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MANORS OF SUFFOLK.

L OTH IN GL A N D H U N DR ED .

the civ il government of the county this has been accountedbut a Half-hundred

,the other half being the district of Mutford ,

with which it was,in 1764 , incorporated as one Hundred by

Act of Parliament,for erecting a House of Industry and

ame liorating the condit ion of the poor . In the ecclesiasticaldivis ion it is within the diocese of Norwich

,and was anciently

one of the rural deaneries under the Archdeacon of Suffolkuntil the office of rural dean was abolished .

I t is a narrow tract of land at the north-eastem extremity of the county,

having the German Ocean for its boundary on the east,the Riv er Yare on

the north,the Wav eney on the west

,and Lake Lothing

,an extensiv e sheet

of water,upon the south

,from which the Hundred deriv es its name .

I t was formerly an island,the Riv er Waveney discharging itself into

the ocean between Kirkley and Lowestoft at a small inlet or bay known asKirk ley Ham ,

from which it was navigable to a considerable distance beyondHarleston . The passage of the hav en

,howev er

,gradually contracted ,

butpreserved a small communication with the sea

,which prov ed extremely

trou lesome whenever there was any unusual agitation . To prev ent inundation in tempestuous weather a breakwater was constituted

,but subse

quently fell into decay , for in the early part of the 17th century the seaentirely withdrew from the mouth of the riv er

,and a firm and narrow

isthmus was formed,which is able to resist the most impetuous attacks from

the ocean . Lothingland , instead of an island , has now become a peninsula .

Amongst the State Papers of the t ime of Queen Elizabeth' is a Survey of

Loth ingland made in 1 574 . I t deals with the men residing on the island,armour and weapon

,fert ility of the soil

,traitors

,and the gov ernment of the

is land .

’The material portion of the Survey

,as giv en in a recent publication ,

’

is as follows

The island is in circuit between 29 and 30 miles it containethparishes i t is environed near 20 mil es towards the land with a great riv erand other fresh waters

,which be in some places about e ight score yards ov er

and some places more and some places less . And in the wide waters thedepth of some places four fadome

,most of two or three fadome

,some places

are sholder,but the straightest and the sholdest places being nav igable for

lighters of great burden . Other places thereof is env ironed with Yermoth eHav en which ebbeth and floweth and meeteth with the said fresh watersand is in some place a mile broad and in some places deeper and in other somesholder

,but navigable as aforesaid . Where it is most sholder and where the

‘Vol . 171 , No. 63 .

3 Proceed ings of Su ffol k Institute , vol .’In the same volume is a plan of the x i . p . 314.

island , with sketches of its churches ,mansions. 8m.

THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK .

waters be sholdest I t is cornpassed with Marshes of great breadth onboth sidesthe Ryvers . And the main sea env ironeth the said island about six milesand meeteth with the said waters at the one end of the Island and meeteththem at the other end wi th a flighte-shoote where the ground i s veric low andwas an hav ens mouth sometimes . And may as it seemeth in a short spacebe cut through again without any great charge , and the passages in to andout of the Island are v ery easy to be kept . And so the island seemeth to bevery great detence for itsel f, both against the Sea and by land for none cancome to it from the sea in the night t ime neither in the day t ime withoutsufierance of the Island if it be planted for defence as it was in King Henrythe eight h is daies

,by reason of the sands in the sea which be as a wall to

the same hav en a road for ships within .

The means for outward defence in the j udgement of the wiser sort tohave their places of defence reduced to their ancient strength even such aswere in Her Maj esty

’s fathers days provided to be contynued (v idelt) the threeold Bulwarks to be reared of new at the charge of the Island and countryadj acent . The blockhouse being now eaten up of the sea

,whi ch was so

planted as yt did beate the South and North Roade , to be built of new and

so planted as it may serve most to avoid, and then the Bulwarks and Blockhouses being stored with a convenient proportion of ordanance cannot (inour poor j udgement) but make a strong resi stance against all at tempts ofinv asion of sea which ordanances we are humble suitors for the Island untoall your good lordships that you will he means for them unto Her Maj es tythat they may be once furnished of . And they be bound for ever after tomaintain them at their own and the country’s charge because the old are v eriefew and utterly unserviceable .

The soil IS in many places a rich,strong loam

,on a substratum of clay

,

but a li ght fert ile sand prevails along the eastern side and near Lake Lothing,wi th an occasional mixture of clay and brick earth in many parts

,wet

,and

full of springs . In the vale of the Wav eney is a broad tract of rich marshes .The length of the Hundred fi om north to south i s 8 miles

,its breadth from

east to west 5 miles , making a circumference of 2 1 miles .

I t contains 1 6 parishes and 32 manors .

Par ishes . Manors . Parishes . Manors.

AShby.

FlixtonBelton or GaptonHall .

Belton Blundeston Hall . Fri tton .

Gunv ille’s al . Blun

ston Gunv ile’s .

Bradwell . GorlestonBradwell Hall .

Bradwell Caxton Hal l . GuntonB rowston Hal l .Hobland Hall .

Burgh Castle Burgh Castle .Herringfleet

Corton .CortonNewton . Hopton

Flixton .

Lawneys .

Fri tton al . FrittonPaston

’s.

Cal decot Hal l .Gorleston .

Bacon’s .Spittings .

Gunton .

Herringfleet l a t ePriory .

Loudh am and Titsall’s Herringfleet.

Hopton .

LOTH INGLAND.s,

Manors . Pari sh es . Manors .

Loth ingland .

East Leet,West

Leet,North Leet

,

South Leet . Oulton .

Lound .

Stalham’s in Lound .

Lowestoft .Ak ethorp . Somerleyton

Lothingland

Lound

Lowestoft

The fee of the Hundred cont inued in the Crown as a Royal demesnefrom the Conquest to the re ign of Hen . I I I . By this monarch it was grantedin 1 228 to John Baliol

,who had married Devorgu il la,

one of the cohe irsof J ohn Scott

,Ear l of Chester and Huntingdon , and on his death in 1 259

passed to John Baliol,King of Scotland ; but upon his renouncing his

homage to the Crown of England,this and all his English estates became

forfeited to the Crown . By Edw. I . the fee of the Hundred was granted in1 306 to John de Dreux ,

Earl of Ri chmond,his sister

’s son. John de Dreux

,

nephew and he ir of the former Earl,died in 1 341 , in possession of it and in

1 376 i t appears to have been held by the Earl of Surrey . I t next passedinto the hands of Michael de la Pole

,Earl of Suffolk

,whose descendant ,

Edmund de la Pole,lost it by attainder for h igh treason in the reign of

Hen . VI I I .,when it was granted by that monarch to Edmund Jernegan

and Mary his wife,and subsequently passed through the Al l in al . Anguish

and Peto families to its present possessors,the t rustees of the late Richard

Henry Reeve,of Lowestoft .

Oulton or OultonHigh House .

Fastol fs,

F a s t o l fHall

,Oulton Hall

0 r T e n e m e n tRolfe’s

,Hough

ton Hall .Somerleyton .


ASHB Y MANOR .

or Haskeby lies near the centre of the Island of Lothingland

,and contains acres . I t is not mentioned by

name in the Domesday Survey. In 1 269 Sir John de Askbyor Ashby

,son of Geoffrey de St . Sano

,held the lordship

,

and was succeeded by his son J effrey. About 1 280 we finda grant by Robert de Ingelose , in which he is described asLord of Ashby .

‘ That the Ashbys and Inge loses who camefrom Loddon Inglose ,

in Norfolk,were related is shown from a charter in

the Bodl eian of about this same date (1 280 ) by which Geoffrey , son of Johnde Askeby,

grants to John de Ingelose , h is nephew,lands and a mil l in Ashby .

’

In 1 3 1 2 J ohn de Ingelose presented to the church . He was succeededby Sir Robert de Inglose ,

Knt.,who was liv ing in 1 337, but died before 1 363 ,

for that year we meet with a grant by Joan described as his relict . Hecould not therefore hav e been , as supposed by Suckl ing, that Robert Englisseor Inglosse mentioned by Weever as buried in Lowestoft chur ch in 1 365 .

Sir Robert de Ingelose was succeeded by John de Inglose living in 1 346

who died in 1 368 ,when Sir Henry de Inglose ,

Kut.,became lord . He died

before 1 394 ,and was followed by h is widow Anne , who died that year ,

5 andwas succeeded by Sir Henry Inglose ,

6 Knt. Sir Henry served in the warsof France ,

and in 1 40 2 ,be ing then an esquire only,

preferred a libel in theCourt of the Earl Marshal against Sir John Tiptoft, who had retained himwith 1 6 lances

,sev eral archers

,&c.

,and refus ed to pay him ,

and so he,the

said Henry,declared that he was ready by the help of God and Saint

George to prov e against the said Sir John body to body,as the law and

custom of arms required on that behalf .”

In 1 42 1 he was taken prisoner at the bat tle of Baugé le Vieil , in France ,where the Duke of Clarence was slain

,and in 1 427he being proxy for Sir

J ohn Fastolf was installed a Knight of the Garter for him .

Sir Henry Inglose married Anne , daughter and heir of Robert Gyney,

of Haverland,in Norfolk

,by Margaret h is wife

,daughter and heir of J ohn

Fastolf . He made his will dated 20 th June,1 45 1 , the year in wh ich he died .

He desired to be buried in the presbytery of Horsham priory by Anne hiswife

,and gives to the priory of Mountjoy in Hav erland 40 5 . to the vicar of

Haverland for ti thes forgot ten 26s . 8d . to the repair of St . Martin’s churchby the palace in Norwich 20 3 to Sir J ohn Colvyle and Anne hi s wife a legacy,

(she was testator’s daughter) toAnne

,daughter of EdwardWich ingham ,

onher marri age £1 0 to Henry Inglose his eldest son thi s Manor of Ashby to

Robert his 2md son other manors in Norfolk to his daughter MargaretB eau fre a legacy and ordered his lordships of Gunton and Hopton to be soldby his executors

,Edward Wichingham ,

Robert Inglose , and J ohnParham

,clerk

,to pay his debts . Robert Inglose , however, seems to have

‘ Bodt. Su ff . Ch . 686. position wi th the inscription be’Bodl . Sufi . Ch . 6777. neath ; th e brasses we re all moved3Weever says one Robert Englise or from the matri ces except a small

Inglosse esq uyer who died in 1 365 one , upon which were inscribed thewas buri ed in Lowestoft chu rch , initials of Robert Inglosse .

and Gillingwater mentions that the ‘ Bodl . Sufi . Ch . 706.

graves tone of this person, which was 18 Rich . I I . 25.

in the middle ais le of Lowes toft 6 Suck ling confuses these two Henry Ing~church , formerlycontained the effigy loses.of a man standing in a praying

ASHBY MANOR. 5

acquired this Manor of Ashby,for we find he presented to the church in

1 458 . Amongst the Suffolk Charters in the Bodleian we find a grant byJohn Bemey,

sen .,William Paston

,and others

,no doubt trustees

,to Robert

Inglose of the manor with the advowson of the church in and a grantby Robert Inglelose of th e same to John Yatys in and a demiseof the manor for sev en years by Elinor J enny to Pe ter Nal bys t. Hen. VI I I .

3

Robert Inglose left a daughter Constantia , who married Richard B lundev ileor B lomev ile

,and to them the manor passed . In 1 5 1 4 they sold it to

Edward Jernegan or J erningham,and a fine of the manor was accordingly

levied be tween Edward Jerningham,Sir Thomas Wyndham ,

Knt.

,Thomas

B rewys, and John Scott complainants , and the said Ralph B lomvyle andConstan tia h is wi fe deforciants .

‘ The fine included the Manor of Ashby,

and 1 messuage, 40 acres of land , 6 of meadow

,6 of pasture

, 40 of briery,

and 85 . rent in Ashby,and also the advowson of the church . Edward

Jerningham the purchas er died in when the manor passed to his sonand he ir

,Sir John Jem ingham .

Amongst the Sufiolk Charters in the Bodl e ian is an acknowledgmentby SirWill iam K ingeston and Mary his wife

6 that John Jernegan and others .in 1 534 , were the owners of the manor .

’ Sir John Jernegan died in 1 558 , and

was succeeded by his grandson,John Jernegan,

of Somerleyton,the son of

his eldest son,George Jernegan and Ela his wife

, 3rd daughter of Sir HenrySpelman

,of Narborough

,co . Norfolk

,Knt.

The se ttlement made on the marriage of George Jernegan and ElaSpelman in 1 533 included lands in Ashby,

‘ and the conv eyance the nextyear made pursuant to the agreement for settlement included the manor

,

which was granted by John Jernegan to Sir Thomas B edyngfield ,Knt.

,and

others as t rustees .’

In 1 575 this Sir John Jernegan,eldest son of George Jernegan,

demisedfish house in Ashby and two ponds , lying on the east part of the houseand the whord

,call ed the old whord

,belonging to the Manor of Ashby,

and

all those sev eral waters lying in Ashby and called Fritton Fen ; and twoyears later demised to one Godfrey all that his fowling

,l iberty,

and royaltyof fowling upon the water of Ashby

,and upon the common of the house of

Ashby,rendering 1 0 0 couple of teals

,and two couple of mallards yearly.

In the following year he demised certain premises in Ashby,excepting hun

ting,hawking

,fishing

,fowling

,and al l other royalt ies .

In 1 582 we meet with a fine of the manor levied by Edmund B edingfieldand others against the said J ohn Jernegan . Sir John Jernegan,

who

marri ed the Hon . Catherine Brooke,daughter of Lord Cobham

,left issue

four daughters and coheirs,

v iz . ( 1 ) Elizabeth (2) Catheri ne , whomarried Weymond Carew

,of N efold 3) Frances , who married I st Sir

Thomas Bedingfield ,of Bedingfield and xburgh ,

Knt.,by whom she had

two sons,and afterwards her cousin Henry Jernin ham ,

of Costesy ; (4)Margaret

,the wi fe of Thomas Forth

,of Butley . ir John Jernegan died

in 1 587, and the manor apparent ly passed to his daughter Frances and her

’Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 738 .

° She had been the widow of Sir Johnz

Bocll . Sufi. Ch . 753. Jernegan’s father.

3Bod ] . Sufi. Ch . 789.7Bod l . Sufi. Ch . 773 ; Fine , Trin. 26 Hen.

‘ Fine , Easte r, 6 Hen. VIII . VIII .SSee Horham Jernegan Manor , in Hom e

° Bodi . Sufi. Ch . 772.

Hundred .9 Bodi . Sufi. Ch . 774 .

Fine, Hil . 24 Eliz.

6 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK .

second husband , Henry Jerningham , who sold the manor to John Wentworth the same year .

’

This purchase included not only the Manor of Ashby,but al so the

Manors of Corton and Newton , with the appurtenances , consist ing of 4messuages

, 3 gardens , 50 acres of land, 20 of meadow , 40 of pasture , 1 0 ofwood

,20 0 of furze and heath , 1 0 of marsh

,1 0 of alder

, 40 3 . rent,and free

foldage in Ashby,Corton , Newton , Oulton,

Lowestoft,and Hopton

,and

also the advowson of the church of Ashby. John Wentworth purchased allthe tenements in the town of Ashby , and enclosed 40 acres on Ashby warrenor common

,and ploughed

,sowed

,and reaped the same . He seems to have

made these purchases with the obj ect of acquiring and exercising the soleprivilege of fishing and fowling in the water in Ashby .

Amongst the Bodl eian Charters is a lease in 1 591 by thi s J ohn Wentworth to Thomazen Cowper of his fish house in Ashby,

h is two ponds inthe east part of the said house

,and also a certain whorde call ed the old

whorde , belonging to the Manor ofAshby ,and the waters in Asheby,

He rringflete

,and Lound for 1 0 years at an annual rent of JohnWentworth

died in 1 61 8—9 ,and his son by Elizabeth Southwell , Sir John Wentworth ,

succeeded but died without issue in 1 65 1 . On the death of his widow Anne,

daughter of Soame,in 1 663 , John Cam eys , son of Elizabeth Wentworth

,

Sir John’s eldest sister by Charles Garney , succeeded . His son ThomasCam eys , by Anne (or Eli zabeth) Rugge , sold the manor in 1 672 to AdmiralSir Thomas Allin

,Bart

,of Lowestoft

,who died in Oct . His I st wi fe

was Alice,daughter of William Whiting

,of Lowestoft

,and his 2nd Elizabeth

,

daughter of Thomas Anguish,of Moulton

,co. Norfolk . By his wil l Sir

Thomas gav e all his manors to his son Thomas and the heirs male of h is body,

and in default to his fr iends,Sir J ohn Rouse

,Henry Bedingfield , and Thomas

Sands in t rust for such persons as his said son should by deed or will appoint ,and in default for his grandchild

,R ichard Anguish

,in tail male

,with remainder

in trust for Edmund Anguish his (testator’s) grandson in tail male , with

remainder in trust for his grandson,Al lin Anguish

,and his heirs . The son

,

Sir Thomas All in,Bart

,sometime MP . for Winwick

,succeeded . He married

in 1 672 Mary,daughter of J ohn Caldwell

,of London

,scrivener

,but died

without issue in October,

when the manor passed to his sister andheir Alice

,the wife of Edmund Anguish

,the elder

,of Moulton

,in Norfolk .

Edmund Angui sh died in 1 699, and his eldest son Richard took the nameof All in

,and was created a baronet 1 4th Dec . 1 699. He marri ed in 1 699

Frances,daughter of Sir Henry Ashurst

,I st Bart . of Waterstock

,co. Oxford

,

and died 1 9th Oct . leav ing two sons,Sir Thomas Allin , Bart ,

whosucceeded him

,and was Sheriff for the county in 1730 , and appointed

serjeant-at-arms to the Treasury in 1733 , but died unmarried 1 1 th Aug .

and the Rev . Ashurst All in,rector of Blundeston-cum-Flixton

,who

on his brother’s death inherited the baronetcy and estate . Sir Ashurst All inwas rector of Blundeston-cum-Flixton

,and married Thomazine , daughter

of Colonel Playters and widow of Norris,of Norfolk

,and died 6th Nov .

having devised his property to his only son , Sir Thomas Allin , whodied 3oth April, 1794, a bachelor, leaving the manor by his will to his cousin

Fine, Mich . 293 0 E liz ., John Wentworth ’Wil l proved 1730v . John Castell and others. ° Cockayne says 1 2th Aug. 1765 (Will’Bod l . Sufi. Ch . 780 . proved 1765)

Will 1 0 th Jul y, 1683. prov ed Oct. 1 685 .

7Will proved March. 17736Admin.

69

1

8

0 th Nov . 1696, and 14th Nov .

1

ASHBY MANOR .

and heir-at-law,Thomas Anguish

,descended from Edmund Angui sh

,2nd

son of Edmund Anguish,of Moulton

,who had married Alice

,daughter of

the I st Sir Thomas All in . Thomas Anguish died unmarried in 1 8 1 0,and

was succeeded by h is brother,the Rev . George Anguish

,prebendary of

Norwich Cathedral and rector of Gisleham ,who died a bache lor 5th J uly,

1 843 , when the family of Angu ish became extinct . The manor passed byhis will to his nephew

,Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne

,son of Francis

Gololph in Osborne , Duke of Leeds , K .G.,by Catherine , his 2md wife, sister

to the Rev . George Anguish,the prev ious possessor . In Augu st

,1 844 , the

manor was sold to Samue l Morton Peto,of the City of London .

In 1 885 Ri chard Henry Reev e was lord, and the manor is now vestedin the t rustees of his will .

There are apparently no Court Roll s extant .

8 THE MANORS OF SUF FOLK .

BELTON .

of the land in Belton was in the Manor of Gapton Hall ,which lay in both Belton and Bradwell

,under the head

Gapton in the Domesday Survey. Wolsey held here2 carucates as a manor . There were 3 vill e ins , 3 bordars ,and 2 ploughteams in demesne and 2 belonging to the men

,

and 2 acres of meadow valued at 60 5 .

In Domesday t imes , though the value remained thesame as in Saxon days

,it is evident the material prosperity of the manor

had declined,for there was a bordar less

,a vi lle in less

,and but 1 ploughteam

belonging to the men . The manor was in William the Conqueror’s handsin whose reign Roger Bigot had the keeping .

’

There were two other small manors here held by the King , one of whichhad been held by a freeman ,

Ul f,wi th 60 acres and 1 bordar

,1 ploughteam ,

half an acre of meadow,1 rouncy , 3 beasts , 6 hogs , and 80 sheep valued at 5s .

,

and the other of which had been he ld by a freeman ,Athelstan

,with 60 acres

,

half a ploughteam ,1 acre of meadow

, 4 beasts , 3 hogs , and 30 sheep , valuedat 43 . There were also two other small holdings here

,one of 40 acres and

1 bordar and 1 ploughteam ,an acre of meadow

,wood sufficient for 3 hogs ,

valued at 4s .,formerly held by a freeman , Spottu lf , and the other of 30

acres,v alued at formerly held by a freeman,

Ulnoth .

’

The only holdings under the head of Belton in Domesday Surv ey , wereamongst the lands of King William in the reign of which Roger B igot hadthe keeping

,and consisted of 1 carucate of land as a hamlet , with 1 villein ,

4 bordars , 1 serf, 1 ploughteam in demesne , and 1 60 sheep . In Saxon timesthere had been 1 ploughteam and 1 rouncy

,but at the time of the Survey

only half a team . The other holding was of three freemen with 90 acres,formerly having 3 ploughteams , but at the time of the Survey 1 only

,valued

at But under the head B rockestuna we recognise B rowston,a hamlet

belonging to the parish of Belton . I t was held as a manor by Ulk etel , afreeman he had 40 acres of land here, with half a ploughteam ,

wood for themaintenance of 1 0 hogs

,a rouncy

,2 beasts

, 7hogs , 30 sheep , and 3 goats ,val ued at 55 . Under him a freeman held 30 acres valued at 25 . In thesame hamlet Broder

,a freeman

,who probably gave his name to the hamlet

of Brotherton,in the adj oining parish of Hopton

,held 60 acres for a manor,

with 2 bordars,a ploughteam in demesne and half a team belonging to the

men,a rouncy,

2 beasts, 7hogs , and 40 sheep , valued at 53 . In the same

place Godwin,a freeman

,continued under the Normans to hold 30 acres

and hal f a ploughteam ,valued at 3s .

,and two freemen here possessed 80

acres,a bordar

,and a ploughteam and a half

,valued at 65 . I t is most

probable,having regard to the quantity of land recorded as lying in this

small hamlet,that the hamlet known as Brotherton

,in Hopton

,was included

in the Survey of B rowston,and the ownership of Broder rather furthers the

idea . The whole of the abov e property was kept in the hands of RogerBigot for the King .

‘

BELTON MANOR OR GAP’I‘ON HALL MANOR .

In the time of Hen . I I . we find the manor granted by that Sov ereign toBaluri de Bosco

,who exchanged it with Osbert de Gladeson and Ralph

Gem un . Ralph Gemun founded the priory of Leighs,in Essex

,about 1 230 ,

'Dom. ii . 284 .’Dom. ii . 2846.’Dom. ii . 284 .‘Dom. ii . 284b.

BELTON . 9

and short ly afterwards this manor seems to have been granted to the prioryby Osbert de Gladeson . I t was returned as the lordship of the priory in1 28 1

,and remained with the priory unt il the Dissolution

,when it passed to

the Crown,and was granted in 1 536 to Richard Cavendi sh . The grant to

Richard Cavendish appears from the State Papers to have been to him intai l male .

‘ Amongst the Additional Charters in the Bri tish Museum is agrant of Gapton Hall Manor in This deed is a counterpart of anindenture whereby Charles Brandon

,Duke of Suffolk

,grants to Richard

Caundish,of Trymeley,

” certain manors in exchange for the Manor ofGapton Hawlle in B redwell (sic) . I t is dated I st March

,29 Hen . VI I I .

Richard Cavendish died in 1 554 ,when the manor passed to his son

and heir,William Cavendish

,and on his death without issue in 1 572 to his

brother,Thomas Cavendish

,

‘ who by indenture dated 1 4th April , 1 591 , madebetween Thomas Cav endish

,described as of Trimley St . Martin

’s,of the

one part,and Humphrey Seekford

,of Ipswich

,and John Wentworth

,of

Somerleyton ,in consideration of conv eyed to the sa id Humphrey

Seekford and John Wentworth in fee the manors of Wenham Combustaal ias Burnt Wenham

,West Burfie ld al ias West Be rgholt

,Derneford al ias

Dimeforde Hall , in Swefiling,Capton al ias Gapton Hall , in Bradwell , which

sometime did belong and appe rtain to the late priory of St . J ohn theEvange l ist

,of Leighes , in the county of Essex , suppressed and dissolved ,

and all and singular messuages,lands

,tenements

,mi lls

,and knights’fees

,

advowsons,gifts

,and patronage of churches

,rectories

,v icarages

,chantries

and chape ls,t ithes

,oblations

,pens ions

,port ions

,court leets

,v iew of fran

pledge,franchises

, &c., thereunto belonging , and all letters patent

,deeds

,

ev idences,court rolls

,

”Sec.

From John Wentworth,the purchaser

,who died in 1 61 8—9 ,

the manorpassed to his son and heir

,Sir John Wentworth

,who died in 1 65 1 , from

which t ime to the present the manor has passed in the same course as theManor of Ashby , in this Hundred , and is now vested in the t rustees of thelate Richard Henry Reeve

,of Lowestoft .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings in the t ime of Queen Elizabethis an action by Roger Gray against Robert London and Anne his wife andanother as to this manor .’

A Manor of Belton seems to have been included in the grant madeby Hugh Fastol f to John Fastolf his brother in 2 R ich . I I . I n the courtbooks the manor is styled Captou Hall wi th Belton

,though in modern

times it has been generally styled Captou Hall only . In the sett lement of1 668 by Thomas C arneys of sundry estates late of Sir John Wentworththe manor is called Gapton in Bradwell , Be lton , &c.

,as if Be lton were a

separate manor,but there is no dist inct manor of that name in the Hundred .

I n an I nclosure Act in 1 80 9 Thomas Anguish is styled Lord of CaptouHall with Belton .

”

MANOR or B LUNDES‘

I‘

ON HALL .

Blundes ton Manor was in the t ime of Hen . I I I . the lordship of Henry deBlundeston . The Hundred Rolls state that he held a gersumary socagehere of the King in chief .“ In 1 28 1 the manor was he ld by Robert deBlundeston and remained in the fami ly unt il 1 368 . In 1 348 we meet with

'S.P . 1 536, p. 385 ‘ See Grimston Hall , TrimleySt. Martin, in

8Add . Ch . 1 0 225. Colneis Hundred .

3Add . Ch . 1 02 25. 5 C.F . 1. 388 .

°H .R . ii. 167.

1 0 THE MANORS OF SUF FOLK .

a conveyance from Osbert , rector of the church of Blundeston , Ol iverde Wysete , to Will iam ,

son of Robert de Blundeston,and the heirs of his

body of the Manor of Blundeston with all the lands and appurtenances inBlundeston

,Oulton

,and Flixton together with the advowson of the church

of the v il lage of Blundeston with the appurtenances , all which were formerlyof Robert de Blundeston

,to hold to the said William and the heirs of his

body lawfu lly begot ten . From Wil liam de Blundeston the manor seems tohave passed to Osbert de Blundeston , and in 1 368 we meet with a fi ne lev iedof the manor and advowson by Wi ll iam ,

Roger and Hugh Fastol f againstthis Robert de Blundeston .

’ The manor afterwards passed to Sir RobertHerling

,who married Joan

,daughter and heir of J ohn de Gonv ile ,

and on his death went to his daughter and heir Anne , married I st SirWilliam Chamberlein

,who died in 1 462 ,

and 2ndly Sir Robert Wingfield ,who died in 1 480 ,

and 3rdly John , Lord Scroope ,of Bolton

,who died in 1 494 .

Amongst the Suffolk Charters in the Bodleian is an indenture dated1 8th May

,6 Hen . VI I . [1 491 ] bywhich (in consideration of amarriage between

J ohn Durhaunte,gent .

,and Elyne , sister of J ohn B ryghtyev e), Dame Anne

Wingefeld , widow ,late wife of Sir Robert Wingefeld , Kut.

,covenants to

make to John Durhaunte a good estate in the Manor of Blundeston,and

John B rygh tyev e cov enants to pay to the said J ohn and Elyne 24 mares .3

I n the middl e of the 1 5th century the manor and advowson passed fromthe Blundeston to the Yarmouth family

,and Henry Yarmouth

,of B lundes

ton,presenting to the church in 1 438 , died in 1 471 , and was succeeded by

his son J ohn,who in succession was foll owed by his son John . This second

J ohn married a Miss Moore,of Essex

,and was living in 1 5 1 6 . On his death

the manor passed to Humphr ey Yarmouth,who married Margare t Gillam

,

and died about when the manor vested in his son and heir,Humphrey

Yarmouth . He married Anne,daughter of J ohn Bacon

,of Hesset t

,and

sold the manor to Wi ll iam Sydnor . The conveyance is still in existence,

and is dated 3oth September, 1 570 . The deed is amongst the BodleianCharters .’

The assurance is of the Manor of Blundeston cum pertinentibus andall other the manor

,&c.

,of Humphrey Yarmouth

,in Blundeston

,Corton

,

Lound, Somerleyton , Flixton , Lowestoft , and Gunton or elsewhere . Themanor, &c.

, and the messuages were found to be holden of Sir J ohn Heven1ngham of his Manor of South Leet in socage . William Sydnor, the purchaser, married B ridget, one of the daughters of J ohn Jernegan,

of Bel ton,

and by deed dated 1 9th April , 1 571 , granted the manor to Walter Jerneganand John Jenney, no doubt by way of settlement

,

“ for by another deed6th Oct . 1 584, in consideration of a j ointure to Elizabeth, late wife of HenrySydnor, his son and heir apparent he enfeoffed J ohn Read and others andtheir heirs of a house called Gillam s and 90 acres of land in Blundeston andFhxton a meadow of 1 2 acres in Flixton

,a marsh called Wrenthams and

41 acres of land in Blundeston , two other messuages and 9 acres of land inBlundeston, a house called Chamber

’s and 1 0 4 acres of land in Hensteadalso the manors of Blundeston to the use of the saidWilliam for li fe, and afterto the use of the said Henry and his heirs male by the said Elizabeth his wife

,

and after to the right heirs of the said Wil liam . The marriage betweenHenry Sydnor and Elizabeth was solemnized I st Feb . 1 584

—5 . He died

during his father’s l ifetime in December

,1 61 1 .

'Fee t of Fines , 42 Edw. I I I . 19.‘Wi ll 24 ih Jan. 1 557.

'See Manor of Cor ton, in t his Hund red .

’Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 838 .’Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 8 16.‘ Bodi . Sufi. Ch . 839.

BELTON . 1 1

Wi lliam Sydnor the father died l oth 26th ) Aug . 1 61 3 . By his willdated 26th March

,1 61 2

,he gave to the poor of B lundeston, Henstead

,

Frit ton,Belton

,Coni sford at the Gate (Norwich), B erstete St . John

’s 20 5 .

to each parish and to Trowse on this side the bridge 1 0 5 . He directed hisbody to be buried in the chancel of the church of Blundeston . He gaveunto Dorothy Sydnor his daughter £200 ,

some furniture,and £1 0 in gold ,

a cup of silver with three feet and a cover . To Alice Goldsmithe,his

daughter, all her mother

’s apparel and £1 0 in gold , &c. Amongst otherbequests he leaves to William Sydnor his grandchild some furniture and agreat carved chest whi ch late ly came from Blundeston , and his next bestsal t cellar . After leaving annuities to his serv ants he directed that hishouse in Chris t’s Church in all things be mayntayned and kept as usuallyhe did for the entertainment of his ch ildren and such of his children andse rvants as would stay and live orderly,

and do the ir service honestly,during

the time of their stay,for which they were to hav e their wages The charges

of such housekeeping were to be defrayed by his executors,and he desired

that Dorothy Sydnor his daughter during the said month,should have the

overnment of the said house . The inq u is . pm . of the sai d Will iam

ydnor found that he died se ised in fee of the Manor of B lunston al ias

Blundeston,and that William

,the son of Henry his eldest son

,then deceased'

was his next heir and of the age of 24 years .‘

William Sydnor, the grandson ,by a sett lement dated 1 3th Feb . 1 61 3 ,

in cons ideration of a marriage with Anne,daughter of Willi am Harborne

,

covenanted with W il liam Harborne,her father

,to conv ey to him , Sir

Anthony Drury , and others and their heirs , the Manor of Fritton and al l

lands,&c.

,of him

,the said Will iam Sydnor

,in Frit ton or towns adj oining to

the use of himself and his heirs unt il the marriage and after to the use ofhimself and the said Anne for jointure and the heirs male of his body,withdivers remainders over to Robert

,Thomas

,and Henry his brothers

,Edmund

,

William,Francis

,and Paul Sydnor, his uncles, and the heirs male of ev ery of

their several bodies,and after to the use of the right heirs of the sai d

William Sydnor, the grandfather, and the Manor of Blundeston , and all thelands of the settlor in Blundeston in the towns adj oining to the like usesand remainders as above , omitting only the said Anne and her estates forli fe . A fine was accordingly levied the fol lowing year . William Sydnorthe grandson and se ttlor di ed 1 3th J une , 1632 , without male issue , leavingeight daughters

,Elizabeth , Anne, Sarah , Mary ,

Hester,Susanna , Abigail ,

and Lydia his coheirs . All were under age at th eir father’s death , and theeldest only eleven .

He was buried in the church of St . Mary,Blundeston

,where there is a

brass with this inscriptionHere lyeth buried the body of William Sidnor late of this par ish

Esq . sonne and beire of Henry Sydnor Esq . ye son and heyre of Willi amSidnor E who married Ann ye eldest daughter of William Harborne Esby whom e had issue eight daughters and departed this life the thirtietday of June

,

By an indenture 3rd Ju ly , 1 634, King Chas . I .,under the seal of the

Court of Wards, ranted to Anthony Bury in consideration of a fine of 200marks

,the custody

,wardship

,and marriages of the coheirs to his own use ,

and B 20 th Nov . of the same year , assigned all his interest to Dr .Talbot ,who married Anne

,the mother of these small children . Dr . Talbot

'He died roth Dec. 161 2. 1 2 Jas. 1 .

1 2 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK .

had,however

,to pay for the interest £330 besides £1 0 0 for Bury to the

receiver of the Court of Wards , for leav e of the K ing’s fine .

The above e ight daughters of Wil liam Sydnor by fine levied and

recovery suffered and by deed dated 1 9th Dec . 1 65 1 , conveyed the saidmanors ot Blundeston and Frit ton to Will iam Hev eningham in fee . Hewas in 1 661 convicted and attainted of high treason , having been one of KingChas . I .

’s j udges

,and by letters patent dated 28th Sept .

.

1 661, the King

granted to Bri an,Viscount Cullum

,Sir Thomas Fanshaw,

Si r Ralph Banks ,knights

,Edward Pitt and Charles Cornwallis amongst other manors the

manors of Blundeston and Fritton to hold to them and their heirs for ever .They by deed poll dated 3rd Oct . 1 661 , declared the use of the letters patentto be to the intent that they should out of the rents and profits or by saleraise for the Earl of Bristol and several other trusts mentioned ,the remainder to be for the use of the said Mary , wife of William Hev eningham . Will iam Heveningham and his wife the same year levied a fine andsuffered a recovery of the properties

,and by indenture dated 24th Oct . in

the same year declared the uses of the fine to be in favour of the patenteesof the Crown .

They sold in the following year to Sir J ohn Tasburgh . The conv eyance was made by lease and release dated 1 0- 1 1 th Dec . 1 662

,by the

Earl of Bristol,Brian

,Viscount Cull um

,Sir Thomas Fanshaw

,Sir Ralph

Banks,Edward Pitt

,and Charles Cornwalli s to the said Sir J ohn Tasburgh ,

and was of th e Manor of Blundeston and the capital house called BlundestonHall

,and the Manor of Fritton al ias Fritton Pastou’s

,and all that the manor

call ed Blundeston al ias Gunv ille’s al ias Scroope Hall , al ias Gunvi lle

’s

Blundeston,and the advowson of the churches

,rectories

,and vicarages

of Blundeston and Fritton,and courts leet and view of frankpledge

,&c.

The consideration was in hand and to be paid as mentioned .

On 27th Dec . 1 662,the said Will iam Heveningham and Mary his wife

granted,released and confirmed the said manors of Blundeston

,Fritton

,

and Blundeston Gunv ille’s to the said John Tasburgh and his heir for ev er,

and had a grant from the Crown of the manor declaring the uses in herfavour by deed poll dated 3rd Oct . fol lowing . John Tasburgh in 1 668

conveyed to Sir Thomas Allin , Knt. and Bart,who held his fir st court for

the manor 3rd Nov . 1 668 . Sir Thomas Allin died in 1 686,and from this

t ime to the present the manor has devolved in the same course as the Manorof Ashby, in this Hundred, and is now v ested in the trustees of the will ofRichard Henry Reeve .

Arms of BLUNDESTON Per pale,Ermine and Sable a chevron

,

counterchanged . Of YARMOUTH Quar terly 1 and 4 Arg . a chevron betw.

3 lion’s paws

,erased and erect Sa. 2 and 3 Or guttee de sang, a bend Gu .

Of SYDNOR Argent , a fesse nebulée Azure,between three crescents

,

j essant fleurs-de-lis,Sable .

MANOR or Gq rLLE’s al . B LUNS

‘

I‘

ON GUNVi L iz’s .

Roger de Colev ille had a grant of free warren here in and themanor was in 1 285 the lordship of William de Gonv ile , the son of J ohn ,the son of Nicholas de Gonv ile . This William de Gonv ile married Maud

,

the heiress of the Lerlings , about 1 30 4, and on his death the manor passedto his 5 0 11, Sir Nicholas de Gonv ile, brother of Sir Edmund Gonv ile , founderof Rushworth College, of Gonvile Hal l , in Cambridge , and probably of the

’Chart. Rolls , 14 Edw. I .

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B RADWELL MANOR .

HE manor was apparently vested in Alexander Fastol f at thebeginning of the 1 4th century , and passed to Hugh F astol f ,who in 1 378 granted it to his brother, J ohn Fastol f ,

‘ onwhose death about 1 445

“ it passed to his son and heir,J ohn

Fastolf , who died in 1 460 ,when it passed to his son and

heir,Thomas Fastolf .’ On Thomas’s death the manor

vested in his son,John Fastol f

,who di ed seised of it 8th Dec .

when it went to his son and heir, George Fastolf . I n 1 51 0

George Fastolf appears to hav e passed the manor to Thomas Russhe andothers .’ There is another fine in 1 5 1 4 l evied of the manor by ThomasFranke and others against the said George Fastol f .‘

The manor,i f ever a separate manor from Bradwell Hall

,clearly became

united with it,for 26th April , 1 80 0 , there was offered for sale by public

auct ion at the King’s Head , Great Yarmouth , a freehold estate comprising

the Manor or Reputed Manor of Bradwell otherwise Bradwell Hall withthe royalt ies and appurtenances belonging thereto .

”

MANOR or BRADWELL HALL .

I n the time of Hen . I I I . the lordship of Bradwel l Hall seems to havebelonged to Osbert de Daggord ,

and to have been held of Baldwin Filiol .’

Howev er,at the end of this King

’s reign i t seems to have been vested in

Bartholomew D’Av ilers,

’and to have remained in that family unt il 1 360 ,

when a Sir Bartholomew D’Av ilers died,leaving a sole daughter and heir

,

who married Sir Robert Bacon . In 1 361 J ohn , son of John de Norwich ,held as of the Manor of Wathe and the advowson of the King in chief bythe service of 4s . per annum to the Cast le of Norwich .

I n 1 474 J ohn Jernegan,of Worlingham Parva

,devised to his eldest

son,J ohn Jernegan,

and his issue male the manors and advowson of Somerleyton

,Stonham Jernegan ,

Horham,and Bradwell with the foundation of

the house of St . C lave’s . J ohn Jernegan the son died 26th Oct .

when the manor vested in his son and heir,Sir Edward Jernegan .

Sir Edward died in 1 5 1 5 , when the manor passed to his son and heir ,John Jernegan . The manor then passed to Matthew Hermen

,who died

17th May , 1 534, and was succeeded by his son and heir , Francis Hermen.

Davy states that in 1 60 9 Sir Drue Drury, Kut., held a moiety , and in 1 666Will iam Vesey was lord . This year he married Mary

,eldes t daughter

’See Manor of Kirkley, in Kessingland , 46 Hen. I I I ; File 26

Mutford Hundred .9 See Erwarton Manor , Samford Hundred .

46 Hen. VI . 1 3. 1 9 Hen. VI I . 48 .

3An agreement was made i . Hen. VI I . 33 Hen. VIII . 45 .

by th e guardians of Thomas '3Druery’s statement in h is Historical and

Fastolf, son of John, a minor, toconvey to Hugh Fastol f, son andheir of Sir John and Margaret h iswife , and after death of Sir Hughto John Fastolf , of Cwehowe, sonand heir of Hugh , and after to theminor, Thomas Fastolf . Deed in1 830 in possession of Sir P . B . V.

Broke .

4 1 .P.M 22 Hen. VI I . 57.

5 Fine, Mich . 2 Hen. VIII .“Fine , Easter 6 Hen. VIII.7] pswich journal , 19th April , 1 80 0 .

Topographical Notices of GreatYarmouth is so ; that Will iamVesey, clerk , whose famil y wereof considerable note in Brad wellin 1674, gave £200 to the parishpoor of Great Yarmouth , and

ordered th e same to be paid out

of his estate at Bradwel l wi thin one

year after h is wife’s decease ,which ,” he adds, is recorded in

St. Nicholas'

Church there , can

hard ly be correct so far as the

date is concerned.

BRADWELL . 1 5

of John Johnson,DD

,and in consideration of such marriage and of £40 0

by deeds 1 1 th and 1 2th May,1 666

,settled the manor upon himself for life

with remainder to Mary his intended wife for life by way of jointure withdivers remainders over .

The wil l,however

,of this William Vesey

,which is dated 28th July

,

1 670 only refers to the fee simple of his farm and lands called BradwellHall

,no mention is made of any manor . In 1 670 we know that the manor

was in Mary Vesey,and in 1 684 in her and her 2nd husband , Thomas Buck ,

for they by deed this year dated 8th April conveyed the manor or seignoryof Broadwell or Bradwell Hal l

,&c.

,to J ohnson Burdet t

,eldest son of

Theophilus Burdett,of Hall aton

,co . Le icester

,clerk

,and of Rachael his wife

,

the niece and nearest relativ e of the said Mary Buck,and to the heirs male

or the said Johnson Burdett . They charged the estate with an annuityof 40 5 . per annum for ever to the following uses and purposes

,v iz .

,20 3 .

part thereof to the rector of Whitechapel for the t ime being upon everyLady Day for ever for a sermon to be preached by him the said rectorupon that day to excite the people to charity,

and the other 20 5 . yearly onMichaelmas Day for ever to the schoolmaster of the school of Whitechapelfounded and buil t by Ralph Dav enant and the said Mary Buck

,their

friends and relations,for his encouragement in the better discharge of his

ofiice . By deeds 4th and 5th J uly , 1717, the manor passed by sale toJohn Coll ins

,who held it in t rust (declared by indenture dated 26th Aug .

1717) for John Ellison . I t was then described as all that themanor or seignory ,

reputed manor or seignory,and site of this Manor of

Broadwell al ias Bradwell,commonly called by the name of Broadwell

Hall,&c.,

with all the messuages,lands

,tenements

,meadows

,feedings

,

astures,waters

,&c.

,situate lying and being in Bradwell aforesaid and in

lton and Burgh Castle or Hopton .

”

On J ohn El lison's death Thomas Coll ins,cousin and heir of John

Collins and J ames Ev elyer , surviv ing executor and trustee of the codi cil tothe will of J ohn Ell ison

,with Richard Glover

,one of the trustees of the

will of the said J ohn Elli son,by deeds dated zrst and 22nd Aug . 1752 ,

conveyed the manor to Elizabeth Turner . She by her will dated i 8th

J uly,1761 , devised it to her friends , the Rev . Francis Turner and William

Methev ille,schoolmaster

,upon trust to permit her son Thomas to receive

the rents for life, and after his death when the youngest of his childrenshould be 2 1 to se ll . The manor was not sold

,but by agreement between

the parties interested was,by deeds dated 7th and 8th Aug . 1793, settled ,

and a fine levied Trinity Term 35 Geo . I I I .

Fines of the manor were levied in 1 3 17and 1 359, the first by NicholasFastolf against Richard de B ardewe ll

,of the manor and advowson

(Katherine , who was wife of Roger Fitz—Osborne,Peter Gem egan, John

Noioun, J oan , the wife of Simon de B radewell , app . and thesecond by Thomas de B radewell and Petroni lla his wife against John deB radewell

,parson of Oulton church

,and William Mawe

,of Great Yar

mouth,of the manor alone .

’

We mee t with three fines of Bradwell Manor between 1 558 and1 584

— the first in 1 558 was levied by John Clerke against George Harvy andothers

,

3the se cond in 1 564 by John Staunton and Thomas Curteys against

J ohn Payne and Joan his wife,

‘ and the third in 1 584 by Robert B ayspoole

'Feet of Fines, 1 1 Edw. I I . 42 .

’Fine , Mich . 5 Mary I .'Feet of Fines , 33 Edw. I I I . 20 .

‘ Fine, Hil . 6 Eliz.


against Gregory Coppinge and others .’ A Bradwell Manor is also

included in a fi ne levied of Baylham Manor by Robert Catter against Henry ,Lord Windesor, and others in

MANOR or CAXTON HALL .

This manor belonged to the prior and knights of St . John of J erusalem ,

where it continued unt il the Dissolut ion , when it passed to the Crown ,and

was granted by Hen . VI I I . with the Manor of Belton or Captou Hall toRichard Cavendish in 1 536, from which time i t appears to have passedinvariably with that manor

,being now vested in the t rustees of Richard

Henry Reeve,of Lowestoft .

MANOR or B ROWSTON HALL .

A manor of this name in Bradwel l is mentioned in the Chancery suitbrought by Wil l iam ,

Bishop of Winchester , as executor of Sir John F astol fagainst Wil liam Paston , feoffee of the said Sir John .

’ No doubt themanor was vested in Sir John F astol f l ike the Manor of Habbelond

,in

Bradwell,and was given by him to the president and fellows of Magdalen

College,Oxford

,and thenceforth was lost sight of as a separate manor .

Davy could discover no lords of this particular manor . B rowston isa haml et to Belton .

HOB LAND HALL OR HAB BELOND’S .

I ts name has been written at various periods Hopland and Hunclounde,

though it was called in 1 286, as in the present day, Hob land .

I n the time of Hen . I I I . th is manor was held by Henry de Hapelondor Hapelund , who he ld here of the King in chief a gersumary socagewhich appears to have been to socage here held by his ancestor

,Gunnild

de Habelund in the t ime of King J ohn .

“ I n 1 286 the manor was in Thomasde Hobland . In 1 604 it seems to have vested in Sir John F astol f , Knt.

,

for he then gave it to the president and fellows of Magdalen College,Oxford

,

who leased it in 1 684 to Richard Vesey . The manor is specified in the suitfound amongst the Early Chancery Proceedings brought by William ,

Bishopof Winchester

,as executor of Sir John F astol f, against Will iam Paston ,

feoffee of the said Sir John .

“ The lessees of the manor appear to have beenas follows In 1724 , August us Schutz in 1749, Gerrard Trotter in 1768 ,David Urquhart in 1774 , David H . Urquhart ;

7 in 1793 and 1 80 1,

Thomas Fowler in 1 823 , John Thurk el l and 1 826, N . S . Pal mer ; but thereis no manor here now

,or at least no tenants or rents

,nor any manorial

rights vested in the lessees . I n the lease of 1 80 1 to Thomas Fowler,the

parcels demised were described as all that site of the Manor of Hobland

Hall,in the County of Suffolk , with all lands , clausures , &c.

,thereto belong

ing in Gorleston,Bradwell

,South Town

,Hopton

,and Belton

,and formerly

in the tenure of John P itcairne,clerk

,and Gerrard Trotter

,&c.

” 8

’Fine , Tri n. 26 Eliz .7He died 27th June , 1774 , and there is a

”Fine Mich . 43-44 Eliz . table t to h is memory in the sou th

’E .C.P Bund le 20 , 80 . ai sle of the chance l of Be l ton church .

‘H .R . 11. 1 63. The arms are quarterly 1 and 4 ,

“1 b. Or , three boars’heads couped Gu .

Bund le armed and lanq ued Az . within a

bordu re Gu . and Sa. 2 and 3 par type r fesse indented Erm . and Az .

Cres t , a boar’s head as in arms .

8 Suckling , vol . i . p . 324.

BRADWELL . 17

Hobland or Hopland Hal l is a good house standing at the south-eastcorner of the parish . In 1 826

,when N . S . Palmer

,of Yarmouth

,was the

les see,it was occupied by John Penrice , who married a member of th e

Palmer family. I t had previously been the residence of the J arrets . Wemeet with an advert isement of sale of the Manor of Hubland Hall andmansion

,with 362 acres of freehold, copyhold, and leasehold in and

with that of a sale by public auct ion at the Bear Inn,Yarmouth

, 9th Aug .

1 823 ,“

by order of the assignees of the estate of John Thurk el l , a bankrupt

,of the Equity of Redemption of Estates situate at Bradwell, Hopton,

Belton,&c.

,of the sites of the manors of Hob land and Hopton also acall ed Hobland Hall

,several farms

,&c.

,containing about

630 acres .

2

Jul y. 1 823.“ Ipswi ch journal , 1 2th July, 1 823.


’

B URCH CASTLE .

IGEBERT, 5th monarch of the East Angles , founded amonastery here at the commencement of hi s reign in 536,under the direction of Fe l ix , his bishop , who had beenconsecrated by Honorius , Primate of Canterbury,

at therequest of the King . Felix fixed the chair of his ecclesiastical gov ernment at Dunwich , and zealously employed himself in spreading the gospel and promot ing Christ ianity .

To assist him in the task of inst ructing the Saxons , he inv ited over fromFrance

,Furseus

,an I rish monk, who,

assembling a community of religiouspersons under the monastic v ow

,placed them in the monastery at Burgh ,

th en named Cnobersburgh ,from Cunoberi-Urbs

,a Saxon chief

,who

formerly resided there . Furseus, upon the death of his patron Sigebert,who was slain in a battle with Penda , the Mercian king , retired from hismonas tery at Burgh to France , leaving behind him the monks , who mai ntained their situation for several years, but at last abandoned it at a periodwhich is uncertain .

I n th e t ime of Edward the Confessor 4 carucates of land were held bySt igand

,Bishop of Norwich

,as a manor .

There were 1 0 v i lleins, 5 bordars , and 2 serfs , 3 ploughteams in demesne

and 4 belonging to the men , 1 0 acres of meadow , 3 saltpans , 3 rouncies ,6 beasts

,17hogs , and 1 60 sheep , and 1 church with 1 0 acres and an acre of

meadow . The v alue was 1 0 0 3 . At th e time of the Domesday Survey thev alue had increased to 1 0 63 . There were no serfs

,but the ploughteams in

demesne had diminished to 2,and those belonging to the men to 3 .

I t was at that t ime vested in Ralph,the engineer

,a tenant in ch ief of the

Crown .

‘

B URCH CASTLE MANOR .

Shortly after the Conquest the manor was held by Roger de Burgh ,and passed to his son

,Ralph de Burgh

,they holding by serj eanty and

th e serv ice of finding a cross-bowman with three horses for 40 days at theirown cost for the King’s u se

,which serv ice was valued at Ralph de

Burgh granted the manor to Gilbert de Wesenh am,

3 who also held it bythe serv ice of finding a cross-bowman .

‘ Gilbert de Wesenham afterwardsgranted to the King

,and Hen . I I I . (not Hen . I .

,as B lomefield inaccurately

says) then gav e the manor to Vincent , the prior of B romholm ,in Norfolk

,

reserving the adv owson and the dower“ of Al icia,widow of Roger de Burgh

,

the father of Ralph,during her li fe .

“ The grant to the priory was dated20 th April

,1 246,

and was confirmed by Edw. I I . by deed dated 1 0 th Sept .1 31 2 .

In 1 276 the prior of B romholm was returned as holding the manor inchi ef of the King by the serj eanty by whi ch Ralph de Burgh had formerlyheld , which serv ice was then valued at £30 . At thi s t ime the prior of Bromholm obtained right of wreck

,v iew of frankpledge

,free warren

,and assize

of bread and beer in Burgh Castle .

’ The Ministers’Accounts of the Manorwhile he ld by the priory ,

1 324 , wi ll be found in the Public Record Office .

“

'Dom. ii . 445 .

51 21 0-1 2, Red Book of Exchequer, 1 3

2T. de Nevil l . B . d . ; Testa de Nevil l , 283, 296.

"This G il bert , 26th Hen. I I I ., paid hal f a “B romholm Car tulary, H .R . ii . 1 82 ' Closemark as a fi ne for not accompany Rolls , 1 0 Hen. I I I . 1 1 Camb .

ing the King into Gascony. Uni v . Libr . M .m. i i . 20 .

‘ T. dc Nev il l . 7H .R . ii . 1 85'

Q .W. Rolls , 728 .

Edw. I I Bundle 1 1 27, No. 4 .

BURGH CASTLE . 9

The manor continued in the monastery of B romholm until 1 534, whenthe house was su rrendered to the Crown

,where it remained until Queen

Mary sold the manor , 1 0 th May,1 560 ,

to William Roberts,town clerk of

Yarmouth . I t was then cal led manerium de Borowe Castell .” FromWil li am Robe rts the manor passed to his widow

,Ann Roberts

,and amongst

the Chancery Proceedings of the time of Queen Elizabeth there is the note of anaction by Ann Roberds

,

” widow of William Roberds,

” against th e tenantsof Burgh Castel l to ascertain metes and boundaries of the manor

,it having

been settled by plainti ff’s husband on her for life with remainder to hisissue in tail .’ From Anne Roberts the manor passed to William Smyth ,who married Dorothy,

daughter of William Hopton,of VVitham

,co.

Somerse t,and di ed 6th Dec . 1 596, when it passed to his son and he ir

,

Wil liam Robe rts Smyth , who was an infant in 1 599,and a court for the

manor was held 1 3th June , 1 599, on his behalf by Nathaniel Bacon and

Dorothy his wife (Dorothy,widow of Will iam Smyth

,having remarried),

who were his gu ardians . Nathanie l Bacon in the like capacity held anothercourt in 1 60 4 he was not lord

,as stated by Suckling .

2 William RobertsSmyth died without issue in 1 60 9, when th e manor passed to his brotherand heir

,Sir Owen Smyth

,Knt.

,for we find he held his first court during

th is year . He married Al ice,daughter of Sir John Crofts

,of Saxham

,and

was buried at Alton,28th March

,1 637, when the manor passed to his wi dow

Alice . She is said to have di ed 7th Oct . 1 678 , but Suckl ing3 mentions

that I st J uly,1 652 , the Right Hon . Charles Fleetwood and Bridget his wife

covenanted with Peter Balls and Nathaniel Shi rrop to levy a fine with themof the Manor of Burgh Castle

,and all other manors late of Simon Smyth

and of Sir Owen Smyth,Kut.

,in Burgh

,alias Borough Castle

,Gorleston

,

Braydon and Bradwell or elsewhere . The manor,however

,on the death of

Alice Smyth,in 1678

‘

(Sir Owen Smyth hav ing died without issue) ,passed to Frances

,great-niece and he ir of Sir Owen Smyth (and daughter

of Thomas Smyth , who had died 6th June,1 639 ,

son of Simon Smith,

of Wendon,co . Norfolk

,and Beccles

,Suffolk) , brother of Sir Owen,

marriedto Charles Fleetwood

,of Newington

,Middlesex .

On Charles's death the manor passed to his son and he ir,Smyth Fleet

wood . He by his will dated 25th Aug . 1 697, gave the manor to trusteesto be sold for the payment of debts and legacies in case his personal estateshould not suffice

,and the remainder in surplus to be disposed of among

his children . He died soon after,leav ing two sons and fiv e daughters , v iz .

,

Charles Fleetwood and Smyth Fleetwood , Frances ,Caroline , Jane , Elizabeth ,and Anne . The t rustees in 170 3 sold the Manor of Burgh to

John Smith,who held his first court 1 8th April

,170 4 . From John Smith

the manor passed to his son,Joshua Smith . He married Judith

,daughter

of Richard Ferrier,of Great Yarmouth

,and on his marriage by deeds

1 4th and 1 5th F eb . 1725 , settled the manor on himself and wife for life andthe l ife of the survivor with remainder to the ir issue in tail . Joshua Smithdrowned himself in the North River at Yarmouth , leav ing his widowJudith to whom the manor passed

,and she held her first court 9th May

1745 . She had by Joshua Smith one son Joshua , and two daughters Judithand Elizabeth

,and under the marriage settlement of 1725 an appointment

’C.P . i i . 386.

4 It should be mentioned that Davy’s own

2 His t ., vol . i . p . 336. pedigree makesThomas ,‘ the brother3 His t . of Suff ., v ol . i . p.

'

336.l of Sir Owen, h is son, but there i s a

correct pedigree in another place inDavy

’s account of the fami ly.


had been made by deed poll 4th Oct . 1738 , in favour of the son , and makingprovision for the two daughters . The son J oshua , however , died intestateand a bachelor between 17th June , 1753 , and 1 2th March , 1754 , leavinghis two sisters his coheirs . The daughter J udith lost through sickness herreason and the daughter Elizabeth

,1 3th Feb . 1759, married Peter Baret ,

of I tteringham,and by deeds dated 6th and 7th Feb . 1759, Elizabeth

’smoiety of the manor was conveyed to the Rev . Willi am Garrod

,of

Stanninghall , and another as t rustees to the use of Peter Baret and hiswife

,and the life of the su rvivor, with remainder to the chi ldren (other than

and except their eldest son) as Elizabeth should appoint, with remainderto the children (except as aforesaid) as tenants in common in tail withremainder to the e ldest son in tail . J udi th th e mother di ed

,her will being

dated sth Nov . 1765 , to which administration was granted the 1 5th April ,1779. Peter Baret died 23rd Oct . 1781 , when his moiety of the manor vestedin his widow Elizabeth , who in her will described hersel f as of Thwaite ,in Norfolk

,widow . Judi th Smith the daughter died a spinster

,and

intestate 1 4th July, 1 80 4 , leaving the said Elizabeth Baret her only sisterand heir . Elizabeth Baret died 7th J an . 1 80 8

,leaving Lydia Baret her

only child, to whom therefore the whole of the manor passed . Lydia Baretby her will devised the manor to her relatives

,the Rev . Will iam K il lett

,of

Kenninghall,co . Norfolk

,Richard Ferrier, of Burgh Castle, and Charlot te

Ferrier,of Thwaite, upon trust for sale , and gave the proceeds as part of her

residuary estate to the said William K illett,Mary K il l ett, Ri chard Ferrier,

and Charlot te Turner equal ly . The testatrix died a spinster I st Dec . 1 845 ,and her will was proved at Norwich .

William K illett died a bachelor 1 4th April , 1 846, leaving Mary Killett,his only sister

,sole next of kin . I t was eventually agreed between the

parties entitled to the proceeds of sale of the manor that the manor shouldbe purchased by the said Richard Ferrier with other property for the sumof and the sale was effected by a deed dated I st J une

,1 847. Richard

Ferrier the following year sold the manor to Will iam Coll ett Reynolds,of

Great Yarmouth,for £860 ,

and the sale was carried out by a deed dated1 3th Nov . 1 848 . Reynolds got into difficul t ies in 1 866

,and a conveyance

was 4th Dec . that year made to t rustees for the benefit of creditors , thet rustees be ing J acob Henry Tillett and J oseph Wil l iam Holland . Pursuantto the terms of the trust

,they sold by deed 1 st May

,1 871 , the manor to

Robert Seaman,of Lowestoft

,for £20 0 . Robert Seaman

,by his will 1 2th

Sept . 1 868,devised all his estate to hi s t rustees

,Edward Porter

,George

Jay,and John Pilgrim

,upon trust for sale . By a codi cil 1 4th Aug . 1 871 ,

he appointed his wife,Catherine Wilson Seaman

,and his brother-in-law

,

Charles Marshall,of Huntingdon

,brewer

,in place of Porter and J ay, and by

a second codicil 7th J uly, 1 873 , appointed Thomas Fox Simpson , of Tunbridge Wells

,in place of Pi lgrim . The testator di ed 1 9th April , 1 874,

and his will and codicils were proved in the Principal Regist ry 23rd May,

1 874 . The t rustees sold for £245 to Charles Diver, of Great Yarmouth ,by indenture dated 1 1 th May

,1 875 , the description being All that the

Manor or Lordship or Reputed Manor or Lordship of Burrough Castleotherwise Burgh Castle

,in the County of Suffolk

,with the rights

,members

,

and appur tenances to the same belonging .

”

Charles D iver sold the manor to J ames Hargrave Harrison,of Harcou rt

Grove , Burgh Castle , by indenture dated 1 3th Oct . 1 877. J ames H . Harrison,

by h iswill 3oth March , 1 894 , devised all his estates to his wife, Sarah FlorenceHarri son , and appointed her executrix . He also (notwithstanding the


height of some 7ft. from the ground the bastions are not bonded into thewalls

,above that height for the remaining 7ft. Ioin . they are bonded into i t .

Mr . I ves,in his remarks on the castle

,fixed the era of its erection in the

reign of the Emperor Claudius,and conj ectures that i t was built by

Publius Ostorius Scapula , who conquered the I ceni,the aboriginal

inhabitants of this and th e adj acent count ies . We are informed by theNotitia Imperii that this station was garrisoned by the Stablesian horse

,

under the command of Przepositus , who was sometimes styled Garienninensisfrom the estuary which he was appointed to guard .

The castle is st ill probably the property of the Boileau family,and

v ested in the t rustees of the late Sir Francis George Nanningham Boileau ,Bart .

,of Tacolnestone Hall

,Norfolk

,who di ed in 1 90 0 .

There are a number of Court Rolls of the manor in the PublicRecordOffice .

‘

1 to 1 8,26 H en . V I I . 1 0

,1 2

,to 1 4, 1 6 Hen . V I I I .

, 37Hen . VI I I . to2 Eliz . also 41 El iz . 1 1

, 7J as . I . 1 0 Car . and also estreats, &c.

,23 , 25 ,

26, 36 Hen . VI I I . 3 Edw. V I .

3

Arms of FLEETWOOD Per pal e nebule Sa . and Or . 6 martlets inpale counterchanged .

BURGH CASTLE .

’Portfolio, 203, 93.

2 Por t folio, 203, 1 2, 1 3, 1 5 , 17.3 1b. 1 4, 1 6.

CORTON .

N Saxon times Alric,a freeman under Gurth

’s commendation

,

held here 2 carucates of land, 5 bordars, 2 ploughteams in

demesne and 1 belonging to th e men,2 rouncies

, 5 beasts ,1 2 hogs

,and 50 sheep , v alued at 20 3 . Under him were 1 5

freemen holding 80 acres, 4 ploughteams (reduced to 3 at

th e t ime of the Surv ey) , and wood for the maintenance of3 hogs . The value was 1 0 5 . At the t ime of the Survey

this estate was kept for the King by Roger Bigot .‘

The Manor of Newton is in Corton . Newton itself formerly stoodeastward of Corton

,but has long since been destroyed by the sea . The

Survey mentions the holding of a freeman here of 30 acres and half a ploughteam,

v alued at 3s .,which at that time was kept for the King by Roger

Bigot .2

MANOR or CORTON .

In the time of King Hen . I . this was the lordsh ip and estate of SirRobert de Sackv ille

,Knt.

,and in 1 3 1 3 we find Geoffrey de Corton lev ied

a fine of this manor against John de Corton and Thomas his brother .3

I n 1 3 1 6 John de Corton held the manor .

In 1 360 John de Herling , or Harl ing , of East Herling , Norfolk , had agrant of free warren here in hi s manors of Newton and Knettishall . Heheld the manor

,and from him to the death of Anne

,only daughter of Robert

de Herling,about 1 50 2 , without issue ,

the manor passed in the same courseas the Manor of Knettishall

,in B lackbourn Hundred .

Sir Robert de Herling,by his wil l, dated sth June, 1 421 , desired in

the first place that J oan is wi fe should have,besides her dower

,a li fe

interest in his Manors of Corton , Newton , and Lound , with the patronageof the church of Lound aforesaid and that the reversion of these manors

,

&c.,should be at the disposal of h is executors for the fulfilling of the

intention of his will,and we find this manor specially mentioned in the

in

juis . pm . of Sir Robert Wingfield ,

Knt.,the zud husband of Anne

,the

o y daughter of Sir Robert de Herling .

‘

Sir Edward J erningham,or Jernegan,

Knt.

,died in 1 5 1 5 seised of the

Manors of Corton and Newton,which he is said to hav e obtained by

marriage with Margaret,daughter of Sir Edmund Bedingfield , by Margaret

his wife,heiress of the Tuddenhams From this t ime to the time of

J ohn Jernegan,in 1 582 , the manor passed in the same course as that of

Ashby,in th is Hundred .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings is an action by Ri chard B ell amyeand Catherine his wife against Sir Miles Corbett

,Ri chard B arnye , and

Thomas Playtor concerning the Manors of Corton,and Newton

,late the

estate of John Jernegan,

’and a fine was in 1 582 levied against J ohn

Jernegan in respect of this manor by Edmund Bedingfield and others .

In 1 587J ohn Castell i ,who Suckling surmises was probably an executor,sold the Manors of Corton and Newton to J ohn Wentworth

,

6 who died in1 61 8-9 ,

when the were found to be holden of Sir J ohn Heveningham asof his Manor of orleston. From John Wentworth the manor passed to

'Dom. u . 283b. 21 Edw. IV. 60 .

’I b.

’C.P . i . 91 .

’Feet of Fines, 7 Edw. I I . 9.

° Fine , Mich . 29 and 30 E liz .


his son and heir,Sir J ohn Wentworth , and from thi s t ime the manor has

descended in the same course as the Manor of Ashby, in this Hundred .

The manor is included in the chancery sui t specified in the EarlyChancery Proceedings between Sir Robert Wyngefe ld , Knt.

, and Annehis wife , daughter and heir of Sir Robert Harlyng, Knt.

,against Sir

William Knyv ett, Knt.,feoffee to uses .

’

MANOR or NEWTON .

This manor belonged to Maud de Glanvil le,who married Roger de

Tudenham . He di ed before 1 2 1 0,when the manor passed to his son and

heir,John de Tudenham

,and from him to Edmund de Tudenham,

whomarri ed Gundreda,

and he settled it upon her about 1 242 . He wassucceeded by hi s son and heir

,Sir J ohn de Tudenham

,and he by his son

and heir,Sir Robert de Tudenham

,who died in 1 30 8 , from which time to the

time of Margaret Tudenham or Tuddenham married to Sir Edmund Bedi ngfield

,which Margaret died in 1 474 , the manor passed in the sam e cou rse as

the Manor Of Eriswell,

’in Lackford Hundred . The manor is mentioned in thewill of Sir Robert de Herling in 1 42 1 , and was apparently included in thechancery suit brought by Sir Robert Wingfield and Anne , daughter andthe heir of Sir Robert de Herling

,against Sir William Knyv ett, feoffee to uses .

On Margaret B edingfield’s death in 1 474 this manor apparently vest-ed in

her daughter Margaret , married to Sir Edward J erningham ,or Jernegan,

who died in 1 5 1 5 , and from this time passed in the same course as theManor Of Ashby

,in this Hundred .

'E.C.P Bundle 54. 219.

2

See Manor of Great Bealings ,Hundred .and Eriswell Manor, Lackford H undred .

FLIXTON . 25

F LIXTON .

N Saxon times there were two manors in this place . One

was he ld by Haeun ,a freeman under Gu rth’s commendation

,

and consisted of 3 carucates Of land , 2 ville ins , 1 4 bordars ,4 serfs , 3 ploughteams in demesne and 3 be longing to themen (reduced at the time of the Surv ey to Also woodfor the ma intenance of 1 0 hogs

, 3 acres of meadow,2 rouncies

,

6 beasts,1 5 hogs , 1 60 sheep , and 20 goats

,v alued at 30 3 .

Under Hacun were 2 1 freemen with 3 carucates of land,6 bordars

,1 0

ploughteams (reduced to 8 at the time of the Survey), wood sufficient tosupport 1 0 hogs

,and 4 acres of meadow,

the value being 40 3 .

The other manor was held in Saxon times by Edric,and consisted of

2 carucates of land,2 villeins

,6 bordars

,2 ploughteams in demesne and 2

belonging to the men (reduced to one and a half teams at the t ime of theSurvey), wood for the maintenance Of 6 hogs

,2 acres of meadow

,6 hogs

,

and 40 sheep , valued at 30 3 . Edric also had under him two freemen wi th5 acres , v alued at 1 0 d . Both these manors were held for the King by RogerBigot at the time of the Survey .

‘ Another holdi ng in this place was thatof the Bishop of Thetford

,who held for St . Michael in alms a carucate of

land,1 3 bordars (reduced to 8 at the time of the Survey), a plough team

in demesne and 4 belonging to the men (reduced to I at the t ime of theSurv ey) , wood sufficient to support 8 hogs , 4 acres of meadow ,

and half ami ll

,the v alue be ing 20 3 . The soc be longed to Stigand .

’

MANOR or F L ie N .

Flixton was formerly a parish by itsel f , and had a chapel , the lastrector Of which was the Rev . Thomas Sketh in 170 4 . Flixton is now ahamlet of Blundeston .

I n the re ign of Edward the Confessor Flixton was divided into fourmanors, held by Haeun , Edric , Turgar , and Siric but these hav ing formedpart of the estates Of Gurth

,who fell at the Battle of Hastings

,were se ized

by the Conqueror,and re tained as his demesnes . Suckling is of opinion

that there was no division of the lordship subsequently to this period,though

from the tit le Of the manor,which is sometimes styled the Manor Of Flixton

and at other times the Manor of Lawneys ,considerable confusion arises .

Surely ,

” says he,

the unity of the lordship is prov ed by the fact thatin the re ign of Elizabe th and afterwards the advowson of the church wasconv eyed with the Manor of Flixton ,

though it had been possessed by th eLawneys and passed to the family of Hobart , the ir successor in the ManorOf Lawneys , from which it does not appear to have been alienated .

” 3 Wefail to follow the force Of this argument

,and find

,as a matter of fact

,that for

at least 1 50 years the lords of Flixton were different from those of Lawneys .

The manor belonged to Geoffrey de Amos,and on the marriage of his

daughter Margery with Sir Bartholomew de Creke,son of Robert de Creke

,

the manor formed part of her marriage portion , as appears from a pleadingat Ipswich in 1 240 ,

when Robert de Pirho,William le B lund

,and Robe rt le

B lund were found to owe to Sir Bartholomew de Creke £1 4 out Of thesemanors assigned for the maintenance (p. sustentatione uxon

'

s saw) or jointure

‘Dom. 11. 283, 284 . 3 Hist of Sufi. vol . i . p . 349.

2Dom. 11. 38 1 .‘ See Manor of He lmingham Hall , Bosmere

and Claydon Hundred .


of his wife . On the death of Sir Bartholomew the lordship passed to hisson

,Robert de Croke , and he dying without issue the same passed to his

brother and heir J effrey,and from him to his brother and he ir John, who

all dying without issue it passed to Sarah , his sister and he ir, married toRoger Fitz Peter Fitz Osbert , and we find a grant of free warren in Fl ixtonto the lat ter at the end of the reign of King Hen. I I I .

I n 1 3 16 Edmund Bacun was lord , and in 1 340 Sir John Fastol f hadthe beneficial interest in the manor , Sir J ohn de Holneston being his feoffeeor t rustee .

At the beginning of the 1 sth century the lordship was held by John

Jernegan,and on his death in 1 40 6 passed to his son and heir, Sir Thomas

Jernegan,who had a grant of free warren here in

At the close Of the century the manor vested in the Hobarts , and

Sir J ames Hobart’died seised of it in 1 5 16,when it passed to his son and

he ir,Sir Walter Hobart . I n 1 537Sir Walter Hobart and Anna his wife

are said to have conv eyed the manor to Thomas , Lord Wentworth .

3 I tsubsequently passed to Ri chard Mighells

,of Chelmondiston .

Amongst the Bodle ian Charters is a quit claim in the time of QueenElizabeth by Richard Mighe ll to Will iam Sydnor of all rights to rents andcustoms of Flixton Manor,

‘ and amongst the Chancery Proceedings of thatreign anaction byWalter Hobart against Richard Mech illes for performanceof agreement respecting the manor and the patronage of the church sold byde fendant to Owen “ In a charter in the Bodleian dated 1 579Richard Mighell

,sen .

,is named as the then lord of the Manor of Flixton

,

for at that date in consideration of £26 . 1 33 . 4d . he granted to John Woodtwo pieces of land containing 65 acres called Fl ixton Hall Land, in B lundeston .

6

On Richard M ighells’s death the manor passed to his son and heir

,

Robert Mighell s,who sold it in 1 60 2 to J ohn Wentworth

,of Somerleyton .

The deed of feoffment is dated 20 th Nov . 1 60 2,and is made between the said

Robert Mighells and Joan his wife and the said John Wentworth andWill iam Southwe ll

,the assurance being to the said John Wentworth and

Willi am Southwe ll and the heirs of the said John Wentworth . I t includessundry estates in Flixton

,Oulton

,and Blundeston

,and also the Manor O f

Flixton aforesaid,with the appurtenances and the advowson of the parish

church Of Flixton aforesaid and all rents,court leets

,View Of frankpledge

,

free warren,&c. In the same year a fine was levied between the abov e

parties of the Manor of Flixton,with the appurtenances

, 3 messuages , 3gardens

,1 0 0 acres of land

,1 0 acres of meadow

,1 0 0 acres of pasture

,1 0

acres Of wood,1 0 0 acres of heath and briery, 40 acres of marsh , 60 of alder

,

and 20 5 . rent in Flixton,Oulton

,Blundeston

,and Belton

,and the advowson

of the church of Flixton. At an inquisit ion post mortem held in 1 61 8 on

the death of John Wentworth,it was found that the Manor of Fli xton

and the advowson of the church aforesaid were holden of Sir John Hev eningham

’s Manor of East Leet

,in free and common socage .

The manor passed to J ohn Wentworth’s son and heir

,Sir John Went .

worth,from which time the manor has passed in the same course as the

'Chart . Rolls , 8 Hen. IV.

5 C F . 11. 34 .

’See Manor of Oul ton, in this Hundred .

6Bodl . Su ff. Ch . 841 .

’Tanner, cv i . 1 2 .7Fine, Mich . 44

-

45 E liz .

‘ Bodl . Suff . Ch . 842 .

FLIXTON . 27

Manor of Ashby,in this Hundred . In 1 676 a bill in the Exchequer was

pleaded against Sir Thomas Allin by Lady Mary Hev eningham’s trustees

for discov ering the sev eral parts of the estate late of Sir John Wentworthwhich had been conveyed to the different assignees Of Sir John’s heir

,Mr .

Garneys .

There is a fine of Flixton Manor levied by Thomas Amyas andothers against Owen Hobart in

MANOR OF LAWN EYS .

In 1 3 1 6 this was the lordship of William de Lawney,and in 1 390 of Sir

John de Lawney . I n 1 430 it was he ld by William de Lawney,and in 1 473

by another Will iam de Lawney. This William seems to hav e left a daughterand he ir Anne

,who married twice

,1 st Henry Wode

,and with him brought

a suit in chancery respecting this manor and the advowson Of Fl ixtonChurch against William

,son and he ir of John Laneastre

,esquire

,feoffee to

uses .

2

The action was apparently cont inued by Anne with her 2nd husband,

Henry Tidyngworth .

3

The two suits re ferred to are amongst the Early Chancery Proceedingspreserved in the Record Office

,and we there also find another chancery

suit as to a rent issuing out of the manor brought by Margare t del

Auneye s ister of John del Auneye ,

”K ut.

,against John de Cli fton

,

esquire .

From the t ime of King Edw. I . the family of Lawney presented to thechurch of Flixton uninterrupted t ill the beginning of the fifteenth century .

At this t ime the manor passed to Sir J ames Hobart,and on his death

24th F eb . vested in his son and heir,Sir Walter Hobart .5 Suckling

ment ions that in 1 55 1 there is an ent ry on the Court Roll s that Walterus

Hobart armig . ten . man . de Lawney in Flixton , et redd . inde . p . an . 20 3 .

From this t ime the manor has passed in the same course as the mainManor of Flixton .

Amongst the Campbe l l MSS . in the Brit ish Museum is the bequest ofa manor here in

'Fine Eas ter, 1 3 Eliz .

° See Manor of Ou l ton, in th is Hundred ;’E.C.P Bundle 54 , 1 39. Cande lent Manor, Trim ley St.3 E .C.P . Bundl e 57, 325 . Mary

’s , Colneis Hund red ; and

4 E .C.F Bundle 69 , 259. Boys Manor, Bacton, in Hartismere

9 Hen. VI“ . 25 . Hund red .

7Citing Rental of Sou th Leet , Cur . 6 Edw.

VI8 Camp] . xii . 14.


FRI TTON

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Godwin , a freemanunder Gurth’s commendation . I t consisted of 2 carucatesof land

,2 ville ins , 2 bordars , 3 serfs , 2 ploughteams in

demesne and 1 belonging to the men,wood for the main

tenance of 20 hogs , 2 rouncies , 8 beasts , 1 6 hogs , 1 60 sheep ,3 goats , and 3 hives of bees , the value being 20 3 . Underhim two freemen held 60 acres and a ploughteam ,

valuedat 53 . At the time of th e Survey th is manor was kept for the King byRoger Bigot .

Another estate in Saxon t imes was that of two freemen holding 80acres

,2 ville ins

,2 plough teams

,and a salt pan ,

the value being 1 0 3 . Atthe t ime of the Survey thi s estate was kept by Roger Bigot for the King,and there was an addit ional bordar, while the ploughteams were reducedto I .

In the same keeping was an estate of 30 acres valued at 33 . which hadformerly been held by Leu ric with half a ploughteam .

l

Under the head Caldecot, whi ch is a manor in Fritton , we find fromthe Survey that Ralph the Engineer held a carucate of land and 3 bordars

(formerly there had been but and half a plough team in lieu of a full

ploughteam ,whi ch was maintained in Saxon t imes

,the value being 83 .

as against the old valuat ion of

MANOR OF FRITTON al . F R IT‘

I‘

ON PASTON’s .

The lands composing this manor and the other manor of Fritton,though

then held as two manors,were held by Earl Gurth in the t ime Of Edward

the Confessor but this manor was held Of hi m by a freeman named Godwin .

The estate became by forfeiture the property of the Crown,and was

managed for the Conqueror by Roger Bigot .In the reign of Hen . I I I . the Manor of Fritton was held by Nicholas

de Freton . The Hundred Rolls states that he held here of th e King in chiefone fee in free socage

,and that Alicia his mother he ld a moiety in dower .

3

Several actions by this Nicholas de F reton are referred to on the Patent Rollsin 1 277, 1 278 , and Agatha

,widow of the said N icholas

,presented

to the church in 1 30 5 . The very next year,however

,Roger Fitz Pe ter

Fitz Osbert died seised of the manor,and in 1 3 1 4 Katharine his widow settled

it by fine on herse l f for l ife with remainder to J ohn Malteby,afterwards

S ir John,and Elizabeth his wife .

5

Sir John Malteby was succeeded by his son and heir , Sir Robert deMalteby or Mau teby,

who presented to the church in 1 349. Sir Robertwas succeeded by John de Mauteby. I n 1 374 Sir John de Mauteby,

son OfSir John de Mauteby,

K ut.,by his last will, dated at Fritton , leaves his body

to be buried in the church of St . Edmund at Fritton,before the altar of

the blessed Virgin Mary . He bequeathed to Richard Galyerd ,parson of

the church there,whom he appoints one of his executors

, 40 d . to beexpended in masses for the good of his soul . Sir John’s wil l was provedI st Oct . in that year . I n 1 41 3 Robert Mauteby enfeoffed Sir Simon Felb rigge , Sir Miles Stapleton , and Sir Wil l iam Argentein,

in divers manors,

Dom . ii . 284, 284b.

4 Pat. Rolls, 5 Edw. I . 17d , and 6 Edw. I .’Dom . ii . 44 5. 7d ; 7 Edw. I . 17.

3H R . ii . 1 62 .’Feet of Fines , 7Edw. I I . 30 .


and under the same God is my trust,

’with a Scripture written in the vergesthereof . Here lyeth Margaret Paston , late wief of John Paston,

doughter

and heyre of John Mawteby, sq uyr .

’ J ohn Paston'

s widow was succeededby his son and heir

,Sir John Paston

,sen .

In 1 473 we meet with a qui t claim amongst the other charters by J ohnGernyngham ,

William Lomnowe,and J acob Gloys to William B ak ton

,of

the Manor Of Fritton and all other lands they held by grant of John Paston ,

27Hen . VI . and others .

‘ Sir John Paston,sen .

,died unmarried in 1 479,

when the manor passed to his brother and heir,Sir John Paston

,j un .

,

and in 1 485 amongst the same charters is a defeasance Of a bond from JohnPaston to Henry Colet on condit ion that John grants the manor to SirWilliam Kny

'

vet,Knt.

,and others for the use of Henry Colet until a debt be

sat isfied and after that to the use of the said John Paston .

“ Sir J ohnPaston

,j unior

,died in 1 50 3 ,

when the manor passed to his son and he ir,

Sir William Paston,who dying in 1 554 the manor passed to his grandson

Sir W ill iam Paston,Knt.

,who sold the manor in 1 568 by conv eyance

dated 20th Oct . to J ohn Throgmorton,of the City of Norwich .

3 The conv eyance was of all that Manor Of Fritton called Fritton Paston

’s, in Fritton ,

in the County of Suffolk,and all and singular the lands

,tenements

,gardens

,

pastures,feed ings

,marshes

,woods

,underwoods

,l iberty of fol iage

,waters

,

fi shings,rents

,advowsons

,rectories

,parsonages

,and heredi taments what

soever to the same be longing in Fritton , Belton , Caldecote , within theHundred of Lothingland , with all court leets , &c.

,to hold to the said John

Throgmorton in fee of the chi ef lord,&c.

,by the accustomed services

,&c.

J ohn Throgmorton conveyed the said manor and premises in the same

year to Will iam Sydnor, who by deed dated 6th Oct . 1 584 ,byway of jointurefor Elizabeth , the wife of Henry Sydnor, his son and heir apparent , enfeoffedcertain trustees and their heirs

,amongst other estates of all that manor

called Blundeston and the Manor of Fritton with the appurtenances andas to the Manor Of Fritton he declared the uses to be to the use of the saidWilliam Sydnor and Bridget his then wife

,and after to the use of the said

Henry and of his heirs male by the said Elizabeth his wife , and afterwardsto the right heirs of the said Will iam . The marriage between the saidHenry Sydnor and Elizabeth took place I st Feb . 1 584 . Henry Sydnordied 1 8th Dec . 1 61 2 . Wil liam Sydnor granted the manor in the t ime ofJ ac . I . to Will iam Tompson

,the grant being amongst the Bodleian

Charters,

‘ and di ed 26th Augu st,1 61 3 .

On the 3oth August , 1 61 4, it was found that Will iam ,the eldest son

of the said Henry,was then 24 years of age , and Elizabeth was then living ,

and that the Manor Of Frit ton Paston’s was holden of Sir John Hev eningham

’s Manor Of North Leet in socage . By an inquisit ion taken at Eye

1 6th J anuary,1 633 , and by another taken at Bungay 29th May , 1 634 , upon the

death of William Sydnor,he was found to have died on the 1 3th of J anuary,

1 632 , seised inter al ia of the Manor of F rytton alias Fritton Pastou’s,&c.

,

and the advowson of the church held in socage of the Manor Of Lothingland ,

and valued at £5 . Dying without male issue , it was found that Elizabeth,Anne

,Sarah

,Mary

,Hester

,Susanna

,Abigail

,and Lydia were his daughters

and coheirs . On the 1 9th Dec . 1 65 1 , the eight daughters conveyed themanor with tha t Of Blundeston toWilliam Heveningham

,who resold them to

J{ohn Tasb i

érgs

h,who in turn conveyed them to Thomas Allin , of Lowestoft ,

nt.,in 1 6

'Stowe Ch . 193 , 1 2 Edw. IV.3 Fine , Trin. 1 0 Eliz .

2 Stowe Ch . 194, 2 Rich . I I I .’

4 Bodl . Sufi . Ch . 5875.

FRITTON . 31

From thi s time to the death of Sir Richard Al lin al ias Anq u ish themanor devolved in the same course as the Manor of Ashby

,in this

Hundred .

I n 171 0 the tru stees of Sir Richard Allin , by Act of Parliament , heldthe Manor of Fri tton and conveyed it to Samuel Full er .

Richard Fuller,MP . for Yarmouth

,

’dev ised this manor and estateto the Rev . Francis Turner

,one of the ministers of Yarmouth Chapel

,for

li fe with remainder to the Rev . Charles Onley,of Essex remainder to

Francis Turner,Of Yarmouth

,surgeon

,for li fe remainder to J ames Turner

of Yarmouth,banker

,for l ife ; remainder to the Rev . J oseph Turner

,

Dean of Norwich, for li fe ; remainder to th e Rev . Richard Turner,per

petual cu rate of Yarmouth , for li fe remainder to th e Rev . Francis Turner .Francis Turner

,surgeon

,during the li fet ime of the Rev . Francis Turner

,

purchased the life interests Of those in remainder, and dev ised the same toElizabeth his wife for li fe ; then one-fourth to Dawson Turner

,J ames

Turner,and Mr . Powe l l one-fourth to the Rev . Dean Turner one-fourth

to Mrs . Dade and one-fourth to the Rev . Richard Turner .All these persons by deed dated 9th and 1 0 th of November

,1 8 19, con

v eyed the manor and the bulk of the estate to Andrew G . Johnston,of

Hempnall,in Norfolk

,in fee . This gentleman

,who was a West India

proprie tor,went to J amaica soon after his purchase

,and in July,

1 830 ,

the manor and estate were sold by auction at Yarmouth,and were purchased

by Francis Turner,of Lincoln’s Inn

,London .

The name of the manor is Fritten alias Fritton al ias F retton al ias

F reton Paston’s .

’

In 1 896 and 190 0 the manor was held by the Right Hon . Sir SavilleBrinton Crossley

,Bart .

,P .C .

, J .P .,of Somerleyton .

Fritton Hall,which is a large mansion Of red brick

,stands near the

lake from which it takes its name,and is now the res idence of Col . Henry

Edmund Buxton,V.D.

, J P . The hall and about 72a . 3r . 6p . and FrittonLake were Offered for sale in and again z i st May,

1 85 1 , the contentsbeing then described as 73a . 3r. 9p. and 17acres for lake .

‘

MANOR or CALDECOT HAL L .

Bund was the tenant under Earl Gurth in the t ime Of the Confessor,

and the manor was he ld at the t ime Of the Survey by Ralph Balistarius .I t consisted of a carucate of land

,a bordar (increased to 3 at the t ime of

the Survey) , the v alue being forme rly 1 0 3 ,and at the time of the Survey

In 1 270 the manor was he ld by Henry Caldecot, who had a grant offree warrenand amarkctand a fair here and in Belton .

“ In the reign of Edw. I .

this Henry Ca ldecot is termed a knight,and is returned as holding hi s

estates in Fritton,Caldecot

,and Belton of the King in chie f

,which estates

h e derived from hi s ancestors,who obtained them from Robert Estan .

Sir Henry Caldecot left a son,Willi am de Caldecot,

’living in 1 3 1 4 ,whoby Joan his wife (who remarried Bartholomew Dav il ler) left a son

,John de

Caldecot,liv ing in 1 33 1 . Suck ling says

s: The family unquestionably

'There was a Samue l Fu lle r, M P . for ’Dom . ii . 445 .

Yarmou th ,who d ied in 172 1 , aged 6 Chart . Rolls, 54 Hen. I I I . 1 0 ; H R , 11.

74 . He had a brother Richard . 1’Suckling His t . of Su ff., vol . i . , p . 354 .

’Davy makes this Will iam Caldecot. Si r3 Ipsm

'

ch journal , 6th Aug. 1 83 1 . Henry’s grandson by a sonW i lham.

‘ Ipswich journal , 26th April , 1 85 1 .

t‘vol . i . p . 356.


derived their name from this manor in Fritton , which they seem to havegiv en to lordships in Onehouse and Finborough . They were also landowners in Debach .

”

The manor soon after,according to Suckling , became the property Of the

Fastol fs,and Sir J ohn de Ulverstone

,Knt.

,was feoffee in 1 390 of both

manor and advowson for Sir John F astolf , Knt. Amongst the Bodle ianCharters is a quit claim in 1 434 by John Pekk ere to Sir John Fastolf andothers Of all right to the manor called Fritton and Caldecotes in Frit ton .

’

A release by J ohn Fastolf to Sir John Fastolf , Knt.,of all right in the manor

is dated 4th Feb . 1 443-4 ,is mentioned in the 6th Report Of the Hist . MSS .Com .

p . 461 . Sir John Fastolf died in 1 460 ,and is said to have presented the

lordship to Magdalen Coll ege , but i t is included in the inq u is . p m . of JohnPas ton , feoffee in trust for Sir J ohn F alstolf , who obtained a licence forali enation in mortmain Of the manor in which will be foundon the Pat . Rolls in The grant consisted of 1 0 messuages

,8 tofts

,

1 0 0 acres Of land , and 4d . rent . That Paston was a feoffee or trustee forSir John Fastol f is evident from the fact that amongst the Early ChanceryProceedings is a suit by Willi am ,

Bishop of Winchester,as executor of Sir

John Fastolf , against William Paston , feoffee Of the said Sir J ohn,

”and

probably representative of J ohn Paston,respecting the manor .‘

Chalmer,in his History of Oxford

,as cited by Suckling , says I t is

ascertained that the Boar’s Head in Southwark,now divided into tene

ments,and Caldecot Manor

,in Suffolk

,and probably other estates in

Lov ingland , in the same county , were part of the benefactions of Sir JohnF astol f

,Knt.

,to Magdalen College

,Oxford . Davy regar ds the idea Of

the manor hav ing been given to the College by Sir John Fastol f aserroneous

,and states that the manor was in 1 430 vested in Will iam Lawney,

and queries whether he did not convey it by fine to Anne,his daughter and

heir,married to Wode alias B enyngton . He also states that Robert Fitz

Roberts and others held in 1 430 ,and in 1 473 i t was vested in William of

Waynfleet, Bishop of Winchester , and he probably gave it to the Col legein 1 478 . Thi s is a curious mixture of facts and manors— some truth

,and

much error .Suckl ing’s statement rests on a vague assertion of B lomefield and of

Chalmer in his History of Oxford . In 1 430 a fine was levied Of this manorCaldecotes Manor in Fretou and Belton

,

”by John Fray,

John Well es,

Ralph Holand,Thomas Rolf

,Thomas Hase ley,

Robert Fitz Robert,Richard

Hungate,John Dautree

,and William Wolf

,against William Laweney.

s

Amongst the Early Chancery Proceedings reference is made to a leaseof the manor by him

,one action be ing between him and John Pekk er

,

6

and another being as to the manor enfeoffed by John Lawnay .

7 Furtherwe meet with another fine levied Of the manor in 1 473 by WilliamWaynflete ,Bishop of Winchester

,Daniel Husbande

,clerk

,William Gifford

,clerk

,

Wil l iam Danvers,Thomas Danvers

,and Richard Burton against Henry

Wode al ias Henry B enyngton,and Anne his wife

,daughter and heir of

Will iam Laweney.

” 8

The president and scholars of Magdalen College were lords of the manorin 1 8 1 4 , when land was allotted to them under the Bradwel l

,Belton

,

and Fritten Inclosure Act,and they he ld in 1 844 and 1 885 .

’1 2 Hen. VI . ; Bod ] . Su ff . Ch . 873 .

5 Feet of Fines , 8 Hen. VI . 1 5 .

6 Edw. IV. 44 .6 E .C.P 1 5 Rich . I I . ; 1 0 Hen. VI . 7, 1 34.

3 Pat. Rolls, 1 8 Edw. IV. pt . 11. 3 . 1 0 -21 Hen. VI . 1 1 , 21 4 .

‘ E.C.P Bund le 20 , 80 .8 Feet of Fines, 1 3 Edw. IV. 27, 28 .

FRITTON . 33

The manor is now said to be v ested in the Right Hon . Sir Sav ile BrintonCrossley

,Bart .

,P .C .

, J .P .,of Somerleyton . There is a chancery

sui t by the Pres ident , &c.

,of the College agai nst John J ernegan touching

the manor amongst the Chancery Proceedings in the t ime Of QueenEliz abe th .

’

Charters and deeds re lat ing to the manor are referred to in the 4th Rep.

of the Hist . MSS . Corn .

2

Cal decot Hall is a plain residence of brick now occupied by Mr .WilliamHenry Elli s .

Arms of CALDECOT Per pale,Or and A2 . a chief Gules .

Ser. 11. B . cxx v . 69.“ P . 463.

E


CORLESTON .

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Guert consist ing of5 carucates of land , 20 villeins , 5 bordars , 5 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne

,and 5 belonging to the men

,wood for the

maintenance Of 5 hogs , 1 0 acres of meadow, 3 saltpans , 2

rouncies, 5 beasts , and 30 0 sheep . At the t ime of the

Survey Roger Bigot kept thi s manor for the King, thevil leins were reduced to 1 2

,the serfs to 4 , the ploughteams

in demesne to 1 and those belonging to the men to 3 , while the rounciesand beasts had disappeared .

Another hold ing in thi s place consisted of 20 freemen wi th 90 acres asto al l customs belonging to the manor and included in its valuat ion .

”

There were 7ploughteams,reduced to 5 at the t ime Of the Su rvey . I t was

held by Roger Bigot in keeping for the King .

Another holding was that of four freemen,and consisted of a carucate Of

land, ploughteams , valued at 20 3 . At the t ime of the Survey the plough

teams were 2,and their value 1 63 . This es tate also was kept for the King

by Roger Bigot .‘

The Surv ey also states that at Yarmouth were 24 fishermen belongingto the Manor of Gorleston . They were enumerated amongst the estates ofthe King kept for him by Roger Bigot .

“

There were at one t ime four manors in Gorleston— a paramount,a

principal,and two mesne

,of all of which the Jerninghams were lords .

MANOR OF GORLESTON .

Thi s was in the reign of Edward the Confessor part of the es tates ofEarl Gurth or Guert

,6th son Of Earl Godwin

,and at the time Of the Surv ey

was he ld by Roger Bigot for the King . With the Crown the manorremained unt il the latter end of the reign of Hen . I I I .

,when it was held

by Warin de Montchensy by the service Of one knight’s fee .

3 An extent ofthe lands of King Hen . I I I . in Gorleston will be found on the HundredRolls .

‘ I n the re ign of Edw. I . J ohn Bal liol was lord of Gorleston by agrant from the Crown . He was the 4th son of J ohn de Ball iol

,founder of

the coll ege at Oxford which bears his name,who died in 1 268

,by

Devorgu il la,descended on her mother

’s side from Alexander,King of Scot

land . In 1 292 this John Balliol the grantee was proclaimed King of

Scotland,which dignity he held as a fief of the English Crown for four

years,when he was deposed by Edw. I .

,and under a specious pretence of

rebellion was brought prisoner to London . In a subsidy roll in the year1 295

-6 he is simply styled Sir J ohn de Balliol , without any reference to hisregal dignity .

In 1 3 1 4 an inquisit ion was taken respecting the rights of this J ohnBall iol in his Hundred of Lothingland , and the rights of the towns of LittleYarmouth and Gorleston

,he having taken for every foreign ship 1 8d .

,for

every English sh ip 4d . per annum,for every loaded cart or horse one half

penny, for ev ery last of herrings by a foreign merchant 4d .,the payage

belonging to him was valued at 4d . He used also to take attachment ofevery ship anchoring on the Lothingland side , so far as the file of the water .

The manor having been forfeited by J ohn Balliol was granted by KingEdw. I . to his nephew

,J ohn de Dreux

,Earl of Ri chmond, and Baron de

’Dom . u . 283, 2836. 284b.

3T de N 2332

1b.‘H .R . ii . 1 40 .

GORLESTON .

Bretagne . He was councillor for the Prince of Wal es in 1 307and guardianand Lieutenant of Scotland the next and the following year , and died 17thJ an . 1 333

-4 without issue , when the manor passed to his nephew and heir

,

John de Dreux,Earl of Richmond

,and Duke of Bretagne

,son of Arthur

,

Duke of Brittany,by his I st wife Mary , Vicomtesse de Limoges , daughter

and heir Of Guy VI . Vicomte de Limoges,which Arthur was eldest brother

of J ohn,the late Earl Of Richmond .

John,Earl of Richmond and Duke of Brittany

,married I st in 1 296

-7

Isabel,sister of Phi lip VI .

,King of France

,daughter of Char les

,Count of

Valois,by hi s 1 st wife Margaret

,daughter of Chas . I I .

,King of Jersualem

and Sicily and 2ndly I sabel , daughter of Sancho IV .,King of Castile and

Leon ; and 3rdly Jane ,daughter and he ir of Edward

,Count Of Sav oy,

by Blanche,daughter of Robert

,zud Duke of Burgundy . Th e Earl and

Duke di ed 3oth April , 1 341 , without issue .

The manor next vested in Michael de la Pole,Earl Of Suffolk

,who

married Kathe rine,daughter and heir of Sir JohnWingfield ,

Knt.,and di ed

in 1 388 an outlaw . Though a grant seems to have been made of the manorto John Holland

,Earl of Huntingdon

,the manor was restored with his

other estates to Michael de la Pole,zud Earl of Suffolk

,in 1 397, and full

restoration made to him on the accession Of Hen . IV .

He married Lady Catherine de Stafford,daughter of Hugh

,Earl of

Stafford,and on his death in 1 4 1 5 was succeeded by his son and heir ,

Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , slain at the batt le Of Agincourt the

same year as his father . He was succeeded by his brother, William de laPole

, 4th Earl of Suffolk , from which time the manor passed as the Manorof Wattisfield

,in B lackbourn Hundred

,up to the time of Edmund de la

Pole,2nd Duke Of Suffolk

,who was beheaded in 1 5 1 3 . On his attainder

the manor had passed to the Crown .

On the 28th J an . 1 5 1 0 ,the manor was granted in tail male by King

Hen . VI I I . to Edward Jernegan or Jerningham and Mary his wife subj ectto the annual rent of £1 6 . 173 . 9d .

‘

Sir Edward Jernegan died 6th J an . seised of the manor and themanors of East and West and North and South Leet in Gorleston . The manorpassed to his widowMary

,who remarried SirWilliam Kingston

,K .G.

,and died

26th Aug . when the manor passed to Sir Edmund’s e ldest 5 0 11

,Sir Henry

Jernegan ,of Wingfield and of Huntingfield Hall . Sir Henry was one of the

first amongst the Suffolk knights to espouse the cause of Queen Mary , andproceeded at the head of his tenants and retainers to join the Queen atKenninghall

,and afterwards at Framlingham Castle

,having first pro

claimed her at Norwich on the 1 2th July .

The interest of the Jernegan family in East Anglia was of no smallaccount

,and it was mainly through their influence that possession of the

fleet stationed in the ne ighbourhood of Yarmouth for the purpose of intercepting the Qu een in the event of her attempt ing to q

uit England wasobtained at this crit ical time . Hollinshed in hi s Chronic e says Aboutthis t ime six ships that were appointed to lie before Yarmouth , and to havetaken the Ladi e Marie

,i f she had fled that way

,were

,by force of weather,

driven into the hav en where Maister J erningham was , raising power onthe Ladi e Mary’s behal f

,who hearing thereof , came thither , whereupon the

xS.P . 2 Hen. VIII . 1 446.

3 I .P .M 2 Edw. VI . 70 .

7 Hen. VIII . 1 .


Captain took a boat,and went to their ships , but the sailors and soldiers

asked Maister J erningham what he would have and whether he wouldhav e their Captains or no ? and he said yea . Marrie , said they , ye shall hav ethem

,or we throwe them into the bottome of the sea . But the captains

said forthwith that they would serve Queen Mary willingly , so broughtforth their men

,and conv eyed with them th e great ordnance . Of the

coming Of these ships , the Lady Marie was wonderfully joyous , and afterwards doubted lit tle the Duke’s puissance ,

but when news thereof wasbrought to the tower , each man there began to draw backward , and afterthat word of a greater mischi e f was brought to the tower that is to say,

that the nobleman’s tenants refuse to serve their lords against Queen

Marie .

The Queen recognised the assistance she had receiv ed from Sir HenryJ erni ngham

,and

,upon her accession

,immediately appointed him Vice

Chamberlain,Captain of the Guard

,Master of the Horse

,and of her House

hold,and one of the Privy Council

,and granted him several large manors in

Norfolk,Suffolk

,Herefordshire

,and Gloucestershire

,and in part icular

those of Costessey,in Norfolk

,and Wingfield Castle , in Suffolk . He was

one of the representatives for the latter county in Parli ament in the fir st

year of Queen Mary , and was most act ive in suppressing the rebelli on of

Sir Thomas Wyatt , and routed the rebels at Charing Cross after their failureat Whitehall in the ir attempt to follow the ir leader into the city. He

married Frances,daughter of Sir George Baynham ,

of Clowerwall,in

Gloucestershire,Knt.

,and dying was buried at Costessey church 7th

September,1 572 ,

aged 63 , when the manor passed to his son and heir , HervyJ erningham

,of Costessey .

Amongst the Tanner MSS . in the Bodleian is a copy of an agreementin 1 572 between the town of Yarmouth and the libert ies Of Sir Henry

Jernyngham touching Gorleston .

’

Davy states that in 1 589 Will iam Tripp and Robert Dawe had a grantOf the manor from the Queen

,and that in 1 592 J ohn Arundell and Char les

Walgrave he ld the manor , and the same year Theophilus Adams and ThomasButler had a grant Of the rev ersion from Queen Elizabeth . Sir HenryJernegan married I st Eleanor

,daughter of Thomas

,Lord Dacres

,of

Gillesland,by Eli zabeth , daughter Of George Talbot , 4th Earl of Shrewsbury,

and Ann his wife,daughter of Lord Hast ings

,and 2ndly Frances , daughter

and coheir of his cousin,Sir J ohn J ernegan,

of Somerleyton , and widow of

Sir Thomas B edingfield , of Oxburgh . Henry Jernegan or J erningham in1 60 4 sold the manor to Thomas Hirne and Christopher Hirne

,and an

acquittance by the vendor to Thomas Hirne,described as of Hev eringland ,

for paid for the releases of this manor and those of Leistoft al ias

Lowstoft,Eastleete

,Northleete

, Sou th leete , Westleete,and Mutford , and

other lands in the Island of Loth ingland wi ll be found amongst theAdd it ional Charters in the Brit ish Museum .

2 The acquittance is dated4th May , 1 60 4 .

Sir John Hev eningham and Bridget his wife seem to have bought in1 60 9 from the Hirnes

,and Sir John’s son

,Willi am Heveningham ,

appearsto hav e held the manor

,and forfeited it in 1 660 by reason Of his having been

one of the j udges of King Chas . I .The manor was apparently included in the grant made in favour of

Lady Mary Heveningham by King Chas . I . and her trustees held in 1 661 .

'Tanner, cccxi. 35 .

2Add . Ch . 1 4279.


J ohn Spring in 1 546 sold the manor to Richard Gunville .’Richard

Gunville di ed 29th Aug . when the manor passed to his son and he irWill iam Gunv ille

,who died unmarried in 1 559, when it went to his brother

and he ir,Henry Gunv ille

,who died without issue in 1 580 , leaving a widow

Alice to whom the manor passed for l i fe . On h er death it devolved uponthe sister of Henry Gunville , married to Richard Ward .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings in 1 588 will be found an action byth is Richard Ward against Richard Johnson to establ ish boundaries Of landin Gorleston

,and respecting a lease of lands there cal led Smithes

,the

inheritance of the plaintiff .’ In 1 60 2 Henry Ward was lord .

In 1 609 the manor was held by Roger Godsav e or Godsalve , and in1 633 by William Vesey

,of Bradwell

,younger son of William Vesey,

OfHintlesham .

‘ He married I st Anne,daughter of B rag,

'

of HatfieldPeverell

,and 2ndly Alice , daughter of Richard Jenkinson

,and sister of

Henry J enkinson,of Oulton . His will is dated 1 4th Jan . 1 644 ,

in whichyear he died

,when the manor passed to his widow Al ice and from her to

their son,Richard Vesey

,who was lord of the manor Of Hobland Hall

in 1 684 . He married Anne Rache ll,daughter of J enkinson

,of Norwich

,

and on his death the manor passed to his son and heir,William Vesey

,who

was lord in 1 693 .

In 1723 Mary Prattant, widow ,occurs as lady of the manor

,and amongst

the Exchequer Deposit ions taken at Great Yarmouth in 1736 we find anaction as to the estate of J ames Artis

,including this manor and estates at

Gorleston . The action is between Mary Prattant and others andSamuel Ar tis . Soon afterwards we find the manor vested in FrancisLarwood

,who by will dated Feb . 1749, and proved in the Prerogative Court

Of Canterbury 7th May , 1750 ,devised it to Christopher Routh

,of Norwich

,

in fee,who by will 9th July , 1774, and proved 31 5t J uly,

1783 , devised it tohis t rustees for sale . The trustees conveyed the manor to Robert Harveythe elder

,citizen and alderman of Norwich

,by deeds of lease and release

dated 1 1 th and 1 2th Oct . 1785 . The said Robert Harvey by will dated8th Oct . 1 8 1 0

,devised it to his three sons

,Robert

,J ohn

,and Charles

,in

fee as tenants in common,and they by deeds dated 9th and l oth Oct . 1 8 1 8 ,

sold and conveyed it to Thomas Read and Robert Read,of Frettenham

,

in Norfolk,farmers

,who sold and conveyed it by deeds dated 1 3th and

f1 4thNov . 1 82 1

,to J ames Barber

,of Hopton , and afterwards of Gorleston,

armer .

J ames Barber,by hi s will dated 29th J an . 1 842, dev ised his Manor of

Bacon’s to trustees for sal e

,and they offered it for sale by auction 20 th May,

1 843 , at the Star Inn,Yarmouth .

5 I t was bought by William Thurtell,

of Great Yarmouth,and Arthur Steward

,Of Southtown

,otherwise Little

Yarmouth .

MANOR OF Sprr'

rINcs .

Th is manor derived its name from a lord called William Spitting . In1 444 the manor was vested in J ohn F astolf

,for we find this year a

release by him to Sir John Fastol f,Knt.

,Of all his rights in the manors

of Caldecotes,B rocostone

,Hak lound

,and Spylelyng. The release is

dated 4th Feb . 22 Hen . VI .,

6and in 1 478 the manor became vested in

Fine , Mich . 38 Hen. VIII . 4 See Manor of Hintlesham Priory, Sam ford17th J u ly, 2 Mary. Hund red .

3 C.P. in. 306 .5 I pswich ] 0 um al , 22nd April , 1 843 .

6 6 Rep. Hist. Com. 461 .

GORLESTON . 39

Magdalen College,Oxford .

1 Probably the suit amongst the Early ChanceryProceedings by Willi am ,

Bishop of Winchester,as executor of Sir John

F astol f against Wil liam Paston,feoffee of the said Sir J ohn

,as to the manor

has reference to this vesting .

“

The licence for the al ienation in mortmain will be found on the PatentRolls for

Lands in Gorleston cal led Spitelyngg are found in the inqu is .

pm . of Sir John Fas tolf in As‘

to thi s manor and the deeds , see

4 Rep . MSS . Corn . p . 461 , 463 .

1 8 Edw. IV.

3 Pat. 1 8 IV. pt. 11. 23.‘E .C.P Bundle 20 , 80 . 38

-39 Hen. VI . 48 .


MANOR OF GUN TON .

N the time of Hen. I . this manor was held by the churchof St . Michael

,at Norwich . I n 1 287 i t was the lordship of

Richard dc Goneton ,whose successor he ld it near the end

Of the reign of Edw. I I . In 1 279 we find an action by Robert ,son of Roger de Gunton

,against J ohn

,son of Richard de

Gunton,and others as to a tenement in Gunton

,

’and one

by Simon Tute ler and Anastasia his wife against John ,son of Richard de Gunton

,and othe rs touching a tenement there .

’

In 1 30 1 a fine of the manor and advowson was lev ied by J ohn deGunton and Letit ia his wife against Roger de Ludham .

3

In 1 3 1 6 the manor was vested in Roger de Loudham . The family hadheld land here from the t ime of Edw. I .

,and we find in 1 277 an action

referred to on the Patent Rolls . I t was brought by Ranulph de Ludehamagainst Thomas Thurk il and related to common of pasture in Gunton .

‘

Roger de Loudham conv eyed the manor by fine to J ohn de Corton,

and in 1 336 Geoffrey de Corton conv eyed the manor by fine to Roger deLoudham and Matilda his wife .

5 Matilda was a daughter Of Ri chard deGrey .

These assurances were probably for effect ing settlements on theLoudham family,

and in 1 338 Sir Roger de Loudham presented to the church .

Sir Roger died in and in 1 356 William Tempervoyse , parson ofLangenho,

conveyed the manor by fine to J ohn,son of Roger de Loudham

,

and Isabel his wife .

7

In 1 41 4 Thomas Kempston , no doubt a trustee , conv eyed it by fine toRobert Palgrave and Margaret his wife

,

8 for we find that in 1 435 the manorwas held by Nicholas de Loudham ,

brother and heir of J ohn,son and heir

of Sir Roger de Loudham,

’the sai d J ohn having died without issue .

Nicholas de Loudham is made by Davy to have married Mat ilda,

daughter Of Richard de Grey,by some stated to be the wi fe of his father .

Before 1 45 1 , howev er , the manor had passed from the Loudhams , forwe then find it v ested in Sir Henry Inglose, Knt.

,who by his will dated

20 th June,1 45 1 , and proved 4th J uly in the same year , left the manors of

Gunton and Hopton'o with certain manors in Rutland to be sold by his

executors to pay his debts . Amongst the Early Chancery Proceedings isa suit by Edmund Wichyngham ,

Robert Inglose , and J ohn Parham clerk ,as executors Of Sir Harry Inglose , Knt.

,against Sir J ohn Colvyle , Knt.

,

feoffee of the said Sir Harry,as to this manor .” The manor was evidently

not sold,but passed on Sir Henry’s death to his zud son

,Robert Inglose ,

from whom in 1 478 it passed to hi s daughter and heir Catherine , marriedto Richard B lomevyle or B lomv il le

,of Newton Flotman . He died in 1 490

and she in 1 495 , when the manor passed to her son and heir , RichardB lomevyle , and on his death in 1 50 3 to his brother Ralph B lomevyle, who

‘Pat. Rolls, 7Edw. I . 26d .

1’Feet of Fines , 2 Hen. V . 1 2 .

2l b. 9 Fee t of Fines , 14 Hen. VI . 26.

3 Feet of Fines , 29 Edw. I . 38 . We do not see a manor in Hopton which4 Pat. Rolls , 5 Edw. I . 23d . could hav e belonged to h im . SeeS F eet of Fines, 1 0 Edw. I I I . 35 . Manor of Ashby, in this Hund red ,

31 Edw. I I I . 37. for th e wil l of Sir Henry Inglose .

7Feet of Fines , 30 Edw. I I I . 36 ; See Bundle 26, 135 ; 35-38 Hen. VI .Manor of Loudham Herringfleet, in

this Hundred .

GUNTON . 41

married Constance Gurney , and died 20 th April,

when the manorvested in his son and he ir

,Edward B lomevyle .

A fine was levied against h im of the manor in 1 532 by John B lomev ile ,clerk

,and others

,and th e fine included lands in Gunton

,Lowestoft

,Hopton

,

Ou l ton,Flixton

,Normenton

,Mutford

,and Gorleston

,and the adv owson

of the church Of Gunton .

z Edward B lomev ile married I st a daughter ofThomas Godsalv e

,Of Norwich

,and 2ndly Barbara , daughter of William

Drake,of Hardl ey

,Norfolk

,and di ed in 1 568 , when the manor passed to

his son and heir,Thomas B lomevyle . By hi s fir st wife

,Rose Johnson

,

he had no issue,and by his 2nd

,Margaret

,he had onl y two daughters .

In 1 571 the manor was vested in Jerome B lomvyle , and was conveyedto RobertWroote or Wrott.

3

I n 1 580 a chancery sui t was inst ituted by John HOO,of Lowestoft

,

against this Robert Wroote as to certain pas ture land call ed the Deanescontaining acres lying between the main sea and the cliff, which hadformer ly been covered by the sea , and whereon time out Of mind th e

inhabitants Of Lowestoft had been accustomed to depasture their horses,

sheep,and other cattle

,and to tak e furze and sweepage thereon growing .

This was claimed to be parcel of Lowestoft Manor by HOO and of GuntonManor by Wroote . The proceed ings are ful ly set forth by Mr . Sucklingin h is Hi story of Suflolk .

‘ Gunton Manor came out the better . RobertWroote died in 1 591 , and by an inquisition post mortem held at Ipswich28th of Sept . 1 591 ,

he was found to have died seised of the Manor of Guntonj uxta Leystoft held of Henry Jernegan in free socage as of his Manor ofGorleston

,and valued at £5 . The manor passed to Robert Wroote

’s son

and heir,Francis Wroote

,from whom it passed to Lione l Holle

,of the

Inner Temple,who mar ried Susan

,one of the daughters and coheirs of

Thomas Harvey , of Rushmere , yeoman .

He survived and remarried,and in 1 692 Dorothy Holle,widow,

presentedto the rectory .

In 1724 the manor was vested in Wil liam Luson , merchant , and fromhim it passed to his son and heir , Hewling Luson . Mr . Druery ,

in hisHistorical and Topographica l Notes on Yarmouth (p . 2 1 9) informs us thatin 1756 Hewlin Luson discovered some fine clay on his estate here capableof be ing manu actured into a kind of china something superior to De l ftware . He erected a temporary furnace on his estate here and succeededin establishing a china manufactory

,although he encountered considerable

Opposition from the London artisans who apprized of his intentions executeda variety of schemes through fear of competition to render his attemptsabort iv e . In the foll owing year the proj ect was revived by Messrs . Aldred

,

Richman,Walker

,and Brown

,at Lowestoft

,who established a very

respectable manufactory upon a more extended scale , but it was subse

quently rel inquished . Hewl ing Luson sold this estate , together with thesmal l parish of Fishl ey

,in Norfolk

,to Sir Charles Saunders for

Sir Charles was one Of the Knights of the Bath,Admiral of the Whi te

Squadron,Lieut .-General of Marines , and a Privy Councillor. This gallant

VIII. 61 . v . Barbara Hartly, widow'

(Fines ,Hen. VIII. Trin. 1 3 E liz.)

3 Fines, Rober t Wrot and Jerome B lom 4VOI. ii. pp. 3-6.

vyle and oth ers , and Robert Wrott

F


officer died 7th Dec . when the manor passed to his t rustees,Sir

Hugh Palliser and Timothy Bret , and subsequently to Dr . Richard Huck ,a physician of eminence

,who in 1777married the niece and heir Of Sir Charles

and assumed the name and arms of Saunders . Mrs . Huck Saunders diedin 1780 ,

leaving two daughters one of whom married the Hon . Mr . (afterwards V iscount) Dundas , and the other J ohn , Earl of Westmoreland , ofwh ich ladi es the manor was purchased in 1 80 2 by Thomas Fowler . Inthe advert isement Of sale

,which was by public auct ion

,at the Bear Inn

,

Yarmouth,1 4th J uly, 1 80 2

,the property was described as consist ing of

the Manor of Gunton and the mansion house called Gunton Hall, with28 acres of land in hand and 23 acres of wood in hand , also a farm of about627acres and 222 acres of warren .

”

He died in 1 83 1 , when the manor went to his widow ,Mary Soame

Fowler,for life

,and then passed to his son and heir

,the Rev . Frederick

Cook Fowler . In 1 885 the manor was vested in Robert Cook Fowler , andin 1 896 and at the present time in the trustees of the late Mrs . Fowler .

Gunton Hall is a handsome modern edifice erected by Thomas Fowlerin 1 80 3 on the north side of the parish , two miles from Lowestoft , and nowoccupied by Basil Arthur Charlesworth , J P . The Old hall adj oining thechurchyard was formerly the residence of Hewl ing Luson , afterwards of SirChar les Saunders

,Knt.

,then of his descendant

,Dr . Saunders

,and subse

quently Of J . D . Downes,a celebrated falconer

,who kept here an excel lent

breed of hawks,and afforded the neighbouring gentry an Opportunity of

witnessing the ancient sport of hawking,so long the favourite amusement

of our forefathers,but now nearly ext inct

,not only in England but in

Europe . Later the hall was occupied by the Rev . Frederick Cook Fowler,

and is now the residence of Ernest William Fowler .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedi ngs in the time of Queen Elizabethis a Bill to be relieved against j udgments by Henry Dengayne and Barbarahis wife respect ing the manor to which Barbara was entitled for li fe .

’

And we find amongst the Early Chancery Proceedings a suit by WilliamBishop

,of Winchester

,executor Of Sir J ohn Fastolf

,against William Paston

,

Esq .,feoffee of the said Sir J ohn

,as to the Manor of Gunton and other

manors .‘

Arms Of LOWDHAM Arg . 3 inescutcheons Sa, 2 and 1 , of this branch .

Of B LOMVILE Quarterly per fesse indented Or and Az .,a bend Cu .

was a membe r of th e House of 4§acres gardens , s acres lawns , andCommons at the time Of h is decease .

and Sir George Saville pronounceda bri lliant eulogy upon h is life and

actions . In a description of themanor and advowson in adve rtisement of sale at the King’s Arms ,Norwich , 1 3th Aug. 1762 , th e

property was stated to be “

about

80 acres wood lands also 856 acresof land , the last let at £250 a year,being in fact a warren for rabbits .

”

(I pswich journal , Ju ly,

“Ipswich journal , 1 9th June, 1 80 2 .

3GP . i . 235 .

31 Hen. VI ., Bund le 20 , 80 .

HERRINGFLEET . 43

HERRI NGFLEET.

MANOR was held here byWolsey,a freeman in Saxon times

,

and consisted of a carucate of land,2 vil leins

,a bordar

,a

ploughteam in demesne and half belongi ng to the men,

both of which had disappeared at the time of the Survey .

There was al so enough wood to support 1 2 hogs,the value

be ing 43 . At the time of the Survey this manor was keptfor the King by Roger Bigot .

All these men rendered in the time of the Confessor 20 3 . to the farmof the manor), and later in Roger Bigot

’s time,Aluric the provost increased

the sum to and in Hugh de Houdan’s t ime to £50 as the men say .

“

MANOR OF HERRINGFLEE‘

I‘ LATE PRIORY .

I n the t ime of the Confessor Ulsi,a freeman

,held this estate

,which

was at the time Of the Survey vested in the Crown , and was subsequentlheld by Catherine Fitz Osbert . I n the reign of King John it was the lorship of Roger Fitz Osbert

,who in the next reign founded a priory in th e

vill age wh ich be dedicated to th e V irgin Mary and St . Olave , the king andmartyr . To this monastery he gav e the lordship of Herringfleet. Uponthe suppression of the religious houses this manor passed to the Crown

,

and was by letters patent dated the 26th J an . 1 546-7, granted with other

estates in Herringfleet to Henry J ernegan and Frances his wife in consideration of £992 . 83 . 6d . As early as 1 537we find a notice amongst theState Papers of a lease of the manor and recto ry to this Henry Jernegan

’

and Frances h is wife .

’

A fine was levied of the manor in 1 592 by John Arundell and othersagains t Henry Jernegan,

John son of the above-mentioned Henry Jernegan,

‘

and others .

’

On th e 7th April , 1 598 ,the last-mentioned Henry Jernegan, described

as the elder , of Cossey , in Norfolk , granted the manor to Henry Jerneganthe younger , his son and heir apparent , in fee .

I n the House of Lords’Journals wil l be found a Bil l in 1 60 5 [2 J ac. I .]for sale of the manor by Henry Jernegan for payment of debts .

“ On theI st Sept . 1 61 0

,licence of alienation under the Great Seal was granted to

Henry Jernegan al ias J erningham,j un .

,and Eleanor his wife

,

’enablingthem to conv ey to Matthew Bedell , citizen of London , in fee . Theassurance was e ffected by a sale enrolled in the Cou rt of Chancery ,and dated I st NOV . followmg. I t purported to conv ey the site Of the latedissolv ed prio of St . Olav e

’s,in Herringfleet, £1 . 23 . rent in Thorington

belonging to t e said priory and the Manor of Herringfleet, and all themessuages and swan-marks

,fisheries

,&c.

,advowsons

,tithes

,&c.

,1 . 63 . 8d .

rent from the rectory of Burgh Castle,subj ect to the payment of 6. 1 23 . 3d .

to the King and other lords of the fee as qui t rents .

‘

sF ine, Trin. 34 Eliz. vol . 1 0 .

'S.P . 1 520 , p. 558 . H .L . ii . 273 , 275 , 278 , 30 5 , 306, 30 8 , 321 .

’O. 38 Hen. VIII . 3 Pars . Rot. 2 ; Add .7She was a daugh ter of Thomas Throck

Ch . 1 4992 . morton, of Coughton, co. Warwick .

‘ See Manors of Ashby and Gorles ton, in 8 Suckling , H ist., v ol . ii. p. 1 1 .

this Hund red .


From Matthew Bedell the manor passed to h is son and heir,Thomas

Bede ll . Davy calls him Matthew’s nephew

,but a fine levied of the manor

29th J uly,dist inctly calls Thomas Bedell the son of Matthew .

On his death th e manor passed to his sister and coheir Elizabeth Aubrey ,widow of Hubert Aubrey,

of Clehough , in Herefordshire , and she by deedin August

,1 674 ,

conv eyed the manor to Edward Taverner . ElizabethAubrey had taken under a partit ion between her two sisters and herself .Edward Tav erner had married Anne , one of the sisters of Elizabeth . OnEdward Taverner’s dea th the manor passed under a settlement made 4thand 7th F eb . 1 697, to his son and he ir , Francis Taverner , who by deeds6th and 7th Jan . 1726, sold and conveyed the same to Sir Edmund Bacon,

of Gillingham ,in Norfolk

,Bart .

,who by deeds dated 1 3th and 1 4th Dec .

1733 ,sold it to Hill Mussenden

,of Qu iddenham ,

in Norfolk .

On the 29th and 3oth June , 1736, indentures were executed betweenH ill Mussenden

,of the fir st part John Wentworth

,al ias Creswell

,William

Lee,Carteret Leathes

,and Richard Martin

,of the second part the Right

Honourable Martha,Baroness Wentworth

,widow of Sir Henry Johnston

,

Knt.,deceased

,of Toddington

,in the County of Bedford

,of the third part

and Martha Johnston,one of the sisters of the said Sir Henry

J ohnston,of the fourth part ; in consideration of a marriage intended

between Hi ll Mussenden and Martha Johnston,the site

,lordship

,and

rectory of Herringfleet were limited to the said Hill Mussenden for liferemainder to Martha

,his intended wife

,for l ife

,for her j o inture ;

remainder to the issue of Hill Mussenden and Martha ; remainder to HillMussenden in fee . There was no issue Of thi s marriage . On the 1 2th

Oct . 1772 ,the said Hill Mussenden by his wil l devised all his estates to his

brother,Carteret Leathes

,of Bury St . Edmunds

,in fee

,who had taken the

name of Leathes in conformity to the will Of Will iam Leathes,his uncle .

Of the family of Leathes , Suckling writes I t is of great antiquity,

and appears to hav e been originally settled at Leathes-water,in Cumber

land,from which place they took their name . They enj oyed that estate

from a period litt le posterior to the Norman Conquest in a direct male lineuntil Adam de Leathes

,in the reign of Queen El izabeth

,sold his inheritance

to the inhabitants . From him descended William Leathes,of the County

Of Antrim,in Ireland ,whowas born in 1 674 , and rose rapidly,

under the Dukeof Marlborough

,to posts Of considerable importance . He was Paymaster

General to the Forces in the reign of Queen Anne , and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Cou rts Of Brussels and the Hague during the reign Of Geo . I .He died at his residence

,Brocket Hall

,Hertfordshire

,in 1727, leav ing a large

funded property,together with his I rish estates

,and those of Great and

Litt le Oakley,in Essex

,to his eldest nephew

,Carteret Mussenden

,who

was to assume the name and arms of Leathes . Among the pictures atH err ingfleet Hall is a splendid full-length portrait of thi s dist inguishedgentleman painted while Minister at Brussels

,for which the artist Heroman

Vander Mij n is said to have receivedCarteret Leathes was MP . for Harwich and Sudbury , and di ed in 1787.

By his marriage with Loveday,daughter of S . Garrod

,Of co. Lincoln

,who

died in 1758 , he had one daughter and three sons , and by his will 2nd Sept . 1778 ,devised his estates in Herringfleet to J ohn Leathes, of Reedham ,

co. Norfolk,

his eldest son,in fee . He married a Miss Death

,and died without issue in 1788 ,

1 5 Car. 1 . pt. iii. 46.2 Suckling , Hist. Suff ., vol . 11. p . 1 3 ; see

also Burke’s Landed Gentry.


sen .,and Margaret his wi fe

,no doubt the obj ect being a settlement of the

property .

’ Sir Wil l iam Jenny married I st Elizabeth,daughter of Thomas

Cawse,and secondly Eleanor , daughter Of J ohn Sampson , of Harksted

,

and died 23rd Dec . 1 483 ,when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Sir

Edmund J enny . He married Catherine , daughter and he ir of RobertBoys , of Cretingham ,

in Norfolk and died 26th Aug . when he wasfound to have held the Manor of Lowdeham by the annual rent of 6s . 8d .

Sir Edward J enny's son,Will iam

,had married twice— I st Audrey

,daughter

of Sir Robert Clere,of Ormesby

,Norfolk ,

and 2ndly Elizabeth , daughter ofThomas B ritton

,and had died 28th Feb . 1 5 1 9, in his father

’s li fet ime leavinga 5 0 11

,Francis J enny

,who was heir to his grandfather . Davy states that

on Edward Jenny’s death the manor passed to his brother

,Richard J enny,

and from him to his son and heir , Robert J enny . I t seems more probablethat Francis did succeed his grandfather , and that he parted with the estateto Robert his cousin , son of Richard , Sir Edmund

’s brother

,which Richard

had married Elizabeth,daughter of George Seekford

,of Seekford Hall .

At all ev ents,this Robert had the manor

,and we find tha t in 1 542 he and

Mary his wife lev ied a fine against Francis Jenny and Margaret his wife .

’

Robert Jenny married Mary,daughter of John Berney

,of Reedham

,and

died in 1 559,when the

'

manor passed to his son and heir,J ohn J enny

,on

whose death it went to his brother Thomas J enny,who died in 1 590 .

The manor then passed to the Uffiet family,and 29th J an . 1 63 1 J ohn

U ffiet the elder, and J ohn Uffiet the younger , conveyed the Manor of

Titshall , &c.,to J ohn Hammond . By an inqu is . taken at Harleston

on the death of this John Hammond 6th Sept . 1 632 ,he was found to have

died 20 th J uly, 1 632 , seised Of the Manor of Tytshall’s and Loudham ,

&c.,

in Herringfleet, and 30 0 acres Of land in Askeby,held of the Manor of

Loth ingland in socage . The manor passed to John’s son and heir,Richard

Hammond,of Ditch ingham ,

in Norfolk,who 24th March , 1 650 , conveyed

to Sir Thomas Meadow,Knt.

,alderman of Great Yarmouth

,who by his

will dated 1 686 gave it to his daughter J udith,who married Edward

Reading,of Hope House

,Hammersmith . In 1706 these premises having

been mortgaged to Margaret Deeds,she foreclosed the mortgage

,and by her

wil l dated 24th March , 171 8 , devised them with other property to ThomasB ramston

,of Screens

,in Essex . He sold in 1743.to Hil l Mussenden , from

which time the manor has descended .in the same course as the main manor .

‘ Fee t of Fines , 24 Hen. VI . 1 4 . 3 Fine, H il . 34 Hen. VIII . She was h is8th June, 1 5 Hen. VIII. first wi fe, and daughter of Sir

Robert Peyton, of Isleharn.

HOPTON . 47

HOPTON

t ime of the Confessor there were two manors in this place .

The first was that of Tu rgar , a freeman under Gurth’s com

mendation,and consisted Of 80 acres

,a bordar

,a ploughteam

in demesne,wood for th e maintenance of 1 0 hogs

, 3 acresOf meadow

,a rouncy, 5 beasts , 8 hogs , 60 sheep , and 3

hives of bees,valued at 53 .

The second was that of Sirie,a freeman under Gu rth’s

commendat ion,and consisted of 60 acres

,a bordar

,a serf

,and a ploughteam ,

wood to support 1 0 hogs,and 1 } acres of meadow . Also a rouncy

, 4 beasts ,8 hogs

,and 69 sheep , valued at 53 .

And under Turgar and Sirie eight freemen had 80 acres, 3 ploughteams

(reduced to 2 at the t ime of the Survey), and 2 acres of meadow,valued at

1 0 3 .

All these estates were kept for the King at the t ime Of the Survey byRoger Bigot . l

MANOR OF HOPTON .

The manor and advowson of Hopton were granted by William Rufusto the Prior and Conv ent of the Holy Trin ity at Norwich , which grant wasconfirmed in the re ign of Hen. I I I .

,and in 1 30 6 th e Prior obtained a licence

of free warren in his lands here and in Loth ingland .

2 At the di ssolutionof the religious houses the estate was transfe rred to the dean and chapterof Norwich Cathedral

,with whom the manor unt il recently remained . I t

paid l 8d . to the cou rt of East Leet .

I n 1 855 the manor was stated to be in S . M . Peto,and in 1 885 in Thomas

Thornhi ll .

Hopton Hall is a modern mansion of white and red brick with a port icoin the classic style . I t st ands in a park of about 70 acres , and is nowoccupied by C0 1. Harry Hutchinson Augustus Stewart , JP . The old

manor house near the church has been for many years div ided into cottages .

A Hopton Manor is included in the inq u is . p m . of Ralph B lomv il le,

who died 20 th April,1 5 17, leaving Edward his son and he ir .

3

Dom. 11. 284.3 7Hen. VIII. 61 .

’Chart . Rolls , 35 Edw. I . 68 .


LOTHI NGLAND.

HE Survey says : This Hal f-Hundred is 6 leagues longand 2 leagues and a half and 2 quarentenes broad . And ina gelt (pays) 1 0 3 .

holding is ment ioned in the Survey as at B echetuna,

which i s included in Loth ingland . I t was amongst thelands of the K ing kept by Roger Bigot , and consisted offiv e freemen with a carucate of land and 3 ploughteams ,

reduced to 2 at the t ime of the Survey .

“

Wimundhala appears to be in this place , and in the Survey we find twoholdings enumerated here— one was that of Roger Bigot , consist ing of 24acres

,belonging to Weston at the t ime of the Survey

,

3 and the otherthat of two freemen under Burchard’s commendation

,and consisted of

1 2 acres,and half a plough team ,

valued at 23 . At the t ime of theSu rvey this was the estate of Hugh de Montfort

,and the value was 33 .

and 50 0 herrings .‘

MANOR OF LOTHINGLAND.

Davy gives Canute and Harold as lords,and also Kings Hen . I I .

,Rich . I .

,

J ohn,and Hen . I I I .

,and states that in the reign Of the last sovereign Roger

Fitz Osbert was warden . On the Close Rolls for 1 2 17we find an order togive seisin Of the manor to W .

,Earl of Salisbury

,

’and the foll owing year adi rection not to tax the manor .6

I n 1 238 John Ball iol and Dev orgu ill his wife , sister and one of the heirsof J ohn

,late Earl of Chester

,had a grant from the Crown . These parties

in 1 259 sued Thomas de Horsey and others for hindering them as holdersof the manor (on the grant of the King in exchange for other lands in Chesterbelonging to them) from coll ecting the King

’s dues at Yarmouth .

’ Fromthe Hundred Rolls we learn that attached to the manor were wreck Of thesea

,and liberty of the view of frankpledge

,and liberty of gallows , and assize

of bread and ale,a market prison where malefactors are imprisoned in

the stocks as wel l as at Gorleston and Lowestoft " The steward of thismanor was also its coroner .9 From the t ime of J ohn

,son of above J ohn

Balliol,who died in 1 268 , the manor went in the same course as the Manor

of Gorleston,in this Hundred

,to the death of J ohn de Dreux

,Earl of

Richmond,without issue in 1 341 .

I n 1 377Sir J ohn de Surry had a grant from the Crown for l ife,and in

1 379 Thomas de Holland a grant of 1 0 0 marks a year out of the manor,"

but in 1 386 the manor was granted to Michael de la Pole , I st Earl of Suffolk .

In 1 397J ohn Holland , Earl of Huntingdon , had a grant of the reversion ,but it does not appear to have had any Operat ion , for in 1 40 6 Michael de laPole

,zud Duke of Suffolk

,son and heir of Michael

,held the manor

,and died

se ised of it in 1 41 5 , from which t ime the manor passed in the same courseof devolution as the Manor of Gorleston

,in this Hundred .

The manor is included in a fine levied of H erringfleet and other manorsin 1 592 by J ohn Arundell and others against Henry Jernegan and others .“

Dom. ii . 283b.7Abbr. of Pl . 44 and 45 Hen. I I I . 9.

’Dom. i i . 283b.I’H .R . 11. 169.

’Dom. ii. 336.9H .R . ii . 169.

‘Dom. ii 4o7b. Pat. Rolls , 3 Rich . I I . pt. 11. 1 0 .

’Close ROlls. 1 Hen. I I I . pt . i . 8 ; pt. ii . 1 9. Fine, Trin. 34 Eliz. (vol.° Close Rolls, 2 Hen. I I I . pt. ii. 1 1 ; 14

Hen. I l l . 5d.

LOTHINGLAND. 49

MANORS OF EAST LEF T, WEST LEFT, NORTH LEFT, AND SOUTH LEFT.

These are usuall y reckoned as in Lowestoft . There seem to be fourdist inct manors

,but to have always gone together . A grant was made of

the manor in 1 386 to Michael de la Pole , Earl of Suffolk . In 1 397JohnHolland

,Earl Of Hunt ingdon

,appears as lord of East Leet

,but by 1 406

Michael de la Pole,Earl of Suffolk

,son and heir of Michael

,seems to hav e

had all four manors,which descended in the same course as the main Manor

of Lothingland but we meet in 1 5 1 0 with a grant of the reversion in thesemanors to Edward Jernegan and Mary his wife .

He died se ised 6th J an . 1 5 1 5 , when they passed to his son and heirJ ohn Jernegan ,

’and in 1 538 Charles Brandon , Duke Of Suffolk , releasedthe reversions to Henry Jernegan and Mary his wife .

All these manors were released by Henry Jernegan,the 7th son of Henry

Jernegan,of Costessey

,in Norfolk

,to Thomas and Christopher Hirne ,

and the acquittance for the pu rchase money in respect of this sum will befound amongst the Additional Charters in the Brit ish Museum .

2 The dateof the acquittance is 4th May , 1 608 .

7Hen. VIII . 1 . Add Ch . 14279.

G


LOUND.

D is a Saxon word signifying a plain among trees .The meaning of this word corresponds exactly with thesituation of the village . Two manors were held in thisplace in Saxon times . The fir st was that Of Al ric

,a freeman

under Gurth,and consisted of 1 5 carucates of land , 2 vi lleins ,

3 bordars , 1 ploughteam and 1 belonging to the men,and

wood for the maintenance of 30 hogs . Also 3 acres ofmeadow

,2 rouncies

, 5 beasts , 1 2 hogs , and 50 sheep , the value'being 1 0 3 .

Under him were four freemen wi th a carucate of land,2 ploughteams

(reduced to 1 } at the time of the Survey) , and wood sufficient to support1 0 hogs

,v alued at 1 0 3 . At the t ime of the Survey this manor was kept

for the King by Roger Bigot,and the value was 20 3 .

The other manor was that of Ulsi or Wolsey, a freeman under Gurth’s

commendation,and consisted of a carucate of land , 3 bordars , a plough

team in demesne and 1 belonging to the men . There was wood for the maintenance of 1 2 hogs

,also 5 beasts , 1 5 hogs , 60 sheep , and 2 hives of bees

,

valued at 1 0 3 . Under him were 40 acres of land , and a ploughteam (reducedto hal f at the time of the Survey) v alued at 53 . At the t ime of the Surveythis manor also was kept for the King by Roger Bigot .

Among the lands thus kept by Roger Bigot was a hamlet in this placeformerly held by Gurth . I t consisted of 2 carucates of land

, 4 bordars ,2 serfs

,a plough team and 1 belonging to the men (reduced at the t ime

of the Survey to half a team), wood for the maintenance of 50 hogs , and1 rouncy .

’

MANOR OF LOUND .

This was the estate of Alric,a freeman of Gurth

,in the Confessor’s

t ime , and was in the Crown at the t ime of the Survey . In 1 31 6 the lordship was held by Sir Robert de Blundeston .

The manor seems to have been vested in 1 331 in Thomas de Ages , andthen passed from him to Geoffrey Wyth and Isabella his wife

,

“

who then had the other Manor of Lound . He was the son of Oliver Wyth ,

a burgess of Great Yarmouth,and his wife Isabella was the daughter and

heir of William Stalham . On his death the manor passed to his widow,

a 2nd wife,for li fe

,and in 1 346 we meet with a fine lev ied of the manor by

William, parson of Woderysingg” church

,and Sir Robert de She lton

,Knt.

J ohn de Asshcroft and John de Lympenhowe against Sir Oliver Wyth .

Sir Oliver was the son and heir of Geoffrey Wyth . He marriedWynesia,daughter and he ir Of Sir J ohn de Riv eshall

,lord of Hepworth

,by whom

he had a son,Sir J ohn Wyth , who married Sibilla

,daughter of

Si r Edmund de St . Omer,of Plumstead

,Norfolk

,and died in

leaving an only daughter Amy .

In 1 392 Sir J ohn de Tuddenham died seised of the manor in right of hisWi fe

,widow of Sir J ohn de Herlyngor Harling . I t afterwards reverted to that

fami ly, and passed to Sir Robert Herling , who died in 1 435 , leaving themanor to his widow Joan for li fe . On her death it passed to their daughte rand hei r Anne , married I st to Sir William Chamberlain,

who presented tothe rectory of Lound in 1 450 , and 2nd ly to Sir Robert Wingfield , whoW l ih.

his wife brought an action in the Court of Chancery against SirW i ll i am Knyv ett, Knt.

, feoffee to uses as to both the manor and advowson ,’

'Dom. 11. 2836. 4 Wi l l 22nd Feb . 1 386, prov ed 3oth Sept.2 Feet of Fines , 5 Edw. I I I . 32 . 1 387.

3 Fee t of P ines, 20 Edw. I I I . 24. 5 54, 21 9.

LOUND . 51

and died in 1 480 seised of this manor and the advowson,

x and thirdly toJ ohn

,Lord Scrope

,of Bolton . She died about 1 50 2 without issue .

I t is,however

,clear that previously to the death of Anne, Lady Scrope ,

the manor had passed to William Palmer,for we learn from the inq u is .

p .m . of Sir William Calthorp taken in 1 496 that he , William Palmer, beingseised of the manor

,devised it to Sir Will iam Calthorp and Elizabeth his

wife,who survived

,and to the heirs of their bodies

,with remainder

to the heirs Of his body, wi th remainder to his right heirs . Sir WilliamCalthorp died 1 5th Nov . 1 494 , and Phi lip Calthorp,

aged 30 ,his grandson

,

son of John,

2 was his he ir .3 The manor,with Weybread and Southcov e

Manors,was the subj ect Of a fine levied in 1 535 by Richard Southwell and

others against Sir Francis Calthorp and others .‘

I n 1 573 the manor had passed to Robert B ayspoole , for this year heheld his first court as lord of the Manor of Lound . In 1 574 he levied a fineagainst John Tyler and others of the manor

,

“ and in 1 576 another againstEdward Shelton .

“

On his death the manor passed to his widow Susannah , who held herfirst court in 1 576, and on her death it passed to her daughter and he irElizabeth

,married to Sir Walter Devereux

,Kut.

,who in right of his wife

held his first court 1 4th Nov . 1 60 3 .

On the 8th May,1 61 9,

Sir Walter Devereux and Dame Elizabeth hiswi fe and others conveyed for the said manor to John J enney andSamue l Matchett in t rust for Sir John Heveningham and hi s heirs

,and Sir

J ohn Heveningham held his firs t court for the manor this year .

He,in 1 627, enfeoffed Will iam Heveningham his son and heir , who held

his first cour t in 1 633 , and was in 1 660 attainted for high treason as one ofK ing Chas . I .’s j udges .

7 The manor was included amongst those grantedto trustees by the Kin for the benefit of Lady Mary Heveningham in 1 661 ,and the trustees in 1 9 sold the manor to Sir Thomas Allin , Bart ., whoheld his first court for the manor in 1 680

,and from him to the present time

the manor has descended in the same course as the Manor of Ashby , in thisHundred

,and is now vested in the trustees of the late Richard Henry Reeve,

of Lowestoft .

MANOR OF STALHAM’s i N LOUND .

This was also the estate of Guert in the Confessor's day,and was vested

in the Crown like the main manor at the t ime of the Great Survey . In

1 219 it was held by William de Stalham ,from whom in the reign Of

Edw. I . it passed to his son and he ir,Sir William de Stalham , and from him

to his son and heir,William de Stalham

,of Stalham

,Norfolk , who married

I sabel,daughter and heir of Matthew de Gunton . The manor passed to

his daughter and coheir I sabe l,married to Sir J effrey Wyth ,

aKnt., the son

sF ine, Easter, 16 Eliz .2 1 Edw. IV. 60 .

See Brome Hall , inHartismere Hund red .

1 1 Hen. VILm; see Manorof Wattisham in CosfordHund red . In the account of Weybread Hall Manor, in Hoxne Hun

d red , we have a Sir Wm. Calthorpedying the same year and leav inga d ifferent heir, but see Brome Hall ,in Hartismere .

‘ Fine , Trin. 27Hen. VIII .

6 Fine , Trin. 1 8 Eliz .

7See B lundeston Hall Manor, in thisHundred .

“Th e name of Wyth or Wythe appearsv ery ancient . In the Pipe Rollsof th e third year Of n JohnRic, With is mentioned amongst

others who were amerced byGefferyFitz-Pe ter, the King’s Chief Jus tice ,in Dim’m’, or hal f a mark .


of Sir Oliver Wyth ,1 1 Edw. I .

,and Wynesia his wife . Sir J effrey held

this manor of Thomas,Earl Of Lancaster, as one knight

'

s fee , and was oneof those who was summoned to attend at Newcastle-upon-Tyne furnishedwith horse and arms to march against the Scots in 1 327, but this summonswas one of service and not for consultations in Parliament . He was buriedin the chance] of the church of Beeston , in Norfolk , and the manor passedto his (Sir Jefirey

’s) son and heir , Sir Ol iver Wyth , who held in

From them it passed to their son and heir,Sir JohnWyth , and from him

in 1 387to his widow Sibill a , daughter and heir of Sir Edmund de St . Omer,who remarried Sir William Calthorp,

and subsequently to Sir J ohn Wyth’s

daughter and heir Amy,who married I st S ir J ohn Colv ile, of Newton ,

I sle of Ely,and 2ndly,

Sir John Calthorp,of Burnham Thorpe , in Norfolk ,

son of Sir Willi am Calthorp,and had a son , Will iam Calthorp, aged 1 1

at his grandfather’s death . This grandson died in 1 494 .

The manor subsequently passed to the Jernegan family, and was vestedin Sir Edward Jernegan in 1 5 1 5 , in which year he died seised, and it passedto his son and heir, Sir John Jernegan, on whose death in 1 559 it passed tohis grandson and heir

,J ohn Jernegan, of Somerleyton , who 1 2th May, 1 570 ,

conveyed to trustees amongst other estates the Manor of Stalham’s to certain

uses .

From him the manor probably passed to his widow Catherine,daughter

Of George Brooke , Lord Cobham ,and to Katherine

,the 2nd daughter of

the last-mentioned J ohn J ernegan, married to Wymund Carew,of Norfolk

,

who sold to J ohn Wentworth . On the 28th March,1 592 , the said J ohn

Wentworth,described as of Somerleyton

,for divers good and reasonable

causes,gave

,granted

,and confirmed unto the master

,wardens

,and

scholars of Christ’s College , Cambridge , an annual rent or annuity of £4,issuing out of his Manor of Stalham

’s payable on the Feast of St . Michael

the Archangel,with power to the said master

,&c.

,to distrain for arrears .

The master,&c.

,to distribute by half-yearly payments the said annuity

to one scholar,being a fellow of the said house

,and proceeding in degree

of schools to be B .D. or MA . and student in Divinity, to read a Hebrewlecture with the said college . On hi s quitt ing the college

,the stipend to

cease,and a new member to be elected and that the said J ohn Wentworth

should,during his life

,nominate and ap Oint the said reader ; and after

his death,J ohn Wentworth, his son and eir apparent

,and on his decease

the reader should be elected and chosen from t ime to time by the masterand wardens and the maj ority of the fel lows . From the smallness of thissalary no lecturer is now appointed by the college .“

I t is strange there shou ld have been thi s dealing by John Wentworthas early as 1 592 , as he di d not acquire the whole Manor of Stal ham

’s unt il

the year 1 599, but he apparently had a part of the manor before th is , as israther implied from the grant of the manor to him which is sti ll preservedamong the Charters in the Bodleian . I t is dated 22nd May

, 41 Eliz .

and purports to be a grant by Catherine Jernegan, widow,to John Went

worth Of the whole of the Manor of Stalham’s,in Lound

,with the advowson

of the church of Lound,and also all lands belonging to the said mano r in

Blundeston,Herringfleet, and Hopton .

3

See Banks’s Barones Pretermissi , p. 159 ;

“ Suckling , Hist. of Sufi , vol . 11. p . 30 .

B lomefield'

s Norfolk , fol . cd ., vol . 3 B0 dl . Sufi . Ch . 990 .

V p 885. 1 438. 1454.


LOWESTOFT.

MONG the lands kept for the King by Roger Bigot was ahamlet here consist ing of 4 carucates of land less 30 acres ,5 vill eins , 1 0 bordars

, 5 serfs , 1 0 bordars (repeated likethi s in the Survey), 5 serfs (also repeated in the Survey),2 ploughteams in demesne and 5 belonging to the men ,wood to support 8 hogs . Also 5 acres of meadow ,

1 4 beasts ,1 1 hogs

,and 1 60 sheep . At the t ime Of the Survey the

villeins and serfs and ploughteams be longing to the men were reduced to

3 and the beasts toUnder the head of Akethorp,

whi ch was a manor Of Lowestoft,we find

an entry in the Great Survey . I n Saxon times a freeman,Ailmar the priest ,

held 80 acres as a manor,with 3 bordars , a ploughteam in demesne and half

a ploughteam belonging to the men , wood sufficient for the support of 5hogs

,an acre of meadow

, 3 hogs , and 48 sheep,v alued at 1 0 3 . This estate

was at the t ime of the Survey in the keeping of Roger Bigot for the King .

’

MANOR OF LOWESTOFT.

The manor continued Royal demesne unt il the reign of Hen . I I I .,

when it was granted by that monarch to J ohn Bal liol and his wife . Fromthem it passed to J ohn Balliol , King of Scotland , who in renouncing hisallegiance to Edw. I . lost all his Engli sh estates . I t was next conferredon J ohn de Dreux

,Earl of Richmond

,in 1 306, who had a grant of a market

and fair here in and was held by John,his nephew and heir

,at his

death in 1 341 .

We find from the Rolls of Parl iament that the Earl of Richmond

(John de Bretagne) held a court for this manor in 1 324 and the farmof the manor was assigned for payment of the expenses of the King’shouseho ld .

s

I n 1 376 Edw. I I I . granted the manor with the Hundred of Loth ingland ,to S ir J ohn de Surrey to hold with all its liberties and immunit ies .

“ Thegrant was for life only,

and in 1 380 a grant of the manor was made to SirThomas de Holland in lieu of certain yearly sums

,

’and in 1 385 to Michaelde la Pole .

In 1 386 a grant was made to Anne, Queen of Rich . I I . for life latelyheld by Michael de la Pole deceased and forfeited

,

" who died in 1 394 .

In 1 390 a grant in reversion was made to John de Holland , Earl of Huntingdon , the King

’s brother,and Elizabeth his wife in fee tail .“

In the reign of Hen . IV . the manor was granted to Michael de la Pole,

Earl Of Suffolk,who levied a fine with his son Michael of the manor against

Sir J ohn Cormvail le and Elizabeth his wife in The fine includedthe Hundred of Loth ingland and the advowson of the abbey of Leiston ,priory of Butley church

,and church of Stratford .

‘ From Michael de la Pole,

I st Earl of Suffolk,the manor passed to his widow Katharine . She did not

di e t ill when the manor passed to her son and heir,Michael de la

Pole , Earl of Suffolk, and on his death in passed to his son and heir

“

331m. i i . 283.

'Pat. Rolls , 1 3 Rich . I I . pt. 11. 31 pt. iii .m. ii . 20 .

’Chart. Rolls, 2 Edw. I I . 40 , 44.9Pat. Rolls, 1 4 Rich . I I . pt. 11 . 7.

‘R .P. i . 428b.1° Feet of Pines , 7Hen. IV. 9.

’I b. Feet of Fines , 7Hen. IV. 19.

‘O. 5 1 Edw. I I I . Rot. 1 3. 7Hen. V. 62 .

'Pat. Rolls, 4 Rich . I I . pt. 11. 8 .’3 3 Hen. V. 48b.

LOWESTOFT . 55

Michael, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , and from him to his brother, William de laPole

, 4th Earl of Suflolk .

‘

King Hen . VI . in 1 442 granted to the Earl a charter for a market andtwo fairs to be he ld here .

Rex conc Will o de la Pole,marchioni et com Su ffolciae

,1

mercatum,et duas ferias infra villa in Lothuwistoft

,in Suff . q ua est de

antiquo dfiico coroniae Angliae : nec non seneschal lum suum ad tenend :

curias suas mercat i et fer . Et quod nul lus justiciarius , vicecomes , eschater,inquisitor

,bal li vus

,seneschallus

,hospit aut clericus

,mercat vill

przedict : in al iq uo intromittat. Ac quod omnes homines,tenentes

et residentes infra v illarn przedictam sint per totum regnum quieti de omniconsuetudine et custuma bonorum et rerum suarum v enal ium .

” 2

From the time of Wil l iam de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk , who died in

the manor passed through the de la Poles in the same course as theManor of Wattisfield

,in B lackbourn Hundred , to Edmund de la Pole, who

was attainted in 1 5 1 3 .

We find,however

,in the interim the following facts specially relating

to this manor . In 1 467-8 an annuity thereout was confirmed to the Queen .

‘

In 1 483-4 J ohn Fitzherbert was appointed as receiver-general Of themanor and the Hundred of Loth ingland ,

5 and in 1 485 a grant was made toEli zabeth

,Qu een of England

,of £9 . 1 63 . 9d . a year out of the surplusage

of the manor and the Hundred by the hands of the heirs male of Michaelde la Pole

,Earl of Suffolk .

“ The manor was forfe ited by John,Earl of

Lincoln,in 1 495 ,

’and restored to Edmund de la Pole , Earl of Suffolk , thesame year .8

The manor was granted by the Crown to Edward J ernegan by letterspatent 1 4th July , The grant was to Edward Jernegan and Maryhis wife for their liv es and the l ife of the longer l iv er of them by feal ty andthe rent of £17. v iz .

, £7to the Sheri ff of Suffolk and £1 0 . 1 0 3 . into theTreasury . The grant comprised the Manor of Lowestoft otherwiseLaystoft, Este Lete , Weste Leet , North Leet , South Leet , Gorleston , andMutford

,and the Hundreds of Lothingland and Mutford , late of John de la

Pool .” A grant dated 28th J an . 1 5 1 0-1 extended the former grant to the

said Edward and Mary and their heirs male from Michaelmas,24 Hen . VI I .

,

at the rent of £1 6 . 173 . 9d .,v iz . £7 to the Sheri ff of Suffolk

,and

£9. 173 . 9d . to the Lady Katharine,the King

’s Consort,for her life .

Edward Jernegan” died 6th J an . 1 5 1 5 , when the manor passed to his

widow Mary for li fe . Amon t the State Papers we find notice of a grantto Lady Anne of Cleves forfile of a yearly rent from this manor and theManors of Gorleston and Mutford payable by Sir Edward Jerninghamand Mary his wi fe and the heirs male Of their bodi es .

Mary the widow took for a 2nd husband Sir Wil liam Kingston , and died26th Aug. when the manor passed to Sir Edward Jernegan

’s eldest

See Manor of Wattisfield, in Blackbourn 7R .P . v i . 474b.a1b.

’Chart. Rolls , 2 1 Hen. VI . 1 0 ; Suckling, 9 0 . Hen. VIII. Rot. 63.

0

His t . of Sufi , vol . ii .» p. 61 . See Manor of Ashby, in th is Hundred .

S I .P .M 28 Hen. VI . 25 .

S tate Papers , 1 540 , 1444 R .P . i . 625b. 2 Edw. VI . 70 .

5D.K .R . 9 App . 11. p. 78 .

‘ Privy Seal, 1 Hen. VI I . No. 759 ; Pat.Rolls , 1 Hen. VI I . pt. ii i . 25 (3)and 24


son by his 2nd marriage , Sir Henry Jernegan,on whose death in 1 572 i t

went to his son and heir,Henry Jernegan,

of Wingfield and Huntingfield

Hall,who with his wife Frances

,daughter of Sir George Baynham

,had

l icence to alienate in 1 60 6 to Thomas and Christopher Hirne .

l

From this time the manor passed in the same course as the Manors ofGorleston and Ashby,

in this Hundred . Extract from the Court Rolls ofthe manor t. Elizabeth wil l be found amongst the Bodleian SuffolkCharters There was a grant in 1 589 by Queen Elizabeth to WilliamTripp and Robt . Dame and their heirs of the Manors of Gorleston and the

Manors of Leystoft and Mutford,late of Edmund de la Pole

,to hold of the

manor of East Greenwich in socage,which does not seem to have had any

operation,and in 1 592 the same Queen granted to Theophilus Adams

and Thomas Butler and their heirs the reversion of the Manors of Lowestoft,

East Leet,West Leet

,North Leet

,South Leet

,Gorleston

,and Mutford

,and

the Hundreds of Lothingland and Mutford,late granted by Hen . VI I I . to

Henry J erningham and Mary his wife and the heirs male of their bodies ,”

to hold of the Manor of East Greenwich in socage .

MANOR OF AKETHORP .

This in Saxon t imes was held by Ailmar a priest , and passed into theKing’s hands on the Norman Conquest .

I n 1 460 Sir J ohn Fastolf died seised of the manor , and in 1 466 i t isment ioned in the inq u is . p.m . of J ohn Paston

,

2 and Davy says that in1 478 i t passed by grant to Magdalen College , Oxford . We certainly meeton the Patent Rolls this year with a licence from the Crown for al ienationof the manor in mortmain to the college ,

3 and an entry on the EscheatRolls the same year .‘ No doubt the suit found amongst the EarlyChancery Proceedings by Will iam ,

Bishop of Winchester,as executor of

Sir J ohn Fastol f,against William Paston

,feoffee of the said J ohn

,as to the

manor,has reference to the vesting of the same in the col lege .

“ Sucklingsays the name of this manor is now lost

,and its bounds forgotten , though

both were recorded in surveys a few centuries past .

A Manor of Lowestoft is included in the inquis . p.m . of Sir WalterHobart

,who died 27th Nov. leaving Henry his son and heir, and in

that of Sir Thomas Wentworth,Lord Wentworth

,who died 3rd March ,

leaving Thomas, Lord Wentworth, his son and heir .

Re lease in 1608 ; Add . Ch . 14279.sE .C.P . Bundle 20 , 80 .

6 Edw. IV. 44 . 33 Hen. VIII. 8 1 .

’Pat. Rolls , 1 8 Edw. IV. pt. 11 . 3. 5 Edw. VI . 54 .

‘Wm. Wynton, &c., for Mary Magd . CollOxon ; I .P.M 1 8 Edw. IV. 53.

OULTON . 57

OULTON .

is not mentioned by name in the Domesday Surveybut probably Suck l ing

’s conjecture is correct that the

Duneston of the Survey is identical with Oulton .

A manor was held in this place by Ala under commendation to Manning

,and consisted of 45 acres , half a

bordar, half a ploughteam ,wood for the maintenance of 4

hogs , and half an acre Of meadow,valued at 1 0 3 . At the

time of the Survey i t was held by R . de Vallibus of Roger Bigot,and the

v alue wasAnother holding was that of Tored

,a freeman

,consisting of 1 5 acres

valued at 30 d .,the estate at the t ime of the Survey of Earl Alan .

“

MANOR OF OULTON OR OULTON HIGH HOUSE .

In 1 280 the lordship belonged to Edmund Bacon,who appears to hav e

been succeeded by Sir J ohn Bacon,Knt.

,who presented to the church in

1 30 1 . His successor was S ir Adam Bacon,and to him and his brother

Edmund Bacon the manors were conveyed by Robert de Askeby , parson ofIngham

,by fine in 1 30 3 . In 1 30 6 the two Bacons had a grant of a market

and fair and free warren here .

3

This S ir Adam and his brother Edmund were sons of Robert Bacon,

of Baconsthorpe,and the ir mother

,a daughter of Robert de Hingham .

Robe rt’s father was Richard Bacon,and his mother Alice

,a daughter of

(b nan,son of Elias de Moulton . Sir Adam

,who held the manor in 1 30 6,

married Margery,daughter of Simon Felton

,and on his death‘ the manor

passed to his son,Sir Edmund Bacon . He marri ed twice— I st Joan B rewse

,

who died in 1 337, and 2ndly Margery Poynings . He settled the manor in1 334 , as we learn from a licence on the Patent Rolls this year . I t enablesEdmund Bacon to enfeoff Thomas de B radewel l and Robert de Jernemutha

,

the younger , of 4 messuages , 2 mil ls , 200 acres of land , 1 0 acres of meadow ,

20 acres of pasture,60 acres of marsh

,and 1 0 0 3 . rent in Oulton

,Carlton

,

Lowestoft,and Flixton

,with the advowson of the church of Oulton , held in

chief,and for them to regrant to Edmund

,Mar ery his wi fe

,and the heirs

of the body of Edmund,wi th remainder to Sir obert Bacon and Sir John

Bacon successiv e ly in fee tail .“

On Sir Edmund Bacon’s death in 1 349“ his widow Margery held the

estate in dower as of the King in chief .7 In an order on the Close Rolls in1 350 it is stated that the manor was held of the Countess of Pembroke infree socage by the service of rendering 1 23 . 2d . yearly to her, and thatRobert Bacon

,Knt.

,son of Henry. Bacon

,Adam’s kinsman

,was h i s next

heir . ll

I t is clear,however

,that Sir Edmund Bacon left two daughters

,and

they were evidently minors , for in 1 357the King granted to J oan , Wi fe ofJohn de Moleyns , the custody of the manor during the minority of the he i rs .

9

Sir Edmund's estates were in 1 360 partit ioned between his daughters , thi smanor being allotted to the daughter Margaret , married to Sir Wilham deMolyns , who presented to the rectory in 1 379.

Dom . i i . 336.

5 23 Edw. I I I . 23 27Edw. I I I . 2 , 8 ;'Dom. i i . 2 30 Edw. I I I . 42 .

3 Chart. KO12? 35 Edw. I . 52 .7Close Rolls, 24 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 1 6.

4 He was liv ing in 1 31 4 . 7Edw.8 Close Rolls, 24 Edw. I I I . pt . 1. 1 6.

I I . File 94, 1 9.9 0 . 31 Edw. I I I . 7.

5 Pat. Rolls, 8 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 4 .

H


Sir William de Molyns died in and Margaret his widow conveyedthe manor by fine in 1 382 to Sir Simon de Burley and Sir Richard deBurley.

’

I n 1 503 Sir J ames Hobart was lord and patron Of Oulton . He was theson of Thomas Hobart

,son of Wil liam

,son of Thomas

,son of J effrey

,son

of J ohn Hobart,who was liv ing in 1 385 . Sir J ames Hobart was Attorney

General 1 486 to 1 507. He rece ived the honour of knighthood at the creationOf Henry

,Prince of Wales

,afterwards King Hen . V I I I .

,1 8th Feb . 1 50 4 .

Besides his many benefactions to his parish church of Loddon,which he

rebuilt from the ground,he laid a fine bridge over the River Wav eney,

which div ides Norfolk from Suffolk,and a good causeway thereto . He is

said to have been a right good man,of great learning and wisdom . He

was the friend of John Paston,and an account will be found of him in the

Diet. Nat . Biog . xxvi i . 3 1 , where he is said to have died in 1 507. He wasthe great-grandfather Of Sir Henry Hobart

,the more famous lawyer ,

Attorney-General 1 60 6-1 3 , created a barone t in 1 61 1,and Chief J ustice of

the Common Pleas 1 61 3-1 623 , still well known for his reports , first publishedin Sir J ames Hobart married Margaret

,daughter of Peter Naunton

,

of Letheringham,and i f we may be permitted to disagree with the great

Dictionary of National Biography,died 24th Feb . when the manor

and advowson passed to his son and heir,Sir Walter Hobart

,who was

High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1 535 . He married I st Elizabeth,

daughter of Sir Henry Heydon,Of Baconsthorpe

,in Norfolk

,and 2nd ly

Anne,daughter Of John Radcli ffe

,Lord Fitzwalter . He settled the manor

on Henry his son,and died 27th Nov . when the manor passed to his

son and heir,Henry Hobart

,who in 1 544 had afine of the manor levied

against him by Nicholas Rokewode .

“

Amongst the Star Chamber Proceedings in the t ime of Phil ip andMary we find an action for assau lt on plaintiff’s tenants and as to cutting ofreeds and grass in Fresh Marsh

,by Hoberte against one Wade .

’ HenryHobart married Anne

,daughter of Sir J ohn F ineux

,Kut.

,Lord Chief

J ustice,whi ch Anne died 3 1 3t Oct . 1 530 .

Henry Hobart died in 1 561 , when he was succeeded by his son and heir,

J ames Hobart,who presented in 1 569. He married in 1 549 Frances ,

daughter of Sir William Drury,of Hawstead

,Kut.

,who died in 1 60 9, and

was buried at Loddon,in Norfolk . J ames Hobart died in 1 61 5 at the age

of 91 , and was also buried at Loddon .

There is a warrant to Richard Berry,steward of the manor

,to collect

rents in 1 598 amongst the Egerton MSS . in the British Museum .

“ Amongstthe Chancery Proceedings in the time of Queen Elizabeth we find an actionby J ames Hobart against Will iam Sydnor to recover rent of a moiety of amarsh called Gorleston Marsh

,held of this manor .“

J ames Hobart seems to have been somewhat litigious,for we find

amongst the Chancery Proceedings another action by him . I t was broughtagainst him by Henry Hobart and Edward Duke to quiet his t itle topossession during li fe to th is manor and the Manor of B lyth ford , and diverslands in Oulton and B lythford , late the inheritance of Henry Hobart ,plaintiff

’s

1 4 Rich . I I . 38 .6 Fine, Mich . 36 Hen. VIII .

2 Feet of Fines, 6 Rich . I I . 1 3. 7Star Chain. Proc. Ph . 81 M . Bundle 31 9.

J See D .N .B . xx v i. 30 .9 Eger. 271 3.

Hen. VIII . 25 . 9 C.P . ii . 1 1 , 55 .

33 Hen. VIII. 81 . C.P . i . 396.

OULTON . 59

J ames Hobart had a son,Henry Hobart

,who married Margaret

,

daughter of Thomas Rous,of Dennington

,and died in his father’s lifet ime

about 1 60 0 leav ing a son and heir Anthony,who on the death of h is grand

father,James Hobart in 1 61 5 succeeded to the lordship of this manor .

Anthony Hobart married Anne,daughter of George Breton

,of Layer

Breton,in Essex

,and by deed dated 2nd Oct . 1 631 , conveyed the manor

to Sir Edmund Reeve,of Stratton

,in Norfolk

,and Mary his wife . Sir

Edmund Reeve was afterwards Lord Chie f J ust ice of the Common Pleas,

to wh ich office he was advanced 1 4th March , 1 638 , and died in 1 647, whenthe manor passed to his widow Mary

,who held her first court and presented

to the rectory this same year , and died in 1 657, when the manor passed toSir Edmund Reeve’s nephew

,Christopher Reeve

,clerk

,on whose death in

1 690 the manor vested in his son and heir,Christopher Reeve

,who died

in 170 2 .

I n this year the manor was vested by Act Of Parl iament in trustees intru st for sale

,wh ich trust they exercised in 171 6 in favour of Gerard Van

Heythuson,who he ld a first court for the manor this same year .

By deeds 3rd and 4th Aug . 171 6, the manor was settled on Gerard VanHeythuson the younger for li fe , then on Sarah his wife for life , then on

Gerard Van Heythuson the elder , and P . Delme and others upon trust forall and every the son and sons

,daughter and daughters

,of the marriage

of Gerard the younger , and Sarah in tail as tenants in common , withremainder as to two-thirds for such persons as Sarah might by deed or willappoint

,and in default for her in fee

,and as to the remaining one-third to

Gerard the younger in fee .

The manor ult imately appears to have passed to“

the son and he ir ,Delme Van Heythuson,

whose executors sold it to Thomas Anguish , ofGreat Russell St reet

,Bloomsbury

,by deeds dated 2 1 st and 22ndDec. 1772 ,

and a fine was duly lev ied in Michaelmas term,1772 . Thomas Anguish

held his first court the following year .He by his will dated 3rd Sept . 1784 , d irected his trustees and executors ,

Sir William Henry Ashurst,Knt.

,and J ohn Hare

,to sel l the same , and

they duly Offered the manor and mansion house call ed Oulton High House ,comprising 33 acres , and also 425 acres and a free rent of 173 . 9d .

,by public

auct ion in and again in 1787, but did not then e ffect a sale . Howev er,

they subsequently carried into effect the ir trust , and by deeds dated I st and2nd Sept . 1789, conveyed the manor to Susanna Blackwell , then of Nor

manston House .

The description Of the property conveyed was The manor or lordship of Oulton and the capital mansion or manor house called Oulton HighHouse

,&c.

,and certain lands in Oulton and Lowestoft , containing about

32 acres , late Van Heythuson’s,Oul ton Broad and fish ings , also 1 4 acres

and a cottage , and all wastes,court-leets

,courts-baron , view Of frank

pledge , and rights , royalt ies , and appurtenances , except the advowson .

”

usanna Blackwel l held her first court in

Susanna Blackwell married Sir Thomas Graves , K B ,and Rear-Admiral

of the White Squadron,and by their marriage settlement dated 1 9th and

20 th July,1 80 8

,the wife had a power of appointment over the manor

which was included in the set tlement subj ect to the lives of herself andher husband . She made her will dated 28th Dec . 1 8 1 3 , and appointed anddevised the manor to trustees upon trust for sale

,the produce after payment

'1PM “ journal , 8111 April , 1786.

“Suck ling , Hist. of Sufi . vol . 11. p . 36.


of her debts as to one moiety to go to Robert Baxter , of Furnival’s Inn ,

one of the trustees,and as to the other moiety to be invested

for the benefit of Marianne Baxter,daughter of her friend Dudley Baxter ,

Of Atherstone,in Warwickshire

,and after her decease upon such trusts as

the said Marianne Baxter should by will appoint . Robert Baxterdied in 1 824 or 1 825 ,

and Marianne Baxter married General NathanielWilmot Ol iver

,and they by an arrangement with the parties entitled to

the other moiety of the proceeds of the sale Of the manor, i f sold , succeededto the whole

,and the trust for sale under Lady Graves

’will was never

carried into e ffect .I n 1 855 the manor was held by the executors of General Oliver , in

1 885 by Mrs . Caldecott , and it is now vested in Mrs . Copeland Tracy .

The manorial residence,called Oulton High House

,stands near the

north-east border of th is parish , and from its style must have been built bythe Hobarts in the latter end of Queen Elizabeth

'

s reign,or early in that

of her successor . I t has been much modernised , and perhaps disfigured ,by the introduction of sashed windows but i t still bears an aspect of agood but somewhat decayed mansion .

_Its interior fittings partook of

considerable expense,i f we may j udge by the labour and ornament bestowed

on a mantel or chimney-piece which still remains . ‘

A fine was levied of Oulton Manor in 1 591 by Nicholas Hare andothers against Henry Hobart .’

Arms of HOBART Sable,a star Of eight rays

,Or

,between two flaunches

Ermine . O f REEVE Azure,a chevron between three pairs of wings

conj oined and elevated,Or .

MANOR OF FASTOLFS,FASTOLF HALL

,OULTON HALL OR TENEMENT ROLFE’S

,

HOUGHTON HALL .

We first meet with this manor under the name Houton Manor in1 30 6, when it formed the subj ect of a fine levied of it and the advowson ofthe church of Oulton by Adam Bacun and Edmund Bacun against Robertde Askeby

,parson of Ingham church .

“

A fine was also levied of both manor and advowson in 1 320 by AdamBacun and Nicholas de Olton .

‘ Davy mentions as the first lord a HenryRolf

,and the n Ralph Browning and William Ev erwood

,clerk

,who sold

the manor to John Fastoli . He married Katharine,daughter of Roger de

Welysham ,by Margaret his wife

,sister of Edmund B edingfield . She was

thewidow of J ohn Sampson,of Harkstead . J ohn Fastoli died 3 1 st J anuary ,

1 445 . He was buried in the church Of Oulton near the south door of thechancel . The spot is marked by the effigies of a man and woman in brasseach about two feet in length . The knight is in armour

,with a greyhound

couchant , collared at h is feet the lady is a v ery graceful figure with a longveil

,and beneath is a line of brass with this inscriptionHic jacet Johés . F astolff Armiger qui Obiit u ltio. die Januari i AO.

Dh'

i . MCCCCXLV. et Katerina uxor sua q ua Obiit I I I I . die mensis JanuariiAO. DE . MCCCCLXXVI I I . q . aiabz . ppiaet. de’afii e .

Above are two shields . That over the knight is defaced and doubtlesscontained the arms of Fastolf on the other side over the lady are depicted

,

according to Druery,those of B edingfield , an eagle displayed .

But it is clear that Hugh Fastolf,the father of J ohn

,was lord of Oulton .

‘Suckling, Hist. of Sufi . vol . i i . p. 37.

3 Feet of Fines, 34 Edw. I . 21 .“ Fine, Trin. 33 Eliz.

‘ Feet of Fines, 14 Edw. I I . 3.

62 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK.

SOM ERLEYTON .

N Saxon t imes there were two manors in this place . Thefirst was that of Ulf

,a freeman under Gu rth

’s commendation

,

and consisted Of 2 carucates of land , 4 villeins , 4 bordars ,2 ploughteams

,and half a ploughteam belonging to the

en . Also wood sufficient to support 1 5 hogs , an acre ofcadow

,2 rouncies

,6 hogs

,and 80 sheep

,valued at 20 5 .

Under Ulf were five freemen having 40 acres , a ploughteam

,and wood for the maintenance of 4 hogs , valued at 33 . At the time

of the Surv ey this manor was kept for the King by Roger Bigot .’

The second manor in thi s place was that of Wihtred the priest,a free

man,consist ing of 40 acres , a bordar ( increased to 2 at the time of the Surv ey)

a ploughteam ,and wood for the maintenance of 1 0 hogs . Also a rouncy,

4 beasts , 5 hogs , and 33 sheep , valued at 55 . There was also a church with20 acres valued at 35 . This manor was also kept for the King by RogerBigot at the t ime of the Surv ey .

2

There was also a holdi ng in this place kept for the King by Roger Bigotof 90 acres belonging to Gorleston .

3

The last holding was that of Alwold,a freeman under Gurth

’s commenz

dation in Saxon t imes . I t consisted of 30 acres , half a ploughteam (whichhad disappeared at the time of the Survey), and wood for the support of

5 hogs , valued at 25 . Ralph the engineer was the Domesday tenant .‘

MANOR OF SOMERLEYTON .

The whole village was seised into the hands of William the Conqueror,

who retained it under the stewardship of Roger Bigot . He gav e themanor to Baldwin

,Abbot of St . Edmunds

,who gave it to Frodo his brother .

By 1 239 the manor had come into the possession of Peter Fitz-Osbert ,who died in 1 275 . From this t ime to the time of Sir Pe ter J ernegan themanor passed in the same course as the Manor Of Uggeshall

,in B lyth ing

Hundred . I n 1 30 3 a fine of this manor was levied against Roger FitzPeter Osbert and Katherine his wife by John Blome .

5 This was no doubtwith the obj ect Of effecting a settlement

,a li cence to effect which is con

f ained on the Patent Rolls this year . I t enables Roger Fitz Peter Osbertto enfeoff J ohn Blome of the manors of Wathe and Somerleyton , and forthe latter to enfeoff Roger and Katherine hi s wife in fee tail with remainderto the right heirs of Roger .° He died without issue about

There is another inqu is . p .m .

“ Roger,son of Osbert

,and Sarah his

wife,in 1 306. On Roger’s death without surviving issue (for Margaret

his daughter died before him) the manor passed to his widow for l ife , and onher death in 1 338 ,

9 to his sister I sabella,wife of Sir Walter Jernegan,

of

Horham Jernegan,and relict of Sir Henry de Walpole , ancestor of the

Earls of Orford . Her sister and coheir Alice married Sir John Noyoun,

Knt., whose 50 11

,Sir J ohn dying without issue

,her portion of the Fitz

Osbert estates reverted to the Jernegans .

zDom. ii . 283b, 284. 30 Edw. I . 1 19 ; Extent 31 Edw.

Dom. i i . 28 b. I .

’Dom. ii . 283. 3

9

4 Edw. I . 58 .

9 1.P .M 1 2 Edw. I I I . 1 5.

’Feet of Fines , 31 Edw. I . 20 .

“Pat. Rolls , 31 Edw.

30 Edw. I . File 39 1 8 ; l b. 3 1

Edw. I . File 44, 20 .

SOMERLEYTON . 63

As early as 1 31 4 we find the assurance made by Sir John Noyoun.

The deed is in the Bodl eian,and is dated at Stonham Jernegan the Sunday

next after the feast of St . George the Martyr 8 Edw. I I . By it John,son

of Sir Ralph Noyoun,granted to Peter Jernegan the whole of his purparty

of the Manor of Somerleyton , with the advowson of the churches of the saidmanor with B radewe l le

,with the patronage of the priory of St.Olav e

,and

with the three mil ls belongi ng to the said manor . ‘

Notwithstandi ng this the manor is ment ioned in the inquis . p .m . ofSir John de Noyoun in and the following year we find a grant byThomas Jernegan,

Peter de B elhagh ,parson Of Huntingfield ,

and Alexander,

parson of Horham,to Peter Jernegan and Ellen his wife and John their

son,of half of the manor with the advowson of the churches of Somerleyton

and Bradwe ll .

3 Also in 1 349 a grant by John , son of Peter Jernegan toHenry de Soterton Sotterlee) and others of half of the manor .‘

A moiety of the manor is also mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Beatrice,

wife of John Noyoun ,in and in that of John

,son of John Noyoun,

in

Sir Peter Jernegan,son of Sir Walter and Isabella Fitz Osbert

,succeeded

his mother in the Manor of Somerleyton ,and from this t ime to George

Jernegan,who succeeded his father

,John Jernegan,

in 1 558 , the devolutionof the manor is the same as that of the Manor of Horham Jernegan,

inHorham

,in Hoxne Hundred .

We may mention the following as specially referring to this manorI h 1 362 Sir John Jernegan,

Knt.,with Joan his wife levied a fine

against Thomas Osborn,parson of Horham church .

’

I n 1 41 1 we find a grant of the manor by Gilbert Debenham,John

Rokewode,and William B acoun to Margaret

,who was wife of John

Jernegan .

” And in 1 423 a grant of the manor by John Jernegan to SirWil l iam Burgate

,Knt.

,Gilbert Debenham

,John Rukwode

,John B artlot

,

and Wi ll . Bacon .

’

In 1 435 we find amongst the Bodle ian Charters a grant by John

Jernegan to Sir J ohn Hev eningham and others of all right to the manor,

which had by charter been conceded to the said John Jernegan and Margarethis wife by John Ive and Thomas Bolle

,clerk . And the following year a

lease by the said John Ive and Thomas Bolle to J ohn Jernegan andMargaret hi s wife .

Sir Thomas Jernegan had a grant of free warren here in 1 407.

George Jernegan marri ed Elye , daughter of Sir John Spelman , of

Narborough,co . Norfolk

,Knt.,

and was succeeded by his son J ohnJ ernegan, who married Catharine , daughter of George Brooke, LordCobham . He left four daughters

,v iz .

,Elizabeth

,Cathar ine , Frances ,

and Margaret . Frances,the 3rd daughter , married I st Thomas B edingfield ,

of Oxburgh ,by whom she had two sons , and 2ndly Henry Jerningham , of

Cossey,in Norfolk

,her cousin

,who sold the Manor of Somerleyton to John

Wentworth . He married Elizabe th Southwe ll , and dying in 1 61 8-9 themanor passed to his son and he ir

,Sir John Wentworth , who resided at

Somerleyton during the Civi l War .

Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 1 036.7Feet of Fines, 36 Edw. I I I . 41 .

1 5 Edw. I I I . 29.t’1 2 Hen. IV. ; Bodl . Su fi . Ch . 1 079.

3 16 Edw. I I I . ; Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 1 044 .9 1 Hen. VI . Bodl . Sufi . Ch . 1 0 86.

4 23 Edw. I I I . ; Bod l . Sufi . 1 046.

I 3 1 3 Hen. VI Bod l . Su fi . Ch . 1 1 0 5 .

25 Edw. I I I . 52 ." 1 4 Hen. VI . ; Bodl . Sufi . Ch . 1 1 0 2 .

35 Edw. I I I . (zud Nos .) 58 ; see Chart. Rolls, 8 Hen. IV.

also Close Rolls , 25 Edw. I I I . 28 .

SOMERLEYTON . 65

Sir John Wentworth married Anne Soame,but died without issue in

1 65 1 , and from this t ime the manor has descended in the same course as theManor of Ashby

,in thi s Hundred .

The manor is mentioned in the inquis . p .m . of Thomas Ashman inand a lease in 1 41 2 of the manor by Gilbert Debynham ,

J ohn Rokewodeand William B acoun

,clerk

,to Margaret

,who was wife of J ohn Jernegan .

The manor is also mentioned in the inqu is . p.m . of Arthur Rushe,who died

2nd July,1 537, leaving Anthony his son and heir .

’

We meet with a fine of the manor levied in 1 582 by Edmund Bedingfield against J ohn Jernegan and others .

‘

Somerleyton Hall stands in a park beautifully planted a fine groveof limes decorates it at one end

,and are scattered

,with other trees

,in great

v ariety ov er the whole range of this fine enclosure . Fuller,amongst the

many fair houses ” of the gentry in this county,names Sommerley

Hall (nigh Yarmouth), belonging to the Lady Wentworth , well answeringthe name thereof for here Sommer is to be seen in the depth of winter

,

in the pleasant walks,beset on both sides with firr trees

,green all the year

long,besides other curiosit ies .”

Th e hall , which was built by the last Sir John Jernegan,who was

liv ing in 1 579, is a fine old mansion,exh ibiting a good Specimen of the style

of arch itectu re used at the period of its erection,and conveying a j ust idea

of the knightly residences of our ancestors . Several engravings of it areextant .

The hall and the manorwere offered for sale by public auction in London,

29th Aug . 1 844 . The part iculars described the property as “ the manorand property extend ing over the Hundreds or Hal f-Hundreds of Mutfordand Lothingland , with the rights , royalties , and franchises appertainingthereto,

including the wreck along the sea coast in those Hundreds , theincome of which has on an average of 2 1 years amounted to upwards of

£330 per annum . The property was bought in at but subsequentlysold to Samuel Morton Peto .

’I .P .M 1 Hen. IV. 34. 29 Hen. VIII . 66.

’1 2 Hen. IV. ; Bod l . Su fi . Ch . 1 078 .

‘ Fine, H il . 24 El iz .


The following places in the Domesday Survey we have not been ableto identify with certainty

BOKETON .

Among the lands of Hugh de Montfort , now in demesne , was a holdingformerly that of six freemen under Burchard

'

s commendation,consist ing

of 50 acres of land , a ploughteam (reduced to half at the time of the Survey) .The value was 45 . at the time of the Confessor, and at the t ime of the Surveywas 2 1 s . 4d . and herrings .

” l

HORN FLs .

A holding here was that of a freeman under Gurth’s commendation,

and consisted of 5 acres valued at 33 . and 1 60 herrings . Hugh de Montfortwas the Domesday tenant .“

K‘

ISLEA .

There was a small holding in the place of 20 freemen with a carucateand 1 0 acres of land and 2 ploughteams .

At the time of the Survey it was kept for the K ing by Roger Bigot .3

SOUTHTOWN (YARMOUTH).There was no manor here

,and the only entry of land in the Survey is

under the head Earetuna amongst the estates of Ralph the engineer . Heheld 40 acres and hal f a ploughteam, valued at which in the Confessor'st ime had been held by a freeman Ket tle under Ulf’s commendation withone bordar .‘

Dom.

’Dom. ii . 4o7b.

TH E H U N DR ED OF M U TF OR D .

HIS Hundred is part of the Royal demesne . I t is in theDeanery of Lothingland and Archdeaconry of Suffolk, andis one of the ge ldable Hundreds . I t is bounded on thesouth by the Hundred of B lythi ng ; on the east by the

Ge rman Ocean on the north by the Hundred of Lothingland

,from which it is divided by the Lake Lothing ; and

on the west it is separated from Norfolk by the RiverI t contai ns the eight following villages

,and 17 fol lowing

Manors . Manors.

Barnaby . Kirk ley al . KirkleyCarlton Hal l . Kirkley Fastolt

’s,called

Broomholm Priory alsoK irkley Hall .Fastol i

’s .

Gisleham Hall with Mutford .

Gisleham Pie’s .M “ 0 d

Soca B ectun.

es Ha ll .u r

Soca F ranchev ile .

Kessingland Staple Soca Luv el .ton's .chin ham’s or Pakefield Pyes or

Kessmgland Echigngham

’5 .

Pakefield .

Drayton .

ington’s .

Rothenhall . Rushmere Rushmere .

I t contains with Lothingland acres of land .

The fee of the Hundred was anciently in Edmund de H emegrav e ,the

King’s servant,but in 1 443 it was in the posses s ion of Sir John Tiptoft,who

died seised thereof in that year . John Tiptoft, his son and he ir , was createdEarl of Worcester . He did not long retain it

,for Will iam de la Pole he ld it

in 1 450 ,leav ing it to J ohn

,his son and heir

,who died without issue , and

Edmund his brother inherited his estate . He was beheaded in 1 5 1 3 , andthis with his other property was forfeited to the crown . The Hundredwas included in the grants to Edward Jernegan and Mary his wife 1 4thJuly,

1 50 9, and 28th J an . 1 5 1 0-1 , mentioned in the account of LowestoftManor

,in Loth ingland Hundred , and Mary K ingston ,

widow,who had been

2nd wife of the said Edward Jernegan,died seised in 1 547.


BARNAB Y.

ONG the lands of the King kept by Roger Bigot was aholding here of eight freemen with 80 acres and 3 ploughteams

,reduced to 2 at the t ime of the Survey.

'

The only other holding in this place was that of fivefreemen under Burchard's commendation

,and consisted

of 44 acres , a ploughteam ,and half an acre of meadow

,

valued at 63 . Also a church with 80 acres valued at 23 .

At the t ime of the Survey th is was held by Hugh,son of Norman

,of Earl

Hugh,the K ing and Earl having the soc over the freemen .

2

MANOR or BARNABY .

This was the estate of Earl Hugh at the t ime of the Survey,and the

lordship appears to have been included in the grant of Mutford,and the

manor always passed with it . The manor,i f it ever separately existed

,has

long since become extinguished .

‘Dom . 11. 283 .

’Dom. n. 30 2 .


this rapacious knight that he had raised a certain weir in the river,called

Wicflet, and apprOpr1ated i t to hi s own use , having no warrant to do so .

‘

Th is manor passed from Sir Roger de Colv ile to his son and he ir Rogerabout 1 295 . I n 1 30 0 Roger son of Robert de “ Colevil le andDionisia his wife levied a fine of part of the manor against John

,son of

Robert de Sancrofte,

’and in 1 3 1 2 we meet with a fine lev ied of the manorby Richard de Weyland against Hubert le (sic) Bavent and Dionisia hiswife (Geoff rey de

“Colev ill and Alice

,daughter of J ohn de B ursyerd , and

Edmund de Hemegrave app . clam .)3

In 1 348 Sir Bartholomew de B urghersh appears as lord . He was theson of Bartholomew de Burgh ersh , Constable of the Tower , who died 2nd

Aug . 1 355 , by Elizabeth hi s wife , daughter and coheir of Theobald , zudLord Verdon

,which Bartholomew was son of Robert de B urghersh , of

B urghersh ,in Sussex

,and Chiddingstone

,in Kent

,Constable of Dover

Castle,and Warden of the Cinque Ports

,by his zud wife , a daughter of

Guncelin de Badlesmere,Chief J ust ice of Chester 2 Edw. I . The lord of

thi s manor was in the wars in Gascony,and dist inguished himself at Cressy

in 1 346, and Poictiers in 1 356. I n 1 349 he and hi s I st wife Cecily, daughterand heir of Thomas de Weyland

,had a grant of free warren in Carlton

,and

in al l their other demesne lands .‘

Sir Bartholomew died sth April , 1 369 ,hi s will being dated the day

before .

’ He left the manor to El izabeth,hi s daughter and heir

,who

married Edward Despencer , Lord le Despencer . Sir Bartholomew con

st ituted Mar aret,his 2ud wife

,widow of Wi ll iam Pichard, sister of Bartholo

mew,Lord adlesmere (who remarried Will iam de Burcester), and Sir

Walter Paveley hi s executors . Edward le Despencer, Baron Despencer,died seised of Carlton Hal l 1 1 th Nov . and bequeathed his body tobe buried in the abbey of Tewkesbury

,near his ancestors .

Elizabeth suo jure Baroness B urghersh , died in August , andthe manor passed to her grandson and heir

,Richard Despencer , the son

and heir of Thomas,Earl of Gloucester

,and Lord le Despencer , who had been

beheaded and attainted sth J an . 1 399-1 40 0 ,

and Constance his wife,

daughter of Edmund Plantagenet,surnamed De Langley

,Duk e of York

,

sth son of Edw. I I I . Richard Despencer married Eleanor , daughter ofRalph N

a

ev ill,Earl of Westmoreland

,and died without issue 7th Oct . 1 41 4,

aged 1 4 .

The manor passed to Isabel,only surviving sister and sole heir

,

being a posthumous child of Thomas Despencer, Earl of Gloucester ,married to Richard Beauchamp

,Lord B ergav enny,

who in 1 420

was created Earl of Worcester,and died without issue in 1 422 . I sabel

married 2ndly Richard Beauchamp , Earl of Warwick . He di ed 3othApri l

,1 439, and she a few months subsequently

?

Davy mentions that in 1 427Anne ,wi fe of Sir Hugh Hastings , held of

the grant of Elizabeth,the widow of Edward le Despencer, but also more

Suck ling , Hist. of Su fi . vol . i . p . 238 .

8 H is widow married Henry Percy, Earl of’Feet of Fines , 28 Edw. I . 2 1 . Northumbe rland . See Manor of’Feet of Fines, 7Edw. I I . 1 6. Rouse Hall ,

H

in

cClopton, Carlford

‘ Chart. Rolls, 23 Edw. I I I . 3. and Colh eis un red .

43 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 1 4 .

9Wil l I st December, 1 439, prov ed 4th

49 Edw. I I I . pt. 11. 46. February, 1 439-40 .

’Will 4th July, proved 1 0th August, 140 9.

CARLTON COLVILLE . 71

correctly states that in 1 428 Richard , Earl of Warwick , in right of his wifeI sabel

,daughter and heir of Thomas le Despencer, brother of Anne , held .

A fine was in 1 430 levied of the manor by J ohn Verney, clerk , andWil l iam Lee against R ichard

,Earl of Warwick

,and “ Isabella ” his wife

,

’andthe Earl no doubt held unt il his death in 1 439, and his widow subsequently .

On he r death without issue male,the manor went to J ames Touchet

,Lord

Audley,

z from whose successors it passed to the family of B rewes,being held

by Thomas B rewes , who died 7th Nov . when it passed to his son and

h eir , Sir John B rewes , who held in 1 541 , and died 1 3th Feb . 1 584 Fromhim the manor passed to Robert Bungey

,and at the beginning of the 17th

century vested in Sir Arthur Heveningham ,who held in 1 624 . From him

the manor passed to his son and heir , J ohn Heveningham ,and from

him to his son and he ir,Wi ll iam Heveningham

,who forfeited in I t

was,however

,restored to the t rustees of Lady Hev eningham the

following year,and they conveyed i t in 1 662 to John Tasburgh

,who con

v eyed i t in 1 668 to Sir Thomas Al lin,who died in 1 685 . From that time

to the present the manor has devolved in the same course as the Manor ofAshby

,in the Hundr ed of Lothingland .

Carlton Hall is a modern farm-house,having been bu ilt about a century

and a hal f ago on the site of the old mansion,wh ich was destroyed by a

foul chimney taking fire 1 8th April,1736. Suckling mentions that in the

reign of Queen Elizabeth there was a suit between the inhabitants ofCarlton Colv ille and the lord of this manor

,who claimed an exclusive right

of fishery in Sprat t's and other waters in Carlton Ham,when j udgment

was given in favour of the inhabitants .‘

Amongst the State Papers is a lease of the Manor of Carlton Colvilleto Robert Suthwell in 1 536

Arms of B URGHERSH Gul es,a lion rampant

,double queued Or. Of

DESPENCER : Quarterly,Ar . and Gu . in the second and third a fret

,Or .

'Feet of Fines , 8 Hen. VI . 14 .

righ t would seem to have accruedthrough h is second wife , Eleanor,daughter of Edmund Holand , byE lizabe th Dow, Baroness Le Despencer, daugh ter and heir of SirBartholomew B urghersh (Mil l’s Cat.of Honours , The author ofThe Complete Pee rage,” vol . ii . p .

1 99, seems to consider Eleanor ,howev er, to have been th e illegitimate daughter oi Thomas Holand ,

Earl of Kent , by Constance , daugh

ter of Edmund Plantagene t , Du keof York and he refers in a note toN . and Q ., 4th Ser. ii1 . 60 8 , and adds ;But see also Sandford’s Genealo

gical History, 1707, p. 379, whereinit is stated that Constance of Yorkwas the paramou r of EdmundHoland , Ear l of Kent, by whomshe had been so long cour ted thatat last she brought h im a daughternamed Eleanor, marri ed to James

Touchet, Lord Audley, of whichfamily the Audleys of Norfolk

were descended . Which Eleanorwou ld fain have made herse lf legitimate , but the right heirs prefe rredtheir bil l in Parliament, therebyprov ing her to be a bastard , as you

may see in Polton’s printed statutes ,

anno 9Hen.VI . , cap. XI . The Act

is a Pub lic Actof Ba tardy, and theevidence is sufficiently clear thatthe wife of James Touchet, LordAudley, was not a daughter of

Edmund Holand by Elizabeth ,daughter and heir of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh , widow of

Edward , Lord Despencer, but thenatural daughter of Thomas Holand ,

Earl of Kent, by Constance, h isconcu bine , daughter of Edmund deLangley, Duk e of York .7Hen. VIII . 146.

See Manor of G reat Wenham, in SamfordHundred .

5 See Manor of B lundeston, in Loth ingland

Hundred .

°Hist. of Sufi. vol . i . p . 239.

'S.P . 1 520 ,p. 577.


over all a bend Sa . Of COLVILE 1 Azure,a lion rampant

,Argent

,collared

,

with a label of three po ints .

MANOR or BROOMHOLM PRIORY .

A manor with a moiety of the tithes of the parish of Carlton Colvillewas granted at an early period to the priory of Broomholm

,in Norfolk

,

probably in 1 252 ,for in that year Gilbert

,son of Thomas de I lketshall

,

gav e to that establishment his t ithes in Hedenham,namely,

two garbs ofthe demesne of Gilbert , and also two garbs of the demesne of Roger deMohant

,in Kessingland , and also of the demesne of Roger de Colville , of

Carlton . The manor was certamly in the priory in 1 30 3 , and the Ministers’

Accounts of the manor in 1 324 will be found in the Public Record Office .

“

I n 1 303 the manor was held by that house up to the t ime of theDissolution

,when it reverted to the Crown . I n 1 541 the manor was held

by J ohn Harvey , of Oulton , and later by Sir J ohn B rewes , after whi ch itbecame uni ted with the Manor of Carlton Hall . By a deed dated I st Apl .1 625 , between Sir Arthur Heveningham and Dame Mary his wife of thefirst part

,Sir J ohn Heveningham and Dame Bridget his wi fe of the second

part,Sir J ohn Corbett and others of the third part , the manors of Carlton

Hall and Broomholm and the advowson of the church of Carlton were settledon Sir John Heveningham and Dame Bridget his wife for life and then ontheir children .

From the time of Sir Arthur Heveningham the manor has passed in thesame course as the main manor .

FASTOLF’s M ANOR .

We find a manor of this name mentioned as in Carlton Colvill e as earlyas the reign of King Edw. I I I . Amongst the Bodl eian Suffolk Chartersis one in 1 355 , being a quit claim by J ohn de Kymburle , parson of Mutford ,

Roger atte Heth,parson of Todenham

,and Edmund Man

,Roger Ralph)

Megre,parson of Kessingland

,of all right in Fastolf’s Manor

,v iz .

,in lands in

Carlton Colville,Kyrkley,

Pakefield,Gisleham

,Mutford

,and Henstead

and in the same collection another quit claim in 1 358 by Ralph Megre ,parson of the church of Kessingland

,to Sir Emeric de Welyngton of al l

right in the manor .3

There is another quit claim the same year by Warine de Barneby andAlan Reynald to S ir Robert Spenser, parson of Elgham ,

Sir Edmund deWelles

,parson of Beccles

,and Richard Megre of all right in the “ Manor of

Carleton Colv ile called Fastol fes and in all lands in Carlton_

Colv ile ,Mutford ,Barnby

,Lowestoft

,Kirkley

,Pakefield

,Gisleham

,Kess ingland, Rushmere ,

and Hemstead .

‘ There is also a grant in the same year by Ralph Megre ,parson of the church of Kessingland

,to S ir Robert Spenser, parson of

B lgham ,Sir Edmund de Wel les , arson of Beccles , Richard Megre , Warine

de B arneby,and Alan Reynald

pof his Manor of Carlton Colv ile call ed

Fastol fs .

s

1 8 Edw.

'

I I . Bund le 1 1 27, No. 4 . 32 Edw. I I I . Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 1 262 .

’29 Edw. I I I . Bodl . Sufi . Ch . 1 263.

532 Edw. I I I . Bodl . Su fi . Ch . 1 264 .

332 Edw. I I I . Bod l . Sufi . Ch . 1 265 .

CARLTON COLVILLE . 73

In 1 378 Hugh Fastol f seems to have held the manor, for he thengranted i t to his brother

,John Fastolf .

In 1 443 this manor is ment ioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Sir John Tiptot,x

and of Wil l iam de la Pole,Duke of Suffolk

,in Amongst the Harleian

Charters we find a demise of the manor in and a releas e in

Suckling makes the Manor of Fastolf’s in the parish of Gisleham,

and states that at the t ime he wrote— in 1 847— no court was kept for it.

s

'I .P .M 2 1 Hen. VI . 45.

‘ Harl. 58 C: 14 .

2I .P .M 28 Hen. VI . 25 .

’Hist. vol. 1. p. 244 .

’Harl. 43 H . 9.

K


GI SLEHAM .

holding in this place was that of a freeman under Gu rth’scommendation , and consisted of 1 5 acres , a ploughteam(reduced to half at the t ime of the Survey) , 2 villeins , andhalf an acre of meadow

,valued at 8 3 . At the t ime of the

Survey this estate was held by Earl Hugh .

‘

Another holding was that of two freemen underBurchard

’s commendation

,and consisted of 1 5 acres valued

at 2s . 6d . and 20 0 herrings . Another in the same township was that of afreeman under Burchard

’s commendation

,and consisted of 1 6 acres and

hal f a ploughteam ,valued at 53 . and 30 0 herrings . At the t ime of the

Survey both these estates belonged to Hugh d e Montfort .‘

MANOR OF GISLEHAM HALL Now GISLEHAM WITH P1155 .

I n 1 270 Alan de Wymenhale had free warren , with a grant of a fairand market in Gisleham

,Carlton

,and in 1 282 William de Gisleham

had the same in Gisleham,Kessingland

,Stadenfield

,and Brampton .

‘

I n 1 31 1 Sir Edmund de H emegrav e held the lordship, from whomSuckling says it passed to Sir J ohn de Ulv eston

,but this seems doubtful

,

as we do not find that Sir J ohn had any connection with the manor before1 356, and in the in terim Sir Clement de B iskele he ld, and there is a CompotusRoll 1 31 8-1 9 amongst the Additional Charters in the Brit ish Museum showinghim then to be lord .

s From Sir Clement de B iskele the manor passed toJ ohn de B isk ele

,who he ld in 1 343 according to a charter this year , which

is given by Suckling .

‘s From him the manor passed to his widow Clementia,

and then to Sir Reginald de B iskele .

I n the Brit ish Museum is a compotus of Thomas Slettav ey,serj eant

of this Sir Reginald de B isk ele,from the translat ion of St . Thomas Martyr

23 Edw. I I I . [1 349] to M ichaelmas following for 1 2 weeks quo annopesti lencia hominum regnav it in Anglia .

”7

Davy says that in 1 349 Sir Thomas de Hemegrav e , son and heir OfSir Edmund

,held the manor

,bu t it is clear that by 1 356 it was vested in

John de Ulveston, for by a deed dated at Gisleham ,Ralph le Megre

,parson

of the church of Kessingland,and Richard le Megre hi s brother released to

this J ohn de Ulveston all their right and interest in the manor and in thelands and houses in Gisleham

,Rushmere

,Kessingland

,Henstede

,Carlton

,

Beccles,and Mutford

,which they held under a demise of the aforesaid

John de Ulv eston,and by a writ ing dated at Frostenden7th April, 7Rich . I I .

Sir John Ulv eston quit claim to Sir Roger Boys,Sir John de Wyng

feld,Knts .

,J ohn Pishale

,Thomas More

,Guy Owkedok

,Robert Grygges,

clerk,Robert de Aissh feld

,and William Thu rtone this manor which they

held of the feoffment of Richard Dautreys and J ohn Botild .

‘

The manor next passed to Sir William Argentein or Argentine,who

apparently held it for the li fe of Margery his wi fe,daughter of Sir Wil liam

‘Dom. i i. 302 .sAdd .

_Ch . 25862 .

’Dom. ii. 4o7b.6Hist. of

‘Su ff . vol . i . p. 244 .

’Chart. Rolls, 55 Hen. I I I . pt. i . 1 0 .7Add Ch . 260 58 .

‘Chart. Rolls, 1 0 Edw. I . 1 9.8Harl.

GISLEHAM . 75

Calthorpe,and later the wife of John Argentine . Sir Willi am Argentine

died in and the manor appears from this t ime to the t ime of SirGiles Alington in 1 528 to have passed in the same course as the Manorof Halesworth

,in B lything Hundred , when this manor passed to James

Hobart,who died seised thereof 24th Feb . 1 5 1 6, leaving Walter Hobart

his son and heir .“

The manor is specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of JohnAlyngton

” in

Sir Walter Hobart ‘ held in 1 525 , and from him the manor apparentlypassed to his son and heir

,Henry Hobar t . Suckl ing makes the modest

statement that Henry Hubbard had possession of the manor in 33 Hen .

VI I I . no doubt founding his statement on the fact disclosed inthe inq u is . p .m . of his father Walter

,taken 3oth April that year ,but it should

be remembered that the only manors mentioned in this inquisit ion are thoseof Oulton and Lowestoft . Henry Hobart died in when the manorpassed to his son and heir

,J ames Hobart

,who died in 1 61 5 , when it passed

to his 3rd son , Edward Hobart , of Langley,co. Norfolk


when it passed to his son and heir,J ames Hobart

,who died in 1 664 20 th

August,

He seems in his li fet ime to hav e sold the manor to RobertRichman or Ri chmond

,of Hedenham

,son of John Richman by his I st

wife Anne,daughter of Willi am Gooch

,of St . Mary’s

,Westhall . Robert

Ri chman married Catherine,daughter of Thomas Pretyman

,of Bacton

,

and on his death his son and heir,John Richman

,having married Mary

,

daughter of Roger Goodwin,of Stonham

,and hav ing di ed 6th Feb . 1 640 ,

in his father’s li fet ime,the manor passed to Robert

’s grandson,John

Richman . He married Anne,sister of Sir William Cooper

,Bart .

,and

died leaving two children— Willi am,who di ed without issue

,and Mary

,

who became his heir,married to Charles Carneys

,of Mom ingthorpe , Norfolk .

Charles Garneys died 1 sth J une , 1 678 , when the manor passed to her sonCharles Garneys , who married Margaret , daughter of John Watts

, of

Burnham Market,and died in 1730 , the manor vesting in his son and heir,

Richmond Garneys . He married Anne,daughter of William Churchman ,

of I llington,Norfolk

,and died in 1762 , when the lordship vested in his son

and heir,Charles Carneys

,of Hedenham

,who died unmarried in 1 80 8 .

The manor then passed to Rachel Ives Drake , eldest daughter andcoheir of William Drake

,of Amersham (descended from the Drakes of

Shardeloes,co . Bucks

,and the Garneys of Boyland Hall), married to the

Hon . George Irby,afterwards George

, 3rd Baron Boston , and Emily IvesDrake

,married to the Hon . Frederick Paul I rby . Rachel Ives , Lady

Boston,died 6th April

,1 830 ,

and her husband subsequently acquired thewhole manor

,which on his death 1 2th March

,1 856, passed to his son and

heir,George Ives

, 4th Baron Boston , who married I st 25th J an . 1 830 ,

Fanny Elizabeth,eldes t daughter of Will iam R . Hopkins-Northey , of

Oving House,co . Bucks

,and 2ndly 3oth J uly, 1 861

, Caroline Amelia ,eldest daughter of John St . V incent

, 3rd Lord de Saumarez , and died22nd Dec . 1 869 .

In 1 885 the manor was vested in Ri chard Henry Reeve .

6 Hen. V . 13 .

‘ See Manor of Oulton, in Loth ingland

9 Hen. VIII . 25 . Hundred .

20 Edw. IV. 58 .

3Wil l 17th Oct. 1 560 , proved 3rd May,1 561 .


Amongst the Addit ional Charters in the Brit ish Museum is a Cour tRoll 1 427

Arms of RICHMAN or RICHMOND : Erm . on a chief Sa. a griffinpassant Or . O f BOSTON : Arg . fretty,

Sa . on a canton Gul . a Chaplet Or .

Of the hall Suckl ing writes The site of Gisleham Hall,which abutted

upon the extensive common , enclosed in 1799, is encompassed by a doublemoat

,the outer of which includes about 4 acres . The space contained

withi n the smaller moat measures 38 yards from east to west , by 45 fromnorth to south .

No traces Of the ancient mansion are visible,but Mr . Button , the present

respectable tenant,informs me that he remembers the court s to have been

held on the site when they were adj ourned to the present hall,which is a

substantial and rather old farmhouse . His father took up the foundat ionsof the drawbridge on the south about the year 1794 . Under one of thelarge t imbers were discovered two balls of metal

,engraved with coats of

arms,which were sent to Charles Garneys , Esq .

,the landlord

,and disposed

of at the sale of his effects,after hi s death

,about forty years since .

The site of Gisleham Hall has attained notoriety Of late from havingbeen the scene of a foul murder committed there on the person of J amesMcF adden

,an Irishman employed in the rural poli ce . This unfortunate

person was shot in the thigh upon the edge of the moat,in the night of

Sunday,the 28th of Ju ly,

1 844 , by one of a numerous and organized gang ofthiev es who had long infested the neighbourhood . The murderer wasidentified

,and suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Ipswich

,on the

25th of March ,

MANOR OF PYES HALL (see Pakefield Pyes) .

Sawale Trysth is ment ioned by Davy as I st lord , and he then mentionsThomas de Drayton

,from whom this manor is somet imes called the Manor

of Dray'

ton . His daughter and heir married John Pye . William Jenney ,

afterwards Sir Wm . J enney,held the manor

,and died in 1 483 , from which

time to the death of Edward J enney 26th J une,1 523 , the manor passed in

the same course_as the Manor of Loudham

,in Herringfleet, in Loth ingland

Hundred . The manor then vested in Robert J enney,who in 1 534 sold to

Henry Hobart,

3 and from him to the death of J ames Hobart in 1 664 itpassed in the same course as the main manor .

From the Hobarts the manor passed by sale to Nathaniel Row,who

sold to Proctor . About 1 645 this manor appears to have become consol idated wi th the main manor .

‘Add . 25863.

’Fine, Easter , 25 Hen. VIII .’Suckling, H ist. of Sufi. vol . i. p . 245.


Wi ll iam de Montacute,I st Earl of Salisbury

,married Katherine

,

daughter of William,Lord Grandison

,and died in 1 343 of bruises received

in a t ilting at Windsor,when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Willi am

de Montacute,zud Earl of Sali sbury .

He was present at the battles of Cressy and Poictiers,in the

latter battle commanding the rear guard of the Engli sh army,and is said

to have contended with the Earl of Warwick in the heat of action as to whichshould shed most French blood . His lordship was one of the originalholders of the Garter

,the order hav ing been founded

,according to tradit ion

,

in consequence of the King’s affection for the Earl’s Countess . He married

I st Joan,daughter of Edmund Plantagenet

,Earl of Kent

,and known as

the Fair Maid of Kent,

‘ and 2nd ly Elizabeth , daughter and coheir of John ,Lord Elsham

,of Dunster

,and di ed in 1 397. His only son William died in

his father’s lifetime in 1 383 . The Earl hav ing no other issue,the following

year sold the manor to Sir Bryan Stapleton , Kut.

This seems to have been his descent

H erman or H erym.

lord of S taple ton-upon-Tays .

dau . of John of Tanfie ld

S ir John Mary, dau . of S i r Mal lory, Knt.

Comptroller of Household toK ing Stephen

I

S i r M i les P enrodas. dau . of the K ing of Cyprus.

Anne , dau . of Robert N evnlle .

dau of S ir Henry F itz-Henry.

Catherine , dau . of S ir M iles Hansard Knt.

S ir Miles Barbara, dau . of Sir John Darrel , Knt.

IS ir M i les Sibil , dau . and coheir of John de Bel la Aq ua, or Bel lew.

E l izabeth . clan. and h eir of John de R ichmond .

Sir M 1les Cicely, dau . of Sir Robert Ufford , Knt.G ilbert Agnes. eld . clan. and coheir

of Bryan F itz Alan, Baronof Bedale .

S ir Bryan Stapleton Al ice. dau . of S ir John St. Ph ilebert,of Carl ton, Knt. Knt.

X.C . t. R ich . II.

S ir Bryan S tapleton, Kni

the purchaser of the manor .

The Earl was divorced on account of th e the wife of Edward , th e B lacklady

’s pre

-contractwith Sir Thomas Prince .

Holland, and she eventual ly became

KESSINGLAND . 79

On the Patent Rolls we find a pardon to Sir Bryan Stapleton foracquiri ng the manor in fee simple from the Earl of Sal isbury,

the manorbeing held in chief . Sir Bryan Stapleton a few years later made a settlement conveying to Richard Lescrope and others and was re-enfeoffed

,and

these assurances being made wi thout licence a pardon was subsequentlyobtained .

“ Sir Bryan married Elizabeth,daughter and heir of Sir Will iam

Aldburgh ,Knt.

,and on his death the manor passed to his 2nd son

,Sir

Myles Stapleton , who died in He married Joan,daughter and

coheir of Sir Gerard Ufil et,ofWigh il l

,in the Aynsty Of York City, widow Of

William B recknells,and on his death the manor passed to his son and heir

,

Sir John Stapleton , who married Margaret , daughter of Norton,of

Norton Conyers , and d ied in when it dev olved on his son and heir,

Sir Will iam Stapleton . He was Knight of the Shire in Parliament 28 Hen . VI .and having only two daughters conveyed the manor in 1 461 to his brother,Bryan Stapleton .

s

There is a licence on the Patent Rolls in the 1 Edw. IV . enabling SirWill iam Stapleton to grant to Brian Stapleton

,his brother

,and the heirs of

his body .

‘5

Amongst the Rawlinson MSS . in the Bodleian is the fragment of theCourt Roll of a court held by Brian Stapleton in Sir Brian marriedJ ane

,daughter Of Sir Lancelot Thirkeld

,and had seven sons and four

daughters . On the death of Brian Stapleton,1 8th Sept . the manor

passed to his son and heir,Chr is topher Stapleton

,of Wigh ill . He married

I st Alice,daughter of Wil l iam Ask

,of Ask

,and 2ndly Margaret , daughter

of Sir John Neville,of Lev irsedze

,co. York

,Knt.

,and on his death the

manor passed to his son and heir,Bryan Stapleton

,who married Margery

,

daughter of Sir John Constable,of Hailsham

,Kut.

,but dying without issue

the manor passed to his brother and heir,Sir Robert Stapleton . Sir

Robert Stapleton married Elizabeth,daughter of Sir Will iam Mallory,

of

Studley,co . York

,and in 1 549 sold the manor to William Roberts ,

“ and heand his wife were in 1 563 called upon to show by what title they held themanor ." From Will iam Roberts

,the manor passed in the same course as

the manor of Burgh Castle,in Loth ingland Hundred , to the t ime of Sir Owen

Smith,and amongs t the Rawlinson MSS . in the Bodleian is an acknowledg

ment by Sir Owen,who died 3oth March , 1 626, then lord of the manor

,of

the rece ipt of money from Thomas Parkard,h is bailiff .“

Sir Owen Smith’s representative conveyed the manor about 1 645 toRobert Proctor . I n 1 658 Daniel Proctor appears as lord , and in 172 1 themanor was held by Samuel Proctor

,while in 1764 i t was held by Daniel

Proctor . I n 1776 it was held by Bridget Hawes , and m 1786 was theproperty of her daughter

,J ane Denton . J ane Denton married Randal

B urroughes , and about 1 826 the manor was purchased by John Morse .

‘Pat. Rolls , 8 Rich . I I . pt. i . 38 .

6 Pat. Rolls, 1 Edw. IV. pt. iv . 23.

‘Pat. Rolls , 8 Rich . I I . pt. i . 4.

7Rawl . D. 1 48 1 .

1 Hen. IV. 45 . I HP M 1 0 Hen. VIII . 53 .

33 Hen. VI . 1 3, Extent. 9 Fine , Easter, 3 Edw. V .

’Blomefie ld states inaccurately that Sir l ° Memoranda, 5 Eliz . Hil . Rec. Rot. 9.

Miles, son of Sir B rian Stapleton, Rawl . D. 1 48 .

conv eyed the manor this year toh is brother Bri an.


I n 1 875 the manor was vested in his trustees , but in 1 885 had passedto J ohn Hall Moore Boycot t . In 1 896 was vested in Frederick AugustusMorse Boycot t

,and is now vested in John Watson .

Court Rolls of the manor are referred to in the 6th Report of theDeputy Keeper of Public Records .

‘

On the west side of the churchyard stood formerly the manor house ,wh ich accordi ng to an account giv en by the farmer in 1 823 who occupiedthe Vicarage house and glebe land , was an old building hav ing about itwal ls similar to those on his own premises . This Old house was

,he said

,

a few years previously pul led down and a large red-brick house built on aspot adj oining the old site

,and a li tt le to the south of it . This was in 1 823

a farmhouse in the occupation of Mr . J . S . Crowfoot .

MANOR OF KESSINGLAND ITcnrNGHAM’s OR ECH INGHAM S .

This was the lordship of the family of Atte Tye in the reign of Edw. I I I .I n 1 375 D ionysia, widow of Sir Peter Atte Tye ,

“ held the manor,and by

her will of this date proved the same year bequeathed to her son EdwardCharles 1 0 0 5 . per annum out of her manor here

,and to Sir RobertTye

,her

son,the Manor of HOO

,inMonewden

,in order to purchase the patronage of

some church of the value of £20 per annum ,to appropriate it to the Cathedral

church of Norwich , as a provision for two secular priests to celebrate forthe souls of J ohn de HOO and D ionysia his wife

,Wi ll iam their son

,and all

the faithful .Thi s manor passed to Sir Robert atte Tye

,son and heir of Sir Peter ,

and his wi ll is dated in 1 382 and proved in 1 383 . I n i t he desires his feoffeesto enfeoff Elizabeth his wife with the advowson of this parish church

,the

lordship of Barsham,and his lands in Mutford and Wangf ord Hundreds

for l ife . Sir J ohn de Hoo is mentioned as his brother,which rather suggests

that Dionysia his mother was the relict of J ohn de Hoo above named,and

not his daughter,as is stated in the account of Cret ingham al . Tye

’s Manor .Elizabeth

,however , the wife of Sir Robert,may have been a de Hoo also .

This Elizabeth died in 1 383, and the manor passed to Sir Robert’s son and

heir,Sir Robert at te Tye

,who died in 1 41 5 .

The manor was next the lordship of the Ech inghams , of Barsham ,

’

in Wangford Hundred , and was held by Lady Margaret Ech ingham ,wife

of Sir Thomas Echingham ,from whom it passed to her son and heir

,Sir

Thomas Echingham ,on whose death in 1 460 i t passed to his brother and

heir,Richard Ech ingham ,

of Barsham . Amongst the Chancery Proceedings in the t ime of Hen . VI . and Edw. IV. is an action by Elizabeth ,wife of Richard Ech ingham and daughter of J ohn Gernegan,

againstMargaret Echyngham , mother of the said Richard, as to the pet itioner

’sj ointure out of this manor and the Manor Of Blanchard .

‘

Ri chard Echingham’s wil l is dated 1 461 . He left the manor to

Elizabeth his wife for l i fe,and subj ect to her interest it passed to his son and

heir,J ohn Echingham,

and from him to his son and heir,Edward Ech ingham .

In 1 528 the manor was held by J ohn J erningham ,and then passed to Henry

Hobart . Suckling, however, states that it passed directly from Sir Edmund

‘ App. 11 . p. 86 . 38 Hen. VI . 5 Edw. IV. Bund le’See Cretingham, aI. Tye

’s Manor, inLoes 27, 277; 3 Edw. IV. Bundl e

Hundred . 29, 35.

3See Manor of Barsham, in WangfordHundred .

KESSINGLAND . 8 1

Echingham to Henry Hubbard,

of whom it was obtained in 1 645 bvRobert Proctor . This

,however

,is not correct .

There are two fines of the manor in 1 546 and 1 556, the first by GeorgeHarvy and others against Owen Hopton and others

,

‘ and the second asto a moiety of the manor by George Harvy against John B lenerhassettand others .

“

The manor was acquired most probably by Henry Hobart from GeorgeHarvy and others under a fine levied by the former in and passedfrom Henry Hobart

,who died in 1 561 , to his son and heir , James Hobart ,

Of Hales Hal l,Loddon .

‘And in 1 562 we find an order for the removal Of

process from the manor,and discharge of J ames Hobart

,

5 who died in 1 61 5 ,aged 91 . The manor later passed to Sir Owen Smith

,who sold it to

Robert Proctor,from which t ime the manor has devolved in the same

course as the main manor .

MANOR OF KESSINGLAND AND K INGSTON’s .

This was early the estate of Wi ll iam de Enque,afterwards Of Richard

Megre,from whom it passed to his son and heir

,John Megre

,who held his

first court for the manor 6 Rich . I I . The Court Rol l for th is courtand also for courts held 7 to 1 1 Rich . I I . and 1 6-23 Rich . I I .will be found amongst the Bodleian Sufi . Rolls The manor next vestedin Alexander Kingston

,from whom it derived i ts name

,and then in Richard

Kingston . I t then passed to the College of Heringsby, in Norfolk , foundedby Hugh atte Fenne in

Amongst the Star Chamber Proceedings in the t ime of Hen . VI I I .is an action as to a forcible entry into this manor brought by Sir HenrySacheverell against J ohn Baker .’

In 1 528 Nicholas Hasburgh was lord, and 1 3th April , 1 545 , Sir WilliamWoodhouse

,of Waxham

,had a grant from the Crown of the manor . Par

ticu lars Of farm in Kessingland for grant to Sir Thomas Clere and Sir Wil liamWodehouse will be found in the Publi c Record Office .

"

A little later it vested in William Parker,who in 1 575 had licence to

alienate i t to Edward Heron and Will iam Wiseman,and the heirs Of the

said Willi am Wiseman . I n 1 580 it passed to Richard Proctor under a finelev ied this year by the said Richard Proctor against William Parker ,

9 andthen to Sir Edward Proctor and Katherine his wi fe , who had licence in1 60 1 to alienate to Samue l Proctor in fee . A fine was levied in 1 60 1

accordingly by Samuel Proctor against Richard Proctor and others Of thismanor and the Manor of Rothenhall . l o I n 1 645 the manor vested in RobertProctor

,and from that t ime has devolved in the same course as the

main Manor of Kessingland .

MANOR OF ROTHENHALL .

In Saxon t imes there were two manors in this place . The first wasthat of a freeman under commendation to Torech

,R . Brainard

’s predecessor,

and cons isted Of 30 acres , 5 bordars , a ploughteam and a half belonging tothe men

,wood for the maintenance Of 4 hogs , 1 5 acres Of meadow,

valued

Fine , Easter , 38 Hen. VIII . 6 See Ancient Deeds in P .R .O. A . 31 59.

“ Fine , Easter , 5 Edw. VI .

7Star Ch . P . Hen. VIII. Bund le 22 , 1 69,3 Fine , Eas ter, 2 Mary I . 307, 255, 30 8 . Th e answer of‘ See Manor of Ou l ton, in Loth ingland Baker D.K .R . 49 p . 496.

Hund red .s36 Hen. VIII . D.K .R . 9 App . ii . p . 1 91 .

’Memoranda Rol ls , 4 Eliz . Pas . Rec. Rot. ’Fine, Easter, 22 Eliz .

56 Fine, Hil . 43 Eliz.


at but at the time of the Survey rendering 1 25 . The Domesday tenantwas Earl Hugh .

‘

The second manor was that of Alsac,a freeman under Burchard's

commendation,and consisted of 40 acres , 4 bordars , a ploughteam in

demesne and half belonging to the men,wood for the maintenance of 3

hogs,and I i acres of meadow ,

valued at 55 . At the t ime of the Surveythi s manor belonged to Hugh de Montfort

,and was valued at 9s . and 60 0

herri ngs .“

I n the reign of Edw. I I . this was the lordship of J ohn de Rothenhal l,

and in 1 41 9 it was returned that J ohn de Rothenhall held the lordship atthe day of his death of the King as of his Honor of Chester by the serviceof an eighth part of a knight’s fee

,and Thomas Rothenhal l was his son

and heir . This Thomas had a sister Elizabeth,and both being minors

at the t ime of their father’s death the manor escheated to the Crown in1 427or the following year, apparently on their decease .

3

Elizabeth,the widow of Sir J ohn Rothenhal l

,survived the issue of

her husband . She was the daughter of Sir Philip Branch,Knt.

,and widow

of J ohn Clere,of Ormesby

,in Norfolk

,and the manor seems to have gone

to her,probably by grant from the Crown , for by her will dated 1 6th Oct .

1 438 , and proved 9th J uly , 1 441 , she gave to Robert Clere, h er son by herfi rst marriage

,all her goods at Caistor

,and her Manor of Hom inghall there ;

and Henstead,Roth enhal l

,and Claydon manors in Suffolk

,to him

,his heirs

,

and assigns for ever,after payment of her debts

,81 0 . (B lomefield) . The

lordship appears to have been shortly after in the holding of ThomasBardoli

,who with Alice his wife presented to the Rothenhall mediety Of

the church in 1 445 . Upon the death of this Thomas B ardol f Alice hiswidow remarried J ohn Southwell . I n 1 454 William Bonds

,who was

probably a trustee or executor,conveyed the manor to J ohn Southwell

and this Alice his wife .

Southwell,however

,had presented to the church in 1 451 , which was

two years previous to this conveyance . I n this same year John Southwellrepresented the borough of Lewes in Parliament

,and resided at Barham

Hall,in Suffolk .

‘

I n 1 544 the manor was parcel of the possessions of the college or hos italOf Heringsby,

in Norfolk,and was granted under the Privy Seal 1 3th pril

in that year to Sir Will iam Woodhouse, of Waxham ,Knt. I t then paid

225 . 45d . per annum to the college . I n 1 582 the manor was vested inGeorge Gelyngham,

who had a fine levied against him this year by AmbroseJ ermyn and others .’

Amongst the Stowe Charters we find a lease dated in 1 623 , but neverexecuted

,by Sir Thomas Hobart to Edward Hobart and others Of thi s

manor and other lands for 1 1 years from the death of the lessor,the proceeds

to be applied to payment of debts and other purposes of his will . ‘5

I n 1 645 the manor was conveyed by William Tasker to Robert Proctor ,from whom it has devolved in the same course as the main manor of Kessingland to the present lord .

A fine was levied of Kessingland and Kirkley Manors in 1 595 byEdward Duke against Henry Hobberde

” and others .’

Dom. ii . 30 2 .

’Fine, Mich . 24 and 25 E liz.’Dom. ii . 4o7b.

“Stowe Ch. 20 1 .

3 Exch . 6 Hen. VI . 7Fine, Easter, 37Eliz.‘ Suckling, Hist. of Sufi . vol . i. p . 280 .

K I RKLEY . 83

K I RKLEY .

SMALL holding in this place was kept at the time of theSurvey by Roger Bigot for the King

,and consisted of 30

acres and a ploughteam . I t was formerly held by six freemen‘

The only other holding in this place was that in Saxont imes Of a freeman

,half under Burchard’s and ha lf under

Wolsey’s commendation , and consisted of 1 2 acres and hal f

a ploughteam v alued at 25 . At the time of the Survey thiswas the estate of Hugh de Montfort

,the ploughteam had di sappeared, and

the value had increased to 33 . and 200 herrings .“

MANOR OF KIRKLEY al . KIRKLEY FASTOL F s CALLED AL SO KIRKLEY HALL .

In 1 271 Alan de Wymundhale Obtained a licence for a marketand fair

,and had a grant of free warren in his demesne lands here .

3 Onthe Patent Rolls in 1 280 is notice of an action brought by John de Badingham ,

parson of Kirkly,against Alan

,5 0 11 of Edmund de Wymondehale touching

a tenement in K irkly,‘ and in 1 286 Edmund de “ Wymonhale claimed

the market and fair .

The manor afterwards passed to the family of Fastolf, for in 1 378 HughFastolf had the lordship and granted the same under the name OldKerkale to his brother , John Fastolf .

’ From John Fastoli the manorwent to Sir Hu h Fastoli

,High Sheriff for Suffolk in 1 390 ,

and from himto his son and eir

,Sir John Fastol i

,who died in when it passed

to his son and heir,Sir Hugh Fastolf

,who died in when it devolved

or: his son and heir,Sir John Fastolf

,who died in when it passed to

his son and heir,John Fastoli

,who d ied in when it devolv ed on his

son and heir,Thomas F astol f

,MP . for Ipswich in 1 487, and from him it

passed to his son and heir , J ohn Fastol f ,who died in when it vestedin his son and heir

,George Fastoli .

George Fastolf in 1 51 0 sold the manor to Thomas“ Russhes

,and

the sale was effected by a fine levied in Michaelmas term,2 Hen . VI I I .

Another fine was in 1 5 1 4 levied of the manor by Thomas Frankeand others against the abov e-named George F astol f .

" ThomasRushe married I st Anne

,daughter and heir of J ohn Rivers , of

Ipswich , and 2ndly Christ ian,afterwards the wife of Thomas Baldry,

Bail iff of Ipswich . He was Sheri ff of Norfolk and Suffolk 25 H en . VI I I .On hi s death the manor passed to his son and he ir , Arthur Rushe, whomarried Mary

,daughter Of Sir Anthony Wingfield , of Letheringham , and

died 2nd J uly,1 537, when the manor passed to his son and he ir, Anthony

Rushe,who married Eleanor , daughter of Nicholas Cutler, Of Eye , and

died 3rd May , 1 555 , when it passed to Anthony Rushe , who sold andconv eyed i t to Henry Hobart , of Loddon

,in 1 558 , by a fine levied in

Michaelmas term 5 Mary I . Henry Hobart died in 1 561 , from whi ch time

‘Dom. 11. 383 (bis). 5 Hen. V . 49.

'Dom. ii . 4o7b.

aI .P .M 26 Hen. VI . 1 5 .

’Chart. Rol ls , 55 Hen. I I I . pt. 11 . 1 0 . 38 and 39 Hen. VI . 48 .

‘ Pat. Rolls , 8 Edw. I I . l 8d , 17d . 22 Hen. VI I . 57.

3 See Manor Of Bradwe ll Hall , in Lothing Fine , Easter 6 Hen. VIII .land Hundred . 29 Hen. VI I I . 66.

“See Brokes Hall , Nacton, in Colneis Hun

dred , for marriages and furtherparticulars.

84 THE MANORS OF l SUFFOLK .

the manor passed in the same course as the Manor of Gisleham Hal l,in this

Hundred,t ill the death of J ames Hobart in 1 664 (P2o th Aug .

We meet,howev er

,with a fine levied of the manor in 1 595 by Edward

Duke against Henry Hobart . ‘

The manor was then purchased by Robert Richman or Richmond ,who was lord in 1 680

,and was succeeded by Robert Richmond , from which

t ime to 1 855 when the manor was v es ted in George Ives , 4th Baron Boston ,the manor passed in the same course as the Manor of Gisleham Hall , in thisHundred .

By 1 885 the manor had passed to Richard Henry Reeve , and is nowvested in C . W . Willet t .

There are two inquisit ions referring to the Manor of Kyrkeleyewhich we are not able to place . One Of J ohn Paston in the otherof Matthew Hermen

,who died 17th May, 1 534, leaving Francis his son and

heir .3

Arms of RUSHE Gu . on a fesse Or,betw. 3 colts currant Arg . 3 hurts .

‘ Fine , Easter , 37 33 Hen. VI I ] . 145 .

6 Edw. IV. 44.


Ev ermue,to sustain him in the Royal service

,and during the K ing’s

pleasure .

l Henry de Vere , who possessed the other moiety of this manor ,’

left an only son,Henry de Vere , who di ed without issue , so that having no

he i rs his share also fel l to the Crown . The moieties Of the manor beingthus uni ted were granted as one lordship in 1 234 to Sir Thomas deH emegrav e or Hengrav e

,who died about 1 252 ,

and was succeeded in hi sestates by Sir Thomas , his grandson , th e son of “ ill iam

,who had died

before his father . He paid 1 0 0 5 . as relief for hi s grandfather’s lands here .

3

Suck ling gives a Copy of an inquisit ion of the customs and descent ofthe manor and half Hundred Of Mutford taken in the reign of Edw. I .‘

On Sir Thomas de Hemegrav e’s death in he was succeeded by

his son and heir,Sir Edmund de Hemegrav e ,

6 who claimed wreck of the seain the whole Hundred .

’ He married I sabel,daughter and heir Of J ohn

de Mutford,j ustice of the Common Bench

,and died 9th Sept . in h is

80 th year,seised of the lordship . The devolution of the manor to the death

of Sir Francis Hemegrav e in 1 41 9 i s practically the same as the Manor OfTuddenham

,in Lackford Hundred

,but we give the following additional

information as relat ing more exclusively to Mutford Manor .

Sir Edm . de Hemegrav e , by Isabel la his I st wife , daughter and heir OfJ ohn de Mutford

,one of the j ustices of the Common Bench

,had Sir Thomas

de Hemegrav e his heir, and Beatrix , who married Sir Robert de Thorpe ,Of Ashwellthorpe

,in Norfolk

,whose descendants eventual ly became

possessed ofMutford . Sir Thomas de Hemegrav e died 3rd May , andwassucceeded by Sir Edmund de H emegrav e , who settled the Manor Of Mutfordon his 2nd wife Ali cia

,daughter of J ohn de I nsula

,by a feoffment made

to Almaric de Shir lond in 1 371 . On the Patent Rolls in 1 370 we find alicence for S ir Edmund de Hemegrav e to enfeoff Sir J ohn Lovel l and othersOf a moiety of the Hundred and manor (except one manor !) and for thefeoffees to grant to Edmund and Al icia his wife and the heirs of Edmund .

“

Alicia in her will dated 1 2th Aug .

,1 40 1 , cal ls herself Dame de

Mutford,

” and bequeaths 40 5 . to the high altar Of the church there,65 . 8d .

to the lights of our Lady,and 40 5 . to the reparation of the belfry . Her

husband’s will is dated in 1 379, in which he gives certain moveables andeffects

,then in his house at Mutford

,to Alicia his wife

,who seems to

have resided there after his decease til l her 2nd marriage wi th Sir RichardWych ingham ,

of Witchingham,in Norfolk . This Sir Ri chard held the

Manor of Mutford during the l ife of his wife,but the reversion of the same

after her death being settled on the right heirs of Sir Edmund deHemegrav e , Sir Thomas , his surviving son and heir , inherited .

I n 1 399 we find on the Patent Rolls a licence for Thomas Hemegrav eto grant the reversion of the manor and a moiety of the Hundred of Mut~

ford held in chief on the death of Al ice,late wife of Edmund Hemegrav e , to

Edward Hunt,parson of the church of Todenham ,

and J ohn Spark,of Little

Wroth ing, and for these to grant to the said Thomas and Elizabeth hiswife and his heirs .“

Iglose 1

1

2

61115 , 5 Hen. I I I . pt . i . 16.

7Q .W. 732 .

de 30 0 .8 I .P .M 8 Edw. I I I . 56.

3 Suck ling , Hist Of Su fi . vol . i . p . 270 . 23 Edw. I I I . 1 66.

‘ H ist . vol . i . p . 271 . 45 Edw. I I I . (2nd Nos.) 82 .

5T. de N . 283 , 291 ; 48 Hen. I I I . 21 . Pat. Rolls, 2 Rich . 11. pt. ii . 1 3.

“See Manor of Tuddenham, in Lack ford '3 Pat. Rolls , 1 Hen. IV. pt. iv . 37.

Hundred .

MUTFORD. 87

In 1 407a fine was levied Of the manor by William Ware , clerk , J acobB ethingford ,

Will iam Santre,William Urdale William Weir

,clerk

,and

Walter Clav le against Sir Thomas Hemegrav e . By his marriage he hadissue Edmund de Hemegrav e on whom his father entailed th is lordship anda moiety Of the Hundred in 1 4 1 4 but this son dyi ng shortly afterwardswithout issue

,Sir Thomas v ested his estates in trust for sale

,the produce to be

applied to charitable purposes . He died 17th October , 1 41 9, and bequeathedfor the reparat ion Of the chance l of Mutford church towards therepairs of the body Of the church to the parson 6s . 8d .

,and to

24 of his poor tenants there 40 5 . These bequests h e makes for the goodof his sou l

,for the soul of Joan

,his mother

,who lay buried there

,and for

the souls of al l the faithful departed .

His widow J oanna married shortly after his death Richard Vewetree ,of Burnham Westgate

,in Norfolk

,and died in 1 42 1 . Before her decease

she solemnly revoked h er will devising the Manor of Mutford,&C .

,having

executed it by constraint , and under the influence of h er zud husband .

Upon the extinction of the family of Hemegrav e ,in th e person of Sir Thomas

,

their estates descended to the Thorpes,of Ashwe llthorpe

,in Norfolk

,in right

of Beatrix de Hemegrav e , who married Sir Robert Thorpe , as before shown ;but the Manor of Mutford seems to have escheated to th e Crown .

“

Amongst the Harleian Charters is a deed dated the Feast of thePurification of the Blessed V irgin 7 Hen . V I . by which ThomasLangle

,Bishop Of Durham

,John Stafford

,Bishop of Bath and Wells

,

Wil liam Morley,Richard Barbour

,Richard Clopton

,and John Bartram

grant to Sir Walte r Hungerford,Lord Of Powys , Philipp Courteney , Simon

Sydenham,Sir John Juyn,

John Stourton,and Stourton

,John Paulet

,

Robert Longe,J ohn Fortesen

,and Richard Bamfeld the Manor and

Hundred of Mutford .

3

Davy says Sir J ohn Tiptoft was the next lord , and on his death in 1 443the manor passed to his son and heir John Tiptoft.

About the year 1 447William de la Pole , Marquis Of Suffolk , had a grantfrom the Crown of the manor

,and from this t ime to the attainder of Edmund

de la Pole,zud D uke of Suffolk 25th Jan .

,1 50 3-4 , the manor passed in

the same way as the Manor Of attisfie ld,in B lackbou rn Hundred . By

a grant made by the Crown 1 5th J une ,1 50 9,

the manor with otherheredi taments we re vested in Edward “

J ernyngham and Mary his wifefor their lives

,

‘ whi ch grant they afterwards surrendered into chancery,and

thereupon 28th J anuary,1 5 1 0 ,

the manor was granted to the saidEdward Jernyngham and his wife and the he irs Of their bodies .’ Hedied in 1 5 1 5 , and his widow remarried Sir Will iam Kingston .

A fine was lev ied of the manor by George Harvy and others againstOwen Hopton and others in

The widow d ied 26th August , when the manor vested in HenryJernyngham ,

eldest son and heir Of the said Sir Edward Jernyngham andM his wife . From him it passed in the same course as the Manor ofGor eston

,in Lothingland Hundred , being sold l ike that manor to Thomas

‘ Fee t of Fines , 8 Hen. IV. 35 .’See Manor of Ash by, in Loth ingland

“Suck ling , Hist. Of Sufi. vol . i . p . 273. Hund red .

I 6 Fine , Eas ter, 38 Hen. VIII.43 - so.

4 0 . 1 Hen. vm . Rot. 63. 2 Edw. vi . 70 .


Hirne and Christopher Hirne,

’and by let ters patent 28th Oct . 1 60 4 , KingJ as . I . on the pet ition of the Earl of Montgomery ,

granted the reversion ofthe manor to hold to Clement Hirne and his heirs by fealty only and anannual rent . The acquittance for the money paid for the manor andother manors is in the Brit ish Museum .

‘ I t is dated 4th May,1 60 8

,and

given by Henry Jernegan the younger to Thomas Hirne , Of Hev eringland ,who seems to have been the actual purchaser . He afterwards became SirThomas Hirne

,and sold this manor to Sir J ohn Heveningham

,K ut.

,and

Dame Bridget his wi fe,and this sale was confirmed by Act Of Parliament

7th J as . I . Suck ling’s way of putting the matter is somewhat short,and

correctly states th e ultimate result,but as a matter of fact

,the manor passed

through the hands Of Sir Robert Hitcham before it reached the Hirnes .

From this t ime the manor passed in th e same course as the Manor ofGorleston to the t ime of Sir Thomas Allin

,and from him to the present day

has descended in the same course as the Manor of Ashby,in the Hundred

of Lothingland , and is now vested in the trustees of the will of the lateR . H . Reeve .

From the Exchequer Deposit ions taken at Norwich in 1734 we learnthat there was an action pending between Sir Thomas Allin

,Bart .

,and

Thomas Faireweather as to the manors of Mutford,Carlton

,and Broom

holm,and lands in Gisleham and Kessingland .

Mutford Hall stands near the edge of the marshes on rising ground,

and is now conv erted into a farmhouse . I t was probably built late in thereign of Queen Elizabeth

,and many of its old chimneys remain unaltered

,

though the front is completely modernised .

There is a grant of the manor in 1 447amongst the Harleian Chart ers ,‘

and grants amongst the Addi tional Charters in the Brit ish Museum in1 60 6

,1 607, and

The manor is included in the inqu is . p .m . of Sir John Tiptoft inand on th e Rolls of Parliament is mentioned as forfeited by J ohn , lateEarl of Lincoln in and restored to Edmund

,Earl of Suffolk .

’

There are also amongst the Chancery Proceedings of the time of QueenElizabeth three actions relating to copyholds of the manor— Hacon 11.

Henry Jernegan,John HOO

,and Willi am Pynchbeck ,

‘ Francis Hacon

Henry Jernegan,

”and Mich . Taylor 11 . Sir Henry J erningham andExtracts from Court Rolls 1 4 J ac . I . and 1 628 will be found in the Bodleian .

MANOR OF SOCA B EC’I

‘

UN .

Wil liam the Conqueror held in demesne,and Hen . I I . out of his Manor

of Mutford gave 1 0 0 3 . annual rent to Neflus de Bretan,his servant . King

J ohn gave the manor to Hamo de Sibton . Later William Cheney held it

‘ Bill Jac. enablin Hen ern an and 2 1 Hen. VI . 45 .4 8 TY 38wi fe to se l l . H .L . ii . 458 , 461 .

“R R vi . 474b.

“Add Ch . 14279.

7I b. 475b.’Harl. 52 A . 26.aC.P . ii . 1 4 .

‘Add Ch . 14275 , 14276, 14279. There is 9C.P . Ser. ii . B . xcv i. 48 .

a grant of the manor in 1 629, l b. B . clx xv . 1 6.

on the Original ia Rolls. O. 4 Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 1 364, 1365.

Car. 1. Pars. Rot. 48 .

MUTFORD. 89

for Will iam Tentiniot, and in 1 246 Wi ll iam de Cheney for Philip deAlb iniaco.

In 1 253 it was held by Robert VValerand . In 1 267William de Valence ,Earl of Pembroke

,had a grant of it from the sovereign . He died in 1 296,

when it passed to his son and heir,Aymer de Valence

,Earl of Pembroke

,

who was murdered at the court Of Queen Isabella Of France in J une,1 323 ,

when,having no issue

,hi s vast estates came to his sisters as coheirs .

In the 1 8 th century the manor was vested in Sir J ohn Rous,zud Bart .

,

who died in 1730 ,when the manor passed in the same course as the Manor

Of Henham,in B lyth ing Hundred, at least until 1 827.

MANOR OF SOCA F RANCHEVILE .

William the Con ueror held in demesne,and one F ramnchev i lle

in the t ime of Hen . I had a grant of 1 00 5 . out of the manor . In 1 20 1

Ralph de Muncy and Wateran his brother he ld land here,and Maud

,

daughter Of Roger de Sorpenv ile was in 1 286 cal led upon to warrant landshere to a Ralph de Muncy . One of the same name also held here in thetime Of Edw. I I I .

MANOR OF SOCA LOVEL .

Wil liam the Conqueror held this also in demesne,and Hen . I . gave out

of his Manor of Mutford 1 0 0 5 . annual rent to his servant Luv el . Williamde Luv el sold it (apparently not the 1 0 0 8 . but the manor) in the reign Of

Hen . I I . to William de Longo Campo,Chancellor of England

,who gave it

to Henry his son,who bestowed it as a marriage port ion on his daughter

,

married to Robert Gresle .

On the Close Rolls in 1 206 we find an order to let Stephen de LongoCampo have land which belonged to Reginald de Bosco in Mutford

,unless

its value were more than £1 2‘ and also an order to give seisin for the King

of lands in Mutford which belonged to Hen de Vere,and which had been

de l ivered to Stephen de Longo Campo,and

1

del iver same to Peter de Stoke .

“

Three years later on the same Rolls we find an order to restore to Stephende Longo Campo lands in Mutford

,if any

,which had been seised and held

by him in right of his wife .

3 There is also an order on the Close Rolls in1 209 to let R .

,the son of Roger

,have lands which belonged to Henry de

Vere in this place .

‘

I n 1 273 the manor was vested in the abbey of St . Edmunds ,‘ where i t

remained unt il the Dissolution,when it passed to the Crown .

iClose Rolls , 6 John, 1 6, 1 67.‘ Close Rolls, 9 John, 17.

I b. 1 3.s I-I .R . ii . 1 92 .

’Close Rolls, 6 John, 16, 1 1 9 John, 1 2.

M


PAKEF I E LD.

HERE were two holdings in this place . The first consistedof 30 acres and a plough team held by six freemen , at thetime Of the Survey kept for th e King by Roger Bigot .

‘

The second was that of a freeman under Gurth’s com

mendation,and consisted Of 1 6 acres and half a ploughteam .

Also half a church with 1 6} acres , valued at 5 5 . At thetime of the Surv ey this belonged to Earl Hugh .

“

MANOR OF PAKEFIELD PYES, OR DRAYTON .

(See Gisleham and Pyes .)

This was anciently the lordship of Sawale F rysth ,and afterwards

belonged to the family of Drayton . J ohn de Drayton is mentioned withoutdate as a lord by Davy ,

and then Thomas de Drayton,who left a daughter

married to J ohn Pye , after whom the manor was called . We find that in1 378 Hugh Fastol f granted the Manor of Pak efield to J ohn his brother ,and in 1 455 Will iam Bonds and others conveyed to John Southwell andAlice his wife the manors Of Elgh and Pak efield .

” She was,i t is said

,

his zud wife,probably daughter and coheir of Sir Edmund Berry

,and widow

of Sir Thomas Bardolph,Of El igh . I n 1 45 1 John Southwell was Member

of Parliament for Lewes,in Sussex

,and lived at Barham Hall .

In 1 50 2 the manor was held by Edmund J enney , and in 1 528 byRichard J enney . The manor was a little later held byMatthew Hermen

,

for he died seised 17th May,when it passed to his son and heir

,

Francis Hermen . Almost immediately after,it vested in Arthur Russh e

,

‘

for he died seised zud J uly,

when it passed to his son and heir,

Anthony Russhe,who held in 1 555 .

After him followed Thomas Lowdham,and later it was vested in

Henry Hobart,of Loddon

,from which t ime to about 1 609 the manor passed

in the same course as the Manor Of Gisleham Hall,in Gisleham

,in th is

Hundred . I n 1 60 9 Samuel Proctor held , and Davy places after himNathaniel Row

,who was succeeded by Mr . Row

,said to have held in 1 690 .

But in 1721 another Samuel Proctor is said to have held , and in 1776Bridget Hines or Hemer

,in 1786 J ane Dutton , and in 1798 Charles Garneys .

Charles Garneys died in 1 80 8 , and from that t ime to 1 855 , when the manorwas vested in George Ives

, 4th Baron Boston , it passed in the samecourse as the Manor of Gisleham Hall

,and is now vested in the trustees of

the will Of Richard Henry Reeve .

Dom. 11. 283.

‘ See Manor of Kirkley, in this Hundred .

“Dom . ii . 30 2b. 29 Hen. VIII . 66.

33 Hen. VIII . 145 .

RUSHMERE . 91

RUSHM ERE .

MANOR was held in this place in Saxon times by Aluric,

a freeman under Gurth,and consisted of a carucate of land

,

3 bordars , a ploughteam in demesne and half belonging tothe men

, and wood for the maintenance of 1 0 hogs, the val uebeing 55 . At the time Of the Survey this manor was heldby Earl Hugh

,and the value was

A small holding here was that Of four freemen having33 acres , and a ploughteam reduced to half at the time of the Survey,

when the estate was held by Roger Bigot for the King .

“

The last holdi ng was that Of'

a freeman under Gu rth’s commendation,

and consisted of 1 6 acres and a ploughteam ,which was reduced to half a

team at the t ime of the Survey,when it belonged to Hugh de Montfort .

The value was 55 . and 30 0 herrings

The Survey goes on to say Hugh holds in his demesne .

And (there is) the fourth part of a church , valued at 1 6d . The Ki ngand the Earl (have) sec (of) four of the men aforesaid . The Hundred witnessesthat Walter de DOl was seised on the day on which he made forfe iture

,

and later Earl Hugh (was se ised) now Hugh de Montfort . But he does nothold by livery of seisin as witness the Hundred . And Hugh de Montfort’smen say that W(al ter) himself held of him .

” 3

MANOR OF RUSHMERE .

This was the estate of Gurth in Saxon t imes,and was held by Alur ic

his tenant,passing after the Conques t to Earl Hugh .

In 1 263 Thomas de Latimer had a grant Of free warren in the lands ofI lketshall

,Kessingland

,and but Suckling says he does not

appear to have held the manor,which seems to have followed the same

descent as Mutford,and to hav e had its manorial business transacted at the

same court . The only illustration,however

,whi ch Suckling gives is a case in

1 692 , and could have no possible application to so early a period as the 1 3thcentury . Sir Wilham de Latimer succeeded Thomas

,and the Latimers

appear,notwithstanding Suckl ing’s surmise to the contrary

,to have

cont inued for some t ime to hold the lordship .

On the death Of Sir William de Latimer it passed to his daughterChristiana

,married to Sir Robert de Boys . She died about 1 31 1 , and he

about 1 31 3 . The manor passed to their son and heir,Sir Robert de Boys ,

who died without issue in 1 333 , when it passed to hi s sister and heir Alice ,married to Sir John Howard , j un .

,who died in 1 371 .

I n 1 846 the manor was vested in Samuel Morton Peto , and has apparentlysince passed in the same course as the Manor of Ashby , in Loth inglandHundred .

Thi s is now only a reputed manor . Suckl ing says of Rushmere HallI t occupies a low situat ion in the meadows at the south of the villageit is a good substantial farmhouse

,about two hundred years Old

,but has

been much modified in later days . I t is now the property of the Rev .

G . F . Barlow,of Burgh

,near Woodbridge

,and was purchased by him of

J ohn Lee Farr,Esq .

,about the year 1 820 . The Fan s bought it Of the

‘Dom. 11 . 4076.3Dom . 11 . 30 2 .

“Dom. ii . 283.‘ Chart. Rolls, 48 Edw. I I I .


Tyrells

,of Gipping I t possesses a fine old staircase

,on the wal l

0 which hangs an ancient picture of our Saviour formerly in the possessionOf the Playter

’s family

,at Sotterley . I t is in a ard dry style , of no value

as a pain ting,but is noticed as a fragment of the wreck of an old and

honourable house . This picture was inj ured in the year 1 843 by a flash oflightning which entered a chimney Of the house , and , running along a bellwi re

,passed behind the painting

,the canvas of which it split

,without doing

further

Arms of LATTMER as in Freston Church Az . semée of cross crossletsa Chev . Arg . in dexter chi ef a cinquefoil Or .

Suckling Hist. of Sufi. vol . i . p. 288 .


Parishes . Manors . Parishes .

Strat ford . Tunstall .Griston . Tunstall Baynard

'

s or BanArmiger’s . yards .Sudbourn.

weffiing, Sparkeal . Leighs .

Derneford Hall .Sweffiing Campseycum Snape Campsey .

Swefil ing Wantisden

ALDEBURGH . 95

ALB EEURGH .

MANOR was he ld here in Saxon times by U luric, a socmanunder Edr ic

,Of Laxfield

,and consisted of 80 acres

, 3 bordars ,2 ploughteams

,which had by the time of the Surv ey become

reduced to 1,2 acres of meadow

, 5 hogs , and 20 Sheep,the

value Of the whole being 20 5 . There were two churcheswith 60 acres valued at 1 0 5 .

The manor at the t ime of the Domesday Survey belongedto Robert Malet as tenant in chi ef

,and he had also in this place 1 2 acres

of free land v alued at and 30 acres with 1 ploughteam ,and 1 acre Of

meadow, valued at which had formerly been held by a freemannam ed Archil under commendation to Edric .

‘

The only other holding mentioned as in thi s place at the time of theSurvey was one of 5 acres valued at 1 od . held in demesne by Norman of theAbbot of Ely .

“

ALDBOROUGH MANOR .

I n 1 1 55William Martel held the manor, and he and his wife Albreda,and Geofirey Marte l , the ir son and heir, granted it in frank almoin to theabbot and monastery of Colchester .

At the same time and by the same deed they granted the Manor ofSnape

,the condi tion being that the abbot and chapter Of Colchester should

place there a prior and monks under their Obedi ence,who should pay them

half a marc yearly,and say two masses weekly for the grantors . The

Abbot of Colchester Should also v isit the priory twice yearly with twelvehorses

,&C .

“

Amongst the rolls in the Bodle ian will be found a tithe commutationrol l dated 1 263 , showing that on the petit ion of the tenants in this manorthe tithes had been commuted for an annual payment

,the sum which each

tenant had to pay be ing placed in line with his name .‘

The manor was certainly in the King’s hands in 1 40 5 , for we meetwith an entry on the Memoranda Rol ls touching the priory of Snape chargedfor issues of the manor then stated to have been taken into the King

’shands .‘

Amongst the Harl . MSS . in the Brit ish Museum is a grant by Rich . I I I .Of the manor to Sir J ohn Conyers for life .

6

Davy states that in 1 50 8 the manor was granted by the Crown toButley priory but it is rather strange that at the Dissolution the manorwas treated as part of the possessions of Snape priory . In 1 525 it wasgranted as such to Cardinal Wolsey by Hen. VI I I . for the endowment ofCardinal's College

,Oxford

,

’and th ree years later in 1 528 to the dean of

the Cardinal’s College at Ipswich with the consent of the dean of Cardinal’s

College,Oxford .

In 1 530 , however, the Crown resumed possession, and after granting alease to Thomas Russhe in 1 531 for 30 years at the rent of £45 . 65 . 8d .

in 1 533 granted the manor to Thomas Howard , Duke of Norfolk . Therewas an agreement in 1 536 between the Duk e and the Lord Mayor and

‘Dom. 11 . 316.‘ Bodl . Sufi . Rol ls 27.

“Dom . 11. 388b.sM. 6 Hen. IV. Pas. Rec. Rot. 17.

3 PR O . Ancient Deeds , A . 3262 ;“Harl . 433 .

5 Hen. IV. 1 8. ’State Pape rs , 17Hen. VIII . 1 833, 20 24.


commonalty of the City of London by which the tenants and inhabitantsdwe ll ing within the town of Aldeburgh and the inhabitants of the lordshipand Manor of Aldeburgh ,

wh ile they cont inue and remain in the said Dukeand his he irs

,shall have free liberty to carry in boys or other vessels to the

City Of London,coals

,herrings

,corn

,fish

,victuals

,salt

,and other goods

,

such freemen and inhabitants paying yearly to the Chamberlain of the saidCity the sum of 1 8d . only to be paid upon the first voyage they shouldmake thither

,the commodities aforesaid be ing their own goods . A

memorandum Of this is entered in the Corporat ion Books at the Guildhall

,London

,which states the original to have been delivered to the

Chamberlain , but it is not extant in the Office .

There is an account of the manor as sold and purchased by the Dukein the State Papers .

‘ The Duke was attainted in Parliament inwhen his honours and estates were forfeited

,but 3rd Aug . 1 553 , he was

restored and installed a Knight of the Garter . He di ed 25th Aug . 1 554 , atKenninghall

,in Norfolk

,and was succeeded by his grandson Thomas , 4th

Duke,the son Of the gifted Henry

,Earl of f Surrey

,that most illustrious

member of the family of Howard so iniquitously executed by the tyrannicalmonarch . The 4th Duke Thomas

‘ sett led the manor,with the Manors

of Snape Scotts and Tastards,by indenture dated 5th Jul y , 1 565 , of which

settlement Sir Thomas Cornwaleys, Sir Nicholas Lestrange, ThomasTimperley

,and alsoWilliam Barker

,Robert Higford ,

and the Rev . EdwardPeacocke were trustees and part ies . Shortly afterwards the Duke wasattainted of high treason for communication with Mary Queen Of Scots

,and

was beheaded in 1 572 , leav ing an only son Philip,who seems to hav e

inherited this manor notwithstanding the forfeitures Of his father,or perhaps

it was granted to him in 1 58 1 with the Manor of Benhall . He was subsequently summoned to Parliament as Earl of Arundel .

I n 1 588 there was an action by this Philip , Earl of Arundel, againstReginald Hygate as to Aldborough , South Marsh , and Orford Haven .

‘ Butbeing attainted in 1 589 he died a prisoner in the Tower in 1 595 , leaving byhis wife Anne , sister and coheir of Thomas , Lord Dacre , an only son Thomas ,who was restored on the accession of J as . I . by Act of Parliament

,1 8th

April,1 60 4 , to the Earldom of Arundel and such honours as Philip

,Earl

of Arundel,his father

,had enj oyed

,and to most of his grandfather’s estates

,

being created Earl of Norfolk 6th J une,1 644 . He married in 1 60 6 Lady

Aletheia Talbot, daugh'ter and eventually sole heir Of Gilbert ,7th Earl of

Shrewsbury,and dying 4th Oct . 1 646, the manor passed to his zud but

eldest surv iving son,Henry Frederick , Earl of Arundel . He married in

1 626 Elizabeth,eldest daughter Of Erme Stuart

,Earl of March

,afterwards

Duke of Lennox,and dying 17th April , 1 652 , was succeeded by his eldest

son,Thomas Howard

,who was restored to the dukedom Of Norfolk by Act

of Parliament 29th Dec. 1 660,confirmed by another Act 20 th Dec . 1 661 .

We follow here the Davy MSS .,but in the State Papers there is a statement

that in 1 668 Mr . Parker, steward of H . Howard,kept the courts of this

manor .s

Thomas, 5th Duke of Norfolk, died unmarried , 1 677, and was succeeded

by his brother Henry,6th Duke of Norfolk

,who had been created 7th

'1 538 , i i. 1 2 1 5 (a).

3 See Framlingham Manor, in Loes Hun’For a fu lle r account , see Tendring Hall dred .

Manor, Stoke Nayland , in Babergh ‘3o Eliz. Exch . Spec. Com. D.K .R . 38

Hundred . App p 41SState Papers; 1668, 588.


length in a group,in memory of his hav ing treated three k ings and a queen

at the same time . He was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty,and by

Act Of Parliament one Of the Lords J ustices for the administration of th e

kingdom until the arriv al of Geo. I . from Hanov er . He died at his seat inYorkshire 1 5th Nov . Anne his widow died 1 9th Sept . 1754 ,

at theage of They left four chi ldren — William Wentworth

,2nd Earl Of

Strafiord,who married in 1741 Anne Campbell , 2nd daughter and cohe ir

Of J ohn,Du ke of Argyll and Greenwich , but died without issue 1 0 th March ,

1791 Anne,goddaughter to Queen Anne

,who married in April

,1733 ,

the Right Honourable William Conol ly,of Castletown

,in I reland

,PC .

and died in 1797; Lucy , who in 1747married Field Marshal Sir GeorgeHoward

,K B

,and died in 1771 ; and Henriet ta , who 26th Dec. 1743 ,

married Henry Vernon,of Hilton

,co . Stafford

,son of J ames Vernon

,

clerk of the Council,and nephew to Admiral Vernon .

Henrietta had this manor on the division of the property of Sir HenryJ ohnson . She di ed in 1786, and was succeeded by her 3rd son

,Lev eson

Vernon . An Act of Parliament was passed in 1795 for the division“

of theestates Of Thomas

,late Earl of Stafford . Lev eson Vernon died unmarried

in 1 83 1 , when the manor passed to his nephew ,Frederick William Thomas

Vernon Wentworth,Of Wentworth Castle

,CO. York

,son Of Henry Vernon ,

the elder son of Lady Henrietta Wentworth . He was High Sheriff in 1 841 ,and married 23rd Nov . 1 825 , the Lady Augusta B ru denel l-Bruce

,2nd

daughter Of Charles,I st Marquis OfAilsbu ry,

and died 1 3th Sept . 1 885 , whenthe manor passed tohi s son and heir

,Thomas Frederick Charles UlrickVernon

Wentworth,of Wentworth Castle

,co. York

,who 3rd March , 1 859, married

Lady Harriet de Burgh, 5th daughter Of Ul ick , Marquis of Clanricarde

,

and dying 1 st J an . 1 90 2 ,the manor devolv ed upon his son

,Commander

Frederick Charles Ulrick Vernon-Wentworth,R .N .

, J .P .,of Blackheath ,

Friston .

Court Rolls of the manor will be found in the British Museum amongstthe Addit ional Charters 1 559 1 571 1 636

—4O,

°1 655 and

Extracts from Court Rolls for The customs Of the manor extractedfrom Index Press No . 1 8 in the Record Office at the Chapter House 4thJ uly, 1 809, wi ll be found amongst the Additional MSS . in the Bri tishMu seum .

’ I t is,in fact

,a survey of the manor

A coloured map Of a back street with houses copyhold of the manorwill also be found amongst the Additional MSS . in the same

Arms of WENTWORTH Quarterly,I st and 4th Sa . chevron between 3

leopards’faces Or .

,for Wentworth

, zud Argent a fret Sa .

,for Vernon 3rd

Or . on a fesse Az . Garbs of the I st,for Vernon

,of Haslington .

VICARAGE MANOR .

Little is known of this manor,and the first Court Roll extant is

bel ieved to be of the first court of Richard Topdiff, clerk, 29th Oct . 20 Jae .

‘Will proved 1739.6Add. Ch . 26375 , 26376.

“Will z6ib Jan. 1739-40 , proved 1754.

7Add . Ch . 2638 1 .

3Will proved Apri l , 1791 .I’Add . Ch . 1 0 5 17.

‘Add . Ch . 26338. 9 191 0 0 , fol . 69.

5Add . Ch . 2634 1 , 26345 , 26346. Add . MSS. 1 1 80 2.

ALDEBURGH . 99

First courts were held as follows

Henry Searles,clerk

, 3oth Dec . 1 645 .

Samuel Savage,clerk

,27th Oct . 1 658 .

Will iam Smith,clerk

, 7th Aug . 1 686.

John Candl er,clerk

, 5th June , 1 696.

Nathaniel Nobbs,clerk

, sth Nov . 170 3 .

A court was held by the Rev . J ames Benet 1 l th Sept . 1779 ; by theRev . Thomas Emly, 7th Sept 1796 ; by Rev .William Bradl ey,

1 3th Feb .

1799 and by Rev . Wil liam Scarr,l oth Dec . 1 833 . By the custom of this

manor the youngest son is heir .

1 0 0 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK .

BEN HALL .

NLY one manor appears in the Domesday Record . This washeld by U lrod ,

a freeman under commendation to Malet’s

predecessor in the Confessor’s t ime . I t consisted Of 40acres

,2 bordars

,1 plough team ,

and an acre of meadow,

v alued at 1 0 5 . The soc belonged to the Abbot of St .Edmunds . Thi s manor was in 1 0 86 held by Norman underRoger Bigot

,but it had belonged to William Malet

,and

after him to his son Robert . I t is clear,however

,that the manor subse

q uently known as Benhall comprised a much larger area of land,and in

cluded parts Of the following : (a) The holding Of a freeman,B rictmar ,

under Male t’s predecessor,with 1 6 acres and 1 bordar and an acre of

meadow,valued at 22d . whichwas likewise held by Norman under Roger Bigot .

Roger Bigot also had 8 acres in demesne valued at 25 . formerly the estate OfEdric a freeman (b) the holding Of Earl Alan,

which was of 44 acres, 1

ploughteam of the v alue of 6s . 8d .,the soc of which was also in the abbot .

This estate had formerly been he ld by sev en freemen,four of them under

commendation to Malet’s predecessor (his father being se ised)— Edr ic ,B rictmar

,Tutfiet

,and Magna

,when the value was and there was a

ploughteam and a half (c) the holdings of Robert Malet which were fourone Of 80 acres

,2 ploughteams valued at Of which the SOC was in the

abbot,and formerly held by six freemen under commendation to Malet

’spredecessor

,with 3 ploughteams

,when it was v alued at another of

8 acres held in demesne,v alued at 1 6d .

,of which the soc belonged to the

abbot,formerly held by four freemen under commendation ; the third

1 5 acres valued at 6d .,the soc belonging to the abbot

,held by Robert de

Glanvi lle,Of Malet

,formerly the estate of a freeman under commendation ;

and the fourth 17acres and half a ploughteam valued at 36d . then held indemesne

,but formerly held by three freemen under commendation .

‘

The extent Of the place was 8 quarentenes in length and 6 in breadth,

and it paid in a gelt 9M .

BENHALL MANOR .

This manor was granted by Hen . I I about 1 1 60 to Ralph de Glanville,

J usticiar of England,

‘ and on his death in 1 1 90 passed to his eldest daughterMaud

,married to Sir William de Auberville .

The Auberv ille family held extensive estates in various parts of England .

Roger de Auberv ille,Oberv il le

,or Othurv il l

,in the time of the Domesday

Surv ey had 1 8 lordships in the counties of Essex and Suffolk,and his brother

William held Barley in Herts by grant Of the Conqueror . Sir WilliamAubervi lle

,who married Maud de Glanv ille

,was l iving in 1 195 , but died

before 1 20 8 . He was succeeded by his son and heir,Hugh de Aubervil le

,

who on his death in 1 2 1 2 was succeeded by his son and heir,William deAuberville

,who died in the reign of King J ohn

,leaving an only daughter

J oan,married 1 st to Henry de Sandwich

,by whom She had no issue , and

2ndly to Nicholas de Criol , Lord Of Albury , co. Herts,whose 5 0 11 Nicholas

'Dom . 11 . 344, 345b. 4 See Bu t ley Ev idences, E.A. N . and Q.

’Dom. 11 . 297b. x i . 30 .

3Dom. 3o8b, 30 9.


uterine brother,John de Holland

,Earl of Hunt ingdon and Duke of

Exeter,in tail . ‘ He

,howev er

,forfeited for treason

,and was beheaded

at Pleashy ,in Essex . Hen . IV . in 1 40 1 granted the manor to Michael de la

Pole,2nd Earl of Suffolk

,son of Michae l

,1 st Earl , who wi th hi s son Michael

in 1 40 6 levied a fine Of the manor against Sir John Cornwallis and Elizabethhis wife

,

‘ and on the death of the zud Earl at Harfleur in 1 4 1 5 the manorpassed to hi s son Michael

, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , at whose death at the Battle ofAgincourt

,25th Oct . 1 4 1 5 , at the age of 23 ,

without issue male,

3the manor

passed to his brother Wi lliam , 4th Ea r l Of Suffolk ,‘ created Duke Of Su ffolk

2nd J une,1 448 . He settled the manor by deed dated 20 th Oct . 9 Hen . V I .

the feoffees being Sir John Sharde lowe,Thomas HOO

,J ohn Roys ,

John Golafre,and others

,

’and the manor was included in a writ ing of theEarl’s

,by which he with Sir J ohn de Shardelowe and Thomas HOO released

certain manors to J ohn Hampden,Thomas Hesley,

R ichard Rostwold ,

Thomas Walsyngham ,and Willi am Hervy . The deed is dated 1 2th Oct .

1 0 Hen . V I .

6 The manor is included in an indenture dated 1 0 th Sept . 1 0Hen . VI . mentioned in an account Of Stradbrook Manor

,in Hoxne

Hundred .

’

William de la Pole was beheaded and buried at sea zud May,

when the manor passed to his widow Alice,daughter of Thomas Chaucer

,

and granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer,the poet

,who survived until 1 476 .

J ohn de la Pole,the eldest son of William

, 4th Earl , having espousedElizabeth

,Sister of Edw. IV . and Rich . I I I .

,was created Duke of Sufiolk

23rd March , 1 463 . His eldest son John,who had been created 1 3th March ,

1 467, Earl of Lincoln , and who in the second year Of Rich . I I I . had beenappointed Lord Lieutenant Of I reland

,raised the standard Of revolt and

fell at the Batt le of Stoke 1 6th J une,1 487, in the lifet ime Of hi s father .

The reversion having passed to the Crown by reason of the treason of theEarl Of Lincoln

,the manor and estates were on the death Of John de la Pole

,

Duke of Suffolk,in 1 491 , restored to his zud , but then eldest surviving

son,Edmund de la Pole .

‘

He was beheaded 4th May , 1 51 3 , and his estates confiscated . In fact ,in 1 50 9 we find from the State Papers that Hen . VI I I . granted the reversionof the manor

,which is stated to have come to the hands Of Hen . VI I . by the

attainder of Edmund de la Pole,to Sir J ohn Heydon and others to be

held to the use of Margaret de la Pole,wife Of the said Edmund during her

l i fe .

“ She enjoyed the manor unt i l her death in 1 5 1 6, and Sir RobertSouthwell was found to hold Of the Countess the Manor of Upton

,in Norfolk

,

as Of her Manor Of Benhall,valued at £1 6 per annum .

The manor was granted by Hen . VI I I . to Charles Brandon,Viscount

Lisle,afterwards Duke of Suffolk

,who in 1 538 reconveyed the same by way

Of exchange to the King , who in 1 544 granted the manor to Thomas , 3rdDuke Of Norfolk .

“

1 Pat. Rolls , 1 3 Rich . I I . pt. i . 26.8 I .P .M

vi

28 Hen. VI . 252 Feet Of Fines, 7Hen. IV. 1 9.

9 R .P .

3 Hen. V . 486. I .P .

4 See Wattisfield Manor, in B lackbourn

474M., 5 Hen. VIII . 1 . Th e manor is

Hund red , and Kett lebaston Manor,in Cosford Hund red .

5 Harl . 54 I . 1 1 .

6 Harl . 54 l . 1 5 .

7Harl . 5O H . 27, 28 . See , too, Pat. Rolls ,

£3,Hen. VI . pt. i . 2 ; 1 3 Hen. VI .

said in this inquisi tion to be of

the annual value of £9.

S P . 1 Hen. VIII . 485 .

S P. 30 Hen. VIII . i i . (1 1 87, 1 8a .)'3 Par ticu lars for this grant , dated 24th

F eb . 1 544 will be found referredto 1n DK R 1 0 App . ii . 242 .

BENHALL . 1 0 3

This is th e greedy Duke’s note Md . that I Thomas

,Duke of Nor ff

doo desire to hav e Of the Kyngs H ighnes by waye of Exchange Gyfte and

Purchas the Mamours of B enehal l,Gaywood , Thorpe and Risyng in the

Particulars hereunto annexed expressed and menconed beyng of the clere

yerely value expressed in the same pticlers . In witness whereof I thesaid Duke hav e subscribed and sealed this Cedule the xx iiijth . day of

February AnnO Rs . Dni . H . v iij. , xxxv to.

T . Norfolk .

The part iculars are interesting

Man . in de B enehal l in Corn Su fi peell Terr nup Ducs Suff modo inMan Dni Regs existen racone Pq u is .

Val inRedd libor Tenen ibm p annu xxxv i ijs . vjd .

Redd custom Tenen ibm p annu . xl iijl . xv ijs . ixd .

Ward Castn ibm p annu . xv ijs . v d . q .

Redd mobil p annu . vxs .

Firm pci ibm p annu . xx l .

Pq u is Cur ibm coilz Ann cu iiijs . jdde coi fine

lv s . xrd . Obg.

Repts . inFeod Edwardi Glemham Ball . ibm

ad vjl . xxd . p annu sic sibi concessVl l xxd .

p bras paten Dues Sufi p . t .

mio V ite sueEt v alet clare p annu . lxvjl . xv ijs .

Thaunswere to the Articles conteyned in the Letters of the Kn g’s

Comyssioners . The seyd Mannr Of B enehal l is a manr of itsel fe an no

pcel l of any other Mannr and lieth not nere the Kyng’s Maj estie

’s Howses

that his Grace hath accesse unto Nor nere unto his Forrests Chacs or Pksby v iijMiles or therabote that is to say from his Graes Howse and Pke ofHenham wt. in the seyd Countye and Of the Valeu abov emens ioned .

I tm the seyd Pke abov e mens ioned is now replenysside wt . Dere to thenoumbr of iiij

cor mor and is Mil es abowte .

I tm ther is no Demayne Loudes wtin the seyd Mannr . but suche as areconteyned wtin ye seyd Pke .

I tm the Patronage of the Vicarage of Benehal l aforeseyd appteyneth

to the Kyng’s Majestye as of the late .

Itm thar is no woods wtin the seyd Manr . but suche as are wtin the seyd

I tm whether any have byn desyrous other than the B rynger Of yeLetter to buy ye prm isses or eny of them I knowe notte

The seyd Bailly fyndyth hymsel ff grev ed wt . xx11rjs . of Rente by yerecalled Shawforde rent which hath byn payd heretofore bothe to the KyngsMajestye as also to the Duke of Su fi Grace wtout any Deduct ion and

whether he be cessed wth . any other Rente or no we knowe nott .

Johem PenjentEx . pnOs { Robtum Wyngfeld Audrtors .

On the attainder of the Duke Of Norfolk the estate passed to the Crown,

and King E'

dw. VI . granted the manor in 1 548 to the Princess Mary, afterwards Queen

,who in 1 553 reversed the attainder Of the Duke Of Norfolk ,


and restored to him his estates,which with this manor passed on his death

to his grandson Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk .

'

He was beheaded in 1 572 ,

when the manor again became an escheat,and remained in the Crown until

Elizabeth granted the same in 1 58 1 to Philip Howard ,of Arundel

,eldest

son of Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk . He was attainted in 1 589

-90 ,and died

in prison in the Tower 1 595 ,when the manor again escheated

,but his son

Thomas Howard,Earl of Arundel and Sur rey,

was restored in 1 60 3 and

joined in 1 61 0 with his two half-brothers (to whom Jas . I . in his 6th yearhad granted the manor) in a sale to Ambrose Duke ,

“

who died 29th N ov .

1 61 0,and was succeeded by his son

,Edward Duke

,who was created a

baronet 1 6th J uly,1 661 . He married Ellenor

,daughter and coheir of John

Panton,Of B runship,

co. Denbigh . B lomefield says he married Catherine ,daughter Of Sir Thomas Holland

,of Wortwel l

,Knt.

,so that not unlikely

he had two wives,a matter perhaps for congratulation hav ing regard to the

fact that his childr en numbered 29, though none Of them surv ived theirfather save Sir John

,his successor .

Mr . Cockayne , however , refers the whole of Sir Edward’s 29 chil dren

to his wife E l lenor,but as she survived Sir Edward and died in Sept .

1 671 , at the age of 40 ,this can hardly have been the case .

The I st Duke Baronet died,and was buried 3oth J an . and Sir

J ohn Duke,2nd Bart .

,his son

,who had been MP . for Orford in

1 679-90 and 1 697

-1 698 , married Elizabeth,daughter and coheir of

Edward Duke,M .D . He died in July

,and was succeeded

by hi s only 5 0 11,Sir Edward Duke

, 3rd Bart . MP . for Orford,1721

-1722 .

He married 1 st Dec . 171 5 , Mary , daughter and sole heir Of Thomas Rudge ,of Broml ey-by-Bow,

CO . Middlesex,but died without male issue 25th Aug .

when the baronetcy became extinct , and the manor passed to EdmundTyrell

,of Gipping

,the son of his sister Anne

,the wife of Thomas Tyrell ,

who sold it to his brother,Thomas Bokenham Tyrell

,of Be lstead , who in

1738 sold it to J ohn Rush , who dying 1 2th May,1767, intestate and un

married,it descended to Samuel Rush

,his only brother and heir-at-law .

He died in 178 1 , having by his will dated April 7th , 178 1 , devised the manorto his nephew

,Sir Will iam B eaumaurice Rush

,of Wimbledon

,Surrey,

Knt.,who erected a magnificent mansion there at a cost of He

sold the manor and estate by deeds dated 8th and 1 0 th May,1790 ,

to hiscous in , George Rush , formerly of Furley Park , and afterwards of Farthinghoe ,Northampton

,and he by deeds dated 1 6th and 17th Dec . 1 80 1 , sold the

same to Admiral Sir Hyde Parker,Kut.

,of Great Cumberland Place ,

London,Knt.

,Admiral of the Blue

,who made Benhall his residence .

He was zud 5 0 11 of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker,Bart .

,who was lost in the

Cato in 1782 , and brother of Sir Harry Parker, Bart .,of Long Melford .

Sir Hyde Parker was knighted for his gallant services in the American War,

and married 1 st Ann,daughter of J ohn Boteler

,and 2ndly Frances , daughter

Of Sir Richard Onslow,Bart . (She died in March , He died at hi s

house,Great Cumberland Place

,London

,1 6th March

,1 807, in his 67th

year . The dev isees under his will by deed dated 22nd May , 1 8 1 0 ,sold the

manor to Edward Hollond,who pulled down the former house and built

the present . He served the office of High Sheriff for the county in 1 81 4 ,

‘ See Framlingham Manor, Loes Hundred .

’Will proved June , 1 671 .

“See Hales Manor, Brampton, in B lyth ing

‘Wil l prov ed Nov . 170 5 , and Jan. 170 5-6.

Hund red . Page says Edward Duke ’Wil l 9th to 1 sth Aug., prov ed 23rd Oct.

pu rchased from the Glemhams, but 1732.

he gives no authority.


as well as free fishing in the river,and by such grants particular privileges

would pass to the grantee,such as a liberty of Sport ing upon another man

’s

Soil,&c.

‘

The abov e ev idences Show the right of the lord in sending his gamekeeper ov er Farnham Walks

,and the right Of fishing in the riv er

,and which

with the customary usage and the common acceptation ,may be sufficient

to support both as against any other lord of a manor . None of th e grantsfrom the Crown described the free warren which had been from timeimmemorial attached to this manor

,as appeared by th e ancient Court

Rolls and other documents,and by which it is evidenced ,

that in the 1 2thcentury ,

th e monks of Snape and their serv ants were presented andamerced for hunt ing in the Lord

’s warren with dogs and with bows .

” Thisfree warren was

,howev er

,lost in modern times for want of having been

used ; for , though in a trial brought against Admiral Sir Hyde Parker,Knt.

,by Mr . Long , Of Saxmundham ,

for trespassing in his Manor of Saxmundh am (which lay within the ancient free warren) there was ampleevidence to shew that the Rush family and their predecessors had invariablyand without molestat ion sported there and assisted in the preservation of

the game yet i t was also prov ed that Mr . Long and his friends had alsoexercised the same right

,which negatived the claim to an exclusive free

warren,which is necessary to support it as against the owners of other

estates .

Arms of DUKE Azure,a chevron between three stems close

,Argent

,

beakes and membered Gules . Of HOLLOND Az . a lion rampant,within

an orle Of trefoils Arg .

BENHALL ST. ROBERTS MANOR .

This manor was held in 1 292 by Robert de Benhall , clerk , and was mostprobably that port ion held at the time of the Domesday Survey by RogerBigot .

In the Benhall family th e manor cont inued for several generationsunt il Sir Robert de B enhale died without issue about 1 40 0 ,

when the manorlapsed to the Crown

,and was granted with th e main manor to Michael de la

Pole,zud Earl of Suf folk

,in 1 40 1 , and Michael in 1 40 6 gave the manor to

th e master and chaplains of the college or chantry Of Wingfield .

“

On the Dissolution the manor vested in the Crown,and was granted by

Queen Elizabeth to Sir Thomas Gawdy and Theophilus Adams . HenryGawdy,

eldest son and heir Of Sir Thomas Gawdy,jointly with Theoph ilus

Adams conveyed the manor 7th Nov . 1 595 , to Nicholas Jeffreson andGeorge Leiceste r .

I t appears from the Chancery Proceedings in the time of QueenElizabeth that there was a contract for sale of the manor by John J effreson(probably th e son of Nicholas), and George Le icester with Sir Henry Glemham

,for th e latter brought an act ion against them for the recov ery Of the

purchase money on the sale,alleging as was no doubt the fact that the

purchase had gone Off .3

There are also amongst the same records part iculars Of an action inwhich Constance Glemham

,widow of Edward

,claimed a life estate under

a set tlement in the Park Of Benhall with a capital messuage called theLodge and lands thereto belonging sett led on her marriage by way of

jointure .

‘

Vid . B lack , vol . 2 p . 38 .

7Hen. IV. 35 .

BENHALL . m7

Nicholas J effreson and George Le icester sold 8th March,1 595

-6,to

Ferdinando Clotterbucke,a draper of London

,who in 1 60 2 sold to Thomas

Base,son of Will iam Base

,of Benhall

,who was buried at Benhall

,1 st Oct .

1 607, aged 8 on whose death the manor passed to his son and heir,William

B ase,who died before 1 625 , when it passed to his widow Susan . She seems

to have remarried Thomas Bradstreet,for he had the manor in h er right

,

and held a first cou rt 22nd April,1 625 ,

and on h er death it passed to herson by her I st husband , also called Willi am Base . He held his first court2oth April

,1 637, and conv eyed the manor to his brother John Base in 1 648 ,

he holding his fir st court 1 3th April , 1 649 . He di ed in 1 653 , and it went tohi s son

,John Base

,th e younger

,who held his first court 20 th Aug . 1 653 , and

married Mary,daughter of John Bewley,

Of East Monlyn,Kent .

The next lord was Arnold Browne,who held his first court 7th Jan .

1 680,but how he acquired the manor does not appear .

On his death in 1 682 th e manor passed to hi s widow Margaret,who

held her first court 1 3th Jan . 1 682,and by deeds 20 th and 2 1 5tDec . 1 698 , sold

to Thomas Knights,of Woodbridge

,and he held his first court 25th Sept .

170 1 . He married Mary,daughter and cohe ir Of Robert Goodwin

,Of

Charsfield,and died in J an . 1707, at the age of 64 , when the manor passed

to his widow,who held her first court 24th April , 171 2 ,

and after her deathpassed to Robe rt

,the son Of Thomas

,who held his first court 5th Nov .

1717. Robert Knights died without issue in 1722 , and th e manor passedto his brother

,Thomas Knights

,who dev ised the same by will 26th Aug .

1729, to his sister , Elizabeth Knights , and she he ld her first court 3oth April ,173 1 . She married Joseph Webster

,and by lease and release 26th and 27th

J uly ,1736 , sold the manor to John Sheppard

,of Ash . Why Thomas

Knights Should have dev ised the manor to his Sister Elizabeth is not Clear,

for he is said to hav e le ft a daughter Mary,married to John Goodwyn ,

OfMart lesham

,and this daughter did not die unt il 1769, when she left a son

,

the Rev . Thomas Goodwyn,who was rector of Martlesham

,and died in

1798 .

John Sheppard the purchaser di ed in 1747, and from this t ime themanor devolved in the same course as the Manor of Brockford Hall , inHartismere Hundred .

There is a statement in 1 587 in the Acts of the Privy Council ( 1 61 )that Thomas Sudberic had been di spossessed Of certain lands parcel of th i smanor .

Amongst the Harleian Charters is an indenture of sale from GregoryPryce

,Of Hereford

,Esq .

,and Thomas Kenny,

of London, gent .

,to Thomas

Glemham,of Glemham ,

of the Manors of Stratforde , B enhale , and Farneham

,C0 . Sufi. formerly belonging to the pri ory Of Butley . I t is dated

20 th Sept . 4 and 5 Philip and Mary A copy,too

,of a grant of

these manors from the Crown to Gregory Price and Thomas Keny is amongstthe Davy MSS . in the Brit ish Museum .

There ev ident ly,therefore

,was a manor in Benhall belonging to the

priory of Butley ; indeed it is ment ioned in the fine levied by the nagainst Thomas

,Bishop of Ipswich

,Prior of Butley,

in

‘ Fine , Trin. 44 Eliz .

“ Fine , Eas te r, 3OHen . V I II .


Amongst the Dav y MSS . in the British Museum‘ is A Concise history

of the possessors of the Manor of Benhall from the Conquest to the presentriod

,I t occupies 1 1 folios . There is a similar account of Benhall

t . Robert Manor occupying a folio and a half .

Arms of BENHALL Arg,a cross fiory Gu . over it a bend Az . fri mbriated

Or,charged with a fi ll et . Of BASE : Gu . a chevron Arg . betw. 3 plates .

Of KNIGHTS Arg . 3 bendlets Cu . on a canton Az . a Spur Or .

191 0 0 , fol . 1 1 24.


The Abbot of Ely held five freemen in his soc and commendation,wi th

26 acres and half a plough team ,valued at 4s .

‘ Roger de Poictou held indemesne at the t ime of the Survey 1 0 acres in the soc and commendationof the Abbot Of Ely,

which a freeman had formerly held . In Saxon timesand later there were 2 ploughteams

,and by the time Of the Surv ey there

was but a team and a half . I n this holding were 2 acres Of meadow,and

the whole was v alued at Ralph de Langtoft held of Walter Gifart1 0 acres valued at zod .

,Of which the soc was the abbot’s

,which estate had

formerly been held by Cedric , half under commendat ion to the predecessorof Male t and half to the Abbot Of Ely .

‘

Out of these various small holdings the Manor of Blaxhall was carv ed .

MANOR OF BLAXHALL HALL al . ASHE B rcor s .

Blaxhall was the lordship of Thomas de Weyland in the t ime of Edw. I .

‘

and he held free warren by grant in This manor was held as of theManor Of Dunningworth ,

which belonged to the Bigots,or at least a moiety

of thi s manor was SO held .

On Thomas de Weyland abj uring the realm for felony in the

manor was taken into the King’s hands,

’and a dispute arose as to whetherit had escheated or not. Roger Bigot

,Earl of Norfolk

,claimed it as held

of him,and it is said he obtained a verdict by means of a packed jury.

a

J ohn de Weyland,Thomas’s son

,however

,in proceedings in 1 290 recov ered

the manor from the King and the Earl .

The proceedings,wh ich are interesting,will be found in the Abbreviationof Pleas in J ohn de Weyland had a grant of free warren here inand died in 1 3 1 3 , when the manor passed to his brother

,Richard de Wey

land . Richard de Weyland and Joan his wife levied a fine Of this manorand th e manors of Wantisden

,Middleton

,and Cockfield in 1 31 3 against

Alexander de Saxmundham,parson of Chyselford church , and Peter de

Grymoneston,chaplain .

”

There is an order on the Close Rolls this year not to molest RichardleWeyland for issues of a moiety of the manor that his father held , as it hadbeen found by inquisit ion that John de Weyland held thi s moiety of theKing as of the Manor of Donningworth , which belonged to Roger le Bigod ,Earl of Norfolk

,which the King had committed to his brothers Thomas and

Edmund .

“

Richard de Weyland left an only daughter Cecily,marri ed to

Bartholomew de B u rghersh , 4th Baron , and he had a grant of free warrenhere in 1 349, and died in By the marriage of his only daughterElizabeth with Sir Edward le Despencer the manor was carried into theDespencer family . Sir Edward le Despencer was son and heir of Sir Edwardle Despencer , Of Perlethorpe , co . Notts

,by Anna

,daughter of Henry

,Lord

Ferrers de Groby,and was also nephew and heir to Hugh le Despencer ,

'Dom . ii . 384.“K P . i . 46.

“Dom. 11. 353 . 9 1 8 Edw. I ., Trin. 62 (plea), 1 8 and3Dom . ii . 430 . Edw. I . Mich . 54 (judgment ).‘ R .P . i . 46. Chart. Rolls , 32 Edw. I . 5 1 .

‘ Chart. Rolls , 8 Edw. I . 2 . 6 Edw. I I . 38 .

6 See Brandes ton Hal l Manor, Loes Hun Feet of Fines, 6 Edw. I I . 33.

d red .’3 Close Rolls , 6 Edw. I I . 5 .

7Originalia, 17 Edw. I . ; 1 8 ’4 Chart. Rol ls , 32 Edw. I I I . 3 .

Edw. I . 51 . 43 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 1 4.

BLAXHALL . 1 1 1

4th Lord le Despencer . Edward was at Poictiers in 1 356, K .G. about I 361 ,

and summoned to Parliament from 1 5th Dec . 1 357, to 6th Oct . 1 372 . Hedied l 1 th Nov . being buried at Tewkesbury

,in Gloucestershire .

“

The manor passed to his widow Elizabeth,who survived until August

1 40 9 . Her will is dated 4th July, 1 40 9, and in it Sh e styles herselfElizabeth de B urghersh ,

Dame Le

The manor nev er vested in her son and heir Thomas,6th Lord le

Despencer , created Earl of Gloucester , 29th Sept . 1 397, for upholdingRich . I I . against the party of Thomas Of Woodstock

,and the Earls of

Arunde l and Warwick . In 1 399 h e was joint commissioner for thedeposition of the King . He was tried for his conduct in 1 397, and in Oct .1 399, deprived of his earldom . He married th e Lady Constance Plantagenet

,

daughter of Edmund,Duke of York

, 5th 5 0 11 O f King Edw. I I I .

‘

Finally joining the conspiracy of the Earls of Rutland , Kent , Salisbury,

and Hunt ingdon,he was taken prisoner and beheaded 17th J an . 1 399

-1 40 0 ,

in the li fet ime of his mother,upon whose death the manor is said to hav e

passed to her daughter Anne,married I st to Sir Hugh Hastings

,Of Elsing

and Gressingdale ,co . Norfolk

,Knt.

,and 2ndly to Thomas

,Lord Morley .

Thomas,Lord Morley

,died in 1 41 6, and his widow surviv ed until 1 426,

when sh e died se ised of this manor .I t then passed to her niece Isabel

,daughter of Thomas le Despencer ,

6th Baron le Despencer , eldest son Of the above -mentioned Edward leDespencer , married I st to Richard Beauchamp , Earl ofWOrcester and LordAbergav enny,

and 2nd ly to Richard Beauchamp , 5th Earl Of Warwick . Theywere the de forciants in two fines levied respective ly in 1 432 and 1 434 byJohn Ve rney

,clerk

,Robert Andrewe

,and John Throkmorton .

‘

The zud husband,Richard Beauchamp

,Earl of Warwick

,died 3oth

April,1 438 , hav ing had by his I st wi fe Elizabe th , daughter of Thomas ,

Lord Berkeley,three daughters - Margaret

,married to John Talbot

,Earl

of Shrewsbury ; Al ianor , married I st to Thomas , Lord ROOS , and 2ndlyto Edmund

,Duke of Somerset and Elizabeth

,married to George Nev i l

,

Lord Latimer . Richard,the 5th Earl of Warwick , by his 2nd wife , the

abov e-named Isabel le Despencer , had , with a son Henry,another daughter

Anne,who married Sir Richard Nevil

,Kut. (son of the Earl Of Salisbury) ,

afterwards Earl of Warwick,and known in history as the King-maker .

The son Henry succeeded his father as 6th Earl , created in 1 444 by Hen. VI .

Duke of Warwick . He married Cecily,daughter of Richard

,Earl of Salis

bu ry,and died without male issue 1 1 th J une

,when the dukedom

became ext inct,and the earldom with the manor descended upon his only

child,Anne Beauchamp

,as Countess Of Warwick . She died an infant

,

and unmarried four years later , 3rd J une , 1 449, when her aunt,Anne

Beauchamp,wife of Sir Richard Nev il

,became he ir of the family . She died

leav ing two daughte rs only ( 1 ) Isabel married to George , Duke Of Clarence ,by whom She had Edward

,Earl Of Warwick

,who died without issue ;

Richard,who died an infant Margaret

,afterwards Countess of

Salisbury ,SO barbarously executed in 1 54 1 ; and anothe r child who died

young (2) Anne , married 1 st to Edward,Prince of Wales

,and 2nd ly to

Richard , Duke of Gloucester,afterwards Rich . I I I . Richard

,Earl of

49 Edw. I I I . pt . 11 . 46.5 Feet Of Fines , 1 0 Hen. VI . 24 ; 1 2 Hen.

2Wi ll 6th Nov . 1 375 . VI . 5 .

3Wi l l prov ed 1 0 th Aug. 1 409.

624 Hen. VI . 43 .

‘ She died 28th Nov . 1 4 1 6.


Warwick,the King maker

,died 1 4th April , 1 471 , at the Battle of Barnet .

After the death of his widow Anne,Countess of Warwick

,there was a

chancery suit as to the manor between the descendants of RichardBeauchamp

, 5th Earl Of Warwick . The plaintifis were Richard ,Duke of

Glou cester,and Anne his wife

,daughter of Anne

,Countess Of Warwick

,

daughter of Richard Beauchamp,late Earl of Warwick

,Edward Plantagenet

son of I sabel,daughter of th e said Anne

,daughter of the said Earl

,Edward

Lord Lisle and Elizabeth his wi fe,daughter Of John

,son Of Margaret

,late

Countess of Shrewsbury,daughter of the said late Earl

,and Elizabeth

,

Lady Latimer,the remaining daughter of the said late Earl . The defendant

was John,son of Thomas Hugge ford ,

late surviving feoffee to uses . ‘

The manor subsequent ly passed to William Saunders , who died seisedOf it in 1 638 , when it passed to his son and heir

,Valentine Saunders . I t

then vested in Robert Warryn,who died in 170 5 , when it was sold to John

Bence,who sold to Dudley North . Dudley North died in 1729, from wh ich

time the manor passed in the same course Of devolution as the Manor OfFarnham

,in this Hundred

,until 1 830 ,

when i t vested in Sophia,widow of

Dudley , Lord North .

The manor is now vested in the Earl of Guildford .

Extents Of the manor,1 575 and 1 60 0 , will be found amongst the

Additional MSS . in the Brit ish Museum .

“

MANOR OF VALENCE .

This manor probably derived its name from Hamo de Valenis,who held

land in the parish under Earl Alan at the t ime Of the Domesday Surv ey.

I t was granted by the Crown in the time of King Hen . VI I I . to Sir WilliamWilloughby in 1 543 , and he the following year had licence to alienate thesame to Sir Robert Southwell

,who in 1 558 sold the manor to William

Wheatcroft or Wh itcroft.

3 In 1 564 Wi lliam Wh itcroft had licence toalienate to Robert Cobbe and George Collymore

,who had licence in 1 576

to alienate to Francis Saunders,sen . He died in 1 579, when the manor

passed to his son and heir,Francis Saunders

,on whose death‘ i t passed

to his widow Alice and son Francis Saunders .

I n 1 598 we meet with a chancery act ion by Alexander Smith againstthi s Francis Saunders and Nicholas Corbou ld for relief against excessiverent claimed by defendant Saunders as lord Of Blaxhall Manor in respect ofland called B rinck lov es

,parcel of Blaxhall Manor

,but stated in bill to be

claimed by defendants as belonging to the Manor of Val lence .

‘

Francis Saunders had licence in 1 61 0 to alienate to Sir Michael Stanhope,

Knt.,on a purchase by him ,

and e ight years later we find the manor v estedin Dame Elizabeth Tollemache

,widow

,who sold it to John Brame , Of Ash ,

by deed dated 24th April , 1 650 .

The 3rd Nov . 1 659, J ohn Brame the elder and Ann his wife conveyedthe manor to their son and heir apparent

,John Brame the younger

,and by

a feo ffment dated 1 4th Nov . 1 662,J ohn Brame the younger on his marriage

with Deborah,daughter Of Thomas Jacob

,of Mendham ,

settled the manoron himsel f and wife and the survivor for li fe with remainder to their heirsmale

,with an ult imate remainder to the right heirs Of the said John Brame .

Bund le 66, 376.

‘Will dated 29th Oct. 1 578 , 16th Feb .

“Add . 2 1 0 54. 1 578 9, 7Bakon Cur. P .C.

3 Fine, Mich . 1 E liz .

‘C.P. iii. 46.


motion was soon afterwards made in the Court of Chancery to discharge thereceiver appointed by the Court

,for which an order was Obtained and

Mr . Rivet t remained in possession . By virtue of an indenture dated 25th

Nov . 1793 and a fine levied in Michaelmas Term 34 Geo . I I I .,John Rivett

limited the manor and also the manors of Ash Campsey with Haugh andNorthl ands Hacheston to the use of himself in fee .

John Rivet t later sold to John Sheppard,of Ash

,

‘ who died in 1 824 ,from which time the manor has descended in the same course as the Manorof Brockford Hall

,in Hartismere Hundred .

He had marri ed John Rivett’s sister Mary.

BRUISYARD . u s

B RUI SYARD.

Saxon times there were fiv e manors here which becamesubsequently merged into one . Three of the manors werein the time of the Great Survey held by Earl Alan . OneOf these three consisted Of 8 1 acres

, 3 villeins , 7 bordars ,1 ploughteam in demesne

,2 belonging to the tenants

,2

acres of meadow,wood sufficient for the maintenance of

1 0 hogs,I O rouncies

,17 beasts , 1 5 hogs , 6 sheep , and 1 5

goats . The manor had been formerly held by Ol f, when there were 2

ploughteams in demesne and 41 Sheep , but 6 fewer hogs .Another Of these manors was held by Hamo of Ear l Alan

,and con

sisted of 91 acres , 1 ploughteam ,1 bordar

,2 acres of meadow

,and wood

sufli cient for the support Of 1 0 hogs , v alued at 60 5 . The manor had in theConfessor’s day, when Ralph the Stal ler had the Soc, been held by Edric,a freeman

,with 2 ploughteams .

The third manor was also held by Hamo under the Earl,and consisted

Of 60 acres with 7bordars , half a ploughteam in demesne and 1 belongingto the tenants

,and 3 acres of meadow ,

v alued at which had formerlybeen held by Starling

,a freeman under commendat ion

,hal f to Malet’s

predecessor (and his father was se ised thereof) and half to the abbot , witha whole ploughteam in demesne .

The soc was the abbot’s,and the extent of the holdings 8 quarentenes

long and 6 broad,and there was paid in respect of it by way of gelt 1 od .

‘

The other two manors were those of Roger B igot, both of which wereheld by Ralph de Tourlav ille one consisted of 80 acres

, 4 bordars , 1 ploughteam in demesne

,half a team belonging to the tenants , 4 acres of wood

,

wood sufficient for 40 hogs , 20 hogs, 24 sheep , and 1 2 goats,valued at

which had been held in the Confessor’s t ime by Uluric under commendationto Harold

,when there was a plough team and a half in demesne

,and

addit ionally 1 rouncy, 3 beasts, but only 4 hogs and 6 goats , the v alue

be ing 20 5 .

The second manor consisted of 30 acres , half a ploughteam,1 5 acres of

meadow,which had been held in the Confessor

’s t ime by B rictmar,a free

man under commendation to Edric,Malet’s predecessor

,who had a whole

ploughteam .

I n addition and as part of th is holding were 20 acres valued at 55 .

and a half of which had been held by a freeman and a half under commemdation . The abbot had the soc .

“

As the B rutge of Domesday ( in Parham Half-Hundred) is said tobe Bru isyard there would be in Saxon t imes two more manors both held inEdward the Confessor’s day by Edric of Laxfield , v iz .

, 40 acres Of land and

3 of meadow,with 1 ploughteam and the fourth par t Of a church with 6 acres .

At the time Of the Survey this manor was held by Walter de Risboil OfRobert Malet

,and had attached to it 6 beasts , 1 4 hogs , 20 shee and 8

goats,and the value was both in Saxon and Norman times 1 45 . d . The

soc be longed to the Abbot Of Ely . The said Walter also held of Malethere 20 acres v alued at whi ch had been he ld by five freemen added tothe manor

,in the commendation and soc Of the abbot , the wife of one being

under commendation to Norman .

‘

‘Dom. ii. 297.‘Dom. 11. 306.

“Dom. 11. 329, 345.


The latter manor consist ing of 1 20 acres of land and 4 acres of meadow ,

1 mill,hal f a ploughteam ,

the fourth part of a church,with 6 acres and 8 hogs

,

valued at of which the Abbot of Ely had the soc,was held by one

Garner of Hervey de Berri,the Domesday tenant-in-chief . I t had been

v alued at 40 5 . when it was he ld by Edric under commendation to Edric ,Robert Malet’s predecessor

,with 2 plough teams which had come down

by degrees to 1,and , as we hav e seen , by the time of the Survey to half

a team . TO this manor had been added 20 acres held by eight freemenformerly having 1 plough team ,

later hal f a team,and by the t ime of the

Survey none , valued at 40 d .

Concerning half of this land Hervey de Berri came to an agreementwith the abbot

,and later he held of the King .

“ I t,

” says the Survey,is

8 quarentenes long and 6 broad,and pays in a gelt

MANOR OF BRUISYARD OR ROKE HALL .

The lordship of Bruisyard was,according to the MS . Of the author

of the Magna Britannia,in the time of Edw. I . in Henry Hoe . I n 1 307

i t was vested in J ohn de B ursyerd ,

“ and in 1 3 1 2 in J ohn , son of J ohn deB uresyerd and Eli zabeth his wife , who this year levied a fine of the manor .‘

In 1 352 the manor was vested in John de Ufford and Thomas de Hereford .

The Manor Of Rokehalle,also called Bruisyard Manor

,was given to

CampseyAsh College byMaud de Lancaster , Countess of Ulster , when sheremoved the college originally establ ished at Campsey to Bruisyard ,

‘ andin 1 353 we find a licence on the Patent Rolls for the alienation in mortmainof the manor by Sir J ohn de Ufford and Thomas Hereford to the Wardenand Chaplains Of th e Chantry ordained in the Chapel Of the Annunciat ionof St . Mary , Campsey,

” in satisfaction of 8 marks of £1 0 yearly of landand rent which they had the King’s licence to acquire . In this l icence itis stated that the manor was then held of the King in chief, and was of thevalue of 795 . 65d . yearly .

‘

Pope Urban V . about 1 364 permitted Maud de Lancaster to enter theorder of St . Clare

,and to leav e the order of St . Austin nuns wherein she had

made her profession at Campsey after the death of her husband . This ladyis considered the foundress of the nunnery

,but by some authorities Lionel

,

Duke of Clarence,is styled the founder .

The manor came to Bruisyard Abbey on an exchange with CampseyPriory in 1 386, when the former partedwith the Manor Of Benges in exchange .

6

Bruisyard Manor as then taken in exchange consisted of 7messanges , I mil l ,1 60 acres of land

,60 acres of meadow

,1 0 acres of pasture

,20 acres of

wood,and 35 . rent . The priests had in the manor place a common refectory

,

dormitory,and a chapel dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary .

This college was surrendered in 1 363 to the use Of an abbess and sisters ,minoresses of the order of St . Clare .

’

The manor place of Bruisyard,cal led Roke Hall

,is st ill a good family

mansion,though a large portion has been destroyed . The moat remains

on three sides,and a large piece Of water at one time existed at the back

of the house, which no doubt furnished fish on fast days for the monks andnuns . The Rev . Francis Haslewood

,in a paper on the monastery in

‘Dom. 11. 44 1 .5 Pat. Rolls , 27Edw. I I I . pt. 1. 27.

“ Extent , 35 Edw. I . 34 .

° Pat. Rolls, 1 0 Rich . I I . pt. 11. 26.

‘ Feet Of Fines , 6 Edw. I I . 22.7Monastic0n Anglicanum, Dugdale , vi .

26 Edw. I I I . (zud Nos.) 47. 1 556.

1 1 8 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK.

CH I LLESFORD.

L ALAN had a manor in this place at the time of theSurvey he ld in demesne . I t had formerly been held by Olf ,a freeman under soc and commendation of the Abbot ofEly,

and consisted of 80 acres,a ville in

, 4 bordars , I } ploughteams in demesne and 1 5 belonging to the men

,both of

which last were reduced to 1 at the t ime of the Survey .

There was also a church with 5 acres of free land . The valueof the whole was 1 35 . 4d . Also three freemen held 20 acres and a ploughteam

,v alued at 4od .

’

Under the head Chiletuna,by which name this place is probably

intended,the Survey mentions another manor which was held in Saxon

times by Edric,and consisted Of 4 carucates of land , 20 acres , 1 0 vill eins ,

1 0 bordars, 3 serfs , 3 ploughteams in demesne and 5 belonging to the men .

Also 1 0 acres of meadow,a mill

,1 2 beasts

, 30 hogs , and 1 0 0 sheep . Atthe t ime Of the Survey this manor was held by Robert Malet , the serfswere not mentioned

,the ploughteams in demesne were reduced to 2 and

those belonging to the men to 4 ,the beasts were reduced to 2

,the hogs to

1 4, and the Sheep to 50 . Also to a socman belonged 80 acres,2 bordars

,

and 2 ploughteams, reduced to 1 5 at the t ime of the Survey . The valuewas formerly £8 , increased , however, at the t ime Of the Survey to £9 . 1 0 5 .

In the same township Robert Malet held in demesne at the time of theSurvey 1 53 acres and 35 ploughteams, valued at 20 5 . This estate hadformerly been held by Six freemen and a half by commendation only (andthese were added to the manor) when there had been 8 ploughteams , andthe value was 30 5 . I t was 9 quarentenes long and 4 broad , and paid ina gelt zi d .

“

To Chillesford belongs the hamlet Of Carleton,and we find another

manor enumerated in the Great Survey .

I t was then held by Hamo of Earl Alan,having in Saxon times been

the estate of Edwin the Grim under commendation,half to the Abbot of

Ely and half to Robert Malet’s predecessor . William Malet was seisedthereof . This manor consisted of a carucate Of land , a v ill ein

, 3 bordars ,a serf

,2 ploughteams in demesne , and half a team belonging to the men .

Also half a fishery and 2 acres of meadow,v alued at 60 5 . There were a

rouncy in demesne and 1 0 0 sheep,increased to 170 at the time of the Survey .

A freeman under commendation held 2 acres included in the same valuation .

I t was 9 quarentenes in length and 4 in breadth, and paid in a gelt zod .

There were also eight freemen in demesne,Stainu s and Aluric under com

mendation to Malet’s predecessor,and William Malet was also seised of

this estate . The others were under commendation to the Abbot of Ely .

These had 60 acres and 2 ploughteams, valued at 1 25 . 4d . The Abbot ofEly had the soc over the whole .‘

CHILLESFORD MANOR .

This estate was held prior to the Conquest by Ol i , a freeman , andformed part of the possessions giv en to Alan

,Ear l of Brittany . From him

to 1 171 the manor passed in the same course as the Manor of Nettles tead ,in B osmere and Claydon Hundred .

‘Dom. ii . 296b.3Dom. 11

“Dom. ii . so7b.

CHILLESFORD . 1 1 9

In 1 280 Sir Thomas de Weyland had the manor,and this year a grant

of free warren here .

‘ His unfortunate fate is wel l known,and the manor

was forfe ited in I t was apparently granted to Robert de Ufford ,who died in after whom it seems to hav e vested in John deStaverton

,who is said to hav e given th e manor to Butley abbey in 1 40 5 ,

possibly by his will , for this year we find John de Glemham and others,

probably Stav erton’s feoffees or trustees

,gave it to th e prior of Butley .

‘

On the suppression Of th e religious houses,it passed to the Crown

,

‘

and in 1 539 was granted to Thomas Wriothesley,

“ but the grant must hav ebeen limited in duration

,for in 1 545 we find the manor was granted to

Wil liam Forth and Richard Goodrich . Particul ars Of th e farm of the manorfor the grant to Richard Goodrich in 1 545 are stil l preserv ed in the RecordOffice .

’

In 1 567the manor was vested in John Beauchamp , Earl of Warwick ,for he then had licence to al ienate it to John Soone

,of Want isden

,who

died 6th J anuary ,when it passed to his son and heir

,Francis Soone .

He married Alice,6th daughter of Sir John Spelman

,of N arbu rgh ,

inNorfolk

,and di ed about 1 562 . Subsequently Robert Soone and William

Soone,probably trustees

,had licence to alienate in 1 586 to John Soone ,

son and heir of the abov e Francis Soone . The licence was carried into e ffectby a fine levied of the manor the same year .

“ John Soone had licenceto alienate in 1 592 to Sir Michael Stanhope ,

and th e licence was carriedinto effect by a fine levied Of the manor by Michae l Stanhope against thesaid J ohn Soone the following year .

”

A fine was lev ied Of th e manor in 1 597by W . Reade and others againstSir Michae l and others

,no doubt on the occasion of some settlement

,for

Sir Michael Stanhope died seised of the manor in 1 62 1,when it passed to

his daughter and cohe ir to Sir Will iam With ipole , whosedaughter and he ir Elizabeth married Le icester Devereux

,6th Viscount

Here ford,Premier Viscount of England and a Baronet

,from whom the

manor passed in the same course as the Manor of Earl Soham,in Loes

Hundred,til l the t ime of Price Devereux

,roth V iscount

,who succeeded

to the lordship in 1740 .

His lordship died 29th J uly ,1748 , and the manor was sold in 1753 to

Francis Seymour Conway,I st Earl of Hertford

,who 5th J uly,

1793 , wasadvanced to the dignity of Marquis of Hert ford and Ear l of Yarmouth .

He was a K .G.,Master of the Horse

,Lord Chamberlain of the Household

,

and 29th May ,174 1 , married Isabella Fitz-Roy,

2nd daughter of Charles,zud Duke Of Grafton

,by whom he had sev en sons and Six daughters , and

dying 1 4th June , 1794 , the manor passed to his son and he ir , Francis InghamSeymour , zud Marquis of Hertford , Earl of Yarmouth , K .G.

,Vice-Admiral

for Suffolk in 1 822 . He married 1 st in 1768 Alice Elizabeth , daughter andcoheir of Hubert

,Viscount Windsor

,and 2nd ly in 1776 I sabella Anna

Ingham,daughter of Charles

,Viscount I rrnine

,and dying 17th June , 1 822 ,

the manor passed to his son and heir,Francis Charles Seymour Conway,

‘ Chart. Rol ls , 8 Edw. I . 2 .737Hen. VIII . D.K .R . 9 App . ii . p . 2 1 3.

“See Manor Of B randes ton, in Loes 8 I .P .M 6 Edw. VI . 74.

Hund red . 1 9 Edw. I . 45 .9 Fine , M i ch . 28 29 E li z .

5 Rich . I I . 1 57.w Fine , Eas ter , 35 Eliz .

‘ I .Q.D 6 Hen. IV. 2 .“ Fine , Eas ter , 39 Eliz .

‘ Fine , Easter, 30 Hen. VIII . '2 See Manors of Orford and Sudbourn, in“Court of Augmentation, S.P . 1 539

-40 ,

this Hundred .

1 032 .


3rd Marquis o f Hert ford . He married 1 8th May,1798 , Maria Fagniani ,

adopted daughter Of George Augustus Selwyer, and dying I st March , 1 842 ,

the manor passed to his son and he ir,Richard Seymour Conway

, 4th

Marquis of Hert ford . He sold the manor be fore 1 855 , for at this date it wasvested in Arthur Heywood ,

who was lord in 1 896, but the manor subsequent ly was acquired by Arthur Hubert Edward Wood

,and is now vested

in K. M . Clark,Of Sudbourne Hall .

Arms of CONWAY : Quarterly I st and 4th Sable on a bend cott isedArg .

,a rose between two amul ets

,Gules for Seymour , 2nd and 3rd

quarters are quarterly I st and 4th Or on a pile , Gules , between 6 fleu rsde lis Azure

,three lions passant

,gardant

,Or

,being a coat of augmentation

,

zud and 3rd Gules two wings conjoined in lure .

MANOR OF RUSSELL’S,i N THE HAMLET OF CARLETON .

At the t ime of the Survey this was held by Will iam Malet under EarlAlan .

I n 1 2 1 2 William Russell and Isolda his wife passed a carucate of landby fine to Stephen de Chesil ford . The manor was for nearly 20 0 years inthe Russell family

,probably it originally passed to J ohn Russell under a

fine levied in 1 294 of the manor and advowson by him and Stephen deFarnham against Geoffrey le Whyte and Matilda his wife .

‘

Much later we come across another John Russell,of Ch ilsford

,who

had the lordship,which passed at his death to his son and heir

,Richard

Russell,who died before 1 428 , when it passed to his son and heir , Will iam

Russell,from whom it probably passed to a daughter or sister

,as we find

Thomas Sampson lord in right of his wife .

Subsequently the manor vested in William Waller,Of Ipswich

,

“ whodied 8th April

,when it passed to his son and heir

,William Wal ler

,

who died in 1 547. The same year Th omas Rowse had licence to alienatethe manor to Robert Staunton .

A fine was levied of the manor in 1 561 by Francis Soone against JohnHaugh fen,

‘ and in 1 629 this J ohn Haughfen,or his sonwith a like Christ ian

name,was lord

,and a litt le later Wil liam Baker

,who died in 1 637.

I n 1772 the manor was purchased by Francis Seymour Conway , I stLord Conway

,and Marquis and Earl of Hertford and Yarmouth

,from which

t ime the manor has passed in the same course as the main manor .

’Feet of Fines, 22 Edw. I . 24. 28 Hen. VIII . 25.’See Manor of Peyton Hall , Ramsholt, in ‘ Fine , Easter, 3 E liz .

Wil forl undred.


Robert Banyard,of Spettishal l , son and heir of Richard , and from him

passed to hi s daughter and heir Margaret,married I st to John Bacon

,

‘ and2nd ly to Nicholas Ratclyf . Davy enters John Wingfield ,

William Brandon,

J ames Hobert,and John Cheke as lords in 1 483 , and in 1 50 6 Margaret

Wingfield as holding a half of the manor . She died 3rst August , 1 528 , andthe manor is certainly mentioned in her inq u is . p .m .

“ Thomas Bacon,of

Baconsthorpe,co. Norfolk

,son of the abov e-named J ohn and Margaret

,

next held,and on hi s death the manor passed to his daughters and coheirs

Elizabeth,married to Sir J ohn Glemham

,

‘ and Anne,married to Robert

Garneys, Of Kenton . A share passed from Sir John Glemham and his wifeto their son

,Ch ristopher Glemham ,

who died in 1 55 1 , and another sharefrom Robert Garneys and his wife to their son and heir

,John Garneys ,

who married Anne,daughter Of Edward Rokewode

,of Euston

,and died in

1 562 , when it went to his son and heir , Thomas Garneys , who marriedFrances

,daughter of Sir J ohn Su lyard , of Wetherden , and appears to have

died seised of a third in 1 567.

In 1 546 Nicholas Godbolde levied a fine of one-fourth of the manoragainst J ohn Downes and others

,

‘and two years later Henry Legate

acquired the one-fourth Share of the above-named Christopher Glemham .

“

I n 1 548 a fine of another one—fourth was levied by Robert Moyse againstJohn Baxter and others .“ Davy states that William Dade and Margeryhis wife

,daughter and heir of Nicholas Godbold and Maruna Baxter

,and

Margery Baxter,daughter and he ir of J ohn Baxter

,had the lordship

,but

om its any date .

I n 1 572 , however , he enters Thomas Lyatt, son of Henry Lyatt, asholding his first court . He had the previous year lev ied a fine of the manoragainst William Grene and others .

’ I n 1 582 another fine was levied withoutSpecifying any Shares by William Hardynge and Edmund Dodson .

“ ThisWilliam Hardynge levied another fine of the manor the foll owing yearagainst Phili p Strelly and others .

“ The manor in this fine is called Cransford Hall Manor .” The sth Nov . 1 599, a first court was held by ThomasGarneys . I n 1 60 8 we find Robert Hare

,Thomas Dade

,and Thomas Lyatt

or Legate lords,and 1 9th J une , 1 61 5 , William Dade , John Bured , and

Catherine Legate,widow

,held their fir st cour t . The 7th J une , 1 620 ,

J ohnPenred or Pendred for part holds a first court

,and 1 2th J une

,1 623 ,

Catherine Legate,widow

,for part held afirst court . Th e 1 2th Jul y,

1 63o,

Thomas Lyatt for part holds a first court,and 3rd June , 1 63 1 , Elizabeth ,

widow of John Pendred . The 1 9th Sept . 1 638 , Thomas Legate , cousin andheir of the last-mentioned Thomas

,for part held a first court

,and in 1 672

another Thomas Lyatt appears as lord . The 7th J une, 1 687, HenryDamont held a first court for the whole

,and gave the lordship after his wife

’sdeath to Thomas Alexander

,of Framlingham

,and his heirs . The 3rd

April,171 6, Audry Damont , widow Of Henry , he ld h er first court

,and died

in when Thomas Alexander being dead the manor passed to SarahAlexander as guardian of her nephew

,Henry Alexander

,a minor

,and She

held her first court as such 27th April , 1730 . I n 1742 Henry Alexander ,

‘Hewas sonand h eirofJohnBacon, 5 0 11 and 4 Fine, Mich . 38 Hen. VIII .

hei r of Sir Roger Bacon, Knt son 5 Fine, Mich . 1 Edw. VI .

and heir of Thos . Bacon, Knt., and“ Fine, Hil . 1 Edw. VI .

of Alys h is wi fe , son and heir of 7Fine, Mich . 1 3 Eliz .

Sir Bartholomew Antingham, Kut.9 Fine , Easter, 24 Eli z.

2 1 Hen. VIII . 1 00 . 9 Fine , Mich . 30 -31 Eliz.

3 See Manor of Farnham, in t his Hundred . Wil l 3oth Oct. 1729.

CRANSFORD . 1 23

who was an attorney at Cransford , had attained majority, and appears aslord . He marriedAmy,

daughter of AnthonyWingfield ,ofWingfield Castle ,

and had a son,Wingfield Alexander , who died young in 1765 and a daughter

Amy .

The manor then passed to J ohn Corbou ld,who held his first court

17th Dec . 1774 .

We next find the manor v ested in Richard Roofe or Rolfe,who held

a first court 23rd Oct . 1 8 1 8 , and died in 1 831 , when his executors sold in1 832 to Sir George Leman Tuthill ,M .D .

,who died in when the manor

passed to his daughter and heir Laurie Marion,married to Thomas B orrett

,

of London . On his death the manor passed under his will to hisexecutors and trustees

,who appear as lords in 1 885 , 1 896, and 1 90 0 .

Arms of ALEXANDER : Az . a chev ron betw. 3 talbots’heads erased

Arg . coll ared Gu .

MANOR OF VI CEDELENCE OR VI SDELIEU OR F IDLERS HALL .

This lordship was anciently vested in Thomas Visdel ieu ,and in the

time of King Rich . I I . Robert de Rendlesham paid castle-guard rent toFramli ngham Castle for the said manor . I n 1 433 Theophilus Shardelowdid the same

,and in 1 536 Thomas Rous , 3rd son of Reginald Rous

,of

Dennington . Thomas Rous resided here and married Margaret,daughter

of Robe rt Kemp,of Gisning,

in Norfolk,by Elizabeth his I st wife

,and

from him the manor passed to his son,Edmund Rous


when it vested in his son and he ir,Thomas Rous . Thomas Rous sold the

manor to Will iam Rickthorne in 1 578 , and a fine was lev ied for the passingOf the property .

“ On William R ick thorne’s death

,the manor passed to

his nephew,Thomas R ickthorne

,son of John

,brother of Willi am

,who in

1 588 paid castle-guard rent for the manor to Framl ingham Castle . A finewas levied of this manor in 1 595 by Rowsene Rickthorne against Will iamDod .

‘

In 1 60 9 the manor was vested in George Mace or Mase , who was livingin 1 617, but by 1 63 1 the manor had passed to Francis Warner , for this yearhe paid the castle-guard rent to Framlingham Castle . In 1 655 , howev er,we find Will iam Mace

,son and heir of George

,lord

,so probably Warner

was merely a trustee or feoffee . William Mace di ed in 1 664 .

In 1764 the manor was vested in one Moore . I n 1 829 the manor wasvested in the Rev . Dr . K il derbee .

tThe I pswich jou rnal states that the by Sir George Tu thil l fores tate and Manor of Cransford The property was again offered forHal l and 83 acres (adve rtised to sa le by private cont ract in 1 835 ,be sold by private cont ract , I pswich I pswi ch journal , 23rd May, 1 835 .

J ournal , 23rd July, was sold “ Fine , Mich . 20 -2 1 Eliz .

to Ri chard Rope , Of Ub bes tonHall , 3 Fine, Easter, 37Eliz.


DUNN I NGWORTH .

was one estate in thi s place in Saxon times held bya freeman and consist ing of 8 acres and in Benhall werethr ee freemen hav ing 3 acres valued at 24d . At the t imeof the Survey this was held in demesne by Roger Bigot .

‘

MANOR OF DUN N rNGWORTH .

We hav e not much information respecting this manor . I t was thelordship of Roger Bigot

,Earl Of Norfolk

,in the t ime of Hen . I I I .

,and

he di ed seised Of it with the advowson of Dunningworth , Blaxhall , Tunstall ,and I ken in 1 270 .

They were held of th e Honor Of Eye by the service of fiv e knights .The lordship no doubt descended in the same way as the Manor Of Framl ingham ,

in Loes Hundr ed,until the death of Thomas de Brotherton

,Earl

Of Norfolk,in 1 339, when i t was assigned to his 2nd wife Mary,

daughterOf William

,Lord ROOS

,who survived her husband

,as part Of h er dower .

Subj ect to her interest the manor passed to Thomas de Brotherton's

daughter Alice,who married Edward Montacute

,by whose daughter and

heir Joan it came by marriage to Willi am de Ufford ,‘ Earl Of Suffolk .

A fine was levied of the manor in 1 367by Sir Ralph de Hemenhale,

John de Harleston,clerk

,Reginald de Eccles

,and Hugh Bandon

,clerk

,

against the said Wil liam de Ufford,

‘ and in 1 371 we meet with another finelevied by Roger de Wolferton and Henry Sergeaunt, Of Parham ,

against .

the said Will iam de Ufford and Joan his wife .

‘ The manor was includedamongst those giv en by H en . V I I I . in exchange in 1 544 to Thomas, Dukeof Norfolk

,and Henry his son

,Earl Of Arundel and Surrey

,and shared

the v arying fortunes of the manors Of Cratfield,Stav erton

,and Bromeswell

,

taken at the same time .

A fine was levied of the manor in 1 558 by Sir Edward Fynes , LordClynton,

against Thomas,Duke of Norfolk .

“

I n 1 597a fine Of the manor was levied by W . Reade and others againstSir Michael Stanhope and others .

’

The manor later vested in the Right Hon . George,Lord Berkeley

,and

was purchased from him by Sir Henry Wood,who settled it with other

hereditaments by deeds dated z2ud and 23rd May , 1 671 , on a marriagecontemplated of his only daughter Mary . This deed states that with th eapprobation of King Chas . I I . a treaty had been made between Sir ThomasClifford on the part of Charles Palmer

,Earl of Southampton

,and Sir

Henry Wood,touching the marriage to be had between the Earl and

Mary Wood,sole daughter and heir of Sir Henry Wood

,or if the said

Charles,Earl of Southampton

,Should die before his marriage unto

the said Mary Wood, on h er marriage to any other person

,then touch

ing the marriage to be had between George,Lord Palmer

,2nd son Of Lady

Barbara,Duchess of Cleveland . I n considerat ion of the intended marriage

S ir Henry Wood granted the manors of Whepstead,Elmswell

,Woolpit

,

Drinkstone-cum-Timperley, Veales , Syleham ,Ufford

,B lyth ford , Hollesley

’Dom . ii . 345b.’Feet of Fines , 45 Edw. I I I . 45.

54 Hen. I I I . , file 38“ Fine , Trin . 5 Mary I .

3 See Parham Hall , in Plomesgate Hundred .7Fine, Easter , 39 Eliz .

‘ Feet of Fines , 41 Edw. I I I . 2 .


Robert Ouchy made his will 3rd Dec . 1743 , and died 1 6th June,1 753 ,

without issue,leav ing Mary Oneby his widow surv iv ing . She died i 5th

J uly ,1757, and Sir William Chapman hav ing survived th e said Robert

Oneby,and also h is said widow

,upon his death

,by virtue of the said wil l

,

entered into posses sion and held at his death 9th Feb . 1785 , without issue .

On the death of Robert Oneby his heirs were Mary King , spinster , and SarahBreton

,wife Of Thomas Breton

,a quarter or 1 2-48ths as cohe irs of Elizabeth

King,wife of Benj amin King

,and eldest daughter of John Onebye , t he

great -great uncle of the said Robert Oneby ,and the said Mary King having

died intestate and wi thout issue,the said Sarah Breton thereupon became

alone ent it led to this fourth . George Wrigh te was entitled to another quarteror 1 2-48 ths as li e ir-at—law of Dorothy Wrigh te ,

deceased wife of Ezekie lWrigh te and zud daughter Of the said John Onebye . Ann Peck

,widow

,

became entitled to another 48th part as one of the coheirs-at-law Of EmmetMason

,deceased wi fe Of Rich . Mason

,M .D .

,deceased

,and which Emmet

Mason was the 3rd daughter of the said John Oneby. William Cradockbecame entitled to Six other 48th parts as the other of the second cohe irsOf the said Emmet Mason . Catherine Ayre

,deceased wife Of Thomas Ayre

,

became ent itled to another 48th part as one of the cohe irs Of Mary Stav e ly,

deceased wife of Thomas Stav e ly, deceased , and the 4th daughter of J ohnOnebye . Mary Pegge , deceased widow of Christopher Pegge , clerk , becameentitled to another 48th part as another Of the coheirs of the said MaryStav ely . Joanna Bliss

,wife of Philip Bliss

,clerk

,became ent itled to

another 48th part as another of the coheirs of the said Mary Stavely . MaryWelstead Moore

,wife of Joseph Moore

,became entitled to another 3-48ths

parts as another Of the coheirs Of the said Mary Stav ely . The Rev . ThomasWalker became entitled to another 3-48th parts as another of the cohe irsof the said Mary Stavely

,and the Rev . Thomas Al leyne became ent itled to

the other 3-48th parts as 5 0 11 and heir-at-law of J ane All eyne deceased ,wife Of the Rev . J ohn Alleyne

,and 4th daughter of the said Mary Stav ely .

The church has been long in ruins,and the parish is reckoned as a

hamlet of Tunstall .

The manor was in 1 847vested in Mrs . Gifford,of Dinton

,near Ayles

bury .

There is an entry in the parish register of Tunstal l that the limbs ofEliz . Fryer and Sarah Hillen

,who were Burnt att Dunningworth Hall wer

B uryed J uly ye 24th Whether the hall was destroyed this year byfire

,or under what circumstances the abov e persons lost their lives

,does not

appear .

FARNHAM . 1 27

FARNHAM .

ORMAN held here of Robe rt Malet an estate as a hamletwhi ch had formerly been the estate of Edric

,of Laxfield .

I t consisted of a carucate of land,1 0 acres of meadow

,a

ploughteam in demesne,and a mill

,valued at 20 5 . Norman

also held of Malet another estate of 28 acres,a ploughteam ,

and an acre of meadow,valued at formerly held by nine

freemen under Edric’s commendation . I t was 8 quarenteneslong and 5 broad ,

and paid in a gelt 75d .

Robert de Glanv ille held an estate Of Malet which is mixed up in theSu rvey with land in Glemham . The estate consisted Of 40 acres in Farnhamformerly he ld by two freemen under commendation,

and 26 acres in Glemham ,

1 plough team and a half,6 acres Of meadow

,and 2 bordars

,valued at

formerly he ld also by two freemen .

‘

The only other holding in this place was that Of Leuric in the t ime Ofthe Confessor


, 3 bordars , half a ploughteam, 4acres Of meadow

,and a mill

,v alued at 55 . This was held later by William

Malet and then by Robert Male t , and at the t ime of the Surv ey by Normanof Roger Bigot

,the soc belonging to the abbot .

“

MANOR OF FARNHAM .

In the reign Of King Hen. I . Sir Robert de Saukv ille or Sackville,

ancestor of the Earls of Dorse t and Middlesex,he ld the lordship of the

Honor of Eye ,and it passed on his death to his daughter Beatrix , married

to William de Glanv ille . I t was in 1 171 held by Ralph de Glanv ille , and

given by him on the founding Of that monastery to Butley priory . Withthis house it cont inued

,apparently up to the suppression of the re ligious

houses for in 1 5 1 3 it appears to hav e been in Sir John Glemham (son OfJohn Glemham) and Elizabeth his wife , daughter and coheir of ThomasBacon

,of Baconsthorp,

co. Norfolk . The Visitation condescends to detailsof this lady

’s ancest ry in somewhat ou t-Oi-the-way terms . I t saysElizabe th da . and one Of the he irs of Thomas Bacon of Baconsthorpe Co.

Norf . Esq . and he ir to John Bacon and of Margaret his wife da . and heirOf Robert Baynard of Spettishal l , CO . Sufi. Esq . whi ch John Bacon was sonand he ir to John Bacon

,son and he ir to Sir Roge r Bacon Kt . son and he ir

to Thomas Bacon,Kt . and Alys his wife , da . and heir to Sir Bartholomew

Ant inghamTh e manor is Specifically named and included in a settlement made

this year by Sir John Glemham and Elizabeth his wife , the same , Wi th othermanors

,being conv eyed to Charles Brandon ,

thenViseount L’I sle

, Sir RobertBrandon

,Kut.

,Chr istopher Willoughby

,Humphrey Wingfield ,

and Chri stophet Jenney as tru stees . Sir John Glemham di ed seised 1 sth Oct .when the manor passed under the terms of the settlement to his eldest sonand heir

,Ch ris topher Glemham

,who married Margery, daughter Of Si r

Richard Wentworth,of Nettlestead

,and Sister to Thomas, Lord Went

worth,and died 1 8th Oct . 1 549, when the manor passed under his Wi ll to

his son and heir,Thomas Glemham

,

‘ then aged 1 6,who was also cousrn

and heir to Charles Brandon,Duke of Suffolk . Thomas Glemham married

Amy, daughter of Sir Henry Parker, Lord Morley .

‘Dom. i i . 3o8b, 31 66. Hen VI I I’Dom . ii . “These Glemhams are buried

.

in.

Li ttle“Proceedings of Society of Antiq . , zud Glemham with large inscri ptions on

Ser. xiii. 358 . their tombs.


Amongst the Harleian Charters is what is call ed an indenture of salemade in 1 557—8 by Gregory Pryce , of Hereford ,

Esq .,and Thomas Kerry,

of London,gent .

,to this Thomas Glemham . The assurance included the

manors of Stratford and Benhall,all said to hav e formerly belonged to the

priory of Butley .

‘

He died in 1 571 , and the manor devolved on his son and heir,Sir Henry

Glemham,who was a deputy-l ieutenant of Suffolk .

“

His letters will be found referred to in the 1 3th Rep . of the HistoricalMSS . Commi ssion

,

‘ and in the Tanner MSS . in the Bodleian .

‘ He marriedAnne

,eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Sackv ille

,Earl of Dorset

,K .G.

,and

Lord High Treasurer Of England,by whom he had Sir Thomas and Dr .

Henry Glemham ,Bishop of St . Asaph

,a great su fferer in the Royal cause .

Sir Henry Glemham died in 1 632 , when the manor passed to his son andheir

,Sir Thomas Glemham .

“ Licence of entry for this Sir Thomas willbe found in 1 634 amongst the Chancery Papers in the Record Office .

“

Sir Thomas represented Aldeburgh in the first two Parliaments of

Chas . I . He took the Royalis t side in the Civil Wars , and having reducedYork

,which had declared for th e Parliament

,he was appointed governor

of that city,and defended it in 1 644 for 1 8 weeks against the united forces

of the English and Scotch,t ill th e de feat Of the King at Marston Moor

compelled him to capitulate upon terms honourable to himself andadvantageous to the cit izens . He was then sent to command the garrisonat Carlisle

,which

,assisted by his gallant countrymen ,

Col . Gosnald,Of Otley

,

and Major Naunton,of Letheringham

,he defended in 1 645 for nine months

in spite of pestilence and famine,and on his surrender obtained terms no

less honourable than those on which he had capitulated at York . At theclose Of the war

,he was for some time imprisoned

,and on his release fled

to Holland,where he died in 1 649, but his remains were brought to England

and interred in Glemham Church .

’

His let ters in 1 635 , 1 64 1 , 1 643 , and 1 646 are amongst the Tanner MSS .

in the Bodleian,

“and not ices of him amongst the same MSS .

‘ Grant ofhis lands by Parliament to Lord Essex in 1 645 will be found amongst theAdditional MSS . in the Brit ish Museum .

”

Page,in his History of Suffolk

,says Sir Thomas Glemham left a son

Thomas,who married Elizabeth

,eldest daughter of Sir John Knev et, of

Ashwell Thorpe,in Norfolk

,K .B .

,by Mary his wife , daughter of Sir Thomas

B ed ingfield ,Of Darsham

,Kut.

,who died seised of this estate . He adds

that they had an only child Thomas who survived his parents , and wascaptain of a company of Dragoons under Brigadier Pepper , in Spain , inthe se rvice of Queen Anne

,and that h e died unmarried about 171 1 at

Valhdol id,where he was buried . As Page gives no authority we cannot

trace th e source of the error,but the whole devolution is a delusion . Davy

correctly states that the manor passed from Sir Thomas Glemham ,who

died in 1 649, to his son and heir , Sir Sackville Glemham ,and from him to

his son and heir,Thomas Glemham

,who with his son and heir

,Thomas

Glemham , conveyed the manor to Sir Dudley North .

’Harl . 80 A . 52 .

6D.K .R . 48 App . p. 517.

“1 3 Rep. Hi st. MSS. Com. pt. iv . 435, 437, 7See account in D.N .B . xxi . 426.

44 1 , 449.“Tanner, l ix. 20 5 , 47; 110 1 . 536 ; l xvi . 1 32

3 Pt. iv . 451 . l xi x . 8‘ Tanner , lxix . 50 ; ccl x x xiii , 65, 1 21 ; 9 Tanner, lvii.

, 3, 7, 33.

cclxxxvi . 79. Add . MSS. 5497.

5 D.N .B . xx . 426.


are two escallop Shell s . There are several other memorials to members ofthis family in Saxmundham church .

The manor passed to his widow Sophia for l i fe,and

,subj ect to her

interest,to his cousin

,Will iam Long

,5 0 11 of Beeston

,the brother of

Dudley's father .Th is William Long was High Sheriff in 1 843 , and in 1 830 married

Eleanora Charlotte Montagu,sister Of Sir Edward Poore

,Bart .

, of Rushall ,co.Wi lts

,and on his death in 1 875 the manor passed to his sonand heir , Colonel

Will iam Beeston Long,who in 1 859married Arethusa Marianne, 4th daughter

of Sir Charles Robert Rowley,Bart .

,and on his death in 1 892 the manor passed

to his nephew,William Ev elyn Long

,of Hurts Hall

,Saxmundham

,eldest son

of Charles Poore Long,by Carol ine Mary Stuart , daughter of J onathan

Rash leigh ,of Menab il ly. He married on 22nd F eb . 1 898 , Muriel

,

'

youngest

daughter of Thomas F . C . Vernon-Wentworth,ofWentworth Castle .

The lands of the copyholders are not heriotable but fineable at thelord’s will upon the death

,alienation or exchange of every tenant . The

lett ing of the lands above one year without the lord’s licence is a forfe iture

of th e estate . The felling of any timber tree is also a forfeiture of th e

copyholder’s estate . This manor has no leet court

,but merely a court

baron .

Arms Of GLEMHAM Argent,a chevron Gules between three torteaux .

MANOR OF CLAYDON .

There seems to have been another manor here which was held in thet ime of King Edw. I I . by William de Claydon

,who is said to have had the

Manor of Farnham .

He and Alianor his wife levied a fine of it in 1 31 2 agai nst Simeon deDeseburgh ,

parson Of Briton Church .

‘ On his death in 1 330 the manorpassed to his son

,J ohn de Claydon

,who died 8th July , 1 333, when it passed

to his brother,Robert de Claydon , who in 1 347levied a fine Of the manor

against his mother Al ianor . The fine states that the manor was then heldby Robert de Ufford

,Earl of Suffolk

,for li fe .

“ Robert de Claydon died in1 350 ,

when the manor passed to his niece and heir Eleanor,who married

Thomas Cordel . A fine was levied Of the manor in 1 41 6 by Sir SimonFe lbrygg,

Willi am Philipp,Robert Clere

,and William Clere against J ohn

Swanlond,parson of Wytlesham church

,and Robert Sewyn,

parson ofCleydon church . I t is stated to be the Manor Of Cleydon ,

and Farnhamcalled Farnham

In 1 428 the manor vested in John Glemham ,and probably soon after

merged in the main manor .

Arms of CLAYDON Arg . on a cross Sa. 5 bezants .

Feet of Fines , 6 Edw. I I . 17.

3 Feet of Fines, 3 Hen. V. 26.

“ Feet of Fines , 20 Edw. I I I . 42 .

FRISTON . 31

M AN OR OF F RI STON .

ITHER on the founding of Snape Priory in 1 0 99 by WilliamMartel or later a member Of the family gav e th e manorand advowson to form part of its endowment . The designof the founder was that the priory Shoul d be a cell to St .John Of Colchester

,and th e monks there delayed the foun

dation unt il 1 1 55 . Snape was,howev er

,made conventual

about 1 40 0 ,and exempted from all subj ection to Colchester .

With the priory the manor remained until the suppression Of the smallermonasteries in 1 524 , when it was giv en towards the furtherance of CardinalWolsey

’s great scheme . In 1 528 it was granted by the Crown to Cardinal

Wolsey with this Obj ect,and he gave it to Cardinal College

,in Oxford .

Short ly afterwards the authorit ies conveyed it to Cardinal College,Ipswich .

On the fall of the great statesman th e Crown granted th e manor in 1 532

to Thomas,Duke Of Norfolk . I t subsequently passed to Michael Hall

,

who built the hall and sold the estate to Sir J ames Bacon,a member of

the distingu ished family of that name,be ing a 3rd son of Robert Bacon

of Drinkstone,by Isabel his wife

,daughter of John Cage

,Of Pakenham

,

and younger brother of Sir Nicholas Bacon,the lord keeper . He died in

1 573 , when the manor passed to his eldest son,Sir J ames Bacon

,who

married the daughter and heir of Francis Bacon,a younger son of Bacon

of Hessett,and dying in 1 61 8 was succeeded by his son and he ir

,Nathaniel

Bacon,who married Anne

,daughter Of Sir Thomas le Gross

,Knt.

,of Stoley,

in Norfolk,by Eli zabeth his wife

,daughter of Sir Charles Cornwallis

,Of

Broome . He left one son Thomas and two daughters fl Elizabeth,married

to Nathaniel,2nd son of Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston

,Ku t.

,and Anne

,who

died unmarried . Nathanie l di ed in 1 64 1 , and his son and successor , ThomasBacon

,married Elizabeth

,daughter of Sir Robert Brooke , Of Yoxford , and

was succeeded by his son and heir, Nathaniel Bacon , who sold the manorto Sir Henry J ohnson

,who rebuilt the Friston Hall and resided there .

He died in 1 683 and the manor passed to his son and heir , Sir Henry Johnson ,who died in 171 9, leav ing an only daughter and heir Anne , who marriedThomas Wentworth

,Earl of Strafford .

‘ He died i 5th Nov . 1739, and she1 9th Sept . 1754 , when the manor passed to the ir son and heir , WilliamWentworth

,2nd Earl of Strafiord

,but dying without issue 1 0 th March ,

1791 , the manor passed to h is cous in and heir male , Frederick ThomasWentworth

, 3rd Earl of Strafford, only surviv ing son and heir of WilliamWentworth

,Usher to the Dowager Princess of Wales , by Susanna , daughter

of John Chamberlayne Slaughter,of Upper Slaughter Hall , co. Dorset ,

which William,who died in 1776, was only surviving son and heir of Peter

Wentworth,Of Henbury

,co . Dorset

,who was next brother to Thomas,

created Earl of Strafford in 171 1 . He married in 1772 Eliza , 3rd daughterof Thomas Gould

,of Milboum e St . Andrew

,co . Dorset

,by Mary, daughter

of Will iam F rek e . He died suddenly 7th August , without issue ,when the Earldom of Strafford became extinct , and thi s manor appears tohave passed to Richard William Howard Vyse . He was th e only son of

General Richard Vyse by his zud wife Anne , only surv iv ing daughter andheir of Field-Marshal Sir George Howard

,K B

,of Bookham ,

co . Surrey,and Stoke Place

,co . Bucks

,by Lucy his wife , Sister and coheir of William

Wentworth , zud Earl of Strafford . R ichard William Howard Vyse wasHigh Sheriff for Bucks . in 1 829, and a Lieutenant-General in the army. He

‘See Aldeburgh Manor, in this Hundred .

“Will prov ed Oct. 1799.


married 1 3th N ov . 1 8 1 0,Frances

,zud daughter of Henry Hesketh , of

Newtown,co . Chester

,and was succeeded by his zud son , Colonel Richard

Henry Howard Vyse,M .P .

,High Sherifi of Bucks . in 1 867, who marr ied

22nd July,1 856 ,

J ulia Agnes, 3rd daughter of William ,

I st Lord Hylton ,and on his death in J une , 1 872 ,

the manor passed to his son and heir ,Howard Henry Howard-Vyse , of Stoke Place , Slough , Bucks , High Sheri ffof Northampton in 1 887, who 6th July ,

1 882,married Mabel Diana

,only

daughter of the Rev . Granville Sykes Howard-Vyse , rector Of Boughton .

The manor has been since acquired by Thomas Frederick Charles VernonWentworth

,Of Wentworth Castle

,Yorkshire

,and Of Aldborough Lodge

and Black Heath , Suffolk , eldest son Of Frederick Wi ll iam Thomas Vernon

F R i STON HALL .

Wentworth,by Lady Augusta , zud daughter of Charles , I st Marquis of

Ailsbury,K .T.

,and is now vested in his 5 0 11

,Commander Frederick Charles

Ulick Vernon-Wentworth,R .N .

, J .P .

Friston Hall,formerly the manor house

,is nowoccupied as a farm-house .

Arms of VYSE Arg. a buck’s head cabossed Sab . between the attiresa cross of the last . Of HOWARD Gu . on a bend between 6 cross-crossletsfitchée Argent

,an escutcheon Or charged with a demi-lion pierced through

the mouth wi th an arrow within a double tressure flory counterflory Gu . amullet Sable

,charged with a crescent Or for di fference .

MANOR OF B ECKLI NGS OR B LECK ING HALL OR B L ICK ING.

This was in 1 30 8 held by Moriell Blanche , and later by Michael de laPole . I t subsequently passed to the Crown

,and was granted by the King

to Edmund de la Pole,or rather a moiety of it was so granted .

At the beginning of the 1 8th century we find the manor vested in SirSamuel Clarke

,Bart .

,who died seised of it in 171 9. A l ittle later we find

it vested in Thomas Wentworth,Earl of Strafford , from whom it passed

to h is son and heir,Willi am Wentworth

,2nd Earl Of Strafford

,who died in

1791 without issue , and the same year we find the manor in the Right Hon .

Thomas Conolly,Richard William Howard-Vyse

,and Lev eson Vernon

,who

were apparently he irs . In 1 8 1 2 the manor seems to have been in Lev eson

Kern

c

c

l

in

c

a

i

rlone,and subsequently passed as the Manor Of Aldeburgh

,in this

un re


daughter of J ohn Clipesby,Of Clypesby,

Norfolk,and died in 1 598 , when the

manor passed to his son and heir,William Derehaugh ,

who had liv ery in1 60 0

,and was succeeded by his son and heir

,Francis Derehaugh ,

who

conveyed it to Anthony Middleton for years in trust to pay thesett lor’s debts .

Francis Derehaugh appears to have died in 1 61 6 without issue,leaving

a brother,J amesDerehaugh , who succeeded to the lordship and died without

issue in 1 632 ,when the manor passed to hi s Sister and heir Anne

,wife Of

Will iam Cardinal,of East Bergholt . Anne Cardinal di ed in 1 656, her

husband having been slain at the battle of Edgehill , leaving an only childAnne

,married to Henry Parker

,of Erwarton

,zud 5 0 11 of Sir Calthorp

Parker,to whom thi s manor passed .

Later one moiety of the manor vested in Price Devereux,Viscount

Hereford,and the other moiety was apparently in one Clyatt

,and passed

to his daughter and heir,married to George Wright . I n 1764 the whole

was purchased by Francis Seymour Conway,created Earl of Hertford

,

from which t ime the manor has devolv ed in the same course as the Manorof Chillesford

,in this Hundred (see also Earl Soham Manor, in Loes Hundred),

toArthur Hubert Edward Wood, and is now vested in Kenneth M . Clark,of

Sudbourne Hall .

Arms Of DEREHAUGH Sa . 3 martlets in bend betw. 2 cotises Arg .

GLEMHAM (GREAT) . 1 35

GREAT GLEMHAM .

manors were held here in Saxon times,three Of

them when the Survey was taken belonging to Robert Malet .The fir st was held of him by Walter

,and in the time Of

the Confessor by Hune,a freeman

,half under commendation

to the Abbot of Ely and half to Malet’s predecessor . Thismanor consisted Of 30 acres and a ploughteam (reducedto half a team when the Survey was taken), the val ue

being 75 . The soc belonged to the abbot .

The second was also held of him by Walter and was formerly in theposse ssion of Sparhavoc, a freeman under commendation to Edric . I tconsisted of 60 acres

,2 bordars

,and I } ploughteams (reduced to 1 team

at the t ime of the Survey), the value being 1 0 5 . The soc belonged to theabbot . The said Walter also held 3 acres , valued at 8d .

,formerly held by

two freemen .

‘

The third manor,held by Robert Malet , was formerly the estate of

two freemen,under commendation to Leuric


and a ploughteam ,which at the t ime of the Survey had come down to

1 ox also an acre of meadow valued at

Robe rt Malet had several other holdings in the place . The first wasformerly that of Ulmar

,a freeman under commendation to Malet’s pre

decessor,and cons isted of 1 00 acres

, 5 bordars, a ploughteam in demesneand 1 belonging to the men

,a church with 1 0 acres and an acre of meadow

,

also in former t imes a rouncy,valued at 20 5 . Malet also had 1 } acres

valued at 26d .,held by two freemen

,the soc belonging to the abbot

,and

5 acres valued at 1 0 d .,held by a freeman,

the soc over this also belonging tothe abbot .

Another estate was held Of him by Robert de Glanville,the soc being

the abbot’s,and was formerly held by Alwin

,a freeman . I t consisted of

1 5 acres valued at 25 .

Another of his estates held in demesne,the soc belonging to the abbot

,

was formerly that Of a freeman under commendation,and consisted of

6 acres valued at 1 2d .

The last of Robert Malet’s holdings ment ioned in this place consistedof 1 0 acres Of demesne land

,valued at

Another manor here at the time of the Survey belonged to Earl Alan .

I t was held by Sparhavoc, a freeman under commendation to Edric , RobertMalet’s predecessor

,and William Malet was seised thereof . I t consisted Of

60 acres,a bordar

,a ploughteam,

and half a church,with 1 0 acres and half

a ploughteam ,valued at 1 0 5 . Earl Alan al so had here 60 acres and 3

ploughteams, valued at 1 0 5 . which had formerly been the estate of eightreemen— Leuric

,Edric

,Ulmar

,Hunepot (a half-freeman), Godr ic, Almar ,

and Leuric,all under sub-commendat ion to Malet

’s predecessor,when

there had been 4 ploughteams , and later 3 . Another estate of Earl Alanwas 4 acres valued at 8d . formerly held by a freeman . All these estatesof the Earl appear to have been held of him by Hamo and it is amongstthe enumeration of Earl Alan’s estates here that we find the statementin the Survey I t is a league in length and half a league in breadth , andpays in a gelt zod.

'Dom. u . 308 .3Dom . i i . 309,

‘Dom. ii . 30 8b.‘Dom. ii . 297.


Two other manors were held here,one by Eudes the Steward and the

other by Walter Gi ffard . The manor Of th e former had ,in Saxon t imes ,

been the estate Of Ulur ic under commendation half to the Abbot Of Elyand half to Malet’s predecessor

,and William Male t was se ised thereof . I t

consisted of 2 carucates of land, 7bordars , 2 ploughteams in demesne and

half a team belonging to the men , 8 acres Of meadow ,and a mill . Also

half a church with 1 0 acres, 9 hogs , and 5 sheep , valued at 40 5 . At the

t ime of the Survey the hogs had increased to 1 6 and the sheep to 40 ,the

value having gone up to 50 5 .

Eudes th e Steward also had an estate here , which Pirot held of him,

having formerly been the estate of 1 0 freemen formerly under commendationto Uluric

,and subsequently added to the manor . This estate consisted of

53 acres and a ploughteam ,valued at 1 0 5 . 1 od . The soc belonged to the

Abbot of E ly,and William Malet was seised of the whole . I t was 1 2

quarentenes long and half a league broad,and paid in a gel t 20 d .

The manor ofWalter Giffard had formerly been the estate of Starling ,under commendat ion half to the Abbot of Ely and half to Wi ll iam Malet

,

the latter being se ised thereof . I t consisted of 1 80 acres,1 1 bordars

,2

plough teams in demesne and 1 belonging to the men . Also an acre of

meadow,2 rouncies

,1 6 hogs (increased to 26 at the t ime of the Survey) ,

and 30 Sheep (increased to The value was formerly increased to60 5 . when the Survey was taken . Added to this were 24 freemen undercommendation

,having 1 0 0 acres

,and 3 ploughteams valued at 40 5 .

“ I twas a league long and half a league broad

,and paid in a gelt zod .

Roger Bigot had two holdings in this place at the t ime of the Survey .

The first was in demesne and was formerly the estate of five freemen,and

consisted of 54 acres and I } ploughteams , valued at 1 0 5 . Four of thesefreemen were under commendat ion to Malet’s predecessor

,and thereof was

Male t seised and William his father before him . The soc belonged to theabbot .

Th e second estate was held Of him by Norman,and was formerly that

Of a freeman under commendation . I t consisted of 5 acres valued at 1 2d .,

the soc belonging to the abbot .‘

Another estate here was that of Roger de Poictou,consistingof a free

man with 5 acres valued at 1 2d . in demesne , the soc belonging to the abbot .‘

The Abbot of St . Edmunds also had here an estate held of him byNorman which had formerly been held by Aluric

,a freeman

,and six other

freemen and a half under commendation . I t consisted of 2 1 acres, 2 acres

of meadow,and a plough team ,

v alued at 55 . The soc belonged to theabbot .“

MAN OR OF NORTH GLEMHAM al . GLEMHAM MAGNA .

This appears to have been the lordship Of Hugh de Cressy in 1 263 , inwhich year he died seised of it .“

I n 1 287it was the lordship of Gal frid de Aspale, but in 1 324 was heldby the priory of Thetford , and the Min isters

’Accounts for that year wi llbe found in the Public Record Office .

’ I t was subsequently vested in SirJ ohn de Ufford

,and he died seised of the manor in

‘Dom. i i . 403.

‘Dom. i i . 36Ob.“Dom. 11 . 403 , 47Hen. I I I . 28 .

3Dom. ii. 345 , 345b.

7Bund le 1 1 27, No. 4 .

‘Dom. 11 . 353. 35 Edw. I I I . 87.


same date have and enjoy as tenants in common in fee the Manor of Wisset .Fountain Elwin died 4th April , 1735 , having by his will 27th Nov . 1733,devised all his estates to Caleb Elwin in fee .

Subsequently the manor was purchased by Samuel K ilderbee,of

Ipswich,attorney

,the son of Samue l Kilderbee

,of Framlingham

,draper ,

and Aletheia his wife,daughter of Robert Sparrow

,of Kettleburgh . Samuel

K ilderbee,the purchaser

,married Mary

,daughter Of Danie l Wayth ,

ofGreat Glemham

,and di ed 1 4th March , 1 8 1 3 , at the age of 87, his widow

having died at the same age i 3th Dec . 1 8 1 1,and the manor passed to his

son and heir,the Rev . Samuel Kil derbee

,D.D.

,rector of Ash and Trimley

,

who marr ied 1 0 th Apri l,1787, Caroline ,

daughter of Samuel Horsey,of

Bury,widow of Henry Waddington

,of Ely

,and sold the manor with

acres in 1 829 to John Moseley , of Drinkstone , for including furniture

,books

,t imber

,&c.

‘

Arms of K i LDERBEE : Erm . on a bend Gu . cotised Arg . betw. 3crosses patté 3 escallops of the last .

MANOR OF GREAT GLEMHAM OR LOWDHAM HALL .

Thi s was the lordship of John de Lowdham ,who died seised of it in

1 31 9, when it passed to his son and heir , Sir John de Lowdham,who died

in 1 356 when the manor went to his widow Joan for li fe,and on her death

in 1 372 passed to her grandson and heir, J ohn de Lowdham ,who died in

1 3743

The manor then seems to have gone to J ohn Glemham,who with

others gave the same in 1 40 6 to the priory Of Butley .

‘ On the suppressionof that house the manor went to the Crown

,

“ and was granted to Anneof Cleves by way Of dower . She did not die until 1 557, but in 1 545 a grantwas made by the Crown Of the reversion to William Edgar

,son of Nicholas

Edgar , of Great Glemh am . Particulars for this grant are still preservedin the Record Office .

’

Will iam Edgar married Alice,daughter of Nicholas Wolmer

, of GreatGlemham

,

“ and di ed 1 559, and was buried in the church of Glemham Magna,3rd September this year . The manor passed to his son and heir

,Nicholas

Edgar,who married Elizabeth

,

“ daughter of J onathan Chapman, Of

Frostenden . On the Memoranda Rolls in 1 562 is an order that this NicholasEdgar render an account of the issues of the manor to the death of LadyAnne of Cleves .” Nicholas Edgar had licence to alienate in 1 593 to his2nd 50 11

, Thomas Edgar . His eldest son Will iam had married the Sisterof Francis Saunders

,of Blaxhall , and had died in his father

’s li fet ime,

leaving two ch il dren,Francis and Robert

,both of whom died without

i ssue .Thomas Edgar married Thomasine

,daughter Of Greene

,of Norfolk

,

and is said to have sold to Sir Henry Glemham in 1 60 6,but in 1 60 1 a fine

was levied of the manor by Richard Foster against this Sir Henry Glemham,

”

‘ See Ipswich journal , 19th April , 1 828 ;l“She was buried there 20th Dec. 1 539.

r4fbfine

,1828 ; 4th July, 1 829.

9 She was buried at Great Glemham 17th30 w. I I I . 1 9. Aug. 1 589.

46 Edw. I I I . 35 .1 ° Memoranda, 4 E liz . Mich . Rec. Rot. 83.

See Manor of Tuddenham, Carl ford Her wi ll is dated 6th June, 1 634 , and sheHundred . was buri ed atGreat Glemham 25thD., 7Hen. IV. 40 . Sept. 1 638.

Hen. VIII . 12 Fine, Easter, 43 Eliz.

737Hen.VIII. D.K .R . 9 App. i i . p. 20 5.

GLEMHAM (GREAT). 1 39

and Davy enter s Francis Edgar,son and heir of Wil liam Edgar

,

‘ son ofNicholas

,as lord

,stat ing that he died in 1 60 5 without issue . Further

we find from the Chancery Papers in 1 630 ,referred to in the Deputy

Keeper’s 43rd Report ,

“ that this year livery of lands in Great Glemham andStratford was made to Thomas Edgar

,who was the 2nd son of Thomas

Edgar . Of course,this was not necessari ly of the manor . Sir He

Glemham died in 1 632 , from which time to the time of Sophia North themanor devolved in the same course as the Manor of Far nham in thisHundred . In 1 896 , however, the manor was vested in the late Duke ofHamilton and Brandon

,Knt.

,who this year died seised

,and it is now vested

‘ This William was th e eldes t son and hei r “App. i . p . 171 .

of N i cholas, and brother of Thomas.


GLEMHAM PARVA .

e in this place 20 acresbelonging to Kettleburgh , valued at 4od .

,the soc belonging

to the abbot . Th is estate belonged to Earl Alan when theSurvey was taken .

‘

Earl Alan had another estate in thi s place held Of himby Hamo

,the soc belonging to the abbot . I t had formerly

been held bytwo freemen ,Wacra under sub-commendation toMalet’s predecessor

,and Ulv ev a under commendation to Malet

’s predecessor .I t consisted of 20 acres and a ploughteam valued at

Under the heads Thieve Gl iemh am in the Survey is another holding ofEarl Alan

,namely,

the estate formerly he ld by Ustred ,a freeman under

commendation to Bishop Ailmar . I t consisted of 20 acres,half a plough

team (increased to a team when the Survey was taken), and 1 } acres Ofmeadow . Also a holding of 5 acres was that of two freemen under commendation

,the value being reduced to 55 . at the time of the Survey .

‘

MANOR OF GLEMHAM PARVA .

In the reign of Edw. I . this was the lordship and inheritance of SirWill iam de K erdeston

,

‘ and passed in the same course as the Manor ofB ulchamp,

in B lything Hundred , t ill the death of Sir William de K erdeston,

2nd Baron,in 1 361 , when it passed to his daughter Maud , married to John

de B urghersh ,and passed to Bartholomew de B urghersh , who with Cecily

his wife had a grant of free warren here in and di ed in 1 35 when themanor v ested in his son and heir

,Bartholomew B urghersh ,

Lord B urghersh ,

who died in 1 369, when it passed to his daughter and heir Elizabeth, marriedto Edmund

,Lord le Despencer .

’

The manor then devolved on Sir John Phel ip, of Dennington , who hadmarried Alice

,daughter and heir of Thomas Chaucer

,by Maud his wife ,

daughter and coheir Of Sir John de Burghersh and Maud his wife , one of thedaughters of Sir Will iam de K erdeston

,zud Baron . He died without issue

in 1 41 5 , when the manor passed to Sir Will iam Phelip, who founded thechant

gyat Dennington

,and gave this manor as part of the foundat ion

grant .On the suppression of the chantry of Dennington the manor vested in

the Crown,and was granted in 1 545 to Sir Richard F ulmerston.

A little later the manor passed to Christopher Glemham,who died 1 8th

Oct . from which time the manor has descended in the same courseas the Manor of Farnham

,in this Hundred

,to the Hon. Sophia North

,of

Glemham Hall,who held the lordship in 1 855 . From the State Papers

in 1 646 we find that Sir Thomas Glemham and Sackvil le his son had tocompound for in 1 655 we find that Sackville Glemham

,

of Glemham,was sent prisoner to Lymm .

“

The manor was subsequently acquired by Francis,6th Earl of Guildford

,

son and heir of the Hon . Brownlow North,Bishop of Winchester

,by

Dom. i i . 297. 7See B laxhal l Hal l Manor, in this Hund red .

Dom. ii . 297.8 Manor of Dennington, inHoxne Hundred .

‘Dom. ii . 297. 4 and 5 Edw. VI .‘ See Manor of G riston. Stratford St. App . ii . p . 1 29.

And rew , in this Hund red . S.P . Cal . of Comp . 1 579.

5 Chart. Rol ls, 23 Edw. I I I . 3.

“See Manor of Carlton Hal l , Carl tonColville , Mutford .

S P . 1 655, 368 .


to Sir John Phel ip ,of Dennington

,and from him to his son and heir ,

Sir William Phelip .

’ On his founding the chantry at Dennington he gavethis manor as part of the endowment .

On the suppression of the chantry the manor passed to the Crown andwas granted to Sir John Glemham . As part of the chant ry lands it isreferred to amongst the Exchequer Special Commissions in 1 599. SirJohn Glemham died m 1 638 , and from this time to the t ime of Sir HenryGlemham the manor devolv ed in the same course as the Manor ofFarnham

,in this Hundred .

MANOR OF OVER P ISTRIE OR PETI STRE -CUM-ARMIGER'S .

This was the inheritance of Sir J ohn Glemham in the time of Hen . VI I I .,

and in 1 51 3 the said Sir John Glemham and Elizabeth Bacon settled themanor by an assurance to Charles Brandon

,then V iscount L’I sle

,Sir Robert

Brandon,Knt.

,Chr istopher Willoughby

,Humphrey Wingfield , and

Christopher J enney . On Sir J ohn’s death in 1 538 the manor passed tohis son and heir

,Christopher Glemh am

,from which t ime the manor has

devolved in the same course as the Manor of Glemham Parva .

MANOR OF B I LLESFORDHALL OR BILSTON HALL OR B ILFORD OR BILSON .

The demesne of Haz lewood was in 1 3 1 6 m Clemence T1tlershall . Hewas probably of the same family as the William de Tynteshale ,

”of

Hazlewood,who complained in 1 30 0 that Thomas , prior of Snape

,and

others carried away his goods at Hazlewood and assaulted Henry le

Montford,his serj eant

,there .

‘

I t is now regarded as a hamlet of Aldborough,as the church has been

long in ru ins . In the middle of the 1 4th century we find the lordship hadpassed to the Abbot of Leiston

,where it continued until the dissolution of

that house,when the manor passed to the Crown

,and was given to Cardinal

Wolsey for the purposes of his educational scheme . In 1 528 it was grantedby the Dean and Canons of Cardinal College

,Oxford

,to Wil liam Capon

,

Dean of Cardinal College,Ipswich .

On the fal l of the great Cardinal,the manor again went to the Crown

,

and thi s t ime was granted in 1 536 to Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk .

A fine was in 1 587levied of a‘ ‘ Glemham Manor by Margaret

,Viscountess

Hereford,against Sir Wm . Drury and others

,and this may possibly be of

this manor .Davy says that m 1 609 the manor was vested in Thomas Okeley, but

we venture to question this . The improbability l s apparent from an act ionabout this t ime though certainly earli er than 1 60 9, which appears amongstthe Chancery Proceedings . I t is an action to protect the t itle of ThomasOkeley to copyholds held of the Manor of Byllysforde , in Haslewood ,

”

which manor was the inheritance of Wil l iam Humberston .

“ I t is rettyclear that towards the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth

,at least

,il l iam

Humberston was lord .

The manor subsequently passed to Sir Arthur J enney,

’son of Francis

and grandson of Arthur J enney,who died in 1 60 5 . Sir Arthur married

’See Manor of Dennington, in Hoxne sF ine , Trin. 29 Eliz.

Hund red .

6C.P . ii . 279.

4 1 Eliz . D.K .R . 38 App. p. 61 . 7See Knottishall Manor, in B lything3 Fine , Trin. 5 Hen. VIII . Hund red.‘ Pat. Rolls, 28 Edw. I . 1 44.

GLEMHAM PARVA . 1 43

four t imes I st Anne,daughter of Sir Robert Barber

,of Trimley 2ndly,

Catherine,daughter of Sir John Porter 3rdly,

Helen,daughter of Francis

Stonard,of Stappleford Abbot , Essex , widow of John Freeman and 4th

Mary,daughter of Thomas Hull

,of Godalming

,Surrey . Sir Arthur J enney,

by his wi ll in 1 667, proved the following year , devised the manor to his sonby his 1 st wife

,Francis . Francis Jenney married Sibella , daughter of

Francis Norris,of Norwich

,and made his wil l I st Aug . 1 698 . He died

without issue 20 th April,170 6, when the manor possibly went to his widow

who survived until 3oth Sept . 171 6. Thi s at least is Davy’s inference,

for he makes Jenney widow without a date , and a Capt . J enney, 170 6,and Robe rt J enney

,who died in 1741 , lords . We

,however

,suspect that

Davy is mistaken,for 1 6 years before the death of Francis Jenney in 1 690

by deed dated 1 8th F eb . we find ev idence that Elizabeth Pegge , widow of

Thomas Pegge , of Yeldersley , co. Derby,and Thomas Pegge her son

mortgaged the manor to John Bence , then of Blaxhall .

Whatever may be the solution of the di fficulty (it is no doubt that Alex .

Bence was a mortgagee) it is clear that in 171 9 the manor was in AlexanderBence

,as he then sold it by agreement 1 9th Nov . 171 9, to Thomas

Wentworth,Earl of Strafford

,K .G.

,for

The Earl and the Hon . Peter Wentworth the same year by deed dated

4th March , 171 9-20

,mortgaged the manor and advowson to the Hon .

Elizabeth Wentworth,spinster

,of the parish of St . J ames

,Westminster

,

a sister of the Earl . The deed is amongst the Addit ional Charters in theBri tish Museum .

‘

The Earl married Anne,daughter and heir of Sir Henry Johnson

,

Kut.,of Bradenham

,in Bucks

,and dying in 1739 the manor passed to

his son and heir,Will iam Wentworth

,2nd Earl of Stratford

,who died

without issue in 1791 , from which time the manor has descended in thesame course as the Manor of Aldborough

,in this Hundred

,and is now

vested like that manor in Commander Frederick Charles de VernonWentworth

,R .N .

, J .P .

Add . Ch . 1 3747.


I KEN .

MANOR or IKEN,Now CALLED IKEN CUM FRAMLINGHAM .

HIS was the lordship of Sir William Estu rmy in 1 225 . Heheld here and in Buxhall three knights' fees . From SirWilliam the manor descended to Sir Will iam Sturmy in 1 339in the same course of descent as indicated in the account ofBuxhal l Manor

,in Stow Hundred .

I n the Testa de Nevil l (283) Roger Esturmy is said tohold a knight’s fee here of the Honor of Lancaster . ‘ An

extent is given of this manor in the 1nqui s . p .m . of Roger de Sturmym 1 254 .

He is called in this inquisit ion ‘ ‘ Roger de Stu rmy al . Esturmy al . LeEsturmy,

and the manor is said to be held of the K ing in chief by theserv ice of one knight

’5 fee

,and to be held of the priory of Ely . Will iam

his son was found to be his heir,and of the age of 30 and upwards . The

property is mentioned in the inqu is . p .m . of Edmund,Earl of Lancaster

,

as held in 1 297by Roger le Sturmin.

” 3

I n 1 340 we find an order on the Close Rolls to the escheator to deliverto Mary ,

late wife of Thomas,Earl of Norfolk

,in dower

,the moiety of a

fee in Iken which William Stu rnyn held extended at 50 3 . yearly ; also afurther part of a fee in Iken which Roger Fausebroun held extended at 2yearly.

The manor was either disposed of by Sir William Sturmy the last ofhis family holding here

,or shortly after his death , to J ohn Ruley, and passed

from him and his wife Margaret in 1 363 to Sir Thomas de Felton and J oanhis wife .

5 This Sir Thomas de Felton had a grant of free warren here inEleven years later we meet with a fine of the manor levied by John

de Pyshale , clerk , against William de Ufford, Earl Of Suffolk , and Sir Rogerde Boys .

’

About 1 40 0 the manor appears to have been v ested in Sir RobertWingfield , who died in when it passed to Sir Robert Wingfield , hisson and heir

,and on his death in 1 431 vested in his son and heir

,Sir

John Wingfield , of Letheringham . Part iculars respecting the liberties ofthe manor as parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1 479 will be found ina proclamation of Edw. IV . confirming the privi leges of the Duchyamongst the Add itional Charters in the Brit ish Museum .

9

On Sir John Wingfield’s death in 1 481 the manor passed in the same

course as the Manor of Thorpe Hall,in Hasketon

,in Carl ford Hundred ,

to the t ime of Sir Robert Wingfield , 3rd Bart . , who died in 1 671 .

In I 542 Sir AnthonyWingfield passed the manor to Richard Randall ,and in 1 545 by virtue of a deed dated 28th April

, 37Hen . VI I I . madebetween Maurice Denys and Elizabeth his wife

,and Robert Kaylwey and

Richard Randall e,and a fine levied 1nMichaelmas Term of the same year

it appears to have become vested 1n the said Robert Kaylwey and RichardRandall

,but apparent ly only as trustees . On the death of Sir Robert

Wingfield , 3rd Bart.,unmarried

,he was succeeded by his half brother, Sir

Henry Wingfield , who married Lady Eleanor Touchet , daughter of Merwyn ,

‘ T. de N . 291 . H .R . 11. 1 99.7Fee t of Fines , 47Edw. I I I . 29.

38 Hen. I I I . 23.

'I .P . .M , 1 0 H en. IV. 28’I .P .M 25 Edw. I . 5 1 .

9 Add . Ch . 1 6565 .

‘ Close Rolls , 1 3 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 33. 2 1 Edw. IV. 59.

’Feet of Fines . 36 Edw. I I I . Fine , Hi ] . 34 Hen. VIII.‘Chart. Rol ls , 36 Edw. 111. 1 8 . Add . Ch . 25269.


M ANOR OF ORFORD.

H IS manor was he ld at the t ime of th e Surv ey by RobertMalet

,though 110 ment ion is made in it of e ither Orford ,

i ts manor or castle . I t seems to hav e been he ld under himby Peter de Valoines , who was one of the companions of

the Conqueror . He married Albreda,daughter or sister of

Enorde Rye , steward of the household to Hen . I .,and had

a grant or confirmation of the lordshi p . He was succeeded by his son

Robe rt or Roger,who byAgnes his wife had issue four sons — Peter, Robert ,

Geoffrey,and John .

Robert de Valoines succeeded his father and obtained a confirmation ofth e manor from the Empress Maud . The eldest son Peter had marriedGundreda de Warren,

but had had issue three daughters only — Lora,wife of

Alexander de Baliol Christiana,married I st to William de Mandev il and

afterwards to Peter Maine ; and Elizabeth or Isabel to David Comyn .

Robert,the inheritor of his father

’s estates

,by Hawise or Heleu ise his wife

le ft an only daughter Gunnora ,who married Robert Fitz Walter

,and was

he ir to her uncle Geoffrey,of whose lands she had livery in the 9th year of

King John .

Robert de Valoines died in 1 1 84, and was succeeded by his brother ,John de Valoines . He

,by I sabella his wife , daughter of Sir Robert de

Creke,of North Greke , in Norfolk ,

had a son Robert,who succeeded him .

Robert de Valoines married Roesia ,one of th e sisters and coheirs of Sir

Will iam de B lund,of w orth

,and le ft issue Robert

,who was slain at the

Battle of Lewes in 1 264 . I n right of his mother this Robert de Valoineswas lord ofw orth

,and marrying Eva de Crek etot had issue two daughters ,

Roesia,married to Sir Edward or Edmund de Pakenham

,and Cecily

,

married to Sir Robert de Ufford,who died in 1 3 1 6 .

In the year 1 20 4 Hugh Bigod and John Fitz Robert were appointedj oint gov ernors of this and Norwich Castle

,and upon their removal in 1 2 1 5

the command of both was given to Hubert de Burgh,and Roger Bigot

,

Earl of Norfolk,in 1 264, appears to have had th e castle as gov ernor .

The manor does not appear in the grant on the Patent Rolls in 1 30 4to Roger de Bigot

,Earl of Norfolk

,

‘

nor in the committal of the castleand town to the custody of William de Clydon in nor in that toJohn de Stu rmin in The grant to Robert de Ufford is also l imitedto the castle and town

,and is moreover for li fe only

,and for his better

maintenance in the King’s serv ice .

‘

In the case of John le Sturmy his custody could not have been forlong

,for in 1 3 1 8 th e King granted him lands in recompense for the custody

of the castle and town which he had as of the yearly rent of £2 1 . 23 . m i d ,

and which had been resumed by the King , no doubt with the obj ect ofcommitt ing the custody to Robert de Ufford .

’

Against this devolution we hav e some facts difficult to harmonise .

F or instance,Robert de Ufford

,the father

,held th e farm Of the manor

,i f

nothing more,and he died in 1 298 , and his interest certainly passed to

his son and heir,Robert de U fford

,who married Cecily,

one of the daughtersand coheirs of Robert de Valoines .

ts Then again,Davy states that Nicholas

Pat. Rolls, 32 Edw. I . 3 .

‘ Pat. Rolls, 4 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 22 .

’O. , 9 Edw. I I . 3 .

’Pat. Rolls, 4 Edw. 111. pt. 11. 1 2 .

3O 1 2 Edw. I I . 2 ; Pat. Roll s, 1 Edw.

6 Extent , 26 Edw. I . 32 .

I I I . pt. i . 17.

ORFORD . 1 47

de Segrave had the manor for li fe in 1 3 1 2 . He probably means 1 31 4 ,as this is the date of the grant of the castle and manor . ‘ Also William deCleidon held in 1 31 6 ,

and on his death the manor passed to his son andheir

,John

,de Cleydon ,

2 when it went to his daughter and he ir Eleanor .Yet in 1 32 1 , Madox

,in his work on th e Exchequer

,

3 states that this yearthe manor and castle were in the custody of J ohn de Sturmy.

There can be no doubt as to Robe rt de Ufford,who died in 1 3 1 6,

havingthe manor

,and it then passed to his son and heir

,Robert de Ufford

,who

at this t ime appears to have obtained a grant of the town and castle of

Orford for his life through the favour of King Edward I I I . in 1 33 1 . Thegrant was made to him for his services in the wars in Gascony.

‘

He was created Earl of Suffolk 1 6th March,1 336

-

7, with an habendumsibi et haered ibus suis

,

” thereby conferring upon him th e earldomdescendableto his heirs general . He married Margaret

,daughter of Sir Walter de

Norwich and widow of Thomas de Cailly,Lord Cailly,

and ( lied 4th N ov .

hav ing had issue — Robert,who died in his father

’s l ifetime William

,

his successor ; Thomas , who died without issue ,and three daughters ~ Cicely,

married to John, 3rd Lord Willoughby de Eresby ; Katharine to Robert ,

3rd Lord Scales ; and Margaret , to William , 3rd Lord Ferrers, of Groby.

William de Ufford,2nd Earl of Suffolk , was a Knight of the Garter

in J uly ,1 375 , and in 1 377Admiral of the North , and served in the French

wars with dist inct ion . In 1 380 he succeeded to Mettingham Castle and otherestates of the Norwich family on the death of his mother .

He married twice — I st Joan,daughter and cohe ir of Edward de Monta

cute,Lord Montague

,by Alice his wife , daughter and cohe ir of Thomas

de Brotherton,Earl of Norfolk and 2ndly,

Isabella, 5th daughter of Thomas

de Beauchamp,Earl of Warwick

,widow of Sir John le Strange

,Lord

Strange de Blackmore,but died suddenly in ascending the steps of the

House of Lords,1 3th Feb . 1 38 1 without leaving any issue ,

whereupon

the manor passed to his widow,Lady Isabella

,who had amongst the

possessions assigned to her in dower a grant of the castle and town of

Orford .

Amongst the Harleian Charters is a deed dated the Friday after St .Valentine 's Day ,

1 Hen . IV . in French,by wh ich William Phel ip,

Robert de Asshfe ld,Thomas Wroxham

,clerk

,and Henry Serj eant permit

Isabe l de Ufford to do waste to the v alue of 1 0 0 marks in the manors ofParham

,Ufford

,the castle and town of Orford held by her for l ife .

” Thereis also a confirmation by Wil liam de Willoughby

,Lord of Eresby,

to whomhad been granted the reversion of the said manors .

7 Isabel de Ufford,

Countess of Su ffolk,died seised 29th Sept . when the castle and town

and manor passed with the estates of W illiam,Earl of Suffolk , to his sisters

and coheirs,and this manor fel l to Robert de Willoughby,

6th Baron , sonof Will iam

, 5th Baron (who had died in son of Robert, 4th Baron (who

had died in son of J ohn, 3rd Lord Willoughby de Eresby, which J ohn ,

had fou r sons— Robe rt, Thomas ,‘O 8 Edw. I I . 2 1 .

Wi lliam, and Edward by h is first24 Edw. 111. 80 .

’Vol . i . 383 . wi fe , but t hey al l pre-d eceased their‘ See Manor of Bawdsey, in Wil ford father

,wi thout issue .

Hundred .7Harl . 55 H . 1 .

5Wil l , 29th June , 1 368 , proved atLambeth ,n th Nov . 1 369.

‘Will , 1 2th and 1 3 th June , 1 38 1 , provedat Lambe th . He is said to hav e

“Wil l , 26th Sept . 1 41 6.

9H i s wil l is dated at Eresby 5th June ,1 395 , and it was proved at StowePark 1 2th Aug. 1 396.


3rd Baron , had married the e ldest sister Cecily . Robert de Willoughby,

6th Baron,had accordingly livery of the castle and town of Orford and the

possessions of the de U ffords .

By a deed dated I st J une, 5 Hen . V . [1 417] he settled the manor ,

grant ing the same to Henry Fitz Hughe , Lord of Rav ensworth

,Sir Miles

tapu ltone ,Sir Simon F elbrigge , Kut.

,and John Spenser

,John Wilbey

Master of the College of Mettingham ,Henry Tutlewey,

clerk,and others .

By another deed amongst the Harleian Charters we find in 1 439 SirRobert de Willoughby had li cence from Hen . V I . to assign by way of settlement the castle and town of Orford

,the Manor of Wykes Ufford , Sogenhoe ,

and Wyndev ele le Kay ac Stagnum de Wodbrigge ," and also the

advowson of the church of Ufford held of the King in chief . The trusteeswere Sir Thomas Comb irworth

,Robert Sheffie ld

,J ohn Langholm

,Thomas

Fitz William,John Stayndrape ,

and Robert Foranan,and the date of the

deed I st Oct . 1 8 Hen . VI . The Manor of Orford does not appear to beincluded .

Robert de Willoughby married I st Elizabeth,daughter of J ohn

Montagu,Earl of Salisbury

,and 2nd ly Maud , daughter of Sir Richard

Stanhope,cousin and heir of Ralph

,Lord Cromwell

,of Tatshal l , and died

upon the fest iv al of St . J ames the Apostle in the 3oth year of Hen . V I .leaving J oan

,the wife of Sir Richard Welles

,Knt.

,son and heir

apparent of Leo,Lord Wel les

,his only daughter and heir

,27years of age .

Sir Richard Welles was summoned to Parliament in the lifet ime of hisfather by th e t itle of De Eresby in 1 455 and in 1 460 and 1 463 . Amongstthe Harleian Charters is a document dated 1 2th Dec . 39 Hen . VI .

by which Alice , Duchess of Su ffolk , constitutes Will iam Harlestone , WilliamStanley,

and John Su liard to receiv e seisin of the castle and town of Orfordwhich the said Alice had recovered against Robert Willoughby by a decisionof the Court of Common Bench .

’

The manor seems to have been held by Alice’s grandson,Edmund de

la Pole,Duke of Suffolk

,but i t subsequently vested in Margaret

,daughter

of Sir William J enny,of Knottishall

,widow of Sir Christopher Willoughby ,

K .B .,son of Robert Willoughby by Cecily his wife, daughter of Leo, Lord

Welles , which Robert was son of Sir Thomas Willoughby by Joane his wife ,daughter and heir of Sir Richard Arundel

,which Sir Thomas was a younger

brother of Robert Willoughby,Lord Willoughby

,who died in 1 452 . Sir

Chri stopher left five sons — Will iam,Christopher (father of William ,

whowas created Lord Wi lloughby,

of Parham), John,George

,and Thomas .

William Willoughby, the eldest son,on failure Of issue of Sir Robert Welles

,

who had married J oane,daughter and heir of Robert

,6th Lord Willoughby

,

came to be one of the coheirs and to re-enj oy the barony of Eresby whichhad be fore descended to Sir Richard Welles

,and was accordingly summoned

to Parliament 17th Oct . 1 50 9, as Lord Wil loughby , of Eresby.

He married I st Mary,daughter of Sir William Hussey,

of Sleaford,co.

Lincoln, Chie f J ust ice of England,1 48 1

-95 , and 2ndly Mary Salines , a

Spanish lady (maid Of honour to Katharine of Arragon), and dying 1 9th

Oct . left a sole daughter and he ir,Katharine .

I t was on behalf of this ladyMary that Katharine wrote so piteously toher father , King Ferdinand, in Sept . 1 50 5 , entreating him to command herto be paid , since I have nothing wherewith to pay her .

”

'Harl . 58 B . 1 3.

3Harl . 54 I . 17.

2W i l l , 9th Jan. 1 448 , and 6th June , 1 452 ,

‘He was bu ried at Mettingham. Will ,proved at Lincoln, May, 1 524, proved 1 527.


courage that he offered to mee t a person who sent him a very impert inentchall enge when he had the gout in his hands and feet w1th a piece of arapier in his mouth .

I t was by the marriage of Peregine , Lord Bert ie with Mary de Vere ,aunt and eventually he ir of John , Earl of Oxford , that the hereditary greatChamberlainship of England passed into the family of Wi lloughby d

'

Eresby.

He died in June,

leav ing issue Robert,hi s son and heir

,and four

other sons and a daughter . On the 22nd Nov . 1 626,Robert

,1 2th Lord

Willoughby de Eresby,was created an earl by the t itle of Earl of Lindsey

,

but before this the manor had been purchased by Sir Michael Stanhope,

Knt., youngest son of Sir Michae l Stanhope , Knt.

,and brother of John

,

the 3rd son,created the rst Lord Stanhope . Sir Michael served in the

fleet of Queen Elizabeth and in her Privy Council for 20 years , and in th eearly part of the reign of her successor .

A Survey was made of the manor with the other manors of Sir Michaelin 1 60 0 by J . Norden

,the wel l-known cartographer . His lands included

the manors and parishes of Staverton Eyke,Bromeswell

,Wantisden

,Chil les

ford,Sudbourne

,Orford

,and Dunningworth .

I n 1 60 3 we find on the Memoranda Rolls an order for removal of processon annual rent of £420 out of Orford Castle and Honor and discharge ofMichael Stanhope .

’

Sir Michael Stanhope married Elizabeth,

3 daughter of Sir WilliamRead

,of Osterley

,co. Middlesex

,Kut.

,and on his death the manor passed

to his daughter and coheir J ane,married I st to Henry

,Lord Fitz Walter

,

son and heir of Robert Ratcliffe,Earl of Sussex

,and 2nd ly to Sir William

Withepol , of Ipswich,Kut.

,by whom she had a daughter Elizabeth

,

married to Leicester Devereux,Viscount Hereford

,from which time to the

present the manor has devolved in the same course as the Manor ofChill esford

,in this Hundred (except that be fore vesting in Arthur

Hayward it was vested in Sir Richard Wallace,Bart ), and is now

vested in Arthur Herbert Edward Wood .

There is a precipe on a covenant concerning rent from the castle andmanors in 1 561 amongst the Additional Charters in the British Museum .

‘

‘Wil l , 7th Aug. 1 599, proved 1 2th Sept. ’Anne on monument at Sudbourn.

1 60 1 .‘ Add . Ch . 2530 1 .

“Memoranda, 1 Jac. I . , Rec. Rot. 260 .

PARHAM . 1 51

PARHAM

L manors were held here in Saxon times . One

formed part of the estate of Earl Ralph,kept in hand for

the King by Goodrich the Steward . I t had formerlybeen held by Thurmot and consisted of 2 carucates of land ,4 bordars , 2 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne and 1 be longingto the men

,8 acres of meadow

,and wood sufficient to

support 20 hogs .

Also 50 hogs , 5 beasts , 24 sheep , and 50 goats, the value of the wholebeing 1 0 0 5 . At th e t ime of the Survey there were a few differences in thesedetails — the serfs were reduced to 1

,there was wood for th e support of

only 1 0 hogs,there were 30 hogs , 38 sheep , and 58 goats , while the v alue

having been first increased to £7was still further increased to £1 0 (blanchemoney), and 20 5 . by tale as gersum .

Amongs t the same lands was an estate formerly belonging to six freemen . I t consisted of 24 acres and half a ploughteam included in theabov e v aluation . Thurmot had the soc ov er the manor and three freemen

,

and the Abbot of Ely over three . This manor was 1 1 quarentenes long and6 broad

,and paid in a gelt 40 d .

l

Another manor was enumerated in the Survey amongst the possessionsof Earl Alan . I t had been held in the t ime of the Confessor by Alu ric

,

the King’s thane,and consisted of a carucate of land

, 3 bordars , a serf, 2ploughteams in demesne and half a team be longing to the men . Also 4acres of meadow and 20 sheep

,the value be ing 20 5 . When the Survey was

taken this manor was held by Hamo of Earl Alan,the hal f ploughteam

be longing to the men was not ment ioned,and there were 8 hogs

,the value

hav ing increased to 40 3 .

Earl Alan had also 1 6 acres here valued at 32d . which had formerlybeen held by three freemen .

2

Another estate was that of Earl Hugh and had formerly been that offour freemen under commendation to Earl Hugh

’s predecessor . I t consisted of 20 acres valued at and at the t ime of the Surv ey was held byRoger Bigot of Earl Hugh .

3

Robert Malet possessed three manors in this place at the t ime of theSurv ey . One was held of him by Walter

,son of Aubrey

,having formerly

been the estate of Alnod,a freeman under commendation to Edric . I t

consisted of a carucate of land, 4 vill e ins , a ploughteam in demesne and 1

be longing to the men,and 3 acres of meadow . When the Survey was taken

the v i lleins were reduced to 2,the ploughteam in demesne had disappeared ,

and that belonging to the men was reduced to half a team . To the churchbelonged at that time 24 acres of free land . The value was 30 3 .

The second manor was also held of him by Walter , son of Aubrey,and

was formerly the estate of B laccheson,a freeman under commendation .

This consisted of 40 acres and half a ploughteam ,valued at 63 . 8d .

,

increased to73 . at the time of the Survey .

The third of Malet’s manors here was formerly the estate of Ernu lf,

a freeman under commendation,and also consisted of 40 acres , half a

ploughteam , and an acre of meadow v alued at 73 .

’Dom. ii . 285 .3Dom. ii. 299.

’Dom . ii . 296, 2966.


Other of Malet’s holdings consisted of 40 acres in the demesne of Newtonvalued at 65 . 8d . 1 2 acres v alued at 23 . formerly held by two freemen undercommendation

,and in the abbot

's soc ; 40 acres , half a ploughteam ,and an

acre of meadow,valued at 7s .

,formerly held by Ernu l f , a freeman under

commendation 30 acres , half a plough team ,and an acre of meadow

,valued

at 5s .

,formerly the estate of Alnot, a freeman under commendation 40

acres,1 ploughteam,

and an acre of meadow ,valued at 7s .

,in the socof the

Abbot of Ely,formerly he ld by two freemen under commendat ion , but at

the time of the Survey held by Walter , son of Aubrey,of Malet ; and 1 2

acres v alued at 2 5 . held by Gilbert of Malet,the one belonging to the abbot

,

which estate had formerly been held by a freeman under commendation .

‘

MANOR OF PARHAM HALL .

Thi s was probably the lordship of Ralph de Col lev il l , who held also theadvowson of the parish church in the time of Hen . I I . They passed to hisnephew

,Gilbert de Colville

,and in 1 20 8 were granted by him to Theobald

de Valoines . I n the reign of King John we find an action between thisGilbert de Colv ille and Theobald de Valoines touching the t itle to theadvowson of Parham church

,the former alleging that the last presentation

to the same had been made by Ralph de Col lev ill,his uncle

,whose heir he

was .2

Theobald was the son of Robert,Lord Valoines

,and on his founding

Hickling priory in Norfolk, in 1 1 85 , he endowed it with the churches ofParham and Hasketon . He was a descendant of Peter de Valoines

,a Baron

in the Con ueror’s t ime .

’ Robert de Valoines held in the time of Edw. I .,

and on the atent Rolls in 1 280 will be found a commission issued to enquireinto the persons who broke his park at Parham and carried away deer .‘

His daughter and one of his coh‘

e irs Cecily married Sir Robert de Ufford,

created by writ 1 3th J an . 1 30 8—9, Lord Ufford . He was steward of the

household to King Edw. I I .,and took this estate in right of such marriage .

He had a grant of free warren here in I t seems that William,son

of Robert Cok erel l,was accused by him of breaking his park at Parham ,

hunting and carrying away deer,for on the Patent Rolls in 1 30 5 we meet

with a pardon for this offence .

6

The chief lordship,however

,at this time seems to have been held by

John de Vaux or Vallibus,who died in when it descended to his

daughter and coheir Petronella,married to Will iam de N erford . We

find as late as 1 377the manor mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of the N erfordsas

,for instance

,in that of J ohn de N erford .

” Sir Robert de Ufford died

9th Sept . and Cecily his widow in 1 325 , and from this time to thedeath of Will iam de Ufford

,zud Earl of Suffolk

,in the manor passed

in the same course as the Manor of Orford,in this Hundred .

This earl built Parham church,and bequeathed his body to be buried

at Campsey abbey,under the arch of St . Nicholas chapel

,behind the tomb

of his father and mother . The reversion in the manor expectant on thedeath of I sabel

,Countess of Ufford

,was vested in Robert

, 4th Baron

l Dom. ii . 30 66, 307. 1 6 Edw. I . 41 .

’Abbr. of Plu s , 7and 8 John in dorso. 50 Edw. I l l . 46.

’See Manor of Orford , in this Hund red .“ I .P .M 1 0 Ed . I I .

‘ Pat. Rolls, 8 Edw. I . 3d. Ex tent, 1 9 Edw. I I . 74.3 Chart. Rol ls, 32 Edw. l . 67. 5 Rich . I I . 57.

° Pat. Rolls, 33 Edw. I . pt . ii. 5 .


Amongst the Harleian Charters is a deed dated I st J une, 5 Hen . V .

[1 417] by which he granted thi s manor with those of Ufford and Orford toHenry Fitz Hughe

,Lord of Rav enesworth

,Sir Miles Stapu ltone , Simon

F e lbrigge , J ohn Hev enyngham ,Kufs .

,John Spencer

,J ohn Wilbey

,master

of the Col lege of Mettingham,Henry Tutlewey,

clerk,and others .

He died 25th J uly , 1 452 ,leaving an only daughter

,and the manor

passed in possession (for Isabel , the widow of Wil liam de Ufford,Earl of

Suffolk,had died in 1 4 1 6) to his next heir male , his nephew Sir Robert ,

son of Sir Thomas Willoughby,by J oan his wife

,daughter and coheir of

Sir Richard Fitz Alan,Knt.

,son of J ohn Fitz Al an

,Lord Maltravers

,2nd

son of Sir Richard Fitz Alan,

‘

3rd Earl of Arundel .Sir Robert W ill oughby married Cecily

,zud daughter of Leo

,Lord

Wel les,and eldest sister and coheir of Richard

,Lord Welles

,and dying

3oth May, the manor passed to his son and heir,Sir Robert

Wi lloughby,who dying two years later

,23rd March , 1 466 the manor

passed to his brother,Sir Christopher Wil loughby

,who assumed the t itle

and was known as the 8th Lord Willoughby .

Christopher Willoughby was made one of the Knights of the Bath atthe coronation of Rich . I I I . In 1 487he brought forces to the aid of theKing against the Earl of Lincoln

,Lambert Simnel

,and their adherents

,and

was in the Battle of Stoke,near Newark-upon-Trent

,1 6th J une

,when they

were defeated and the Earl of Lincoln slain .

By hiswil l bearing date I st Nov . he ordered his body to be buriedin the church of the nuns at Campsey

,in the County of Stafford

,before the

high altar where his father lay interred,bequeathing to the prioress there

£20 ,to each of the old nuns 6s . 6d .

,to each of the young nuns 3s . 4d . He

also left 1 0 marks for making another tomb for Robert,late Lord Wil l oughby

(his uncle) at Metyngham ,and to William Willoughby , his eldest son ,

or to him who after his death should be his heir,half his plate and

j ewels .

He married Margaret,daughter of Sir Will iam Jenney

,of Knottishal l

,

one of the J udges of the Cour t of King’s Bench,and dying in 1 498 the manor

passed to his widow Margaret for li fe,and on her death 1 6th May

,

went under. the will of Christopher to his 2nd 5 0 11

,Sir Christopher

Wil loughby,Knt.

I n 1 5 1 3 he was nominated by Act of Parl iament as one of the mostdiscreet persons

,justices of the peace (as the words of the Act run), for

assessing and collecting a subsidy of by a poll tax,810 . The same

year being with the King in his expedition agai nst the French , he wasknighted for his valiant behaviour at the sieges of Terov en and Tournay .

By his will dated in 1 527he gave £4 per annum to the church of Parhamin satisfact ion of al l t ithes and offerings negligently forgotten . Notice andpart iculars of Sir Christopher

’s goods at Parham in 1 527 will be foundamongst the State Papers .s Amongst the Tanner MSS . in the Bodleianwe find the grant by Christopher Willoughby to Edward Whyte of a certai nannui ty out of th e manor in

There is amongst the Star Chamber Proceedings in 1 530 an act ionby Lady Willoughby against Sir Christopher Will oughby as to this manor .’

I .P .M 5 Edw. IV. 35.5 S P , 1 9 Hen. VIII. 3474.

7Edw. IV. 37.

‘Tanner , cv i . 1 1 .

3 Prov ed 1 3th July fol lowing. 722 Hen. VIII . , Star Chamber Pro

7Hen. VIII. 29. ceed ings, Bundl e 17, 399.

PARHAM . 1 55

Sir Chris topher Wil loughby resided in the parish , and married Elizabeth ,daughter of Sir George Talbois

,Kut.

,and sister and heir of Gilbert

,Lord

Talbois,of Kime

,co. Lincoln

,by whom he had issue Sir Wil l iam Willoughby,

Kut.,his son and successor

,who 1 6th Feb . 1 546, was created Baron Wil

loughby,of Parham

,and having dist inguished himself in the wars of King

Henry VI I I . was 4th of Edw. V I . made Lieutenant of Calais and th emarshes adj acent

,where he resided during the remainder of that reign .

In the reign of Queen Mary he was removed from the government of Calais.

In 1 553 a fine was levied of the manor by Richard Heywoode andothers against William Wil loughby

,Lord Wentworth .

‘ The fine includedthe advowson of the church of Parham . Sir Will iam Wil loughby

,I st

Baron,married I st Elizabeth

,daughter and cohe ir of Sir Thomas Heneage ,

of Hainton and Knaith,co . Lincoln

,and 2ndly Margaret , daughter of

Robert Garneys , of Kenton , and widow of Richard Devereux,Viscount

Hereford,father of Walter

,Earl of Essex . In 1 570 on the insurrection

in the north by the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland he marchedwith the Earl of Sussex against them

,having under his command a great

charge of footmen as Stowe in his annals relates . His will bears date atDoncaster 1 0 th Dec . wherein he directed his body to be buried atParham . He died in Aug . 1 574 , leaving Margaret , his zud wife ,

surviving,

and the manor passed to his son and heir Charles,zud Lord Willoughby,

subj ect to her life interest . The widow made her wi ll 1 3th Feb . 1 593-4 ,

which was proved 28th J an . 1 599-1 60 0 .

A fine of the manor was levied in 1 580 by Sir William Skipwith andothers against thi s Charles

,Lord Willoughby .

’

Charles,zud Baron

,married Margaret

,daughter of Edward Clinton

,

I st Earl of Lincoln,by whom he had issue five sons — William

,who died in

his lifetime,Sir Ambrose Willoughby

,Kut.

,Edward Will oughby

,Charles

Willoughby,and Sir Thomas Wi lloughby

,and three daughters . William

the son died in 1 60 1,and by Elizabeth his wife

,daughter and heir of Sir

Christopher Hildyard ,Knt.

,of Winestead in Holdem ess

,had issue with

other chil dren,a son Will iam

,who succeeded on the death of his grand

father Charles in 1 60 3 .

A fine of the manor was levied in 1 596 by Thomas Hatcliffe and othersagainst William Willoughby and others,

‘ and another in 1 597by Sir HenryConstable and others against the said William .

’ Will iam Willoughby, 3rd

Baron , married Frances , daughter of J ohn Manners , 4th Earl of Rutland ,and was father of three successive lords Willoughby .

A first court for the manor is said to have been held zrst J uly,1 60 0

,by

Robert Barker,and another 29th March , 1 61 4, a first court was he ld by Robert

Barker,serj eant-at-law

,who died in 1 61 8

,when he was succeeded by his

son and heir,Bestnen Barker

,who held a first court 1 2th J une

,1 61 8 . But

if thes e were lords of this manor,they must have held their courts as t rustees

or mort agees , for we find that 26th Oct . 1 61 4 , Wil liam , 3rd LordWil lough y of Parham

,held his first court . He died 28th Aug . 1 617,

leaving his eldest son and heir Henry, 4th Lord Wil loughby , an infant of

the age of 4 years and 1 1 months . Henry died shortly after his father ininfancy , and the manor passed to his brother Francis , sth Lord Willoughby,zud son of the 3rd Lord , who roth Oct . 1 639, held hi s first court . He

Fine , Easter , 7Edw. VI . ‘ Fine , Trin. 38 E liz.

“ Proved August , 1 574.5 Fine , Mich . 39 40 El i z .

3 Fine, Mich . 22-23 Eliz .


sided with the Parliament on the breaking out of the Civi l War , and wasa commander in the army of the Commonwealth . He was , however ,accused by Parliament of high treason in 1 647, and made his peace withthe King the following year .

His correspondence wil l be found amongst the Tanner MSS . in theBodleian

,

‘ and notices of it will be found in the same coll ection .

’He

married Elizabeth,zud daughter and cohe ir of Sir Edward Cecil , V iscount

Wimbledon . F rancis, 5th Lord Willoughby , of Parham ,

sold the manorto Barnabas Bowtel l

,who he ld his first court in 1 649 . I n 1 687Henry

Webb is stated to have been lord,but short ly afterwards the manor was

purchased by J ohn Corrance , of Rendlesham . He died in London 7thApril

,and was buried at Parham 6th May

,the manor passing to his

son and heir,Clement Corrance

,who represented Orford in Parliament from

170 8 to 171 4 .

He married in 170 5 Mary , eldest daughter of Sir Robert Davers , zudBart . of Rougham

,and made that parish his future residence . His will

is dated 1723 ,and he died in 1724, and was buried in Rougham church ,

when the manor passed to hi s son and heir, John Corrance , of Rougham ,

who by a zud marriage with Anne,daughter of Robert Chester

,of Coken

hatch,co. Herts

,left an infant daughter Anne

,his sole heir . J ohn Corrance

died 3rst J u ly , 1742 , and by his will dated the same year left the manorto hi s widow Anne for li fe . She died in 1745 , when the manor devolved onh er dau

g1ter Anne

,who dying unmarried 6th Aug . 1748 , it passed to

Elizabet another sister of John Corrance and daughter of Clement ,who hadmarried Israel Long

,of Dunstan

,near Norwich . Elizabeth Long died at

Bury St . Edmunds 3oth December, 1792 , aged 87, when the manor passedto her cousin Mary

,eldest daughter and coheir of Major John Corrance , a

distinguished officer at Dett ingen,Fontenoy

,and Cullenden (son of Richard

Corrance,zud son of John Corrance

,of Rendlesham

,MP . for Oxford), and

wife of Snowden White,M .D .

,of Nottingham

,eldest son and heir of Snowden

Wh ite,of Newton F lottman

,co . Norfolk

,by Elizabeth his wi fe

,daughter

of Dr . Latham,of Derbyshire

,and grandson of Samuel White

,of St . Ives

,

who was a younger son of Thomas White,of Pirton

,co . Herts an officer in

the Parliamentary army,and the officer who at Cromwell s command

removed the mace from the table of the House of Commons in 1 653 .

Snowden White the son died in 1797, and his widow in 1 837, leaving an

only son,Frederick White

,of Loudham Hall and Parham Hall

, J P . andD .L .

, who 27th Sept . 1 81 9, married Frances Anne, 3rd daughter of WilliamWoodley , Governor of Berbice and of Great Kitts , who 1 6th May

,1 837,

assumed the name of Corrance . He died in October,1 873 , when the manor

passed to his son and heir,Capt . Frederick Snowden Corrance

,of Parham

Hal l, J .P .

, D .L .,MP . for East Su ffolk 1 863 to 1 873 , who in 1 860 marr ied

Frances Maria , daughter of Capt . Charles Du Cane , R .N .,of Braxted Park

,

Essex , and had an only son , Charles Frederick, born 1 862 and di ed 1 876.

There are in the British Museum grants in 1 417‘ and 1 429

’of the

manor . Amongst the Additional Charters in the British Museum ,too

,is

a release of the manor in

Tanner liv . 1 47; lv .70 ; lv i . 209, 2 1 0 , 240 ;Ixi i. 20 8 , 229, 232 .

’Tanne r [lv . 44 ; lv i . i . 1 1 ccl x x xvi . 1 32.’Will 23rd April , 170 4.


RENDHAM .

HERE were several manors in this place in Saxon times .One was that of Ostul a

,a freeman under commendation to

Malet’s predecessor,his father Wi lliam being seised thereof

,

and consisted of 40 acres , a villein , 2 bordars , a plough teamin demesne and hal f a team be longing to the men. Th evalue was 73 . At the time of the Survey this manor washeld by Earl Alan

,the soc belonging to the abbot .

Earl Alan held two other manors in this place . The first in the sametownship was formerly held by Hune

,a freeman under commendation to

Ralph the Staller,and consisted of 30 acres , hal f a plough team and an

acre of meadow,valued at 53 .

The second was formerly held by nine freemen under commendation toMalet’s predecessor

,his father William being seised of them . This manor

consis ted of 91 acres, 2 bordars, 45 plough teams, and 4 acres of meadow ,

valued at 20 3 . ( increased to 27s. at the t ime of the Survey). The socbelonged to the abbot .‘

Robert also held a manor in thi s place of Robert Malet at the timeof the Survey . I t consisted of a carucate and 69 acres of land as a hamlet ,3 vi l leins , 2 bordars, 2 serfs (reduced to 1 when the Survey was taken), 2

ploughteams in demesne and 1 1} teams belonging to the men (reduced to 1

when the Survey was taken), 6 acres of meadow,wood sufficient to support

40 hogs (and only for 30 when the Survey was taken), a rouncy , 24 hogs ,1 8 sheep

,and 30 goats , valued at £3 . 1 0 8 .

There was also a church with 24 acres and a plough team . Added tothi s manor were 1 3 freemen wi th 80 acres , 2 ploughteams (reduced to 1 atthe tim e of the Survey), and 3 acres of meadow,

valued at 20 3 .

The manor was a league in length and 7quarentenes in breadth , andpaid in a gelt zod . The soc belonged to the abbot .2

Two other manors in this place were held at the time of the Survey byRoger Bigot . The first was held of him by Norman and formerly belongedto Olf

,a freeman under commendation to Norman . I t consisted of 30

acres,a bordar

,and an acre of meadow

,valued at 53 . The soc belonged to

the abbot .

The second was held of him by Ralph,and formerly belonged to B lacson

,

a freeman under commendation to Edric,Malet’s predecessor

,William

being seised thereof . This consisted of 66 acres,a villein

, 3 bordars , Ifiploughteams , 2 acres of meadow ,

and wood sufficient to support 4 hogs,valued at 1 23 . The soc belonged to the abbot .

Another estate of Bigot held of him by Ral ph formerly be longed to fourfreeman and a half

,and consisted of 35 acres and a ploughteam ,

valued at

53 . 1 0d . Three of these freemen were under commendation to Male t'spredecessor— Cadrie

,Godr ic

,and Tul f Willi am Malet being seised thereof .

The soc belonged to the abbot . Roger Bigot also held a bordar here with1 0 acres valued at rod.

3

MANOR OF RENDHAM .

Thi s was the estate of Olf,a freeman in the time of the Confessor

,and

of Roger Bigot at the t ime Of the Survey when one Norman held it of him .

‘Dom. ii . 2976.

3Dom. ii . 344 , 344b, 345 .

‘Dom. 11. 307b.

RENDHAM . 1 59

In 1 3 1 6 it was vested in John de B ru siard or B ruseyard ,of Shaddingfield ,

in Wangford Hundred,and somewhat later in Ralph de Ufford, Earl of

Suffolk,who granted it to John Warde . Extent of the lands belonging to

Sibton abbey in Rendham in 1 324 will be found amongst the AdditionalMSS . in the British Museum .

“ But the manor was not acquired by the abbeyuntil 1 355 , and the li cence to al ienate will be found amongst the HarleianCharters in the British Museum .

3 I t is given by indenture under the seal ofSir Robert de Ufford

,Earl of Suffolk

,to J ohn Warde

,parson of Wodeton

,

Roger Almot,of Mellis

,and others

,and authorises the alienation to the

monastery of th is manor which the licensees held immediately of the saidEarl . The l icence is dated at Perham and Sybton on Sunday after theFeast of the Translat ion of St . Thomas the Martyr [7th July] 29 Edw. I I I

The manor was then held by service ad wardam of Richmond Honor .With the monastery of Sibton the manor continued until the suppress ionof that house

,when it vested in the Crown

,and was gr anted in 1 547to Sir

Arthur Denny . He had li cence the same year to grant the same to EdmundRous . A fine was levied of the manor in 1 576 by Willi am Grene againstAndrew Jennour and others .

’

In 1 80 5 it was vested apparently in Thomas Trusson,later in Catherine

,

sister and he ir of Anthony Collett,and after in his son and heir , the Rev .

Anthony Collett,who died in 1 838 ,

and whose executors advert ised to sel lby auction the manor

,8th J une

,

In 1 847the manor was vested in Frederick White Corrance, of Parham

The manor is mentioned in the inq uis . p.m . of Margare t Wingfield ,

who died 3rst August , 1 50 4 , leaving Elizabeth , wife of John Glemham ,and

Katherine Bacon,wife of Robert Carneys , Eleanor Bacon , daughter of

Thomas Bacon , next heirs as daughters of Thomas Bacon,son of the

said Margaret .’

MANOR OF BARMES OR BARNES .

Early in the 1 sth century this lordship seems to have been held byJohn Berney , but by 1 48 1 it was vested like the main manor in the Abbotof Sibton . After the suppression of the religious houses the manor was

iranted in 1 547to Anthony Denny and subsequently vested in Sir Edmundous .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings in the time of Queen Elizabethwil l be found an action by Henry Denny against Sir Edmund Rouse touchingthis Manor of Barnes

,

‘5 who had li cence in 1 552 to alienate it to RobertHacon.

A fine was levied of the manor in 1 558 by Robert Norton against Thomas ,Duke of Norfolk .

’

I n 1 60 9 the manor seems to have been in Philip, Earl Of Arundel , butby the beginn ing of the 1 8 th century we find it vested in Seth Powel l

,son

of the Rev . William Powell,vi car of Rendham . Seth Powell was buried

at Rendh am 2nd Dec . 171 9, and by his will dated 1 8th Sept . 171 9, gavethe manor to his wi fe Anne for l ife

,then to his daughter Anne for l ife, with

‘Add . 34560 .

’I .P .M 2 1 Hen. VI I . roo.

”Harl . S4 E . 1 1 .

“C.P . Ser . ii . B . liv . 8 .

3 Fine , Tri n. 1 8 Eliz . 7Fine , Trin. 5 Mary I .

1 Ipswi ch jou rnal , 28th Apri l , 1 838 .


remainder in tail male, and in defaul t to his nephew,the Rev . Francis

Powell (rector of All Saints’, Colchester), son of his late brother Joseph

for life, with remainder to his issue in tail male, with remainder to his

(testator's) own right heirs . Anne

,the widow of Seth

,died and was buried 1 6th

Oct . 1787. The manor would seem to have been sold dur ing her l i fetime,

for Will iam Turton held his first court 4th Oct . this same year .

I n 1 855 the manor was vested in J . Crabtree,and in 1 885 in the Misses

Crabtree .


year , rst Feb . 9 Hen . VI .,from Beauchamp

,Earl of Warwick

,and Robert

,

Lord Willoughby,to Sir John Shardelowe

,Thomas Hoo

,John Golafre

Richard Wyot, Andrew Sperlyng,and Robert Danv ers

,of the manor .

By a deed the following year the Earl of Suffolk , Sir John Shardelowe , andThomas Hoo released the manor with others to John Hampden

,Thomas

Hasley,Richard Rostwold

,Thomas Walsyngham ,

and William Hervy .

This deed is dated roth Oct . 1 0 Hen . and this as well as thedeeds of 1 430 included the manors of Swans in Saxmundham and Maundev il les and Glanvilles in Sternfield

,in this Hundred . Three further deeds

re lat ing to all these manors are in the Harleian Col lect ion . They are alldated 1 43 1 . The I st

,which is dated 20th Sept . 1 0 Hen . VI .

,is a deed

whereby John Golafre,Andreas Sperlyng,

and Robert Danvers demise toJohn Hampdene , Thomas Hasley,

and others the manors .’ The secondbears the same date

,and is a power to deliver seisin ; while the 3rd is a

release from Cardinal Henry Beaufort , Humphrey , Duke of Gloucester,

Richard Beauchamp,Earl of Warwick

,Robert

,Lord de Willoughby

,and

HURTS HALL, SAxq DHAM .

others to Sir John Shardelow,Thomas Hoo

,John Golafre

,Richard

Wyot, Andreas S rlyng, and Robert Danvers of all the above manors .

The date rs 20 th ov . 9 Hen . V I .‘

The manor was assigned to Edmund's widow,daughter of Richard

,Lord

Scroope, for life , after which it devolved on the Crown,and was in 1 546

gran ted to Sir Nicholas Hare and John Har e .

’ The beneficial in teres twas Si r Nicholas Hare

’s , and from this time to the death of Robert Hare

about the manor passed in the same way as that of WoodbridgeU fford

,1n

.

Loes Hundred . The manor then passed to Benj amin Cutler,

who sold 1t before 1 650 to John Base, from whom it passed to his son andhei r, J ohn Base .

’38 Hen. VIII. D.K .R . 1 0 App . 11. 30 8 ,

where the valuation of the rectoryon th e grant to them is referred to.

SAXMUNDHAM .

Amongst the State Papers in 1 648 we find an entry no doubt referringto this John Base . I t is apparent from this entry that h e compounded forlands worth £9 a year purchased of Grace B edingfield , two-thirds of whichwere sequestered for her recusancy .

‘

He was in 1 654 appointed Commissioner for Sequestrations .2

I t is possible,howev er

,that John Base’s manor was only that of Swan

’s .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings in the t ime Of Queen Elizabeth we findan action by John Woode

,Phillippe

,his wife

,and others against Edmund

Keble touching the manor place of Hurtes in Saxmundham .

” 3

The manor was then purchased by and passed to Charles Long,of

Longvill e,a member of the council

,and Colonel of Horse in the I sland of

J amaica . He was the son of Samuel Long,Chief J ustice and Speaker of

the House of Assembly in the island . Charles Long came to this countyand settled at Saxmundham

,and was chosen as a representative in Parlia

ment for Dunwich in 171 4 . He married in 1 699 Amy , eldest daughter ofSir Nicholas Lawes

,Kut.

,Governor of J amaica

,by whom he had issue one

son and one daughter . He married 2ndly J ane , only daughter and heir ofSir Wil li am Bees ton

,Knt.

,Gov ernor of J amaica

,and relief of Sir J ames

Molyford , Bart . On his death in 1723 the manor passed to his e ldest sonby his 2nd marriage , Charles Long , who married Mary , zud daughter andcoheir of Dudley North

,of Glemham

,and dying in 1778 the manor passed

to his son and he ir,Charles Long

,who married in 1786 his first cousin J ane ,

daughter of Beeston Long,of London

,and dying in 1 8 1 2 the manor passed

to his widow J ane for l ife,and on her death in 1 834 passed by wi l l toWilliam

Long,and has since devolved in the same course as the Manor of Farnham

,

in this Hundred,and is now vested inWill iam Evelyn Long .

‘

Hurt’s Hall,originally buil t in the 1 5th century,

was destroyed by firein 1 890 ,

and three years later rebui lt as a mansion in the El izabethan style .It stands in a park of about 200 acres

,and is the seat of the lord of the

manor .

MANOR OF MURKETS OR SAXMUNDHAM MARKE T .

This was the estate of Roger Bigot at the time of the Great Survey,

and in 1 273 the lordship was v ested in John de Rarnseye , who had in thatyear a gr ant of a market and fair . He died in 1 275 , and in 1 31 1 we findth e manor vested in Thomas de Verley , who had a rant of a market andfair here this year .’ The same year we find an or er on the Close Rollsas to the market held upon a portion of the estate of Thomas de Verlayhere . I t is an order to pay to him the profits of a marke t and fair held uponseven acres in Saxmundham

,whilst in the King’s hands

,the land having

been so taken for his trespass in acqu iring same in fee from W illiam deB rykeleye without the King

’s licence,of whom it was held in chief .‘

I n 1 347the manor was v ested in Sir John de Wingzfield , and from thist ime to the execution of Edmund de la Pole , Duke of Suffolk, in 1 51 3 ,dev olved in the same course as th e Manor of Hurt

'

s or the main manorand the Manor of Wingfield , in Hoxne Hundred

‘S.P . 1 648 , Cal . of Comp . 1 85 1 .

‘ For account of this fam i ly, see Burke’s“S P . 1 654, Cal . of Comp . 691 , 693. Landed Gent ry, 793 .

3C.P . Ser. 11. B . cxcv . 2 1 .5 Chart. Rol ls , 4 Edw. I I . 38 .

6 Close Rolls, 4 Edw. I I . 8 .


In 1 5 1 0 the manor was granted by the Crown to Sir Robert Brandon ,but in 1 538 it was granted to King Hen . V I I I . by Charles Brandon , Dukeof Suffolk

,in exchange .

’

In 1 609 a Thomas Johnson appears to have been lord, and in 1 673Nicholas Sheppard

,woollen draper

,held the lordship . In 1724 the manor

was ev idently vested in Deborah Brame,of Marles ford

,widow

,for by her

will dated 3rd April this year she gave and dev ised unto Offiey J enney ,her grandson

,All that my Manor of Saxmundham Markett with the

rights,members

,&c.

,with the profits of the Fairs or Markets and all fines

rents,issues

,toll s

,&c. To hold to him

,his heirs

,and assigns for ever .”

The manor subsequently vested in Charles Long,who died in 1778 ,

from which time it has devolv ed in th e same course of descent as the mainmanor .

MANOR OF SWAN’S .

I n 1 30 8 this was th e lordship of Robert Swan,who founded a chantry

here . The licence for the alienat ion in mortmain of land here by himwil l be found this year on the Patent Rolls . I t enabled the grant to be madeto a chaplain celebrating daily in his (Robert Swan

’s) chapel at Saxmundhamof 60 acres of land

,2 acres of meadow

,2 acres of wood and 4s . rent in

Saxmundh am held in chief as of the Manor of Framlingham .

“

The manor seems to have passed to Roger Swan,who held in 1 323 ,

and later to Robert Swan,who di ed in His holding here was of

1 messuage,60 acres of land

, 3 of meadow and pasture,and 25 . 6d . rent

in Saxmundham . Not only are these particulars found in the inq u is . p .m .

of the last—mentioned Robe rt Swan,but also in the inq u is . p .m . of

another Robert Swan,who died in

The particulars are practically the same as those contained in the grantfor th e chant ry,

and this is explained by an entry on the Patent Rolls in 1 385 ,where it is made clear that by reason of the withdrawal of the chantry theland and endowment had been seized into the hands of Edw. I I I . In 1 385the lands were granted by Rich . I I . to Edmund de Wyghtham .

s

I n 1 40 8 the lordship was held by Michael de la Pole , zud Earl of Suffolk ,and was included in the settlement made in 1 40 8 referred to under the accountof Hurt’s Manor

,in Saxmundham .

° He died in 1 41 5 , when the manorpassed in the same course of dev olution as the main manor to John de laPole

,Duke of Suffolk

,who was beheaded in 1 491 .

I n 1 50 8 the manor was granted to Sir George Nevil , Lord B ergav enny .

The grant is dated zrst F eb . 23 Hen. VI I . I t included the Manor of Combs,

and is amongst the Harleian Charters in the British Museum .

’ I n 1 51 4,however

,the manor is found again in the de la Pole family

,being included

in the inq u is . p .m . of Edmund,Earl of Suffolk

,when it is stated to

be held of the King by fealty and of the value of £9 per annum and alsoincluded in the grant made to Mar aret

,widow of Edmund de la Pole

,

Earl of Suffolk,for life . See notice 0 ? grant in the State Papers in

The following year the manor went to the Crown on the death ofMargaret

,and was granted to Charles Brandon

,Duke of Suffolk

,who in

1 538 exchanged the same by deed with Hen . VI I I . for other manors .

‘o

‘ S.P . 30 Hen. VIII . 11. 1 1 82 (1 8a). °Harl . 54 I . 7.

’Pat. Rolls , 2 Edw. 11. pt. ii . 1 4 ; 7Harl . 5 1 H . 1 8 .

2 Edw. I I . 27. 5 Hen. VIII . 1 .

1 Rich . I I . 46.9S.P . 3 Hen. VIII . 4254.

9 Rich . l l . 66. S P . 30 Hen. VIII. ii . 1 1 82 (r8a).’Pat. Rolls, 9 Rich . I I . pt. i . 30 .

1 66 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK

SNAPE .

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Edric of Laxfield,

and consisted of 4 carucates of land , 8 vi lleins , 1 6 bordars ,5 ploughteams in demesne and 8 belonging to the men.

Also wood sufficient to support 6 hogs,6 acres of meadow

,

a mill,2 rouncies , 6 beasts , 24 hogs , and 1 60 sheep

,valued at

£6 . At the t ime of the Survey Walter held this manor ofRobert Malet

,the latter having the soc . The plough teams

in'

demesne had disappeared , but some might be made up , those belongingto the men

'

were reduced to 4 , 2 rouncies,hogs and sheep were not

mentioned,and the beasts were reduced to 2 . The manor was 3 leagu es

in length and 4 in breadth , and paid in a gelt 40 d .

Robert Malet also at the time of the Survey had here an estate formerlybelonging to 25 freemen under commendation to Edric of Laxfield . I t consisted of 1 0 8 acres , and 6 plough teams among them (reduced to 4 when theSurvey was taken) . The value was formerly 23s . and only 20 3 . at the t imeof the Surv ey .

Another estate of Malet was at the t ime of the Survey held of him byGilbert the Blond

,having in Saxon t imes been held by 2 1 freemen under

Edric’s commendat ion . I t consisted in former t imes of a carucate of land,

30 acres , and 6 ploughteams , valued at 20 3 . When the Survey was takenthe ploughteams had come down to half, but the value had increased to

40 3 . There was also a church with 8 acres valued at 1 6d .

‘

There is another entry relating to Snape in the Survey underthe head B ecclinga .

” I t was amongst the lands of Roger Bigot,and

consisted of a socman holding 20 acres , valued at 23 . This socage belongedto Kelsale . I t was held in demesne by Ranulf

,the soc belongin g t o the

abbot .2

MANOR OF SNAPE .

This was in the Confessor’s t ime the estate of Edric of Laxfield,and at

the time of the Surv ey Robert Malet’s

,Walter holding under him .

In 1 099 William Martel , Albreda his wife , and Geoffrey the ir son andheir

,gave the manor with the benefit of wrecks of the sea from Thorp to

Orford Ness to the abbot and conv en t of St . John at Colchester,for the

purpose of founding in the parish of Snape a priory which should be a cellto that abbey . A copy of the grant is st ill preserv ed amongst the ancientdeeds in the Public Record Office .

’ The endowment included the Manor ofAldeburgh also . The rant states that the abbot and chapter of

Colchester shal l place at nape a prior and monks according to the possib ility of the place under their obedience , who shall pay them hal f a markyearly,

and say two masses weekly for the grantors . The Abbot of

Colchester should also visit the priory twice yearly with'

1 2 horses,&c.

The witnesses to the deed are William,Bishop of Norwich , Walchel in the

archdeacon,Edward the dean

,Osbern Martel

,and others named .

By the deed of gift i t appears that the founder intended to hav e hisdesign immediately carried into execution

,but the monks of Colchester

delayed until 1 1 55 , at which period a prior and some Benedict ine monksfrom that house set tled here .

Dom. 11. 316 (bi s). 3A. 3262.

’Dom. ii . 388b.

SNAPE . 1 67

I sabel,Countess of Suffolk

,and patroness of this priory,

preferred acomplaint to Pope Boniface IX .

,which stated that the abbot and convent

of Colchester di d notmaintain a sufficient number of religious here accordingto the intention of the founders

,and in response this house was made con

v entual and exempt from subj ection to Colchester . Thi s occurred in 1 286,

but in 1 377we find that the King confirmed the priory to the Abbot ofColchester

,and on the Patent Rolls in 1 40 0 we find an order for the arrest

of John Mersey,of St . John’s

,Colchester

,for scheming to separate Snape

priory,a cell of the abbey

,there from .

‘ In 1 40 5 the manor was again in th eprior of Snape

,for this year it was taken into th e King

’s hands,and on the

Memoranda Rolls we find an order touching the prior of Snape beingcharged for the issues at that t ime .

1

In 1 50 8 Hen . VI I . granted the manor to the prior of Butley,but he

resigned it in 1 509, and in 1 524 at the Suppression , i t passed to the Crown ,and was granted to Cardi nal Wolsey for h i s grea t educational scheme .

A terrier of the suppressed monastery of Snape will be found amongstthe State Papers in and rents

,&c.

,in Snape lands of Wolsey

’s College

will be found in the State Papers for the same year .‘ Inquisit ions uponlands of the suppressed monastery at Snape will be found also in the StatePapers for

In 1 525 the manor was granted by the Cardinal to the dean of CardinalCollege

,Oxford

,who in 1 529 granted it to the dean of Cardinal College

,

Ipswich .

The transfer to the college at Ipswich was made by a Bull confirmedby the King .

“

On Wolsey’s fall the grant of the manor was resumed by the Crown ,

and in 1 530 we learn from the State Papers that a lease was granted toThomas Rushe and Thomas Alv erd for 30 years .

’ But in 1 533 wefind the manor granted to Thomas

,Duke of Norfolk .

' The grant wil l befound entered on the Originalia Rolls this year ,

’and not ice of the grantappears amongst the State Papers the same year .” From this t ime to thedeath of Willi am Wentworth

,2nd Earl of Strafford

,without issue in 1791 ,

the manor devolved in the same course as the Manor of Aldeburgh,in this

Hundred,and from that time to the present has passed in the same course

as the Manor of Friston , in this Hundred , and is now vested in T . F . C .

Vernon Wentworth .

Amongst the Bodleian Charters we find a lease for s ix years datedI st March

, 9 Anne , by which Sir Henry J ohnson , described as of FristonHal l

,demised to one Robert Hayward

,of Snape

,certain land there at an

annual rent ofThere are Court Rolls of the manor in the Brit ish Museum for the

following periods : 1 391-1 448 , 1 487 1 686-7, and Compotus

Rolls of the manor 1 279-8 1 ,"s

1 288 1 3 1 0 and 1 421

'Pat. Rol ls , 1 Hen. IV. pt. vi . 4d . ; pt. v iii . 9 0 . 24 Hen. VIII . Rot. 31 .

S.P . 24 Hen. VIII . 41 8’M. 6 Hen. IV. Pas . Rec. Rot. 17. Bod l . Su ff. Ch . 1 371 .

’S.P . 17He R . VIII . 1 534 Add . Ch . 1 0 50 8 , 1 0 5 1 0 , 1 0 5 1 2 .

17Hen. VIII . 26 24 .nAdd . Ch . 26297

-2630 85 SP . 1 9 Hen. VIII. 3537.

’4 Ad d . Ch . 1 3693.

° S.P . Hen. VIII . vol . iv . App . 172 ;'5 Add . Ch . 26390 .

S P . 20 Hen. VIII . 4307 see“ Add . Ch . 1 0 504 , 1 0 50 5 .

S P . 22 Hen. VIII . 47 "Add . Ch . 1 0 506.

7S P . 22 Hen. VII I . 680 3usAdd . Ch . 1 0 507.

'See account of him, Stoke by Nayland '9 Add . Ch . 1 651 1 .

Manor, in Babergh Hundred .


MANOR OF CouRr LEr s OR CAU‘

I‘

LETS .

The first lord we meet with of this manor is J ohn Okolte . In 1 430 wefind Henry Beaufort , Cardinal of England , Humphrey , Duke of Gloucester ,Richard Beauchamp

,Earl of Warwick

,and others released to Sir J ohn

Sharde lowe,Thomas Hoo

,J ohn Golafre

,Richard Wyot, Andrew Sperlyng,

and Robert Danvers .‘ There is also amongst the Harleian Charters aqui t claim by Richard Beauchamp

,Earl of Warwick

,and Robert

,Lord

Wil loughby,to the same parties to whom the last-mentioned release was

given . I t is dated I st Feb . 9 Hen . VI . The feoffees abov e hadlicence to grant the manor to Will iam de la Pole

,Earl of Suffolk

,and Alice

his wi fe,and the heirs of their bodies

,with remainder to the Earl’s right heirs .

’

William de la Pole,then Duke of Suffolk

,died in when the

manor passed to his son and heir John,and from him to Edmund de la

Pole,Duke of Suffolk

,as the Manor of Wattisfield

,in B lackbou rn Hundred .

At the beginning of the 1 8th century the manor was purchased by SirHenry J ohnson

,who di ed in 171 9, from which time it has devolved in the

same course as the main manor .

MANOR OF BERLING .

This manor was in 1 40 8 vested in Michael de la Pole , Earl of Suffolk ,and was included in the several deeds of 1 40 8 , 1 430 ,

and 1 431 referred to inthe account of the Manor of Hurt’s

,in Saxmundham . There is a Survey

and part iculars of this manor taken from a MS . in the Cambridge PublicLibrary amongst the Davy MSS . in the Brit ish Museum .

’

MANOR OF TASTARD’S .

The manor was 6th July,1 40 5 , given by Will iam Worstede to the

prior of Snape .

‘s Court Rolls relat ing to the manor when belonging to thepriory

,from 1 487to 1 507, wil l be found amongst the Addit ional Charters

in the Brit ish Museum .

’

Henry VI I . granted the monas tery of Snape with all its members to theprior of Butley in 1 50 8 , and it seems that in such grant this manor wasincluded .

I t vested in the Crown on the surrender of the prior of Butley in 1 524,and was granted to Cardinal Wolsey for his Col lege at Oxford , and he settledthe same in 1 525 on the dean of Cardinal College accordingly . The cleanin 1 529 granted i t to the dean of Cardinal College , Ipswich , and on

Wolsey’s fall the King resumed the Wolsey grant . I n 1 533 the King

granted the manor to Thomas,Duke of Norfolk

,

‘ from whom it descendedin the same course as the main manor to Henry

,Earl of Arundel and Surrey,

who died in 1 652 .

MANOR OF‘

Rv e c.

This was the inheritance of Robert de Rising,and in 1 428 was vested

in Will iam de la Pole,Earl of Suffolk . In 1 430 the manor was released by

Henry Beaufort,Cardinal of England

,Humphrey

,Duke of Gloucester

,Richard

Beauchamp,Earl of Warwick

,and others to Sir J ohn Shardelowe and

others as mentioned in the account of the Manor of Court lets , in Snape .

“

xHarl . 43 E . 19. The deed is dated the 5Add . MSS. 1 91 0 1 , fol . 231 b.

20 th Nov . 9 Hen. VI . 6 Hen. IV. 20 .

Harl . 45 I . 1 2 . 7Add . Ch . 26297-2630 8 .

’Pat. Rolls , 1 2 Hen. VI . pt. i . 2 ; 1 3 Hen.“S P . 24 Hen. VI I I . 4 1 8

VI . 28 9Harl . 43 E . 1 9.4 See Manor of Wattisfield , in B lackbourn

Hundred ; 28 Hen. VI . 25 .


STERN F I ELD.

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Leu ric undercommendation to Norman . I t consisted of 50 acres , 3bordars

,IAploughteams

,and an acre of meadow . There

was also here an estate of two freemen u nder sub-commendation to Norman

,consist ing of 3 acres valued at 20 5 . This

was held at the t ime of the Surv ey by Norman of RogerBigot

,the soc belonging to th e abbot . William Malet he ld

the manor at the t ime of his death,and Robert his son succeeded him .

Roger Bigot had two other estates in this place at the t ime of theSurvey . The first was held in demesne

,and was formerly the estate of

Edric,a freeman under Norman’s commendation . I t consisted of 34

acres,half a ploughteam ,

and 2 acres of meadow,valued at 1 0 5 . 8d . William

Malet was seised thereof,and Robert in like manner

,the soc belonging to

the abbot .The second had formerly belonged to 1 6 freemen and a half

,and con

sisted of 1 30 acres and 5 plough teams,valued at 30 5 . Norman had com

mendation ov er 75 in the Confessor’s t ime

,and Roger held over them in

demesne,Robert Male t’s predecessor hav ing commendat ion over

Oschete l,Leuric

,Osiet

,and Leuric Snip the half freeman . Of these William

Malet was seised,and his son in l ike manner .

‘

Earl Alan had two holdings in this place both held in demesne whenthe Survey was taken . The first was formerly the estate of Osborn a freeman

,and consisted of 24 acres and half a plough team ,

v alued at 43 . The

second was formerly the estate of two freemen,and consisted of 8} acres

valued at 1 8d .,the soc belonging to the abbot .

‘

Robert Malet had two holdings here at the t ime of the Surv ey . Thefirst was of a socman with 30 acres and an acre of meadow

,valued at

The second,which was he ld by William of Robert Malet

,consisted of

1 0 0 acres,an acre of meadow

,and 4 ploughteams valued at 445 . I t had

formerly been held by 1 5 freemen under Edric s commendation , whenthere were 5 ploughteams and the value was but

MANDEe LE’s MANOR .

This was the estate of Leuric under the protection of Norman in thetune of the Confessor and of William Malet at the t ime of the Survey . FromW i lliam Malet the estate passed to his son

,Robert Malet .

William Gu lafre held the manor in the t ime of Hen . I and it passedto his son and heir

,Roger Gu lafre

,and from him to his son and heir , William

Gu lafre,on whose death it went to his daughter and heir Philippa , married

to Robert,son of Ralph Brito .

5 On the death of Robert Brito the manorpassed to his son and heir

,Wi ll iam Brito

,or Breton

,and from him to his

son and heir,Will iam Breton

,who died in 1 258 . William Breton

’s daughterand coheir N icholaa or Scholastice married I st Sir Robert Mundeville orAmoundev i lle

,and 2nd ly Roger de Huntingfield .

Roger de Huntingfield and N icholaa his wife by fine in 1 290 sett led themanor on Robert de Mundeville or Amoundev ill e , the son of Sir RobertAmoundev ille N icholaa

’s I st husband . This statement is not verified

,

‘Dom . 11.

5 See Manor of Okenhill Hall , Badingham,

in Hom e Hundred .

STERNFIELD . 171

but is founded on th e result of considerat ion of the actual devolution coupledwith the fine lev ied in Of course it is possible that Sir Robe rt Mundev i lle and Roger de Huntingfield had married two Sisters , daughters of

Wil liam Breton .

From this t ime to the death of Sir Richard Mundeville in 1 350 themanor passed in the same course as the Manor of Okenh il l Hall , Badingham ,

in Hoxne Hundred . But we find that in 1 330 and 1 333 John de Mundev illepresented to th e liv ing of Sternfie ld

,and it is doubtful whether Sir Richard

de Amoundev i lle,who died in 1 350 ,

was not his son and heir rather than,

as stated in the account of Okenhi ll Hall,the son of Richard .

In 1 384 we find the manor ment ioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Michaelde la Pole for the parson of Sternfield Church . Richard de Moundevyle was at that time the parson of Sternfield . Michae l de la Pole diedse ised of th e manor apparently in and it passed to his son and heir

,

Sir Michael de la Pole,Earl of Suffolk

,and was included in the settlement

made in 1 40 8 re ferred to in the account of Hurt’s Manor in Saxmundham .

‘

Sir Michael died in 1 4 1 5 , when the manor passed to his son and heir , M ichaelde la Pole

, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , and on his death in October of the sameyear to his brother , William de la Pole , 1 st Duke of Suffolk , who died in1 450 .

In 1 5 1 3 the manor was held by Edmund de la Pole , Earl of Suffolk .

Amongst the State Papers in 1 530 is a grant in fee of Sternfield Manorto Thomas

,Duke of Norfolk

,which manor is there said to be in the King

’shands by the attainder of Wolsey .

’

In 1 546 ,however

,the manor had passed to the Framlingham family ,

and was held by Francis Framlingham,who di ed in 1 544 , when it passed

to his son and he ir,Sir Charles F raml ingham ,

who died in 1 5g5 ,‘l when the

manor passed to his grandson,Framlingham Gawdy. He married Lett ice

,

daughter and cohe ir of Sir Robert Knowles,and di ed 25th Feb . 1 654

-5 ,

when the manor passed to his son and he ir,Sir William Gawdy,

I st Bart .,so created 1 3th J uly , 1 663 ,

who married I st Sept . 1 636 , Elizabeth , daughterand heir of John Du ffield

,of East Wretham

,co. Norfolk

,and died in August ,

when the manor passed to his son and heir , Sir John Gawdy,zud

Bart . , married to Anne , zud daughter and coheir of Sir Robert de Grey , ofMerton , co . Norfolk

,and died in J an . 170 8

-9 . Sir John

,howev er , in his

lifet ime sold the manor with the advowson for £40 0 to William J ohnson ,brother of Sir Henry J ohnson . Upon Will iam J ohnson dying in Africa ,Dudley North

,of Glemham Hall

,purchased the manor in 171 9.

He died in 1729, from which t ime the manor has descended in thesamecourse as the Manor of Farnham ,

in this Hundred , and is now vestedm W i l li am Eve lyn Long

,of Hurt’s Hall

,Saxmundham .

There are conveyances of this and Glanvil le’s manors amongst theHar le1an Charters and Additional Charters in the Brit ish Museum in

and 1 43 1 .

Feet of Fines, 1 8 Edw. I . 1 8 .

'As tothesedescents, see Crows Hall Manor ,’I -P-M ‘ , 8 Rich . I I . 57. Debenham, in Th red lingHundred3 LP-M .» 1 3 Rich . I I . 4 1 . but a di fferent baronetcy.

4 Harl . 54 I 7 “Wil l prov ed F eb . 1 670 .

28 Hen. VI . 25 . Harl . 54 I . 9.

5 Hen. VIII . 1 . Harl . 43 E . 1 9 ; 54 I . 1 0 .

7S P . 22 Hen. VIII . 220 Harl . 45 I . 1 2 50 H . 27, 28 ; 54 I . 1 5.


MANOR OF V1RL1Es OR GLAe LLE’S .

This was the estate of Ed ric, a frecman, in the Confessor

’s day and of

\\ 1l lia111 Male t in the time of the Conqueror , and passed from William to

his son Robert .Gilbert Glanville

,

’Baron of B romholm ,and sometimes called Earl of

Su ffolk,held the manor , and it passed on his death in 1 266 to his zud son

,

Gilbert dc. Glanville ,from whom in 1 280 i t went to his son and heir

,Sir

Gilbert de Glanv ille ,from whom it passed to his daughter and he ir Eleanor

,

married to Sir J ohn de Wingfield ,of Wingfie ld Castle , who had a grant of

free warren here in 0 11 Sir John de Wingfield’s death the manor

passed to his widow Eleanor , and then to the ir daughter and heir Katherine ,married to Michae l de la Pole , created Earl of Suffolk 6th August , 1 385 .

He had licence to make a castle of his mansion here , and on his death themanor passed to his son and heir

,Michael de la Pole

,2nd Earl of Suffolk

,

and the devolut ion from him to Margaret,the widow of Edmund de la Pole

Earl of Suffolk,i s the same as that o f the Manor of Mandev ille

’s j ust given .

In 1 494 Edmund , Earl of Su ffolk , he ld a first court .In 1 5 1 3 , howev er, we find Sir Robert F itzLewiS

,Kut.

,had a grant

,

probablyof the rev ersion ,and he in 1 5 1 5 by deed dated 1 8 th Feb . 6 Hen.VI I I .

sold to Oliver Pole ,Chancellor to Charles Brandon

,Duke of Su ffolk

,and to

Humfrey Wyngefe ld ,general] attorney to the said Duke ,

”for£1 0 0 sterling .

The conv eyance was made to the use of the said Duke,

‘who held his first

cour t in 1 5 1 5 , and then exchanged the manor for other estates with KingHen . VI I I . The manor was forthwith granted by the King to Anne ofCleves

,who held her first court

, 3rd June , 1 541 .

Davy says that in 1 543 Mary Glemham ,probably wife of Edward

,

he ld the manor,and died in 1 571 , but he also states that Edward Glemham

had the manor and held his first court in 1 558 , and further that h e was apurchaser from the Crown and died in 1 560 . His next statement is that in1 561 John Glemham ,

son and heir of Edward , held and died in 1 563 . Th isEdward Glemham was of Benhall . His wife Mary was the daughter ofHenry Barnes , of Malgruoes , in Essex , and died 3 1 5t May , 1 571 . They hadtwo sons , J ohn and Edward .

As J ohn was buried 3rd April , 1 563 , i f Davy be correct , he must havesucceeded his father in 1 560 ,

and during the lifetime of his mother,who

did not die t il l 1 571 . There is no doubt that in 1 572 Richard Conyngsby,executor of the will of Mary Glemham ,

held the manor during the minorityof Edward Glemham

,the 2nd son and heir of Edward Glemham

,and brother

of John Glemham . Edward Glemham,the son

,married Elizabeth

,daughter

of George Bateman,of Flixton

,and they in 1 584 had licence to alienate ,

and sold to Francis Bacon and William Philips .A fine was levied of this manor in 1 584 by Francis Bacon and others

against Edward Glemham and others .’ William Philips died in 1 590

seised of a moiety,and Francis Bacon had licence the same year to alienate to

J ames Bacon . Thomas Philips,son and heir of William ,

had livery in 1 591 ,but thi s same year Thomas Philips and J ames Bacon held a first court .

I n 1 60 5 Sir J ohn Watts and others had l icence to alienate a moietyto Thomas Wythe

,and in 1 607Sir J ames Bacon and Thomas Wythe were

‘See Su t ton Hall Manor, in Wangford S See Pat. Rolls, 1 2 Hen. VI . pt. i. 2

Hundred . 1 3 Hen. VI . 28 .

2 Char t . Rolls, 9 Edw. I I I . 30 . t Harl . 54 I . 17.

5 Fine, 26 Eliz.


STRATF ORD ST. ANDREW.

WO manors were he ld here in Saxon times . The first wasthat of Horne

,a freeman under commendation to Edric

,

and consisted of 80 acres,a ploughteam , 5 bordars , half a

ploughteam belonging to the men,and 4 acres of meadow .

Also a rouncy,1 2 hogs

,1 6 sheep

,and 27goats , valued at

20 3 . At the time of the Surv ey this manor was held byRobert Malet

,th e rouncy was not ment ioned , there were an

add it ional 2 beasts , the hogs had increased to 1 5 , and the sheep to 30 ,while

the value was 253 .

Robert Malet also had an estate here which formerly belonged to afreeman and a half Alwin

,and consisted of 1 4 acres and half a plough team ,

valued at 33 . 4d . Th e soc belonged to the abbot .

‘

The second manor in Saxon t imes was that of Starling,and consisted

of a caru cate of land , 5 bordars , a ploughteam in demesne,and half a team

be longing to the men . Also 4 acres of meadow and a mill , valued at 40 5 .

The Domesday tenant was Walter Gi ffard . This Giffard had also here

74 acres and a ploughteam and a half, valued at 7s .

,held of him by Ralph

de Langtoft . I t had formerly been the estate of 1 3 freemen and a halfunder commendation . The soc belonged to the Abbot of Ely .

’

MANOR OF STRATFORD .

Th is was the estate of Herne under commendation to Edric in thet ime of the Confessor

,and of Robert Malet at the t ime of the Surv ey . The

manor came to Randu lph de Glanville , and on his founding Butley prioryhe probably made this manor part of the endowment . With the priorythe manor remained until the Dissolution

,when it passed to the Crown

,

’

and was granted by Hen . V I I I . to Charles Brandon,Duke of Suffolk . He

exchanged it with the King in 1 538 for other lands,and later‘ the King

granted it to Anne of Cleves for li fe . The manor or the reversion in i t (asAnne of Clev es did not die until 1 557)was granted in 1 557-8 to Gregory Pryceand Thomas Kerry,

and they sold to or were possibly trustees for ThomasGlemham

,of Glemham

,

’who died in 1 571 , when the manor descended inthe same course of devolution as the Manor of F arnham

,in this Hundred

,

to the t ime of the Hon . Sophia North,who had it in 1 830 ,

from which timeto the present it has passed in the same course as the Manor of GlemhamParva

,also in this Hundred

,and is now vested in the Earl of Guildford .

MANOR OF GRISTON .

This was the estate of Starling in the Confessor’s day and of RalphLangtoft under Walter Giffard at the t ime of the Survey . I n the reignof Hen . I I I . the lordship was held by William de K erdeston,

and passed tohis son and heir

,Sir Roger de Kerdeston

,and from him to his son and heir

,

Sir William de Kerdeston,as to whom see the Manor of B u lchamp,

in Blything Hundred . A fine was levied of the manor in 1 3 17 by Stephen deCressingham , chaplain , against Willi am de K erdeston and Thomas his son.

6

Thomas does not seem to have inherited,for it is stated that on the death

of Sir Wil liam de Kerdeston the manor passed to his son,Sir Roger de

‘Dom. 11 . 30 8b.‘ S.P . 30 Hen. VIII . 11. 1 1 82 (1 8a).’Dom. 11. 430 .sHarl . 80 A . 52 .

’Fine, Easter , 30 Hen. VI I I .

° Feet of Fines , 1 1 Edw. I I . 44 .

STRATFORD sr . ANDREW . 175

Kerdeston,who was created a Knight of the Bath (with Prince Edward of

Carnarvon,son of King Edw. and was Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk

in 1 33 1 . He was summoned as a Baron to Parliament in 1 332 , and died inwhen the manor passed to his widow Maud as part of her dower .

On the Patent Rolls in 1 338 will be found an order to de liver to thisMaud

,there called Matilda

,late wife of Roger de Kerdeston

,tenant in

chief,the advowson of Stratford church

,extended at I O marks yearly

assigned in dower by the King with the assent of William de K erdeston .

’

Subj ect to his mother’s interest th e manor and advowson descended to herson and heir

,William de K erdeston

,aged 30 at the decease of his father

,

and in 1 342 he had licence to alienate in mortmain the advowson to certainchaplains to ce lebrate in his Manor of Claxton

,and for appropriation of

Stratford church .

3 In 1 339 he obtained a licence to make a castle of hismanor house at Clax ton

,in Norfolk he was summoned to Parliament in

1 354 , and in 1 359 was summoned to be of council to Thomas de Woodstock

,Duke of Gloucester

,th e King

’s son,and Custos of England during

the King’s absence in France . He died seised of this manor in

In 1 353 he formed the design of settling this manor on the master andchaplains of the chantry of St . Mary in Claxton church ,

’and in 1 448 apatent was granted to settle th e said manor

,with tenements here

,for the

foundation of a chant ry there,which manor was said to be he ld of the

prior and monks of Thetford,probably in t rust for that purpose . This

house had an interest in the tithes of this parish,under a gift of Ralf Fitz

Walter and Maud his wife .

William de K erdeston was found to be son and heir of the abov e Williamby Maud his I st wife . And on the Originalia Rolls in 1 373 is an order totake fealty of William de Kerdeston,

son of William,deceased

,of the manor

and also the advowson of th e church of Strat ford .

‘s But by anotherinquisition John

,son of John de B urghersh ,

and Maud his wife,daughter

and coheir of Sir William de K erdeston,and of Margaret his zud wife

,

daughter of Edmund Bacon,of Gresham

,was found to be his he ir ; and

v arious law suits ensued upon these inquis it ions in order to prov e thisWilliam to be illegit imate .

’

In 1 425 a fine was levied between Thomas Chaucer (son of the poet)and Maud his wife

,one of the daughters and cohe irs of Sir John B u rghersh ,

q uerents , and Sir Thomas Kerdeston and Elizabe th his wife , de forciants ,of this manor

,under which it became vested in Thomas Chaucer and Maud

,

and they conv eyed the manor by way of sett lement to Sir Thomas andElizabeth in tail to be he ld of the he irs of Maud . Sir Thomas K erdestondied in 1 447, and we learn from the Escheat Rolls in 1 45 1 that the jury foundthat he was not seised of the manors of B u lchamp,

Henham,and Stratford

at his death but that William de la Pole,late Duke of Suffolk9 and Alice

his wife as her right entered on and receiv ed the profits during the life of

I .P .M 1 1 Edw. I I I . 45 . daugh ter of -Norwich , h is father’s’Pat. Roll s, 1 1 Edw. I I I . pt . ii . 1 9. concubine , though others al leged he3 Pat. Rolls, 1 5 Edw. I I I . pt . i . 6. was h is father’s son born be fore

35 Edw. I I I . 1 0 6. marri age . The latter was certainly26 Edw. 111. (22a Nos .) 4 1 . prov ed by a ju ry in Trinity Te rm.

6 0 . 46 Edw. I I I . 7. 38 Edw. I I I . See further B ulchamp7The proceedings wi l l be found set forth Manor , in B lyth ing Hundred.

in B lomefield’s H is t . of Norfol k . 29 Hen. VI . 3 1 .

Th e al legat ionwas that Sir Wm . de 28 Hen. VI . 25 .

Kerdeston was the son of Alice ,


Sir Thomas,and that Alice

,late wife of the said Duke , and Sir J ohn

Howard were his next he irs . Alice was the daughter and heir of the aboveThomas Chaucer and Maud his wife , and I st married Sir John Phe l ip,

of

Dennington,in Hoxne Hundred . The manor and adv owson are ment ioned

in the inq u is . p .m . of Thomas Chaucer and Matilda hi s wife in and

also in that of the said Matilda alone in

John de la Pole,zud Duke of Suffolk , son and heir of Wil liam

,next

he ld,and the manor passed as the Manor of Wattisfield

,in B lackbourn

Hundred,to Edmund de la Pole

,on whose at tainder it passed to the Crown .

The manor was granted by King Hen . VI I I . to Anne of Cleves for li fe,and

on her death in 1 557it rev erted to the Crown ,and Davy states was granted

in 1 599 by Queen Elizabeth to Richard Forth and Edward Hawtayne .

There seems to be considerable doubt whether Davy’s entry refers to this

manor,for he enters Thomas Glemham as lord

,stating he died in 1 571 . A

gr ant could notwell have been made by the Crown in 1 599, i f the manor werevested in Thomas Glemham in 1 571 .

Amongst the Harleian MSS . in the British Museum is an entry whichshows that Strat ford Manor formed part of the possessions of the prior ofButley,

and was rated 3rd J uly,1 557, for th e said Thomas Glemham .

3

I t may,we think

,be taken as certain that the manor vested in Thomas

Glemham,and on his death in 1 571 passed to his son and heir

,Sir Henry

Glemham,who died in 1 632 ,

from which time it has passed in the samecourse of devolution as the main manor

,and is now vested in the Earl of

Guildford .

MANOR OF ARN IGER’S .

We find one Will iam Arniger interested in lands in Strat ford ment ionedwithout date amongst the Chancery Proceedings . The act ion was WilliamArmiger v . J ohn Lucas

,and it related to lands in Strat ford called Ph eyties ,

of which Henry Betts he ld a lease from the Crown , wh ich Bet ts had agreedto assign to Arniger . Lucas required Arniger to let him have one parce lcalled P lenney pasture for one year .‘

In the t ime of Queen Elizabeth the manor became vested in ThomasGlemham

,who died se ised thereof in 1 571 , and descended to his great—great

grandson , Thomas Glemham ,in th e same way as the manor of Farnham ,

in this Hundred . The manor was really annexed to the manor of Ov erP istries in Glemham Parv a during the reign of Queen Elizabeth

,under the

tit le of Pistries or Ov er P istries cum Armiger’s,and has since passed

with that manor,the t it le to which has been already deduced .

1 3 Hen. VI . 35 .

1 5 Hen. VI . 53.


by Queen Elizabeth . The manor possibly was vested in 1 587 in ReginaldHe igate , for amongst the Exchequer Special Comm1ssrons 1n the RecordOffice we meet with a suit this year by H eigate against Phil ip , Earl ofArundel

,as to the manor and the marshes there .

‘

The action appears fromthe Exchequer Depositions taken at Snape Bridge this year ( 1 587) tohav e involv ed land in Sudbourn,

Aldborough , and Orford, and to havere lated to marsh lands , meets and bounds , customs of manor and t ithes .And seven years later, amongst the State Papers , we find a complaint byHeigate that 50 tenants holding by copy of Court Roll of this manor hadwithdrawn their service from Sudbourn Manor and done service as of

Al dborough Manor .’ From another ent ry in the State Papers this same

year we gather that Heigate was only a farmer of the manor for the Queenfor we find a complaint by him that certain marsh lands parcel of theQueen’s manor of Sudbourn ” whereof he (Heigate) was farmer , arewithheld from him .

3 Yet another entry in the same place informs usthat the Earl of Arundel and others claim marsh called Overy Slips andCatmarsh as copyhold, and admit they do not know Larderne Marsh bythe bounds

,but claim South Marsh

,and if Larderne Marsh lies within

those bounds,then they claim that also as freehold of the Earl of Arundel .

And another entry in the same place tells us that the bounds betweenSudbourn and Aldborough manors are not perfectly known .

The manor appears subsequently to have been granted to Sir MichaelStanhope

,

‘ and on his death in 1 62 1 passed to his daughter and coheirJ ane

,married to Sir Edmund With ipol , whose daughter and heir married

Leicester Devereux,6th Viscount Hereford

,from which t ime to the

present the manor has devolved in the same course as the Manor of EarlSoham

,Loes Hundred

,and later as Chill esford

,in this Hundred .

Amongst the State Papers in 1 661 we find a request by Sir AllanApsley for a warrant for the Earl of Hereford for preservat ion of game20 mil es round his house

,

5 and in 1 664 we find a warrant appointing theEarl gamekeeper within 20 miles of his house at Sudbourn.

“ The manor,

was, 24th July , 1753 , offered for sale pursuant to a decree of the Court ofChancery

,under which the estate of Pryce

,late Viscount Hereford

,was

directed to be sold . At that sal e Lot 2 com rised the castle of Orfordand the manors of Sudbourn

,Orford

,Chilles ord

,and Gedgrave .

’

The manor is now vested in Kenneth M . Clark,who resides at Sudbourn

Of the hal l,Mart in

,in his Church Notes

,says : Sudborne Hall

(where the late Lord Hereford dyed) is a good bricked building, handsomelyfitted up and well seated with a fine park and good gardens . I t is withina mile of ye Burgh of Orford . There are some good pictures in it of thefamilies of Price

,Devereux

,Mart in

,With ipole , &c. An extraordinary

good picture of ye Nativity with one of t he Withipols kneeling at ouraviour feet

,as he lies along . The babe holds a lit tle bird in his right

hand , w0 h I take to be a red cap (or goldfinch), commonly call

’d a King

Harry Red cap,and this might probably be done in honour of K . Henry

the 7th or 8th about w"h t ime I believe this picture was drawn .

”

‘ Exch . Spec. Com. 30 E liz. 38‘ See Manor of Orford , inthisHundred . As

2

App . pp. 40 , 41 3 1 E liz . 1 6. p . 43 . to tomb of SirMichael Stanhope, see

3

S.P . 1 595 , 24. v . 1 19.

SP . 1

26611,

294 .

1 17.

”115121611 J ournal , 23rd June , 1753.

SUDBOURN

The customs of the manor are : An heriot,the best liv ing creature

,

and for want of such the best moveable . Forfeiture to cut t imber withoutlicence r 1 th April

,1 636 . Half part for dower

,1 4th April , 1 637. Custom

to pay ev ery new lord at his first entrance the sum of £1 0 to be collected of

the several copyholders rateably accordi ng to their respective tenancies ,3oth Oct . 1735 ; common recoveries suffered 32 Edw. I I I . 2 1 J ac . I .

Tenant by curtesy, 32 Edw. I .

, 4 Hen . VI I .,1 5 J ac . I .


SWEF LI NG.

HERE were four manors here in Saxon times . The firstwas that of Osmund , a freeman under commendat ionto Malet's predecessor , and consisted of 30 acres in theabbot's soc , 3 bordars , a ploughteam ,

and 2 acres of meadow,

valued at 5s. William Malet was seised thereof,and the

soc belonged to the abbot . Five freemen held 54 acres ,two of them

,namely

,Aluric and Dot

,being under sub

commendat ion to Malet’s predecessor,with 1 0 acres

,and one Buric being

under commendat ion and soc of Ralph the Staller,with 24

acres . There were 2 plough teams and 4 acres of meadow,valued

at the soc belonging to the abbot . Also 1 4 freemen held 94 acresand 3 bordars . Over three and a half Malet’s predecessor had commendation and half the sub-commendation , and Will iam Malet was seised thereof .There were 4 ploughteams, and 6 acres of meadow valued at 30 3 . (reducedto 25s . 4d . at the time of the Survey) . The soc belonged to the abbot .I t was a league long and q uarantenes broad and paid zod . in a gelt .Earl Alan held thi s manor and the above estates at the time of the Survey,and others held land therein .

‘

Earl Alan had another estate in this place,formerly belonging to three

freemen . I t consisted of 41 acres , a bordar, a ploughteam,and an acre

of meadow,valued at 63 . 8d . at the time of the Survey at 53 . 1 od .

’

The second manor was held in Saxon times by Osbern,a freeman under

Edr ic’s commendation , and consisted of 60 acres and 2 ploughteams (reducedto I } at the t ime of the Survey) . The value was 20 3 . When the Surveywas taken Robert de Glanville held thi s of Robert Malet . I n the sametownship was an estate of B rictnot

,a freeman by commendation

,consisting

of 5 acres , valued at 1 0 d .,held at the t ime of the Survey of Robert Malet

by Robert,son of F ulch ered .

The thi rd manor was held by Ailwi,under commendation to Robert’s

predecessor . This consisted of 60 acres,a ploughteam ,

and 4 acres of

meadow,valued at 1 0 s . but at the t ime of the Survey valued at when

the ploughteam seems to have disappeared . Robert Malet held thismanor when the Survey was taken

,the soc belonging to the abbot . Amongst

the possessions of Robert Malet we find also ment ioned a holding of 1 1freemen

,under commendat ion to Malet’s predecessor

,except one who

was under commendation to Harvin,Roger Bigot’s predecessor . This

consisted of 90 acres , 3 ploughteams (reduced to 15 at the t ime of theSurvey), and 4 acres of meadow . Also a church with 1 5 acres . Thevalue was formerly but at the time of the Survey only 65 . The socbelonged to the abbot .3

The fourth manor was that in Saxon t imes of Uluric, a freeman underHarold , and consisted of 60 acres, 3 bordars , and a ploughteam in demesne .Added to it were th ree freemen under commendation with 9 acres , aploughteam ,

2 acres of meadow,a rouncy (not mentioned at the Survey,

when there were 2 beasts), 1 0 ho s , and 1 5 Sheep,valued at 1 53 . At the

time of the Survey Ralph held t is manor of Roger Bigot .‘

'Dom. 11 . 298 .’Dom . 11. 30 8 .

’Dom. ii . 297b.‘Dom. ii . 345 .


I n 1 536 thi s manor was granted by the Crown to Richard Cavendish ,but the fami ly held land in the parish of Swefling from a much earli erdate

,for we find in 1 391 Roger de Cavendish held hal f a knight

’s fee here,

and paid castle guard rent for the same to Framl ingham Castle,and in

1 465 Richard Cavendish held the same by a like payment .

From Sir Richard Cavendish to the sale to J ohn Wentworth in 1 591

the manor passed in the same course as the Manor of Grimston Hall,

Trimley St . Martin,in Colneis Hundred

,and the purchase deed of 1 591

will be found under the account of the Manor of Belton,in Lothingland

Hundred . The fir st court of William Cavendish was held 26th April,

1 563 , and of Thomas Cav endish 27th March , 1 583 . The 3oth April , 1 60 4 ,Sir J ohn Wentworth held his first court . Amongst the Chancery Proceed ings in the t ime of Queen Elizabeth we find an action by RichardLamb against Ann Manby

,widow

,for relief against a bond in connection

with this manor or the site of the manor demised by Thomas Cav endysh ,

deceased,to Robert Manby

,deceased

,the reversion having Since vested in

J ohn Wentworth .

In 1 622 the manor was vested in Thomas Freston,for the 17th May this

year he held his first court , and died in when it passed to hi s widowMary

,one of the daughters of J ohn Duke

,of Worlingham

,who

, 3rd Oct .1 636, held her first court

,and on her death in 1 643 passed to their son

and heir,Thomas Freston

,who held his first court 17th Oct . 1 61 4, and

died 8th Aug . 1 647, aged 25 . This Thomas Freston seems to have died withoutissue

,and the manor went to his sisters and coheirs Mary

,wife of Nicholas

Garneys, Susan , married to Edward Warner , Anne Freston , and Frances ,married to Edward Garneys, who held their first court 22nd Dec . 1 653 ,and the manor was sold 25th May , 1 657, for to Thomas Edgar

,

Recorder of Ipswich and MP . for Orford 1 658-9, who held his first court

for it zud Sept . 1 657. He married Mary,daughter and heir of Philip

Powle,of London

,and died the 1 2th Apri l

,1 682

,when the manor passed

to his son,Devereux Edgar

,who 1 0 th Oct . this year held his first court

,

and died in 1739, when the lordship passed in the same course as the Manorof B urwash

,Witnesham

,in Carl ford Hundred

,unt il the time of M ileson

Edgar,who sold i t about 1792 to Thomas Ives , otherwise Denny , who

sold i t before 1 841 to John Moseley

Page,however

,states that in 1764 William Plummer was owner

of this manor and that it subsequently became the estate of EdwardHolland

,of Benhall .

MANOR OF SWEFLING CAMPSEY CUM SNAPE CAMPSEY .

Queen Eli zabeth leased this manor to Will iam Barrett . I n 1 609 themanor was vested in King J ames

,and in 1 640 in Thomas Cutler, who

married I st Anne,daughter of Thomas Dandy

,of Combs

,and 2ndly Ursula ,

daughter of Robert Gosnold,of Ott ley

,and on his death it passed to his

son and heir,Benj amin Cutler

,who held his first court r 1 th Aug . 1 646,

and died in 1 679, when it went to his widow Alice , who held her first courtin 1 680 . She remarried the Rev . Samuel Goll ie , who died in 1 683 . Alicethe widow died in 1 693 , when we find the manor passed to George Monsonand Anne his wife

,who in 171 1 held their first court .

'Abstract of h is will , 4th Dec. 1 635, wi l l be found amongst the Tanner MSS.

in the Bod leian (Tanner xcviii .

SWEFLING . 1 83

Before 1725 the manor was acquired by Walter Plumer , who 1 8 thSept . this year held his first court

,and from this t ime to the death of J ane

Plumer,who remarried Robert Ward

,th e manor passed in the same

course as the Manor of Metfield,in Hoxne Hundred . Robert Ward sold

the manor to J ames Cuddon,of Higham

,who held in 1 834 .

In 1 842 John Moseley he ld th e manor, but from June , 1 896, to thepresent time it has been held by R . Bret tell and H . E . Paine

,of Chertsey

,

Surrey .


TUNSTALL .

HOLDING in this place was that of Godric,a freeman

by commendation,hal f to Edric and half to the abbot .

I t consisted of 4 acres , valued ,at 8d . I t was he ld at the

t ime of the Surv ey by Gilbert of Robert Malet . ‘

MANOR OF TUNSTALL .

I n the t ime of King Henry I . Hugh de Tunstal ismentioned in connection with the place .

The manor was held by Sir Thomas de Weyland , an account of whomis given in Brandeston Manor

,in Loes Hundred .

’ An action is mentionedon the Patent Rolls in 1 272 by Thomas de Weyland against Richard Belland Beatrice his wife and Robert Sort

,touching a tenement in Tunstall .3

From the time of Sir Thomas de Weyland to the death of Sir Edward leDespenser in 1 375 , the manor devolved in the same course as the Manor ofBlaxhall

,in thi s Hundred . Bartholomew

,Lord B urgh ersh ,

in 1 349 had agrant of free warren here for himself and Cecily his wife and others theirheirs .

‘

The manor is included in the inq u is . p .m . of Sir Philip le Despenser,

Kut.,who died in when it devolved on his only daughter Margery

,

wife of Sir Roger Wentworth , of Nettlestead , and from this t ime to thet ime of Thomas Wentworth

,created Lord Wentworth

,the manor passed

in the same way as the manor of Nett lestead , in B osmere and ClaydonHundred . I t is specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Margaret

,

wife of Roger Wentworth , in and in that of Sir Ri chard Wentworthwho died seised of it 17th Oct .

MANOR OF BAYNARD’S OR BANYARD

’S .

I n the 1 4th century Richard de Holbroke seems to have held thi smanor

,which by the Opening of the 1 5th century passed to Richard

Baynard,of Spexhall

,on whose death about 1 428 i t passed to his son

and heir,Robert Baynard . His daughter and heir Margaret married

J ohn Bacon,of Baconsthorpe , and on his death in 1 462 the manor passed

to their son and heir, Thomas Bacon , of Baconsthorpe , who died about1 485 , and his widow Margaret , to whom the manor passed, appears tohave married a Wingfield .

‘ She died 3rst August , 1 50 4, leaving granddaughters only— El izabeth

,wife of Sir J ohn Glemham

,Katherine

,wife of

Robert Carneys,and Eleanor Bacon

,daughters of Thomas Bacon

,son of

the said Margaret Wingfield .

’ Th e manor seems to have been taken bySir John Glemham and his wife El izabeth

,or at least a moiety of i t seems

to have ultimately vested in them . I n 1 5 1 3 the settled the manor withvarious others on Charles Brandon

,Viscount L’i

’sle

,Sir Robert Brandon

,

Kut.,Christopher Will oughby

,Humphrey Wingfield ,

and Christopher

Jenney .

Sir J ohn Glemham d ied 1 5th October, 1 537, and from thi s t ime to thet ime of the Hon . Sophia North

,of Glemham Hall

,the manor passed in the

‘Dom. 11. 307.

“ I .P .M 1 8 Edw. IV. 35.

1 9 Edw. I . 45.7I .P .M 2 1 Hen. VIII . 60 .

’Pat. Rolls , 1 Edw. I . 1 4.l'See Manor of Swe fl ing, in this Hundred .

‘Chart. Rolls , 23 Edw. I I I . 3. 2 1 Hen. VI I . 1 0 0 .

2 Hen. VI . 31 . 30 Hen. VIII. 1 .


WANTI SDEN .

HERE was no manor in th is place in Saxon times , butseveral smal l holdings .

At the time of the Survey 4 of these were in the possession of Earl Alan

,in the Abbot of Ely’s soc . The first was

held by him in demesne and was formerly the estate of

1 6 freemen,half under commendation to Malet’s pre

decessor and half to the Abbot of Ely . I t consisted of

60 acres and 2 ploughteams,valued at 1 0 8 .

The second,also held in demesne

,was formerly the estate of Edwin

,

a freeman,and consisted of 1 4 acres and half a ploughteam ,

valued at25 . 8d .

The third was at the t ime of the Survey held by Oslac, a freemanof Earl Alan

,and consisted of 5 acres, valued at 6d . and the fourth, held

by the Earl in demesne,was in the possession of Edilt

,a freeman , and

consisted of 8 acres,valued at 1 6d .

‘

Four more holdings were those of Robert Malet,when the Survey was

taken . The first was the estate of 22 freemen,under commendation in

the abbot’s soc,and consisted of 1 2 1 acres and that was half a church ,

with 20 acres of free land,also 1 0 ploughteams (reduced by half at the

t ime of the Survey), and 1 serf,valued at 30 8 . Of the freemen

,five and

a half were held by Hubert,four and a half were held by Gilbert , seven

by Gilbert de Wishant,and five by William de Malav illa. The holding

was 8 quarentenes long and 6 broad,and paid in a gelt 40 d .

The second consisted of 1 6 acres in the demesne of Staverton , andincluded in the same valuat ion .

The third holding was formerly the estate of two freemen , Alwinand Alfiet

,under commendation to Malet’s predecessor

,and consisted of

7acres , valued at 1 4d . Also the fourth part of a church with 1 0 acres .

The fourth holding was formerly the estate of Aluric,a freeman

,and

consisted of 4 acres , valued at 8d .,held of Malet at the time of the Survey

by Gi lbert .’

Roger Bigot had two estates here . The first was held of him byNorman

,and was formerly the estate of Aluric, B rictric, and Ed ilt, free

men under commendation to Bigot’s predecessor . I t consisted of 1 1

acres valued at 23 . The soc belonged to the abbot . The second was alsoheld of Bigot by Norman

,and consisted of the fourth part of a church

with 1 0 acres,which someone under Norman’s commendation had held in

the time of the Confessor .3

Roger de Poictou held here an estate of 40 acres in demesne which hadformerly been held by 1 4 freemen in the soc and commendat ion of theAbbot of E ly.

‘

The two last estates in this place were those of the Abbot of Ely . Thefirst consisted of 1 2 acres belonging to the demesne of Sudbourn,

valuedat 24d . ; the second was of two acres valued at 4d . formerly held byMorewin

,a freeman

,and at the t ime of the Survey st ill held by him but

unto the abbot .s

Dom. ii . 296, 296b.’Dom. ii. 3o6b,

WANTISDEN . 1 87

MANOR OF WANTISDEN HALL .

This manor was vested in Sir Thomas Weyland in the time of Edw. I .

,

and from him to the time of Elizabeth,wife of Edward le Despenser

,passed

in the same course as the Manor of Blaxhall,in this Hundred . And we

find from the Patent Rolls in 1 290 that a commission was issued to enquireinto the persons who pulled down the houses of J ohn son of ThomasWeylond ,

” in Want isden Manor,and did other damage .

J ohn de Weyland had a grant of free warren here in and diedseised in Bartholomew de B urghersh had a gr ant of free warrenhere in

We find that in the middle of the 1 4th century the priory of Butleyheld a considerable amount of land here

,

5and the prior had a grant of free

warren inIn 1 40 6 the estate of the priorywas augmented by a grant from John

Glemham and others of land here,

’and this manor was notunlikely included,

for this same year we find the prior mentioned as lord .

On the Dissolution the manor passed to the Crown,

” and was in 1 539leased for 2 1 years to George Carleton , of London but in 1 544 the manorand advowson were granted to Lionel Talmach as part of the possessionsof Butley priory . Particulars of farm of the manor and rectory for thisgrant wi ll be found in the Public Record Office .

‘ 0 Lionel Talmach hadlicence to alienate to John Soone and Francis Soone . John Soone “ diedon the 6th J anuary

,1 55 1 , and Francis , son and heir

,succeeded . We

meet with a fine levied of the manor in 1 562 by Richard Wynfeld and othersainst thi s Francis Soone .

" Francis Soone,however

,seems to have

di ed seised this same year,and the manor to have passed to his son and

heir , J ohn Soone , for he had licence to alienate in 1 593 to Michael Stanhope ,afterwards Sir Michael . “ His daughter and coheir Elizabeth marri edGeorge

,Lord Berkeley

,and they sold the manor to Sir Henry Wood , Bart . ,

who died inmgr . From the t ime of Sir Henry's death in 1 671 to the time

of the death 0 Sir Wi lliam Chapman,Bart .

,in 1785 , the manor passed in

the same course as the Manor of B lyth ford ,in B lyth ing Hundred , and

Dunningworth ,in this Hundred

,and on the part it ion of his estates in 1743

this manor was allotted to Robert Ouchy in fee . I t was afterwards heldby William Morris

,

" who sold it to Edward Leedes,a master in Chancery .

On his death he left the manor by his will to Nathaniel Barnardiston,who

died in 1 837, from which t ime to the time of Nathaniel Barnardiston , whoheld in 1 885 , the manor passed in the Same course as the Manor of Alpheton ,in Babergh Hundred , but before 1 896 it had been acquired by LordRendl esham , in whom the same is now vested .

‘Pat. Rolls, 1 8 Edw. I . 1 2d . 'State Papers , 1 539, 1 355.’Chart. Rolls , 29 Edw. I . 7. 35 Hen. VIII . D.K .R . 1 0 App. 11. p. 282 .

6 Edw. I I . 34 . See Chil les ford Manor, in this Hund red .

;fil

gi'

t. 12

22113

2823 Edw. I I I . 3. I .P .M 6 Edw. VI . 74.

54 '3 Fine, Hil . 4 Eliz .

“Chart. Rolls, '4 Fine, Easter, 35 Eliz.

7Hen. IV 40 “ See Manor of Bromeswell , in Wilford0 Fine, Easter, 30 Hen. VIII. Hundred.


The following estates are mentioned in the Domesday Survey underthe Hundred of Plomesgate , but we have not been able with certaintyto locate the same .

INGOLVB RTON .

At the t ime of the Survey Robert Malet had 6 acres in this place ,v alued at 1 2d .

‘

NORTHBURY.

A manor was he ld here in Saxon t imes by Edwin the priest,a socman

under the abbot . I t consisted of 30 acres , a plough team , 4 beasts , 8 hogs ,and 60 sheep (wh ich were reduced to 40 at the time of the Surv ey) , thev alue being 20 5 . and 49 freemen were added to this manor, with z665a .

and 2a. of meadow (Dom . i i .

I n the same township 49 freemen were added to this manor with260 } acres , 1 0 ploughteams , 2 acres of meadow

,and wood sufficient to

support 8 hogs . The value was formerly which went up to 1 1 5 . atthe t ime of the Survey . These men were all in the abbot’s soc and commendation, and one named Godric was wholly a socman .

At the t ime of the Survey this manor was held by Roger de Poictou .

‘

PRESTON .

(There is a Preston in Babergh Hundred .)Robert Malet held a bordar in this place at the time of the Survey ,

having 3 acres of land and half an acre of meadow,valued at 6d .

3

RUSHMERE .

(There is a Rushmere in Carlford Hundred .)

A holding in this place was that of eight freemen under Edric’s commendation

,consisting of 52 acres of land and 3 ploughteams (reduced to

2 at the time of the Survey) . The value was 7s .,but the holdi rendered

175 . At the time of the Survey Wi ll iam held this of Robe rt Ma et.‘

THORP (THE).

A holding in this place was that of four freemen under Edric’s commendation

,consisting of 24 acr

’

es,and a ploughteam and 3 bordars with

6 acres . All these included in the valuat ion of Leiston . Robert Maletwas the Domesday tenant .’

‘Dom. 11 .

’Dom. ii . 31 66

R IS B R IDGE H U N DR E D

S in the South-western Division of Suffolk,and is of an irregul ar

figure extending 1 5 mil es from north to south , and varyingfrom nine to less than four miles in breadth . I t is boundedon the west by Cambridgeshi re on the south by th e RiverStour

,which divides it from Essex on the east by B abergh ,

Lackford,and Thingoe Hundreds ; and on the north by

Lackford Hundred and a small part of Cambridge . I t isin the franchise or libe rty of St . Edmund , and in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury

,Deanery of Clare

,and Diocese of Ely . The so il varies from a clayey

to a good mixed soil . The fee of the Hundred was in 1 28 1 in the Abbot ofSt . Edmund but sin ce the d issolution of the monasteries has been in theCrown

,and the government in the Sheriff and his officers . I t consists ofacres in 29 parishes and 66 manors .

Par ishes . Manors . Par ishes . Manors .

Barnardiston .

Barnard 1stonChilborne .

Gt . Bradley . Haverhil lLit tle Bradl ey orO v e r h a l l a l .

Harveys .

Netherha ll al . Norley Mote .

Chedburgh Chedburgh Hall andHawkedon

Arneboroughe .

Clare .

Stone Hall at. Stone

Chouse or Manse . Hundon .

owling .

Cowhng Sharde lowes .

f Dalh am with DunDalhamstal

’s . Kedington .

I f Denham .

Abbotts .

Denston Hall . LidgateBeaumond

’s .

Stonehall and MoultonShepcote .

en’Ousden

Castle Hall .P0 51mm“

HighamGaze ley Rectory .

Althorpe’s 0 1

'

APPIG‘

Stansfieldthorpe al . B ov 111’s .

Talmag’s at. Talmy

ti es and Passe-

lStoke

Gazeley

lowes .

Haverhill voc’ theCast le .

Hersham .

Helions or Helyon

Haverhil l .Hawkedon Hall .Thurstanton al .

Th u r s tu r s tonor Thurston Hall .

Cres seners .

Swans Hall .Hundon .

Pu rowe al . Sorreles

or Penowe Hall .Kedington .

Cotton or Cottenhal lPalmers .Kennet and Kentford .

Lidgate .

Moul ton or Stonehall

French Hal l .Ousden or Newhall

Posl ingford Hall .Ov erhal l .

Netherhall .

Stansfield .

Gatesburies orCatesbye

’s .

Prid iton Hall .

Stoke (by Clare).Eibury or Erbury.

I 9°

Parishes .

Stradd ishall


Manors .

Straddishall .

Cockrell’s al . Withersfield

Foster’s .Sharde lowes .

Thurlow Great .Wadgell

’s Hall . Wixoe

Temple End .

Thurlow Parva .

B admond isfield HallGaynes Hall d l .

Attilton .

Gifford’s Hall .Clopton Hal l orChappeley.

Manors .

With ersfield Pel legrues at. Petti

Wixoe al . Wick esherorWatherhall .

Wratting Magna .

Little Wratting or

Blunt’s Hall .


Subsequently to 1 837 the manor v ested in W . Bromley,and is now

vested in Lady Malcolm,of Poltallock

,who resides at Barnardiston Hall .

CHrLEORNE MANOR .

Davy mentions this as a manor dist inct from Barnardiston,and we

certainly find in the Public Record Office , Court Rolls of the manor1 Mary

,to 1 and 2 Ph . and Mary ,

Duchy of Lancaster,

‘

and extracts fromCourt Rolls of the manor then called Chilborne Manor

,

”in 1 574 , amongst

the Addi tional Charters in the Brit ish Museum but we have no subsequent record

,and the probability is that Cileburna being the ancient

name of Barnardiston,the manor was one with th e main manor.

'Bundle 1 17, 1 820 General Se ries,Port “

Add . Ch . 1 277.

folio 2 1 3—7-6.

BRADLEY . 1 93

BRADLEY .

MANOR was in Edward the Confessor’s day held by Ol fthe thane

,but in th e time of the Norman Survey was held

by Roger in demesne under Robert de Todeni as tenant inchie f . I t consisted of 7carucates of land , and there were 1 4vi lleins

,1 2 bordars

,6 serfs

, 3 ploughteams in demesne ,7ploughteams be longing to the men

,1 3 acres of meadow ,

wood for 50 0 hogs , 1 rouncy , 1 2 beasts , 60 hogs , 20 sheep ,

7goats , and 1 hiv e of bees . These numbers were somewhat varied by th etime of the Survey . The beasts had increased to 1 8

,the hogs to 53 , and

the sheep to 63 . There was a church with 1 5 acres of free land , and thewhole was valued at £6 formerly but at the time of the Survey at £8 . I twas a league long and 7quarentenes broad , and paid in a gelt 6d .

‘

Other holdings here were two of the Abbot of St . Edmunds,namely

,

eight freemen holding 80 acres,1 bordar

,2 plough teams

,and 1 acre of

meadow,valued at 1 rs . 3d .

,and four freemen holding 60 acres

,1 bordar

,

2 ploughteams , and 1 acre of meadow,valued at 1 0 8 . The abbot had

commendation and soc and sac .

’

Richard,son of Earl Gislebert

,also had four freemen — Ulwin

,Leuric

,

and Lewin,with 1 5 acres . The fourth was Bundo

,having a carucate of

land . To this holding belonged 2 ploughteams and 2 acres of meadow,

valued at 228 . 6d . Of these Richard’s predecessor had not commendationin the Confessor’s t ime . The abbot had the entire soc .

’ This last holdingis also entered amongst the invasions upon the King .

‘

Richard,son of Earl Gislebert, also held two freemen with 69 acres ,

an acre of meadow,and a ploughteam,

valued at 175 . 6d .

’

Both the manors of Great and Little Bradl ey belonged to the Bygots ,and a grant of free warren therein was made in 1 270 to Will iam Bygot,son of Thomas

,

6 and proceedings relating to the manors between Thomasle Bygot and Will iam le Bygot and between Oliv er le Bygod and Williamle Bygod , are referred to on the Patent Roll s in 1 275 and

GREAT BRADLEY MANOR .

Thi s was the lordship of Robert de Todeni,lord of Belvoir castle

,

who d ied about 1 088,when it passed to his son Will iam ,

who assumed th ename of Abini Brito .

There are three charters in the Harleian Collection in the Brit ishMuseum

,from which it appears that the manor was in the time of Hen . I I I .

in the Bigot family,though the firs t of these charters is most probably a

forgery,or an erroneous copy made at th e end of the fourteenth century .

Th i s first urports to be a deed by which Will iam Bigot , Earl of Norfolkand Suffo and Marshal of England

,grants the manor to Thomas Bigot .

The only Will iam Bigot of thi s family was ne ither Earl nor Marshal , butSteward of the Household to Hen . I . and died in

The second deed is by the same,re leasing all right

,

9 and the third is adeed by which Thomas le Bigot

,son of Will iam

,grants to Gal frido fil io

‘Dom . 11. 429.“Chart. Rolls , 54 Hen. I I I . 6.

’Dom . 11. 371 b.7Pat. Rolls, 3 Edw. I . 1 1 d ; 9 Edw. I . 7;

3Dom . 11. 397. 9 Edw. I . 24d, 1 8 , 1 2d .

‘Dom . 11. 447b.‘Harl . 46 D . 43.

5Dom . il . 3g6b. 397.9Harl . 46 D. 44 .


Radulfi Farewelle,two messuages and two crofts which Richard Carce

t arins and William Russell held in Bradl ey .

‘ This deed is supposed to havebeen executed in the time of Hen . I I I .

There is a fourth deed dated 25th J uly,1 357, by which Margaret

Bygot, cousin and heir of Thomas Bygot, quit claims to John Buttetourt

,Seigneur cle Wesleye , and Dame Joyouse his wife , the Manor of

Great Bradley,and the advowson of the church belonging to the manor .’

On the opening of the fourteenth century the manor belonged to SirHugh de Lopham

,who by deed in 1 30 5 granted the same together with the

advowson of the church to Sir J ohn Boteturte,Kut.

,and Matilda his wife

for life,rendering yearly two marks .

The deed is dated at Bradl ey die Jovis prox . post . fest . S . Edm . regis34 Edw. I .

,and is preserved amongst the Harleian Charters .’

Sir John was Governor of St . Briavel's Castle,co. Gloucester

,and

Admiral of the King’s Flee t in the reigns of Edw. I . and I I . He wassummoned to Parliament as a Baron 1 0 th March

,1 30 8 . His wife Matilda

was daughter of Thomas Fitz Otho b Beatrix his wife,daughter and coheir

of Will iam de Beauchamp,Baron 0 Bedford

,and sister and heir of Otho

Fitz Thomas .

The quit rent reserved by the last deed was released by Sir Hugh deLopham by deed dated at Lopham die Dom . prox . p . fest S . Barthol . Apost.

1 0 Edw. I I .

Sir J ohn B otetourte’s l i fe interest seems to have become an interestin fee . There is a deed amongst the Harleian Charters of Thomas Botetourte granting to Lord J ohn his father and Lady Matil da his mother

,wife

of the said John,the manor this interest it has been suggested was acquired

from Joan,Thomas’s wife

,possibly on release of the quit rent , for we find

the manor later vested in Sir Thomas B otetou rt’s widow J oan,daughter

of Roger de Somery,and s ister and cohe ir of J ohn de Somery,

Baron of

Dudl ey,and in 1 332 we .meet with a quit claim from Mab il le

,late wife

of Hugh de Lopham,

” to this J oan,late wife of Sir Thomas B utetourt

of the manor .5

Sir Thomas had died in his father’s li fetime,leaving a son

,J ohn de

Botetourt,who succeeded his grandfather as zud Baron

,and probably

had the manor on the death of his mother Joan .

J ohn de Botetourt attended the King in the expedition into France inthe train of Thomas de Beauchamp

,Earl of Warwick

,and was summoned

to Parl iament from 25th Feb . 1 342 to 3rd Feb . 1 385 .

t He married J oyce , daughter ofWilliam ,Lord Zouch e , of Haryngsworth ,

and had a son J ohn,who married Maud

,daughter of J ohn

,Lord Grey

,

of Roth erfield,and predeceasing his father

,left a son J ohn

,who died

al’so before his father and grandfather

,and a daughter J oyce

,who married

S ir Hugh Burnell,Kut.

,and with him levied a fine of th e manor in 1 359.

‘s

J ohn,Lord Botetourt

,probably made a settlement of the manor in

1 370 ,for amongst the Harleian

"

Charters are letters of attorney from him

Harl . 46 D . 49.

5 Dated at St. Edmund’s, I st May, 6 Edw.

’Harl . 46 B . 25b. I I I . Harl . Ch . 53 B . 26.

3Harl . Ch . 53 B . 24.

“Sir Hugh Bu rnel l and Joyce h is wife v.

‘Harl . Ch . 53 B . 25. Sir Thomas B lount and Isabe l h iswife. Feet of Fines, 1 3 Rich . I I . 1 4 .

I 96 THE MANORS OF SUFFOLK .

the manor passed to his son and he ir,Thomas Crosbie Will iam

Trevor,22nd Lord Dacre

,who 1 2th Jan . 1 837, married Susan Sophia ,

e ldest daughte r of Charles Compton,1 st Lord Chesham . His lordship

was by Royal licence dated 1 2th April , 1 85 1 , authorised to take the

surname of Trevor only,and to bear the arms of Trevor . He died

without issue in 1 890 and the manor passed to his brother , Henry Bouv erieWilliam

,M :P . for Lewes 1 852-68 , and for co. Cambridge 1 868-84 Speaker

of the House of Commons 1 872-84 . He was a P .C .

,and was created in

1 884 Viscount Hampden . He married 1 6th April,1 838 , Eliza , daughter

of Gen . Robert Ellice,and died in 1 892 , when the manor passed to his

eldest son Henry Robert Brand , zud V iscount Hampden , MP . for Hertsand later for Stroud D ivision

,co . Gloucester

,and Captain in the Cold

stream Guards,who married I st zrst J an . 1 864, Victoria Alexandrina

Leopoldine,eldest daughter of his Excellency Silvain Van de Weyer, Belgian

Minister of State,and 2nd ly,

1 4th April , 1 868 , Susan Henrietta , youngerdaughter of Lord George Henry Cavendish . The zud V iscount Hampdenis the present lord of the manor .

There is a deed amongst the Harleian Charters dated 26th Aug . 9Edw. IV . [1 469] by which Alicia , Duchess of Suffolk , granddaughter ofGeoffrey Chaucer , the poet , and wife of William de la Pole , I st Duke ofSuffolk

,constitutes Humfrey Foster and Henry Doget to receiv e seisin of

John Bernard in respect of the manor of Bradley .

‘

Arms of BRAND Az . two swords in salt ire,arg . pommels and hilts

Or within a bordure engrailed of the second .

LITTLE BRADLEY MANOR OR MANOR OF OVERHALL al . HARVEYS .

This manor is said by the author of Magna Britannia to hav e beenthe lordship of J ourdan Witherfield in 1 28 1 . I n 1 322 the manor wasv ested in Gilbert Peche

,for this year he died seised of it

,

’and from th is t imeto the t ime of William Geddyng married to Mirabel , only child of Sir JohnAspall and Katherine his wife

,th e manor passed in the same course as the

Manor of Thurlow Magna,in this Hundred .

In 1 365 Sir J ohn de Aspall by deed settled this manor, therein cal ledthe Manor of Ov erall in Little Bradley

,upon himself and Katherine

his wi fe in tail . Of that marriage there was issue but one child Mirabel,

married to Wil liam Geddyng.

3

William Gedding was succeeded by his son,Thomas Gedding

,who

with Anne his wife had a grant of free warren here in 1 437, and on theirdeath the manor passed to their son and heir

,J ohn Gedding

,who in 1 467

conv eyed Ov erh all Manor to J ohn , Duke of Suffolk , Sir JohnHev eninghamand other trustees .

The'

wardship of Robert Gedding,J ohn’s son and heir

,was granted to

Anthony,Earl Riv ers

,and Elizabeth his wife . To Robert succeeded his

uncle , Wi ll iam Gedding , the brother of John Gedding . He di ed in 1 499,when the manor passed to his daughter and he ir Constance , wife of JohnAllen , of I cklingham

,and afterwards wife of Henry Poley,

of Badley .

Henry Poley died in when the manor passed to hi s son and heir,

Edmund Poley,and on his death in 1 548

’passed to his son and heir,J ohn

xHarj, 54 I . 1 3 ,

‘ See Woodh al l Manor, Stoke Ash , Hartis’See Manor of Thu rlow Magna, in this mere Hund red , and Badley Manor,

Hundred . in B osmere and Claydon Hundred .

3 See Manor of Lackford , in Thingoe 3 Edw. VI .'

1 27.

Hundred .

BRADLEY . 1 97

Poley,who in 1 565 sold the manor to John le Hunte .

’ A fine was lev iedagainst him in 1 570 by Sir Thomas Golding and others

,probably by way

Of some settlement,

’ as in 1 571 he levied a fine Of the manor againstMargaret Hunt al . Knyghton,

3 and died l 6th May,1 60 5 . He is probably

the John Hunt,Of B radley ,

mentioned in th e Visitat ion Of 1 61 2,son Of

Richard Hunt,of Ashen

,in Essex

,and Of Ann his wife

,daughter and heir

of Thomas Knighton,of Bradl ey . I f so

,he married J ane

,daughter Of

Henry Colte ,Of Coltes Hall

,in Cav endish . The manor on John Hunte

’s

death passed to hi s son and heir,Sir George le Hunte

,who married Barbara

,

daughter Of Sir Ralfe Shelton,of Shelton Hall

,in Norfolk

,Knt.

,and on his

death v ested in his son and heir,J ohn Hunte . This J ohn Hunte Offered

his whole estate to Parliament’s free disposition,and his sequestration was

discharged in John Hunte was a delinquent we find in Hecompounded for £60 0 . The family long cont inued in the parish , the lastappearing to hav e been Thomas le Hunte

,son Of Sir George le Hunte

,

Knt.,Of this parish

,who died in 170 3 , aged 76, and is interred under an

altar tomb on the south side of the churchyard in the parish of CarletonRode

,Norfolk

,with Margaret his wi fe

,wh 0 died in 171 6, aged 80 years .

In 1747Francis Duck ins , of Cowling , died seised of the manor .6

The manor appears to have been acquired by Charles Lamprell , whowas buried at Litt le Bradl ey 1 1 th N ov . 1760 ,

and to have later vested inhis two sons

,Charles and Will iam . Will iam Lamprell resided at the hall ,

and his brother Charles lived at Canning’s Farm near the church . Williamdied 1 1 th May

,1 850 ,

and Charles married Mary Anne Wrigglesworth ,

and on his death the manor ves ted in his son and heir,the Rev . Charles

Wrigglesworth Lamprell , incumbent of the church of Litt le Bradley . Hemarried 24th J uly,

1 837, Catherine Frances , 2nd daughter Of FrederickMort lock

,of Cambridge .

In 1 885 Ebenezer Bird Foster , of Anstey Hall , Trumpington , Cambridge , was lord , and the manor is apparently still vested in him . He isthe eldest son of George Ebenezer Foster

,of Brooklands , co. Cambridge

,

High She ri ff of co . Cambridge 1 868,who died in 1 870 . Mr . Foster in 1 870

married Mary Campbell,daughter of the Rev . Prebendary Richard Snowden

Smith . He was High Sherifi of Cambridge and Hants in 1 882,and is a

D .L . for the Coun ty of Cambridge .

A rent roll of thi s manor in the time Of Rich . 11 .— Hen . IV . will be

found amongst the Additional Charters in the British Museum .

’

Arms of LB HUNTE Vert,a sa l tier

,Or .

MANOR OF NETHERHALL al . NORLEY MOTE .

We learn little Of this manor beyond the fact that it was amongst thehereditaments of which J ohn le Hunte died seised in 1 60 6

,from which

t ime the manor seems to hav e passed in a like course with the Manor OfOv erhal l

, in Bradley. I t is,however

,probably the Manor mentioned in

the inq u is . p .m . of Henry Turner,who died 4th F eb . 1 543, leaving Henry

Turner his next heir,namely

,son of Henry

,son Of J ohn

,son and heir Of

the said Henry .

’

Arms Of TURNER : Erm . on a cross aa. quarter-pierced of the field4 fers-de-mol ine Arg.

'Fine , Hil . 7Eliz .’Com. for money advance , 8 1 1 .

“ Fine , Hi l . 1 2 13112 .6 See Manor of Cowling , in this Hund red .

’Fme, Hil . 1 3 El iz . 7Add . Ch . 24 17 9.

‘ S.P . Ca l . of Comp. 843. 28 Hen. VIII . 50 .


CHEDB URGH .

WO manors were held here in the t ime Of the Confessor bytwo freemen

,and taken together consisted of 2 carucates Of

land,2 bordars

, 4 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne and halfa team belonging to the men

,8 acres of meadow

,and wood

suffi cient to support 1 2 hogs . At the time Of the Surv eyFrodo

,brother Of the Abbot of St . Edmunds

,held these

manors Of the Abbot of Ely,the bordars had increased

to 5 ,and the ploughteams in demesne to 4 . When Frodo took them over

there were 4 rouncies (which had disappeared at the time of the Survey),8 beasts (which had increased to and 20 sheep . All this land lay inthe demesne Of the abbey in the Confessor

’s t ime,with every kind Of custom

except the six forfe itures of the Abbot Of St . Edmund . The value wasformerly increased to 60 5 . at the t ime of the Survey. I t was half aleague in length

,and 3 quarentenes in breadth , and paid in a gelt IH .

Others held land here .

‘

CHEDBURGH HALL AND ARNEBOROUGHE .

In 1 3 1 5 this was the lordship Of Thomas Verdon , having been acquiredapparently under a fine lev ied in 1 30 6 by him against Magister Bugo deCuccil l parson of B risingham church .

“ I t was held of the Bishop Of

Ely for half a fee .

3

The manor passed in the same course as the Manor Of Netherhall,in

Stanstead,B abergh Hundred , to the t ime Of Margaret , who married I st

Hugh de Bradshaw,who di ed about 1 383 . She married .2ndly Sir J ohn de

Pilkington,who died 1 6th Feb . 1 42 1 . By her I st husband Margaret de

Verdon had a son,Sir Willi am de Bradshaw

,who died 2nd Oct .

leaving a daughter Elizabeth,married to Sir Richard Harrington , ofWolfage

and Brixworth,co . Northampton

,and Of West Leigh

,co. Lancaster . The

manor was settled by fine in 1 430 upon Robert Pilkington , 3rd son Ofthe heiress Margare t

,in tail male

,with remainder to Elizabeth

,daughter

Of Sir Wil li am de Bradshaw,in tail

,with remainder to Sir John Pilkington

,

e ldest son Of the said Margaret by her 2nd husband , in fee . Margaretdied on the Vigi l Of St . Katharine the Virgin

,24th N ov . Robert

Pilkington had a son J ohn,but whether he succeeded to the lordship or

not it is impossible to say . Elizabeth Bradshaw seems to have held , butnot apparently her son

,Sir Wi lliam Harrington . Her daughter Margaret

married Sir Thomas Pi lk ington,who does appear to have held the

manor but whether in his own right or in right Of his wi fe we have notbeen able to ascertain . Sir Thomas was son Of Edmund Pilkington andElizabeth hi s wife

,daughter of Sir Thomas Booth

,which Edmund (who

died before 1 45 1 ) was son Of John de Pilkington and Katherine his 2nd wife ,sister of J ohn de Assheton

,which John was the son of Sir J ohn de Pilkington

and Margaret his wife,the Verdon heiress . John de Pilkington the 2nd

had by his I st wife Margaret a son,John de Pilkington , who married

Elizabeth,daughter of Sir Edmund de Trafford , but had died wit hout

issue . Sir Thomas Pilkington was slain at the battle Of Stoke 1 6th J une ,1 487, leav ing a son , Sir Roger Pilkington , married to Alice , daughter ofSir J ohn Savage .

'Dom. n. 384b. 3 Hen. V.

2 Feet of Fines , 34 Edw. I . 36. 2 1 5 t Feb. 1437.’H .R . ii . 1 51 .


CLARE .

MANOR was he ld in this place in Saxon times by Alu ric,and consisted Of 24 carucates Of land , 40 vil le ins , 1 0 bordars ,20 s erfs

,1 2 ploughteams in demesne , and 36 be longing to

the men. Also 37 acres of meadow,wood sufficient to

support 1 2 hogs,a mill

, 5 arpents of v ineyard ,6 rouncies

,

1 0 beasts,1 2 hogs

,60 sheep

,and 1 2 hives of bees . There

was also a market . At the t ime of the Survey this manorwas held by Richard , son Of Earl Gislebert, and some Of the details hadchanged . The vil leins had graduall y decreased, first to 35 and then to 30 ,

the bordars had increased to 30 . The ploughteams in demesne had droppedto 6 and then risen again to 7, and those belonging to th e men had droppedgradually to 30 and then to 24 . The l ive stock had all increased

,the beasts

to 1 4 , the hogs to 60 , and the sheep to as much as 480 . There were anaddit ional 43 burgesses ment ioned in the Survey . The Survey goes on tosay Aluric

,son of Wisgar, gave this manor to Saint J ohn in King

Edward’s t ime,his son consenting thereto

,and put in Ledmar the priest

and others with him . Having also made a charter he committed the church,

and the whole place'

into the hands Of Leustan the abbot to keep,and into

the keeping of Wisgar his son . But the clerks could neither give nor

forfeit this land away from Saint J ohn . Howev er,after King William

came he seized it into his own hand . TO this manor also belonged 5 socmenwith all customs

,having I } carucates of land , I } ploughteams

,and 6 acres

Of meadow . The value was £40 . I t was 2 leagues in length and 1 in breadthand paid in a gelt l sd .

'

MANOR OF CLARE .

Thi s was the lordship Of Aluric in the Confessor’s t ime,and formed

part of the estate conferred by William the Conqueror on his kinsman,

Richard Fitz Gilbert,who from that t ime was sometimes designated

Richard de Clare . From this Richard Fitz Gilbert the manor descendedthrough the Earls Of Clare

,Hereford

,and Gloucester

,

“ and the Mort imersin the same course as the Manor of Sudbury

,in B abergh Hundred , until it

finally vested like that manor in the Crown in the person of K ing Edw. IV .

I t is ment ioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Richard de Clare,Earl of

Gloucester in Of Gilbert de Clare,Earl of Gloucester

,and j ointly with

J oan h is wife,an extent being given .

‘ J oan,Countess Of Gloucester

,

held a court for this manor in J an . The castle and manor wererestored to the heirs of Gilbert de Clare

,Earl of Gloucester

,in

In 1 331 there is an order enabling Elizabeth de Burgo to retain the manoron grant of other lands .’

In 1 462 the manor, castle , and lands were granted for li fe to the King’s

mother Cicely,Duchess Of York

,in fu ll recompense for the j ointure .

8

’Dom. u . 389b. 47Hen. IV. 34.

2The manor is specifically mentioned in 35 Edw. I . 47.

th e inq u is . p.m. of Rich . de Clare, sClose Roll s , 25 Edw. I . 8 schedule.

Earl of Gloucester and Here ford in “Close Rol ls , 1 0 Edw. I I . 4 .

the time of Hen. I I I . 5 Edw. I I I File 2 1 5-17.

I I I . File 271‘Pat. Rol ls, 2 Edw. IV. pt . iv . 1 .

CLARE . 20 1

In 1 541 the manor was gr anted to Queen Katherine for li fe ,‘ and in

1 553 to John Cheke , after wards Sir J ohn .

In the reign Of Queen Mary,however

,it was taken in exchange for

other lands,

“ and was annexed to the Duchy Of Lancaster , to which it hasremained attached to the present day .

From the Exchequer Special Commissions we learn that the manor

granted to Sir John Cheke in 1 553 was supposed to be escheat on accountof defectiv e t it le .

3

The site Of the castle was parcel of the possessions Of the Crown fromthe accession Of Edw. IV . to the grant to Sir John Cheke

,in which it was

included but it was recovered to the Crown by Queen Mary in the first

year Of her reign,and for a long period was in the possession of the

Barnardiston family .

‘

From the Bam ardistons the castle passed to the family Of Elwes , OfStoke College

,from wh ich time it has descended in the same cour se as the

Manor of Stoke by Clare,in this Hundr ed

,and is now vested in John Payne

Elwes,of Edmondsham

,Cranbome

,co . Dorset .

Court Rolls of the Honor in the t ime Of Edw. I I . wil l be found in thePublic Record Office

,

“ Edw. I I .— 26 Geo . I I I . ; Duchy of Lancaster

,P .R .O .

Bundles 1 16-1 25 , Edw. I I .,I I I .

,Rich . I I .

,Hen . IV .

,V.

,VI .

,Edw. IV .

,

Hen . VI I .,VI I I .

,Edw. V I . ; P .R .O . Portfolio 2 1 2

, 32-52 , 2 1 3, 2 1 4

—1 41 0 ,

1 427; Add . Ch . 1 6541 t. Eliz . Chas . I . and I I .,and from 173 1 to 1745 ;

D.K .R . 30 App . p . 35 ; Extracts from Court Rolls , 1 50 1 -1 58 Add . Ch .

1 561 3 -1 58 1 , Add . Ch . 1 278 ; 1 582 , Add . Ch . 1 279 ; Office of tewardsh ipof the Honor

,S .P . I Hen . VI I I . 222

,S P . 23 Hen . VI I I . 45 . As to

Court Leet of the manor,see Proceedings Of the Suffolk Inst i tute ii . 1 0 3 .

Receivers-General accounts of lands east Of the Sev ern belonging to Roger ,Earl of March

,2 1 Rich . I I .

,will be found amongst the Ministers

’Accountsin the Record Office

,

“ also the Ministers’Accounts Of lands in the wardshipof Henry, Prince of Wales , during the minority of Edmund Mortimer inClare wi ll be found in the same depository .

7

In 1725 we find a petit ion of Lieut .-Col . Ge orge Howard, touchi ng landsin Clare and elsewhere

,granted by King William for 2 1 years having fallen

into popish hands,and profits conv erted to superstitious uses

,praying for a

reversionary grant of the manor for 31 years .“

Arms of CLARE Or,three chev ronels

,Gules . Of MORTIMER

,Earl of

March Barry of six,Or and Az ure on a ch ief of the first

,three pal lets ,

between twogyronnies Of the second : an inescutcheon Argent . Of ELWESSee Stoke by Clare Manor in this Hundred .

SrONE HALL al . STONEHOUSE al . MANSE MANOR .

This manor was granted by the Crown to Thomas Golding and GeorgeGoldi ng in 1 553 , and George Golding had l icence to al ienate it in 1 588 to

1 54 1 , 50 3“Bund le 1 1 1 2 , No . 6 to 7, Hen. V. l b. 23

2 Fine , Easter , 4 Mary I . 7 and 8 Hen. VI . Bund le 1 1 63 .

3 1 1 Jac. I , D.K .R . 38 App. p. 94 . NO. 34 See Manor of Keddington, in th is 7

and 1 0 Hen. IV. Bundl e 1 1 1 2, No. 1 8 .

Hundred . .P . 373.

“ Portfolio 204 , 1 .


Thomas Golding .

‘ The first-named Thomas was the son of Roger Golding .

He resided at Cavendish and Posl ingford,and married Katherine

,daughter

of Robert Gosnall,Of Ot tley

,and was succeeded by hi s son

,George Golding

,

who married Eleanor,daughter Of Sir Henry Gray

,of Wreston

,in Bedford

sh ire,and died in 1 562 ,

when he was succeeded by his son and heir,Thomas

Golding,who married Frances

,daughter of Thomas B edingfield ,

of Darsham .

The licence in 1 588 was possibly for some trustee , George Golding , to assignto Thomas

,the son of George Golding

,who had died in 1 562 . The writer

will not guarantee the correctness Of the devolution of this manor .

‘See Manor of Poslingford , in this Hundred .


board . But when all hopes were passed they discerned a mighty taper ofwax

,burning bright at the prow Of the ship

,and a beauti ful woman standing

by i t , who preserved it from wind and rain , so that it gave a clear andbright lustre . Upon sight of which heavenly vision both himself and themariners concluded of their future security,

but everyone there beingignorant what this v ision might portend except th e Earl ; he , however ,att ributed it to the benigni ty Of the Blessed Virgin by reason that upon theday when he was honoured with the girdle of knighthood he brought a taperto her altar

,to be lighted ev ery day at mass

,when the canonical hou rs

used to be sung,and to the intent that for this terrestrial light

,he might

enjoy that which is eternal .” A rumour

,however

,reached England of

the Earl’s having been lost,and Hubert de Burgh

,with the concurrence

of the King,provided a suitor for his supposed widow but the lady in the

interim,having received let ters from her husband

,rej ected the suit with

indignation . The Earl soon after came to the King at Marlborough,and

being receiv ed with great joy,he preferred a strong complaint against

Hubert de Burgh,adding that unless the King would do him right therein

,

he should vindicate himself otherwise to the disturbance of the publicpeace . Hubert

,however

,appeased his wrath with rich presents

,and invi ted

h im to his table,where it is asserted that he was poisoned

,for he ret ired to

hi s castle of Salisbury in extreme il lness and died almost immediately afteranno

Will i am his son and heir succeeded,commonly called

,says Sir

William Dugdale,by Matthew Paris

,and most of our other historians

,

Earl of Salisbury,but erroneously for all records wherein mention is made Of

him do not give him that t itle,but call him barely Will iam Longespee . N ay,

there is an Old chronicle who saith expressly,that in anno 1 233

2 he wasgir t with the sword Of kni ghthood

,but not made Earl

,of Salisbury .

” ThisWilli am made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1 240

— and again in 1 247,having assumed the cross for a second pilgrimage

,proceeded to Rome

,

and thus preferred a suit to the sovereign pont iff Sir,you see that I am

signed with th e Cross , and am on my journey with the King Of France ,to fight in this pilgrimage . My name is great

,and of note

,v iz .

,Will i am

Longespee but my estate is slender for the King of England,my kins

man and liege lord,hath bereft me Of the tit le Of Earl

,and of that estate

but this he did j udiciously,and not in displeasure

,and by the impulse of

his will therefore I do not blame him for it . Howbeit I am necessitatedto have recourse to your Hol iness for favour

,desiring your assistance in

this distress . We see here (quoth he) that Earl Richard (of Cornwall )who

,though he is not signed with the Cross

,yet

,through the especial grace

Of your Holiness, he hath got very much money from those who are signed ,and in want

,do in treat the l ike favour .

The Pope taking into consideration th e elegance of his manner,

th e efficacy of his reasoning,and the comeliness of his person

,conceded in

part what he desired ; whereupon he received above a thousand marksfrom those who had been so signed . I n about two years after this , in1 249, having received the blessing of his noble mother Ela , then Abbessof Lacock

,he commenced his journey at the head of a company of 20 0

Engli sh horse,and being received with great respect by the King of France

,

j oined that monarch’s army . I n Palest ine he became subsequentlypre-eminently distingui shed

,and fell in 1 250 in a great conflict with the

Saracens , near Damieta, having previously killed above 1 0 0 of the enemy

'Burke’s Ext. Peerage, Ed. 1 831 , p. 175. 17Hen. I I I .

COWLING . 20 5

with his own hand . I t was reported that,the night before the battle

,his

mother Ela,the abbess

,saw in a vision the heavens open

,and her son armed

at all parts (whose shield she well knew) , received with j oy by the angels .Remembering the occurrence when news of his death reached her in sixmonths after

,she held up her hands

,and with a cheerful countenance

said : I,thy handmaid, give thanks to thee , O Lord , that out of my

sinful flesh thou hast caused such a champion against Thi ne enemies tobe born .

” I t was also said that in 1 252 , when messengers were sent tothe Soldan of Babylon for the redemption of those who had been takenprisoners

,he thus addressed them I marvel at you ,

Christ ians,who

reverence the bones Of the dead,why you inquire not for those Of the

renowned and right noble Wil liam Longespee , because there be manythings reported of them (whether fabulous or not I cannot say), v iz .

,that

in the dark of the night there hav e been appearances at his tomb,and that

to some,who called upon his God

,many things were bestowed from heaven .

For which course and in regard of his great worth and nobili ty Of birth ,we have caused his body to be here intombed .

” Whereupon the messengerdesiring it

,the remains were del ivered to them by the Soldan , and thence

conveyed to Acres,where they were buried in the church of St . Cross .

This eminent and heroic personage married Idonea,daughter and he ir of

Richard de Carnv ille .

‘

The manor passed to hi s son and heir,William de Longespee , who

married Maud,daughter of Walter Clifford

,and died in 1 257, leav ing an

only daughter and heir Margaret,commonly called Countess of Salisbury .

She married Henry de Lacy,Earl of Lincoln

,who surviving her enj oyed

the manor during his lifetime . He died in and the manor passed tohis only daughter and heir Alice , married to Thomas , Earl of Lancaster ,who be ing outlawed King Edw. I I . seized upon the lands wh ich Alice hadmade over to her husband and other manors . This manor does not seemto have been seized, and Ali ce , the heiress Of Henry de Lacy,

Earl of Lincoln,

remarried Eberlon le Straunge .

’

The manor seems next to have vested in Robert de Aspale . Thefamily had previously held land in Cowling

,for we find that Master

Geoffrey de Aspale had free warren here in and Master Gil es de Aspale ,rector of the church Of Cowling

,claimed to have warren in hi s lands in Cow

l ing .

5 Geo ffrey de Aspale also held here ,and on the Patent Roll s in 1 275

wil l be found an action by him against Richard,son Of Godfrey de Cu lynge

touching a fosse levied in Cowling .

“

Thi s Geoffrey de Aspale died in and in the inquisit ion takenafter h is decease the Manor of Cowl ing is mentioned . A fine was leviedof customs and services out of part of the manor in 1 326 by Ebuld leStrange and Alice his wife against Robert de Aspale ,

“ and another in 1 329of the manor by the said Robert de Aspale and Al ice his wi fe against Thomasson Of Robert de Aspale .

9

The manor passed from Robert de Aspale to his son and he ir,Sir

John de Aspale , who had a grant of free warren here in

Burke’s Ext . Pee rage , ed . 1 8 31 , p . 175 .“Pat. Rolls , 3 Edw. I . 24d .

4 Edw. I I . 5 1 . 1 5 Edw. I . 35 .

3 I .P .M 2 Edw. I I . (zud Nos .) 1 0 1 .

“Feet of Fines , 20 Edw. I I . 2 .

‘ Chart. Rolls , 56 Hen. I I I . 1 H .R . ii . 9 Feet of Fines , 2 Edw. I I I . 36.

1 Chart . Rolls, I I Edw. I I I . 4 ; 2 1 Edw.

I I I .’H .R . ii . £53. 173. 4 .


As the Manor of Stonham Aspall , in Bosmere and Clayd on Hundred ,the manor passed to his two daughters

,and in 1 40 8 John Spencer, the

3rd husband of the daughter Katherine,together with her re leased to Sir

Edmund de Thorp and Joan his wife,daughter of the said Katherine by

her 2nd husband,Sir Robert John) de N orthwode ,

a moiety of this manor .J oan de Thorp died in 1 4 1 5 ,

and by her will ordered her debts and legaciesto be paid ou t of h er Manor Of Stonham if her lord would permit if not

,

then her Manor of Cowling should be sold for that purpose,but if the

legacies were paid ou t of Stonham,then she gave the Manor Of Cowling to

her said husband,Lord Edmund de Thorp

,and his heirs for ever . The

debts and legacies would appear to have been paid out of Stonham,and

the interes t of J oan in the manor passed to her husband in fee,and on his

death passed to his daughter I sabel,married to Philip Tilney,

of Bur ton,

co . Lincoln .

On Phi lip Tilney’s death in 1 453 it passed to his son and he ir , Frederick

Tilney,who married Elizabeth

,daughter Of Laurence Cheney

,of Cam

bridgesh ire , and passed to their only daughter Elizabeth,married to

Humphrey B ou rchier , Knt.,eldest son of J ohn

,Lord Berners

,slain at the

battle of Barnet in 1 471 . Elizabeth afterwards married Thomas,son and

he ir of J ohn,Lord Howard

,later Earl of Surrey and Duke of Norfolk

,and

made h er will in 1 50 6‘ under the name of Elizabeth

,Duchess Of Norfolk .

’

The Duke held th is moiety of the manor unt il his death in 1 524 , when SirJ ohn Bou rch ier

,son and he ir of Sir Humphrey B ou rch ier , 2nd Lord Berners ,

succeeded . He married Katharine,daughter Of John Howard

,Duke Of

Norfolk,and in 1 5 1 5 was made Chancellor of the Exchequer for li fe . He

translated by command of Hen . VI I I . the Chronicle of Sir John Froissartand other works from the French

,Spanish

,and I tal ian . He died 1 6th

March,1 532 and the manor devolved (subj ect to the interest of his

widow,who died 1 2th March

,I 535

-6) upon his two daughters— Mary, marriedto Alexander Untou

,son and heir Of Sir Thomas

,ofWadley,

in Berks . Asettlement dated 1 0 th J une

,1 5 1 6, was made by Sir J ohn Bourch ier , Lord

Berners,who had th e reversion in the manor subj ect to the estate by the

curtesy of Thomas , Earl of Surrey , on this marriage , whereby the Manor ofCowling

,with the Manors of Horham and Thorpe Hal l

,were to be limited

to the use Of J ane B ourch ier and the heirs of her body, and for lack of suchissue to the use of the said Mary and the heirs Of her body,

with remainderto the use of the said Lord Berners and the heirs of his body

,with divers

remainders over to the use of Sir Thomas,Lord Howard

,Sir Edward

Howard,Edmund Howard

,brothers

,in tail male one after the other, after

to Lady Mu riel l,Viscountess Lyell

,Anne

,Lady Dacre

,wife of Thomas

,

Lord Dacre,of the South

,Dame Elizabeth Boleyn

,wife of Sir Thomas

Boleyn ,and Dame Margaret Bryan

,wife Of Sir Thomas Bryan

,and the heirs

of their bodies with divers remainders over .

Mary died without issue . J ane married Edmund Knevet or Knyvet,zud son of Edmund Knev et

,Of Bukenham Castle

,in Norfolk . He held

a moiety of this manor in right of his wife,and died I st May

,1 539, his

widow surviving until 17th Feb .

‘I .P .M Duchy of Lancaster, 50 (Hen.

3Wi ll 3rd March , 1 532-3, proved 4th

VI I .) 1 26. Feb . 1 533-4.

’For copy of h er will , see Stonham “Will 6th April , 1 560 ,

proved 9th March ,Aspal l Manor, in Bosmere and 1 561 .

Claydon Hund red .


Prior to 1747the manor was purchased by Francis Dick ins , a bencherof the Middl e Temple

,who also held the Manor Of Little Bradl ey . He was

a son of Francis Dickins,Of R ippl ington ,

co . Hants . An inscripton

to his memory states that , in priv ate life he was seriously religious,an

affectionate husband,a hearty friend , a kind master ; with natural endow

ments increased byknowledge of the laws,hewas a magis trate upright without

sev erity,in preventing suits and procuring reparation for the inj ured ,

ending stri fe in content . He was a shining ornament to his profession bydeep learning and solid j udgement he was a guide tomany

,a pattern to all .

He repaired and ornamented the church and built the steeple at his ownexpense .

”

He married Rachel only daughter and heir Of Thomas Dickins,also a

bencher Of the Middle Temple,and died 27th May , 1747, at the age of 76,

when the manor passed to his son and heir,Francis Dickins

,and from

him to his son and heir,Francis D ickins

,who sold it in 1 8 1 6 to J ohn Kemp

,

by whose assignees it was sold in 1 8 17to Henry Usborne, High Sheri ff forthe county in 1 823 . The estate then consisted Of the manor

,great and

small t ithes,and acres Of land including the park . The manor was

again Offered for sale 24th J uly , and again in 1 841 and 5th J une , 1 845 .

The Ipswz’

ch journal of 1 6th Aug . 1 845, states that Branches Park ,the seat Of the late Henry Usborne

,Of close upon acres

,and Manor

of Cowling,extending over acres

,and producing a rent Of nearly

sold for £60 ,50 0'

to a gentleman from Manchester .”

In 1 855 the manor was v ested in J ames Simpson , and in 1 885 in J amesAlfred Simpson .

I n 1 896 the manor was vested in J ames Dundas Cockburn , and is nowvested in Gilbert Augustus Tonge

,who resides at Branches Park

,a fine

mansion here standing in about 20 0 acres of land well t imbered .

Arms Of DE LONGESPEE Arg . si x lions or l ionels rampant,Or

,third

,

second,first . O f WOLRICH or WORLICH Gules

,a chevron betw. 3 geese

volant,Argent . Of DICKINS : Erm . on a cross fieury Sa .

,a leopard’s

face Or .

SHARDELOWES MANOR .

This was the lordship in the t ime of King Edw. I I I . of Sir J ohn deShardelowe

,and he died seised of it in from which time to the t ime

Of Sir J ohn de Shardelowe,who died without issue in and

,indeed

,

to the death Of William B rewse,who died in 1 489, the manor passed in

the same course as the Manor Of Shardelowes, in Lackford Hundred .

Short ly afterwards the manor was acquired by John Clopton,Of

M elford,who by a deed dated I st August

,1 539, granted the manor, call ed

in such deed the Manor Of Shardlowes in Wroting, with lands inWrat ting

,Stradishall

,Otley

,Great Thurlow

,Little Thurlow

, Stansfield ,Lidgate

,Tunstall

,and elsewhere

,to his son

,Wil liam Clopton and Margaret

his wif e , daughter of Sir Thomas J ermyn .

“ W ill iam Clopton died in 1 562 ,but sold the manor in 1 545 to Sir Edward North ,

“ son of Roger North,

who died in 1 509, and Christian his wife , daughter of Richard Warcup,of

Sconington,near Appleby

,in Kent

,widow of Ralph Warren .

’Ipsws

'

ch journal . 28th June, and zud Aug.

3 I .P .M I I Hen. VI . 1 2 .

1 828 .‘Harl . 48 D. 33.

8 Edw. I I I . 37.

5 Fine, Mich . 37Hen. VIII .

COWLING . 209

Sir Edward North was a lawyer , and in 1 531 was appointed one of theclerks Of the Parl iament . In 1 536 he became one of the King’s serjeantsat-law

,being so styled by the King in a grant then made to him ,

and on

th e surrender of his Office of clerk of the Parliament in 1 540 was madeTreasurer of the Court of Augmentations

,an Office created on the dissolu

tion of the monasteries . The following year he was a knight,and elected

one of the representatives for the County of Cambridge,and three years

later was Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations j ointly with Sir RichardRich . Within a few months following he became sole Chancellor of thatcourt by the resignation of the said Sir Richard Rich . H e was called to thePrivy Council , and had frequent grants of land from the King as a testimonyof his fav our and of the good services rendered to his sovereign . KingHen . VI I I . constituted him one Of his executors

,and appointed him to

be of council to his son and successor Edw. V I .,leav ing him a legacy of £30 0 .

On King Edward’s accession to the Crown,Sir Edward was again elected

one of the kn ights Of the sh ire for the County of Cambridge,in th e Parlia

ment then called,in which an Act be ing passed for the alteration of re ligion

,

and a Communion Book printed in Engli sh,h e was one of the Privy Council

who signed the let ters missive,dated 1 3th March , to be sent to the several

Bishops in England for the use of i t,to commence at Easter following .

He continued of the Privy Council all King Edward’s reign

,and was chosen

again Knight of the Shire for Cambridge in th e second and last Parliamentcalled by that King , being specially recommended by his let ters to thesheri ff of that county . When by the Duke Of Northumberland’s pract ice sthe Lady J ane Grey was proclaimed Queen

,he was one Of the council

who signed the let ter sent to the Lady Mary ,afterward s Queen

,wherein

they acknowledged the Lady'

J ane to be their lawful sovereign . But thiswas no hindrance to Queen Mary’s fav our

,having otherwise mani fested

himsel f a faithful subj ect,so that on her accession h e was of her Privy

Council and in the first year of her re ign,in consideration of his great

meri ts and abili ties,he was advanced to the dignity Of a baron of the realm

by summons to Parliament 17th Feb . 1 553-4 , and took his place in theHouse of Peers on 17th April .

The 1 8th of Decembe r,1 558 he was appointed one of the lords

commissioners to consider and allow of the claims which those shouldmake who were to perform any service by tenure

,on the day of that

Queen’s coronation and was constituted Lord Lieutenant Of Cambridgeshi re

,and the Isle of Ely

,which was confirmed to him by another patent

in the second year of h er re ign . By his will dated 20 th March , 1 563 he

be ueathed his body to be buried at Kirtling, in the County of Cambridge ,an gav e to his son and heir

,Sir Roger North

,knight

,his Parliament robes ,

beseeching God to bless him and giv e him His grace truly and faithfullyto serve the Queen and this realm

,and to beware of pride and prodigal

expenses . He was so fearful of both his sons’unthriftiness that he entailed

his estate to prevent alienations as stric tly as the law Of those t imeswould allow

,with a remainder to his kindred of Walke ringham .

He married I st Al ice,daughter of Oliver Squire , of Southby, near

Portsmouth,widow of Edward Myrffyn,

of London,son Of an alderman

of that city,and also the widow of J ohn B rigad ine , of Southampton , with

whom he had a considerable fortune .

xProved 23rd Feb . 1 564

-5 ; I .P .M 26th April , 1 565.


His zud wife was Margaret , daughter of Richard Butler , of London ,widow of Sir David Brooke

,knight

,Lord Chi e f Baron Of the Exchequer

,

who surviv ed him,and was bur ied in the chance l of St . Lawrence J ewry,

London,where on her tomb is this epitaph

LO here the Lady Margare t North ,in tombe and earth doth lye

Of husbands four the faithful spouse,

whose fame shall never dye .

One Andrew P raunces was the first,

the second Robert hight,

S irnamed Chartsey,Alderman

Sir David Brooke,a Knight

,

Was third . But h e that passed all,

and was in number fourth,

And for his virtue made a lord,

was cal l’d S ir Edward North .

These all together do I wisha j oyful ris ing day

That of the Lord,and Of h is Christ

,

all honour they may say .

Obi it 2 die Junii , An . Dom . 1 575 .

The said Edward,Lord North died at his house called the Charter

house,in the suburbs Of London

,on Sunday,

the last Of December,

1 564 , and was buried in a v ault under th e chance l at Kirtl ing , on the southside

,which he had caused to be made for that purpose

,where is this

memorial on a monument of black marble

Serva FidemEdvardum finx it Northum natura beatum

addidit et Magnas gracia Regis Opes

prov idus et sapiens claros suscepit honoreset tamen in tanto comis honore fuit

quae natura dedit quae gracia principis aux it

omnia mors una su stul it atra dieque Obiit ultimo Decembris

Anno Domini

Habui t fil ios Rogerum nunc Dominum North,et Thomam fil ias v ero

Christianarn et Mariam q uarum altera Will i Comitis Wigornia uxor al teraHenrica dno Scroop nupta .

By his picture , whereof there is yet a copy remaining ,’h e appears

to hav e been a person Of a moderate stature,somewhat inclined to cor

pu lency, and a reddish hair . As to his character,it can only appear from

what has been said of him and his let ters show he rather affected thede livery of a full and a clear sense than any cur iosity Of style or expression . The brav ery of his mind may best be j udged of by his delightto live in an equipage rather above than under his condi tion and degreeand by his magnificence in buildings , wh ich were very noble for materials

'In Peterhouse College, Cam bridge.


those ways that might be most pleasing to his merci fu l God . And with alltold this deponent

,that there was nothing in thi s liefe which he more

desyred then to be joyned in marriage with some god lie gentlewoman withwhom he might lead hi s liefe to the glory of God

,the comfort of his soule

,

and to the faithful] servi ce of her maj estic , for whose sake he had hithertoforborn marriage

,which long held h im doubtful l . The is and such like

speeches,passed from the said erle to this examinant who

,for his part

,

as he saith did ever like this godl ie dispositon, and ev er comforted his lordshi p therein

,and hartned him thereunto . Whereupon

,as he saith

,the said

erle di d divers t imes impart to this deponent , the bartie love and affectionwhich he bare unto the countess Of Essex

,whom he knew to be a most godl ie

and virtuous gentlewoman addi ng with all,that be greatly desyred and

longed after some yssue Of hi s owh e boddy, yf so i tt please God to

contynue and hold up his house and name . And after manie conferences passing between them to this purpose

,the said erle of Leicester

brake with this deponent,as he saith (on a tyme) and tould him plainlie ,

that he was resolved to marry and take to wief the countesse of Essex,

which in a short tyme he performed . For he sayeth , that on a Saterdaiethe 20 th September

,an . Dh i . 1 598 (as far as he now remembreth) the

queen’s majestie then lying at Stovers-house in the forrest , th e erle ofLeicester went to his house atWainsted

,to bedd

,and tooke this deponent

with him . In which night there was also at Wainsted,the erles of Warwick

and Pembroke,Sir Francis Knol les

,and the countess of Essex . At which

tyme and place the said erle of Leicester told this deponent after supper,

that he intended to be married the next morning,by th e leave of God ,

andtherefore prayed thi s deponent to ryse somewhat betimes for that purpose .

Whereupon the daie following beinge Sundaie,thi s examinant rose early,

and came to the said Erle,whom he found walk inge in a li t tle gallery

looking towards the garden . And after ordi nary salutat ion,the Erle of

Leicester said to this deponent,that he should presently solemnize

, yf the

Lords and Sir Francis Knol les were reddy . And thereupon departed fromthis examinant to fetch them together

,and gave this deponent hi s double

key,praying to go downe

,and to bring up thither

,by the privy wai

,Mr .

Tindall,a chaplai n of his lordship’s

,which this deponent (as he sayeth )

did accordingl ie , insomuch as this deponent and Mr . Tindall , were in thesaid gallery first and ymediately after came the Erles Of Leicester , Warwick

,and Pembroke

,Mr . Treasurer Knol les , and then the Countess of

Essex ; I n which time and place, and in the presence Of the personsaforerecited

,Mr . Tindall did marry the aforesai d Erle of Leicester and

Countess of Essex together,by the booke of Common Prayer

,after the due

order of the same . And Mr . Treasur er Knolles,father of the Countess

,did

give her . And further this deponent sayeth ,he well remembreth

,that as

he looked aside,he saw Mr . Richard Knol les

,brother to the Countess

,stand

in the door which came out of the Erle’s chamber

,wi th his body hal f in

the gallery and half ou t,who

,together with the persons beforementioned

,

both saw and heard the solemnization of the said marriage . And otherthe deponent knows not .

Thi s Lord North was Ambassador Extraordinary from Queen Elizabethto Chas . IX . King of France

,and was sworn of the Privy Council to the

Queen also constituted Treasurer 'of the Household in 1 597on the deathof Sir Francis Knoll es

,Knight Of the Gart er . His last wil l bears date

20 th October , 1 598 , wherein he bequeathed hi s body to be buried in thechurch of Kirtling

,wh ich was done 20 th December following

,by Garter

COWLING . 2 1 3

King at Arms,and a monument erected to his memory,

with thisinscription

Durum patiRogerus dominus North de KirtlingeThesaurarius Hospitii Regi i et e SacrisConsl iis sub Regina Elizabetha uxoremDux it Winifridam fil iam Ricardi domini

,

Rich,de Lees in Com Essex

,Summi Anglia

Cancel larii exq ua fil ios genu it Johannem ,et

Henricum,Milites

,et filiam unicam Mariam

q ua decessit innupta .

Diem Obiit extremumAnno Aetatis LXXmo

et Anno Domini M .D.Cmo.

He died in the 7oth year of h is age , 3rd December , 1 60 0 and Camden

(in his History of Queen Elizabeth) giv es this character of him That hewas a person of great briskness and vivacity

,with an head and heart fit

for service .

”

The manor passed to Roger,Lord North’s grandson and heir

,Dudley

North,son of Sir John North

,e ldest son Of Roger and Of Sir John’s wife

Dorothy,daughter and coheir Of Sir Valentine Dale

,Master

of the Requests . Sir John had been slain in t he Flemish wars sth J une ,1 597; as hi s burial in St . Gregory

’s,London

,is 6th J une

,1 597, much

expedition seems to hav e been exercised ! Dudley,Lord North

,married

Frances,6th daughter and coheir Of Sir J ohn Brocket

,of Brocket Hall

,

co. Hereford,be ing the only child of his 2nd wife Elizabeth , daughter and

coheir Of Roger Moore . He was nominated in 1 645 by both Houses ofParliament

,with the Earls of Northumberland

,Essex

,Warwick

,and

others to manage the affairs Of the Admiralty. He di ed 1 8 J uly,1 666

,

in his 85 th year, and was buried at Kirtling .

Subsequently we find the manor v ested in Sir J acob Downing,Bart .

,

who di ed without issue in 1764 .

I n 1 80 8 the manor was vested in John Kemp,and in 1 8 1 1 in the

Master and Fellows of Downing College,Cambridge .


DALHAM .

N this place in Saxon times a socman had an estate con

sist ing of 2 carucates of land,a villein

, 5 bordars , 2 serfs ,ploughteams in demesne and 2 belonging to the men

,

which latter became I ) at th e t ime of the Survey. Therewas also wood for the maintenance Of 60 hogs

,2 rouncies

,

1 0 beasts,24 hogs , 1 0 0 sheep ,

and 50 goats . At the t ime Ofthe Survey the beasts had increased to 1 5 , the hogs to 30 ,

andthe sheep became reduced to 40 . The v alue was formerly 4os .

,but at the

t ime of the Survey 61 3 . There was also a church with 40 acres of free land ,and half a ploughteam val ued at 53 . Willi am the Sinner held this ov er thesocman , and when the Survey was taken the estate belonged to Richard,son Of Earl Gislebert.

MANOR OF DALHAM WITH DUN srAL’s.

From the Domesday tenant,Ri chard Fitz Gilbert

,this manor came

down to Will iam Peche,who held of the Honor of Clare

,and in 1 1 91 was

held by Sir Hamon Peche,Sheri ff Of Cambridge 1 1 56 to 1 1 60 . He married

Al ice , daughter and coheir Of Pagan Perev ell and sister and coheir ofWil liam Perev el l

,and was succeeded by his son and heir

,Gilbert Peche

,

who married Alice,daughter Of Sir Robert Fitz Wal ter . Gil bert was dead

by 1 2 1 3 , and the manor passed to his son and heir , Hamon Peche on whosedeath in 1 240 it v ested in h is son and heir

,Sir Gilbert Peche

,

2

who gavethis manor with his other lands to the King and Eleanor his then Queen .

Serj eants’accounts of lands of Lady Joan Peche3 in Dalham

,2 1 and

22 Edw. I . will be found amongst the Ministers’Accounts in the RecordOffice .

“

Page (in his History of Su ffolk) says that in the 9th Edw. I . QueenMargaret held the manor

,but he labours under a delusion

,of course

,as

Margaret was not Queen unt il 1 299, th e 27Edw. I .

The manor,however

,was by letters patent , dated Hertford, 20 th

Feb . 1 30 3 , granted to her as part Of th e lands wherewith the King doweredhis zu d Queen Consort at the church door for l ife . As Margaret wasmarried to King Edward

,at Canterbury

,8th Sept . 1 299, this was a post

nuptial grant made to h er in compensation for other lands which were forState reasons withdrawn . But the grant was made to her in the sameform as if she had Obtained it at the church door on the day of hermarriage .

I t was in conformi ty with the ancient custom in compliance withwhich Royal brides of England demanded and received a formal inv estiture of lands and other endowments from their Kings in the face Of the con

gregation assembled to see the set tlement as well as the nupt ial rit e .

Margaret was the youngest daughter of Philip the Bold,King of France

,

and is said to have been the fir st Queen of England who bore her armswith those Of her husband on one shield .

The grant was more probably at this t ime of £50 value from the manorsof Dalham and B radfiel d

,

5 but In 1 309 a grant was made by King Edw. I I .to Queen Margaret of the two manors in lieu of other manors .“

On the Patent Rolls in 1 31 3 we meet with a commission issued on thecomplaint of Queen Margaret to enquire touching the persons who forcibly

'Dom. ii . 390 .‘ Bund le 995 , No. 1 3.

2T. de N . 292 .

5 Pat. Roll s, 31 Edw. I . 34, and 32 Edw. I .3 She was Gil be rt’s 2nd wi fe and daughter

of Simon de Grey.

° Pat. Rolls , 3 Edw. I I . 1 5 and 1 4.

2 1 6 THE MANORS OF SUF FOLK .

without l icence we find a pardon entered on the Patent Rolls in 1 341 to

Wal ter de Norwich and Margaret . “

He was summoned to Parliament as a baron 25th F eb . 1 34 1-2 and 3rd

April,1 360 . In 1 344 he had licence to fortify his houses at Met tingham ,

in Su ffolk,and Blackworth and Lyng, in Norfolk . He later served in th e

wars in France under Henry of Lancaster,Earl of Derby

,and founded a

chantry in the church of Rav eningham consisting of one masterand eight pries ts to the honour Of the Blessed Virgin

,and to Andr ew the

Apostle,and All Saints to celebrate divine serv ice for the health of his soul

and the soul Of Margaret his wife,&c.

He married I st Alice,daughter of William de Huntingfield ,

by whomhe had no issue

,and 2ndly Margaret Mortimer , of Attleborough , co . Norfolk .

Rent Roll s Of the manor in 1 345 will be found amongst the SuffolkRolls in the Bodleian .

2

Sir J ohn de Norwich died 1 sth Aug . 1 362 , and the manor passed to hiswidow Margery or Margaret

,and Sir J ohn's eldest son (and on her decease

in 1 366 Walter , hav ing died in his father’s lifetime in to Sir J ohn

’sgrandson and heir

,Sir J ohn de Norwich

,the son Of Walter . Walter is said

to have married Wol iona,daughter of Miles Stapleton

, of Bedale , in Yorkshi re

,but at the date of the abov e settlement in 1 340 his wife

’s name seemsto have been Margaret .

Sir John had liv ery Of his lands in 1 374 , being then seised of the manorsof B redfiel d

,Dalham

,I lketshall

,Sch ip

-medway ,

”Redesham

,Mel lis

,

Wenhaston,B ru nfeld

,Dall inghoo

,Thorington and the Castle of Metting

ham,all ih Suffolk . H e died the same year without issue

,by his will

dated 1 373 appointing his body to be buried at Raveningham by the sideOf hi s fath er

,Sir Walter

,there to rest till it could be removed to the new

church Of Norton-coupe cors,

”to the building of which he left £450 .

Sir J ohn de Norwich leaving no issue,Katherine de Brews

,daughter of

Thomas,brother of Sir J ohn

,grandfather to the last Sir J ohn

,hi s cousin

,

was his next heir and then aged 32 , and on her doing homage she hadliv ery of the manor .’ However

,being then or shortly afterwards becoming ,

a nun at Dartford,in Kent

,sh e resigned her right and claim to the manor

1 8th May,1 378 , in favour of her aunt Margaret (daughter of Sir Walter ,

“

who di ed in 1 326, and sister Of Sir J ohn and Thomas the father of the saidKatherine) ,who had married 1 stThomas Caily,

and 2ndly Robert de Ufford,I st Earl Of Suffolk

,

’the reversion vesting in her son,Will iam de Ufford

,

zud Earl Of Suffolk .

Amongst the Harleian Charters in th e British Museum is a deed bywhi ch Katerina de B reouse

,cousin and heir of Sir John de Norwich

,

Knt.,grants to Sir J ohn de Burgh

,Nicholas de Gernoun

,William Phel ip,

John Bol l,clerk

,Robert Grigge , clerk , Robert Gosselyn,

clerk,William le

Rous,and Thomas de Wroxham

,the reversion of this manor and that Of

B redfiel d,and the advowson of the church of Dalham

,which Margaret

sometime wife of Sir Walter de Norwich,held for the term of her li fe .

The deed is dated London,1 0 th Nov . 48 Edw. I I I .

Pat. Rolls , 1 4 Edw. I I I . pt . iii . 7; Deed Margaret to be the daugh ter of

of John de Norwich , 1 4 Edw. IV. Sir John de Norwich , and not h is

M . Pas . Rec. Rot. sister, but this is not correct, as if’1 8 Edw. I I I . , B odl . Su ff . Rol ls 9. so, she would have been aunt to

34 Edw. I I I . Sir John, who died in 1 574 , and

48 Edw. I I I . 52. consequently h is heir.5 Fine , Rot. 48 Edw. I I I . 1 5.

7See Parham Hall Manor, P lomesgate“Suckling , in a Pedigree in the Suck ling Hund red .

Col lection in the B rit. Mus ., makes “Harl . 47B . 1 8.

DALHAM . 2 17

On William de Ufford's death,1 5th Feb . 1 38 1

-2,without issue

,the

reversion in th e manor (for Margaret , Robert de U fford’s widow

,di d not

apparently die until passed to his sisters and coheirs — Cecily,wi fe

of John, 3rd Lord Wil loughby de Eresby,

Catherine,wife of Robert

,

Lord Scales, 3rd Baron ; and Margaret

,wife of William

,Lord Ferrers

,

3rd Baron,of Groby,

or their real representatives,who apparently

were Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron,Henry de Ferrers

, 4th Baron,

and Roger de Scales, 4th Baron . J ohn Matlere and William Bateman

then purchased of Robert Willoughby and Roger de Scales theirtwo shares in the manor . Th e fine levi ed to effect this purchaseclearly shows the then existing condition of the title . I t is levied by JohnMarlere

,clerk

,Will iam Bateman

,Nicholas de Massyngham ,

and RobertRyk edown in 1 384 , against Sir Robert de Wylughby,

” and Sir RogerScales

,Of two parts of both manor and advowson

,which Margaret

,who

was wife of Sir Walter de Norwych ,held for li fe .

” 2

The nature of the transaction is also made clear by the licence on thePatent Rolls in The purchasers of these two parts sold them toThomas Stutev i ll in 1 4 17, and th e said Thomas Stutev il l afterwards purchased the remaining third of the manor of Will iam Ferrers

, sth Baron ,the son Of Henry de Ferrers

, 4th Baron,to whom the same had descended

from his father in 1 387. Thomas Stutev il l or Stotev i ll married Edith,

daughter of Heath,of Suffolk

,and died in when the manor passed

to his son and heir,Thomas Stotev il l

,who married Maude

,daughter of

Dracott,and dying in the manor passed to his son and heir ,

Richard Stotev ill,who married Grace

,daughter and coheir of Borley,

and of his wife,daughter and heir of Walk fare

,Of I sleham

,and dying

the 1 4th Oct . the manor dev olv ed upon his son and heir,Thomas

Stotev ill, who marri ed Margaret , daughter of Thomas Underhill and

Thomasin his wife,daughter and coheir of Henry Caldebeke , and rel ief of

J ohn Turner . Thomas Stotev il l died 1 8 th Sept . when the manorpassed to hi s son and heir

,Thomas Stotev ill , who married Anne , daughter

and coheir of Edward Bird,of Gazeley

,who died 1 1 th May

,1 571 , and on

the south side of the chancel of Dalham church is a stone erected on analtar monument thus inscribed

Here lyeth ThomasStutevyle Esq uyer

late lord of thisToune and Patronof this Churche andAnn his Wyfe . Theycontinewed and keptHespitalitye in theManor Place here

40 yeares togetherand her 1 5 chi ldrenv iz . 7 Sonnes and 8Daughters . he died the1 1 Of Maye 1 571 his age

65and the said Anne

1 9 Rich . I I . 35 .

‘ I .P .M 26 Hen. VI . 5.

2 Fee t Of Fines , 8 Rich . I I . 2 ; 7 7Edw. IV. 22 .

R ich . 1 32 . 22 Hen. VI I . 483 Pat Rol ls , 8 Ri ch . I I . pt . i . 42 . 7Hen. VIII . 53 .

2 1 8 THE MANORS OF SUF FOLK .

Thomas Stotev ill was succeeded by his son and heir , Thomas Stotev i ll ,on whose death in 1 60 6 the manor passed to his son and heir , Sir MartinStotev il l

,

'on whose death 1 3th J une , 1 63 1 , at the age of 62 , it v ested in

his son and heir,Thomas Stotev il l

,who dying in 1 649 i t went to his widow

Judith for li fe,and on her death in 1 696 left the Stotev il l family after a hold

ing of 280 years . I t is t ru e Charles Stu tev il l seems to have been residingat Dalham Hall in 170 2 , for amongst the Rawlinson MSS . in the Bodleianwe find allegations

,&c.

,in a suit by Charles Stu tev il l

,of Dalham Hall

,

against Eliz abeth Beecher,claiming to be his widow 170 2

Davy ment ions that in 1 531 Christopher Slingsby and others hadlicence to ali enate to Leonard Cotton and others

,and that in 1 536 Margaret

Sl ingsby,widow

,and others held .

An entry such as th is is somewhat distressing where otherwise thelinks in the devolution appear sat isfactory

,but an entry on the State

Papers in 1 5 1 6 and 1 5 17, and an entry on the Memoranda Rolls in 1 536,clear the matter up

,and di sclose

,as we had already anticipated

,that the

parties referred to were not beneficial owners . The short entry from theState Papers in 1 5 1 6 is a grant of the reversion and custody while heir aminor

,of Dal ham Manor

,-for Chris topher Slyngesby,

3 and the entry fromthe Memoranda Roll s in 1 536, on the strength of which no doubt Davyenters the unfortunate Margaret Slingsby as a lady , is a cal l upon her ,probably widow of Chr istopher, and on others to show title to the manor .

‘

I n 1 697the manor was acquired by Gilbert Dolben,but he did not hold

for long,as in 170 2 the manor was purchased by Simon Patrick , D.D.

,

Bishop of Ely,who erected in 170 5 the present Dalham Hall of red brick .

I t stands upon an eminence,and commands an extensive view of the

surrounding country . The Bishop died in 1707when the manor passedto his widow Penelope

,and later to his son Simon Patrick

,who sold in 171 4

to J ohn Afll eck,son of Thomas Affleck

,or Auch inlech

,by Ann

,daughter

of Matthias Peterson,of Ocland

,in Sweden .

The sale was under the authority Of an Act of Parliament 1 0 Anne,

J ohn Affieck the purchaser married N eeltie,daughter of Gilbert Schape

,

a merchant of Amsterdam,and died 26th March

,171 8 , at the age

of when the manor passed to hi s 2nd but eldest survivingson and heir

,Gilbert Affieck

, of Dalham Hal l,M .P . for Cambridge

,

who had married in 170 5 Anne , daughter Of J ohn Dolben,and niece of

Sir Gilbert Dolben,Bart .

,and dying in 1764, the manor passed to hi s

son and heir,J ohn Affleck

,M .P . for Su ffolk . H e married Sarah

,only

daughter of J ames Metcalfe,Of Roxton

,co. Bedford

,and dying 17th Feb .

A letter of h is, in 1 624 , wi ll be foundamongst th e Eger ton MSS. in th e

Bri t . Mus. (Ege r. A let terof this Martin Stotev i ll to Framl ingham Gawdy, dated the 1 4th Sept.1 624 , as to repair of th e steepleOf the chu rch of Dalham is men

tioned in the l oth Rep. of th e

Hi storical Com. (pt. iii . In

John Rous’s diary is the fol lowingent ry made June 1 3th , 1 631 :“ That day at night Sir MartinStutvi ll , of Dalh am, comming fromthe Sessions at Bury, with Sir

George lo Hunt, went into the

Angel] , and there being mery in a

chayer, either read ie to take tobaccoor hav ing newly done it (at /ertur),leaned backward wi th h is head ,

and di ed immed iatlie .

2Raw] . B . 382 .

3S R , 8 Hen. VIII . 528 ; 9 Hen. VIII .3 1 95

4 Memoranda, 28 Hen. VIII . , Mich . Rec.

Rot. 3.

“See House of Lords Journals, xix. 4 1 3,

“She di ed 27th Oct. 1729, aged 66.


DEN HAM .

N Saxon t imes 2 socmen had an estate in this place . I tconsist ed Of 3 carucates Of land , 5 v illeins

,1 3 bordars , a

serf, 4 ploughteams in demesne (reduced at the t ime of the

Survey to 3) and 4 belonging to the men. Also 6 acresof meadow

,wood sufficient to support 20 hogs , and a church

without land,a horse

,1 5 hogs , 72 sheep , and 38 goats ,

v alued at £3 . At the t ime Of the Survey the horses wereincreased to 2

,there were 4 beasts , and th e hogs were increased to 33 ,

while the v alue was £4 . 1 0 3 . W . Hu rant held this estate ov er the socmenand at the t ime of the Survey i t was held by R ichard, son of Earl Gislebert.

MANOR OF DENHAM .

Th is was the estate of Richard Fitz Gilbert , of Clare , at the time Ofthe Survey,

and passed to his son and heir , Gilbert de Clare . In 1 275 SirJ ohn de Say held the lordship

,and Gal frid de Aspale appears to have

died seised of i t in 1 287.

Davy enters dubiously Matilda de Mu lton in 1 293 , and Thomas deMu lton

,son and heir

,as holding in 1 295 , supposing they possibly may have

reference to Denham,in Hoxne Hundred . No doubt he was strengthened

in his doubt by finding that in 1 3 1 8 th e manor was st ill in the de Say family ,being then held by Margaret de Say . He might hav e been more doubtfulstill had he known Of the fine levied Of the manor in 1 287by Margaret deCriol lys against John,

son of Geoffrey de Say,and another fine lev ied of

the manor in 1 343 by J ohn de Say and Agnes his wife and Agnes , who waswi fe of Geoffrey de Say

,against Will iam de Ryseby,

chaplain,and J oh n

atte Lane,of Lakenheath .

3

I n 1 380 the manor appears to have been vest ed in J ohn de Denham .

“

Five years later it had passed to Matil da de Denham ,

s who continued to holduntil

The manor was the following year vested in the Hethe family .

’ Bydeed dated in 1 396 Robert de Hethe enfeo ffed Thomas Astley and othersin certain lands therein named

,comprehending among other property the

Manor of Denham,and the feoffees regranted the same to the said Robert

and Margery hi s wife and his heirs . He only surviv ed a few days,and

Thomas was found to be his son and heir of the age of 1 3 years .“ I n 1 439

°

thi s Thomas conv eyed by deed his Manor of Denham juxta Barrow to SirBrian Stapleton and others

,after the decease of himself and Anne his wi fe

,

to fulfil his will . There not being any male issue of this Thomas Hethe,

or Of Elizabeth,his sole daughter and heiress , the wife of William B erdewell ,

the trust for sale took e ffect .Thomas Hethe

’s will is dated 1 439, and the trust for sale under the

deed of 1 439 seems to have been exercised after the death of Anne his

’Dom . 11. 39ob. Shardelow, who died in 1 432 . This1 Feet of Fines, 1 5 Edw. I . 24. cannot wel l be correct. See Harl .3 Feet of Fines , 1 6 Edw. I I I . 29. MSS. 7356, where the sale is said“Add . Ch . 550 0 , 550 1 , 550 2 , 550 3 . to have taken place in 1 8 Hen. VI“Add . Ch . 5504. and that the manor subsequently“Add . Ch . 550 5 , 550 6, 5507, 550 8 . v ested in Sir John Shardelow.

7Davy says that the v ery year of Robert 20 Rich . I I . 28 .

de Heth e’s settlement in 1 396, Ela,

9See Manor of Hengrave, in Th ingoewidow of Sir Robert Shardelow, Hund red .

granted this manor to Sir John

DENHAM . 22 1

widow by William Cotton in 1 48 1 , selling to Thomas Higham or H eigham ,

x

on whose death 2 1 5t March,1 480

-1,

z the manor passed to his son and heir,

Thomas Heigham . The H eighams,however

,had considerable property

in the parish of Gazeley prior to their acquiring this manor .“ Thomas

Hygham held temp . H en . V I . of De Vere , Earl of Oxford, two knights’

fees in Denham j uxta Gaselee,which John Delamare formerly held .

Thomas Heigham married Catherine,daughter of William Cotton

,

of Lanwade,and di ed at Colne

,in Essex

,in 1 492 , when the manor passed

to his son and heir,Thomas

,who died without issue 28th J uly,

1 50 4 , whenthe manor dev olv ed on hi s brother and heir , J ohn Heigham,

of Heigham .

He married Mary Terringham ,and di ed the last day Of F eb . 1 522 , when the

manor passed to his son and heir,Thomas Heigham

,who married Philis

,

daughter of George Waldegrav e , of Smal lbridge , and di ed in 1 553, whenthe manor passed to hi s son and heir , Thomas Heigham . He marriedMartha

,daughter of Sir Thomas J ermyn , of Rushbrooke, Knt.

,by hi s I st

wife Anne,daughter of Thomas Spring

,of Lav enham ,

and died 9th Aug .

1 557, leaving four daughters and coheirs— Anne, Mary , Lucy , and Susan .

Mary and Lucy both died before 1 587 unmarried , Anne married ThomasClere

,of Stok esbee

,in Norfolk

,and Susan married Sir Edward Lewk enor

,

Knt.,of Kington Bonsey,

in Sussex,son of the unfortunate Edward

Lewk enor,groom-porter to Edw. VI . and Queen Mary

,who being implicated

in Sir Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion

,had been arraigned and condemned in

1 553 , but di ed a prisoner in the Tower before execution . By the inquisitiontaken on the death of Thomas Heigham it was found that Mary

,Anne

,Lucy

,

and Susan were his daughters and heirs,and that he di ed se ised of th is

manor and lands in Dal ham,Needham

,and Gazeley

,holden of the Earl of

Oxford as Of his Honor of Hedingham Castle by two knights’fees,and of

other estates .Sir Edward Lewkenor seems to have acquired the whole manor

,and

left the family estate in Sussex to reside here . He was,as we have said

,the

son of Edward Lewkenor,by Dorothy

,daughter Of Sir Robert Wrothe

,

of Du reance,in Enfield

,co . Middlesex

,which Edward was the son of

Edward Lewkenor and Margaret,one of the daughters of Roger Copley

,

which Edward was the son of Edward Lewk enor , the son of NicholasLewkenor

,Of Parham

,and Elizabeth or I sabel his wi fe

,daughter and coheir

of Ralph Radmylle and Margare t h is wife,daughter and coheir

of Sir Richard Camoys , which Nicholas was son Of Sir Thomas Lewk enor ,of Goringe

,co. Sussex

,and Phillippe

,daughter and he ir of WalterDalingrige ,

which Sir Thomas Lewkenor was son of Si r Thomas Lewkenor and Margaretor Elizabeth

,daughter Of John Carew

,of Mal lerforde

,co . Bucks

,which

Sir Thomas was son of Sir Thomas Lewkenor and J oan his wife,daughter

and sole heir of Sir John Doyly,of Stoke Doyly and Ranton , which Sir

Thomas was son of Roger Lewkenor,temp. Edw. I I I .

,by Katherine his

wife,daughter and heir of B ardolphe .

’ Sir Edward Lewk enor died3rd Oct . 1 60 5 , and was buried at Denham ,

according to the register, 5th

Oct . 1605 , which was the day after the burial there of his wife Susan .

For h is father, see Higham Hall , Gaze ley, the son of Thomas Heigham and

in this Hund red . The purchase rwas the son of Th omas Heigham ,

of Heigham, and Isa be l la, daughterand one of the heirs of Sir HughFranceys, which Thomam. was th e

Alice h is wife , daughte r and heirof John Hune , of Tunstal l , whichThomaswas the son of Thomas , theson of Richard Heigham, who died25th March , 1 340 .

son of Thomas and Alice , and h is a I .P .M 21 Edw. IV. 1 1 .

wi fe daughter and heir of Boys 3 See descent in 1 597. Rawl. B. 319, 321 .

ali as de Boyes, which Thomas was


I n a small chapel on the north side is a large altar or table monumentto Sir Edward Lewk enor

,Knt.

,and Dame Susan his wife

,2nd daughter

and coheiress of Thomas Heigham,

Of Heigham,Esq .

,by Martha

,

daughter of Sir Thomas J ermyn,of Rushbrooke

,Knt. The monument

stands on the floor against the north wall,and consists of a large

table of stone , on which are ten figures , all kneeling , facing to theeast

,and with their hands j oined before them in prayer— ih front

Sir Edward Lewk enor and hi s wife,immediately behind them two

sons,and behind the sons six daughters

,two and two— the father

is in armour,but bareheaded

,the hair short and with large ru ff ;

the sons are also in armour,al l the figures are black

,and kneeling on green

and gold cushions . Over these figures is a heavy canopy of stone . supportedby six stone pill ars , painted to resemble porphyry. The tablet on the frontor south side of the monument is divided into two compartments andbears the fol lowing inscriptions

I n hoc sacello nuper Kori m'

r filpl ou ergo exstructo conditi j acent insui s di stinctis et seperatis tumu lis clarissimus i lle vir Edwardus LewkenorEques Au ratus et Selecta domina Susanna ipsius uxor ambo et parentum

et famil iarum splendore illustres,ambo pietate et omnium v irtutum choro

insignes et peronati— quorum illa immatura morte extincta est q uum

‘

q u inq uaginta trium annorum curriculum vix confecisset die v iz . Octobris

2° Anno Salu tis 1 60 5— i lle vero postridie occub ii t quam sexaginta

t res annos a tate complev isset. Anteq uam natura cessit vir egregius multis

pra claris muneribus per functus est in aula regia in parl iamento in republicaidq ue fidel iter et cum summa laude atque bonorum omnium approbatione

inter ca teras autem j usti pra conii causas hac maxime edux it et sempiterna memoria digna quod ejus opera in perex iguam hanc vill am Obscu

ramq ue ev angel ii pra dicatio est introducta cuj us luce et beneficio adextremum vita terminum fru ebatur .

Famina vero pra cel lentissima a sinceré evangelica v eritatis pro

fessione nanq uam defu it sed eam multis christianis v irtutibus modestiacastitate Er opym in pauperes misericordia in omnes munificentia

commendav it atque in tam fa lici statu tandem expirav it non dubiumigitur est quin in perenni gloria ambo triumphent ultimam resurrectionemardentibu s v otis expectantes q uum plena ipsorum redemptio perficietur .

Reliq u erunt superstites filios binos fil ias vero sex pra claram sane sobolem

parentum v estigiis insistantem atque omnes v irtutes talium parentum .

exprimentem cuj us lucu lentum specimen quod v iz .

fil ius natu maximus pra clarum hoc non ex igu is suis sumptibusexcidendum et artificiosa manu hoc fano locandum curavit inperpetua parentum Reliq uerunt etiam mu ltos

am icos et familiares tristes et I psoru morte defientes .

(The last l ines of the inscription are nearly obliterated by damp) .

On the south side raised above the canopy,is a large shield of arms

,

namely,LEWKENOR

,of 1 2 coats .

1 . Lewkenor Azure, 3 ch ev ronels, Argent , a mullet for di fference .

2 . B ardolphe Azure, 3 cinquefoils Or .

3 . Tregose Azure,2 bars gemelles Or

,in chief a lion passant of the

second .

4 . Dalingridge als . Delahache : Or,a cross engrailed Gules .

5 . Broos,alias Bruce Gules

, 3 bars vairee Argent and Azure.6. Echingham Azure

,a fret Argent .


building near his house with a large Table to the only use and relief ofthe Poor ; and the last year Of hi s li fe , being 32 years old

,clothed

as many poor persons, &c.

,He lives lewdly in these days , says the

Preacher that cannot have one Parasite or others,to make a Funeral

Sermon in his praise and commendation but for myself , i f I speak false ,when I come down from my Pulpit , accuse me before this Congregationand i f I speak but true then giv e Glory to God , and test ify with me .

”

The manor passed to Sir Edward’s only surv iving son and heir, EdwardLewkenor

,who married Elizabeth

,eldest daughter of Sir Will iam Russel

,

Bart .,of Chippenham

,i n Cambridgeshir e

,by whom he had a daughter

and heir Mary married to Sir Horatio Townshend,of Raynham

,co. Norfolk

,

Bart ., created Viscount Townshend, r 1 th Dec . 1 682 .

Edward Lewk enor di ed and was buried at Denham the 23rd Dec . 1 634 ,his funeral sermon being preached by Timothy Oldmayne, rector Of Denham ,

and printed in 1 636, with an elegy and epitaph by J ohn Garnons , D.D.

His widow survived,remarried J ohn Ganden

,D.D.

,afterwar ds Bishop

of Worcester,and di ed in 1 662 .

By the inquisition on Edward Lewkenor’s death 1 0 Chas . I . i t was

found that Maud Lewkenor was his only daughter and heir, and was at thetime of his death Of the age of t hree months and six days . Her father di edat the early age of 2 1 . I n 1 654 shortly after the marriage of the Lewk enorheiress with Lord Townshend

,a fine was levied by her and her husband of

the estates of which by the inquisition on the death of her father,Edward

Lewk enor,he was found to hav e died seised . They are described in this

fine as the Manors of Denham,Desynynge , otherwise Desyning, Sharde

lowes in Cavenham,O’rwise Shardelows in Cavenham ,

Cressiners,Talmaches

,

o’rwise Talmages

,Pash elowes

,and the scite Of the Manorof Abbotts ; and also

20 messuages,1 0 cottages

,one windmill

,one watermil l

,6 dovecotes

, 30

gardens, 30 orchards , acres of land

, 40 0 acres Of meadow,80 0 acres of

pasture, 40 0 acres of wood, 60 0 acres Of furze and heath, common Of pasture

for all manor of cattle,and ten fOul d courses in Denham ,

Barrow,Gazeley

,

Higham,Needham

,Kentford

,Moulton

,Cavenham

,Elveden

,Kennet

otherwise K enelt,Dalham

,Hargrave , and Tuddenham ,

and the rectoryof Denham in the County Of Suffolk

,and of the Manor Of Kennett otherwise

K enelt,in the county of Cambridge .

Lady Townshend di ed in 1 673 without issue, and the manor passed toher husband

,Lord Townshend . Lord Clarendon says of him that He

was a gentleman of the greatest interest and credit in that large County of

Norfolk,and was able to bring in a good body

,he had been under age t ill

long after the end of the war,and so l iable to no reproach or j ealousy, yet

Of very worthy principles and of a noble fortune , when he engaged veryfrankly to borrow money and laid i t out to provide arms and ammunition,

and all the King’s friends in those parts were ready to Obey him , and theLord Willoughby of Parham (whom he had brought over to his side) inwhatsoever they undertook .

”

He greatly facilitated General Monk’s adv ance into England, and his

reception into the City of York . When the Long Parliament was dissolvedand another called to be held at Westminster 29th April , 1 660 , Sir Horatioand the Lord Richardson were elected knights for the County of Norfolk

,

and he was nominated by the House of Commons with six lords (sons ofpeers) of thei r body , and five other commoners to attend the King at theHague , to desire his Maj esty to make a speedy return to his Parliament ,and take the government of the kingdom into his hands .

DENHAM .

The 1 9th August , 1 661 , he was constituted Lord Lieutenant of Norfolkand the City and County of Norwich . He was also made Commander-ihChief of the Royalist forces on the coast of Norfolk . He di ed in Dec . 1 687,when th e manor passed to his son and he ir (by his 2nd wife Mary,

daughterOf Sir Joseph Ashe

,Knt.

,of Twickenham

,co. Middlesex) , Charles , zud

Viscount Townshend . In 1706 he was one of the commissioners to treatof the union between the two Kingdoms

,and 1 6th Nov . 1707, appointed

Captain of the Yeomen of Her Maj es ty’s guard

,and was sworn of the Priv y

Council 20 th May,following . He was Ambassador Extraordinary at the

Hague in the reign of Queen Anne,and after the accession of Geo. I . occupied

the posit ion Of Secretary of State,and was appointed 23rd J an . 171 6

-7

Lord Lieutenant of I re land,but decl ining going ov er to that kingdom

,

resigned 1 9th April following , and 1 1 th June,1720 ,

he was const itutedPresident of the Council . He was installed a Knight of the Garter atWindsor 28th J uly

,1724 . He married 1 st Elizabeth

,only surv iv ing

daughter and sole heir of Thomas,Lord Pelham

,father of Thomas

,Duke

of Newcastle,and 2ndly in J uly,

171 3 , Dorothy,daughter of Robert Walpole

,

of Houghton,in Norfolk

,and sister of th e Minister

,Sir Robert Walpole

,

afterwards Earl of Orford,and dying in J une , 1738 , the manor passed to

his son and he ir Charles, 3rd V iscount Townshend , who was in his father

’sli fetime summoned to the House of Peers under the title of BaronTownshend

,of Lynn-Regi s

,in the County Of Norfolk , 24th May,

1723 .

He was at the same t ime appointed one of the gentlemen of the bedchamberin the room of Lord Teynham deceased . In 1730 he was appointed Masteror Treasurer of his Maj esty

’s j ewe ls . I n May,1723 ,

he had married Audrey,

only daughter and sole he ir of Edward Harrison , Of Balls , co. Herts,who

had been Gov ernor of Fort St . George,in the East I ndies

,and dying 1 2th

May,1767,

the manor passed to his son and he ir George, 4th Viscount

Townshend,godson of King Geo. I . He became a Fiel d Marshal

,Privy

Councillor,Gov ernor of J ersey

,and Lieutenant-General Of the Ordnance .

His lordship married I st in Dec. 175 1 , Charlotte Compton,only surv iv ing

child of J ames,Earl of Northampton

,who brought into the family,

besidesdowry Of a useful description

,upwards Of 250 quarterings , including the

Royal one of Plantagenet,inherited from her mother

,Elizabeth Shirley,

Baroness F errars,of Chartley . He married in 1773 Anne , daughter and

coheir of Sir Willi am Montgomery,Bart .

,of Maybie Hill , co. Peebles .

The Viscount was 3rd Aug . 1767, appointed Lord Lieutenant of I reland,and 3rst Oct . 1786, was adv anced to the dignity of Marquis Townshendin the County of Norfolk ,

and dying 1 4th Sept . 1 807,the manor passed to

his son and heir,Geor e

,zud Marquis , born i 8th April

,1753 , who had been

created in 1784 Earl 0 Le icester . He married in 1777Charlotte , daughterof Eaton Mainwar ing Ellerker

,of Risby Park , co . York , and coheir of h er

uncle,Roger Mainwaring Ell erker . He appears to hav e sold the manor ,

or his interest in it,in 1795 ,

in the lifet ime of his father .

We next find the manor vested in Samuel Farmer . Mr . SamuelFarmer

,who was for many years M .P . for Huntingdon , purchased also the

estate of Nonsuch,Surrey ,

long a Royal residence . He married Elizabeth ,daughter of J oseph Easton Mecke

,of Rotherhithe

,and had a son, Will iam

Mee e Farmer,who was M .P . for Huntingdon . He marri ed Frances ,

daughter of Michael Barstow,of Fulford

,co. York

,and died in October ,

1 836, in his father’s lifetime

,leav ing amongst other issue a son

,William

Francis Gamul Farmer,who succeeded his grandfather in the lordship of

t his manor . He was High Sheri ff for Surrey in 1 849, and married in J uly


to be incorrect ; for in 1 395 we meet with a fine lev ied Of the manor byJ ohn Godewene and J ohn Hethecote against Thomas Culpeper and J ocosahis wi fe .

‘

We find amongst the Harleian Charters two in 1 40 5 , which being somewhat peculi ar we gi ve the substance shortly . They are both dated on theFeast of St . George

,and though in the MS . catalogu e of the Harleian

Charters in the MS . department Of the Brit ish Museum one i s stated to bedated 6 (P) Hen . VI . [1 428] they will be found to be both dated in 1 40 5 .

One is a release from J oyeuse , daughter of J ohn Vyne , to her motherJ oyeuse

,daughter of Thomas Cornerde and to the right heirs of Thomas

Cornerde,of the Manors of Cornerde

,near Bures and Denarston (Denston),

co . Su ffolk . The other3 is a release from J oyce Vyne ,daughter of J ohn

Vyne, to Sir Thomas Culpeper and J oyce his wi fe , mother Of the said J oyceVyne, and to the heirs male of the body of the said J oyce Culpeper Of themanors Of Cornerde and Denherston.

I t is clear the manor was,before 1 479, vested in J ohn Broughton and

Anne his wife,daughter of J . Denston

,for thi s year he di ed seised

,and the

manor passed to hi s widow Anne,at whose death in 1 48 1

‘ i t went to J ohnBroughton’s brother and heir

,Sir Robert Broughton

,and on his death

17th Aug . v ested in his son and heir,Sir J ohn Broughton

,who died

24th J an . when it passed to his son and heir,J ohn Broughton

,who

died in 1 529. Anne Alice) the widow of J ohn Broughton,seems to have

married J ohn,Lord Russell

,afterwards created Earl Of Bedford

,and we

find him occupying the position of lord in 1 548 . He di ed 1 4th March ,1 554, and she in 1 558 .

The manor then passed to Henry Cheyne, from whom it was acquiredin 1 564 by William Burd, a citizen and mercer of London , and Mirabetiahis wife .7 In 1 556 an order is found on the Memoranda Rolls for theremoval Of the process from this manor and discharge of Will iam Burd andwife .

“ William Burd died 1 2th June,1 591 , when the manor passed to

his son and heir,William Burd . Amongst the Chancery Proceedings of

thi s period we find an action by Robert Lovell and Elizabeth h is wife, widowand administratrix of Thomas Burd

,deceased

,against William Burd and

William Burd,his son

,as to stock

,as late in the occupat ion of William

Burd,father of the said Thomas .“

The manor was taken from William Burd for a debt due from himto the Crown

,and a lease of the manor is said to have been made in 1 617

by the Crown to Willi am Robinson .

From William Robinson the manor passed t o J ohn Robinson,who

married Elizabeth,daughter of Edmund Alleyn

,son of Sir Edward Alleyn

,

Bart . , of Little Lees, Essex , who afterwards married Sir William J ones ,Attorney-General to King Chas . I I . J ohn Robinson di ed in 1 659, when hewas succeeded by his son and heir

,Sir J ohn Robinson

,who died l gth Dec .

170 4 , at the age of 49. According to an inscription given in the Su ffolkI nst itute , the manor would appear to have been purchased by J ohn

“ Feet of Fines, 1 9 Rich . I I . 25.8 M., 8 Eliz. Hil . Rec. Rot. 99.

“Harl . 78 D. 1 2. 9C.P . ii. 1 48.

“Harl . 80 H . 27.'0 See Manor of Stonham Aspal , called

2 1 Edw. IV. 44 . Broughton, inBosmere and Claydon22 Hen. VI I . 1 . Hundred .

“ I R M , 1 0 Hen. VIII . 1 48 . Vol . v i . p . 41 0 .

7Fine, Easter, 6 E liz.


of whose anniversary 40 5 . were customarily giv en here to the poor . I n or

about 1 475 Sir J ohn Howard , Knt.,and J ohn Broughton

,j un .

,are styled

founders .

By the l icence on the Paten t Rolls in 1 474 the chaplai ns were tocelebrate daily in Denston , and do other works of piety according to theirordinance

,and th e chantry was to be called Denstons Chauntery .

” Thewara and lady were authorised to hol d in mortmain to the value of £40yearly.

’

The college was endowed with thi s manor and with lands in L il lesley,

Monk’s Eleigh,Groton

,and Bradley Parva ; th e gross value in Liber

Valorum and Valor Ecclesiast icus was £25 . 93 . 25d .

I n 1 549 Sir Thomas Smith, Knt.,and J ohn Smith Obtained a grant of

the college and manor .2

Sir Thomas Smith sold the manor to Thomas Smith,and he had licence

in 1 564 to alienate a moiety Of it t o T . Lawrence,but in 1 567the manor ,

Vicarage,and site of the college were sold by the said Thomas Smith to

Will iam,son of Will iam Burd

,cit izen and mercer Of London

,who died in

1 591 and was buried at Denston . The manor passed toWill iam Burd’s sonand heir

,Wil liam Burd

,who sol d it tO John Robinson,

who died inwhen the manor passed to h is son and heir

,Sir J ohn Robinson

,from which

t ime the manor has passed with the main manor .

STONEHALL AND SHEPCOTE MANOR .

This manor was held by Sir Robert Broughton of the Honor of Clareby the service Of half a knight’s fee . He died seised in 1 507, when it passedin the same way as the main manor until the holding of i t by J ohn

,Lord

Russell in right of his wife Anne or Alice,widow Of J ohn Broughton .

I n 1 553 a grant was made by the Crown Of the manor to Thomas andGeorge Goldingby.

I n 1 591 it was vested in William Burd, for this year he died seised ofit

,when it passed to hi s son and heir

,William Burd

,as did the main

manor .

Pat. Rolls , 1 4 Edw. IV. pt. 5 .“Not 1 609, as Page says.

“0 , 3 Edw. VI . 4 Pars. Rot. 1 33.

DEPDEN . 23 1

DEPDEN .

MANOR was held here by Toka the Thane in the Confessor’s

time,and consisted of 3 carucates Of land, 1 6v illeins ,7bordars ,

4 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne , which were doubledby the time of the Survey , and 4 belonging to the men .

There were also 1 2 acres of meadow,and wood sufficient

to support 1 0 0 hogs . Of liv e stock there were 2 rouncies,

22 beasts , 40 hogs , and 24 sheep , and at the time of theSurvey the beasts were reduced to 17, the hogs increased to 72 ,

and thesheep to 1 1 2

,whil e there were in addition 1 3 hives of bees . There was

also a church with 24 acres Of free land . The v al ue was £4 in Saxon times ,but when the Surv ey was taken it had increased to £6, the manor be ingthen held by Hugh de Wancey Of William de Varennes .

I t was a league in length and 8 quarentenes in breadth,and paid in a

gel t 55d .

l

Another holding in this place was that of B rictric Black,a freeman

of Richard,son of Earl Gislebert

,and it was held ov er him by Frodo , the

abbot’s brother,and consisted of 2 carucates of land

, 7bordars , a serf , 2ploughteams in demesne , and half a team belonging to the men with 3acres of meadow . Of live stock there were 7 beasts , 1 5 hogs , 37 sheep ,and 3 h ive s of bees . At the time of the Survey the particu lars of the livestock were di fferent— the beasts and hogs were doubled, the sheep hadincreased to 80 ,

whi lst in addit ion there were 1 0 beasts and 1 rouncy. Thevalue was

Under the same tenant in chief was a boldin of Osbern,formerly that

Of B lackwin and Goodwin , two freemen,Osbern I10 1ding ov er them . Th is

consisted of 2 carucates of land, 3 bordars , 1 5 ploughteams (increased to 2

teams at the time of the Survey) , 3 acres of meadow ,a rouncy which had

disappeared at the time Of the Survey), and 6 beasts . Also 1 hogs and

40 sheep , the hogs being increased to 26 at the time of the Survey,and

the sheep having disappeared . The value was formerly and at thetime of the Survey

MANOR OF DEPDEN .

At the time of the Survey Hugh de Wancey held an estate here , andthe de Wancey family were long lords of the parish . I n 1 275 William deWancey, son of Sir Wal ter

,son of S ir Ralph de Wancey,

held the lordshipand had free warren in Depden and in the free lands of the men of Depden .

“

From him the manor passed to his son and heir,Sir Wal ter or William de

Wancey,ainst whom a fine was levied of the manor in 1 31 5 by Giles ,

parson offiepden church .

“

I n 1 329 hepresented tothe living , andhad a son,Sir Edmund deWancey,

who was buried at Bury in 1 372 . Davy makes Sir Nicholas Damery lordin 1 367, and the manor to have passed on his death in 1 38 1 to his widow

“H .R . 11 . 173, 196.

“Feet of Fines , 9 Edw. I I . 29.


Joan . We have little guide further than the presentations which are givenby Davy as follows

1 428 . Alice W i ldesher,formerly de Wancey.

1 443 . Thomas Gournay,of W . Barsham

,Norf . di ed 1 447.

1 471 . Margaret his widow and Wm .,son and heir , presented .

1 479. Wi l li am Gournay presented .

1 50 5 . Alice Gournay,widow

,presented .

1 5 1 3 . Dymoke presented .

1 5 22 . Willi am Gournay presented .

1 522 . Ant . Gournay,son of Wm .

,son of Wm . Gournay

,sen .

,cousin

and heir,presented .

This is the list given by Davy ,but there appears to be something wrong .

Why should a presentation be made to t he liv ing by Alice Gournay in 1 50 5 ,

and one Dymoke in 1 5 1 3 , when we know that Will iam Gournay died seisedOf the manor 26th F eb . 1 507, and Anthony,

son of William Gournay or

Gourney,son of William

,sen .

,was his son and heir

,

’unless,indeed

,Alice

Gournay had a life estate under some settlement , and in the early part of1 522 the heir Anthony was an infant , and Dymoke hi s guardi an in 1 5 1 3 ,

and Wi lliam Gourney his gu ardian in 1 522 . Anthony Gournay marriedMargaret

,daughter and coheir Of Sir Robert Lov el l

,and died 4th Jan .

1 555 , being buried at Depden . The manor was then held of Thomas,

Earl Of Arundel,for one knight’s fee

,and v alued ai £20 .

The manor was certainly v ested in Anthony Gournay or Gurney in1 5 28 , for we then meet wi th a fine lev ied of th e manor by ThomasBarnardiston and others against him and others .2 The fine included theadvowson Of the church of Depden.

The manor towards the end of the sixteenth century became vested inJ ohn J ermyn , Of Depden . He died in 1 588 , when it passed to his son andheir

,Thomas J ermyn

,who died in 1 607, when it passed to his son and heir ,

Thomas J ermyn,and from him to his son and heir

,Robert J ermyn ,

who sol d it to Thomas Coel l,Of Bury St . Edmunds

,who in 1 609 had married

Susan,daughter of J ohn J ermyn

,of Depden .

Thomas Coel l 3 died in 1 646 ,when the manor passed to his son and heir

,

Sir J ohn Coell,Knt. Court Rolls

,both Of views of frankpledge and courts

baron,when held by Thomas Coel l and his 5 0 11

,Sir J ohn Coel l

,during the

years 5-24 Chas . I . and 4-9 Chas . I I . ( 1 629 are in the British Museum .

“

Sir J ohn Coel l di ed 28th Aug . 1 688,and was buried at Depden

,according

to the register there, 27th Aug . 1 688,a very unfortunate position for poor

Sir J ohn if the entry b e accur ate . The manor passed to his son and_heir

,

Thomas Coel l,Of Depden Hall . He married I st Cecily,

daughter of SirHenry Crofts

,of Saxham

,sister of Lord Crofts . She di ed 4th May, 1 677,

and was buried at St . J ames,Bury St . Edmunds . Thomas Coel l married

2ndly Anne , daughter of J ohn May,of Rawmere

,co. Sussex

,who died in

March,171 4

-1 5 . Thomas Coel l,after an exemplary l ife ,

” as his inscription in Depden Church , runs , having acquitted himself as became a goodpat riot

,a good son Of the Church Of England

,an uniform good Christ ian

,

departed 5th October , 1 698 , without male issue , when the manor passedto hi s daughter and heir by Cecily his I st wife . She married R ichardThornhi ll

,Of Ollantigh in Kent , and Coell Thornhill , their son, sold th is estate

1 3 Hen. VIII . 1 22 .

3 See AmptonManor,ThedwestryHund red .

“ Fine, Easter, 19 Hen. VIII. “Add . Ch . 2670 3.


GAZELEY .

OTHING ap ears in the Surv ey under the head Gazeley,but under t e head Desel inga ,

” which is Desning Hall i nGazeley , we have one entry. A manor was held here inSaxon times by Wisgar . I t consisted Of 20 carucates of

land,28 vill eins , 91 bordars , 20 serfs

,I O ploughteams in

demesne and 32 belonging to the men . Also 1 5 acres of

meadow,wood for the maintenance of 80 hogs

,and 5 mills

(reduced to 4 at the time of the Survey) . There were also 2 churches with1 } carucates of land and I } ploughteams . Also 8 rouncies

,1 8 beasts

,1 0 0

hogs,840 sheep , and 9 hives Of bees , valued at £30 . At the time of the

Survey the rouncies were reduced to 5 , the beasts increased to 40 ,the hogs

were 80,the sheep 960 , and the value £40 . The Survey goes on to say

But yet he gave it to a certain Steward to farm for sixty five pounds .But the manor coul d not bear it .” I t was 25 leagues long and a leaguebroad

,and paid in a gelt 37d . in two Hundreds . The Domesday tenant was

Richard,son Of Earl Gislebert.

’

MANOR OF GAZELEY .

This was the lordship in chief of Richard,son of Earl Gislebert

,at the

time Of the Great Survey,and descended from him to Gilbert de Clare

,

Earl Of Gloucester , who died in 1 31 4 , in the same course as the Manor ofSudbury

,in B abergh Hundred . On the death of Gilbert de Clare

,in 1 31 4 ,

the manor passed to his widow Matilda,Countess of Gloucester . The

manor is specifically ment ioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Richard de Clare,

Earl Of Gloucester , in where,however

,i t is stated that it was held

by the Earl in wardship through the death of Robert de Halsted,and he

had nothing there in his own demesne .

I n 1 348 the manor was vested in Sir Thomas Passelewe , for this yearhe enfeo ffed Walter Grapnall and J ohn Ram as trustees , from whom theHeigham family appear to have purchased, as Thomas Heigham was seisedof this manor in 1 429 as heir of Robert Heigham .

I n 1 827the manor , according to Dav y, was vested in Sir J ames Affieck ,

Bart .,and

,i f so

,it has since descended in the same course as the Manor of

Dalham,in th is Hundred .

DESN ING HALL al . CAsr LE HALL MANOR .

Th is was the estate of Wiscar in the t ime of the Confessor,and of the

Clare family,at the time of the Survey . From Richard

,son Of Earl Gislebert

,

i t descended in the same course as the Manor of Sudbury in B aberghHundr ed

,until the death of Gilbert

,Earl of Gloucester

,in 1 31 4 .

The manor is specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p.m . of Richard deClare

,Earl of Gloucester

,in where an extent is given with the names

of the tenants . The manor was then held of the King in chief of the Honorof Clare .

“ I n 1 290 i t was surrendered by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester ,to the King

,and on the Patent Rolls is a mandate to the Sheri ff to take

the manor accordingly .

“

There is an exempl ification appearing on the Patent Roll s in 1 320

made at the request of Hugh le Despenser,the younger , the husband of

Dom. ii . 390 . 47Hen. I I I . 34, or File 2747Hen. I I I . new reference, “H .R . ii . 171 .

File 27“Pat. Rolls , 1 8 Edw. I . 32.

GAZELEY . 235

Eleanor,of Hugh de Andele , the younger, the husband of Margaret

,and

of Roger Damory,the husband of Elizabeth

,the sisters and cohei rs of

Gilbert de Clare,Earl of Gloucester

,of a deed in 1 290 ,

and we learn fromit that the King 27th May, 1 8 Edw. I .

,regranted the manor to the said

Ear l and J oan his wife and the heirs of their bodies,with remainder to

the right heirs of the Earl .’

We find the manor also specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p.m . of

Gilbe rt de Clare,Earl of Gloucester

,in and an extent given in that

of J oan his wife j ointly with him in also in that of Gilbert de Clare,

Earl of Gloucester in In 1 325 the King committed to J ohn deBoneton the custody of the manor for three years , rendering £1 0 0 perannum .

“

The manor was subsequently held by Hugh de Audley,Lord Audl ey

,

who had married Margaret,sister and coheir of Gilbert de Clare

,Earl of

Gloucester,and widow of Piers

,of Gav estone

,and was created by v irtue of

such marriage Earl Of Gloucester,the 23rd April , 1 337. On the Patent

Rolls in 1 329 we find a commission issued on the complai nt of this Hughde Audley that certain ev ildoers broke his close at Desning Manor andtook 1 1 horses

,1 2 oxen

,and 40 0 sheep, worth 1 0 4 marks .

“

Hugh de Audeley di ed in and from this t ime to the execution ofEdward

,Duke Of Bucki ngham

,17th May ,

1 52 1 , the manor passed in thesame course as the Manor of Cavenham

,in Lackford Hundred . I t is

specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p.m . of Sir Ralph de Stafford,I st

Earl,in in that of Thomas

, 3rd Earl , who died in of William,

4th Earl , in 1 395 , of Edmund, sth Earl , in 1 403 , and of Humphrey

,

I st Duke of Buckingham,in 1 460 .

We find on the Patent Rolls in 1 387a grant to Thomas de Bello Campo ,Earl of Warwick

,and others

,from the death of Hugh

,Earl of Stafford

,until

the morrow of Michae lmas 1 0 (P) Rich . I I . of certain lands called Talmaches,

Cresseneres,and Passe lewas in Desning Manor .

” And on the Patent Rollsin 1 483 an appointment of Master Edmund Chaderton as receiver of themanor and also of the manors of Shardelowes in Cavenham

,Cresseners

,

Talmages,and Passelowes

,

“ late of Henry,Duke of

Thi s manor was granted with the advowson in 1 535 to Charles Brandon ,Duke of Su ffolk

,and Mary his wife .

” Charles Brandon had licence in 1 538

to alienate to Sir Thomas Audley,Lord Chancellor

,who died seised in 1 544 ,

when the manor passed to his daughter and he ir married I st toLord Henry Dudley

,by whom she had no issue , and 2ndly to Thomas

Howard,Duke of Norfolk . The Duke sold to Robert Payne

,grocer

,Of

London,who sold in 1 592 to Sir Edward Leukener , Knt.

” Sir EdwardLeukener died in 1 60 5 , and from this t ime to th e death of George ,

Marquis

'Pat. Rolls , 1 4 Edw. I I . pt . i . 3 .

'3 Pat. Rol ls, 1 1 Rich . I I . pt . i . 1 1 .

24 Edw. I . 1 07.'4 Pat. Roll s , 1 Rich . I I I . pt . v . 1 8 .

35 Edw. I . 47.l Si S.P . 1 535, 1 0 63

8 Edw. I I . 68 .

I“She died 1 0 th Jan. 1 564 .

“O. , 1 9 Edw. I I . 1 3 .

I7Add . Ch . 25444 , 25445 ; Fine, Trin. 346 Pat. Roll s , 2 Edw. I I I . pt . i . 294 . E liz . There we re two fines in

2 1 Edw. I I I . 59. Tri ni ty te rm 34 Eliz . levied by

46 Edw. I I I . 62 . Edward Leukener, one was agains t9 Ex tent , 1 6 Rich . I I . 27. Robe rt Payne and othe rs , and the

22 Rich . I I . 46. other was agains t Sir Thomas4 Hen. IV. 41 . Howard and others .

38 and 39 Hen . VI . 59.


Townshend,in 1 807, the devolution of the manor was identical with that

of the Manor Of Denh am,in this Hundred

,and it is now vested in Capt .

W . R . G . Farmer .

Page says that in the 29th of Queen Elizabeth the Manor of DesningHall was held by Robert Tai lour . Amongst the Additional Charters inthe Bri tish Museum is a release of land

,parce l of Desning Manor , in

Amongst the State Papers is a mention of the grant of a lease of this manorin 1 589 to Will iam K irk ham .

z

Ministers Accounts of lands in the manor will be found 3 and 4 Edw. IV .

in the Record Office .

3

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings we find an action by ThomasStutevi lle against Robert Elye as to Southwood Park , parcel of the manor .

“

HIGHAM HALL MANOR .

I n the t ime of Edw. I . the manor was held by the Earl of Gloucester ,and in 1 348 i t belonged to Sir Thomas Passelewe , Knt.

,for at this t ime he

enfeoffed Walter Grapnel and J ohn Ram as trustees . Subsequently wefind the manor vested in Robert Heigham

,

“ who died seised of i t in 1 429 ,

when it passed to his son and heir,Thomas Heigham

,and from him to his

son and heir,Thomas Heigham . The manor no doubt passed in the same

cour se as the Manor of Denham,in th is Hundred

,as later we find it v ested i n

Sir Edward Leu kenor,who died seised of it in 1 61 8

,from which time to

the time of George,Marquis Townshend

,who di ed in 1 807, i t passed as

did the manors of Desning and Denham ,in this Hundred

,and is now vested

in Captain W . R . G . Farmer .

MAN OR OF GAZELEY RECTORY .

This was the estate Of Richard,son of Gislebert

,at the t ime of the

Surv ey . Roger de Clare,Earl of Hereford

,granted the church of Gazeley

to the monastery of Stoke by Clare,and in 1 225 Pope Honarius confirmed

th e great t ithe Of Gazeley to that house . Ministers’Accounts of “ GazeleyManor and Church

,

” when held by Stoke j uxta Clare priory in 1 324, wi llbe found in the Record Offi ce .

“

The manor passed to the Crown at the Dissolut ion,and in 1 544 the

King leased the tithe and manor for 40 years to J ohn Paston . I n 1 579Queen Elizabeth leased the rectory to J oan Peyton

,widow

,for 2 1 years .

Her maj esty granted another lease of i t in 1 589 to William Kirkham ,j unior

,

for 40 years , and in 1 60 2 a lease for 60 years to George Baker . I n 1 61 2

the King granted the rectory to Francis Morrice and Francis Phi l ippe .

The manor subsequent ly vested in Charles , 6th Duke of Somerset .’

He was married twice by his I st wife Elizabeth, daughter and sole he irof Joseline Percy,

the last Earl of Northumberland of that family,whom he

married 3oth May , 1 682 , he was father of thr ee sons and four daughters ,and by hi s 2nd wife Charlotte

, 3rd daughter Of Daniel Finch , Earl ofWinchelsea

,and 2nd Earl of Mettingham

,to whom he was married 4th

xAdd . Ch . 9275 .

5 No doubt father of the Thomas Higham“State Papers , 1 589, 60 6. who he ld Denham Manor, in this

3 Bund le 1 1 17, NO. 1 1 . Hundred .

“C.P . i ii . 26.6 1 8 Edw. I I ., Bund le 1 1 29, No. 4 .

’See Manor Of Withersfield Pellegrues, in

this Hund red .


And on the reverse

Hanc statuam

Sua in parentem pietatis

I n academiam studi i

Monumentum

Ornatissima fernina

Francisca Marchionis de Granby conj uxCharlot ta B aronis de GuernseyS .P . faciendam curav erunt

M .D .CC . L . VI .

The manor on the death of the 6th Duke of Somerset passed to his

youngest daughter Charlotte, married to Heneage , 3rd Earl of Aylesford ,who died in 1771 , when it passed to his son and heir Heneage, 4th Earl ofAylesford .

MANOR OF ALTHORPE’s OR APPLETH ORPE al . Bov i LL

’s .

One J oyce Bovile held this manor according to Davy,but he furnishes

no date .

I n 1 3 1 5 it was held by Robert de Al thorp , who had here one fee ofthe Earl of Clare . Strangely in 1 425 we find Robert Apthorp heldbut half a fee

,wh ich passed to his widow Anne

,and of the same John

Alwthorpe died seised in 1 499, when it passed to his daughters andcoh eirs Margaret and Elizabeth .

In 1 5 1 1 we meet with a fine levied of this manor by Will iam Tornlyn,

clerk,and others against J ohn Hervy and Elizabeth his wife . The fine

relates not only to this manor,but also to lands in Gazeley

,Higham

,

Needham,Kentford

,Dalham

,Melton

,Barrow

,Troston

,Magna and Parva

Livermere,w orth Thorp

,Sapiston and Honington .

’

Davy says that in 1 548 Edward Page was lord, and we certainlymeet wi th a fine Of the manor in 1 549 lev ied by William Tassell against anEdward Page .

2 Under this fine the manor passed from Edward Page toWilliam Tassell

,and he sold it to Reginal d Tison .

From an inq u is . p .m . in 1 564 we learn that Reginald Tison .beingseised to him and the heirs of his body

,and of the body of his wife

J oan,only daughter of Richard Hadenham and Alice his wife , by wi ll gave

this manor to J oan his wife,afterwards wife of Richard Rampton , with

remainder for 1 0 years to J ohn J ames) Tison , son of the said Reginald .

By the same inquisit ion J ohn Tison was found to be the deceased brotherand heir

,

3 so apparently J ohn J ames), the son of Regi nal d, had di ed .

I n 1 572 we meet with a fine levied by John Tison of the manor late ofJ ames his brother .”

John Tison sold the manor in 1 595 to William Cooke,“ and on William

Cooke’s death the manor apparently passed to J ohn Cooke,for Davy says

J ohn Coke was lord in 1 60 9.

The manor was before 1749 vested in Charles , 6th Duke of Somerset ,for he died seised of it this year, and from this t ime it has passed in the samecourse as the Manor of Gazeley Rectory so far as this has been deduced,and is now vested in Colonel Francis William Rhodes

,C.B .

,of

Dalham Hall .

“ Fine , Mich . 3 Hen. VIII . “ 1 4 E liz. 9.

2 Fine , H il . 2 Edw. VI .“Fine , Mich . 37

-38 E liz .

6 E liz . 173.

GAZELEY . 239

TALMAGs al . TALMYTIEs AND PASSELOWES .

I n the time of King Edw. I I I . the manor was held byWill iam Talmache,

who is ment ioned on the Patent Rolls 1 2-1 4 Edw. I I I . 5 , and in the reign ofHen . IV . it vested in Edm und

, 5th Earl of Stafford, who died in 1 40 3 .

From this t im e to the death of Thomas Audl ey,Lord Audley,

in 1 544 , ithas passed in the same course Of devolution as the Manor Of Desning, inGazeley,

in this Hundr ed,and is now one of its members .


HAVERH I LL .

MANOR was held in this place in the t ime of the Confessorby Clarebold . I t consisted Of 23 carucates of land, 6villeins

, 4 bordars , 1 0 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne and1 belonging to the men . Also wood sufficient to support20 hogs

,6 acres of meadow

,the third part of a market hav ing

in it 1 0 bordars . At the time of the Survey this manor washeld by Tehell de Herion

,and the details were di fferent .

The vill eins were reduced to 1,the bordars had increased to 1 0

,the plough

teams belonging to the men had become reduced to half a team . Therewere also 5 acres belonging to the church . The manor was v alued as 40 3 ,

and the market at 1 33 . 4d . I t was a league long and half a league broad ,and paid in a gelt 6d . Others held land here .

’


,had three estates in this place at the

time of the Surv ey . The fir st was held of him by Pagan , who held i t overF redebern

,a freeman . I t consisted of 5 bordars hav ing 80 acres , a plough

team ih demesne,2 oxen belonging to t he men

,and 2 acres of meadow .

The v alue had formerly been 1 33 . 4d .,but at the time of the Survey was

increased to

The second was held of him,and also in Saxon times by 1 3 freemen ,

and consisted of a carucate and 60 acres Of land,I % ploughteams, and wood

for the maintenance Of 7hogs , valued at 30 3 .

The third was formerly held by two freemen , and consisted Of 26 acresvalued at 43 . 6d . The Surv ey goes on to say These could all sell andgiv e their lands . But Wisgar had in King Edward

’s t ime both soc and sac,

except the six forfeitures of Saint Edmund .

” 3

Amongst the lands of the Abbot Of St . Edmunds was one estate i n thisplace

,formerly that of two freemen . I t consisted of 5 acres val ued at 7d .

,

the soc and commendation belonging to the abbot .“

Belonging to the Bishop of Bayeux was a holding of a freeman , consis ting Of 24 acres , and half a plough team ,

the freeman being valued at 33 .

The Surv ey says Him Tibel l holds of the Bishop . His (th e Bishop’s)

predecessor in King Edward’s t ime had commendation . Saint Edmundhad the soc forfeitures .

“

HAVERH ILL MANOR CALLED THE CASTLE .

This was the estate of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare at the time Of theSurvey , and descended in the same way as the Manor Of Sudbu ry , in Babergh

’Dom. ii . 428 .“Dom. ii . 37I b.’Dom. ii . 396, 397.“Dom. ii. 373.

’Dom. ii. 397.


daughter of Dr . Will iam Howley,Archbishop Of Canterbury,

and dying in1 845 the manor passed to his son and heir , Sir George Howland Beaumont ,9th Bart . , of Stoughton Grange , co . Leicester . He

,in 1 850 ,

married Paul inaMenz ies

, 3rd daughter of W . Hallows Belli,and niece of Dr . Howley ,

Archbishop of Canterbury,and dying in 1 882 the manor passed to his son

and heir,Si r George Howland William Beaumont , roth Bart .

,of Cole-Orton ,

co . Leicester . He married in 1 880 Lilli e Ellen,zud daughter of Colonel

Geor e Ayton Craster , R E ,and has a son

,George Arthur Hamilton

,born

i n 1 8 1 .

Page says that 1 Rich . I I I . Henry , Lord Grey , Obtained a grant of theManors of Hav erh ill and Hersham Hall

,in Hav erhi ll .’ The manor is

mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Margaret,wife Of Philip Se intclere

,and

J ohn,son Of the same

,in A survey of the manor and rectory in

1 566 will be found amongst the Exchequer Special Commissions .“

Arms of HOWLAND : Argent ; two bars,and three lions rampant

,

Sable in chief . Of BEAUMONT : Azure ; semée of fleu rs-de-lis,a lion

rampant,Or .

MANOR OF HERSHAM .

The devolution of this manor is the same as that of the main manor,

except that Margaret,daughter and coheir Of Sir Thomas de Lacey,

Knt.,

released all right in the manor to Matilda de Hawkedon,according to Davy ,

and that in 1 363 Sir Gilbert le Despenser , Knt.,and others held the manor .

I t,howev er

,passed through the de Clares , the Staffords , the J erninghams,

the Smyths , and the Howlands in the same way as the main manor .

Amongst the State Papers in 1 539 is notice Of a grant made in tail maleto Sir Robert J erningham

,of Haverh i ll

,Hersham

,and Helyon Hav erell

Manors,

” formerly of the Duke of Buckingham ,and granted by patent

25th May , 1 523 , to Sir Richard J erningham and Anne his wife , the said SirRichard having died without heirs male of his body and his wife Anne sti llsurvi ving .

“

MANOR OF HELIONS OR HELYON HAVERHILL .

This was the estate of Clarebald in Saxon days,and the lordship of

Tehel l de Herion at the time of the Survey .

I n the reign Of Hen . I I . Robert de Helion held the manor,which passed

at his death to his son and heir,William de Helion

,who held one fee here in the

time Of King Rich . I . He was succeeded by his son and heir,Andrew de

Helion . On the Patent Rolls in 1 28 1 will be found an action by this Andrewde Helyon,

there called Elyan,

” against the prior of Castle Acre touchingthe church of St . Mary

, of Hav erhill .“ Andrew de Helion died in

when the manor passed to his son and heir,Henry de Helion

,who died in

when a third part went to his widow Alice for l ife,and subj ect

thereto the manor vested in their son and heir,Henry de Helion

,who died

in On Henry de Helion’s death a third part of the manor passedto his widow Agnes for l ife in dower and subj ect thereto v ested in her son

“Hist. of Su ff . p . 875 . 17 Edw. I ., 23, Extent ; T.deN .

1 Hen. VI . 30 . 291 ; H .R . 11 . 1 5 1 . In th e Hund red3 8 E liz . D.K .R . 38 App . p . 5 . Rolls h e is said to have held of the“S P . 1 539, 90 5 King one knight’s fee of the value“Pat. Rolls, 9 Edw. I . 30 d . of x . li . a year (H .R . ii .

32 Edw. I . 41 .

6 Edw. I I I . 61 .

HAVERHILL . 243

and heir,J ohn de He lion . J ohn Helion in 1 345 enfeoffed Edmund de

Northtoft and Gilbert Huberd of a messuage,a mi ll

,60 acres Of land

, 1 0

acres of meadow, 9 acres of wood , and £4 rent in Haverhil l , no doubt thi smanor

,stated to be held in chief of the Honor of Helyon,

and they regrantedthe same to him and Agnes hi s wi fe in tail

,with remainder to his right

heirs . The licence for these assurances will be found on th e Patent Rollsfor this year .

‘ John de Helion di ed in when th e manor devolved onhis son and heir

,Henry de Helion

,who died in The inquisit ion

taken after hi s death states the estate then to consist Of one messuage,

66 acres of land, 9 of meadow , 3 of pasture , 8 of wood, 623 . rent

,and 1 mill .

On Henry’s death the manor passed to his son and heir,John de Helion .

He married Al ice,daughter of Sir Robert Swinborne by Joan

,daughter and

heir of John Botetourt,and on his death the manor passed to his son and

heir,J ohn de Helion

,who married Editha

,only daughter and heir of Thomas

Rolf,of Gosfield

,and died in 1 449

“ without male issue,leaving two daughters

and coheirs,Philippa

,married to Sir Thomas Montgomery

,of Falkborne

Hall,K .G.

,who di ed without issue

,and Isabel married to Humphrey

Tyrell,of Little Warney

,Essex

, 3rd son Of Sir J ames Tyrell . HumphreyT ell and Isabel left a daughter Anne

,marri ed to Sir Roger Wentworth

,

0 Codham. The manor was at this time acquired by Edward Sta fford,

3rd Duke Of Buckingham ,who was attainted and beheaded in 1 52 1 , and

the Crown in 1 523 granted the manor to Sir Richard J erningham and Annehis wife

,from which t ime it has passed with and in the same course as

the main Manor of Hav erhill .

Th e manor was,however

,included in the grant to Sir Robert

J erningham in 1 539, as ment ioned in the account Of the Manor of Hersham ,

in Hav erh i ll .

Arms of HELION Or,a stag

'

s head cabossed Sa .

‘Pat. Rol ls , 1 8 Edw. 111. pt. 11. 33. 1 5 Rich . 11 . pt . i . 35 .

23 Edw. 111. 36. 28 Hen. VI . 31 .


HAWKEDON .

MANOR was held here by Olf in Saxon times . I t consisted of 2 carucates of land

,2 bordars

, 3 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne

, 3 acres Of meadow,and wood for the

support of 4 hogs . Of li v e stock there were 1 rouncy, 2

beasts , 1 6 hogs , 40 sheep , and 1 2 goats . Also half a churchwith 1 5 acres of free land . The val ue of the whole was 30 3 .

increased at the time Of the Survey to 40 3 ,when it was held

of Roger de Poictou . I t was a league long and half a league broad,and

paid I 3f d~in a gelt . O thers had land here .

“

Four estates in this place belonged to Richard,son of Earl Gislebert

,

at the t ime of the Surv ey . The first was formerly that of a socman,and

consisted of a carucate of land, 2 villeins , a serf , a ploughteam in demesneand hal f a ploughteam belonging to the men , the value being 20 3 . Thiswas held by Gislebert. The second was held by F u lkered , having beenformerly the estate of a socman . I t consisted of a curacate of land

, 3bordars (introduced since Saxon times) , a serf, a ploughteam in demesne

,

and 4 acres of meadow , valued at 20 3 . The third was formerly held byAlwine

,a freeman

,and at the t ime of the Survey Folkard held over him .

This estate consisted of 40 acres , half a ploughteam,and 2 acres Of meadow

,

val ued at 63 . 8d . The last of these holdings was formerly the estat e ofeight freemen

,who also held it at the time of the Survey from Richard .

I t consisted of 30 acres , 2 bordars , and a ploughteam ,valued at 1 33 . 4d .

“

MANOR OF HAWKEDON HALL .

Th is was the estate Of Olf in Saxon times and of Roger de Poictouat the time of the Survey. I n 1 272 it was v ested in Thomas de Moletonor Multon,

who held one fee here of Thomas , Earl of Lancaster . Thomasde Multou died in 1 293, when the lordsh ip passed to his son and heir

,

Thomas Mul ton ,who died in 1 295 , when it went to his son and heir , Thomas

de Multou . From the last Thomas the manor passed with the advowsonto J ohn de Multou

,and on his death to his widow Al ice and on the Close

Rolls in 1 336 we find an order to the escheator to deliv er toAlice,late wife

of John de Multou,of Egremound , the advowson Of Hawkedon church ,

extended at £1 0 yearly .

“

I n 1 364 we find that William Breton and two others released all rightin the manor to Sir Willi am Clopton . Davy enters J ohn Cobham as lordin 1 407, and says that in 1 409 Sir William Clopton released all right in themanor to Robert Clark and others . The manor was held in the beginningof the sixteenth century by William Cok keshall

,and he died seised of it in

We meet with a fine of a fourth part of the Manor of Hawkedon leviedin 1 549 by Wi ll iam Hedgeman against Francis Luttel l and others ,

“ andanother in 1 571 levied by J ohn Holdyche and others against WilliamHedgman.

“

At the close of the sixteenth century the manor must have been vestedin J asper Taverner

,for in 1 599 he sol d it t o Edmund Plume,

7 who was a

’Dom. ii . 348b.

“Fine, Easter, 2 Edw. VI .“Dom. ii . 390 6, 396b, 397.

“ Fine , Trin. 1 3 Eliz .

3 Close Roll s , 9 Edw. I I I . 33 .

7Fine , Easter, 4 1 E liz .

9 and 1 0 Hen. VIII . D.K .R . 1 0

App . 11. p . 1 23.

HAWKEDON 247

sisters) and coheirs— El izabeth

,married to Robert de Hav erington or

Harrington ; Joan , married to Robert Fitzwater ; and Margaret , marriedto Thomas de Lucy , son and heir of Anthony de Lucy . In 1 350 we findthe lands specified as belonging to Robert , son of Robert de “ Harringtonand Elizabeth Mul tou

,Joan

,Lady of Egremont , wife of Robert Fitzwalter ,

and Sir Thomas de Lucy,Knt.

,holding in right Of his wife Margaret . They

each held a third .

A3 to the de Lucy thi rd . Sir Thomas de Lucy was summoned to

Parliament in his father’s lifetime in 1 341 , and the two following

years , and from thence to 1 363 . He di ed in 1 364 , and Anthonyde Lucy was his son and heir . He married Joan

,widow Of William

,Lord

Greystoke , and di ed in 1 367, leav ing an only chi ld J oane , who died aninfant at the age of three years , when the third passed to her aunt and heir,sister of Anthony,

namely,Maud

,married I st to Gilbert de Umfrev i ll e

,

3rd Earl of Angus .

Thi s Gilbert was son of Robert,2nd Earl of Angus

,and Lucie de Kyne

his I st wife,whi ch Robert was son of Gilbert

,I st Earl Of Angus

,summoned

to Parliament as Earl in 1 297, who was the son Of G ilbert de Umfrev il le,

who died in 1 244 , by Maud, Count ess of Angus . The 3rd Earl hadsummons to Parliament by that title from 5 Edw. I I I . to 4 Rich .

being occasionally a trier of petitions . “ He,with Maud his wife

,levied

a fine of two parts of a third Of the manor in 1 376 ag ainst Sir Matthewde Redmane and J oan hi s wife .

Sir Gilbert Umfrev ille di ed in 1 380“ without leaving surv iving issue

,

his only son Robert having married Margaret,daughter of Henry

,Lord

Percy (whi ch Margaret after her I st husband’s death married William de

Ferrers), and died in his father’s lifetime without issue .

“

Maud,the widow of Gilbert (10 Umfrev ille

, 3rd Earl Of Angus , after hi sdeath married Henry Percy,

1 st Earl Of Northumberland,and died in 1 398

wi thout issue .

As to the Harrington third . Robert Harrington in 1 350 was lord inright of his mother .“ He married Isabel

,daughter of Sir Nigel Loring

,

K .G.

,and died in 1 406 , when his share passed to his son and heir , Sir J ohn

Harrin on,Kut.

,who died without issue

,when it passed to his brother

,

Sir W' '

am who both served King Hen . V . in his wars with France,and on

Sir Willi am 5 death,apparently the share went ov er equally to the owner

of the other two shares .

As to the F it: Walter th ird . Robert Fitz Walter,Knt.

,died in 1 328 , and

Joan his widow in 1 362 ,when the share passed to hergrandson,

SirWalter FitzWalter

, Knt.,her son andWalter’s father

,having been summoned to Parlia

ment from 1 5 th to 34th Edw. I I I . inclusiv e,and di ed in 1 361 in hi s mother

’slifetime

,and from this t ime to the time of Sir Thomas Ratcli ffe

, 4th LordFitz Walter

, 3rd Earl of Sussex ,who succeeded his father in 1 556, the manorpassed in the same course as the Manor of Shimpling,

in B abergh

Hundred . O f this last particu lar we meet with a fine in 1 5 1 2 by Robert ,Duke of Buckingham

,and others against Sir Robert Ratcli ffe and

Elizabeth ,“ when probably the interest of Sir Robert was settled

,and in

1 543 a fine was lev ied of“ a moiety of the manor against Sir Henry

Rot. Parl . Banks’s Baionia Anglica Concent rata, vol .

“ Feet of Fines , 50 Edw. I I I . 8 . i . pp . 1 04 , 1 0 5 .

4 Rich . I I . 57.“Close Roll s, 25 Edw. I I I . 1 8.“Fine, Trin. 4 Hen. VIII .


Ratcli ffe,2nd Earl of Sussex

,by Sir Thomas Wriothesley .

’ Another finewas lev ied the following year by Henry Payne against Henry Grey, 3rd

Marquis Of Dorset,and others of a thi rd part of a moiety of a third part Of

the manor and the following year another fine was levied of Thurstanton Manor or Thurston Hall

,

” by Thomas Wriothesley,Lord

Wriothes ley ,against Henry,

Earl of Sussex .

“

I n 1 556 Sir Thomas Ratcli ffe , 4th Lord Fitz Walter , and 3rd Earl ofSussex

,had li cence to alienate to Richard Ev erard a moiety of th e manor .

Richard Everard died in 1 559 ,when it is stated that his son and heir

,

Ambrose Everard,had a moie ty . He lev ied a fine Of the manor 27th May,

1 2 Eliz . Amongst the Chancery Proceedings of this period we find aclaim by this Ambrose Ev erard to be relieved against t ithes for lands inHawkedon

,lately due to Robert Shawe , clerk , late parson Of the parish .

“

Ambrose Ev erard died in 1 676, when hi s interest passed to his son and heir ,Richard Everard

,and from him went to his widow

,Dorothy Everard

,

eldes t daughter of Thomas Golding,for l i fe . She died in 1 678 , when th e

manor passed as to one moiety to J effery Maltyward ,Of Rougham

,in right

of Frances his wi fe,eldes t daughter and coheir of R ichard Ev erard

,and as

to the other moiety to Thomas Smyth , of Hawkedon , and Mary his wife ,the other daughter and coheir of the said Richard Everard . These partiesby deed dated I st J an . 1 679, exchanged certain lands known as the Hopgrounds belonging to the manor for a barn in Hawkedon . J e ffery seemslater to have acquired the whole manor . Everard

,son of the above J e ffery

Maltyward , was incumbent of the church of Hawkedon on the presentat ionof his father in 1709. Page says He

,

” presumably Everard Maltyward ,died in 1728 . Alice Maltyward (probably his widow) presented butif so J e ffery must hav e giv en the advowson to his son Everard, and awayfrom the manor

,for J effery died in 171 9, when the manor went to his son

and heir,Robert Maltyward , who d ied in 1728 without issue , when the

manor vested in his sister and coheir Elizabeth,married to William Gilby

,

and from them passed to the ir son and heir,William Gilby

,who died in

1782 , and was succeeded by his son and heir, the Rev . William Gilby,who

sold the share in 1798“to J ohn Gotts

,of Timworth .

We find that J ohn Hedgman held a par t in 1 584 , when it passed to hisson and heir

,William Hedgman,

who died in 1 599, when it went to hisbrother and heir

,J ohn H edgman.

When the ent ire manor became vested in one person,and in whom is

not clear,but the whole no doubt was purchased in 1790 by J ohn Gotts ,

farmer,Of Timworth

,for and passed under the will of the purchaser

to J ohn Wiseman,and he sold to Orbel Ray Oakes , of Nowton ,

from whichtime the manor has passed in the same course as the Manor of Nowton,

inTh ingoe Hundred, and is now v ested in Lieut .-Col . Orbell Henry Oakes .

Page says P lampin Richardson held the manor and adv owson in 1736 .

Thurston Hall is a fine specimen of an Old manor house . I t is builtwith studwork fill ed up with brick h ogging. Upon the porch and ov er achimney-piece in one of the rooms is a date 1 607, the period at which mostprobably the present house was erected . The gables are well proport ionedand the chimney of graceful design . I n a paper on the Hall , by the Rev.

Fine , Easter , 35 Hen. VIII . “An advertisement of the sale , 23rd July,

“ Fine , Easter, 36 Hen. VIII . 1787, of Manor of Thu rs ton Hall“Fine , Mich . 37Hen. VIII . and farm , cal led Thu rston Hall“C.P . i . 282 . Farm, 1 28 acres , appeared in the

public press of the time.


Son John vested in his (J ohn the father’s) 3rd son,

Thomas Hamond,who

resided at Newmarket . He married 6th J uly,1738 ,

Rebecca Pleav ance ,and dying 1 8th Nov . 1772 ,

the manor passed to his son and heir,J ohn

Hamond,of Ashley ,

co . Cambridge,and of Newmarket and Denston

,both

co. Su ffolk , who dying 27th F eb . 1 80 9 ,it vested in his son and he ir

,J ohn

Hamond,of Ashley,

who married Mary ,eldest daughter of Will iam

Harlock,Of Ely . On h is death the manor apparently went to his 5th son

J ohn,who 1 1 th April

,1 850 ,

married Emily, 5th daughter Of Robert J amesPeck

,of Newmarket

,and di ed 25th J uly,

1 860,leaving with other issue a

son,Thomas Hamond .

Amongst the Duchy of Lancaster Pleadi ngs we find an action in 1 594by William H edgeman

,

”by descent against Ralph Turner , bailiff, of the

Honor of Clare,as to alienation fine for lands parcel of this manor as

holder in ch ief . “

Arms of CRESSENER : Arg . on a Bend engr . Sable 3 cross-crossletsfitchée of the first .

MANOR OF SwAN s HALL .

Davy’s list of lords is not particularly informing . I t is Swan,

Abbot,Rev . Charles Edward Steward sold in 1 8 1 4 to Roger Kedi ngton ,

Esq . The manor was long in the family of Abbot,and was subsequently

pzurchased by the Stewarts , who held the same in 1764 . The Rev . Charlesdward Stewart sold

,as stated by Davy

,in 1 8 1 4 to the Rev . Roger

Kedington, of Rougham ,who died in 1 8 1 8 .

I n 1 847 the manor was vested in George Weller Poley , of B oxstead

“Duchy of Lancaster, Cal . to Pleadings , 36 Eliz. 8 .

HUNDON . 25 1

H UNDON .

MANOR of considerable Size was held here in Saxon timesby Wisgar . I t consisted of 25 car ucates and 20 acres of

land, 54 v illeins

, 30 bordars , 1 4 serfs , 9 ploughteams indemesne and 3 1 belonging to the men . Also 45 acres Ofmeadow

,wood sufficient to support 1 60 hOgs , and a mill .

Also a church with hal f a carucate Of free land,and another

church with 4; acres , a ploughteam ,and 3 acres of meadow .

Of live stock there were 2 rouncies,1 4 beasts , 1 30 hogs , 8 0 sheep , and 17

hiv es Of bees,the whole v alued at £30 . When the survey was taken th is

manor was held by Ri chard, son of Earl Gislebert,and sev eral details were

di fferent . The v ille ins were reduced to 4 1 , the ploughteams in demesnehav ing been reduced to 4 were increas ed again to 7, and those belonging tothe men were reduced to 23 . Of the liv e stock the rouncies had increasedto 6

,the beas ts to 3 1 , the hogs to 1 60

,and the sheep to 480 ,

while the valueof the manor had increased to £40 . 43 . I t was 2 leagues and 2 quarentenesin length

,and a league in breadth

,and paid in a gelt 1 5d . Ot hers held land

here . Richard,son of Earl Gislebert

,had two other estates in t his place

,

when the Survey was taken . The first Hamo held ov er a socman,who

formerly held it,and it consis ted of a carucate of land

,2 bordars

,a plough

team,and 30 sheep , increased to 50 at the time Of the Survey,

the valuebeing 273 . The second was formerly held by 1 0 socmen . I t consistedof a carucate of land

,a ploughteam,

and 2 acres of meadow,valued

at

MANOR OF HUNDON

(now HUNDEN with its members , Strad ishal l , Farley , and Ch ilbum) .

The estate continued in the De Clare family and the Royal House ofYork

,descendin in the same course as the Manor Of Sudbury,

in B aberghHundred

,until t e t ime of King Edward IV .

,in whose person it became

vested in the Crown .

The following entries specifically refer to this manor during thedevolution through the Clares and Mortimers referred to Earl Glov erineheld Hundon Manor of the King in chief as of the Honor of Clare .

“ I tis included in the inq u is . p .m . Of Richard de Clare

,Earl Of Gloucester

,in

Of Gilbert de Clare,Earl of Gloucester

,in Of J oan wife of

Gilbert de Clare,Earl of Gloucester

,jointly with him

,in 1 307, and of

Elizabeth de Burgo,wi fe of Theobald de Verdon

,in

I n 1 3 1 5 there is an order on the Close Rolls assigning the manor indower to Matilda

,Countess of Clare

,

’and again inThe manor is included specifically in the inq u is . p .m . of the Duke Of

Clarence in and in that of Phill ippa de Mort imer,Countess of March ,

’Dom. 11. 3gob. prior of Stoke had th e church to“HR ii . 1 51 , 171 . his own use .

“ I .PM , 47Hen. I I I . 34. N ew re/erenee , 24 Edw. I . 1 07, and an extentfi le 27 an extent is gi ven in given.

this inquisi tion from which should 35 Edw. I . 47.

be substracted 9 marks, which 34 Edw. I I I . 83.

Avioe Poyndel recei ves for li fe 7Close Rol ls , 8 Edw. I I . 23 ; O. 8 Edw.

for th e land of Angod (extent given) I I . 27.

bought by the Earl , which the “Close Rolls , 1 1 Edw. I I . 9 ; 1 2 Edw. I I .

same Angod held of the Earl by 23 .

se rv ice of one-fou rth of a Knight’s 43 Edw. I I I . pt. i . 23.

fee . It is also stated that th e


in 1 38 1 . I t was also confirmed for li fe to Cecily,Duchess of York

,in

1 483-4 ,and in 1 495 was held in dower by the Queen ,

“ but in 1 50 9 was agai nin the Crown .

I n 1 5 1 1 a fine was lev ied Of the manor by the King against KatherineCourteney,

Countess of Dev on , one Of the daughters of Edw. IV . andThomas Haward and Anne his wife

,another daughter of Edw. IV .

“

In 1 540 the manor was grant ed for li fe to Lady Anne of Clev es,i n

consideration of her marriage with the King .

“ And in 1 546 was in QueenKatherine . I n 1 549 J ohn Cheke , afterwards Sir J ohn , had a grant , butit was taken from him by Queen Mary . I t was afterwards restored

,and

then exchanged with him by th e Queen for other lands .

“ Amongst theAdditional Charters in the Brit ish Museum will be found extracts from thecourts of the Queen hel d at Hundon 20 th Feb . 1 5th Eliz . also zrstJ an . 1 574 ,

view of frankpledge 23rd Apl .7 in same year and

1 582 , and court leet inI n 1 584 Queen Elizabeth leased the manor to Sir Edward Walgrave ,

Knt.

,but it must have been for a short t erm

,or the rev ersion only dealt

with,for the manor was in 1 556 annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster .

In 1 60 3 a grant was made by the Crown of the manor and three parksin Hundon

,part Of the Duchy of Lancaster

,to J ohn Erskine

,Earl of Mar

,

in fee .

9 I n 1 61 1 the said Earl of Mar sold th e manor to the King . Amongstthe State Papers in 1 61 1 we find a warrant to pay to the Earl Of Maras purchase money for the manor .

”The King then granted the manor

,

and a l icence to the Earl Of Mar to alienate it to William ,Lord Cavendish

Before 1756 the manor had been acquired by J ames Vernon ,"

Hundon,for this year he di ed seised of it , and it passed to his son and heir

,

Henry Vernon . He married twice,I st the eldest daughter and coheir of

Thomas Payne , of Hough , co. Linc .,and sister Of Lady Cust , the widow

Of the Speaker of the House of Commons .

“ She departed this life,

”

according to the inscription to her memory ,

‘ ‘ye 1 1 Aug . 1773 aged 53 hav irigdev oted near 30 years Of her life to the Honour and happiness Of her nowlamenting husband

,who as a Proof of his a ffection caused this Monument

to be erected,and as a further proof took as a zu d wife J ane

, 3rd daughter

5 Rich . paid for the better support andzD.K .R . 9 App . ii . p . 83. carrying on of the said charitable3 R .P . vi . 462 . designs, granted certain rent4 Fine, Mich . 3 Hen. VIII . charges for that purpose . The sumS P . 1 540 , 1 44 h e appropriated for this parish ,

“ Fine , Easter , 4 Mary. was £22 a year, for the pu rpose7Add . Ch . 1 277. of maintaining and keeping in8 Add . Ch . 1 278 , 1 279, 1 280 , 1 28 1 , 1 282 , repair the monument house and

the monument which the said9 S.P . 1 60 3 , 45 . James Vernon had late ly erectedS P . 1 61 1 , 35. for himsel f and family, near th eA James Ve rnon had been a benefactor parish chu rch of Hundon, th e

as early as 1737 in Hundon. By su rplus to be laid out, £1 0 a yeardeed enrolled in Chancery, datedin 1737, James Ve rnon, afterreciti ng that he had large ly con

tributed towards erecting and fittingup of three workhouses in Hundon,

Wickhambrook , and Strach shal] ,for the encou ragement and suppor tof the industrious poor residing inthose parishes, and was desi rousthat certain yearly sums shou ld be

towards the salary of a person to

hav e the charge of the workhouse ,and th e residue was to be expendedin t eaching so many poor childrenas the parish Office rs for the timeshou ld think fit. Sixteen poorchildren receive inst ruction underthis charity. (Page , Hist. of Suff.p .


I n 1 548 , however , the manor was vested in J ohn Co geshal l . Amongstthe Star Chamber Proceedi ngs in the time of Hen . VI I is an action as toforcible ouster at Hundon by John Cokysal l against Thomas Carr andothers

,and this probably is the same manwith JOhn Coggeshal l .

I He diedin 1 558 , when the manor passed to his son and heir, J ohn Coggeshall , whohad livery in 1 579 .

The manor was subsequently v ested in J ohn Smi th,who died in 1 60 3 ,

when it passed to his son and heir,Thomas Smith .

Page says Here was a reputed manor parcel of the possassion of

the College of Stoke by Clare whi ch was granted in 1 548 to Sir John Chekeand Walter Mildmay with Great Park , Estry Park and B rox ley Park inthis parish . Th e church was also appropriated to the said college by thegi ft of Alostan

,priest of Hundon

,and granted with the said reputed manor

at the suppression of the said college . The patronage of th e Vicarage nowbelongs to J esus College

,Cambridge . He does not

,however

,give the

name of the reputed manor . Perhaps the manor was that of Hagden Hall ,for we find an action amongst the Chancery Proceedings in the time of

Queen Elizabeth as to this manor and land in Hundon by Roger Coggeshallagainst Wi ll iam Higham .

’

xStar C.P. Hen. VI I I . vol . x . 1 0 0 -1 0 2.

KEDINGTON . 255

KEDI NGTON .

MANOR was held here in the t ime of th e Confessor by Ailad .

I t consisted of 5 carucates of land,1 3 v illeins

,a bordar

,

9 serfs , 3 plough teams in demesne and 8 belongi ng to the men .

Also 20 acres of meadow,a mill

, 4 rouncies , 1 5 beasts , 27hogs ,and 52 sheep , v alued at £6 . When th e Survey was takenthis manor was held by Ralph Baynard , the villeins hadbecome reduced to 1 1

,the bordars had increased to 2

,the

serfs and the mill had di sappeared,the ploughteams in demesne were

reduced to 2,and those belonging to the men to 25 teams . The rouncies

were 3 , the beasts 4 ,the hogs 1 8

,the sheep were increased to 1 50 ,

and therewere 6 hives of bees . The value was £7. 53 .

Ral ph Baynard had an estate here wh ich had formerly been that of25 freemen . I t consisted Of 2 carucates Of land

, 5 bordars , 2 serfs,1 1

ploughteams , and 6 acres of meadow,v alued at 40 3 . Ralph B aynard

’s

predecessor had commendation , sac and soc,except as to St . Edmund’s

six forfeitures,and Of one the predecessor Of Richard

,Earl Gislebert’s son

,

had commendation , Baynard claiming the whole by exchange . There wasalso a church wi th 40 acres of free land and 1 } acres of meadow,

v alued at63 . I t was 1 2 quarentenes long and 6 broad, and paid in a gelt 1 2d . Othershad land here .

‘

Ri chard,son of Earl Gislebert, had two small estates in thi s place at

the time of the Survey . The first was formerly that of a socman , consist ingof 30 acres and half a plough team ,

valued at the second that of 1 0 freemen

,who held in Saxon t imes and also at the time of the Surv ey a carucate

of land and 2 ploughteams , valued at

The last holding here was amongst the possessions of the Abbot Of St .Edmunds

,who held a freeman with 5 acres , he being valued at 1 2d . The

commendation,soc and sac belonged to the abbot .3

MANOR or KEDINGTON .

Thi s was the estate of Ailad in the t ime Of the Confessor and of Ral phBainard at the time of t he Survey . From Ralph the lordship passed tohis son and he ir J e ffrey , and from him to his son and heir

,William Bainard

,

who in the reign of Hen . I . forfeited h is barony,as mentioned in the account

of Shimpling Manor,in Babergh Hundred . The manor was thereupon

granted by the Crown to Robert , younger son of Richard Fitz Gilbert,

ancestor of the ancient Earls of Clare . I n the time of Rich . I . it was heldby Adam de Novo Mercato or Newmarch or Newmarket

,from whom it

passed to his son'

and heir,Adam de N ewmarch

,and from him to hi s son

and heir,John de N ewmarch .

I n 1 306 a fine of the manor was levied by Gilbert de Staple ton againstthi s John de N ewmarch and Amicia his wife .

‘ The fine included theadvowson of the church of Kedington . On J ohn’s death the manor passedto his widow Am icia for life .

On the Close Rolls in 1 31 0 we find the manor claimed by Amicia forl i fe, and notification that Margery de Wil lugby and J ohn her son desiredto levy a fine .

’ Subj ect to the interest of Amicia the manor devolved on

‘ Feet of Fines , 34 Edw. I . 25.

’Close Rol ls, 3 Edw. I I . 4 .


Roger de N ewmarch,brother and heir of John

,who by deed dated atWest

minster,in October

,S . Trin . 4 Edw. I I . [1 3 1 1 ] granted the manor and

the advowson to J ohn de Sandale,clerk

,subj ect to the life interest of

Amicia,

’and he regranted the same by deed dated at Westminster

in October,S . Mich . 5 Edw. I I . to Margaret de Willoughby

and J ohn her son,and the heirs of his body,

on failure of issue to

the right he irs of the said Margery,subj ect

,however

,to the li fe

interest of Am icia .

“ There had been prev iously a fine lev ied in 1 3 1 0

by John de Sandale against Roger,

3 but the set tlement abov e was nodoubt e ffected by the fine lev ied the foll owing year by Margaret deWilloughby and J ohn her son against the said J ohn de Sandale .

‘ ThisMargaret de Willoughby was widow of Thomas Barnardi ston

,who was son

and heir Of Geoffrey de Barnardiston,and his wife daughter and heir Of

Roger) de Newmarket or de Novo Mercato .

I n 1 33 1 we meet with a fine lev ied of the manor and advowson byWalter Grapmel and Simon atte Hall

,of Retheresthorp, against Margaret ,

who was wife of Simon de Kynardesle .

s

Thomas de Barnardiston,brother and heir of the above John , held

the manor,and had a grant of free warren here in He was one of

the knights Of the shi re for the County of Lincoln in 1 357.

He appears to have been engaged in the wars of Edw. I I I . By wri tdated at Roxburgh I st February, 9th Edw. I I I .

,he was summoned with

91 others named , to attend the King, with horses and arms , at NewcastleOn-Tyne , to aid him against his enemies the Scots . The King complainsthat they had not attended him at Roxburgh as he expected

,that

he had dismissed others,and that he was almost alone . Thomas

Barnardiston had letters of protection, 30 th Edward I I I . as Thomas

de B ernardiston,Cheval

,

” in the company of Edward,Prince of Wales

,

serving the King in Gascony .

“ J ohannes de Havering,miles

,

” i s alsonamed in the letters .’ Thomas Barnardiston married Lucy

,daughter

and heir of Robert Havering,Esq .

,of Norfolk

,and his portrait was formerly

in a window in Ketton church,in a kneeling posture in armour

,with arms

on his surcoat,v iz .

,Barnardiston ; Havering (Argent , a lion rampant ,

tail forked,

Peynel l (Argent , two bars Az . between six martletsGules) and Hanchett (Sable , three right hands Argent) .

On his death the manor passed to his son and heir Walter de Barnardiston

,who married Frances

,daughter of Thomas Kingsman,

and on hisdeath the manor passed to his son and heir

,J ohn de Barnardiston .

We meet with a fine levied of part of the Manors of Barnardiston andKedi ngton in 1 386 by Sir J ohn Bussy , Sir J ohn Leek , and Sir J ohn de Birtonagainst Sir Edmund Perpounte and Francisa his wife .

“

J ohn de Barnardiston married Margerie,sister of Sir J ohn Bussey , Knt.

,

and this Sir J ohn Bussy and John de Leek,knights

,appointed by letters

of attorney,Thomas Alger

,clerk

,and Sir Thomas Godall

,parson of the

church of Barnardiston,to deliver seisin to John de Barnardiston and

Margerie his wi fe,

of the Manors of Barnardiston and Kedyngton,

'Harl . 55 B . 17.

5 Feet of Fines, 4 Edw. I I I . 1 1 .

’Harl . 58 A . 44 .

6 Chart. Rolls, 2 1 Edw. I I I . 29.

’Feet of Fines, 4 Edw. I I . 53.’Rymer

’s Fred . vol . v . p . 384 .

4 Feet of Fines, 5 Edw. I I . 20 ; Harl . 55 E‘Feet of Fines, 1 0 Rich . I I . 1 4.

G. 17, 58 A._44 .


wil l is dated the Feast Of St . Matthew the Apostle , April , 1 461 , and hementions his Manor of Kedington . He was succeeded by his son and heir ,Thomas Barnardiston

,who is said to have married a daughter Of Sir

Thomas Waterton , K ut.,and on his death the manor passed to his son and

heir,Sir Thomas Barnardiston

,Kut.

,who married Elizabeth

,daughter of

George Newport,of Brent Pelham

,co. Herts

,and at Ketton is a monument

with the effigies Of this Sir Thomas and his wife in stone full length and he incomplete armour . The writer of an article on the Barnardiston familyin the Su ffolk I nsti tute

,

‘ says I n a south window over this monumentwas formerly,

in painted glass,th is Sir Thomas and his wife kneeling with

h is armorial bearings on his breast,and behind him sev en sons

,and his

wife,with her coat armour . Also on her dress , Argent , a fesse between

thr ee crescents Sable,and behind her seven daughters .

” This painted glasswas removed from Ketton church some years since

,and placed in

Brent Eleigh Hall,the seat of Edward Coate

,Esq .

,who married Mary

Barnardiston . On Sir Thomas’s death the manor passed to his son andheir

,Sir Thomas Barnardiston

,who married Anne

,daughter Of Thomas

Lucas,of Little Saxham

,Solicitor-General to Hen . VI I . He was on the

Sheri ff's Roll for Su ffolk and Norfolk in 1 5 1 1 , and for Lincolnshire in 1 5 1 3 .

By his will 1 542 in which he is described as Thomas Barnardi ston,Knight ,

the elder,he desires to be buried in th e church at Ketton

,and gives

directions for the keeping an Obii t at Cotes or Ketton,for his soul and the

souls of his wi fe,father

,and mother . H e di ed I st Nov . and his

widow surv ived him,and presented to Ketton rectory,

1 555 . Her wil l ,which was proved in 1 560 , contained many bequests to members of theBarnardiston and Lucas famil ies

,with direct ions that she should be buried

in th e church at Ketton,by her husband

,and that th e tomb where he

lieth buried shal l be honestly reedified .

”

Onth is Sir Thomas B arnardiston’s death the manor passed to his son andheir

,Sir Thomas Barnardiston . He married Mary

,daughter Of Sir Edmund

Walsingham,Knt.

,of Sudbury

,in Kent

,Lieutenant of th e Tower . He had

a grant from the King3 of the Manor of Great Wratt ing and the woodcalled Ashbum hay Coppice , by est imation 80 acres

,and Thurlow Coppice

,

by estimat ion 1 6 acres,and Oakfield Coppice

,2 acres inWratting

,Thurlow

,

andWith ersfield,to be held of the King by knight service . A fine was levied

of the manor and advowson in 1 549 by Henry Tum our and others againstSir Thomas Barnardiston and others .‘ This Sir Thomas B arnardiston

’s

will is dated 1 55 1 , and he died during the minority of his son and heirThomas . In 1 553 Sir J ohn Cheke obtained from Edw. VI . the wardshipOf the heir and his estates in Su ffolk and Bedfordshire

,and on the death

of S ir J ohn,his widow Obtained it in 1 557, t hen stated to be worth 50 0

marks . The writer in th e Su ffolk Inst itute abov e referred to giv es aninterest ing account of this Thomas On the death of Edw. V I .

,he says ,

his guardian sent him to Geneva to avoid the danger,being a Protestant .

Although this Thomas was brought up under Calvin himself, yet he was in

the latter part of hi s l i fe so lit tle attached to the Genevan system,that hi s

grandson,Sir Nathaniel

,induced him to give up to him the patronages of

the churches in his gi ft,to prevent the presentation of men inclined to the

Church of England . When abroad,his portrait by Carolo Maratti , well

known by an engraving,must have been taken

,as Marat ti was never in

England . On attaining his maj ority,he had much litigation with Henry

‘Vol . iv . p . 1 32.338 Hen. VIII .

2 Cotton Manor, 35 Hen. VIII. 4 .

‘ Fine, Hi l . 2 Edw. VI .

KEDINGTON . 59

Mcwilliams,who had married his guardi an,

the widow Lady Cheke ,respect ing the right of fishing in Sturmer Mere ,

“ late parcell of thedi ssolv ed House and College of Stoke

,Keddington Lordship and

Kedington Riv er,

” in Essex and Suffolk,

‘ and Sir Thomas beingthe defendant

,asseized in fee Of the Manor of Ketton ,

” and Mcwi ll iamsclaiming as the Queen’s lessee

,l oth Eliz .

,there was more lit igation on th is

subj ect,Thomas Barnardiston claiming in right of the Queen as seised in

fee,and Henry Mcwi lliams as the Queen’s farmer

,and claiming under the

Dean and Chapter of the College of Stoke .

“ He was knighted at Bury,

1 578 . In his t ime this family was in it s greatest affl uence,the estate being

then as much as a year,a large sum according to the present value

of money,and this est imate probably did not include the Lincolnshire

estate . He married I st Elizabeth,daughter of Thomas Hanch et

,of

Hamel ls,in Braughing

,Herts

,and 2nd ly Ann B igrav e .

I n 1 565 we find amongst the Chancery Proceedings of the Duchy of

Lancaster a suit by Henry Mackwi l liam claiming as Queen’s lessee againstthis Thomas Barnardiston as lord of the Manor of Kedington

,a pond and

fishing call ed Sturmer Meare,

” late part Of the College of Stoke .

3

A fine was lev ied of the manor in 1 586 by Sir Richard Knightly andothers against Sir Thomas Barnardi ston .

‘ S ir Thomas died in 1 61 9, andhi s eldest son

, Sir Thomas , was the High Sheri ff for Suffolk in 1 580 , andknighted in 1 60 3 , having died in the lifet ime of his father 29th Ju ly,

1 61 0,

the manor pas sed to his grandson,Sir Nathaniel

,2nd but eldest surv iv ing

son Of Sir Thomas by his I st wi fe Mary , daughter of Sir Richard Knightly,

of Fawsley,in the county of Northampton

, Knt.

Sir Nathaniel was knighted at Newmarke t 1 sth December , 1 61 8 , andwas High Sheriff of Su ffolk in 1 623 , M .P . for Sudbury in 1 625 , and in threeParliaments for the county Of Su ffolk in the reign of Chas . I . He was agreat champion for civil liberty

,

’and was put under confinement in Sussexin 1 626 for refusin to subscribe and lend money which the King requiredby way of loan . e continued in confinement unt il 1 628

,when with many

others he was rel eased . The fami ly is said to have giv en rise to the nameof Roundhead . Accordi ng to a note in Rapin

’s History of England ,

the (London) apprentices wore the hair of their head cut round and theQueen Observing out of a window Samuel Barnardiston among them

,

cried out,See what a handsome Roundhead is there ! and the name

came from thence,and was fir st publicly used by Capt . Hide .

” SirNathaniel

’s port rai t was engraved by Van Hov e .

6

On his death a volume was published entitled Suffolk Tears orElegi es

,on that renowned kni ht

,Sir Nathanie l Barnardiston .

” Hemarried J ane

,daughter of Sir Stephen Soame

,Knt.

,of Little Thurlow

Hall,near Ketton

,and dying at Hackney

,near London , 25th J uly , 1 653 ,

the manor passed to his son and heir,Sir Thomas Barnardiston , who was

knighted by Chas . I . in 1 641 , and created a baronet 7th April , 1 663.

’See Cal . to Pleadings , 7Eliz . fishing of Kedyngton. This docu

3This was the continuance of an old ment has six seals, with arms , and

dispu te . In the Briti s h Museum is is in beautiful prese rvation, 1 2

an original Deed of a rbitrament of Edward I I I .

Thomas Grey, Edward de Cretynge , 3Cal . to Pleadings, Eliz . 5 see 1 0 Eliz.7.

John Dappell , William de Clopton,

‘ Fine, Hil : 28 Eliz .

and Johan de He rtford , between sD.N .B . iii 242.

Thomas de Barnardis ton and Sire ‘ Granger’s Biog . Hist. of England , iii . 39.

Edward de Wannoff , as to the


Amongst the State Papers in 1 663 we find the grant referred to , and thedignity i s said to be worth £20 0 ,

and there i s a discharge of £1 ,095 usuallypaid for the same .

‘

He married Anne,zud daughter of Sir Will iam Armyne , I st Bart . of

Osgodby,co . Lincoln

,and dying 4th October , 1 669 , the manor went to his

son and heir,Sir Thomas Barnardiston

,zud Bart .

,who was MP for

Grimsby 1 685—87 and 1 689—90 and for Sudbury 1 695

-1 698 . H e marriedEli zabeth

,daughter and sole surviv ing child of Sir Robert King

,Ku t.

,

of Boyle , co . Roscommon,by Sophi a , Viscountess Wimbledon ,

and dying

7th’October

,

‘1 698 , the manor passed to his son and heir

,Sir Thomas

Barnardiston, 3rd Baronet . He was M .P . for Su ffolk

,and married Anne

,

daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Rothwell,Bart .

,of Stapleford

,co .

Lincoln,and dying 1 2th Nov . 170 0 ,

without male issue,the manor passed

to his next surv i v ing brother,Sir Robert Barnardiston

, 4th Bart . Hemarried Elizabeth Cheek e

,and died without issue 1 6th J uly

,and

the manor passed to his next brother,Sir Samuel Barnardiston , 5th Bart .

He married in Aug . 1730 ,Catherine

,eldest daughter of Sir Rowland Winn ,

3rd Bart . , of Nostel l , and died without issue , at Ket ton Hal l , 4th February,1735

-6,when the manor devolved on his widow Catherine for li fe

,and on

her death in i t passed to his nephew and heir,Sir J ohn Barnardiston ,

6th Baronet,son of John

,the youngest brother , by Sophia Rich ,

widow ofWi lliam Grey . The 6th Bart . married Elizabeth

,daughter of William

Blakeway,of Stepney

,sailmaker

,and mortgaged the estate and sold the

equity of redemption in the reversion to one Mertens,of London,

goldsmith . Sir J ohn Barnardiston died without issue in Sept . 1745 .

We find the manor subsequently held by one Bird as mortgagee,and

later in chancery,and offered for sale i n 1780 under a decree in a certain

suit,

“

Loyd v . B ird and B i rd v . B utler . The sale was e ffected,and

the manor appears to have become the property of Maurice Swaby, Of

Doctor’s Common,who had married a Miss Bird . Davy says that in 1 80 5

the manor was v ested in Maurice Swaby and Rober t Bird,and in 1 837 in

Maurice Swaby’s sons

,William Swaby and Henry B . Swaby .

K editon Manor is included in the inq u is . p .m . of Richard de Clare,

Earl Of Gloucester and Hereford,in 1 262 or 3 (for it is undated) , and is stated

to be held by the Earl in wardship through the death of J ohn de Essex,

who held of him in chief,and he (the Earl) had nothing there in his own

demesne .

7 Court Rolls o f the manor 22 to 23 Hen . VI . will be found inthe Record Office .

”

Arms of BARNARD ISTON : Az . a fesse dancettee,Erm . between six

cross-crosslets,Arg .

MANOR OF COTTON OR COTTENHALL .

This was the lordship of Hugh Peche,

9 who died seised Of i t in 1 292 ,when it passed to another Hugh Peeche

,who died in

Somewhat later Davy enters a Walter Vancy and Walt . Paye .

'S.P . 1 663 , 92, 96.

6 She was buried at Ketton 3rd Dec.

“Adm. 6th Nov . 1669. Will proved 1707.

3 6th in M I .71.P.M . Hen. I I I ., file 27

Will 17th Aug. 1696, prov ed 4th Jan.

I’Portfolio 203, 92 .

"I . de N . 292.

’Wil l 23rd eb . 1726, proved 20th Jan. I . .P M 20 Edw. I . 371728-9.

"Extent, I .RM , 3 Edw. I I . 31 .


From George Felton the manor would appear to have been acquiredby J ohn Spring

,of Hitcham

,for by his will dated 8th J une , 1 5 44, he devises

the manor by name to his executors for 1 1 years,and subj ect to the term

it vested in h is son and he ir,Sir William Spring

,Knt.

,of Pakenham .

Arms Of FELTON Or,on a bend Az . cotised Cu . 3 bezants .

MANOR or KENNET AND KENTFORD al . KENNETT al . KENTFORD .

Held by Toch il,the King’s Thane

,in the Confessor’s time

,it was part

of the great estate of William de Warren at the taking of the GreatSurvey

,one Nichol then holding of him .

About the middle of the 1 3th century i t passed to Roger Bigot , Earlof Norfolk

,who died seised of this manor in 1 278 , and from this time to

the death Of John Mowbray,Duk e Of Norfolk

,in 1 461 , the manor passed

in the same course as the Manor of Framl ingham ,in Loes Hundred . The

manor is specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of J ohn,Duke of Norfolk

,

and Eleanor his wi fe in and of J ohn alone in

The manor then vested in Sir Willi am Berkeley,son of J ames de

Berkeley,Lord Berkeley,

and Isabel de Mowbray his wi fe,daughter of

Thomas,I st Duke of Norfolk

,and widow of Henry Ferrers .

Sir Wi ll iam stood in such favour with Edw. IV . that he was advancedby h im to the dignity of a Viscount 2 1 5 t April

,1 48 1 , by the title of Viscount

Berkeley,and soon after for h is attendance at councils had a grant from the

King Of 1 0 0 marks per annum during life to be paid out of the customs ofthe Port Of Bristol . He found fav our also with Rich . I I I .

,who created him

Earl of Nottingham 28th J une,1 483 . But soon after joining Henry , Duke

of Buckingham,in the des ign Of dethroning King Richard

,he fled into

Brittany,forming one of those disaffected Englishmen who attached

themselves to the Earl of Richmond . Consequently,when that Earl

ascended the throne as Henry VI I . he was rewarded 1 9th Feb . 1 485-6

,by

being made Ear l Mar shal of England,with limitation of that Office to the

heirs male of his body,and a fee of £20 per annum ,

and by letters patent28th J an . 1 488

-

9, was created Marquis of Berkeley .

The Mar quis had divers law sui ts and references with the Countess ofShrewsbury‘ in regard to his right to Berkeley Castle and other estates .The dispute was continued on th e death of the Countess by her grandson ,Thomas Talbot

,Viscount L’I sle

,who succeeded to her estates . The

Viscount challenged the Marquis,and they accordingly met the 20 th

March,1 469

-70 , and the Viscount L

’I sle

’s v izor being up

,he was slain by

an arrow shot through the head .

3 This did not,however

,determine the

di spute,for it was continued by the V iscount’s widow

,and afterwards by

Sir Edward Grey, created Baron and Viscount Lisle , who had marriedElizabeth

,eldest sister and coheir and eventually sole heir of the deceased

Viscount . As the result of arbitration the Mar quis retained the castle ,but had to make certain payments to the respectiv e claimants .

His lordship married thr ee times— I st in 1 466, Elizabeth, daughter ofReginald West

,Lord de la War r

,from whom he was div orced by J ohn

Car penter,Bishop of Worcester

,before he had any issue 2ndly in 1 468 ,

J oan , daughter of Sir Thomas Strangways, Kut.,and widow of Sir Willi am

Willoughby,Kut. (by whom he had issue Thomas and Catherine, who both

I Edw. IV. 46.3See B ristol and Gloucester Arch . Soc ,

17Edw. IV. 58. vol . 111. p . 30 5 .

KEDINGTON . 263

dying young were buried in Berkeley church with the ir grandfather J ames ,Lord Berkeley), but this lady dying in 1 483 was buried at St . Augustine

’sFriars

,in London

,and her husband married 3rdly,

about 1 486, Anne , daughterof Sir Thomas F ienes

,son and he ir of Richard

,Lord Dacre

,of the South

,

who surv iv ed him,afterwards marrying Sir Thomas Brandon,

Kut.

His lordship died 1 4th Feb . 1 491-2

,having long before made hi s will

whereby,having no issue himself

,and be ing irreconcilably di spleased with

his natural he ir,his brother Maurice

,for not having married a person of

rank,he dev ised his castle at Berke ley,

with many lordships , lands , and

estates,to the King and his heirs in order to prev ent his brother’s

successmn .

This manor he had sett led on Richard de Willoughby and his heirs,

and to Richard it accordingly passed . On his death it dev olv ed on Johnde Willoughby,

who died in 1 557. Page assumes these were beneficialinterests

,but the Willoughbys were not unlikely trustees for the Berkeleys

for we find that in 1 560 Henry ,Lord Berkeley,

who was the greats

grandson

of Maurice Berkeley ,the brother Of Will iam

,Marquis of Berkeley,

hadlicence to alienate the manor to William Petre . Among the ChanceryProceedings in the t ime of Elizabeth we find an action by this Lord HenryBerke ley and others against Thomas Lukas and Edmond Mark aunte

respecting the manor .’

Possibly th is manor had been included amongst the estates thebeneficial interest in which had been in 1 488 given by William ,

Marquis ofBerkeley,

to the Crown,for these estates

,together with Berkeley Castle ,

rev erted to Henry Berke ley as the hei r male of the Marquis on the deathOf King Edw. VI .

,who was th e last heir male to King H en . VI I . These

es tates Henry Berke ley had liv ery of by Royal warrant Of Queen Mary ,the 8 th September , 1 554 , and before , indeed, Henry had arrived at full age .

The estates had been in the Crown for 61 years , 4 months , and 20 days ,and were at the time of the livery to Henry Berkeley of th e value of

£687. 55 . per annum in old rents,not reckoning the parks and chases

therein contained. I t is clear the manor passed in 1 560 from the Berkeleysto Sir William Petre . Sir William Petre was one of the principal Secretariesof State in the reigns Of Hen . V I I I .

, Edw. V I .,Mary

,and Elizabeth .

I n 1 535 he was put into commission by Cromwell , the general v isitor,to repair to all the monasteries throughout England

,and to enquire into

the ir government and the characters of their inmates . His reports being sofavourable to the King’s wishes he was rewarded with various pickings fromthe spoil of the re ligious houses . He had granted to him and Gertrudehis wife , in fee , the priory of Clattercote

,in the county of Oxford , the

Manor of Gynge Abbots , in the county Of Essex,parcel of the possessions

of the then dissolved monastery of B erkyng,in that county,

with theadvowson of the rectory Of “ Ingarston,

al ias Gyng ad Petram .

In 1 549 he was constituted t reasurer of the court of first-fruits forli fe , and in 1 550 one Of the commissioners to treat of peace with the Frenchat Gu isnes . He was also commissioned with th e Archbishop of Canterburyand others to punish and correct all rectors

,v icars

,and other ecclesiastics

,

as we ll as laymen ,of what condition soever, who should despise or evilly speakof the book called, The Book Of the Common Prayer , and administrationof the sacraments , and other rites and ceremonies Of the Church, after theuse of the Church Of England

,

” with power to imprison the guil ty,and load

C.P . set . 11 . B . xv iii. 8 .

264 THE MANORS OF .SUFFOLK .

them with irons,i f necessary

,or admit them to bail . He was also in

several other commi ssmns relat ing to eccles iast ical a ffairs .

Queen Mary made h im Chancellor o f the Garter , with the fee Of 1 0 0marks per annum

,but be ing keen enough to di scern that the restoration

of the Romish religion might endanger hi s enjoyment of the abbey landswhich had been granted him

,he prov ided against this contingency by

obtaining a special di spensation from Pope Paul IV . for their retention,

affirming that he was ready to employ them to spiri tual uses,

” as appearsfrom the Pope’s bull

,bearing date 4 cal . Dec . anno 1 555 .

Hollinshed,in his Chronicle

,gives these further part iculars of Sir

William : The 1 3th of J anuary, deceased Sir William Petre,

knight,who

,for his j udgment and pregnant wit

,had been secretary,

and

Of the privy council , to four kings and queens of this realm ,and seven

t imes ambassador abroad in foreign lands he augmented Exeter College,

in Oxford,with lands to the v alue of an hundr ed pounds by year ; and

also builded ten alms-houses in the parish Of Ingerstone for twenty poorpeople ten within the house

,and ten ou t Of the house hav ing every one

two-pence the day,a winter gown

,and two loads of wood

,and among them

feeding for six kine,win ter and summer

,and a chaplain to pay them service

daily .

”

Camden,in his Britannia

,speaking of Sir William under Essex says

that h e was a man of approv ed wisdom and exquisite learning, and

not so much memorable for those honourable places and offices Of statewhich he bare

,and for his oftentimes being sent in embassage to foreign

princes,as for that

,being bred and brought up in good l earning , he wel l

deserv ed of learning in the Univ ersity of Oxford,and was both pitiful and

bounteous to his poor neighbours about him,and of Ingerston,

where helies buried .

By the will of Sir William Petre , dated 1 6th April,1 571 , and the

preamble thereof,i t appears that he died a Protestant . He orders his

body to be buried in the new isle of the church of Ingerston,i f it should

fortune him to die within 50 miles thereof, or otherwise to be committed tothe earth in such place

,order

,and sort as his executors think most con

v enient. And that,in the same new isl e of Ingerston,

there be erectedsome monument

,with the names of him and his two wives , the ordering

whereof he wholly commits to the di scretion Of his executors . He willsthat immediately after his death there be bestowed on the poorest inhabitantof Ingerston,

al ias Ging-Petre,Writtle-Ging hospital

,B uttersbury, Stoke ,

Ging—Mounteney,Ging-Margaret

,East Thorneden,

and Heron-Green , andother places within the county of Essex

,the sum of to be distributed

by the direction of his executors . And to the poorest inhabitants Of GorritonMagna

,in Devonshire

, 5 . To the poorest inhabitants of Hawk ehurst,in the county Of Kent , 5 marks . To the poorest inhabitants in the pari shesof Monta u and Tyntenhu l f (being lord Of the said manors) , in thecounty 0 Somerset

, £6 . 1 3s . 4d . To the poorest inhabitants Of

K ingsbridge and Thurstoe, in Devonshire , £4 . To the poorest inhabitantsof hi s manor of Brent

,alias South-Brent

,in the said county, £4. To the

poorest inhabitants Of St . Botolph without Aldersgate in London,£6. 1 3s . 4d . To the prisoners in London and Southwark £20 , and thelike sum to the relief Of the poor in the hospitals belonging thereto . He

The Complete Peerage says 1 574.


Sta fford and Powis and others,and in 1 678 was impeached by the Commons

of treason and other h igh crimes and rnisdemeanours . He di ed during hisconfinement sth J an . 1 683 when it devolv ed on his only daughter andheir

,the sai d Mary,

married to George H eneage , Of Hainton , co. Lincoln .

Their only daughter died without issue in 1717.

Subsequently the manor vested in a Barnardi ston , and in 1759 washeld by John Will iams , who took the name of Onslow ,

and sold it about1777 to O liver Godfrey . O liver Godfrey by his wife Sarah had a son ,

Wi l liam Godfrey,to whom the manor passed on the death of his father .

He married Elizabeth,daughter of J ames Clift , Of Barnham

,and on his

death the manor passed to hi s son and heir,the Rev . William Godfrey ,

M .A .,

rector of Kennet . He married in 1 857Agnes Leathes , daughter Of Sir J ohnC . Mortlock

,Kut.

,and granddaughter of J ohn Mortlock

,of Abington Hall .

The manor now seems to be vested in Capt . George H . Pering, J .P .

,

of Kennet Hall .

I n 1 533 Thomas Trye and Leonard Spencer were called upon to showby what title they held the manors of Kennett and Kentford,

“ and there isamongst the Additional Charters in the British Museum a precipe on acov enant concerning the manor in

Arms Of PETRE Gu .

,a bend Or . between two escallops

,Arg .

‘Wil l 20 th Dec. 1683, proved 29th Jan.

2M. 25 Hen. VIII . Rec. Rot.

1 683-4 .3Add . Ch . 25298 .

LIDGATE . 267

L IDGATE .

WO manors were held here in Saxon t imes . The first washeld by Story,

and consisted of 4 carucates and 60 acres ofland

, 9 vill eins , 1 2 bordars , a serf , 2 ploughteams in demesneand 3 belonging to the men (reduced to 2 at the t ime of

the Survey) . Also 1 0 acres of meadow,wood sufficient to

support 1 5 hogs , a rouncy, 25 hogs , 33 sheep ( increased to1 40 at the t ime of th e Survey) , and 1 3 goats . At the time

Of the Survey there were also 5 beasts when the manor was held byWilliamde Watev ille as tenant in chief . Th e value was 80 3 . I t was a league longand 8 quarentenes broad

,and paid in a gelt 1 35d . Others had land here .

‘

The second manor was held at the time of the Surv ey by Rainald theBreton

,and was claimed by him in alms of the King .

I t was formerly the estate of threeifreemen,and consisted of 4 carucates

of land, 9 v illeins

,a bordar

, 3 serfs , 3 ploughteams and 7belonging to themen

,wood enough to maintain 1 0 hogs


,2 hogs

,and

7 sheep , v alued at 80 5 . At the time when the Survey was taken thevilleins had gradually become less

,first fall ing to 7and finally to 3 the

bordars,on the other hand

,had increased

,first to 4 and then to 6, while

the serfs became 1 and then di sappeared altogether . Th e ploughteams

were reduced to 1 and those belonging to the men to 2,and the hogs had

increased to 30 . The value was now 60 5 . Th is land Watev ille’s men

claimed as belonging to his fee .

2

MANOR OF L IDGA‘

I‘

E .

Thi s was the estate of Story in the time of Edward the Confessor,and

Of Will iam de Watev ille at the time Of the Norman Survey. William theConqueror seems towards the end of his li fetime to have given this lordshipwith Blunham to Ralph to hold in fee of the Abbot of St . Edmunds by theservice of Dapi fer or Steward

,and Abbot Albol d between the years 1 1 1 5

and 1 1 1 9 granted the lands with the office held by the said Ral ph to Mauricede Windsor and his heirs

,which grant King Stephen confirmed . Writing

Of this place in 1779, Sir J ohn Cullum ,in his MS . Church notes

,says Here

was a castle formerly,but the only remains of it abov e ground is a piece

of wall that forms part Of the eastern fence of the churchyard . In this aswell as in some parts of the church are wrought up some Roman bricks ,which shows that there must have been some v ery ancient fortress here .Ten years ago when I was here , they were digging up some foundations( in wh ich were also some Roman bricks) as they now are likewise to mendthe roads in this dirty country .

” There is a rough plan of Lidgate Castlein the Davy MSS .

3

In 1 1 30 Maurice de Windsor and Egidia his wife gave to the Cathedralof Norwich a chapel of St . Edmund with lands at Hom e that therein mi

ght

be placed a convent Of monks to pray for the soul of Ralph the Dapi erwho had rebuilt the same from the ground . Henry de Hast ings claimed tobe heredi tary steward of the Liberty of St . Edmund as heir of Mauricede Windsor , and copies of the charters under which he claimed wi l l be found

'Dom. ii . 435 .3Add MSS . 191 20 2 , fol . 328b.

’Dom. ii . 445 .


amongst the Davy MSS . in the Brit ish Museum .

‘ King Hen. I I ., by his

writ or charter,confirmed to the Queen

’s Dapifer , Ralph de Hast ings ,

the land and tenement of his predecessor , Ralph , steward of St . Edmund’s,

and of Maurice de Windsor,hi s maternal uncle . And by another

charter,at a later t ime

,the King confirmed to Willi am de Hastings

,

the stewardsh ip of St . Edmund’s,and th e lands belonging to i t

,as the same

had been held by his respect ive paternal and maternal uncles,Ralph and

Mauri ce . This William de Hastings married I st Margery,daughter of

Roger Bigot,Earl of Norfolk ,

and 2ndl y I da, daughter of Henry ,Earl of Eu .

He held of the Abbot of S t . Edmund’s,fiv e knights

’fees

,including Lidgate

and Blunham and these descended with the stewardship to Henry,his

son and heir,the claimant of the priv ilege . He was a minor in 1 1 88

,his

office being then fil led by Robert de F lamav ille , who held it at the t ime ofhis being one Of the wardens Of the abbey,

during the vacancy. Henryaccompanied King Richard to the Holy Land ; and dying without issueWilliam de Hastings

,ancestor of the Earls of Pembroke

,in the 6th Rich . I .

[1 1 96] paid 1 0 0 marcs as his relief for the lands and office of his brother Henry .

H e was one Of the peers in the Parliament held at Lincoln in the first

year of King John , wherein Willi am ,King of Scotland

,did homage to the

English monarch . He died in 1 225 , and the manor passed to his son andheir

,Henry de Hastings , who married Ada , 4th daughter of Dav id, Earl of

Huntingdon,and of Maud his wife , daughter Of Hugh , and one of th e

sisters and coheir of Ranu lph ,Earl of Chester , and dying in 1 250 the manor

passed in the same course as th e Manor of Ov erhal l,in Otley ,

in Carl ford

Hundr ed,to the t ime of George Nevill , Lord Abergavenny,

who died in1 535 , when the manor passed to his son and heir , Henry Neville , LordAbergavenny

,who in 1 553 or 1 562 sol d the manor to Sir J ohn Cot ton , K ut.

“

He was the son of Sir Robert Cotton , K ut.,and was Sheri ff of Cam

bridge and Huntingdon . He died in 1 584 , when the manor passed to hisson and heir

,Sir J ohn Cotton . Sir J ohn married I sabel

,daughter of Sir

William Spencer,Kut. She died 2nd Nov . 1 578 ,

and he 2 1 5 t April,1 593 ,

in hi s 8 l st year . They are buried under a sumptuous canopied tombwith recumbent effigies in the church of Landwade , about thr ee miles northOf Newmarket . Round the cornices are th e following shields

I . Cotton,quarterly of six . Cotton

,Sab . a chevron between 3

griffins' heads erased

,Arg . (2) Abbott, Gu . a chevron between 3 pears Or .

3) Sharpe, Arg . 3 griffins’heads erased

,2-1 and a border engrailed Sab .

(4) Calverley, Sab . a cinquefoi l wi thin an orle of martlets Arg . or Staunton

(5) F itz Symon,Az . 3 eagles displayed Or , 2-1 , a canton Erm . (6) B aget,

Erm . on a bend Gu . 3 eagle s displayed Or .11 .

— Cotton,quarterly of 6 as last .

I I I — Cotton only .

IV .— Cotton only

,impaling Spencer ,of Althorpe ,Az . a fesse Erm . between

6 doves’heads erased Arg . 3-3 .

V.— Spencer , quarterly of six . ( 1 ) Spencer , quarterly Arg . Cu . on 2-3

qrs . a fret Or,ov er all on a bend Sab . 3 mullets Arg . (2) Spencer of Althorpe .

(3) Deverell , G11, 3 stirrups in pale Or . (4) L incolne, Or , on cross Gu . 5mullets Arg . (5) Grant, Erm . on chevron Gu . 5 bezants . (6) Arg. on abend between 2 lions ramp . Sab . a Salamander Or .

VI .— Cotton,a quantity of 6

,impali ng Spencer , quarterly Of 6 .

'Add . MSS. 1 91 0 2 , fol . 327.

“ Fine , Trin. 6 Edw. VI Fine , Mich . 4E liz . See Exning Manor, LackfordHund red .


fourth Or on a pile Gules,between six fleurs-de-lis Azure

,three lions of

England,second and third Gules

,two wings conjoined in lure tips downwards ,

Or . Of MANNERS,Duke of Rutland Or two bars Azure

,a chief quarterly of

the last and Gules,on the I st and 4th two fl eurs-de-lis Or

,on the 2nd and

3rd a lion of England .

MOULTON . 271

111 0 ULTON .

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Stigand th e

Ar chbishop . I t consisted of 7carucates of land , 32 v illeins,

7borders , 6 serfs, 3 ploughteams in demesne and 6 belongingto the men

,8 acres of meadow

,wood for th e support of 20

hOgs , 2 rouncies,1 2 beasts

, 40 hogs , 270 sheep , and 4hives of bees

,v alued at £1 5 . The soc

,sac

,and customs

belonged to Stigand . At the time of the Survey this manorwas held by Archbishop Lanfranc for the monks

’food,the villeins had

become reduced to 22,and the serfs to 2

,but the bordars had increased

to 1 6 the v alue had come down to £1 2 . I t was a league long and 7q uarentenes broad

,and paid in a gel t 1 3§d f

MANOR OF MOULTON OR STONEHALL MANOR .

From the Red Book of the Exchequer we learn that in 1 2 1 0-1 2 theheirs of Adam de Kok efeld held two fees here

,and they no doub t had the

manor . 3 From the Testa de Nevi ll we find that Robert de Cok efeldheld one fee of the Honor of Glov erine or Gloucester .3

I n 1 275 the manor was held by Adam de Cokefeld ,

‘ who marriedAgatha

,one of the four daughters and coheirs of Sir Robert Aq ui llon and

Agatha his wife,and on his decease in the early part of the reign Of King

Edw. I . the manor passed to his son and heir,Robert

,who died in

when it passed to his sister and heir Joan , wife of William de Beauchamp ,who held the manor in 1 3 1 6 .

I n 1 31 3 Joan gave half a mark for licence to agree with William deWengrav e for the Manors of Moulton and Waldingfield , in Suffolk , andFeltwell

,in Norfolk . By their daughter and heir the manor passed to Sir

J ohn de Chyv erston,who was made

,by King Edw. I I I . on hi s taking of

Cal ais,the first Governor or Captain thereof . I n 1 35 1 Sir J ohn de

Chyv erston sett led th is lordship upon himself for life , remainder to Hugh deChyv erston,

hi s 2nd son,and his heirs .

I n 1 370 Sir J ohn de Chyv erston sold the manor to Lady Elizabeth ,wife of Sir Andrew Lutterel l

,

6 who about 1 373 had a grant of free warrenhere and in Debenham . She was the daughter Of Hugh Courteney,

Earl ofDev onshire

,byMargaret his wife , daughter of Humphrey de Bohun , Earl of

Hereford and she had married I st Sir J ohn de Vere , 3rd 50 11 of J ohn , Earlof Oxford . She di ed in 1 395 .

On the Patent Rolls in 1 425 we find a confirmation to Sir Hugh Lutterel l ,son and heir of Elizabeth

,late wife of Sir Andrew Lutterell , of a charter

50 Edw. I I I . granting to her free warren in her demesne lands of Moulton ,Debenham

,and Waldingfield Manors .

’

There seems some doubt whether the Manor of Stonhall was the sameas Moulton Manor

,for we find Stoneha ll (though it is true not cal led a

manor) in three inquisitions on the Earls of Sta fford, who are supposed tohav e held French Hall Manor in Moulton . These three inquisitions are thoseof Thomas

,Earl of Sta fford in 1 392 ;

3 Willi am,brother and heir Of

Thomas,Earl Of Stafford

,in 1 398 ;

9 and Edward,Earl of Stafford , in 1 40 3 .

Dom. u . 372b.“See Manor of Woodhall al . Walding

‘23od. field Parv a, in Babergh Hundred .

3T. de N . 292 .7Pat. Rol ls, 3 Hen. VI . pt. ii . I I .

‘ HR . ii . 1 5 1 .I’I .P .M 1 6 Rich . I I . 27.

25 Edw. I . 9.9 I .P . l\l 22 Rich . I I . 46.

4 Hen. IV. 41 .


We are fortified in our doubt by a sui t as to fines,and suit and service

of court amongst the Duchy of Lancaster papers . There we find a sui t bythe Attorney-General against Cot ton in 1 599 as to Chev ertons al . Stonehall ,in Moulton .

Sir Hugh Lu tterell died in 1 428 ,and his inq u is . p .m . call s the manor

dist inctly Stonhal l Hall,

and giv es a full extent .

J ohn Lutterel l was found to be the son and heir of Sir Hugh Lu tterel l .He married Katherine

,widow of Sir J ohn Stretch

,Knt. Davy says that in

1 40 8 the manor was held by John Gower, the poet , but , i f so, it could onlyhave been as trustee .

Sir J ohn Lu tterell died in when a th ird of the manor went to hiswidow Margaret (no doubt a second wife) in dower , and on her death in1 439

‘ the manor passed to Sir J ohn's son and heir,J ames Lu tterel l

,who

was attainted on the accession of Edw. IV . I n 1 464 the manor wasgranted to William

,Lord Herbert .

On the Patent Roll s in 1 468 we find a grant to J ohn Kendale and theheirs male of his body of all lands and possessions in Moulton , Gazeley,

Needham,Kentford

,Dalham

,Denham

,and Exning

,late of J ames Lu tterel l

,

K ut.,in the King’s hands by forfeiture to hold by the rents and serv ices

Of so many knights’fees

,and other rents and services as they were held by

before 1 Edw. IV . with all issues from that date .’

The estate,however

,appears to have been restored to the Lu tterel ls

,

for we find the manor subsequently vested in Hugh Lutterel l , who diedseised of i t in 1 52 1 , when it passed to his son and heir , Andrew Lu tterel l

,

on whose death in 1 538 i t passed to h is son and heir , Sir J ohn Lu tterell .A fine of the manor was levied against h im in 1 545 by John Ri ce and others .

“

Sir J ohn Lutterel l died without issue,when it devolved upon his brother

,

Thomas Lutterell . A fine was levied of the manor in 1 565 by J ohnWyncol land others against Hugh Lutterel l and others . Thomas Lu tterel l i s said tohave sold the manor to Sir Clement Higham

,Knt.


dev ising it by his will to his 2nd son,William Higham . We next find the

manor v ested in Sir J ohn Higham,Kut.

,who died in 1 640 , when it passed

to Sir Richard Higham,Knt.

I n 1 847the manor was vested in the Duke of Rutland, descending until1 885 l ike the Manor of Argentines

,N ewmark et

,

‘

in Lackford Hundred .

The manor was shortly after this date sold to Harry Leslie BlundellMcCalmont, of Chev eley Park , Newmark et, and B ishopswood , Herefordshire

,only son Of Hugh B . R . McCalmont

,barrister-at—law . He married in

1 885 Amy Hyacinth , daughter of General Miller , and was M .P . for theNewmarket Division of Cambridge in 1 895 . He died in 1 90 2 , when themanor passed to the trustees of his will in whom it is now vested .

A fine was levied of a third part of Moulton Manor in 1 334 by SirWill iam

,son of Walter Beauchamp

,against Roger Aunger , chaplain ,

and J ohn Payne,of Caneford

,clerk .

’

Court Rolls Of the manor for 19 Edw. I I .,1 to 3 , 5 , 6, I O,

1 4 , 1 5 , 23 , 3 1

Edw. I I I . 9 to 1 3 , 1 5 , 1 8 Hen . VI I I . will be found in the Public RecordOffice .

8

Duchy of Lancaster, Cal . to Pleadings, 5 Pat. Rolls, 8 Edw. IV. pt. i . 1 2 .

41 Bi n. 5 .

6 Fine, Easter , 37Hen. VIII .8 Hen. VI . 32 .

’Feet of Fines , 8 Edw. I I I .

S IP /M , 9 Hen. VI . 5 1 .

8 Portfolio 20 3. 1 0 1 , 1 0 2 , 2 1 3-59, 76, 78 ,

17Hen. VI . 1 4 . 2 14, 2 , 3, 1 1 , 32 .


OUSDEN .

Saxon t imes a manor was held in this place by Leuric thethane . I t consisted of 6 carucates

,22 vi lleins

,2 bordars ,

8 serfs, 4 ploughteams in demesne and 1 0 belongi ng to the

men,65 acres of meadow,

wood sufficient to support 20 hogs,

4 rouncies , 1 5 beasts, 22 hogs , and 1 64 sheep . There wasalso a church with 30 acres of free land and half a ploughteam . At the time of the Survey thi s manor was held by

Earl Eustace the vi ll eins were reduced to 1 5 , the serfs to 2,the plough

teams in demesne to 2,the ploughteams of the men first to 8 and then to 6,

the beasts to 5 , and the sheep to 88 , the rouncies also had disappeared .

There had,however

,been a slight increase in some of the details . For

instance,the bordars had increased to 9 and the hogs to 30 . The val ue had

formerly been £6, but at the time of the Survey was £7, but it was given tofarm for £1 4 . I t was 8 quarentenes long and 5 broad, and paid in a gelt65d . Others had land here .

’

The only other hol ding named in this place was that of Stanard, son Of

Alv ey,who held 30 acres , a bordar , a ploughteam ,

and 2 acres of meadow ,

v alued at which in the Confessor’s t ime had been held by Wisgar .

2

MANOR OF OUSDEN OR NEWHALL .

I n the reign of Hen . I I . it v ested in William de Crik etot,and passed

in the reign of J ohn to William’s son and heir

,Humphrey de Criketot.

He held one knight’s fee Of the Honor of Boulogne . The Red Book of theExchequer 1 2 1 1 -1 2 as printed assigns the fee to R eynfredus de ,

Crik etot,but this is evidently a misreading of the original record .

3

On Humphrey’s death the manor went to his son and heir

,William

de Crik etot,who we find from the Patent Rolls in 1 225 brought an action

against Giles de Mere as to 1 0 0 acres of land in Ousden .

‘ He di ed in 1 234,when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Sir William de Crik etot

,who

had a grant of a market and fair here in 1 25 Sir Willi am Criketot diedin when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Wi lliam de Crik etot.

He married Agnes,sister and coheir of Sir William le B lund ,

’of w orth

,

who was slain at the battle of Lewes in 1 264 , and on William deCriketot

’s death in 1 298

“ he was found to hold th i s manor in socageof Hugh

,Lord Bardolph

,and i t passed to his son and heir

,Willi am

de Crik etot, who dying in the manor passed to his son andheir

,Willi am de Crik etot, against whom and hi s mother Maria a

fine was levied of the manor in 1 30 8 by Walter , parson of Ousdenchurch

,and Robert de Ashfeld

,chaplain . The obj ect of the fine is

explained by a licence on the Patent Rolls in 1 307. I t i s for Will iam,son

of Will iam de Criketot, and Mary ,“ late wife of Will iam de Crik etot

,to

enfeo ff Walter,parson Of the church of Ousden , and Robert de Asshefeld,

chaplain,of the manor held in chief as of the Honor of Bononia ,

”and for the

‘Dom.’See Manor of w orth , in Blackbourn

'Dom . ii . 445b. Hundred .

3 Red Book of the Exchequer , 1 50 d . 27 Edw. I . 47, ex tent .‘Pat. Rolls, 9 Hen. I I I . 2d . 35 Edw. I . 1 33 .

’Chart. Rolls, 37 and 38 Hen. I I I . pt . l ° I .Q .D 35 Edw. I . F i le 65 , 5 .

11. 3, 1 8 . Fee t of Fines , 1 Edw. I I . 5 Harl . 57E 3.

53 Hen. I I I . 17; new re/erencc :File 36 extent giv en.

OUSDEN . 275

feoffees to regrant i t to the said Mary for li fe with remainder to the saidWi lli am and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies

,with

remainder to th e right heirs of the said William the settlor .‘ William

de Crik etot died in and on the Close Rolls is an order todeliver the manor to J oan his wife

,the same having been granted by

Walter,parson of the church of Ousden

,and Robert de Asshefeld to Mary ,

late wife Of Will iam de Crik etot,for li fe

,with remainder to William

,son of

William de Crik etot and to th e said J oan his wife and their heirs .” 3

The manor,subj ect to J oan’s interest

,passed to her son and heir ,

Will iam de Cri k etot,on whose death in 1 343 i t passed to his son and heir ,

William de Criketot,who dying in 1 354 the manor went to his widow J oan .

Shortly after thi s it must hav e passed to Thomas Fitz Eustace , buthow acquired we know not

,for h e di ed seised Of it in leaving his

widow Agnes (to whom the manor went for l ife) and two sons , Thomas hisson and he ir and J ohn . J ohn surviv ed his brother

,who di ed without issue .

On the death of Agnes his mother,J ohn was found to be the heir and of the

OUSDEN HALL .

age of 22 years . J ohn Fitz Eustace died in leav ing Phi lip FitzEustace, hi s son and heir , aged half a year and upwards . Chri stina

,the

widow of the deceased,in the same year had the custody of the lands of her

son here,as we learn from the Originalia Rolls . Th e order is made by

the King,who commi ts to Chri stina the custody of two portions of this

manor .“ Chr istina remarried Sir William Borland,and we find on the

Patent Rol l s in 1 384 an order remitting in his favour a rent payable byChrist ina , then his wi fe , for the custody granted her by the late King of

two-thirds of the manor .’

The manor seems to have vested a li t tle later in Richard de B ok enham,

for in 1 377we meet with a fine levied of the manor and advowson by Johnde Rokwode , Robert de Ai sshefel d , Robert de K edyton,

and Geoffrey deHundon , against this Richard de Bok enham and J oan his wife .

8

xPat. Rolls , 1 Edw. I I . pt. i . 6 ;‘ I .P .M 35 Edw. I I I . 84 .

1 Edw. I I . 1 06 ; new re/em tce : 45'

Edw. I I I . pt . 1 . 4 1 .

File 69, 1 3.“O. 43 Edw. I I I . 25.

3 Edw. I I . 52 .’Pat. Rolls , 8 Rich . I I . pt. 11. 4 1 .

3 Close Rol ls , 3 Edw. I I . 1 0 .

I'F eet of Fines, 1 Rich . I I . 4.


Amongst the Harleian Charters in the Brit ish Museum is a power totake seisin of Ousden and Newhall manors

,the latter in Norfolk

,with the

advowson of the church Of Ousden in I t is given by Sir RichardWaldegrav e to William Clerk , of Burgh St . Mary , and is dated 9th May ,1 1 Hen . IV. Th is was no doubt the time that Sir Ri chard Wal degrav e

acqui red the manor,and in 1 420 he had a grant Of free warren here and

vested the manor in trustees by way of settlement . He di ed infrom whi ch time to the time of Sir Willi am Waldegrav e , who di ed in 1 61 3 ,the manor devolved in the same course as the Manor of Smal lbridge , Bures ,in B abergh Hundred .

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings of this period we find a suitinstituted by the executors of Thomas Barker as to a lease of Ousden Manordemised to Thomas by SirWilli am Waldegrav e , owner of the fee ? ”

Sir William Wal degrav e in 1 567sold the manor to Humphrey Moseley ,of St . Nicholas Cole Abbey

,Secondary of Wood Street Counter

,London

,

2nd son Of Nicholas Moseley,of the Mere at Envil le

,in Staffordsh ire .

‘ Hemarried Margaret

,2nd daughter of Sir Clement Heigham

,of Barrow

,Knt .

,

Lord Chi ef Baron of the Exchequer in Queen Mary’s re ign . He died in1 594 , when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Richard Moseley,

who

removed to Ousden in 1 61 4 . He married I st Letitia,daughter and coheir

of Clarke,of Farnham

,in Sussex

,and 2ndly Abigail , daughter of Sir

Arthur Heveningham,K ut.

,and widow of Sir Augustine Pettus

,Kut. He

died in 1 630 ,and was buried at Ousden

,when the manor passed to his son

and heir,Richard Moseley

,who marri ed J udi th

,daughter of Sir Thomas

Playters, Bart . , of Sotterley , and dying in 1 642 the manor passed to hi s sonand heir

,Humphrey Moseley , who married Lucy , daughter Of Gipps

,

of St. Edmunds,Bury

,and dying in 1 663 the manor devolved on hi s son

and heir,Richard Moseley . He mar ried Mary

,daughter of Cooke

,of

London,and dying in 1717 the manor passed to his son and heir ,William

Cooke Moseley . He and his brothers Richard and Stephen di ed withoutissue

,and Sarah the only sister married in 170 0 GeorgeGoodday,

Of Far nhamAll Sai nts

,and had issue George Goodday

5and Sarah , who married her

cousin,Thomas Moseley

,who was son of Thomas Moseley

,of the City of

London,younger brother of the above-named Richard

,to whom the repte

scutation of the family passed upon the decease of her cousins wi thout issue .

Thomas Moseley had issue by Sarah , William who married Elizabeth ,daughter of Abraham Cock sedge , of Drinkstone

,and by her had issue

J ohn Moseley,to whom the manor passed on the death of his father in 1785 .

He in 1 80 0 sold the manor to J ohn Smith,of Staffordshire, who sold it in

1 80 4 to the Rev . J ames Thomas Hand,who died in 1 835 without issue

and devised the manor to his nephew and heir,Thomas J ames I reland

,

who held in 1 855 .

I n 1 885 the manor had passed to Sir Herbert Bulkeley MackworthPraed

,Bart .

,Of 29, St . J ames

’s Place,London

,who is the present lord .

Ousden Hall was erected in Queen Elizabeth’s time . The porch atthe north entrance is

,however

,all that remains of the origi nal structure

that has not been modernised . I t is pleasantly situated on rising groundcommanding an extensive prospect over the adj oining country

,and is now

the residence of Lawrence C . Chalmers .

'Harl . 57 D . 34 .

‘ Fine , Mich . 9 Eliz .

1 3 Hen. VI . 27.Ssec Manor of Rattlesden, in Thedwestry

3C.P . ii . 164 . Hundred .


POSLI NGFORD.

the time of the Survey Ralph Baynard held four estatesin this place . The first consisted Of a carucate and 20

acres Of land, 7bordars , 13 ploughteams , and wood sufficient

for the support Of 5 hogs , valued at 3 1 3 . This estate hadbeen formerly held by three freemen of twoOf these Raynard

’spredecessor had commendation in the Confessor’s time

,and

soc and sac except St . Edmund,six forfeitures

,and the

Abbot had commendation over the third in the Confessor’s time . TheSurv ey says : The King granting him the land . About this we sawthe wri t .” The second consisted of a carucate and a half Of land

,6 bordars

,

and a ploughteam in demesne . The estate had formerly been held by afreeman

,but was atthe time of the Survey held by Noriolt of Ralph Baynard .

Of live stock there were 2 rouncies , 6 beasts , 1 6 hogs , and 20 sheep , valuedin Saxon times at but at the time of the Surv ey a t 253 .

The third consisted Of a carucate and a half of land, 3 bordars, 1 }

ploughteams, 4 acres of meadow, 4 beasts , 20 hogs , and 29 sheep , wi th the

addit ion when the Survey was taken Of 2 rouncies . The whole was v aluedat and was formerly the estate Of a freeman

,but at the time of the

Survey was held of Baynard by Walter .The fourth consisted of 1 60 acres , 8 bordars , and a ploughteam ,

valuedat 263 . 8d .

,formerly held by two freemen , but at the t ime of the Survey

held of Ralph Baynard by Ri cher . Also a church with 40 acres of free landvalued at 65 . The six forfeitures belonged to th e Abbot Of St . Edmund

,

and the soc to Baynard . This was 1 3 quarentenes long and 1 2 broad,and

paid in a gelt 1 5d . Others held land here .

“ This,says the lucid Survey ,

was on account of the exchange . Richard,son Of Earl Gislebert

,had

two estates in this place at the time of the Surv ey . The first consisted O f35 acres , half a ploughteam , and 2 acres of meadow,

valued at formerlythe estate of Edric , a freeman , but at the time of the Survey held over himby Loher . The second, which had always been held by six freemen , consisted of 85 acres , 3 bordars, and a ploughteam ,

valued at 1 43 . 2d .

2

The Abbot of St . Edmund had an estate here at the time of the Survey,

whi ch had formerly been held by 1 2 freemen under the abbot by commendation

,soc

,and sac . I t consisted of 60 acres

,a bordar

,and 2 plough

teams valued at

MANOR OF POSLINGFORD HALL .

This estate passed from Ralph Baynard,the Domesday t enant , to his

son and,

heir J effrey,and was forfeited by J effrey’s son and heir

,Willi am

Baynard,in the time of Hen . I .

, when it passed to the Crown .

‘

I t is stated that the over-lordship was vested in Gilbert de Clare,

Earl Of Gloucester,in 1 275 , as he then claimed free warren in B aynard

’s

fee .

s But at the same time we find that Robert Fitz Walter held Poslingfordof th e fee of Baynard .

“ I t was held with the advowson of the church .

I n one place on the Hundr ed Rol ls there is a di st inct statement thatthe Manor of Poslingford at the time of those returns was

,with the advowson

,

vested in Robert Fitz Walter,and held by him of the King in chief .

'Dom. 11. 41 3b.

’Dom. u . 396b.

3Dom. ii . 371 b.

‘ See Manor of Shimpling , in Babergh

Hundred .

POSLINGFORD . 279

Prior to 1 322 the manor was held by Gilbert Peche’and I solda his wife

and he died seised this year,

“ and we find an order on the Close Rolls in1 324 in a suit respecting themanor , inwh ich I solda , late wife of Gilbert Peche,suggested that Stephen

,brother Of Sir Thomas de la Charmere , granted

the same to the said Gilbert . 3 The manor passed to Gilbert Peche’s .son

and heir,Gilbert Peche

,who di ed in 1 360 .

The manor in the t ime of King Edw. IV . was vested in Henry Wentworth

,Of Codham Hall

,co. Essex . He married I st Elizabeth

,daughter

and heir of Henry Howard,and 2ndly Joan , daughter and heir of Robert

F itzSimon,Of co . Essex . Henry Wentworth di ed z2ud March

,

when the manor passed to his son and heir,Sir Roger Wentworth

, Kut.,

who marri ed Anne (daughter and heir Of Humphr ey Tyrell , of Litt le War ley ,3rd son of J ohn Tyrell

,of Herons

,in Essex), who died 28th Aug . 1 534. He

died 9th Aug . 1 539, and is int erred with his wife under a sumptuous monument in the chancel of Gosfield church .

The manor passed to their son and heir,Sir J ohn Wentworth

,who

married Anne,daughter of J ohn B ettenham

,Of Pluckl ey,

in Kent,and di ed

1sth Sept . 1 567, leav ing an only daughter Anne, who had marri ed I stSir Hugh Rich

,zud son of Sir Richard Rich , Lord Chancellor, and Baron

Rich ; 2ndly Henry Fitz Alan , Lord Maltravers and 3rdly Sir Wil liamDeane

,of Dean’s Hall

,Great Maplestead, in Essex . By deed dated 24th

Sept . 1 577, she demised the manors of Ov erhall , Netherhall , Horton , Impey,

and Bulley Hall,in Poslingford

,with other manors for 20 0 years nex t after

her death . She di ed sth Dec . 1 580 , and according to her desire was buriedin the church of Gosfield

,roth J an . 1 580 ,

in the tomb of her I st husban d,

hav ing ordered 60 0 marks to be bestowed at her funeral . Leaving no issueby any of her three husbands

,the manor passed to her cousin

,John Went

worth, son of her uncle, Henry Wentworth , who thereupon went to liveat Gosfield , being the first of the family to make that the place of residence .

He was knighted,and married twice

,but the surname of the I st wife only is

known . She was Elizabeth,daughter of Christopher St . Laurence

,Baron

of Howth, in I reland . He died 1 3th April , 1 588 , and the manor passed tohis son and heir , J ohn Wentworth, who married Cecily, daughter of EdwardUpton . He died roth Feb . 1 61 3, and the manor passed to his son andheir , John Wentworth, knighted in 1 603 , and created a baronet 29th J une ,1 61 1

, who di ed in Oc t. 1 631 , leaving by Katharine his wife , daughter ofSir Moyle Finch

,Knt. and Bart .

,four daughters and coheirs

,two of whom

died unmarried .

In 1 635 Thomas Goldi ng held the manor and the advowson , and thereis this year a distinct statement of his being then both lord and patron .

s

As early as 1 573 George“ and Henry Goldinge had been called upon to show

by what title they held the rectory of the church of Posli ngford,’and

probably the manor was in the family at that date .

Towards‘

the end of the 1 8 th century the manor passed to RichardMoore , who di ed in 1782 ,

when it went to his son and heir , Richard Moore .

I n 1 823 Hart Logan was lord, but in 1 847 the manor was vested inSamuel Ware , of Hendon Hall , in the county of Middlesex . He died in

'See Manor of Littl e Bradley, in th is 1 635 , 1 85 .

Hundred .“See Manor

'

of Stone Hall , Clare, in this“ Extent , 16 Edw. I I . 48 . Hund red , but not the same George.

3 Close Rolls, 17Edw. I I . 22 , 9.7Memoranda Rolls, 1 5 Eliz . Trin. Rec.

‘ I .P .M 22 Edw. IV. 1 1 . Rot. 29.


1 860 , when the manor passed to his nephew ,Charles Nathaniel Cumberlege

Ware, 3rd son of Capt . J ohn Cumberlege by Anne his wife, daughter of

Samuel Ware,of Highgate

,who assumed by Royal licence in 1 862 the

name and arms of V\ are . He married Caroline,eldest daughter of Richard

Hooton,of Leam ington

,co . Warwick

,and on his death

,z2ud Sept . 1 888 ,

the manor passed to,and is now vested in

,hi s grandson

,Charles Edward

Cumberlege-Ware

,Of Hendon Hall

,Hendon

,and 86

,Lancaster Gate

,

London,son and heir of the Rev . Charles Cumberlege-Ware , v icar of

Astwood,co. Bucks . (and of Elizabeth Anne his wife

,daughter and heir

of Mrs . Montgomery Will iams , Of Crawley Grange , co. Bucks) , who haddi ed in 1 871 in hi s father

's lifet ime . C . E . Cumberlege-Ware in 1 889

married Beatrice,daughter of J ohn Bell

,of Lancaster Gate .

Arms of WARE Per pale Arg . and Gu . two lions,passant

,within an

orle of roses and escallops all counterchanged .

MANOR OF OVE RHALL .

I n 1 448 this manor was vested in Richard Martyn , and j ust 1 0 0 yearslater in Sir J ohn Wentworth

,Kut.

,Of Gosfield , in Essex , from whom it

probably passed in the same course as the mai n manor unti l the time ofSir J ohn Wentworth

,I st Bart .

,in 1 61 2 .

I n 1 577we find that Anne , daughter and heir Of Sir John Wentworth ,Knt.

,conveyed by indenture the manors of Ov erhall and Netherhall , with

other property,to J erome B ettenham and J ames Walton

,for 20 0

’

yearsnext after her decease

,

’which happened in 1 580 .

The manor subsequently vested in Sir Edward Vi lliers, Kut. He wasthe 2nd 5 0 11 of Sir George Villiers by his I st wi fe Audrey , daughter and heirof Will i am Saunders

,of Harrington

,co. Northampton . He was knighted

at Windsor in 1 61 6,and in 1 620 sent ambassador to Bohemia . The 27th

May,1 625 , he was, through the interest of his half-brother , the Duke of

Buckingham,made President of Munster

,in I reland . He married Barbara,

daughter of Sir John St . J ohn,Of Lydiard Tregoze

,co. Wilts

,and niece

of O liver St . J ohn , who was created Vi scount Grandi son in I reland withlimitation Of that honour to her posterity . Sir Edward Vill iers died 7thSept . lamented by the whole province

,wherein he had lived great ly

and hospitably since the t ime_

Oi his appointment as governor , and wasburied in the Earl of Cork’s chapel

,at Youghal

,where these l ines are

inscribed to his memory

Munster may curse the time that Vi lliers came,

To make us worse,by leaving such a name

Of noble parts,as none can imitate

But those whose hearts are married to the StateB u t i f they press to imitate hi s fame

,

Munster may bless the time that Vill iers came .The manor passed to Sir Edward’s son and heir , Wil l iam Vill i ers ,

who succeeded his uncle,Oliver St . J ohn

,as 2nd Viscount Grandison , in 1 630 .

Upon the breaking out of the rebell ion he espoused the Royal cause, andsignalised himself in the service on several occasions, but at the siege ofBristol

,26th J uly, 1 643, was unfortunately wounded, from whence he was

carri ed to Oxford,where he died the August following in the 3oth year of

his age,and has a noble monument erected to his memory in the Cathedral

xF ine, Trin. 1 9 Eliz .

2His will is dated 3rd Aug. 1625.


STAN SF I ELD.

in this place at the t ime of the Survey were heldby Ri chard, 5 0 11 of Earl Gislebert. The fir st consisted of

a carucate of land formerly belonging to a socman , but atthe t ime of the Survey held over him by Roger . Attachedto i t wer e 2 bordars

,a ploughteam,

and 3 acres of meadow .

When Roger took over thi s socman there were 3 rouncies ,4 beasts, 7hogs, and 40 sheep , valued at but when the

Su rvey was taken the live stock had increased considerably — the beastshad increased to 6

,the hogs to 30 , and the sheep to 80 ,

while the value hadgone up 1 0 5 .

The second estate,which was held by Gisl ebert, consisted of 2 carucates

of land,2 bordars

, 3 serfs , 2 ploughteams, 2 acres of meadow, 4 sheep , and25 hogs , valued at 6os .

,formerly held by Edric Spucla, when there were

4 sheep only, and the value was 40 3 .

The thi rd estate consisted of a carucate of land,a ploughteam,

and

4 acres of meadow,valued at 30 3 .

,formerly held by Ulflet

,a freeman

,but

at the time of the Survey by Robert over him .

‘

The fourth estate consisted of 60 acres of land,a serf

,a ploughteam ,

3} acres of meadow,and a mi ll

,valued at 1 5s .

,formerly held by Crow,

afreeman

,but at the t ime of the Survey by Roger . There was also a church

with 1 5 acres of free land . Stansfiel d as a whole was 1 2 quarenteneslong and 6 broad

,and paid in a gelt 1 3§d .

’

The Abbot Of St . Edmund had one estate here . Th is consisted of75 acres and 2 ploughteams, valued at 1 1 3 . 3d .

,the commendat ion and soc

belonging to the abbot . I t had formerly been held by seven freemen .

3

STANSFIELD MANOR .

Thi s was the estate of Richard Fitz Gilbert at the time of the Survey,

and passed in the same course as the Manor of Denston Hall , in this Hundred,and Sudbury

,in B abergh Hundred. Sir Thomas de Grey

,Kut.

,had a grant

of free warren here in

We find that in 1 349 Sir Will iam de Clopton had free warren in his landsin Stansfiel d .

’ He married Agnes,daughter of Sir Thomas Grey,

and diedin 1 378 .

in 1 40 3 Sir Thomas de Grey gave a part of the manor to his widowMargaret for li fe

,and subj ect to her interest i t devolved upon his son,

Roger de Grey and Margaret his wife .

“

The following year Margaret,wife of Roger

,son of Sir Thomas de Grey

,

appear s to have died seised of the manor .’

I n the begi nning Of the 1 6th century the manor vested in Sir Rober tBroughton

,who died seised of it 17th Aug . when it went to hi s

son and heir,J ohn Broughton

,who di ed 24th J anuary , when the

manor passed to his widow Al ice Anne), and subj ect to her interest

'Dom. u . 3gob, 395b.

7I .P .M 6 Hen. IV. 24 .

’Dom . 11. 390 b, 395b.

“See Manor of Denston Hall , in this Hun

’Dom . ii . 371 b. d red , and Manor of Stonh ams , in‘ Chart. Rol ls, 30 Edw. I . 33 . Rattlesden , inTh edwestryHundred .

sChart. Rolls, 22 Edw. I I I . 37.

9 PM 22 Hen. VI I . 1 .

P .

I .

I .Q .D 5 Hen. IV. 14 . I . M., 1 0 Hen. VIII . 1 48 .

STANSFIELD . 283

ves ted in their son and heir,J ohn Broughton , who di ed in 1 529.

The widow remarri ed J ohn Lord Russell , and appears to have surviv edtill 1 558 . Subsequently the manor vested in the Westhroppes, who hadheld lands in Stansfield as early as the time of Hen . VI for we find amongstth e Early Chancery Proceedings an action as to a messuage here, broughtby Robe rt Westhorp and William Grey,

executors of Thomas Westhorp,against Thomas Hinton

,feoffee to uses

,

‘ and another action about the sametime as to lands in Stansfield by Agnes, late wife of Thomas Westhorp ,

against Thomas Hookton and Wi l liam Grey.

2 Later,in the time of Queen

Elizabeth,we meet with two fines levied of the manor . The first was

in 1 564 by J ohn Westhroppe against Henry Cheyne and J ane his wife ;3

the second in 1 60 2 by Francis Crawley and others against AbrahamWestroppe and others .

‘

The Manor of Stansfiel d has been for some years past in the Crown ,but it has been stated to have been vested in J . G . Weller Poley . A manorof Stansfield was included in a demise made 24th April , 1 9 Eliz . byAnn

,daughter of Sir J ohn Wentworth

,and J erome B ettenham and J ames

Wal ton for 20 0 years next after her decease,she being then Lady Matrev ers .

The lady was buried at Gosfield ,in Essex

,l oth J an . 1 580 .

GATE SBURIES OR CATE SBYE’S MANOR .

In 1 235 Ri chard de Muntfichet had the fee,and it passed to his

daughter Margaret , who married Walter de B olebee . I f,however

,Davy

’sdate for the death of this Walter

,namely 1 1 87, be correct , this is scarcely

possible . The manor passed to their son and heir,Hugh de B olebee

,who

died in 1 262,leav ing four daughters — Phili ppa , married to Roger de

Lancaster Margery,married I st to Nicholas de Corbet and 2ndly to V1 il l iam

de Grimesthorpe Ali ce,married to Walter de Huntercombe and Mati lda

,

married to Hugh de la Val . The two latter di ed without issue .

I n 1 3 19 Richard de Gatesbury had a grant of free warren here ,“and

in 1 420 a J ohn de Gatesbury held the manor . He seems to have left twodaughters and coheirs

,one married to Henry Elv edon

,of I vy Mountj oy,

Essex , and the other to John Lav ingham ,Of Gatesbury,

co. Herts .I n 1 506 the manor was v ested in Sir Robert Broughton , Knt.

,who

di ed seised of i t this year,when it passed to his son and heir , Sir J ohn

Broughton,and then passed as the main manor until the death of Ali ce

,

wife of John,Lord Russe ll

,in 1 558 .

I n 1706 the manor was in Sir Edward Atkins , and in 1770 was inJ ohn Mav or

,passing this year to Charles Bigg, who in 1795 granted the

same to Bateman B igg,who sold it to the Marqui s Of Bristol , in whose

represen tative it is now v ested .

MAN OR or PRIDITON HALL .

This was held in 1 275 by Walter de Priditon,of Stansfield , steward

Of the Earl Marshal,and later in the re ign of Edw. I . passed to Sir Roger

de Priditon.

I n 1 3 17 the manor belonged to the Gatesbury or Salisbury family,a fine this year being lev ied by Adam ,

son of Richard de Gatisbury,against

Richard de Gatisbury and in 1 454 a fine of the manor was levied by

5 Edw. IV. ; 49 Hen. VI . 31 , 20 4.

‘ Fine , Hil . 44 Eli z .

’I b. 31 , 262 .

’Chart. Rol ls , 1 2 Edw. I I . 88 .

3 Fine, Easter, 6 Eliz .“Feet of Fines , 1 1 Edw. I I . 46.


J ohn Notebeme , William Sheldrake,clerk

,Wil l iam J erold

,chaplain ,

Thomas Cranevyle , John Smyth , of Cav endish , Robert Hucton,of Stans

fiel d,J ohn Gylmyn,

j un .,and Thomas Pouncy ,

against John Jolk er andElizabeth hi s wife

,relative and one of the heirs of Adam de Gatesbury,

and Henry Elv eden,kinsman and other heir . ‘ Amongst the Early

Chancery Proceedings we find a sui t pending between Harry,son of Harry

Elveden,and J ohn Twyn,

surviving feoff ee to uses respecting the manor .’

At the beginning of the 1 6th century th e manor was vested in thefami ly Of Broughton

,and Sir Robert Broughton di ed seised of thi s manor

17th August , 1 506 , leaving Sir J ohn his son and heir .3 Robert’s son

,Sir

John Broughton,died seised 24th J anuary , 1 5 17, leaving J ohn his son and

heir .‘

I n 1 564 a fine of the manor,under the head Predyngton Hall Manor ,

was levied by Robert Westhrope and J ohn Sparowe against Henry Cheyneand J ane his wife .

5

Abel de St . Martin held a third part of a fee in Priditon,according to

Davy,but he gives no date

,and in 1 825 he enters Bateman Pigg [Bigg] ,

gent .,who di ed possessed of Purton Hall

,

” I t later vested in RichardPlate

,and from him passed to the Cumberlege-Wares , whose represen ta tive

now hol ds .

“

‘ Feet of Fines , 32 Hen. VI . 6.4 I .P .M 1 0 Hen. VIII . 1 48 .

”E .C.F Bundl e 55. 88 .

5 Fine , Easte r, 6 Eliz .

22 Hen . VI I . 1 .6 See Manor of Poslingford , inth isHundred .


land,with lands and rents in various counties , and portions , pensions

,ti thes,&c.

,in about 56 parishes . I ts clear value ,

‘ Valor Ecclesiasticus,

”

in 1 534 , was £324 . 45 . 1M . This collegiate church was in the patronageof the Queens of England. A list Of its deans , with some brief notices ofeach

,was drawn up by Matthew Parker , who was the last dean Of this

coll ege,and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury . Their names were as

fol lows

1 4 1 5 . Thomas B arnesl ey. 1 497. J ohn Ednam,S .T .P .

1 454 . Wal ter E laket,AM . 1 5 17. Robert

1 454 . Wil l iam Wil fl et,S .T.P . 1 525 . Will iam Grene

,S .T.P .

1 470 . Richard Edenham,S .T .P . 1 529. Robert Shorton

,S .T .P .

1 493 . Will iam Pykenham,LL .D . 1 534

-5 . Matthew Parker

,

I nventories of the college in 1 534 and 1 537will be found amongst theParker MSS . in the Corpus Christi College

,Camb .

’l

The college was dissolv ed in 1 548 ;3 and the same year granted to

Sir J ohn Cheke and Walter Mi l dmay .

‘

I n 1 552 Sir J ohn Cheke by grant resigned it to the Exchequer , and

9th Apri l , 1 554, th e Queen held her first court . I n 1 556 Philip and Maryby l etters patent annexed the manor to the Duchy of Lancaster . The fineof the manor was not levied by the King and Queen against Sir John Chekeand others until This fine included the borough of Clare and siteof the late Col lege of Stoke

,and of several manors

,with the office of feodary

of the Honor Of Clare . Queen Elizabeth held her first court die Lune voc .Hokmondaye ,

”1 559.

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings of thi s t ime wi l l be found a Billby Dame Mary Cheke against Agnes Porter to establish life estate in thesite of the manor and college of Stoke by demise from the Crown .

“ Andamongst the Chancery Proceedings of the Duchy Of Lancaster in 1 598 anaction by the At torney-General at the relat ion of Lady Mary Cheke againstRobert Bridge as to land calledWalebank e lands and as to fe lling timber .

’

I n 1 604 , however, the King granted the manor to J ames Fullerton andJ ames Maxwell

,and a li ttle later J ane Murray,

widow,and the said J ames

Fullerton and J ames Maxwell and Will iam Trigge conveyed it to SirWil liam Whitmore

,Knt.

,George Whi tmore , and Wil liam Gibson , who in

1 634 conveyed it to Willi am Trigge, of Highworth, co. Wi lts,M .D . Willi am

Trigge was living in 1 652 , for amongst the Addi tional Charters in the BritishMuseum will be found an extract of the view of frankpledge and court baronheld by him 26th April this year His daughter and heir , Amy,

marriedSir Gervase Elwes

,1 5t Bart .

,of Stoke College

,who di ed in May

,170 6 5)

having by his wil l dated 24th Sept . 1 678 , proved 25th October, 170 6, givena certain sum for the augmentation of the perpetual curacy of the parish of

1 Page , Hist. of Suffol k , p . 895. petition to be a Baronet will be’cv iii . 4 1 , p . 1 8 1 . found amongst th e State Papers in

“Parts were here let to John Cheke 1 66 ) (S P . 1 663-7, and the creation28th Aug. 2 Edw. VI . is 22nd June , He was M .P .

(Harl . 60 for Sudbu ry 1 677 to 1679, for‘O. 5 Edw. VI . 2 Pars . Rot. Su ffolk 1679, for Sudbu ry again“Fine, Easter, 4 Mary I . 1679-168 1 , for Su ffolk again 1 690“C. .P i . 2 1 3. 1 698 , and for Sudbu ry again 170 0’Duchy of Lancaster, Cal . to Pleadings, till death . He was sometime Lieut .

40 53. of th e Tower of London.

l‘Add Ch . 1 0 567.

STOKE . 287

Stoke,in respect of which £30 ayearwas subsequen tlypai d by the owner of the

testator’s property at Stoke to the minister for the time being . Themanor passed to Sir Hervey Elwes, 2nd Bart . , hi s grandson and he ir , beingth e son Of Gervase Elwes by I sabel la h is wife, eldest daughter of Sir ThomasHervey,

Kut.

,of I ckworth , and sister to John

,1 st Earl of Bristol . Sir

Herv ey Elwes died unmarried 22nd Oct . He is said to have diedworth at least . The manor devolved on his nephew,

J ohn Elwes d l .Meggott, the son of Sir Herv ey

’s sister Amy,who had married George

Meggott, M .P . for Southwark , a brewer on an extensive scal e . This J ohnMeggott assumed the name and arms Of Elwes by sign manual 6th Ju ly,

175 1 , and was the celebrated miser M .P . for Berks .z He was sent early

to Westminster school,and afterwards went to Geneva , where he di stin

gu ished hims elf by his skill and prowess in horsemanship . Whi le there hebecame acquainted with Voltaire

,whom he was thought to resemble in

person. Returning to England,after an absence Of thr ee years

,he became

the frequent v isitor of his rni serly uncle , at Stoke, and succeeded iningr atiating himself into his favour by al ways exchanging his ordinarydr ess for one of a humbler and meaner appearance before he reached th emansion. Mr . Elwes’s usual residence was at hi s fami ly seat at Marcham ,

in Berksh ire,whi ch county he represented in three successive Parliaments,

and for th e space of 1 2 years . On his ret irement from publi c business hewent to Stoke

,where he remained ti ll 1788 . The infirmi ties of age coming

upon him . he was prevailed upon to remove first to London and lastly toMarcham

,where his son then resided. Here

,worn down equally by bodi ly

infirmities and mental imbecil i ties,he died at the age of 75 , 26th November,

1789 having bequeathed by will to his two natural sons Thecharacter of Mr . Elwes was a singular compound Of quali ties

,apparently

the most heterogeneous and incompatible . He is chiefly,and

,indeed

,

almost exclusively,known to popular fame as a miser of the fir st order .

And certainly the facts recorded Of him,as to h is habits and mode of life

,

but too fully j ustified his claim to thi s character . At his mansion at Stokeeverything was conducted with the most parsimonius attention to economy .

The house was su ffered to fall into decay for want of common repairs .The domesti c establishment was limited to two females and one manservant . The greatest act of extravagance was the keeping of a pack ofhounds

,but thi s was not allowed to entai l the charge Of an additional

servant . All the duties of the house,the stable

,the cowhouse

,and the

field devolved on the same person,who in the course of the same day

successively milked the cows , prepared breakfast , saddled the horses ,unkennell ed the hounds

,conducted them to the chase

,rubbed down th e

horses on their return,lai d the cloth

,waited at dinner

,again milked the

cows,and fed and l it tered the horses for the night and yet this man his

master called an idle dog,who wanted to be paid for doing nothing. Every

practicable expedient was resorted to in order to save fuel . I n cold weatherMr . Elwes would walk in an old greenhouse

,or si t with the servants in the

kitchen and on th e approach of winter he used to col lect stray chips orstraw,

and was once detected in taking a crow’s nest for firing,with some

risk Of broken limbs . The same economy extended to the food of thefamily and also to his dress

,which was as little expensive as possible . I t

is said that h e once wore for a fortnight a wig wh i ch had been picked upin the rut of a lane . In trav ell ing he rode on horseback

,avoiding all turn

'Wil l 3rd6

March , 1756, proved 25th Nov .

“See h is life byEd . Topham , 1 2th ed . 1 805.

17 3 .


pikes and public-houses,carrying wi th him for food hard-boiled eggs and

dr ied crusts,or other portable edible of th e like description and his horse

was fed with the grass that fringed the margi n of the spring or rivuletwhich furnished the master with drink . But with all this meanness

,Mr.

Elwes displayed on many occasions a real generosity of spiri t , and anextraordi nary readiness to part with hi s money. He sometimes becamethe dupe of art ful adv enturers

,and once embarked and sacrificed no less a

sum than in an ironworks,in Ameri ca

,of wh ich he knew nothing

and several instances are recorded of hi s prompt and voluntary advancesof large sums to assist his friends in their difficulties . He was also anoccasional gam bler

,strict in the payment Of his losses, but never asking for

his winnings when they were withheld . I n public life his conduct wasirreproachable . He attached himself to no party in Parliament , but votedwith or against the minister

,accordi ng to the j udgment he formed of the

merits of each case .

‘ He died unmarried,and was succeeded by his

great-nephew . The miser’s sister Amy Meggott had married J ohnTimms

,a merchant in the Turkey trade

,and had a son

,Richard

Timms,Lieut .-Colonel in the Royal Horse Guards

,who married

May,daughter of Thomas Hughes

,M .D .

,of Eltham

,co . Kent

,and died

at Colchester 22nd Dec . 1 8 17, leav ing a son,J ohn Timms

,who at the

death of hi s great uncle succeeded to all his entailed property . Th is JohnTimms

,24th May,

1793 , took the name and arms Of Elwes , and 4th J une,1 8 1 4 , became a Lieut .-General in the army. He married I st FrancesPayne and 2ndly 1 5th March , 1 8 1 5 , Sarah , eldest daughter of Rev . Wm .

Sadl er , v icar of Clare, and on his death at Stoke Coll ege in 1 824, the manorpassed to his son and heir

,J ohn Payne Elwes , born 1 3th May , 1798 , High

Sheri ff for Suffolk in 1 826,M .P . for North Essex 1 835—37. He married

17th J uly,1 824 , Charlotte Elizabeth , 4th daughter of I saac Elton

,of

Stapleton House,co . Gloucester

,and on his death at his seat

,Stoke College

,

in 1 849, the manor passed to hi s son and heir, John Elton Hervey Elwes .He married in J uly,

1 852 , I sabell a, 2nd daughter of Hector B . Munro,of

Ewell Castle,Surrey,

and dying in 1 869 the manor passed to Robert HerveyMunro Elwes

, J .P .,D .L .

,co. Essex . He married in 1 875 Louisa Emi ly

J ul ia,eldest daughter of Capt . Frederick C . Herbert

,and on his

death in 1 889 without issue the manor passed to his brother and heir,Gerv ase Paget Elwes

,of Edmondsham

,Cranbom e

,Dorset

,born 4th

Nov . 1 855 , B A ,St . John’s College

,Oxford

,1 876.

Amongst the Chancery Proceedings of the Duchy of Lancaster in thetime of Queen Elizabeth wil l be found an action by J ohn Layton as lesseeagainst Barnaby Rande and J ohn Cadge as to lands in the manor

,

3 and aprecipe on a covenant concerning the manor in 1 592 wi ll be found amongstthe Addi t ional Charters in the British Museum .

‘

Ministers’Account s of the manor as part of Clare Honor 5 and 6 Phil .and Mary and 1 Eliz .

,will be found in the Record Office .

“

Court Rolls of the Manor of Stoke with Chilton 1 Mary to 1 and 2 Phil .and Mary

,

“ and 4 and 5 Phil . and Mary to 27Eliz . and 25 to 26 Eliz .,27

‘ Excursions in Su fi . Of this singu lar appear in the Anecdotes of th epe rsonage Capt . Topham, of th e Aris tocracy.

Horse Guards, wrote an interes t ing 2Sh e died in 1 893 .

memoir , which e xhibi ts one of the 3Duchy of Lancaster, Cal . to Pleadings,most e x t raordinary characters to 2 Eliz . 5 .

be found in th e whole range of ‘Add Ch . 250 1 5 .

B ri tish biography. Full detai ls also 45 App. p . 64.

“Duchy of Lancaster.


in possession as in reu’cione . sett lying and being in Stoke aforesaide and

Asshen i n the counties of Su fi . and Essex to hav e and to holde the saidemanner capital l messuag landes tenementes medowes pastures and ffeedingswithe al l and Singular their appurtenances to the said John during all theTerme of li ef of the sayde John withoute impech ement of Waste and afterthe decease of the sai de John

,Thenne I will the saide Maner capital l messuage

landes and tenementes and all other th e said premisses Shall remayne to

theyres males of the bodi e Of the said John lawful ly begotten . And yfit Shall fortune the said J ohn to decease withoute h eires males of his bodie

,

lawfu l lie begotten,Then I will that my saide maner capital l messuages

landes tenementes meadowes pastures and feedinges shall remaine to

Thomas Dannyell my sonne base otherwise call ed Thomas Kydde . TOhave holde and enioye the saide manor capitall messuage landes tenementesmeadowes pastures and feedinges to the saide Thomas during all the termeof lief of the saide Thomas wyth eout ympeachment of waste And after hisdecease I will that all the said p

’mysseS shall remaine to the h eires males

of the bodie of the said Thomas lawful l ie begotten .

” There is a gift inremainder to testator’s nephew Frances Tyrrell

,son of Thomas Terrell

and Margar et,his late wief my syster . The base sons had to take

the name of Daniel .

We find no other mention of thi s manor .

STRAD ISHALL . 291

STRADI SHALL .

HOLDING here in Saxon times was that of 1 6 freemen,

and consisted of a carucate Of land, 3 ploughteams, and

2 acres of meadow,val ued at 20 3 . Also a church with

30 acres, valued at 53 .

The Domesday tenant was Richard,son of Earl

Gislebert.

‘

MAN OR OF STRADISHALL .

This manor descended from the Domesday tenant in the same courseas the Manor of Sudbury

,in B abergh Hundred, to the time of El izabeth de

Burgh,wife of J ohn de Burgh .

About this time Stradishal l became a member of Hundon Manor,

and has Since descended with it .I n 1 470 Davy enters Thomas Crawfield and John Clopton as lords .

At the commencement of the 1 8th century the manor,with the

patronage of the church,was vested in the house of Cavendi sh

,Ear ls of

Devonshi re.In 1756 the manor was vested in J ames Vernon , Of Hundon , for this

year he died seised of it,and it passed to hi s son and heir

,Henry Vernon

,

who died in 1776, when it went to his son and heir, J ohn Vernon , who di edin 1 8 1 8

,when an Act of Par liament was Obtained for sale of the manor .

The manor is now vested in Thomas Bower .Court Rolls of the manor 1 Mary to 1 and 2 Ph i l . and Mary will be found

amongst the Duchy of Lancaster Papers in the Public Record Ofiice,

’andextract from a Court Rol l in 1 574 amongst the Addi tional Chart ers in theBritish Museum .

3 Also fines of tenants about 1 582 wi ll be found in thesame collection .

‘

MANOR OF COCKRELL’S al . FOSTER’S .

This was held by Sir Robert Broughton, Knt.

,who di ed seised of it in

1 506, when it passed to hi s son and heir , Sir J ohn Broughton , who died24th J anuary , when it went in the same course as the Manor ofStansfield , in th is Hundred , to J ohn Broughton , and was vested in hismother on her death in 1 558 .

There are three fines levied Of the manor in the time Of Queen Elizabeth .

One in 1 562 by Richard Peartre and hi s wife against SirWilli am Willoughby,Lord Will oughby

,Of Parham

,and hi s wife the second in 1 572 by Charles

Wu rlyche against Sir Will iam Poulett, Lord St . J ohn , and others,’and the

third in 1 580 by Henry F renche against Nicholas Genne and others .“

MANOR OF SHARDELOWES .

This was the lordship of Sir J ohn Shardelow,Kut.

,who made his will

in He was succeeded by hi s son and heir,Sir Robert Shardelow

,

who died in 1 399 ,when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Sir J ohn

Shardelow,who di ed in without issue

,leavi ng Sir Thomas B rewse

'Dom . 11 . 397. Fine , Mich . 4 Eliz.

’Bundle 1 17, 1 820 ; General Series , Port ’Fine , Mich . 1 4 El iz .

folio 2 1 3 , 76.

“Fine, Mich . 222 3 Eliz .

“Add . Ch . 1 277.“See Shardelowes Manor, Litt le Barton. in

‘Add . Ch . 1 280 . Lackford Hund red1 0 Hen. VIII . 1 48 . I .P .M 1 1 Hen. VI . 1 2 .


h is heir,the devolution being practically the same as the Manor of Sharde

lowes,in Littl e Barton

,in Lackford Hundred .

I n the reign of King H en. VI I . the manor vested in Thomas Shrevynor Scriven

,who died 8 th October

,when the manor passed to his son

and heir,Edward Scriv en

,then aged 28 . The manor was then said to be

worth £4 , and to be held Of Cicely,Duchess of York

,as Of the Manor of

Hundon . From Edward Scriven the manor apparently passed to Will i amScriven . I n 1 582 a fine was lev ied of the manor by Ri chard King againstR . Scryv er and in 1 584 by J ohn Shr iv ener

,sen .

,against Ri chard

Scryv ener , and in 1 638 was held by a Richard Scriven , who died thissame year

,when the manor passed to his son and heir

,Higham Scriven .

Amongst the Exchequer Depositions taken 4 J as . I I . at Stradishall ,we find pending an action as to this manor and the rectory of Stradi shall

,

and lands call ed F ulpitts and Willows,

” formerly belonging to Mr .Hal l

,and since to J ohn Patsey. Whether lands were parcel of the manor

The cause was William Sheene Roger Grouce

1 0 Hen. VI I . 1 0 1 3 .3 Fine, Easter, 26 Eliz .

Fine, Easter, 24 Eliz .


Peche,Of Brunne

,co. Cambridge, and of Poslingworth , the elder sons having

been di sinherited . Sir Gilbert was summoned to Parliament as a Baron

(Lord Peche) 29th Dec . 1 299,t o 3rd Nov . 1 306, and again 1 4th March ,

1 32 1 -2 . I n 1 3 1 4 he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Bannockburn .

He married I solda,and died in when the manor

,subj ect to an interest

allot ted by the King to I solda the widow as dower for li fe,2 passed to his

son and heir,Gilbert Peche

,then aged 1 6. He had li cence in 1 332 to

enfeoff Will iam de Gretton,chaplain

,and Thomas le Graunt of the manor

said to be held in chi ef,and for them to regr ant to him and Sibilla his wife

in tail,with remainder to his right heirs .

3

This settlement was e ffected by a fine thi s same year levied by the saidGilbert Peche and Sibil la his wife against the said William de Gretton andThomas le Graunt .‘

Amongst the Ancient Deeds in the Record Office is a release made in1 335 by J ohn Turle , of London , fishmonger, to Sir Gilbert Peche of allright in this manor .“ Sir Gilbert seems to have married again, for in 1 337we find on the Patent Rol ls a licence for him to enfeoff Simon , parson ofthe church of Ousden

,and J ohn de K irk eley,

of the manor , and for them toregrant to him and J oan his wife in fee tail with remainder to his rightheirs .“

This settlement was carried into effect by a fine levied th is same yearby Simon

,parson of Ousden church

,and J ohn de Kyrk eley,

chaplain,

agai nst the said Gilbert Peche and Joan hi s wife .

’ Upon Sir Gilbert’sdeath the manor passed to his son and heir

,Roger Peche

,who di ed under

age and without issue 3oth Aug . when the manor passed to hi s twoSisters and coheirs

,Katharine and Elizabeth . Katharine“ married I st

Sir J ohn Aspal , of Lackford, and 2ndly Sir Thomas Notheme . The sameyear there is an order on the Original ia Rol ls t o take fealty of Katharine ,one of the sisters and heirs of Roger Peche

,deceased

,concerning her part

of the manor held in chief it is there stated to be held of the K i ng of theHonor of Boulogne by the service of the fourth part Of a knight

’s fee .

‘o

Elizabeth died seised in 1 362 , when her moiety passed to her Sister Katharine ,and on the Originalia Roll s for this year is an order to take fealty OfKatharine

,sister and heir of Elizabeth Peche

,deceased

,in respect of a

moiety of the manor .

Katharine died seised of the manor in 1 406. By her I st husbandshe left an only daughter M irabel , aged 36, the wife Of William Gedding,and by her 2nd marriage another daughter and coheir Margaret

,aged 26

,

16 Edw. I I . 48 , Extent . devolved on Katharine ; and in a

! Close Roll s, 1 6 Edw. I I . 29. note h e informs us that th e repre3 Pat. Rol ls, 5 Edw. I I I . pt. ii . 9. scu tation of this lady, through the4 Feet of Fines , 5 Edw. I I I . 1 . fam i lies of Aspal l , Gedding , and5 8 Edw. I I I . A . 3336. Lucas , is set forth byCourthorpe in“Pat. Rolls , 1 0 Edw. I I I . pt . i . 33. an elaborate pedigree of the famil y“Feet of Fines, 20 Edw. I I I . 22 . of Peche, compiled by h im in a book“Extent, 34 Edw. I I I . 25. marked W . C . among h is

MSS. in th e Col lege Of Arms. In“The author of the “ Complete Peerage 1706 th e eldest representati ve of

says that any Barony in fee that this Baron was Wil liam Lucas, Of

may hav e been created by summons and si tting as aforesaid [that O. 34 Edw. I I I . 1 0 .

is , by Katharine’s grand fathe r, for 36 Edw. 111. pt. ii . 22 .

it does not appear that h er father O. 36 Edw. I I I . 8 .

was e v e r summoned to Parliament] 7Hen. IV. 5.

THURLOW . 295

the wife of John Hynkl egh . Will iam Gedding and Mirabel his wifepassed by fine their Share of the abov e manor to John Hynk legh and

Margaret his wife . H e died in 1 432 ; she surv iv ed unti l 1 442 , and theywere both interred 1n the parish church of Great Thurlow .

Margaret at the time of her decease held the manor,and l eft two

daughters coheirs— Al ice,wife of J ohn Marshall

,and Ceci ly,

wi fe of HenryCaldebeck .

The latter became the possessor Of the manor,and left two daughters

coheirs— Thomasine,married to John Turner

,of Hav erhill

,and Margaret

,

married to Geoffrey B ladwell , of Great Thurlow,and the latter inheri ted

that portion of the estate which included thi s manor . GeoffreyB ladwell and Margaret left an only daughter Margery

,who married

Robert Geddyng, and there was issue of th e marri age agai n an only childMargery

,whose wardship having been obtai ned by the Solicitor-General ,

Thomas Lucas,of Little Saxham ,

he married the heiress to h is eldest son,

J asper Lucas . This 15 the devolution giv en by Page . That giv en by Davydi ffers materially He infers that instead of John Hynk legh and Margarethi s wife acquiring the moiety of Willi am Gedding and Mirabel the reversewas the case

,and the latter acquired the moi ety Of the former . He says :

On the death of Will iam Gedding and Mi rabella his wife the manor passedto their son and heir

,Thomas Gedding

,who died in 1 465 , when it passed

to his son and heir,John Geddin who died in 1 469, when it vested in his

son and heir,Robert Gedding

,

‘ w 0 di ed in 1 494, when it devolved on hi sdaughter and heir Margery

,married to J asper Lucas . Both Davy and

Page agree in bringing the manor into J asper Lucas and Margery his wife,but Da

t

vy’S

P

devolution is to be preferred,and can be verified as fol lows 1

e says that J ohn Hynkl egh and Margaret acquired theGed ng moiety . He died in 1 432 , and she survived until 1 442 .

But the inq ui s . pm of Margaret in 1 443 only deals with amoiety .

“

zud. Page says that Margaret left two daughters,Alice married to

J ohn Marshall,and Cecily to Henry Caldebeck

,and the latter

became possessed of the manor,but we find a moiety in the

inqu i s. p .m . of this Alice Marshall in

3rd . The manor is included in the 1nq ui s . p.m. of J ohn Gedding,who

died 4th Feb .

4th . The manor is included in the inq u is . p .m . of Robert Gedding

(son of the last J ohn Gedding) in 1 494, when it is stated that themanor was worth 1 0

,and held of the King in chief by knight

’sservice

,and that ober t Geddyng, the son and heir , being under

age,the manor came into the hands of King Edw. IV .

,and was

then,in 1 494, in the hands of the King .

“

'See Manor Of Lackford , in Thingoe 3 He married Margaret , daughter of Sir

Hund red . John Hev eningham .

'He marri ed twice— I st Ann, daughter of 4 He marri ed Margery, daughte rThomas Hethe , of Mildenham , and Geoffrey B ladwell .2ndly Anne , daughte r of Thomas 5 1 .P .M 2 1 Hen. VI . 23.

Ashl ey, Of Me lton Constable ,in 32 Hen. VI . 3.

Norfolk .7I .P .M 8 Edw. IV. 17.

1 0 Hen. VI I . 1 00 1 .


Margaret Lucas died 2 rst Sept . 1 5 1 5 ,and J aspar Lucas held the manor

by the curtesy of England unt il his death 17th February,when it

passed to their son and heir,Thomas Lucas

,then a minor and amongst

the State Papers in 1 530 we find a grant to Thomas Lucas,th e minor's

grandfather,of the custody of the manor

,with wardship of his grandson

Thomas,son and heir of J aspar and Margery Lucas , and an annuity of

20 marks out of the manor .“ Thomas Lucas th e minor had licence toalienate the manor in 1 567to J aspar Warren , Of Barrow,

co. Cambridge,

and Antoni a his wife .

The conv eyance of the property was e ffected by a fine levied this sameyear by the said J aspar Warren against the said Thomas Lucas .

“ Thissame year J aspar was called upon to Show by what title he he ld the manor .‘

On the sale by Thomas Lucas to Warren the vendor reserved a yearly rentof £40 , and thi s he sold in 1 574 to Anthony Cage , citizen and salter ofLondon

,by deed dated the 17th May,

1 6 Eliz .

J aspar Warren had licence to alienate in 1 592 to J ohn Smyth , his son’s

father-ih -law,as trustee . J aspar Warren di ed in 1 60 3-4 ,

and in 1 61 3Thomas Wareyn,

”son and heir of J aspar

,had liv ery

,and on his death

the manor passed to hi s son and heir,J asper Wareyn.

”

I n 171 5 J ohn King presented to the living , and Davy mentions aWaldgrave as lord without Christian name or date .

Towards the middle of the 1 8th century we find Sir Cordel F irebracesold to J ohn Vernon

,who died in 1756, and from that time the manor has

passed in the same course as th e Manor of Hundon,in this Hundred

,and

is now vested in the Hon . W . F . D . Smith,of Henley-on-Thames, M .P .

A rent roll of J ohn Inkle for tenements called Wadeselio and landsbelonging to the Manors of Thurlow Magna and Parva and Bradley Parva ,1 5 th century, will be found amongst the Additional Charters in the BritishMuseum .

“

MANOR OF WADGELL’S HALL .

This was the lordship Of Sir Wil li am de Clopton,Kut.

I n 1 40 2 Agnes , Lady Bardolph ,“ latewi fe of Sir Thomas de Mortimer

,

released all right to all her lands here,exceptWadeseles

,to Edmund

de Mortimer and others .

I n 1 804 the manor was vested in Thomas Summonds .

MANOR OF TEMPLE END.

I n the reign of King Edw. I .,Roger le Bretun and Will iam le Bretun

aliened 80 acres of land and 4 acres of meadow to the Templars , and probablythi s manor went with the grant .

I n 1 542 the manor was granted by the Crown to ThomasBarnardiston .

I n 1 805 the manor was apparently held by Stephen Hemsted .

THURLOW PARVA MANOR .

This lordsh ip was vested in the Abbot of St . Edmund from a periodprior to the time of Edw. I .

,and we know of its being vested in him in 1 3 16.

22 Hen. VIII . 34.

‘ Memoranda, 9 Eliz . Hil . Rec. Rot. 27.

’S.P . 1 530 , 660 0

.

“Add . Ch . 1 3566 .

“F ine, Hi l . 9 Ehz.

“Add . Ch . 24719.


employed as a free school for that and several adj oining parishes,and all

other towns in the county of Su ffolk ; and he bequeathed to the schoolmaster £20 a year , and to the usher 1 0 a year . l

The"

manor passed on the death of Sir Stephen Soame to his son andheir

,Sir William Soame

,who was Sheri ff Of Su ffolk in 1 632 ,

and issaid to hav e had an esta te of a year . He married Bridget

,

4th daughter and coheir of Benedict Barnham,of London

,alderman

,

and died in 1 655 , when the manor passed to his son and heir,Stephen

Soame,who married I st Mary

,eldest daughter and coheir of Sir J ohn

Dynham,of Bourstall

,co . Bucks

,and widow of Laurence Banaster

,son

and heir of Sir Robert B anaster,Of Passenham

,in Norfolk

,and 2ndly

Anne Copinger , widow of I saac Crane , of Lavenham ,and made his will i n

1 657, and on his death the manor passed to his only son,Sir William Soame

,

created a baronet sth Feb . 1 684-

5 . He married Beata,daughter of Thomas

Pipe, 3rd Earl of Downe, and 2ndly Mary,

daughter of Sir Gabriel How,

of otton-under-Edge , co . Gloucester,and di ed without issue at Malta

in 1 686 . His will i s dated in 1 685 , ai1d i t was prov ed Dec . 1 686 . Themanor passed by devise to his uncle , Bartholomew Soame . FromBartholomew we suspect

,but have no evidence of the fact

,that th e manor

passed to his nephew,Stephen Soame (son of J ohn), who married Su san,

daughter of Nash,of Shrewsbury,

and was buried at Thurlow 25th Sept .1727, when the manor vested in his son and heir , Stephen Soame

,who

married Anne,2nd daughter of J oseph Al ston , of Edwardstone, and died

at Reading 3rd Nov . when the manor dev olv ed on hi s son and heir,

another Stephen Soame,who married Frances

,daughter of Sir J ohn Wynn,

Bart .,and Sister of Lord Newburgh ,

and di ed r 1 th Aug . 1771 , leav ing anonly daughter

,Frances

,who di ed sth J an . 1772 , aged 5 months and 3 days .

Stephen was but 34 when he died, and the followi ng li nes, inscribed on hismonument by Frances his widow in 1771 and 1772 ,

explain the

circumstancesStop

,Passenger

,and drop one pitying Tear ,

O’er the lamented Form that moulders hereSad Proof

,alas how soon our Bliss is flown

And but j ust tasted e’er for ever gone .

Yet,stay,

lov’d Shade ah

,yet a Moment stay

(A Moment , and we all shall haste away)Thy Frances only waits the Child to rear

,

Sweet Pledge of all on Earth My heart held dearWhen she can Spare me

,I will gladly come ,

Follow thy Summons to the awful Tomb ,Where we may rest secure from mortal stri fe

,

Where none will wish to part the Man and Wi fe .

Frances Soame 1771

The Tomb scarce clos’d,my Tears scarce ceas’d to flow

,

When ’twas th’Almighty’s Will t’increase my Woe .

A few Short Months He Spar’(1 my Darling Child,

That hi s Corrections might be Slow and mil dHis W ill be done

,and may this keen felt Smart

Prove the tri’d Furnace to refine my Heart .When that is done

,Lord

,be it thy Decree ,

To take me from this su ff’ring World to THEE .

F. S . 1772 .

l

Page , Hist. of Sufi . p . 90 3.

“Will 8 th June , 1762 , proved 16th Jan. 1765 .

THURLOW . 299

The manor passed to the last Stephen’s brother,the Rev . Henry

Soame,who 1 5 th June , 1765 ,

married Susannah,eldest daughter of th e

Rev . Sir Wi lliam Bunbury ,Bart .

,and died 29th March , 1 8 1 3 , without

issue,hi s only chi ld , Henry Francis Robert Soame

,hav ing died at Madras

in 1 803 unmarried .

In 1 855 the manor was v ested in Thomas Soame,in 1 885 in Miss

Soame,in 1 896 in Roger William Bulwer J enyns, eldest son Of the Rev .

Char les Fitzgerald Gambier J enyns, of Bottisham Hall , rector of Kneb

worth (who di ed in by hi s 2nd wife,Rose Emily Lytton , eldest

daughter of Will iam Earle Lytton Bulwer , of Heydon Hal l , Norfolk . Themanor is now v ested in Charles Foster Ryder .


WI CKHAM BROOK .

HERE was only one estate in this place under this head inthe Survey. I t was that of a freeman holding 60 acres

,2

bordars,a ploughteam ,

and 4 acres of meadow,valued at 1 0 5 .

At the time of the Survey th is land belonged to Richard,son Of Earl Gisleb ert.

’

Ther e were,however

,other estates in this place in

Saxon t imes under di fferent heads ; as , for instance , Badmondi sfiel d , Clopton , and Farley Green,

all of which are in Wickhambrook .

Under the head B ademondesfelda— no doubt B admondisfield Hall— wefind Al gar holding i t in the Confessor

’s t ime as a manor and as 1 0 carucatesof land . There were 1 8 villeins (reduced to 1 4 at the time Of the Survey),1 4 bordars, 4 serfs, 5 ploughteams in demesne and 1 0 belonging to the men

,

7acres of meadow,wood sufficient for the support of 60 hogs

,2 rouncies

,

7beasts , 88 pigs , 24 sheep , and 25 goats . Al so a church with 1 0 acres offree land

,and there were 1 2 freemen with 25 carucates of land .

Algar had soc and commendation,and the freemen did not render

payment in the Confessor’s time . There were attached to this estate 3

ploughteams,and 9 acres of meadow,

valued at £7. By the time Of the Surveythe ploughteams had come down to 25, but the value had gone up to £1 0 .

The freemen rendered 40 5 . The estate was 1 2 quarentenes long and 8broad

,and rendered in a gelt 1 35d . I t was land Of the King

,of whi ch

Bigot had the charge .

Under the head COpletuna, Cloptuna, which is stated to be a leaguelong and 3 quarentenes broad, paying in a gelt 65d ,

we hav e five entri es,

three of these amongst the lands of Richard, 5 0 11 of Earl Gislebert, v iz .,the

fol lowingAn estate in Saxon times held by two socmen , consisting of a carucat e

and acres of land, 9bordars , 2 serfs, 2 ploughteams in demesne (increased

to 3 when the Survey was taken), and half a ploughteam belonging to themen . Also 3 acres of meadow,

wood sufficient to support 4 hogs, 2 rouncies ,6 beasts (doubled at the time of the Survey , when there were an additional30 hogs), 40 sheep (also doubled at the time of the Survey), and 3 hivesof bees . The value was in Saxon times but when the Survey wastaken 40 0 .

A second estate had been that of Levett,a freeman

,and consisted of

I } carucates of land, a vi llein , a bordar, and 3 serfs , a ploughteam (increasedto 2 at the time of the Survey), 4 acres of meadow,

a rouncy,1 0 beasts

,and

83 Sheep . At the time of the Surv ey there were also 34 hogs . The valuewas increased at the time of the Survey to when Roger heldover the freeman above mentioned .

The th ird of Richard,son Of Earl Gislebert’s estates he re

,was a property

formerly held by Roc, a freeman , and at the time of the Survey by WilliamPeccatum over him . I t consisted Of 1 3 acres valued at

Among the lands Of Willi am de Varennes at the time of the Surveywas an estate held by Hugh de Wancy,

and formerly by Toka the thane .I t consisted Of a carucate of land

,a ploughteam,

and 2 acres of meadow,

valued at

‘Dom. u . 397.“Dom . 11 . 390 , 396, 396b.’Dom. ii . 289b.

‘Dom. ii . 399.


tenant in chief to present to the church of B admondisfield . The presentat ion was of William Banky to the free chapel of B admonsfield v oid byresignati on of Simon Gaunstede .

‘

On the Patent Rolls we find thi s same year , no doubt shortly afterthe 3rd Earl of Pernbroke

’s death

,a grant for l i fe to Thomas Upton of the

keepership Of th e parks Of B admondi sfield and Lidgate so long as theyremai n in the King

’s hands .

“

In 1 541 , the year his stepmother died, Sir George Somerset was calledupon to Show by what title h e held the manor .

“ He died in 1 560 ,and

was succeeded by his son and heir Charles . A fine was levied of the manor,

1 565 , by William Humberston against this Charles .

“ Charles Somerset,

i t is said,sold the manor to Sir Henry North

,zud son of Roger

,Lord North .

I n a letter written by Peter Le Neve to Sir John Rous, J uly 1 2th , 1725 ,referring to the descent of thi s manor

,he says , strangely , that it came to

Reginald Lord Grey,of Ru thyn,

his son J ohn,Lord Grey ,

Of Ruthyn ,and

grandson Edmund,I st Earl of Kent

,of this fami ly ; his son George and his son

Richard,both Earls of Kent

,succeeded in the possession thereof

,but the

last Earl consumed most of his great estate at play,and among the rest

he first mortgaged and then sold this manor,&c.

,and Reydon , to Charles

Somerset,Earl of Worcester

,then Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VI I I .

,

ancestor of the Duke of Beaufort,who by wi ll dated 2 1 st March

,1 574 ,

and 1 6 Hen. VI I I .,gave i t to hi s countess Elinor for life . Sir George

Somerset, 3rd son to the said Earl

,had it and Reydon by settlement , liv ed

and died here 1 0 th May in the 2nd year of Elizabeth ( 1 560 ) hi s son andheir Charles had liv ery of B admondi sfield

,who I suppose was possest

thereof 1 1 Eliz . ( 1 569) and after of the Queen , sold this and all other hislands

,for I can find nothing of him after . I n the I st year of K . J ames

( 1 60 3) or thereabouts Sir Henry North , K ut.,youngest son of the Lord

North,l ived here in or about the year 1 620 , when h e was High Sheri ff of

Suffolk . He left i t to his son,Sir Roger North

,Knt.

,and he to his son,

Henry North , Esq .,after a baronet

,who lived here before his father’s death ,

and then removed to Mildenhall,SO I suppose i t is enj oyed by Sir Thomas

Hanmer,Bart .

,with the rest of the estate Of that fami ly . Mr . North

,

of Benacre, was a younger branch of this family .

A fine was lev ied of the manor in 1 596 by George Thomson and othersagai nst George Somerset

,

“ and in 1 60 0 by Roger North,Lord North

,and

others against the said George Somerset and others .

“ Probably the manorhad before 1 596 passed from Charles Somerset to George , and the salewas made by the latter and not by the former to Lord North . Howev erthi s may be

,Sir Henry North held the manor and died here 2oth Nov .

1 620,being succeeded by his son and heir

,Sir Roger North .

’ He wasin 1 65 1 succeeded by his son and hei r , Sir Henry North , afterwards baronet ,who

,dying in 1 671 , was succeeded by his son and heir , Sir Henry North ,

Bart .,who died in 1 695 without issue . He seems to have sold before his

death , probably to Francis Warner , 2nd son of Robert Warner,of Cratfield .

and Elizabeth his wife,daughter Of Alexander Courthorp,

Of Cromebroke,

in Kent . Francis W arner married Al ianora,daughter Of Thomas Andr ews

,

Pat. Rolls, 1 2 Rich . I I . pt. i . 6.

“Fine, Mich . 38-39 Eliz.

2 Pat. Rolls, 1 3 Rich . l l . p t . ii . 2 .

“Fine, Hil . 42 E liz .

3 Memoranda Rolls, 33 Hen. VIII ., Pasch .7See Manor of Mildenhall , Lackford

Rec. Rot. 36. Hundred .

Fine, Mich . 7Eliz .

WICKHAMBROOK . 303

al derman of London and Lord Mayor, and di ed 17th Feb . 1 684, when themanor passed to hi s son and heir

,Andrew Warner

,who married 1 5th

April,1 683 , Elizabeth , only surviving child of Richard Cutts

,of Clere

,by

Elizabeth his wife,only daughter and heir of Henry Paulet , of Preston

Forles,co. Somerset . He di ed 17th Dec . 1717, when the manor passed to

his son and heir,Pou lett Warner

,who married 1 2th May

,171 3 , Margaret ,

daughter of Joseph B rok sbank e,of London

,and died 26th Aug . 172 1 ,

leaving three daughters,all Of whom died without issue

,and the manor

vested in Pou lett’s brother,Nathanie l Warner

,who married Anne Parman

and died without issue 8th Aug . 1753 .

In 1789 the manor seems to have been v ested in Nathaniel Barrett,

and it belonged to Warner Bromley in 1 837. The'

manor in 1 855 washeld by Nathaniel Warner Bromley,

who in 1 861 married Henriet taMartha

,daughter of Thomas Bradbury Winte r, of Brighton , and died in

1 896, leav ing a son,Nathaniel Barrett Bromley,

and the manor passed tohis mother, who is now lady of the manor .

The manor house Of B admondisfield was surrounded by a moat .and

a park of the same extent,which according to a map in 1 598 appears to

hav e extended considerably into Lidgate ,to the rector of which parish

th is estate had immemorially paid a modus of 25 . 6d . in lieu of tithes . Afree chapel known as St . Edward’s chape l

,be longed to the hall

,and stood

wi thin the moat . I t was erected on a litt le island called St . Edward’s

I sland within the moat before the hall door on the right hand . I t wasbuilt of timber

,panel led wi th brick

,and cov ered with tiles . In 1 591 a

dispute arose as to the possession of t ithes between the v icar Of Wickhambrook and the owners of the Manor of B admondisfield Hall

,and the

Exchequer Depositions in this sui t di sclose particulars respecting thischapel . I t was alleged that of the tithe corn two sheaves were giv en tothe chapel and one to the v icar . Wi lliam Randall , Of Thurlow Parva , aged74 , made deposition to the following effect He cloth remember when hewas a child he di d see our Old decayed chapel standing within the greatmoat of Badmondesfield Hall

,environed also by itself within a li ttle island

,

which chapel being utterly decayed was pulled down by the appointmentof Sir George Somerset . He well remembereth that about 50 years past ,when Sir George came to liv e at Badmondesfield Hall

,there was used in

place of a chapel a little chamber ov er the porch,called the chapel chamber

,

unto which the gallery at the end of the hall did adjoin,and l ie in part open

,

and that the household servants unto Sir George Somerset,and divers of

the inhabitants Of Badmondesfield each repairing unto the said gallerydid usually hear divine service there ,

which they had notice of by the

ringing of a be ll which di d hang next unto the said chape l chamber .Amongst the Chancery Proceedings of Eli zabeth is a bill by Richard

Ev erard against Edward Hov ell and others to set aside a conv eyance asto lands held by Kath . Andrewe of this manor

,

“

and al so a claim by SirHenry North for the performance of a will re lating to the manor .

“

Arms of CANTILUPE : Cu . 3 leopards’ heads,inve rted j e ssant

3 fleurs-de-l is,Or .

MANOR OF GAYNES HALL al . ATTI L‘

I‘

ON .

The de Bures family held lands here from the time of.

King Edw. I .,

and Robert de Bures had the lordship and Obtained a grant of free warren

“Su fi. Ins titute , 1111. 6 .

“C.P . ii . 257.

“C.P . i . 277.


in He died in 1 331 , when his estate passed to his son and heir , SirAndrew de Bures

,Knt.

,and Alice his wife . Sir Andrew had a grant of

free warren here inIn 1353 a grant was made under the name of the Manor Of Nether

Attylton by Sir Andr ew de Bures , Knt.,to Sir Will iam de Bures

,vicar

of the church of Brecham,his brother

,for li fe . The deed is dated Easter

Day,26 Edw. I I I .

,and is amongst the Ancient Deeds in th e Public Record

Ofli ce .

“

Sir Andrew de Bures died seised in fee in when the manor passedto his son and heir

,Sir Robert de Bur es

,Kut.

,who di ed in 1 361 ,

when th emanor passed to his widow Joan

,who remarried Sir Ri chard de Wal degrav e ,

Knt. I n 1 420 Sir Richard Waldegrav e granted to Sir William Bardwell ,Sir John Heveningham

,and others this manor with those of Smal lbr idge

in Bures,and Newhal l

,in Ousden

,and the following year Sir Richard

Waldegrav e , j un .,released to Sir Richard Waldegrav e, sen.

,and Joan the

wi fe of Sir Richard,sen .

,all his right in his manor for the life of J oan .

On the death of Sir Richard and J oan the manor apparently went to SirAndrew de Bur es , brother of Sir Robert , and on his death passed to SirRichard de Waldegrav e , Kut.

,son and heir of Sir Richard

,and on his

death went to his son and heir , Sir William Waldegrav e , to whom succeededhis son and heir

,Sir RichardWaldegrav e , from whom the manor descended

to Sir William Wal degrav e in 1 567, in the same course as the Manor ofSmal lbridge , in B abergh Hundred .

The manor is specifically mentioned in the inq u is . p .m . of Sir WilliamWal degrav e , who died 3oth J anuary,

leaving George his son andheir

,and in that of Sir George Waldegrav e, who di ed 8th J uly ,

leav ing William his son and heir . Also in that of Sir William Waldegrav e ,who died 7th November , leaving William his son and heir . SirWilliam Wal degrav e sold the manor this year to Humphrey Moseley , thesale being e ffected by a fine levied between them in MichaelmasTermgEliz .

This manor subsequently went in the same course as Ousden Manor , inthis Hundred

,through the Moseley famil y to J ohn Moseley

,who succeeded

his father in 1785 .

In 1 837 J ames Moseley held the lordship . I n 1 847 and 1 855 i tbelonged to Mrs . Sarah Sparke

,widow of Ezek iel Sparke

,of Bury St .

Edmunds,and all the copyholds had been enfranchised and the manor

extinguished .

MANOR OF GrFFORD’S HALL .

I n the reign of King Edw. I . Peter Gi ffard held half a fee here , and in1 32 1 Wi lli am Gi ffard had a grant of free warren .

“ Subsequently the lordsh ip was vested in Sir Willi am Clopton

,Kut.

,who di ed seised of the manor

in 1 377, when it passed to his widow for li fe,and subj ect to such

interest v ested in his son and heir,Sir William Clopton .

“

A fine of the manor was levied in 1 393 by Sir William Brian,Sir

Richard Wal degrav e , the younger , Sir Wilham B erdewel le,Thomas

Pynchebek ,Robert Asshefeld

,Richard Howe

,J ohn Yelverton

,and John

Palmere against Sir William de Clopton .

'Chart . Rolls , 7Edw. I I . 1 0 . 20 Hen. VIII . 1 8 .

“ Chart . Rolls, 9 Edw. I I I . 37. 1 and 2 P . and M . 92 .

“C. 498 .“Chart. Rolls, 1 5 Edw. I I . 29.

‘ See Manor of Acton, in B abergh Hundred ,

“See Hawstead Manor, in Th ingoeand Overhall Manor, Layham, in Hundred .

Cosford Hundred . Feet of Fines , 17Rich . I I . 25 ; Harl . 581 9 Hen. VI I I . 44 . H . 9 ; A2 37, 99.

306 THE MAN ORS OF SUFFOLK .

remembred for his good Service ; at the taking in of Belney-B rek et,

Etnay and Ski llen, and at the Winning Of Slego Castell,in Connaugh ,

and at the Curlew di d brave Service , when some English Commanderswere S layne in the attempt against Clein Castell with much d ifficulty andlosse of most Of his Company,

he escaped the Enemyes Su rprise , and atthe overthrow given the Rebe ll ious Iri sh , assisted by Spanish Forces atBlackwater

,he fighting single wi th Sir Edward Stanley

,that was a

Commander of some of those trayterous Troopes (and took part againsthis Sov eraigne) gave him the Guerdon of hi s Disloyalty , and deprived himboth Of Life and Honour .

On a tablet below the figureThat Kingdome being brought into obedi ence this noble Souldier

returned for England,where he happily and worthely li ved till he came

to the 63 yeare of his age and upon the 1 5 day Of August 1 630 , like a goodand faithful Servant entered into his Master

's and Redeemer’s Joy.

Sir Robert Knollys, of Stanford in the County of Berkshire,Knight

,

and Nephew to the Deceased , hath caused thi s Monument to be erectedas a memoriall due unto the Fame of this well-deserving Gentleman .

”

Above the monument,supported by a bracket

,is hi s helmet

,sur

mounted with his crest— On a wreath a horse’s head erased Argent. Th e

Shield,which some years Since was in l ike manner suspended above the

monument,has been removed .

“

The manor subsequently passed to J ohn Owen,and in 1764 belonged

to George Chinery,but four years later was acquired by the trustees of

Will iam Baron Baynard with money left by him in 1 698 to the parish of

Thaxted,in Essex

,for charitable uses . Gifford's Hal l was not included

in this purchase .

Arms of FRAN CEYS : Gules,a chevron engrailed Ermine between

3 falcons di splayed Argent , beaked and membered Or .

MAN OR OF CLOPTON HALL OR CHAPPELEY MANOR .

Richard Fitz Gilbert held land here in the time Of Willi am theConq ueror , and in the time of Hen . I . William Clopton had the manorand resided here . He was succeeded by his son Walter and he by hisson W il liam . Walter , son Of William

,succeeded and held in the time of

Rich . I . and Hen . I I I .,being succeeded by his son William

,who left a

son Walter , who was lord in 1 298 . He married I st Al ice,youngest

daughter and coheir of Warin Fitz Hugh,and 2ndly Ivet ta , daughter and

heir of Edmond de Weyland , and died in 1 326, when the manor passedto his son and heir , Sir Willi am Clopton ,

who married I st Iv etta,daughter

of Thomas de Grey , of Buckenham Castle , Norfolk , and 2ndly,Mary

,

daughter Of Sir W il li am Cockerel,K nt.

,and died in and the manor

passed to his th ird son , Sir Walter Clopton , of Toppisfield Hall , inHadleigh

,whomarried Elizabeth ,daugh terof Sir J ohn Pygot, and died leav ing

two daughters only— Alice , married to Thomas Bendish,and Elizabeth

,

married to J ohn Barwick . Davy says that in 1 548 the manor was vested inJ ohn

,Lord Russell , who held it of the Honor of Clare , but it does not seem

to have left th e Clopton family at this date,as in 1 550 we meet with a fine

of the manor levied by Francis Clopton against Will iam Clopton .

“ There

“Howard’s Visit . Of Su fi . 11. 233-4 .

“Fine , Mich . 4 Edw. VI .“Will 1 376, prov ed 1 4th Jan. 1 377, which

does not support the marri age as

given in Howard’s Visit . of Su fi . 11.1 26 .

WICKHAMBROOK . 307

are three fines lev ied of the manor of Allfeld Hall or Al dersfield,all

the lands being in Wickhambrook, it therefore seems not unli kely this manorwas referred to. The first was in 1 553 byRobert Grey and others againstThomas Carewe ,

’the second was in 1 570 by Thomas Carewe against GeorgeCarewe

,

’and the third was in 1 582 by Robert Page and others againstThomas Carewe and others . 3

The manor towards the end of the 17th century became vested inMaj or Robert Sparrow

,who died in 1 684 , when it passed to hi s son and

heir,Captain Robert Sparrow

,who died in 1 690 , when the manor passed

to his sister and heir,Temper ance

,married to Devereux Edgar

,

‘of Ipswich .

He di ed in 1739 (buried at St . Mary’s Tower

,Ipswich

, 3rst Aug . and

she in 1754 (buried at St . Mary’s Tower

,26th Dec . when the manor

vested in hi s son and heir,Robert Edgar

,who died in 1750 , when the manor

passed to his son and heir,Mil eson Edgar .

I n 1 855 the manor formed part of the charity estates of Lord WilliamMaynard

,and it is now vested in the Trustees of the Thaxted Charities .

I t is doubtful if the Sparrows had the manor .

'Fine , Easter , 7Edw. VI . ‘ See Manor of Bu rwash , Witnesham, in2 Fine, Eas ter , 1 2 El iz .

’Fine. Mich . 244 5 El iz. (vol.


WI THERSF I ELD.

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Wimer,who

held i t still at the time of the Survey from Willi am deVarennes . I t consisted of 2 carucates of land

, 5 villeins,5 bordars, 3 serfs , 2 ploughteams in demesne and I belongingto the men

,2 acres of meadow,

and wood for the maintenanceof 20 hogs . Of live stock there were 2 rouncies

, 4 beasts ,20 hogs , 80 sheep , 1 6 goats

,and 6 hives of bees

,valued

at 73 . When the Survey was taken the serfs had disappeared,the plough

teams in demesne had increased to 3 , and there were 3 rouncies, 1 2 beasts ,30 hogs , and 1 0 0 sheep , while the value was £4 . William de Varennesalso held 24 acres and half a ploughteam which had been held by a freeman ,valued at

All the other estates in th is place belonged at the time of the Survey toRichard

,son of Earl Gislebert. The fir st was held by Pagan over the

former owner,Woolmar , a freeman , and consisted of 5 1 acres, a bordar,

half a ploughteam ,and an acre of meadow

,valued at 85 .

The second was held by Goddard over the former owner,Lemara

,a

freeman,and consisted of 1 0 0 acres , a bordar , and a ploughteam .

The third was held by Wilard over the former owner,Alwin

,a freeman

,

and consisted of 3 carucates of land , 2 villeins, 1 1 bordars , 3 serfs , 3 ploughteams in demesne and 1 belonging to the men . Also 2 acres of meadow

,

wood for the maintenance Of 20 hogs, 2 rouncies , 22 beasts , 60 hogs, 60 sheep ,and 60 goats . At the t ime of the Survey the plough team belonging tothe men was reduced to half a team , the beasts to 20

,the hogs to 45 , and

the goats to 57, while the rouncies had risen to 3 and the sheep to 1 23 .

The value was 60 5 . The whole township was a league long and half aleagu e broad

,and pai d in a gelt 6d . The last holding consisted of 1 5

carucates of land,and 2§ploughteams , valued in Saxon times at but

at the time of the Survey 30 3 . I t had formerly been the estate of ninefreemen .

2

A place named Haningehet in the Survey is no doubt Hanchett Hall ,in Withersfield .

Here Ri chard,son of Earl Gislebert, had an estate of 1 0 0 acres , a

bordar,a ploughteam ,

and 2 acres of meadow,valued at 1 55 . I t had

formerly been held by Alwine, a freeman , when i t was valued at 1 0 3 . only.

3

MANOR OF WITHERSFIELD PELLEGRUES al . PETTI CRUES .

Thi s was the estate Of Wimer in the Confessor’s day

,and he held under

William de Warrena at the t ime of the Survey . The lordship was heldin the time of Hen . I I I . by William de Stutev i le, and on hi s death in 1 259passed to hi s son and heir

,Robert de Stutevi le ,

‘ who was a fi rm adherentof King Hen . I I I . during his war with the Barons . Robert was takenprisoner by Henry de Montford

,and reduced to the expedient of disposing

of thi s manor to Sir Giles Argentine, one of the Barons’party

,in order to

redeem himself from captivi ty . I n 1 266, however, he had the manorrestored to him by the King .

5 Robert de Stutev ile died in 1 273 , when themanor passed to hi s nephew,

J ordan Foliot , who, the Hundred Rolls state,appropriated to himself warren in his demesne here .‘5 He shortly . after

'Dom. u . 298b.

‘ T. de N . 292.

’Dom. ii . 396b, 397.

sPat. Rol ls, 50 Hen. I I I . 42 , 1 24.

’Dom. ii . 396 .

°H.R . ii . 1 53, 173, 1 96


daughter s and cohei rs,El izabeth

, Al ianora ,and Editha

,when it was

assigned in 1 446 as part of her father’s estate to his eldest daughter and

coheir Elizabeth .

She married I st William Lov el,2nd son of John , Lord Lovel of

Tidmarsh,and 2ndly Richard Lewk enor, who died seised 1 3th February ,

1 50 2 ,l leav ing her great-nieces Elizabeth and Agnes

,daughters of Henry

her son , her coheirs .In 1 5 1 2 we meet with a fine of the manor and the advowson levied by

George Monour against J ohn Emson and Agnes his wife, she probablyrepresenting one of the above three daughters and coheirs .2

We next find the manor vested in Sir Giles Alington, Knt.,of Horse

heath,who died in 1 522 ,

and from him the manor descended in the samecourse as the Manor of Halesworth

,in B lything Hundred , until the t ime of

Hil debrand, 4th Lord Alington. I t passed to Charles

,6th Duke of Somerset .

The manor is specifically included in the fine levied by Richard Catlyn andothers against Sir Giles Alyngton and others in

On the 6th Duke’s death in 1748 thi s manor passed to his only survivingson Algernon

, 7th Duke , who was created Baron Warkworth and Earl ofNorthumberland 2nd October

,1749, with a special remainder in defaul t

of male issue to his son-in-law,Sir Hugh Smithson

,Bart .

,and his heirs

mal e by Lady Elizabeth Seymour . Algernon, 7th Duke

,died without

male issue 7th Feb . 1749 and the manor passed by Act of Parliamentto his half-sister Charlotte

,youngest daughter of Charles

,6th Duke of

Somerset,married to Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford .

s At this t ime th eamount of the qui t rents was £9 . 1 1 3 . 4d .

,and the estimate yearly of

fines the same .I n 1 847 the manor and advowson were vested in Thomas Dufli eld ,

and 8th May,1 849, were offered for sale at the Mart in London under the

foll owing description : The Withersfield Hal l , Manor , and Estate , withlands comprising about acres

,producing with the woodlands and

Manor about £955 p.a.,but which together with a right of shooting are of

the estimated value of p .a. Also the Advowson of the Rectory .

The wood contains 225 acres .I n 1 855 the manor was vested in the Rev . Wi ll iam Mayd, in 1 885 in

Wi lliam Mayd, in 1 896 in Colonel Wil liam Taylor,V.D.

,of Glenleigh ,

Hastings , who had married in 1 874Wini fred Mary Letitia , only daughter ofLouis Schi ll , of Stuttgart and Rose Cottage, Hanham,

Hastings .The manor is now vested in Charles Foster Ryder

,of Great Thurlow

We meet with two fines of the manor di fficult to fit in one in 1 522

levied by Sir Andrew Windsor and other s against Anthony Windsor andothers ;

7 and the other in 1 534 levied by Robert Wrythe and others againstSir Edward Bray and others of both manor and advowson.

a

The wri ter has seen Court Rolls of a Manor of Wethersfield , 27El iz .,

when J ohn Wentworth was lord,in 1 603 when Wal ter Wentworth and

Edmund Thompson held a court as olim FermariorumWentworth , lord, holding a court 23rd J an . 4 J ac . I .

,and J ohn Clerke

,1 9th

July , 1 652 , and 1 1 th June, 1 671 .

'I .P .M 1 8 Hen. VI I . ° 1pswich jou rnal , 1 4 th April , 1 849.

”Fine , Trin. 4 Hen. VIII . 7Fine , Easter, 1 4 Hen. VIII .S Fine , Easter, 3 Mary.

”Fine , Mich . 26 Hen. VIII.‘Will proved 1750 .

9 23rd Sept. 1 Jac. I .’See Manor of Gazeley Rectory, in th is

Hundred.

WITHERSFIELD . 31 1

The descent of lands called Hanchet Hall in 1 567 is given in theRawlinson MSS . in the Bodleian .

‘

Arms of ST. CLERE Or,a lion rampant

,tail forked and nowed Gu .

collared Arg. Of TAYLOR Or,three annulets Az . on a chief of the last ,

passant of the first .

‘

Rawl . B . 3 19.


WIXOE .

MANOR was held here in Saxon times by Godwin the thane .

I t consisted of 3 carucates and 1 5 acres of land , 6 villeins ,4 bordars, 6 serfs

, 3 ploughteams in demesne and 25belonging to the men. Al so wood sufficient to support 1 0hogs


,a mi ll

,24 beasts, 40 hogs, 60

sheep,and 5 hives o f bees, with a church having 5 acres

attached. At the time of the Survey this manor was heldby Ral ph Baynard, and the detail s were considerably altered The bordar shad increased to 5 , the serfs reduced to 4, and the ploughteams in demesnecome down to 2 . There were in addi tion 2 rouncies

,but the beasts were

j ust half what they had been,the hogs were only 1 2

,and there were but

40 sheep .

Two freemen held 25 acres, a ploughteam ,and an acre of meadow

,

Baynard’s predecessor having commendation and soc . The six forfeitures

belonged to the Abbot of St . Edmunds . The value was 833 . This placewas half a league long and 3} quarentenes broad, paying in a gelt 3d . Othershad land here .

‘

MAN OR OF WixoE al . WICKESHER al . WATERHALL IN WIXOE .

I n the time of Rich . I . the lordship appears to have been vested inthe Chevre or Capra family . We find that in 1 195 the prior of St . Leonard,at Gaures

,in Essex

,demanded a mill of Willi am

,son of J effrey Capra

,in

the parish of Wixoe,the priory having been founded by Michael de Capra

and Rohesia his wife . J e ffrey de Capra was lord of Wixoe . By a finelevied in 1 206 Hamon

,son of Nicholas de Capra and Mariotta his wi fe

,

is shown to have held three parts of a fee here of Walter Fitz Robert .

The estate of Hamon Chevre or Capra passed to his son and heir,

Hamon Chevre,who had a grant of free warren here in 1 267.

From the Patent Rolls we learn that in 1 275 there was a suit betweenHamon Chevre and the prior of Stoke touching a pond in Wixoe .‘ Therewas al so an action between them touching a fosse .

s

From him the estate passed probably to his widow Joan,for we find in

1 280 she brings an action as to a tenement here against Robert Fitz Wal terand others .

6 An action touching the manor itself was in 1 279 brought byHamo de Redenhal and Kamilla his wife

,Will iam de Rothinge and J oan

his wi fe,and J ohn Chevere against this Robert Fitz Walter and J oan ,

described as late wife of Hamo Chevere .

’

An action touchi ng the manor was also brought in 1 280 by J ohn deCok efeld against Wil liam de Rothing and others .

8

Subj ect to J oan his widow’s interest,the manor passed from Hamo

de Chevre to William de Chevre, whose daughter and heir I sabel marriedSir Will iam de Sutton , Knt.

,who died in 1 30 2 , when he was succeeded by

hi s son and heir, Sir Hamo de Sutton , Knt.,who in 1 306 levied a fine of a

third part of the manor against William Chev re .

9 The manor passed to

'Dom. i i . 4 14.

s Pat. Rol ls , 3 Edw. I . 6d .

;4 Edw. I . 24d.

1‘T. de N . 284, 292 .

‘Pat. Rol ls, 8 Edw.

3 Chart. Rolls , 51 Hen. I I I . pt. i ., 1 ;7Pat. Rol ls, 7 Edw. I . 2d

e

H .R . ii . 173, 1 96.

’Pat. Rol ls, 8 Edw. I . 8d.

‘ Pat. Rol ls , 3 Edw. I . 28 .

’Feet of Fines , 34 Edw. I . 42 .


remainder to the use of J ohn Berkeley,son of J ohn Berkeley

,of Warwick

St ree t,St . J ames

,Westminster

,for li fe

,then to his sons in tai l male

,with

remainder to Samuel Berkeley the father in fee .

On the marriage of Samuel Berkeley the younger , son and heirapparent of Henry Berkeley , of Ri chmond, with Elizabeth Mayne , in 1750 ,

Henry Berkeley granted two-thirds of the manor to trust ees to the use ofHenry Berkeley until the marriage

,then to the use of trustees for 500 years

if the said Henry Berkeley and Elizabeth Mayne should so long l ive upontrusts mentioned

,then to the use of Henry Berkeley for li fe, then to Elizabeth

Mayne for li fe , and byway of j ointure ,‘ with divers remainders ov er

,including,

in defaul t of issue,l imitations to Samuel Berkeley

,j un . in tail general

,to

Charles Berkeley,younger son of the said Samuel the father for li fe

,and

then to his sons in tail mal e.

Of this marriage there was no issue,and Samuel Berkeley

,j un .

,

Charles Berkeley,younger son of Samuel Berkeley the father

,and others

named in the settlement,died without issue . Henry Berkeley

,who made

the settlement on the marriage of Samuel Berkeley th e younger withEli zabeth Mayne

,died in 175 1 , and on his death the reversion in fee of the

whole of hi s estates not comprised in the settlement devolved on SamuelBerkeley the elder under the limitations contained in the wil l of 26thJ uly

,I749Samuel Berkeley the father died in 1764, and by hi s will dated 24th

March,

gave the manor to his widow,Beaumont Mariana Berkeley

,

who died in 1773 . I t will be noted that Henry Berkeley held the manoruntil his death in 175 1 , when Samuel Berkeley the younger entered andheld the same under th e settlement of 1750 , until his death in 1764 , when hiswidow entered upon and held it under the same settlement until her deathin 1773, when Mariana, wife of J ames B romfield (and daughter of SamuelBerkel ey the father , and entitled under the settlement of 1750 in defaul tof issue of Charles Berkeley) entered and enj oyed under the same settlement until her death in 1786, when William Berkeley, son of the saidBeaumont Mariana Berkeley by the said Samuel Berkeley deceased

,

entered and enj oye d under a settlement made by the sai d B . M . Berkeley,

sth and 6th Sept . 1764, until her death, which happened in May , 1790 . Onher death without issue

,the manor passed to Mrs . Finetta Mattingley

,

daughter of the Rev . Benj amin Berkeley,and widowof Thomas Mattingley

,of

Cirencester,in Gloucestershi re

,who entered and held the manor . She con

v eyed it in 1792 to Thomas Mattingley, her eldest son , and he sold by deedsdated 25th and 26th May , 1797, to J ohn Timms Hervey Elwes, from whichtime the manor has descended in the same course as the Manor of Stokeby Clare , i n this Hundred, and is now vested in Gervase Paget Elwes, ofEdmondsham

,Cranborne

,Dorset .

Arms of SUTTON Or,a chevron Gu . on a chiefAz . three crescents of the

field. O f BERKELEY Cu . a chevron betw. 1 0 crosses pattée Arg .

’She died 8th Feb. 1773.

2W il l and cod . 31 5t May, 1764, 4th July,1764 , proved 8th Aug. 1764.

WRAT’I‘

ING. 31 5

CHARD,son of Earl Gislebert, had three estates in this

place when th e Survey was taken . The fir st was held byUlmar over the former owner

,a socman . I t consisted of

a carucate of land,a vi llein

, 3 bordars, a serf , a plough teamin demesne and half belonging to th e men (reduced to 2

oxen at the time of the Survey) . Al so 4 acres of meadowand a church with 32 acres of free land valued at 20 3 .

The second was held by‘ Pagan ov er the former owner Goda

,a free

woman . I t consisted of 2 carucates and 30 acres of land , 9 bordar s , 2ploughteams in demesne and half belonging to the men , 7acres of meadow,

and a mill . Of live stock there were 1 rouncy, 4 beasts, a hog, 80 sheep ,

and 4 goats, valued at 30 3 . When the Survey was t aken the rouncies weredoubled

,the beasts had increased to 1 0

,there were 52 hogs, 1 0 0 sheep

,

and 40 goats, whil e the value was 403 . The township was a league longand hal f a league broad

,and paid in a gelt 1 2d .

The last estate mentioned here was held by Albern , a freeman , andconsisted of 3 carucates of land, 5 vi lleins , 1 0 bordars, 2 ploughteams indemesne and I be longing to the men , 1 2 acres Of meadow,

wood suff i cientfor the support of 8 hogs , and a mill . Also 2 rouncies

, 9 beasts, 24 ho s ,60 sheep

,and 6 hives of bees . Under him were nine freemen with hal a

carucate of land and half a ploughteam (whi ch had di sappeared at the t imeof the Survey), and an acre of meadow,

also a church with 1 3 acres . Whenthe Survey was taken sev eral of the details of this estate had been altered .

The ploughteams in demesne were reduced to 2 , the rouncies were increasedto 3 , the beasts to 1 3 , the hogs to 48 , and the sheep to 70 0 . The valuewas formerly 50 5 . increased to 603 . at the time of the Survey .

’

Another holding here at the t ime of the Survey was that of the Abbotof St . Edmunds , formerly held by a freeman, valued at 1 2d . I t consistedof 7acres .

“

WRATTING MAGNA MANOR .

I his was the estate of Richard Fitz Gislebert at the time of the Survey,and passed to his son and heir

,Gilbert de Clare

,who died in 1 1 5 1 , as the

Manor of Sudbury,in B abergh Hundred . Page says : I n the 3 1 5t

of Hen . Gilbert,son of Walter Pykard , was in the custody of Gilbert

de Vere,by grant from the Crown ; of whom they held in chief, Great

Wrat ti ng,

’and was of the age of twenty years . The Pykards were tenantsof the Earls of Oxford . I n the 1 4th of Edw. I .

,Walter Pykard ,

of Wrat ting,

held 1 00 acres of land of the K in in ch ief by the serj eanty of finding forhim one footman with a bow an four arrows

,as often as the King went

into Wales with his army,for forty days , at his own proper cost .

“

But the Pykard estate was sold to Gilbert Peche .’

The lordship appears in the latter part of the reign of Edw. I . to havebeen in Sir Peter de Talewithe

,Kut.

,and we find that his son Robert de

Thalewithe he ld a knight’s fee here of the Honor of Clare .

I n 1 31 6 the manor was v este d in Sir Ri chard de Talworth , Knt. ,

but by’1 341 it had passed to J ohn B ourchier, archdeacon of Essex .

;Dom. ii. 390 b, 396, 396b.sH .R . 171 , 172, 1 95.

Dom. i i . 371 b.“Bodl . Sufi. Ch . 144 1 .

’See T. de N . 285 , 286 .7T. de N . 292 .

‘ Page’s Hist . of Suffolk , p . 90 8 .


There is an order on the Patent Rolls in 1 340 for the arrest of personswho lately imprisoned J ohn de Bouser

,

” archdeacon of Essex,and after

wards bes eiged him in Wratting Manor to extort money. The following

year on the Close Rolls we find the enr olment of a grant by J ohn deBourchier

,archdeacon of Essex , to Sir Robert de B ou rch ier, Knt.

,his

brother,of £30 early rent to be received of his Talworth Manor in

Wrat ting,and 0 all his lands cal led Gannok in B ernaston and Great

Wrattyng. The deed is dated the year previous to the enrolment .At the end of the 1 4th century the manor was vested in Sir Thomas

Mortimer,Knt.

,who forfeited on his attainder

,when it was granted in 1 397

by the Crown to Sir John Bursey, Knt. I t was,however

,restored to Sir

Th omas Mortimer,who was dead by 1 40 1 , for we find that this year Agnes

,

Lady Bardol i,late wife of Sir Thomas Mortimer

,released all her right to

the manor to Edmund Mortimer and others . Edmund Mortimer wasattainted

,and the manor granted by King Hen . IV . in 1 403 to his son

Humphrey,Duke of Gloucester .

From the Rolls of Par liament in 1 455 we learn that the Commonsprayed that the profits of this manor might be applied to pay the debts ofthe late Duke of Gloucester .3

The manor agai n vested in the Crown . In 1 466 we find a grant onthe Patent Rolls for li fe to Queen Elizabeth of £7yearly from the farm of

Talworth Manor,in Wrat ting

,

‘ and in 1 470 we find on the Patent Rolls agrant for li fe to George

,Duke of Clarence

,of the manor .

5 A grant byHen . VI I . to Thomas Lovel l and Thomas Underhill of the custody of themanor for 2 1 years at the yearly rent of £7. 35 . 4d .

,and improved rent of

8d . appears on the Ori ginalia Rolls in The same year we find agrant to Elizabeth

,Queen of England

,for life of the manor .7

Amongst the State Papers in 1 540 i s a grant for l ife to Lady Anne ofCleves of the manor in considerat ion of her marriage with the King

,

”and in1 542 a lease of the manor was granted to Thomas Barnardi ston .

9

I n 1 543,however, the manor was granted in fee to Thomas Barnardiston,from which time to 1764, when the manor vested in Catherine Lady B arnardi ston

,widow of Sir Samuel Barnardiston

,Bart .

,the devolution is

the same as that of the Manor of Kedi ngton,in this Hundred.

We meet with a fine of the manor in 1 60 0 by J . Bankes and othersagainst Thomas Barnardi ston .

The manor was about 1770 acquired by Edward, Lord Thurlow,Lord

Hi gh Chancell or,who was elevated to the peerage 3rd J une, 1778 , as Baron

Thurlow,of Ashfield . He was the eldest son of the Rev . Thomas Thurlow

,

B .A.,rector of Ash field

,and aft erwards of Knapton and Worden

,co.

Norfolk,by Eli zabeth, daughter and eventual ly coheir of Robert Smith ,

descended paternally from a family named Hovell,of Ashfield . Lord

Thurlow held the Great Seal,with the exception of a short interval

,from

1778 until 1792 .

‘Pat. Rolls , 1 4 Edw. I I I . pt. i i . 34d , 26d ; ’P rivy Seal , 1 Hen. VI I . No. 759 ; Pat.

pt. i ii . 5d. Rolls, 1 Hen. VI I . pt . iii . 25 (3) and2 Close Roll s , 1 2 Edw. I I I . pt . iii . 3d . 243 R F . v 339.

‘ Pat. Rol ls, 5 Edw. I V. pt . i . 5 , pt. i i .934 Hen. VIII . Exch . Dep. 25

8 and 7; R P v 6 7 App p. .5’Pat. Roll s, 49 Hen. VI . 5 , 4 . Particulars of t his grant wil l be found6 C) . 1 Hen. VI I . in th e Record Office 9,

App . i i . p . Hen. VIII .)Fine, Easter, 42 Eliz .


Two years later the King commi tted the custody of the manor to Robertde Watev ill .

The manor was next vested in Edmund de Hengrave , whoseems in 1 371 to 'have enfeoff ed Almain de Shilond with some interestin the manor

,

’but it apparently passed to his 2nd son but heir,Sir Thomas

Hengrave,Knt.

,on his death in 1 379. Sir Thomas Hengrav e sold the

manor to Laurence,rector of Snaylwelle in 1 40 4 , and in 1 41 4 it was v ested

in Thomas Rolfe and others . I t subsequently passed to Phi lip Caxton,

who died seised of the manor in when it passed to his son and heir,

Philip Caxton . On Philip Caxton’s death the manor appears to havepassed to his widow Dionise

,who remarried Thomas West

,and amongst

the Early Chancery Proceedings in 1 452 we meet wi th a suit by themagai nst John Veer

,Earl of Oxford

,and Sir Richard and Sir Robert Veer

,

Knts .,stated to be feoffees of Phi lip Caxton and Dionise as to the manor .

The suit extended also to the advowson of the church , and lands in GreatMichell and Little Wratting

,Thurlow

,Withersfield

,Haverhill

,Hanchett

,

Steeple B ampstead, Clare, Kedington , and Barnardi ston .

’

The manor was in the time of Hen . VI I I . vested in Henry Turner,who died seised of i t 4th February , 1 536, leaving Henry Turner his greatgrandson hi s heir

,namely

,son of Henry

,son of J ohn

,son and heir of the

said Henry Turner .6

This great-grandson,Henry Turner

,di ed in 1 572 , when the manor

passed to his son and heir,Thomas Turner .7 The manor was apparent ly

vested in Giles Lewster in 1 596, for that year we meet with a fine of i t leviedby Hugh Lancaster and others against him and others .8

The manor,or at least a moiety of it

,next vested in Sir Stephen Soame

,

Knt.,who died seised in 1 639.

I n 1764 the manor was vested in Catherine, Lady Barnardiston , andis now vested in John J ames Sainsbury

,of London .

MANOR OF B LUNr’s HALL .

Th is was at the time of the Domesday Survey the estate of RichardFitz Gislebert, and continued in the Clare family until the death of Gilbertde Clare

,Earl of Gloucester and Hereford

,in 1 295 , descending in the same

course as indicated in the devolution of Sudbury Manor,in B abergh

Hundred . At that date,1 295 , this manor passed to Gilbert

’s widowJ oan of Acres . I n 1 380 the manor was vested in Robert Kempe andMargaret his wife

,and Robert Noble and Joan his wife

,and they for 1 0 0

silver marks acknowledged in a final concord the manor to belong to EdmundLackynghethe, Edmund Hethe, and Robert Hethe in fee .

”

We next find the manor,like the last treated of

,in the time of

Hen . VI I I . vested in Henry Turner,and passing to his great-grandson

,

Henry Turner,and from him to his son and heir, Thomas Turner .

I n 1 837the manor was vested in Robert Bird, and is now vested inthe trustees of Maj or Bird

,deceased.

’O. 1 2 Edw. I I . 1 , 3 .

6 I .P .M 28 Hen. VIII . 50 .

’See Manor of Hengrave , in Th ingoe 7See Manor of Thu rlow Parva, in this

Hund red . Hund red .

45 Edw I I I . (zud Nos.) 82 .

'’Fine , Easter, 38 Eliz.

‘ I .PM 1 0 Hen. VI . 1 8 ’Add . Ch . 6258 .

’E HC P . Bundle 21 , 31 .

WRATTING . 31 9

Wi LSEY HALL MANOR .

This also was the estate of Richard Fitz Gislebert at the time of theSurvey,

and passed to his son and heir , Gilbert de Clare, who di ed in 1 1 5 1 ,as the Manor of Sudbury

,in B abergh Hundred .

Little is known respect ing this manor. Davy gives the lords asfollows

,mostly without any date

J ohn Pelee .

J ohn Cornwall,gent .

Thomas Cornwall,son and heir .

I n 1 553 the manor was vested in Robert Cornewall , and a fine was thisyear levied against him by Will i am Berners .’ The manor in 1 556 was heldby Sir Giles Al ington,

a ainst whom a fine was levied this year by RichardCatelyn and others .

’ ir Giles Al ington in 1 558 sold to Henry Turner ,and the fine for e ffect ing the transfer was levied in Hilary term

, 5 Mary.

Henry Turner3 di ed in 1 572 , when the manor passed to his son and heir

,

Thomas Turner,from whom it appears to have passed to John Turner

,

who it seems sold in 1 599 to J ohn Sla'

nner,

‘ and he sold two years later toWill iam Smythe.

’

Arms of CORNWALL : Arg . a lion rampant Gu . crowned Or , over al la bend Engrai led

,Sa. eight bezan ts .

The following places mentioned in the Domesday Survey we are notable to identify with certainty

BOYTON .

There were two holdings in this place in Saxon times . The fi rst wasthat of a socman

,consisting of 60 acres

, 3 bordars, a ploughteam ,and 2

acres of meadow,valued at 1 05 . The second was that of Ulgar

,a freeman

,

consist ing of 8 acres valued at 16d .,held over him at the time of the Survey

by Ralph .

Both these estates belonged to Ri chard,son of Earl Gislebert

,at the

time of the Survey .

‘5

I n the other Boyton was a holding of Almar , a freeman , consisting of24 acres valued at and held over him at the time of the Survey byW . Peret . This estate also belonged to Richard

,son of Earl Gislebert

,

at that t ime .

7

BROCKLEY .

A holding here was that of a socman having half a carucate of land,a ploughteam ,

and 2 acres of meadow. The value was but when theSurv e was taken it had increased todouble, and was the propertyof Richard,son 0 Earl Gislebert.

“

LAPHAM .

Woolmer had two estates in this place at the time of the Survey .

The first consisted of 24 acres and half a ploughteam , valued at the soc

'Fine, Trin . 1 Mary, I .5 Fine , Trin. 43 Eliz.

’Fine, Easter, 3 Mary, I .“Dom ii .

3 See main manor. 7Dom. 11 . 1b.

‘ Fine, 41 -42 Eliz . aDom. ii . 3gob.


belonging to the Abbot of St . Edmunds . The second in the same townshipWoolmer took in pledge in King Will iam’s t ime

,from Ralph Pinel’s pre

decessor,for 2 1 s . I t consisted of 9 acres valued at 1 2d . Roger the sheri ff

had a heriot from his father .’

VVIMUNDSTON


,had two estates here at the time of

the Survey . The first was formerly that of 3 socmen , and consisted of65 acres and half a ploughteam , valued at 1 0 5 . From them Richard’spredecessor had all customs .

“

The second was formerly that of six freemen , and the Survey puts itas foll ows Of the sixth

,who is called B rictric

,the Hundred knew not

i f he could sell his land or not in King Edward’s time ; but be ar witnessthat they saw him swear that he could not give (or) sell his land awayfrom Ri chard

's predecessor . This estate consisted of 2 carucates and 1 1

acres of land,2 ploughteams

, 7 acres of meadow,2 cows

,6 hogs

,and 1 6

sheep . When the Survey was taken the live stock had considerablyincreased. There were 3 cows , the hogs were 30 , the sheep 62 , and therewere an additional 2 rouncies . The whole was val ued at 60 3 . at the timeof the Survey

,and was held by Gerold .

3

RISBRIDGE HUNDRED .

Among the lands of Earl Alan the Su rvey says In this same Hundredwere 9 acres and a vil lein included in the valuat ion of Weston in Cam

Another entry in the Survey among the lands of Richard,son of Earl

Gislebert,under this heading is as follows : These are the freemen who

in King Edward's time coul d sell and give their land . Wisgar, Richard’s

predecessor,had (over them) commendation and soc and sac

,except the

six forfeitures of Saint Edmund .

”

END OF VOL . V .

i i . INDEX RERUM .

G isleham Hal l , D iscovery at, 76

Double Moat at, 76Murder at, 76

Glemham Arms, 130

Fam i ly, 1 27Hal l , 14 1

Sir Thomas , D ist ingu ished serv icesof in the C iv i l Wars

,1 28

Gloucester, Thomas, Earl of , beheaded ,1 1 1

Gonv i l le Arms , 13Gorleston Manor, Curiou s Court Books of , 37Gournay at. Gu rney Arms

, 223Grocers’Hal l , Roof of , renovated , 297Gu i ld ford , Earl of , Arms , 14 1

Francis , E . of , Remunerat iv e Ap

pointments of , 14m .

Ha lsham Arms,223

Hast ings, E . of Pembroke , Arms, 269Hawk ing carried on at Gunton, 42

Hazlewood Church in ru ins , 142

He igham Fami ly, 22 1

Thomas, Inscr ipt ion on, 30 5-306

He l ion Arms , 243Hemegrav e Fami ly, 86Here ford , E . of , appointed Gamekeeper at

Sudbourn, 178

H ickl ing Priory, Foundation of , 1 52, 1 57Hobart Arms, 60

Fami ly, 58 , 75Sir H enry, C . J . of Common Pleas , 58Sir James, Account of , 58

Hol lond Arms, 1 06

Edward , F éte given by, 1 0 5Howard Arms, 132Howland Arms, 242

Hurt’s H al l Destroyed by F ire , 163V iew of , 162

Inglose Fam i ly, 4Sir Henry, W i l l of , 4

Jenkinson Arms, 1 8 1

Jenney, Sir Arthur , fou r t imes married ,J ernegan Fami ly in East Angl ia, 35

Sir Henry, Efforts of , on beha l f of

Q . Mary, 35, 36Kerdeston Fami ly, 174 , 175

Sir W i l l . de , Lawsu its conc., 175Kessingland Manor-house rebu i l t , 80K ilderbee Arms, 138

Knights Arms, 1 08

Lat imer Arms, 92

Leathes Arms , 45Fam i ly, Ant iqu ity of , 44H . M . , at Waterloo , &c., 45W i l l iam, Large E states of , 44

Leek Arms, 257Le Hunte Arms, 197Le Nev e , Cu rious Letter of , 30 2Lewkenor Arms , 222 , 2 26

Edward , a prisoner in the Tower , 22 1Sermon on Death of , 224

Fami ly, 22 1-224Sir Edward , Descript ion of Monu

ment to, 222Sermon on Death of ,223

L idgate Castle , Remains of , 267Loddon Pari sh Chu rch rebu i l t, 58Long, Dud ley, Description of Monument to, 1 29

Fami ly, 1 29, 130 , 163

2

Lowdham Arms, 42

Lu son,Hewl ing, establ ishes a Ch ina Manu fac

tory, 4 1

Luttere l l Arms , 273Manners, Duke of Ru t land , Arms, 270Markets and Fa i rs, Charter for, in 1442, 55Maute ley Fam i ly, 28 . 29

Robert , W i l l of , 29Montacute , see Sa l 1sbu ryMort imer , E . of March

,Arms, 20 1

Moseley Arms, 277Mutford Hal l , 88

Hundred , 67-9:M ap of

,1

Par i she s and Manors of , 67

Longespee Arms,208

W i l l iam ,Account of , 20 3Doubt as to h is be ing E . of

Sal isbury, 20 4in the Cru sade s , 20 4Pet it ion of , to the Pope,

20 4

Loth ingland H undred , 1-66

Entries of , unident ified ,66

Map of,1

Parishes and Manors of ,2

Island , Freedom of , from at tack ,

1”

Noe l l Arms, 223

Norfol k, Thos. , 3rd D . of , Note of,as to B en

ha l l Manor , &c., 10 3

4th D . of , at tainted and be

headed , 96North Lady Margaret , Epitaph ou , 2 10

S ir Dud ley, a Turkey merchant,1 29

Sir Edward,Account of , 209Chape ls bu i l t by, 2 1 1

Monument to, 2 10

\Vi l l of, 209

Sir Roger, created Knight Banneret , 2 1 1Cu rious Deposit ion of , 2 1 1

Monument and Inscript ionto, 2 13

Norwich , Sir John de , Account of , 2 15Ou l ton H igh House , Descript ion of , 60

Manor, Sale Part icu lars of , 59Ousden Ha l l Ancient Porch of , 276

View of , 275Parham Chu rch bu i l t by E . of Suff ol k, 1 52

Hal l , V iew of , 1 53Park

,The ft of Deer from , 1 52

Parker, S ir Hyde, Gal lant Serv ices of , in

American War , 10 4

Paston , Margaret , Curious W i l l of , 29Peche

,G i lbert

,Lord

,Pri soner at Bannockburn,

294Pembroke , H ast ings, E . of , Arms, 269Petre Arms , 266Pe tre Arms , 266

Sir W i l l Account of , 263-265Comm issioned to inqu ire intostate of the Monasteries, 263W i l l of , 1 571 , 264

P i lk ington Arms, 199Plomesgate Hund red , 93-188

Entries of , unident ifi ed ,1 87, 1 88

Map o f , 1

Parishes and Manors of ,

93» 94

INDEX RERUM . iii

Plume Arms, 245Pole , M ichae l de la , E . of Su ffolk , Death Sentence of , remitted ,

10 1

Powe l l , Seth, Wi l l of , 1 59-160

Quarles Arms, 223Radmylde Arms

, 223Rav eningham , Foundat ion of a Chant ry in, 2 16

Reev e Arms, 60

Rhodes Arms, 223R ichman or R ichmond Arms, 76R isbridge Hund red , 189

-320

Entri es of , unident ified ,3 19 1 320

Map of , 1 89Pari shes and Manors of

,

Robinson Arms , 229Roke Hal l Descript ion oi

,l i 6

,1 17

F ish in Moats at, 1 16

Roundhead , O rig in of the Term , 259Rush e Arms, 84Ru shmere Hal l , Descr ipt ion of , 9 1

Ru tland , Manners , D . o f,Arms , 270

St. Bened ict, Ru le of , translated into Engl i sh,177

St. Clere Arms, 3 1 1

St. Edward’s Chape l at Badmond isfield e rectedw ithin the Moat , 30 3

St. Pau l’s Cathed ral , Restorat ion of NorthW indow of , 297

Sal isbu ry, W i l l . , E . of , M i l itary Explo its of,

Supposed Poisoningof , 204

Scroope , Thomas, the Carthu sian Monk , 195Se rmon, Bequest for preach ing of

, 15Seymour Arms , 1 20

D . of Somerset , Arms, 269Snape Priory, 13 1

Complaint respect ing, 167

Foundat ion of , 166

Soame Fami ly, 297-299Stephen , Pathet ic L ines on Monumentof

, 298S ir Stephen, Account of , 297

Somerleyton Hal l Descript ion of , 65Sale Particu lars of , 65View of , 64

Somerse t , Chas. , D . of , loses the K ing’s favou r,3 7

Marble Statue of, 237Seymour , D . of , Arms, 269

Stapleton Ped igree , 78

Steward Arms, 223Stoke-hy-Clare Priory, 285

L ist of Deans of , 286Stotevi l l , Arms , 2 19

S ir Mart in , Letters of , 2 18 , 2 18 11 .

Thomas, Inscr ipt ion on, 2 17

Stu tev i le Robert de, Prisoner of Hen. de

Mont ford , 308Sudbourn Hal l , Martin’s Descript ion of

,178

Suffolk , Duchess of , Curious bal lad re lat ingto, 149

Earl of , Robe rt de U fford created , 147Su tton Arms, 3 14

Sydnor Arms , 1 2

W i l l iam , Inscript ion on, 1 1

Curi ou s W i l l of , 1 1

Talworth Arms, 317

Tav erner Arms, 45Taylor Arm s, 3 1 1

Thornh i l l Arms, 233Thu rlow, Edward , Baron, L .C . Account of , 3 17Thurlow Magna , Manor

,D i fferences in Devo

lution of , 295Parv a Hal l destroyed by Fire, 1809,3 )

297Thu rston Hal l Descript ion of , 248

View of , 246

T i l t ing at W ind sor in 1343 , 78

Townshend Arm s , 226

George , Marqu is Account of , 225Lord , Clarendon 5 Account of , 224

Tregose Arms,222

Trev or , Su rname assumed by Lord Dacre,195, I96

Tunstal l Parish Reg isters, Curious Entry in,1 26

Tu rner Arms , 197Tye , D ionysia Atte , W i l l of , 80Uff ord Fam i ly, 146, 147

\Vi11. , E . of Su fi , D ist ingu ished SerV ices of , 147

U rquhart , D . H . , Tablet to, in Be l ton Ch . , 1611 .

Vernon Arms,

James , Char itable Donat ions of, in

I7371 252"

V i l l iers , S ir Edward , L ine s to Memory of , 280

Vision at Sea , Dugda le’s Account of , 20 3

be fore a Batt le , Account of , 20 5Vyse Arm s, 132

Wancey Arms,233

\Vare Arms, 280

Warne r Arm s,1 57

Wentworth Arms,

John, G i ft of , to Christ’s Col lege ,Cambridge , 52Thomas, Baron Raby, H ighlyE steemed by Foreign Princes, 97Thomas Baron Raby, in favourw1th Royal ty, 98Thomas

, Baron Raby, M i l itaryD i st inct ion at Landen, &c., 97

\Vh itc Arms, 1 57Pretended , sought to be set up, 1 13

W i l loughby Arms, 1 57Fami ly, 1 53

-1 55Francis, Lord , a Commander underCromwe l l , 1 56

Robe rt , Baron, at Agincourt , &c. ,1 53

Sir Christopher, Assessor of Pol ltax, 1 54Defeats LambertSimne l , &c., 1 54W i l l of , 1 54

W i l l iam, Baron, attends Hen. IV.

in Scot land , 1 53Wood Fam i ly, 1 24-1 25

Mary, Marriage Settlement of , 1 24S ir Henry, W i l l of , 1 25

Wolr ich , or VVor l ich , Arms,208

Workhouses,Three , erected by James Vernon,

2 52 11 .

Wyth Arms,

'

53Sir Jeff rey, ordered tomarch against the

Scots, 52Ya le , Eihu , President of Mad ras, 1 29Yarmou th Arms, 1 2

INDEX LOCORUM .

Ab tts M . ,189 , 2 24 , 2 26

Abbotts Denham , M 226

Abington H 266

Acres , 20 5 , 3 1 8

Acr is,co. Kent

,

Acton M . , 30 471 .

A frica,171

Ag incou rt, 35 , 1 0 2

,1 53

Akethorp M . , 3 , 54 . 56

Albu ry ,co. He rts

,

Alde R iv e r , 93Aldebu rgh , 93 , 95

-99,

1 28 ,132 , 14 2 , 143 , 166 ,

167, 178

Al l fe ld H . or A ld ersficld M . ,

307Alpheton M . ,

1 87Alresford , co. Hants ,

Althorpe,268

A lthorpe’s or Apple thorpe al .

Bov i l l’s M . , 1 89 , 238 189. 19 1- 192 ,

Alton,19

Am erica ,1 29, 288

Amersham , 75Ampton M . , 23211 .

Amsterdam ,2 18

Angod , 2 5m .

Angou leme, 2 1 5

Anstey H .,co. Camb . ,

197Antrim

,co.

, 44

Appleby, co. Kent , 20 8

Argent ine’s M . ,269 , 272

Armesby, co. L inc.,257

Arm iger’s M . , 94

Arneborough ,1 89

Arnige r’s M . ,

176

Ash , 107, 1 1 2 , 1 14 , 138

Ashburnhay Coppice , 258

Ashby or H ask eby, 2, 4

-7, 9,

1 2 : 23 » 24 1 271 3 1 1 37, 40W ,

4se , 5 1 , 53 , 5511-1 56, 6s, 71 ,87n .

, 88 , 9 1

Ashen,co. E ssex , 197

Ashfie l d , 3 16

Ashley, co. Camb . , 2 50

Ashwe l l thorpe , 86 , 87, 1 28

Ask , 79Askeby, 46Aspeden,

co. Herts , 207Assh en

,290

Astrop, co. Northants.,24 1

Astwood , co. Bucks , 280

Atherstone , co. Warw .,60

Attleborough , co. Norf. , 2 16Aylesbu ry, 1 26

B abergh Hund .,

29n., 96n.

,

167n., 187

-1 89, 198 , 20 0 ,

zo7n. , 227, 234 , 240 , 247,25 1 , 255, 27m , 273, 276,278n. , 282 , 289, 29 1 , 297m ,

3o4n ° i

Babylon ,20 5

Bacon H il l,Beaumar is

,2 26

Bacon’s M .,2, 37

-38

Baconsthorpe , co. Norf . , 57,58 , 1 22 , 1 27, 1 84Bacton

,27m , 75

Bad ingham ,171

Bad ley, 196 , 19611 .

Bad ley Magna,20 3

B admond i sfie l d,190 , 227, 30 0

~

30 3Balderton,

co. York , 257Bal ls

,co. H e rts

,225

Banbu ry, 1 29B ank sea , co. E ssex , 45Bannockburn,

294B ansfie ld , see B admond isfie ld

Barham H . ,8 2 , 90

Barl ey M . ,co. Herts

,

Barmes or Barne s M ., 93 , 1 59

160

Barnard iston ,

256 , 257, 3 1 8

Barnby or Barnaby, 67, 68 , 72Barnet , 1 1 2

,206

Barnetby, 257Barnham , 266

Barrow ,220 , 2 24 , 226, 238

Barrow , co. Camb. 296

Barsham , 80 , 80 11 .

Barsham ,E . , co. Norf. , 30 5

Barsham , W . ,co. Norf. , 232

Barton,L itt le

,292

Bath , 2 19Baugé le Vie il , 4Bawd sey M .

,14771 .

Bayl ham M . ,16

Baynard’s or B anyard s M . , 94 ,

1 84-1 85Beal ings

, Gt. , M ., 24 11 .

Beaumaris , 2 26B eaumesgu i l , 1 53B eaumond’s M . ,

1 89. 2 29-230

B ec Priory, 285B eccles, 19 , 6 1 , 72 , 74B eccl inga , 166

B ech etuna , 48

B eck l ings or Block ing H . or

B l ick ing M ., 93 , 132

-133Bedale , co. York , 2 16Bed ford , co. , 44 , 97, 20 2 , 2 18 ,229, 258 , 297Bed ingfi eld , 5Beeston ,

co. Norf. , 52B ek l ing M . , 93 , 168

Be lney-B rek et, 306Bel stead ,

1 0 4Bel ton,

2,8-13 , 1 5

-17, 26, 30

B e lvoir Castle , 193Benacre , 229, 30 2

Bencoolen ,1 1 3

Bengal , 1 0 5m ,2 19

Benge s M ., 1 16

Benha l l, 93 , 96, 10 0 -10 8

,124 ,

1 28, 165, 172 , 1 82

Berb i ce,1 56

Berghol t , E .,134 , 249

Be rghol t, W . ,

a l . “ I. B urfie ld

M . , 9Berke ley Castle , 262

,263

Berks ,co.

, 97, 206 , 223 , 287,306

B erkyng Mon.,E ssex

,263

Be rl in, 97

B e rnaston, 3 16B erstete St. John’s, 1 1B ev ersham M . , 93 , 1 4 1 -142

B il lesford or B i l ston or B il

ford of B i lson M . , 93 , 142

1 43B il l ingbere , co. Berks, 223B ishopsbou rn e Ch . ,

14 1

B ishop’s Cast le , co. Salop,

229B ishopswood , co. Here f . , 272B lackbourn Hund . , 23 , 35, 55,

87, 10 2 , 16 1 , 168 ,168n.,

176, 27411 .

B lack Heath , 132

B lackheath , Fr iston , 98

Blackland s, 2 19Blackwater

, 306

B lackworth , co. Norf. , 2 16B lanchard M . ,

80

B laxh al l, 93 , 1 09

-1 14 , 1 24 ,

138 , 140n., 184 , 187

B loomsbury, 59Blundeston , 2 , 6 , 9

-13 , 2 5, 26,

30 , 5 1n.-53 , 6 1 , 7m .

Blunham M . , 267, 268

Blunt’s M . ,190 ,

273n ., 3 1 8

B lyth ford M . , 58 , 1 24 , 1 25,1 87

B lyth ing Hund . , 45n., 62 , 67,

75, 89. 93, mm , 1 17, 1 25,140 , 14m , 174 , 187, 233 ,

30 1 , 3 10

Bodm in, 229Bohem ia, 280B ok eton , 66

Bol ton,10 , 13 , 51 , 249

Bookham ,co. Su rrey, 13 1

Borley, co. Essex , 265Borobridge H . , co. York . , 229Bosmere and Claydon Hund . ,

25n .,

1 18 1 84 , 196m ,206,

206n .,228 11 .

Bott isham H . ,299

B ottley a l . Beet ley, co. Norf. ,297Bou ghton Ch . ,

132

Bou l ge , 109Bou logne Honor, 274 , 294

B oursta l l , co. Bucks, 298

vi . INDEX LOCORUM .

Cornerde M . , 228

Cornerth M 29711Corton, 2 , 6, 10 ,

'3"-1 53Cosford Hund . , 5 1 11 1 0 211

30 411 . 2

Cossey, co. Norf. , 43 , 63Coste ssey, 36, 49Coste sy, 5Cote s

,Great , 257, 2 58

Cotton M . , 1 89 ,26 1

Coughton, co. \Varw. , 4311 .

Court lets or Cautlets M . , 93 .

168

Cov e , South , M . , 5 1

Cov ent Garden , 265Coventry, 26 1

Cowl ing , 1 89, 197, 2c32 13

C ranbom e ,co. Dorset ,

288-3 14Cransford , 93 . 1 2 1-1 23Cratfie ld , 1 24 , 30 2 co.

Cratfie ld le Ros M . , 233Crawley Grange , 280

Greke N . , co. Norf. , 146

Cresseneres , 235Cresseners M . , 1 89, 2 24 , 235,

249-250

Cressy, 70 , 78Cre t ingham

, 80 ,273

Cret ingham , co. Norf. , 46Cromebroke ,

co. Kent , 30 2Crow’s H . M . , 171 11 .

Cu l lenden, 1 56

Cumberland,co. , 44

Cwehowe ,1411 .

Dagenbaum , co. E ssex,6 1

Dalham ,189, 2 14-2 19, 22 1 ,

2 24 . 226, 234 , 238. 272, 273 .

29311 .

Dal l inghoo M . , 2 16

Dam ieta , 20 3 , 20 4Danecastre , co. York

,257

Darsham ,1 28 , 20 2

Dart ford , co. Kent , 2 16Deane s, 4 1Dean’s H . , co. E ssex , 279Debach , 32Debenham , 271Del ft , 4 1Denbigh , co.

,10 4

Denham , 1 89 , 220-226, 236,272 , 285

Denmark, 45

Dennington, 59, 1 2 1 , 123, 1 40 ,142 , 176

Denston , 1 89 , 227-230 ,

250 , 282 , 28211 .

Depden,189, 23 1

-233 , 24911 .De rby,co.

,143 , 1 56 , 269

Derne ford H . M . , 9, 94 , 1 8 1

182

Dernford or Dorford ,10 5

De sning M 189, 224 , 234-236 ,

239, 27311 .

Dett ingen,1 56

Devon, co., 264 , 265

D inton, co. Bucks, 1 26

D i tchingham, co. Norf . , 46Dorset , co. , 13 1 , 20 1 ,

Dorset ,

14 1

Glemham Parva, 93 ,140 -1 43 , 174 , 176, 185Glemsford , 261

Dorston Ch . ,245

Dov er, 227Dover Castle , 70

Drayton M . , 76Drinkstone , 1 24 ,

13 1 , 138 , 276

Du l l ingham , co. Camb. , w9

Dumpha i l , 3 17Duneston , 57Dunn ingworth , 93 . 1 10 , 1 241 26 , 1 50 , 187

Dunnowe Priory, 28 1

Dunstan, co. Norf. , 1 56

Dunster , 78DUDW ICI) , 1 8 , 163Du reance , co. M iddx. , 22 1

Earetuna , 66

Earls Colne , co. E ssex , 249Earl Soham M . , 1 19 , 134 , 178

East Angl ia , 35East Ind ies , 1 29, 225East Monlyn ,

co. Kent . 107Easton M . ,

145Edgeh il l , 134Edmond sham ,

20 1 , 288 , 3 14Edward stone , 298

Egremound ,244

Eibu ry or E rbury M . ,189,

289-290

E lgh M . , 90

E lgham Ch ., 72

B l igh, 90El l ingham , Gt. , 223E l l ington Ch .

,2 1 1

El lough , 6 1E lmswe l l M . ,

124

E lnhal le , co. Staff s , 207Elsing

, co. Norf. , 1 1 1

Eltham, co. Kent,288

Elv eden , 224E ly, 189, 250

E ly, Isle of , 52 , 209E ly Priory, 144 , 177Enfie ld , co. M 1ddx .

,22 1

Env i l le , co. Staff s , 276E resley, 1 4711 .

Eriswe l l M . , 24, 2411 .

Erwarton , 14m ,134

E sham ,169

Essex , co.,8-10 , 44-46 , 59, 6 1 ,

1 0 0, 1 0 2 , 143, 1 56, 172 , 1 8 1

,

1 89, 19 1 , 197, 22 1 , 228 , 243 ,245. 249, 259, 263

-265m ,

279-28 1 , 283. 288 , 290 , 30 5,

306 , 3 1 2. 3 13 ,Estry Park , 2 54E tnay, 306

Euston ,1 22

,1 57

Ewe l l Castle , 288Exning , 268m , 272Eye , 30 , 83Eye Honor , 10 1 , 1 24 , 1 27, 20 3Eyke , 1 2 5 , 1 50

F a lkborne H . , 243

Farley, 25 1 , 253 , 30 1

Farley Green, 30 0Farnborough , co. Hants, 195Farnham , 93 , 10 5 , 107, 1 1 2 ,

1 27-130 ,

138 , 140 ,142 , 163 ,

171 . 173 , 174 , 176, 1 85F arnham Wa lks, 106

Farnham, co. Sussex , 276

Farthinghoe , 10 4F astol fs, &c.,

M ., 3, 60—6 1

,67,

69, 72-73

Fawsley, co. Northant s , 259F e l ti vel l M . ,

co. Norf . , 271Finborough , 32Fishley, co. Norf.

, 4 1

Flanders, 97, 149, 25311 .Fl int

,co. , 1 57

Fl ixton , 2 , 10,13 , 25

-27, 4 1 ,

57, 6 1 , 172Fontenoy, 1 56

Fornham Al l Saints, 276Fort St. George , 225Fram l ingham , 93 ,1 22

, 1 24 , 138 , 164 , 262

Framl ingham Cast le, 35. 1 23 ,

16 1,182

Framsden M ., 77

France , 4 , 1 8 , 45 , 10 1 , 1 53 ,175, 194 , 20 3 , 2 1 5, 2 16 , 223 ,247Freckenham , 273French H . M . , 189, 271 , 273Fresh Marsh , 58F ressingfie l d , 169Fre ston Ch .

, 92

Fre ttenham ,co. Norf. , 38

Friston, 93 , 97, 98 , 13 1

- 132.167

Fr itton , 2 , 1 1,1 2

, 28-33Fritton F en

, 5Frostenden, 74 , 138

Fu l ford , co. York , 225F u lpitts , 292

Fu rley Park , 10 4

Fu rnival’s Inn , 60Gannok in B ernaston, 3 16Captou H . M . , 8 , 9, 16

Gascony, 70 , 2 1 5, 256Gatesbu r ies or Catesbye

’s M .

189, 283Gatesbury, co. Herts, 283Gaures

,co. E ssex , 3 1 2

Gaynes H . a l . Attilton M . ,

I 90 1

Gaywood M . ,1 03

Gaze ley, 1 89, 2 17, 22 1 ,224 , 234

-239, 272 ,

Gedgrave , 93 1 I 334 34 , 178Geneva, 258 , 287Germany, 149Gest ingthorpe , 30 5G iff ord’s H . M . , 190 , 30 4

-306

Gi l lam’s,10

Gi l lesland , 36

G i ll ingham , co. Norf. , 44G ing-Margaret , 264G ing-Mounteney, 264G ipping

, 92 , 10 4

G isleham, 7, 67, 72

-76, 84 , 8 5,

88. 90

Gisning, co. Norf. , 1 23Glamn l les M . ,

162 , 171

Glemham , 107, 1 27, 1 28 , 140 ,14 1 , 163 , 171 , 174 , 184

Glemham Gt. , 93 , 135-139,

Gloucester, co, 36, 1 1 1 , 194 ,196, 288 , 298 , 3 14Gloucester Hou se , 271 , 273God a lming, co. Su rrey, 143Goor, Th e , 97Goringe , co. Sussex , 22 1Gorleston ,

2,13 , 16, 19, 23 ,

34-39, 4 1 , 431k , 48 , 55, 56,

58 , 6 1 , 62 , 87, 88

Gorri ton Magna , 264Gosfie ld . co. Essex , 243, 27928 1 , 283Grea t Park , 254Greenwich , E . M . , 56Gre sham

,175

Gressingdale , co. Norf. , 1 1 1

Grimsley, 257, 260

Grimston H . M . , 92 , 182

Griston M ., 94 , 174

-175Groby, 147, 2 17Groton

,230

Gu isnes, 263Gunton, 2, 4 , 10

,13, 37, 4o

4 2 . 45 , 45m , 6 !

Gunv i l le’s a l . B lunston Gun

v i le’s M . , 2 , 1 2-13Hacheston, 1 14 , 1 57Hackney, 259, 3 13Had le igh , 306Hagden H . M . , 254Hague , 44 , 224 , 225Hai lsham

, 79Hainton,

co. L inc. ,1551 266

Ha le lound M . , 38Hale s, 8 1 , 104 11 .

Ha le sworth M . , 75, 3 10Hal laton co. Le ic. ,

1 5Hame l ls

,co. Herts , 259

Hammersmith, 46

Hampshire , co. , 14 1m,195,

197, 20 8Hanchet t H . , 308 , 3 1 1 , 3 18Hanham , 3 10

Haningehet, 308Hanmer, co. Fl int

,1 57

Hanningfie ld , West ,Hanov er, 98Harcourt Grov e , 20Hard ley, co. Norf. , 4 1Harfieur , 10 2 , 153 , 16 1Hargrave , 224Hark l ington, 1 25Harkstead , 46, 60Har leston, 1

Harley, co. Berks , 97Harrington, 280Harringworth, 1 53Hartismere Hund . ,

107, 1 14 , 19611 .Hartz or Hu rt : or Hurts H .

M . , 16 1-164Harw ich , 44Haryngsworth , 194Haske ley, see AshbyHasketon, 144 , 1 52

Hasl ington, 98

Hast ings, 25 , 3 10Hatfield Pevere l l , 38Haugh M . , 1 14

Hav erhi l l , 189 , 240-243, 295,3 18

Haverland , co. Norf., 4

INDEX LOCORUM .

22

Hawkedon, 189, 244-250

Hawkehurst, co. Kent . , 264Hawstead , 58, 253 ,2571 257”-1 30 4”

H azlewood , 142

Hazlewood , co. York , 257Hedenham

, 72 , 75H ed ingham

,1 2 1

Hed ingham Cast le Honor, 22 1H e igham , 22 1 , 22 1 11

30 5He l ions or He lyon H av e rh i l lM . ,

1 89 , 24 1-243

He lm ingham H . M .,2 511 .

H e lyon Honor, 243Hemesley, 13Hempna l l , co. Norf. , 3 1Henbury, co. Dorse t , 13 1

Hendon,280

Hendon,co. M iddx . , 279

Hengrave M . , 3 1 8 11 .

Henham, 89 ,10 3, 1 17, 175

H enley-ou-Thame s , 2 53, 296

Henstead , 1 0 , 1 1, 72 , 74 , 8 2

Henstead ,co. E ssex , 30 5

Hepworth M . , 50

Hereford ,107, 1 28

Here ford , co. , 36, 44, 2 13 ,

Heringsley Col lege , 8 1 , 82Heron-Green, co. Essex ,Heron Place , co. Essex , 265Herons, co. Essex

, 279He rringfleet, 6

, 43-46, 48 .

52 , 76

Herringswe l l , 273Hersecroft, 294 11 .Hersham M .

,189 , 24 1 -243

Hert ford , 2 14He rt ford , co. , 44 , 100 , 1 17,156, 195, 196 , 225, 258 , 259,28

Hesse tt , 10 , 13 1 , 173Heveningham , 30 4Hever ingland , 36, 88Heydon H . , co. Norf. , 299H ickl ing H . M . , 93 , 1 57H ickl ing Priory, 1 52 , 1 57Higham, 183 , 189 , 22 1 11 224,236 , 238 , 273

H ighgate , 280H ighworth, co. \Vi lts . , 286

H i l ton, co. Staff s 98H intlesham, 38 , 3811 .Hitcham

, 262

Hobland , &c. , M . , 2 , 16-17,38

Hold erness, 1 55Hol land , 1 28

Hol lesley-cua utton M .,1 25

Holy Land , 20 3 , 20 4 , 268

Home Close , 13Honington, 238Hoo Manor , 80Hope Hou se , 46Hop Ground s, 248Hepton, 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 1 5

-17, 38 ,40 , eon , 4 1 , 47, 52

Horham,14 , 63, 206

Horham Jernegan,62

,

63Hom es, 66

Horninghal l M ., 82

Horseheath, 3 10Horsham,

2 1

Horsham Pr i ory, 4Horton M . ,

279Hou gh , co. L inc. , 252

Hough ton,co. Norf . , 225

Hough ton Tower , 269Howth , Ire land , 279Hoxne , 267Hoxne Hund .

, 63 ,

93, 10 2 , i 4zn.,

163, 171 , 176, 183,220

H u l verhou se,Hundon,

189 , 2 5 1-254 , 289,

29 1 , 292 , 296

Hunt ingdon, 20 , 225Huntingdon,

co., 207, 268

Huntingfie ld , 35, 56, 63Hurts , &c.

, M .,

1 29, 130 ,1 6 1-163 , 168 , 171 , 173Ickl ingham

,196

Ickworth , 1 99, 287Iken, 93 , 1 24 , 144-145I l ketsha l l

, 9 1 , 2 16

I l l ington, co. Norf. , 75lmpey M . , 279Ind ia, West , 3 1Ingarston al . Gyng ad Petram 263, 264

Ingerston , co. E ssex , 264, 265Ingham Ch . , 57, 60Ingolv erton, 94 , 188Inner Temple , 4 1 , 3 13Ipswich

, 9, 4 1 , 76, 83 ,95, n o, 138 , 1 50 ,

1 82 , 307Ipswich, Card inal’s Col lege ,95. xs l , 142 , 167, 168

Ire land , 44 , 98 , 10 2 , 195, 225,2791 230 , 30 5Is leham , 2 17, 273Itteringham , 19I vy Mountjoy, co. Essex , 283w orth , 146 , 274 , 27411 .l xworth Thorp , 238Jama ica ,

£31,1 29,

1 3Jernemu t 7J ersey, 225J erusalem, 16

Ked ington , 189 , 19 1 ,255

-266, 3 16, 3 18

Ke lsale , 133, 16 1,166

Ke l ton, 10 1Kennet , 224 , 266Kenne t and Kentford a l . Ken

nett al . Kent ford M . , 1 89,224 , 262-266

Kenninghal l , co. Norf.,20 ,

35, 96

Kent , co. , 70 , 107, 1 53, 208 ,2 16, 223 , 232, 258 , 264, 279,288 , 30 2

Kentford , 224, 238 , 265, 272Kenton

,1 22

,1 55

Kess ingland , 6 1, 67, 72,

74 1 88 ) 9 l

Ke tt lebaston M . , 1 0 211 .

Ke tt leburgh , 138 , 140

Ketton,256, 257, 259, 260 ,

260 11 .

K imbol ton, 149K ime , co. Linc. , 1 55K ingsbridge, co. Devon, 264

V111 .

K ington Bonsey, Sussex , 22 1Kington

’s M .

, 67K innaird , 3 17K irkley, 1 , 67,

“

85 , 90 11 .

K i rkley Ham , 1

K irtl ing , co. Camb.,1 29 . 209

2 13Kislea , 66

K it ts , Great , 1 56

Knaith , co. L inc.,1 55

Knapton,co. Norf. , 3 16

Knapton ,Queen’s co. , 22

Knaresborough, 229Knebworth Ch . ,

299Kne tt ishal l M . , 23Knottishal l ,

1 54Lackford , 294Lackford Hund . , 24 , 86 ,

189 , 20 8 , 235,269, 272 ,

292 , 30 211 .

Lafham , 3 19-320

Lakenheath, 2 20 , 273Lambeth ,Lancaste r, co. , 198 , 269Lancaster Duchy, 1 45,20 1

,252 , 286

Lancaster Honor ,Landen , 97Landwade, co. Camb. ,268 , 269. 30 5

L angenho Ch . , 40 , 45Langley, co. Norf. , 75Langwade Bridge , 1 0 5Lard e rne Marsh , 178Lav enham , 37, 2 2 1 , 98

Lawneys M . ,2,25, 27

Laxfie ld , 77, 95, 1 1 5, 1 2 1,1 27,

166

Layer B reton, co. E ssex , 59Layham, 30 411 .

Leam ington, co. VVarw. ,

Leasure Grov e , 226Loathes-Water, co. Gumb. ,

Lees, co. E ssex , 3 13Leet , East , M . , 3 , 26, 35, 36,47. 49, 55, 56Lee t , H . M .

, 3 , so, 35, 36 , 49»

55, 56

Lee t,S. M ., 3 , 1 0

, 351

36, 49, 55, 56

LeegW . M . , 3 , 35, 36, 49 , 55 ,

SL effey M .

, 93 , 169Le Frith

,20 3

Le icester , co.,1 5, 242

Leigh,W . , co. Lanc. , 198

Le ighs Pr iory, 8 , 9, 1 8 1

Le istoft a l . Lowstoft M . , 36

Le iston,1 88

Le iston Abbey, 54 , 1 0 1

Le the ringham , 58 , 83 , 1 28 ,I 44

Lev irsedze , co. York, 79

Lewes, 82 , 90 ,146 , 196 ,

L idgate , 189 , 20 8 , 267-270 , 30 3

L idgate Cast le , 267L idgate Park

,269, 30 2

L i l le , Flanders, 25311 .L i l lesl ey, 230

L incoln,

1 49, 20 3, 268

INDEX LOCORUM .

L incoln Castle , 20 3L incoln,

20 3 , 206 , 252 , 256-260 , 266

L incoln’s Inn, 3 1

L it t le Lees, co. E ssex , 228L iv ermere Magna , 238

L ivermere Parva , 238

Loddon ,co. Norf. , 58, 8 1 , 83 ,

90

Lod don Inglose , 4

Loes H und . , 93 , 96

1 19 ,1 24 , 134 , 145, 162

,

178 , 26 1 , 262

London, 6, 7, 3 1 , 34 , 4 1 , 43.65, 69 , 96 , 1 0 4 , 1 0 5 , 1 07,1 13 , 1 23, 1 28 , 1 29,1 56, 1 57, 163 , 1 82 , 187, 207,209, 2 10 , 2 13 , 2 16, 228 , 230 ,235, 2 59 , 260 , 263

-265, 276 ,280 , 287, 289,296

-298 , 303 , 3 10 , 3 1 8

Long Acre , 3 17Longv i l le (Jamaica), 1 29, 163Lothing , Lake , 2

, 67Loth ingland , 3 , 46

-49

Loth ingland Hund . ,1 -66,

67m, 7m , 7511 , 76 , 79.87, 88 , 9 1 ,

1 82

Loth ingland Island , 4 , 36L oudham ,

2 , 45-56 , 76 ,1 56

Lound. 3 , no, 23, 50 -53Lowestoft

,1, 3, 4, 6, 9.

to,16, 20 , 30 , 42 , 48 ,

49, 5 1 , 54-57, 59, 6 1 , 67, 7751 I 9SLud low,

co. Salop , 207Lyd iard Tregoze, 280

Lymm,140

Lyng , co. Norf. , 2 16Lynn ,

13Lyn n-Reg i s , co. Norf . , 225Mad ingley, co. Camb .

,2

Mad ras , 1 29, 299Malgruoes, co. E ssex , 172Mal l erforde , co. Bucks , 22 1

Mal ta, 298Manche ster

,20 8

Mandev i l le’s M ., 93 , 170

- 172Manhe im ,

R iver, 97Maplestead , Great , 279Marcham , co. Berks

,287

Marlborough,20 4

Marlesford,1 4 1 , 164

Marston Moor, 1 28Mart lesham,

107Massingham Gt . M .

,2 1 5

Maundev i l l e’s M .

,162

Maunteby, co. Nor f. , 29Mauteby Ch . , 29Mayb ie H i l l , co. Peebles , 225Me l ford , Long, 1 0 4 , 20 8 , 245.

257Melk esham

,co. W i l ts

, 85Me l l is

,1 59, 2 16

Me l ton,238

Me l ton Constable,29511 .

Menabi l ly, 130

Mendham, 1 1 2, 169

M err ifie ld , co. Som. , 265Merton, co. Norf. , 171

Metfie ld , 169, 1 83Met tingham,

i 4811. ,Met t ingham Cast le ,

2 16

Me tt ingham COIL ,148, 154

M iche l l,Great, 3 18

M idd lesex , co. ,19, 10 4 , 1 29,

1 50 , 2 1 1 , 22 1,

M idd le Temple, 20 8M idd le ton M .

,1 1 0

M i lbou rne St. And rew,13 1

M i ld enhal l , 30 2 , 30 211 .Monb lay, 1 53Monewden, 80

Monk’s E le igh , 230Montagu ,

co. Som.,264

Montgomery Honor, 30 1Morford , 37Morley, co. Norf. , 249Morningthorpe , 75Mort imer’s M . ,

249Mou l ton, 1 89, 224 , 271

-273Mou l ton,

co. Norf. , 6, 7Mountjoy Priory, 4Munster, Ire land , 280

NIUtford i 361 4 1 1 551 561 67168 1 72 1 74 1 9 l

Mutford Hund .,

65, 67

92 , 140 11 .

Nacton, 6 1 , 8311 .

Narborough , 5, 63 , 1 19Needham ,

22 1, 238 , 272

N efol d , 5Netherhal l M ., 1 89, 197, 198 ,249, 279

-28 1

Nett lestead , 97, 1 18 , 1 27, 184Newark-upon-Trent

,1 54

Newcastle-ou-Tyne , 52 , 256N ewh al l M .

,276, 30 4

N em ck Park , 2 19Newington ,

co. M iddx.,

19N ewmarket

,229, 250 , 259,

268, 269, 272

N ewpm t, 1 29Newton,

26, 23 , 24 , 52 , 1 5:

N ewton Flotman , 40 , 1 56

Newtown,co. Ches. , 13

N ew York , 2 19N im igen, 30 5Nonsuch

,co. Surrey, 225, 226

Norfol k , co. , 4-6, 18-23, 29,

361 38 1 4 1 1 49“

5211-1 58 , 59, 63 , 67,

7l n' 1 72 1 751

96,1 27, 1 28 , 13 1 , 134 , 137,

138 , 146 , 1 52 , 1 56 , 1 57, 171 ,175, I 97> 206 , 2 1 512 16

,22 1 , 2 24 , 225, 232 , 249,

256, 258 , 271 , 276,297

-299. 30 5, 30 6, 3 13 , 3 16

Norgate Head ,Wakefie ld , 97

Normandy, 1 53N ormanston House, 59Normanton, 4 1North , R iv er, 19Northampton

,co. ,

132,198 , 2 19, 24 1 , 259, 280

Northbury, 94 , 188

N orthh i l l , co. , B ed f . , 229Northland s M . ,

1 14

Norton Conyers, 79Norton-Coupe Cors Ch ., 2 16

O\

NO

A .

Southwark , 32 , 264 , 287Sou thwold M . , 289Sou thwood Pk .

,226, 236

Spain , 1 28

Sparham , 29Spettisha l l , 1 22 , 1 27Spexha l l ,Spitt ings M . , 2 , 38

-39

Spratt's, 71Stadenfi e ld ,Stafford , co. , 98 , 1 54 , 207, 276

Sta inborough , 97Sta lham

’s in Lound M . , 3 , 5 1

53Stalham. co. Norf. , 5 1Stanford . co. Berks, 306Stanninghal l , 1

Stansfie ld ,1 89, 20 8 , 282-284 ,

291

Stanstead ,198

Stanw i ck , co. York , 97Staple ford , co. L inc.

,260

Stapleton Ho. , co. Glos., 288

Stapleton-upon-Tays, 78Stapple ford Abbot , 1 43Stav erton, 1 24 , 1 2 5, 1 50 ,

1 86

Steeple B ampstead , 3 1 8

Ste ink irk , 97Stepney, 260

Sternfie l d , 93 , 162,170

-173Stockwel l , co. Surrey, 207Stoke , 1 0 2 , 1 89 , 198 , 285

-290

Stoke Col lege , 20 1 , 254 , 2 59,28 1 , 285 , 286, 288

Stoke Ash , 19611 .

Stoke by Clare , 189, 20 1 , 2 29 ,236, 285, 289, 3 14

Stoke by Clar e Priory,236 ,

289, 3 1 2

Stoke Nayland ,

2 1 5Stoke , co. Essex , 264Stoke , co. Notts , 1 54Stoke Doyly, 22 1

Stoke H 0 , 285Stoke Place , co. Bucks , 13 1 ,132

Stokesbee , co. Norf 22 1

Stol ey, co. Norf . , 1 3 1

Stone , &c., M . , 1 89, 20 1-20 2 ,

230 , 27911 .S tonham , 75Stonham Aspal M .

,

2 28 11 .

Stonham Jernegan M .,

Stonham s M . , 28211 .

Stough ton Grange , 242

Stou r, R iv er , 189Stov ers House , 2 1 2

Stow Hund ., 144 , 169

S towe Park , 14711 .Stradbroke . 1 0 2

,169

St rad ishal l,190 , 20 8 , 2 5 1

-253 ,29 1

-292

Strat ford , 54 , 94 , 1 07, 1 28 ,14 1 . 174

Strat ford St.174-176

St rat ford , co. E ssex , 25611 .

St ratton , co. Norf. , 59Stroud co. Glos. , 196

Stud ley, co. York , 79Sturmer Mere, 259

14 , 63

Andrew , 94 ,

INDEX LOCORUM.

Sturmyns M .,

Stu ttgart , 3 1 11Sudbou rn, 94 ,134 , 1 50 , 177 179 ,1 86

Sudbury, 189 , 200 , 27,25 1 , 259 , 260 , 282 ,

289, 29 1 , 3 1 5 , 3 17

Sudbu ry, co. Kent , 258Sunny Bank , co. Brecon, 4 5Surrey, co.

,10 4 , 13 1 , 143 ,

183 , 207, 225 , 226,

2 88 ,

309»Su ssex , co., 70 , 90 , 2 19 , 22 1

,

232 1 237, 259, 269 , 276Su tton H . M . ,

17211 .Swan’s M . , 93 , 162-165, 189,

250

Sweden, 45, 2 1 8

Swefling, 9, 10 5, 180 -183,1 8411 .

Syleham , 1 24 , 169Tacolne stone H . , co. Norf . ,22

Talmach es al . Talmage s M . ,

224 , 235Ta lmag

’s a l . Talmytie

’s and

Passe lowe’s M . , 1 89, 239

Talworth M . , 3 16

Tanficl d, 78

Tastard’s M . , 93 , 96,

Tatsha l l , 148

Tebenham , co. Norf . , 137Temple End M . 190 , 296

Tend ring H M . , 9611.Terov en, 1 54Tewkesbury, 70 , 1 1 1

Thaxted , co. Essex , 306 , 307Thedwestry Hund .

,

28211 .

The Hoo, co. Herts , 195Thet ford , 1

Thetford Pr iory, 136

Thiev e Glemham,140

Th ingoe Hund . , 1 89,199, 248 ,295n. , 3 1 811 .

Thorington M . , 2 16Thorndon M .

, 10 1

Thorndon, co. Essex , 265Thorneden , East ,Thorp , 166

Thorp , The , 1 88Thorpe M 10 3 , 144 , 206Th red l ing H und . , 77, 171 11 ,

2o7u .

Thurlow,258 , 293

-299, 3 17,3 18

Thurlow Coppice , 258Thurlow , Gt . 190 , 196 ,

20 8 , 2 53 , 293-296, 3 10

Thurlow L i tt le , 190 ,208 ,

259. 296-299 30 3 . 3 18"

Thurning , co. Norf . , 1 37Thu rstanton , &c.

, M . , 1 89 ,

Thu rstoe , co. Devon , 264Thu rston H . M . , 24811 .

Thwa ite , co. Norf. , 20T idmarsh , 3 10

T imworth , 248

Todd ington, co. B ed f ., 44 , 97

Todenham Ch ., 72

Toppisfie ld H . , 306

Torbr ian, co. Devon,265

Tou rnay, 1 54 , 249Tower

,The , 70 , 96 , 22 1

,

258 , 265, 28611 .

Tre sswe l l , co. Notts , 2 19Trimley. 9 , 138 . 143Trim ley St. Mart in

,182

Tnmley St. Mary, 2711 .Troston,238

Trowse , 1 1

Trumpington, 197Tuddenham (Todenham), 86 ,

224Tunbr id ge We l ls

,20

Tunstal l , 1 24 , 1 26,20 8

, 30 5Tu rkey, 1 29, 288

Twickenham , 225Tyntenhu l f , 264Ubbeston H . ,

1 2311 .

U fford ,1 24 , 147, x48 , 1 53 ,

1 84-185,

1 54Uggeshal l M . , 62

U ntted States , 45Upton M . , co. Norf. , 10 2

Valence M .

, 93 , 1 1 2-1 14Va lhdol id , 1 28

Veales M . , 1 24

V icarage M . , 93 , 98-99

V icede l ence or Visd e l ieu or

F id lers H . M . , 93, 1 23V i enna , 97, 2 1 1

V irg in ia, 173

Vir l ie s or Glanv i l le’s M ., 93 ,

172-173Wad ese les , 296

W adge l l’s H . M .

,190 , 296

“ f ad ley, co. Berks, 206

\Vainsted , 2 1 2

Wakefie ld , co. York , 97Wald ingfield , 271 , 273W al ebanke Land s , 286Wales , 3 1 5Walkeringham , 209\Valsham le \Vil lows, 245Wangford Hund .

, 80 ,

1 59, 2 1 511 .

Want isden , 94 , 1 10 , 1 19, 1 25,1 50 ,

1 86-1 87Warley, Li ttle , 279Warley, co. Essex , 265W arneham , co. Su ssex , 269Warwmk , co. , 60 , 280

Waterloo, 45Waterstock , co. Oxon , 6

Wath e M . , 1 4 , 62

W attisfield , M . , 35. 55,87. 16 1 , 168 ,176

Watt isham H . M . , 5 1 11 .

W av eney, R . ,1,2,2 1 , 58 , 67

\Vaxharn, 8 1 , 82

W’endon, co. Norf. , 19Wenham Combu st

,&c. , M .

,

9Wenham ,

Great , 71 11 .VVenhaston M . , 2 16

Wentworth Castle , 98 , 130 ,132

Wentworth Woodhouse, 97

INDEX LOCORUM

Wese l,149

Westhal l , 6 1Westhal l , St. Mary’s , 75\Vestminster, 13 , 85, 143 , 2 1 1 ,224 , 253 , 256, 287, 3 13, 3 14Weston

,co. Camb . , 320

We ston Market M .,20711 .

We the rden,1 22

Weybread M . , 5 1 , 5 1 11 .Whepstead M . ,1 24

Whe rstead Lod ge , 2 53VVh 1techape l , 1 5Whitehal l , 36 , 173 , 237Wh itt le

,co. York , 257

VVicfiet,R i v er, 70

W ick hambrok e , 190 ,207,

300-307

W ighi l l , co. York , 79W i l ford Hund .

,

1 8711 .

\Vi l lows, 292

\Vi l sey H . M ., 190 , 3 19

Wi l ton, 1 29Wi l ts , cc. , 85 , 130 , 280 ,

286

“Wimbledon ,co. Surrey,

W'

imundhale , 48

W imund ston ( i ), 320W incheste r, 140 ,

W ind sor , 78 , 225, 237, 280

W inestead , 1 55

xi .

W ingfie ld , 35, 56, 163\Vi ngfi e ld Castle , 36, 1 23 , 172W

'

ingfie ld Col lege , 106\Vinwick

, 6

\Vi ssett, 1 37, 138 , 18 1

W i tch ingham ,co. Norf. , 86

W itham,co. Som .

,19

W ithersfield , 190 ,258 ,

30 8-3 1 1 , 3 18

\V1tnesham,182 , 30711 .W i xoe , 190 , 3 1 2

-3 14

\Voderysmgg Ch ., 50

VVod eton Ch .

,1 59

W'

odha l l M .,289

VVol fage , co. Northants,198

Wol sey's Col lege

,167

W'

oodbri dge , 9 1 , 1 07\Voodbridge Ufford M . ,

162

W'

oodhal l M .,

271 11 .

w’oodhal l , co. H erts . 1 17\Voolpit M . ,

1 24

Worcester, cc., 45

\Vord en , co. Norf., 3 16

\Vor l ingham,1 82

Worl ingham Parv a, 14

“'ortwe l l , 10 4

\Votton-unde r~Edge , 298

Wrat t ing, 20 8 , 2 58, 297, 3 1 53 19

Wratting Magna, 190 , 2 58 ,

Wratt i ng Parva ,190 ,

3 17-3 1 8

Wrenthams, 1 0

Wreston , co. B ed f . , 20 2

Wretham ,E . , co. Norf .

,171Writt le

,265

Writt le-G ing,

W roth ing, L i ttle , 86'Wykes U fford M . ,

1 48

Wyndev e le le Kay ac Stagnum de VVodbr igge M .

1 48

Wyth ermunde ford , 45\Vytlesham Ch .

,130

Yare or Ger ionus R .,1,2 1

Yarmou th,

1, 7, 19, 30 , 3 1 ,

3 1m , 34—36, 4 1 , 42. 48 , 6 1 ,

65, 66

Yarmou th,Great , 14-1 5 , 19,

20, 38 , 46, 50

Yarmou th , L i tt le , or Sou thTown,

16, 34 , 37, 38, 66

Ye ldersley, co. Derby, 143York , 79, 1 28

,2 19, 224

York , c0 79, 97, 98 , 1 29, I 32 ,l 95, 3 16, 2 19, 2251 229 , 257

Youghal , 280

Yoxford,13 1 , 165, 16511 .

Zu tphen, 2 1 1

Abbot,250

Abbott , 268

Abergav enny,1 1 1

,268

Ada ir,233

Adams, 36 , 56 , 106

Affleck , 2 1 8, 2 19, 226

,

3 34 1 2731Affleck

, or Auch inlech ,

2 1 8

Ages , 50Agne l l is, 273Agneus , or

273Ailad , 255Ai lmar , 54 . 56, 140

Ail sbury, Marq . of , 98 ,132

Ai l u r,1 80

Aisshe fe ld,

275Aissh fe ld

, 74

Dyvenes ,

Ala, 57

Alan E, 57, IOO , 1091 1 5, 1 1 8 , 1 20

L33 1 1351 140 1

1 5 1 , 1 58 , 170 , 1 80 ,1 86 , 20 3 , 320

Albemarle , D . of,237

Albern, 3 1 5A lbin i aco, 89Albold , Abbot , 267Alcocke , 165Aldborough

,E . of , 1 29

A ldbu rgh , 79Ald red , 4 1

Alexander , 63 , 1 22 ,

1 23Alflet, 186

Algar, 16 1, 227, 245,

300

Alger , 256

Al ington ,

Allen,196

Alleyn (e) , 1 26, 228

Al l in, 6, 7, 1 2

, 27, 30 ,

371 4S1 Si 1 7l 1 83Al l in, a l . Angu ish , 3 ,3 1

Almar , 135, 3 19Almot, 1 59Alaoa, 1 5 1Alnot

,1 52

Alostan, 254

Alric,23 , 5o

Al sac, 82

Alston,298

Al thorp , 238

Aluric, 43 , 9 1 , 1 1 8

,136 ,

14 1 , 1 5 1 , 180 , 186 ,20 0

Alv erd , 167

INDEX

Alv ey, 274Alwin,

1 09, 135 , 174 ,1 86

, 30 8

Alw ine , 249, 30 8

Alwold,62

Alwthorpe , 238

Alyngton, 75, 3 10

Amasta , Archbp. o f ,2317

Amound ev i l le , 170 , 171

Amyas , 27, 28 1And rewe , 1 1 1

, 30 3And rews, 30 2Anglesey, E . of

,28 1

Angu ish, 6

, 7, 9, 59 .

see Al l inAngu s

,Titl e

,247

Arm s, 25Ant ingham , 1 27Aps ley, 178

Apthorp, 238

Apu l ton, 133Aq u i l lon, 271Arch 1 l l

, 95Argente in,

or Argent ine , 28 , 74 , 75, 30 8

Argyl l and Greenwich ,D . of , 98

Arl ington,Lord

,1 25

Armyne , 260

Arniger , 176

Arragon , Katherine of,

148

Art is , 38Arunde l , 1 48

Arunde l , E . of , 96 .

1 0 4 , 1 1 1 , 1 37, 1 53 ,1 54 , 1 59, 178 , 232

Arunde l and Su rrey, E .

of,10 4 , 1 24 , 168

Arund el l , 36, 43 , 48Ashe , 225Ash fe ld , 274Ashley, 29511 .

A shman,65

Ashu rst,6, 59

Ask , 79Askby, or Ashby, 4Askeby, 4 , 57, 60

Aslakby, 177Aspal (e), 136, 20 5 , 207,

220 , 294

Aspal l , 196 , 29411 .

Asshcroft, 50

Asshe fe ld,

30 4Assh eton

,198

Assh fe ld , 147Astley, 220

Aston,18 1

274 ? 275 ,

NOM INUM .

Athe lstan,8

Ath i l l , 137Atk ins

,283

Atsur , 1 2 1

Aube rv 1l le , Oherv i l leor Othu rv rl l , 1 0 0

Aubrey, 44 , 1 5 1 , I SAude le , 235Aude ley, 235Aud ley, 71 ,

239 , 24 1 11 .

Auneye , 27Aunge r , 272

Ayle s ford , E . of , 2,

238 , 3 10

Aylmer, 28 1

Ayre , 1 26

235 1

1 3 0 3

w\J

Babylon, Soldan of

20 5Bacon, 1 0

,14 , 19,

44 , 45, 57> “ 7,1 27, 13 1 ,

1 S71 1 59, 172 ,175, 1 8 1

,1 84

B acoun,63 , 65

Bacun,26 . 37, 60 ,

1 0 1 11 .

Bad ingham, 83Bad lesme re , 70Baget , 268

Bainard , 255Baker , 1 20

,

28 1 , 28 1 11 .

B ak ton , 30

Baldry, 83Baldw in ,

Abbot , 62Bal iol , 3 , 146

B al istartu s , 3 1

Ba l l iol , 34 , 48 . 54Bal ls

,19

B am fold , 87B anaster , 298

Banck e , 26 1

Bandon,1 24

Bankes , 3 16Bank s , 1 2 , 24711 .

Banning , V isc., 28 1

Bannister ,Banyard , 6 1 , 1 2 1

,1 22

Barber , 38 , 1 43Barbou r, 87B ardewe l l , 1 5B ardol f , 82 , 3 16

B ardolph (e), 90 ,2 22 , 296

Bardwe l l , 30 4Baret , 20 , 2 1

Barker , 96, 1 55, 276

Barlow, 9 1

37»1 22

,

1 4 2 ,

173 ,

1 0 !

236, 265 ,

22 ]

u

u

s.

Barnard iston, 13 1 , 1 87,19 1 , 20 1

, 232 , 256,26 1 , 266 , 296 , 3 16,

3 18

Barneby, 72Barnes, 172B arnesley, 285, 236

Barne t , 309Barney, 133Barnham , 298

B arnye , 2

Barre tt , 182

Barrow,276

Barstow ,225

B artlot,63

Bartram, 87

Barw ick , 306Base , 107, 1 0 8 , 162

,

163, 165B asmgborne , 1 17Bateman ,

172 , 177, 2 17Baths and We l ls , Bp.

of , 87Banky, 30 2Bav ent , 70Bawd , 227B axster

, 185Baxter, 6o , 1 22

Bayeux , B p. of , 240

Baynard , 1 27, 2 55,278 , 306, 3 1 2Baynham , 36, 56

B ayspoole , 1 5, 5 1

Beauchamp, 29, 70 ,1 1 1

, 1 1 2 , 1 19 , 147,162 , 168 , 194 , 269

-272

Beau fort,162

,168

Beau fort,D . of , 30 2

B eau fre , 4Beaumont

,24 1 , 242

Becher , 226

Becke t,69

Bedale ,Baron of , 78

Bede , 2 1

Bede l l , 43. 44Bed ford , Title , 194 , 228B ed ingfiel d , B edyngfe ld

, &c. , 5, 6 , 23 , 24 ,

36, 1 28 ,163 , 20 2 , 26 1

Beecher , 2 18 , 226

Beeston,1 29, 163

B ekensawe , 286

B e lhagh , 63Be l l

,6 1 , 1 84 , 280

B e l la Aqua , or Be l l! 11 .

78B e l lamye , 23Bel lers , 30 1Be l l i , 242

Bel lo Campo, 235

xiv.

Cate lyn , 3 19Cat l in , 223Catlyn, 3 10

Cattelyne ,

Catter, 16

Caund ish , 9Cavend ish , 9 . 16 , 182 ,

196 , 252 , 29 1

Cawse , 46

Cawson,249

Caxton , 3 18

Cecil , 1 56

Ced r ic. n o

Chaderton,235

Chalmer , 32Chalme rs , 276Chamberla in , 50 ,

2 23Chamber le in . I O

Chambers , 29Chapman ,

1 17, 1 25. 1 26,138 , 1 87Charle sworth , 42

Charmere , 279Chaucer , 1 0 2 , 1 40 ,

175,

Ch eekc,260

Cheke , 6 1 , 19 1 ,

20 1 , 252 , 254, 2 58 ,259, 286 , 289Cheh ery, 233Cheney, 88 , 89 , 206Chesham ,

Lord ,196

Chesil ford ,1 20

Chester,1 25, 1 56

268

Chester and Hunt ingdon, E . of , 3Chetwynd , 14 1

Chevere , 3 1 2Chev re , or Capra

, 3 1 2

Cheyne , 228,283 , 284

Ch il burn,2 5 1 , 253

Chine ry, 306Chu rchman , 75Churchu l l , 309Chyv erston,

271

Clanricarde , Marq . of ,

98

Clare,20 0

,20 0 n . , 20 1 ,

2 20,234

-236, 240-242 ,

25 1 , 253 , 260 , 278 ,279th , 285, 289 , 3 1 5 ,

C lare , E . of , 200 , 238 ,255

C larebal d , 242

C larebold , 240

Clarence , D . of, 4 , 1 1 1

,

1 16,25 1 , 3 16

Clarendon,224

Clark , 1 20 , 134 ,178 , 2 19 , 244Clarke

,132 , 276

Claud i us , Emperor , 2 2

Claydon , 130

Glayle , 87C le idon,

147Clere , 29 , 46, 8 1 , 82

,

130 , 2 2 1

Clerk , 276

Clerke,1 5 , 133 , 3 10

1451

INDEX NOMINUM .

Duch.Cleveland ,

1 24 , 28 1

Cleves ,138 ,252 , 3 16

Anne172 ,

C leydon, 1 47C l ifl

'

ord ,1 24 , 1 25 , 20 5.

293cm

,266

Cl inton, 1 55C l ipcsley, 1 34Cl iv e , Lord ,

Clopton. 6 1 ,20 8. 244 , 257, 259"

28 1 ,

306

C loptune , 26 1

of . Cornerde , 8

Cornwaleys, 96of , 55 , Cornwa l l , 3 19

'7-3 1

987,

296 ,

C lotterbuck e , 107Clyatt , 134C lydon. 146

C lynton,Lord , 174

Cnober i-Urbs,1 8

Gobbe , 1 1 2

l 76 ,

‘95

30 4

Cobham , 5, 52 , 63 , 244

Cockayne , 14m .,2 1 5

Cockbu rn,20 8

Cockerel , 306Cockfie l d ,

273Cock sedge , 276

Coe l l , 232 , 233Coggeshal l , 2 53 , 254Coke , 13 , 165, 238

Cok e fe l d , 271 , 3 1 2

Cok erel l , 1 52

ChCSl C I’, E Of , 48 1 20 3 , Cokk eshal l , 244Cokysa l l , 254Colbayn , 3 13Colchester,95, 166, I 67Cole , 24 1Colet , 30

Abbot

Colev i l le , 1 2 , 70

Col lett , 1 59Col lev i l l , 1 52

Col l ins , 1 5Col lymore , 1 1 2

Gol lyn, 273Col te ,

197Colv i l e , 52 , 69, 72

of

Col v i l le, 72 , 10 5, 1 52

Colvyle , 4 , 40

Colvyl le , 69, 1 0 5Comb irworth ,

148

Compton, 196, 225Comyn,

1 46

Conol ly, 98 , 132Constable , 79, 1 55, 26 1

Conway, 1 19 , 1 20 ,134 ,

145Conyers, 95

45,276

Cooper, 75Copinger , 298

Copley, 22 1COppinge , 16

6 1,

238 ,

Corbe t (t), 23 , 72 , 283Corbou ld , 1 1 2

,1 23

Cord el , 130

Cork , Earl of , 280Corley, 195Cormvai l le, 54

Cornwa l l , E . of , 20 4Cornwa l l is, 1 2

, 10 2 , 13 1

Corrance , 1 56 , 1 57, 1 59Corton, 23 , 40

Cotton , 2 18 , 22 1 , 268 .

269 , 272 , 30 5Courteney, 87, 252 ,271 , 289

Courthorp(e) , ag4u , 30 2

Cowper , 6Crabtree , 1 59Crane , 298

Cranevyle , 284Cranmer . 1 25Craster , 242Crawdone

,

dene , 177Crawfie ld

,29 1

Crawley, 283Greke , 25, 26

,146

Creketot, 1 46

Cressener,249 , 250

Cress ingham,174

Cressner , 249, 30 5Cressy, 136

Creswe l l ,worth

Cretynge , 25971 .

Cretyngge , 26 1

Cr ik etot,274 , 275

Gr i cl , 100

Cr iol lys , 220

Crofts, 19, 232

Cromwel l,1 48 , 263

Crosbie, 195Crosse , 145Crossley, 3 1 , 33Crow , 282

Crowfoot , 80Cruwe , 195Crye l l , 10 m .

Cucci l l 198

Cuddon,1 83

Cu l lum,1 2

,2 53 ,

267Cu lpeper, 228Cu lynge , 20 5Cumber lege , 280

Cu rtenai , 30 1

Cu rteys, 1 5Cu s , 1 2 1

Cust , Lady, 2 52

Cu t ler , 83 , 162,1 82

Cyprus, K ing of , 78

Dacre , 36, 96 , I9S196 ,

206,263

D’Adda, 237Dade , 3 1 , 1 22

Daggord , 14

Dale, 2 13Dal ingr idge d l .

bache , 223Dal ingr ige , 22 1

Dal i zone , 1 8 1

Dame , 56Damery, 23 1

Damont , 1 2 2

Damory, 235Dandy, 1 82

or Crau

see “ l ent

D ela

Danie l , 289, 290

Danv e rs, 32 , 162 , 168,

Dappcl l ,Dappha l l , 26 1

Darcy, 133arre l , 78Dautree , 32

Dautreys , 74Davenant

,1 5Davers , 1 56, 269

D’Av i lers,14

Dav i l ler, 3 1

Davyeu s , 273Dawe , 36Deane, 279Death, 44Debenham , 63Debynham , 65Deed s, 46De lahay, 24m .

De lamare, 22 1

De l ine , 59Dengayne , 42Denham , 2 20

Denmark , K ing of, 97

Denny, 1 59, see l v e s

Denston, 228,229

Denton, 79Denys, 144

Derby, Earl of , 2 16Derehaugh , 133, 134Derneford ,

1 8 1

Deseburgh , 130

Despencer, 70 , 71 ,1 10 , 1 1 1 , 140

Despenser, 1 84 ,234, 242

Dev erel l , 268

Dev ereux, 5 1 , 1 19 , 134 ,

Devon,Tttl e, 252 , 271 ,

289, 291

D i ck ins, 20 8

D i ver, 20

D ixon, 289Dod , 1 23Dod son,

1 22

B oge t,196

Do] , 9 1Dolben, 2 18

Dolven, 226Dome, 273Dorset , Ti tl e , 1 27, 1 28 ,248

Dot, 1 80Dow, 7m .

Downe , E of , 298

Downes , 42 , 1 22,1 85

Downing , 2 13D’Oyley, 223Doyly, 22 1

Dracott, 2 17Drake , 4 1 , 75Drayton, 76, 90Dreux , 3 , 34 , 35, 37, 48 ,

4Drsomore

,Bp. of , 195

Druery, 4 1 , 60

Drury, 1 1,14 , 58 , 1 42 ,

199, 20 ?Du Cane, 156

Duck ins, 197Dud ley, 235Dud ley,

Baron oi , 194Dufli e ld , 171 , 3 1 0

Dugda le , 1 16n. ,20 3 ,

20 4 , 2 1 5Duke , 58 , 82 , 84 , 10 4 .

i o4m ,106 , 1 13 , 1 17,

182

Dundas , 42Dunmawe , 309Dunn-Gardner, 229Du rand , 1 2 1

Durham ,B p. of , 87, 3 17

Du rhaunte , 1o

Du tton, 90

Duye , 165Dymoke , 232Dynham ,

298

Eccle s , 1 24

Ech ingh am ,80 ,

222

Ed en ,14 1

Edenham,286

Edgar, 138 , 139, 1 8 2 ,

Ed i lt, 186

Ed ith, 293Ednam , 286

Ed red , 293Ed r ic, 25, 77, 95. too,

109 , 1 1 5, 1 16, 1 18 ,1 271 I S3, '351

140 , 1 5 1 , 1 58 , 166 ,170 1

172 1 ’74 1 I77:180 , 184 , 188 , 278

Edward , 166

Edward the BlackPrince ,Edwin

,1 18 , 1 86 , 188

Egremont , Titl e , 247nd 257

Elgin, E . of , 3 17El lerker, 225El l ice , 196El l is, 33, 2 19El l ison, 1 5Elsham, 78E lton, 288

Elveden, 284Elvedon, 283Elwes, 20 1 , 229 ,289 , 3 14Elwes al . Meggott, 287Elwin, 137, 138

E ly, Abbot of , 95, 109 ,

286

1 10 . U s, 1 16, 1 1 8 ,I 35. I36 14 1 . 1 5 1 ,

174 1 l771 136 198 ,

E ly, Pr ior o i , 177Elye , 236Emly, 98Emson, 3 10

Engaine , 30 1B ugl ise , or Inglosse ,

Englisse or Inglosse , 4Enque , 8 1Eresby, Title , 147

-1 50 ,F i tz Hugh (e), Gardner, 229306‘531

INDEX NOMINUM .

Ernu l f , 1 51 , 1 52

E rpyngham,16 1 -289

Ersk ine , 252

E ssex , 260

Essex , Titl e ,2 1 1 -2 13 , 30 5E stan, 3 1

E stegate , 29E sturmy,Stu rmyEtchingham , 8 1

Ethe lwold , B p.,

E tmar , 245Eu

,Earl of , 268

Eudes , 136

Eu reux ,20 3

Eu stace ,Earl ,

Evan ,1 4m .

E v e lge r , 1 5Ev erard ,

1 4 1 , 248 , 30 3

Ev e rmue , 86

E v e rwood , 60

Ewe l l , 273 , 3 13Exete r, Bp. of , 16 1

Exe ter, Duke of , 10 2

F agniani , 1 20

F a ireweather , 88

Fala ise , 30 1

Fanshaw ,1

F arewe l le , 194Farmer, 22 5, 226 , 236Farnham,

1 20

Farr , 9 1Farwe l l , 195F astol f , 4 , 9 , 10 , 14-16

32 , 38. 39. 42 , 60 , 6 !

73 » 83 : 207F ausebroun,

144

F e lbr igg(e) , 28 , 29, 148 .

‘54 1 207F e lbrygg, 130

Fe lce , 3 19Fe l ix , Bp. , 18

Fe l ton, 57,26 1 , 262

Fenne , 8 1 , 289Ferd inand , K ing, 148F ermor , 30 5F errars , 225Ferre ,

10 m.

F errets , 1 10 , 147, 2 17,247, 262

Ferr1er , 19, 20

F ich es, 263F i l iol , 14

F inch , 236 , 279F ineux , 58

F irebrace , 296

F ison, 2 1

F itz Alan , 78 ,279F itz Eustace , 257, 275

1 28,

1 55,

Q

l 77

274

[ 44 , 207,

'53 1 1 54 1

F i tz G i lbert , 20 0 ,2 14 .

220 , 249, 255, 282 ,

F itz Gislebe rt, 3 1 5, 3 173 19F itz Henry, 78F itz Herbe rt , 55

Fi tz Lewis, 172F i tz Osbert , 26

,28 , 43 ,

45, 48 , 62. 63F i tz 1 5 , 293F i tz O tho,

194F itz-Peter, 5m .

Fi tz Robert , 32 , 146, 3 1 2F itz-Robe rts, 32F 1tz-Roy, 1 19F itz Simon ,

279F itz Symon

,268

F itz Thomas , 194F i tzwal te r, 58 , 146, 1 50 ,

175, 2 1 4 , 247, 248 , 278 ,

3 1 2

F itzwate r , 247F i tz \Vi l l iam ,

148

Fi tz W'

i se , 30 1

F l amav i l le , 268

Flee twood , 19, 22 ,

18 1

Fol iot , 308F ol kard , 244F olyat, 309F oranan,

148

Forrester , 245Fortescu e , 3 17F ortesen , 87Forth , 5, 1 19,Foss

, 3 17Foster , 138 , 196 ,

197Fowler, 16

, 42 , 45F ox , 2 1 , 3 17F raml ingham , 171

F ramnch ev i l le , 89France ,

K . of, 35, 20 3 ,

20 4 , 2 14

France , Q . of , 89F ranceys , azm .

F ranceys , or Francis,30 5, 306

Francys , 223Frank(e), 1 4 , 83 , 257Fray, 32F redebern,

240

Freeman , 143 , 207F rek e , 13 1

F renche , 29 1

Frere, 1 0 1 ,

Freston,182

Fretou , 28Frodo, 62 , 198 , 23 1

Froissart , 206F ryer, 126, 289F rysth , 90

F ubcbered , 180

F u lk ered , 244

F u l ler (e), 3 1 ,28 1

Fu l lerton, 286

F u lmerston,140

F urseus, 18

Fynche , 30 5F ynes , 1 24

Gad r ic, 1 58

Gae l , or Guader , 293

Ga lye rd , 28

Ganden ,224

Gard iner, 1 25

137,

176

l O l ”.

3 1n. ,65.

Garner , 1 16

XV .

Carneys.6, 9. 27, 29, 75,76 ) 1 22

1[ 551 1 59 1

1 8 1 , 1 82,1 84

Carnou s , 2 24

Garrod 20, 44

Gatesbu ry, or Sal isbu ry,283 , 284

Gatisbu ry, 283Gaunsted e , 30 2

Gav estone , 235Gawdy, 1 06 , 171 ,223Gaze ley, 253Gedd ing, 196 , 294

-295Geddyng, 196 , 295Ge lyngham,

82

Genne , 291

Geoff rey, 19 1

Gernegan,1 5, 80

Gernon , 3 13Gernoun, 2 16

Gernun, 8

Gernyngh am , 30

Gerold , 320

Gerrard , 265G ibson,

286

Gi fart, 1 10

G1fl'

ard , 136, 174 , 30 4G i fford , 32 , 1 26

G i l bert , 109, 1 2 1 ,

166 , 184 , 186, 289G i lby, 248

G i les , Parson of Depden, 23 1

G i l lam ,1 0

G i l l ingwater , 4n.

G ipps, 276

Gi rold , 227Gislebert, E .

,19 1 , 193 ,

20 0 , 2 1 4 , 220 , 2 27,234. 236, 240 , 244 , 251 ,

293, 30 0 .30 1 , 308 , 3 1 5,

3 19 , 320

G isleham , 74G isl ingham , 1 8 1

Gladeson, 8 , 9Glanv i l le , 24 , 100 , 1 27,133 , 135, I72 , 174 , 180

Glemham ,10 3 , 1 04n.,

106 , 107, 1 19, 1 22 , 1 27130 , 1 38 , 140 , 142 ,

1 59, 165. 172 , 174, 176,18 1 , 184 , 187Gloucester, Titl e , 70 ,

19 1 , 20 0 , zoon. , 227,234

-236, 24 1 , 24 1n. ,

25 1 , 278 , 3 16

Gloucester and Hereford , E . of , 253 , 260 ,

309 , 3 1 8

Glov er , 1 5, 223C loys, 30Coate , 258Goda , 3 1 5God al l , 256

Godbold (e), 1 22

Goddard , 30 8Godewene , 228

God frey, 266

1 52 ,

God ric, 12 1 ,

184 , 188

Godsal ve , 4 1

God sav e , or God sa lv e ,

38

Godw in,8,28 , 34 , 3 1 :

Golafre ,10 2 , 162 ,

168

Gold ing , 197, 20 1 , 20 2,

245, 248 , 279 , 28 1

Gol d ingley, 230

Gold smith e , 1 1

Col l i e , 182

Goneton, 40

Gonv i le , Gonv i l le ,l 3

Gooch , 75 , 229Goodday, 276

Good rich , 1 19 , 1 5 1 , 191 ,293Goodw in , 75 , 107, 1 13 ,

19 1 , 23 1

Goodwyn ,107

Gordon , 195Gore l , Gore l l , 2 53Gosnal l , 1 28

,20 2

Gosnold , 1 82

Gosse lyn, 2 16

Gotts , 248

Gou ld,13 1 , 137

Gournay, Gourney, or

Gu rney, 2 23 , 232

Gower , 272

Grafton , Duke of , 2 19Granby, Titl e , 238 , 269Grand ison Lord

, 78 ,280

Grange r,2 5911 .

Grant,268

Grapme l , 256

Grapnal l , 234Grapnel , 236

Graunt,294

Grav es , 59 , 60Gray, 9 , 20 2Greene , 138

Gregory, Pope , 177Grene , 1 22

, 1 59, 286

Grenehood , 29Gres le , 89Gretton, 294Grey, 40 , 14 1 , 171 , 194 ,209 , 2 14n.

, 227, 242 ,

248 , 259n ., 262 , 282 ,

283. 293. 303. 306 , 307Greystoke , Lord , 247Gr1gge , 2 16

Grim , 109Grimesthorpe , 283Groby, 1 10

Groos , 29C ross, 13 1

Cronce , 292

GryggeS. 74Grymoneston, 1 1 0

Grys , 16 1

Guernsey, B arone ss, 238Guert , see Gu rthGu i ld ford , E . of , 1 1 2 ,

1 40 , 14 1 , 174 , 176 , 1 85Gu lafre , 170

Gunning,1 29

Gunton, 40 , 5 1

135, 158 ,

10 ,

l "

INDEX

Gunv 1le , 13Gunv i l le , 38Gunvyle , 13Gu rdon , 145Gu rney, 4 1

Gu rth , or Guert , 23 , 25,28 . 3 1 . 34 . 47. so, 5 1 ,62

, 66 . 74 . 771 85, 90 .

9 1

Gylmyn , 284Cyney, 4

Habe lund , 16

Hacon , 88 , 1 59Hacun, 2

Hadenham, 238

Ha le , 245Ha l l , 13 1 , 256, 292Halsham

,2 23

Halsted , 234Hami l ton

,242

Ham i l ton and Brandon .

D . of , 139Hammond , 46

Hamo, 1 1 5 , 1 1 8 , 135 .

140 , 1 5 1 , 25 1Hamon , 19 1

Hamond , 24 5, 249. 250Hampden(e) , 10 2 , 162 .

1

Hanche t (t) , 256, 259Hand

, 276Hanmer , 1 57, 30 2Hansard , 78Hape lond ,

lund,1 6

Harborne , 1 1

Hardynge , 1 22

Hare , 1 17, 1 1711 .1 22 , 162

Harecou rt,207

Har i re, 6 1

Har land, 253

Harleston(e), 1 24 , 1 48

Harl ing, 13

Harlock , 250Har lyng, 24Har lyng, or Herl ing , 13Harold , 48 , 1 1 5 , 1 80H arrington , 198 , 247Harri son, 20

,2 1

, 1 4 1 ,225

Harrol de , 1 45Hartly, 4 1 11 .Hartop , 137Harv ey, 38 , 4 1 , 72Harvm

, 1 80

Harvy, 1 5, 8 1 , 87Haryngton, 199Hasburgh , 8 1

Hase ley, 32Has lewood ,

249Hasley, 162

Hastings , 36, 70 ,1 1 1 ,

267-269 , 30 1Hatcl i ffe , 1 55Haugh fen , 1 20 , 1 85Hav ering , 2 56

Haverington,or Har

rington,247

Haward , 252 , 289Hawes

, 79

or Hape

1 16,

229 ,

NOMINUM .

Hawkedon, 24Hawley, 19 1 , 257Hawtayne . 176Hayford , 165Hayward , 14 5, 1 50 , 167Heath

,2 17

Hed ersete 169 , 2 1 5Hedgeman , 244 , 2 50

H edgman , 244 , 248

H e igate , 178

H eigham , 6 1 22 1-2 23 ,

2 26, 234 , 236, 249.

276 , 30 5, 3 17He l ion

,242 , 243

He lyon,242 , 3 13

He lyoun , 3 13Hemegrav e , 67, 70 , 74 ,

86, 8

Hemegrav e ,grav e , 86

Hemenha le , 1 24Hem sted , 296

Hende , 269Heneage , 1 55 , 2 1 1 , 237,238 , 266

Hengrav e, 3 18

Herbert , 1 29 , 272 . 288

Hereford,1 16

H ere ford ,Titl e . 1 19 .

134 , 142 , 1 50 ,

20 0, 236, 271 ,

293Her ion

,240 , 242

Her l ing , 1 0 , 23 , 24 , 50Herl ing , or Harl ing , 23 .

50

Herman . or H erym , 78Hermen , 14 , 84 , 90H erne

,174

Heron, 8 1

H ert ford , 26 1Hertford , Titl e

, 1 19.

1 20,I 34. 145 , 28s

Hervey, 177, 287H ervy, 10 2

, 162,238

He ske th , 132

H esley, 10 2

HenOl'

H e th , Atte , 72Hethe , 2 20 ,

3 1 8

Hethecote , 228Hev eningham , 1 0 , 1 2 ,

23. 26, 27, 30 . 36. 5 1 ,

63 . 7x, 72 , 88 , 196 ,276, 29511 .

Hev enyngham, 29 , 1 54Heydon, 58 , 1 0 2

Heyford , 165Heywood (e), 1 20

,1 55

H ide . l 95, 259H igford , 96H igham,

254. 272 1 30 5H ike l inge , 1 0 m .

H i ldebrand , 3 10

Hi ldyard , 1 55H i l len , 1 26

H ines or Hemer , 90H ingham , 57H inton ,

283H irne , 36 , 49, 56, 88H itcham , 88

Hobart , 25-27, 56, 58

s

6 1 , 75, 76 , 8 1-84 , 90

Hobbate , 26

Hobberd e , 82

Hobert(e), 58 , 1 2

B oh land , 16

Hod gson , 3 17Hoe , 1 16

Holand , 1 53Holbeche

,273

Holbroke , 1 84Holdyche , 244Hol land , 20

, 32 , 35, 48 ,49, 54 , 10 2

, 104 ,1 82

Hol le, 4 1Hol l inshed , 35, 264Hol lond , 10 4-106

Holneston, 26

Honeywood , 173Honor ius, Pope,236

HOO, 4 1 , 8 1 , 88 , 10 2,

16 1, 162

, 168,273

Hookton,283

Hooton,280

Hopton,19, 8 1 , 87

Hore , 227, 28 1Horsey, 48, 138Houdan, 43Houghton

,269

Hov e l l , 30 3 , 3 16, 3 17new ) , 298 , 30 4Howard , 6 1 , 9 1 , 95-98 ,

176, 20 1 , 206 ,226, 230 , 23a 279,

30611 .

Howard -Vyse, 132

Howland , 24 1 , 242

Howley, 242

Howth, Baron of , 279Hubbard

, 75, 8 1Huberd

, 243Hubert

, 186Huck

, 42

Hoctun,284

Hugge ford , 1 1 2

Hugh , E . , 68 , 69 , 74 ,

1 5 1Hughes, 288

Hu l l , 143Humberston , 142 , 30 2

i-Iume, 30 5Hunden, 28 1

Hundon,2 27, 275

Hune , 135 , 1 58 , 22 1 11 .

Hunepot, 135Hungate , 32

Hungerford , 87Hunt

, 6 1 , 86 ,199 , 2 1811 .

Hunt al . Knygh ton, 197Hunte , 197Huntercombe , 283Hunt ingdon, 30 5Hunt ingdon, E . of , 35,48 , 49 , 10 2 , 1 1 1

, 268

H untingfie ld ,170 , 171 ,

2 16

H u rant, 220

Husbande , 32

Hussey, 1 48

xvii i .

M i ldenham, 29511 .

M i ldmay, 254 , 286M il le r, 272Modyford , 1 29Mohant, 72

Moleton, or Mu l tou ,244

Moleyns , 57Molyford ,

163Molyns , 57, 58

Monaste rio, 20 3Mond ev i le , 1 2 1

Monk , 224Monmou th , D . of , 237Monour , 3 10

Monson , 1 82

Montacu te , 77, 78, 1 24 ,

147Montagu (e) ,

Montal l , 77Montch ensy, 34Monte Gome ry,

2 1 5Montford , 142 , 30 8

Mont fort , 48 , 66, 69, 74 ,77, 82 , 83. 9 1

Montgomery, 2 25 , 243Montgomery, E . of , 88

Monynge , 207Moore , 10

, 4 5, 1 23 , 1 26 ,

2 13 , 279, 28 1

Mordaunt , 97, 30 5More , 74Morewin,

1 86

Morley, 87, 1 1 1 , 1 27Morrice , 236Morri s

,1 87

Morse , 79Mortheme r, 309Mort imer , 200 ,

20 1 ,

Mortlock , 197, 266Mose ley, 138 , 1 82 ,276 , 277, 30 4

Mot ley, 14911 .Mou l ton, 57Mowbray, 262

Moyse , 1 22

M u lton , 220 , 244 ,

247M uncy. 89Mund ev il le . or Amoun

dev i l le , 170 , 171Munro , 288

Muntfichet, 283Mu re , 233Mu rray, 145, 286

Mu ssenden , 44-46

Mutford , 86

M y r ffyn, 209Nabbe , 199N albys , 5Nash . 298

Nassau , 145Naunton, 58 , 1 28 , 1 57,

207Norford , 1 52

N ew ] . 1 1 1 , 164 , 249Nev il l , 70 ,

1 53 . 223, 265,268 , 269Nev i l le , 78 , 79N evyl le , 16 1

Newbu rgh , Lord . 298

Newcastle . D , of , 225

1 29, 130 ,

245,

INDEX NOMINUM .

N eweton,257

N ewmarch , 255, 256

Newma rket , or NovoMercato, 256

Newport , 258N ichol , 262Nobbs, 98Noble , 3 1 8Noel l , 223Noioun ,

1 5N ol lek ins, 1 29Norden ,

1 50

Norfol k , Titl e , 95-97.

1 0 2-1 0 4 , 1 10 , 1 24 , 13 1 ,

1371 N i , 144 , 146 1

1 59. 167, 168 , 171 .193 , 206, 2 1 1 , 226 ,

235, 262 , 268 . 293

N or iol t, 278

Norman »68

1 69 1 771 95110 0

,109 1 1 1 51 1 277

133 , 136, 1 58 , 16 1,

170 ,1 86

Norris, 6 , 143North , 1 1 2 , 1 28 , 1 29,

139 163 , 165,171 , 174 , 184 , 20 8

-2 13 ,

30 2 1 30 3Northampton, E . of .

225Northey, Hopk ins 75N orthtoft, 243Northumberland ,

Titl e .

1 55, 209 1236 , 247, 3 10

N orthwode , 206

Norton , 79, 1 59N o r w i c h , 1 0 1 , 147.

2 1 5-2 1611 .

Norw ich , B p. of , 18 ,

1 57, 166 ,177, 195

Norwich , E . of , 97, 293N orwych , 2 17N otebeme

,284

N oth eme,294

Nott ingham , E . of , 262

Novo Mercato, or N ew

march, or Newmar

k et, 255N oyoun,

62 , 63Oake s, 248Ocle , 29Oglander , 3 13Ogle , 195Ok e ley, 142

Okol te , 168

Oldmayne , 2 24Ol i , r i 5,

193, 244Ol iv er, 60 , 245Ol ton, 60

1 251 1 26 1 187Onslow . 10 4 , 266

Orford , E . of , 62 , 225Ormesby, 309Osbe rn ,

170 , 180 , 23 1

Osbert,1 0

7. 63 , 195Oschete l , 170Osfert, 77Osiet, 170Oslac, 186

Osmund , 180

Ostu la, 1 58

Otway, 195Owen, 306

Owkedok , 74Oxford ,

E . of , 1 50 , 22 1 ,

Pabenham , 223Packe , 173Pagan , 240 , 308 , 3 1 5Page , 238 , 307Paine , 183Pakenham , 146

Pakyngton,18 1

Pal grav e , 40Pal l iser , 42Fa lmer(e) , 16 , 17, 2 1 ,

”4 1 1 251 30 4 1 30 5Pane , 26 1Panton ,

10 4

Parham , 4 , 40

Paris , 20 4Parkard , 79Parker , 8 1 , 96 , 10 4 , 106 ,

134 , 286

Parman , 30 3Parsey, 292

Paschal ] , 249Passe lewe , 234 , 236

Paston , 5, 16 , 29 ,

30 , 32 , 39, 4 2 , 56, 58

84 , 236

Patr ick , 2 18Pau l IV. , Pope ,

264Pau let

,87, 30 3

Pay e ly, 70Paye ,

260

Payne , 1 5, 235,248 , 252 , 272 , 288

Payter , 6 1

Peacocke , 96Peartre , 29 1

P eccatum , 30 0

Peche , 10 1 , 196 , 2 14 ,

260 , 279, 293

Peck , 1 26,2 50

Peeche , 26o

Pegge , 1 26, 1 43P ekk er ie) , 32Pe lham

,1 29, 225

Pembroke , Titl e , 57,89 , 1 29 , 2 1 2

, 268 , 269 ,

30 1 , 30 2

P enjent, 10 3Penred , or Pend red . 1 22

Penr ice , 17Pepper, Brigad ier. 1 28

Percy ,236 , 247

Peret , 3 19Pere v e l l , 2 14Per ing , 266Perpounte , 19 1 , 256

Peterborough , E . of , 97Peterson,

2 18

Peto, 3 , 7. 47. 6s, 9 1

Pe tre , 263-266Pettus , 276Pev ere l le , 309P eyne l l , 256

Peyton, 195, 207,236 , 3 13

P he l ip,140 -142 ,

176 , 2 16

147

Phi l ip the Bold , 2 14Phi l ipp(e) , 130 , 236

Phi l ips, 172

P ichard , 70Pigg see B iggPigot t , 229Pi l grim, 20

Pi l k ington ,198 , 199

P inch eon,265

P ine l, 320

P ipe , 298P irho, 25P irot , 136P ishale , 74Pitcairne , 16

P itt,1 2

Plantagenet , 70 ,

P late , 284Playter , 92 , 207P layters

,6 , 1 17, 276

Playtor , 23P leavance , 250

Plume , 244 , 245Plumer, 183P lummcr

,1 82

Poictou, 1 1 0

,136 , 1 86 ,

1 38 , 244. 245Poland , K ing of , 97P 0 10 1 3 1 351 48 1 491 54

'

56. 67 73 , 87, 93 , 10 1 .1 0 2

,1 06 , 132 , 148 ,163 , 164 , 168 ,

171 , 172 , 175, 176, 196Poley,

196-197, 250

-283Pool , 55Poore , 130

Porter , 20 , 143 , 286

Pou lett, 291

Pouncy, 284Powe l l

, 3 1 , 1 59, 160

Pow is , Lord , 266Powle , 1 82

Powys, Lord of , 87Poynd el , 25 1 11 .

Poynings , 57Praed

,276

Prattant, 38

Pretyman, 75Pr ice , 1 07, 178

P r id iton, 283Pr imrose , 2 1Prince , 2 19Proctor , 76 , 79 , 8 1 ,

Prosser , 245Prussia, K . and Q . of ,

97Pryce , 107, 1 28, 174Pu l teney, 309Purslowe ,

1 8 1

Pye . 76, 90Pygot, 306Pykard , 3 1 5Pykenham, 286

Pynchbeck , 88Pynchebek . 30 4Pyshale , 144Quarles , 223R . , 9Raby, Titl e , 97, 1 53Radcl i ffe , 58

Radmylde , 223

Radmyl le , 22 1Rainald

,267

Ralph, 1 8, 28

, 62 , 66 ,1 1 5, 1 58 , 1 80

, 267,268

, 3 19Ra lph, E .

,1 5 1 , 19 1 ,

Ram, 234 , 236

Rampton, 238

Ramseye , 163Randal l , 144 , 30 3Rande, 288Ranu l f, 1 09, 166Rap in

,259

Rash le igh , 130

Rastwol d , 6 1

Ratcl i ff e,1 50 , 247

-249Ratclyf , 1 22

Read (e), 10,

1 24 , 1 50

Read ing, 46

Red enhal, 3 1 2

Redmane,247

Reev e , 3 , 7, 9. 1 2. 16,

5 1 . 59, 60 , 7s, 84 , 88 ,

38 , 1 19 .

Reginald , 273Re i tly, 1 13Rend lesham, 1 23 , 187Reynald , 72Reynold s, 20

Rhod es , 2 19 , 223 , 238

R ice , 272

Rich , 209, 260 , 279R ichard , 19 1 , 193 , 200 ,

2 14 1 2271 23 1 1 234 1236, 240 ,278 , 282 , 285, 29 1 , 293 ,300 , 30 1 , 308 , 3 1 5 1 3 19,203

R ichardson,

248

R icher, 278

R ichers, 169

R ichman, 4 1

R ichman or R ichmond,

7 84Riciimond , 84Richmond or R ismond ,

78

R ichmond , E . of , 3 , 34 .

35. 48. 54 , 26:R ickthorne , 1 23R isbo i l

,1 1 5

R ising, 168

R ivers, 83

R iv ers, E . , 196 , 265Riveshal l , 50R iv ett , 1 13 , 1 14 , 1 1 411 .

Roberd s, 19

Robert , 180 , 227, 282Roberts, 13 , 19 , 79Robinson ,

10 5, 1 25, 228230

Roche . Atte , 273Rochford , E . of , 14 5Rod ney, Adm i ral , 273Roger, 89, 193, 282 , 30 0 ,

320

Rokewode, 58 , 63 . 65 ,

1 2

Rokwod e , 275Rol f fe) , 32 ,

60 . 243 , 3 18

224 , 245,

INDEX NOMINUM.

Rome , 195Roofe or Rol fe , 1 23R0 0 3

, Lord , 1 1 1, 1 24

Rope,1 2311 .

Rope r,195

Rosamond , Fa ir, 20 3Rostwold

,1 0 2

, 162Rothenhal l . 82Roth ing(e), 3 1 2Rothwe l l

, 260Rou s

, 59, 89 , 1 17, 1 23,1 57, 1 59, 2 16

,

30 2

Rouse , 6, 1 59Rou th

, 38Row

, 76, 90Rowley, 130owse

,1 20

Roys, 1 0 2

Rudge,1 0 4

Rugge , 6Rukwod e

, 63Ru ley, 144

Ru sh (e), 65, 83 , 84 , 10 4 ,106 , 167

Russe l , 224

Russe l l , 1 20, 193, 228

,

230 . 24 1 , 283 , 30 5, 306Russhe. 14 , 90 , 9sRusshe s, 83Ru th

, 273Ruthyn,

Titl e, 14 1 , 30 2

Ru t land , Ti tl e, 1 1 1

,

1 551 269 , 272Ru ton, 195Rychers, 29Ryd er, 299, 3 10Rye , 146Rygate , 10 5Rykedown , 2 17Rym er, 25611 .Rysbrack , 237Ryseby, 220

Sachev ere l l, 8 1

Sackv i l le, 23 , 1 28

Sad ler, 288Sainsbury, 3 1 8St. Albans

,E . of

,

St. Asaph,B p. of

,

St. Clere, 309 , 3 1 1

Edmund , 240 , 255278 , 285, 370

St. John, 20 0 , 280 , 29 1St. Laurence

, 27St. Leonard , Prior of

,

3 1 2

St. Martin, 284

St. M ichae l, 25

St. O lav e, 43

St. Omer, 50 , 52

St. Phi l ibe rt, 78

St. Qu int in, 20 1 11 .

St Sano, 4St. Vincent . 75Sa l ines

, 148

Sal isbu ry, Titl e , 48 , 7779, 1 1 1 , 148 , 20 3

-20 5(see Gatesbury)

Sampson, 46, 60 ,

1 20, 28 1

Sancrofte, 70

Sanda le , 2 56, 3 17Sand s , 6

1 251 28

v

6 1,

Sandwich, 1 00

Sank v 1l le or Sackv i l le,

1 27Santre, 87Saumarez

, 75Saunders , 4 1 , 42 , 1 1 2

138 , 1 85, 280uv age , 10 1 11 .

Savage , 99, 198 , 265,

Sav i l le, 4211 .Savoy, Count of , 35Saxmundham

,1 10

Say, 220Scales

,1 47, 2 17

Scapu la, 22

Scarr, 98Schape

, 2 1 8

Sch i l l, 3 10

Schu tz, 16

Scotland , K . of, 3 , 34 ,

54 , 268

Scots. Q . of, 96, 137

Scott, 3, 5

Scriv en, 292Scroop(e), 10 , 13 , 162

,

195, 2 10

Scrope , 13, 51 ,249

Scryv ener , 292Scryv er, 292

Seaman, 20

Searle s, 99

Seck ford , 9, 46Segrav e , 147Se intcl ere

,242

Se lwyer, 1 20

Sergeaunt, 1 24Serjeant , 147Sewyn, 130

Seymou r, 1 19, 1 20, 145,

269 , 3 10

Sharde low(e) , 10 2,1 23,

16 1 , 162, 168

, 20 8 ,29 1

Sharpe, 26 8

Shawe , 248

Sheene , 292

Sheffie ld , 148She ld rake

,284

She l ton, 50 , 5 1 , 197Sheppard , 107, 1 14 , 164Sh eri ff e

, 173Sh i lond

, 3 18Sh irley, 225Sh ir lond , 86Sh irrop , 19Shorton

, 286Shrevyn or Scriven , 292Shrewsbu ry, Titl e , 36 ,

96 , 1 1 1, 262

Shute , 207S ib i l l

, 28 1

S ibton, 88

Sibton , Abbot of , 1 59S idney, 2 1 1

Sigsbe rt, 18Simne l

,1 54

Simon , 294Simpson, 20

, 208Siri e , 25 , 47Sketh , 2 5Sk inner

, 3 19

a

Sk lpwith , 1 53, 1 55, 257Skynnere , 195Slaugh ter

, 13 1Slettav ey, 74Sl ingsby, 2 1 8Slyng

'

esby, 2 1 8Smalav xl la

, 1 09Smi th , 19

-2 1, 79, 8 1 , 99,

“ 21 I 971 230 1 253 1

254, 276, 296, 3 16, 3 17Smi th son

, 97, 3 1 0Smyth , 19. 137. 24 1 .242 , 248, 284 , 296

Smythe, 3 19Smyth ies, 273Snape , Prior of

, 142 ,166-168

Snip, 170

Soame, 6, 65, 207, 259,297

Somerset, 97, 265, 30 1

303Somerset , D . of

,

236-238 , 269, 3 1 0Somery, 194Soone

, 1 19, 1 20 , 1 87Soph ia, Princess, 97Sorpenv i le , 89Sort, 1 84Soterton Sotter lee),6

1 1 1,

3South , Titl e, 206

,263

Sou thampton, E . of,

1 24 , 1 25Sou thwe l l , 6, 26, 51 , 63,82

, 90 , 10 2,1 1 2

Sparhavoc, 135Spark (e). 86. 30 4Sparowe , 284Sparrow , 138 , 307Spe lman

, 5, 63 , 1 19Spencer, 1 54 , 206

, 266,

Spenser, 72 , 148

Sper lyng, 162,168

Spi l l ing, 2 1

Spitting, 38

Spottu l f , 8Spring

, 37, 38 , 22 1 , 262Spucla, 282Squ ire , 209Stafford , 35, 87, 16 1 ,235, 24 1-243

Stafford , E . of, 35, 98 ,

235, 239. u m ,266.

273Stainu s, 1 18

Stalham, 50 , 5 1

Stanard, 274

Stanhope , 1 1 2,1 24 , 1 48 ,

1 50 ,178 , 1 87,

Stanley, 1 48, 306Stanton, 1 2 1

Stapi lton, 29Stapleton

,28 , 78 , 79 ,

2 16,220 , 255

Stapu l tone , 1 48 , 1 54Starl ing , 1 1 5, 136 , 174Staunton, 1 5 , 1 20

,268

Stav e ly, 1 26

Stav erton,1 19

Staynd rape , 148

xx.

Stebbing , 18 1 Tarner,14 1

Stev enson , 1 Tasbu rgh , 1 2 , 30 . 71Steward , 38 . 223 , 234 . Tasker , 82250 Tasse l l , 238

Stewart , 47, 2 50 Tav e rner , 44 , 45, 244St igand ,

18 , 25 , 271 Taylor, 88 , 3 1 1

Stiwardeslond , 13 Tempervoyse , 40 , 4 5Stoke , 89 Templars , 296

Stoke , Prior Of » Tentiniot, 893 1 2 Terr ingham , 22 1 , 223

Stonard , 143 Teynham ,Lord . 225

Stone ,297 Thet ford ,

Bp. of , 2 5Story, 267Stotev i l l , 2 17

-2 10

Stourton , 87 Thompson , 3 10Stowe , 1 55 Thomson , 45. 30 2Stradbroke , E . of , H 7 Thornh i l l , 47, 232 , 233Stratford . E . of , 971 98 1 Thornton , 3 17

13 1 , 1 32 , 143. 167 Thorp(e) , 86 , 87, 206Strange , 1 47; ’53 1 20 5 Throckmorton

, 4311 .Strangways, 262 Throgmorton, 30Strat ford , 1 29 Th rokmorton , 1 1 1

Straunge , 20 5 Thurke l l , 16 , I7Stre l ly, 1 22 Thurk i l

, 40Stretch , 272 Thu rlow , 3 16, 3 17Stuart , 96 1 '30 Thurlow, Hov e l l 3 17Stubbe ,

'65 Thurmot, 1 5 1Stu rm in

,146 Thurte l l , 38

Sturmy, 1 44. 146. 147 Thurtone, 74

Sturmy al . E stu rmy a l . Tidyngworth . 27Le Estu rmy, l 44 Tibel l , 240

Sturnyn,144 T i l lett , 20

Stutev i le , 30 8 T’

I 06Stu tev i l l , or Stotev il l , Tisg

’

éz

zss2 17 T

‘ lStu tev i l le , 226

,236 Tin

m

dpjr

l’

e

ago

Suckl ing , 2 1611 .Sudberic

,1 07

67, 87, 88

Su ffol k , Archdn. Of , 1 T irrel l 265Su ffolk , Ti tl e . 9 , 351 Tirwhyt, 2 5748 , 49. 54 , 55, 73 » 87, T ison, 23383 1 931 106’Titlershal l . 1421 24 , 1 271 130 1 142 » Tityshal l , or Titshal l

,1 44 1 1474 49; 1 524 54 ,

451 59 , 16 1-164 » 166 1 ms» Toch i l 262171 , 172 1 I744 76 1 196 1 Todeni, 193

235 Toka , 23 1 , 30 0Su l i ard , ’48 ITol lemache,1 1 2

Su lyard ,1 22

Summonds, 296Tol thorpe , 2 23

Thet ford ,Pr ior of . 175

Th irk e ld , 79

Surrey, S4 Torn lyn,

238

gurrey, $

3. of . 3 1 96, 206 Tgfg‘fo

gés”

urry, 4Sussex , E . of ,

Tom , 293Topd itf , 98Topham , 28811 .

Torech , 8 1

Tored , 57Touchet , 71 , 144Touneshend

, 26 1

Tourlav i l le , 1 1 5Townshend , 224-226 , 236Traas, or Trace , 273Trace , 273Tracy, 60Trafford , 198

Tregose , 222Trevor

,195, 196

Tal ewithe, 3 1 5Triggk b 2861 289

Talmach (e), 1 87, 239 ,T1 199. 35, 56

‘551 2 117-245)

Suthwe l l , 6 1 , 71Su tton, 3 1 2

-3 14

Swabey, 19 1

Swaby, 260 ,26 1

Swan, 164 , 250

Swanlond, 130

Swinborne , 243Sydenham ,

87Sydnor, 10 -13 , 30 , 58Tai lour , 236Tal bois, 1 55Talbot , 1 1

, 36, 96 ,262

273 Trotter, 16

Talworth , 3 1 5, 3 17 Trusebu t, 30 1Tanne r

, 6 1 Tru sson , 1 59 , 18 1

INDEX NOMINUM .

Trye , 266

Trysth , 76Tudenham

,or Tudden

ham , 13 , 23 , 24 . 50 .

26 1

Tu l f , 1 58Tunstal , 184Turgar

-1251 47

Tu rle , 294Tu rnay, 257Tu rner

,15, 20 , 3 1 , 197,

2 17, 250 , 295, 297, 3 18 ,

Turnour, 2 58Turton,

165Tute ler, 40Tutfiet, 1 00

Tu thi l l,1 23 , 1 2311 .

Tutlewey, 148 , 1 54Twyn,

284Tych ebourne , 309Tye , 80Tyler , 51Tynteshale , 14Tyre l l , 92 , 1 0 4 . 243 , 279Tyrre l l , 1 17, 290

Tyrwhyt, 257U ffiet, 46 , 79Ufl

’ord , 78 , 93 , 10 1 , 1 16

,

1 19, 1 2 1 , 124 ,130 ,

136, 144 , 146-148 , 1 52

I S4 , 1 591 2 16 1 2 17U lchete l , 133U l f , 8 , 62 , 66 , 10 9U lflet

,282

U lgar, 3 19U l kete l , 8

U lmar,135, 3 1 5

U lnoth , 8

U lrod ,10 0

U l sn, 43 , 50

U lster, Countess of 1 16

U lur ic, 95, 109 . 1 1 5,136, 180

U lverstone , 32

U l v eston, 74U lv eva

,140

U lwin, 193Umfrev i l le , 247Underhi l l

,2 17, 3 16

Unton,206

Upton , 279 , 30 2U rban, Pope , 1 16. 293U rdale

,87

Urquhart , 16

U sborne , 20 8

Val , de la , 283Va lance

,89

Va lenis,109 , 1 1

Val l ibu s, 57Valoines , 146 , 1 52 , 1 57Vancy. 260

Van de \Veyer , 196

Van Heythuson , 59Van Hov e , 259Varennes

,23 1 , 30 0 , 308

Vassa l,2 19

Vaux , or Val l ibus. 1 52

Vavasour, 257Veer, 3 1 8Vendosme and Beaumont

,E . o f , 1 53

Verdon, 70 , 198 , 25 1

Vere , 8 5, 86 , 89 , 1 50 ,

24 51 3 1 5Verley, Ver lay, 163Verney, 71 , 1 1 1

Vernon, 98 , 132 ,253, 29 1 , 296Vesey, 14-16, 38 , 1 5311 .

Vewetree , 87V ie l

,273

V il l iers , 280,28 1

Vincent , Prior , 1 8

Visdel ieu ,1 23

Vitrei,203

Vol taire, 287Vyne , 228

Vyse , 13 1 , 132

\Vache sham , 18 1

Wacra, 140

Wadd ington , 138

Wade, 58 , 6 1

Wadham , 265Walchel in,

166

Waldegrav e , 22 1 , 265,276, 30 4

\Valdgrave , 296

W alerand , 89Wales, Prince of

, 58 .1 1 1 , 20 1 , 256Wales, Princess of

,13 1

\Va lgrave , 36, 252

Walker, 4 1 , 1 26

Wal k fare , 2 17Wal lace , 145, 1 50

Wal ler , 1 20

Wal ley, 169, 289Walpole, 62 , 69 ,

2251 297Walsingham , 258

Wal syngham, 1 0 2 , 162

“’al ter, 1 2 1 , 135, 1 5 1 ,1 52 , 166, 274 , 27s, 278

Wal ton, 280 , 283\Vancey, 23 1-233Waney, 3oo

Wanney, or Wantier ,261

Wannofi, 25911 .

lVarcup, 20 8

Ward, 37, 38 , 1 83

Warde , 14 1 , 1 59Wa re, 87, 279Ware , Cumber lege , 280 ,

284Warenna, 308VVareyn,

296

\Varkworth , Baron, 3 10

Warner, 1 23 , 137, 1 57,182

, 30 2 , 30 3\Varnere , 273Warr, Lord de la ,

262

Warren, 146, 20 8 , 262,

296

Warryn , 1 1 2

Warwick,Title

, 70 , 71 ,1 1 2 ,

162 , 168 , 194 1 2 1 2,

235Waterton

,258

VVatev i l l (e), 267, 3 18

“'

atson , 80

252

Archdn. ,

19 1 .

CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

VOL. I.

Page 211 , line 18 , after 1437add : when the manor passed in the same course as the Manor ofChedburgh , in Risbridge Hundred to the time of Thomas P ilkington in 1460 , when a fine

was lev ied in Sept . , 39 Hen. VI be tween R . Le ve r and N icholas Nabbe and S ir Wi ll iamHarrington and Elizabeth h is wife , Thomas Pilkington and Margare t h is wife and ArthurPylkyngton.

VOL. III.

Page 174 , add to Hi tcham Manor, Hecham a ls. Hitcham Manor or Lordship wi th the s ite of

the manor, Eastheywood , Oxney Wood , and Wes tley Wood , be ing in the tenure of SirRobe rt Naunton, Knt was granted by letters pa tent of 9th Septembe r, 4 Car . I , to EdwardDitchfie ld ,

John H iglord , H umphrey Cle rk , and F rancis Moss , and the ir he irs , to be held of

the Manor of Eas t Greenwich unde r the fee farm rent of £ 75 . 128 . 75d , which fee farm rentwas by the contractors and t rustees for the Commonweal th sold and conveyed to G ilesAndrews , of Mount in County Suffolk , for £ 666 . 15 3 . 5td " by deed dated 20th March ,1650 .

VOL. IV.

Page 6. line 5 from bot tom , for hair lomb re ad he irlornb .

45 , l ine 18 , for Denston read Duns ton69 , line 32 , for Beney

"read Bemey.

73 , l ine 24 , for Coope read Coope r.I l l , lines 5 and 7 from bot tom, for J ermingham read Je rningham .

1 12, l ine I , d itto.

l ine 5 , for“ 1566 read “ 1556 .

line 6 , for Ellington read E ls ington.

l ine 15 , for Dorothy read Mary.

line 20 , for K irke lyham read Kirkleth am.

127, l ines 34 , 36 , and 38 . for Coyle read Coyte .

138 , line 5 , for Gu isney read Gies iny.

149 , and throughou t for E lvedon read Elveden.

150 , after line 29 introd uce the following informat ion which has be en kind ly furnished byH is H ighness P rince F rederick Du leep S ingh

It would se em that al l the manors in Elveden became consol idated under the Cockes . In1655 John Cocke (son of the Robe rt Cocke . who purchase d Elveden Manor in 1610 , and

brothe r of the Robe rt who had live ry of it in sold ‘The manors and lordsh ips of

Monkshal l , Staynes , and E lveden a ls. Elden, Rushworth als. Rushford Hast ings , in Su ffolk ,’to h is brothe r-ln-law, Suckl ing J ay, of Hol veston, in Norfolk, and Chris topher J ay, ofNorw ich . In 1708 , John, son of Suckl ing J ay, sold the se manors to Thomas Breese , ofBarnham Broom , co . Norfolk. In 1724 , th e Rev . John B reese , son of Thomas Breese ,

sold the whole to Edward Owen, of B radwe ll Abbey, co. B ucks . Edward Owen, who had

also purchased prope rty in Ickl ingham , d ied be fore 1740 , leav ing two daughters and cohe irs .one of whom , Jane , married Danie l Gwil t , and carri ed the Icklingham property to thatfamily ; the othe r, Mary, who married in 1730 Thomas Crispe , of Parbold , in-Lancashire ,

inhe ri ted Elveden. The ir daughter and he ir married S ir John Tyrre ll , B art., who d ied inl766 , and two years afterwards th e whole passed by purchase to Viscount Keppe l ."

Page add to 2nd paragraph, Lord l veagh purchased th e es tate from the late MaharajahDu leep S ingh

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s trus tees inInco rpora ted in the pre se nt hall , wh ich has been gre atly enlarged by Viscount Iveagh , is

a port ion of Viscount Keppe l'

s mans ion, especially a beaut ifu l room of Adam decorat ions ,with a plas ter ce il ing emblemat ic of h is talents and achievements . The present house is onthe same s ite (and probably part of the original walls s t il l exis t) as the ancient Monkshallor Elveden Manor, the Manor House of the Abbots of Bury.

Th is is clearly shown by a descript ive survey of the enclosed lands at E lveden in 16l 8 .

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