.  in  dom.  et  ii.  car.  horn,  villan.  et  ii.  bordarij  semper  inter  homi- 

silva  xl.  pore,  et  vii.  acr.  prati  tunc  x.  nes  i.  car.  silvaxv.  pore,  et  iii.  acr.  prati, 

sol.  modo  xx.  semper  val.  x.  sol. 

*  Fuit  hie  Rogerus  filius  tertius  Rogeri  de  Monrgomeri  Comitis  Arundel  et 
Salopesbur.  vide  Dugd.  Bar.  vol.  i.  fo.  27.  vol.  ii.  fo.  32. 

vol.  v.  3  C 


378  MENDHAM. 

Trinity  at  Ipswich;  in  which  house  it  continued  till  its  dissolution, 
when  it  came  to  the  Crown,  and  the  first  year  of  Edward  VI.  1546,  he 
granted  the  advowson  of  Sileham  and  its  appurtenances,  this  manor 
of  IVichendon,  and  all  the  tithes  and  glebes,  in  Mendham,  Nedham, 
and  Metjield,  late  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Freston,  Esq.  to  the  said 
Richard  and  his  heirs;*  who  upon  this  grant,  came  and  settled  in  the 
manor-house  here ;  and  his  descendants  have  continued  in  it  to  this 
time. 

This  Richard,  in  1534,5  appears  to  be  treasurer,  and  a  great  fa- 
vourite of  Charles  Brandon  Duke  of  Suffolk;  and  an  intimate  ac- 
quaintance of  Sir  Rob.  Bndde,  who  was  master  of  JVingjield  college, 
and  chaplain  to  his  grace  ;  and  by  his  interest  it  was,  that  he  obtained 
several  great  grants  from  the  Crown  ;6  among  which,  he  had  Denston's 
manor  in  Nedham,  and  many  lands  belonging  to  Mendham  priory  :  he 
was  afterwards  knighted,  and  lies  buried  with  Dame  Anne  Coke  his 
wife,  in  Mendham  chancel,  for  whom  there  is  a  monument  against  the 
east  part  of  the  north  wall,  with  the  arms  of  Freston  impaling  Coke, 
which  shows  that  he  outlived  his  wife,  and  died  in  1557  ;  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by 

Richard,  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Cecily,  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas Felton,  Esq.  ;7  she  lies  buried  in  the  chancel,  under  a  stone,  on 
which  is  her  effigies,  and  the  following  inscriptions  in  Roman  capitals 
on  brass  plates  : 

Cecilia  Freston,8  Filia  Thomje  Felton  Arm.  Uxor  dicti 
Ricardi,  viro  Amore  Charissiina,  habuerunt  sex  Filios  et  2  Filias 
et  obdormivit  in  Domino  6  Sep.  1015.         Christus  mihi  Vita. 

An  adjoining  stone  hath  the  arms  of  Freston  with  a  mullet,  impaling 
Felton,  and  his  image  in  brass,  and  this, 

Ricardus  Freestone  Armiger,9  vir  singulari  Pietate,  Eru- 
ditione,  et  Integritate,  qui  obdormivit  in  Domino  27  Nov.  I6l6. 
mors  miiii  lucrum. 

William  Freston,  Esq.  their  eldest  son,  inherited;  and  in  1620,  settled 
the  manor  on  Alban  Pigot,  Esq.  with  the  patronage  of  Nedham  chapel ; 
and  the  same  year,  Sir  Robert  Heath,  Knt.  recovered  it  against  Pigot, 
and  conveyed  it  to  Freston  again  ;  he  died  soon  after,  and 

Richard  his  brother  inherited,  and  died  seized  of  this  and  Den- 
ston's manor  in  1634 ;'  he  is  buried  under  a  stone  in  the  chancel,  with 
his  crest  and  arms,  impaling  in  fess,  an  inescutcheon,  on  which  a  plain 

*  1562,  John   Freston  Esq.   is  men-  s  These  are  the  children  of  Richard 

tioned.  Freston  and  Cecily  Shelton  buried  here. 

5  In  1534,  he  had  a  lease  for  99  years  Mary  Freston,  first  daughter,  buried 
of  Bliburgh  benefice,  and  Walderswick  1661.  Cecily,  second  daughter,  1602. 
chapel,  from  John  Righton  Prior  of  Bli-  John,  their  3d  son,  1661.  Thomas,  their 
burgh,  and  the  convent  there.  4th  son,  1635.     Mary  his  wife,  daugh- 

6  28  H.  VIII.  The  King  leased  for  ter  of  Mr.  Duke  of  Suffolk,  buried 
31  years,  to  Ric.  Freston  of  Mendham  1G43.  Edward,  their  5th  son,  buried 
in    Suffolk,  Esq.    the  site  of  Thorne-  1661. 

holm  monastery  in    Lincolnshire,  with  6  He  was  lord  and  patron  of  Wick- 

276    acres  of   land,   and    145    acres  of  ham-Skeith  in  Suffolk, 

pasture,  belonging  to  that  priory.  *  Susanna  his  wife  was  buried  March 

1  In  1568,  this  manor  was  settled  in  30,  1644,  their  daughter  Cecily  in  1631, 

trust,  on  Martin   Calthorp,   Esq.   and  and  their  daughter  Susanna  1632. 
others. 


M  E  N  D  H  A  M.  379 

cross  between  three  crosslets  formy  ntche,the  sharpened  parts  point- 
ing towards  the  inescutcheon  ;  and  on  a  brass  plate  this, 

Animam  Creator!,  Marmoreo  present!  Monumento.Ric  aedus 
Feeston  (dum  vixit,  in  Agro  2STor/ofa«wi  Armiger)  Corporis 
Rehquias,  amicis  omnibus  sui  desiderium  20  Dec.  A.  D.  1634,  re- 
liquit  no.  procul  a  cujusdext.a,PaterMaterque  ejusrequ.escunt. 
vSvixiLmmacumPietate.tuminoramprob.tate.laudabile.a 
Amicitiam  magna  cum  Sincentate  colmt. 

By  this  lies  a  stone  with  Freston's  arms  single. 

Hie  iacet  Corpus Richaedi  Feeston  Armigeri,  Filij  Rkhardi 

FnstnZiddham  in  Agro  Norfokienn  Arm.ger, ,  qu, ^hmc 

translate  est  ad  supera,  Flore  Juventutis  sua,  ™  sumrms  doUb« 

Animi  et  Corporis,  recumbens  in  Chnsti  menla,  obijt  14  Augusti 

1648. 

Anthom,  Freston,  brother  of  the  said  Richard*™*  buried  Oct.  IS, 

1655 -Sic n  is  wife  lies  buried  in  the  chancel  under  a  stone,  with  the 

IT*  ott Iston  impaling  on  a  chief  indented,  two  hands  cooped  at 

thC  WriLe&*Wife  of  Anthony  Freston,  younger  son  of  Richard  Fres- 
ton  Esq  ;  ob.  22  Mar.  1-651. 
Jnthnnu   son  of  the  said  Anthony,  married  Bridget?  daughter  of 

qLrt^g  S"°°  "'S'"*3  beU,ee"  th'ee  S"bS'  '°d  "  P' 

ant  impaling  Freston. 

Eliz.  Daughter  of  ^oh*,  fe(o»  Esq;  and  Bridget  his  Wife, 

was  buried  jtfay  4, 17 16,  set.  62. 

Ifepfttfa  their  youngest  daughter,  married  James  Rant,  Esq.  and 

is  buried  here  with  this,  _ 

Hie  iacet Sepulta  Theophila  Uxor  Jacobi  Rant  Arm.gen, 

SS   i7"l    A?^>   S.     Duis  Filics  .upastto   reliqi.it,  m. 

Frettonnm  et  Gulielmum.  . 

Tquams,  Lector,  qualis  sub  marmore  dormit 
Fcemina!  Scito  brevi,  casta,  ben.gna,  p.a. 
Rant's  arms  as  in  vol.  L  p.  204,  impaling  Freston. 

*  Wi»iara  his  first  son  was  buried  jK^'gS 

Mar.  26,  i6«.     Felton,   the  4th  son,  ter,  t «<1A^  5       fl656/  Bridget, 

l656.     Elizabeth  his  daughter    wife  of  ^*g£*SSX  Aug.  „.  and  Ce- 

Stephen  Baxter,  Gent,   was  buried  in  max  m.           |      hter>  0ct.  „,  1692. 

the  church  in  165+.  " 


380  MENDHAM. 

Over  the  south  chancel  doors  a  mural  monument  thus  inscribed, 

Beneath  this  Monument  lyeth  interred  the  Body  of  Edward 
Freston,  Gent,  youngest  Son  of  Anthony  Freston  of  Mendham  in 
the  County  of  Norfolk,  Esq  ;  and  Bridget  his  Wife,  Daughter  of 
Henry  Coke  of  Thorington  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  Esq  ;  he  died 
28  Day  of  Dec.  1 708,  A°,  Mt.  43.  As  also  the  Body  of  Elizabeth 
the  Wife  of  Edward  Freston,  and  Daughter  of  John  Sayer  of 
Pulham  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  Gent, 
she  died  the  25  Day  of  Sept.  1727,  A°  iEt.  55. 
FRESTON's'cmf  and  arms,  impalingSAYER,as  at  p.  31,  vol.  iv.  and 
crest  on  a  cap  of  maintenance,  a  dragon's  head  erased  vert. 

Another  monument  more  west,  against  the  south  wall,  hath  the 
arms  of  Freston  impaling, 

Cooke,  or,  a  chevron  ingrailed  between  three  cinquefoils  az.  on  a 
chief  of  the  2d,  a  lion  passant  guardant  az. 

M.S.  Sub  hoc  marmore  conditae  sunt  reliquiae  Richardi 
Freston,  Arm.  hominis  adprime  pij  ;  maritiUxoris  amantissimi, 
Parentis,  propitij,  et  dementis  Domini :  Vis  plura  Lector?  Scies, 
hoc  MonHtnentum  a  Maria  Uxore  ejus,  Filia  viri  colendissiuii, 
Domini  Gulielmi  Cooke,  in  Agro  Norfolciensi,  quondam  Ba- 
ronetti ;  Amoris  et  Pietatis  Ergo  extructum,  ut  omnes  qui  hue 
venient  et  intuentur,  tam  clari  exempli  memores  sint  et  aeiuuli, 
etVita  cum  eo  fruantur  aeterna,  obijt22  Junij  1721,  aet.  68. 

William  Freston  and  Margaret  Kedington  his  wife,  who  are  buried 
in  Nedham  chapel  as  before,  left  this  manor,  impropriation,  and  a 
good  estate,  to 

Coke  Freston,  Esq.  their  eldest  son,  who  now  owns  them,  and 
dwells  in  the  site  of  the  manor,  called  Wichingdon-hall. 

In  the  Suffolk  part  of  Mendham,  there  are  four  manors ;  the  first 
is  called 

MENDHAM'S-HALL,   or  MENDHAM-HALL, 

From  the  ancient  lords  of  it,  who  took  their  sirname  from  the 
town :  it  originally  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Bury,  and  was  infeoffed 
by  Baldwin  Abbot  there,  in  Hugh  de  Vere,  of  whom  Nicholas  de  Men- 
ham  had  it;  in  K'05,  William  de  Mendham,  and  in  1239,  Benedict  son 
of  Serlo  de  Mendham  conveyed  a  messuage  and  10  acres  to  the  prior 
of  Ipswich,  who  had  obtained  in  1230  a  release  from  Robert  Byhurt, 
of  all  his  right  in  Mendham  advowson.  In  1285  Thomas  de  Mendham, 
who  was  lord  also  in  1S06;  in  1312,  John  de  Mendham  had  it;  in  1318, 
John  son  of  John  de  Mendham,  and  Christian  his  wife,  sold  it  to  the 
lord  of 

KINGSHALL   in  MENDHAM,* 

To  which  it  hath  been  joined  ever  since.  This  manor  belonged  to  the 
King,  according  as  its  name  intimates,  and  was  settled  by  Edw.  I.  on 
Queen  Eleanor  his  first  wife,  after  whose  death  it  came  to  the  Veres 
Earls  of  Oxford;  and  Sir  Robert  Vere,  in  1314,  sold  it  to  Sir  John  de 

*  Called  in  1328,  Kenynghale  in  parochia  de  Mekdham. 


MENDHAM.  381 

Fresingfield,  Knt.  son  of  Sernan  de  Fresing field ;  at  which  time, 
Robert  son  of  John  de  Mendham,  released  to  him  all  right  in  Mend- 
hams-Hall  manor;  and  in  1317,  Sir  John  sold  them  to  Sir  Walter  de 
Norzeich,  Knt.  and  his  heirs,  the  Earl  of  Oxford  releasing  all  right ;  Sir 
John  de  Insula,  or  L'isle,  Sir  John  de  Foxe/e,  and  Sir  John  Abel,  Knts. 
Barons  of  the  King's  Exchequer,  Sir  John  Muteford,  justice  of  the 
King's  Bench,  and  others,  being  witnesses.  In  1353,  Sir  John  de 
Huntingfield  held  those  manors  late  of  Thomas  Earl  of  Oxford,  at  half 
a  fee.  In  1363,  it  was  presented  that  William  de  Huntingfield  held 
the  river  Waghene  as  a  separate  fishing,  from  Mendham  bridge  to 
King's-hall  mill,  and  that  he  had  the  fishery  there,  as  belonging  to  his 
manor  of  King's-hall.  In  1369,  Will,  de  Huntingjield  held  it  for  life  ; 
and  in  1370,  John  Deyns,  rector  of  Toft  in  Lincolnshire,  and  Richard 
Wright  of  Holbech,  chaplain,  his  trustees,  released  to  Roger  de  Hunt- 
ingjield, who,  with  his  trustees,  John  de  Seckford,  parson  of  Somercotes, 
John  de  Linstede,  parson  of  Cazeston,  Tho.  Home,  rector  of  Hunting- 
field,  and  others,  soon  after,  settled  them  on  Mendham  priory:  in 
which  they  continued  to  its  dissolution,  and  then  were  granted  to 
Charles  Brandon  Duke  of  Sujfolk,  and  his  heirs,  by  King  Henry  VIII, 
in  1540,  along  with  the  lete  of  Metfield,  and 


THE  MANOR  OF  MENDHAM  PRIORY, 

Which  was  given  to  it  by  its  founder.  They  after  belonged  to  the 
Frestons,  and  in  1551,  Richard  Freston  was  lord;  in  1619,  Sir  Thomas 
Holland  of  Quidenham,  Knt.  sold  to  Edw.  Ward  of  Mendham  in  Suf- 
folk, Esq.  the  site  of  Mendham  priory  manor,  now  called  Mendhum's- 
*hall,  &c.  Kings-hall  meadow,  &c.  the  park,  the  manor  of  Mendham- 
hall,  &c.  with  the  letes  thereto  belonging,  situate  in  Mendham,  Withers- 
dale,  and  Waybrede;  all  which,  he  purchased  of  Anthony  Gosnold  of 
Clapton,  Esq.  Anthony  Gosnold  of  Swillington,  Gent.  Robert  Gosnold 
of  Ottley  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  Thomas  Laurence  of  St.  James's  in  S.  Elm- 
ham,  Gent.  Michael  Wentworth  of  Rogersthorpe  in  Yorkshire,  Esq. 
Thomas  Wales  of  Thorp  in  Norfolk,  yeoman,  and  Loye  Browne  of  Nor- 
wich :  and  the  said  Thomas,  and  Dame  Mary  his  wife,  sued  a  fine,  and 
passed  a  recovery  to  the  use  of  the  said  Edward  Ward  the  elder,  and 
his  heirs;  together  with  the  fishery  in  the  river  Wayveneth.  It 
came  afterwards  to  the  Baxters,  and  thence  to  the  Gardiners  of  Nor- 
wich ;  and  was  sold  by  Richard  Bemey,  Esq.  recorder  of  Norwich, 
executor  to  Stephen  Gardiner,  Esq.  late  recorder  there,  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Thomas  Whitakee,  late  rector  of  Fresingfield,  whose  widow 
now  owns  them.  They  have  a  lete  here,  and  another  in  Metfield,  be- 
longing to  them ;  they  give  dower,  and  the  eldest  son  is  heir. 


I  find  the  following  memorials  relating  to  the  Baxters  in  this 
church  : 

Depositum    Stephani  Baxter  Generosi,   qui  decessit  12  Die 
Sept.  1696,  set.  79, 

On  a  neat  mural  monument  are  the  arms  of 
Godbold,  az.  two  long  bows  in  saltier  or.     Crest,  an  arm  cooped 
at  the  shoulder  az. 


382  M  E  N  D  H  A  M. 

M.S.  V.  O1.  D.  Gulielmi  Godbold  Militis,  ex  illustri  et 
perantiqua.  Prosapia  oriundi,  qui  post  septeunem  peregrinatio- 
nem,  animi  excolendi  Gratia,  per  Italiam,  Greciam,  Palastinam, 
#c.  in  solo  natali  in  bonarum  Literarum  Studijs  consenescens, 
morte  repentina  obijt  Londini,  Mense  Aprilis  A°  MDCXIIIC. 
iEtatis  LXIX°.  Hoc  Monumentum  designavit  vir  integerrimus, 
et  sincerse  Probitatis  Exemplar,  Thomas  Baxter  Generosus, 
quem  Testamenti  sui  Curatorem  instituit;  ipso  autem  Thomd, 
morte  subitanea.  perempto,  collapso  super  eum  Equo,  nocte  in- 
ternpestivS.  et  tenebrosa.  IIII  Calendas  Septemb.  MDCXC. 
Franciscus  Gardiner  de  Civitate  Norwicensi  Armiger,  ejus- 
dem  Thonue  Baxter  sororis  maritus,et  Testamenti  Curator,  posuit. 
Baxter  with  a  label  of  three,  (see  p.  212,)  impaling  D'eye,  as  in 
vol.  ii.  p.  345. 

Hie  reposita,  beatam  prasstolatur  Resurrectionem  Faemina, 
Pietate  et  Virtute  insignis,  Elizabetha  Filia  Thomte  Dey,  de  In- 
sula, sive  Eay  in  Agro  Suffolciemi  Armigeri,  Uxor  Thoma  Baxter 
de  Mendham  in  eodem  Agio  Generosi,  ciii  prolern  edidit  Mascu- 
lam  unam,  alteramque  f'oeminam,  Quarum  utramque  ipso  die  lus- 
trico  et  renata  simul  et  denata  est,  annos  nata  triginta  sex,  nupta 
plus  minus  septendecem ;  obijt  27  Dec.  1681. 

The  next  manor  here,  is  called 


WALSHAM-HALL, 

From  Gilbert  de  Wahham,  who  held  it  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury  in  the 
time  of  King  Ric.  I.  at  one  fee;  and  lately  it  belonged  to  the  Ho- 
barts,  who  lived  in  the  site  of  it,  till  Anthony  Hobart,  Gent,  sold  it 
to  Mr.  Robert  Bransby,  senior,  of  Shotesham,  who  sold  it  to  Mrs. 
Sarah  Woogan,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Holmes,  rector  of  Fresingjield, 
who  now  owns  it. 

I  find  the  following  account  of  the  Hobarts  buried  here : 

In  the  chancel  on  brass  plates,  Hobart's  arms  with  a  label  of  three. 

William  Son  of  James  Hobart  of  Mendham  Esq  ;  died  9 
March  1641.  aged  3  Months. 

Hobart  with  a  crescent,  on  a  stone  at  the  east  end  of  the  nave,  part 
of  which  is  covered  by  a  seat. 

Hie  expectant  Clnisti  adventum  relliquiae  Jacobi Hobart  Arm. 
(Filij  unici  Edwardi  Hobart,  dum  vixit  de  Langley  in  Agro  Nor- 
folciensi  Armigeri)  qui  Vita,  per  57  annos,  pie  juste,  et  sobri6 
peracta,  Patriam  repetijt  20  Aug.  A0  1669:  Cujus  foelici  me- 
morise, castissima  illius  Uxor,  Biigetta  (Gulielmi  Spring,  nuper 
de  Pakenham  Suffolcia  Militis  Filia,)  hoc  &c. 

An  adjoining  stone  hath  the  arms  of  Hobart  impaling  Spring,  as 
at  vol.  ii.  p,  485. 


MEND  HAM.  S83 

Resurrectionem  in  Christo  hie  expectat  Brigetta,  Jacobi  Ho- 
bart Arm.  Relicta,  Filiaque  Gulielmi  Spring  nuper  de  Pukenliani 
in  Agro  Suffolciensi  Militis,  quae  dum  vixit  Pietatem  coluit  et  26° 
Die  Jan.  placide  in  Domino  obdormivit  A0  Sal.  1671. 
Vivit  post  Funera  Virlus. 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  south  isle, 

Hie  jacet  Jacobus  Filius  et  Haeres,  Jacobi  Hobart  nuper  de 
Mendham,  Armigeri,  ultimo  Die  Martij  ad  Coelestem  Patriam 
emigravit  A0  X".  1673,  aet.  23. 

Animam  Ccelo,  Corpus  humo  reddidit. 

Miles  another  Son,  buried  Jun.  8,  1686. 

Edward  Hobart,  Esq  ;  Son  of  James  Hobart  of  Mendham,  Esq  ; 
did  4  Nov.  1711,  aet.  60.  James  his  eldest  son  died  7  Aug.  1676, 
aet.  1  Mens.  Sarah  a  Daughter  1689.  Thomas  a  Son  1698,  aet. 
1  An.  And  John,  Anthony,  and  Elizabeth,  other  Children  buried 
here,  and  Lydia  a  Daughter  in  1691. 

Lydia  Daughter  of  Edward  Hobart  Esq;  and  Penelope  his 
Wife,  died  31  Oct.  1680,  aet.  1  An.  7  Mens. 

Her  Time  was  short,  the  longer  is  her  Rest, 
God  calls  them  soonest,  whom  he  loves  best. 

There  is  an  under  manor  or  free-tenement,  called  Midleton- 
HALL,  in  this  town,  which  belongs  to  Mrs.  Whitaker,  and  is  a  good  old 
seat;  here  Richard  de  Midleton  lived  in  1373,  and  William  his  son  in 
1390,  who  was  succeeded  by  William  his  son;  on  whose  marriage  in 
1392,  it  was  settled  on  Margaret  his  wife,  with  estates  in  South-Elm- 
ham  and  Redenhale :  this  family  always  sealed  with  a  fess  ertn.  be- 
tween three  croslets;  and  it  continued  in  it  a  long  time.  In  1457, 
William  Midleton  owned  it,  and  Robert  Midleton  in  1467,  who  lived 
here  in  1491.  In  1553,  Henry  Reppes  of  Mendham  died  seized  of  it, 
and  of  Thomey  manor  in  Stow  in  Suffolk,  and  gave  them  to  Anne 
Wodehottse,  alias  Reppes,  for  life,  with  remainder  to  John  Reppes,  son 
of  his  brother  Francis,  remainder  to  John  Reppes  his  brother,  &c.  In 
1562,  Ric.  Whet  ley,  rector  of  Homersjield,  leased  his  rectory  to  Bas- 
singbournGaicdy  of  Midleton-hall  in  Mendham,  Esq.  by  whom  it  was 
sold,  and  so  became  joined  to  the  other  manors. 

There  is  an  ancient  seat  here  called  Oaken-htll,  (but  no  manor,) 
in  which  the  family  of  the  Bateman s  have  resided  ever  since  the 
time  of  William  Bateman  Bishop  of  Norwich ;  and  William  Bateman, 
only  son  of  William  Bateman,  Gent,  of  Mendham,  lately  deceased, 
now  dwells  there  ;  (see  vol.  iii.  p.  506;)  most  of  this  family  have  had 
the  christian  name  of  William,  ever  since  the  Bishop's  time. 

Mendham  church  is  a  good  building,  with  a  square  tower  and  five 
bells;  having  its  nave,  two  isles,  and  south  porch  leaded,  and  chancel 
tiled,  in  which  are  the  following  memorials,  besides  those  already 
taken  notice  of: 

In  the  north  isle  window,  France  and  England  in  a  bordure  gul.  im- 
paling or,  an  eagle  displayed  sab.  quartering  Morley. 


384  MENDHAM. 

And  this  on  a  stone, 

M.  S.  Alicije  Filiae   Henrici    Borret  de  Stradbrook  in 
Agro  Suffolciensi  Generosi,  ob.  4  Oct.  1690,  aet.  49. 
Expectans  ultimum  Sonuni  Tubae. 

On  a  mural  monument  against  the  north  chancel  wall, 

In  medio  hujus-ce  Templi  Tramite,  juxta  Cineres  matris  suae 
Pientissimae,  Theop.  Rant,  suos  etiam  voluit  deponi  Fresto- 
nus  Rant  Armiger,  cum  quo  una  sepeliuntur  Urbanitas,  et  sua- 
vissima  Facetiarum  copia,  cum  quo  una  abripiunlur  ditissitna 
placendi  vena,  animusque  arctioris  Amicitiae  necessitudini  ac- 
comodatus,  Hoc  Juvene  adempto,  vix  alterum  reperies,  aut  lite— 
rarum  Scientia  praecellentiorem  aut  humanitate  Parem,  cum  dif- 
ficilem  Legis  Anglite  Doctrinam,  universum  fere  Quinquennium 
apud  Hospitium  Grayense  Studio  sane  Laudabili  prosecutus  est, 
acerba  suis,  luctuosa  sodalibus,  gravis  omnibus,  labori  vitaeque 
morsFinem  imposuit  23°  Sept.  A0  1728,  aet.  suae  27".  Et  Lucius 
et  Pietatis  Monumentum,  Pater  suus  ainantissimus,  Jacobus 
Rant  Armiger,  hoc  marmor  posuit. 

James  Rant,  Esq.  his  father,  is  since  dead,  and  buried  by  him,  and 
Will.  Rant,  Esq.  his  only  surviving  son,  now  lives  in  Mendham- 
Priory,  which  is  situated  just  by  the  river  Waveney,  about  five  fur- 
longs south-west  of  the  church,  where  there  is  a  good  old  chapel  still 
left,  which  is  kept  clean  and  neat;  but  there  is  no  manor  remaining 
with  the  site. 

In  the  chancel, 

Tirrel  impales  a  chevron  between  three  stags  passant. 
James  Tirrel  Esq ;  May  22,  1656,  48.  and  left  behind  him  his 
dear  Consort  his  2d  Wife,  and  two  Daughters  by  her,  Eliz.  and 
Jane.     Eliz.  his  Widow  died  1697.     James  his  Son  1640. 

In  the  churchyard  are  memorials  for  William  Bateman,  Gent.  Jan. 
9, 1659,  set.  70. 

Hie  spe  plena  resurgendi,  situm  est  depositum  mortale  Johan- 
nis  Kerrich  Clerici  Rectoris  de  Sternefie/d  in  Comitatii  Suf- 
folcice,  Qui,dum  vixit,  Dei  Gloriam  et  animarum  Salutem  sedulo 
Studuit  ob.  14  Maij.  A.  D.  1691,  aet.  28°.  Hie juxta jacet  etiam 
Henricus  Kerrich  Fraler  supradicti  Johannis  qui  obijt  Apr.  17°, 
A.D.  1687,  aet.  18.  John  Kerrich  ob.  June  24  1704,  aet.  72. 
Mary  his  Wife,  ob.  18  March  1708,  aet.  76.  James  their  Son 
29  Apr.  1715,  aet.  44. 

In  1469,  Walter  Nyche  or  Neech  of  Mendham,  was  buried  in  All- 
Saints  church  there,  before  St.  Nicholas's  altar,  and  gave  \2d.  to  every 
monk  of  Mendham,  and  five  marks  for  a  new  tabernacle  at  St.  Ni- 
cholas's altar;  he  owned  an  estate  here,  which  had  continued  many 
fenerations  in  his  family.  In  1 6 10,  21  Jan.  Anne  Neech  married  to 
Vil/iam  Bateman,  Gent,  to  whose  family  the  estate  now  belongs.  He 
left  Katerine  his  wife,  Alice  and  Margaret,  his  daughters;  and  three 
sons,  Robert,  John  le  Senior,  priest,  and  John  le  Junior;  from  whom 
descended  the  Rev.  Mr.  Anthony  Neech,  late  rector  of  Snitterlon,  of 
whom  in  vol.  i.  p.  1 10,421. 


MENDHAM.  385 

Thevicarage  stands  in  the  King's  Books  at  51.  5s.  Id.  ob.  and  being 
sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  23/.  4s.  id.  is  capable  of  augmen- 
tation, and  was  augmented  accordingly  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitaker, 
late  rector  of  Fresingfield,  the  patron,  who  presented  his  nephew,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  IVhitaker,  the  present  vicar. 

VICARS  HERE. 

1228,  Henry  de  Diss,  the  first  vicar,  presented  by  the  Prior  of 
Ipswich,  as  were  all  the  succeeding  vicars  to  the  Dissolution. 
1305,  Walter  le  Shepherd. 
1318,  Benedict. 

1320,  Hervy  del  Welle  of  Mendham. 

1329,  William  son  of  John  Gibbs  of  Kenford,  who  resigned  in 
1347,  to  John  de  Reppes,  priest,  in  exchange  for  Shellon  mediety. 
1364,  Edward  de  Flete. 
1394,  John  de  Hunstanton. 
1505,  Sir  Jeffery  Lowen. 
1534,  Will.  Grave. 

1631,  Thomas  Trendle,  buried  here  18  June  the  same  year. 

1632,  George  Fen. 

1653,  Mr.  John  Harward,  minister. 

1671,  John  May/tew,  sequestrator. 

1677,  Mr.  Ric.  Jennings,  sequestrator,  succeeded  by 

Mr.  Child,  sequestrator;  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present 
vicar's  predecessor, 

Mr.   Seth    Turner,   who   was  presented   by   Mr.  Stephen 
BAXTER,-and  was  vicar  above  50  years;  he  is  buried  here. 


MEDEFIELD,   or  METFIELD,8 

Is  also  another  hamlet  and  parochial  chapel  of  Mendham,  the  great 
tithes  of  which,  belong  to  the  impropriator  there,  who  nominates  and 
pays  the  stipendiary  chaplain.  The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Mendham,  vicar 
of  Weybrede,  hath  it  now ;  and  I  am  informed,  there  is  a  good  house 
and  glebe  given  to  the  serving  minister  since  the  Reformation. 

The  chapel  is  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  hath  a  square 
tower,  clock,  and  three  bells;  on  the  biggest  is  this, 

lEtuncre  33arjtt£te,  23cnetiictu£  #t  choru£  tgte, 

The  south  porch,  nave,  and  chancel,  are  leaded.  There  are  stones 
for  John  Norton  1609.  Anne  wife  of  John  Francklin,  Gent,  daughter 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  B/obold,Gent.  l636,and  left  John,  William, 
Elizabeth,  and  Anne.      Will.  Browne  1660,  70. 

Francis  Smallpeece  Esq;  Son  and  Heir  of  Tho.  Smallpeece  Esq; 
and  Anne  his  Wife.     1652. 

*  Or  the  field  by  the  meadows. 
vol.  v.  3D 


386  MENDHAM. 

Smallpeece,  S.  a  chevron  ingrailed  between  three  cinquefoiU 
ar.  Crest,  a  bird  rising. 

But  this  hamlet  is  of  chief  remark,  as  being  the  ancient  seat  of  the 
Jermys. 

It  seems  this  manor,  called 


METEFIELD  IN  MENDHAM, 

Was  anciently  of  the  fee  of  the  abbot  of  Holm,  of  whom  it  was  held 
in  the  time  of  Richard  I.  at  half  a  fee,  by  Hugh  Burd;  after  which, 
it  was  escheated  to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  to  Thomas  de 
Brotherton,  son  to  King  Edward  I.  who  married  Alice,  daughter 
of  Sir  Roger  Hales  of  Harwich,  Knt.  whose  sister  Joan,6  married  to 
Sir  John  Germyn  or  Jermy,  Knt.;  and  in  1325,  the  said  Thomas 
conveyed  to  his  brother-in-law,  Sir  John  Jermy,  Knt.  two  parts  of 
this  manor,  and  the  third  part  to  his  wife,  for  the  assignment  of  her 
dower.  In  1353,  Sir  John  Germy,  Knt.  held  it  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee 
of  the  manor  of  Kings-hall  in  Mendham.  In  1385,  Sir  Will.  Jermy, 
Knt.  was  buried  here;  Elizabeth  his  wife  survived  him.  In  1428,  Sir 
John  Jermy,  Knt.  and  Margaret  Mounteney  his  wife,  owned  this  and 
Withersdate  manors;  and  he  it  was,  that  rebuilt  this  church  and 
manor-house,  where  he  placed  the  matches  of  his  family  in  the  win- 
dows; and  his  own  arms  are  carved  several  times  on  the  timber  of  the 
roof,  and  are  still  in  several  windows,  and  in  stone  on  the  font;  he 
died  in  1487,  and  was  buried  at  the  north-east  coiner  of  the  chancel ; 
his  inscription  was  cut  in  old  text  letters  on  his  stone,  but  it  is  so  worn 
and  broken,  that  this  only  remains, 

gohanne;*  ^mp  JJWe£  quondam  ©ominus  ******  et  --  -,  < 
qui  ofatit  *  *  *  * 

By  his  will  in  Register  Aleyn,  fo.  330,  which  is  dated  at  Bukenham- 
Ferry,  Oct.  24,  1487,  he  appointed  to  be  buried  here,  and  gave  a 
legacy  to  this  church,  and  those  of  Bukenham-Ferry  and  Hasingham, 
ofwhichhewas  patron;  he  ordered  100  marks  to  be  distributed  to 
the  poor  on  his  burial  da}',  and  gave  the  manor  and  advowsons  of 
Bukenham  and  Hasingham,  to  be  sold,  after  his  wife  Margaret's 
death :  he  gave  200  marks  to  the  Abbo^  of  St.  Bennet  at  the  Holm 
in  Ludham,  to  found  a  chantry  priest  to  sing  mass  daily  there,  for  him 
and  his  family  for  ever;  he  is  called  Sir  John  Jermy,  senior,  Knt. 

Sir  John  Jermy,  junior,  Knt.  his  son  and  heir,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Will..  Wroth  of  Enfield,  Esq.  and  had  two  sons;  from 
Thomas,  the  younger  son,  descended  the  Jermys  of  Bayfield  in 
Norfolk,  under  which  place  I  design  an  ample  account  of  the  family. 
And 

John  Jermy,  Esq.  the  eldest  son,  continued  the  family  at  Metfie/d; 
he  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  John  Hopton,  Esq.  and  lies  buried  in 
the  chancel  by  his  grandfather,  with  this  on  a  brass  plate  on  his  stone  : 

'  See  Vincent's  Discovery  of  Brook's    Errors,  fo.  343,  and  Pat.  19  Edvv.  II.. 
pt.  ii.  mem.  ic. 


PULHAM.  387 

<&ratc  pro  animabujf  ^ohanni.s;  giermjj  tt  g^abetle  X^l rori-S  guc, 
uniu£  jriliarum  <3joharmi£  ^opton  armigen,  qui  quiuem  3uhanni£ 
obnt  rin°  ©ic  gjanuaru  ilnno  ©omini  M°  ta€  iiit.  ©uorura  anima* 
bu.si  propicictui;  eDcu.si  amen.7 

Jermy,  arg.  a  lion  rampant  guardant  gul.  impaling 
Hopton,  as  at  vol.  iii.  p.  553. 

Edmund  Jermy,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  married  a  daughter  of 
William  Booth,  Esq.  and  left  Sir  John  Jermy  of  Metfield  and  Bright- 
well,  Knight  of  the  Bath  ;8  who  by  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir 
Thomas  Teye,  Knt.  had  Francis  Jermy  of  Brightwell,  Esq.  who  by 
E/iz.  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Fitz-WiUiams  of  Ireland, 
Knt.  had  Sir  Thomas  Jermy,  Knight  of  the  Bath;  who  by  Jane, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Edward  Stuart  or  Stuward,  of  Teversham  in 
Cambridgeshire,  had  four  sons,  Thomas,  Edmund,  John,  and  William, 
of  which, 

Thomas,  his  eldest  son,  settled  here,  for  whom  there  is  an  altar 
tomb  at  the  north-east  corner  of  this  chancel,  with  the  arms  of  Jermy, 
and  a  griffin  proper  for  the  crest,  and  thisj 

Thomas  Jarmy  Esq;  Sonne  and  Heire  of  Sir  Thomas 
J  army  Knight  of  the  noble  Order  of  the  Bath.     21  Dec.  1652. 

Since  which  time,  the  manor  hath  been  sold  from  the  family,  and 
now  belongs  to  Walter  Plommer,  Esq. 

I  have  an  account,  which  says,  that  more  gentlemen  kept  coaches 
in  Mendham,  than  in  any  place  in  Suffolk,  and  that  in  l6'42,  many 
cavileers  in  these  parts,  raised  a  sum  for  the  King;  among  which  in 
this  town,  Richard  Baxter,  Gent,  lord,  30/.  Rob.  Harper  30/.  William 
Bateman,  senior,  10/.  James  Terrold.  Gent.  10/.  William  Jacob  20/. 
Will.  Herring  3l.  Sic.  Thomas  Jermy,  Esq.  20/.  Anthony  Freston, 
Gent.  5/. 

In  Charles  the  Second's  time,  Sir  William  Godbould  lived  here,  and 
Colonel  John  Hobard;  and  Edward  Ward,  Esq.  justice  of  the  peace, 
in  K.  James  the  Second's  time. 


PULHAM; 


1  his  rectory,  with  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  was  taxed  in 
the  old  Valor  at  70  marks,  and  in  the  year  1559,9  was  returned  by  the 
name  of  Pulham  Utraque,  among  the  benefices  that  pay  double  insti- 
tution fees,  but  without  reason,  for  there  never  was  a  double  institution, 

7  See  Weever,  fo.  783.  Codenham,  Creting,  and  Stonh.im,which 

8  This   Sir   John    purchased  of  Sir     late  belonged  to  the  priory  at  Ipswich. 
Thomas  Pope,  the  manors  of  Foxhall,        '  Lib.  18. 


3SS  P  U  L  H  A  M. 

it  being  only  a  chapel  of  ease  to  Pulham  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  j1 
founded  on  account  of  the  market  anciently  held  there,  which  occa- 
sioned a  great  many  people  to  fix  near  it,  and  for  their  convenience 
it  was  first  erected  ;  Norwich  Domesday  says,  that  the  rector  had  a 
noble  house,  and  about  44  acres  of  glebe ;  that  the  church  with  its 
chapel,  was  then  valued  at  80  marks  ;  that  the  procurations  were  7s. 
Id.  ob.  the  Peter-pence  3s.  and  that  the  parish  paid  clear  to  each  tenth 
11/.  4s.  It  is  an  undischarged  living,  and  as  such,  pays  first-fruits, 
and  yearly  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmentation  :  it  stands  thus  in 
the  King's  Books, 

361.  6s.  8d. Pulham  rectory. 3l.  6s.  8d.  tenths. 

The  Chorography  of  Norfolk'  hath  this:  "to  the  rectory  be- 
longs antient  and  large  built  inset  house,  and  all  other  houses  of 
office  necessary  and  convenient,  with  44  acres  of  glebe  ;  all  tithes  are 
paid  in  kind,  save  for  lactage  Id.3  for  every  acre  of  meadow  2d.  for 
port  and  harthsilver  is  paid  a  hal/otcmass  penny ;  and  the  rector  hath 
mortuaries  of  all  his  parishioners,  according  to  the  statute.4  The 
temporals  of  the  Prior  of  Ely  were  taxed  at  3/. 


RECTORS  OF  PULHAM. 

1253,  Henry  de  W  engham,  Dean  of  St.  Martin  le  Grand  in  London, 
presented  by  the  King,  on  account  of  the  vacancy  of  the  see  of  Ely, 
to  which  the  advowson  belongs. s  Henry  III.  at  the  death  of  William 
de  Kilkenny  Bishop  of  Ely,  would  have  prevailed  upon  Ely  monks  to 
have  chosen  this  Henry  de  Wengham,  then  his  chancellor,  to  that  see; 
but  could  not  persuade  them  :  upon  which,  the  King  spoiled  the  woods 
and  parks  of  the  bishoprick,  and  applied  to  the  Pope;  but  Wengham 
never  stirred  at  all  in  the  matter,  but  confessed  Hugh  de  Balsham, 
whom  the  monks  had  elected,  more  worthy  than  himself:  it  is  also 
said,  that  the  suit  on  his  behalf  was  commenced  by  the  King,  without 
his  knowledge ;  and  that  when  he  saw  his  Majesty  so  earnest,  and  deal 
so  violently  in  it,  he  went  to  him,  and  humbly  besought  him  to  let  the 
monks  alone,  and  cease  further  soliciting  them  by  his  armed  and  im- 
perious requests  ;  for  (saith  he)  after  invocation  of  the  name  of  God, 
the  grace  and  direction  of  his  holy  Spirit,  they  have  chosen  a  man 
more  worthy  than  myself,  and  God  forbid,  that  I  should,  as  it  were 
by  force,  invade  that  noble  bishoprick,  and  usurp  the  ministry  of  the 
same,  with  a  seared  or  cauterised  conscience  :  upon  which,  the  King 
acquiesced  in  his  request,  and  in  12  J9,  he  was  made  Bishop  of  London  ; 
being  then  Chancellor  of  England,  Chamberlain  of  Gascoigne,  Dean 
of  Tottenhall  and  St.  Martin's,  and  rector  here:  in  12o8,  he  refused 
the  bishoprick  of  Winchester;  he  was  twice  embassadour  into  France, 
and  dying  July  13,  1261,  was  buried  in  his  cathedral.  (Godwin's 
Catal.  p.  195,  229,  65.) 

1301,  Sir  Simon   de   W'alpole,  chaplain  to  Ralph  de  JValpole  his 

1  See  vol.  iii.  p.  557,  +  1639,  10s.  paid  to  Mr.  Sayer  then 

1  MSS.  penes  P.  L.  N.  rector,   for    the    mortuary    of   Robert 

3  Lib.  Depos.  211,   1547,  about  tithe  Prentice,  Gent, 

calves,  pigs,  &c.  due  in  kind.  5  See  Newcourt's  Repert. 


PULHAM.  389 

brother,  who  was  Bishop  of  Norwich  and  Ely;  he  resigned  Chevele  in 
Cambridgeshire,  to  William  de  IValpoh  his  brother,  when  he  took  this, 
and  died  rector  here,  and  lies  interred  in  the  chance],  under  a  stone 
which  hath  the  following  inscription  in  antique  capitals,  with  a  cross 
on  a  lion  passant,  and  Jesus  Salvator  in  a  cipher. 

hiE.  jaE€t.  doOOinvS.  SiCOon.  i)6.  walpol.  QvondaCO* 
rSEtor.  iStivS;  eEEL6Si6.  EvivS.  ani006.  propiEi€tvr* 
d6vS.     a006n. 

1331,  John  de  Colby,  presented  by  William  de  Colby,  rector  of 
Witty  in  Suffolk,  who  had  a  grant  of  it  from  Bishop  Hotham,  on 
condition  he  settled  divers  lands  here  on  the  see;  and  accordingly, 
as  soon  as  his  brother  John  had  possession,  he  levied  a  fine  with  Will, 
de  Colby,  and  released  all  right  in  the  advowson,  and  in  all  their  lands 
in  Pulham,  to  the  Bishop  and  his  successours.  He  changed  this  for 
Thingden  in  Lincoln  diocese,  in 

1339,  with  Master  John  de  Hindesley,  prebend  of  the  church  of 
Karentoc  in  Exeter  diocese;  who  was  succeeded  by 
John  de  Herwardstok,  and  he  in 

1341,  by  Master  Michael  de  Northburgh,  or  Northbrook,  archdeacon 
of  Suffolk,  prebend  of  Sutton,  LL.  D.  He  was  confirmed  Bishop  of 
Loadjn,  July  7,  1355/  and  died  of  the  plague  Sept,  9,  1361,  having 
resigned  this,  in  exchange  for  Ledbury  in  Hereford  diocese,  in 

1351,  with  William  de  Kcllesey,  who  was  presented  by  Thomas  Lisle 
or  Lylde  Bishop  of  Ely.  This  Bishop  disobliging  the  King,  in  1354, 
had  a  writ  of  ne  exeas  regnum1  sent  him,  commanding  him,  on  for- 
feiture of  all  that  he  could  forfeit  to  the  King,  to  stay  in  England,  and 
come  in  person  to  the  parliament,  which  he  had  refused  to  do;  and 
therefore  the  King  seized  this  advowson,  and  on  the  vacancy  of  this 
rectory,  about 

1357.  gave  it  to  William  de  Wykham,  son  of  John  Perot  and  Sibill 
his  wife,  of  Tichford,  near  JVickham  in  Hampshire,  from  which  place 
he  assumed  his  name.  Godwin  in  his  Catalogue  of  Bishops,  p.  '236,  gives 
us  a  large  account  of  the  birth,  parts,  fortune,  and  great  rise  of  this 
nan;  who  was  parson  of  St.  Martin's  in  London,  then  dean  of  St. 
Martin  le  Grand,  successively  archdeacon  of  Lincoln,  ISorthampton, 
and  Buckingham :  besides  these  ecclesiastical  preferments,  the  pro- 
vostship  of  Wells,  a  number  of  benefices,  and  12  prebends,  in  several 
churches,  he  held  many  temporal  offices,  as  the  secretaryship,  the  keep- 
ing of  the  privy  seal,  the  mastership  of  zcards,  the  treasurers/tip  of  the 
King's  revenues  in  France,  and  clivers  others;  but  the  yearly  revenues 
of  his  spiritual  promotions  only,  as  they  were  then  rated  in  the  King's 
Books,  amounted  unto  8/6/.  13s.  Ad.  In  1356,  he  was  prosecuted  in 
the  Pope's  consistory  at  Rome,  for  illegally  holding  this  benefice,with  so 
many,  that  had  cure  of  souls ;  but  to  no  purpose,  for  King  Edw.  III.  who 
gave  it  him,  and  did  every  thing  for  him  he  desired,  immediately  con- 
firmed it  by  patent  under  the  great  seal,  to  be  held  in  commendam  for 
life,  with  all  his  other  preferments;  and  though  he  was  attached  again, 
it  availed  nothing,  for  he  had  another  patent  of  co/ifirmation  passed 
in  1360 ;  but  the  next  year  he  resigned  it  voluntarily  to  his  friend,  for 

*  Godw.  Catal.  p.  19S.  7  Clans    29  E.  III.  M.  9.     Rymer, 

vol.  v.  fo.  827.     Godwin  Cat.  169. 


390  PULIIAM. 

whom  he  had  procured  a  presentation  from  the  King :  this  man  was 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Winchester  in  1367,  and  was  Chancellor  of 
England;  lie  was  founder  of  New  College  in  Oxford,  and  died  in 
1404. 

1561,  Andrew  de  Stratford,  a  relation  of  John  Stratford  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  and  an  acquaintance  of  Bishop  Wickhams,  was  insti- 
tuted on  the  King's  presentation,  on  account  of  the  temporals  of  Ely 
bishoprick  in  his  hands  ;  he  was  succeeded  in 

1384,  By  Thomas  Haxey,  who  the  same  year  changed  it  for  St.  Ni- 
cholas  Cold  Abbey  in  London  diocese,  with 

John  Jlhiteman,  who  changed  it  for  a  canonry  in   St.  Mar- 
tin's le  Grand,  London,  and  the  prebend  of  Godestre,  in 

1385,  with  Peter  Mighell,  who  the  same  year,  exchanged  it  for  the 
church  of  the  Holy  Trinity  in  Dorchester,  with 

William  Holym,  and  he  the  same  year  resigned  it  for  the 
office  of  sub-dean  of  York,  to 

Roger  Bacon,  who  was  succeeded  at  his  death,  in 
1390,  by  Master  John  Metfield,  LL.  D.  Archdeacon  of  Ely,  where 
he  was  buried  in  141 1.8 

1407,  John  Ixzcorth,  LL.  D. 

1412,  Master  Richard  Woodward,  who  is  buried  here;  his  brass  is 
loose  in  the  porch  chamber,  and  is  thus  inscribed, 

Here  Ipthc  .Jttauster  ttncharti  J3ouctoart>  that  gumrnme  of  thig 
Ctiirdje  jparjSnn  teas,  oSob  gratont  y>$  &oul  Mcxco  anb  *3race,anb 
for  Charite,  pater  Boater,  anb  ate,  2men. 

1446,  Master  Walter  Blaket,  A.  M.  he  resigned  in 
1460,  to  Henry  Sharp,  LL.  D.  who  resigned  also  in 
1463,  to  Will.  Egmerton,  who  died  and  was  buried  here ;  and  in 
1465,  Sir  Thomas  Howes,  sometime  rector  of  Cast lecombe  in  Wilt- 
shire, and  of  Blojield  in  Norfolk,  chaplain  to  Sir  John  Fastolf,  Knight 
of  the  Garter,  was  presented  by  William  Grey  Bishop  of  Ely.     This 
man  was  one  of  Sir  Johns  executors,  and  had  much  money  to  be  laid 
out  about  the  repairs  and  ornaments  of  churches,  and  other  religious 
places,  in   all,  about  4000  marks ;  with  part  of  it  he  repaired  this 
church   and  chancel,  and  in  a  south  window  there,  he  put  up  the 
effigies  of  Sir  John  Fastolf,  in  his  coat  armour,  gilt  very  fair,  with 
his 

Crest,  on  a  wreath  at.  and  or,  a  plume  of  feathers  arg.  and  two 
escutcheons,  with  the  cross  of  St.  George,  and  his  own  arms  and 
Supporters,  being  two  angels,  viz. 

Fastolf,  quarterly  or  and  az.  on  a  bend  gul.  three  croslets 
treffle  arg?  impaling 

Tiptoft,  arg.  a  saltier  ingrailed  gul.  and  the  same  is  over  Alil/e- 
cent  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Tiptoft,  Knt.  his  wife,  whose  effigies  in 
a  mantle  of  her  coal  armour,  was  in  the  same  window,  kneeling  in 
the  opposite  pane,  and  underneath  them  was  this,  but  these  words 
only  now  remain, 

3  Willis's  Hist,  of  the  Cathedrals,  cept  S|r  John,  bare  three  escallops  arg. 
vol.  ii.  f.  373.  on  the  bend. 

»  All  the  family  of  the  Fastolfs,  ex- 


PULHAM.  591 

, ,  t  #  a^totff  et  *  *>•  *  <£cclcs>ic  pectoris!  *  --  *  omnium  *  <  * 
©rate  pro  animabitf  ©omtm  ^otjanni^  3-a?tolf  jUMlittsj,  qui 
multa  bona  fecit  in  tempore  Bite,  et  JftOetenete  «*«#  em?  et 
©omim  OThome  t?otoc£  f*tinj  €ccle?te  Secton*,  et  omnium  fine* 
Hum  Dcfunctorum. 

1463,  Nicholas  Gay,  S.T.  P.  his  brass  his  loose  in  the  church  porch 
chamber,  and  hath  this  on  it, 

Bic  iacct  Bagger  j}ico(au$S  ©ap,  in  2heolonia  doctor,  quotv 
Dam  Sector  'i'tttu*  €ccle?ic  qui  obnt  anno  Domini  ,itt0cccc0lyriiu->. 
quarto  ©ic  MwM  Sniff*  cuiu^  antmc  uroyictetut  ©eu$  amen. 

1474,  Jo/<«  Yotton,  S.  T.  P. 

1512,  Master  Ric.  Harrison. 

1542,  jR/c.  IVilks,  S.  T.  P.;  he  resigned  in 

1550  to  Mr  Andrea;  Perae,  S.T.  B.;  he  was  afterwards  doctor  in 
divinity,  the  2d  dean  of  E/y,  master  of  Peter-house  in Cambridge, to 
which  he  was  a  great  benefactor;1  was  instituted  to  flPafoo/e  in  1549; 
rector  of  BaMam  in  1565;  chaplain  to  Archbishop  Parker  and  per- 
haps to  his  two  successors,  for  he  died  at  Lambeth  26  Apr.  1589, 
and  is  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  there ;  he  was 
sometime  rector  of  Somersham,  and  resigned  this  rectory  m 

1551,  to  John  Goodrich,  A.M.  a  relation  to  1  homos  Goodrich 
Bishop  of  Ely,  who  gave  him  this  living,  which  he  resigned  in 

1557,  to  William  May,  LL.  D.  who  was  chancellor  of  Ely,  first 
orehend  of  the  3d  stall  there,1  afterwards  dean  of  St.  Pauls,  hut  was 
deprived  of  that  deanery  in  1554  ;  he  was  the  last  presented  by  the 

X\!!&° John  Crane  was  the  first  presented  in  right  of  the  Crown/ 
where  the  patronage  remains  at  this  time;  at  his  death  in 

1583,  lLghCaftleton,  S.T.  B.  succeeded,  and  held  it  united  to 
Thomdon  in  Sii/fa/ft ;  he  was  was  prebend  of  Lyn,  in  the  church  in 
NonncMsee  vol.  iv.  p.  668.)  In  1 603,  he  returned  answer  that 
though  Pulham  Magdalen  was  only  a  chapel  of  rase  to  Pulham  bt. 
Man/  tfc  Virgin,?*  they  were  Vm(e  parishes;  and  that  there  were 
286 communicants  in  St.  Afci^,  and  282  m  St.  Mary  Magdalen  s 
parish ;  he  died  in 

•  Willis's  Cath.  vol.  ii.  fo.  268.  more,  and  dyed  the  3d  Day  of  May  A0 

*  ihff„   ,8  1583,  to  the  great  Grief  ot  diverse,  and 
3ToHNCRANE)anaunceantBachellerof    to  the  extreme  Loss  among .the  Poore  of 

Divii.itie  an  erneste  Professor  ofCHMST  his  Countrey,  unto  whose  VV  ants  lit  did 
£  the  Tv me  0 Queene  Marie,  a  trew,  a  plentifully  by  Gytts,  and  abundant  y  by 
constaunt  and  a  devout  Follower  of  lending  Supply  and  Minister,  without 
Christ  'unto  his  Deathe,  sometyme  Reeeit  of  any  Commodity '  therefore  ; 
Parson  of  Feltwell,  Tittishall,  and  Pul-  was  very  solemnly  and  w^,  much  La- 
ham  Utraque,  at  once  ;  a  Man  of  greate  mentation,  buried  <4  May,  aged  69 
%%%&£"&  EnU-cid tZl  Y££iP,  per  me  U*.  Sty*,  sometyme 
SSiaSS^fiSS'S  >  «S  *  Pu,ham  See.  Marie 
Sia?fiSS!?i^r«SJ  ^WiUUtnRobki.,  lister  and 


39$  PULHAM. 

1615,  And  Daniel  Saver,  A.M.  a  native  of  this  town/ was  presented 
by  Edw.  Sayer,  who  had  obtained  a  grant  of  the  turn  from  the 
Crown.     At  his  death  in 

1660,  William  Starkey,  A.  M.  had  it,  he  was  afterwards  doctor  in 
divinity,  and  died  in 

1684,  And  was  succeeded  by  William  Starkey,  A.  M.  his  son  ;  and 
is  buried  here  with  this  inscription, 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  WilliamStarkey,  the  son  of  Dr. Starkey, 
both  rectors  of  this  church,  whose  first  wife  was  Mary  the  daughter 
of  Gascoigne  Welde  of  Braken-Ash,  Esq.s  His  2d  wife,  the  daugh- 
ter of  John  Amy as  of  Hinghum,  Gent.6  who  in  pious  memory, 
caused  this  stone  to  be  laid.     He  died  Oct.  13,  1717,  aged  66. 

Crest,  a  stork's  head  erased  proper. 

Starkey,  arg.  a  stork  sab.  impaling  Welde,  as  at  p.  87.;  and 
Amyas,  as  at  p.  429>  vol.  ii. 

C  Mrs. Margaret  3d  Daughter  of  Doctor  Starkey,  died  May  8, 

J       1712,56. 

]  Anne  Daughter  of  William  Starkeu  and  Anne  his  Wife,  bu- 

t     ried  Jan.  17,  1661,  aet.  13. 

1717,  Nicholas  Clagett :  he  was  chaplain  to  the  Earl  of  Sunderland, 
and  left  this  for  the  living  of  Brighton  in  Oxfordshire,  and  afterwards 
died  Bishop  of  Exeter,  and  was  formerly  minister  at  Bury  in  Suffolk. 

1721,  Michael  Claget,  A.  M.  who  died  rector  here,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded in 

1728,  by  William  Broome,  LL.  D.  who  resigned  the  rectory  of 
Stirston  in  Suffolk,  and  held  this  united  to  Oakly  in  that  county  till  he 
took  the  vicarage  of  Eye,  and  held  it  united  to  this,  till  his  death  :  he 
was  a  learned  man,  especially  in  the  Greek  language,  being  chiefly 
concerned  in  translating  the  notes  for  Mr.  Pope's  Homer;  and  was 
also,  no  mean  poet  himself,  as  his  poems  published  show ;  he  was 
chaplain  to  Charles  Lord  Cornwaleis,  and  was  sprung  from  mean 
parents  InCheshire,  died  at  Bath,  and  lies  interred  in  the  abbey  church 
there,  by  Dr.  Baker  Bishop  oiNomich  ;  leaving  only  one  son,  Charles 
John  Broome,  of  St.  John's  college  in  Cambridge,  who  died  unmarried 
iu  1747. 

The  honourable  Eduard  Towneshend,  brother  to  Lord  Tozcnesheud, 
is  the  present  rector. 

About  a  furlong  distant  from  the  church,  south-west  thereof,  on  the 
other  side  of  the  road,  stands  a  small  chapel,  now  used  for  a  school- 

*  Pulham   Beate  Marie  Virginis,   et  son  and  two  daughters,   (see  p.  S7)  of 

See.  Marie  Magdalene  rectoria.    Donii-  which,  Mary  the  eldest  married  to  Will, 

nus    Rtx    patronus    ejusdem.     Daniel  Starkey,   as  above;  and  they  had  only 

Sayer,   A.  M.     licenciatus    predicator,  one  daughter,  Mary,  married   to   John 

estimatio  33Z.6j.8rf.  inde  decima  3l.6s.Sd.  Jermy  of  Bayfield,  Esq.  whose  1  nly  son 

primitie     30/.     procurations     episcopi  William   Jermy,    Esq.    married    to 

is.  ^d.    sinodalia  41.  id.  procurationes  Eliz.  only  sister  and  heiress  to  William 

archidiaconi  -]s.  ~jd.  ob.     Revis.  Archi-  Lord   Richardson,   and    is   now  (174S) 

diac.  Norff.  A°  1630.  high  sheriff  of  Norfolk,  (see  the  pedigree 

5  Gascoigne  Welde,   Esq.    by  Anne,  at  vol.  ii.  p.  449  ) 
eldest  daughter  of  Joseph  Hall  (see  vol.         b  See  for  her  at  vol.  ii.  p.  429. 
iii.  p.  581)  Bishop  of  Norwich,  had  one 


PULHAM.  393 

room,  which  seems  to  have  been  founded  very  early,  by  the  brethren 
and  sisters  of  St.  James's  gild,  to  which  apostle  this  chapel  was  de- 
dicated ;  and  in  which  St.  James's  gild  was  held,  till  Edw.  the  Sixth's 
time,  when  all  such  fraternities  were  suppressed:  here  was  a  hermi- 
tage close  by  it,  in  which  a  hermit  dwelt,  who  daily  officiated  in  it, 
and  prayed  for  the  living  members  of  the  gild,  and  for  the  souls  of 
the  deceased  that  belonged  to  it.  The  present  fabrick  was  built  about 
1401,  when  John  Fordham  Bishop  of  Ely  granted  an  indulgence  of  40 
days  pardon,  to  last  for  three  years,  to  all  that  would  contribute  to 
rebuild  it,  and  to  maintain  Walter  Colman,  the  poor  hermit,  there  ;  as 
I  find  in  Register  Fordham,  fo.  193. 

This  town  was  heretofore  famous  for  hats,  dornecks,  and  coverlets, 
which  were  made  in  great  quantities  here;  and  indeed,  in  the  act 
passed  in  1551,  for  the  advantage  of  the  citizens  of  Norwich,  forbid- 
ding any  out  of  the  city,  unless  in  some  corporate  and  market  town, 
to  make  any  of  those  commodities,  all  of  these  businesses  living  in 
Pulham,  were  excepted,  as  those  trades  had  been  there  followed  for 
some  time  past.     See  vol.  iii.  p.  262. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  is  the  principal  or  mother- 
church,  and  hath  a  square  tower,  with  a  spire  on  its  top,  and  six  bells; 
on  the  fifth  is  this, 

Janets  l&aria  oca  pro  Jftobis-;. 

The  nave,  south  isle,  and  its  porch,  as  also  the  chancel,  are  covered 
with  lead;  the  north  vestry  being  down 

On  an  old  wooden  stand  or  eagle,  is  this, 
*  *  *  *  25ocher  lEtargrct  SBocher,  *  =  *  > 

In  the  porch  chamber  lie  abundance  of  court  rolls,  and  evidences 
of  the  manor,  with  armour,  a  broken  organ,  and  several  brass  plates 
reaved  off  the  stones  in  the  church,  which  are  thus  inscribed  : 

<©rate  pro  anima  £h.ome  BMnal,  qui  obiiti  r°  oie  Spring  a°  ©. 
$i\°  toC  Fjcfiiii.  cuius*  amine  propicictur  Deu.£. 

©rate  pro  anima  jRicbarDi  Hipngevi  qui  obiit  ppif  Die  augu^ti 
2°  5?nt:  IB0.  Mrrrtii:  cuiu.3  anime  propicictur  ocu.sf. 

<©rate  pro  anima  gjohannig  Cobbc,  qui  obiit  ppj:  oic  augu>;'ti 
anno  Chn.sti  J4°  to£  vrj.  cuius*  anime  propicictur  oeu£. 

pap  for  the  &oule  of  arhoma^  23erne  late  <£>ecton  of  thi.S 
€hcrc£)C,  ano  aipcc  hpg  IDpfe,  3°  ©.  M°.  t>£  JrtWt0. 

t  *  *  *  t  Urort£  JOalteri  .Wapn,  que  *  -  *  **  mini,  M"  tat°. 
IV.  cuiu.s  anime  propicictur  duisS. 

<©rate  pro  animabusS  SJohannig  Cobbe  et  TRargarcte  tayori* 
eiug,  qui  obiit  r^i"  t>;e  €>ct.  a°  3?ni.  M"  ccccc  »°.  quorum  anuuabu.s 
propicictur  oeu.sj,  amen. 

<©rate  pro  annna  gjuliane  ©olnatoe,  cuiu£  anime  propicictur 
oeusS. 
vol.  v.  3  E 


594  P  U  L  H  A  M. 

There  is  a  stone  in  the  chancel  having  its  brass  plate,  on  which  the 
inscription  was,  lost ;  but  on  another  plate,  the  arms  of  Lany  and  his 
quarterings,7  quartered,  impaling 

Aslack  and  her  eight  quarterings,  marshalled,  remain;  which 
show,  that  that  Lany  who  married  the  heiress  of  Aslack,  is  here 
interred. 

On  a  black  marble  within  the  communion  rails,  their  son,  Aslack 
Lany,  and  his  wife,  with  12  coats  marshalled,  viz.  1,  Aslack,  2, 
Lany,  and  their  quarterings,  impaling  Jermy,  and  this, 

Here  lyeth  buried  the  Body  of  Aslack  Lany,  Esq.  who 
being  of  the  Age  of  71  Years,  died  in  Jan.  1639.  And  also  the 
Body  of  Eliz.  Lany  his  Wife,  who  being  68  Years  old  in  Sept. 
1646,  died  after  that  Tyrne,  and  was  one  of  the  Daughters  of 
John  Jermy,  Esq. 

Between  the  two  former  stones,  is  another  thus  inscribed, 

Sacrum  hoc  Memoriae  Margarets.  Smyth,  (Vitas  Sanctificatae) 
nuper  Uxoris  Samuelis  Smyth,  Armigeri,  ac  unius  Filiarum 
Aslack  Laney dictus  Aslack  posuit,  obijt  13  Apr.  A.  D. 

But  short  was  her  Life,  yet  lives  she  ever, 
And  Death  has  his  Due,  yet  dyes  she  never. 

In  the  middle  isle  are  two  black  marbles. 

Hodie  Mihi,  Cras  tibi. 
Elizabeth  Sayer,  the  Wife  oiJohn  Sayer,  departed  this 
Life  the  29th  Day  of  April,  1653. 

Hodie  Mihi,  Cras  tibi. 
Here  under  lyeth  the  Body  of  John  Sayer  Gent,  who  de- 
parted this  Life  the  21st  Day  of  April,  Anno  Domini  1677. 

There  are  four  altar  tombs  at  the  east  end  of  the  chancel  in  the 
churchyard. 

Arms  of  Stebbing  and  Wood. 

1.  Anne,  daughter  of  Augustine  Wood,  Gent,  died  6  Aug.  1685. 

2.  Man/,  daughter  of  George  Stebbing  of  Norwich,  Gent,  and 
Martha  his  wife,  Dr.  of  Robert  Wood,  late  of  Brook  in  Norfolk,  Esq. 
died  Oct.  24,  1694,  act.  21. 

3.  Mary,  daughter  of  Augustine  Wood,  11  Apr.  1706. 

4.  Margaret,  wife  of  Peter  Watts,  heiress  of  Will.  Dowsing  of 
Laxjield  in  Suffolk,  ob.  14  Febr.  1707- 

A  lion  rampant  and  mullet  impales  a  fess  between  two  lions  passant. 
Michael  IValne,  Gent,  died  Aug.  26,  1682,  act.  59. 

In  the  time  of  John  Morton  Bishop  of  Ely,8  who  was  consecrated 

'  See  Brockdish.  man,  in  Godwin's  Catalogue,   p.   161, 

8  See  the  just  character  of  this  good     277. 


PULHAM.  395 

in  1478,  and  was  translated  into  Canterbury  in  I486,  and  died  in  1500; 
the  windows  of  this  church  were  new  glazed,  and  adorned  with  the  arms 
of  the  East  Angles,  of  the  see  of  Ely  single,  and  impaled  with 

Morton,  quarterly  gul.  and  erm.  in  the  first  and  fourth  quarters, 
goat's  head  erased  arg. 

And  this  he  did  in  respect  to  Robert  Morton,  Esq.  his  uncle,  who 
lived  here  in  1460,  and  was  buried  in  this  church  in  1467  :  as  I  learn 
from  his  will,  9  in  which  he  made  Alice  his  wife,  (who  I  suppose  was 
a  Tendrhig,  by  the  arms  of  Morton  impaled  with  Tendring  in  one  of 
the  windows,)  and  John  Ashjield,  junior,  executors;  and  gave  his 
manors  of  Lympol  and  Hesse  in  Nottinghamshire  and  Yorkshire,  to 
Nicholas  his  son ;  and  legacies  to  Margaret  and  Osca,  his  two 
daughters. 

It  seems  that  the  tower  and  porch  were  built  about  this  time,  by  the 
assistance  of  the  Bishop  and  other  benefactors ;  on  the  porch  there  is 
a  great  quantity  of  imagery  in  stone;  on  one  side  of  the  entrance,  an 
angel  holds  a  scroll  with  3i>C  IBaria  on  it ;  opposite  is  a  Bishop  sitting 
on  his  throne,  a  goat's  face  under  him  as  the  conusance  of  Morton, 
the  book  of  the  Holy  Gospel  on  a  stand  by  him,  on  which  sits  a  dove 
with  its  beak  close  to  the  Bisop's  ear,  to  intimate  that  book  to  be  dic- 
tated by  the  Holy  Spirit;  by  the  stand  is  a  helmet,  on  which,  for  a 
crest,  is  the  trunk  of  a  tree  raguled,  with  three  arms  cut  off,  repre- 
senting the  Holy  Trinity;  there  are  eight  angels,  four  with  trumpets 
in  their  mouths,  two  playing  on  lutes,  and  two  on  violins;  all  the 
building  is  adorned  with  angels  faces,  he.  There  are  four  large  shields 
under  the  image  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  that  was  placed  in  a  niche,  but 
is  now  pulled  out  of  it,  which  are,  the  instruments  of  the  Passion,  the 
emblem  of  the  Trinity  and  the  arms  of  the  East  Angles  and  Ely  see. 
Five  images  carved  in  stone,  are  fixed  on  the  top  of  the  battlements, 
1,  A  wolf  sitting,  holding  St.  Edmund's  head  in  its  paws.  2,  A  lion. 
5,  A  woodman,  sitting  with  one  leg  on  his  knee.  4,  A  greyhound  seiant. 
5,  Defaced.  And  there  are  the  arms  of  Morton  Archbishop  of  Can- 
terbury; and  on  a  shield  three  cardinals  caps;  and  faces,  by  their 
habits,  of  the  four  degrees,  viz.  a  monk  or  regular,  a  parish-priest,  or 
secular,  a  gentleman,  and  a  peasant. 

1.  Three  cinquefoils  remain,  a  de-lis  for  difference. 

2.  Kemp,  three  garbs,  lost. 

3.  Chequy  a  chevron  er.  remain. 

4.  A  garb  between  three  croslets  trefle. 

Crusuly,  in  the  midst  a  covered  cup.  Three  covered  cups.  A  crosi 
moline.     Many  cinquefoils  about  the  building. 

In  the  east  window  in  the  chancel,  are  represented  the  Father, 
Son,  and  Holy  Ghost;  and  underneath  is  the  blessed  Virgin  with 
our  Saviour  in  her  arms,  and  a  lily  by  her,  as  patroness  of  this  church 
in  particular;  and  St.  Peter,  as  patron  of  the  church  universal;  with 
persons  playing  upon  violins  and  other  musical  instruments  on  either 
side  ;  and  at  their  feet  the  wise  men  offering  their  censers,  &c.  with  the 
arms  of  the  East-Angles,  of  Ely  church,  and  St.  George;  and 

England  alone,  az.  three  lions  passant  guardant  or. 

9  Regr.  Betynsin  Archiv.  Epi.  Norw.  fo.  131. 


596  P  U  L  H  A  M. 

Lozenge,  az.  and  arg.  on  each  other  lozenge  a  de-lis  sab. 
Gul.  a  lion  saliant  in  a  bordure  invecked  arg.  lansrued  and  armed 
of  the  field. 

Tiptoft,  or  Tibetot,  arg-  a  satier  ingrailed  sab. 

The  chapel  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  commonly  called  Pulham- 
market  church,  is  a  good  fabrick,  with  a  large  square  tower,  a  clock, 
and  six  bells ;  a  handsome  north  porch,  two  isles,  and  nave,  all  leaded; 
the  chancel  being  tiled ;  it  is  an  exceeding  lightsome  building,  kept 
very  neat  and  clean. 

It  stands  at  the  south  end  of  the  late  market-place,  and  is  a  mile  at 
least  from  its  mother-church. 

In  151 8,  John  Baker,  parish  chaplain  here,  was  buried  in  the  church, 
and  left  20s.  to  repair  Alderford  church. 

In  1536,  Robert  Edwards,  priest,  parish  chaplain,  was  buried  here, 
and  gave  legacies  to  the  gild  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  held  in  this 
church ;  to  the  chapel  at  JVacton,  to  the  chapel  of  St.  James  at  Pul- 
ham  Mary,  and  to  the  chapel  of  our  Lady  at  Mendham. 

In  the  chancel, 

Claxton's  crest,  a  side-long  helmet,  over  it,  on  a  torce,  a  por- 
cupine or  hedge-hog  proper. 

Claxton,  gul.  a  fess  between  three  porcupines  arg.  A  coat  of 
pretence  on  a  canton.     Barry  of  10.     On  a  canton  three  martlets. 

Mr.  Thomas  Claxton,  Merchant  of  London,  died  21  July, 
1681,  40. 

Mrs.  Mary,  2d  Daughter  of  Mr.  Ralph  Claxton  and  Elizabeth 
his  Wife,  of  Pii/ham  St.  Mary,  30  Jan.  1680,  18.  Surah  their 
3d  Daughter,  22  June,  1681,  15. 

In  the  nave, 

©rate  pro  anuria  ^abelie  ®ta&r.»  cuiu£  anitne  proptctetur  Dcujf, 
Htmn. 

On  a  north  window,  gul.  three  birds  or. 

On  an  old  seat  in  the  chancel,  two  shields,  on  one  a  cross,  on  the 
other  three  roses. 

In  the  nave  towards  the  chancel. 

John  Rede,  Gent.  ob.  5  Nov.  1721,  52. 

Samuel  Son  of  John  Rede,  Gent.  7  Aug.  1712,  15.  Rede's 
arms  and  crest,  a  buck's  head  erased.  Eliz.  Wife  of  John  Reed, 
Gent.  20  Jan.  1719,  47.     Simon  their  son  1712,  15. 

Rob.  Prentice,  Gent,  died  in  1639,  and  gave  5/.  to  each  of  the 
Pulhams.  20/.  to  Mr.  Sayer  rector  there,  and  \l.  to  Starstou  poor. 
He  bare 

Party  per  chevron  or  and  sab.  three  greyhounds  current  counter- 
changed. 

Susan  Wife  of  Sam.  Prentice  Gent.  16  July  1710.  73. 


PULHAM.  397 

On  a  mural  monument  on  the  south  side  of  the  church,  towards  the 
east  end, 

In  a  Vault  near  this  Place,  lie  interred,  Peter  Rosier,  Esq; 
who  was  High-Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Norfolk  in  1737,  and  died 
at  Pulham  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  Oct.  18,  1743,  in  the  81st  Year 
of  his  Age.  And  also  Esther  Rosier  and  Philip  Rosier  Gent,  (his 
Brother  and  Sister).  Esther  died  July  26,  1721,  £et.  54.  Philip 
July  11,  1732,  set.  68,  To  whose  Memory  this  Monument  was 
erected,  by  the  Direction  of  the  said  Peter  Rosier. 

Palgrave,  az.  a  lion  rampant  arg.  a  crescent  for  difference,  as 
a  second  branch  of  the  Palgrave  family. 
Crest,  a  loin's  head  erased  guardant  arg. 

Mr.  Thomas  Palgrave,  obijt  sexto  Die  Martij  A.  D.  1638; 
Cujus  ossa  et  Cineres  sub  hoc  Lapide  Requiescunt. 

He  was  son  of  Thomas  Palgrave,  Esq.  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  which 
Thomas  was  buried  here  in  1545. 

Mr.  John  Palgrave,  ob.  27  Sept.  1687.  Mrs.  Christian  Pal- 
grave his  Wife,  Nov.  28,  1693. 

Mrs.  Jone,  Wife  of  Mr.  Thomas  Palgrave,  Sep.  18,  1678. 

Mary  Wife  of  Thomas  Palgrave,  and  Daughter  of  Robert 
Howard  of  Noneich,  Apr.  27,  I690,  35.  And  by  her  lies  Thomas 
Pa/grave  her  Husband. 

S  Thomas  Son  of  Tho.  Palgrave  of  Norwich,  Jan.  20, 1700,  14. 
X  John  his  Brother,  1700,  16. 

For  the  fVhipples  of  Pulham,  see  vol.  i.  p.  193. 

On  a  neat  mural  monument  against  the  east  end  of  the  north  isle„ 
with  Palgrave's  arms, 

H.  S.  E.  Gulielmus  Palgrave  M.D.  de  Gippovico  in  Comitatu. 
Suffolciensi.  Gulielmi  Palgrave,  de  hoc  Pago  Generosi  Filius,  ob. 
Sept.  14°,  A.  D.  MDCCXLII.  iEt.49-  Liberi  ejus  Johannes  et 
Dorothea  Infantes,  Morte  abrepti  hie  sepeliuntur. 

On  a  marble  in  the  south  isle,  are  the  arms  and  crest  of  Palgrave. 

Thomas  Palgrave,  Esq;  sometime  Sheriff  and  Member  of  Par- 
liament for  the  City  of  Norwich,  in  the  Reign  of  the  late  Queen 
Anne  of  ever  Blessed  Memory:  He  gave  an  hundred  Pounds  to 
a  Charity  School  in  the  Parish  of  St.  Peter  Mancroft  in  Norwich 
(wherein  he  was  born)  towards  the  Education  of  poor  Children, 
according  to  the  Liturgie  of  the  Church  of  England,  ob.  Aug.  7. 
1726,  aet.  84,  six  Months. 

In  the  same  isle  against  the  south  Wall,  towards  the  east  end,  by 
Rosier's  monument,  is  another,  with  an  eagle  rising  arg.  for  a  crest, 
and  the  arms  of  Corinoaleis  impaling,  Barry  of  eight  or  and  az.  over 
all  a  bend  arg,  quartering  arg.  a  pelican  in  her  nest  or,  vulning  her- 
self, proper. 


398  PULHAM. 

In  Memory  of  John  Stanhawe  late  of  this  Parish,  Gent,  who 
was  buried  near  to  this  Place  Sept.  19,  1729,  aged  .54.  His  first 
Wife  was  Margaret  the  Daughter  of  John  Cornwaleis,  Esq;  of 
Wingfield  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue. 
His  2d  Wife  was  Mary  the  Dr.  of  Robert  Futter  Gent.  late  of 
Selton  in  this  County,  who  was  interred  near  this  Place,  May  24, 
1729,  aged  45,  by  whom  he  had  3  Drs.Tabitha,  Mary,  and  Susan, 
who  are  still  surviving. 

There  are  three  hatchments  in  the  church,  1,  Palgrave  ;  crest, 
a  lion's  head  erased  arg.  2,  Howman  impales  Palgrave.  Motto, 
Labile  quod  opportunum. 

3,  Palgrave  impales  Burton,  Memento  mori. 

On  an  altar  tomb  on  the  south  side  of  the  churchyard. 
Party  per  saltier,  on  a  fess  three  de-lises. 

Sam.  Matchet  Gent.  1732,  81.     Mary  his  Wife,  1740,  80." 

Pulham  signifies  the  village  of  pooh,'1  or  standing  waters:  the 
earliest  account  we  meet  with  of  this  town,  is,  that  it  belonged  to 
AValdchist,  a  Saxon,  who  forfeited  all  that  he  had  to  King  Edmund, 
who  was  lord  of  it,  and  left  it  to  King  Etheldred  or  Edred  his  brother,3 
who  gave  it  to  Eadgive  his  mother ;  at  whose  death  it  reverted  to  him, 
and  at  his  death  went  to  King  Edwi/,  and  after  him  to  King  Edgar 
his  brother,  who  sold  it  to  IVlstan,  and  at  his  death  to  Ethelwold 
Bishop  of  Winchester,*  for  40/.  and  he  gave  it  to  the  abbey  of  St. 
Etheldred,  or  Audry,  at  Ely,  from  which,  Thurwerth  seized  it;' 
but  that  abbey  recovered  it,  and  was  in  full  possession  at  the  Norman 
conquest:  the  survey  then  taken  tells  us,  that  in  the  Confessor's  lime 
it  belonged  to  St.  Audry,  and  had  15  carucates  of  land,  60  villeins, 
25  bordars,  and  7  servants,  who  were  to  manage  the  three  carucates 
that  were  in  demean,  or  belonging  to  the  manor-house;  the  wood 
then  maintained  600  swine;  and  there  belonged  to  the  manor-house, 
a  mill,  0  working  horses,  1 1  young  cattle,  40  hogs,  50  sheep,  40  goats, 
4  hives  of  bees;  and  the  whole  manor  was  worth  8  pounds,  and  at  the 
Conquest  was  risen  to  15  pounds  a  year:  the  town  was  then  2  miles 
long,  and  a  mile  broad,  and  paid  30d.  to  the  geld  or  tax,  and  was 
exempt  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  half  hundred  of  Eat  sham,  as  be- 

1  Robert  Masters,  clerk,   and   Eliz.  omnia  qua;  habebat,  tempore  Edmund 

Matchet,  married  1381.  Regis,  et  fuerant  in  manu   Regis  Ed- 

1  Pulla,  a  pool  or  lake  of  standing  mundi    et    /Ethelredi,    quousque    ipse 

water,  whence  a  pulk  is  a  small  pond  or  j?Ethelredus,  dedit  easdem  terras  Ead- 

hole  of  standing  water.  givae  matri  suas,  post  ejus  mortem  ad- 

3  see  vol.  ii.  p.  31.  quisivit  easdem  terras  Whtanus  a  Rege 

♦  ^theiwaldus     fuit     Episcopus  /Edgaro,  sed  et  Edgiva  et  Wlstanus  ac- 

Saxonum  occidentaliumab  anno  963,  ad  quisierunt  et  emerunt   plures   terras  et 

annum  984.  plura  bona,  quam  unquam  Waldchist  ha. 

5  Diripuitetiam  idem  [Thurwerthus]  buisset,  et  his  duobus  manenjs  addide- 

Deo  Sanctaetj'Etheldryda.Pulnam,  quam  runt,  ha:c  igitur  duo  maneria  prxdictus 

j^thelwoldus  Episcopus  emerat  a  Rege  Thurwerthus  obtinuit.   Hist.  Ehens.  R. 

Edgaro  pro  xl.  hbris,  quas  terras,  viz.  Li.  cap.  .54.  p.  486.  Gale.  vol.  i.  Script. 

Nordwalde  [Northwold]  etPulnam,  per  Britt.  Sax.  Anglo-Dan. 
transgressionem    amisit    Waldchist,  et 


PULHAM.  399 

longing  to  the  church  of  St.  Audrxj?  though  now  it  is  reckoned  among 
the  towns  in  the  Duke  of  Norfolk's  liberty,7  as  being  in  Earsham  half 
hundred.  In  J  249,  it  appears  from  the  Plea  Rolls,8  that  there  was  a 
weekly  Wednesday  market  here;  and  in  1250,  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  on 
which  this  see  was  settled  at  its  first  erection,  had  a  charter  of  free- 
warren  throughout  the  manor:  in  127",  there  was  a  general  extent 
made,  of  all  the  lands,  manors,  and  revenues,  belonging  to  Ely  see;9 
when  the  jury  sworn  for  this  manor,'  returned  upon  oath,  that  the 
town  was  in  ihe  free  hundred  of  Earl  Hog.  Bigod,  called  Eresham 
half  hundred,  to  which  the  Bishop's  bailiff  ought  to  do  suit  from 
hundred  court  to  hundred  court,  or  pay  two  shillings  every  Michaelmas 
day,  al  the  will  of  the  Earl  or  his  bailiffs,  who  might  choose  either  the 
suit  or  the  money;  that  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  St.  Mary  the 
Virgin  at  Pulham,  with  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  there,  be- 
longed to  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  with  the  market  held  by  the  said  chapel ; 
the  profits  of  which,  were  then  worth  3  marks  and  an  half  per  annum, 
the  profits  of  Ihe  fairs  held  there  being  included  ;a  the  two  windmills 
with  the  suit  of  the  tenants  thereto,  worth  ol.  a  year;  there  were  685 
acres  and  an  half,  by  the  lesser  hundred,  in  demean,  and  every  acre 
was  worth  \5d.  a  year;  half  of  it  was  to  be  ploughed  yearly  by  4 
ploughs  of  six  oxen  and  two  scotts;  there  were  also  36  acres  and  an 
half  of  meadow  land,  worth  4s.  an  acre;  33  acres  of  several  pasture 
(or  Lammas  land)  worth  18c?.  an  acre;  every  acre  of  this  manor,  ac- 
cording to  its  custom,  being  measured  by  the  perch  of  18  feet  and  an 
half.  There  was  a  park  of  60  acres,  a  wood  called  Grishazo  of  100 
acres,  the  manor-house  stock  was  14  cows,  a  free  bull,  40  hogs,  and  a 
free  boar,  and  200  sheep  ;  all  the  lands  but  the  several,  and  commons, 
were  whole  year  land.  The  commons  of  Nortwood  Green  and  JVest- 
wood,  were  common  to  the  whole  town  only;3  but  notwithstanding, 
nobody  could  cut  wood  on  them  but  the  lord,  who  had  27^.  12s.  3d. 
3q.  yearly  rents  in  money  ;  20s.  8d.  q.  for  hedernwich,  the  schervesilver 
uncertain,  because  it  is  more  or  less  yearly ;  3G  quarters  6  bushels 
and  2  pecks  of foddercorn,  six  score  and  eight  hens,  597  eggs  by  the 
great  hundred,  267  acres  to  be  ploughed  in  winter,  the  ploughing  of  each 

6  PuLLAHAMtenuitSancta  Aldreda  222.  Incipit  Liber  de  Inquisicionibus. 
T.  R.  E.  pro  xv.  car.  terre  semper  lx.  &c.  tempore  Hugonis  de  Balsam  Epis- 
villani,  xxv.  bord.  vii.  serv.  iii.  car.  in    copi  Eliensis,  fo.  19. 

dom.  tunc  xx.  car.  hominum  m°  xvi.  This  manor,  before  the  erection  of  the 

xvi.  acr.  prati,  tunc  silva  DC.  pore.  m°  bishoprick,  was  fixed  to  find  two  weeks 

ccc.  et  i.  mol.  iii.  runcin.  xi.  anim.  xl.  provisions  for  Ely  convent.    (Godwin's 

pore.  1.  oves,  xl.  capr.  iiii.  vasa  apum,  Catalogue  of  Bishops,  page  253,  printed 

tunc  valuitviii.  libr.m0  xv.habet  ii.  leug.  in  English  at  London  1615.) 

in  longo,  et  i.  leug.  in  lato,  et  de  gelto  *  Robert  de  Boisand  27  other  tenants 

xxx. d.     (Doms.  fo.  189.)  were  sworn  on  the  jury. 

T.  R.  E.  habuit  Stigandus  socam  et  sa-  *  Besides  the  wakes  and  fairs  liereto- 

cam  de  hoc  dimidio  hundreto  (sc.  de  fore  held  on  the  days  of  the  dedication 

Hersam)  preterToRP,  Sancti  Edmundi,  of  the  church  and  chapel,  there  was  one 

et  preter   Pulham    Sancte   Aldredre.  held  on  Wednesday  in  Ascension  week  : 

(Doms.  fo.  53.)  this  only  now  remains,  and  is  lately  al- 

7  See  vol.  i.  p.  237,  8.  tered,   being  now   always   kept  on  the 

8  PlacitaCorone  34H.  III.  Rot.  13  D.  Monday  in  Ascension  week. 

8  Regr.  Ely.  Bib.  Cot.  Claudius  C.  ii.  3  This  manor  extended  into  Titshall. 

fo.  209,  221.    Dug.  Mon.  vol.  i.  fo.  94.  See  vol.  i.  p.  204,  5,  and  Uphall  manor 

The  extent  of  Ely  bishoprick,  MSS.  in  in  Titshall  extended  hither;  ibid.  p.  207. 
Caius  College  library  in  Cambridge,  fo. 


400  P  U  L  H  A  M. 

acre  being  worth  4d.  and  420  acres  to  be  ploughed  between  Candle- 
mas and  Whitsuntide,  worth  8/.  15s.  and  from  the  several  tenants 
every  year,  13335  days  works  and  an  half,  and  the  fourth  part  of  a  day's 
work ;  there  was  also  30  acres  purchased  by  the  Bishop  of  Maud  de 
Pit/hum.*. 

Among  the  freemen  of  the  manor,  Sir  Adam  de  Tifteshale  or  Tit- 
sliale,  Knt.  held  36  acres;  Sir  Roger  de  Thirkelby  20  acres  and  two 
men ;  the  parson  of  Pulham  one  meadow,  and  the  prior  of  Ely  30 
acres,  late  Osbert  de  Stradesete's ;  Richard  de  Kittleshaw  two  caru- 
cates ;  Will.  Howard  divers  lands,  8cc.  and  the  whole  was  divided  into 
four  letes  or  divisions,  at  each  of  which,  the  tenants  inhabiting  the 
several  divisions  appeared ;  East  or  Up-lete,  West-lete,  Suth-lete,  and 
Gid/ardes,  or  North-lete. 

In  1286,  the  Bishop  of  Ely  claimed  the  following  privileges  to  this 
manor,  and  they  were  allowed  in  Eire,  viz.  infangenthef,  outfangentkef, 
view  of  frankpledge,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  pleas  de  namio  velito,  and 
to  have  a  prison,  and  carry  and  re-carry  his  prisoners  any  where  be- 
fore the  King's  justices;  and  to  have  ihe  fries  and  amerciaments  of  all 
his  tenants,  and  all  the  goods  and  chattels  ofje/ons  and  fugitives,  with 
the  return  of  writs,  and  all  other  liberties  belonging  to  his  we  of  Ely, 
together  with  free-warren,  according  to  Henry  the  Third's  charter. 

In  14S),  Pulham  was  returned  to  be  within  the  liberty  of  the  Bishop  of 
Ely, and  underlhejurisdiction  of  his  bailiff,  Henry  Sharyngton ;  it  being 
held  in  demean  of  the  King,  as  parcel  of  the  Bishop's  barony,  and  so  con- 
tinued till  the  first  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  then  it  came  to  the  Crown, 
by  virtue  of  an  exchange  made  with  that  see;  and  it  continued  there 
some  time;  it  being  above  102/.  per  annum,  besides  the  woods,  in 
1558,  but  was  soon  leased  out  at  13/.  6s.  per  annum,  and  many  of  the 
woods  and  demeans  granted  to  divers  persons  ;  but  in  l6oy,  the  citi- 
zens of  London  held  it  in  fee-farm,  when  the  free  and  copyhold  rents 
were  71/.  8s.  yd.  per  annum,  and  the  farm  of  the  lands  37/.  10s.  id, 
but  that  lease  being  out  in  1622,  Richard  Jsh^orth,  senior,  Esq. 
accounted  with  Charles  Prince  of  Wales,  on  whom  King  James  I. 
had  settled  it,  for  107/.  2s.  4d.  in  rents,  and  18/.  3s.  for  fines  of  lands, 
and  perquisites  of  courts:5   and   about  1631,  it  was  sold  by   King 

*  1304,   Alice,  daughter  of  Nic.   de  assigned  to  Anne  his  wife  as  part  of  Iier 

Pulham,   had  a  good  estate    here.     In  jointure,  with  all  the  letes,  rents,  free 

1481,  died  brother  John   Pulham,  a  and  copy  ;  franchises,  courts,  fines,  n.ir- 

learned  Austin-friar,  of  Yarmouth  con-  ket,  fairs,  tolls,  customs,  amerciaments, 

vent.  piepowder-courts,  the  chapel   (now  the 

5  King   Car.  I.   in  recompense   for  school-house)  together  with  all  piccage, 

329,897/.  is.  already  advanced  to  King  stallage,  chattels  of  felons,  outlaws  and 

James  I.  and  himself,  and  for  12,000/.  fugitives,  except  the  advowson,  mines, 

to  be  advanced  by  the  chamber  of  Lon-  knights  fees,  wards,  marriages,  forests, 

don,  fur  which  he  was  to  assure  lands  of  chaces,  and  parks  stocked  with  deer  ;  to 

the  clear  yearly  value  of  1249/.  6s.  6d.  be  held  of  the  Crown,  as  of  the  manor  of 

amono-  other  alienations  of  crown  lands,  East-Greenwich,  by  fealty,  in  free  soc- 

did  grant  to  the  mayor  and  corporation  cage,  and  not  by  knight's  service, 

of  the  city  of  London,  the  manor  of  Pul-  In  6ta.  parte  originalium  de   A"  iv° 

ham,  which  was  leased  by  James  I.  A"  Reg.  Car.  I.  Rotulo  pnmo  in  Sccario 

Reg.   17,  to  Sir  Henry  Hobart,  Knight  ex  parte  Rememb.  Thesaur.  remanen. 

and  Baronet,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Com-  Examined  by  John  Brampton  1656. 

mon  Pleas,  and  other  feoffees,  together  N.  B.  There  are  above  6000  acres  of 

with  1  he  royalty,  and  all  that  lately  be-  land  in  the  parishes  of  Pulham  St.  Mary 

longed  to  the  see  of  Ely;  and  it  was  and  St.  Mary  Magdalen. 


PULHAM.  401 

Charles  I.  and  the  chamber  of  London  (the  advowson  being  excepted) 
to  divers  tenants;  and  in  the  year  l679>  was  divided  into  30  parts, 
one  part  in  1633,  belonged  to  John  Bradshazo,  Esq.  Windsor  herald, 
who  lived  in  Southolt  in  Suffolk,  and  died  there  the  same  year,  and 
gave  his  part  to  John  his  eldest  son,  paying  an  annuity  of  10/.  to 
William,  his  second  son :  this  part  came  afterwards  to  Thomas  Fau- 
conber«c,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  the  said  John  Bradshazo, 
and  Margaret  his  wife:  his  will  is  proved  in  1655,  and  left  his  part  of 
Pulham  manor,  to  Dorothy  his  wife  for  life,  then  to  his  children,  Tho- 
mas, Robert,  Laurence,  Charles,  and  Henry. 

About  1681,  Thomas  Sayer,  justice  of  the  peace,  John  Sayer,Gent. 
Charles  Daveney,  William  Pa/grave,  Maurice  Kendal  of  Grey's  Inn 
and  Bukenham  Nova,  Gents,  and  others,  were  returned  as  lords.  But 
now  the  whole  is  vested  in  . 

John  Sayer  of  Eye,  Esq.  the  profits  of  one-fifteenth  part  being 
employed  as  an  endowment  to  the  schoolmaster,  who  keeps  school  in 
St.  James's  chapel  here. 

This  John  is  descended  from  an  ancient  family  resident  at  Pulham 
for  several  hundred  years;  and  the  old  register,  which  begins  in 
1539,  shows  us,  that  it  was  as  numerous  as  any  I  have  met  with,  there 
being  great  number  of  their  births,  marriages,  and  burials,  entered 
there :  and  it  appears,  that  the  several  branches  have  been  all  of  them 
considerable  owners  in  this  parish  :  1  find,  they  have  spelt  their 
names  differently  in  different  ages,  as  Sawyer,  Sayer,  and  Saer,  which 
last  I  take  to  be  their  proper  name,  for  Saer  or  Saier,  was  anciently 
a  common  christian  name;  but  I  shall  only  trace  here,  that  branch 
from  which  the  present  lord  of  the  town  is  descended. 

John  Sayer,  senior,  of  Pulham  St.  Mary,  was  born  in  1493,  and 
was  buried  in  1583,  in  the  90th  year  of  his  age;  by  his  first  wife  he 

' Thomas  Sayer,6  who  married  Christian  Palgrave  of  Pulham- 
Market  in  1557,  and  John  Sayer,  who  married  Margaret  Thurketel; 
and  by  Rose  Skete,  widow,  his  second  wife,  he  had 

John  Sayer,  Gent,  who  in  1607,  married  Mrs.  Anne  Pulhn ; 
their  son,  „  _         .  .    , 

John  Sayer  of  Pulham,  Gent,  was  born  in  1617,  and  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dunston  of  W or lingworth  in  Suffolk, 
Gent,  who  was  buried  at  Pulham  St.  Mary  in  1653.     Their  son, 

Thomas  Sayer,  Gent,  of  Pulham,  married  Muriel,  daughter  or 
Richard  Browne  of  Sparkes  in  Tacolneston,  by  Muriel  Knevet  his 
wife,  and  had  Mr.  Edward  Sayer,  apothecary  in  Norwich,  Mr. 
Daniel  Sayer,  attorney  at  law  in  Harleston,  younger  sons;  besides 
their  eldest  son 

«  In  i6oo,Tho.  Sayer,  Gent,  of  Pul-    tended    into     Pulham,    Rushall,    and 
ham,  purchased  an  estate  here  of  John    Dickleburgh. 
Prettiman,  Gent,  and  others,  which  ex- 


3F 


PULHAM. 


John  Sayer  of  Eye,  Esq.  one  of— Dorothy  his  wife,  who  was  sister 
to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Bur- 
ton,vicar  of  Halifax  iu  York- 
shire, and  is  still  living. 


his  Majesty's  justices  of  the 
peace  for  the  county  of  Norfolk, 
who  is  now  lord  of  this  manor  ; 
but  hath  no  issue  by 

SAYER.7 


BURTON. 


The  ancient  survey  of  this  county,  hath  this, 

In  this  town,  (for  both  Pulhams  make  but  one  town,)  is  only  the 
manor  of  Pit lham,  commonly  called  Pulham  manour,  which  hereto- 
fore belonged  to  the  Bishopeick  [or  church]  of  Ely,  even  from 
the  time  of  the  Saxons,  about  800  years  since,  until  the  reign  of 
Queen  Elizabeth,  who  took  it  into  her  own  hands  with  divers  other 
manors,  and  is  now  in  possession  of  the  King  [Jac.  I.]  as  her  next 
and  immediate  heir  :  the  King  keepeth  court  and  leel,  and  hath  in  it, 
weyf,  felons  goods,  8cc.  hauking,  hunting, fishing,  &c.  The  extraor- 
dinary service  of  the  tenants  is  reveship,  hey  wardship,  and  cullyer-ship  ; 
whoever  are  cully ers  or  collectors,  gather  the  rents  of  the  other  tenants, 
and  pay  them  to  the  reeves,  and  they  at  the  audit  to  the  receiver ; 
whoever  is  heyward  calleth  the  court ;  there  is  one  that  holds  his 
lands  by  coinage,"  that  is,  blowing  a  horn  in  the  morning  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  court :  the  fines  are  certain  of  the  copyhold  lands,  at 


7  For  the  crest  see  p.  331. 

8  The  estate  held  by  cornage  is  about 
30/.  per  annum  all  in  a  hedge,  now 
owned  by  Dorothy,  late  widow  Baker, 
now  the  wife  of  Robert  Jermy  of  Pul- 
ham, there  belongs  to  it  liberty  to  keep 
hounds,  and  follow  the  game  any  where 
in  the  manor  ;  the  service  is  performed 
at  this  time,  by  one  attending  constantly 
to  blow  the  horn  before  the  court  begins, 


for  which  the  lord  pays  4^.  and  gives 
him  his  dinner ;  this  was  the  service  as 
the  lord's  huntsman  :  and  there  are  7 
acres  held  by  being  my  lord's  hangman, 
William  son  of  Adam  Akeman  held  7 
acres  by  divers  services,  all  which  were 
to  be  remitted,  whenever  a  thief  was 
hanged  in  the  manor,  he  being  obliged 
by  his  tenure  to  hang  him  in  lieu  of  all 
service  for  that  year. 


PULHAM.  403 

six  pence  an  acre.9  This  town  hath  the  privileges  of  Ely,  as  all 
other  manors,  holden  by  the  same  bishoprick ;  none  may  arrest  within 
their  limits,  besides  their  own  bailiff,  &c.  There  was  -a.  market  kept 
for  a  long  t'me  in  Pulham- Magdalen,  (the  cross  yet  remaineth,)  pur- 
chased by  the  church  of  Ely  in  the  time  of  the  Saxons,  but  now  alto- 
gether decayed,  by  reason  of  the  vicinity  of  Harleston,  a  hamlet  to 
Redenhall,  whose  market  is  on  the  same  clay. 
There  was  formerly  a  manor  here,  called 


HEMENHALE'S, 

Which  had  its  rise  in  1258,  when  Walter  de  Hemenhale  confirmed  all 
right  to  Hugh  Bishop  of  Ely ;  the  said  Bishop  conveying  to  him  200 
acres  of  land,  5  marks  rent,  40  acres  of  wood,  and  20  acres  of  mea- 
dow; and  in  1308,  it  extended  into  Redenhall. 

In  1321,  Sir  Ralfde  Hemenhale  was  lord,  and  John  de  Hemenhale 
was  his  son  and  heir;  but  in  1389,  Sir  Robert  de  Hemenhale,  son  of 
Ralf  owned  it,  and  settled  it  on  Sir  George  Felbrigge,  Knt.  and  others, 
his  trustees. 

In  1258,  Ric  de  Ketleshawe,  held  of  the  Bishop  many  lands  and 
rents  ;  and  Sir  Roger  de  Thirke/by,  in  1248,  had  a  messuage,  1 10  acres 
of  land,  and  divers  rents,  which  he  granted  to  Robert  of  St.  Ives.  In 
1342,  John  Sturmy  had  a  capital  messuage  and  40  acres,  and  divers 
rents,  which  he  held  of  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  and  Robert  was  his  son 
and  heir ;  and  in  1351,  John  Cooper  and  Alice  his  wife  had  &  free 
tenement,  120  acres  of  land,  20  acres  of  meadow,  10  acres  of  wood, 
and  15s.  rent  in  Pulham;  all  which  he  recovered  against  John  Cur- 
soun  and  Catherine  his  daughter;  and  in  1370,  Alice  his  wife,  who 
was  daughter  of  Ric.  de  Ketleshawe  or  Ketelesha/e,  in  Norfolk,  inhe- 
rited his  estate  here,  and  in  the  year  1425,  Sir  John  de  Heveningham, 
senior,  Knt.  died  seized  of  all  these  manors,  free  tenements,  and  capital 
messuages  and  rents,  called  then,  the  manor  of 

9  In  the  9th  year  of  King  Car.  I.  there  30    acres;    HadesAage-Green    about    36 

passed  a  decree  in  Chancery,  by  which  acres  ;    IVestwood  Common,  &c.     On  all 

the  Jines   of  all  the  complainants  lands  which,  the  tenants  common  with  great 

(and  of  no  other  tenants  of  the  manor)  and  small  beasts.     And  the  lete  fee  or 

all  which  are  specified  at  large  in  the  de-  common  fine  of  each  parish,  is  20s.  Among 

cree,  were  fixed  at  6d.  an  acre,  2s.  each  the  ancient  customs  of  the  manor  I  find, 

messuage,  and  is.  each  cottage,  built  or  that    the   copyholders  were    forced   to 

to  be  built,  and  these  lands  and  houses  grind  at  one  of  the  lord's  mills,  which 

on  request  made  in  court,  are  demisable  occasioned  the  two  mills  to  be  let  at  $1. 

for  2i  years,  or  any  term  under,  on  pay-  per  annum  in  those  days,  the  tithe  being 

ing  half  a  fine  as  before  stated  ;  these  allowed  out  of  it.     They  were  obliged 

tenants  are  not  to  forfeit  for  waste,  and  to  pay  a  fine  to  the  lord  for  license  or 

may   fell  timber,  &c.    without  license,  leave  to  marry  their  sons  and  daughters  : 

and  use  the  soil  at  their  own  will  and  and   to  pay   childwite  if   they  had   any 

pleasure;  but  the  rest  of  the  tenants  of  bastards;  and  could  not  sell  an  ox    or 

the  manor  hold  their  lands  at  the  lord's  male   colt  of  their  own  breed,  without 

will.     The  lands  descend  to  the  eldest  leave  of  their  lord  ;  the  market  and  fairs 

son,  and  it  gives  no  dower.  then  let  at  3  marks  and  an  half  a  year  ; 

The  commons  belonging  to  the  manor  and  divers  of  the  tenants  paid  plough- 
are  Northwood-Green,  containing  about  shares  for  ths  fines  of  their  lands, 


404  PULHAM. 


PULHAM,  HEMENHALE'S,  VAUXES'S,  STURMIN'S,  and 
STURMER'S, 

In  Pulham,  Riveshale,  Dickleburgh,  and  Titeshale,  in  Norfolk. 

But  being  all  purchased  in,  long  since,  there  is  no  such  manor  now 
existing.  The  demeans  or  manor-house,  called  Vance's  or  Vance's 
in  Pulham,  with  a  farm  at  Rushall,  formerly  part  of  the  said  manors, 
is  settled  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  New- England. 

The  dean  and  chapter  of  Ely,  have  a  small  manor  in  this  town, 
called 

WINSTON'S  cum  PULHAM, 

The  quit  rents  of  which  are  only  17s.  iOd.  per  annum;  it  formerly 
belonged  to  the  Prior  of  Ely,  who  held  part  of  it,  of  the  gift  oiOsbert 
de  Stradsete. 

For  Ric.  de  Boyland's  lands  here,  see  vol.  i.  p.  57. 

Pulham-makket  hall  is  a  good  old  house,  enclosed  with  a  high 
wall  of  brick  embattled,  and  was  formerly  the  mansion-house,  of 
the  Percies,  a  younger  branch  of  the  Northumberland  family;  in 
1543,  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  Persy,  Gent,  was  buried  in  St.  Mary's 
church  at  Pulham:  in  1564,  Cilice  Percy  was  married  to  John  Bu- 
kenham,  and  it  seems,  as  if  another  daughter  was  married  to  a  Bramp- 
ton, for  this  estate  was  owned  by  William  Brampton,  a  strenuous  man 
on  the  King's  side  in  Rett's  rebellion,  by  whom  a  great  part  of  the 

?  resent  building  was  erected,  and  it  continued  in  that  family,  till  a 
Villiam  Brampton  sold  it  to  Philip  Rosier,  who  left  it  to  Peter  Rosier 
his  brother,  late  high-sheriff  of  Norfolk,  who  died  here  in  1743.  (See 
p.  397.) 

The  arms  of  the  Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  those  of  Brampton 
impaling  Leventhorp,  are  in  the  windows. 

From  the  old  Register  of  Pulham  St.  Mary. 

1559,  John  Blomefield  single-man,  and  Eleanor  Holland  single- 
woman,  married. 

1626,  John  Blomefield  of  Starston,  and  Christian  Spendlowe, 
married. 

1550,  Paul  son  of  Peter  Bedingfield  born.  Sir  Will.  Baldwin  and 
Audry  Estowe,  married. 

1585,  Thomas  Crane,  Gent,  aged  70.  1587,  Alice  his  widow  aged 
70,  both  buried  in  the  church.  1594,  Ric.  son  of  Ric.  Crane,  Gent. 
buried.  1606,  Will,  son  of  Ric.  Crane  and  Margery  his  Wife, 
buried. 

154S,  Tho.  son  of  John  Preston,  Gent.  born.  1551,  Roland  another 
son. 

1572,  Mr.  Robert  Morland,  a  proctor  for  the  house  of  Bury, 
buried. 

1574,  Will.  Sparham,  an  old  man  and  zealous  Protestant,  buried. 


DENTON.  405 

1616,  Tho.  le  Grey,  buried. 

1607,  Margaret  daughter  of  Aslack  Lany,  Esq.  and  Eliz.  his  wife, 
baptized. 

1607,  Eliz.  Lanye  vidua  Generosa  nuper  Uxor  Johannis  Lany  de 
Cratfield  in  com.  Suff.  Generosi,  Filia  Willi.  Aslack,  ac  ultima  antiqui 
cognominis  de  Aslak,  sepulta  fuit  die  xvij°  Junij. 

1618,  Eliz.  daughter  of  Robert  Laurence,  Gent,  and  Eliz.  his  wife, 
bapt.  2  Dec.  buried  in  1618.  1619,  Will,  their  son,  born.  1622' 
Eliz.  their  daughter. 


DENTON, 


1  akes  its  name  from  the  Saxon  word  ben,  a  cave,  or  hollow  place 
between  two  hills,  which  exactly  answers  to  its  situation  :'  the  pre- 
sent church  stands  on  a  high  hill,  and  the  parsonage-house  on  the 
north  side  of  the  churchyard,  in  the  very  den  or  hollow,  from  which 
the  village  is  named.  The  superiour  jurisdiction  over  towers  freemen 
of  this  town,  from  the  time  of  the  Conquest  to  this  day,  hath  passed 
with  the  hundred  of  Ear sham  ?  but  the  chief  manor  of  Denton,  was 
held  of  Bishop  Stigand  by  Alfriz,  in  the  Confessor's  time,3  and  by 
Eudo  son  of  Spiruwin  at  the  Conqueror's  survey;  when  it  was  worth 
4l.  per  annum  the  town  being  then  a  mile  long,  and  four  furlongs 
broad,  and  paid  \Sd.  geld.  This  came  to  William  de  Albany,  who 
joined  it  to  Bukenham  castle,  with  which  it  passed  many  ages,  as  you 
may  see  at  vol.  i.  p.  369,  &c.  Another  part  which  formerly  belonged 
to  Bury  abbey,  was  held  by  Tarmoht,  and  after  by  the  saidLWo;* 
this  constituted  that  manor  called  Payone's  in  Denton. 

1  Thus  Den  and  Strand,  in  the  old        3  In  eadem   tenuit  Alfriz  i.  liber 

law  terms,  signifies  liberty  for  a  ship  to  homo  Stigandi  T.R.E.  ii.  car.  terretunc 

run  aground  or  come  ashore,  which  they  x.  villani   modo  viii.  tunc  viii.  bordarij 

usually    did   in  such    places    for  their  modo  vi.  semper  iii.  serv,  tunc  ii.  car. 

safety.  in  dominio  modo  dim.  tunc  vi.  car.  ho- 

1  Terre    Stigandi    Epi.scopi    quas  minum  modo  iiii.  modo  silva  xxx.  pore, 

custodit  Wil.  de  Noiers,  in  manu  Regis,  vi.  acr.  prati  et  dim.  rnol.  et  iiii.  soc. 

Hersam  dim.  hund.  Doms.  fo.  52,  3.  de  xx.  acr.  terre  tunc  valuit  lx.  sol.  m° 

In  Dentuna  xii.  liberi  homines  de  iiii.  libr.  habet  i.  leug.  in  longo  et  iiii. 

his  habebat  Stigandus  socam  in  Ersam,  et  quar.  in  lato,  et  de  Gelto  xviii.rf.  qui- 

habebant  xl.  acr.  et  de  iiii.  Sanctus  Ed-  cunque  ibi  teneat,  soca  in  Hersam. 
MUNDUS  habebat  socam  et  habebant  xl.         4  Terre   Eudonis    fillj    Spiruwin. 

acr.  quod  nee  dare  nee  vendere  poterant  Hersam  dim.  Hund.  Doms.  fo.  246. 
terram  suam  extra  ecclesiam.     Sed  Ro-         In  Dentuna  tenuit  Tarmoht  i.  liber 

gerus  Bigot  addidit  in  Ersam  propter  con-  homo  Regis  Edmundi  ii.  car.  terre  tunc 

suetudinem,   quia  soca  erat   in  Hund0.  x.  villani  et  v.  bord.  tunc  viii.  modo, 

semper  v.  car.  inter  omnes.  semper  ii.  serv.  tunc  ii.  car.  in  dominio 

In  Redanahalla  et   in  Dentuna   ii.  m°  dim.  tunc  vi.  car.  hominum,  modo 

liberi  homin.   Stigandi  cum  soca  xxiii.  iv.  modo  silva  xxx.  pore,  v-  acr  prati, 

acr.  terre  semper  dim.  car.  et  dim.  acr.  et  dim.  mol.  et  iiii.  de  xx.   acr.   terre 

prati,  appretiatum  est  cum  alijs.  tunc  valuit  lx.  sol.  modo  iii.  libr. 


406  DENTON. 


DENTON  cum  TOPCROFT  MANOR 

Passed  with  the  Albanys,  and  at  the  division  of  the  estate  of  that 
family  among  female  'heiresses  (as  at  vol.  i.  p.  372,)  was  allotted, 
among  others,  to  Sir  Rob.  de  Tateshall,  Knt.  in  whose  family  it  conti- 
nued till  the  failure  of  issue  male.  In  1227,  King  Henry  III.  granted  to 
Sir  Robert  deTateshale,  Knt.  a  charter  fox  free-warren  here,  which 
was  confirmed  to  Constantine  Clifton,  his  heir;  and  in  1285,  Rog. 
Bigot  was  found,  as  lord  of  the  hundred,  to  have  joint  free-warren 
with  him  :  it  went  from  the  Tateshales  through  the  Bernaks,  Orrebys, 
&c.  as  at  vol.  i.  p.  374,  &c.  to  the  Cliftons,  and  continued  in  that 
family  with  Bukenham  castle,  till  1447,  and  then  Sir  John  Clifton, 
Knt.  gave  this  manor  (as  at  p.  377,  vol.  i.)  to  Robert  Clifton  his 
cousin,s  and  his  heirs;  who, jointly  with  Elizabethhh  wife,  conveyed 
the  united  manors  of  Denton  cum  Topcroft,  the  manors  of  Hoes  and 
Littlehall  in  Denton,  with  the  advowson  of  the  church,  to  Sir  Gilbert 
Debenham,  Knt.  son  of  Sir  Giles  de  Debenham,  Knt.  together  with  a 
manor  in  Denier,  and  the  advowson  of  St.  Giles's  chapel  in  Topcroft ; 
the  manors  then  extending  into  Denton,Topcroft,  Alburgh,  Bedingham, 
IVotton,  Hemenhale,  Hadesco-thorp,  and  DicUburgh ;  and  by  a  fine 
passed  soon  after,  they  were  settled  on  Tho.  Gardyner,  as  trustee,  for  the 
use  of  Robert  and  E/iz.  Clifton  his  wife,  for  life,  remainder  to  Sir  Tho. 
Breicse,  of  Salle  in  Norfolk,6  andlVenham'mSu  folk, and  Eliz.  his  second 
wife,  sister  and  heiress  to  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham,  and  their  heirs  :7  Sir 
Thomas's  will  is  dated  in  1479,  by  which  he  ordered  himself  and  wife 
to  be  buried  in  JVodebridge  priory  church,  of  which  he  was  patron, 
and  where  many  of  his  ancestors  lie;  he  had  four  sons,  William,  Ro- 
bert, John,  and  Edward,  and  a  brother  named  Robert,  whose  daughter 
Av.ne,  was  a  nun  at  Redlingfeld ;  he  gave  his  manor  of  Stinton's  in 
Salle,  to  William  his  eldest  son,  after  the  death  of  Eliz.  his  wife,  to 
whom  he  gave  the  manors  of  Hawker's,  Denton,  Topcroft,  Hoo,  and 
Littlehall,  with  the  advowsons  of  Denton  and  St.  Giles's  chapel  in 
Topcroft,  for  life;  and  his  feoffees  settled  them  accordingly,  with  re- 
mainder to  Robert  Breicse,  Esq.  his  second  son, and  his  heirs";  he  mar- 
ried Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Wing  field  of  Let/ieringham  in 
Suffolk,  Knt.  and  was  succeeded  by  Thomas  Brewse  of  Topcroft- Hall 
and  JVenham  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  who  in  1514  was  lord;  he  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  Scroop  of  Bent  ley  in  Stiff.;  their  son,  Sir  John  Brewse  of 
JVenham,  was  lord  in  1533  and  1582;  and  in  15t)0,  Thomas  Brewse, 
Esq.  whose  son  John  Brewse,  in  1602,  was  lord,  being  then  six  years 
old;  he  was  afterwards  knighted,  and  married  Cecily,  only  daughter 
to  John  Wilton  of  Topcroft,  Gent,  (see  vol  i.  p.  364.)  and  soon  after 
the  Wiltons  were  lords.  In  1650,  I  find  that  Rob.  Wilton,  son  of 
Ric.  Wilton,  brother  to  the  said  Cecily  Brewse,  held  a  court  baron  for 

5  This  Robert  was  son  of  Thomas,  called  Tcpcroft-Hall,  and  had  free  hunt- 
brother  of  Sir  John,  and  ancestor  to  the  ing,  hawking,  fishing,  and  fouling  foe 
Cliftons  of  Toftrees  in  Norfolk.  their  lives,  in  the  united  manors  of  Den- 

6  See  p.  371,  and  vol.  i.  p.  3C4.  ton  cum  Topcroft,  Hoes,  and  Lutkhall,  in. 

7  In  1464,  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Clif.  Topcroft. 
ton  lived  in  the  principal  manor-house 


DENTON.  407 

Denton  cum  Topcroft,  and  a  lete  for  Topcroft;  that  for  Denton 
belonging  to  the  Duke's  hundred  of  Earsham ;  and  it  passed  with  the 
Wiltons  as  Wilby  did,  till  Nic.  Wilton,  Esq.  who  held  court  here  in 
1679,  sold  it  in  ]680,  to 

George  Smith,  doctor  of  physick,  second  son  of  John  Smith  of 
North  Nibley,  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire,  son  of  John  Smith,  sheriff  of 
Gloucestershire  in  1569,  son  of  Thomas  Smith  of  the  same,  sheriff  of 
the  said  county  in  1550,  who  descended  from  the  Smiths  of  Elking- 
ton  in  Lincolnshire,  who  flourished  in  Henry  the  Sixth's  time,  and 
were  returned  among  the  gentlemen  of  that  county,  and  afterwards  of 
Tremblethorp ;  and  thence  about  1527,  Thomas  aforesaid  settled  at 
Nibley,  where  the  elder  branch  have  resided  to  this  day  from  father 
to  son.8  This  George  took  his  master  of  arts  decree  at  Oxford,  and 
afterwards  travelled  heyond  sea  25  years,  and  on  the  24  of  Dec.  1038, 
was  admitted  doctor  of  physick  at  Padua,  as  a  fine  diploma  now  in  the 
family  testifies;9  in  which  he  is  called  Nobilis  Ang/us;  he  married 
Mary,  daughter  and  heiress  of  David  Offley  of  Cheshire,  Esq.  by 
whom  he  had  one  son,  Offley ;  his  second  wife  was  Anne,  daughter  of 
William  Chilcot  of  Isltworth  in  Middlesex,  Esq.  who  survived  him, 
but  had  no  issue;1  he  is  buried  in  Topcroft  chancel,  with  this  on 
his  stone,  and  the  arms  of  Smith  between  those  of  Offley  and 
Chilcott. 

Here  lies  buried  Dr.  George  Smith,  Dr.  of  Physick,  he  was  Son 
of  John  Smyth  Esq;  of  North  Nibley  in  Gloucestershire,  he  died 
in  Topcroft- Hall  the  15  of  Aug.  170-  he  had  2  Wives,  Mary 
Dr.  of  David  Offley  of  London  Esq  ;  by  whom  he  had  one  Son 
Offley  Smith;  and  Anne  the  Daughter  of  William  Chilcott  of 
lsleiiorth  in  Middlesex  Esq  ;  by  whom  he  left  no  Issue. 

Offley  his  son  inherited  at  his  death ;  who  was  likewise  a  great 
traveller,  and  never  resided  at  Topcroft,  but  died  at  London  in  1708, 
and  lies  buried  in  St.  Bride's  church  there,  leaving  this  manor  and 
estate  to 

George  Smith,  his  eldest  son/  by  Mary  daughter  of  Thomas 

8  The  Smiths  of  Nibley  have  a  very  '  She  is  buried  in  Topcroft  chancel, 
good  estate,  now  owned  by  George  Smith,  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar  rails,  with 
Esq.  who  is  married,  and  hath  issue  ;  he  Smith's  arms  impaling  CHiLCOTT,two 
was  son  of  George  Smith  who  was  sheriff  lions  rampant  in  fess,  on  a  pile  in  point, 
of  Gloucestershire,  son  of  Edward  three  garbs  of  reeds  in  a  lozenge. 
Smith,  a  Welsh  judge,  son  of  John,  who  Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Mrs.  Anne 
was  also  sheriff,  and  in  the  list  for  one  Smyth,  the  Widow  of  George 
of  the  Knights  of  the  Royal  Oak,  Smyth  Doctor  of  Phisick,  and  only 
eldest  brother  to  Dr.  George.  Most  of  sister  of  William  Chilcott,  Esq; 
this  family  were  in  the  commission  of  who  departed  this  Life  May  the 
the  peace  for  Gloucestershire.  iolh  170S,  aged  64  yeats. 

Will.  Smith  of  Redcliff  in  Buck-  And  in  the  chancel  is  a  stone  with  Chil- 

nghamshire,  the  great  royalist,  created  cott's  arms  and  crest  of  two  reed  garbs 

baronet  10  May  1661,  was  of  this  family,  in  saltier. 

brother  to  the  Doctor's  father,  who  had  William  Chilcott  Esq  ;    of  Isle, 

two  other  brothers  killed  in  the  King's  worth  in  Midlesex.  ob.  Aug.  31, 

service,  and  was  himself  a  great  sufferer.  1705,  set.  67. 

9  1661,  May  21,  George  Smith,  There  are  also  stones  for  John  Smyth, 
M.  D.  of  Padua,  was  incorporated  at  ob.  29  June,  1652,  and  Richard  his  son, 
Oxfo'd,  M.  D.  there,  he  was  lately  of  3  Nov.  1654. 

Queen's  College  in  Oxford,  and  was  at-  a  Against  the  north  chancel  wall  at 
terwards  of  the  college  of  physicians.  Topcroft,  there  is  a  neat  mural  monu- 
Wood's  Ath.  Oxon.  pag.  81S.  ment  of  white  marble,  with  the  crest  and 


403 


DENTON. 


Archer  of  Gloucestershire,  Esq;  who  settled  at  the  manor-house  of 
Toper of i-hall,  the  present  seat  of  the  family;  he  married  Mary,  3d 
daughter  of  William  Churchman,  Esq.  of  IUington,  now  living,  and 
his  widow:  in  1735,  he  was  sheriff  of  Norfolk,  and  died  in  Dec.  1745, 
leaving  a  numerous  family. 

William  Smith  of  Topcroft  Esq.  his  eldest  son,  a  minor,  is  now 
lord  of  these  united  manors. 

The  said  George  Smith  left  also  a  second  son,  Offley  Smith,  Gent, 
of  Harleston  in  Norfolk,  who  by  Bransby  Bransby  his  wife,  hath  issue. 
And  also 

Anne  a  daughter,  married  in  Gloucestershire. 

Crest,  on  a  wreath  a  heron's  head  erased,  with  a  fish  in  his  beak 
proper.3 

SMITH. 


HOE'S  MANOR  IN  TOPCROFT, 

Being  joined  to  Denton  cum  Topcroft,  I  choose  to  treat  of  it  here  :  it 
belonged  at  the  Conquest  to  Bury  abbey,  and  at  the  survey  Berenga- 
rius  held  it  of  the  Abbot/  and  the  lete  then  belonged  to  it,  and  it  was 

arms  of  Smyth  quartering  Churchman 
(see  vol.  i.  p.  449)  and  this. 

In  Memoriam  Georgij  Smyth  Ar- 

migeri,  qui  juxta  hoc  marmor  se- 

pultus  jacet,  Uxorem  reliquit  Ma- 

riam,  Filiam  natu  tertiam  Gulielmi 

Churchman  Armigeri,  de  IUington 

in  Norfolciae  Comitatu,  E  qua  nu- 

merosam   susceperat  prolem  ;   Ge- 

nus,  et  noraen   duxit  a  Generosa 

Familia  Glocestria;  Provinciam  in- 

colente  ;  nempe'  huic  Georgio,Pater 

erat  Offley,  illi  Georgius  M.D.  (qui 

primus  apud  Topcroft,  sedem  fixit 

A0  Dom.  MDCLXXX)  Filius  se- 

cundus    Johannis   Smyth    Armig. 


de  North-Nibley  in  Agro  Gloces- 
trensi:  obijt  decimo  Die  Decembris 
MDCXUII,  Quadragenarius. 

3  See  Guillim,  fo.  361,  Edit.  London, 
1724. 

*  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sco.  Eadmundo, 
H.  Lodir.ga  Doms.  fo.  183. 

In  Topecroft  tenet  Berengarius  de 
Abbate  ti.  car.  terre,  quod  tenuere  ii. 
pis.  T.  R.  E.  semper  iv.  villani.  et  x. 
bordar.  tunc  ii.  serv.  m°  i.  semper  ii. 
car.  in  dom.  et  iii.  car.  hominum  silv. 
iii.  pore.  iii.  acr.  prati  et  i.  soc.  de  ii. 
acr.  tunc  valuit  xxx.  sol.  modo  xl.  Sane- 
tus  Edmundus  socam. 


DENTON.  409 

Worth  40s.  per  annum  :  this  man  was  infeoffed  in  it  hy  Abbot  Bdldwyn, 
and  in  1196,  Roger  de  Hoo  owned  it;  in  the  year  1300,  he  was  re- 
turned as  holding  it  by  inheritance  from  John  de  Hoo  his  father;  in 
this  record  he  is  called  Howe  ;  he  divided  it  into  two  parts,  that  in  Top- 
croft,  Roger  de  Coggeshale,  and  the  other,  Nic.  de  Fahham  had  ;  and 
being  soon  after  united,  it  passed  through  many  hands,  and  was  pur- 
chased by  Andrew  de  Bixton,  citizen  of  Norwich,  whose  feoffees,  in 
1348,  conveyed  it  to  Catherine  his  widow  for  life,  and  then  to  Jeffery 
his  son  and  heir,  who  sold  it  to  the  Cliftons,  and  in  1378,  Sir  John 
Clifton  was  lord,  and  in  1458,  Robert  Clifton,  Esq.  who  had  it  by  in- 
heritance from  his  father,  joined  it  to  i'opcroft  cum  Denton  manor, 
with  which  it  still  remains. 


LITTLE-HALL  MANOR  IN  TOPCROFT 

Is  also  joined  to  the  aforesaid  manor:  this  had  its  original  in  1302, 
when  Robert  de  Tateshall,  the  fourth  of  that  name,  then  lord  of  Top- 
croft  and  Denton,  granted  to  William  de  Bernak  and  Alice  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Robert  de.  Driby,  sister  and  heir  of  John  de  Driby,  and 
their  heirs,  about  the  third  paVtof  the  manor,  to  be  held  of  his  capital 
manor  at  Qd.  a  year,  (see  vol.  i.  p.  374)  John  Bernak,  their  son  and 
heir,  had  it,  and  after  him  Hugh  his  brother;  in  1352,  Richard  Ber- 
nak, and  Alice  daughter  of  Ric.  de  JVatervil,  his  wife,  had  it;  and 
with  Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  John  Bernak,  it  went  to 
her  husband  John  Stonham,  Esq.  and  so  to  the  Greys;  John  Grey, 
Esq.  of  Topcroft,  was  the  first  that  owned  it  of  that  family ;  he  left  it 
to  Robert  Grey  his  son  and  heir,  who  sold  it  to  John  Stanhawe  of 
Bedingham,  whose  son  Ra/f  Stanhawe  was  lord  in  1409,  and  before 
1447,  sold  it  to  Robert  Clifton,  Esq.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who 
joined  it  to  his  other  manors,  with  which  it  still  remains. 

The  customs  of  these  manors  are, 

The  eldest  son  is  heir,  they  give  no  dower,  every  messuage  pays  6s. 
Sd.fine  certain,  every  acre  of  land  of  the  old  grant  or  feoffment,  pays 
2s.  each  acre  fine  certain,  and  every  acre  of  the  new  grant  As.  Jim 
certain. 

„,.  t    C  Ex  parte  Denton  are  18/.  19s.  Qd.  \ 

The  quit-rents,^  R/parte  TopcKOFT   lg/.  18s.  \  a  yea,. 

A  decree  in  Chancery  passed  5  Nov.  1590,  between  Thomas  Brewse, 
Esq.  lord,  and  the  tenants,  settling  the  customs,  and  decreeing  the 
measure  of  land  according  to  custom,  to  be  21  feet  and  an  half,  to  the 
perch  or  pole  ;  the  tenant's  to  cut  timber  as  they  please,  to  repair  their 
copyholds  ,•  and  also,  for  plough  boot,  gate  boot,  stile  boot,  cart  boot, 
paling,  and  all  other  necessary  uses,  free  of  all  demand  from  the  lord, 
and  no  distinction  to  be  made  ;  but  may  take  off  Denton  to  use  at  Top- 
croft, and  off  Topcroft  to  use  at  Denton  :  but  in  the  decree  is  this, 
"  The  Lords  without  Lett  or  Denial  of  the  Coppihold  Tenants,  in  a 
«  convenient  Time,  and  without  any  unnecessary  Damage  to  the  said 
"  Coppiholders,  or  their  said  Lands,  may  Uike,  have,  and  perceive, 
"  convenient  and  sufficient  Timber  of  the  Trees  now  being,  or  here- 
"  after  growing  upon  the  Coppihold  Premises,  or  any  Part  thereof,  for, 

vol.  v.  3G 


10  DENTON 

and  towards  the  building,  transposing,  repairing,  bettering,  or 
amending  or"  the  Manor  House  of  Topcroft-Hall  in  Topcroft 
aforesaid,  or  any  of  the  Houses,  Buildings,  or  Edilices  thereof;  or 
of  any  Water-Mills  of  the  Lord's,  within  the  said  Manors,  or  any  of 
them,  and  not  otherwise,  without  the  Assent  or  Consent,  of  the  said 
Coppiholderor  Customary  Tenant,  that  then  shall  have  the  present 
Estate  or  Inheritance,  upon  whose  Coppihold  Lands  and  Tenements 
the  same  Trees  been,  or  shall  he  standing  and  growing;  Provided 
that  He  orThey  shall  not  take  so,  but  that  there  shall  be  always  left 
by  Him  or  Them,  to  every  several  Coppiholder,  of  whom  Timber 
shall  be  so  taken,  sufficient  Timber  upon  his  several  Coppihold  for 
his  necessary  Uses  aforementioned,  from  Time  to  Time." 


WESTHALL,  or  PAYONE'S  MANOR  IN  DENTON, 

Was  formerly  a  considerable  one,  extending  into  divers  towns.  It 
was  in  two  parts,  in  1239,  Stephen  de  Brokedish  granted  his  part 
(which  contained  a  carucate  of  land)  to  John  son  of  Hamun,  and 
Maud  his  wife,  who  in  1249  was  called  John  de  Denton  ;  in  1256, 
he  claimed  to  be  superiour  lord  of  his  own  fee,  excluding  the  Earl 
Marsha/,  who  had  only  the  weyfs  of  it  in  right  of  the  hundred.  Roger 
de  Denton  succeeded,  and  in  1397,  Will,  de  Wotton  had  it;  and  in 
1345,  Rob.  de  Occult,  and  then  it  became  joined  to  the  principal  part 
of  the  manor,  which  was  infeoffed  by  Bury  abbot  in  the  Bygods,  and 
by  them  in  the  Boises  of  Fersfie/d,  and  passed  with  that  manor,  as  you 
see  in  vol.  i.  p  74,  &c.  In  1345,  Sir  John  Howard  had  it;  in  1401, 
Gilbert  Fraunsham  was  lord  ;  and  it  was  soon  after  purchased  by 
Stephen  Pat/on  of  Denton,  and  left  to  William  Pay  one,  from  whom  it 
took  its  name:  the  next  owner  I  meet  with,  was  John  Bengys,  parson 
of  Seaming,  who  released  it  to  Robert  Rous  of  Dennington,  Sir  Will. 
Phclip,  Knt.  Sir  John  Carbonel,  Ric.  Pykot,  and  Robert  Park,  to  the 
use  of  Ric.  Pykot ;  and  so  it  became  joined  to  Starston-hall  manor,  to 
which  I  refer  you. 

This  church  is  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary,  who  had  her  image 
in  the  chancel,  with  a  light  burning  before  it.  Domesday  of  Norwich 
tells  us,  that  it  was  valued  at  36  marks,  that  the  rector  had  a  house  and 
carucate  of  land,  and  paid  2s.  synodals,  7s.  Id.  ob.  archdeacon's  pro- 
curations, and  14rf.  ob.  Peter-pence.  The  Corography  says,  there  are 
SO  acres  of  glebe  inclosed,  and  wooded,  lying  ruund  the  house  within 
itself,  and  hath  a  pretty  manor,  having  about  20  copyholders,  and  six: 
marks  a  year  quitrents,  the  Jines  being  at  the  will  of  the  lord.  This 
town  paid  4/.  10s.  clear  to  every  tenth.  It  stands  thus  in  the  King's 
Books; 

24/.  Denton  rectory,  2/.  8s.  yearly  tenths. 

And  consequently  pays  Jirst-fruits,  and  is  incapable  of  augmentation. 

RECTORS. 

Will,  de  Brehull,  chaplain  to  King  Edw.  I.  who  granted  a  pro- 
hibition in  the  31st  year  of  his  reign,  that  no  one  should  molest  him 
for  non-residence. 


DENTON.  411 

1317,  Will,  de  Diss.  Sir  John  de  Cove  Knt.  and  Eve  his  wife, 
this  turn,  in  right  of  Denton  manor. 

1334,  Peter  de  Bledneworth.  Tho.  de  Brotherton  Earl  of 
Norfolk,  this  turn,  as  belonging  to  Earsham  hundred. 

1346,  Richard  de  Boghay  or  Bowgheyn,ob.  Lady  Eve  de  Tate- 
shale,  by  settlement  of  Sir  Rob.  dt  Tattshale,  her  former  husband, 
for  life. 

1353,  William  de  Panham,  shaveling.  Sir  Adam  de  Clifton, 
Knt.  this  turn.  He  was  deprived,  because  the  King  recovered  the 
turn  against  Sir  Adam,  and  presented 

Will,  de  Gyppewico,  or  Ipswich,  who  died  rector. 

1357,  Ric.  de  Burtone.     Sir  Adam  Clifton,  Knt. 

1357,  Ric.  de  Skidby.  The  King,  as  guardian  of  the  estate  of  John 
de  Orreby  deceased,  having  recovered  it  against  Adam  de  Clifton,  one 
of  the  cousins  and  heirs  of  Rob.  de  Tateshale. 

1361,  Will,  de  Stoke,  priest.  Sir  Adam  Clifton,  who  recovered 
it  against  the  King.     He  changed  in 

1365,  For  the  mediety  of  Westburgh  in  Lincoln  diocese,  with  John 
de  Horsham.     Sir  Ror.  Bernake. 

1380,  Robert  Ethom.     Lady  Margaret  Countess  of  Norfolk. 

1407,  John  Holm.  Ric.Gegh,  Jam  es  Biimngford,  and  John 
Rawlyn,  this  turn. 

1432,  Ra/f  Wolman.  Sir  Ralf  Lord  Cromwell  and  Tate- 
shall,  who  had  two  turns,  one  by  right  of  inheritance,  another  on 
account  of  the  purparty  allowed  hi  in  at  the  death  of  Mary  Rous,  and 
the  third  turn  belongs  to  Sir  John  Clifton,  Knt. 

1460,  Rob.  Hope,  LL.  B.     John  Duke  of  Norfolk,  ob. 

1468,  Tho.  Cosyn,  S.T.  B.  Lapse.  He  resigned  for  a  pension  of 
10  marks  per  annum,  out  of  it,  with  the  Bishop's  consent. 

1511,  Edw.  Aimer,  bachelor  in  the  decrees.  Tho.  Earl  of 
Surrey. 

1532,  Ric.  Cornwaleis,  who  was  not  eleven  years  old,  was  al- 
lowed by  the  Pope  to  hold  it  in  commendam  till  he  was  18  years  old, 
and  then  was  to  become  rector  and  be  instituted.  Tho.  Duke  of 
No/folk,  who  presented  the  following  rectors: 

1545,  Henry  Simonds,  at  whose  deprivation  in 

1554,  Henry  Carter  succeeded.     He  was  buried  here  Dec.  Q, 

1562,  and  John  Porter  had  it,s  who  resigned  in 

1574,  to  John  Porter,  who  in  1603,  returned  136  communicants 
in  this  parish;  he  was  presented  by  Will.  Dix.  and  Will.  Can- 
trell,  feoffees  to  the  Duke.     At  his  resignation  in 

1612,  John  Blague,  A.  M.  had  it.  The  Earl  of  Northampton. 
Ob.  * 

1638,  Will.  Goad,  or  Good,  S.  T.  B.  John  Woodward,  Gent.6 
this  turn. 

s  Comes  Arundellie  Patronus,  Jo-  chidiaconi    vij.s.     vij.d.    ob.      Revis. 

harmes  Porter,  A.M.   predicator  licen-  Archid.  Norf.  A0  1630. 
ciatus,  rector,  estimatioejiisuem,  xxiv.l.         6  Charles  Woodward,  A.  M.  of  Sid- 

jnde   decinia    xlviij.s.     Hi iuiitie    xxi.l.  ney  Coll.  Cant.  aet.  25,  born  at  Denton, 

xii.s.     Procurations   episcopi  vj.s.    Si-  ordained  deacon  in  1642. 
nodalia   ij.s,  iij.d.     Procurationes  Ar-         1562,  John  Green  and  Alice  Garnish 
married. 


412  DENTON. 

1662,  Robert  Rogerson,  A.  M.  Henry  Howard,  second  son  of 
Henry  late  Earl  of  Arundel.     He  was  succeeded  in 

1714,  by  Mathew  Postlethwayt,  A.  M.  who  was  presented  by  Ro- 
bert Herne  of  Denton,  patron  of  this  turn;  he  was  afterwards 
rector  of  Redenhall,  and  archdeacon  of  Norwich;7  in  1719,  he  pub- 
lished a  sermon  in  quarto,  on  Acts  xxvi.  9,  entituled,  "  The  moral 
Impossibility  of  Protestant  Subjects,  preserving  their  Religious 
or  civil  Liberties,  under  Popish  Princes,  &c.  Preached  at  Norwich 
Cathedral,  Nov.  5,  17 18."     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Postlethwayt,  the  present  rector  who 
holds  it  united  to  Thelton.  The  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  is  per- 
petual patron,  but  must  present  one  that  is,  or  hath  formerly  been, 
fellozo    of  Merton  college  in  Oxford? 

The  Church,  chancel,  two  isles,  and  north  porch,  are  leaded  ;  the 
north  vestry  is  down.  At  the  west  end  stands  a  low  square  brick 
tower,  in  which  there  are  three  bells  ;  in  the  churchyard,  on  the  south 
side,  there  are  memorials  for  Rob.  Tip/and  1635.  John  Jay  1659, 
ast.  77.  Henry  Jay  his  son  lfi80,  aet.  70.  Rachel  Stone  formerly 
wife  of  Henry  Jay  Gent.  1706,  S4. 

Jay's  arms,  as  in  vol.  iv.  p   316. 

Crest,  a  pair  of  wings  conjoined  with  a  mullet  over  them. 
Smith  of  Suffolk,  or  a  chevron,  and  on  a  chief  gul.  three  martlets 
arg. 

Under  this  Stone  lieth  the  Mortal  Part  of  Ames  Smith  Gent, 
ob.  8  March  1738,  aet.  36.  whose  beloved  Wife,  was  Sarah,  the 
only  surviving  Child  of  Robert  Tite  Gent,  by  whom  he  had  6 
Children,  4  survived  their  Father,  viz.  Tite,  Eliz.  Sarah,  and 
Ames.  Also  Robert  Tite  Gent,  who  died  23  Febr.  1737,  at.  75. 
In  whom  was  extinct  the  male  line  of  the  family  of  the  Tiies, 
who  have  flourished  in  the  parish  of  Denton,  from  the 
SO  Hen.  VIII.  1538,  as  appears  by  the  Register  Books  of  the 
said  Parish,  who  have  also  been  possessed  of  Lands  in  the  same, 
ever  since  4  Edw.  VI.  as  appears  by  the  Survey  Book  of  Top- 
croft  cum  Denton.  Also  Ames  Son  of  Ames  and  Sarah  Smith 
aforesaid,  who  died  23  Nov.  1742. 

7  See  vol.  iii.  p.  641.  Denton.     The   life   of  this   gentleman 

5  John  Postlethwayte,   A.  M.  may  be  seen  at  large  in  the  life  of  Dean 

high  or  chief  master  of  St.  Paul's  School,  Co  let,    written    by  Samuel    Knight, 

of  Merton  college  in   Oxford,  by  will  D.  D.  and  published  at  London  1724, 

dated  Sept.  5,  1713,  gave  to  the  Arch-  Miscel.   N°  VI.  p.  384,  &c.  where  the 

bishops  of  Canterbury  for  ever,  the  per-  inscription  designed  for  his  monument 

pettul  advowson  of  the  rectory  of  Den-  in  St.  Austin's  church,  London,  where 

TON  in  Norfolk,  which  he  purchased  of  he  was  buried  in   1713,  with  that  in  this 

the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  on  condition  that  chancel  window,  is  printed.      His  cha- 

the  Archbishops  should  every  vacancy,  racter  by  John  Hancock,  D.  D.  rector 

collate    "  such  persons  as  shall   be  at  of  St.  Martin's  Lothbury,  London,  is  in 

"  those   times  respectively,  fellows   of  the  memorials  and  characters,   with  the 

"  Merton  college  mOxford,   or  such  as  lives    of  eminent   and  worthy  persons, 

"have   been  (formerly   fellows   of  the  published   in    folio   at    London,    1741, 

"  saidcollege)  as  theirGraces  shall  judge  price  \l.  6s.  6d.  in  sheets.   He  was  uncle 

"  fittest  and  most  worth."     He    gave  to  the  late  Archdeacon  Postlethwayte, 

also  200/.  for  adorning  the   chancel  at  rector  here. 


DENTON.  413 

On  a  decayed  stone  against  the  south  chancel  wall  in  the  church- 
yard. 

Rob.  Tj/fe  and  Helen  his  sister,  the  one  died  in  Maye  the  other 
in  June,  A.  D.1635. 

The  east  chancel  window  is  all  of  painted  glass,  the  most  perfect 
and  curious  I  have  seen  in  any  country  village;  it  contains  the  arras 
of  Howard,  Brotherton,  Warren,  and  Mowbray,  quartered. 

France  and  England  in  a  garter. 

Norwich  city,  gal.  a  castle  arg.  and  a  lion  of  England. 

Branch  and  Rede  impaled. 

Canterbury  see  impaled  with  the  arms  of  the  Archhishops 
Morton,  Kemp,  Sheldon,  8tc 

Az.  a  cup  between  two  annulets  or,  quartered  with  gal.  a  leopard's 
face  or.  Gal.  a  cross  buttony  arg.  impales  az.  and  or,  a  fess  between, 
three  owls  c<>unterchanged.  Vert,  frette  or,  an  annulet  sab.  Barry 
of  8  arg.  and  gal.  a  lion  rampant  or,  quartering  quarterly,  1,  Az.  a 
cross  moliue  or.  2,  Lozenge  or  and  gul.  Erm.  a  cross  ingrailedgw/. 
Arg.  a  chevron  between  three  eagles  heads  erased  sab.  armed  or. 
Arg.  a  cross  ingrailed  gul.  between  three  sinister  hands  cooped  at 
the  wrist  arg.  Arg.  a  lion  rampant  gul.  on  a  bendlet  az.  three 
bezants.  Crest,  a  griffin  passant  or,  and  six  coats  in  a  shield: 
3,  Gul.  on  a  saltier  arg.  an  annulet  in  fess  sab.  2,  Or,  a  frette  gul.  a 
canton.  3,  Az.  a  chief  indented  or.  4,  Quarterly  or  and  gul.  a  bend 
$ab.  5,  Gul.  a  fess  between  six  croslets  or.  6,  Arg.  a  fess  between 
three  martlets  in  chief,  and  a  chevron  in  base  az. 

Will.  Bannister  de  Com.  Somerset  Armig.  Vert,  a  maunch 
arg.  impaling  gul.  a  cross  between  4  plates  arg.  Elizabetha  Filia 
it  Heres  Phillippi  de  Wellesleigh,  Com.  Somerset. 

Johannes  Sturton  de  Preston  P/uchnet  Com.  Dorset.  3s  Villus 
Johannis  Domini  Sturton.  Sab.  a  bend  or  between  six  plates^ 
impaling  gul.  three  lions  passant  arg.  surmounted  by  a  bend 
gobone  or  and  az.  Cathtrina 

Gul.  a  chevron  erm.  between  three  garbs  or,  impaling,  arg.  a 
bend  between  two  water-budgets  sab. 

Motto,  Pace,  Plenitudo. 

Crest,  a  dove  with  an  olive  branch  in  its  beak  proper,  and  this 
Motto,  Tons  Jours  Verd. 

And  in  the  middle  pane  is  this  inscription  : 

JOANNES  POSTLETHWAYTE  A.  M. 

Hujus  Ecclesise  nuper  Patronus, 

Testamenta  legavit  200/. 

Quibus 

Tota  ha3c  Fenestra 

Multicolor  conficeretur. 

Cancelli  hi  ornarentur 

Mensa  Dominica  Instruerentur, 

Plumboq;  cooperirentur, 


414  DENTON. 

Quae 

Omnia  perfecit 

Matth^us  Postlethwaytb 

Patroni  nepos 

Et 

Ecclesiaa  Rector, 

A.  D.  MDCCXVII. 

In  a  south  chancel  window  over  the  rectory  pew,  are  the  arms  and 
quarterings  of  C.  le  Grys  and  Manfylde. 

Over  the  altar  is  a  new  painting  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  in  which 
our  Saviour  and  his  apostles  are  represented. 

In  the  chancel  there  are  stones  for  Mart/  wife  of  John  Jacob  1662. 
John  Tindal  166S.  Robert  Randall  1649.  Robert  Randall  Gent. 
I69O.  Jane  Randall.  Bruce  Randall  1608.  Robert  son  of  Robert 
Randall  1681.  with  this; 

Tis  Sinne  that  slates  Man  in  Mortality, 
Altho  so  young,  yet  old  enough  to  dye. 

On  a  brass  against  the  north  chancel  wall, 

In  this  church-yard  over  against  the  chancel  door,  lyeth  bu- 
ried the  body  of  Anne  the  Wife  of  William  Goode,  Minister  of 
Denton,  who  was  the  Daughter  of  Edward  Foster  of  Thome  in 
Yorkshire,  ob.  Oct.  4,  1645. 

There  is  a  mural  monument  of  white  marble  against  the  north 
chancel  wall,  with  the  following  crest,  arms,  and  inscription. 

Crest,  a  hand  proper,  holding  a  de-lis  or. 

Rogerson,  arg.  a  fess  between  a  de-lis  in  chief,  and  an  annu- 
let in  base  or,  impaling  Gooch. 

M.S.  Robertus  Rogerson  A.M.  nat.  xviii  Cal.  Jul.  Ifi27, 
hujus  Ecclesiae  Curam  A.  D.  1660,  suscepit,  quam  plus  Annos 
liv  Pastor  sustinuit,  nee  nisi  cum  Vila  senex  deposuit.  Dex- 
tramque  versus  hujus  ad  Muri  pedem  pulvis  futurus  pulveri  im- 
mistus  jacet,  ubi  longa  post  Divortia  rejungitur  Barbara  suae 
benevolenlissimae  Gul.  Gooch  de  Metingham  St{ff.  Annig. 
Filiae,  Denatae  Anno  Partus  virgiuei  1637,  Materni  1684.  Hie 
etiam,  et  parentibus  e  prole  sua  duodena  bis  quatuor  condormi- 
entes  accubant;  Thomas  el  Robertus  Filij,  Anna  et  Elizabetha 
Filiae,  soli  e  tot  suis  superstites, 

H.  M.      P.  P.  P.' 

Abi  Lector  et  resipisce. 

On  a  black  marble  in  the  chancel,  are  the  crest  and  arms  of  Ro- 
gerson, impaling  a  lion  rampant  between  three  holly  leaves. 

9  Hoc  Monumentum  Posuere  Plures. 


DENTON.  415 

Sub  hoc  marmore  ad  caput  charissimas  matris  sure  sj>e  beatas 
Resurrectionis  requiescunt  Cineves  Filij  obsequentissimi  Thom/e 
Rogerson  A.  M.  de  Ampton  in  Agio  Suffolciensi,  aliquandiu 
Rectoris  vigilantissimi,  Viri  Pielatis  8c  Probitatis  eximise,  judicij 
perspicacis  &  limati,  Fortitudinis,  et  tamen  Modestiae  suinmae, 
Prudeutise  et  Sagacitatis  egregise,  mansuetudinis  et  Lenitatis 
laudabilis,  Candoris  et  Cumitatis  singulars.  Charitatiset  Bene- 
ficeutiae  Memorabilis  :  Qui  peracta  Vita  vert-  Christiana,  vere 
Sacerdotali,  tandem  in  Domino  obdormivit,  Martij  xiv.  Anno 
set.  sua;  LX1I.  In  carnation  is  autem  Dominicae.  MDCCXXIII. 
Hui'c  etiam  a  Latere  accumbit  Susanna  Uxor  ejus,  Quam  (a 
nuptijs  usque  ad  mortem)  habuit  chariorem  seipso  :  Quaeque  hoc 
Monumentum  marito  et  sibi  condendum  voluit :  obijt  ii  Die  Nov. 
Anno  Dni.  MDCCXL.  iEtatis  suae  LXXVIll. 

This  gentleman  being  a  nonjuror,  resigned  his  living  of  Ampton, 
and  afterwards  lived  a  peaceable,  retired  life,  and  died  with  a  fair 
character  ;  he  gave  by  will,  the  moiety  of  the  clear  yearly  rent  of 
six  acres,  let  at  bl.  per  annum,  towards  supporting  a  charity  school  in 
Denton,1  and  if  there  be  no  such,  to  furnish  every  poor  family  with  a 
Bible,  a  Whole  Duty  of  Man,  and  Christian  Monitor ;  and  every 
poor  person  with  a  Common-Prayer-Book  ;  and  the  rest  to  be  distri- 
buted in  bread  every  first  Sunday  in  the  month  after  divine  service, 
among  sucn  poor  housekeepers  only,  as  constantly  keep  their  church, 
and  frequently  receive  the  Sacrament;  the  profits  to  be  received  and 
applied  by  the  rector  of  Denton  for  the  time  being,  for  ever. 

In  the  nave,  on  a  brass, 

Here  resteth  expectinge  the  second  Cominge  of  our  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ,  the  Body  of  Margaret  Gedge,  Wife  of  Robert 
Gedge,  who  ended  this  Life  beinge  at  the  Age  of  50,  and  was 
buried  the  24  of  July  1619.  Also  John  Gedge  Lather  of  the  said 
Robt.  was  buried  24  Nov.  1621,  aged  87- 

There  are  stones  for  Katherine,  relict  of  Robert  Randall,  1672,  and 
Mail/  their  daughter,  1680.  At  the  west  end,  Hester  wife  of  Jeremy 
Thompson,  1712,  45.  Sarah  wife  of  Sam.  Harmer,  1729,  56.  Will. 
son  of  John  Harvey,  Gent.  1689,  3.  Eliz.  daughter  of  John  and 
Eliz.  Harvey,  1698,  5.  Grace  wife  of  Will.  Hervey  of  Bedingjield- 
hall  in  Sujjolk,  daughter  of  John  Cullum  of  Thorndon,  Gent.  I6y4,75. 
Eliz.  wife  of  John  Hervy  of  St  Cioss  in  Sutfb/k,  Gent,  and  eldest 
daughter  of  William  Love,  Esq.  1718,  55.  John  Hervey,  her  hus- 
band, eldest  son  of  the  said  Will.  Hervey  and  Grace  his  wife,  1732,84. 

By  the  north  isle  door,  lie  Mary  Wife  of  James  Tompson,  1713,25, 
and  two  children. 

The  north  porch  hath  a  stone  arch,  and  a  chamber  over  it,  with 
several  carvings  in  stone,  of  the  Resurrection,  the  Salutation,  the  Last 
Judgment,  and  our  Saviour  walking  on  the  water. 

I  find  by  the  terrier,  that  the  rector  receives  divers  portions  of 
tithes  from  Earsham,  Bedingham,  and  Alburgh,  in  which  last  village 
»  N.  B.  there  is  a  school  now  kept  here. 


416  DENTON. 

there  is  a  meadow  belonging  to  Denton  parish  :  there  are  7  acres  and 
an  half  of  town-lands  to  repair  the  church ;  a  pightle  called  Charitable 
Use  Pightle,  of  20s.  a  year,  for  the  use  of  the  poor,  which  was  given 
by  Mr.  Jo/in  Porter,  formerly  rector ;  Robert  Rogersoit,  rector,  by 
his  will  dated  1713,  gave  a  piece  of  land  intermixed  with  the  glebe, 
for  the  augmentation  of  the  rectory  for  ever. 

In  1693,  Sarah  Bidbank  gave  8s.  per  annum,  to  buy  Bibles,  to  be 
given  away  at  Easter  by  the  church-wardens.  Mr.  PVarues  gave  20s. 
per  annum  to  the  poor  labourers  of  Denton,  which  is  now  paid  by 
the  treasurer  of  the  Boys  Hospital,  in  Norwich,  for  which,  see  vol.  iv. 
p.  413. 

This  hundred  is  all  enclosed,  and  as  good  fertile  soil  as  any  part 
of  Not  folk. 


[417  ] 


THE 


HUNDRED  OF  HENSTEDE. 


The  hundred  of  Henstede,  anciently  called  Henesteda,  or 
HEiNESTEDE,inDo/wesday  Book,  takes  its  name  from  ihe  Saxon  words 
J)ine,  a  husbandman,  and  j-TeSa  a  place  or  mansion  ;  and  so  signifies 
the  place  or  dwelling  for  the  husbandmen,  which  shows  as  if  this  part 
was  cultivated  before  the  adjacent  part  of  the  country,  which  is  no 
wonder,  if  we  consider  that  the  old  Roman  Castrum  or  Castre  is  in  it, 
which  was  a  defence  for  them  against  all  invaders. 

Iu  the  Confessor's  time,  the  Abbot  of  St.  Bennet  at  the  Holm  had 
a  freeman,  who  held  5  acres,  &c.'  the  rest  of  the  hundred  being  the 
King's,  at  both  the  Confessor's  and  Conqueror's  Surveys,  all  the 
churches  were  valued  in  their  several  manors.  The  fee  of  the  hundred 
is,  and  always  was  in  the  Crown,  and  have  in  different  ages  been 
leased  out  to  divers  persons,  as  in  1327,  John  to  de  Clavering,  lord  of 
Horseford,  and  it  continued  with  that  honour  some  time ;  it  was  then 
worth  Ql.per  annum,  "  without  oppressing  the  count?//,"  (as  the  words 
of  the  records  say)  and  the  Earl-Marshal,  by  his  bailiff,  held  pleas 
De  vetito  Namio  (withernam)  and  had  free-warren  in  all  his  demeans 
in  the  hundred :  the  town  of  Amringhale  was  exempt  from  the  hun- 
dred, as  belonging  to  the  Prior  of  Norwich;  as  also,  the  towns  of 
Trous  and  Newton,  on  the  same  account:  King  James  I.  demised  it 
to  Sir  Charles  Cornzcaleis,  Knt.  Charles,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Will  a/ii 
Comwaleis,  Knt.  and  Thomas  Cornwakis,  second  son  of  Sir  Charles, 
for  their  lives,  and  the  longest  liver  of  them,  with  all  its  rights,  court 
letes,  felons  goods,  &c.  at  the  yearly  rent  of  six  pounds  and  nine  pence 
halfpenny  farthing,  or  10/.  increased  rent  for  the  whole  hundred, 
which  paid  yearly,  clear  of  ail  deductions,  56/.  Os.  2d.  to  every  tenth, 
and  is  all  in  the  deanery  of  Brook,  and  archdeaconry  of  Norfolk. 


The  annual  payment  of  each 
town  in  this  hundred  to  the  land 
tax,  at  4s.  in  the  pound. 

/.     s.  d. 
Ameringhall  -  S3      1     4 

Bixley  -  45      1      4 

Bramerton         -         -     74     4     0 


The  quarterly  payment  for  each 
town,  for  quarterage,  vagrant-mo- 
ney, &c.  for  a  600/.  levy  each 
quarter.  /.    s.     d. 

Oil      0 

-  -  O    1.;      6 

-  -  0    IS      0 


1  Hund.  de  Henesteda, 
Sancti  tienedicti  T.  R.  E.  ' 
VOL.  V. 


liber  homo     bord.  et  dim.  car.  et  val.  sol.  omnes  ec- 
acr.  et  ii.     clesie  sunt  in  pretio  cum  mauerijs. 
3  H 


418 

Castor  St.  Edmund 

Framlingham-.Ear/ 

Framlingham-Pz'cctf 

Holveston 

Khby-Bedon 

Great  and  Little  Por- 

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Rocklands 
Saxlingham-  Nether- 

gate 
Saxlingham-T^orp 
Shottishain  All-Saints 
Shottisham  St.  Mary, 

St.  Martin,  and  St. 

Buttolph 
Sioke-Holy-Cross    - 
Surliiighams 
Trowse  with  Newton 
Wicklingham 
Yelvertoa 


AMERINGHALL. 


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AMERINGHALL, 


Oo  called  from  Almaric,  its  Saxon  owner :  this  manor  was  a  berewie 
to  Thorp  by  Norwich;  at  the  survey  it  belonged  to  the  Conqueror, 
and  was  under  Godrics  management;  the  village  was  rive  furlongs 
Jong,  and  three  broad,  and  paid  8d.  to  the  geld  or  tax.1  It  continued 
in  the  Crown  till  given  to  one  Flahatd,  \\  itii  the  manor  of  Lahtnham, 
and  his  son  Alan  gave  it  to  the  church  of  Norwich;  and  it  was 
settled  by  Bishop  Herbert,  with  the  King's  consent,  on  the  prior  and 
monks  there.  In  1206,  8th  of  King  John,  Robert,  the  chaplain  of 
Ameringhale,  settled  70  acres  of  land  here,  and  seven  acres  in  Tronse- 
Newton,  on  the  prior  and  convent,  after  his  own,  and  his  wife  Estritd's. 
death,  and  the  death  of  their  son  John.  In  1281,  Edward  I.  licensed 
Richard  de   Swerdeston  and  Isabell  his  wife  to   convey  and  settle 


*  Heinestede  Hund.  Doms.  fo.  51. 
Sub.  tit.  tene  Regis  quam  Godricus 
servat. 

Hameringfhala  i.  hrewita  de  i. 
car.  terre  pertinens  in  Torp.,  tunc  xvi. 
vill.  post  modo  viii.  luiic  ii.  servi  m° 
null,  semper  iii.  bord.  tunc  1.  car.  et  di- 
niid.  in  duminio,  post  et  modo  i.  tunc 
iiii.  car.  hom.  post  et  modo  i.  tunc  iiii. 


car  hom.  post  et  modo  ii.  silva  viii.  porci 
et  xii.  acr.  prati,  tunc  i.  mol.  post  et 
modo  nullus  qui  Eudo  Clama  hunc  ab- 
stulit  T.  R.W.  modo  tenet  R.  de  Bel/ago 
successor  suus,  teste  hundreto  et  reddit 
xxui.  so).  In  berwita  sunt  iiii.  socmanni 
de  xx.  acris  terre  semj  er  i.  car.  habet  v. 
quar.  in  longo  et  iii.  in  lato.  et  de  gelte 
viii.  d. 


AMERINGHALL.  419 

man}'  lands  in  this  village,  on  the  prior  and  convent  of  Norwich.  In 
1285,  the  prior  had  view  of  frankpledge,  and  assise  of  bread  and  ale 
belonging  to  this  manor,  which  continued  till  the  convent's  dissolu- 
tion in  the  monaster}',  and  was  regranted  to  the  dean  and  chapter, 
who  are  now  lords;  it  hath  been  leased  out  by  them,  to  the  families 
of  the  Mingays  and  Hemes,  and  Sir  Horace  Pettus  of  Rackhithe, 
Bart,  hath  the  present  lease. 

The  Prior  was  anciently  taxed  for  the  manor,  rents,  and  lands,  at 
11/.  13s. 

And  for  his  impropriate  tithes  and  spiritualities,  six  marks,  and  8d, 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  and  was  appro- 
priated by  John  de  Grey  Bishop  of  Norwich,  to  the  chamberlain  of 
that  monastery  ;3  the  rectory  was  valued  at  six  marks,  and  the  vicarage 
at  40s.  and  was  not  taxed ;  it  paid  3d.  carvage,  but  no  synodals,  pro- 
curations, nor  Peter-pence;  it  being  exempt  from  the  archdeacon's 
jurisdiction  :  the  Dean  and  Chapter  hath  probate  of  wills,  and  all 
archidiaconal  power,4  but  at  the  appropriation  the  Bishop  reserved 
to  himself  and  successours,  all  pontifical  and  parochial  jurisdiction, 
and  gave  them  liberty  to  serve  the  church  by  their  chaplains,  re- 
moveable  at  pleasure ;  but  yet  they  were  forced  to  endow  a  vicarage, 
to  which  the  Prion  of  Noi-wich  presented  the  following 


VICARS. 

1313,  Sir  Ralf,  the  first  vicar. 

1314,  John  de  Mendlesham. 

1347,  Hugh  Gruhbe,  res. 

1348,  Roger  Lcfstau,  res. 

1348,  Tho.  Ethelyn. 

1349,  Ric  Benetin. 

1S55,  Rob.  Hey  of  Castor,  res. 
1360,  Hugh  Magges  of  Shropham. 
1378,  Will  at  Church  of  Couteshale. 

1381,  Roger  Calf,  res. 

1382,  Peter  de  ll'iuch,  who  exchanged  for  Hales  vicarage. 
And  he  was  the  last  that  1  find  instituted  till 

1579,  and  then  Thomas  Ser/eby  was  presented  by  the  dean  and 
chapter,  and  held  it  united  to  Trowse,  and  since  there  have  been  no 
vicars,  but  the  church  hath  been  served  (as  it  now  is)  once  every 
fortnight,  by  a  perpetual  curate,  nominated  by  the  dean  and  chapter, 
■who  pay  him  an  annual  stipend:  it  is  now  served  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
John  Brand,  vicar  of  Easton.5     See  vol.  ii.  p.  395. 

3  In  1205,  Norwich  prior  held  it  of  raciones,  nee  visitatur  ab  Archid'acano 

the  monks  of  St.  Catherine  de  Monte,  Norf.    Revis.  Archid.  Norf.  A0  1630. 

(see  vol.  iv.  p.  425)   a  cell  of  Norwich  s  1593,  Martin  Stebbin,  curate.   1710, 

monks  at  St.  William  in  the  Wood  on  Mr.  Tho.  Havers  of  Stoke- Holy-Cross, 

Mushold,  who  were  maintained  out  of  curate,  pension  zol.  per  ann.  In  1+45,  the 

the  profits  of  Lakenham,  and  this.  chamberlain  repaired  the  vicarage-house. 

*  See  vol.  iv.  p.  558,  63.  Appropria-  1330,   John  Dodelington,  rector  of  St. 

tur  camerario  Prioratus  Norwici,  nume-  Mary  at  Marsh  in  Norwich,  gave  half 

ratur  inter  peculiares  Decani  ac  Capituli  an  acre  here  to  Norwich  sacrist. 
Norvici,  non  solvit  sinodalia,  nee  procu. 


420  AMERINGHALL. 

Here  was  a  small  chapel  dedicated  to  St.  Andrew,  now  demolished  ; 
it  stood  at  a  place  called  Belhawe. 

The  church  is  eleven  yards  long,  and  five  and  an  halt'  hroad,  the 
chancel  is  seven  yards  long,  and  the  same  breadth  as  the  church,  and 
are  both  thatched ;  there  is  a  square  tower  about  35  feet  high,  and 
three  bells,  but  no  isles  or  porch. 

On  a  brass  plate  in  the  altar  rails, 
Johannes  Stanhowe  et  Anna  Uxor  ejus. 
(I  find  that  John  Stanhowe,  Gent,  lived  here  in  15S3.) 

On  a  stone  in  the  chancel, 

Here  lieth  interred  the  Body  of  that  Religious  and  Charitable 
Gentlewoman  Mrs.  Jane  Stannowe,  first  the  Wife6  and  Widow 
of  Nic.  Heme,  Esq;  and  lastly  of  John  Smith,  Esq;7  who  ex- 
changed this  Life  the  27  of  Mar.  A.  D.  1649,  aged  62  Years 
and  upwards, 

Vivit  in  iEternum  quae  Christo  vivere  novit, 
Mortua,  non  inoritur,  pulvere,  non  perijt. 

Arms  of  Brereton.  John  Brereton  Apothecary  of  Norwich,  ob. 
Aug.  26,  1710,  30.  William  Brereton,  Gent.  5  Apr.  1700,  71.  Ric. 
Brereton  17  Aug.  1708,  39.  Susanna  Wife  of  William  Aug.  17, 
1714,66. 

Johnson,  a  fess,  over  all  on  a  saltier  five  crosses  moline.  Will. 
Johnson  9  Aug.  1703,  74. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  altar  is  a  mural  monument  with  the  arms  of 

Heron,  or  Herne,  sab.  a  chevron  er.  between  three  herons,  or 
hemes,  arg. 

Crest,  a  heme's  head  and  neck  erased  arg.  gorged  with  a  ducal 
coronet  or. 

Pitt,  az.  three  bars,  in  chief  three  stars  or. 

Siste  Gradum,  Viator,  dum  prseconis  vices  hoc  marmor  supplet, 
et  quisquis  es,  velim  ut  Scias :  Hoc  non  indignum  scitu,  Lapis 
noster  in  humum  vergens,  ac  de  humo  loquens  humilis  est,  et 
ideo  non  quid  intus  latitat,  sed  quid  extra  jacet,  narratiEvo  prae- 
senti  et  f'uturo,  Johannis  Hernij  Armigeri,  depositum  in 
tumba  propinqua  dormit,  totuiu  scilicet  Hkrmj  quod  dormire 
poluit:  iSi  quaeiis  Quis,  et  qualisfuit  ?  Gentem  et  iVIentem  indi- 
cabo.  Joannis  Utmij  de  Hendon  in  Agio  Middkexia,  Juris 
cousulti  Celebris,  Regis  et  Ecclesias  in  nuperis  nostroium  Moti- 
bus  Hyperaspistis  strenui  et  inmoti,  Films  vere  primarius  et 
primogenitus  C'ollegij  Sancti  Johannis  apud  Oxonienses,  necnon 
Hospitij  Lincoltiiens'is  Alumnus  meritissimus,  ingenio  subtilis  et 
placidus,  Concilio  Cautus,  et  Nervosus,  Eloquio  promptus,  di- 
sertus,  ordinatus.     Ast !  quum  Annos  nondum  46  numeia-sset, 

*  She  was  second  wife,  7  He  lived  here  in  1631. 


AMERINGHALL.  421 

proli  Dolor !  Dolorum  Catervis,  Febii,  Scrofula,  Podagra,  Scor- 
buto,  Calculo,  Dvssenteria,  exhaustus,  e.xustus,  obrutus,  abreptus ; 
sexto  Martij  Anno  Salutis  Reparatae  1  t>G4 .  Unicse  et  Lectissimas 
Conjugi,  sex  Filijs  el  tribus  Filiabus  valedixit,  animain  Christum 
spirantem,  Christb  reddens. 

Meestissima  Vidua  hoc  Mausoleum  erexit  in  Memoriam  Mariti 
intenti,  seu  potius  avolati,  tanquam  pignus  amoris  non  interituri, 
alteram  Folij  paginam,  cum  Deus,  Vitas  et  necis  arbiter  evoca- 
verit,  ipsa  cum  ipso  lubenter  divisura. 

In  the  other  column. 

M.  S.  Marie  Herne  Filise  Georgij  Pitt  de  Harrow 
super  Montem,  in  Agro  Middlesexiensi,  Armig.  Conjugis  clilec- 
tissimse  Johannis  Herne  de  Ameringale  Norf.  Arm.  quag  33 
Paulo  minus  annos  viduata  viro  cursum  hunc  peregit  fceliciter, 
nempe  Deo,  Devoia,  Virtuti,  Pietati,  Fidei,  Arnica,  Panperibus. 
tan  turn  nou  prodiga,  nee  tamen  suis  Parca,  spe  certa  annisque 
tandem  plena,  exoptata.  requievit  Morte.  Jan.  31,  A°  iEtatis 
suae  74.  Dom.  l(i<}7 

Vive  quasi  quotidie  moriturus, 
Moreie,  ut  vivas  perpetuo. 

Hec  te  scire  volo,  nil  te  moror  amplius,  hujus  et  memor  humanae 
Conditionis,  Abi. 

I  find  that  Nicholas  Herne  of  Tibenham  in  "Norfolk,  had  Ni- 
cholas, his  eldest  son,  who  came  and  built  a  good  seat  at  Amring- 
hale  (which  is  the  house  now  standing)  and  settled  there:  he  was 
clerk  of  the  Crown,  and  raised  large  fortunes,  and  had  two  wives,  but 
leaving  no  issue,  his  estate  descended  to  his  brother,  Richard  Heron, 
or  Heme,  Esq.  alderman  of  London,  who  married  Alice,  daughter  of 

Pascke,   D.  D.    of   Cambridge,    by    whom    he    had    two    sons, 

Nicholas,  his  eldest,  and  John  Herne  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  his  second 
son,  to  whom  he  gave  Ameringale ;  he  married  Susan,  daughter  of 
John  Woodward,  Esq.  grocer,  and  alderman  of  London,  by  whom  he 
bad  John  Heme  aforesaid,  who  was  buried  under  this  monument,  and 
by  Mini/,  daughter  of  George  Pitt,  his  wife  had  six  sons  and  three 
daughters:  1,  Susan,  married  to  Luke  Clapham  of  Ludlow  in  Shrop- 
shire. 2,  Mary,  to  Beuj.  Stone  of  London,  merchant,  but  died 
without  issue.  3,  Catherine,  unmarried  in  1/08.  The  6th  son, 
Lionel,  was  a  merchant  in  London,  had  a  deputy  teller's  place  in  the 
Exchequer,  and  died  a  widower  without  issue  in  1714,  and  was  buried 
in  St.  Andrew's  Holboum,  London.  Robert,  the  5th  son,  was  fel- 
low of Clare-hall  in  Cambridge,  and  died  without  issue ;  as  did  Thomas, 
the  4th  son,  and  George,  the  2d  son. 

John  Herne,  the  eldest  son,  married  first,  Mary  Cotton,  and  is 
buried  in  the  altar  rails  under  a  marble,  with  the  arms  of  Herne  and 
Cotton  impaled,  and  this, 

Here  lieth  interred  together,  the  Bodies  of  Mary  the  Wife  of 
John  Heme,  Gent,  (and  one  of  the  Co-heirs  of  Lucking  Co/ton, 
of  St  a  rsl  on  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  Gent.  29  Apr.  1674,  24. 
And  of  John  their  only  Son,  who  died  two  Days  before  his 
Mother,  being  21  days  old. 


422  CASTOR. 

His  second  wife  was  Dorothy,  daughter  of  William  Cooke  of  Broom, 
Esq.  who  is  also  buried  by  her,  under  a  black  marble  with  the 
arms  of 

Herne  impaling  Cooke,  or,  a  chevron  ingrailed  gul.  between 
three  cinquefoils  az.  on  a  chief  of  the  2d,  a  lion  pussant  guardant 
arg. 

Mortales  exuviae  Dorothea  Heme,  Filiae  natu  maximae  Gulielmi 
Cook  de  Brome,  Armigeri,  Uxoris  charissimae  Johannis  Htrne  de 
Amringhall  Armigeri,  et  Filia,  Uxor,  optima.  Ecclesiae  Angli- 
canae  devotissima  alumna,  omnimodis  Virtutibus  Christianis, 
morumq;  Elegantia.  ornata,  aetate  Florente,  pietate  Integra, 
puerperio  discessit.     A0.  JEtatis  suae  23,  Dom.  1679. 

Leaving  no  issue  by  his  wives,  his  estate  at  his  death,  about  l6l6, 
went  to 

Francis  Herne,  his  third  brother,  who  was  a  Spanish  merchant, 
and  married  a  Flatman,  by  whom  he  had  Eliz.  Anne,  and  Frances; 
and  a  son,  Francis  Herne,  Esq.  who  sold  Ameringale  to  Dame 
Eliz.  Pettus,  mother  of  Sir  Horace  Pettus,  Bart,  the  present 
owner. 

Here  is  an  acheivement  of 

1,  Herne.  2,  Pitt.  3,  Barry  of  six  or  and  sab.  a  canton  gnl. 
4,  On  a  pale  ingrailed  gul.  three  de-lises  or.  5,  Arg.  a  bend  between 
three  bees  sab.  on  an  inescutcheon  of  pretence,  sab.  a  chevron  between 
three  wiverns  heads  arg.  6,  Cooke.  7,  Or,  a  cross  between  three 
cocks  gul.  8,  Gul.  a  crescent  erm.  between  8  martlets  or.  9,  Vert, 
nine  de-lises  arg.  10,  Arg.  a  fess  between  three  crescents  sab.  11, 
Shelton.  12,  Brome.  13,  Or,  a  fess  chequy  arg.  and  az. 
14  as  1. 

To  the  southern  part  of  this  town,  joins 


CASTOR, 


The  ancient  Castrum,  or  one  of  the  chief  camps  of  defence  when 
the  Romans  possessed  this  country.  I  take  it,  that  after  Claudius 
Cesar  entered  ibis  land,  which  was  about  the  46th  year  after  Christ, 
and  Ostorius,  his  Proprcctvr,  or  lieutenant,  had  vanquished  the  Iceni, 
the  old  inhabitants  ot  ihese  parts,  who  openly  opposed  them,  and  de- 
fended their  country  to  the  very  utmos-t  of  their  power,  that  then  they 
first  settled  here,  raised  camps,  appointed  colonies,  and  fixed  stations, 
in  order  to  keep  the   new  conquered  country  in   subjection,  and  to 

3  Ostorius  Scapula  prefuit.  A0  15  Claudij. 


CASTOR.  423 

fortify  themselves  against  any  future  attempts  of  the  natives;  that  in 
case  of  any  turn  of  adverse  fortune,  they  might  not  be  destitute  of 
strong  camps,  and  large  fortifications  to  retire  to,  till  they  could  either 
turn  the  scale  themselves,  or  gain  time  to  send  to  their  allies  to  come 
to  their  assistance;  and  that  in  case  of  necessity,  such  help  might 
not  be  hindered  (like  a  wise  and  warlike  people)  they  always  took  care 
so  to  fix  their  camps  and  stations,  in  all  places  where  the  situation  and 
course  of  rivers  would  permit,  that  they  might  have  a  free  passage  by 
them  to  the  ocean,  either  to  have  assistance  by  men  or  provisions, 
whenever  they  wanted  them  ;  or  if  they  could  not  keep  their  ground, 
a  safe  retreat  at  least,  for  their  persons  and  effects  ;  thus  landing  at 
the  Garienis  Ostium,  or  mouth  of  the  Yare,  where  Yare-mouth  now 
is,  they  fixed  a  strong  castle  on  the  south  side,  placed  a  garrison 
of  the  Stablesian  horse  the  e,  named  it  Gariononum  (from  its  situation, 
on  the  Garienis,  or  Yare)9  and  so  made  it  a  guard  as  well  as  an  entry, 
into  that  part  of  the  country  which  is  now  called  Suffolk,  the  remains 
of  which  still  are  very  perfect ;  the  town  that  belonged  to  it  assuming 
the  Saxon  name  buigh  from  this  fortification,  at  this  day  called  Burgh 
Castle  ;  where  abundance  of  coins, jibulas,  and  other  Roman  antiqui- 
ties are  now  found  :  opposite  to  this,  on  the  northern  side  of  the 
water,  as  an  inlet  into,  and  guard  of,  that  country  which  is  now 
called  Norfolk,  they  made  another  camp,  and  called  it  Castrum,  and 
the  village  in  which  it  was,  is  now  called  Castor  or  Castre.  And  fol- 
lowing the  river  up  into  the  country  till  the  course  of  it  divided  into 
two  streams,  they  turned  with  that  on  the  southern  side,  and  at  the 
first  streight  where  it  was  easy  to  command  the  passage  over,  fixed 
this  camp,  which  for  its  dimensions  and  strength  was  named  Cas- 
trum, or  the  camp,  by  way  of  eminence;  and  is  still  called  Castor  ; 
it  was  certainly  their  most  considerable  fortification  in  these  parts,  as 
appears  from  its  dimensions,  which  remain  very  conspicuous  to  this 
day  :  it  is  a  square  single  vallum  and  rampart,  and  hath  been  en- 
closed with  a  strong  wall  of  flints  and  Roman  bricks,  still  evident  in 
many  places  ;  the  grand  entrance  was  in  the  middle  of  the  east  part, 
at  each  corner  of  which,  there  were  mounts,  or  watch-towers;  and 
below  on  the  west  part,  which  was  washed  by  the  Tails,  or  Tese,  was 
a  water-gate  with  a  round  tower  by  it,  where  the  vessels  used  to  un- 
load :  the  whole  site  contains  about  30 acres,  at  the  south-east  corner 
within  the  rampart,  stands  the  parish  church,  placed  there,  on  ac- 
count of  the  convenience  for  the  materials  of  which  it  is  built;  for 
the  whole  is  of  flints,  and  pieces  of  Roman  bricks,  taken  from  the  old 
walls  of  the  camp  ;'  and  indeed,  most  of  the  houses  in  the  parish,  are 
built  of  the  like  materials;  at  the  south-east  end  of  the  chancel,  in 
the  bottom  of  the  trench,  is  a  small  spring  or  zvell  of  water,  about  five 

9  Mr.  Cambden  says,  the  Garienis  or  it  ;  but  this  is  an  errour,  and  so  is  the 

Yarienis    was    called    by    the    Britains  whole,  as  to  Norwich  standing  on  Bara- 

GuERNt,  by  the  English  Gerne  or  Jere,  den,  &c. 

from    the     alder-trees     (so     named    in  *  The    Roman  bricks  are  16   inches 

British)with  whichit  was  overshadowed;  and  an  half  long,  a  foot  broad,  and  an 

and  that  it   rises  at  Gerveston  or   Je-  inch  and  half  thick;   there  are  some  at 

reston,  near  the  middle  of  the  county,  the  south-west  corner  of  the  church,  and 

and  so  comes   by  Berfurd  to  Erlham,  at  the  two  corners  of  the  chancel. 
Eaton,  &c.  making  Castor  to  stand  on 


424  CASTOR. 

feet  deep,  which  is  always  full  and  very  cold.  I  never  heard  of  any 
urns  found,  which  makes  me  think,  there  was  no  burial-place  ap- 
pointed here,  but  at  the  Venta  Icenorum;  which,  though  Mr. 
Cambden  and  others  have  thought  fit  to  fix  here,  I  can  by  no  means 
join  with  them,  for  reasons  already  given  in  my  2d  volume,  at  the 
2d  and  3d  pages;  [see  vol.  iii.  p.  2,3;]  but  imagine  that  place  to 
have  been  at  what  we  now  call  North-I^.nham,  where  there  is  by  far 
a  greater  number  of  urns  found,  than  at  any  place  in  the  counties  of 
Norfolk  or  Suffolk;1  all  the  several  known  Roman  burial-places,  being 
far  less  than  that :  the  country  people  now  call  it  Castor-castle?  and 
the  part  of  the  tower  by  the  water,  when  it  stood  higher  than  it  does 
now,  might  give  rise  to  its  being  so  called.  1  take  it,  when  the  Ro- 
mans in  general  quitted  this  land,  which  was  about  the  year  418  alter 
Christ,  that  this  camp,  being  deserted  in  a  good  measure,  the  re- 
maining Romans  and  natives  joining  together,  became  one  people, 
and  the  situation  where  Norwich  now  is,  being  much  better  than 
that  at  Castor,  as  standing  on  rising  and  high  ground,  and  on  a  far 
better  stream,  this  at  Castor  declining,  as  the  sand  at  Yare's-mouth 
increased,  most  of  them  left  this  place  and  settled  there,  as  well  for 
the  better  convenience  of  fishing,  as  for  carrying  their  goods  higher 
up  into  the  inland  parts  of  the  country,  even  to  Venta,  which  though 
then  in  the  decline,  yet  remained  a  place  of  more  note  than  this;  till 
by  the  fixing  of  the  sand  on  which  Yarmouth  now  stands,  the  water 
so  far  retired,  as  to  cut  off  all  commerce  to  it  by  that  element,  and 
then  Venta  wasted  very  speedily  as  Castor  had  done  ;  out  of  the 
ruins  of  which,  the  new-founded  city  of  Norwich  suddenly  sprang 
up  to  great  maturity  ;  but  yet,  Castor  was  a  place  still  regarded,  as 
as  fit  for  defence,  and  as  such  always  belonged  to,  and  was  in  the 
hands  of  the  Saxon,  English,  and  Danish  kings,  both  before,  in,  and 
after  the  Heptarchy  ;  tiil  King  Eduard  the  Confessor  gave  it  to  the 
monastery  of  St.  Edmund  his  kinsman,4  with  Mi/deuha/e,  and  the 
eight  hundreds  and  an  half,  in  Suffolk ;  and  Thcrkltel,  a  noble 
Dune,  who  had  obtained  the  keeping  of  this  place,  with  a  grant  of 
part  of  it,  gave  his  part  with  Thorp,  in  common,  to  the  monasteries 
of  St.  Edmund  and  St.  Bennet  at  the  Holm,1  and  upon  the  Abbot  of 

a  I  am  told  of  two  urns  found  at  Dun-  dimid.    hundreda    illi    appendencia    et 

ston-hill  some  time  since,  which  is  on  Castre,  &c.  Consuetud.  Abb.  Sci.  Ed- 

the  other  side  of  the  river,  but  not  a  mundi,  penes  Car.  Baronem  Cornwaleis 

mile  from  the  camp.  1726  fo.  73.     And  in   Register    Pinch- 

3  In  1575,  a  survey  of  this  town  was  bek,  fo.  181,  there  are  entered  3  cam- 
made  upon  oath,  and  the  lands  belong-  cates  of  land.  10  villeins,  7  bordars,  4 
ing  to  the  several  manors  of  Over-hall  socmen  of  25  acres,  given  to  that  abbey 
and  Nether-hall  in  Castor,  and  of  Black  by  King  Edward  the  Confessor,  &'c. 
worth-hall,  Ameringhall,  and  Framling-  which  is  also  recited  in>  the  Black  Re- 
ham  Pigot,  which  extended  hither,  were  gisterofthat  abbey  at  fo.  167.  Mon. 
all  described,  and  among  other  lands,  Ang.  vol.  i.  fo.  292. 
some  are  abutud,  Ad  pedem  rr.ontis  5  Thvrketel,  Thane,  ded  t  Deo  et 
Muri  Castelli.  And  the  land  within  Sancto  Benedicto  de  Hulmo,  in  com- 
the  rampart  is  thus  described,  terrainfra  muni,  Castre  etTorp.  Regr.  Alb.  fo. 
peetcm  Montis  Muri  Castelli  ctmtinet  cum  19.  Piixhbek,  fo.  223.  His  will  is 
fossata.  Sec.  recited  at  large  in  the  Sacrist's  Regr.  fo. 

*  Hex  Edwardus  dedit  cognato  suo  43.     Mon.  Ang.  torn.  i.  fo.  294. 
Sancto  Edmundo.  Mildenhale  et  Octo  et 


CASTOR.  425 

Burg's  releasing  Thorp  wholly  to  St.  Bennet,  the  Abbot  of  St  Bennet 
released  their  part  in  Castor  to  St.  Edmund  and  so  the  whole  be- 
came vested  in  Bury  abbey,  and  continued  so  till  the  Conquest. 

The  great  number  of  Roman  coins  daily  found  here,6  convince  us 
of  its  having  been  a  place  of  great  repute  during  the  most  part  of  the 
time,  when  that  great  people  were  concerned  in  Britain  ;  I  have  seen 
above  an  hundred,  found  by  Mrs.  Susanna  Long  of  Dunston,  who 
hath  many  more  found  by  other  people  ;  I  have  a  great  number  my- 
self, besides  several  which  I  gave  to  the  cabinet  of  coins  id  the  publick 
library  of  the  city  of  Norwich,  among  which,  the  following  inscrip- 
tions may  be  read  on  the  several  obverses  and  reverses. 
DIVA .  FAVSTIN A.     Reverse,  AVGVSTA.     Silver,  a  Venus  holding 

a  torch.  ,  .  ,  .„       ,        . 

DIVVS.  ANTONINVS.     Reverse,  an  altar  with  a  sacrifice  burning 

IMR  CAEsToMrr°Avf^ERM.COS.  XIII.  CENSOR.  The 

Reverse  is  Fortune  holding  a  cornucopia,  standing  on  the  rostrum  of 

a  ship.     S.  C.  FORTVNAE.  AVGVSTI. 
NERO.  CLAVD.  CAESAR.  AVGG.  CENSOR.   Reverse,  GENIO. 

POP.  ROM.  S.  C. 
sept,  avg.caes  font.     Silver.  _t 

d.  n.  constant. Reverse,  a.  Roman  receiving  &  British  youth. 

FEL.  TEMP.   11EPARATIO. 

imp.  c.  allectvs.  p.  avg.  Reverse,  a  ship  under  sail,    laetitiae. 

AVG.  _ 

imp    sept.  geta.  caesar.  pont.     Reverse,  NOBILITAS. 

imp.  constantivs.  nob.  caes.     Reverse,  gloria,  exercitvs. 

galienvs  avg.     Rev.  virtvs  avg. 

D.  N.  GRATIANVS.  P.  F.  AVG. 

antoninvs  pivs  avg.     Rev.  the  Emperour  represented  as  Jupiter, 
'with  a  spear  in  one  hand,  and  a  globe  in  the  other,     rector 

ORBIS. 
IMP.  LICINIVS  AVG.       Rev.  GENIO   POP.  ROM. 
IMP.  C  VICTORINVS.  P.  F.  AVG. 
IMP.  AVG.    ANTONINVS.  F.       Rev.  P.  M.  T.  K.  P.  Mil.    COS.    IMP.      A 

imp/constA"  pont.  max.  A  woman  giving  suck  to  a  man.  pietas 
coTstIntinvs.  avg.     Rev.  beata.tranouilitas.     On  an  altar, 

VOT.  XX.   S.  T.  R. 

All  these  in  Mrs.  Long's  collection,  besides  several  others  of  Corn- 
modus,  Julia,  Claudius,  Constantine  the  Great,  Tetricus,  Carausius, 
Faustina,  junior,  Constantine,  junior,  &c. 

These  that  follow,  are  some  of  my  own  collection,  and  others  in  the 
cabinet  of  the  publick  library. 
severvs.  pivs.  avg.     Rev.  a  Minerva,     vict.  part.  max. 

IMP.    LICINIVS.    P.    F.    AVG.       ReV.     GENIO.    POP.   ROM.     At  bottom 
P.  T.   R. 

Browne's  Hydriotaphia,  f  Lond.  .659,  p.  6,  7.  Hist.  Norf.  vol.  ii.  p.  7,  8,  9, 
VOL.  v.  3  I 


4<>6  CASTOR. 

constantinvs.    p.    f.    avg.      Rev.    an   Apollo.      SOLI    INVtCTO 

COMITI. 
IMP.  M.  IUL.  PHILLIPPVS.  AVG.       ReV.    FIDES.   MILITVM.  S.  C. 
M.  IVL.  PHILLIPVS.  CAESAR.       Rev.  PK1NCIPI.  IVVENT. 
CONSTANTINVS.  AVG.  Rev.  GLORIA  EXERC1TVS. 
IMP.  C.  MAVR.    SEV.  ALEXAND.  AVG.       Rev.    P.  M.  TR.  POT.  VI.  COS. 

II.  P.  P. 
MAXIMIANVS.  NOB.  CAES.       ReV.  SACRA.  MONET.  AVGG.  ET.  CAESS. 

NOSTR.    S.  T. 
T.  CAES.  IMP  AVG.  I.  TR.  POT.  COS.  VI.  CENSOR.  S.  C. 
IVLIA.  MAESA. 

diva,   favstina   pia.     Rev.    an  altar,   consecratio.  s.   c.  the 

largest  size. 
M.  D.  c  victorinvs.      Rev.  PROVIDENTIA.  AVG. 
ESV.  TETRICVS.  AVG. 

There  are  great  numbers  of  the  denarij,  with  Ro>?iu!us  and  Remus 
sucking  the  wolf;  and  those,  with  Constantinopolis  and  the 
Genius  of  that  city  on  the  reverse;  the  most  common  are  Constan- 
tines,  with  the  reverses  of  Gloria  Exercitvs,  and  Militum  Reparatio, 
with  a  Roman  taking  a  Briton  captive  ;  made  probably  when  Con- 
stantine  appeased  the  British  insurrection,  and  his  soldiers  had  reco- 
vered the  credit  they  had  before  lost  in  a  battle  with  them. 


OVERHALL  MANOR 

Belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Bury,7  was  worth  40s.  a  year  at  the  Con- 
fessor's survey,  and  5l.  at  the  Conqueror's,  when  this  town  was  three 
quarters  of  a  mile  long,  and  half  a  mile  broad,  and  paid  \6d.  to  the 
geld.s  The  church  had  eleven  acres  of  glebe,  and  its  advowson  be- 
longed to  this  manor;  the  abbots  always  presented  to  it  till  the  Dis- 
solution, and  had  lete  and  free-warren  allowed  them  in  Eire ;  the 
manor  and  a  carucate  of  land  belonging  to  it,  was  appropriated  to  the 
chamberlains,  to  find  shoes  and  clothes  for  the  Bury  monks ;  and  the 
chamberlain,  was  taxed  for  his  temporals  at  1  ]/.  -is.  yd.  q.  At  the  Disso- 
lution it  vested  in  the  Crown,  and  continued  there  till  1558,  and  then 
Queen  Mary,  in  the  first  year  of  her  reign,  granted  it  to  Sir  John 
Godsa/ve,  Knt.  for  life,  and  then  to  her  son  Thomas  Godsa/ve,  Esq. 
and  his  heirs  male;  with  the  advowson  of  the  church,  and  court 
baron,  lete,  and  all  other  liberties,  in  Castor,  Howe,  ,Poriugland, 
and  Ameriiighall :  this  Sir  John  was  second  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Godsa/ve,  Esq.9  register  of  the  consistory  court  at  Norwich,  who  was 

7  Thomas,  son  of  John  de  Tifteshale,  anim.  xxx.  pore.  xl.  oves  et  iiii.  soc. 
gave  a  tenement  in  Castre  to  Bury  abbey,  de  xxv.  acr.  terre.  Concessu  Regis 
Regr.  Alb.  fo.  29.  cum  omni  consuetudine,  et  pertinent^ 


Hejnesteda    H.     Domesday    fo.  manerio   isto    teste    hundredo.      Tunc 

178,  9.   Sub  tit.  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sco.  valuit  xl.*.   m°  c.s.  habet  vi.  quar.  in 

Eadmundo.  longo,  et  iiii.  in  lato,  et  xvi.d.  de  Gelto, 

Castrum  tenet  semper  Sanctus  Ed-  et  plures  ibi  tenent.     Kcclesie  xi.  acr. 

mundin  pio  manerio  et  pro  iii.  car.  terre  val.  xvi.d. 

semper  x.  villani  et  septem  bordarij  et         9  He  and  Joan  his  wife  were  buried  in 

ii.  car.  in  dom.  et  iiii.  car.  hominum  vi.  St.  Stephen's  church   in  Norwich.     See 

acr.  prati  dim.   raol.  ni°.  iiii.  rune.  v.  vol.  iv.  p.  155,  61. 


CASTOR.  427 

the  first  raiser  of  the  family,  and  died  in  1542,  leaving  Sir  John  his 
eldest  son  and  heir,  *  who  was  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  privy  seal  to 
King  Henry  VIII.  and  was  succeeded  by  Thomas  Godsalve,  Esq. 
aforesaid,  his  son  and  heir,1  who  died  seized  of  this  manor  and  ad- 
vowson in  1587,  when  he  held  it  by  the  40th  part  of  a  knight's  fee; 
leaving  Roger  Godsalve,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  then  GO  years  old  ; J 
who  in  1606,  sold  the  manor,  advowson,  and  state,  to 

John  Pettus  ofRachithe  and  Norwich,  Esq.  and  his  heirs  ;  and  it 
hath  continued  ever  since  in  that  family,  an  account  of  which  will  oc- 
cur under  Rackhithe ;  Sir  Horace  Pettus,  Bart,  is  now  lord  and  patron. 

NETHERHALL  MANOR 

Was  a  part  of  this  and  the  adjacent  village  of  Merkeshall,  (for  which 
see  p.  46,)  which  was  given  by  the  Conqueror  to  Ralfde  Beaufo,*  as 
was  the  Merkeshall  part,  which  belonged  to  Godzcin,  and  soon  after 
to  the  Bigods  Earls  of  Norfolk,  in  which  family  thev  continued;  and 
when  the  settlement  was  made  by  Roger  Bigod  on  King  Edward  I. 
this  manor,  with  the  lete  and  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  of  all  the  tenants 
was  excepted,  and  in  1303,  was  sold  by  Roger  le  Bigod  and  Alice  his 
wife,  with  Merkeshall  advowson,  to  Halter  de  Langton  Bishop  of 
Coventry  and  Litchfield,  and  his  heirs;  and  in  1306, "the  Bishop  sold 
it  to  Giles  de  Munpynzon,  and  lady  Christian  his  wife,  with  the  ad- 
vowson of  Merskeshall,  which  belonged  to  it,  and  joined  it  to  Merkes- 
hall manor,  as  you  may  see  at  p.  47,  and  continued  with  it  till  it  was 
purchased  by  Tho.  'Pettus,  and  was  joined  to  Castor-Over-hall,  with 
which  it  still  remains.  This  town  is  now  in  the  liberty  of  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk.     (See  vol.  i.  p.  237.) 

The  Chorography  of  Norfolk  says,  that  the  lord  of  Over-hall  hath 
court  baron  and  lete,  weyf,  stray,  8tc.  and  that  the  fine  is  4s.  an  acre. 

The  lord  of  Nether-hall  holdeth  court,  and  the  fine  is  45.  an  acre, 
but  anciently  the  fine  of  both  these  manors  was  but  2s.  an  acre. 

This  church  is  in  Brook  deanery  and  Norfolk  archdeaconry ;  it 
was  valued  in  the  first  taxation  at  15,  and  in  the  second  at  It)  marks, 
and  pays  2s. 3d.  Bishop's  procurations,  2s.  synodals,  and  6s.  8d.  arch- 
deacon's procurations;  it  is  laid  at  9/.  in   the   King's  Books,  pays 

1  He  had  two  sons,  John  and  Thomas,  vite  dicforum  Thome  et  Johis:  et  diutius 

and  left  a  second  wife  alive,  named  Eli.  vientis,  &c.  28  H.   VIII.     Regr.   But- 

zabeth.     Dr.  Spencer,  last  dean  of  Cha-  ley  penes  P.  L.  N.  Regem  Armorum  A0 

pelfield   college,   and  Robert   Holditch,  1712,  fo.  70,  1. 

were  his  supervisors.  Thomas  Blume-  3  Edmund,  son  of  Mr.  Roger  God- 
vile,  son  of  Edw.  Blumvile,  Esq.  and  salve  and  Baibara  his  wife,  bapt.  Feb. 
Francis  Jenney,  were  his  sons-in-law-  12,  1599.  Anne  their  daughter  1609. 
Regr.  Mingay  in  Arcliiv.  Norwic.  Epi.  Ric.  their  soni6o2.  Bridget  wife  ofTho. 
fo.  41.  Godsalve,  Esq.    buried    20   Aug.  1647. 

*   Omnibus,    Sec.       Thomas    Prior         *  Terra   Radulfi   de    Bello/ago.      H. 

Beate  Marie  de  But  ley  ordinis  Sancti  Heinestede.  Doms  fo.  215. 
Augustini,  &c.    Thome  Godsalve  seniori         In  Castra  v.  lib.  horn,  et  dim.  Go- 

de  Norwico  armigero,  et  Johanni  God-  duuini  de  xlii.  acris  terreet  dim.  et  ii. 

salve  filio  ejusdem,  uni  clericorum  de  acr.  prati  semper  dim.  car.  et  pertinet  in 

signeto  Domini  Regis..     Annuitatem  20  Merkeshalle.     In  Castra  ad  hue  est  i. 

solidorum  exeuntem  de  maneno  ncstro  car.  terre  in  dominio  dim.  mol.  et  est 

de  West-Sornerton  in  Norf.  pro  termino  in  pretio  Merkesale. 


428  CASTOR. 

first-fruits,  andlSs.yearly  tenths,  and  so  is  incapable  of  augmentation; 
it  paid  I8d.  Peter-pence,  and  Sd.  carvage  ;  and  the  chamberer  of  St. 
Edmund's  monastery  received  ten  marks  temporals  every  year,  from 
this  town,  which  paid  clear  to  every  tenth  2/.  The  arms  of  Bury 
abbey  are  in  the  windows,  and  the  arms  of  England  and  France  in  a 
bordure  bottone  az.  and  or.  The  rector  hath  a  house  and  above  20 
acres  of  glebe. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  ABBOTS  OF  BuRY. 

1305,  John  de  Elmhatn. 
1334,  Robert  Arthur. 

1349,  Edmund  de  Brandish,  buried  at  Brundish  in  Sufolk. 
Thomas  Dampusday ;  he  resigned  in 

1383,  to  William  Fesaunt,  who  changed  for  Heveningham  in 

1384,  with  John  Leef,  who  in  1393,  changed  for  Sterston  with 
John  Gelle,  who  was  succeeded  by 

Alexander  de  Westwalton,  who  changed  in  1426  for  Southwyk 
in  Chichester  diocese,  with 

John  de  Wilton,  who  in  1428,  changed  for  Shelton  mediety 
with 

John  Cummcrton,  who  in  1450,  was  succeeded  by 
John  Smith,  who  resigned  in 
1454,  to  Master  Thomas  Fuller,  who  changed  for  Ivenho  in  Lincoln 
diocese  in 

1458,  with  John  Maundevyle. 

1465,  John  Usburne,  resigned. 

1466,  John  Crosby,  resigned. 

1466,  Brother  Thomas  Hervy,  he  died  rector. 
1477,  Thomas  Weston,  whose  successour, 

John  Lawnd,  resigned  in 
1531,  to  Edward  Spirling,  who  died  in 
1537,  and  Nic.  Lincoln  was  the  last  presented  by  the  Abbot. 
He  resigned  in  1557,  and  Thomas  Godsalve,  Gent,  presented 

Thomas  Palmer,  at  whose  death  in  155y,  he  gave  it  to 

Nic.  Parker,  who  was  buried  in  156S,  being  succeeded  by 

George  King,  on  the  presentation  oI'Thomas  Godsalve, 
Esq.;  he  was  buried  in  1592,  and  one 

Richard  Tolwyn,  Gent,  presented 

Timothy  Careon;  but  the  grant  of  that  turn  being  voided, 

Thomas  Greenwood  was  instituted  at  the  presentation  of 
Roger  Godsalve,  Esq.  as  was 

John  Weld,  A.  M.  in  1600;  he  married  Anne  Toft  in  1603, 
and  was  buried  in  1636.  And  Thomas  Pettus  of  Rackhithe,  Esq, 
gave  it  to 

Henry  Nerford  (vol.  i.  p.  524,  32,)  at  whose  resignation  in 
1639,  he  gave  it  to  George  Lockwood  who  was  buried  in  1655,  and 
Lady  Anne  Pettus,  widow,  presented 

John  Goddard,  who  was  buried  inl695,and  Sir  John  Pettus, 
Bart,  gave  it  to 

Robert  Fawcet,  at  whose  institution,  the  church  of  Merkes- 
hall  (long  since  in  ruius)  was  consolidated  to  Castor,  as  at  p.  48;  he 
was  buried  here,  being  succeeded  by 


CASTOR.  420 

Thomas  Manlove,  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  150,  190,)  and  he  by  the 

PrThetRevtoMr.  John  Freeman,  who  was  presented  by  Lady  Pettus, 
mother  to  Sir  Horace  Pettus,  Bart  the  present  patron  ;  and  holds  it 
united  to  the  consolidated  rectory  of  Rack/ulh- Magna  and  Parva,  m 
Norfolk. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Edmund  the  King  and  Martyr; 
its  north  porch  and  chancel  are  tiled ;  there  is  a  square  steeple  and 
three  bells;  the  nave  is  28  yards  long  and  7  broad.  In  the  chancel 
there  are  inscriptions  for  William  Brereton  of  Norwich.  Gent.  Apr. 
25,1691,83. 

E  H   D  s  Petrus  Brereton  de  Trowse,  Gidielmi,  de  Caston,  F. 
Gen.  «n- Die  Nov.  A.  D.  M.  D.  C.  L.  X.  V. 
Crest,  a  nag's  head     Brereton  impales  Clerk,  gut.  two  barb 
vert,  on  the  uppermost  two  plates,  on  the  lowermost  one 

'  William  Brereton  late  of  Caster  St.  Edmund's  Gent.  Dec.  17 
1657  Eliz.  his  Wife,  one  of  the  Daughters  of  Andrew  Clerk  late 
of  Wroxham,  Gent,  deceased,  she  died  Sept.  2, 1660. 

William  Brereton  Gent.  April  6,  1708,  52,  He  was  a  Person 
ofPietv,  Justice,  Charity,  and  Sincerity,  which  made  him  de- 
servedly esteemed  by  all  that  knew  him  ;  His  loving  and  sorrow- 
full  Widow  have  placed  this  Stone  to  his  Memory.  Catherine 
his  Wife  died  Aug.  8,  1708,  63.  _ 

Brereton  impales  an  inescutcheon  in  an  orle  of  mullets. 

Memorise  Johannis  Brereton  cleCa«o^Gulielmi  quondam 
de  Caster  Gen.  Filij,  qui  ob.j  t  m'D.e  Dec.  A.  D.  M  DCLXXXVP 
nee  non  Rose  Uxoris  Johannis  Lynes  de  Caster  Gen.  Filiae,  qua3 

obijtj et  Johannis  eorum  Fihj,  qui  obijt 

Frances  Wife  of  Robert  Fawcet  Rector,  eldest  Daughter  of  Sir 
John  Pettus  of  Rackheath,  Bart,  died  in  Childbed  Aug.  17,  1700, 
29°.     Mary  their  Daughter  died  Aug.  14,  1700. 

Susan  Wife  of  John  Inman,  Dr.  of  Peter  Brereton  late  of 
Trowse,  Gent.  1686,  22. 

Thomas  Fawcet  LL.  B.  eldest  son  of  Robert  Fawcet  Rector, 
Aug.  23,  1726,  28. 

Hie  sepelitur  Jacobus Ravenscroft,  Filius  primogenitus Thomas 
Ravenscioft  Armigeri,  et  Magdalense  Uxoris  ejus,  qui  natus  17 
Feb.  ob.  27, 1660. 

Dormitorium  Johannis  Lynes  qui  ob.  1™  Aug.  1650.     Super- 
stitem   rehnquens    unicam   prolem    Rosam   Uxorem  Johannis 
Brereton. 
'  Ursula  Daughter  of  Thomas  Marshall  Gent.  1644. 

John  Finch  1705.  Dorothy  his  Wife  1700.  Thomas  their 
Son  1705. 

5  Expectans  lioram  Domini. 


430  CASTOR. 

In  the  nave  lies  a  stone,  now  spoiled  of  its  arms  and  inscription, 
which  was, 

£ere  taneth  <£li?abcth.  late  the  HMe  ot  giohnPASTON,  on  inhere 
£>oulc  %t$Q  }}ate  Jllercn. 

On  an  altar  tomb  in  the  churchyard  at  the  east  end, 

Debemus  Morti,  nos,  nostraque: 

S.  H.  M.6 

Reconduntur  exuviae  Roberti  Ward 

Generosi,  qui  placide  obdormivit  in  Domino, 

Jan.  16,  A°  a-t.  lix°.  iErae  Xianas  m.  dccxx". 

On  a  table  at  the  upper  end  of  the  north  isle, 
Benefactors  to  the  tow  in  of  Caistek  St.  Edmund's. 

Thomas  Neale  of  this  town,  by  will  dated  Sept.  21,  1597,  and 
proved  in  the  Archdeacon's  Office  at  Norwich,  gave  3s.  Ad.  a  year  to 
the  poor,  to  be  distributed  every  Christmas  day;  and  tied  two  pieces 
of  land  in  this  town,  called  Shortlands,  of  about  an  acre,  for  payment 
thereof. 

Thomas  Pettus,  Esq.7  by  will  dated  Oct.  14,  1618,  proved  in  the 
prerogative  court  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  at  London,  gave 
5l.  10s.  a  year,  forever,  to  be  distributed  by  the  overseers  for  the  time 
being,  in  this  church,  every  Sunday,  as  equally  as  may  be,  to  six  poor 
people  inhabiting  in  this  town,8  and  tied  all  his  lands  in  Shimpliug  in 
this  county,  being  about  30/.  per  annum  for  payment  thereof. 

William  MinDiLTON  of  this  town,  blacksmith,  by  will  dated 
Jan.  GO,  1647,  proved  in  the  Archdeacon's  Office,  gave  to  the  poor 
3s.  Ad.  a  year,  to  be  distributed  every  Christmas  day;  and  tied  all  his 
house  and  ground  in  this  town  for  payment  thereof,  which  are  now 
in  the  possession  of  Benjamin  Cogman. 

This  Table  was  erected  by  ThomasBlondel,  who  at  his  own  expense, 
recovered  the  said  donations,  after  they  had  been  buried  in  oblivion 
for  a  time;  and  do  here  set  them  in  publick  view,  to  prevent  the  like 
for  the  future. 

The  font  here  seems  to  be  made  by  that  good  man,  Richard  de 
Castor,9  whose  life  you  may  see  at  vol.  iv.  p.  147.  On  it  is  carved 
in  stone,  the  emblems  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  the  four  Evangelists,  with 
the  instruments  of  the  Passion;  the  arms  of  the  East- Jingles,  West- 
Saxons,  and  Bury  abbey ;  and  round  it  at  bottom  is, 

6  Sub  hoc  monumento.  to  the  reparations  of  the  church  -ofCais. 

7  Buried  Oct.  20,  161S.  tie."     Prubat.  3  Nov.  1618,  per  Annam 

8  "Unto  six  poor  people  dwelling  Pettus  relictam  daaVTkome.  She  remarried 
within  the  said  town  of  Caistre,  weekly  to  Sir  Henry  Hungate,  Knt.  and. tied  in 
upon  every  Sunday,  after  divine  service,  1627,  for  then  he  administered  to  her. 

2  pence  apeice   in   money,  and  2  pence         9  See   Pitts  de  Script.  Angl.  p.  537, 
apiece  in  bread,  and  the  yearly  overplus    where  he  is  called  Castertonus. 


FRAMLINGHAM-EATIL.  431 

<©rat£  pro  animab  ** ***** *  \f$  ********  ict  He  Castrc  <t  ** 

From  the  Register : 

1588,  The  19th  of  Nor,  was  a  day  of  thanksgiving  to  God,  for  the 
great  and  wonderfull  overthrow  of  the  Spanish  navy,  which  came  to 
fight  the  Popes  battle  against  this  island,  for  their  gospel;  at  which 
overthrow,  the  very  enemies  were  so  astonished,  that  some  of  them 
said,  Chkist  was  become  a  Lutheran;  and  all  that  saw  it  did  say, 
that  it  was  the  Lord's  work:  so  this  day  was  appointed  by  our 
church,  to  be  spente  throughout  the  realme,  in  preaching,  praying, 
singing  of  psalms,  and  giving  thanks,  for  a  thankfull  memorial  of  the 
Lord's  merciful!  mercies  yerelie. 

1585,  Agnes  Wells  brought  the  plague  to  Ryx  his  house,  and  was 
buried  25  Sept.  . 

1613,  Mr.  John  Smith  and  Mrs.  Jane  Heme,  married  Apr.  14. 
And  the  same  day  Mr.  Rob.  Demies  and  Mrs.  Anne  Fountain.  1666", 
Rob.  son  of  Rob.  Bendish,  alderman  of  Noncich,  and  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Mr.  1'ho.  Johnson,  late  alderman,  married  22  J uly.  l6t>7,  Rob.  Con- 
nold,  clerk,  minister  of  IVashbrook  in  Suffolk,  married  Mrs.  A/ice, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Samuel  Stead  of  Berghapeton,  3  Febr.  1682,  Sam. 
Hancock  clerk,  of  Framlingham-Picot,  married  Mrs.  Anne  Bemeij  ot 
Swerdeston,  Aug.  15.  1690,  Mr.  Thomas  Havers  of  Framhngham- 
Earl,  widower,  and  Mrs.  Honour  Hammond  of  Keswick,  married  22 
Apr.  1692,  Charles  Rett  of  Dm,  Gent,  and  Eliz.  Beaumont,  married. 
Oct.  24.     1626,  Anne  wife  of  Mr.  John  A/drich  buried. 


FRAMLINGHAM-  EARL. 

There  are  two  small  villages  of  this  name  in  Henstede  hundred, 
in  the  liberty  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk;  they  were  both  but  one  at 
the  time  of  the  Conquest,  and,  was  early  called  Framlingham-Parva, 
or  Little- Framliw>ham,  to  distinguish  it  from  Framlingham-Magna, 
or  Great-Framlingham,  in  Suffolk  which  also  belonged  to  the  same 
family  ;  but  when  the  part  which  belonged  to  Ulketel  was  granted 
off  by  the  Bigots  to  be  held  of  them,  that  took  the  name  ot  Fram- 
lingham-Picot or  Pi"ot ;  and  the  other,  of  Framlingham-Earl, 
both  from  their  lords,  by  which  name  they  are  known.  Mr.  Le 
Neve  says,  that  the  name  of  Framtlingham  signifies  the  seat  or 
abode  of  the  son  of  Frame,  who  was  a  Saxon  of  great  note  in  these 
parts.  It  had  before  the  Conquest  been  in  many  parts,  one  belonged 
to  Godwin,  who  held  it  of  Stigand;*  another  belonged  to  Edwin,  and 

*    Terre     Episcopi     Bajocensis.t        In  Framing aham  ten. Rog.  Bigotus 
Doras,  fo.  59.    Heinestede.  H.  1*.  acr.  terre  quam  tenuit  Godvinus  sub 

-f  Odo  Bishop  of  'Baieux,  who  abjured  the  realm. 


432 


FRAMLINGHAM-EARL. 


after  that  to  Godric  the  Sczcer,  who  held  it  of  Earl  .Raff,'  and  after  his 
forfeiture,  of  Bishop  Almar ;  Tin  old  had  another  part,  and  Ulj  j1  Ulke- 
tel,3  and  two  Norwich  burgesses,4  others:  it  was  then,  as  now,  an 
extensive  manor,  having  lands,  Sec.  belonging  to  it,  in  Trozcse,  Yelver- 
ton,  Holveston,  Kirkbi/,  Poringlands,  Shoteshams,  Stoke,  Surlingham, 
and  Rokc land ;  with  the  advowsons  of  Ye/verton,  and  Por/ands ;  and 
the  whole  was  half  a  mile  long,  and  as  much  broad,  and  paid  1 3d  ob. 
geld.  It  passed  with  the  possessions  of  the  Bigods  Earls  of  No/folk? 
and  have  attended  the  Norfolk  families,  as  in  Forncet  at  large,  and  is 
now  in  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Norfolk:  but  the  advowson  was 
separated  from  the  manor  very  early,  being  given  by  Gunnora,  wife 


Stigando  T.  R.  E.  tunc  iii.  bord.  et  m° 
vii.  tunc  ii.  car.  post  i.  et  m°  dim.  m° 
ii.  in  dom.  semper  iii.  bov.  horn,  et  iv. 
soc.  et  dim.  de  xvi.  acr.  terre  et  iv.  acr. 
prati,  semper  arant  cum  tribus  bovibus, 
et  in  Alvertuna  i.  soc.  et  dim.  de  xvi. 
acr.  semper  arat  cum  tribus  bovibus, 
et  in  Holvestima  iii.  soc.  et  ii.  dim.  de 
xvi.  acr.  terre  semper  dim.  car.  et  in 
Kerkebei  ii.  soc.  et  dim.  de  xii.  acr. 
semper  arant  cum  tribus  bovibus,  sem- 
per i.equus  in  aula,  tunc  viii.  pore.  m° 
xxviij.  etvi.vasa  apum,  tunc  et  past  va- 
luit xx.  sol.  modo  xl. 

1  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Heinstede  H. 
de  escangio  terra  Isaac.  Doras,  to. 
no,  I  I. 

In  Framingaham  i.  lib.  homo  Edui- 
7ii  commendat.  et  postea  Godrici  Dapiferi 
successoris  sui  sub  comite  R.  quando 
R.  Comes  se  forisfecit  .tenuit  Almarus 
Epis.  m"  R.  Bigot.  Turoldus  xx.  acr. 
terre  in  quibus  manent  ii.  bordarij  sem- 
per dim.  car.  et  dim.  acr.  prati  semper, 
valuit  ii.  sol.  i.  ecclesia  xxx.  acr.  valet 
iii.  sol. 

*  F0.133.  In  Framingaham  i.  liber, 
homo  Ulfi  commend.  (sub  Rog. 
Bigot.) 

Terre  Godrici  Dapiferi  Heinestede 
Hund.  Doms.  fo.  165. 

In  Framingaham  i.  liber  homo  Eduini 
commend,  de  20  acr.  terre  et  ii.  bord. 
semper  et  i.  acr.  et  dim.  prati  semper 
dim.  car.  et  sub  eo  integri  iii.  liberi  ho- 
mines, et  iii.  dim.  inter  omnes  10  acr. 
terre  semp.  inter  omnes  dim.  car. 

3  In  Framingaham  tenuit  Ulche- 
tel  i.  liber,  homo  Algar  Comitis, 
commend,  i.  car.  terre  modo  tenet 
Ulchetel  semper  xxiii.  bord.  semper  i. 
car.  in  dom.  et  iii.  car,  horn,  et  iii.  acr. 
prati,  semper,  ii.  equi,  tunc  ii.  anim. 
.modo  iii.  tunc  xii.  pore.  m°  xvi.  et  iv. 
vasa  apum,  et  in  eadem  x.  liberi  horn, 
sub  eo  xl.  acr.  terre,  et  ii.  acr.  prati, 
semp.  ii.car.  tunc  et  post  valuit  xx.  sol. 
modolx.  sol.  et  dim.  leug,habet  in  longo, 
et  dim.  in  lato,  et  de  gelto  i^d.  et  obu- 


lum,  et  tenetUlchetel.  In  Kerkebei  iv. 
liberi  homines  Ulketel,  10  acr.  terre  et 
dim.  acr.  prati  semper  dim.  car.  InHol- 
vestuna  iii.  liberi  homines  ejusdem  10 
acr.  terre,  semper  arant  cum  duobus  bo- 
vibus. In  Ailvertuna  iii. liberi  homi- 
nes ejusdem  20  acr.  terre  semper  dim. 
car.  i.  ecclesia  20  acr.  val.  20^.  et  tenet 
idem.  In  Porrinkelanda  vii.  integri 
liberi  homines  ejusdem,  30  acr.  semper 
dim.  car.  i.  ecclesia  12  acr. val.  17^.  idem 
(tenet.)  In  Scotessam  iii.  liberi  ho- 
mines ejusdem,  16  acr.  terre,  i.  car.  et 
dim.  prati  semper  arant  cum  duobus 
bovibus,  idem  (tenet.)  In  Stokes  i. 
liber  homo  ejusdem,  dim.  23  acr.  terre 
semper  dim.  car.  idem  (tenet.)  In 
Sutherlingaham  ii.  liberi  homines 
ejusdem,  12  acr.  terre  sem.  arant  cum 
duobus  bovibus,  idem  tenet.  In  Roke- 
lunda  i.  liber  homo  Ulketelli  de  vi. 
acris  terre,  appre-tiati  sunt  omnes  isti  in 
Framingaham  tenet  idem. 

4  Sub.  tit.  Terre  Regis.  Heinesteda 
H.  Doms  to.  9. 

In  Framingaham,  et  in  Tieussa  te- 
nent  duo  burgenses  Norwici  12  acr.  terre, 
semper  val.  ii.  sol. 

5  In  1285,  Roger  Bigod,  lord,  had 
lete,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  weyf,  turn. 
berel,  infangenthef,  and  view  of  frank- 
pledge over  all  Framlingham-Earl,  and 
over  Ralf  Picot's  tenants  of  his  manor  of 
Franilingham-Picot.  In  King  James 
the  First's  time,  Nicholas  Gooche,  Gent, 
was  steward  of  Framlingham  cum  Mem. 
iris,  and  it  then  extended  into  Fram- 
lingham-Picot, Yelverton,  Holveston 
Witlingham,  Shoteshams,  Brook,  Bra- 
mexton,  Surlingham,  Castor,  Stoke, 
Rockland,  Kirby,  Trowse,  Bixley,  and 
Claxton;  the  quitrent  being  above  30/. 
per  annum,  ana  the  free-rents  above  8/. 
per  annum  besides  barley  rents,  capons, 
warren,  woods,  and  the  third  part  of  the 
profits  ot  Bukenham  terry.  It  paid  6s. 
per  annum  to  the  hundred  of  Henstede, 
and  2s.  &d.  to  Forncet  manor  for  castle- 
guard. 


FR  AM  LING  HAM-EARL.  433 

of  Sweyne  de  Essex,  and  mother  of  Henri/  de  Essex,  to  the  monks  at 
Thetford,  with  the  consent  of  Roger  Bigot;  and  it  remained  in  that 
house,  and  passed  with  it  at  its  dissolution,  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
in  which  family  it  hath  always  remained. 

RECTORS 

PRESENTED   BY  THE  PRIORS  OF  THETFORD. 

1300,  Richard  de  B indwell . 
1306,  Walter  de  Fakenham. 

1315,  Henry  de  Mundham,  lapse. 

1316,  Ric.  de  Rickinghall. 

1338,  Ric.  de  Bretforton,  resigned.  The  King,  in  right  of  the 
temporals  of  Thetford  priory. 

1339,  Roger  de  Naffreton,  resigned.     Ditto. 

1345,  John  de  Bromholm.     Mary  Countess  of  Norfolk  and  Mar- 
shal, by  the  King's  grant,  in  right  of  the  temporals  aforesaid. 
1353,  Alex.  Rymen. 
1362,  John  Thomason.    The  Prior. 
1374,  Sir  John  de  Ditton. 
1377,  Thomas  de  la  More. 
1409,  Reginald  Pakenham. 
1411,  Rob.  Merton. 
141 1,  Simon  de  Bury,  resigned. 
1417,  Tho.  Stour. 
1422,  Will.  Mathews. 
1424,  John  Navesy. 
1433,  John  Bertram. 
1443,  John  Filip,  lapse. 

1447,  John  Baxter,  lapse. 

1448,  Robert  Cunningham,  apse. 
1455,  Hugh  Bonet,  lapse. 
145S,  John  Olerton. 

1471,  Will.  Upgate. 

1473,  Rob.  Smith,  succeeded  by  _ 
Rob.  Hawe,  who  resigned  in 

1481,  to  Thomas  Appelton. 

1485,  Tho.  Wymer,  lapse. 

1504,  Sir  John  Moor. 

In  1505,  the  churches  of  FramlinghAM-E«?7  and  Framlingham 
Picot,  were  really  united,  and  continued  so  a  long  time,  but  each 
patron  joined  in  the  presentations,  and 

John  Sheriff  was  rector,  presented  to  this  by  Thetford  prior. 

1518,  Tho.  Cokkys,  was  the  last  presented  by  the  Prior. 

1541,  John  Sheriff  had  it  again,  and  died  rector,  and  was  presented 
by  the  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1563,  Tho.  Johnes.6     Ditto.     At  his  death  in 

1610,  Theophilus  Greenaway  had  it  by  lapse,  and  at  his  death 

Samuel  Hancock,  who  died  in  1661,  and  the  rectories  were 
then  disunited. 

6  i6o3,Thomas  Ives,  rector  (quaere  if    it  was  long  since  perpetually  united  to 
not  Jones)  returned  answer,  that  he  had     Framlingham-Picot. 
26  communicants  in  this  parish,  and  that 
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431  FRAMLINGH  AM-EARL. 

l66l,  Christopher  Athow,  who  held  it  with  Framlingham-Picot  by 
a  personal  union,  being  presented  by  the  assignee  of  Lord  Henry 
Howard:  at  his  deatli  in 

1669,  Char.  Brian,  who  died  in  1677,  and  Henky  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk presented 

Samuel  Hancock,  who  held  it  with  Framlingham-Picot  by 
union  ;  and  at  his  resignation  in  1683,  the  Duke  gave  it  to 
Tho.  Havers,  who  was  succeeded  by 
David  Fleming,  and  he  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Henry  Goodall,  archdeacon  of  Suffolk,  who 
hath  it  with  Biiley,  to  which  it  was  some  time  since  consolidated,  and 
holds  it  with  the  united  vicarage  of  Matashall,  and  rectory  of  Pateslee 
in  Norfolk. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Andrew  the  Apostle,  hath  only 
a  nave  31  feet  long  and  18  broad;  and  a  chancel  25  long  and 
11  broad,  both  being  covered  with  thatch;  the  steeple  is  round,  tiled 
at  top,  and  hath  two  bells :  there  are  stones  in  the  chancel  for  Chris- 
topher At  how,  rector,  ob.  8  Aug.  1669.  And  for  Charles  son  of  John 
Keene,  Gent,  and  E/iz.  his  wife,  1660.  In  the  church  is  a  stone  with 
the  arms  of  Corbet/  for  Jane  wife  of  William  Morse,  daughter  of 
John  Corbett,  Gent,  by  whom  she  had  ten  sons  and  three  daughters, 
ob.  March  1],  1684,  aged  37.  On  a  brass  plate,  i$ic  lacct  ^enrieiljS 
Suntpng.  and  on  a  south  window  is  the  name  of  UMitam  23rag.  1505 
John  Goselyn  buried  in  the  church,  gave  four  cows  for  a  stock  for 
the  poor. 

3l.6s.  8d.  Feamlingham  Comitis  Rectoria.  35l.  clear  yearly  value. 
Consolidated  to  Bixley  as  aforesaid. 

It  is  capable  of  augmentation,  and  is  discharged  of  first-fruits  and 
tenths.  At  Domesday  making,  the  Prior  of  Thetford  was  patron ;  the 
rector  had  a  house  and  30  acres  of  glebe;  it  was  valued  first  at  20s. 
after  at  4  marks,  but  was  not  taxed ;  the  portion  of  the  monks  of 
Thetford  was  7  marks,  and  paid  Is.  synodals,  3s.  archdeacon's  pro- 
curations, ]d.  carvage,  and  Vld.  Peter-pence.  The  present  terrier 
hath  a  house  and  27  acres  ;  it  paid  Ms.  to  each  tenth,  when  the  taxes 
were  raised  that  way.  The  temporals  of  the  Abbot  of  Langley  were 
taxed  at  6s.  3d.  and  those  of  the  Prior  of  Penlney  at  Qd.  ob. 

This  village  is  omitted  in  Saxtons  map  of  the  county.3 

7  1481,  the  will  of  John  Corbet,  Gent,  left  Elizabeth  his  wife,  George  his  son, 
of  Framlingham,  was  proved,  when  he    and  Eliz.  Langdon  his  daughter. 

8  It  is  mentioned  in  the  Atlas,  p.  328. 


[  435  ] 


FRAMLINGHAM-PICOT 


Was  separated  from  Framlingham-Earl  very  early,  when  Roger 
Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk  gave  to  his  beloved  cousin  Reiner  Picot, 
Knt.  and  his  heirs  male,  for  the  acceptable  services  that  he  did  him 
in  feats  of  arms,  and  other  honourable  deeds,  to  his  great  credit  and 
praise,  with  the  King's  special  leave,  all  Framlingham-Picot,  with  the 
advovvson  of  the  church  there;  also  his  whole  manor,  and  services  of 
all  the  tenants  belonging  to  it;  and  all  liberties  whatever,  with  a  fald 
for  500  sheep,  going  in  Framlingham,  Bramerton,  Kirby,  and  Rock- 
land; with  view  of  frankpledge  over  all  the  tenants,  free  bull  and  free 
boar;  hunting,  hawking,  and  fishing,  as  well  in  Framlingham,  as  in 
all  the  Earl's  adjacent  manors;  to  hold  them  as  freely  as  the  Earl  re- 
ceived them  of  the  King,  when  he  knighted  him  :  and  at  the  same 
time,  he  constituted  the  said  Reiner  and  his  heirs  male,  marshal  of 
his  household  and  castle  of  Framlingham  in  Suffolk,  with  all  perqui- 
sites, customs,  and  profits,  thereto  belonging;  with  liberty  to  take 
two  bucks  every  summer,  and  one  doe  every  winter,  at  what  time 
they  please :  witnesses  to  this  deed  were,  Clerewald  his  son,  and 
Baldwin  his  brother;  Robert  and  Will,  de  Sa/iam,  Will.  Blomevi/e, 
Roger  de  Poryngland,  JYill.de  Kirbu,  and  others;  (the  seal  is  the 
same  as  in  vol.  ii.  p.  113.)  I  find  Will.  Picot  and  Rob.  Malherbe 
lords  soon  after;  and  Rob.  Picot,  who  held  in  Suffolk  two  fees  of  the 
new  feofment  of  Roger  Bigod ;  in  1235,  Ralf  Picot  was  lord  and 
patron.  In  1249,  John  Picot  was  fined  for  not  having  taken  the  honour 
of  knight  hood ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Ralf  Picot,  who  held  one  fee  in 
Suffolk  of  the  old  feoffment,  of  Nigel  Bishop  of  Ely ;  in  1306,  he  and 
Maud  his  wife  presented  to  this  church;  and  in  1312,  settled  the 
manor  on  themselves,  with  remainder  to  George  and  William  then- 
sons,  and  Emma  and  Christian  their  daughters  ;  and  then  on  Richolda, 
wife  of  Nic.  de  Ingham.  In  1317,  Maud  Picot  had  it,  who  remarried 
to  Nic.  de  Castello,  or  Castle,  of  Stanjield;  for  in  1333,  they  presented 
Geo.  Pycot  her  son ;  and  in  1352,  it  seems  they  were  both  living;  her 
grandson,  Ralf  Picot,  son  (as  1  take  it)  of  Will.  Picot,  succeeded; 
and  in  1361,  his  son  Gregory  Picot:  in  \3'j6,  Barth.  Picot,  Esq. 
lived  here,  as  did  his  son  Tho.  Pygot,  or  Picot,  Esq.  in  1434,  but  was 
removed  to  Stradsete  in  Suffolk  in  1437;  his  son  Thomas  was  lord 
here  and  of  Stradsete,  and  left  them  to  John  Picot,  Esq.  his  son,  who 
married  Joan  daughter  of  Peter  Bedingfield,  Esq.  and  died  in  1546, 
leaving  one  daughter  Alice,  and  one  son  and  heir  named  John,  then 
one  year  old  only ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Francis  Pigot,  Esq.  who  sold 
it  to  Rob.  Gawsell  of  Shotesham,  Esq.  and  afterwards  Francis  Lane 
sold  it  to  Jane  daughter  of  Anthony  Sparrow,  late  Bishop  of  Norwich, 
who  married  Richard  Webster,  clerk,  and  they  sold  it  to  Sam.  Nedham, 
rector  of  Dicleburgh  in  Norfolk;  it  was  afterwards  purchased  by  the 
father  of 

John  Pell,  Esq.  alderman  of  Norwich,  who  is  the  present  lord  and 
patron. 


436  FRAMLINGHAM-PICOT. 

RECTORS. 

1244,  T/io.  le  By  god. 

1306,  Ric.  Pykot.     Ralf  Pykot  of  Framelingham  and  Maud  his 
wife.     He  resigned  in 

1317,  to  John  de  Pounches.     Maud  de  Pykot.     He  changed  for 
Fomham  St.  Martin  in 

1318,  with  Tho.  de  Stockton. 
1321,  Ralfde  Barsham. 

1333,  George  Pycot.     Nic.  de  Castello  or  Castle,  of  Stane- 
Jield,  and  Maud  his  wife,  who  in  1338,  presented 
Gregory  Pycot;  and  in 
1339,  Rob.  son  of  Adam  de  Morley,  who  resigned  the  same  year 
and  they  gave  it  to 

John  Tassel,  on  whose  resignation  in  1348,  in  exchange  fo 
Cavenham,  they  presented 

John  son  of  Ralf  Mall,  and  in 
1349,  John  son  of  Richard  de  Hemplond,  and  in 
1352,  John  Akrera,  or  Aquora,  whose  will  was  proved  in   136l, 
when  Gregory  Picot  presented 

John  de  Bresele.     In  13g6,  Barth.  Picot  of  Framlingham, 
Esq.  gave  it  to 

John  Ma/pas,  who  was  buried  here  in  1404,  and  in 
1405,  Jeff,  son  of  Rob.  Cock  of  Howton;  and  in 
1407,  John   Fyke  had  it  of  the  same  patrons  gift,  who  in  1416, 
presented 

Simon  Aleyn,  who  exchanged  it  in  1428,  for  Stanningha.il, 
with        Stephen  Paly.     In 

1431,  Simon  Dykon  of  Biteryng,  and 
John  Barnard,  gave  it  to 
Tho.  Harleston,  who  resigned  in 
1434,  and  Tho.  Pigot,  or  Picot,  Esq.  gave  it  to 

Nic.  Trowth,  on  whose  resignation  in 
1437,  Rob.  Ker  had  it,  by  the  gift  of  Tho.  Pigot  of  Slradsete,  Esq. 
who  in  1443,  presented 

Peter  Cautele,  and  in 
1448,  Ralf  Rey  nor  (who  was  deprived)  had  it  of  the  donation  of 
John  Raw  lee,  &c. 

1453,  Rob.  Bennet.    Thomas  Pycot  of  Framlingham ;  in  1462, 
he  gave  it  to 

Tho.  Eytop,  who  was  deprived  in 
1464,  and  Tho.  Picot  of  Stradsete,  gave  it  to  brother 

John  Winter;  and  in 
1504,  John  Sheriff  had  it  by  lapse,  and  the  next  year  it  was  really 
united  to  Framliugham-Earl,  and  so  continued  till  lb'b'l,9  as  you  may 
see  at  p.  433,  to  which  I  refer  you. 

5  Rocfrus  Pygott,  armiger,  pa-  Episcopi   remanentem.  Revis.  Archid. 

tronus,TheophilusGrenawaye,  clericus,  Norf.  1630. 

rector.     Estimatio  ejusdem,  3/.  13^  4a!.         In   1603,  both  the  Framlinghams  had 

Proc.  Episcopi  zed.  Sinod.  is.  6d.   Pro-  60   communicants.     In    1362,    Thomas 

curac.  Dni.  Archidiaconi  6s.  %d.  retinet  Witherel  of  this  town  purchased  the  next 

etiam  ecclesiam  de  Framelingham  Comi-  turn  of  Francis  Pigot,  and  conveyed  it 

tis  per  quandam  realem  unionem  tritam  to  Hen.  Witherel,  A.B.  of  Harleston. 
et  clare  ratam,  penes  Registrarium  Dni. 


FRAMLINGHAM-PICOT.  437 

l66l,  Christopher-  Athow  was  presented  by  Rob.  Gawsell  of 
Shotesham,  Esq.  and  held  it  with  Framlingham-Earl  by  personal 
union  ;  at  his  death  in  16G9,  the  said  patron  gave  it  to 

Samuel  Snowden,  at  whose  resignation  in  K)?3,  he  presented 
Samuel  Hancock,  who  held  it  by  union  with  the  other  Fram- 
lingham.     In 

]()|)8,  T/io.  Cooper,  clerk,  was  presented  by  Samuel  Needham, 
rector  of  Dickleburgh,  and  Peter  Parham,  M.  D. 

Mr.  Richard  French,  the  present  rector,  holds  it  united  to 
the  consolidated  rectory  of  Burgh  cum  Apetoit,  with  the  mediety  of 
Holvcston. 

At  the  time  of  making  Norwich  Domesday,  the  heir  of  Sir  William 
Picot  was  lord  and  patron  ;  the  rector  had  a  house  and  30  acres,  now 
no  house,  but  25  acres  two  roods  of  glebe:  it  was  valued  at  8  marks, 
and  pays  Is.  Qd.  synodals,  Gs.  8d.  procurations,  10<7.  Peter-pence,  and 
5d.  carvage ;  and  the  whole  town  (which  is  left  out  of  Saxton's  map) 
paid  50s.  to  each  tenth. 

3l.6s.8d.  Framlingham  Picot  Rectoria.  31 1.  Sworn  clear  yearly 
value. 

So  that  it  is  discharged  of  jirst-fraits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of 
augmentation. 

The  church  is  very  small,  and  never  had  a  steeple,  but  a  bell 
hanging  on  the  outside,  in  an  arch  at  the  west  end.  The  nave  is 
only  eleven  yards  long  and  seven  broad  ;  the  chancel  six  yards  square ; 
both,  as  the  south  porch,  are  tiled :  this  is  also  dedicated  to  St. 
Andrew.  In  the  nave  on  the  south  side,  is  a  low  altar-tomb,  but  no> 
inscription ;  on  a  brass  plate  is  this, 

3l(c  Men  that  00  rug  Sepulture  behoto  <$  <itt, 
<0n  me  SJtrhn  2Buntyng  ghcto  pour:  Charttf. 
23unc0  3ug.  £.  M-  ccccc°. 

In  the  porch,  Edward  JVatson,  an  humble  admirer  of  free-grace, 
1722,  68.     Amy  his  wife,  1725,  70. 

Strict  is  the  way  to  heaven,  and  strait  the  Gate, 
Few  enter  in,  because  they  strive  too  late, 
Be  therefore  ready  now,  as  you  would  dye, 
Our  Works  are  Seeds,  sown  for  eternity. 

In  1501,  Stephen  Stamford  was  buried  between  the  font  and  tiie 
church-door. 


t  438] 


PORINGLAND. 


J.  here  are  two  villages  of  this  name,  one  called  East,  or  Great- 
Poringland,  and  the  other,  West,  or  Little-Poringland ;  both  of  them 
are  in  the  Liberty  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  formerly  were  but 
one  village,  the  whole  of  which  (except  the  parts  of  other  manors 
•which  extended  hither)  came  into  the  hands  of  Rog.  Bigot,1  and 
have  continued  in  the  Norfolk  families  ever  since,  descending  in  the 
same  manner  as  Forncet  manor,  to  which  I  refer  you. 

But  the  advowsons  and  other  parts  which  were  granted  off  by  the 
Bigots,  constituted  other  manors  lying  in  both  parishes,  of  which  I 
shall  treat  separately.  It  is  plain,  that  the  church  of  Great  Porland 
(as  it  is  commonly  called)  was  founded  before  the  Confessor's  time, 
for  in  his  survey  we  find  it  mentioned,  as  having  then  12  acres  of 
glebe  worth  one  shilling  an  acre,  of  which  Ulketel,  a  Dane,  was 
then  patron,  as  belonging  to  the  manor  of  Framlingham ;  to  which, 
the  chief  part  of  this  town  always  was,  and  now  is,  appendant:  the 
style  of  the  court  anciently  being  Framlingham  ex  parte  Poring- 

LAND. 

At  the  Conqueror's  survey  the  towns  were  a  mile  and  a  quarter 
long,  and  a  mile  broad,  and  paid  VZd.  to  the  geld  or  tax.  In  1285, 
lioger  le  Bigot,  superiour  lord  of  both  the  Porlands,  claimed  view  of 
frankpledge,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  and  free-warren  over  all  his 
tenants;  and  afterwards  the  Earl-Marshal,  lord  here,  was  sued  for  ex- 
ceeding the  bounds  of  h\s  free-zcarren  in  Porland-Parva,  by  extend- 
ing it  above  half  a  mile  towards  Sholesham,  when  it  did  not  really 


'  Terre  Regis  quam  Godricus  servat. 
Doms.  fo.  28.     Heinestede  H. 

In  Porringelanda  ii.  liberi  horn. 
Alnoth  commendatus  de  xiii.  acris 
terre  semper  i.  car.  i.  acr.  prati.  (This 
belonged  to  Alnoth's  manor  of  Howe, 
in  the  Confessor's  time.) 

Terre  Episcopi  Bajocensis.  Doms.  fo. 
60. 

In  Porrig  alanda  i.  lib.  homo,  et  i. 
soc.  de  xxi.  acr.  semper  dim.  car.  (This 
belonged  to  Framlingham  manor.) 

Terra  Rcgni  Bigoti,  de  escangio  terre 
Isaac.     Fo.  112.   Heinestede  H. 

In  Porrinkelanda  vii.  integri  lib. 
honi.  ejusdem.  (sc.  Ulketel's)  xxx.  acr. 
semper  dim.  car.  i.  ecclesiexii.  acr.  val. 
xii.d.  Idem  (tenet  Ulketel.)  appretiati 
sunt  omnes  isti  in  Framingaham. 

In  Porrinkelanda  i.  lib.  homo, 
Edrici  de  xii.  acr.  terre  et  dim.  acr.  prati, 
semper  arat  cum  tribus  bovibus  tunc  et 
semper  val.  xii.d.  hoc  tenet  idem,  (sc. 
Aitardus  de  Vals  alias  Ethard  de  Vaux) 
Porringalanda  habetv.  quar.  in  longo  et 
jiii.  in  lato,  et  de  gelto  xii.d.  fo.  133. 

Terra  Godrici  Dapiferi,  fo.  16,5. 


In  Porrinkelanda  i.  liber  homo 
Edwini,  T.  R.E.  de  xii.  acr.  et  i.  bord. 
et  dim.  acr.  prati.  semper  dim.  car. 
Et  iste  Edwinus  fuit  Teinus  dominicus 
Regis  Edwardi.  Soca  in  Hundredo. 
[Heinestede  H.]  (This  part  belonged  to 
the  hundred.) 

Terra  Abbatis  de  Sancto  Eadmundo 
fo.  179.     H.  Heinestede. 

In  Porringelant  i.  liber  homoCu- 
ert  commend,  pertinens  in  Brocxxx.  acr. 
et  i.  bord.  de  dim.  car.  ac.  semper  i.  car. 
(This  belonged  to  the  abbot's  manor  of 
Brook.) 

Sub.  tit.  Invasiones  in  Nordfulc. 
fo.  302.    H.  Heinesteda. 

In  Porringhelanda  i.  liber  homo 
Edwini,  commend.  T.  R.  E.  post  Godri- 
cus et  post  propter  forisfacturum  Alu- 
redus,  et  de  ilia  foresfaclura  quietnm  se 
fecerat,  teste  hundredo.  Sed  perprecep- 
tum  Episcopi  Bajocencis  seivavit  Ro. 
gerus  Bigot  in  manu  Regis  et  adhuc 
servat.  tenet  xv.  acr.  tunc  dim.  car.  m° 
ii.  bov.  semper  val.  xvi.d.  (This  was 
afterwards  called  Little  Poringland.) 


P  O  R  I  N  G  L  A  N  D.  439 

extend  over  the  way  leading  from  Norwich  to  Bungeye,  beyond  which 
Sir  John  de  Norwich  claimed  free-warren,  and  in  all  his  demean  lands 
Cruche-Stoke,  Howe,  and  Porland,  which  liberty  he  had  of  the  grant 
of  KingErfw.  III. 

The  advowson  of  the  church  of  Great-Porland,  which  belonged  to 
the  Earl's  manor  of  Porland-Magna,  as  a  member  of  kis  manor  of 
Framlingham  -Earl,  was  given  with  divers  lands  by  the  liygod  family, 
to  Clement  de  Porland,  whose  son  Roger  de  Porland  and  Joan  his 
wife,  gave  it  in  Henri/  the  Third's  time,  to  the  monks  of  St.  Mary  at 
Thetford;*  in  which  house  it  continued  till  its  dissolution,  and  then 
was  granted  with  it  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk.3 

This  family  sirnamed  of  the  town,  continued  here  many  genera- 
tions; John  de  Poring/and  and  Katherine  his  wife  owned  the  estate 
of  that  family  in  1268,  and  in  1313,  Roger  de  Porringland  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife  had  it;  and  after  them,  Alexander  their  son;  from 
whom  descended  Robert  de  Porland,  a  monk  of  Norwich,*  and  brother 
Ric.  de  Porland  a  gray  friar  there  ;s  as  also,  another  of  the  same 
name,  vicar  of  St.  Stephen's  :s  this  estate  came  to  the  Fastolfs,  and 
was  sold  by  Thomas  Fasto/f,  Gent,  in  1594,  to  Thomas  Bransbye, 
Gent.7  which  family  continued  some  time  here. 


RECTORS  OF  PORINGLAND-MAGNA,3 

alias  Porland,  alias  Polland,  alias  Palling,  alias  Poor- 
England;  FOR  BY  ALL  THESE  NAMES  IT  IS  CALLED  IN  VARIOUS 
INSTITUTIONS. 

John  Pounches,  resigned  in 
1317,  to  Ric.  Pycot,  who  the  same  year,  with  the  consent  of  the 
monks  of  Thetford,  the  patrons,  exchanged  it  for  Trimingham  with 
Nic.  de  Cast/eacre,  and  he  in 

1323,  with  Roger  de  Guidon,  for  Gunton  rectory.     In 

1324,  John  de^Foxton  had  it,  who  changed  it  for  Hedenham  in 
1334,  with  Rob.  de  Swathyng.     In 

1349,  Tho.  de  Mor  of  Saham,  deacon,  was  presented  by  Mary 
Countess  of  Noifolk,  by  the  King's  grant,  who  had  the  temporals  of 
The/ford  priory  in  his  hands,  as  an  alien ;  he  was  one  of  the  60 
clerks  that  the  Pope  dispensed  with,  being  when  instituted  about  20 
years  old,  on  account  of  the  great  pestilence  that  had  swept  away  most 
of  the  clergy  in  the  diocese. 

Abraham  Barri,  in  whose  time  the  church  and  chancel  was 
rebuilt,  and  the  chancel  windows  glazed ;  in  the  north  window  next 
the  altar,  part  of  an  inscription  still  remains  in  remembrance  of  him,. 

4  Sir  Wil.  de  Castre,  and  Sir  Wil.  de  bye,  Gent,  buried.  1637,  Marmaduke 
Calthorp,  Knts.  Wil.  Howard,  Peter  Ladlo,  practicioner  in  physick,  buried. 
Branche,  Wil.  Reymund  of  Thetford,  1638,  John  Corbet,  Gent,  and  Ehz. 
and  others,  were  witnesses  to  the  deed.  Turner,  married.     1640,   Sam.    Rook- 

3  See  vol.  ii.  p.  116.  wood  and  Eliz.  Curzon,  married. 

*  See  vol.  iv.  p.  40.  "  Por-inge-land,  I  take  to  signify 

5  Ibid.  p.  112.  poor -wet-land;  and  such  is  great  part  of 

6  Ibid.  p.  147.  the   land,  of  that  tract   called   Porland 

7  ERegistro.  Bertram  Doylye,  Gent.  Heath,  though  the  hill  on  which  the 
and  Jane  Bransbye  married,  1632,  and  windmill  stands  is  the  highest  ground  in 
was  ordained  1633.     1638,  Tho.  Brans-  the  whole  county  of  Nortolk. 


440  P  O  R  I  N  G  L  A  N  D. 

tinder  his  effiges  in  his  priest's  habit,  holding  the  church  in  one  hand, 
and  the  crosier  and  keys  in  another, 

*  *  *  aham  23arrt  *  t  *  fee.  ftcctoris'  is'tiits1  €ccles'ie  '.<-.'.*', 

1410,  Robert  Spenser  of  Shadingfield ;  it  seems  he  arched  the 
inside  of  the  chancel  roof,  for  his  arms  still  remain  thereon,  with 
those  of  the  benefactors  to  the  rebuilding  of  the  church,  which  was 
finished  in  the  year  1432,  as  the  date  on  an  upper  south  window 
shows :  besides  his  own,  there  are  the  arms  of  Brotherton,  Bateman, 
France,  and  England,  with  a  label  of  three  ar.  and  V.  a  cross  in- 
grailed,  ar.  counterchanged. 

1423,  Tho.  Lambert  of  Westley,  who  resigned  in 

1451,  to  Rob.  Curtyour,  and  he  to 
John  Morgan,  and  he  in 

1459,  to  John  Derham,  whose  successour 
Tho.  Weston,  resigned  in 

1473,  to  Robert  Draper,  alias  Peresson,  alias  Parsons,  who  lies 
buried  under  a  stone  in  the  chancel,  with  the  cup  and  water  on  it, 
and  this  inscribed, 

<©rate  pro  anima  tfobcrti  pcrcs's"on  nurtec  Pectoris'  is'tius'  €t* 
tlcsic,  emus'  antme  propinctur  Uncus'. 

This  rector  built  the  seats  in  the  chancel,  and  the  screens,  and 
painted  them  neatly  with  the  twelve  Apostles,  each  having  a  sentence 
of  the  Creed  in  labels  from  their  mouths  ;  there  are  twelve  other 
effigies  of  prophets,  kings,  and  confessors,  with  labels  also. 

1,  Moses,  with  yellow  horns  holding  the  laze, 

%r\  pnncipio  crcauit  ©eus"  Celiun  ct  Ccrtam. 

2,  St.  Peter  with  thejirst  Article  of  the  Creed. 

3,  A  person  crowned,  and  this,  ©ominus'  blfit  aO  mc,  Jrllius'  meus'. 

4,  An  Angel,  <£ttt  Birgo  concipict  ft  panet  Milium. 

5,  poet  Iff  hebbomabas'  cenbe tur  Christus'  ©omini. 

6,  <£ro  mors'  tua  €>  roofs'  mortus  tutts'  fro  interne. 

7,  (Spititug  meus"  cnt  in  mebio  tac^trt,  nolttc  timerc. 

8,  %n  <£cc[cs'tam  gopuli  ©ci,  contiencrunt  popult  gubci. 

9,  Cum  obio  habums  biruitur  Nomine  ©cui*  ^stael. 

10,  ^us'ritabo  Jftliog  tuojS  .f>iion. 

n,  <£go  Do  bolus  mam  et  lite  ct  jftortis'. 
12,  --    *    -<    *    *    --    >    t    *    >    *    * 

On  the  screens  are  Adam  and  Eve  plucking  the  forbidden  fruit, 
and  an  angel  driving  them  out  of  Paradise. 

On  the  north  end  of  the  seat,  directly  over  his  grave,  is  Pei-esson's 
own  effigies  in  his  priest's  habit,  on  his  knees,  saying, 

Uiatec  ©ei,  migewre  mci. 


PORINGLAND.  441 

On  the  south  end,  he  is  in  a  red  cope,  with  this, 
5jegu  Jfih  ©£'  Rw'jJeme  met. 

He  was  succeeded  in 
1490,  by  John  Drake,  at  whose  death,  in 

1527,  Tho.  Greene  had  it,  being  the  last  presented  by  the  Prior; 
and  in  1529,  he  had  it  united  to  Porland  Parva;  at  his  death  in 
1546,  the  King  gave  it  to 

Will.  Robinson  ;  and  in  1559,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  presented 
Hugh  Duddcsbury,  who    held   this  and    Porland-Parva   as 
really  united,  and  had  a  personal  union  with  Home;  he  died  in  1570, 
and  Thomas  Duke  of  No/folk  presented 

John  Gascoigne,  who  held  Little-Porland,  and  in  lfl03, 
returned  answer  that  he  had  94  communicants  in  his  parish  of  Por- 
lands,  which  were  really  united  about  67  years  since,  and  valued 
together  at  61.  but  at  his  death  they  were  disunited  again;  and  in  1612, 
the  Duke  gave  it  to 

William  Coppin,  who  the  next  year  had  Little  Porland  by 
personal  union;  he  was  buried  here  Jan.  \\  1624, and  Thomas  Earl 
of  Arundel  gave  it  to 

Sam.  White,  A.  M.»  who  was  succeeded  by 
Nic.   Sheppherd,  at  whose  death,  in    1672,   Henry    Lord 
Howard,  of  Castle-Rising,  presented 

Thomas  Frost,  L.  DD.  who  died  in  1674,  and  then  by  the 
name  of  Henry  Howard  Earl  of  Norwich,  he  gave  it  to  Richard 
Webster,  on  whose  resignation  in  1681,  Henry  Earl  of  Aurutidel 
gave  it  to  _ 

John  Paris,  who  held  it  united  to  Porland-Parva;  he  was 
succeeded  in 

1696,  by  Rob.  Fawcet,  who  was  presented  by  Hen.  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk, and  held  it  with  the  adjoining  rectory  of  Castor,  by  union,  till 
his  death  ;  and  in  , 

1736,  Arthur  Woniack,  eldest  son  of  Laurence  Womack,laie  vicar  of 
Button,  and  rector  of  Castor  by  Yarmouth,  was  instituted,  on  the  pre- 
sentation of  Francis  Taylor,  Esq.  and  Francis  Loggin,  Gent  ; 
he  held  it  united  to  Hillington  rectory,  till  Aug.  9.  1738,  when  he 
died,  and  was  buried  in  the  rails  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar,  being 
succeeded  in  Oct.  25,  following,  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Vincent  Hotchkiss,  A.  B.  the  present  rector,  who  was 
presented  by  the  said  Francis  Taylor,  Esq.  and  Francis  Loggin,  Gent, 
patrons  in  full  right. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  All  the  Saints,  hath  a  steeple  round  at 
bottom  and  sexangular  at  top,  with  three  bells  in  it,  on  one  of  which 
is  this, 

$o£  ssociat  Sanctis  temper  Dicolau^  m  altis. 

There  are  two  porches  both  tiled,  a  leaded  nave,  and  thatched 
chancel.1 

«  Catherine,  wife  of  Sam  White,  rec-  long,  and  eight  broad  ;  the  chancel  is  as 
tor,  buried  25  Febr.  1651.  long  as  the  nave,   but   only  s.x   yards 

■  The  nave  is  ten  yards  and  an  half    broad.    The  steeple  is  49  &?<■  hi&h- 


442  PORINGLAND. 

In  the  nave,  on  a  brass  at  the  west  end, 

<0rate  pro  anima  tJebmunbt  Cantootb,  qui  ofaiit  ni°  Die  IRartti 
M".  recce0  primo,  et  pro  anima  *£ectlte  nupec  Uyou4  prebictt 
<£bmunbi  £amnolb  que  obut  ultimo  Die  5?fcembri^  2L"  ©.  M°. 
t€.  lit0. 

<®rate  pro  anima  J©illi- 25oop,  cuiu^antme  propicietur  3Bcu<» 
3  men 

Thomas  Beverley  died  Feb.  11,  1723,  aged  41. 

Thomas  Harod  Clarke,  rector  of  Bungeye,  2  May  1686,  aet.  68. 

Thomas  Badleye,  deceased  27  May  1607. 

Mrs.  Mary  Difke  widow,  daughter  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  William 
Cecil,  late  rector  or  St.  Michael  Cos/any  in  Norwich,  died  Aug. 
20,  1736,  57.    This  in  the  altar  rails  on  the  south  side. 

In  the  south  chancel  window  is  the  Salutation  very  perfect ;  in  one 
pane  the  Blessed  Virgin,  ia  the  other  an  Angel  meeting  her,  with 

ate,  4$racia  plena  55ominu.fi  tceum. 

In  another  window  St.  Catherine  with  the  wheel ;  and  in  a  north 
window,  St.  Christopher  carrying  our  Saviour  over  the  water. 

The  present  fabrick  (except  the  steeple,  which  is  much  older)  was 
begun  about  1400,  and  finished  about  1432 ;  the  windows  were  glazed 
at  the  expense  of  divers  benefactors,  whose  effigies  and  nai  i<  s,  with 
their  arms,  were  originally  fixed  in  them,  though  now  much  defaced. 
There  was  a  tabernacle  of  All  the  Saints,  and  two  gilds,  one  of 
St.  Anne,  and  the  other  of  St.  Andrew,  held  at  the  two  altars,  which 
stood  in  the  nave,  on  either  side  of  the  entrance  of  the  chancel.  In 
the  north  windows  are  the  following  arms,  &c.  viz.  of 

Hare  single,  and  Hare  impaled  with  Bassingbourne.  Parts  of 
a  man  and  woman  praying,  and  over  them,  ,§>ancta  Crinitaji  unug 
3DCU|S,  miserere  $0bf#.  And  the  shield  of  the  Holy  Wounds,  viz.  Arg. 
a  cross  az.  on  which  a  wounded  heart  gul.  in  chief  two  hands,  in  base 
two  feet,  all  cooped  and  wounded  gul.  and  under  it  'Jc.s'U  t£hri£te. 
St.  Sebastian  holding  an  arrow.  Our  Saviour  standing  with  the 
crown  of  thorns  on,  and  the  purple  robe;  his  hands  erected,  and 
under  him  a  woman  on  her  knees  praying,  with  this  over  her  in  a 
label, 

«lt  intcnbajS  et  bcfenba£  IGorte  tr^ti. 

In  the  south  windows,  St.  Laurence.  Brotherton's  arms.  A  man 
and  woman  kneeling,  but  their  subscriptions  lost,  all  but  tiVOri.S  eiu.s". 
There  is  a  fine  bust  of  the  Holy  Virgin  crowned  ;  and  in  the  upper 
part  of  the  east  chancel  gable  in  the  churchyard,  are  three  niches,  in 
one  of  them,  part  of  an  effigies  of  the  Trinity  still  remains. 

The  rectory  is  in  Norfolk  archdeaconry,  and  Brook  deanery, 
and  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

6/.  Poringland  vulgo  Porland  Rectoria.    AOl.  sworn  real  value. 


PORIN  GLAND.  443 

And  being  discharged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths,  it  is  capable  of  aug- 
mentation. It  pays  2s.  syndols,  5s.  procurations  to  the  Archdeacon? 
The  Prior  of  Thetford  had  a  pension  paid  by  the  rector  of  13s.  4d.  per 
annum,  which  is  now  paid  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  in  right  of  that 
house.  It  paid  IZd.  Peter-pence,  and  8d.  carvage  ;  and  the  town  paid 
1/.  8s.  clear  to  each  tenth,  besides  5s.  paid  by  the  Prioress  of  Carrozo 
for  her  temporals  here,  and  7s.  by  the  chamberlain  of  the  monastery 
of  St.  Edmund's  Bury  for  his  temporals,  which  were  part  of  Brook 
manor,  that  extended  hither.  When  Norwich  Domesday  was  made, 
the  rector  had  10  acres  of  glebe,  but  no  house,  though  now  there  is  a 
very  mean  cottage,  10  acres  and  an  half  of  glebe,  and  two  pieces 
without  contents ;  there  is  a  piece  of  glebe  about  half  a  mile  southward 
of  the  church,  towards  Howe,  called  the  Old  Churchyard,  where  the 
parish  church  originally  stood,  before  it  was  removed  for  convenience 
to  the  site  of  the  present  church,  which  seems  to  have  been  done 
about  William  Rufus's  time. 

The  family  of  the  Hares  fixed  here,  and  owned  a  good  estate  in 
1344,  which  John,  son  of  Ralf  Hare  and  Catherine  his  wife,  purchased 
of  Rob.  Toke  and  Catherine  his  wife. 

In  1502,  Thomas  Hare,  by  his  will,  tied  his  close  under  the  south 
side  of  the  Park,  to  find  a  mass  with  dirige  and  requiem  without  end; 
In  1503,  John  Prat  of  this  town  gave  two  acres  of  land  in  Poring- 
land  Field,  at  Car-mere,  to  keep  a  light  burning  before  the  image  of 
our  Lady  of  Pete,  in  the  church,  and  12  acres  more  (now  the  town- 
lands)  lying  in  eleven  pieces  (all  of  which  are  plainly  described)  to 
the  church-wardens  and  parishioners  for  ever,  on  condition  they  pay 
the  rector  yearly  for  ever  Ad.  on  Advent  Sunday  to  say  mass  for  the 
dead,  and  for  his  soul  in  particular;  and  also  cause  the  bells  to  be 
rung  that  day;  and  the  rest  of  the  profits  to  be  disposed  of  by  the 
church-wardens,  "  Pro  taxis  Domini  Regis,  et  a/ijs  oneribus,  predictis 
parochianis  et  villains,  in  perpetuum  Venturis."3 

Ever  since  the  first  union,  the  parishes  joined  in  choosing  officers, 
(as  they  do  now  as  to  overseers),  but  since  the  consolidation  of  it  to 
Howe,  they  pay  their  church  rate  to  Howe,  as  well  as  all  their  tithes, 
and  choose  one  constable  and  one  surveyor  for  themselves;  Great 
Porlund  is  valued  to  the  tax  at  421/.  and  Little  Porland  at  250/. 


PORINGLAND  MANOR 

Was  part  of  both  the  towns,  which  Rog.  Bigot  gave  to  Rob.  Fitz.- 
Roger  Helke,  or  de  Clavering,  who  in  1 198  founded  Langtey  abbey, 
to  which  he  gave  it;+  and  the  abbots,  always  held  it  of  Forncet  manor 
till  the  Dissolution;    and  in  1543,    King  Henry  VIII.  granted   the 

1  Dominus  Johannes  Holland  miles,  penes  Rev.  virum  Jacobum  Baldwin rec- 

patronus  (as  trustee  to  the  Duke  of  Nor-  torem  de  Bunwell  in  Norf. 

folk.)     Sam     White,    A.   M.    rector.  Aula   de    Schoteshill   in   Poringland 

Valor   61.   Decim.    12s.     Procurationes  mentionatur. 

Episcopi.  lid.  Sinod.  2s.  Prcc.  Archid.  Rector    de    Poringland    tenet    unam 

$s.  Revis.Arclui'.  Norf.  1630.  peciam  quondam  Emme  Wype  de  Yel- 

3  Regr.  Popy,  fo.  317.  veiton,  pro  una  pecia  vocata  Godes-Aker. 

4  E  Cartaceo  Libro  MSS.  olim  perti-  John  Hard  of  Porland,  settled  lands 
nen.  abbathie  de  Langley,    remanente  on  John  his  son,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 


444  LITTLE    PORINGLAND 

manors  of  Porland,  Rockland,  &c.  to  John  Corbet,  Esq.  who  sold  it 
immediately  to  Roger  and  John  Gostli/n,  and  their  heirs;  and  in 
1548,  at  Roger's  death,  Agnes  his  only  child,  then  married  to  John 
Poynet,  had  livery  of  them;  and  in  1588,  Sir  Thomas  Gaudy,  Knt 
one  of  thejustices  of  the  common  pleas,  died  seized,  and  left  them  to 
Henry  his  son  :  in  1 623,  Sir  Rob.  Gawdy  of  Claxton,  Knt.  had  them ; 
and  they  continued  in  that  family,  till  sold  by  Tho.  Gawdy,  Esq.  and 
divers  mortgages,  to  Mr.  Crowe ;  and  in  1723,  Roger  Crowe,  Gent, 
was  lord,  who  left  it  at  his  death  to  John  Bedingjield  of  Beeston,  Esq. 
the  present  owner. 

The  abbot  was  taxed  for  his  temporals  in  both  the  Porlands,  at 
7/.  6s.     lOd.  ob. 

Another  part  was  granted  by  Rog.  Bigot,  to  Robert  Fitz-Roger 
aforesaid,  which  he  did  not  give  to  his  monastery  at  Lang/ey,  but 
was  always  held  at  half  a  fee  of  Forncet  manor,  by  the  Roscelines,  to 
whom  the  Claverings  had  granted  it ;  from  whom  it  took  the  name  of 


ROSCELINES,  or  RUSTELINES  in  PORINGLAND. 

In  1235,  Peter  de  Roscelyne  held  it  of  Rob.  Fiz.-Roger;  in  1317, 
Thomas,  son  of  Sir  Peter  Roscelyne,  Knt  let  it  to  farm  to  Sir  Walter 
de  Noncich,  at  61.  lis.  8d.  a  year,  when  it  extended  into  both  Por- 
lands, Crtichestolce,  Shotesham,  both  Framlinghams,  Ye/verton,  Trous, 
Brakendale,  Surlingham,  Kirkeby,  Ho/veston,  Bramerton,  Roke/and, 
Lodne,  and  Lang/ey.  In  1327,  William  de  Shotesham,  Clerk,  settled 
it  on  John  de  Shotesham  and  Margaret  his  wife  ;  and  in  lfiSS,  Edmund 
Doyley,  E<q.  died  seized,  and  was  found  to  hold  it  of  the  King's  hun- 
dred of  Henstede,  in  free  soccage  ;  Susanna  his  daughter  being 
then  only  three  years  and  nine  months  old.  But  whether  the  whole 
of  this  manor  was  manumised,  or  into  what  hands  it  afterwards  came, 
1  have  not  found. 


LITTLE    PORINGLAND. 


Little  Poringland  manor  belonged  also  to  the  Norfolk  families? 
as  a  member  of  their  manor  of  Framlingham,  and  continues  so  now; 
there  is  lete,  free-warren,  and  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  belonging  to 
it;  as  did  the  advowson,  till  granted  off,  with  divers  lauds,  by  the 
Bigots :  the  church  was  demolished  before  the  year  1540;  there  are 
few  ruins  of  it  now  to  be  seen,  the  highest  piece  of  wail  being  about 

for  life;  and  then  to  Thomas,  William,  Alice  their  daughter;  and  after  their 
Nicholas,  and  John,  their  sons ;    and     deaths,  to  Langley  abbey. 


LITTLE   PORINGLAND.  445 

7  feet  high  only  :  it  was  dedicated  to  St.  Michael,  whose  image  stood 
in  the  chancel,  in  the  usual  place  of  the  imago  principalis,  or  patron's 
image,  which  was  always  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar,  mostly  against 
the  east  wall,  or  at  the  very  corner.  When  Nonoich  Domesday  was 
taken,  the  patronage  was  in  seven  parts,  William  le  Monneu  de  Gow- 
t/iorp,  Wil.  Lerer  de  Dunstone,  Wit.  son  of  Nic.  de  Dunstone,  Edm.  de 
Carleton,  Tho.  de  Framtingham,  and  others  ;  the  rector  had  a  house 
and  4  acres  of  land;  it  was  valued  at  40s.  hut  being  not  taxed,  is  not 
in  the  King's  Books;  it  paid  Qd.  Peter-pence,  3d.  carvage,  12  r/.syno- 
dals,  and  7*.  id.  ob.  archdeacon's  procurations. 

RECTORS, 

In  Edw.  the  First's  time  Ralfwas  rector. 

1307,  Edm.  de  Carleton  settled  a  fifth  part  of  the  advowson  on 
his  son  Alexander.     In 

1312,  Peter  le  Money  of  Gowthorp.  for  his  turn,  gave  it  to 

Will,  de  Dunston.  In  1314,  John  de  Dunston  gave  his  turn  to 
Oliver  de  Witton. 
1322,   Ric.   Weston  of  Norwich  was  presented  by  Eustace   le 
Moyne  of  Cruchestoke.  In  1323,  Rob.  de  Dunston  gave  it  to 

Will,  de  Dunston,  subdeacon.  In  1332,  Will,  de  Bttrgo,  or 
Burgh,  chaplain,  and  Jo/in  de  Burgh  and  Joan  his  wife,  settled  it  on 
themselves,  and  the  heirs  of  John,  against  the  heirs  of  Alice  de 
Burgh.     In 

1349,  Edm.  de  Carleton  was  presented  by  Sir  Peter  Spirhard  or 
Fakenham,  who  granted  to  this  rector,  and  his  heirs,  a  small  piece  ot 
land  joining  to  the  churchyard,  and  the  fifth  part  ot  the  advowson 
appendant  to  it;  he  was  succeeded  by 

John  de  Kimber/ee,  who  resigned  in  1S72,  and  Simon  Buck- 
ling, citizen  of  Norwich,  gave  it  to 

Ric.  Lystere,  on  whose  quitting  it  the  next  year,  John  Left 
presented 

John  Kirkehouse  of  Shouldham,  succeeded  in 
1388,  by  John  de  Bruuthorp.    In   1395,  John    de  Dunston  and 
Maud  his  wife  settled  a  fourth  part  of  the  advowson  on  Sir  Edmund 
de  Thorp,  Knt.  John  Reymes,  and  others.    In 

1406,  John  atte  Dam  in  Oxburgh  had  it,  and  the  same  year,  Kog. 
Blickling,  citizen  of  Norwich,  gave  it  to 

Rob.  Leghun,  who  soon  resigned,  for  the  next  year 
John  Witton  had  it  by  lapse,  who  changed  for  Szcerdeston 
with        Walkeline  Percomb,  and  he  in  1412,  for  Rede,  with 

Simon  Aleyn,  who  was  presented  by  Sir  Thomas  Erping- 
ham,  Knt.  In  14 J 6,  Clement  Howard,  Rog.  Blickling s  teoftee  in 
the  manor  of  Gowthorp  in  Swerdeston  (to  which  this  patronage  was 
said  to  be  appendant)  presented 

John  Rede  of  Peterburgh,  who  was  buried  in  the  chancel  in 
1422.    1  find  no  presentation  at  his  death,  till  1432,  when 

Wilt.  W'irmod  had  it  by  lapse,  who  changed  for  Berg- 
hapeton,  in 

1434,  with  Ron.  Philpot,  who  was  presented  by  Rob.  Blickling  -, 
his  successour, 

Walter  Windeshore,  resigned  in  1463,  and 


446  LITTLE-PORINGLAND. 

John  Winter  had  it  of  the  gift  of  John  Gosselyn,  then 
patron;  he  lived  at  Little-Poringland,  and  by  his  will  dated  1505,s 
ordered  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  "  Grave  redy  made  withynne 
"  the  chaunsell  of  Lityl  Poryngland,  Ilem,  I  wyll  and  bequethe  to 
"  the  fyndyng  of  v  Lights  callid  halff  quarter  Candells  to  brenne  in 
"  the  honour  of  the  v  Wounds  of  our  Lord  God,  and  the  v  Joies  of 
"  our  Ladi/  St.  Mary,  to  brenne  upon  my  Grave  every  Holyday  in 
"  Tyme  of  Dyvyne  Service,  coming  of  the  Profights  of  suche  Londes 
"  as  hereafter  shall  appear  remayning  in  my  feofees  Hands  to  that 
"  Use  and  Intent,  to  be  found  perpetuall.  Item,  I  wyll  and  bequethe 
"  that  my  place  in  Caster  called  Hawes,  with  all  the  appurtenances, 
"  viz.  Lands,  Medues,  Woods,  Rents,  and  Services  thereto  belonging, 
"  withy ne  the  Hundred  of  Hensted ;  and  also  all  my  Lands,  Medues, 
"  woods,  with  appurtenances  in  the  town  of  Intwood,  Swerdeston,  et 
"  Carleton,  or  withynne  the  Hundred  of  Humi/yerd,  shall  remayne 
"  and  goo  to  the  fynding  of  a  good  and  honest  Secular  Prest,  that 
"  shall  be  Parson  of  the  said  Church  of  Lytyl  Poryngland,  with  the 
"  Profights  and  Revenues  that  shall  come  of  the  said  benefice,6  shall 
"  be  downlieng  and  uprising  ther,  to  pray  for  me,  and  for  my  Frends, 
"  thatl  had  the  good  of,  withynne  the  Town  of  Litil  Poring/ond :  This 
"  to  be  done  and  performed  by  the  Advice  of  my  Lord  Bishop  of 
"  Norzcich,  Master  James  Hubberd  the  King's  Attorney,  and  Master 
"  Dr.  Hare,  Chauncelor  of  my  said  Lord  of  Norwich,  after  the  Ordur 
"  and  Form  of  Law  and  good  consciens.  I  wull  that  the  said  Mes- 
"  suage,  Lands,  &c.  shall  remayne  ever  in  Feofees  Hands,  of  12  of  the 
"  best  of  the  Hundred.  The  King  and  chieff  Lords  of  the  Fee  to  be 
"  served  of  due  Right  and  Custom  ;  the  which  I  wull  myn  Executors 
"  and  myn  Feofees  namyd  shall  pay  them  ;  that  is  to  say,  John  Hall 
"  Gentylman,  Thomas  Sparrowe,  Will.  Sire,  Rob.  Iiotte,  Herry 
"  Baker,  John  Dussing  Junior,  John  Osberne,  John  Hare,  Tho. 
"  Gooche,  Rob.  Leman,  Rob.  Rede,  and  Barth.  Meeke ;  and  ever  whan 
"  it  so  happeth,  that  it  shall  come  to  the  number  of  4  Persons,  than 
"  I  wull  it  shall  ever  be  renued  and  taken  a  new  State  thereof  ageyn 
"  to  that  Use  and  Intent  aforenamyd,  and  fynding  of  the  Lights  afore 
"  wretyn,  provided  the  same  Land,  &c.  to  remayn  in  the  Hands  of 
"  my  Executors  and  Supervisors,  (Executors,  Tho.  Wright,  John  Ua/le 
"Gent.  Andrew  Sire,  and  Ric.  Matchet ;  James  Hubberd  and  Dr. 
"  Hare,  Supervisors,)  during  the  Nonage  of  my  Sone  Leonard's  Chil- 
"  dren,  and  to  him  that  is  eldest  alive  at  24  Years,  the  Lands  &c.  to 
*'  remayn  in  his  Hand,  to  the  Use  aforesaid  ;  and  if  any  of  the  Chil- 
"  dren  of  my  Brother  Leonard  break  any  of  the  abovesaid  Points  of 
"my  Will,  then  my  Feftes  alyve,  shall  turn  him  out  and  take  the 
•"  said  Profitts,  and  pay  the  said  Prest.  Provided  that  if  the  King's 
"  Laws  will  not  suffer  it,  but  will  annex  the  Church  of  Littil Poryng- 
"  land  to  any  other  Church  thereby,  then  the  said  Messuage  and 
"  Lands,  &c.  to  remayn  to  the  next  of  my  blood."7     So  that  upon 

s  Regr.  Spyltymer,  fo.  %i.  married  to  Ric.  Matchet,  and  Eliz.  to 

6  Depositions  for  the  rector  for  tithe  Thomas  Wright.  His  son  Leonard  had 
wood  in  a  close  by  Hotts-lane,  and  that  by  Margaret  his  wife,  Martin,  who  had 
that  land  lies  in  Porland-Parva,  and  not  Gosselyn's  or  Carleton's  messuage  and 
in  Stoke.     A0  1555,  A.  45,  56,  57,  &c.  estate  in  Little  Porland  ;  John,  to  whom 

7  He  had  two  daughters;  Margaret,  he  gave  an  estate  at  Huwe  j  James,  who 


BIX  LEY.  447 

the  union  of  the  church  to  Great  Portland,  the  estate  went  to  the 
heir  at  law. 

1527,  Tho.  Tudenham,  alias  Mileham,  a  canon  of  Hempton,  had  it 
by  lapse,  and  in  1329,  Martin  Gostlyn  presented 

Tho.  Green,  who  held  by  a  personal  union  with  Porland- 
Magna.     In 

1546,  Hugh  Duddesbury  was  presented  by  Hen.  Doyly,  Esq.  in 
right  of  Margaret  his  wife,  (who,  I  suppose,  was  a  Gostlyn,)  and  held 
it  really  united  to  Porland-Magna,  and  personally  united  to  Howe  ; 
and  in  1507,  Hen.  Doyly  presented 

John  Gascoign,  at  whose  death  they  were  disunited  again; 
and  in  lGll,  Edm.  Doyly,  Esq.  gave  it  to 

John  Bury,  who  held  it  united  to  Stoke-Holy-Cross ;  he  was 
succeeded  by 

Will.  Coppin,  who  died  rector  of  this,  and  Great  Porland,  in 
1624,  and  Roger  Castell,  guardian  to  Edmund  Doyly,  Gent,  gave 
it  to 

John  Nash,  A.  B.8     1635,  Edm.  Doyly,  Esq.  presented 

Robert  Legge,  at  whose  death,  Sir  Will.  Doyly,  Knt.  in 
1662,  gave  it 

Oliver  Harrison,  and  soon  after  to 

John  Goddard ;  his  successour, 

John  Paris,  died  rector  of  this  and  Great  Porland.     In 
1696,  Tho.  Haconvf&s  collated  by  lapse,  and  held  it  with  Yelverton; 
and  in  1734,  22  Jm/. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Charles  Wadesworth  had  it  by  lapse ;  and  the 
advowson  being  purchased  by  him  of  the  Doylies,  it  was  consolidated 
upon  the  statute  to  the  rectory  of  Howe. 


BIXLEY. 


This  village  is  now  in  the  liberty  of  the  Duke  o/"Norfolk,  who  is 
lord  of  it,  as  a  member  to  his  manor  of  Framlingham  Earl;  and  it 
hath  passed  with  that  from  early  times.  In  128j,  Rog.  le  Bigot.  Earl 
of  Norfolk,  claimed  to  his  manor  of  Biskele,  a  member  of  Framling- 
ham Parva,  view  of  frankpledge,  assise  of  bread  and  ale  of  all  his  own 
tenants  in  Biskele,  and  it  was  allowed  him  in  eire  :  the  advowson  al- 
ways attended  the  manor,  which  wholly  at  first  belonged  to  Roger 
Bigot,  who  granted  off  divers  parts  to  be  held  of  his  barony.  Bishop 
Stigand  owned  it  in  the  Confessor's  time,  and  gave  it  to  his  freeman 

had  his  estates  in  Framlingham's,  and  nus,  Joh.  Nash  incumbens,  rectorianon. 

Jone  their  sister  had  his  estate  in  Apeton  taxatur.     Sinod.    nd.  procur.   archid. 

and  Yelverton.  7*.  id.  ob.  Ecclesia  penitus  demolita. 

8  Edraundus  Doylie  Armiger  patro-        Revisio  Archidiaconat.  Norf.  163*. 


448 


B I  X  L  E  Y. 


named  Genret,  who  held  it  under  him;9  Ralf  Fitz-W alter  had  it; 
it  was  then  worth  20,  and  was  after  raised  to  50s.,  the  village  was  half 
mile  long  and  4  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  \0d.  ob.  sell.  It  had  a 
church  and  24  acres  of  glebe,  valued  at  2s.  a  year.  Ulketel  the  Dane 
had  then  another  part,"  and  Anslec  a  freeman  another;1  all  which, 
after  a  long  contest  in  the  hundred  court  with  Godric  the  sewer, 
Roger  Bigot  recovered,  and  had  his  manor  completed  by  divers  parts, 
in  Surlivgham,  Rokelttnd,  and  Brameiton,  being  added  to  it. 

The  first  part  that  he  granted  off,  was  to  Saier  or  Saek  de  Bis- 
kele  and  Ada  his  wife,  who  survived  him,  and  William  de  Biskele 
inherited,  who  was  dead  before  1233,  for  tUen  Huge  line  his  widow, 
released  all  her  right  to  the  Prioress  of  Carroiv,  which  house  held  it 
to  the  Dissolution ;  and  now  it  belongs  to  Carrow  abbey  manor,  and 
was  always  held  of  Fomcet  manor  at  half  a  fee;  the  Prioress  being 
taxed  for  it  at  52s.  and  8d.  temporal  rents  here ;  but  in  1609,  Charles 
Cornicaleis,  Knt.  in  right  of  the  wife  of  Sir  Ralf  Shelton,  Knt.  son 
and  heir  of  Sir  John  Shelton,  Knt,  owners  of  Carrow,  sold  part  of 
them  to  Ric.  Osborn,  Gent.     The  Prioress  had  a  J aid-course  here. 

Another  part  was  granted  by  Bigot,  the  founder,  to  Langley  abbey, 
who  gave  it  at  the  foundation  to  that  house,  which  was  always  taxed 
at  10s.  for  their  lands  here ;  and  after  the  Dissolution  it  came  to  the 
wards.3  It  was  held  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  the  Earl-Marshal,  as  of 
Framlingham-Farva  manor. 

In  12ti8,  another  part  belonged  to  Tho.  Rock,  de  Rupibus,  or  Rokele, 
and  in  1286,  Hen.  de  la  Rokele,  conveyed   to  Ric.  de   la  Rokele, 

integri  ii.  liberi  et  dim.  homines  God- 
wini  sub  Stigando  xx.  acris  terre.  Idem 
(Ulketel)  tenuit.  Ir.  Rokelundai.  inte- 
ger liber  et  ii.  dim  homines  Godwini  sub 
Stigando  de  xx.  acris.  idem  tenuit.  In 
Brambretuna  tenuit  Ranulfus  Alius  Gal- 
teri  iii.  liberi  homines  ejusdem  de  xx. 
acris.  Inter  omnes  v.  acr.  et  dim.  acr. 
prati.  semp.  ii.  car.  tunc  valuit  viii.  sol. 
modo  x.  Isti  fuere  liberati  ad  perfici- 
endum  manerium  Biskele. 

*  Invasiones  in  Nordfulc  Hein- 
esteda  H.  fo.  302. 

In  Bichesle  i.  liber  homo  Anslec 
commend,  cum  dimidio  libera  T.  R.  E. 
de  xvii.  acr.  semper  dim.  car.  i.  villan. 
i.  bord.  Istum  servavit  Rogerus  Bigot 
in  manu  Regis  sicut  dicit  et  reddit  cen- 
sum  in  hundredo  sed  hundredum  testa- 
tur,  quod  Godricus  dapifer  tenuit  sub 
Rege  ad  feudum  R.  Comitis  antequam 
forisf.iceret  i.  anno,  et  post  per  duos 
annos  ex  dono  Regis,  et  contra.  Homo 
Rogeri  Bigot  contradicit  judicio  vel 
bello.  Godricus  reclamat  istam  cum 
medietate  terre  que  est  in  breve  Rogeri 
Bigot.  Hanc  recepit  Godricus  Dapifer 
pro  dim.  carucat.  terre. 

3  1609,  Tho.  Ward  Arm.  tenet  terras 
nuper  Abbatis  de  Langley,  postea  Dni. 
Nici  Hare  militis, postea  MichaelisHare, 
armig.  filij  sui,  &c. 


5  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.  Heinstede  H. 
de  escangio  terre  Isaac  Doms.  fo. 
in,  12. 

Biskele  tenuit  Genret  liber  homo 
sub  Stigando,  T.  R.  E.  pro  i.  car.  et 
dim  terre,  et  tenet  Ranulfus  filius  Gal- 
teri.  Semper  ii.  vill.  semper  iii.  bord. 
tunc  et  post  i.  car  in  dom.  modo  ii. 
semper  i.  car.  horn,  et  v.  acr.  prati. 
semper  i.  equus  in  dominio.  tunc  ii. 
anim.  modo  x.  pore,  et  xiii.  socm. 
manent  in  dim.  car.  predicte  terre.  et  i. 
liber  homo  de  ii.  acr.  lib.  terre.  Inter 
omnes  semper  iiii.  car.  tunc  et  post 
valuit  xx.  modo  1.  sol.  habet  dim.  leug. 
in  longo,  et  iiii.  quar.  in  lato,  et  de 
Gelto  x.  den.  obol.  i.  ecclesie  xxiiii. 
acr.  val.  ii.  sol.  hoc  recepit  pro  i.  car. 
et  dim.  terre. 

"InBisKELEi.  liber  homo  Ulketel 
commend,  et  dim.  lib.  sub  eo,  de  xvii. 
acr.  terre,  et  i.  vill.  et  i  bord.  et  i.  acr. 
prati  semper  dim.  car.  tunc  valuit  xxxd. 
modo  iiii  sol.  idem  (sc.  Ulketel)  tenuit. 
hanc  terram  calumpniatur  Godricus  da- 
pifer per  hominem  suum  juditio  vel 
bello,  Radulftim  scilicet,  quod  tenuit  ad 
feudum  Comitis  R.  et  Hundred,  testatur 
ad  feudum  R.  Bigot.  Sed  Godricus 
reclamat  istam  cum  medietate,  que  est  in 
breve  Regis.  Hanc  recepit  Godricus 
pro  dim.  car.  terre.  In  Sutherlingaham 


BIXLEY.  449 

his  manor  in  Trous,  Biskele,  &c.  of  which  under  Rokele's  manor 
in  Trows. 

In  1303,  Sir  John  de  Biskele  had  a  manor  or  free  tenement,  which 
in  1396,  John,  son  of  Adam  de  Norwico  or  Norwich,  held  it  at  half  a 
fee  of  Rog.  Bigod  Earl  of  Norfolk;  and  in  1309,  he  levied  a  fine  and 
settled  it  on  himself  for  life,  remainder  to  Nicholas  his  son  ;  it  then 
contained  a  messuage,  106  acres  of  land,  10  acres  of  meadow,  and 
40*.  rent,  in  Biskele,  Kirby,  &c.  In  1427,  John  de  Norwich  had  it, 
and  gave  it  to  the  master  of  Metingham  college,  who  held  it  in  1432, 
and  after  the  dissolution  of  that  college,  it  came  to  the  Wards.* 

The  manor  of  Surlingham  extends  hither;  and  overall  the  tenants, 
except  those  of  the  Earl ;  the  King  hath  the  lete,  as  belonging  to 
his  hundred  of  Henstede  ;  and  the  Prior  of  Norwich  had  commonage 
on  the  heath  or  common  pasture  between  Bixley  and  Framlingham* 

5l.  Bixley  rectory,  45/.  sworn  clear  yearly  value. 

Now  consolidated  to  Framlingham-Earl. 

So  that  it  is  discharged  of  first  fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of 
augmentation. 

In  Norwich  Domesday,  the  rector  is  said  to  have  an  acre  of  land, 
but  no  house ;  it  was  first  valued  at  9,  and  after  at  16  marks ;  it  pays 
3s.  synodals,  7s.  Id.  oh.  procurations,  18i.  Peter  pence,  and  3d.  car- 
vage  ;  and  the  vill  paid  S2s.  2d.  to  each  tenth.  The  Prior  of  St. 
Faith  was  taxed  at  4s.  for  his  temporals,  and  the  chamberer  of  St. 
Edmund's  Bury  for  his  at  lis. 

RECTORS. 

1303,  Roger  de  Bykerwyke. 

1304,  Johu  de  Brigham.  Roger  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk  and 
Marshal. 

1316,   Ric.   de  Lumbaudeshay.    Thomas  de  Brotherton,  the 
King's  son,  Earl  of  Norfolk,  &c. 
1318,  Will,  de  Overton.     Ditto. 

1349,  John  de  Hardleston.  Mary  Countess  of  Norfolk  and  Mar- 
shal, who  soon  after  gave  it  to 

Gilbert  Arches,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Hen.  Page. 
1361,  John  de  Thomham.     Lady  Mary  de  Brewse  Countess  of 
Norfolk  and  Marshal. 

John  de  Frenge,  changed  in 
1367,   with    John   de    Esterford,   for   Brockdish.      Sir    Walter 
Manny.     1419,  Tho.  Benny,  John   Lancasvre,  &c.  attorneys 
general  of  John  Earl-Marshal,  who  gave  it  to 

*  1609,  Tho.  Ward  Arm.  tenet  terr.  suam  que  est  inter  Biskeleyam  et  Fra- 

et  tenementa   in  Bixley  nuper  Magistri  mingham    sicut    melius,    Sec.    tempore 

de  Metyngham  de  manerio  de  Forncet.  Regis  Henrici  avi  mei  et  sicut  disracio- 

s  Henricus   (III;    Dei  gratia   Rex  natum  est  per  homines  hundredi.    Teste 

Anglie  Dux  Normannie,  &c.     Viceco-  Thoma  Cancellario,  apud  Sanctum  Ed- 

miti   suo  de  Norfolcia.   Precipio   quod  mundum. 

ecclesia  See.    Trinitatis  Norvici  teneat  E   Regro  im°  Ecce.  Cath.  Norwic. 

bene  et  in  pace  comnmnem  pasturam  fo.  56. 

vol.  v.                                        3  M 


450  BIX  LEY. 

John  Sampson  in  1421,  at  Benny  s  death.  In  1426,  John 
Duke  of  Norfolk  presented 

Will.  Wyverton  ;  and  in 
1467,  Tho.  Mastyr  had  it.     In  1482,  the  Bishop  by  lapse  collated. 
Rob.  Murcoth.     In   1415,  Enz.  Dutchess  of  Norfolk  gave 
it  to 

Henry  Bele.     In 
1490,  John  Cnstfince  had  it  by  lapse,  and  resigned  it  in 
1497,  to  John  Dalle.     In 
1513,  Robert  Hubbard  was  rector,  and  after  him 

George  Troghley,  at  whose  death  in  1528,  Thomas  Duke  of 
Norfolk  presented 

Routand  Johnson,  and  in 
1540,  John  Allen  ;  whose  successour 

Ru/f  Hayton,  died  in  1570,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Will.  Bainbrigge,  and  he  by 
Henry  Lynney,  at  whose  death  in 
1601,  John  Hotden  had  it  of  John  Holland,  feoffee  ofThomat 
Duke  of  Norfolk. 

1610,  Nic.  Ruste  was  rector,  and  in 
1630,  Rob.  Cowel.6 

Giles  Wilcox,  rector. 
1690,  The   Duke  of  Norfolk  gave  it  to  Will.  Dilke.     And  at  the 
death  of  David  Fleming,  who  held  it  with  Framlingham-Earl, 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Henry  Goodalt,  the  present  rector,  succeeded, 
and  holds  it  consolidated  to  Framlingham-Earl ,  (which  see  at  p. 
434 

The  church  here  is  an  antique  small  building,  of  one  isle  onty, 
which,  with  the  chancel,  is  18  yards  long  and  5  broad;,  and  is  tiled, 
as  is  the  south  porch,  and  tower,  which  is  low  and  square,  and  hath 
in  it  two  small  bells ;  on  the  biggest  is, 

^ancte  giohartn^  ^aptis'te  ora  pro  nohi£. 

It  is  dedicated  to  St.  Wandragesilius  the  Abbot,  to  whose  image 
pilgrimages  were  made  in  those  days:8  the  present  fabnck  was  built 
by  William  de  Dunwich,  who  was  one  of  the  bailiffs  of  Norwich  in 
1272,  for  on  a  stone  at  the  south-east  corner  of  the  chancel,  are  these 
words, 

ANiCOe    wil€lC0i    d6    donGwiEo    fvndatoriS   JpvivS 

EEEL6S16    PROPlElATVR    rj€vS. 

In  the  nave, 

E.  T.  ob.  28  Nov.  1718.  set.  85.     G.  T.   ob.  7  May,  1721, 
set.   85. 

6  Comes  Arundel,  patronus.  Rob.  8  1478,  Alice  Cooke  of  Horsted,  wife 
Cowel,  A.  M.  predicatorlicenciatus  Rr.  of  R.  Cooke  of  Crostwheyt,  by  will  in 
&c.  retinet  eciam  ecclesiam  de  Wickle-  Regr.  Castone,  fo.  71,  oiders  thus, 
wood  per  unionem  personalem.  1630,  "  Item,  I  wyll  have  a  man  to  go  a  ,il- 
Revis.  Archid.  Norf.  grimage   to  St.  Wandnde  of  biskeley," 

7  Deprived  for  not  taking  the  oaths  to  &c. 
Will,  III. 


BIX  LEY.  451 

On  an  old  brass  at  the  altar  step, 

$ic  iflcct  &tephanus5  jtiathu  qui  obtit  rtoii  Die  gjulii  3.  35.  $J. 
ccct.  Iriii0.  cutu£  anime  propinetut  ©tu.S  amen. 

Bixley-Hall,  the  seat  of  the  family  of  the  Wards,  is  a  well 
ouilt  handsome  house,  erected  by  the  late  Sir  Edw.  Ward,  Bart, 
grandfather  of  Sir  Randall  Ward,  Bart,  the  present  owner:  it  is  situ- 
ate near  the  high  road  from  Norwich  to  Bungeye,  and  fronts  three 
ways  ;  looking  north  towards  Norzeich,  west  against  the  road,  and 
south  through  divers  enclosures,  towards  the  east  part  of  Porland 
Heath.     The  Baronetage,  vol.  iii.  p.  195,  mentions 

A  Ward,  married  to  Margaret  Mortimer,9  as  father  and 
mother  of 

John  Ward,  who  by  the  marriage  of  the  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Jokn,'  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 3  de  Bosco  or  Bois,5  of  Kirbybedon,  be- 
came lord  of  that  manor  in  1563,  and  was  succeeded  by 

John  Ward,  Gent,  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Katherine 
daughter  of  Will,  Appkyard*  lord  of  Bracon-Ash  and  Dunston ;'  his 
will  was  proved  Oct.  27,  1445,6  by  which  he  ordered  his  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Mary  at  Kirby ;  and  it  appears  that  he 
was  lord  of  the  manors  of  W ode  house,  Bedons,  alias  Seams;  and 
patron  of  two  parts  of  the  advowson  of  Kirby  St.  Andrew;  having 
estates  in  Bixley,  Surlingham,  Bramerton,  Rocklands,  Fram/inghant, 
Trowse,  and  Witlingham ;  leaving 

Robert  Ward,  Gent,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,7  who  married  Alice 
Kemp  of  Gissingf  by  whom  he  left 

Robert  Ward,  Esq.  who  married  the  daughter  of  John  Copple- 
deck,  Esq.9  and  had 

Robert  Ward  of  Kirby,  Esq.  who  by  a  daughter  of  Sit  Giles 
Capel'  of  London,  Knt.  (ancestor  of  the  Earl  of  Essex)  had 

Henry  Ward  of  Postwick  or  Posswick,  Esq. z  who  in  1553,  was 
one  of  the  representatives  in  the  parliament  held  at  Oxford,  for  the 
city  of  Norwich;3  in  1562,  he  died  seized  of  Kirbybedon  manors, 
&c.  of  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Postwick,  of  Plumstede-Magna 
manor,  and  other  estates  in  many  of  the  adjacent  towns ;  of  the 
manor,  rectory,  site  of  the  monastery,  Sec.  of  Flitcham;  and  of  the 
rectory  of  Barkway'm  Hertfordshire  :  he  married  Margaret,  daughter 
of  William  Ugges  of  Poke  thorp  by  Norwich,  by  whom  he  had  several 
children,  the  eldest  was 


9  Or,  semi  de-lises  sab.  9  Warde    impaled   with   Coppeldyk, 

*  John  de  Bosco,  lord  of  Meldinghall  arg.  a  chevron   between   three  croslets 

in  Burston,  vol.  i.  p.  129.  fitche  gul.  and  also 

1  See  vol.  iv.  p.  109.  Pallet,  sab.  a  chevron  gul.  be- 

3  Erm.  a  cross  sab.  tween   three   covered  cups  or;    and 

4  Appleyard's  arms,  vol.  i.  p.  180.  Warde. 

5  See  p.  56,  S3.  *  Capel,  gul.   a  lion  rampant  arg.  be. 

6  Regr.  Wylby,  fo.  37.  a.  tween  three  cioslets  fitche  or. 

7  For  -irTho.  IVard,  his  second  son,  *  He  had  divers  brothers,  as  JefFery 
see  vol.  ii.  p.  477.  And  for  John  Ward,  Ward,  alderman  of  Norwich,  (see 
his  third  son,  see  vol.  ii.  p.  4S0.  vol.  iii.  p.  278,)  and  others,  from  whom 

3  In  a  farm-house  in  this  parish,  I  saw  the  wards  of  Castor,  and  other  families 

a  coat  of  Ward  impaling  Kemp,  quar-  of  this  name,  are  descended, 

tering  Buttevelyn  in  the  windows,  and  3  See  vol.  iii.  p.  27- 


452  B  I X  L  E  Y. 

Edward  Ward,  Esq.  of  Postwick,  who  was  the  first  of  the  family 
that  settled  at  Bixley,  and  built  the  old  hall  there  ;  in  1565,  he  was 
lord  of  Kirby-Bedon,  and  held  it  of  JohnLeigh,  as  of  his  manor  of 
SurUngham ;  by  his  will,  he  devised  the  manor  of  Barkway  rectory, 
to  his  son  Edward,  with  remainder  to  Joseph  Ward,  a  younger  son, 
brother  to  the  said  Edward ;  and  soon  after  his  decease,  the  two 
brothers  joined,  and  sold  it  to  Dame  Susan  Saltonstall  ■*  he  married 
June,  daughter  of  John  Havers  ot'Winfarthing,  Gent.5  by  whom  he 
had  12  children  ;  and  dying  in  1563,  lies  buried  under  an  altar  tomb 
in  Bixley  chancel,  at  the  north-east  part  of  it,  with  the  crest  and  arms 
of  Ward,  impaling 

Havers.  The  effigies  of  himself  and  wife  with  a  faldstool  between 
them,  in  a  praying  posture,  with  nine  sons  behind  him,  and  three 
daughters  behind  her,  still  remain,  and  this  inscription, 

<3n  fatal!  £ombe  a  Squire  \>in  h>e£.  m.s'hrurtue  bn  ©eathe, 
€>ne  Edwarde  Warde,  toho  lefte  of  ttaclue,  ten  Children  oeare, 
DDpth  Anne  his"  lopinge  ©ife,  on  Mayz  ©an  past  his"  breathe, 
2nt>  &ou(e  to  <£>ot>  bn  Chnste,  though!  s'cnceles's"  Corpes'  Ipe  heare, 
<0bnt  1583,  actatis'  s"us  41. 

Of  all  his  numerous  issue 

William  Warde,  the  sixth  son,  was  the  most  remarkable ;  who 
being  put  apprentice,  became  a  wealthy  goldsmith  in  London,  and 
jeweller  to  Henriette-Marie,  King  Charles  the  First's  Queen,  and  was 
knighted  by   that  King:   the   great  fortunes   which  this  gentleman 
raised,  was  owing  to  a  lucky  accident,  soon  after  his  setting  out  in 
trade,  which  I  find  thus  related  :  Mr.  Ward  standing  by  his  shop  door 
in  Lombard-slieet,  a   man  in  a  sailor's  habit  passed   by,  whom  he 
asked  the  usual  question,  whether  he  wanted  any  thing  in  his  way  ? 
whose  answer  was,  He  could  not  tell!  till  he  knew  whether  he  had  oc- 
casion for  something  he  had  to  dispose  of,  which  he  would  show  him, 
if  he  pleased  to  go  into  the  back  shop  ;  where  Mr.  Ward  was  sur- 
prised with  a  great  number  of  rough  diamonds,  poured  out  of  a  bag 
upon  the  compter  by  the  sailor,  who  at  the  same  time  asked  him,  if 
he  had  occasion  for,  or  would  buy  any  such  things?  and  if  so,  what 
he  would  give  for  them  ?  Mr.  Ward  answered  he  had,  and  would  buy, 
if  they  could  agree;   which  was  soon  done,  so  much  to  Mr.  Ward's 
liking,  that  he  invited  the  sailor,  and  all  the  ship's  crew,  to  supper  at 
a  neighbouring  tavern  ;  where  he  treated   them  so  generously,  that 
the  sailor  whispered  to  him  at  parting,  that  he  had   such   another 
parcel  for  him  in  the  morning,  if  he  pleased  to  buy  ;  which  Mr.  Ward 
gladly  accepted  of,  and  bought  them,  gave  the  like  treat,  and  parted 
merrily  with  mutual  joy  ;  the  sailor  for  his  ready  cash,  and  the  jew- 
eller for  the  great  advantage  that  he  saw  in  his  purchase.     He  soon 
fell  to  work  upon  the  stones,  which  fully  answered  his  expectation, 
and  so  much  added  to  his  fortunes,  that  he  soon  raised  his  reputation, 
and  became  one  of  the  most  eminent  bankers  in  London.     It  after 
chanced,  that  Edward  Lord  Dudley  having  much  impaired  his  for- 
tune by  irregular  living,  was  advised  by  his  friends,  to  apply  to  Mr. 
Ward,  as  an  honest  and  substantial  banker,  for  20,000/.  who  told  his 

*  Chauncy's  Hist.  Hertf.  fo.  ioz.  5  See  vol.  i.  p.  150. 


B  I  X  L  E  Y.  453 

Lordship  at  once,  that  the  money  was  ready,  upon  producing  satis- 
factory security;  which  his  Lordship  soon  did  ;  upon  which,  M  r.  Ward 
told  his  Lordship,  he  thought  he  might  be  supplied  better  and  more 
honourably,  than  by  borrowing  :  and  being  asked,  how  ?  M.T.Ward said, 
he  had  an  only  son,  and  his  lordship  a  grandaughter  (named  Frances) 
the  only  issue  of  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Ferdinando,  deceased ;  and  if  they 
might  be  married  together  he  would  supply  more  than  the  present  want: 
my  Lord  listened  to  it,  the  match  was  soon  concluded,  and  so  the  two 
familes  and  estates  became  united.  When  Sutton  Lord  Dudley 
died,  the  married  couple  were  not  equal  in  honour;  she,  Lady  Ba- 
roness Dudley,  (the  honour  descending  to  females,  on  failure  of 
heirs  male,)  her  husband,  only  Mr.  Humble  Ward;  but  he,  meriting 
much  for  seasonable  supplies  brought  to  his  Majesty,  was  in  conside- 
ration thereof,  first  knighted  at  Oxford  in  1643;6  and  shortly  after, 
advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  Baron,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Ward,  of 
Birmingham  in  Warwickshire,1  from  whom  the  present  John  Lord 
Ward  is  descended. 

But  to  return  to  the  eldest  branch  of  the  family. 

Thomas,  eldest  son  of  the  said  Thomas  and  Anne,  settled  at  Bixley, 
and  married  Eleanor;*  daughter  of  Thomas  Godsalve  of  Bukenham- 
Ferry,  Esq.  by  whom  he  had 

Thomas,  who  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Peart  of  Essex, 
Esq.9  and  died  in  1632,  seized  of  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Postwick, 
the  manor  of  Great  Plumstede,  &c.  leaving 

Edward  Ward  of  Bixley,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir ;  who  was  knighted 
by  Oliver  Lord  Protector,  Nov.  2,  1657  ;  he  having  been  high  sheriff 
of  Norfolk  in  the  preceading  year,  was  continued  in  that  otfice  this 
year  also:  his  first  wife  was  a  Catlyne,'  by  whom  he  had  no  issue; 
tut  he  had  several  children  by  his  second  wife,1  Eliz.  daughter  and 
sole  heir  of  John  Harbourne  of  Mundham,  Esq. 3  grandaughter  of 
William  Harbourne  of  Mundham,  Esq.  who  was  sent  ambassadour  by 
Queen  Elizabeth,  to  the  Grand  Segnior,  as  appears  by  her  Majesty's 
letters  patent  dated  Nov.  29,  1582.  In  the  year  1660,  12  Car.  II.  Sir 
Edwatd  was  created  a  Baronet;  which  patent,  it  is  said,  was  procu- 
red by  Lord  Ward,  that  the  eldest  branch  of  his  family  might  not 
want  a  title  of  genuine  honour.  He  died  about  1664,  seized  of  Post- 
wick manor  and  advowson,  lands  and  estates  in  Bixley,  Framlinghams, 
Kirby,  Trouse,  Amringhall,  Poringlaud,  8tc.  held  in  soccage  of  the 
Duke  of  Norfolk,  which  he  left  to 

Sir  Edw.  Ward,  Bart,  his  eldest  son,  who  died  about  1684,  and 
married  Jane*  daughter  of  William  Rant,  M.  D.  of Thorpmarket  and 

6  Peerage,  edit.  Lond.  vol.  i.  A"  buried  in  Bixley  chancel  23  Aug.  1710, 
1710,  p.  21,  among  the  Barons.     Peer-     at.  53. 

age,   edit.   Lond.  1741,  vol.  iv.  p.  120,  Hie  jacet  quod Mortale  fuit  Caro- 

and  Baronetage,  vol.  iii  p.  196.  line  Ward  de  Bixley  in  Com.  Nor- 

7  Created  a  Baron  23  March,  1643.  folciae,  ob.    iS°  Die  Febr.   A.  D. 

8  Le  Neve  says  Mary ;  see  vol.  iv.  p.  i6qi. 

161.  3  Harbourn  of  Mundham,  az.  three 

9  Peart,  or,  on  a  bend  gul.  three  mas-  lions  passant  or  quartering  Harbourn, 
cles  of  the  field.  gul.  on  a  fess  or  between  three  bezants, 

1  See  vol.  ii.  p.  447..  a  lion  passant  sab.  linguedgul. 

1  Henry   Ward,    Anne  daughter  of        *  See  vol.  iv.  p.  160. 
Hen.  Ward,  Gent,  and  Cath.  his  wife, 


454  BIX  LEY. 

London ;  she  died  in  167 1,  leaving  many  children,  the  eldest  of  which 
was 

Sir  Thomas  Ward,  Bart,  who  died  single  in  1692,  leaving  his 
estate  to  his  brother, 

Sir  Edward  Ward,  Bart,  who  married  Barbara,  daughter  and 
coheiress  of  Leonard  Gooch  of  Earskam  in  Norfolk,  Esq.  who  is  now 
living,  and  had  issue, 

Sir  Edward  Ward,  Bart,  who  married  Susan,$  daughter  and  sole 
heiress  of  Mr.  William  Randall  of  Yarmouth,''  merchant;  she  is  still 
living,  but  Sir  Edward  died  in  March  1736,  and  was  buried  at  Bixley; 
they  had  issue  three  sons,  and  two  daughters,  of  which  Thomas  and 
E/iz.  died  young,  Susan  is  now  (1748)  living  and  single,  and 

Sir  Edward  Ward,  Bart,  succeeded  his  father  in  the  honour  and 
estate;  he  was  fellow  commoner  of  Caius  college  in  Cambridge,  and 
dying  single  in  1742,  was  interred  in  the  chancel;  for  whom  there  is 
a  neat  mural  monument  over  the  south  door,  with  the  arms  of  Ward, 
and  this  inscription, 

Ostendunt  Terris  hunc  tantum  Fata. 
Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Sir  EDWARD  WARD  of  Bixley, 
Bart.  (Son  of  Sir  Edzvard  and  Dame  Susan  his  Wife)  who  at  an 
Age  exposed  to  Temptation,  and  prone  to  Vice,  in  Spight  of  the 
Contagion  of  Corrupt  Examples,  blush 'd  at  every  Vice,  and  prac- 
tis'd  every  Vertue  :  Every  humane  and  generous  Principle,  was 
implanted  in  his  Soul  by  Nature,  improved  by  Education,  matu- 
red by  practice  ;  a  large  and  diffusive  Benevolence  distinguished 
him  to  the  World;  to  his  Friends,  Faith  and  Constancy  invio- 
lable, to  his  Relations,  the  purest  Affection ;  and  to  his  Mother, 
Piety  and  Tenderness  beyond  Example:  At  the  University  of 
Cambridge  for  the  space  of  three  Years,  he  pursued  his  Studies, 
with  Diligence  and  Success,  and  being  ready  to  enter  into  the 
publick  and  busy  Scene  of  Life,  fully  prepared  to  satisfy  the 
Expectation  of  his  Country,  the  Hopes  of  his  Friends,  and  the 
fond  Wishes  of  a  Parent,  a  malignant  Fever  put  an  end  to  his 
Life,  in  the  21st  Year  of  his  Age. 

He  died  Apr.  7th,  1742. 

Sir  Randall  Ward  of  Bixley, brother  to  Sir  Edward,  is  the  pre- 
sent Baronet. 

The  arms  of  Ward  are,chequy  or  and  az.  a  bend  erm.  Motto, 
Pense  bien. 

Crest,  on  a  torce  or  and  az.  an  outlandish  deer  trippant  proper, 
collared  and  chained  reflecting  over  the  back  or;  which  arms  and 
crest  were  confirmed  by  Sir  Gilbert  Dethick,  22  Nov.  1575. 

Some  of  the  family  have  since  used  an  ante/ope  for  their  crest ;  and 
others,  on  a  cap  of  maintenance,  an  eagle  displayed  or;  but  without 
any  reason  for  so  doing. 

5  Buried  at  Bixley  in  July  17 19.  arg.  five  mullets  sab. 

*  Randall  of  Kent,  gul.  on  a  cross 


W I T  L I  N  G  H  A  M.  455 

There  are  several  achievements  of  the  family  in  the  chancel;  one 
hath  the  motto,  and  crest  of  an  antelope. 

Warde,  quartering  9  coats;  1,  Mortimer.  2  Appleyard.  3, 
Kemp.  4,  Coppledick.  5,  Capet.  6,  Hemes.  7,  Godsalve.  8, 
Pert.     9,  Harboum  of  Mundham.    All  these  impaled  with  Harboum. 

That  for  the  last  Sir  Edward,  hath  for  a  crest,  on  a  cap  of  main- 
tenance gul.  turned  up  erm.  an  eagle  displayed  or. 

Another  hath  Ward  quartering  Harbourn,  and  a  coat  of  pretence 
of  Gooch. 

Another  hath  the  crest  of  an  eagle,  Ward  single,  and  a  coat  of 
pretence  of  Randal 

Another  hath  Ward  with  the  Ulster  arms,  quartering  arg.  a  chevron 
gul.  between  three  trees  serf,  impaling  Harbourne  of  Mundham,  and 
a  coat  of  pretence  of  Harboum. 


WITLINGHAM. 


This  village  was  in  two  parts  at  the  Confessor's  survey ;  one  belonged 
to  Edric  de  Laxfield,  and  was  a  berewic  to  Eaton,  as  may  be  seen 
at  p.  516,  vol.  iv.7  and  after  passing  a  long  timewith  the  manor  of 
Rokele's  in  Trowse,  became  joined  to  a  manor  in  Kirby-bedon, 8  and 
after  to  Wadkers  in  Windham,  as  you  may  see  at  p.  506,  vol.  ii. 

The  principal  manor  of  this  village  belonged  to  Bishop  Stigand, 
and  was  held  by  Ulflet,  a  free-woman,  in  the  Confessor's  time,  being 

7  Terre   Regis  quam  Godricus  servat.  post  ii.  modo  i.  et  dim.  hoc  pertinet  ad 

H.  Heinestede.     Doms  fo.  28.  Aietunam. 

In  Aietuna  i.  berevitaWislingeham,  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti.     Heinestede  H. 

tenuit  Edricus  T.  R.  E.  de  lxxx.  acr.  Doms    fo.  iii. 

jerre,  sender  ii.  bord.  tunc  i.  car  in  do-  In  Wising  lingaham  tenuit  i.  liberi 

minio  post  et  modo  iv.  acr.  prati.  femina  Ulflet  T.    R.    E.    sub    Stigando 

In     Wislingaham    i.    liber    homo  Episcopo    clx.    acr.    terre,  semper  ix. 

Edrici  commend,  et  in  Brambertuna  iii.  et  bord.   tunc   i.   car.   et  dim.   in  dominio 

in  Rokelunda  i.   de   iv.   et  dim.    habuit  post  et  modo  i.   et  dim.   hominum  viii. 

Edricus  commendationem  T.  R.  E.   et  acr.   prati,  et  xiii.  soc  integri  et  iii  dim. 

Ulketel  de  una  et  dim.  et  Aluredus  tan-  xlii.  acr.  terre  et  iii  acr.  prati,  semp.  i. 

turn   commendat.    de    dim.    postquam  car.  et  dim.  tunc  valuit  xx.  sol.  post  et 

Wills.    Rex  conquisivit   Angliam,et  R.  modo  xxx.  habet  dim.  leug.  in  longo  et 

tenuit  omnes  quando  se  forisfecit  et  post  iv.  quar.  in  lato,   et  de  gelto  vud.  qui- 

Godricus  in  ministerium  Kegis,  hoc  tes-  cunque  ibi  teneat  et  ecclesiax.  acr.  val. 

tatur  hundret,  modo  Aitardusde  Vals,eX  xiii.  hec  tota  terra  est   defeudo  Almari 

revocat  ad  feudum  Episcupi  Baiocensis  Episcopi  et  tenet   idem  Robertus,    (sc. 

de  tenetura  Aluredi  antecessoris  sui,  et  Rob.  de  Curcun.) 

hundred   dene,  ei  quod  non   pertin.  ad  8  Witlingham  cum  Walkeline's  manor 

antecessorem  suum;  tenent  isti  omnes  extends  into  Homersfhld  in  Suffolk. 
xl.  acr.  terre  et  iii.  acr.  prati  ii.  car.  et 


456  WITLINGHAM. 

then  worth  20s.  there  was  a  church  and  10  acres  of  glebe,  valued  at 
12d.  a  year,  and  the  whole  was  of  Bishop  Jlmar's  fee;  at  the  Con- 
quest it  was  risen  to  30s.  a  year,  and  the  town  was  then  half  a  mile 
long,  and  as  much  broad,  and  paid  7^.  to  the  geld,  towards  every  20s. 
raised  in  the  hundred.  The  Conqueror  gave  it  to  Roger  Bigot,  of 
whom  it  was  held  by  Rob.  de  Curcun  or  Curson  at  the  survey,9  and 
after  by  William  de  Curcun  his  son,  who  sold  it  to  Osbert  and  Pamel 
his  wife,  and  they  were  infeoffed  as  at  p.  129;  and  it  continued  with 
Carleton  till  1320,  and  from  that  time  with  Cosley,  in  the  Jernegans, 
as  at  p.  413,  vol.  ii.  till  the  year  1342,  and  then  Sir  Peter  Jernegan, 
Knt.  conveyed  it  to  Will.  Berte.  In  1371,  Ric.  le  Spencer  was  lord; 
in  1393,  George  de  Felbrigge  and  Amy  his  wife  sold  it  to  Will,  de 
Ermyn,  clerk,  in  trust  for  Edzcard  Gerbridge  and  Cecily  his  wife,  and 
their  heirs.  In  1432,  John  Coppuldike  was  lord,  and  afterwards  Mar- 
garet daughter  of  John  Coppledick,  wife  of  Tho.  Zouch,  Esq.  settled  it 
with  other  manors,  on  Peter  Ardenie  their  trustee ;  for  in  1478,  Sir 
John  Coppledick  paid  his  relief  for  two  fees;  and  in  1435,  Sir  John 
Coppledick,  Knt.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  sold  it  to  Nicholas  Hare  and 
others,  when  it  extended  into  Kirby-bedon,  Trouse,  Lakenham,  Bixley, 
Framlinghum,  Yelverton,  Norton  Soupe-Cors,  Newton- Flotman,  Rock- 
land, Bramerton  and  Surlingham ;  and  in  1546,  by  the  name  of  Sir 
Nic.  Hare,  Knt.  he  and  Robert  Hare  had  a  grant  of  Sa ham's  in  Kir- 
by-bedon, and  of  the  impropriate  rectory  and  advowson  of  Witlingham, 
and  so  it  came  joined  to  the  manor;  and  in  1549,  Robert  Hare  set- 
tled on  Sir  Nicholas  Hare,  Knt.  and  Miles  Hare,  his  son  and  heir, 
this  manor,  impropriation,  and  advowson,  with  the  manor  and  third 
part  of  the  advowson  of  Kirby-bedon:  this  Miles  was  lord  in  1559, 
when  he  paid  his  relief  for  two  fees,  which  this  manor  was  held  bv, 
to  Rob.  Kempe,  Esq.  feodary  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  of  whom  it  was 
held;  and  in  1609,  Michael,  son  of  Michael  Hare,  Esq.  held  it  at  two 
fees  of  Forncet  manor,  and  in  1610,  sold  them  to  Owen  Sheppherd, 
Esq.  general  receiver  to  Henry  Howard  Earl  of  Northampton,  by 
which  office  he  much  advanced  his  fortunes  ;  and  it  continued  in  the 
family  till  Rob.  Sheppherd,  Esq.  barrister  at  law,  sold  it  to  Mr.  Cock 
of  Norwich,  by  whom  it  was  sold  to  Edw.  Pearce,  Gent.  *  of  Parsons 
Green  in  Fulham  parish  in  Middlesex,  son  of  Edw.  Pearce  of  London, 
Esq.  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bishop  of  London,  Gent,  and 
grandson  of  John  Pearce  of  Glyn,  by  Alice  White  of  Lewes  in  Sussex, 
and  by  Mary  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Dudley  Carleton  (by  his 
second  wife,  Lucy  Crofts  of  Crofts  Castle  in  Herefordshire,  )  he  had 
Edward  Peirce,  Lieutenant  General,  Colonel  Thomas  Peirce,  Major 
General  in  1693,  and  Alary,  Lucy,  Bridget,  &c.  Edward  son  of 
Lieutenant  General  Peirce,  married  a  daughter  of  Major  General 
Peirce,  who  now  is  his  widow,  and  owns  it. 

The  church  was  dedicated  to  St.  Andrezo  the  Apostle,  and  its 
advowson  belonged  to  the  manor:  it  was  founded  before  the  Con- 
fessor's survey,  for  it  is  entered  there.  In  1249,  Richard  de  Roke/e, 
lord  of  that  part  of  the  town  which  beonged  to  Roke/e's  manor  in 
Trowse,  claimed   a  right  of  presentation,   against  Agnes  widow   of 

9  Seep.  12S,  137.  It  was  held  of  the  Crest,  a  demi-pelican  or,  vulningher- 
Bigots,  containing  4  carucates.  self  proper.     Middlesex   Visitation  A" 

*  Pear.ce,  vert,  a  bend  cotized  or.     1668. 


W  I T  L  I  N  G  H  A  M.  457 

Roger  Fitz-Osbert,  who  then  held  the  manor  in  dower;  hut  upon 
proof  that  Will,  de  Curson,  Fitz-Osbert's  predecessor,  always  presented 
single,  it  was  confirmed  absolutely  to  the  manor;  and  was  after  given 
by  Peter  Fitz-Osbert  /  lord  here,  to  the  canons  of  St.  Olave  at  Hering- 
Jieet  in  Suffolk  of  his  father's  foundation,  and  was  immediately  appro- 
priated to  their  house,  and  having  no  vicarage  endowed,  they  took 
the  annual  profits,  and  paid  a  chaplain  or  curate  for  serving  the  church, 
till  the  Dissolution,  when  it  was  granted  to  Sir  Nicholas  Hare,  Knt. 
and  from  that  time  to  this,  hath  passed  with  the  manor,  with  which 
it  now  remains. 

Norwich  Domesday  tells  us,  that  it  had  a  house  and  12  acres  of 
glebe  was  valued  at  five  marks  and  an  half,  and  was  appropriated  to 
the  Prior  of  St.  Olave,  the  synodals  being  l6d.  the  procurations  6s.  8d. 
the  Peter-pence  5d.  and  carvage  4d.  ob.  and  the  vill  paid  50s.  to  each 
tenth.  The  Prior  of  Norwich  had  a  portion  of  tithes  here,  out  of  the 
demeans  of  Roger  Fitz-Osbert,  which  was  confirmed  by  Bishop  B/un- 
devy/e,  and  settled  on  the  ce/erer  of  the  monastery;  they  were  first 
valued  at  40s.  alter  reduced  to  5s.  only;  and  in  1513,  the  Prior  ofSt. 
Olave  compounded  for  them,  with  the  Prior  of  Norwich,  at  \c2s.  per 
annum.     The  Prioress  of  Carrow  had  temporals  here  taxed  at  3s.  ]0d. 

In  1593,  Mr.  Stebbing  was  curate,  and  it  was  returned  as  aperpe- 
tual  curacy.  In  l6()3,  in  the  Answers  of  the  Parsons,  among  others  is 
this  entered,  Tho.  Cranforth  is  curate,  it  is  an  impropriation,  of  which 
Mr.  Hare  is  proprietary,  and  pays  to  the  curate  a  stipend  of  4/.  per 
annum,  there  are  40  communicants  in  this  parish,  which  is  in  Brook 
deanery.  In  lt)09,  James  Smith  was  curate.  In  the  Revision  of  the 
Archdeaconry  of  Norfolk,  made  in  1630,  it  paid  the  aforesaid  synodals 
and  procurations,  and  Laurence  Townley,  curate,  received  a  clear 
stipend  of  4l.  per  annum. 

But  soon  after,  the  church  being  dilapidated  (for  now  the  walls  only, 
and  a  square  tower  remain)  it  was  joined  to  Kirby-bedon  (the  manor 
of  which,  belonged  at  that  time,  to  the  same  owner)  and  continued 
with  it  many  years ;  and  the  rector  of  that  church  received  the  sti- 
pend and  other  ecclesiastical  dues,  and  then  performed  the  duty,  by- 
burying  the  parishioners  at  Kirby,  &c.  3  but  1  am  informed,  that  it  is 
lately  joined  to  Trowse,  though  by  what  authority  I  know  not. 

*  See  p.  129.  Wicklingham  St.    Andrew,  was  at  the 

3  1653,  a  register  of  all  births,  marri-  general   sessions  of  the  publick  peace, 

ages,  and  burials,  within  the  parishes  of  holden   at  the  castle  of  Norwich  in  the 

Kirby-bedon  St.    Andrew,  and  Wick-  shire-house  there,  Oct.  4,  last  according 

lingham  St.  Andrew,  begun  in  1653.  to  the  said  act,  united,  <i'c. 

According  to   an   act    of  parliament  The  act  of  union  is  dated  Oct.  4,  1653, 

dated  24  Aug.  1653,  Ambrose  Shepherd,  and  entered  in  the  county  records.     12 

Gent,  was  chosen  24  day  of  Sept.  1653,  Car.  II.  cap.  12,  confirms   such  judicial 

to  be  register  of  the  parish  of  Kirby  St.  proceedings  done  in  the  rebellion. 
Andrew,    unto    which    the    parish    of 


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TROWSE   and  NEWTON, 

JNow  called  Trowse  with  Newton,  the  latter  being  a  hamlet  to  the 
former,  though  originally  it  was  the  contrary;  Netcton  being  the 
principal  part  or  manor,  and  Trowse  an  appendage  to  it;*  Bishop 
Stigand  owned  all  Nezeton,  and  about  half  Trowse,  and  a.  free-woman 
held  them  of  him;  at  the  Conquest,  Godric  seized  it,  but  could  not 
keep  it,  for  upon  her  appeal  to  the  Conqueror  himself,  she  had  it  re- 
stored for  life ;  it  contained  three  furlongs  in  length,  and  four  in 
breadth,  and  paid  Sd.  gelt,  towards  every  20s.  raised  upon  the  hun- 
dred. There  never  was  a  parish  church  at  Newton,  but  the  inhabi- 
tants always  went  to  Trowse ;  after  her  death,  Godric  had  it,  and 
Raff  Fitz-Godric  gave  it  with  the  advowson  of  Trowse,  to  the  monks 
of  Norwich,  which  gift  King  Henry  II.  confirmed.  In  1285,  the 
jury  presented,  that  the  bailiff  of  the  King's  hundred  of  Henstede  al- 
ways held  his  hundred  court  at  Troicse,  till  within  these  13  years  past, 
when  he  was  inhibited  so  doing  by  the  Prior  of  Norwich,  lord  there, 
under  pain  of  excommunication  ;  and  it  being  found  to  be  one  of 
the  Prior's  manors,  enjoying  the  privileges  of  the  church,  and  that 
this  was  no  damage  to  the  Crown  nor  country,  the  inhibition  was 
confirmed.  In  1428,  the  Prior  was  taxed  for  his  temporals  here  at 
30/.  8s.  \0d.  ob.  At  the  Dissolution,  Trowse  and  Troicse-Newton 
manor,  with  the  impropriate  rectory  and  advowson  of  the  vicarage, 
were  conveyed  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Norzcichf  who  are  now 
lords,  impropriators,  and  patrons  of  the  vicarage.6 

Trowse-Newton-Hall  is  an  ancient  building,  erected  by  the 
Priors  of  Norwich,  whose  country  seat  it  was;  it  had  a  chapel  and 
all  offices  convenient:  in  in  1335,  King  Edward  III.  and  Phillipa 
his  Queen,  lodged  there,  as  at  p.  540,  612,  vol.  iii.  It  continued  as 
a  retirement  for  the  deans,  long  after  the  Dissolution,  but  being  now 
leased  out,  is  inhabited  by  a  farmer  only. 

*  Newotona  tenuit  i.  libera  femina  5  1601,   John    Suckling,   Esq.    sued 

sub  Stigando  pro  i.  car.   terre  semper  Joan  Suckling,  widow,  and  Thomas  and 

viii.  villan.  et  viij.  bord.  semper  i.  car.  Christopher  Suckling,  touching  the  lease 

in  dom.  tunc  iiii.  car.  horn,  post  i.  et  of  this  manor,  now  in  possession  of  Peter 

dim.  modo  ii.  car.  horn,  et  xl.  acr.  prati  Gleane,  Gent,    by   virtue    of   another 

modo  x.  anim.  tunc  ii.  pore,  modo  iii.  lease,  it  was  in  jointure  to  Colonel  Suck- 

et  v.  ov.  hng's  widow,  of  Wotton,  in  1693. 

In  Trus  vi.  soc.  pertinentes  isti  ma-  6  There  were  divers  lands,  rents,  and 

ner'u>  de  lvi.  acr.  terre  et  ii.  bord.  et  v.  services,  added  to  this  manor,  of  divers 

acr.  prati,  et  i.  mol.  semper  i.  car.  et  gifts,  as  by  John  son  of  John  de  Hemen- 

dim.  tunc  valuit  totum  xx.  sol.  post  et  hale,  Robert  de  Hemenhale  and    Kat. 

modo  xxx.  Ikc  manerium  fuit  ad  cen-  his   wife,    Thomas    Vincent,   Amabil, 

sum  in  ministerium  Godrici  pro  xxx.  widow  of  Andrew  le  Porter,  all  before 

sol.     Sed  Godricus  non   habuit   eos,  1280,  Will.  Butt  of  Norwich  in  1305, 

quia  revocat  ipsa  Regem  ad  defensorem,  Henry  Trewboy  in  1339,  and  in  1392, 

habet  iii.  quar.  in  longo  et  iiii.  quar.  in  by  Rob.  Thugarton. 
lato,  et  viiid.  de  gelto. 


TROWSE.  45Q 

That  part  of  Trowse  on  the  Norwich  side  of  the  river  is  called 
Trozese-Milgate,  of  which  you  may  see  a  full  account,  in  vol.  iii. 
p.  168,  197,  380  ;  vol.  iv.  p.  524. 


ROKELE'S  MANOR 

In  Trowse,  extended  into  a  great  number  of  the  adjacent  vills,  but 
though  it  was  so  very  considerable  at  that  time,  the  several  parts  have 
been  sold  off  or  manumised,  so  that  Sir  Randall  Ward,  Bart,  is  the 
only  remaining  copyhold  tenant  of  the  manor;  which  Anscot  had 
at  the  Confessor's,  and  Ranulf  or  Ralf  at  the  Conqueror's  survey, 
who  held  it  of  Roger  Bigot,7  and  it  hath  been  held  always  of  the  Nor- 
folk family,  as  ofForncet  manor.  William  Curcun  was  lord  here,  and 
gave  it  with  his  daughter  Alice,  to  Ric.  de  Rupibus,  Rupella,  Rock,  or 
Rokele,  who  had  Richard  and  Reginald;3  but  they  dying  without 
issue,  Will.  Rokele  their  brother  succeeded  ;  in  1268,  Thomas  Rokele 
was  lord,  and  in  1286,  Henry  Rokele,  who  the  next  year  conveyed  it 
to  Ric.  de  la  Rokele,  who  was  lord  in  1306  ;  in  1390,  it  was  owned  by 
John  Rokele  or  at  Hal,  citizen  of  Norwich,  who  then  conveyed  to  Sir 
Miles  Stapleton,  Knt.  Sir  Roger  de  Boys,  Knt.  Richard  de  Cralefield, 
master  of  Norton-Soupecorse  college,  and  William  de  C/axton,  this 
manor  ;  with  20  acres  of  demeans  called  Trowse-  Hilles,  55s.  quitrents, 
one  capon,  and  one  pound  of  cinamon,  with  liberty  of  holding  a 
court  every  three  weeks  in  Trowse,  with  the  suit  of  all  the  tenants  be- 
longing to  this  manor,  in  Witlingham,  Trowse  cum  Newton,  Bixley, 
Kirkebydon,  Bramerton,  Taseburgh,  Brakendale,  Rokelond,  Carleton 
Jurta,  Langley,  Surlingham,  and  Amringha.il.  In  1357,  Will,  at  Hyl 
and  JefferyFemon,9  granted  other  lands,  8tc.  which  were  joined  to 
these  manors,  to  William  de  Btickling,  Earth,  del  Appefyard,  and 
John  de  Causton.  It  after  belonged  to  John  Potter,  then  to  John  de 
Witton;  and  about  1403,  John  de  Barney  and  Will,  de  Catton  had 
it ;  and  after  that,  Edmund  Cai/y  of  Trowse,  Gent,  who  infeoffed  Sir 
John  Clifton,  Knt.  John  at  Chirche,  Esq.  Andrew  Syre  of  Surlingham, 
Richard  Rede  of  Oxburgh,  Edmund  Fairbed  of  Trowse,  and  William 
Narford  of  Bixley ;  it  had  been  then  in  trustees  hands,  for  they  had 
it  of  the  feoffment  of  John  Hempstedc,  citizen  of  Norwich,  Roger 
Prat,  clerk,  Will.  Ymmis,  and  Thomas  Wild.  In  1438,  Robert  Howlyn, 
clerk,  convej'ed  it  to  Sir  John  Clifton,  Knt.  John  Windham,  Esq.  and 
Will.  Gladine  of  Norwich,  notary  publick,  with  all  the  fisheries,  szcan- 
marks,  &c; '  and  in  1445,  they  released  it  to  Clifton.  In  1491,  it 
belonged  to  John  Blake,  who  lies  buried  in  the  chancel,  with  this  on 
a  brass  plate, 

<@rate  pro  anima  gof)arini£  2?fafce,  qui  nbiit  viii0  ore  men£ig 
.Iftarru  £.  ©.  M.  crcclrtTjn.  cuiusS  amine  rironinetur  ©eu£. 

7  Terra  Rooeri  Bigoti,  Doms.  fo.  ses  Norwici  xii.  acr.  terre,  semper  val. 

132.  Heinestede  H.  ii-  sol. 

In   Treus   i.  liber  homo  Anscot        8  See  Bixley,  p.  44.S,  9.   Witlingham, 

commendat.  T.  R.  E.  xl.  acr.  terre  et  p.  456. 

iii.  bord.  hoc  tenet  idem  (sc.  Ranul-         9  demon's  seal  hath  a  shield  of  barry 

fus)  et  i.  lib.  homo  dim.   sub  eo  iiii.  of  eight,  a  bend  :  crest,  a  man's  head 

acr.  prati.  between    two    wings.      S.    Galfrid? 

Terra  Regis,  fo.  9.  In  Framinga-  Vernoni. 
HAM  et  in  Treussa  teneat  duo  Burgen-         '  See  vol.  iv.  p.  3S9. 


460  TROWSE. 

Under  it  was  a  shield  parted  per  chevron  in  chief  two  cinquefoils 
pierced,  in  base  a  batt. 

It  was,  after  this,  settled  on  the  ?nasler  and  brethren  of  St.  Giles's 
hospital  in  Norwich,  and  by  them  tied  to  find  Bishop  Goldwell's  chap- 
lains, as  at  p.  178,  vol.  iv.;  and  in  1582,  was  leased  out,  as  at  p.  .i89, 
vol.  iv.;  for  its  value,  &c.  see  vol.  iv.  p.  395.  It  now  belongs  to  St. 
Giles's  hospital,  to  which  the  mayor  and  aldermen  of  the  city  of 
Norwich,  are  perpetual  trustees. 

The  church  is  27  yards  long,  and  8  broad  ;  it  hath  a  square  tower 
about  16  yards  high,  in  which  are  three  bells;  the  church  and  chancel 
are  both  leaded  ;  there  is  also  a  south  porch  ;  and  the  vicarage-house 
and  yards  join  to  the  south  side  of  the  churchyard. 

At  the  outside  of  the  east  gable  of  the  chancel,  on  a  stone  under  a 
niche,  in  which  an  image  formerly  stood,  is  this, 

wilGlOOvS  :  dG  kirkGbi  :  prior  ;  norwiE  :*  CCG :  poSvit  : 
EvivS  :  ANiODG  :  propiEiGtvr:  nGvS. 

It  seems  he  built  the  chancel,  and  placed  the  image  of  St.  Andrew 
the  Apostle  (to  whom  the  church  is  dedicated)  in  it,  in  view  of  all 
the  passengers  in  the  high-way,  which  goes  under  the  churchyard 
wall ;  in  1280,  he  leaded  it  and  glazed  it  at  a  great  expense. 

In  the  chancel,  Prudence  Wife  of  Ria]±  Brooke,  Daughter  of  Da- 
niel Palmer  and  Mary  his  Wife,  died  Wet.  1658.  Prudence  their 
Daughter,  1648. 

Hunton,  sab.  a  chevron,  erm.  between  three  talbots  passant 
org. 

Hannah  the  dearly  beloved  Wife  of  John  Hunton,  9  Dec. 
1707. 

Hie  jacet  Johannes  Hunton  Generosus,  ob.  28  May,  A.  D. 
1714,  set.  57. 

Da llison,  arg.  on  a  pile  ingrailed  az.   three  crescents  of  the 

field,  impaling 

Tuthill,  or,  on  a  chevron  az.  three  crescents  arg.  granted  to 

one  of  that  name  atSaxlingham. 

Here  lyeth  the  loving  Wyef  of  Bog.  Da/uson,  Sonne  and  Heire 
apparant  to  William  Dahjmn  of  Latcghton  in  the  County  of  Lin- 
coln, Esquier,  and  Daughlpr  and  Heir  to  William  Tuthill  of 
Newton,  Gentleman,  and  Elizabeth  his  VVief,  who  ending  her 
Lief  in  the  Yeare  of  our  Lorde  Qod  1585,  the  27  Day  of  Sept. 
and  in  the  lQih  Year  of  her  Age,  hath  left  here  her  body  in  the 
Earth,  the  Memory  of  her  JName  upon  the  Earth,  and  her 
blessed  Spirit  above  the  Earth,  and  earthly  Power, 

Suckling  impales  two  bars.    Margaret  Relict  of  Rob.  Suckling 
of  Woodton,  Esq.  Jan.  22,  1700. 
Suckling  quarters  Aldrich. 

Carolus  Svckling  de  Bracondale  Generosus,  Caroli  Suck- 
linge   de  Woodton,  Filius   natu  Minor,  Communi   peste    obijt 

2  See  vol.  iii.  p.  602. 


TROWSE.  461 

15  Julij  fatali  Anno  1666.  Maria  Uxor  ejus  e  Generosa.  Aldri- 
chiorum  de  Mangreen  Familia,  Haeres  unica  Relicta,  per  Annos 
ferine  quinque  lenta  Tabe  languida,  charum  secutaest  virum  18° 
AprilisA    1671. 

Utriusque  optime  mereutium  Memorise,  Quatuor  Filiaj  Super- 
stites  pie  posuere, 

Eliz.  Wife  of  2'Ao.  Clypwell  of  Trowse  Newton,  20  Jug.  1708, 
set.  76. 

Francis  Barber,  June  25,  1701,  a3t.  85. 

John,  third  Son  of  John  Knyvet  Esq.  and  Lucy  his  Wife,  ob. 
15  Jan.  1685.     (See  p.  100.) 

Thomason,oo  a  bend  three  birds,  eacli  with  a  trefoil  in  their 
mouths. 

Henricus  Thomason  Generosus,  Filius  Georgij  Thomason  Mer- 
catoris  Londinensis  fraterque  Charissimus,  Georgij  Thomason 
hujus  Ecclesie  Vicarij,  hanc  mortalem  deposuit  vitam  12  Die 
Mensis  Maij  A°  iEt.  34,  annoque  Dni.  1677. 

The  following  inscriptions  on  brass  plates  are  now  lost : 

Orate  pro  anima  aticie  parm,  quonoam  tarortsi  Mti.  Hi'n.s'teo 
que  abut  r  Die  augu^ti,  3.  ©.  JBcccccu0  cuuijS  amine  propictetnt 
5>eu£. 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  William  Tuthill  Gent,  who  ended 
this  Life  the  28  Day  of  March,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1591 ; 
he  was  born  in  Saxlingham,  and  married  the  Daughter  of  Mr. 
Woohey  of  Norwich,  by  whom  he  had  Issue  only  one  Daughter, 
■who  married  to  Roger  Dallyson  of  Laughton  in  the  County  of 
Lincoln,  Esq. 
Arms  of  Tuthill  and  Woolsey,  or,  on  a  chevron  between  three  wool- 
packs  az.  three  garbs  of  the  field. 

©rate  pro  anima  fitcaroi  Honoc,  quoiioam  ^iltcaru  i.tftius  <£ccle; 
■sie  qui  obut  ff  oie  3ugu£ti  &.  <©.  JElccrcctitg  emu.*0  anime  propu 
eietue  ©eu£  amen. 

There  is  a  tomb  in  the  yard  for  John  Youngs,  9  Jan.  1721,  84. 
And  June  and  Hester  his  two  Wives,  Hester  died  July  1676,  and  June 
Feb.  1703,  Sarah  their  Daughter  1705. 

For  Trowse  river  and  bridge,  see  vol.  iii.  p.  3,  143,  7,  53,71, 
426,  42. 

Concerning  an  insurrection  here  in  1569,  see  vol.  i.  p.  334,  pe- 
digree. 

In  1239,  Walter  Fitz-Bernard  settled  on  Carrow  prioress,  Si.  per 
annum  rents  in  Trowse  and  Newton. 

The  church  was  appropriated  to  Norwich  Prior  and  monks  in  1205, 
by  John  de  Grey  Bishop  of  Norwich,  at  the  death  of  Master  Simon  de 
Plumpstede,  the  last  rector,  to  the  office  of  the  sacrist,  a  pension  of  two 


462  SURLINGHAM. 

pieces  of  gold  (duorum  aureorum)  being  reserved  to  the  celerer;  and 
the  Prior  was  taxed  for  his  spirituals  at  12  marks.  There  was  a  vi- 
carage endowed,  which  was  always  presented  to  by  the  priors;*  and 
its  advowson  belongs  now  to  the  dean  and  chapter  and  is  one  of  their 
peculiars*  pays  no  synodals  nor  procurations  to  the  Archdeacon  of 
Norfolk,  not  first-fruits ;  it  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

5l.  Teowse  vicaria.     10s.  yearly  tenths. 

So  that  being  undischarged,  it  is  not  capable  of  augmentation  ;  it  pays 
\od.  procurations  to  the  Bishop  at  his  visitation,  and  the  town  paid 
40s.  clear  to  each  tenth. 

Here  was  a  gild  of  St.  Andrew,  to  which  John  Stone,  who  was  bu- 
ried at  the  porch  door  in  1507,  was  a  benefactor;  as  also  to  our  Lady's 
image  in  the  church,  and  to  the  light  burning  in  the  bason  before  the 
rood-loft.     In  1553,  John  Debney  was  buried  here. 

In  1323,  Thomas  Edit/iorp  was  vicar.  In  1412,  John  Gorleston.  In 
1(169,  26  Aug.  died  Mr.  Drtiry,  vicar  bf  Trowse.  In  1603,  Tho.  Cau- 
forth,  vicar,  returned  answer,  that  there  were  170  communicants 
here.     Dean  Prideaux  had  it,  see  vol.  iii.  p.  628. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Kirby  is  the  present  vicar,  who  hath  Stoke-holy- 
Cross  also. 


SURLINGHAM, 

Suth  erling  ah  am,  or  the  t'iV/age  of  low  meadozcs  on  the  south  side  of 
the  water,  was  in  several  parts  at  the  Confessor's  survey  ;  the  chief 
manor  belonged  to  Ulketel  the  Dane,  and  was  after  given  by  the 
Conqueror  to  Roger  Bigot  of  whom  Ethard  de  Vaux  held  it  at 
the  survey,5  when  the  town  was  a  mile  long,  and  half  a  mile  broad, 

3  See  vol.  iv.  p.  75,558.  5  Terra  Roceri   Bigoti,   fo.   109. 

♦  Trous.     Appropriata  est  ecclesia  De  escangio  terra  Isaac. 
sive  rectoria  Priori   et  conventui  Sancte        In  Sutherlingaham  tenuit  Ansger 

Trinilatis  in  ecclesia  cathedrali  Norwic.  i.  lib.  homo  Godvini  T.  R.  E.  viii.  acr. 

Decanus  et  capitulum  dicte  ecclesie  ca-  terre  et  ii.  acr.  prati  Aitakdus  tenet, 
thedralis  patroni  vicarie.     Fu/co  Roberts,         Adhuc  in  eadem  xxx.  liberi  homines 

clicus:  S.  T.  B.  vicarius  ibidem,  retinet  Ulketel, c.  acr.  terre  et  x.  liberi  homines 

etiam   prebend,    in    ecclesia    cathedrali  Stigandi,  1.  acr.  terre  sub.  xxx.  istis  i. 

predicta  et  lectoriam  Sancte  Clementis  bord.  et  sub.  x.  liberis  ii.  bord.  inter 

in  Norwico.     Estimatur  5I.  decima  10s.  omnes  xxxii.  acr.  prati,  tunc  liii.  car. 

procuratio  epi.  i^d.  non  solvit  synodalia  habebant  xxx.  post  ii.  et  dim.  modo  iiii. 

nee  procuraciones  archidiacono  Norfol-  tunc   habebant  inter   x.  i.  cat.  et  dim. 

cis,  non  visitatur  ab  Archidiacono  Nor-  post  et  m°  i.  tunc  lii.  xxx.  val.  xv.  sol. 

folcie,  neque  subdita  est  ilia  ecclesia  aut  post  et  modo  22  sol.  et  vid.  tunc  li.  x. 

parochiani  ejusdem  eidem,  sed  peculiaris  val    v.  sol.  post  et  m*  viii.  sol.  et  vid. 

est  jurisdictio  dicte  ecclesie  cathedralis.  et  habet  i.  leug.  in    longo,    et  dim.  et 

Revisio  Archidiac.  JNorf.  A0  1C30.  lato,  et   de   Gelto    ijd.   sed  plures  ibi 


SURLINGHAM.  463. 

and  paid  IQd.  to  the  geld,  towards  raising  every  10s.  tax,  laid  on  the 
hundred:  this  constituted  the  manor  of  Surlingham,  which  had  the 
advowson  of  St.  Marys  church  in  Surlingham  belonging  to  it ;  and  it 
contained  also,  the  greatest  part  of  the  adjacent  village  of  Bramerton, 
the  advowson  of  which  church  also  belonged  to  it,  as  also  the  advow- 
son of  the  parochial  church  of 

St.  Saviour  in  Surlingham,  which  was  given  with  the  church  of 
St.  Mart/  there,  to  the  abbess  and  nuns  at  Carroio,  by  Norwich,  by 
Maud  de  Mutton,  lady  of  the  manor,  and  patroness  of  them  both ; 
and  immediately  after  the  gift,  the  rectory  of  St.  Saviour,  was  appro- 
priated to  that  house,  which  to  its  dissolution  received  all  the  great 
and  small  tithes  belonging  to  it,  paying  a  yearly  stipend  out  of  them 
to  a  serving  chaplain  here  :  and  it  continued  a  distinct  perpetual 
curacy  till  lately:  in  1630,  in  the  Revision  of  the  Archdeaconry  of 
Norfolk  it  is  returned,  that  James  Culley,  clerk,  was  then  curate  and 
proprietor,6  that  it  paid  I8d.  synodals,  aud  5s.  archdeacon's  procura- 
tions, and  was  appropriated  to  Carrow,  and  there  being  no  vicarage 
endowed,  it  was  never  entered  in  the  King's  Books:  the  Abbess  in 
order  to  get  it  appropriated,  pretended  that  it  was  only  a  chapel  be- 
longing to  the  church  of  St,  Mary;  but  that  was  contradicted  by  the 
return  then  made,  and  entered  in  Norwich  Domesday  Book;  where 
it  is  said,  that  Surlingham  St.  Saviour  had  the  same  patroness  with 
St.  Mary,  and  that  though  they  had  now  valued  it  with  it,  yet  here- 
tofore it  was  a  mother-church,  distinct  from  the  other  church,  and 
had  baptism  and  burial;  for  the  Lady  Maud  de  Multon,  formerly 
patroness  of  the  same,  declared  that  all  infants  born  in  that  parish, 
were  baptised  there,  and  that  her  own  brother,  and  many  others,  lie 
buried  in  that  church,  and  that  the  parishioners  have  been  buried 
there  immemorially. 

In  the  Cho/vgraphy  of  Norfolk,  St.  Saviour's  church  at  Sur- 
lingham was  returned  to  be  a  donative,  sometime  belonging  to  the 
priory  of  Carrozce,  and  purchased  of  the  King  after  the  Dissolution, 
whereto  belongeth  one  bain,  and  no  other  houses,  and  30  acres  of 
glebe;  about  1705,  it  was  settled  by  consent  of  all  parties,  that  the 
impropriator,  should  pay  for  ever  a  clear  rent  charge  of  \6l.  a 
year,  by  quarterly  payments,  and  so  should  enjoy  all  the  great  and 
small  tithes  and  glebes,  belonging  to  this  parish  ;  and  soon  after,  the 
service  was  removed  to  St.  Marys,  and  the  church  dilapidated ;  it 
never  had  any  steeple,  the  bell  hanging  in  a  niche  at  the  west  end ; 
the  nave  and  chancel  were  of  an  equal  height  and  bigness,  each  be- 
ing 15  yards  long  and  six  broad  ;  and  had  a  south  porch. 

In  the  yard  lies  an  old  coffin-stone,  with  a  cross  flore  on  three 
grieces  ;  and  on  a  grave-post  is  this, 

tenent.     Idem  tenet  (sc.  Aitardus   de  20  acr.  terre,  idem  tenet  sc.  Ulketel. 

Vals.)  (Part  of  Bixley  manor.) 

(Fo.  112.)   InSuTHERHNGAHAM  ii.  In    Sutheki.ingaham  ii.   dim.   lib. 

lib.  horn,  ejusdem  xii.  acr.  terre  semper  horn.   Ulfi,  hoc  tenet  idem.      (Part  of 

arant  cum  ii.  bovibus!  idem  tenet,  sc.  Framlingham  manor.) 

Ulchetel    or   Ulketel.     (Part  of  Fram-  6  Presbiter  parochialis    ecclesie    Sci. 

ingham  manor.)  Salvatoris,    A°    1449,    fuit   capellanus 

In  Suthehlingaham  integii  ii.  lib.  gilde  sive  fraternitatis  Sci.  Salvatoris  in 

et  dim.  hom.  Godwini  sub  Stigando,  de  ecclesia  Sancti  Salvatoris  de  Surlingham. 


464  S  U  R  L I N  G  H  A  M. 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Mary  the  Daughter  of  Francis  Field, 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  departed  this  Life  Dec.  124,  1685. 

It  stands  on  the  side  of  a  hill,  about  two  furlongs  north-east  of 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  which  was  given  also  by 
Maud  de  Mutton,  lady  of  the  manor,  to  which  the  advowson  was  till 
that  time  appendant. 


RECTORS  OF  SURLINGHAM  ST.  MARY, 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  PRIORESS  OF  CARROW. 

1303,  Sir  Will.de  Carlton. 

1304,  Master  Will,  de   Dallyng,  LL.  D.  1324,  he  changed  for 
liecham  with 

John  de  Thirstone,  who  was  the  last  rector. 
For  in  1349,  they  got  it  appropriated  to  their  house  on  the  10th  of 
July,  for  to  find  clothing  for  the  nuns;''  the  original  appropriation  is 
extant  in  the  4th  Institution  Book,  fo.  24,  26,  by  which  it  appears, 
that  the  Bishop  was  to  nominate  the  vicars  on  every  vacancy  to  the 
prioresses,  who  were  obliged  to  present  the  persons  so  nominated  :  the 
vicar  had  a  vicarage-house  assigned  him,  with  the  tithes  of  hay, 
wool,  and  all  other  small  tithes  and  offerings  whatever,  belonging  to 
the  parish  ;  with  33  acres  of  glebe  land,  and  an  annual  pension  of  10 
marks  out  of  the  great  tithes.8 


VICARS 

NOMINATED  BY  THE  BISHOPS  OF   NORWICH,    AND  PRESENTED  BY 
THE  SEVERAL  PRIORESSES  OF  CARROW. 

1349,  2  Sept.  Roger  de  Geyst,  priest,  the  first  vicar;  he  died  in 
1381  ;  his  will  is  in  Regr.  Haydon,  fo.  157- 

1382,  Barth.  Broun,  subdeacon,  who  changed  in  1384,  for  S.  Wals- 
ham  St.  Laurence  with 

Bartholomew  Pocock,  who  lies  buried  in  the  choir  of  the 
hospital  church  of  St.  Giles  in  Norwich. 

1385,  Will,  de  Boton.9     In 

1412,  Edm.  Coupere,  resigned  to 

Nicholas  Hales,  for  St.  Julian's  in  Norwich;  he  was  buried 
in  this  churchyard  in  1432,  being  succeeded  by 

7  In  1347,  the  King  licensed  them  to  that  St.  Saviour  had  formerly  a  barn, 
appropriate  this  church j  see  vol.  iv.  and  no  other  houses;  and  (as  it  is  sup- 
p.  527,  8,  557,  8.  posed)  30  acres  of  glebe. 

8  26  H.VTII.  Compot.  Prioresse  Car-  9  In  1428,  Priorissa  de  Carrovve  tax- 
row,  &c.  solut.  vicario  de  Surlyngham  atur  ad  32  marc,  pro  ecclesia  de  Surling- 
pro  pensione  sua  1 7/.  7i.  Item  pro  pro-  ham,  in  qua  est  vicaria  dotata  ad  11 
curationibus  ecclesie  de  Surhngham  10s.  marc,  et  vicariussolvet  procuracione  sua 
1612,  a  pension  of  331.  \d.  was  paid  14s.  %d.  et  sic  Priorissa  solvet  i%s.  3d. 
yearly  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  after-  pro  integra  decima.  The  Prioress  was 
wards  remitted,  it  not  being  paid  now  as  discharged  from  paying  it,  on  account  of 
I  am  informed.  the  parish  being  much  damaged  by  in- 

The  Chorography  of  Norfolk  says,    undations. 


S  U  R  L  I  N  G  H  A  M.  465 

Master  John  Alnwyk,  a  relation  to  William  Alnwyk  Bishop 
of  Norwiih,  who  nominated  him  to  this  vicarage;  he  gave  the  present 
town-lands  to  this  parish,  to  repair  the  church,  and  lies  buried  in  the 
chancel,  with  this  inscription  under  his  effigies  in  brass, 

H4agi£tcr  Siohn  iacet  hie,  Dictum  prcnobilijS  SUntorife, 
<©ui  debit  «2cc[e£ie  plunma  tiona  £ue, 
fljt  JtlunDum  renuit,  celica  ficgna  J>etit, 
anno  Jtlillcno  €  quatcc  %  quoque  oeno. 

He  resigned  this  in  1449,  and 

Robert  Cotyller  succeeded,  and  in 

1475,  John  Chaumber/eyn  had  it,  and  in 

1487,  Rob.  Scott;  in 

1496,  William  Gore,  who  died  next  year,  and  lies  buried  in  the 
chancel,  with  this  on  a  brass  plate, 

<&zatt  pro  anima  iBiKt.  <©ore  quondam  Wicarii  i^ttujS  <£cc[c.sic 
qui  obut  anno  ©omini  .JlicccclOTrtM0. 

Ric.  Lumhalx  succeeded  him,  and  lies  buried  by  him  with 
this, 

<©rate  pro  anima  ©omini  fticaroi  Eunhatoftrisi  quondam  ftecrorte 
j<ittu£  oEcctcjSie  qui  obut  jeje0  ©te  ©ecembr :  au  ©ni.  M.  toe,  jeiii. 
euiu£  anime  propicictuc  ©cus!. 

Thomas  Langworlh  succeeded  him,  and  resigned  in 
1517,  to  Stephen  Logon,  who  was  deprived,  and  in 
1525,  Alexander  Duckworth  was   nominated  by  the  Bishop,  and 
was  the  last  presented  by  the  Prioress ;  he  died  vicar. 

1552,  Reginald  Witten,  A.  M.   the  Bishop   nominated  to  Anne 
Shelton,  owner  of  Carrow,  he  died  vicar,  and  in 

1557,  James  Greene  was  presented  by  Sir  John  Shelton,  Knt.  at 
the  Bishop's  nomination. 

1584,  Robert  Peachye,  A.  M.  who  in  1 603,  returned  answer,  that 
there  were  154  communicants  here;1  he  died  vicar,  and  in 

1639,  Samuel  IVi/lan  was  collated  by  the  Bishop,  and  after  him  it 
was  served  by  licensed  curates,  and  in 
1677,  Wil.  Brooke  was  licensed  to  it;  in 
1683,  James  Bowgin  was  instituted  by  lapse;  and  in 
1706,  Francis  Brooke  was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  of  Surlingham 
St.  Mary,  at  the  nomination  of  the  Bishop,  and  presentation  of  Na- 
thaniel Axtell,  owner  of  Carrow,  on  the  death  of 

James  Bowgin,  clerk.  Hitherto  the  impropriation  had  gone 
with  Carroio,  but  soon  after  this,  Mr.  Axtell  sold  the  impropriations 
of  both  churches,  and  the  presentation  to  the  vicarage ;  and  on  tire 

*  Surlingham    See.  Marie  Vicar,  that  Sir  Charles  Cornwaleis  was  patron 

Dns.  Episcopus  habet  jus  nominandi  ad  of  St.  Mary,  in  right  of  the  heir  of  Shel- 

ecclesiam  &c.  proc.  episcopi  lod.   Sinod.  ton,  and  that  to  it  belongeth  a  mansion- 

lid.     Proc.  Achidiaconi  7s.  -]d.  ob.     It  house,  back-house,  barn,  and  a   stable 

stands  in  the  King's  Books  thus,  new  builded,  and  4  acres  of  glebe,  be- 

61.  13$.  i,d.  Surlingham  alias  Slingham  sides  the  site  of  the  houses  which  joins 

vicaria,  22/.  clear  yearly  value.  to  the  east  side  of  the  churchyard.    Re- 

So  that  it  is  capable  of  augmentation.  vis.  Archid-  Norf.  A0  1630. 

The   Chorography   of  Norfolk  says, 

VOL.  V.  3  O 


466  S  U  R  L  I  N  G  H  A  M. 

sale,  settled  a  clear  annuity  of  16/.  to  be  paid  quarterly  out  of  the 
great  and  small  tithes  of  St.  Saviour,  and  the  parsonage-house  and 
glebe  lands  of  St.  Mary ;  besides  which,  all  the  small  tithes  whatever 
of  St.  Mary's  parish  belong  to  the  vicar,  which  are  now  let  to  the 
impropriator.     In 

1725,  Thomas  Manlove,  A.  B.  was  instituted  by  Thomas  Tanner, 
S.  T.  P.  on  the  resignation  of 

John  Fox,  and  presentation  of  Rich.  Gent,  at  the  nomina- 
tion of  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  to  the  vicarage  of  the  parish  of  St. 
Saviour  and  St.  Mary  of  Surlingham,  and  was  inducted  by  the  Arch- 
deacon of  Norfolk.     In 

1731,  Gilbert  Bennet,  A.B.  on  the  cession  of 

William  Evans.  Ditto.  In  1736,  on  Bennetts  cession, 
Roger  Giddings  had  it,  and  held  it  with  Moulton  rectory  by 
union;  he  was  nominated  by  the  Bishop,  and  presented  by  Ric. 
Gent  the  elder, patron  and  impropriator,  whose  son,  Mr.  Richard 
Gent  of  Surlingham  is  the  present  impropiator  and  patron,  at  the 
Bishop's  nomination. 

The  Prioress  of  Carrow  had  temporals  here,  taxed  at  9s.  4d. 
The  marsh  belonging  to  the  Prior  of  Norzvich,  was  taxed  at  4s.  4d. 
The  temporals  of  the  Abbot  of  Lang/ey  at  lis.  9d.  And  the  whole 
rill  paid  clear  to  each  tenth,  without  the  religious,  (who  were  taxed 
by  themselves)  lis.  Qd. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary,  hath  a  steeple  about  50  feet  high,  round 
at  bottom,  and  octangular  at  top,  and  four  bells  in  it;  on  the 

2d,   5P>a  45(onam  ©eo.     1505. 

3d,    WtrrjintS  <£grcgie  toocor  Catnpana  Uilarie. 

4th,  g;ohannt!>  Jlri^ti  care,  otgnare  pro  nobis  orare. 

The  nave  and  north  isle,  are  both  twelve  paces  long,  the  church 
nine  broad,  and  the  isle  three;  the  chancel  is  ten  paces  long  and  six 
broad ;  there  is  a  south  porch,  all  leaded. 

In  the  nave  there  are  stones  for,  Mary  Newman  l66l.  Anne, 
Daughter  of  John  and  Florence  Newman,  1667.  Ursula  Wife 
of  John  Newman  1663. 

On  the  font  are  the  emblems  of  the  4  Evangelists,  the  shield  of  the 
instruments  of  the  Passion,  the  emblem  of  the  Trinity,  that  of 
the  sacrament,  viz.  three  cups,  with  a  wafer  on  each  of  them,  and  the 
arms  of  the  East  Angles. 

In  the  north  isle, 

<©rate  pro  animabu^  HiiDrie  .§nr  (&trt)  ft  3(icte  ©attach 
(JPcljtih)  * t* » *  auDrtc,  quorum  animabuS  propinetur  ©cu£  amen. 

<©ratc  pro  antma  "Scrmpn  Jle^pnjrham,  3°.  ©ni.  M.  t>£  w&°- 


S  U  R  L I  N  G  H  A  M.  4G7 

In  the  east  window, 

<©ratc  pro  animabu.fi  fratrum  ct  s'ororum  ©iltie,  .f>t.  .Saltiatori^.* 

In  a  south  window  are  two  broken  effigies,  one  of  a  false  witness, 
and  under  him,  Cegtt'g  iniquu.fi.  In  a  label  this,  |)e  3jUrc.fi  tiana  per 
ipguttt.     The  other  hath  the  word  jjjcrhufj  under  him,  and  this  in  a 

label,  STuo.si  tienerare  ^arentcfi. 


THE  CAPITAL  MANOR   OF  SURLINGHAM,  with  BAST- 
WICK'S  PANCLOSE,  and  VERDOiN'S,  annexed. 

Surlingham  manor  belonged  to  Jitard  or  Ethard  de  Faun,3  who 
held  it  of  Rog.  Bigot  in  the  time  of  the  Conqueror,  and  it  continued 
a  long  time  in  his  family,  and  passed  with  the  manor  of  Keswick,  as 
you  may  see  at  p.  434.  It  remained  in  the  Vaux's  family  till  about 
1250,  and  then  John  de  Vaux  gave  it,  with  his  daughter  Maud,  in  free 
marriage,  to  Thomas  de  Mutton  or  Moulton,  of  Gillesland  in  Cumber- 
land, and  they  in  1252,  had  a  charter  for  free-warren  in  all  their 
demeans,  by  the  grant  of  King  Henry  III.;  but  notwithstanding  this, 
and  other  favours  conferred  on  him  by  that  King,  he  deserted  him, 
and  joined  with  the  rebellious  barons  against  their  Prince;  upon 
which,  the  King  seized  upon  this  manor,  and  gave  it  to  William  de 
Saint  Omer,  and  directed  his  writ  to  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  to 
deliver  him  seizin ;  but  the  sheriff  favouring  the  batons,  would  not  do 
it,  but  for  his  refusal,  he  was  next  year  fined  10/.  and  after  that  20/. 
and  the  treasurer  of  the  Exchequer  was  ordered  by  the  court  to  levy 
it;4  but  after  this,  making  his  peace  with  the  King,  he  died  seized, 
and  in  1275,  Maud  his  wife  settled  it  by  fine  on  herself  for  life,  and 
then  on  Hubert  de  Multon  her  son  :  she  was  found  to  have  free- 
warren,  assise  of  bread  and  ale,  and  view  of  frankpledge,  in  the  towns 
of  Surlinghum,  Bramerton,  and  Rockland,  but  that  the  lete  or  view  of 
frankpledge,  belonged  to  this  manor  only  for  30  years  past,  when 
Andrew  IValceline,  bailiff  of  the  King's  hundred  of  Hemtcde,  to 
which  these  letes  belonged,  took  of  the  then  lord  of  Surlingham,  20s. 
and  a  robe,  to  say  nothing  of  it.  In  1295,  it  was  found  that  Maud 
de  Vaux,  widow  of  Thomas  de  Multon,  died  seized,5  and  left  it  to 
Hubert  her  son,  as  guardian  to  Thomas  her  grandson,  son  of  her  eldest 
son,  Thomas  de   Multon,  who  died  before  his  father;  but  when  the 

-  1449,  John  Sprott  de  Surlyngham,  Thorp,   Walton,   and  Winch,   held  of 

legavit  vicario    de   Surlyngham  omnes  Petronilla  de  Nerford,  and  of  Denham 

denarios  fratrum  et  sororum  de  consue-  manor  in  Suffolk. 

tudine  consuetos,  de  gilda  Sancti  Salva-         In    1315,   John   de   Multon  was   re- 

torisde  Surlyngham:  idem  etiam  legavit  turned  lord  ;   in  1331,  Margaret  widow 

presbitero  parochiali  ecclesie  Sancti  Sal-  of  Sir  Hubert  de  Multon  was  lady,  see 

vatoris  de  Sulyngham.  vol.  iv.    p.   79.     In   13+5,  William  de 

3  Aitardus  de  Vallibus  habuit  mane-  Legh  was  lord.  The  Multon  family,  con- 

rium   de   Surlingham,   et   Robertus,  et  tinued  in    Lincolnshire,  after  they  had 

Hubertus,  post  eum,  et  A°  1239,  Jol-  nothing  to  do  here.     In  1367,  John  de 

landus  de  Vaux.  Placita  24  H.  III.  Multon  of  Holbech,  son  of  Sir  John  de 

+  Placita  Corone,  Term.  Mich.  51  et  Multon,  Knt.  died,  and  left  Maud  his 

52  H.  III.  coram  Kege.  Roi°2d.  daughter  and  heiress,  married  to  Wil- 

5  bhe  is  said  to  die  seized  of  one  fee  in  liam  de  Spain  of  Boston. 


468  SUR  LING  HAM. 

said  Thomas  the  grandson  came  of  age,  he  released  it  to  his  uncle 
Hubert,  who  held  it  of  the  said  Thomas  de  Mult  on,  who  was  found  to 
hold  five  fees  in  Surlingham,  Denham,  Kirby,  Keswic,  and  Cringle- 
ford,  of  Forncet :  at  Hubert's  death,  John  de  Multon  his  son  inhe- 
rited, who  held  it  of  that  Thomas  de  Multon  of  Gillesland,  who  had 
released  it  to  his  father  Hubert ;  and  it  seems  that  John  died  a  minor, 
and  was  succeeded  by  Margaret  du  Bois  his  sister,  then  the  wife  of 
Sir  William,  Legh,  Knt.  for  Will,  de  Legh,  Knt.  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  settled  it  in  trust,  on  Adam  de  Brampton  and  Will,  de  Tofts,  it 
heing  then  worth  32/.  14s.  per  annum.  In  1S78,  Sir  William  Legh, 
Knt.  was  sole  lord,  and  granted  off  a  40lh  part  of  a  fee  here  and  ia 
Rockland,  to  the  Abbot  of  Langley ;  that  part  here,  constituted  the 
Abbot's  manor;  he  died  seized  this  year,  and  Will,  de  Legh,  Knt.  his 
son,  succeeded  him;  in  1415,  he  settled  this  manor  and  Bramerton 
advowson,  on  himself  and  Agnes  his  wife,  in  tail;  Henry  Preston 
and  others  being  trustees;  he  gave  lands  in  Cringleford  to  St.  Giles's 
Hospital  in  Norwich;  to  the  deed  is  his  seal  affixed,  circumscribed, 
&i8illum  4>omini  ©till :  Oe  Itegf)  !Etilttt£.  The  crest  is  a  falcon  rising 
from  a  torce;  the  arms  are,  two  bars  surmounted  by  a  bend  chequy; 
he  died  in  1427,  and  Agnes  his  wife  survived  him,  and  Sir  Will. 
Legh,  Knt.6  his  son  and  heir,  had  livery  of  his  lands;  he  died  about 
1492,  and  Thomas  Legh.  or  Lye,  his  son,  inherited,  who  died  in  1494, 
seized  of  this  manor  and  Bramerton  advowson,  which  extended 
into  Bramerton,  Kirbybedon,  Yelverton,  Bixley,  Poring/and,  and 
Framlingham :  it  being  held  of  the  Lord  Dacrcs,  who  held  it  of  the 
Norfolk  family,  as  of  Forncet  manor.  Rob.  Legh,  his  son  and  heir, 
succeeded.  In  1527,  John  Legh,  Esq.  paid  to  Richard  Bainard, 
Gent,  feodary  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  4/.  for  an  aid  to  marry  Ca- 
therine, daughter  of  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk  ;  he  holding  Surlingham 
manor  at  four  fees,  of  his  honour  of  Forncet.  After  him,  Tho.  Legh, 
Esq.  and  Maud  his  wife,  owned  it,  who  seems  to  have  been  a  Redman, 
it  being  settled  at  their  marriage  on  Mathezc  Redman,  in  trust.  In 
1556,  Thomas  Samson,  a  trustee,  released  to  'Thomas  Legh,  the  manor, 
with  a  warren  of  conies,  free-warren,  &c.  in  Surlingham  and  Bra- 
merton ;  in  15()8,  Tho.  Legh,  Esq.  conveyed  it  to  Ric.  Lowther;  and 
in  1570,  Sir  Tho.  Gatcdy,  Knt.  of  C/axton,  was  lord,  and  had  free 
fishery  in  the  river,  belonging  to  it;  in  1587,  at  the  death  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gawdy,  Knt.  one  of  the  justices  of  the  Common  Pleas,  who 
died  the  5th  of  Nov.;  it  was  found  that  Henry,  his  son  and  heir,  was 
then  36  years  old,  and  that  the  manors  of  Bastwick's  in  Surlingham,7 
and  Panclose  there,8  were  held  in  capite  of  the  King,  that  I  erdon's 
manor9  in  Surlingham  was  held  of  Forncet,  as  was  also  the  capital 

6  This  Sir  William,  purchased  of  Ric.  1189,  settled  it  on  Vincent  Clerk  ofSur. 
Gatefaweld  and  Joan  his  wife,  John  lingham ;  it  had  42  acres  in  demean.  In 
Lowecowe  and  Agnes  his  wife,  &c.  the  1240,  Will,  de  Burgh  conveyed  it  to 
manor  of  Trissington  in  Cumberland;  Jeffry  de  Say  and  Alice  his  wife,  the 
and  Agnes  his  wife  was  the  heiress  to,  rents  being  two  marks  a  year;  it  after 
and  brought  him  the  manor  in  Cumber-  belonged  to  Thomas  Levebaud,  and 
land.  then  about  1285,  to  Master  Ric.  Leve- 

7  So   called   from   the    name  of   the  baud,  and  in  1345,  to  John  Sparrow, 
lords;  in   1373,  the  heirs   of  Peter  le         9  This  manor  was  in  the  family  of  the 
Brett  held  the  4th  part  of  a  fee,  of  the  Verdons,  and  passed  with  Brisingham> 
Earl  of  Pembrook.  as  at  vol.  i.  p.  49,  &c. 

1  Peter  son  of  Jeffery  de  Holkhamin 


S  U  R  L I  N  G  H  A  M.  469 

manor  of  Surlingham.  In  lG03,  Sir  Henry  Gawdy,  Knt.  was  found 
lord,  as  heir  to  his  father  Sir  Thomas,  who  purchased  it  of  Mr.  Legh ; 
the  fines  are  certain  at  2s.  an  acre. 

It  was  sold  by  Gawdy  to  Mr.  Corbet,  and  belonged  afterwards  to 
Mr.  Corey,1  and  after  that,  to  old  Major  Hauteyn,  who  sold  it,  the 
advowson  of  Bramer ton,  and  the  warren  excepted,  to  Colonel  Thomas 
Sidney  of  Randworth,  whose  two  daughters  and  heiresses  had  it; 
Mary  married  to  Sir  Brownlow  Sherraud,  Bart,  who  released 
their  right  to  William  Perry,  Esq.  of  Turvile  Park  in  Bucking- 
hamshire, the  present  lord,  who  married  Eliz.  Sidney,  sister  to  the 
said  Mary. 

The  court  is  usually  kept  at  CoLDHA.M-HAi.L,co:nmonly  called  the 
Wood's  End,  which  formerly  belonged  to  one  of  the  united  manors, 
but  is  now  a  public k-house  belonging  to  a  private  owner. 


EARLHAM'S  MANOR  IN  SURLINGHAM,  with  LITTLE- 
BREECHE  in  ROCKLAND. 

This  manor  belonged  to  Godric  the  sewer,  and  Alnot  the  Saxon, 
when  the  survey  was  taken;1  in  1215,  Roger  de  Veteri  Ponte  or 
Vipond,  had  it;  it  was  sometime  owned  by  John  de  Eurlham,  from 
whom  it  took  its  present  name.  In  1272,  it  had  assise  of  bread  and 
ale,  and  Will,  de  Carleol,  a  minor,  in  the  custody  of  Sir  Ric.  de  Boy- 
land,  had  it;  in  1285,  Sir  Tho,  de  Helgeton  or  Hellington,  owned  it, 
and  joined  his  manor  of  Little  Breche  in  Rock/and,  to  it,  which  hath 
passed  with  it  ever  since. 

In  1315,  Tho.  de  Helgeton  was  lord  ;  and  in  1381,  John  Latimer  of 
Norwich:  in  1401,  Nic.  Briant,  or  Brian,  held  half  a  fee  here;  in 
1404  Ra/f  Dacre,  and  in  1409  Tho.  Dacre  held  it.  In  1429,  Thomas 
Baxter,  alderman  of  Norwich,  willed  it  to  be  sold;  and  in  1446  Tho. 
Lucas  of  Holkham,  Esq.  gave  it  to  Ethe/dred  his  wife,  and  after  her 
death  to  Elizabeth  his  daughter.  In  1520,  Kat.  Bosard,  widow,  died, 
and  left  it  to  Margery  her  daughter,  then  the  wife  of  Thomas  Naunton, 
Esq.  and  Will.  Naunton  their  son,  had  it  after  them. 

Earlham's  manor,  had  then  26s.  8d.  quitrents,  &c.  and  the  lands 
belonging  lately  to  Metyngham  College  were  joined  to  it.3  How  it 
passed  from  the  Nauntons,  I  do  not  find,  but  Sir  Tho.  Gawdy  pur- 
chased it  of  Mr.  Holdich  ok'Ranzcorth,  and  left  it  to  Hen.  Gawdy,  Esq. 

1  Mr.  Corey  of  Bramerton  owned  it,  held  a  quarter  of  a  fee  here,  of  Roger 

it  being  bought  by  Sir  Robert  Reeve,  Sturmyn,  Edw.  Syre,  and  Sara  Picot,  of 

whose  two  daughters  had  it.    P.L.N.  Arundel's    fee,    formerly    of    Ralf  de 

1  Terre  Regis  quain  Godricus  servat.  How's;   and  now  John    Neve,    clerk, 

Heinestede  H.   Donis.  fo.  27.  master  of  Metyngham  college,  holds  it. 

In  Suterlingeham  iii.  lib.  horn,  et  In  1266,  Will.  Esturmy  or  Sturmyn, 

dim.    Alnot   commend,   de  xlv.  acr.  settled  it  on  Laurence  Clarice,  and  Ni- 

terre  semper  i.  car.  et  v.  acr.  prati,  et  colas  Sturmy,  after  the  death  of  Muriel 

sub  eis  v.  bord.  his  mother.     In  1312,  Rait  Syre  of  Sur- 

Terra  Godrici  Dapiferi  Heinestede  H.  lingham  settled  his  estate  here  on  Vin- 

fo.  165.  cent  Syre. 

In  Sutherlingaham  ii.  integri  li-  The  Sturmys  Syres,  and  Surlinghams, 

beri  horn.  Edwiniet  iii.  de  xl.  acr.  terre  are  three  old  families,  owners  here;  of 

et  iii.  acr.  prati,  et  iiii.  bord.  semper  i.  the  last,  Will,  was  rector  of  Colveston  ; 

car.  see  vol.  ii.  p.  231.    And  John  de  Sur- 

3  In  1401,  Sir  John   Norwich,  Knt.  lingham  was  rector  of  Barsham. 


470  BRAMERTON. 

his  son,  and  it  was  sold  by  the  Gawdies;  and  in  1720,  Tho.  Rant,  Esq. 
of  Yelverton,  was  lord,  at  whose  death,  James  Rant,  Esq.  of  Mend- 
ham,  his  brother  had  it,  whose  son,  William  Rant  of  Mendham,  Esq. 
sold  it  to  James  Bransby  of  Shotesham,  Gent,  the  present  lord. 

The  eldest  son  is  heir,  and  it  gives  no  dower. 

The  court  is  usually  kept  at  the  publick-house  called  the  Ferry,* 
which  is  owned  by  Lady  Ward  of  Bixley. 


ABBOT'S,  or  LANGLEY  MANOR 

In  Surlingham,  was  granted  (part  by  Sir  Will.  Leigh,  part  by  Ric  de 
Hoe  or  Howe,  and  part  by  others)  to  that  house.5  In  1285,  the  Abbot 
was  summoned  to  show  why  his  villeins  of  Surlingham  did  not  do  suit 
to  the  King's  hundred  court?  but  the  Abbot  was  discharged,  on  proving 
no  such  suit  was  ever  done.  In  1401,  the  Abbot  held  a  40th  part  of  a 
fee  here,  and  in  Rockland,  of  Sir  Will,  de  Leigh,  and  Nic  de  Castello 
or  Castle,  and  another  part  of  the  heirs  of  Hubert  de  Mult  on :  this 
continued  in  the  abbey  to  its  dissolution,  and  it  seems  afterwards  to 
have  been  joined  to  the  capital  manor. 


BRAMERTON. 


The  name  of  this  village  is  said  to  signify  Brab-mep-run,  or  Broad- 
mere-town  ;6  to  which  Broad-mere  belongs  a  swan-mark  to  this  day. 
It  was  in  the  hands  of  Roger  Bigot  at  the  Conquest,7  and  is  now  in 
the  liberty  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  as  a  member  of  his  manor  of 
Framlingham,  which  extends  hither;  and  indeed,  this  town  is  very 
particular  for  not  having  a  manor  belonging  to  it ;  the  principal  part 

+  The  ferry,  called  Surlingham  ferry,  6  Brade,  lata  ;  ea,  aqua  ;  tun, 

is  a  very  great  passage  over  the  river,  villa.    The  town  by  the  brozA-wattr. 

and  the  ferry-boat  is  both  large,  safe,  7  (Doms.   fo.   302.)     In   Brambre- 

and  convenient.  tvna  tenet  Aitardus  (deVals)de  Rogero 

5  Terra  Willi.  Epi.  Tedfordensis,  de  Bigot)  xvi.  acr.  quod  tenmt  libera  te- 

feudo.  f.  isi.    Heinestede.  H.  mina  commend.  Edrici  et  R.  Comes  te- 

In  Rokelunda  Wills,  de  Noers,  et  nebat  quando  torisfecit,  teste  hnndredo, 

Sutherlingaham  ii.  vill.  de  xvi.  acr.   et  et  Rob.  Blundus,  postea  in  manu  Regis 

ii     acr.  prati,   semper   tunc   dim.    car.  et   modo  tenet   Aitardus   homo  Rogeri 

ar'ant  cum  duobus  bovibus,  pertinet  in  Bigot  commend,  postquam  R.  fonsfecir, 


Langale. 


ita  hundred,  esse  testatur,  et  ilia  femina 


(Fo.  162.)  In  Sutherlingaham  i.  offert  judicium  quod   verum  est   teste 

liber  homo  Elmari  commend.  T.  R.  E.  hnndredo,  et  Aitardus  contradicit,  sub. 

de  x.  acr.  terre  et  ii.  acr.  prati,  et  ii.  ea  sunt  ii.  integn  libtn  homines  et  dim. 

bord.  semper  arant  cum  duobus  bovibus  de  vi.  acr.  et  i.  acr.  et  dim  prati,  inter, 

semper  val.  xvi.   d.  modo  tenet  Wil.  omnes  semper  dim,  car.  tunc  ii.   sol. 

Episcopus.  m°do  iiii. 


BRAMERTON.  471 

and  advowson  belonging  to  Surlingham  manor  ;8  the  next  consider- 
able part  to  Framlingham;  another  to  Bixley,9  another  part  to 
Trowse  Rokeles,  another  to  Kirby-bedon,  another  to  Cringleford,1 
another  to  Fiamlingham-Picot?  besides  others  that  extended  hither: 
the  whole  at  the  Conquest  was  four  furlongs  long,  and  two  and  an 
half  broad,  paid  lOd.  ob.  geld,  and  had  a  church  and  24  acres  of 
glebe,  worth  2s.  per  annum. 

The  church  of  St.  Peter  is  a  rectory  capable  of  augmentation, 
for  it  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books  : 

6/.  Bramerton  rectoria.     48l.  clear  yearly  value. 

To  this  rectory  belongs  a  parsonage-house,  and  convenient  out- 
houses, joining  to  the  south  side  of  the  churchyard,  and  about  22 
acres  of  glebe ;  when  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  Lady  Maudde 
Multon,3  in  right  of  Surlingham  manor,  to  which  this  advowson  and 
above  half  the  town  belonged,  was  patroness :  it  was  first  valued  at 
eight,  then  at  ten  marks,  and  paid  as  it  doth  now,  6s.  8d.  procurations, 
and  2s.  synodals  ;  and  then  also  12J.  Peter-pence,  and  6d.  carvage. 
The  town  paid  3/.  8s.  to  each  tenth.  The  temporals  of  Langley  abbey 
were  valued  at  20s.  and  those  of  Carrow  at  6s.  lOd. 

RECTORS. 

Ric  de  Overton,  resigned  in 
1305,  to  Will,  de  Averinges.    The  King,  as  guardian  to  the  heir  of 
Hubert  de  Multon,  lord  of  Surlingham. 

1349,  Adamde  Knetsford.  Sir  Will.de  Legh,  lord  of  Surlingham. 

1350,  Rob.  de  Condrei/e.  Ditto. 

1355,  Andrew  le  Smith.  Margaret,  relict  of  Sir  Will.  Leye,oi 
Legh,  Knt. 

1397,  Will.  Louse-water,  ob.    Clement  de  Skelton,  Knt. 
1428,  Edm.  Legh,  Sir  Will.  Legh,  Knt. 
1432,  Rob.  Spencer.  Ditto. 

8  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti,   fo.  no.     In  (Fo.  132.)  In  Brambertuna  i.  liber 

Brambretvna  xii.  liberi  homines  ix.  homo  Ulfi  commend,  hoc    tenet  idem 

Ulketelli  commend  i.  Sancti  Edmundi.  (sc.  Ranulfns.) 

alt.  ii.  de  feudo   Stigandi.  sunt  x.  te-  *  Terre  Regis  quam  Godncus  servat. 

nentes  xl.  acr.  terre  sunt  ii.  de  feudo  Doms.  fo.  28.     H.  Heinestede. 

Stigandi  T.   R.    E.   xxxii.  acr.    terre,  In  Brambretuna  iii.   liberi  homines 

modo  xv.  acr.  inter  x.  i.  car.  et  dim.  Edrici. 

semper,    inter   ii.  tunc  dim.  car.  post  Terre  Episcopi  Baiocensis,  fo.  60.  In 

nichil  modo  i.   bos.   tunc  et   post  val.  Brambretuna  ii.  acr.  et  dim.  terre  ap- 

omnes  v.  sol.   modo  vi.  sol.   et  iiii.  d.  pretiati  sunt  in  Kiningaford. 

habet  iiii.  quar.  in  longo  et  ii.  quar.  et  a  Terre  Godrici  Dapiferi.  Heinestede 

dim.  in  lato,  et  de  Gelto  x.  d.   et  ob.  H.  Doms.  fo.  165. 

i.  ecclesia    xxiiii.    acr.   val.   xxiiii.   d.  In  Brambretuna  11.  liberi  homines 

Idem  tenet,    (sc.  Aitardus  de  Vals.  de  Edwini,  de  xi.  acr.  semper  dim.  car.  et 

Rogero  Bigot.)  i.  acr.  et  dim.  prati. 

9  (Fo.  112.)    In  Brambretuna  tenuit  3  In  1285,  Maud  de  Multon  had  a  lete 

Ranulius  Alius  Gualteri  iii.  liberi  et  ii.  over  all   her  tenants,  here,  in  Surling- 

dim.  homines  ejusdem  de  xx  acris,  inter  ham,  and  Rockland,  and  the  other  lords 

omnes  v.  acr.  et  dim.  acr.  prati  semper  had   their   several   liberties  over   their 

ii.  car.  tunc  val.  viii.  sol.  modo.   x.  isti  own  tenants ;  so  that  I  do  not  find  the 

fuerunt    liberati  ad    perficiendum  ma.  hundred  had  any  lete  here, 
nerium  Biskele  (Bixley.) 


472  BRAMERTON. 

1458,  John  Shave,  res.    Lady  Isabel  Legh  of  Carlisle  diocese. 

1459,  Rob.  Hammond.    Ditto. 
1494,  John  Candeler,  ob.     Lapse. 

1503,  Ric.  Atkinson,  ob.    Rob.  Lock,  Esq. 

1518,  Rob.  Chaumber,  abbot  of  Ho/mecu/trum.  John  Legh,  Esq. 
He  resigned  in 

1521,  to  Tho.  Railton.  Ditto.  At  his  death  in  1558,  John  Legh,  Esq. 
gave  it  to 

Ric.  Pullyn;  and  about  1571,  sold  the  advowson  with  Sur- 
lingham  manor,  to  Sir  Tho.  Gawdy,  Knt.  of  Claxton,  who  in  1583, 
presented 

Hugh  Robinson,  A.  B.  who  held  it  united  to  Rockland,  and 
returned  6 1  communicants  here.     In 

1629,  Sam.  Bootie,  S.  T.  B.  had  it  of  the  gift  of  Sir  Robert 
Gawdie,  Knt.  and  in  1639,  George  Gawdie  of  Stepney,  Esq.  gave 
it  to 

Richard  Webster,  at  whose  death  in  1683,  it  was  given  to 
William  Brooke,  who  held  it  by  union  with  Kirby. 
The  Rev.  Samuel  Salter,  D  D.  Archdeacon  of  'Norfolk,*  is  the 
present  rector;  and  John  Houghton   of  Bramerton-Hall,  Esq.  is 
the  present  patron. 

The  church  and  steeple  were  totally  rebuilt  in  1462.s  It  is  31 
feet  long,  and  18  broad  ;  the  chancel  is  26  feet  long  and  15  broad  ;  it 
hath  no  isles;  the  square  tower  joining  to  the  west  end,  is  45  feet 
high;  and  contains  three  bells;  the  whole,  with  the  south  porch,  being 
well  covered  with  lead.    In  the  chancel, 

Here  lieth  Thomas  Corie,  Esq.  the  only  son  of  Francis 
Corie,  Esq;  by  Anne  the  daughter  of  Sir  John  Corbet  of  Sprows- 
ton,  Bart,  who  died  Feb,  5,  1682,  aged  27  years.  And  also  Eliz. 
his  only  sister,  who  died  at  the  age  of  five  years. 

Corie's  arms  and  crest,  a  derai-grirnn  or,  issuant  from  a 
ducal  coronet  proper,  quartering  Corbet. 

Arms  of  Corie  and  Corbet  impaled. 

In  Memorie  of  Francis  Corie,  Esq.  Recorder  of  Noiuich, 
and  Anne  his  Wife,  Daughter  of  Sir  John  Corbet,  he  died  in 
the  year  1678,  aged  82. 

Bridget  Wife  of  Francis  Corie,  Esq.  ob.  10  Mar.  1652. 

John  Houghton  died  28  Sept.  1723,  aged  75. 

Mary  the  loving  Wife  of  John  Houghton  Esq;  ob.  30  Aug. 
1727,  aged  6S. 

Corbet  Houghton,  Sept.  12,  1710,  aged  28. 

In  the  nave, 
John  Goodwin  Apr.  9,  1701,  65. 

*  See  vol.  iii.  p.  646.  ingin  pieces  the  windows  of  this  church, 

5  3  Edw.  VI.  Nicholas  Cooke  and  and  for  pulling  down  Bramerton-cross 
thre  others,  were  prosecuted  for  break,    and  Rockland-cross. 


BRAMERTON.  473 

In  the  cliancel  window, 

Arg.  a  cross  sab.  which  I  take  to  have  been  Bois's  arms,  only 
the  ermine  is  worn  out;  but  as  it  appears  now,  it  is  Norwich 
deanery  arms. 

At  the  east  end  of  the  churchyard,  on  altar  tombs, 
John  Daudy  Nov.  5,  1700, 47.  Rob.  Daudy  26  Nov.  1700,  50' 

There  was  a  brass  by  the  altar  rails  with  this, 

Here  lyeth  interred  the  Body  of  Robert  Cory,  who  after- 
long  and  tedious  sickness  of  above  4  years  continuance,  which 
he  endured  with  Patience,  died  the  17  of  August  A.  D.  1629, 
and  in  the  56th  Year  of  his  Age,  leaving  behind  him  a  second 
Wife,  and  6  sons  and  two  daughters,  which  he  had  by  his  first 
Wife. 

Bramerton  Hall  is  a  good  house,  situated  pleasantly  enough, 
against  the  east  side  of  Bramerton  heath;  it  was  built  by  theCoRiEs, 
which  have  been  owners  of  estates  here,  ever  since  1403,  when 
Robert  Corie  first  settled  here,  having  purchased  an  estate  of 
William  Langton  of  Bramerton,  and  Maud  his  wife:  the  next  I  meet 
with  was  William,  whose  second  son  Francis  Corie  of  Bramerton, 
married  Grace,  daughter  of  Mr.  Bronne  of  Tacotneston,  and  had 
Thomas  Corie  of  Bramerton,  who  by  Barbara,  daughter  of  Ric.  Fer- 
rers of  Norwich,  had  five  sons  and  one  daughter;6  of  which,  William 
Corie  of  Norwich,  the  5th  son,  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Christopher 
Soame  of  Norwich,  Esq.  and  had  Thomas  Corie  of  Norwich,  and  two 
daughters;  Mary,  married  to  Fyrmyne  Le  Neve  of  Ringland  in 
Norfolk,  grandfather  to  Peter  le  Neve,  Norroy ;  and  Anne,  the 
other  daughter,  married  to  George  Grundie,  goldsmith,  of  Norwich, 
and  had  issue  :  their  brother  Thomas  aforesaid,  married  Rose,  daughter 
of  William  Tudenham,  of  Hale  in  Norfolk,  and  had  Thomas  Corie  of 
Norwich,  Gent,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Chris- 
topher Layer  of  Norwich,  Esq.  (see  vol.  iv.  p.  231,)  and  Anne  and 
Rose,  who  both  died  unmarried  ;  they  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter, 
of  which  Francis  and  Bridget  died  single,  and  William,  their  eldest 
son,  a  barrister  at  law,  married  Judith,  daughter  of  William  Coppin, 
of  Wotton  in  Norfolk,  who  remarried  to  Theophilus  Williams,  rector 
of  East-Herling,  but  having  no  issue,  this  branch  of  the  Cories  ex- 
tinguished. 

Robert  Corie  of  Bramerton,  second  son  of  Thomas  Corie  and 
Barbara  Ferrers,  was  buried  here  in  1629,  and  by  his  first  wife,  left 
Francis  Corie,  recorder  of  Norwich,7  who  was  buried  here  in  1673  ; 
his  eldest  son  and  heir  married  Anne  daughter  of  Sir  John,  and  sister 
and  coheir  of  Sir  Thomas  Corbet  of  Sprowslon,  Bart,  by  whom  he  had 
a  son  Thomas,  who  died  single  in  1682,  and  was  buried  here,  and 
Eliz.  his  sister  by  him,  so  that  for  want  of  heirs,  he  gave  lusBramerton 

6  i,  Francis;  2,  Robert;  3,  Thomas;     From  some  of  them,  several  branches 
4,   Richard;    5,  William  ;    and  Grace,     may  be  descended. 
7  Vol.  ii.  p.  420. 
VOL.  v.  3P 


474  KIRBY-BEDON. 

house  and  estate,  to  John  Houghton  of  Randworth,  bis  wife's 
sister's  son. 

The  family  of  the  Hauteyns,  Haughtons,  or  Houghtons  (for  I  find 
the  name  often  spelt  these  three  ways)  is  of  very  old  standing  in  this 
county,  their  ancient  capital  seat  for  many  ages,  being  at  Oxnead, 
under  which  place  I  intend  to  treat  of  them  at  large;  so  that  1  shall 
go  no  farther  back  new,  than  to 

Sir  Robert  Houghton,  Knt.  serjeant  at  law,  and  one  of  the 
readers  at  Lincoln's-Inn,  whose  son,  John  Houghton  of  Randzcorth, 
had  by  Mrs.  Doughty,  Robert  his  son  and  heir,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth, sister  to  Anne  Corbet  aforesaid,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and 
three  daughters,  Eliz.  married  to  Sir  Nevi/e  Catlyne,  Knt.  of  Kirby 
Caam  in  Norfolk,  died  without  issue;  Lydia  to  John  Jay  of  Hol- 
vestoti,  Gent,  son  of  Suckling  Jay;  and  Mary  died  unmarried. 
Richard,  Charles,  and  Thomas,  the  three  younger  sons,  died  single, 
and  John  Houghton  of  Randworth,  Esq,  the  eldest  son,  to  whom 
the  estate  was  given,  came  and  settled  here;  he  was  major  of  a  com- 
pany of  foot  belonging  to  the  militia,  and  clerk  of  the  peace,  died  in 
1723,  and  is  buried  here,  as  was  Mary  his  wife  in  1727,  who  was 
daughter  of  Richard  Chamberlaine  of  Astley-Castle  in  Warwickshire; 
their  eldest  son, 

John  Houghton,  Esq.  one  of  the  justices  of peace  for  the  county, 
now  dwells  here,  and  by  his  deceased  wife,  who  was  one  of  the 
daughters  and  coheiresses  of  the  late  dean  baron,  hath  issue. 


KIRBY-BEDON, 


Kirby,  or  Kiukeby,  signifies  the  dwelling  at  the  kirken  or  churches; 
and  Bidon  or  Bedon  was  added,  to  distinguish  it  from  another  village 
of  the  same  name  in  this. county  ;  it  being  the  name  of  the  ancient 
lords  of  the  capital  manor;  that  it  should  take  its  name  from  its 
churches,  is  no  wonder,  there  being  two  here,  long  before  the  Confes- 
sor's time ;  for  in  his  survey,  they  were  found  to  have  each  of  them 
10  acres  of  glebe,  then  valued  at  \1d.  a  year,  and  both  belonged  to 
Robert  de  Curson,  who  held  them  and  the  manor,  of  Roger  Bigot, 
the  town  being  half  a  mile  long  and  as  much  broad,  paid  20rf.  to  the 
geld.s     The  part  which  Godric  the  sezcer  managed  for  the   King, 

8  Terra  Rogeri    Bigoti,  fo.   no.         In  eadem  iii.  lib.  hom.  i.  integer,  ii. 

De  escangio  terre  Isaac.  dim.  Stigandi  commend,  xlvi.  acr.  terre, 

In    Kirkebei   vi.   integri  liberi  ho-  et  sub  eis  i.  bord.  et  iiii.  acr.  prati  semp. 

mines,  iii.  Ulketel.  tercius,  Alwi  de  Ted-  i.  car  tunc  et  semper  valet  v.  s.  habet. 

fordo,  quartus  Genred,   quintus  Aluredus,  dim.  leug.  in  longu,  et  dim  in  lato,  et  de 

commend  T.  R.  E.  de  xli.  acris  terre,  Gelto    xx.    d.   quicunque    ibi    teneat, 

et  ii.  acris  prati,  semper  i.  car.  tunc  et  r.   ecclesia  x.  acr.  val.  xii.  d.    Rob  de 

post  val.   v.  s.   modo  iii.  sol.  et  iiii.d.  Curcun  tenet, 
i.  ecclesia  x.  acr.  val.  xii.  d.    et  tenet 
Robertus  de  Curcun  (Curson.) 


KIRBY-BEDON.  475 

which   formerly  was  Edric's,9  and  his  own  part,  which  formerly  was 
Edwin's,1  and   the  part  which  was   the  Bishop  of  Baieux's?  with  the 

?art  of  Bigot  formerly  U/kctel's,3  constituted  the  manor  belonging  to 
\angley  abbey,  afterwards  called  Osberris,  which  now  is,  and  hath 
for  some  years  past,  been  joined  to  the  manor  of  Saham's  and 
Wodehodse  in  Kirby-Bedon,  into  which  town  the  several  manors 
following  extend,  viz.  Eaton,*  Sur/ingham,5  Framlingham,  Trowse 
Roke/es,  JVitlingham,6  and  the  Dutchy  of  Lancaster,  of  which 
several  small  parcels  of  land  here,  were  held  in  1447. 


KIRBY-BIDON  MANOR. 

This  manor  continued  in  the  Bigods  after  Curson's  death,  who  held 
it  of  Roger  Bigot  at  the  survey,  till  Hugh  Bigod  Earl  of  Norfolk 
infeoffed  it,  with  many  others,  no  less  than  seven  whole  knights  fees, 
in  Helenald  de  Bidun,7  who  held  also  one  fee  in  Wadley  in 
Berkshire,  of  the  honour  of  Warengeford.  This  Ha lenod  gave  the 
church  of  Hockham,  with  the  consent  of  Agnes  daughter  of  Pain 
Fitz-John,  his  wife,8  to  the  abbey  of  Osneij ;  in  1168,  he  and  his  wife 
granted  a  mark  a  year  rent  in  Sutton,  to  Missenden  abbey  ;  and  that 
they  were  persons  of  the  first  rank  in  those  times,  appears  from  the  ■ 
witnesses  to  this  deed  of  <f\\\,Adam  son  of  Will,  de  Sutton,  his  princi- 
pal clerk  or  chaplain:  Benedict  his  chaplain,  Nic.de  Brunsted  his 
sewer,  See.  William  Bishop  of  Norwich  confirmed  it;  llumfry  de 
Bidun  was  lord;  and  in  1170,  John  de  Bidun  held  an  honour  con- 
taining five  knights  fees  and  an  half,  in  the  county  of  Northampton, 
as  we  learn  from  the  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer;  but  I  do  not  find 
he  was  lord  here,  but  John  de  Bidun,  junior,  his  son,  was,  and  died 
so,  leaving  Maud,  daughter  of  Thomas  Fitz- Bernard,9  his  widow, 
lady  here  ;  who  re-married  to  John  de  Bokesford,  and  died  seized  in 

9  Terre  Regis  quara  Godricus  servat.  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  &c.  over  all  her 

Heinestede  H.     Doms.  fo.  28.  tenants  in  Kirby. 

In  Kirkebei  xii.  homines  sequentes  1285,    Roger     Bigod    Comes  NorrF. 

faldam   Edrici,  Ixxx.  acr.  terre  et  iii.  clamat  habere  vis.   franc,  pleg.  emend, 

acr.  prati,  semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  assisse  panis   et  cervisie  de  tenentibus 

In    Kirkebei    i.    liber  homo   Edrici,  suis  in  Kirkeby. 

T.  R.  E.  xxx.  acr.  terre  et  ii.  bor.  et  6  See  vol.  ii.  p.  506. 

iiii.  acr.   prati,  semper   dim.    car.     In  7  Halenaldus  de  Bidun  tenuit  de 

Kirkebei  i.  liber  homo  Edrici.  T.  R.  E.  Comite  Hugone  Bygodseptem  feoda  mi- 

de  vi.  acr.  et  semper  ii.  bov.  litum  in  Norfolcia  de  veteri  feofamento. 

1  Terre  Gudiici  Dapiferi.  fo.  165.  Lib.   Nig.   Scaccarij   Edit,   per  Tho. 

In  Kirkebei  i.  liber  homo  Edwini  de  Hearne,  A.   M.    Oxon.    1728,   vol.  i. 

vi.  acr.  terre  et  sub  eo  iii.  liberi  de  xi.  p.  284. 

acr.  terre  inter  omnes  dim.  car.  At  this  time  one  John  de  Bidun  held 

a  Terre  Episcopi  Baiocensis.  fo.  60.  half  a  fee  of  Ralf  de  Nuers,  his  brother, 

In  Kirkebei  ii.  soc.  et  dim.  dim.  de  I  suppose, 

xii.acr.semperarant  cum  tribus  bovibus,  8  I   imagine  he  had  no  issue  by  her, 

semper  i.  equus  in  aula  tunc  viii.  pore,  because  Ralf  de  Muntchensy   her   son 

modo  xxviii.  et  vi.  vasa  apum  tunc,  et  confirmed  it. 

post  vai.  xx.  sol.  modo  xl.  9  She  was  his  daughter,  by  Eugenia, 

3  Fo.  112.  In  Kirkebei  iiii.  liberi  daughter  of  Ralf  Picot  of  Cambridge- 
homines  Ulketel  x.  acr.  terre  et  dim.  shire,  and  had  three  sons  by  Thomas 
acr.  prati  semper  dim.  car.  Fitz-Bernard,   and   only  one  daughter, 

+  See  vol.  iv.  p.  316.  Maud,  whom  the  King  married  to  John 

5  1285,  Maud  de  Mutton,  lady  of  Sur-  son  of  John  de  Bidun. 
lingham,  claimed  view  of  frankpledge, 


476  KIRBY-BEDON. 

1254,1  when  it  was  found,  that  John  de  Bidon  died  without  issue  of 
his  body,  and  so  his  whole  barony  and  estate  descended  to  his  five 
sisters,  viz. 

\t  Amicia  or  Amy,  who  had  three  daughters,  Amabilia  who  died 
single;  Isabella,  who  had  Henry  Fitz-Ralf,  her  son  and  heir, 
then  living;  and  Agnes,  wife  of  Warine  de  Bragenham,  then  living. 

2,  Amabilia,2  whose  son  and  heir,  Miles  de  Beauchamp,  held  his 
part. 

3,  Sarah,  whose  three  daughters  inherited  her  part;  Isabel,  alive 
and  held  her  part;  Maud,  who  was  dead,  but  Sarah  her  daughter 
then  married  to  Rob.  de  Walton  or  Wanton,  was  living,  and  held  her 
part ;  Phi/ippa  was  dead,  but  John  de  Croxton  (or  Oxinton,  as  some- 
times called)  held  his  part. 

4,  Maud,  whose  son  Robert  Fitz-Jeffry  was  dead,  but  Thomas 
Fitz-Robert,  his  son,  enjoyed  his  part. 

5,  Ermengafd,  whose  two  sons,  first  John,  sirnamed  de  Gatesend, 
was  dead,  but  had  issue,  John  de  Gatesend,  junior,  his  son,  whose  son, 
Ric.  de  Gatesend,  held  his  share.  2d,  Richard,  whose  son  John  was 
living,  and  enjoyed  his  part. 

But  several  of  these  parts  were  united  again  very  soon;  for  in. 
1256,  John,  son  of  John  de  Gatesend,  had  purchased  so,  that  he  was 
lord  of  one  moiety.  Before  1277,  Hugh  de  Polsted  had  one  part 
of  Gatesdetis  moiety  or  manor,  and  James  de  Creike  another,  but 
about 

1302,  John  de  Saham  had  this  moiety  or  manor,  and  the  whole 
advowson ;  from  whom  it  took  the  name  of  Saham's,  which  it  still 
retains.  John  was  succeeded  by  Hervy  de  Saham,  who  occurs  lord 
and  patron  in  1320;  and  in  1332,  Rob  de  Elmham,  Christian, 
daughter  of  John  de  Saham,  Ric.  Merkaunt  of  Saham,  Agnes,  widow 
of  William  de  Horpling,  and  Tho.  de  Hillington,  were  joint  lords  and 
patrons. 

It  after  belonged  to  John  St  army,  and  then  to  Hervy  Rockhow, 
whose  trustee,  Tho.  Panton,  was  lord  in  1394;  this  Hervy  was  citizen 
and  goldsmith  of  London,  and  presented  here  in  1412,  and  in  1423, 
Rob.  Wikmegeye  had  it.  In  1437,  John  Bacon  of  Baconesthorp, 
and  Maud  his  wife,  presented,  and  in  1482,  John  Barges  and  Mar- 
garet Wyrmegay  had  some  lime  before  infeoffed  John  Blake,  Esq. 
and  about  1503,  it  was  purchased  by  James  Hobart,  Knt.3  In  1506, 
Will.  Lincoln  of  Norwich,  Gent,  was  buried  in  the  Black  Friars  there, 
and  it  appears  by  his  will,  that  Rob.  Wyrmegay  had  married  his 
sister,  for  in  it  is  this  clause :  '  I  will  that  my  executors  endeavour  to 
recover  the  third  part  of  the  manor  of  Saham's  in  Kirby,  which  was 
my  sister  Wormegat/'s  right.'  In  1553,  Sir  James  settled  it  on  his  son, 
Miles  Hobart,  who  had  livery  in  1571,  but  only  of  two  thirds,  for  in 
1546,  Sir  Nic.  Hare,  Knt.  and  Rob  Hare  his  son,  had  a  third  part; 
in  1550,  Michael,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Nicholas,  had  it,  and  in  1557, 

1  Esch.  39  H.  III.  No.  X.  drew  Syre  of  Surlingham  and  Maud  his 

1  I  find  her  often  called  Isabella.  wife,  John  Wirmegeye  of  Yelverton,  and 

3   1440,  a  fine  of  divers  lands  here,  and  Agnes  his  wife,  daughters  and  coheirs  of 

in  Surlingham  and  Kirby,  was  levied  be-  Jeffery   Mahew   of  Bramerton,   senior, 

tween  Robert  Spencer,  clerk,  rector  of  son  and  heirof  Will.  Mayhew  of  Kirby- 

Braaierton,  and  other  querents,  and  An-  Bydun. 


KIRBY-BEDON.  477 

Sir  Nic.  Hare,  Knt.  master  of  the  rolls,  ordered  that  this  manor,  if 
his  sons  died  without  heirs  male,  and  the  third  part  of  St.  Andrew's 
advowson,  which  he  had  before  settled  with  other  estates  in  this 
hundred,  on  his  son  Michal,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  in  jointure,  should 
go  to  his  brother,  John  Hare,  mercer,  of  London,  and  his  heirs;  who 
afterwards  inherited  it.  In  1603,  Sir  Tho.  Hobart,  Knt.  and  Michael 
Hare,  Esq.  were  lords  and  patrons;  but  in  1604,  Owen  Shepherd, 
Esq.  was  lord  and  patron.  In  1610,  the  manor  was  settled  in  trust 
on  Will.  Spencer,  and  Will.  Palmer,  Gents,  by  the  said  Owen,  who 
left  it  to  Rob.  Shepherd  of  JVick/ingham,  Esq.  who  was  lord  in 
1660,  as  was  Ambrose  Shepherd,  Esq.  in  l6y3,  when  the  three  manors, 
of  Saham's,  Usberne's,  and  Wodehouse,  were  all  united,  and  in 
171'-,  belonged  to 

William  Brooke,  clerk,  rector  here,  who  was  succeeded  by  his 
eldest  son, 

William  Brooke,  Esq.  recorder  of  Norwich,  the  present  lord,  as 
also  patron  of  the  church  of  St.  Andrew. 

The  capital  manor-house,  and  the  demeans,  were  sold  by  Robert 
Shephtrd,  Esq.  to  Mr.  Cock  of  Norwich,  who  sold  them  to  Capt.  Nic. 
Rockwood,  who  conveyed  them  to  the 

Berneys,  who  have  resided  here  ever  since ;  it  being  now  the  seat 
of  Sir  Hanson  Berney,  Bart,  of  which  ancient  family  1  shall  treat 
at  large,  under  Berton-Bendish  in  Claclose  hundred. 


WODEHOUSE  MANOR  IN  KIRKEBY 

Was  originally  a  moiety  of  Bidon's  or  Saham's  manor;  Thomas 
Fitz-Robert,  son  of  Maud  de  Bidun,  having  purchased  several  parts, 
obtained  at  last  a  division,  and  made  it  a  separate  manor;  he  came 
and  dwell  by  the  wood  here,  and  so  called  it  Wodehouse  manor,  and 
assumed  the  sirname  of  De  Bosco  or  Du  Bois  of  Kirby,  on  that 
account;  by  which  name,  in  1280,  he  had  the  lete  here,  and  all 
liberties  of  a  lete:  but  in  1285,  the  King  recovered  it,  and  let  it  to 
him  in  fee-farm  for  ever  at  6d.  a  year,  payable  to  his  hundred  of 
Henstede  :  he  was  returned  by  the  name  of  Tho.  Fitz-Robert,  to  hold 
this  manor,  and  that  of  Stowbidon,  and  lands  in  Thompson,  of  Bald- 
win H'ake,  as  of  his  manor  of  Brunne  in  Cambridgesnire,  at  one  fee. 
In  1301,  Thomas  de  Bosco  of  Kirby-bedon,  and  Maud  his  wife,  settled 
it  on  Robett  de  Hales  their  trustee,  to  the  use  of  themselves  for  life, 
remainder  to  their  heirs;  and  John  de  Bosco,  who  is  often  called  John 
Atwood,  their  son,  inherited  it;  whose  daughter  and  heiress  married 
to  Ward,  as  you  may  see  under  Bixley.  The  manor  had  10  acres 
in  demean,  3  acres  of  meadow,  5/.  quitrents,  and  9  messuages  held  of 
it:  and  it  extended  in  Apeton,  Bramerton,  Rock/and,  Yelverton, 
Wicklmgham,  Fram/ingham,  Trowse,  Bixley,  Ameringhale,  Laken- 
ham,  Caster,  and  Borland.  In  1401,  John  Warde  held  it  of 
Thomas  Mowbray  at  half  a  fee;  in  1572,  Edw.  Ward.  In  1586,  the 
manor  of  Kirhy  Wodehouse,  alias  Ward's,  was  conveyed  by  Stephen 
Cuppiu,  Gent,  and  John  Hcwke,  to  Thomas  Godsulve,  Esq.  and  John 
Holland,  Gent,  and  afterwards  was  purchased  by  the  lord  of  Saham's 
manor,  and  joined  to  it,  and  so  continues. 


473  KIRBY-BEDON. 


LANGLEY  ABBOTS,  alias  OSBORNE'S  MANOR. 

Roger  Filz-Ozbert  held  a  fee  here,  which  came  to  the  abbey  of 
Langley  soon  after,  if  not  at  its  first  foundation.  The  Abbot  was 
always  taxed  at  36s.  9^-  ob.  for  his  manor  of  Kirby,  which  at  the 
Dissolution  came  to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  in  1543,  by  Henri/ 
VIII.  to  John  Corbet,  Esq.  to  be  held  by  the  rent  of  3s.  Sd.  ob.  a 
year;  and  immediately  after,  the  King  licensed  Corbel  to  sell  it  to 
Robert  and  Thomas  Osborne;*  and  Thomas  was  lord  in  1572. 
In  1587,  it  was  settled  on  Fiske,  as  trustee  to  the  Osbornes;  and  in 
1589,  Tho.  Osborne,  Gent,  settled  it  in  trust  on  Will.  Temper/ey, 
Esq.  and  Will.  Money,  junior,  who  in  1594,  released  it  to  Osborn 
again;  and  in  1605,  Tho.  Osborne,  Gent,  obtained  license  to  alien 
it,  and  in  1672,  John  Coppledicke,  Esq.  was  lord;  and  sometime 
after,  it  became  joined  to  Saha.m's  manor,  with  which  it  now 
remains. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  at  Kirby-Bedon,  was  appropriated  to  the 
abbey  of  Lang/eye,  and  the  rectory  was  valued  at  8  marks,  and  the 
vicarage  at  5,  but  was  not  taxed ;  and  so  occurs  not  in  the  King's 
Books;  it  paid  2s.  synodals;  but  in  1550,  Bishop  Thirlby  released 
Q.0d.  out  of  the  synodals ;  the  archdeacon's  procurations  are  6s.  8d. 
Peter-pence  12d.  carvage  bd.  and  the  vicar  had  a  house  in  the 
churchyard. 

VICARS  OF  ST.  MARY, 

PRESENTED  by  the  convent  of  langley. 

1308,  William  old  Bar/ick  of  Saxlingham. 

1328,  John  de  BiUingford. 

1349,  Tho.  Bee  of  Hurple. 

1395,  Walter  Turner  of  Shotesham. 

1441,  John  Dalton. 

1490,  Henry  Hart;  he  died,  and  in 

1505,  John  Warmull  had  it  by  lapse,  who  was  the  last  instituted  to 
this  church;  it  having  been  held  as  a  curacy  ever  since  the  Dissolu- 
tion, when  the  impropriation  vested  in  the  Crown,  and  was  after- 
wards granted  off;  and  in  1575,  belonged  to  Rog.  Manners,  Esq.  and 
afterwards  to  Sir  Nicholas  Hare,  who  sold  it  to  Stephen  Moss,  and  he 
to  Mr.  Fellow,  who  conveyed  it  to  Henry  Kimbold,  and  he  to  Tho- 
mas Dethyck  in  1578;  and  afterwards 

William  Brooke,  who  had  the  manors,  and  was  patron,  rector, 
and  impropriator,  gave  the  impropriation  to  Edward  Brooke  his  son, 
whose  widow,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Brooke,  now  owns  it,  and  pays  a  stipend 
of  8/.  per  annum  to  the  rector  of  St.  Andrew's,  for  serving  the  cure; 

+  The  Osbernes  are  an  old  family  in  the  nave  ef  St.  Andrew's  church.with 
here;  John  Osborne,  senior,  was  buried     tins  on  a  brass  plate  now  remaining ; 

Orate  pro  anima  goljanni.^  «©.sbornc  qui  ofaiit  jrrn  Die  #oto. 
3. «?.$!.  toc.rtT".  cuius  anitne  propinetur  ©eu£. 

John  Osborne  junior,  Edm.  Osborne  alive  in  1522. 


KIRBY-BEDON.  479 

the  rector  of  that  parish,  having  been  constantly  curate  here,  ever 
since  the  Dissolution.     In 

1603,  Hammet  Hyde,  curate,  and  rector  of  St.  Andrew,  returned 
answer,  that  there  were  then  40  communicants  in  this  parish,  that  it 
was  an  impropriation,  and  that  the  impropriator  constantly  paid  him 
his  stipend  out  of  the  tithes. 

The  church  stood  east  of  St.  Andrew's,  their  churchyards  being 
parted  by  the  road  only ;  it  is  now  in  ruins ;  it  had  a  south  porch, 
nave,  and  chancel,  the  steeple  is  standing,  and  is  round,  and  had  two 
large  bells,  which  were  lately  taken  down,  and  placed  in  St.  Andrew's 
church. 

RECTORS. 

John  de  Cressingham,  resigned  in 
1318,  to  Roger  de  Bargo,  who  was  presented  by  John  deSaham; 
he  changed  this  for  Bukere  in  Lincolnshire,  in 

1320,  with  Rob.  de  Wetheriugsete,  who  had  it  of  Heevy  de 
Saham's  gift.     In 

1333,  Hervu  de  North- El 'mham  was  presented  by  Kob.  de  Hlm- 
ham,  Christian,  daughter  of  John  de  Saham,  Ric.  Merkaunt  oi 
Saham,  Agnes,  widow  of  Wil.  de  Horpting,  and  John  Hilling- 
ton,  joint  patrons.  „ 

1387,  John  Gozce  of  Aslacby.  John  Sturmy,  patron.  1393,  Iho, 
Pan  ton  and  Heevy  Rokhaw,  gave  it  to 

John  de  Kirby;5  and  in  1412,  the  said  Hervy  presented 
Will.  Lightfoot,  who  resigned  in  1424,  and 
John  Biskelee,  or  Bixlcy  succeeded,  on   the  presentation  of 
Robert  Wikmegeye;  he  resigned  in  1437,  and  John  Bacon  ot 
Baconesthorp,  and  Maud  his  wife,  gave  it  to 

Tho.  Messenger  of  Fakenham,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Rob.  Howlyn,  at  whose  death,  in 
1480,  William,  son  of  Robert  Wirmegey,  was  instituted  at  the  pre- 
sentation of  John   Blake,  Esq.  feoffee  of  the  manor,  iron  John 
Barges   and    Margaret    Wirmegey;    he   died,    and  in    1481,  John 
Ward,  Gent,  presented 

Henry  Hert,  on  whose  death  Sir  James  Hobart,  Knt.  gave 
it  to 

John  Warmull,  vicar  of  St.  Mary  s.     In 
1582,  Oct.  4,    Tho.    Cuthbert,  rector,  was  buried  here ;   and  the 
assignee  of  Michael  Hare,  Esq.  gave  it  to 

Hammet  Hide,  buried  here  7  Sept.  1610.  In  1604,  Owen 
Shepherd,  Esq.  presented 

Daniel  Thaxter,  buried  here  Oct.  7,  1625,  and  in  less  than 
two  months,  his  wife  and  seven  children  were  buried  by  him.  In 
1625,  Owen  Shepherd  gave  it  to 

Henry  Mouse,  A.  M.  who  died  rector,  and  in  1634,  Edward 
Hobart,  Esq.  presented 

Eda;.  .Bowra,  A.  M.  who  held  it  united  to  the  mediety  ot 
Pakefield;  he  was  succeeded  by 

5  Alexander  de  Kirby  lived  here  in  Richard  the  First's  time. 


480  KIR  BY-BE  DON. 

Nic.  Shepherd,  who  (as  Walker  says6)  was  plundered  and 
often  imprisoned,  and  during  his  troubles,  contracted  so  many  debts 
for  the  support  of  himself  and  family,  that  at  his  death,  his  goods 
were  seized,  his  widow  utterly  deprived  of  all  maintenance,  and 
reduced  to  great  necessity;  and  was  at  last  relieved  by  the  charity  of 
the  corporation  for  ministers  widows:  whether  he  was  any  thing 
more  than  presented  in  the  rebellion,  I  do  not  find;  for  in  1661, 
Robert  Shepherd  of  Wicklingham,  Esq.  presented 

Nic.  Shepherd,  who  was  buried  Feb.  1,  1671;  and  in  1672, 
John  Bendish  of  London,  and  Martha  his  wife,  presented 

William  Brooke,  who  was  lord,  patron,  rector,  curate,  and 
impropriator,  and  so  died  ;7  and  in  1714,  Will.  Brooke,  Esq.8  his 
eldest  son,  on  the  2d  of  April,  presented 

Gilbert  Pickering,  who  resigned  the  8th  of  the  same  month, 
and  then  he  gave  it  to 

Francis  Brooke,  his  brother,  who  held  it  sometime  united  to 
Surlingham,  and  after  that,  to  Carleton  and  Ashby ;  and  at  his  death, 
the  said  William  (who  is  now  patron)  gave  it  to 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Ric.  Brooke,  son  of  the  said  Francis,  who  is 
the  present  rector,  and  holds  it  united  to  the  consolidated  rectory  of 
All-Saints,  St.  Julian's,  &c.  in  Norwich  city.9 

When  Norwich  Domesday  was  made,  John  de  Gatesden  was  patron  ; 
the  rector  had  then,  as  now,  a  house  joining  to  the  south  side  of  the 
churchyard,  and  a  grange  or  barn  in  the  churchyard,  and  2  acres  of 
glebe;  it  was  first  valued  at  1 1,  and  after,  at  10  marks,  and  pays  2s. 
synodals,  6s.  8d.  procurations,  \Qd.  Peter-pence,  and  6d.  carvage.  It 
stands  thus  in  rhe  King's  Books, 

CV.  4s.  9(7.  ob.  KmKBY-Beadon  (or  Bedon)  Sancti  Andree  Rectoria. 
36/.  clear  yearly  value. 

So  that  it  is  capable  of  augmentation.  The  temporals  of  the  Prioress 
of  Carroic  were  valued  at  37s.  8d.  and  the  town  paid  to  each  tenth 
clear  (without  one  pound  paid  by  the  religious  for  their  revenues  here) 
bl.  13s.  Ad.  Here  was  a  gild  of  St.  John,  for  in  1558,  Will.  Necton 
of  Norwich,  sold  half  an  acre  belonging  to  this  gild,  which  he  had  of 
the  grant  of  Edw.  VI. 

In  1668,  31  Oct.  Rob.  Harris,  clerk,  was  buried  here.  In  169O, 
two  faculties  were  passed  for  seats  in  the  church,  one  to  Sir  Ric. 
Berney's  house,  and  the  other  to  Mrs.  Sheldrake's. 

The  tower  which  stood  at  the  west  end  of  the  church  is  down,  but 
now  there  is  fixed  up  in  the  lower  part  of  it,  a  convenience  to  hang 
three  bells  in;  the  nave,  chancel,  and  south  porch,  are  all  thatched  ; 
but  the  dormitory  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  built  by  the  Rock- 
woods,  is  leaded  ;  and  there  are  no  isles;  the  porch  was  built  iii  1479, 
by  the  executors  of  Robert  Osborne,  who  ordered  his  bodv  to  be  buried 
in  the  churchyard,  by  Robert  Connald  and  Joan  his  wife;  and  that 
over  their  three  graves,  they  should  build  a  church,  parch,  which  they 
did  accordingly:  at  the  east  end  of  the  chancel  in  the  yard,  there  is 
an  altar  tomb  for  Thomas  son  of  Robert  Harris,  Gent,  and  Grace  his 
Wife,  Jan.  9,  1680,  aged  74. 

*  Partii.  fo.  367.  8  See  vol.  iii.  p.  450. 

7  Heheldit  with  Bramerton  by  union.        9  See  vol.  iv.  p.  131. 


KIRBY-BEDON.  481 

In  the  east  chancel  window, 
Rookwood  impales  or,  on  a  chevron  sab.  three  martlets  arg. 

Rookwood  quarters  gul. impaling  pally  of  eight  or  and  sab.  on 

a  chief  gul.  three  martlets  of  the  first. 

In  a  south  window.  Arg.  a  chevron  sab.  between  three  hammers 
gul. 

The  inscription  is  reaved  from  a  stone,  but  there  remains  a  heart, 
and  this, 

Crebo  quob  fctbcmptor  mui  titbit,  $  be  terra  gurretturus  £um 
(j  in  carne  mea  nibebo  beum  &alnatorcm  mcum. 

Another  stone  hath  lost  its  effigies  and  inscription,  but  this  is  cut 
on  it. 

Here  lyeth  Dussing. 

This  ancient  family  was  fixed  a  long  time  here,  and  Dussing's  Dale 
on  Mushold-heath,1  took  its  name  from  one  of  them. 

In  the  church  on  a  stone;  Sara  Wife  of  Owen  Dussing,  Daughter 
of  Robert  Stileman  of  Fitld-Dawling  in  Norff.  Gent,  died  Nov.  2, 

1659.  r    „ 

tyit  iacet  gohannts*  ©tiding1  $  ^Iror  ciu£,  quorum  animabu£ 
proptcietur  beu£. 

<©ratt  pro  animabu*  ©tilt,  ©u^ing,  et  Catherine  ^Ifori^  £ue 

qui  obicrunt  bectmo  bic  JEcniStjS  februarii  £1.  ©.  Jlicccccn  quorum 

animabuji  proptetetur  beu£.      [Their  two  effigies  in  their  winding 

sheets.] 

On  a  mural  monument  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  are  the 

enVies  of  a  man  and  woman  in  praying  postures,  before  a  faldstool, 

witti  the  arms  of 

Shepherd,  arg.  On  a  chief  indented  gul.  three  battle-axes  or. 
Crest,  a  demi-buck  reguardant  proper,  .,—«,» 

(The  arms  and  crest  were  granted  by  William  Camden  in  1598,) 

1IDpaJaf.  on  a  fess  em.  between  three  annulets  or,  a  lion  passant  sab. 
The  Memorial  of  Robert  Shepherd  Esq.  and  Anne  his 
Wife,  Ann.  Dom.  1600. 

Christ  is  to  me  as  Life  on  Earth,  and  Death  to  me  is  Gain, 
Berause  1  Trust  through  hiin  alone,  Salvation  to  obtain. 
St.  brittle  is  the  State  of  Man,  so  soone  it  cloth  decay, 
So  all  the  Glory  of  the  World,  Must  fade  and  passe  away. 
Disce,  quid  Es,  quid  Ei  is, 
Memor  e^to,  quod  moneris. 

Near  this,  on  a  square  marble  fixed  in  the  wall, 
This  monument  was  repaired  A.  D.  1664,  at  the  Charge  of  a 

•  <;PPvol   iii   p  2«.  *  Hevvas  buried  'V465'  andSavea 

See  vol.  in.  p.  2Sz.  ^^  to  ^  ^  ^^ 

VOL.  V.  3  Q 


182  KIRBY-BEDON. 

Grandson  of  the  entombed,  viz.  Nicolas  Sheppard  Rector  of 
this  Church,  on  whose  Soul  Jesus  have  Mercy. 

Brooke,  gul.  on  a  chevron,  arg.  a  lion  rampant,  sab.  crowned  or. 

Exuviae  Rebecc.e  Brooke  ccelibis  Fi'iae  WUlielmi  Brooke, 
Armigeri,  et  Francisco  Uxoris  ejus,  ob.  3  Jan.  1739,  aet.  29°. 

Arms  and  crest  of  Brooke. 

Edward  Brooke  of  Bramerton,  Gent.  ob.  12Febr.  1718,  ret.  63. 
He  was  youngest  son  of  William  Brooke,  Clerk,  formerly  rector 
here. 

Eliz.  Bedingfield,  Wife  of  Edward  Bedingfield.  Gent,  of 
Kirbij,  and  daughter  of  John  Taseburgh  of  Flyrton,  ob.  11  Febr. 
1640. 

Richard  Stevenson  Gent.  Aug.  9,  1666. 

In  the  nave, 

Mary  Wife  of  Will.  Denny  Gent.  Nov.  9,  1679- 
Denny,  gul.  a  saltier  between  twelve  croslets  pate  or.  Crest,  a 
hand  holding  ears  of  corn. 

In  a  window, 

3oe  lEtaria  45catia  plena,  ©ommusi  tecum. 

In  the  dormitory, 
Rook  wood,  arg.  three  chess  rooks  and  a  chief  sab.  impaling  on 
a  chevron,  three  choughs.     Crest,  a  lion  sedant  holding  a  spear. 
Edw  Rookwood  of  Kirby,  Gent.  10  June  1677,  set.  15. 

RooKWood  impales  paly  of  six  or  and  sab.  on  a  chief  gul.   three 
martlets  of  the  first. 

Rookxood's  arms,  and  a  crest  of  a  nag's  head  oope  1. 

Dorothy  Relict  of  Edward  Rookwood,  late  of  Euston  in 
Suffolk,  Esq;  2  Nov.  1683,  aet.  78. 

Nicholas  son  of  Edward  Rookwood  and  Eliz.  his  Wife, 
died  Jpril  18,  1678,  set.  2  Years. 

Sir  Thomas  Berney  Bart,  died  Jpril  12,  1742,  aet,  53. 

Crest,  a  coronet,  in  which  three  feathers  argent. 

Berney,  per  pale  az.  and  gut.  a  cross  ingrailed  erm.  quartering, 

1,  Redham,  g'ul.  a  chevron    erm.  between  three  reed  sheaves  or. 

2,  Caston.  3,  On  a  canton  gul.  a  croslet  or;  a  coat  of  pretence  of 

Folkes,  per  pale  gul.  and  vert,  a  de-lis  erm.  quartering  aig.  on  a 
chief  az.  three  lioncels  rampant  of  the  field.    Three  mascles  az. 

Motto  of  Berney;  NIL  TEMERE,  NEQUE  TIMURE. 

Francis  Cremer,  Gent,  was  buried  in  the  nave  in  1730,  for  whom 
there  is  a  mural  monument  erected  against  the  north  wall. 

Cremer,  per  fess  arg.  and  sab.  a  cross  flore  between  four  mul- 
lets counterchanged,  impaling 


ROCKLAND.  433 

Quarterly,  1,  arg.  on  a  chief  gul.  three  cinquefoils  or,  between 
three  na°-'s  heads  sab.  2  and  1.  2d.  gul.  on  a  cross  arg.  live  mul- 
lets sab.  4,  as  1 . 

M.  S.  Francisci  Cremer,  de  hac  Parochia.  Generosi.  Filij 
primogeniti  Francisci  Cremer  de  Ingolsthorp  in  Comitatu  Nor- 
folcia  Armigeri,  Qui  in  Academia  Lugduni  sex  Annos  coinmo- 
ravit  alumnus,  et  post  Laborem  multum  in  Studijs  Mathematicis 
feliciler  impensum,  plurimis  ingenij  Dotibus  indutus,  animam 
suam,  sub  Iseta  spe,  Deo  grate  reddidit,  die  24°  Feb.  A.  D.  1730. 
annoque  83t.  suae  S9°. 

Juxta  hoc  Monumentum  quoque  sepulta  jacet,  sub  spe  iiltimi 
judicij,  Magdalena  conjux  prima  supradicti  Francisci  Cremer 
Generosi,  tilia  unigenita  Edwardi  Coleman  de  Civitate  Loiidini 
Generosi,  una  cum  quatuor  Filijs,  quos  ille  suscepit  de  Susanna. 
conjuge  sua.  secunda,  et  Relicta,  Filia  Johannis  Randal  de  C/ied- 
grave,  in  Comitatu  Norfolcm  Generosi. 


ROCKLAND, 

Called  anciently  Rockland- Abbots,  to  distinguish  it  from  Rock- 
land in  Shropham  hundred,3  from  the  Abbot  of  Laugley  having  the 
manor  here,*  which  consisted  of  several  parts:  belonging  to  Aluoth, 
Godric,  Ulketel,  Ulf,  and  Will,  de  Noers,  at  the  Confessor's  survey; 
and  the  King,  Roger  Bigot,  and  William  Bishop  of  Thetford,  at  the 
Conqueror's.  In  1235,  Ros,er  Picot  held  it;  and  in  1238,  the  Abbot 
of  Langley  held  it  of  Pick's  fee,  which  extended  into  Surlingham, 
Bramerton,  &c.  In  1249,  Will.  Sumersweyne  and  Eda  his  wife,  gave 
n>any  lands  to  the  abbey,  which  Simon,  abbot  there,  added  to  this 
manor;  and  Robert  Bryan  and  Alexander  his  son  gave  part  of  a  fee 
here,  and  the  lesser  part  of  the  advowson  of  St.  Mary's,  which  they 
had  of  the  Bigots,  to  this  house. 

After  this,  there  was  a  grange  purchased  by  that  house  of  Sir  Ralf 
de  Ilegge. 

3  See  vol.  i.  p.  473.  Rokklunda  i.  (liber  homo)  iiii.  acr.  et 

*  Terre  Regis  quam  Godricus  servat.  dim.  habuitEdricus  commendat.T.R.E. 

Doms.  fo.  27,  28.     Hemstede  H.  In  Rukelunda  iii.  liben  homines  Ulfi 

In   Rouiunda   ii.    liberi    homines  hoc  tenet  idem  (sc.  R.  Bigot),    fo. 


Alnoth  commend,  xxiiii.  acr.  terre  et  Terra  Willi.  Episcopi  Tedforden- 

semper  ii.  bov.  et  ii.  acr.  prati.  sis*  ue  t'endo.    Heinestede  H.  to.  157. 

In  Kokelunda  i.  liber  homo  Edrici,  In    Rokelunda    Will,    de  Noers,    et 

T.  R.  E.  c^mmendatusdexv.acr.  terre  Sutherlingham  ii.  villan.  dexvi.  acns  et 

et  sub.  eo  v.  lib.  homin.  de  xxiii.  acr.  ii.  acr.  prati  semper  tunc  dim  car.  modo 

iii.  acr.  prati,  et  semper  dim.  car.     In  arant  cum  duobus  bovibus  pertinet  in 

Langale. 

See  vol.  iv.  p.  532. 


484  ROCKLAND. 

In  1285,  the  Abbot  vva9  allowed  to  have  a  lete  over  all  his  tenants. 
In  1401,  he  held  it  of  Sir  Thomas  Mowbray,  Knt.  and  in  1428,  was 
taxed  for  his  temporals,  at  5l.  14s.  (id.  ob.  q. 

At  the  Dissolution  it  was  granted  by  king  Henry  VIII.  with  Bor- 
land manor,  to  John  Corbet,  Esq.  who  in  1543,  sold  off  the  barley 
rents  in  Rockland  and  Bramerton}  and  the  manors  of  Rockland  and 
Poring/and,  to  Roger  and  John  Gotiliu,  and  their  heirs,  both  the 
manors  having  continued  together  as  they  now  do,  ever  since,  I  shall 
refer  you  to  Porland,  at  p.  438,  44. 

John  Bedingfield  of  Beeston  by  Norwich,  Esq.  is  the  present 
lord. 

LITTLE-BREECH E  MANOR 

Belonged  to  Edwin  and  Haslec,  one  of  the  Confessor's  thanes;*  and  at 
the  Conquest  to  Godric  the  sewer,  and  after  to  Thurston,  whose  son 
Walter,  in  1202,  sold  it  to  William  de  Badient,  to  be  held  at  the  4th 
part  of  a  fee:  in  1249,  William  Summersweyn  and  Eda  his  wife  sold 
it  to  Herbert  de  Helgeton  or  Hillington  ;  and  it  seems  Eda  was  heiress 
to  Badient,  for  she  warranted  it  to  Herbert  and  John  de  Helgeton. 
In  1285,  Sir  Thomas  de  Helgeton  had  the  lete  or  view  of  frankpledge 
over  all  his  tenants  here :  he  joined  it  to  Earlham's  manor  in  Surling- 
ham,7 with  which  it  now  remains. 

Great  part  of  this  town  belonged  to  Roger  Bigod's  manor  of  Sur- 
lingham/ and  was  held  of  him  by  Aitard  de  Faux,  and  hath  passed 
Willi  the  capital  manor  of  Surlingham  ever  since,  which  see  at  p.  467. 

Another  part  belonged  then  and  now  to  Framlingham  Picot? 
See  p.  432. 

Another  to  Bixley.    See  p.  448.1 

In  this  churchyard  there  were  two  churches;  the  church  of 
St.  Margaret  is  in  ruins,  and  stands  a  few  yards  east  of  St.  Mary's  ;  it 
never  had  a  steeple,  but  consisted  of  a  chancel  and  nave  only,  and  was 
much  of  the  same  bigness  with  St.  Mary's ;  it  was  given  early  to  the 
nuns  of  St. Margaret  of  Bromehale  in  Berkshire,  and  the  advowson 

5  Rockland-Broad belongs  to  this  manor,  Ulketel  commendat.  T.  R.  E.  et  vi. 
in  which  all  ihe  tenants  of  the  manor  dimidij, inter  homines  lxxxx.  acr.  terre, 
have  a  joint  right  of  fishing  in  common,  et  x.  acr.  prati,  semper  ii.  car  et  dim. 
as  well  as  the  lord,  for  their  own  use,  tunc  et  post  valuit  x.  s.  modo  reddunt 
but  can  sell  none.  This  manor  hath  xx.  sol.  Rokelunda  habet  i.  leug.  in 
lete,  weyf,  and  stray.  The  fine  of  the  longo,  et  dim  in  lato,  et  de  gelto  xvi.  d. 
ancient  copyhold  is  certain  at  2S.  per  i.  ecclesia  xii.  acr.  et  vat.  $d.  et  tenet 
acre.  idem.    (sc.  Aitardus  de  Vals.) 

6  Terra  Godrici  dapiferi,  fo.  165.    In        It  belonged  then  to  Surlingham. 
RoKELUNDvi.  integri  horn.   Edwini  et         Maud  de  Multon,  lady  of  Surlingham, 
dim.  lx.  acr.  semp.  i.  car.  et.  dim.  had  a  lete  over  all  her  tenants  in  Rock- 

In  Rokelund   iiii.   lib.  horn.    Haslec  land. 

viii.  acr.  terre  et  dim.  acr.  prat,  et  iii.  »  rn  Rokelunda  i.  liber  homo  Vlke- 

bord.  et  iste  Edwinus  fuit  teinus  Domi.  telli  de  vi.  ac.  terre,  appretiat.  in  Fra- 

nicus  Regis  Edwardi.  et  de  omnibus  his  mingaham.    Fo.  112. 

liberis,  soca  in  hundredo.  ■  In  Rokelunda  i.  integer   liber  et 

7  See  p.  469.  ii.  dim.  homines  Godwini   sub.    Sti- 
*  Terre  Rogeri  Bigoti.  fo.  no.      De  gando,  xx.  acr.  idem  tenet,  (sc.  Ulketel) 

escangio  terre  Isaac.  pertinet  ad nunerium  Biikek. 

In  Rokelunda  xiiii.  liberi  homines 


ROCKLAND.  485 

belonged  to  Little  Breche  manor,  and  was  called  Rockland  Major  ; 
it  was  appropriated  to  that  house,  and  had  a  vicarage  endowed,  the 
nomination  of  which  belonged  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  and  the 
presentation  to  Bromhate  prioress;  but  afterwards,  the  whole  was  con- 
solidated to  Rockland  Major,  as  in  vol.  iv.  p.  534. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  is  now  in  use,  a  moiety  of  it,  called  the 
pars  major,  or  greater  part,  was  always  a  rectory  belonging  to  Roger 
Bigod's  part  of  the  town,  which  belonged  to  Surlingham,  and  had 
ten  acres  of  glebe,  for  though  he  infeoffed  Aitard  de  Faux  in  the 
manor,  yet  the  advowson  was  excepted,  and  attended  the  manor  of 
Forncet,  till  it  was  lately  sold  by  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  along  with  the 
rectory  of  St.  Laurence  at  South  Walsham,  to  Queens  college  in 
Cambridge,  the  master  and  fellows  of  which,  are  now  patrons.  Her& 
was  a  gild  of  St.  John.  In  1239,  Ric.  de  Nugun,  rector  of  the 
greater  part,  purchased  a  messuage  here,  and  settled  it  for  a  par- 
sonage-house for  ever,  of  Nic.  de  Surlingham,  and  Nicholas  his  son.1 

The  other  moiety,  called  pars  minor,  or  the  lesser  part,  was  given  to 
Langley  abbey,  by  Robert  Bryen,  the  patron,  and  confirmed  by  Alex~ 
ander  his  son,  and  was  soon  after  appropriated  to  that  monastery,  and 
it  was  confirmed  by  the  pope  and  diocesan,  and  for  this,  the  abbot 
paid  12s.  6d.  spiritualities,  and  he  paid  \2d.  synodals,  and  QOd.  procu- 
rations, for  his  part ;  this  was  afterwards  consolidated  to  the  other 
moiety,  and  in  1360,  Sr.  Walter  de  Manneu,  patron  of  the  mediety  of 
Rockland  St.  Mary,  and  of  the  mediety  of  Holveston,  got  them  con- 
solidated by  a  perpetual  union,  as  they  now  remain,  by  Tho.  Percy 
Bishop  of  Norwich,  so  that  now  it  is  an  entire  rectory,  incapable  of 
augmentation,  for  it  stands  thus  in  the  King'sBooks : 

6/.   13s.  Ad.     Rockland 'rectoria.     13s.  Ad.  yearly  tenths, 

NorwichDomesday  saith  thus:  Rockland  Minor.  The  Earl- Marshal 
is  patron  of  one  mediety,  (pars  major)  the  Abbot  of  Langley  hath  the 
other  (pars  minor)  appropriated.  The  rector  hath  a  house  and  8 
acres  of  land  untaxed,  and  paid  2s.  synodals  and  6s.  procurations. 
The  Chorography  of  Norfolk  saith,  It  hath  a  convenient  mansion- 
house,  and  necessary  out-houses,  with  40  acres  of  glebe,  it  pays  no 
Jirst-j'ruils,  synodals  for  Rockland  Utraque5s.  for  Holveston  mediety, 
Qd.  The  Revision  of  the  Archdeaconry  oi'Noifolk  made  in  1630,  saith, 
that  the  synodals  were  4s.  Ad.  the  archdeacon's  procurations,  13s.  4c?. 
including  the  2s.  Qd. procurations  for  Holveston  mediety.  The  whole 
town  paid  clear  to  each  tenth,  St.  10s.  and  the  religious  for  their  re- 
venues \l.  14s. 

William  Peper  of  Rockland  gave  to  Simon,  prior  of  Norzcich,  his 
10  acres  of  salt  marsh  here,  which  shows  that  the  tide  came  up  hither 
at  that  time,  for  which  and  his  other  revenues  here,  he  was  taxed  at 
21s.  Ad.  In  1435,  the  honour  of  Richmond  extended  hither,  for 
John  Duke  of  Bedford  died  seized  of  the  third  part  of  a  fee  here,  and 
in  Bawburgh,  held   by  the  Prior  of  Norwich,  as  belonging  to  the 

1  The  parson ag E-house  was  burned  Rob.  de  Somerton.  1311,  Adam  de 
down  about  80  years  since.  Darham,  Ralf  Ive,  &c. 

Vicars    of    Rockland-major :    1310, 


486  ROCKLAND. 

manor  of  Swqffham,  parcel  of  Richmond  honour.    The   Prioress  of 
Canon)  had  temporals  here  taxed  at  38*.  Qd.  ob. 

The  church  is  13  paces  long  and  6  yards  broad,  the  chancel  is  7 
yards  long  and  5  broad,  the  steeple  is  square,  about  50  feet  high,  and 
hath  3  bells,  the  nave  is  thatched,  the  chancel  and  south  porch  are 
tiled.  There  are  stones  in  the  chancel  for  Rob.  Cocke,  jun.  Gent. 
1638.  22,  and  John  his  son,  1638.  Roger  Gidding,  rector  of  Moulton 
by  Acle.  1737.  A0  JEt.  32.  John  Smith,  A.  M.  rector  here,  1676.  59. 
Edw.  Grensmitk,  rector  here,  1684.  32. 

D.  M.  S.  Henrici  Mazey  Cuntabrigiensis  Collegii  Caio-Gonvi- 
liensis  A.  M.  et  quondam  e  Sociis,  Scholaj  Norvicensis  Moderatoris,  et 
hujus  Ecclesias  Rectoris,  qui  Annos  36  plus  minus  natus.  ob.  Maij  17, 
1677.    Exuviis  hie  depositis. 

On  a  brass  plate  in  the  nave, 

•©rate  pro  amma  Jiargarete  .Senocll,  cuiu£  anime  propicillin 
3Mt!* :  amen. 

The  Sendelsbad  an  estate  here  owned  by  Robert  Sendel in  1505. 

1489,  Alice  Pares  Wid.  buried  here.  1661.  died  Mr.  Thomas  Watts 
rector 

Mr.  Hugh  Robinson,  rector  here  and  of  Bramerton,  returned  an 
swer,  that  there  were  seventy-two  communicants  here,  in  1603. 

RECTORS 

OF  THE  MAJOR  PARS,  OR   MF.DIETY  of  ROCKLAND  MINOR. 

1305,  Rob.  de  Benacre,  accolite.     Roc  le  Bigod  Earl  of  Noif. 

1308,  Rob.  de  Wirlingham.  Alice  de  Hanonia  Countess  of 
Norfolk,  in  right  o   dower. 

1326,  Adam  de  Berham.  Tho.  Earl,  of  Norf. 
Henry  Albot,  res. 

1352,  Roger  Godewine,  priest.  Sir  John  de  Segrave.  He  changed 
with  Albot,  for  the  vicarage  of  the  churches,  of  the  Trinity  and 
St.  Andrew's  in  Masham. 

1376,  Sir  William  Debbe,  lapse,  to  this  mediety  and  that  of  Holves 
ton  annexed. 

1381,  10.  Marc.  Rob.  Suthfield,  priest.  Margaret,  Marshal- 
Countess  of  Norfolk  and  Lady  Segrave. 

VICARS 

OF  THE  MINOR  PARS,  NOMINATED  BY  THE    BISHOP,  PRESENTE* 
BY    THE   ABBOTS  OF    LANGLEYE. 

Adam  de  Bernham,  res. 
1326,  Rob.  de  Wirlingham,  priest,  &c. 

RECTORS 

ICCKliTB  MAJOR,  MINOR,  AND  HOLVESTON  MEDIETT. 

1603,  Hugh  Robinson. 
1630, Nichols,  rector. 


HOLVESTON.  487 

1661,  Thomas  Watts. 

1676,  John  Smith. 

1684,  Edward  Greensmith, 

Benjamin  Lyng,  late  rector  here,  and  of  Wahham  St.  Law- 
rence, the  last  presented  by  the  Norfolk  family,  was  succeeded  by 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Crownjield,  the  present  rector,  who  holds  it  united  to 
Walsham  Saint  Lawrence,  being  presented  to  both,  by  the  Master  and 
Fellows  of  Queen's  College  in  Cambridge,  where  he  was  then  a  fellow. 


HOLVESTON, 


Commonly  called  Holston,  is  in  the  liberty  of  the  Duke  o/*Nor- 
folk,  as  a  member  of  Framingham,  and  takes  its  name  from  its 
situation  in  a  great  hollozo  or  hole  :  at  the  survey  the  village  was  half 
a  mile  long  and  3  furlongs  broad,  and  paid  Sd.  geld.  The  moiety  of 
the  town,  and  the  advowson  of  the  church,  belonged  to  Roger  Bigot's 
manor  of  Framingham  ;3  and  the  other  moiety  of  the  church  and 
town,  constituted  Holveston,  alias  Vabx's  manor,  so  called  from 
Ethard  de  Faux,  lord  of  it  at  the  Conquest,  who  held  it  under  Godric, 
who  managed  it  for  the  King.4  The  mediety  of  Holveston  that  be- 
longed to  Vaux's  manor,  was  consolidated  before  Norwich  Domes- 
day was  made,  to  Burgh-  Apeton,  and  theEarl's  mediety  was  consolidated 
to  Rockland  mediety,  and  the  church  hath  been  so  totally  demolished, 
that  it  is  now  ploughed  over:  it  was  about  24  yards  long,  and  stood 
on  the  west  side  of  the  road  leading  from  Holveston-hall  to  Yetverton- 
heath,  right  between  them,  on  the  very  pitch  of  the  hill,  from  which 
place,  the  road  to  the  heath  is  mended  with  its  ruins,  which  were 
pulled  down  in  memory  of  many  now  living,  for  that  purpose,  the 
road  formerly  joined  to  the  south-east  part  of  the  churchyard,  which 
it  doth  not  now  touch  by  about  50  yards. 

3  Terre  Episcopi  Bajocensis.     Heine-  In  Holvestuna,  Aitardus  (de  Vals 

stede  Hundr.  Domesday.   Fo.  60.  or  Vaux)  similiter  habet  i.  dim.  liberum 

In  Holvestuna,  iii.  soc.  et  ii.  dim.  hominem  viii.  acr.  ter.et  dim.  acr  prati, 

de  xvi.  acris  terre  semper  dim.  car.  (per-  et  de  vi.  homimbus  integris,  et  de  sex 

tinet   manerio    Rogeri    Bigot    de    Fra-  dimidijs  quos  Aitardus  reclamat  ad  feu- 

mingham.)  dum  Epi.    Bajocensis,  val.  T.  R.  E.  x. 

Holvestuna,  hab  at  iiii.  quar.  in  longo,  sol.  quando  Godricus   recepit    ministe- 

iii.  in  lato,  et  de  gelto  8  den.  terra  Ko-  riumxxxvi.s.  modo  Aitardus  habet  xiii. 

geri  Bigoti,  de  escangio  terre   Isaac,  fo.  sol  et  viii.  den. 

112.    In  Holvcstitnam.  lib.  horn  ejusdem  Terre  Gourici  Dapiferi.  fo.  165. 

(sc.  Ulketel)  x.  acr,  ter.  semper  arant  In  Holvestuna.  iiii.    integri  liberi 

cum    duobus    bovibus,    appretiati      in  homines,  et  iiii.  et   dim.  Edwini  de  xl. 

Framingham.  ac.    terre,  et   iii.  acr.  prat.  eti.  bord. 

*  TerreREGis  quamGodricus  servat.  semper  i.  car.   et  dim.     In  eadem  u. 

Heinestede,  hund.  Domesd.  fo.  29.  soc.  i.  acr.  terre. 


HOLVESTON. 


RECTORS. 

OF  THE  EAEL's  MEDIETY   OF  HOLVESTON. 

1310,  Robtrt  de  Ayhsham.  Sir  Robert  de  Rydon,  Knt.  and 
Lettice  de  Wingefield,  by  g ran t  from  Lady  Alice  de  Hannonia 
Countess  of  Norfolk  in  right  of  her  dower,  she  being  beyond  sea. 

1314,  Stephen  de  Reden/iall.     Ditto. 

1329,  Robert  de  Hardeshull,  who  resigned  in 

13S0,  to  John  de  Cutefield,  in  exchange  for  Belagh.  Thomas  de 
Brotherton  Earl  of  Norfolk. 

133 1,  John  de  Essex.     Ditto. 

1352,  William  Debbe,  lapse. 

135(3,  William  de  Ormesby.     Sir  Walter  Manney,  Knt. 

In  1358,  Thomas  Percy  Bishop  of  Norwich,  on  Ormesby's  death, 
at  the  request  of  Sir  Walter,  perpetually  united  this  mediety  to  that  of 
Rockland;  and  Roger  Godwine,  then  rector  there,  had  possession  of  it 
Oct.  6,  and  it  was  certified  that  this  mediety  was  valued  at  two  marks 
only. 

In  128  5,  Roger  le  Bygod  Earl  of  Norfolk  had  view  of  frank- 
pledge and  assize  of  bread  and  ale  of  all  his  tenants  here.  But  that 
part  of  the  vill  not  held  by  the  Norfolk  family,  as  a  member  of  Fram- 
lingham,  belonging  to  the  ancient  family  of  the  Holvestons  or  Uul- 
vestons,  who  took  their  name  from  the  town,  of  which  Sir  John  de 
Holvtston,  Knt.  of  Norwich,  in  1349,  was  patron  of  Hardingham, 
and  in  1390,  feoffee  for  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Flixton  in  Lo- 
thingland,  for  Sir  John  Fastoljf,  Knt.  his  son  JVilliam  de  Uueston  of 
Heverland,  Esq.  had  a  daughter  Catherine,  married  in  1420  to  Henry 
Cat,  Esq.  About  1549,  William  Halse  of  Heveiland  died  seized,  and 
left  this  manor  to  Margt.  Eliz.  and  Cath.  his  daughters  and  heiresses, 
with  those  of  Heverland,  Montjoy,  &c.  And  afterwards  Sir  Thomas 
Gazcdy  of  Claxton  purchased  it,  and  was  lord  in  1570,  and  it  conti- 
nued in  that  family  till  it  was  sold  to  the 

Jays  ;  Suckling  Jay  was  lord  in  1663,  and  died  in  1677  :  his  son, 
John  Jay,  Esq.  was  lord  in  1669,6  and  at  his  death  made  Sir  Cha.  Tirrell 
of  Heron  in  Essex,  his  executor,  who  sold  it  to  Mr.  Marcon.  John 
Marcon,  Esq.  of  Holveston,  barrister  at  law,  lord  and  patron  of 
Edgefield,  died  in  1723,  and  Rebecca  his  relict,  daughter  of  Sir  Ben- 
jamin Wrench,  Knt.  and  now  widow  of  Colonel  Haibord,  holds  it  for 
life,  and  Mr.  John  Marcon,  attorney  at  law  in  Swaffham,  son  of 
Edmund  Marcon,  late  ofForncet,  cousin  to  the  said  John,  is  heir  in 
reversion. 

In  1323,  the  Earl  of  Pembrook,  Aymer  de  Valence,  held  the 
mediety  of  this  advowson,  as  belonging  to  the  fees  of  the  barony  of 
Montchensy,  together  w  ith  his  manor  of  Burgh-Apeton,  which  this 
mediety  hath  always  attended,  being  annexed  to  that  advowson. 

s  Lib.  Institutionum,  V.  fo.  1.  wife,  in   St.   Andrew's  at   Norwich   in 

6  For  the  Jays,  see  vol.  iv.  315,  and  1647.     Jane,  youngest  daughter  of  Hen. 

in  several  places  mentioned  in  the  in-  Jay  of  Holveston,  Esq.  married  to  Sir 

dexes.  John  Jay.  Esq.  buried  in  Hilling-  Edward  Nicholas   of  West-Hoi siey  in 

ton  church  1619,  and  Lucy  Johnston  his  Surrey,  Knt.  in  1669. 


YELVERTON. 


489 


The  whole  village  is  quite  demolished,  except  the  hall,  and  four 
or  five  cottages.     It  hath  a  constable  by  itself,  but  pays  all  rates  to> 

HlLLINGTON. 


YELVERTON. 


I  his  parish  is  in  the  liberty  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  as  a  mem- 
ber to  Framlingham  manor,  which  hath  the  superiour  jurisdiction 
over  the  town.7  It  belonged  to  Ralf  Earl  of  Norfolk  when  he  ab- 
jured the  realm,  and  after  to  Roger  Bigot.  In  the  Confessor's  time 
ALTNOTH,a  Saxon,  and  Alured,  had  it  under  Bishop  Stigand.  Yel- 
verton  was  then  half  a  mile  long,  and  four  furlongs  broad,  and  paid 
lOd.  ob.  to  the  geld ;  but  it  is  now  much  larger,  for  the  vill  of  Apple- 
ton,  now  called  Alpington,8  is  joined  to  this  town,  though  it  was 
then  a  separate  village  belonging  to  Edwin  in  the  Confessor's,  and  to 
Roger  Bigot  in  the  Conqueror's  time,  and  was  of  more  annual 
value  than  all  Yelverton.  Alpington,  is  that  part  lying  against  Yel- 
verton-heath,  and  hath  a  constable  chosen  by  itself,  who  answers  its 


7  Terre  Regis  quam  Godricus  servat. 
Heinestede  Hundr.  Domsd.  fo.  27. 

In  Ailuertuna,  ii.  liberi  homines 
T.  R.  E.  i.  et  dim.  Alnoth,  et  dim. 
Aluredi  commend,  hostenuit  Radulfus, 
quando  se  forisfecit,  post  Godricus  in 
ma  1111  Regis,  modo  tenet  Aitardus  (sc. 
de  Vals  or  Vaux)  homo  Rogeri  Bigot, 
medietatem  unius  et  xv.  acr.  et  recla. 
mat  ad  feudum  Episcopi  Bajocensis, 
inter  homines  xxxiii.  acr.  terre  et  semper 
ii.  bord.  semper  i.  car.  et  iii.  acr.  prati. 

Terre  Episcopi  Bajocensis.  fo.  60. 

In  Ailvertuna  i.  socmannus  et  dim. 
de  xvi.  acr.  semper  arat  cum  duobus 
bovibus. 

This  belonged  to  Framlingham  ma. 
nor. 

Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti,  fo.  112.  De 
escangio  terre  Isaac. 

In  Ailvertuna  iii.  liberi  homines 
eiusdem  (sc.  Ulketcl)  xx.  acr.  terre, 
semperdim.  car.  i.  ceclesia  xx.  acr.  val. 
xx.  den.  et  tenet  idem.  (sc.  Roger 
Bigot  as  belonging  to  Framuigham  ma- 
nor ) 

Fo.  132.  In  Ailvertuna,  i.  liber 
homo  Sligandi  hoc  tenet  idem.  (sc.  Ro- 
gerus.) 

Fo.  133,    In  Ailvertuna,  i.  liber 

VOL.  v.  3 


homo  Stigandi  cum  soca  commend. 
T.  R.  E.  de  xx.  acris  terre  m°  tenet 
Aitardus  iii.  bord.  i.  acr.  et  dim. 
prati  semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  et  sub  eo  iii. 
socm.  et  dim.  de  x.  acr.  terre  tunc  et 
post  valuit  v.  sol.  m°  xx. 

Ailvintuna  habetiiii.quar.inlongo, 
et  iii.  quar.  in  lato,  et  de  gelto  x.  den.  et 
obulum.  hoc  tenet  idem. 

Terra  Godrici  dapiferi,  fo.  165. 

In  Ailvertuna  ii.  liberi  homines  Ed- 
wini  de  xiii.  acr.  et  dim.  tunc  dim. 
car.  m°  nichil.  This  belonged  to  Fra- 
mingham. 

8  Alpington,  infraYELVERTON  in 
the  liberty  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk. 

The  part  in  Heinstede  hundred. 

Appletuna  tenuit  Edwinus  T. 
R.  E.  pro  ii.  car.  terre,  semper  viii. 
bord.  eti.ser.  semper  in  dominio  i.  car. 
et  dim.  car.  hominum  et  vi.  acr.  prat', 
silva  ad  xvii.  pore,  et  iiii.  vasa  apum, 
semper  i.  equus  et  v.  animal,  et  lx.  oves 
et  viii.  pore,  et  viii.  soc.  et  dim.  de  xl. 
acr.  terre  et  i.  acr.  prati,  semper  i.  car. 
tunc  val.  xl.  sol.  111°  iii.  hb.  et  x.  sol. 
The  part  of  Alpington  in  Lodne  hun- 
dred, fo.  115.  Terra  Rogeri  Bigoti. 

In  Atpletona,  xxx.  acr.  terre  in, 
dominio  et  i.  bordar. 

R 


*90  YELVERTON. 

vagrant  and  bridge  money,  in  the  hundred  of  Lodne,  but  all  other 
dues  to  Yeherton. 

Loddon  H.  Alpington,  for  a  six  hundred  pounds  levy  pays  5s. 

It  paid  to  each  tenth,  \l.  ]6s.  but  had  a  deduction  of  10s.  for  the 
lands  of  the  religious  in  this  place.  It  had  a  separate  lete  for  it,  at 
Framlingham  court. 

In  1285,  Roger  le  Bigot  Earl  of  Norfolk  had  the  lete  view  of  frank- 
pledge, and  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  and  freewarren  in  Yeherton,  as  a 
member  of  his  manor  of  Framlingham,  with  which  it  hath  passed  ta 
this  day. 

At  the  Conquest  there  was  a  church,  and  20  acres  of  glebe,  valued 
at20oL  the  advowson  of  which,  belonged  to  Framingham  manor,  but 
was  granted  off  with  a  quarter  of  a  fee,  by  the  Bigods,  and  consti- 
tuted the  manor,  called  afterwards 


YELVERTON* or  YELVERTON'S  MANOR, 

In  1198,  RalJ  Fitz  Robert,  to  whom  it  was  first  granted,  conveyed  it 
to  RalfFitz  Ratf  and  William  son  of  Adam  de  Hengham,  with  the 
advowson,  lands,  and  8s.  per  annum  rents.  It  afterwards  belonged 
to  William  de  Baconsthorp,  and  in  1235,  to  Will.  Grimbalde;  in  1328, 
Rob.  de  Baconsthorpe  held  it,  and  about  1308,  Peter  Bozun  and  Sarah 
his  wife  sold  it,  and  in  1325,  sold  it  with  the  advowson  tor  Sir  Geffry 
Wyth;  and  in  1326,  Simon,  son  of  Adam  Athyl  of  Narburgh,  rector 
of  Rock/and  Tofts,  confirmed  to  Sir  Geffry  Wyth,  Knt.  all  the  ser- 
vices which  he  could  have  in  this  town,  of  Robert  deYelverton  and 
his  parceners,  from  the  lands  they  held  here,  all  which  services  he 
had  purchased  of  Maud  his  mother,  Rob.  son  of  Richard  de  Corston, 
Henri/  Wimer  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  and  Rob.  son  of  Jeffry  de  E/liug- 
ham,  who  were  the  heirs  of  Sir  Ralf  at  Wode  ot'Saham  ;  in  1349,  Sir 
Oliver  Wythe  was  lord  and  patron,  and  it  came  afterwards  to 

The  Yelvertons.  The  first  I  find  of  this  family,  that  began  to  pur- 
chase and  raise  an  estate  here,  was  Wil.Ytlverton  and  Mabel  his  wife, 
who  in  1308,  purchased  many  lands  of  Rich,  de  la  Roke/e,  which  till 
then,  belonged  to  Rokele's  manor  in  Trowse.'  In  1317>  he  purchased 
more  lands  of  Roger  de  Wa/sham  and  Thomas  de  Langhale ;  about 
1322,  Johnde  Yeherton  of  Rackhy the,  purchased  this  manor  and  ad- 
vowson of  Sir  Oliver  Wythe;  in  1445,  Rob.  de  Yeherton  his  son  held 
it  of  the  said  Oliver,  and  he  of  the  Norfolk  family.  In  1391,  John 
de  Yeherton  and  Margaret  his  wife,  had  all  the  Yelvertons  estate  here, 
and  in  1444,  W  illiamielverton , justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  owned 
it;  and  in  1462,  his  commission  was  renewed,  and  again  in  1471. 
In  1499,  William  Yeherton,  junr.  Esq.  son  of  Sir  William  Yeherton, 
Knt.   the  judge,  had  the  estate,  at  his  father's  death ;  this  li'i/liam 

9  gtlticrton,  Nomen  Gent.  fort,  prium  pagi  in  agro  Norf.  Skinner, 

ab   AS.  Eulpne,  columba,  et  tun.  Etymolog. 

oppidum,  sic  dictum  a  copia  co-  '  Framlingham  Picot's  manor.Trowse 

lumbarum  in  vicinia  nidulantium.  *°^h  Witlingham,  &c.  extended 


Est   enim  primario    nomen  pro- 


hither. 


YELVERTON.  401 

Yeherton  of  Rackhithe,  Esq.  died  seized  in  1518,  May  3,  intestate, 
and  James  Holmes  administered,  in  right  of  Anne  his  wife,  sister  and 
heir  of  the  deceased,  and  in  1551,  Anne  Holmes  their  daughter  held 
the  messuage  called  Yeherton  manor,  or  Yeherton  hall,  and  left  it  to 
William  Holmes,  her  son  and  heir,  and  it  was  afterwards  sold  to 

The  Rants.  The  first  of  which  family  that  I  find  mentioned,  as 
having  estates  in  this  county  was  Henry  Rant,  who  lived  in  1444, 
from  whom  descended,  Robert  Rant  of  Norwich,  buried  in  St.  Ste- 
phen's church  there,  as  in  vol.  iv.  p.  15'2,  as  was  Humfry  Rant,1 
notary-pub/ick,  and  Katerine  his  wife,  who  first  settled  at  Yeherton, 
and  died  in  1609,  being  succeeded  by  William  Rant,  M.  D.  his 
son  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ward  of  Bix/ey,  and 
dying  in  1627,  was  buried  in  St.  Stephen's  church  aforesaid,  leaving 
Humfry  Rant,  barrister  at  law,  his  eldest  son,  who  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Drury  of  Btsthorp,  Knt.  for  whom  there 
is  a  handsome  mural  monument  of  white  marble,  with  the  arms  of 
Rant,  and  crest  of  a  lion  sejant,  and  Rant  and  Drury  impaled  ; 
the  representation  of  a  curtain  drawn  back,  discovers  this  inscription. 

Here  under  lieth  interred  the  Bodies  of  Humphrey  Rant, 
Esq.  Barrister  at  Law,  and  also  of  Anne  his  Wife,  he  was  the 
Eldest  Son  of  William  Rant  of  this  Town,  Dr.  of  Physick, 
and  the  Eldest  Daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Drury  of  Besthorp 
in  the  County  of  Nojfolk,  Knt.  who  lived  together  in  Marriage 
lovingly  and  comfortably,  for  about  35  Years,  in  which  Time 
were  "born  to  them,  5  Sons,  and  %  Daughters,  viz.  IVilliam,  Hum- 
frey,  who  died  in  the  sixth  Year  of  his  Age,  and  was  here  buried, 
Bridget,  Anne,  Humfrey,  Anthony,  and  Thomas,  when  after- 
wards, having  finished  their  Days  here  upon  Earth,  they  Both 
departed  this  Life,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  l66l,  He  Aged  64, 
and  She  63  Years,  and  were  here  laid  to  rest. 

On  a  black  marble,  with  Rant's  arms  in  a  lozenge  at  each 
corner, 

To  the  Memory  of  Anne  Rant,  the  2d.  Daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey Rant  Esq.  and  Anne  his  Wife,  who  in  pious  Gratitude 
to  her  said  Parents,  did  at  her  own  Cost  and  Charge,  cause  to 
be  erected  this  adjacent  Monument,  and  in  her  last  Will  did 
give  200/.  to  buy  Lands,3  the  Profits  of  which,  every  half  Year, 
for  ever,  to  be  equally  divided,  between  the  Minister  of  this 
Town,  and  the  Poor  of  both  Parishes  ;  not  only  Such  as  take 
Collection,  but  All  others  who  are  in  Want ;  to  each  person, 
such  part  and  portion  thereof,  as  in  the  Discretion  of  the  said 
Minister,  Church-wardens,  and  Owner  of  the  chief  House,  of 
Her  Family  (being  here  in  Town)  shall  seem  meet  and  conveni- 
ent ;  and  that  no  poor  person,  who  shall  receive  any  part  of  this 

*  For   Rant's  arms,   and  crest,  see  they  are  all  originally  of  the  same  stock, 

vol.  iv.  p.  i$&,  9.  3  An  estate  in  Kirby-Caam,  of  10/.  a 

There  are  several  branches  of  the  year,  was  purchased  and  settled  accord. 

Rants,   in  Norfolk,  and   Suffolk,  but  ingly. 


492  YELVERTON. 

Profit,  shall  hereupon  be  abated,  his  or  her  Collection,  upon  pain 
of  Forfeiture  of  the  said  Land  :  she  died  in  the  66th  Year  of 
her  Age,  upon  the  3Ut.  of  October,  A°  Dom.  I6y8. 

On  another  stone  is  this, 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Humfrev  Rant,  (the  eldest  Son  of 
Humfrey,  and  Anne  his  mother,  she  lying  buried  under  the 
next  adjacent  stone,)  he  was  trained  up  a  Scholar,  and  took  his 
Degree  of  Batchelor  of  Physiek  in  Cambridge,  and  within  a  few 
Years  after,  died  single  and  was  here  Interred,  in  the  beginning 
of  April,  1708. 

Rant  impales  Gooch. 

To  the  Blessed  memory  of  Anne  Rant,  the  second  Daughter 
of  Robert  Gooch  Esq;  and  Wife  of  Humfrey  Rant  of  this 
Town  Esq;  with  whom  she  lived  15  Years,  and  had  Issue  4  Chil- 
dren, viz.  Humfrey,  Anne,  William,  and  Anne,  of  which  Anne 
the  eldest  died  before  her  Mother.  Herself  was  here  interred 
March  3.  1678. 

Rant  impales  Tirrel. 

William  Rant  Esq.4  died  March  30.  1687.  aged  51.  Eli- 
zabeth his  Wife,  eldest  Daughter  of  James  Tirrel  of  Mend- 
ham  in  Suffolk  Esq.  died  Feb.  20.  1711.  aged  70.  Humphry  their 
eldest  Son  died  1681.  aged  23. 

Letitia,  Daughter  of  Thomas  Rant  Esq;  and  Felicia  his  Wife, 
died  Apr.  9.  1714.  aged  14  Years,  and  9  Months. 

In  1720,  Thomas  Rant,  Esq.  lived  here,  at  whose  death, 

James  Rant  Esq.  of  Mendham  (see  p.  384,)  had  it,  whose  son,  Wil. 

Rant  of  Mendham,  Esq.  sold  it  lo  John  Platers,  Esq.  son  of  Sir  John 

Platers  of  Sotterly,  Bart,  who  now  owns  it,  and  dwells  at  Yelverton- 

hall. 

The  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary  theFirgin  ;  it  stands  thus  in 

the  King's  Books, 

10/.  Yelverton  rectoria.     48/.  clear  yearly  value. 

So  that  it  is  capable  of  augmentation,  and  pays  no  fint-fmits  nor 
tenths,  but  2s.  synodals,  and  7*.  Id.  ob.  procurations  to  the  archdeacon. 
When  Norwich  Domesday  was  made  the  rector  had  a  house  and  two 
granges  in  the  churchyard. 


RECTORS. 

1314,  William  Bozoun,  priest.     Peter  Bozoun. 
1362,  John,  son  of  Agnes  de  Weston.     In 
1372,  Alan  de  Lexham  changed  this  with 

John  Cursoun,  priest,  for  Brunstede.  Earth,  rector  of  Soulh- 
Wahham,  and  Ric.  Doget,  late  vicar  of  Hardele,  patrons. 

♦  See  vol.  i.  p.  204.  5  Sc.  of  Yelverton,  and  Alpington. 


YELVERTON.  4Q3 

Roger  de  Eton,  rector  of  Yelverton,  by  his  will,  proved  before 
the  official  of  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  in  1-105,  ordered  his  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  hospital  church  of  St.  Giles  in  Norwich,  to  which  church, 
and  that  of  Yelverton,  he  was  a  benefactor,  and  gave  20s.  yearly  rent 
to  keep  his  anniversary  in  the  hospital,  and  feed  the  clerks,  brethren, 
sistern,  and  and  sick  poor,  that  day,  and  tied  houses  in  St.  Peter 
Mancroft  for  it. 

In  1479,  Tho.  Wyoth,  rector,  was  buried  in  the  chancel,  before  the 
principal  image  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  there,  which  stood  against  the 
east  wall,  at  the  north  side  of  the  altar,  he  gave  a  legacy  to  the  gild 
of  St.  John  Baptist  held  in  this  church,  and  20s.  towards  the  new  roof 
of  the  church. 

This  advowson  being  forfeited  to  the  Crown,  was  granted  by  King 
Henry  VII.  to  John  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  his  heirs  male  of  his  body, 
and  upon  failure  thereof,  it  came  to  the  Crown,  where  the  patronage 
hath  continued  ever  since. 

1505,  Henry  Curie,  rector.     In 

1560,  Rob.  Howse  was  collated  by  lapse.  In  1583,  the  Queen 
presented 

Thomas  Thome,  in  full  right.  In  1584,  Edw.  Earl  of  Oxford, 
presented 

Edmund  Druru,  4th  son  of  Rob.  Drury  of  Besthorp,  by  Eliz. 
Clifford,  his  wife  ;  he  was  D.  D.  and  brother  iolienry  Drury,  rector  of 
Tendring;  in  1603  he  returned  124  communicants  here,  and  43  in 
Beeston  St.  Laurence,  which  rectory  he  held  with  this.  In  ]6o6,  it 
was  returned,  that  the  advowson  being  granted  under  limitation,  the 
reversion  was  now  in  the  Crown,  and  on  a  quare  impedit,  it  was  de- 
termined to  be  so,  and  in  1591,  the  Queen  presented 
Joseph  Dawes.  In  160S,  the  King  presented 
Daniel  House,  who  was  succeeded  in 

1638,  by  Tho.  Ba/dwyn,  and  he  in 

1654,  by  Christopher  Blanks,  who  in  l66l  was  instituted  on  the 
King's  presentation.     In 

1693,  Tho.  Hacon  had  it,  and  was  succeeded  in 

1733,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Charles  Wadsworth,  the  present  rector,  who 
holds  it  united  to  the  consolidated  rectory  of  the  medielies  of  Howe 
with  Poringland-Parva. 

There  is  one  acre  of  land  given  to  repair  the  church;  this  town  is 
left  out  of  Saxton's  map  of  the  county  ;  it  paid  2/  10*.  clear  to  each 
tenth,  besides  6s.  from  the  lands  of  the  religious  here.  The  Abbot  of 
Langele's  temporals  being  valued  at  26s.  4d.  ob.  and  the  chamberers 
of  St.  Edmund's  Bury  at  2s.  3d.  ob.  qr.  In  1557,  John  Fellowe  of 
Norwich,  Gent,  gave  2  acres  of  ground  called  Thirse  Meadow,  with 
the  consent  of  Cecily  his  wife  aiid  John  his  son,  to  the  Dean  and 
chapter  of  N  o  11  w  1  c  h  . 

The  church  is  33  feet  long,  and  22  broad.  The  south  isle  and 
chapel  at  its  east  end,  are  46  feet  long,  and  13  broad,  and  are  both 
leaded;  the  chancel  is  31  feet  long,  and  16  broad,  and  is  thatched. 
The  steeple  was  rebuilt  in  1674,  by  Thomas  Thetford:  it  is  50  feet 
high,  and  contains  three  bells. 


494  Y  EL  VERT  ON. 

On  brass  plates  in  the  chancel, 

J3rafl  for  the  Sotole  of  Sohn  <f>parrototr ,  the  son  of  ^Thomas? 
^parrotoc,  on  tohoSe  Morale,  gjejSug  to»e  Mmy. 

£>rar<  for  the  Morales*  of  &ir  Jtafc  &cggcfielD,  ano  &ir  J©i[(tam 
©urge?. 

On  brass  plates  in  the  church, 

©rate  pro  2nima  3nne  £>parrotoe,  cuius  anime  propictetur, 
©euS. 
<©rate  pro  Stoma  auDne  £>parrotoe,  que  abut  i°  «£ie  3januarii 
a  ©m  mi  M°  VC.iii0  cuius  anime  proptcictur  «?cuS. 

On  plates  in  the  south  isle, 

$rep  for  the  &oto!c  of  .JEtargarete  0(Drichc  ©oughter  of  atto* 
mas  aiortchc,  surname  .Iliaire  of  liortoiche,  tohiche  Dica  in  to 
flourishing  gouthe,  tto  iSt  oan  of  Jliapc,  m  tijc  get  of  oure  JtoriJ 
<©o0,  JU°  V€.  xxv. 

Orate  pro  antma  Soto  £>parrotoc,  cuius  anime  propicietuc 
3£euS. 

$erc  Iyctlj  buries  the  2?o&r;  of  ChomaS  SMcrjerhapSet  <0ent.  tJje 
fourtije  <t>on  of  £homaS  2?lrtcrijansict  of  23arsham  in  the  Countte 
of  Sufi.  <t:Sq;  toljirhc  Sato  Chotna.^  Departed  from  this  UDorloei 
the  rrb  Dap  of  Jfebr!  1590. 

On  a  south  window, 

Here  lyeth   the  Body  of  Mr.  Gawen  Corbin,  merchant  and 
Citizen  of  London,  younger  Brother  of  Thomas  Corbin  of  Hall- 
End  in  the  County  of  Warwick  Esq;  died  25  of  February,  A9 
Domini,  1708,  JEtatis  77. 
CoiiBiN,  arg.  on  a  chief  or,  three  crows  sab. 

Nicolas  Dammocke  Gent,  died  8  May  1617. 

John  Wrongrey,  Oct.  9, 1704,  29.  Moriendo,  vive.  James 
Wrongrey,  1616. 

Elizabeth,  Wife  of  John  Wrongrey,  \5Nov.  1660.  Robert 
Wrongrey,  23  May,  1663. 

Robert  Wrongrey,  13  June,  167 1,  63.  Margaret,  his  Wife, 
2  March,  1668,  70. 

Ro^er  Wrongrey,  21  Dec.  1680.  Anne,  his  Wife,  31  Dec. 
1671° 
In  1505,  Thomas  Hoott,  of  Yekerton,  Gent,  was  buried  in  the 
chapel  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  which  he  had  built  and  founded,  and 
in  which  the  gild,  held  to  the  honour  of  that  Saint,  was  then  kept; 
he  left  a  good  estate  to  Beatrice  his  wife  for  life,  called  Fullers  and 
Joys,  and  then  to  Robert  his  son,  with  remainders  to  his  daughters, 
Christian,  Margaret,  and  Anne .    His  brass  plate  is  thus  inscribed, 


SAXLINGHAM.  495 

prari  for  the  £otoIe  of  .H^n.sstcc  ChomaiS  $ott,  ana  Beatrice  fjjg 
59pfe,  anD  foe  the  bottle  of  JUasitcc  ^Thomas*  ©oltoerton  €.squjier, 
rate  jfatiher.  to  the  £aio  S&eatnce. 

On  a  stone  on  the  outside,  against  the  south  wall, 

Eliz.  Wife  of  Edward  Hood,  left  this  Life  for  a  better, 
Oct.  21, 1711.  JEtat.  30. 

He's  gone  before,  His  Breath  is  fled  , 

To  ope,  the  Door,  And  Body's  Dead, 

Of  vast  Eternity,  And  yet  shall  rise  again, 

To  let  you  in,  And  live  above, 

Then  Free  from  Sin,  Where  Angels  love, 

Oh !  Strive  to  live  and  dye.  Free  from  Disease  or  Pain 


SAXLINGHAM. 


1  his  and  most  other  towns,  begining  with  the  words,  Saij-e,  Seaxe, 
or  Sax,  such  as  Saxham,  Saxmundham,  &c.  had  their  names,  in  all 
probability,  from  one  or  more  persons  of  the  name  of  Sax,  among  the 
Saxons,  which  name  continued  till  after  the  Conquest,  as  appears 
from  the  Consuetudinary  of  Bury  Abbey,6  where  Richard,  son  of  Sax, 
is  mentioned  after  that  time. 

The  town  is  commonly  divided  into  two  parts,  called  Nethergate, 
and  Overgate,  or  Thorp;  the  manors  were  called  Netherhall-Verdons, 
and  Overhall  or  Thorphall,  and  have  been  united  for  some  time  past; 
to  the  former  the  advowson  of  Saxlingham-Nethergate  belonged,  and 
to  the  latter  that  of  Saxlingham-Thorp. 


SAXLINGHAM  OVERHALL,  or  VERDON'S  MANOR, 

Was  in  several  parts  in  the  Confessor's  time,  held  by  Edric,  He- 
rald, Ulf,  Ailward,  Ulnoht,  Lefolt,  and  Stegar,  and  at  the 

6  MSS.  penes  Carokim  Dom.  Corn-  terre.     Hanc  terram  servavit  Godricus 
waleis,  fo.  88.  Richardus  filius  Saxi.  Dapifer,  in  manu  Regis,  sed  terra  noil 

7  Terre  Regis  cjuam  Godricus  servat.  reddidit  ei  censum. 
Heinestede    Hund.    Domsd.    fo.    28.  Terre  Roberti  Malet.  fo.  76. 

In  Saiselingeham,  i.  socm.  Edrici  com-  In  Sasilingaham  tenuit  Edricus,  ante- 
mend,  dexxx.  acr.  terre,  et  i.  acr.  prati  cessor  Roberti  Malet,  ii.  socm.  et  dim. 
et  semper  dim.  car.  de  lxvi.  acr.  terre,  modo  tenet  Walterus, 
In  Sasilingaham,  i.  liber  homo  He-  (filius  Walteri)  tunc  ix.  bord.  m°  xiii. 
raldi  commend.  T.  R.  E.  de  xxx.  acr.  semper  iv.  car.  et  dim.  inter  omnes,  et 
terre  semp.  iii.  bordarij,  tunc  i.  car.  in  iii.  acr.  prati,  et  octava  pars  molendini 
dominio,  m°  dim.  et  i.  socm.  et  i.  acr.  et   sub  eis  i.  socm.  de  vi.  acris   terre, 


496 


SAXLINGH  AM. 


Conqueror's  survey,  by  that  King,  who  managed  his  part  by  Godric; 
Robert  Malet,  who  gave  his  part  to  IValter  Fitz-Walter  ;  Roger  Bi~ 
got,  Drue  de  Bevraria,  Robert  Fitzcorbun,  whose  part  Guiifrid  held, 
and  John  JVa/eranis  nephew,  to  whose  part  the  advowson  of  Nether- 
gate  church,  and  10  acres  of  glebe,  valued  at  ]Gd.per  annum,  then 
belonged,  the  whole  town  being  two  miles  long  and  half  a  mile  broad, 
paid  ]6d.  to  the  geld.  The  parts  were  afterwards  vested  in  the  Bigods 
and  were  infeoffed  by  Roger  Bigod  in 

William  de  Verdon,  in  Rufus's  time,  along  with  Brisingham, 
&c.  as  you  may  see,  vol.  i.  p.  49,  and  it  continued  in  the  Verdons,  till 
Wido  de  Verdon  gave  it  with  his  eldest  daughter,  Alice,  to  Nicholas 
de  Bruncester,3  and  the  said  Nicholas,  gave  it  with  Oriel,  or  Muriel, 
his  eldest  daughter,  to  Walter  Malet,  and  their  heirs  male ;  for  want  of 
which,  it  returned  to  the  Verdons,  and  passed  a  long  time  in  that 
family,  with  the  manor  of  Brisingham,  to  which  I  refer  you.  In 
1285,  John  de  Verdon,  knight,  had  liberty  ol'free-zvarren  allowed  him 
here,  and  held  the  manor  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk,  at  one  fee,  as  of  his 
manor  of  Forncet.  Inl36o,  Sir  John  Verdon  settled  it,  &c.  as  in  vol.  i. 
p.  53,  on  Simon  Simeon,  in  fee,  on  default  of   issue  male;  and  in 

Terra  Rogcri  Bigoti,  fo.  132. 

In   Sasiliiifiaham  i.  lib.    homo  Ulfi 


semp.  dim.  car.  tunc  vahiitxxx.  sol.  m° 
reddil  i.  sol. 

Terre  Drogonis  de  Bevraria,  fo.  248. 

In  Sasilingaham  tenuit  Ailward,  i. 
liber  homo  Regis  Edwardi,  ii.  car.  terre 
tunc  xii.  bord.  post  xii.  m°  ix.  tunc  et 
post  ii.  car.  in  dominio  modo  nulla,  sem- 
per: i.car.  hominum,  et  i.  acr.  et  dim. 
prati  et  v. soc.de  xvii.  acris  terre  semper 
j.  car.  tunc  val.  xx.  sol.  post  et  modo 
similiter. 

In  eadem  ten.  Ulnoht  i.  liber  homo 
Stigandi  commend,  de  xxx.  acris  terre, 
semper  v.  bord.  tunc  i.  car.  in  dominio, 
modo  nulla,  tunc  et  post  i.  car.  homi- 
num, modo  i.  et  dimid.  et  iii.  acr.  prati 
etv.  soc.  de  xvii.  acr.  terre,  tunc  i.  car. 
post  similiter,  modo  dim.  et  i.  liber  de 
vi.  acns  terre,  tunc  val.  xx.sol.  post,  et 
m°  xx.  sol. 

Terre  Roberti  filii  Corbutionis,  fo. 
267. 

In  Sasilingaham  tenet  Gunfridus  quam 
tenuit  Le  1- olt,  i.  liber  homo  Heroldi 
commend,  de  xxx.  acris  terre,  semper 
v.  bord.  tunc  ii.  serv.  tunc  et  post  i. 
car.  in  dominio  et  i.  car.  hominum,  et  ii. 
liberi  homines  de  iii  acris  terre  et  ii. 
acris  prati,  tunc  val.  xvi.  sol  modo  xxii. 
sol. 

Terre  Johannis  Nepotis  Walerami, 
fo.  281. 

In  Sasilingaham  tenuit  Stecar 
Huscarla*  Regis  Edmundi,  xxx.  acr. 
terre,  semper  dimid.  bord.  tunc  ii.  serv. 
modo  1.  et  dim  mol.  i.  acr.  et  dim. 
prati,  tunc  i.  car.  modo  nulla,  tunc  et 
post  val.  xx.  sol.  modo  xiii.  i.  ecclesia 
x.acr.  et  val.  xvi.  den. 


commend.  T.  R.  E.  xxiv.  acr.  terre, 
et  i.  acr.  prati,  semper  dim.  car.  semper 
val.  iii.  sol.  hoc  tenet  idem.  (Sc. 
Rogerus.) 

Terra  Sancti  Benedicti  de  Holmo,  ad 
victum  monachorum,  fo.  165. 

In  Saisselingham  tenuit  Edkic  liber 
homo  Stigandi,  i.  car.  terre  et  dim.  sub 
eoT.  R.  E.  cum  soca  et  saca,  postquam 
Rex  venit  in  Angliam,  ut  autem  se 
redimeret  a  captione  Walerami,  inva- 
davit  earn,  idem  Edricus  pro  una  marca 
auri  et  pro  vii.  libris,  in  Sancto  Bene- 
dicto,  modo  tenet  Johannes  nepos  pre- 
dion Walerami,  de  Sancto  Benedicto  in 
feudo,  tunc  xi.  bord.  m°  ix.  et  dim. 
semper  i.  serv.  tunc  ii.  car.  in  dominio, 
post  null,  modo  i.  tunc  ii.  car.  horn, 
modo  i.  m°  i.  runcin.  in  dominio,  et 
T.  R.  E.  Ix.  soc  modo  v.  de  xxx.  acr. 
etiv.  acr.  prati.  tunc  ii.  car.  modo  dim. 
et  i.  mol.  tunc  val.  xl.  sol.  post  et  modo 
xxx.  habet  ii.  leug.  in  longo,  et  dim.  in 
Iato,et  xvi.  den.  de  Gelto,  sed  pluresibi 
tenent. 

In  eadem,  iacent  x.  acr.  terre  in  do. 
minio  Sancti  Benedicti,  et  prestavit 
Edrico,  teste  hundredo. 

Tene  Walteri  Giffardi,  fo.  241. 

In  Sasilingaham  ii.  liberi  homines 
sancti  Benedicti  de  Holmo,  commendat. 
de  1.  acris  terre,  et  ii.  acr.  prati,  et  ii. 
bord.  semper  i.  car.  tunc  val.  v.  sol. 
modo  reddit  x. 

8  See  p. 177. 


*  ();ouj-e  E]}eo)i!e.) 


SAXLINGHAM.  497 

1380  the  said  Simeon  had  it,  and  presented  in  full  right.  In  1401 
John  Bertiak,  Knt.  held  it.  In  1478,  John  Broughton,  Esq.  died 
seized  of  this,  Stonham  Aspale  in  Suffolk,  and  Colne  Eugayne  in  .Essex, 
and  left  John  his  son  and  heir,  who  died  in  1528,  leaving  Anne  and 
Catherine  his  coheiresses,  (his  only  son  John  dying  under  age  )  who 
had  livery  of  their  several  moieties  of  (his,  Tilney,  and  manv  oilier 
manors  in  No/folk,  Suffolk,  Bedfordshire,  Devonshire,  Berkshire, 
Buckinghamshire,  Cornwall,  Huntingdonshire,  Cambridgeshire,  Leices- 
tershire, Hertfordshire,  Oxfordshire,  Essex,  and  Northamptonshire ;  so 
great  was  the  estate  of  this  family;   these  two  coheiresses  married, 

Anne,  to  William  Howard,  Knt.  lord  Hozeard  of  Nawor'th  • 
and  Catherine,  to  Sir  Thomas  Cheine,  Knt.  lord  warden  of  the 
Cinque  Ports,  by  whom  several  large  parts  were  severed  from  the  ma- 
nor, which  went  to  Sir  William  Paulet,  Knt.9  in  right  of  Anne 
his  wife,  one  of  the  coheiresses  of  William  Lord  Howard;  and  in 
1603,  the  Marquis  of  Winchester  was  found  lord  and  patron;  and 
in  1609,  Sir  Henry  Gawdie,  Knt.  of  C/axton,  and  other  inhabitants  of 
Saxlingham,  (who  had  purchased  several  parcels  of  its  demeans') 
were  found  to  hold  Verdon's  manor  at  1  fee,  of  Forncet  manor.  In 
l6S(),  Sir  William  Pawlet  and  Sir  Henry  Gawdie  had  it:  and  after- 
wards it  belonged  to  Judge  Gazvdie,  in  whom  all  the  manors  and 
advowsons  were  joined.  After  him  it  was  Charles  Suckling's,  and 
then  John  Tattle's,  Esq.  who  died  in  1684,  and  Elizabeth  his  daugh- 
ter and  heiress  inherited;  she  married  John  Mingai/,  Esq.  and  died  in 
1716,  leaving  her  three  daughters  her  heiresses;  1,  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried to  John  Burkin,  Esq. ;  2,  Mary,  to  John  Fowle,  Esq.  ;  3,  Susan, 
to  John  Baron,  D.  D.  Dean  of  Norwich,  who  all  joined  and  sold  it 
(except  the  advowson)  to  Robert  Atwood,  Esq.  father  of  John 
Atwood,  Esq.  whose  daughter,  and  heiress,  Anne,  by  Joanna  his 
wife,  is  now  married  to  the  present  lord,  Thomas  Gooch,  Esq.  of 
Benacre  in  Suffolk,  eldest  son  to  Thomas  Lord  Bishop  of  Ely. 


THE  MANOR  OF  THORPHALL 

Belonged  at  the  Conquest  to  the  Abbot  of  Holm,  and  was  given  by 
Hugh,  Abbot  there,  to  John  son  of  Robert,  commmonly  called Fitz- 
Robert,  and  his  heirs  in  fee;  to  be  held  by  the  service  of  half  a 
knight's  fee,  on  condition,  that  if  John  son  of  Pagan  or  Fifz-Pain 
should  recover  it  from  the  Abbot,  then  he  was  to  hold  it  of  Fitz-Pain. 
Eustace  de  Vesci  gave  to  Adnm  de  Carleolo,  or  Carlisle,  in  the  time 
of  King  Stephen,  in  exchange  for  the  manor  of  Culdebec,  &c.  which 
his  father  gave  to  Adam  with  Maud  his  daughter,  all  his  land  in  Sax- 
lingham, being  half  a  fee,  held  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Benedict,  and  19 
bovates  of  land  in  Knapton,  &c. 

Stephen  Blund,  and  Agnes  his  mother,  in  1 198,  held  half  acarucate, 
and  in  1235,  Ellen  le  Blund  held  it  of  William  Cardville  and  John  de 
Gosford  half  a  fee;  and  the  same  year  the  heirs  of  Stephen  le  Blund, 
held  here  a  quarter  of  a  fee  of  the  Earl  of  Arundel.     1306,  Will,  son 

9  1573.  Sir  William  Paulet,  Knt.  called  Skippers  and  Wyetts,  in  Saxiing. 
Lord  St.  John,  lord  of  Verdon's.  liam,  of  Forncet,  late  parcel  of  Verdon's 

1  15S7,  Will.  Warde   held  the  lands     manor. 
VOL.  V.  3  S 


498  SAX  LING  HAM. 

of  Ralfle  Blund  sold  it  to  Peter  son  of  Will,  de  Nerford.  In  1317, 
the  King  seized  John  son  and  heir  of  Simon  de  Gosford,  because  the 
said  Simon  held  his  manor  of  Berewell  in  Saxlingham  of  William  de 
Carlio/o  and  his  wife,  who  were  now  rebels,  by  adhering  to  his  ene- 
mies of  Scotland,  it  being  held  at  half  a  fee  of  Saxlingham  manor. 
1323,  William  Blund  had  it.  In  1343,  Roger,  parson  of  Heydon,  and 
Tho.  de  Brewse,  held  it;  and  John  de  Gosford  and  Roger  Herdegrey 
held  half  a  fee,  late  John  deGosford's,  which  soon  after  fell  again  into 
this  manor. 

Tifordiua  de  Kardville  held  it  at  half  a  fee  after  him.  In  1225,  Wil- 
liam Cardville  held  it  of  the  heirs  of  Vesci ;  they  of  Rob.  Fitz-Roger, 
he  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Bennet,  and  he  of  the  King  in  capite,  as  part  of 
his  barony.  In  1272,  Jscelina  widow  of  William  le  Blund  or  Blunt, 
brought  a  writ  against  William  son  of  JVarine  de  Muntchensy  and  Sa- 
pientia  widow  of  Will,  de  Cardville  for  her  dower  in  Saxlingham. 
In  12S5,  Will,  de  Karliolo  or  Cardeyl,  son  of  William  and  Sapientia, 
lord  here,  had  weyf  assize  of  bread  and  ale,  and  view  of frankpledge ; 
and  in  1290,  King  Edzc.  I.  granted  him  a  charter  of  free-warren  in 
all  his  demeans  here,  and  in  Utredely  and  Crossely  in  Cumberland. 
In  1297,  John  de  Goseford  owned  that  he  held  by  half  a  fee  of  this 
William,  a  messuage  and  60  acres  in  Saxlitigham,  which  John  his 
father  had  of  the  grant  of  Will,  father  of  this  Will?  who  being  a 
rebel  to  Edw.  I.  that  King  seized  all  his  lands  and  gave  them  to 

Sir  William  de  Monteacute,  Knt.  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  with  Knoll  in 
Somersetshire,  and  Woneford  in  Devonshire,  and  Will,  de  Scottow, 
clerk,  took  possession  of  this  manor,  as  his  attorney;  this  William 
died  seized  about  1319,  and  of  the  advowson  of  Saxlingham-Thorp, 
leaving  Eliz.  his  widow,  and  William  his  son  18  years  old,  who  had 
his  manors  here,  and  in  Somersetshire,  Lincolnshire,  Oxfordshire,  De- 
vonshire, Dorsetshire,  Bucks,  and  Hertfordshire;  in  1316,  this  Will. 
de  Monteacute  had  a  charter  for  free-warren  here,  and  in  Drayton, 
Knoll,  and  JVoneford,  and  died  seized;  in  1320,  Will,  de  Monteacute 
and  Eliz.  his  wife  held  it  with  the  manors  of  Ughtreby,  Bampton, 
Cross/ey,  and  10  bovates  in  Brunesly  in  Gillesland  in  Cumberland. 

In  1350,  John  de  Stoke-ferry,  and  Alice  his  wife,  settled  it  on 
Geffery  Boti/er  and  Joan  his  wife,  and  Tho.  de  Bumpstede,  and  John 
de  Plumstede,  to  the  use  of  Gejfry,  who  jointly  with  his  wife,  in  1357, 
conveyed  it  to  Sir  John  Wingjield,  Knt.  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  and 
their  heirs;  and  this  year  John  de  Verdon  and  Maud  his  wife  settled 
their  manor  here  on  Sir  John  Wing  field  and  his  wife  (except  Over- 
kail  advowson)  for  life;  in  1358,  Sir  John  and  Eleanor3  his  wife 
settled  jSetherhall  on  themselves  in  tail,  remainder  to  Catharine  wife 
of  Sir  Michael  de  la  Poole,  Knt.  remainder  to  Thomas  and  William 
Wingfield,  his  brothers,  Ric.  de  Amundevile  being  trustee.  Michael 
de  la  Poole  and  Catharine  his  wife,  in  1389,  held  this  manor,  and  the 
advowson  of  Saxlingham  Thorp;  in  1401,  Mich,  de  la  Poole  Earl  of 
Suffolk  held  it  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Bennet;  in  1433  William  Earl  of 

*  In  i322,Will.  son  of  Ivo  de  Car-  of  Gilbert  Glanvile,  Knt.  and  wife 

LIOL, died,  and leftJoAN  his sonand heir,  of  Sir  John  Wingfielp,  held  Saxling- 

21  years  old,  seized  of  lands  in  Cumber,  ham,  and   Catharine   their   daughter 

land,  but  never  got  this  manor  again.  and  heir  married  to  MlCH.  de  la  Pools 

1  1374,  Eleanor,  daughter  and  heir  Earl  of  Suffolk, 


SAXL1NGI1AM. 


499 


Suffolk  and  Alice  his  wife  had  it,  and  died  seized,  and  left  it  to  his 
son  John,  and  it  remained  in  the  Suffolk  family  till  the  attainder  of 
Edmund  de  la  Poole,  and  then  the  King  seized  it,  and  granted  it  in 
moieties,  to  Edward  Wadham  and  Thomas  Fogg,  and  their  heirs 
males,  in  1509;  and  in  1512  the  King  granted  Fogg's  moiety  to 
Christopher  Gameys,  and  his  heirs  males,  hut  Margaret,  wife  of 
Edmund  de  la  Poole,  enjoyed  the  whole  manor  for  life,  but  survived 
her  husband  only  two  years;  in  1511,  John  Bremer,  of  Newton.  Flol- 
man,  Gent,  gave  his  moiety  to  John  his  son  ;  one  moiety,  now  in  the 
Crown,  was'granted  to  the  Lady  June  de  Cleve  for  life  ;  and  in  1558, 
Thomas  Chapman  had  livery  of  it  at  the  death  of  Alexander  his 
father,  and  held  it  in  1561,  and  in  1560  sold  it  to  Thomas  Gawd//  of 
Claxton,  and  Frances  his  wife,  and  his  heirs,  and  Henry  Gaicdy  his 
son  joined  it  to  I  erdon's  manor: 

The  other  moiety,  which  was  Bremer's,  came  to  John  Dimock,  who 
in  1567,  with  the  Queen's  license,  sold  it  to  William  Tuttill,  of  whom 
Candy  bought  it,  and  joined  it  to  Verdon's  about  1567. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  of  Saxlingham  Nethergate.  In  the  east 
chancel  window  are  these  arms. 


EAST-ANGLES. 


On  the  south  side  of  the  altar  is  a  neat  mural  marble  monument, 
ith  the  arms  of  Norwich  deanery,  impaling 

Baron,  gul.  a  chevron  arg.  corded  lozenge  az.  between  three 


500  SAXLINGHAM. 

garbs  or,  and  a  coat  of  pretence  of  Mingay,  and  this  inscription  of 
the  Dean's  own  composing: 

Cujus  ossa  hie  Sita  Sunt, 

Si  Rerum  novarum  curiosus,  Scire  desideras, 

Quisquis  ades  Spectator, 

Saxo  nihil,  Vicinis  Dubia  respondentibus, 

Me  forte  mei  certiorem  habes  Indicem; 

Fui  JOHANNES  BARON  Clericus, 

Hujus  Ecclesiag  quondam  Rector, 

Ecclesias  Cathedralis  Norvici  tandem  Decanus, 

Qui 

Exuvijs  hie  depositis,  ne  Vermibus  deficerent  pabula, 

Animum  in  Creatoris  manus  transmisi;  Reducem, 

Ssecula  Expectantem  meliora. 

Si  Fortunes  Dotes  in  primis  quaesitas,  Qusras;  eas  vix  esse  nostras 

Existima, 

Deo  tamen  dante,  me  fuisse  intelligas, 

Quosque  per  Ingenium,  per  malevolis  licuit, 

Doctrina,  opibus,  Fama,  Loco,  Sic  Satis, 

Cum  hoc  milii  potissimum  in  votis  fuerit, 

Ut  declinata  Invidia,  otio  fruerer  honesto, 

primorum  Extremus, 

Si  Vitae  jam  Exacts  Rationem  QuEeras;  frustra  quaeris  in  praesentia 

Cum  neque  respondere  probe  Sciam  Ipse, 

Nee  Curat  populus  omnino,  aut  curat  nimium, 

In  alium  Diem  difrerenda  est  Cognitio, 

Quando  omnium  Judici  Deo  Rationem  Sum  redditurus; 

Tu  quoque, 

Interea,  Tu  candide  Spectator, 

Hunc  Hominem  considerans,  Teipsum  respice, 

•  Tu  Judex  aequissime,  pater  optime, 

Servum  de  multis  male  admissis  dolenlem,  Absolve, 

Filijque  immerentis,  8c  Supplicis; 

Miserere  mei. 

Natus  31  Octobris,      1     A         0  ,  ..     CMdclxxvii™. 

Obijt  undecimo  JulijS   AnnoSalutls  {  Mdccxxxix-. 

Wiseman,  gul.  three  coronels  of  tilt  spears  erm. 

There  are  stones  in  the  nave  for,  Anne,  relict  of  Leonard  Cleane, 
Gent,  and  Elizabeth  their  daughter. 
Amy  Copping,  1720.     20. 

Our  Time  is  short,  the  longer  is  our  Rest, 
God  calls  them  soonest,  whom  he  loveth  best. 

In  the  chancel,  Mingay  impales  three  crescents. 

John  Mingay,  of  Ranthrophall,  Esq;  1684.  John  Tnthill,  Gent. 
1684.  E/iz.  Wife  of  John  Mingay  and  Daughter  of  John  Tnthill, 
1716.  Will,  their  Son,  1716.  Eliz.  Wife  of  John  Burkin,  Esq; 
Daughter  of  John  Mingay,  Esq;  and  Eliz.  his  Wife,  1697.  Eliz. 
Burkin  their  Daughter,  1683.  Jane  their  Daughter,  1686.  Eulesia 
their  Daughter,  1689.     John  their  Son,l6o,2.     Jane  their  Daughter, 


SAX  LING  HAM.  501 

1700.  Mary,  Daughter  of  John  Baron  Clerk,  and  Susan  his  Wife, 
Daughter  of  John  Mingay,  Esq;  1707.  Anne  Baron  their  Daughter, 
1712. 

Glean E  impales  three  garbs  2  and  I.  Leonard  Gleane,  Gent- 
died  Oct.  0,6,  1654.  60.  Six  verses  in  his  commendation,  but 
illegible. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  of  Saxiingliam  Thorp  is  now  ruinated, 
the  steeple  and  walls  only  standing;  it  stands  thus  in  the  Revision  of 
the  Archdeaconry  of  No/folk,  made  in  1630  : 

Saxlingham-Thorp  is  a  rectory,  of  which  Sir  Robert  Gazody,  Knt. 
is  patron,  and  William  Pudding,  A.M.  licensed  preacher,  is  rector; 
it  is  valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  6/.  13s.  4d.  and  pays  l6d.  syuodals, 
and  7s.  6d.  ob.  archdeacon's  procurations.  He  holds  Nethergate  also 
by  a  personal  union. 

In  1608,  Robert  Robinson,  rector,  certified  that  there  were  140 
communicants  in  this  parish,  and  that  Sir  Henry  Gawdy  was  then 
patron. 

Being  sworn  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  25/.  it  is  discharged  of 
first  fruits,  and  tenths,  and  in  1740,  was  consolidated  to  Nethergate. 
There  was  a  gild  in  honour  of  the  Virgin  Mary  anciently  held  in 
this  church. 

RECTORS  OF  SAXLINGHAM-THORP. 

J  307,  Richard. 

1328,  Ric.  le  Sekesteyn,  accolite,  res.  Sir  John  de  Boy  land,  Knt. 

1330,  Henry  de  Northwold,  accolite.  Sir  Tho.  de  Furnival, 
senior,  Knt.  and  Eliz.  his  wife. 

1349,  Simon  de  Bertington.  Eliz.  widow  of  Will,  de  Monte- 
acute,  Knt. 

13o"l,  Peter,  son  of  Alan  of  Thejford,  priest.     Lady  Eleanor  de 

WlNGFIELD. 

1362,  William  Hervy,  priest.  Ditto.  Afterwards  it  was  generally 
held  by  union,  with 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  of  Saxlingham  Nethergate,  which  stands 
thus  in  the  Revision  :  it  hath  the  same  patron  and  rector  with  Thorp; 
the  Bishop's  visitatorial  procurations  are  3s.  4d.  ob.  qr.  Syuodals, 
18c?.  Archdeacon's  procurations  Is.  id.  ob.  The  prior  of  St.  Faith  at 
Horsham  had  a  portion  of  tithes  out  of  this  church,  valued  at  9.0s. 
per  annum,  and  so  paid  2s.  to  each  tenth,  as  the  village  did  61.  clear, 
besides  28s,  paid  by  the  religious,  for  their  lands  here,  viz.  the  Abbot 
of  Holm,  os.  The"  Abbot  of  Lang/ey  2s.  The  Prior  of  Dunmowe  40d. 
The  Prioress  of  Campsey  4s.;  and  the  Prioress  of  Carow  2s.  The 
Marquis  of  Winchester,  late  Lord  St.  John,  being  patron.  Both  the 
parishes  being  in  Brook  deanery  and  Norfolk  archdeaconry.  Here 
were  two  gilds,  one  of  St.  Margaret,  the  other  of  St.  Mary. 

RECTORS  OF  SAXLINGHAM-NETHERGATE. 

1200,  Thomas  de  Brook. 
1307,  Adam. 


502,  S  A  X  L  I  N  G  H  A  M. 

1325,  Richard  de  Stradebrook,  priest.  Ric.  DE  Brewse,  Knt.  in 
right  of  the  dower  of  Eleanor  his  wife. 

1350,  Richard  Skyn,  resigned  in  exchange  with 

Robert  de  Ashele,  priest  for  St.  Mary  in  the  Marsh  in  Nor- 
wich.   Sir  John  Verdon,  Knt.     (See  vol.  iv.  p.  51.) 

1380,  Richard  Daneys  changed  with 

Hugh  Forester  for  Thingden  vicarage  in  Lincoln  diocese,  of 
■which  the  Abbot  of  Croxton  was  patron,  and  of  this,  Simon  Simeon. 

1401,  Sir  Thomas  Hare,  priest.     Sir  Hugh  Bernak,  Knt. 

1474,  William  Aggys,  rector. 

1494,  William  Christian,  rector. 

1603,  Robert  Robinson  and  of  Thorp.  He  returned  140  communi- 
cants in  this  parish. 

1617,  William  Puding. 

1621,  Francis  Comes. 

1636,  John  Harmer,  (see  vol.  iii.  p.  401.) 

John  Baron,  dean  of  'Norwich,  for  whom  see  vol.  iii.  p.  f>30. 
At  his  death,  in  1739,  both  these  rectories,  which  he  held  by  personal 
union,  became  void,  and  in  1740  were  really  annexed  and  consolidated, 
and  on 

June  7,  1740,  John  Berney,  A.M.  the  present  rector,  (now  D.  D. 
and  archdeacon  of  Norwich,)  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  Sax- 
lingham ISethergate  with  Saxlingham  Thorp  annexed,  being  collated 
by  Thomas  Gooch  Bishop  of  Norwich  (to  whom  he  was  chaplain) 
by  lapse  of  time,  and  had  a  union  to  the  consolidated  rectories  of  the 
two  niedieties  of  Hetherset,  and  Cantlose,  which  he  now  holds  with 
the  rectory  of  St.  Clement  in  Norwich.     (See  vol.  iv.  p.  459.) 

It  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books:  13/.  lis.  8d.  Saxlingham 
Nethergate  rectory,  45/.  clear  yearly  value,  and  so  is  discharged  of 
first-fruits  and  tenths. 

This  town  produced  Adam  de  Saxlingham  (a  white  friar  of 
Norwich  convent;  see  vol.  iv.  p.  418,)  a  man  of  good  learning,  and 
great  ingenuity  in  preaching  and  disputing :  he  wrote  divers  treatises, 
and  flourished  under  Edward  III.  A0  1350. 

The  church  is  25  yards  long,  and  6  and  an  half  broad,  and  hath 
110  isles;  the  nave  and  chancel  are  leaded,  and  the  south  porch  is 
tiled,  it  hath  a  square  tower,  and  six  bells ;  the  parsonage,  which  is  a 
good  and  convenient  house,  joins  to  the  west  part  of  the  churchyard. 


[  503  ] 


SHOTESHAM. 

Scotessa,  Scotessam,  or  Shotesham,  signifies  the  village  of 
Scots,  ox  portions ;  and  was  very  properly  so  called,  tor  it  was  in  ;>bove 
twelve  parts,  at  the  Confessor's  and  Conqueror's  surveys;  it  had  four 
capital  manors,  four  parish  churches,  two  hamlets,  and  the  manors 
extended,  into  Framingham,*  Bedingham,*  Brook,6  and  Stokeholy- 
Cross. 


THE  MANOR  OF  VAUX'S,  NERFORD'S,  or  SHOTESHAM- 
HALL, 

Contained  the  parish  of  Shotesham  All-Saints,  commonly  called 
High  Shotesham,  from  the  situation  of  the  church  on  a  great  emi- 
nence, the  advowson  of  which  belonged  to  this  manor,  till  it  was 
given  to  Penttieye  priory.  Alnot  held  it  at  one  carucate  at  the 
Confessor's  survey,7  and  it  afterwards  belonged  to  Ralf  Earl  of 
No/folk;  and  on  his  abjuring  the  realm  fell  to  the  Conqueror,  and 
Godric  his  sewer  took  care  of  it ;  the  Bp.  of  Ba'ieux  had  it  of  that 
King  in  fee,  and  Roger  Bigod  held  it  of  him,  and  gave  it  afterwards 
to  Aitard  de  Vallibus  or  Vaux,  in  whose  family  it  continued 
many  generations;  it  was  first  valued  at  305.  per  annum,  and  after 
at  3/. 

Elias  de  Vallibus,  or  Vaux,  one  of  the  itinerant  justices,  was 
lord  here,  and  obtained  the  lete  by  grant  from  the  Crown,  so  that  it 
was  severed  from  the  hundred;  Oliver  d£  Vaux  was  lord,  and  after 
him,  John  his  son.  In  1202,  Robert  de  Faux  settled  on  Ralf 
Abbot  of  Hulme  2  carucates  of  land  in  Shotesham,  which  Robert  his 
father  gave  to  that  monastery,  by  which  he  much  lessened  the  manor, 

+  Terra  Rogeri  Bicoti.    De  escan-  boves.  Et  ineadem,  tenuit  idem  Alnohf, 

gio  terre  Isaac,  fo.  112.     In  Scotessa  ii.  liberos  homines,  et  medietatem  alio. 

iii.  liberi  homines  ejusdem,  (sc.  Ulketel)  rum  iiii.  commendation,  et  ten.  inter  se 

xvi.  acr.  terre.  i.  acr.  et  dim.  prati  sem-  xxxii.  acr.  terre  et  i.  car.   Ex  his  tenuit 

per  arant  cum  duobus  bovibus.  appre-  Radulfus  Comes  iii.  integros  cum  terra 

tiati  sunt  in  Framingaham.  xii.  acr.  et  dim.  quando   se   forisfecit, 

*  In  Scotessa,  x.  acr.  et  jacet  in  Bed.  modo  tenet   Aitardus    (de  Vats)   homo 

ingham.  Rogeri  Bigot,  et  reclamat  ex  feudo  Epis- 

6  Terra  Abbatis  de  Sancto  Eadmundo.  copi  Bajacensis,  sed  iste  Aitardus  non  ha- 
fo.  179.  bet  ab  antecessore  suo  nisi  in  uno  dim. 

In  Scotessa.xvi.  liberi  hominesGuERT  commendat.  teste  himd°. 

commend,  de  i.  car.  terre  pertinent  in  In   altera   Scotessa  i.  liber  homo  et 

Broc,  (belonging  to  the  Abbot's  manor  duo  dim.  Alnoth.  commend,  de  xl.  acris, 

of  Brook)  et  sub  e;s  vii.  bord.  et  iiii.  acr.  et  ii.  bord.  et  iiii.  acr.  prati,  inter  omnes 

prati,  et  iii.  car.  et  quarta  pars  ecclesie.  i.  car.     In  Scotessa  i.  lib.  homo  de  x. 

Ex  hoc  tenet  Bcrengarius  xx.  acr.  acris  tunc  dim.  car.  post  et  modo  nichil. 

7  Terre  Regis  quam  Godricus  servat.  Scotessa  valuit  T.  R.  E.  xxx.  sol. 
Hundr.  Hinestede.  Domsd.  to.  27,  28.  post  et  m°  xx.s.  et  omnes  isti  liberi  ho- 

Scotessam  tenuit  Alnoht  T.R.E.  homines  valent  xl.  sol.  sed  T.  R.E.  non 
pro  i.  car.  terre,  post  ii.  bord.  m°  iii.     erant  in  censii,  Scotessam  Rob.  Blundus 


tunc  i.  car.  in  dominio.  post  et  m°  ii.    adcensavit. 


504  SHOTESHAM. 

in  1'248.  The  manor  being  held  of  the  Norfolk  family,  Earl  Roger 
was  guardian  to  William  de  Faux,  lord  here,  who  in  1250,  added 
divers  rents  and  services  to  it,  which  he  purchased  of  William  de 
Hemenhale  and  Maud  his  wife,  and  of  Jeffry  de  Caam  and  Agnes  his 
wife.  In  1263,  John  de  Vaux  of  Therston  obtained  a  charter  tor  free 
warren  here,8  of  King  Henry  III.;  this  John  was  sued  for  appro- 
priating the  fishing  to  himself  on  each  side  of  his  mill,  it  being  proved 
that  all  the  fishery  in  the  manor  was  common  to  the  tenants  except 
the  mill  pool  only,  and  at  the  same  time  the  Abbot  of  Holme  was 
fined,  for  hindering  the  common  fishing  at  Liuewesse  in  Shotesham. 
In  12S5,  John  de  Faux  was  allowed  to  have  a  lete,  and  view  of 
frankpledge  as  well  over  all  his  freemen  of  Shotesham  as  other  tenants 
there,9  and  in  12S8,  one  moiety  was  assigned  to  Will,  de  Nerford,  in 
right  of  Petronel  his  wife,  eldest  daughter,  and  coheir  of  John  de 
Faux,  who  held  it  jointly  in  1291,  of  the  Earl-Marshal  at  one  fee, 
and  in  1300,  Bland  sister  of  Petronel  was  seized  of  the  other  moiety 
of  it;  and  in  1306,  Will,  de  Ros  her  husband  had  it:  after  the  death 
of  William  de  Nerford  about  the  year  1300,  who  had  the  whole 
manor  allotted  him,  Petronel  his  widow,  in  1303,  settled  it  on  Oliver 
de  Redham  for  life,  paying  her  40//.  per  annum  clear  out  of  it;  in 
1327,  Sir  John  de  Nerford,  Knt.  and  Agnes  his  wife,  settled  it  with 
Wisete'm  Sujfo/k  and  the  advowsons  ot'Pentuey  priory  in  Noifolk,  and 
Rumburgh  priory  in  Suffolk,  &c.  on  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  John; 
there  was  an  exact  extent  and  survey  of  this  manor  made  in  his  time 
and  there  were  1136,  acres  belonging  to  it.  In  1374  Agnes,  then  wife 
of  John  Matrarers,  senior,  held  the  manor  for  life;  this  Agnes,  first 
married  Sir  John  Argentine,  Knt.  by  whom  Sir  John  Argentine,  her 
son  and  heir;  and  secondly,  to  Sir  John  de  Nerford,  Knt.  who  died 
Sd  Edw.  III.  and  left  Thomas  Nerford  his  brother  and  heir,  who  died 
in  1343,  and  Sir  John  Nerford,  Knt.  his  son,  was  his  heir,  who  daugh- 
ter and  heiress  Margaret '(or  Margery)  de  Nerford  died  without  issue; 
but  before  her  death  in  1390  sold  it  to 

Sir  John  White,  Knt.  and  his  trustees,  Sir  Miles  Stapleton,  Knt. 
Oliver  Groos,  and  others. 

This  family  were  originally  of  Suffolk,  and  in  1272,  Bartholo- 
mew le  Wite  and  Alice  his  wife  had  an  estate  at  Stoke  Neyland 
in  that  county;  and  soon  after  William,  son  and  heir  of  Ralfle  White 
of  Saxlingham  in  Norfolk,  and  Ellen  his  wife,  had  lands  in  Shotes- 
ham; and  in  1388,  Ralf  White  had  it,  whose  son  Robert  White,  Esq. 
of  Shotesham,  was  father  to  the  aforesaid  Sir  John  White,  Knt. 
who  was  the  raiser  of  this  family,  by  his  martial  exploits  :  in  1401,  he 
was  the  very  first  person  named  in  the  commission,  by  Hen.  IV.  to 
raise  the  aid  to  marry  the  King's  eldest  daughter;  in  1403,  he  and 
Margaret  (or  Margery)  his  first  wife  lived  in  Tunstall  in  Suffolk,  and 
owned  a  manor  in  Oxford;  he  was  a  commander  under  the  Earl  of 
Dorset  at  the  siege  oiHa>jieu,  and  inl  3 17,  at  the  siege  of  Roan  in  Nor- 
mandy, he  rode  up  to  the  gate  of  that  city,  and  challenged  the  bastard 
Daily,  a  French  officer,  to  break  a  lance,  who  accepting  his  challenge, 
at  the  first  course  ran  Sir  John  through,  who  by  his  falling  from  his 
horse  was  presently  dragged  into  the  town,  and  in  a  few  hours  died 
there.     By  Joan  or  Julian,  his  second  wife,  who  was  daughter  of 

8  Cart.  48  Hen.  III.  No.  3.  9  For  the  I'auxes,  see  p.  43,  4,  467. 


S  H  O  T  E  S  H  A  M. 


505 


Peter  Hovel  of  Swannington,  and  relict  of John  But  of  Norwich;  he 
had  John  White  of  Fretenkam,  lord  of  Maidenton  or  Mayton  manor 
there,  which  his  father  gave  him,  who  with  Alice  his  wife,  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Robert  Burnham  of  Lyn,  are  interred  in  Fretenkam 
church,  leaving  Mayton  to  Margaret  their  daughter  and  heiress,  who 
was  buried  by  them  in  143 1,  leaving  issue  by  Giles  St.  Lowe,  Esq.  her 
husband  ;  one  daughter,  ELizABETH,married  to  Henry  Statham,  Esq. 
who  died  in  1481,  and  left  Joan  their  daughter  and  sole  heir,  married 
to  John  Sacheverell. 

But  this  manor  went  to  the  eldest  son  by  Sir  Johns  first  wife,  viz. 
Robert  White,  Esq.  who  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam  Appleyard  and  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Robert  Clerc  of 
Ormesby,  Esq.  left  Bartholomew  White,  Esq.  of  Shotesham  his  eldest 
son  and  heir;  this  Elizabeth  was  buried  in  Shoteskam  St.  Mary,  in 
the  chancel  there,  in  1442,  and  left  Margaret  Appleyard  her  sister, 
Emma  Bray  her  sister,  Mr.  Appleyard  her  brother,  and  Bartholomew 
White  her  son,  her  executors,  and  gave  legacies  to  Elizabeth  her 
daughter,  Henry  White  her  second  son,  and  William  White,  lord  of 
Thorp  Parva,  her  third  son,  for  whose  descendants,  see  vol.  i.  p. 
139- 

In  1440,  Sir  Simon  Felbrigg,  Knt.  released  to  Bartholomew  and  his 
heirs,  this  manor,  with  the  several  knights  fees  held  of  it,  with  the 
advowson  of  Filby,  all  which  he  had  settled  on  him  in  trust,  jointly 
with  William  Appleyard,  John  Lancaster,  William  and  Robert  C/ere, 
Bartholomew  Appleyard,  John  Upton  and  John  Alderford  deceased. 
This  Bartholomew,  in  I486,  founded  the  chapel  on  the  north  side  of 
the  church  of  Shotesham  St.  Mary,  and  placed  his  own  effigies,  and 
those  of  Joan  Dalton,  his  first  wife,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue,  and 
of  Alice  Shuldham  his  second  wife,  (who  all  lie  interred  in  it,  under 
stones  now  robbed  of  their  brass  plates)  and  under  them,  placed  this 
inscription, 

Orate  pro  Bartholomeo  White,  Joanna  et  Alicia  uxoribus 
ejus,  qui  istam  Capellam  fieri  fecit  Anno  domini  M.  CCCC. 
LXXXYT°,  quorum  animabus  propicietur  Deus. 

He  had  his  own  arms  single  on  his  surcoat,  and  each  of  his  wives 
had  theirs.  He  died  in  1495,  and  then  held  this  manor,  of  the  manor 
of  Forncet  at  one  fee,  sc.  half  a  fee  in  Shoteshams,  and  half  a  fee  in 
Crouch-Stoke,  or  Stoke- Holy-Cross. 

Simon  While,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  succeeded,  and  died  about 
1505,  leaving  by  his  wife,  daughter  of  Holdich  of  Didlington,  Esq. 

Edward  White  of  Filby,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  after  of  Shotesham, 
and  London,  councellor  at  law,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Tho.  Foxmere  of  Bromesthorp  ;  by  his  will,  dated  June  17,  152 1,  he  be- 
queathed a  legacy  to  the  poor,  for  undeserved  fees,  and  dying  theSth. 
of  July  following,  was  buried  in  St.  Mary's  chancel,  under  a  stoue 
which  hath  a  brass  plate  on  it,  thus  inscribed, 

X.Mt  iacct  <£utoa:5usi  jBhutc  Srmigcr,  ct  Cfijabetha  livot  eiusS, 
qui  hoc  gecutum  rcliqurrunt  viii°  Die  mens'i^  guilt  ilnno  ©omini 
M°  1c.  xxviii.  quorum  animating  propicietur  ©cu£. 

They  both  died  of  the  sweating  sickness.  Their  effigies,  were  on 
the  stone,  and  the  following  arms, 

vol.  v.  3T 


505  SHOTESHAM. 

1.  White  ,  see  volume  i.  p.  180. 

l2.  Sab.  a  griffin  sejeanl  in  an  orle  of  croslets  arg.  3.  Arg.  a  fess 
between  six  oaken  leaves  gul.  3.  Sab.  a  le-s  between  three  hounds 
passant  a/g.  4.  Arg.  a  serpent  in  beud  between  two  lioncels 
rampant  sab. 

By  the  inquisition  taken  after  his  death  it  appears,  that  he  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Fro.rmere  of  Bromesthorp,  and  died 
seized  of  the  manors  of  Shoteshamhall,  Swans,  and  Tofthall  in 
Shoteshams,  held  of  the  Duke  of  No?j'u/k  as  of  his  manor  of  Forncet  ; 
IVramplingham  manor  and  advowson,  Mayton  or  Maydenton  manor, 
held  of  the  Lord  Morley,  Little  Thorp,  of  the  Bishop  of  "Norwich, 
Bilockby  manor  of  the  heirs  of  John  Berney  of  Redham,  Esq.  and 
the  advowson  of  the  church  of  All-Saints  in  Filby,  held  in  gross, 
leaving 

George  White,  his  son  and  heir,  12  years  old,  who  was  an  ideot, 
and  died  without  issue  in  lo46;  Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk  was  his 
guardian,  who  in  1535  settled  the  manors  after  George's  death,  on  his 
heir  at  law, 

Edmund  White  of  Shotesham,  Esq.  his  uncle,  whose  will  was 
proved  in  1538,  when  he  was  buried  in  Shotesham  church,  in  the  north 
chapel  there,  and  Margaret,  relict  of  William,  son  of  Sir  John  Tim- 
perley,  Knt.  whom  he  had  married,  survived  him,  leaving 

Edward  White  his  son,  then  seven  years  old,  who  inherited  the 
whole  at  George  IV lute's  death  ;  he  died  in  1558  single,  and 

Anne  White,  his  only  sister,  inherited,  who  was  then  married  to 
Henry  T)ouly  of  Pondha/l  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  who  became  lord  of  all 
these  manors  in  her  right,  except  a  messuage  called  Kitts,  and  88 
acres  of  land  which  were  severed  from  the  manor,  and  belonged  to 
John  White,  alias  Ho/Is,'  who  held  it  at  the  l'ith  part  of  a  fee  of 
Shotesham  manor,  which  paid  for  it  to  Forncet  manor.  This  part  at 
his  death  descended  to  .Frances  his  daughter  and  heir;  and  at  her 
death  in  1597  it  went  to  her  sister  Helen,  who  died  single,  Mary, 
married  to  John  Sprat,  and  Martha  then  single,  and  so  this  ancient 
family  of  the  Whites  centered  in  females,  and  the  whole  inheri- 
tance, viz.  the  manors  of  Shotesham-hall,  Toft-hall,  and  Swans,  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  St.  Michael  at  Poringland  Parva,  &c. 
came  to 

The  Doylys,  a  family  of  great  antiquity,  sirnamed  from  the  lord- 
ship of  Oil/eia  or  Oyly  in  Normandy,2-  which  they  enjoyed  long  be- 
fore the  Norman  Conquest  ;  and  at  that  time 

Robert,  eldest  son  of  the  lord  of  Oyly,  for  his  great  services  in 
that  expedition,  was  amply  rewarded  by  the  Conqueror  with  two 
baronies,  containing  many  goodly  lordships,  and  manors  in  England, 
lying  chiefly  in  Oxfordshire3  This  family  were  great  benefactors  to 
the  abbies*  of  Abington,s,  Ei/ncsham,  Godstoic,  Tame,  and  others,  [n 
1071   they  built   the  castle  and  bridge  of  Oxford,  which  was  their 

*  This  John    seems   to   be  younger  *  Baronetage,  vol.  iv.  p.  499. 
brother  to    Bartholomew  White  afore-  5  He  and  his  lady  Aigitha  .ire  buried 
said,  who  first  granted  this  part  to  him  in  Abingdon  abbey,  to  which  as  well  as   to 
and  his  heirs  in  1488.  St.  Mary's  church  there,  they  were  be- 

*  Madox  Hist,  of  Exchequer,  p.  106.       nefaclors. 
3  Domsday. 


SHOTESHAM.  507 

ancient  seat,  and  new  walled  that  city.  This  Robert  being  the  King's 
constable,  was  made  Baron  of  Hokenorton  in  Oxfordshire,  by  the 
Conqueror,  and  married  Algitha,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Wigotus 
or  Wigot,  a  Saxon  thane  or  nobleman,  who  was  lord  oiWaling- 
ford,  by  whom  he  had  the  lady 

Mau  d,  his  daughter  and  heir,  who  inheriting  her  ancestor's  valour, 
valiantly  defended  the  Empress  her  namesake,  in  her  castle  at  Wuling- 
ford;  she  first  married  Miles  Crispin,  and  afterwards  Brian  Fitz- 
Courit,  lord  of  Burgavennu,  but  leaving  no  issue,  was  succeeded  by 

Nigel,  or  Nigellus  D'Oyly,6  her  uncle,  who  was  constable  to 
William  Rufus  and  Baron  ot'Hocknorton;  he  married  Agnes,  and  left 
two  sons,  Fulk,  buried  &lEynesham  in  1126,  and 

Robert,  the  eldest  son,  succeeded,  as  Lord  High  Constable,  and 
Baron  of  Hocknorton  :  he  married  Edith,  daughter  of  the  Lord  Grey- 
stock,  and  built  the  abbey  of  Missenden  in  Buckinghamshire,  and  amply 
endowed  it;  and  in  ]  129,  at  t'le  earnest  request  of  his  wife,  founded 
the  famous  abbey  ofOsney,  by  Oxford,  and  settled  large  revenues  on 
it;  and  at  his  death  left  his  honours  and  fortunes  to  his  eldest  son, 

Lord  Henry  D'Oyly,  Baron  of  Hocknorton,  and  the  King's  Con- 
stable, who  married  Margery,  daughter  of  Humphry  Bohun  Earl  of 
Hereford,  and  had  five  children  by  her,  Henry,  and  Robert;  Margery, 
who  at  last  was  heir  to  her  brothers;  another  daughter  married  to 
Maurice  de  Gaunt  (from  whom  descended  the  Gaunts  Earls  of  Lin- 
coln,) and  a  third  daughter  married  to  Thomas  Lord  Daventry.  At  his 
death  his  estate  and  honours  fell  to  his  eldest  son, 

Henry  who  had  two  wives,  Sibil  and  Maud,  who  remarried  to 
William  de  Cantalupe ;  he  had  only  one  daughter,  Maud,  who  died 
young.  He  attended  King  Ric.  I.  to  Jerusalem,  and  as  he  returned, 
died  and  was  buried  in  Austria,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  only 
brother, 

Robert,  who  was  Baron  of  Hocknorton,  and  the  King's  Constable, 
but  dying  without  issue,  his  eldest  sister, 

Margery,  by  the  King's  favour,  was  declared  his  heir;  she  mar- 
ried Henry  de  Neisburgh,  a  great  courtier,  and  Earl  of  Warwick,  by 
whom  she  had  Margaret  Countess  of  Warwick,  who  married  two  hus- 
bands ;  first,  John  Marshal,  in  her  right  Earl  oflVarwick,  &c.  2dly, 
John  de  Plesset,  a  great  courtier,  likewise  Earl  ofWarwick  in  her 
right.  She  had  issue,  Tho.  Earlof  Warwick,  who  married  Ela,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Longspee  Earl  of  Sarum.  But  though  the  honours  se- 
parated thus  from  the  family,  yet  several  manors,  and  a  good  part  of 
the  estate,  descended  to 

Robert  D'Oyly,  who  was  the  eldest  son  of  Gilbert  the  younger, 
and  only  brother  to  the  first  Lord  Henry  ; 

John,  son  of  this  Robert,  was  the  first  of  the  family  concerned  in 
Suffolk,  where  he  had  a  seat  at  Wrenlham,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son, 

Roger,  who  had 

Roger  Doyly,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  who  inherited  all  the  Ox- 
fordshire  estate;  from  whom  Sir  John  Doyly  of  Chislehampton  ia 

6  Gilbf.et  D'Oyly,  his  younger  ror,  who  gave  liira  lands  in  Oxford- 
brother,  came  in  also  with  the  Conque-     shire. 


608  SHOTESHAM. 

Oxfordshire, Baronet,  is  descended,  as  maybe  seen  in  the. 
vol.  iv.  p.  500,  1,  a,  3.     But 

John  Doyly,  2d  son  of  Roger,  and  younger  brother  to  the  last 
mentioned  .Roger,  had  the  estate  in  Suffolk,  and  married  Rose,  daugh- 
ter and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Duuslon,  Knt.  their  son, 
Edward  D'Oyly  had  issue, 

Sir  Edmund  Doyly,  Knt.  who  married  the  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  de  Bouden  of  Northamptonshire,  by  Alice,  sister   to  Sir  John 
Sminford,  and  by  her  had 
Thomas,  father  to 

Edward  D'Oyly,  who  married  Anne,  sister  and  sole  heir  of  Tho. 
Legate,  son  of  Helmin  Legate  of  Pondhall  near  Iladlet/  in  Suffolk  by 
whom  he  had  that  manor,  and  seat,  where  he  fixed,  and  his  posterity 
remained,  till  they  removed  hither.  He  died  about  J447,  and  was  bu- 
ried in  St.  Mary  IVoo/ehurch  in  Lombard-street,  London. 

John  D'Oyly,  their  son  and  heir,  in  1466,  had  license  granted 
him  by  Thomas  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  have  a  chapi  l  fur  his 
family  at  Poudha/l ;  he  died  in  1483,  and  was  buried  with  Elizabeth 
his  wife  in  St.  Johns  chapel  in  Hadteigh  church,  to  which  town  the 
family  were  great  benefactors. 

Edward  Doyly,  their  son  and  heir,  married  Anne,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Cotton  of  Landwade  in  Cambridgeshire,  Esq.  and  died  in 
1534. 

Henry  Doyly,  Esq.  his  son  and  heir,  was  knighted  by  King 
Henri/  the  Eighth,  at  Boleuue  in  France  ;  he  had  three  wives ;  1st, 
Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Stede  of  Mershland,  by  whom  he 
had  no  issue;  2d,  Jane,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  John  Eta-yn  of 
TVigeuhall  in  Noifo/k,  Esq.;  3d,  Margaret,  natural  daughter  ol  John 
Duke  of  Norfolk,  relict  of  Sir  John  Timperley  of  Hint lesham  in  Suf- 
folk; he  died  in  1563,  seized  of  Pondhall,  and  Topsfieldhall  in  Had- 
leigh, Cossford  manor  in  If' half  eld,  and  many  other  estates  in  Suffolk; 
leaving 

Henry,  his  son  and  heir,  who  marrying  Anne,  sister  and  sole  heir 
of  Edmund  White  of  Shotesham,  came  here  and  settled  in  the  old  seat 
of  the  Whites;  he  was  knight  of  the  shire  for  Bucks,  in  Queen  FJiza- 
beth's  time,  sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  in  1573,  and  again  sheriff  of 
No/folk  in  I5g0;  his  wife  was  buried  in  the  church  or  St.  Mary  at 
Shotesham,  Dec.  6,  1592,  and  he  was  interred  by  her  in  May  l.i[)7, 
dying  seized  of  the  manors  of  Shotcshamhall,  Swans,  and  Toftha/l,  in 
Shoteshams,  of  Blackfordhall,  Rokeles,  and  Grangeviles,  in  Shotes- 
hams,  Stokeholy-cross,  and  other  adjacent  towns,  holding  the  manor 
of  St.  Benet's  in  Shotesham,  by  lease,  of  the  manors  of  Mayton  in 
Fretenham,  Warham  manor,  which  he  bought  of  John  Appleyard,  Esq. 
Thorp  Parva,  and  of  several  churches  and  appropriations  in  Norfolk, 
besides  his  ancient  estate  and  manors  in  Suffolk;  they  left  sexeral 
children,  of  which  Anne,  married  Thomas  Townshend  of  Beacon- Ash, 
Esq.  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Robert  Ton. nshend,  Knt.  Chief  Justice  of 
Chester. 

Edmund  Doyly  of  Shotesham  and  Pondhall,  Esq.  their  son  and 
heir,  was  high  sheriff  of  No/folk  in  1604:  he  first  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Goodwin  of  Winchindon  in  Bucks,  by  whom  he 
had  Henry,  who  died  young,  aud  Elizabeth  married  to  Charles  Vesty 


shotesha: 


509 


of  Hintlesham  in  Suffolk,  Esq.;  his  second  wife  was  Catherine,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Henri/  Nevil  of  Billiiighere  in  Berkshire,  Knt.  (by  Elizabeth 
his  wife,  sole  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  JoAh  Gresham  of  London,  Knt. 
by  Frances  his  wife,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  Sir  i/<w-y  Thwuites  of 
Lound,  on  the  Woldes  in  Yorkshire,  Knt.)  This  Sir  flewry  Xra7  was 
one  of  the  privy  council  to  Henry  VIII.  and  Edward  VI.  brother  to 
Edward  Lord  Abergavenny,  and  father  to  Sir  Henry  Nevil,  ambassa- 
dour  in  France  from  Queen  Elizabeth  to  King  Henri/  IV.;  on  his  mar- 
riage he  settled  the  manors  of  Pondhall,  fopsfie/dha/l  and  Cosford- 
hall  in  jointure,  and  an  annuity  of  two  hundred  marks  a  year  out  of 
his  manors  of  Thorp  Parva,  Shoteshamhall,  Swans,  Toft  hall,  and 
fVarham,  the  whole  jointure  being  estimated  at  one  thousand  marks  a 
year;  he  was  buried  in  Shotesham  St.  Mary,  October,  12,  1612,  and 
had  issue,  1,  Sir  Henry;  2,  Williwm  ;  3,  John  ;  4,  Charles;  5,  Ro- 
bert; ('),  Edmund;  but  the  four  last  of  them  died  without  issue,  and 
two  daughters,  Elizabeth  married  to  Mr.  Buxton  ot'Tibenham,  and 
after  to  William  Perte  of  Mounteneys  Inge  in  Essex,  and  Alice  to  Wil. 
Clapton  of  Caste/eyns  and  of  Grey's  Inn,  London. 

Sir  Henry  Doyly,  Knt.  eldest  son  and  heir,  married  Susan 
daughter7  of  Lionel  Talmach  of  Helmingham  in  Suffolk,  Esq.  and 
sister  to  Sir  Lionel  Talmach  of  the  same  place,  the  first  baronet  of  that 
family,  he  was  buried  in  St.  Mam's  chancel  March  6,  HJ16,  and  had 
issue,  Anne  and  Susan,  who  died  young,  and  one  only  son  and  heir, 
Edmund;  he  died  seized  of  the  several  manors  aforementioned; 

Edmund  Doyly,  Esq.  married  Bridget,  eldest  daughter  of  John 
Coke,  Esq.  fourth  son  to  Sir  Edward  Coke,  Knt.  Lord  Chief  Justice 
of  the  King's  Bench,  by  whom  he  had  Susan,  who  died  young;8  she 
remarried  to  Sir  Isaac  Astley  of  Melton  Constable  in  Ngifolk,  Bart.; 
he  was  buried  in  St.  Mary's  chancel  with  this, 

Here  lieth  buried  the  Body  of  Edmund  Doyly  Esq.  Son 
and  Heir  of  Sir  Henry  Doyly,  Knt  who  was  married  unto 
Bridget  Daughter  of  John  Coke  of  Holkham  in  the  County 
of  Norfolk  Esq.  he  departed  this  life  in  September  1638. 

William  Doyly,  Esq.  brother  to  Sir  Henry,  and  uncle  to  Ed- 
mund, married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Stokes,  Archdeacon 
of  Norfolk,  and  by  her  had  two  daughters,  Catherine  and  Margaret, 
and  one  son, 

Sir  William  Doyly,  the  elder,  who  inherited  the  manors  of 
Shoteshams,  Gostelyn's,  three  manors  in  fVarham/  Sec.1  in  Norfolk, 
Pondhall,  Co  ford,  and  Topsfieldhall  in  Suffolk,  at  Edmund's  death  ; 
in  1642,  he  was  knighted  by  King  Charles  I.  for  his  gallant  behaviour 
abroad,  in  the  service  of  the  great  Gustavus  Adolphus,  at  whose  death 
he  remained  in  foreign  parts  sometime;  he  was  a  very  accomplished 
person,  and  much  valued  in  his  country,  being  one  of  the  gentlemen 
returned  for  members  for  Yarmouth,  at  the  Restoration,  for  which  he 

7  She  married   to    Thomas  Talbot,  9  Sc.   Northall,  Hales  and  Warham 
L.  L.  D.   April   2,   1627.     Register  of  nnper  Ducis  Staffordie. 
Stokeholy-cross.  *  Sc.  Blackfordhall,  alias  Blackworth, 

8  She  'died  Feb.  10,  1639,  aged  five  alias  Stoke  Holy  Cross  manor,  with 
years.  Roscelines  and  Gostelyns  in  Great  atid 

Little  Porland  and  Stoke. 


510  SHOTESHAM. 

was  very  zealous;  *  lie  was  one  of  the  commissioners  appointed  by  the 
House  of  Commons,  out  of  their  own  members,  to  see  the  army  dis- 
banded in  1661,  and  was  one  of  those  chosen  by  the  city  of  Norwich, 
to  wait  on  the  King  with  the  resignation  of  their  charter,  soon  after 
his  return  ;3  in  1663,  July  29,  he  was  created  a  Baronet,  and  dying  in. 
1677,  left  issue  by  Margaret  Randall  of  Pulham,  his  wife,  six 
daughters,  and  three  sons: 

1.  Catherine,  who  married  Edward  Stafford  of  Marlwood 'near 
Thornbury  in  Gloucestershire,  Esq  the  lineal  descendant  of  Sir  Edward 
Stafford,  ambassadour  from  Queen  Elizabeth  to  the  French  King  ;  of 
the  family  of  the  Staffords  Dukes  of  Buckingham. 

2.  Margaret,  married  to  Colonel  Robert  Suckling  of  Wotton  in 
No  rfolk. 

3.  Mary,  to  Mr.  Lane  of  Wallington  in  Northamptonshire. 

4.  Elizabeth,  to  Adam  Banks,  citizen  and  woollen-draper  of 
London. 

5.  Anne  died  single  in  Ireland. 

6.  Philippa,  a  very  accomplished  lady,  married  to  Dr.  Edward 
JVhetenhall  Bishop  of  Cork,  and  Ross,  in  Ireland,  translated  afterwards 
to  the  united  sees  of  Kilmore  and  Ardagh. 

His  sons  were:  Charles,  the  youngest,  Edmund  the  second, 
for  whom  there  is  this  inscription  on  a  black  marble  in  the  abbey 
chuch  at  Bath, 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Capt.  Edmund  D'Oyly,  Grandson 
of  Sir  William  D'Oyly  the  elder,  of  Skotesham,  in  the  County 
of  Norfolk  Bart.  Page  of  Honour  to  his  Royal  Highness,  Prince 
George  of  Denmark,  and  Capt.  of  a  Man  of  War;  who  in  Her 
Majesty's  Service  in  the  West  Indies  got  the  Distemper  of  the 
Country,  of  which  he  died  here,  in  the  29th  Year  of  his  Age,  and 
10th  01  May,  A.  D.  1703. 

Sir  William  D'Oyly,  eldest  son  and  heir,  was  knighted  in  1664, 
in  the  lifetime  of  his  father;  and  in  1666,  was  admitted  to  the  office 
of  one  of  the  four  tellers  in  the  Exchequer  in  the  room  of  William 
Pynkeney ;  he  was  commonly  called  Sir  William  the  younger,  and  at 
his  father's  death  succeeded  to  the  honour  and  estate,  which  he  very 
much  impaired,  by  disposing  of  the  manors  of  Shoteshamhall,  Swans, 
Toftha/l,  with  the  lease  of  St.  Benet's  manor  in  Shotesham's,  Black- 
fordhall,  alias  Stoke  Holy  Cross  manor,  with  Roscelinc's  and  Gostelyns, 
in  Poringland-Magna  and  Parva,  and  Stoke ;  to  Samuel  Verdon, 
sometime  undersheriff  of  Norfolk.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Hadley,  a  grocer  of  London,  sister  to  the  first  lady  ol i  Arthur 
Earl  of  Torringlon,  by'  whom  he  had  five  sons,  Edmund,  Henry,  Had- 
ley, Robert,  and  Philip,  besides  daughters. 

Sir  Edmund  D'Oyly,  Bart,  eldest  son  and  successour  to  his  father, 
married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Philip  Bedingfield,  Esq.  of  Ditching- 
ham  in  Norfolk,  and  by  her  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

a  Sir  Horace  Townshend  and  Sir  VVil.     Hardware,  rector  of  Kirby  Caarn-. 
liamDoyly,chosen  knights  for  the  county,         3  Vol.  iii.  p.  405. 
at  Norwich  10  Jan.   16,58.     MSS.  Mr. 


SHOTESHAM.  511 

Sir  Edmund  D'Oyly,  the  eldest,  is  the  present  Ba>-o/?er,  beinir  the 
730th  in  order  of  creation;  he  is  unmarried  and  dwells  at  Cossew  in 
Norfolk. 

The  arms  of  this  family  are, 

Gul.  three  buck's  heads  caboshed  arg.  attired  or. 

Though  some  of  them  have  sometimes  borne  the  arms  of  the  Ox- 
fordshire family,  or,  two  bendlets  az. 

Crest,  out  of  a  crown  proper  two  eagles  wings  endorsed   per- 
pendicularly sab.  besante. 

Motto,  Do  no  yll,  ouoth  D'Oyle. 
The  achievement  usually  born,  hath,  1.  Doyle,  2.  Leg  at,  ar*. 
a  saltier  ingrailed  az.  3.  Moswell  arg.  a  chevron  az.  between 
three  boars  heads  cooped  sab.  muzzled  or.  4.  Ar.  a  lion  rampant 
az.  armed  gul.  5.  White  6.  Quarterly  a?g.  and  sab.  on  a  bend 
gul.  three  mullets. 

In  1689,  the  widow  of  Mr.  Verdon  had  these  manors  in  mortgage, 
and  soon  after  Mr.  Scrimshire  and  M r.  Had/ey ;  and  in  Kiyc),  Ro- 
bert Davy,  Esq.  trustee  to  Sir  Edmund  Doyly,  sold  the  manors4  of 
Shotesham-Hall,  Tofthall,  and  Swans  in  Shoteshams,  Blaclacorth-Hall, 
otherwise  Blackford-Hall,  alias  Stoke  Holy  Cross  manor,  with  the 
manors  of  liostlings  and  Gostlings,  in  Porlands  and  Stoke,  to  Chris- 
topher Gibbs  of  Norwich,  worsted  weaver,  and  his  heirs;  but  the 
lands  and  estate  continued  in  Sir  Edmund.  In  1739  Christopher  Bar- 
nard of  Yarmouth  was  lord,  and  his  widow  now  holds  it  for  life,  and 
at  her  decease  it  goes  to  her  husband's  two  sisters,  who  are  both 
married. 

The  fines  of  Shoteshamhall,  &c.  are  at  the  lord's  will;  there  are 
bond  days  in  harvest/  and  plough  beves  in  wheat  and  barley  seal/  and 
the  tenants  pay  cocks,  hens,  and  eggs  for  their  commonages. 

TOFTHALL  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Bishop  Stigand,  and  at  the  Conquest  to  Roger  Bi<rot, 
and  Half  Fitz  Walter  held  it  of  him,  as  a  manor  containing  2  carucates 
of  land,  worth  at  the  first  survey  40s.  and  at  the  second  41.  per  annum. 
Upper  Shotesham  was  then  a  mile  and  half  long,  and  half  a  mile  bioad, 
and  paid  \Gd.  to  the  geld;  there  was  the  moiety  of  a  mill,  and  the 
advowson  of  a  church  belonging  then  to  the  manor,  and  the 
moiety  of  the  advowson  had  15  acres  of  glebe,  then  valued  at  one 
penny  an  acre  per  annum.1 

*  Then  valued  at  40/.  per  annum.  Sticandi  commend   T.  R.  E.  ii.  car 

5  These  days  the  tenants  were  bound  tene  pro  manerio,  modo  tenet  Radrul- 

to  work  tor  their  lord,  he  finding  them  fus    filius  Galteri   semper  ii.    serv. 

Uverage,  i.  e   meat  and  drink.  tunc  et  postii.  car.  in  dominiomodo  iii. 

6'lhe:e   days   they    were    forced   to  semper  iv.  car.  hominum  silva  xx,  porci. 

plough  for  the   lord,  he  finding  them  et  vi.   acr.  prati  et  dim.   mol.   tunc  i. 

provisions  for  themselves  and  horses.  equus  modo  ii.  tunc  xxiv.  porci,  modo 

7  Terra  Roceri  Bigoti,  f'o.  109.  xx.  tunc  xxiv.  capr.  modo  nulla  et  vi. 

In  Scotessa   tenuit  i.  liber  homo  soc.  suntibi,  dexxxvi.  acris  terre,  sem- 


512  SHOTESHAM. 

It  came  early  from  the  Fitz  Walters  to  the  Langetots  or  Langfofts, 
from  whom  it  took  its  name;  and  in  1235  Nicholas  de  Langtoft  held 
it  at  halt'  a  fee  of  the  Earl  of  Clare  and  Gloucester,  and  it  was  now 
joined  with  the  manor  of  Ickburgh,  and  passed  with  it  in  this  family, 
as  at  vol.  ii.  p.  234,  and  it  came  afterwards  to  the  Yelvertom;  and  in 
1401,  John  Yelverton  and  his  trustees  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Legate 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  it  continued  in  the  Legates  till  it  was 
joined  to  Shotesham-Hall  manor  by  Edward  Doyly,  who  married 
Anne,  sister  and  sole  heir  of  Thomas  Legate.  It  was  then  held  of 
the  manor  of  Shotesham-Hall. 


SWAN'S  MANOR 

Was  owned  by  Ulketel  the  Dane,  who  held  it  oiEdric,  whose  pos- 
sessions the  Conqueror  assigned  to  Robert  Malet,  lord  of  the  honour 
of  Eye,  who  had  it  at  the  last  survey;8  from  which  time  it  passed  as 
the  manor  of  Little  Thorp,  as  at  p.  138,  vol.  i.  and  John  Swan,  from 
whom  it  took  its  present  name,  was  lord  in  1401,  and  held  it  at  a  5th 
part  of  a  fee  of  Shotesham-Hall;  he  was  alive  in  1420,  and  then  he 
presented  to  Little  Thorp  :  Robert  Swan,  his  son  and  heir,  succeeded 
him,  who  sold  it  to  the  Whites,  who  joined  it  to  Shotesham-Hall, 
with  which  it  now  remains. 


THE  MANOR  OF  SHOTESHAM  ST.  BENET'S 

Was  very  extensive  at  first,  for  it  contained  the  greatest  part  of  Little 
or  Low Shoetsham,  the  large  hamlet  of  Grenesvill,  (which  is  now 
included  in  Shotesham  and  Stoke,)  and  that  part  which  belonged  to  the 
Bishop  of  Baieux,9  and  was  held  by  Alured,  in  the  Confessor's  time. 
King  Canute,  when  he  founded  the  abbey  of  St.  Bennet  at  Holm, 
gave  one  part  to  find  the  monks  with  provisions  ; '  this  was  St.  Bn- 
tolph's  church  and  parish,  for  the  church  and  parish  of  St.  Martin 
was  given  by  one  Brictrict  a  Saa:on  x  with  Grenesvill  hamlet ; 3  which 

peri.  car.  tunc  et  post  valuit   xl.  sol.  In  Scotessa  tenuit  Sanctus  Benedictus 

modo  iv.   lib.  habet  i.  leug.  et  dim.  in  semper  iii.  car.  terre   tunc  xi.    villani 

longo  et  dim.  in  lato  et  de  gelto  %\\d.  modo  v.  tunc  xii.  bord.  modox.  semper 

dim.  ecc'esia  xv.  acr.  val.  xv.d.  i.  serv.  et  ii.  car.  in  dominio,   tunc  v. 

8  Terre  Roberti  Malet,  fo.  76.  car.  hominum  modo  iii.  silva  xx.  porci, 
InScoTESHA  tenuit   Ulketel  i.  liber  viii.  acr.  prati  i.  mol.  i.  rune,  i.anim.  m° 

homo  Edrici   commend.  T.  R.  E.  de  viii.  porci,  xxii.  ovesetv.  soc.  ineadem 

Xxx.  acr.    terre  tunc  i.    bord.  post  et  lviii.  acr.  et  dim.  prati,  car.  i.  et   dim. 

modo  ii.  tunc  dim.  car.  et  post  et  modo,  inter  omnes  tunc  valuit  iii.  lib.  modo  iii. 

semper    val.    v.    sol.     et     iv.d.    idem  habet   i.  leug.    et  dim.  in  longo,  et  de 

(sc.    Edricus    antecessor   Rob.    Malet  Gelto  xviaf.alij  ibi  tenent. 

tenuit.)  *  Regr.  Holn.e  fo.  63.  Mon.   Ang. 

9  Terre  Episcopi  Baiocensis,  fo.   60.  vol.  i.  fo.  284. 

In   Scotessa  tenuit  Alured,   i.  liber  3  InGrenesvill,  tenuit  semper  Sanctus 

homo  sub  Sti^ando  T.  R.  E.  xii.  acr.  et  Benedictus  i.  car.   terre,  tunc  ii.  villan. 

iii.  soc.  de  xx.  acr.  terre  et  i.  ac.  prati,  modo  i.  semper  v.   bord.  tunc  ii.  serv. 

semper     i.     car.     appretiati     sunt     in  tunc  i.  car.   et  dim.  in  dominio,  modo 

Kimngaford.  ii.  tunc  i.  car.  horn,  modo  dim.  i.  mol. 

*  Terra  Sancti   Benedicti  de   Holmo  i.  rune,  semper  xii.   pore.  xii.  oves  ii. 

ad  victum  monacorum,  fo.  195.  vasa  apuni  tunc  valuit  xx.  sol.  rn"  xxx. 


SHOTESHAM.  513 

at  that  time,  w,i3  amile  long  and  half  a  mile  broad,  and  paid  2s.  to  the 
geld;  Little Shotesham,  viz.  St.  Martin  and  St.  Buttolph's  parishes, 
being  a  mile  and  half  long,  paid  to  the  geld16o!.;  another  part  which 
was  the  abbot's,  was  granted  by  the  convent  to  Walter  Giffard,  who  gave 
it  to  CMwetobeheldof  him,  and  at  the  Conquest,  Walter,  the  succes- 
sor ofOdine,  had  it;4  but  this  part  was  soon  joined  by  theFauxesto 
Shotesham- Hall  manor,  with  the  Convent's  approbation.  In  Henry  the 
Second's  time  this  manor  was  allowed  to  enjoy  all  the  liberties  granted 
to  the  monastery  of  Holm  by  the  several  Kings  of  the  realm,  and 
consequently  had  all  royalties  in  itself,  as  liberty  of free-warren,  view 
of frankpledge,  freedom  from  all  tolls  by  land  and  by  water,  in  cities, 
burghs,  counties,  markets,  and  fairs,  with  soc  and  sac,  infangenthef, 
grithbrich,  wardpeni,  8cc.  it  being  held  in  capite  as  parcel  of  the  Ab- 
bot's barony.  In  Henry  the  Third's  time,  the  Abbot  had  220  acres  of 
arable  laud  in  demean,  valued  then  at  fourpence  halfpenny  an  acre 
per  annum,  five  acres  of  meadow  valued  at  Sd.  an  acre,  and  he  was 
afterwards  in  1428  taxed  for  all  his  temporals  here,  at  14  li.  15s.  6d. 
It  continued  in  the  monastery  till  the  exchange,  and  then  came  to 
the  see,  (as  at  vol.  iv.  p.  540,)  and  now  belongs  to  the  bishoprick  of 
Norwich,  of  which  it  hath  been  held  by  lease  ever  since ;  the  several 
lords  of  Shotesham  manors  having  been  lessees.  Part  ofGrenesvite's 
manor  is  in  Stoke. 
The  fine  of  St.  Benet's  manor  is  4s.  an  acre  certain. 

The  abbot  of  langley's  manor  here, 

was  held  of  the  manor  of  Forncet,  and  was  formerly  part  of  the  manor 
of  Hoe,  or  Howe,  as  it  is  now  called,  that  extended  hither,  and  was 
given  to  that  house  by  Richard  de  Hoe,  of  which  it  was  after  held  by 
Sir  Richard  de  Boyland.  It  was  after  held  of  the  abbey  by  divers 
families,  as  by  William  Gavel  in  1401,  and  after  by  the  Gausells,  &c. 
The  Abbot  of  Langleye  had  this  and  other  temporals  here,  for  which 
he  was  taxed  at  38s.  Ad. 

Of  the  four  parishes  in  this  village  I  shall  begin  with 

The  church  of  All-Saints,  called  high  or  Great  Shotesham  church, 
which  was  given  by  Sir  Robert  de  Vaux,  founder  of  Pentney  priory 
in  Noifolkf  to  that  house  when  he  founded  it,  and  so  it  became  sepa- 
rated from  Shotesham-Hall  manor,  which  it  constantly  had  attended 
to  that  time;  and  Ralph  de  Hoe  released  all  his  right  in  it ;  the  same 
founder  also  gave  to  that  house,  a  mill  at  Shotesham  and  15  acres  of 
land  late  belonging  to  the  church;  and  the  advowson  oi'St.Botolph's 
church  here,  and  the  prior  got  the  church  of  All-Saints  appropriated 
to  his  house,  and  was  taxed  for  its  spirituals  appropriated,  at  12  marks, 
and  always  presented  to  the  endowed  vicarage,  till  the  Dissolution, 

habet  i.  leug.  in  longo  et  dim.  in  lato  et    terre  et   sub  eis  iii.   bord.  et  i.  acr.  et 

ii.  sol.  de  Gelto,  sed  pluresibi  tenent.        dim.   prati,  semper  ii.  car.  tune  val.  x. 

♦Terre  Walteri   Giffardi,    fo.     sol.  post  et  modo  xv.  sol. 


*4 


In  Scotessa  i.  soc.  Sci.  Benedicti  de 


In  Scotessa  iii.  liberi  homines  Sancti  xiii.  acr.  terre  et  i.  acr.  prati  semper 
Benedicti  de  Holmo  commendat.  et  dim.  car.  tunc  val  ii.  oras.  post  et  modo 
v.  soc.  cum  omni  consuetudine,  modo     v.  sol. 

tenet  Galterius  ab  Odino  antecessore         s  Mon,  Ang.  torn.  2,  fo.  19. 
suo,  et  habent  inter  omnes  lxxxx.  acr. 

VOL.  V.  3    U 


514  SHOTESHAM. 

when  the  whole  vested  in  the  Crown,  and  continued  there  till  1,5-52, 
and  then  Edward  VI.  granted  the  impropriate  rectory  and  the  ad  vow- 
son  of  the  vicarage,  and  the  advowson  of  the  churches  of  St.  Mary 
and  St. Botolph,  toWilliam  Necton,  a.adWilliam  Mingay  and  his  heirs; 
and  it  hath  continued  in  the  Mingays,  for  in  1715,  William  Mingay, 
Gent,  was  impropriator  and  patron. 

It  stands  thus  in  the  King's  Books, 

6li.  13s.  Ad.  Shotesham  All-Saints  vicarage;  clear  yearly  value 

25/j. 
So  that  it  pays  no  first-fruits  nor  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmen- 
tation, but  is  charged  with  2s.  synodals,  and  7s.  6d,  of),  archdeacon's 
procurations.  At  Norwich  Domesday's  making,  the  Prior  of  Pentneu 
had  the  ra'£o/y-house  and  a  carucate  of  land  belonging  to  it,  and  there 
is  now  a  vicarage-house  and  glebe. 

In  1329,  the  Prior  presented  Robert  Prat  to  the  vicarage,  and  in 
1349,  John  Malet ;  in  137y,  Harvey  de  Bestorp  was  vicar.  In  1603, 
Mr.  Christopher  Greenwood,  vicar,  returned  answer,  that  there  were 
100  communicants  in  this  parish,  that  he  was  master  of  arts,  that  he 
held  it  personally  united  to  St.  Mary  and  St.  Botolph's  vicarages,  which 
were  long  since  perpetually  annexed  ;  and  that  there  was  a  parsonage 
impropriate,  and  all  the  vicarages  were  endowed,  Sir  Henry  Gaudy, 
Knt.  being  patron.  1621,  Mr.  Hancock  was  vicar,  1630,  John  Bolt, 
A.  M.  vicar,  held  the  consolidated  vicarages  of  St.  Mary  and  St. 
Botolph  by  personal  union. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  altar  is  a  mural  monument,  thus  inscribed, 

Ricardus  Neech  A.  M.  hujus  et  Inferioris  ecclesiae  vicarius, 
sub  hoc 

Parietedepositus,laetam  in  Christo  Resurrectioneniexpectat. 

In  cujus  Memoriam  Antonius,  6  Filius  e  multis  unicus 
relictus, 

Gratitudinis  et  Officij  ergo  Monumentum  hoc  erexit;  obijt 
Sexto  die  Martij  A°  Salutis  1676.  iEtatis  Suae  64°. 

Tile  steeple  is  square,  and  Co  feet  in  height,  and  hath  a  ring  of  five 
tuneable  bells  ;  the  church  is  56  feet  long  and  18  feet  and  a  half  broad, 
and  the  chancel  is  26  feet  long  and  15  broad;  in  it  is  a  stone,  with 
the  arms  of 

Bransby,  arg.  on  a  bend  cotized  sab.  between  two  fleurs  de-lis 

gul.  a  lion  passant  or,  impaling  Bransby.     Crest,  a  lion's  head 

erased  or. 

Here  lieth  Elizabeth  the  Wife  of  Thomas  Bransby  of  llarles- 
ton'm  the  County  of Norfolk  Esq;  and  Daughter  of  Robert 
Bransby  of  this  parish  Gent,  she  died  Jug.  10,  1713,  in  the  33d 
Year  of  her  Age;  she  had,  and  left  by  the  said  Thomas,  4  Sons, 
Thomas,  William,  James,  and  George,  and  4  Daughters,  viz. 
Elizabeth,  Margaretta-Maria,  Brausbj',  and  Phillippa,  She  was  a 
dutifull  Daughter,  a  good  Wife,  a  prudent  Mother,  and  a  friendly 
Neighbour,  and  in  all  respects  a  great  Example  of  Piety  and 
Vertue.     By  her  Spouse  a  Distich. 

6  He  was  rector  of  Snitterton.    See  vol,  i.  p.  110,  421. 


SHOTESHAM.  515 

Quae  Pia,  quae  Prudens,  quae  Provida,  pulehra  fuisti 
Uxor,  in  /Eternum,  chara,  beata;  Vale. 

In  the  windows  of  this  church,7  were  the  arms  of  Jernegan  impa- 
ling Appleyard;  Mowbray  and  Appleyard,  which  yet  remain  in 
a  south  and  in  a  north  window;  Ciere  and  Appleyard,  with  the  crest 
of  an  owl  out  of  an  ivy  bush  arg.  membered  or.  LeGros  and  White; 
Appleyard  and  White;  Ciipcsby  and  White,  with  the  crest  of  a  boar's 
head  arg.  out  of  a  hawthorn  bush  proper,  set  on  a  plume  of  feathers 
arg.  and  az.  Inglosse  and  II  ichiiigham,  Berney  and  W ichingham,  Clere, 
and  11  ichingham,  with  his  crest  of  a  greyhound  current  erm.  collared 
or;  but  most  of  them  are  now  gone. 

Thomas  Stinnet  8  my  dear  and  only  Son,  as  sweet  a  Child 
as  ever  was,  died,  1(320,  and  is  buried  right  against  the  pulpit  in 
Shotesham  All-Saints. 

O  Lord  !  Let  me  meet  my  Childe  in  Glorie.  Amen.  Amen. 

On  a  handsome  altar  tomb  in  the  churchyard, 

Holmes,  of  Lancashire,  barry  of  twelve  or  and  az.  on  a  canton 
gul.  a  chaplet  arg.  impaling,  on  a  chevron  er.  three  crescents. 

James  Holmes  late  of  Ashby  in  Norfolk  Gent.  Dec.  14, 
1713,41. 

On  another  altar  tomb, 
John  Utting  May  2, 1688,  45,  and  4  Sons  and  1  daughter. 
Alice  his  Wife  17  June  1692,46. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary-  in  Little  or  Low  Shotesham,  belonged 
formerly  in  an  alternate  presentation,  to  the  manors  ofShotesham-Hall, 
and  St.  Beliefs;  and  in  1 187  there  was  a  great  contest  about  it,  before 
the  Bishop  of  Norwich  and  Ralph  G/anvi/e Justices  itinerants,  between 
Ralf  Abbot  of  Holm,  who  claimed  it  as  a  chapel  belonging  to  his 
church  of  St.  Martin,  and  Robert  de  Vaux  released  all  right  in 
St.  Martin's  to  the  Abbot,  and  he,  all  his  right  in  St.  Mary's  to 
Robert,  and  all  the  lands  in  both  parishes  were  to  be  parted  equally, 
and  a  moiety  settled  on  each  church,  and  the  lands  of  faux' 's  fee 
to  belong  all  to  St.  Mary  and  those  of  the  Abbot's  fee  to  St.  Martin; 
each  was  to  be  a  mother-church  ;  and  for  this  agreemenlRobert  gave 
the  Abbot  as  much  land  in  Slwteshtnn  as  was  worth  2s.  a  year  in  rent. 
Inl287  this  advowson  on  the  partition  of  the  estate  of  John  de  Vaux 
was  assigned  to  the  part  of  Maud  de  Roos,  second  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  the  said  John  ;  and  in  131 1,  William  de  Roos  of  Hamlake, 
and  Maud  his  wife,  settled  this  advowson  and  a  carucateof  land  here, 
on  Richard  Prior  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  of  Pentney  and  his  suc- 
cessours  for  ever;  it  appears,  that  the  land  belonged  to  the  church, 
for  that  house  was  taxed  at  3d.  only   for  their  temporals,  and  at  10 

i  MSS. -penes J.Mstis,  Garter,  L.  26,  Norwich,  see  vol.  iv.  p.  288;  he  was 
fo.  28,  b.  rector  of  St.  John's. 

8  Regr.  of  St.  John's  Maddermarket, 


516  SHOTESHAM. 

marks' for  their  spirituals,  being  the  appropriation  of  this  rectory, 
and  at  8  marks  for  their  appropriation  of  the  church  of  St.  Butolph, 
the  vicarage  of  which  was  consolidated  to  this.  In  1 305,  Alan  de 
Quitebuck  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Mary  and  died  in  1310, 
and  Bishop  John  Salmon  appropriated  it  to  the  priory  of  Pentney, 
reserving  power  to  him  and  his  successours,  to  endow  a  vicarage  and 
collate  the  vicars  to  it  for  ever. 

And  the  year  following,  the  same  Prior,  on  pretence  of  the  small- 
ness  of  the  revenues  of  St.  Butotph's  parish,  got  that  also  appropri- 
ated, and  agreed  that  the  Bishop  should  endow  and  collate  to  the 
vicarage,  and  both  vicarages  being  perpetually  annexed,  in  1311,  the 
Bishop  endowed  them,  and  appointed  one  vicar  for  both  the  parishes;1 
the  Prior  was  to  have  all  the  great  tithes,  and  part  of  the  glebe,  on 
condition  he  repaired  the  chancels  ;  \he  vicar  was  to  have  a  house  and 
land,  and  a  house  over  against  St.  Butolph's  church,  and  was  to  pay 
all  the  synodals  and  procurations  ;  and  in 

1311,3d  July,  Thomas  de  Cleudone,  priest,  was  instituted  to  the 
vicarage  of  the  churchesof  St.  Mary  and  St.  Butolph,  at  the  Bishop 
of  Norwich's  collation,  and  in  Nov.  following,  JVil.  de\Cheve/e,  priest. 
In  1327  Richard  de  Hakeford,  priest,  changed  this  vicarage  for  Catton, 
with  Robert  de  Bangele,  who  resigned  it.  1352,  Sir  William  Valentine 
of  Borewcll,  priest.  In  1381,  John  Forster  ofWhiston,  &c.  and  so  the 
advowson  continued  in  the  bishoprick ,  till  the  exchange  in  Henry  the 
Eighth's  time,  and  then  fell  to  the  Crown,  as  did  the  impropriation  at 
the  dissolution  of  Pentney  priory  ;  and  both  continued  there,  till  1552, 
and  then  King  Edward  VI.  granted  the  impropriations,  and  the  ad- 
vowsons  of  the  vicarages,  to  H  illiam  Necton,  and  William  Mingay, 
Gent,  in  whose  family  it  continued  till 

1731,  when  William  Mingay,  Gent,  presented  the  Rev.  Mr.  John 
Manister,  the  present  vicar,  to  the  consolidated  vicarage  of  St.  Mary 
and  St.  Butolph,  and  to  the  vicarage  of  All-Saints,  which  last  he 
holds  by  a  personal  union  with  the  former;  but  the  impropriations 
and  advowsons  are  since  sold  to  William  Fellows  of Shotesham, 
Esq.  who  now  owns  them. 

The  church  of  St.  Mary  is  40  feet  long,  and  19  broad,  and  the 
church  is  20  feet  long;  it  hath  a  square  tower  60  feet  high,  and  but 
one  bell. 

In  the  east  window  of  the  chancel  are  the  effigies  in  the  glass,  of 
John  Prisot,  chief  justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,'1  and  of  Bartholo- 
mew White3  and  his  wives,  who  built  the  chancel,  and  put  up  that 
window  in  I486,  for  under  them  is  this  inscription, 

9  Afterwards  compounded  for,  at  3  a  i449>  John   Prisot,  chief  justice 

marks  and  an  half.  of  the  Common  Pleas,  had  53//.  6s.  Hd. 

'  "  Salvis  Domino  Episcopo,  ordi-  per  annum  allowed  him,  for  his  more 

«  natione,  taxatione,  et  libera  collatione  decent  port,  and  also  6oli.  6s.  6d.  per 

"  vicarie  ecclesie  predicteet  Sancti-fioto/-  annum  for  his  summer  robe,  and  io6r„ 

"  phi  ejusdem  ville,  jure  suo  ;  persone  nd.  ob.  for  his  winter  robe,  according 

"  idonee  per  dictum  patrem  et  ejus  sue-  to  the  statute  in  the  parliament  held  at 

"  cessores.futuristemporibusassignand.  WeUminsUr,  18  H,  6. 

«'in   competentibus   portionibus    utri-  3  See  p.  505. 
*<  usque." 


SHOTESHAM.  317 

©rate  pro  amimabu.sf  gohannisi  prisot,  Capitalt.si  $;us'ticiarii 
©omtm  ftegi.S  $enrict  ^epti,  23artho[omci  UDijnte,  ^oljanrte  et 
adcic,  Hjrorum  eiu£,  qui  i.stam  Canrellam  fieri  feccrunt,  a°  ©ni. 
1486. 

There  are  the  arms  of  White  and  Schuldam  ;  White  and 
Dalton,  and 

Prisot,  gul.  on  a  chief  arg.  three  croslets  patee  of  the  field,  some- 
times three  crosses  tan. 

In  the  north  chapel,  under  a  raised  tomb,  lies  buried  Simon  White, 
Esq.  who  died  about  J 505. 

The  windows  were  formerly  very  richly  adorned  with  arms,  most 
of  which  are  now  lost ;  but  from  Mr.  Anstiss  MS.4  marked  L.  26. 
fo.  3,  we  have  the  following  account  of  them  : 

White,  Prisot,5  White  and  Clipesby,  Appleyard,  Thorle,. 
vert,  seven  escalops  arg.  &c. 

Norwich  Domesday  tells  us,  that  St.  Mary,  when  a  rectory,  had  a 
house  and  20  acres  of  glebe,  and  paid  6d.  synodals,  and  6s.  Sd.  procu- 
rations,and  when  it  became  a  vicarage  it  was  valued  with  that  of  St. 
Botolph,  at  6li.  and  so  it  stands  now  in  the  King's  Books,  and  being 
sworn  now  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  Q.5U.  it  is  discharged  of  first 
fruits  and  tenths,  and  is  capable  of  augmentation.  In  1603  Christo- 
pher Greenwood  was  vicar  of  all  the  vicarages,  and  returned  70  com- 
municants in  St.  Mary  and  Butolph's  parish,  and  that  Sir  Henry 
Gawdy,  Knt.  was  patron.  In  1630,  John  Bolt,  vicar,  paid  6d. 
synodals  and  6s.  8d.  archdeacon's  procurations,  and  25.  synodals  for 
St.  Butolph's,  and  6s.  8d.  archdeacon's  procurations,  and  Henry 
Mingay,  Gent,  was  then  patron.  There  was  anciently  a  gild  of  St. 
Mary,  in  this  church. 

Thomas  de  Blumvtle  Bishop  of  Norwich  confirmed  the  charter 
of  John  de  Grey,  Bishop  there,  of  a  portion  of  the  tithes  of  this 
parish,  to  the  monks  of  Norwich  cathedral,  who  were  taxed  at  30*. 
for  them ;  the  celerer  had  a  portion  of  3s.  4d.  out  of  it ;  and  their 
temporals  here  were  taxed  at  3s.  4d. 

Mr.  Woolmer  was  sometime  vicar,  as  was  Mr.  Pitcairne. 

Berengarius,  who  held  Topcroft  and  Howe  of  the  Abbot  of 
Bury,  had  20  acres  and  three  bordars,  belonging  to  his  manor  of 
Howe,  in  all  which  he  was  infeoffed  by  Abbot  Baldwin,  in  King  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror's  time,  for  which  temporals  the  chamberer  of  Bury 
was  taxed  at  76s. 

There  is  a  very  agreeable  cold-bath  in  the  parish  of  St,  Mary, 
fitted  up  for  publick  benefit,  at  the  expense  of  Will.  Fellows,  Esq. 
of  Shutesham. 

*  This    MS.    says,    that    Prisot's  Joan  his  first  wife    might    be  Prisot'j 

daughter  and  heir  married  to  a  White,  daughter,  first  married  to  Dalian. 
which  I   do  not  find,  but  rather  think,         5  It  seems  as  if  Chief  Justice  Prisot 

that  Prisot  married  a  White,  though  in.  was   buried   under   the  defaced  raised 

deed  White  impajes  Prisot,  so  that  tomb  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel. 


518  SHOTESHAM. 

I  saw  a  stone  much  defaced,  that  was  formerly  taken  out  of  this 
bath,  on  it  was,  barry  of  eight,  a  canton  ermine,  and  this,  much 
defaced : 

HIC  GR FRUGI  LYiEO 

SALUTEM  M —  AT  POTIORI 
PINAR--  LICET-  LATICE 
PAUPERIBUS  ET  VALETUDI-- 
NAR11S —  REDIVIVVS. 
ANNO  Do.'  1652. 

There  were  many  arms  in  the  windows  of  Shotesham-hall,  which 
stands  near  St.  Mary's  church,  and  was  the  seat  of  the  Doylies;  as, 
White  6  impaled  with  Tindal,  Crofts,  Appleyard,  Schuldham,  Hol- 
ditch,  Yelverton,  Froxmere,  Cocket,  Prisot,  and  heme,  Woodhouse 
and  White,  Clopton,  Froxmere  and  Cormcallis,  Clere  and  White,  Sec. 

Thomas  Lawrence  of  St.  A/ban's  Hall  in  Oxford,  A.M.7  an 
apothecary's  son  in  London,  afterwards  of  Merton  College  ;  after  he 
had  taken  his  degree,  studied  phi/sick,  and  practised  that  faculty  in 
Noifo/k,  and  was  of  some  eminence  there,  especially  upon  his  writing 
and  publishing, 

Mercurius  Centralis,  or  a  Discourse  of  Snbterraneal  Cokle, 
Muscle,  and  Oyster  Shells,  found  in  the  Digging  of  a  Well,  at  Sir 
William  Doylies  in  Norfolk,  many  feet  under  ground,  and  at  a 
considerable  distance  from  the  sea.  Sent  in  a  letter  to  T/io  Browne, 
M.  D.  Printed  at  London  1664  in  5  sheets  in  octavo.  He  died  in 
Norfolk  some  years  after. 

The  church  of  St.  Butolph  is  now  totally  demolished,  being  pulled 
down  at  the  Reformation  ;  the  ruins  of  the  steeple  show  that  it  was 
square,  the  churchyard  was  ploughed  up  when  I  saw  it ;  it  abuts 
southward  to  a  hollow  way  leading  eastward  over  the  river  to 
High  Shotesham  church,  being  the  very  corner  piece  at  the  turn  of 
that  way. 

It  was  appropriated  with  St.  Mary's  to  the  priory  ofPentney,  and 
both  became  one  vicarage,  as  is  before  observed,  the  whole  glebe  and 
house  belonging  to  this  church,8  except  Fishers  Croft,  was  reserved 
to  the  vicar.  Norwich  Domesday  tells  us,  that  there  was  a  house 
and  30  acres  of  land. 

6  Hcn.Hewardrfoungest  son  oOTw.Earl  Cinque  Ports,  Knight  of  the  Garter.  He 
of  Surrey,  and  brother  to  Th.  last  Duke  founded  and  endowed  an  hospital  for  12 
of  Norfolk,  was  born  at  Shotesham,  bred  in  poor  women  and  a  governor  at  Rising  in 
King's    college    in   Cambridge,    then   in  this  county  :   another  for   1 2  poor  men 
Trin.  hall,  being  afterwards  chancellor  and  a  governour  at  Clun   in  Shrop. 
of  the   University.     A    great    scholar,  another  at  Greenwich  in  Kent,  for  a  go- 
witness    his    learned      "    Dispen;at:ve  vernor  and  20  poor  men,  of  which  S  are 
"  against  the  Poison  of  supposed  Pro-  to  be  chosen  out  of  Shotesham.   He  died 
"  phesies,"  dedicated  to   Sir  Fr.  Wal-  15  June,  1614,  and  was  buried  in  the 
singham.     He    lived   privately  in    the  ancient  chapel   at   Dover.      Anglorum 
reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  till  King  Speculum,  Lond.  1684,  p.  528. 
James  advanced   him    in    honour    and  7  Fasti  Oxon.  vol.  li.  p.  7S8. 
wealth,  creating  him  Baron  of  Marne-  8  It  now  belongs  to  the  vicarage,  and 
hill  in  Dors:,    Earl   of  Northampton,  stands  opposite  to  the  churchyard. 
Lord  Privy  Seal,  Lord  Warden  of  the 


STOKE.  519 

The  church  of  St.  Martin  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Bennct  at 
Holm,9  and  at  the  exchange  of  the  revenues  of  that  abbey,  came  to 
the  see  of  Norwich,  and  the  Bishop  of  that  see  is  now  patron.  It 
is  a  rectory,  valued  at  4li.  in  the  King's  Books,  the  true  real  value 
being  IS//,  per  annum  only;  it  is  capable  of  augmentation,  and  is 
discharged  of Jirst  fruits  and  tenths,  and  pays  Is.  synodals  and  3s.  4d. 
procurations. 

Master  Richard  de  Boyland  was  rector  here  in  Edward  the 
First's  time  ;  in  1308  Clement  de  Westleton,  subdeacon  ;  in  1334,  Wil- 
liam de  Honing,  clerk;  in  \34Q,Jdumde.  Westwyck,  priest ;  in  1408, 
Sir  William  Crane,  priest,  8tc;  in  1422,  Thomas  at  Water,  rector,  was 
buried  in  the  church  ;  in  1603,  Robert  Grey  answered  that  there 
were  40  communicants  in  the  parish,  and  that  Edmund  Dm/lu,  Esq. 
was  patron,  by  lease  from  the  Bishop  of  Norwich.  1630,  Oliver  Har- 
rison held  it  by  union  with  Stoke  vicarage;  in  1693  it  was  held  with 
Holesley  in  Suffolk  by  union;  in  1706,  Richard  Laughton,  clerk,  had 
it,  and  now  the  Rev.  Mr.  Francis  Mossoon  is  rector.  The  ruins 
of  the  church  may  be  seen  not  far  distant  from  St.  Marys. 

Tne  Prioress  of  Carrow  was  taxed  for  temporals  at  Cw.  The  Prior 
of  Mendham  for  spirituals  at  7*.  6d.  and  6s.  Sd.  a  year  was  paid  to  the 
Prioress  of  Buugey  out  of  a  tenement  called  Shreves. 

There  is  piece  of  land  called  chapel-yard,  late  parcel  of  the 
possessions  of  the  priory  of  Hickling,  where  a  freechapel  stood  for- 
merly, of  which  I  have  no  further  account  in  any  evidences  that  I 
have  seen. 

All  the  parishes  were  valued  together  to  the  tenths,  as  one  town 
and  paid  y/Z.  6s.  8d.  clear. 

The  ancient  family  of  the  Mingays  hath  been  here  for  a  long 
time,  as  also  that  of  the  Bransbys  which  anciently  came  from  the 
neighbouring  village  of  Poringland-Magna. 


STOKE, 


Commonly  called  Stoke  Holy-Cross,  anciently  Cruche  Stoke, 
from  its  parish  church,  which  was  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  the 
Holy-Cross,  was  in  many  parts,  belonging  to  the  several  manors  of 
Shotcshams1  Eaton,  Stc*  but  the  principal  manor  and  church,  which 
had  18  acres  of  glebe,  then  valued  at  2s.  per  annum,  belonged  to 

9  It  was  given  to  that  monastery  by  acr.   terre  et  i.  acr.  prati,  semper,   dim. 

Edward  the  Confessor.  car.  (the  parts  belonged  to  Shotesham 

1  Terre     Regis     quam     Godricus  manor.) 

servat,  Heinstede  H.  D^ms.  fo.  27.  z  In  Stokes   xii.  acr.  terre  tenmt  1. 

In  Stochls  i.  liber  homo  Alnoht  liber   homo,  hoc   pertinet  ad  Aietonam 

commend,  de  v.  acris  teire.  (Eaton)  see  vol.  iv.  p.  516, 

In  Stoches  ii.  soc.   Ediuci  xxx. 


520 


STOKE. 


Alwin  ofTHETFORD  at  the  Confessor's  survey,  and  to  Roger  Bigot 
at  the  Conqueror's,3  and  was  then  held  of  him  by  William  Pecche,  it 
being  worth  2fis.  6d.  a  year.  There  was  another  manor  and  church, 
which  was  anciently  called  Blakeworthe,  and  now 


THE  MAM  OR  OF  BLACK  WORTH,  01 
HALL. 


BLACKFORTH 


This  part  of  the  town  was  held  by  Walter, one  of  the  Confessor's 
thanes,  in  part,  and  partly  by  Ketel  the  Dane, under  Bishop  Stigand, 
and  was  then  in  three  parts  or  manors,  which  were  all  given  by  the 
Conqueror  toTovi,  who  made  them  one  manor,  the  whole  of  this 
part,  at  the  Conqueror's  survey,  laid  in  the  hundred  of  Homble-yard, 
and  had  a  church,  and  23  acres  of  glebe  and  the  moiety  of  another 
advowson,  belonging  to  it ;  Stoke  was  then  a  mile  long,  and  4  fur- 
longs broad,  and  paid  xi.rZ,  to  the  geld,  without  Grenesvill. 

In  Henry  the  Second's  time  Ralf  Curzun  ofF/egg  was  lord,  and 
sold  a  part  of  it,  to  be  held  at  the  fifth  part  of  a  fee,  to  Robert  son 
of  Kosceline,  which  constituted  Rosceline's  manor  here,  which 
joined  to  the  manor  of  that  name  in  Poringland,  (see  p.  443,) 


3  In  Stoches  tenuit  Alwius  de 
Tetfordo  lxxx.  acr.  terre  T.  R.  E. 
modo  tenet  Will.  Peccatum  semper  iii. 
bord.  et  semper  i.  car.  in  dominio  et  ii. 
acr.  prati,  et  in  Sithinges  (Seething)  i.vil). 
de  xii.  acr.  pertinens  huic  Stokes. 
Semper  val.  xxvi.  sol.  et  vi.d.  i.  eccle- 
siaxviii.  acr.  et  val.  ii.  sol. 

In  Stokes  i.  lib.  homo  Gert  com- 
mend. T.  R.  E.  de  xxiiii.  acr.  terre. 
quern  tenuit  Radulfus  Comes,  quando  se 
foris  fecit,  cumdimidia  terra  et  Robertus 
Baignardus,  aliam,  teste  hundredo,  modo 
tenet  Rogerus  Bigot,  et  revocat  ad  feudum 
suorum  liberorum  ex  dono  Regis,  et 
Ailardus  {de  Faux)  contradicit.  Hundret. 
qui  hoc  testatur,  sed  Meinardus  affir- 
inat  cum  hundreto.  sub  eo  semper  iii. 
bordarij  et  semper  i.  car.  et  adhuc  sub 
eo  iii.  soc.  de  viiii.  acr.  terre  et  iii.  partes 
i.mol.  et  iii.  acr.  prati  tunc  val.  v.  sol. 
et  semper.  Et  hoc  cognoscit  Rogerus 
Bigot  suscepisse  postquam  Radus  se 
fore  fecit  et  servandum  in  manu  Regif> 
et  hue  servat. 

In  Friestuna  i.  lib.  homo  Ulfi 
commend,  hoc  tenet  Ranu/f us. 

Terre  Godiuci,  Dapiteri.  fo.  164. 

In  Stoke  tenuit  idem  (sc.  Radus 
Comes)  i.  liber  homo  et  i.  soc.  Eduuini 
de  liiii.  acr.  terre  et  iii.  acr.  prati  et  sub 
eis  i.  viil.  semp.  i.  car.  et  dim. 

Terre  Walteri  Giffardi,  fo. 
241. 

In  Stokes,  v.  soc.  Sci.  Benedict!  de 
Holmo.  T.  R.  E.  de  1.  acr.  terre  et  ii. 


prati  et  i.  bord.  semper  i.  car.  tunc 
valuit  v.  sol.  et  iiii.d.  post  et  m°  x.s. 
This  was  part  of  Shotesham  manor  ex- 
tending hither. 

Terre  Roberti  filij  Corbutionis  (or 
Fitz-Corbun.)  In  Stokes  tenetGiFART 
iii.  liberi  homines  Stigandi  commend,  i. 
car.  terre.  semper  x.  bord.  et  ii.  serv. 
semper  i.  car.  et  dim.  in  dominio  et  dim. 
hom.  et  iii.  acr.  prati,  tunc  i.  equus. 
semper  val.  xxx.  sol. 

4  Terra Tovi,  fo.  278-9.  Hundr.  de 
Humiliart. 

In  Stokes  tenuit  Galterus  Teinnus 
T.  R.  E.  lx.  acr.  terre,  tunc  vii.  villani 
modo  i.  semper  viii.  bord,  et  ii.  car.  ho- 
minum,  et  vi.  acr.  prati,  de  hoc  prato 
calumpniatur  Sanctus  Benedictus  (sc. 
de  Holmo)  iiii.acr.  quod  tenuit  T.R.E. 
silva  v.  pore,  et  semper  i.  mol. 

In  eadem  tenuit  Ketel  iiber  homo 
Stigandi  xxx.  acr.  semper  i.  villaiuis, 
et  v.  bord.  tunc  i.  car.  tunc  dim.  car. 
hominum  iiii.  acr.  prati. 

In  eadem  i,  liber  homo  Stigandi 
xxx.  acr.  tunc  i.  car. 

Hec  tria  meneria  tenet  Tovius  pro 
urio,  semper  i.  rune,  tunc  i.  animal 
modo  iii.  tunc  iii.  pore.  m°  xxv.  et  i. 
vas  apum.  et  v. liberi  homines  commend, 
et  sjca  falde  T.  R.  E.  xxv.  acr.  semper 
i.  car.  semper  valuit  iiii.  libr.  et  xvii.d. 
et  i.  ecclesia  et  dimid.  xxiii.  acr.  et 
Stokes  habet  i.  leug.  in  longo.  et  iiii. 
quar.  in  lato,  et  xi.  den.  de  gelto. 


STOKE.  521 

both  which  have  been,  and  still  continue,  joined  to  this  manor  of 
Blackuorth. 

In  1229,  Robert  de  Curzun  granted  it  to  Simon  de  Whalefield, 
and  in  1267,  Reginald  de  la  Wade  and  Alice  his  wife  conveyed  it  to 
Adam  Abbot  of  St.  Bennet  at  the  Holm ;  when  it  contained  a  capital 
messuage,  a  carucate  of  land,  and  13s.  Ad.  annual  rent,  in  Stoke  and 
Greynesvill,  on  condition  the  Abbot  should  find  Reginald,  during  his 
life,  2  robes  or  30  shillings  sterling,  one  at  Christmas,  the  other  at 
Easter,  and  every  week  14  loaves,  and  8  flaggons  of  ale,  such  as  the 
monks  drank  ;  and  to  Alice,  if  she  outlived  Reginald,  7  like  loaves  and 
9  flaggons  of  ale  ;  and  thus  this  manor  became  joined  to 


THE  MANOR  OF  GREENESVILL,  or  GRANGVILLES 
ROCKELLS, 

Which  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Holm,  and  contained  that  part  of 
Greenesvill  hamlet  which  laid  in  Stoke;  this  manor  was  confirmed 
to  St.  Benet's,  by  several  kings  and  popes,  but  Abbot  Conrade,  who 
lived  in  Henry  the  First's  time,  granted  to  William  Curzun  the 
land  of  Greingville  in  fee,  who  thereupon  sware  fealty  to  the  church, 
and  to  pay  60  selli  of  wheat  ;5  and  he  also  gave  two  parts  of  the 
tithes  of  his  land  at  Blackworth,  and  at  Fridestone  or  Freton  to  that 
monastery,  and  William  his  successour  confirmed  it;  and  Daniel 
Abbot  of  Holm  granted  it  in  fee  to  Robert  Picot  and  Beatrice  his 
wife,  for  the  same  rent ;  but  Ralf  Curzun,  about  the  time  of  Hen.  II. 
had  it,  and  acknowledged  that  he  held  it  in  fee  of  the  Abbot,  and 
that  if  William  Cursun  of  Wichingham  should  recover  it  against  him, 
he  would  not  sue  the  Abbot  f  he  gave  also  to  the  abbey  2  sheaves  of 
the  tithes  of  his  demeans  here,  which  was  held  by  Sir  Robert  Cursun 
in  1239.  This  Robert,  in  1218,  sold  half  the  manor  to  Richard 
de  Rupella,  or  Rokele,  viz.  half  a  carucate  of  land,  &c.  contain- 
ing an  hudred  acres,  to  be  held  by  him  and  his  heirs  of  the  said  Robert 
and  his  heirs,  by  the  yearly  rent  of  30  combs  of  wheat,  and  the  sale 
was  inrolled  before  the  itinerant  justices  in  Eire  at  Norwich,  the 
Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of  St.  Agatha,  among  whom  were  Ralph 
Germyn,  Walter  de  Verdon,  Richard  de  Seinges,  and  John  de  Worth- 
stede,  and  others;  and  Sir  Richard,  at  the  same  time,  released  to  the 
Abbot  of  Holm  all  his  right  in  two  sheaves  of  the  tithe  corn  of  the  de- 
means of  this  manor,  the  Abbot,  as  chief  lord  of  the  fee,  consenting 
to  the  alienation.  Soon  after  this,  Sir  Richard  granted  it  to  Reginald 
de  Karevilla,  or  Carvill,  in  marriage  with  his  daughter  Alice,  and  they 
afterwards  conveyed  it  again  to  the  Abbot  oi'Sl. Bennet,  who  settled  it 
on  Sir  Wit.  de  la  Rokele,  Knt.  whose  son,  Sir  Rich,  de  la  Rokele,  Knt. 
in  1296,  had  license  of  King  Edw.  I.  to  exchange  this  manor  for  that 
of  Woodhall  in  Sandringham,  which  was  accordingly  done,  and  the 
Abbot  released  his  right  to  Rokele  in  his  possessions  in  Appleton,  San- 
dringham, Newton,  andWolfrelou, and  so  theybecameunited  ioRokele't 
manor  in  Appleton.  In  1272  the  other  moiety  was  sold  by  Rob.  Cursun 

5  Quae,  if  not  60  seams  of  wheat.    A        6  Register  of  Holm  Abbey,  fo.  26, 
seam  is  8  bushels.  7,  30,  9,48,  66,  Sec. 

VOL.  V.  3  X 


522  STOKE, 

of  Town  Berningham,  and  Ralf his  son,  to  Sir  Simon  son  of  Richard 
Braunche,  and  it  is  said  to  lie  in  Cruchstoke  and  Castre,  and  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Bennet  confirmed  the  sale,  on  condition  he  was  pail  yearly  30 
combs  of  wheat;  and  if  it  should  happen  that  Sir  Wil.  de  la  Rokele,  Knt. 
should  recover  the  manor  of  Grengevill  in  the  King's  court,  namely, 
that  part  of  it  which  he  had  of  the  gift  of  Reginald  de  la  Wade, 
against  the  said  Abbot,  then  the  said  Simon  need  not  pay  the  corn, 
to  the  said  Sir  William  de  la  Rokele,  as  was  used  to  be  paid  to  Sir 
Robert  de  la  Rokele  his  father. 

In  1279,  Sir  Simon  de  Grinvile,  or  Sir  Simon  Braunch  of  Grinvile, 
died  seized,  and  was  succeeded  by  Peter  Braunche?  who  in  1215  had 
lete  and  view  of  frankpledge  allowed  him  here. 

The  other  part  of  the  town  called, 


STOKE  MANOR, 

Belonged  to  Gilbert  Pecche,  and  after  that,  to  the  Bydun  family,  and 
then  to  the  Bui  gates,  and  Sir  Baldwyn  de  Burgate,  Knt.  lord  of  it, 
and  Rose  his  wife, gave  many  lands  hereto  St.  Bennet's  abbey  ;  and  in 
1272,  John  de  Tyveteshall  held  it  of  Giles  de  Wachesham,  of  the  manor 
of  Thvriton  in  Suffolk,  which  was  then  owned  by  Giles  son  of  the 
said  Giles,  at  a  quarter  of  a  fee;  in  1285,  William  de  Montchensy 
was  lord,  and  he  and  his  tenants  were  summoned  to  do  their  suit  to 
the  King's  hundred  of  Hensttd,  though  he  had  a  lete  to  his  own 
manor. 

This  year  all  these  manors  of  Stoke  and  Grenesvill  united, 
and  Andrew  de  Hengham  conveyed  them  to  Henry  de  ISorzdch  and 
Catherine  his  wife,  and  in  1297,  the  Abbot  of  Holm  let  all  his 
revenues  here  for  life,  to  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich,  with  the  free- 
chapel,  by  the  site  of  this  manor  of  Greenesvil,  with  chapel-land 
and  chapel-acre,  with  the  wood,  and  56  acres  of  demeans  joining  to 
the  site. 

In  1301  there  was  an  extent  made  of  this  manor,  for  Sir  Walter 
de  Norwich,  then  lord;3  by  which  it  appears,  that  the  Prior  of 
Hickling  had  20  acres  of  land,  and  paid  to  the  lord  2s.  (id.  and  4 
mine9  of  wheat ;  and  the  Abbot  of  St.  Bennet  held  53  acres  of  land, 
and  the  rents  were  35s.  lOd.  besides  the  corn-rents,  which  were  g 
quarters  and  an  half  and  2  fifth  parts  of  a  bushel. 

In  1302,  King  Edward  I.  granted  to  Sir  John  de  Norwich, 
Knt.  and  his  heirs,  free-icarren  in  all  his  demeans,  in  Cruchestoke, 
Howe,  Shotesham,  Poringland,  Sculthorp,  Lyng  and  Great  Massing- 
ham  in  Norfolk,  Bromjield,  Walpol,  Me/les,  Wenhaston,  Thorington, 
Shipmeduwe,  Metyngham,  Ilketeshale,  Redesham,  and  Dalung/io  in 
Suffolk;  and  soon  after  this,  Sir  Walter  purchased  all  he  could  in 
this  neighbourhood ;  for  in  1306,  Sir  Richard  de  Boyland  granted  to 

'  1295,    Catherine,    relict    of    Peter  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich  and  Catherine 

Braunche,  sister  of  Simon,  son  of  John  de  his  wife,  the  relict  of  Peter  Braunche. 

Hedersete,  had  a  manor  here  and  lete,  8  Reg.   Col.  de   Mcttingham,   fo.  98. 

and  a  watermill  and  windmill  at  Black-  penes  Thomas  Martin,  Gent, 

worth  ;  and  all  her  estate  was  sold  in  9  Sciendum,  quod  quinque  mine  bus- 

1304  by  Sir  Nicholas  Braunche,  Knt.  to  selli,  faciunt  minam  integram,  et  12  mint 
busselli  faciunt  imum  quartcrium. 


STOKE.  523 

him  and  his  heirs  all  the  lands  and  tenements  belonging  to  his  manor 
of  Hoe,  lying  in  Shotesham,  there  being  25  tenants  and  their  services, 
all  which  he  added  to  this  manor :  the  same  year  Reginald  son  of 
'Nicholas  de  Shotesham  sold  him  all  his  meadows  and  marshes  between 
the  watermill  and  Merkeshall  Bridge,  and  William  son  of  Peter  But 
of  Norwich,  an  estate  in  Black  worth  village,  in  Cruchestoke 
parish,  and  lands  by  Grenesvill  Hill,  in  Grenesvill  Village  in  Cru- 
chestoke aforesaid,  and  land  abutting  on  the  way  called  Yken- 
eldesgate;  in  1308,  Thomas  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Peter  Rosce/ine 
Knt.  granted  to  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich  the  yearly  rent  of  62.  1  Is.  8c/. 
to  be  received  of  his  tenants  in  Poring! 'and- Magna  and  Parva,  Cru- 
chestoke, Shotesham's,  and  other  adjoining  towns,  by  deed  dated  at 
Blackworth  in  Stoke,  and  thus  Roscclines  manor  became  wholly  joined 
to  this,  though  Thomas  Rosceline,  upon  suing  for  it,  was  returned  lord 
of  Rosceline's  manor  in  1315.  In  1322,  St.  Walter  Norwich,  Knt. 
and  Catherine  his  wife,  owned  Blackworth  in  Stoke,  and  the  several 
manors  and  fees  joined  to  it,  and  this  year  the  settlement  of  the 
Norwich's  estate  was  made,  and  by  fine  levied  between  Sir  John  de 
Noridch,  querent,  and  Remigius,  parson  of  Hengham,  and  Walter  de 
Thruston,  parson  of  Sculthorp,  deforciants;  the  manors  of  Scttlt/iorp, 
-Ling,  Howe,  and  Blackworth,  with  the  advowsons  of  Ling,'  Scul- 
thorp* and  Howe,  after  the  decease  of  Katherine  widow  of  Sir  Walter 
de  Norwich,  Knt.  and  of  Joan  widow  of  Alexander  de  Clavering,  were 
all  settled  on  Sir  John  de  Norwich  and  his  heirs  male,  remainder  on 
Thomas  de  Norwich,  with  remainder  to  Roger  brother  of  Thomas.3 

In  1343,  Nicholas  son  and  heir  of  John  de  Suffield,  granted  divers 
lands  to  Sir  John  Norzoich,  Knt.;  and  in  1353  Henry  de  Kenton, 
parson  of  Swanton-Jbbots,  did  the  like;  in  135(i,  King  Edward  III. 
confirmed  to  Sir  John  Norwich,  Knt.  his  charter  of  free-warren  in 
all  his  manors  and  demeans.  In  1372,  Sir  John  settled  this  and  other 
manors  in  trust,  on  Sir  John  Plais,  Sir  Robert  Hozvard,  Sir  Roger 
Boi/s,  Knts.  and  others.  In  1374  this  manor  and  Metingham  castle, 
and  other  manors,  at  the  death  of  Sir  John  Norwich,  junior,  Knt. 
descended  to  Katherine  Brewse  his  cousin  and  heir,  she  being 
daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas,  brother  to  Sir  John  Norwich  the 
elder,  father  of  Sir  Walter,  father  of  the  last  Sir  John,  and  she  settled 
it  on  her  feoffees,  with  her  other  estate,  as  at  p.  138.  This  Catherine, 
in  1378,  took  upon  her  a  religious  habit,  and  became  a  nun  at  Dert- 
ford,  and  Margaret  her  aunt  became  her  heir,  who  first  married  to 
Sir  Thomas  Cuily,  Knt.  and  then  to  Robert  Ufford  Earl  of  Suffolk, 
whose  son,4  William  Ufford  Earl  of  Suffolk,  inherited,  and  was  lord 
of  this  manor,  and  died  in  1381,  and  it  passed  from  the  Suffolk  family 
to  the  Billingfords, and  James  Billingford,  clerk  of  the  crown, 
who  had  an  annuity  of  20//.  per  annum  belonging  to  that  office,  was 
lord  here,  and  of  Stapleford  in  Hertfordshire  in  1388;  and  in  1476, 
one  of  the  same  name  had  it,  with  tlie  manors  of  Over  and  Netherhall 
in  Toft  Monacorum ;  in  1558,  Edmund  Billingford  of  Stuke-holy- 
Cross,  Esq.  was  buried  in  the  chancel,  by  the  tomb  of  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  and  Catherine  his  wife  survived  him,  Thomas  his  son  inherited; 

1  Ling  advowson  Joan  widow  of  Alex-  widow  of  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich  held 
under  Le  Clavering  held  tor  life.  during  lite. 

1  SCULTHORP    advowson,    Katherine         3  K-egr.  of  Metingham  College,  fo.82,  6. 
*  See  Vincent  against  Brook,  to.  497. 


524  STOKE. 

he  had  a  daughter  married  to  George  Sheffield,  a  brother  named 
Richard,  John  Appleyard  ef  Dunston,  and  Thomas  Gresham,  being 
his  cousins;  in  1571  his  son  Thomas  was  lord,  and  married  June 
daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  Jenny  of  Knodeshall  in  Suffolk,  and  was 
succeeded  by  Edmund  Billingford,  who  married  Elizabeth  Felton,  a 
coheiress,  and  had  Thomas,  who  first  married  Mrs.  Harman,  and 
then  Mrs.  Brozcn;^  in  1610,  Thomas  Billingford  settled  Btackuorth 
manor,  and  Roscelines,  8cc.  on  Samuel  Style  and  Edmund  Purdue, 
who  held  it  with  Stoke  manor,  then  called  old  Hallsted  manor,  of  the 
manor  of  Forncet,  at  4d.  per  annum  for  castlezsard  or  foreuateh,  and 
the  said  manor  was  further  held  of  Barningham  manor,  by  a  pound  of 
pepper  yearly ;  and  soon  after  Edwakd  IJoyly,  Esq.  purchased  the 
manor  of  Blackworth-hall,  with  the  members  belonging  to  it,  viz. 
the  manors  of  Stoke-ho/y-Cross,  or  Old-halhtede,  Roscelines,  Rocke/es, 
and  Grenesvi/les,  or  Grangevilles,  See.  and  it  hath  passed  ever  since, 
as  the  manor  of  Shotesiiam,  which  see  at  p.  507,  8. 

This  manor  hath  lete,  zceyf,  and  stray,  the  lines  are  at  the  lord's 
will,  and  the  woman's  dowry  is  one  moiety. 

The  Prior  of  Norwich  had  large  revenues  here,6  in  lands  and 
rents  of  divers  ancient  donations  to  that  monastery,  and  the  advow- 
son  of  the  church  was  given  and  impropriated  very  early,  for  John 
son  of  Oliver  de.  Faux,  lord  here,  acknowledged  by  deed  under  his 
seal,  to  the  Prior  and  convent,  that  he  had  no  right  in  any  part  of 
the  advouson,  on  account  of  any  feofament  made  him  by  John  de 
Wuxtumshum,  his  ancestors  having  long  before  given  the  advowson  to 
the  monastery,  to  which  house  it  had  been  then  long  appropiated. 
Richard  de  Snaringes,1  John  son  of  Sir  John  de  Gatesden,  Knt.  John 
son  of  Sir  John  de  Xerford,  Knt.  and  Lady  Petronel  his  mother,  Wal- 
ter Penning  and  Bertrice  his  wife,  William  Kantian,  Ra/f  son  of  Tho. 
de  Rickingale,  Thomas  de  Nerford  brother  of  John,  and  Agues  his  w  ife, 
who  was  formerly  the  wife  of  John  de  Maut ravers,  and  many  others, 
were  benefactors ;  in  1320  Brother  Ralfde  Hemesly,  Prior  of  St.  Mary 
at  Hickling,  exchanged  lands  with  the  Prior  of  Norwich,  who  was 
taxed  for  all  his  lauds  and  temporal  rents,  at  31s.  9d.  without  those 
of  the  Abbot  of  Holm,  which  were  taxed  separately  at  \3d.  The 
whole  town  and  hamlets  being  charged  to  each  tenth  at  l'2li.  but  had 
a  deduction  of  2//.  13s.  4d.  allowed  on  account  of  the  lands  of  the 
religious  here,  they  being  taxed  by  themselves. 

The  rectory  was  appropriated  to  the  chamberer's,  or  chamber- 
lains office  in  the  priory  of  Norzcich,3  and  had  a  vicarage  presen- 
tative,  and  afterwards  endowed,  but  was  never  taxed,  so  that  it  is  not 
mentioned  in  the  King's  Books;  and  indeed  the  town  itself  is  left 
out  in  Saxton's  map  of  the  county  ;  the  Priors  of  Noncich  always 
presented  to  the  vicarage,  till  the  Dissolution,  and  then  it  was  granted 
to  the  dean  and  chapter,?  who  are  impropriators  and  patrons  of  the 
vicarage  at  this  time;  in  Norwich  Domesday,  the  chamberer,  who 

5  1568,  The  manor  settled  to  her  use  »  See  vol.  iii.  p.  471,  5;  vol.  iv.  p. 
in  trust  on  Xper  Harman.  533. 

6  Called  often  a  manor  or  free  tene-  *   8  Ad  Officium  Camerarij,  Domesd. 
ment.  9  See  vol.  iv.  p.  $$S- 


STOKE.  525 

was  then  impropriator,  had  a  house  and  24  acres  of  land  ;  in  the  Revi- 
sion it  is  thus  entered  :  to  the  parsonage  belong  26  acres  of  glebe, 
and  the  tithe  corn  only;  to  the  vicarage,  22  acres  of  glebe,  and  all 
other  tithes,  and  the  spirituals  of  the  Prior  of  Norwich  were  valued 
at  16  marks,  and  the  temporals  of  the  Abbot  of  Langley,  at  4s.  id.  It 
formerly  paid  2s.  synodals,  but  no  procurations  to  the  archdeacon,  it 
being  one  of  the  peculiars  belonging  to  the  di.an  and  chapter; 
though  now  it  seems  otherwise,  fur  in  the  Revision  of  the  Archdea- 
conry of  Norfolk,  in  1630,  it  is  thus  entered, 

Stoke-Holy-Cross  vicarage;  Elizabeth  Burman,  widow,  is 
patroness  and  proprietary  (by  lease,  I  suppose,  from  the  dean  and 
chapter,)  Oliver  Harrison,  clerk,  who  also  holds  Shotesham  by  a  per- 
sonal union,  is  vicar.  The  vicarage  is  valued  at  bli.  pays  10s.  tenths, 
and  15d.  procurations  at  the  Bishop's  visitation,  2s.  synodals,  and  6s. 
Bd.  archdeacon's  procurations.  But  notwithstanding  this,  I  do  not 
ever  find  the  vicarage  to  have  been  in  the  King's  Books,  and  instead 
of  five  pounds  it  was  never  estimated  before  the  Reformation  at  but  5 
marks,  and  not  at  all,  that  I  can  find  since  ;  but  being  not  mentioned 
in  the  Valor,  it  is  capable  of  augmention,  if  sworn  to  be  under  50l.per 
annum  clear;  but  it  appearing,  by  Mr.  Eeton's  last  Valor,  published  in 
1742,  not  to  be  certified  as  yet ;  till  that  be  done,  it  is  incapable  of  that 
advantage. 

In  1550  the  dean  and  chapter  paid  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  6s. 
8d.  per  annum  for  a  parcel  of  tithes  in  this  town  lately  belonging  to 
the  sacrist  of  Holm  abbey.  There  was  a  gild  held  in  this  church,  in 
honour  of  the  holy-cross. 

In  1342,  Sir  John  Atte  Cherche  of  Sxet/nestorp  was  vicar;  in  1349, 
Thomas  Curttys ;  1372,  John  Hacoun,  &c. 

William  Miller,  vicar  in  1597,  Christopher  Allen,  who  returned  60 
communicants  in  1603,  wras  buried  in  1606.  John  Alden  buried  in 
160<),  Oliver  Harrison  buried  1658,  William  Smith,  vicar,  1693. 

On  the  outside  of  die  south  wall  of  the  church  is  a  mural  monu- 
ment with  this, 

Memorise  Sacrum  Thomje  Havers  Clerici,'  qui  Theologia, 
Medicina  Chirurgia,  et  Lythotomia,  doctus  fuit,  et  expertus: 
Erga  Deum,  Pius,  Erga  Homines,  Justus ;  Pauperibus  et  iEgrotis 
semper  Amicus,  obiit  27°  Die  Junij  A0  Domini  17 19.  iEtatis 
Suae  u'O. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Curby,  the  present  vicar,  holds  it  united  to 

Trowse. 

The  church  stands  on  a  very  great  eminence;  the  west  part  of  the 
nave  (which  is  53  feet  long)  is  tiled  and  the  east  part  leaded ;  the 
chancel  is  tiled,  and  is  23  feet  long,  and  20  feet  broad,  as  is  the  nave  ; 

*  This  person  was  a  man  of  great  cha-    racter,  and  practice  in  pliysick,  as  well  as 
of  good  repute  as  a  divine. 


526  STOKE. 

it  hath  a  south  porch  tiled,  but  no  isles;  the  steeple  is  square,  about 
50  feet  high,  and  hath  three  hells.  The  arms  of  Calthorp  impaliDg 
Astley  were  in  the  windows,  but  are  now  gone. 

"Within  the  altar  rails,  lie  Dorothy  2d  daughter  of  John  Burman, 
Gen.  and  Catherine  his  wife,  born  in  1649,  buried  in  1653,  and  also 
John  son  of  John  Johnson,  Gent,  and  Mary  his  wife  ob.  l6si. 
Matthias  their  son  1677. 

In  the  Womb,  of  this  Tomb,  Twins,  in  Expectation  lay, 
To  be  born,  in  the  Morn',  of  the  Resurrection  Day. 

Here  lieth  Catherine  Burman  born  Oct.  12,  1G52,  and  died  Nov.  I, 
1656.  Here  lieth  William  Burman  born  March  1655,  died  Oct.  3, 
1662,  both  descended  of  John  Burman  Esq;  and  Catherine  his  Wife. 

In  the  chancel. 

John  Pearse  Gent.  1638. 

Legard  arg.  on  a  bend  between  six  mullets  gul.  a  cross  pateeo/-. 

Robert  Legard  died  March  19,  1715,  Aged  57. 

Mors,  vitac  Finis  est,  et  Initium,  ergo  Memento  Mori;  Fa- 
niilie  Legardorum  in  Norfolcia.1  Ultimus. 

Legard,  impales  Crabb,  sab,  a  chevron  arg.  between  three 
crabs  or  wild  apples  proper. 

Mary  "Wife  of  Robert  Legard  Gent.  ob.  Dec.  6,  17 14,  Aged 
49.     She  was  Daughter  to  William  Crabb  M.  D.  of  Norwich. 
Hodie  mihi,  Cras  tibi. 

Mary  Wife  of  John  Buckenham  of  Thorp  Daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mary  Legard  Oct.  18, 171  J.  21.  Anne  their  Daughter  ob.  1711-  15. 
Jenny  their  Daughter  1696.  iEt.  1.  Year  and  4  Months.  Frances 
their  Daughter  1708,  Aged  3  Years  and  9  Months. 

vt  nos,  sic  TU. 
On  a  brass  by  the  font, 

<©rate  pro  3nima  fiobcrti  JHcfcc ,  qui  obiit  rjcn0  «?ie  J^orjcmbriiS 
3nno  <Dommi  iJV.  W.  yymi0.  cuiu£  anime  proptcictur  %tws. 

It  appears  by  Stoke  Register  that  man}'  good  families,  have  inha- 
bited here.  1533,  John  Curson  and  Anne  Aylson  married.  1547, 
George  Sheffield  and  Margaret  Billingford.  1549,  Edmund  son  of 
Tho.  Billingford  buried.  A  great  number  of  this  ancient  family  are 
to  be  found  here,  many  children  born,  of  Thomas  Billingford,  Esq. 
and  Dorothy  his  wife.  1576,  Roger  Gray,  Gent,  and  Margaret  Bil- 
lingford married.  1584,  Thomas  Holl,  Gent,  and  Mary  Billingford. 
1589,  Thomas  Billingford  the  elder,  Esq.  buried.  Many  of  the  Crowes 
and  Flowerdewes  are  mentioned.  1606,  John  Alden,  vicar,  and  AncilJa 
Love,  Gent,  married.     Many  of  the  Gooches,  Stanows,  and  Wards, 

*  The  Leg  ards  are  anciently  of  Leicestershire, 


STOKE.  527 

occur  here.  1(512,  Catherine,  widow  of  Thomas  Billingford,  senior, 
buried.  1612, Thomas  Billingford,  Esq.  buried.  1627, Thomas  Talbot, 
LL.  D.  and  Dame  Susan  Doyly,  married.  Many  of  the  Harrisons, 
Scriveners,  Stiles,  Armigers,  Burmans,  &c.  1639,  John  Robinson, 
A.  B.  buried.     Abraham  Caught,  1727.  iEt.  42,  &c. 

Part  of  this  hundred  is  enclosed,  and  part  unenclosed  ;  the  soil  is 
inclining  to  be  light,  and  the  greatest  part  of  it  is  but  middling,  and 
■was  it  not  for  the  convenience  of  being  improved,  by  muck  so  easily 
brought  from  the  city  of  Norwich,  it  would  be  but  mean  land. 


INDEX 

OF 

HUNDREDS  AND  PARISHES 

IN  VOL.  V. 


HUNDREDS. 


Humble-yard, 
Depewade, 
Earsham, 
Henstede,    - 


page  1  to  122. 

-  123  to  312. 

-  313  to  416. 

-  417  ad  fin. 


parish; 
Aldeburgh, 
Algar's  Thorp, 
Amering-lmll,    - 
Ashwell  Thorp, 
Aslacton, 

Billingford, 
Bixley,  - 
Braconash, 
Bramerton, 
Brockdish, 
Bunwell,  - 

Cantelose, 
Carleton, 
Carleton  Rode, 
Castor, 
Colney,     - 
Cringleford, 

Denton,  - 
Dunston 

Earsham, 

Flordon, 
Forncet, 
Framlingham,  East, 


HUNDRED. 

>AGE. 

Earsham 

351 

Humble-yard 

22 

Henstede 

418 

Depewade 

141 

Depewade 

177 

Earsham 

318 

Henstede 

447 

Humble-yard 

83 

Henstede 

470 

Earsham 

327 

Depewade 

131 

Humble-yard 

32 

Humble-yard 

98 

Depewade 

125 

Henstede 

422 

Humble-yard 

2 

Humble-yard 

33 

Earsham 

405 

Humble-yard 

54 

Earsham 

315 

Humble-yard 

70 

Depewade 

223 

Henstede 

431 

3  Y 


NDEX. 


PARISH. 

Framlingham-Picot, 
Fritton,     :    - 
Fundenhall, 

Hapton, 
Hard  wick, 

Harleston, 

Hemenhale, 

Hetherset, 

Hethill, 

Holveston, 

Intvvoocl/     ,  1  - 

Keningham, 
Keswick, 
Ketteringham, 
Kirby-Bedon, 

Melton-Magna, 

Parva, 

Mendham, 
Merkeshall, 
Metfield, 
Moulton-Magna, 

Parva, 

Mourningthorp, 
Mulberton, 

Nedham, 
Nelonde, 
Newton, 
Newton  Flotman, 

Poringland-Magna, 

■ Parva, 

Pulliam, 

Redenhall, 
Rockland, 
Rushall, 

Saxlingham,  Nether, 

Thorp, 

Shelton, 

Shotesham, 

Shotford, 

Starston, 

Stoke-Holy-Cross, 

Stvatton, 

Surlingham, 

Swainsthorp, 

Swerdeston. 


HUNDRED. 

PAGE 

Henstede 

435 

Depewade 

309 

Depewade 

171 

Depewade 

175 

Depewade 

218 

Earsham 

355 

Depewade 

181 

Humble-yard 

23 

Humble-yard 

104 

Henstede 

487 

Humble-yard 

39 

Humble-yard 

74 

Humble-yard 

43 

Humble-yard 

89 

Henstede 

474 

Humble-yard 

12 

Humble-yard 

7 

Earsham 

372 

Humble-yard 

46 

Earsham 

385 

Depewade 

204 

Depewade 

208 

Depewade 

285 

Humble-yard 

75 

Earsham 

372 

Humble-yard 

116 

Henstede 

458 

Humble-yard 

63 

Henstede 

438 

Henstede 

444 

Earsham 

387 

Earsham 

358 

Henstede 

483 

Earsham 

339 

Henstede 

495 

Henstede 

497 

Depewade 

263 

Henstede 

503 

Earsham 

376 

Earsham 

344 

Henstede 

519 

Depewade     - 

187 

Henstede 

462 

Humble-yard 

58 

Humble-yard 

49 

INDEX. 


Tacolneston, 

Tasebargh, 

Tibenham, 

Tharston, 

Thickthorn, 

Thorp-Abbots, 

Tiowse, 

Wacton-Parva, 

Magna, 

Wicklingham, 
Wreningham-Magni 
■ Paiva, 

Yelverton, 


HUNDREI 

Depewade 

Depewade 

Depewade     - 

Depewade 

Humble-yard 

Earsham 

Henstede 

Depewade 

Depewade 

Henstede 

Humble-yard 

Humble-yard 

Henstede 


PAGE. 

164 

a  10 

275 
303 
32 
324 
458 

295 
298 
455 
117 
115 


END  OF  VOL.  V.