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PEDIGREE OF THE MORDAUN TS OF MASSINGHAM PARVA

TH E HISTORY OF THE LORDS OF THE MANOR

FORMER D ISTINGUISHED R ESIDENTS IN THE PARISH

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OTH I N G is known o f the history of the Iceni before the invasion of Britain by the Roman forces u nder A ul us

u u . t Pla ti s in A . D 43 . Notwiths anding that he was accompanied f u of d a nd u n n by o r legions veteran sol iers, that his lie te a t was n u u f son the disti g ished Vespasian, assisted by his eq ally gi ted , it took A ulu s Plau ti u s seven years of hard fighti ng to subd ue u of nd u n u u even the so th E ngla . D ri g several s bseq ent i n u campa gns, the Ice i made heroic str ggles to keep the n a nd v n O n n a n n n i vaders at bay, to pre e t their btai i g y perma e t hold upon their territory bu t the contest was hopeless from nn n a nd e nd su of the begi i g, , in the , the perior discipline the

a nd Ic ni w u d n x e a as a n . Roman arms prevailed , occ pied an e ed n n f a nd t fu Recog isi g the act that they were beaten , hat it was tile n u r u n a ra to co tin e the st ggle , the Ice i , like a br ve ce, bowed u n n of t to the inevitable , and t rni g the fierce e ergy heir natu re n n n u n f n i to other chan els, e deavo red to lear rom their co querors 3 MA S S IN M GH A PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

of C n of n the arts ivilizatio and peace . There was o e remarkable and final ex ception to this acquiescence in their fate when f d u u n ou t the ormi able ins rrection der Boadicea broke , which shook to its fou ndation the hold of Imperial Rome u pon the of n island Britai . With the advent of J u li u s Agricola ca me a of u n u of u n period rest and q iet, whe the reso rces the co try u nd n ns r n erwe t co ide able developme t, and great strides were m e i n o f - n t ad the art road maki g, and in material prosperi y n w u generally . In the western portion o f what is o the Co nty of f the o n u f u n two r Nor olk , R mans eve t ally o ded milita y n of n one Bra nnodu num statio s some importa ce , the at B f c Sitoma u s . r ( ran aster) , the other at g (Thet ord) At an ea ly date the north-east w ind bore the cy ul e s of the fair -haired Sax ons from the islands of the Elbe to the eastern S hores of

n u n ow n un n h Britain , whe ce they ret r ed to their co try lade wit n spoil . In order to prevent these piratical raids , the Roma s n ff n n n of erected ine castles , at di ere t poi ts alo g the coast

i i n f Bra nnodu nu m . of Br ta , rom to Beachy Head In some f u nf r these orts cavalry were q artered , and in others i ant y, and the supreme command was vested i n the Cou nt of the of l t n Sax on Shore . A detachment Da ma ia horse was stationed Bra nnod u nu m a nd u un at , , in order to keep p the comm ication n n n f n with the i la d militarystatio s , a road was made rom the ce to

Sitom a u s f n the - to w e r o n g . A ter skirti g Roman watch Bircham a nd n n o n Heath , passing the a cie t barrows Anmer Heath , ’ this road— now called the Pedda r s Way— desce nds sharply a nd n of n into the marsh at Harpley Dam , , at the poi t crossi g the n brooklet, divides i to two parts . That part which lies on the

f n n n a nd f n u le t hand asce ds a slight i cli e , , a ter passi g thro gh the of M n M n western end Little assi gham Parish , crosses assi gham

- a nd a for . n a nd Heath , m kes Castle Acre Up this grass g row , , t but u S u in par s, all dis sed road , p rred , in eager haste , many a s n f a nd f me se ger with news rom Rome ; , a ter the last Roman soldi er had marched sou thwards in obedience to the call from the

for w u u the n of th e Capital help , do n it, do btless, po red wild so s

t t - a x a nd u n Vikings, armed wi h bat le e sword , who la ghed to scor o f t the fiercest gales the nor hern seas, and who came to mingle

f u n n bloods and help in o nding a natio , whose restless e ergy h n f as u u n s u n. r r colo ised every co ntry der the Yea s a terwa ds , this road echoed to the solemn tre ad of Edmu nd a nd his u of f s ite cowled monks ; while, ollowing, came the fierce,

u u n u n n u victorio s Danes , b r ing and pl deri g in their co rse, till f n they were checked by the walls of the Capital o East A glia . I D h n A . . 1 t e n of 57 , ki gdom East Anglia was consolidated x ff f of n Re dw a ld by the Sa on U a. A ter the death his grandso , E r e nw a ld u f- p , who s cceeded him , banished his hal brother Si eb e rt f u n r for n u n g rom the co t y, apprehe ded , designs po e n f u n th Crown . This ban ishme t was ra ght with importa t u n for s n : for S i e b e rt n conseq e ces Ea t A glia g , havi g retired to n d f u n of u u n n Fra ce , place himsel der the care a B rg dia priest, n x n u d amed Feli , by whom he was i str cted in , and baptize i O n t of E r e nw a ld into , the Christ an Faith . the dea h p , Si e b e rt t of n a nd g was elec ed to the throne East A glia, d x fo r n n n . x u sailed E gla , in compa y with Feli Feli , enco raged n t u o f n u by the Ki g, and filled with the en h siasm a oble ca se , f v u of e threw himsel , with all the igo r a gr at mind , into the work of u n of n a nd p blishi g the Gospel to the people East A glia, , for n w as u fu ma y years, he a s ccess l and beloved Evangelist not n h a nd Bishop . I t is beyo d t e region of probability f u n u that he , who o ded a Ch rch not twelve miles distant f s f u a nd rom the pot where his eet first to ched English soil , who travelled fa r and wide throughout his adopted cou ntry 5 u u n inc lcating religion may , at some time d ri g his pastoral n Vi n a nd u wa derings , have sited Massi gham its neighbo rhood, in order to publish the Good News of God to th e scattered inhabitants that fe d their swine on the grassy u plands . u n s h of For nearly three h dred year , the istory East Angl n of n o f co sists principally interneci e war ; and , at the end that

u o . u n period, the Danes appeared p n the coast For two h dred r of the a nd years, these fierce ba barians north were the terror u of the x n n fl a the sco rge Sa o s ; and ever when the Da ish g , n of e bearing the representatio a Raven , was seen over the wav s

n n u o f u n n that beat towards E gla d , it was the s re omen b r i g

w - u of a nd of fu d elling ho ses , pillaged monasteries , a gitive u or sla ghtered people . A contemporary writer pathetically of u describes the condition the Angles . He says , S ch is the ’ Danes valour that o ne of them will p u t te n of u s to flight two f or three will drive a troop o captive Christians from sea to sea .

e of - The slav yesterday becomes the master of his lord to day .

f fl a nd u u us Soldiers, amine, ames blood s rro nd . The poor are S ou t of for f n r n old their land oreig slave y . Childre in their

for S a n u cradles are sold laves, by atrocio s violation of the law . The misery and wretchedness of the inhabitants of th e land u u n o f contin ed ntil the Monarch asce ded the throne , whom the Sax on poet sang

’ H ere ended his earthl y o s Ed ar En la nd s Kin j y g , g g , And ch ose the l i ht of a nother world b ea uteous h a g , and ppy H ere Ed ar de arted the R ul er of the An l s g p g e , Th o of the West Sax ns h e J y o , t e D efender of th e Mercia ns Th a t w as k now n afar am ong m any nations Ki n s be ond th e b a ths of the sea -fowl wors hi d h im f w g , y , pp e , ar and ide, The b ow ed to th e Kin a s one of th ei r ow y g, n kin.

There w as no Fl eet so roud t ere w as no Host so stron p , h g, As to see food in E n l and while thi s nobl e Kin rul e k g g d . ’ ’ H e reared u God s H ouse h e l ov ed God s la w p , s, 6 ’ H e preserved th e peopl e s peace th e be st of all th e Kings r or f m That w ere b efo e i n th e mem y o an. w hi s h l r a nd i n s a nd E arls bow ed to hi m And God as e p e K g , And t e obe ed hi s w ill and with out ba ttl e h y y , , ” H e rul ed a s h e wi ll ed .

f f of d th e A ter the de eat his army at Mal on , Ethelred x o f u OR U nready, adopted the e pedient b ying the Danes with

. u u money , To meet the demand th s made pon the Royal i u , r u n Treas ry it was proposed _ to assess eve y h ndred the n t u u u Ki gdom at a cer ain amo nt , and that every h ndred sho ld raise its proportion of the s um requ ired by tax ing every hide of of land which lay within its limits . The price Peace was raised successively from ten thousand to fifty thou sa nd pou nds of u n u hu tax weight silver. This pop lar and miliati ng continued long after the need for its existence had passed a nd u of u of away , , m ch to the joy the pop lation England, it a f was fin lly abolished by Edward the Con essor . Little Massi ngham paid its contribution to this tax at the rate o f ’ f r w of eightpence o every t enty shillings worth land. of f In the reign Edward the Con essor, Harold, Earl ’ Godwin s son , owned a manor in Great Massingham , part f x now M n o which e tended into what is Little assi gham . of n l n Another part Little Massi gham , and a so the Ma or Of of a x f n na Anmer, were the property Sa on reema , med r x n f n Orgar. A ve y large estate e te ded rom Hillingto , u n of thro gh Congham and Grimston , i to the western part n th e of f Little Massi gham, and was lordship another reeman cul a named S . u of was Harold , D ke the East Angles , , at this time , not n fu of n bu t x o ly the most power l noble East A glia, , also, ne t to f i n s of u his ather, the whole realm . Posse sed great co rage and 7 n of a nd u perso al prowess, a man brilliant varied q alities , he had , by his cou rteou s -a nd generou s bearing a nd his determi ned u d n u attit de towar s the Fra kish element at Co rt, become a f u t great avo rite wi h the people . After the riot which took place in the streets o f Dover between the townsme n and the retai ners of the Earl o f u n a w n of K u n n Bo log e , E rl God i demanded the ing the p ishme t o f s on u n fu u the a sailants, and , his req est bei g re sed , took p ’ m u hi f u ar s. Harold espo sed s ather s ca se and enrolled a large body of East A ng lian soldiers for his assista nce b u t v n u n a nd x ha i g been s mmo ed by Edward to London , e pressly n w l u war ed to appear ith no arger a retin e than twelve, he was ’ n nt n a nd there compelled to resign his la ds i o the Ki g s hands, d n u n n n to n . O to promise disba d his sol iers q itti g Lo do , fo r a d for Harold made direct the coast, and , taking ship , s ile n d Irela d . I mme iate ly the n ews of his flight reached the u n of u u n Co rt, a se tence o tlawry was prono nced agai st him , a nd l o f u of n r the tit e D ke East A glia, and also the majo t of nf r d n u par his estates, were co e re by the Ki g pon a u am Alf a r u n l n co rtier n ed g . When Harold ret r ed to Eng a d ’ i n ar d a r and obta ed Edw d s par on , his est tes were resto ed to ’ I f Alf a r s of u n x . n n n him recog itio o g care them d ri g his e ile , a nd of n u of u n his willi g restit tion them on his ret r , Harold u u of n s rrendered to him the D kedom East A glia, together

with all his lands and his rights i n the city o f Thetford . r f of s ti n For some yea s a ter the death Harold at Ha gs, es f n n en W t Nor olk e joyed its i dependence ; and Orgar and S la , n a nd e o f u n amo g the thanes c orls the Co nty , ack owledged u d u nu n no s perior, pai no trib te, and conti ed to ma age their estates and govern their vassals according to the ’ Bu u ex ample of immemorial cu stom . t when the Conq eror s 8

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’ u a n Pe te a rs n of event ally, lie ated g estate to the Le Stra ges u a n n le d o f H nst nto , and He ry Strange ied seized it in

' 1 f M A D . o . . 483 The separated lands Little assingham were u a nd one x n u again nited owned by lord in the si teenth ce t ry, r of t u the by the ma riage Rober Morda nt with heiress , n Barbara le Stra ge . n of n The Massi gham demesne the late Ki g Harold, William the Conqueror divided into two parts : that portion which lay in Great Massingham he retained for his ow n u se ; the remainder he atta ched to the lands of Orgar i n Little a nd f Massingham , con erred them (together with Anmer and u n u u of u other estates) po his great ally, E stace, Co nt Bo logne . The entry of this latter property in the Domesday Book is as “ follows : I n the time o f the Confes sor there were fou r u of five car cates land , to which five villeins and borderers were n n x of a e ed , and two acres meadow . At that time there were u but rv u . two car cates in demain , at the S ey three There u n f was always one car cate divided amo g the reemen , and the f u of - O ne n e n o rth part a salt pit . socma b lo ged to the estate , ’ w a nd nf t who held t elve acres, in the Co essor s time twen y f u S bu t u und S x t o r heep , , at the S rvey, two h red and i y, and ’ w - I n f t enty three swine . the Con essor s time the yearly u S n u f val e was twenty hilli gs, at the S rvey it was fi ty. ’ There were twenty socmen of Harold s in Massingham who

- -a - f a u of had two and hal c r cates land ; and five borderers . In ’ f a nd f r six u the Con essor s time , a te wards, there were car cates of n b u t a t u nnu u of la d , , the S rvey, only three, the a al val e which

w a s f n u fi ty shilli gs . All these were delivered to E stace as u Wido A n n Harold held them , and, at the S rvey, gevi held

un . u a nd them der him The total length was one le ca, the f u breadth hal a le ca . In u u 1 6 n A . D . 08 u i A g st , , William the Conq eror, order to confirm his primary a nd sovereign rights over every estate i n

d u of the kingdom , convene at Salisb ry an assembly the great u n m a n w of al . ch rchme , the b ro s, and other lando ners the re u u Wido n n d Be rva l d h There E do and E stace, A gevin a , wit

s ub - n i n others , tenants as well as the tena ts capite , were compelled to take the oath of fealty to the King as Lord u n of Paramo t all . u of n n o f E stace , lord Little Massi gham , was a perso high birth a nd a nd of f u great power, a descendant the amo s Charlemagne , f n o of . King Fra ce, and the first Emperor Germany He o f u n Guis ne s Terou e nne was Earl Bo log e, and , and sailed o ne o f fu with William , as his most power l allies, to the invasion f E n n n o . r ngla d His bold ess decided the victo y at Hasti gs , fo r m bu n m n f w which , a ti e , ng i the balance . Some o ths a ter ards , t u m x o f his u n this ambi io s Baron , ai ing at the e tension infl e ce n n C f a the ki gdom , attempted, in concert with the ative hie t ins o f of Kent , to seize Dover Castle . This act treason drew down ’ u n u a nd for po him William s severe displeas re, a time , he was ou f f Bu t u t o avou r at Court . his great infl ence and power u f n m made E stace a most ormidable baro , and Willia deemed i t o f ff a nd tr a matter policy to e ect a reconciliation , to y and

- a n i . ret i his allegiance , rather than his ill w ll f t S of f u of By his wi e I ta , the ister God rey, D ke Brabant ,

u f u n o f f o f Earl E stace had o r so s, whom the eldest , God rey u n u u Bo illo , was esteemed the best soldier and the most virt o s u of gentleman of the age in which he lived . The conq est the

u u t n Holy Land being made nder his cond c , he was chose in f n n n n i pre ere ce to all other pri ces who e gaged in that e terpr se , o f u to be the first Christian King J er salem . Baldwi n a nd

u r t him u o f E stace, his brothers, pa took wi h the hono r the

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u h n u u . At o n u u Cr sades t eir c cl sio , E stace ret rned to Bo logne,

the m of n . n earldo which he gover ed wisely and well Baldwi , s however, remained in the Ea t, where he was first made Earl of d o f f o f E essa, and then , on the death God rey, King u a u of f u Jer s lem . He r ledwith vicissitudes good and bad ort ne , but u n n n with s ch a constant mag a imity, that his re own was ua f of d almost eq l to that o his brother. At the decease Bal win , Off r u it was prop osed to e the Crown to E stace, and an embassy

was despatched inviti ng him to come and receive it . I n

u u ur fa r u answer to the s mmons, E stace jo neyed as as Ap lia, but n u s w heari g there that in the meanwhile his co in, Bald in de u n of u r u B rg, had been elected Ki g Jer salem , he eno nced his n n w ar u pretentio s rather than i cite to a civil , and ret rned to his f u . n o co ntry His only child, Matilda, married Stephe , King

n u t the of E gland, to w hom she bro gh not only earldom u n f n Bo logne, and an allia ce rom her mother with the E glish and b ut f Scotch blood royal , , also, the high character and the lo ty S r f pi it which she inherited from her ather.

f of Wido u The amily Angevin, into whose care Co nt E u stace delivered his lands in Little Massingham and u for of n of elsewhere , in ret rn the rendering certai services a f u C a n l f e dal h racter, appears to have settled in E g and be ore the

n u . u n n of Co q est Osm nd the A gevin, the brother or ki sman Wido of of a nd of f , held a grant the manor Witham orty acres f o w f . wood, which had been made to him by Ed ard the Con essor ’ f of u A ter entering into the possession Earl E stace s lands, Wido A ngevin seems to have chosen Little Mas singha m for f u n . so n his avo rite reside ce H ere, likewise, his Roger dwelt, t u r Of aking, as was c stoma y among the Normans , the name ’ M a f Roger de assingh m Parva rom the property . Roger s son for u Robert , who a time was disting ished by the su rname Fitz- f un of Roger, a terwards changed it to de Thorpe on acco t n H is n the estate which he owned nearWymo dham . desce dants u sed indifferently the surname o f de Massingham and de

u n of und u n Thorpe til the time Sir Edm , when the s r ame de

x Thorpe became fi ed and inheritable . f a nd of u n f e William , the first Earl o Warren S rrey, soo a t r n of x n f entering i to the possession his e te sive Nor olk estates ,

f u r for u n t o nded a P iory Cl niac mo ks at Cas le Acre, as a branch establishment to that fo u nded by him at Lewes in u x S sse . The n eighbo u ring landowners readily came forward i n t t to assist its endowmen , fired with the desire hat the u not n o f u fl u n for Ho se might be, only a ce tre religio s in e ce u b ut of the neighbo rhood , , also, worthy to bear the names the M n a nd u . High God, ary the Virg in , Peter Pa l Amo gst other f u bene actors, Sir Robert de Thorpe bestowed pon the Priory te n o f nd n acres la in Little Massi gham , to which his son u f H gh added , a terwards, five acres more . ’ u son a nd Sir H gh de Thorpe s heir, Sir John , married u t of re ke of Margery, the da gh er Sir Robert de C y , Lord North ’ Cre k e ~ a nd of n a nd s y Hilli gton, by this marriage Sir John grandson added these estates to those already in the possession of f . n u r n o f the amily Sir Joh died d i g the reign Henry I I I .

son Fitz- ohn a d o ne f His , Sir Robert J de Thorpe , was m e o the n o f x in D u A . 1 2 6 . ur resident Baro s the E cheq er 3 ; and , d ing the v n u x in Ci il War, otwithstanding the infl ence e erted the Cou nty ’ e n of f by the pr se ce the Barons ortified camp at Ely, he in remained firm his allegiance to King Henry . “ In Sax on times although no man was allo w ed to kill or ’ n s d u u chase the Ki g eer, yet he might start any game , p rs e or kill it on his own estate ; bu t the rigour of the Forest f Laws o William I . vested the sole property of all game in 1 3 n nd the n n e a nd n E gla in Ki g alo , no man was e titled to dis u a n f of of of u t rb y owl the air or beast the field , s ch kinds as r for u o f were specially rese ved the am sement the Sovereign, u x lice nse fro m n n o f witho t e press , the Ki g by gra t a chase

f - nfi of for or ree warren . A co rmation this latter license

Little Massingham was obtai ned from Henry III . by Sir Robert D 1 26 f A . . 6 in . Five years a terwards, Sir Robert erected a for u of n the gallows at Thorpe the , p rpose hangi g poachers

u u t . e of ca ght pon his es ate For this illegal rection , the Baron x u u a nd u n the E cheq er was s ed at law, j dgme t given against u of n him , on the gro nd that the manor Thorpe ever had the a n right o f making such erection . He was there upon ordered to remove it . Sir Robert was appointed Sheriff o f Norfolk and

D . I 1 2 i n A 1 282. n A . D u ff . . S olk 94 he was still alive , having

‘ u n u f x u de e d of x in conj ction with Ma d, his wi e , e ec ted a e change o f e r b ut n f u o f prop ty , died soo a ter, at abo t the age eighty . n son n r u n Sir Joh , his , i he ited , thro gh his gra dmother, the of Cre ke a nd o f u lands North y Q arles, as well as N e therha ll

n n . l f n i Ma or in Hillingto He, a so, had a li e i terest n Gayton e t Thorp and by his second marriage , wi h the widow of Sir William Mortimer (who was taken prisoner by the French ’ du ri ng the Earl of Lincol n s attempt to raise the siege o f rd a nd w Bellega e conveyed to Paris, here he died) he came into o f of Pe te a rs n the possession the Manor g , comprisi g land i n n Congham and Little Massi gham . Sir John Ashwell and his o f n m n brother, the priest Massi gha Parva, bei g desirou s of n of n , i o f selli g the Ma or Ashwell wh ch joined that Thorpe, Sir n u Joh de Thorpe p rchased it, and since this time the combined n of - manors have borne the ame Ashwell Thorpe . The family o f n de Thorpe , possessi g as it did both ex tensive estates a nd remarkable talents, had now become possessed not only of u i n u b u t of great infl ence the Co nty, also a voice in the Co u ncils of their Sovereign and in the administration o f the ff o f n a airs his ki gdom .

n w I u . n u u nn n of Whe Ed ard , st g to the q ick by the c i g Philip o f u n him ou t of u of u France in d pi g the D chy Aq itaine , determined to ave nge his wo u nded feelings by a n invasion of u n of n France, writs were iss ed to the obles the ki gdom , commanding them to meet the Ki ng at Portsmou th o n the I st D 2 f A . 1 n n o m e n September, . 93 , each with his co tinge t horses, , n n and arms . Amo gst those who obeyed the royal ma date were

n a nd the u nd o f Sir Joh de Thorpe , h sba her who was to be his

n f of A ttl ebu r h . u seco d wi e , Sir William Mortimer g The s dden u of ff n in a nd n u o tbreak disa ectio Wales, the pro o nced hostility of d d u n n u the Scots, compelled E war , rel cta tly. to reli q ish his n d n d contemplated i nvasio of France . H e accor i gly marche r n n f his army no thwards i to Scotla d, where he led them rom r v u l v n u e t victo y to ictory, nti , ha i g cr shed the Scottish r sis ance

u u n i n u n and capt red John Baliol , he ret r ed tri mph to Londo ’ d he of u and disban ed his soldiers . When t news Robert Br ce s f n of n n n r escape rom Londo , and his crow i g at Sco e , sta tled all n n u m n d n E gla d, Edward hastily s m o e a other army to the field . To Sir John de Thorpe in Norfolk was despatched a letter “ orderi ng him to meet the King i n the north w i th his whole ” f d u d of n o a n . service horse arms The s d en death Edward, whe u t o f a n abo t move his troops orward, ltered e tirely the prospect of n n n u n the campaig . Notwithstandi g his ster instr ctio s that “ u off i n the flesh sho ld be boiled his bones, order that they

n w . might be carried with the army to Scotla d, Ed ard I I dis ’ n f ba ded his ather s forces almost imme diately after his accession .

1 f u n n e A . D 1 1 Sir Joh de Thorp , in . 3 , o ded at Ashwell a i n f V r n u o . Chantry Chapel hono r St Mary the i gin , the chaplai l S MA S S IN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

c M for u of to whi h was to say ass daily the so ls his ancestors , fo r f of f f ff o . and to pray the wel are him and his wi e Je rey Kemp , of C n n d rector Little Massingham , was the third haplai appoi te f f e nd n he e e n a n a of t . to the o fice , a t r the r ctio co secr tio chapel Fou r yea rs afterwards Sir Joh n was nomi nated to the office o f High Sheriff O f the combined co u nties o f Norfolk a nd S u ffolk b u t u n the f n e e , being rel cta t to accept o fice , he obtai ed his r leas from serving by urging the corporeal infirmitie s u nder which he i u n . n n d u nd n was labo ri g He , co cert with Sir E m Baco , was appointed an ambassador to treat o f a nd a sse nt to a marriage f e e n n u r o . a nd o n the b tw e Joa , the da g hte Edward I I , Alph so , f n f e h eldest son o the Ki g o Arragon . Wh n t e civil w a r broke

o u t tw n d . a nd n i n n u n e of the be ee Edwar I I his baro s , co seq e c ’ n fu d f u f w e r Ki g s re sal to ismiss his avo rite Le Despenser rom po ,

e for v n u n n Sir Joh n declar d his So ereig . There po a Commissio w a s ue o f iss d to him , together with Thomas , Lord Bardolph

r a nd n of as n a n Wo megay Castle , Sir Joh Howard E t Wi ch ( a n of e a nd u u f of u s cestor the nobl ill strio s amily Howard , D ke of f u n u n o f f Nor olk) , a thorisi g them to array the co ty Nor olk , a nd to seize u p o n and impriso n a ny persons who shou ld

n K n n x n de attempt to rise agai st the i g . The e t year, Sir Joh Thorpe a nd Lord Bardolph were appoi nted Warde ns o f the

of f e u s e x na a nd ports Nor olk , with ord rs to e traordi ry care v n fo r n of a nd e n e u igila ce the protectio the ports, to d avo r to f of e a n o f repel , with all the orce which they were capabl , y the attacks which it w a s appre hende d the Fle mi ngs and the Scots de f t n n e i n wo u ld make . Certain alca io s havi g been discover d th e a ccou nts rendered by some of the collectors of tax e s i n the w a s d e n e n u realm , it decide by the Gov r m t to instit te a n O n e o f f u n se arching inqu iry i to the matte r . the o r k ights ’ a ppointe d a Ki ng s J u stice for this purpose was Sir John de

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f t Soon a te r at aining his majority, Sir John de Thorpe married n u of - - b ut Joa , the da ghter and heiress Roger atte Ashe ; war a n o u t with France bre ki g almost immediately, he was f n u n . s mmo ed to the field Be ore leaving Engla d, he appointed n his kinsma , Sir George de Thorpe, and another, his attorneys, n a nd v n i n f to ma age his estates, present to the li i gs his gi t of du n n . n ri g his abse ce Catheri e , the widow Sir John de n u of t n a nd n I gham , being desiro s aki g the veil retiri g to the n n o f n d Co ve t the Minories, Lo don , Sir John de Thorpe , in or er f o u t of to acilitate the carrying her wishes, granted to the o f th e u o f u a n u Abbess n ns Clare, and to her s ccessors, ann ity

o f w o u t of a t enty marks, payable his lands at Congh m, and ' u o f u out of n lk u . another ann ity , like val e, his la ds in S fl o ’ a Having embarked with the King s rmy, he took part in the su bsequent ridiculou s military promenade which cu lminated i n of Viro nfo s se r o f the mock battle , where the two a mies France nd of n f f for a E gland, a ter acing each other several days, and d n a of a n espatchi g to each other mess ges mort l defia ce, at length u marched away in opposite directions witho t striking a blow. f D n de n A . . 1 0 u Sir Joh Thorpe died the year ollowi g, 34 , witho t l u f for f ma e iss e , leaving his estates to Joan , his wi e , li e, with

mai n u . u x re der to his brother, Edm nd His only da ghter, Beatri , m o f Ris ha n e r uff a n of married Willia Hovell , g , S olk , ancestor of the Hovells Hilling ton Hall . f o f u Five years a ter the death her first h sband, the Lady Joan e l e of u n de Thorp married Sir Roger Strange, H nsta ton . On ’ u n u d her decease , Sir Edm d de Thorpe s ccee ed to his brother s o f u property . The abilities Sir Edm nd, which had raised him ’ of o f n u to the dignity one the Ki g s J dges, were overshadowed the of u by possession a selfish , cr el , and prodigal disposition . f n f d A ter havi g loaded himsel with ebt, he commenced a TH E H I S TOR Y OF TH E L O RD S OF TH E MA N OR . su it to try a nd prove Joan his wife to be a bas ta rd ; b ut the f u n o f case ell thro gh on the testimo y Bishop Bateman , who certified that she was legitimate a nd the heiress o f Robert

. O n o f n n Baynard the strength this latter testimo y, the ma ors f B l f o a the e e . Colkirk , , and Gateley were made over to his wi

A . D . 1 8 n i n of u n In 3 5 , bei g again want money , Sir Edm d for o f e t -one n mortgaged his estates a period tw n y years, raisi g

nu su m of u n d for f a nd thereby the an al one h dre marks himsel , a

s u m for of u n f like each his two da ghters . Seve years a ter, the of d manor Little Massingham was elivered to William de Bergh , ’ of n i n A D 1 80 u n . . rector Ca tele , by Sir Edm d s attorneys ; and 3 , f e nd u n the ormer mortgage having come to an , Sir Edm d

nf ff Thirnin o f a nd e eo ed Robert de g , rector Combes, Thomas Bu m stede n of h of de p , a citize Norwich , wit his manor Little a nd Massingham others . By this deed he settled his manors n for f a n u t of o ne on his sons and others, retaini g himsel ann i y u h ndred marks .

In A . D . 1 0 mu S ff 3 7 , Sir Ed nd de Thorpe was made High heri of f u ff r Nor olk and S olk . I n the Issu e Roll fo that year are recorded several paymen ts to messengers fo r carrying letters him f on u u In h to rom the King p blic b siness . Lynn, at t at time , mu nicipal and ecclesiasti ca l affairs were in an u nsatisfactory ’ ” fu state . The bishop s man , as his power increased , re sed ’ n to ack owledge that he was the bishop s servant . The - n of r o n the of a nd over se sitiveness cont ol p art the Mayor, the keen desire o f the Bishop to be the dominant power i n th e

n u u - u n e n town, led, at rally, to m ch heart b rning and irritatio betw e tw o a nd f n f u x n the , this eeling more tha once o nd an e pressio in o f t w fo r th e n of deeds hostili y , hich called investigatio Sir un A D 1 a n d f Edm d de Thorpe . In . . 3 7 7 , he received or er rom the Ki ng to adj udicate u pon a quarrel which had broken o ut l 9 ’

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n f w a n n n e o d the n n of . betwee H ry , Bishop Nor ich , tow sme Ly n f w a e u a A e years l ter a more s rio s bre ch o f the peace took place .

n u d u n t on n o f t u w n a nd By i j icio sly i sis ing a poi t e iq ette, he he his retinu e met the Mayor a nd his followers in the stree ts o f

- nn the d n i n . Ly , fiery sol ier bishop Spe cer set the town a blaze A n n a o f n n o f w a gry pass ge words soo led to the drawi g s ords , a nd t n n n f n n u ut u the ow sme , e rag ed at the a cied i s lt p pon their

n i i n nu a nd f n u the represe tat ve, gathered their mbers, , alli g pon ’ i n nf s u n o ut o f . Bishop party, drove them co sio the East Gate u r n th e f o f u nd de if D i g li etime Sir Edm Thorpe , a relative , ’ t n a d i n f d not his bro her s son , was actively e g ge orwar ing

ro n u i n n f m Wi chelsea s pplies to the English army Fra ce . f n b ut a nd John de Thorpe was by pro essio a priest, by taste III w S i d . a n associations a sol ier . While Edward absent France n x u u n with his army , the French determi ed to e ec te a co ter a n n u n n n stroke by m ki g a desce t po Wi chelsea, where the Ki g o f u n n had established his base s pplies and his tra sport statio . O ne n n of nd n mor i g, while the people Winchelsea were atte i g H M i n u of igh ass the Parish Ch rch , a fleet ships with n a off u u nd n m e n sudde ly ppeared the harbo r . Q ietly la i g their m e n n u e , the Fre ch hastened thro gh the almost desert d streets u a nd u u nd n f ha d n to the Ch rch , , s rro i g it be ore the alarm bee

u e n given , sla ght red the congregatio as it attempted to make a nd u n u its escape . The town was then pillaged b r t . D ring the u o f u u d f bu t o n co rse the day, s cco r arrive by sea rom Rye , b u t o f entering the har o r, by some mishap, the grea er portion f n f n n da a nd n the relie was drow ed . A ter spe di g a y a ight i n n n i n u w the tow , the Fre ch set sail tri mph , carry ing ith them the f o f n a n u n n of u n a nd n airest the wome , ab da ce pl der, thirtee ’ ships contai ni ng wine a nd provision s desti ned for the King s ’

r . n de o i n Wi nchel se a u n d a my Joh Th rpe was d ri g this rai , TH E H IS TOR Y OF TH E L OR DS OF TH E MA N OR .

a nd fo r u d o u t of , the loss and damage he s staine , was paid the

d I n A D . 1 6 x u su m f 6 1 . . Royal E cheq er the o £ . 3s 4 . 3 7 , John de Thorpe was despatched to Berwick - ou-Tweed in d f of In or er to receive the ransom o the King Scots . the u m f A o . D . 1 0 s m er 3 7 , Winchelsea was again alive with acti ve preparations for another ex pedition to France . As ’ the King s fleet was i nconsiderable and insu fficient for u u u the p rpose , orders were iss ed to the vario s admirals u u u n u thro gho t the kingdom, a thorisi g them to seize pon all s u itable ships that might be lying in any of the ports within

u i n d r u n . their j risdict o , and to sen them o d to Winchelsea By

n u ffi for this mea s, s cient transport was provided carrying to c f a nd France the avalry, besides ootmen archers , who lay encamped ou tside the walls of Winchelsea . The embarkation was s uperi nte nded by Sir Robert Knolle s a nd Admiral f Lord de Nevil , and , the day be ore the fleet sailed , John de Thorpe arrived wi th wherewith to defray the cost of th e ex pedition . r For his se vices to the State , J ohn de Thorpe was awarded a n n u o f 20 w n n u a n al pension £ , hich was o ly to co tin e , u n him however, ntil the King had bee able to p rovide with b e ne fice of a n u u a n ecclesiastical eq ivalent val e . Joh n de Thorpe was nex t promoted to the offI ce o f Keeper of the ’ x n w of a nd i n A . D . King s E cha ge in the To er London ; , 1 1 m o f 39 , Tho as de Morley, Marshal Ireland, presented him to f f o ne of the livings i n his gi t in Nor olk . f u Two years a ter this , Sir Edm nd de Thorpe died , leaving u u behind him three sons and two da ghters . To Edm nd, his u al l u e eldest son , he beq eathed his goods in his Manor Ho s at n a w t C u cu Little Massi gh m , together i h the harter or m rrey p , - m f f f o . the heir loo the amily H e, also , le t legacies to his 2! M A S SIN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

n n i n for te a ts Little Massingham, and an order the payment of five ma rks to whomsoever should u ndertake fo r him a

. u u pilg rimage to St James the Apostle . Sir Edm nd lies b ried i n of - u the chancel Ashwell Thorpe Ch rch . u of Thomas, his yo ngest son , was appointed Speaker the u of f u A . D 1 2 o Ho se Commons in . 45 . Joan, one his da ghters, Gu f u o . married y Corbet, lord D nham Parva and Assington His eldest son was married i n Ashwell -Thorpe Ch u rch on 6 th A D f n . . 1 68 f October , 3 , by Sir Je rey de Massi gham , rector, to a e the of u M rgaret de la Riv re, in presence Sir Edm nd, Dame n f n E u Joa , his wi e, and a brillia t company . Sir dm nd the ’ u n f o of yo ger s second wi e was Joan, the wid w Roger, Lord of ll e w ce s . Scales , Middleton Castle and N When the spirit o f n u r in A D 1 81 i s rection, which arose Kent, . . 3 , spread into n u the easter co nties, Lord Scales was seized by the rebel f i m . n leaders . He a terwards acco panied Richard II his x n a nd e peditio to Scotland , was present at the sacking and u n n of u x a b r i g Edinb rgh . The ne t year he emb rked in the costly a nd fru itless ex pedition of the D uke o f Lancaster to i A D n the of n . . 1 8 obtai crown Castile . Lord Scales died 3 7 few f u n u and only a months a ter Sir Edm d de Thorpe , witho t

for n . waiting the royal lice se , married his widow For this ff n su m of 20 r o e ce he was fi ned the £ . By this ma riage u a o f Sir Edm nd bec me, temporarily, the owner Middleton u n Castle , the yo ng Lord Scales being at the time o ly a lad o f f u of o rteen years age . i u n u r Richard II . hav ng impr de tly q itted England at a c itical r u n for of period, in o der to p ish the Irish rebels the death his n n of of f ki sma the Earl March , Henry, Earl Here ord, took n of f u a u t a nd n adva tage the avo r ble opport ni y, , havi g landed at Ra ve ns ur f a nd p , was soon joined by the chie noblemen T E H IS T OF TH E RD E M A N R H OR Y L O S OF TH O .

n of m n u n n ge tlemen the kingdo . He the marched po Londo , u s u n u n seized pon the royal trea re , and , havi g s mmo ed a n n f m u u for parliame t, obtai ed ro it the req isite a thority the deposition of Richard a nd the proclamation o f himself as u n f n I h o f o . n t e King, der the title He ry IV list the barons o f parliament w ho afterwards voted for the safe custody o f ’ n u n of u n the dethroned Ki g, occ rs the ame Sir Edm d s step so n u n , the yo g Lord Scales . The De Thorpes had been for generations firm i n their

th e H u o f a nd n allegiance to o se Plantagenet, it may have bee political necessity or a scrupulou s conscie nce which indu ced Sir Edmu nd to leave England when the fortu nes of that u f A . D 1 Ho se decayed . In . 399, a ter making his will , by which he bequ eathed the manor of Little Massingham to his wife for f if S u f for n li e , it ho ld all into his hands, he sailed Fra ce , a n x of u x d is ne t heard at Bordea . n V n u He ry . , in order to preve t domestic tro bles, determined to prov ide a field o f ex ercise for the restless b ut vigorou s energy of his s ubjects by espou sing the cause of the D u ke u f o f u u n n u o . B rg dy agai st his co sin , the D ke Orleans Sir ’ Edm und de Thorpe obeyed the King s su mmons to join his ’ f a nd w o n n n a nd orces, so He ry s heart by his galla t wise A D 1 1 nd d u . . a nd a n con ct, that , in 4 7 , he John Nevill Joh f L L . D . Kempe, (a terwards the cardinal archbishop) , were u o f u u despatched as the Royal Envoys to the D ke B rg ndy,

of d ff tw n a nd to treat , and compose , all i erences be ee him the n u n Ki g . Sir Edm nd accompanied He ry when he sailed ou t of Sou thampton Water with m e n for the pu rpose o f re newi ng the invasion o f France ; b ut he and ’ f n r d u o f his wi e s grandso , Robe t , Lor Scales, a yo ng man r n u m f u ba ely twe ty s mers, ell mortally wo nded at the siege 23 MA S S IN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

’ of of u f nd n d u n the Castle Lo viers soon a ter la i g . Sir E m d s body w a s brought to E ngland and laid i n Ashwell -Thorpe u of f n ha d n a nd Ch rch beside that his wi e , Joa , who sicke ed f n n n died three years be ore , while E gland was ri gi g with the n u ews of the victory at Aginco rt . Lady Joan de Thorpe became the mother of a son a nd a d u u nd d a a ghter by her first h sba , Roger, Lor Sc les ; by n u u n her seco d , she had two da g hters . By his will Sir Edm d de Thorpe bequ ea thed the Thorpe a nd Massi ngham estates to u n S Joan , his elder da ghter, with a reversio to her ister, Isabel , n o f n u . f f in the eve t her leavi g no iss e His wi e , by her will , le t n o f S to nha ll uff a nd Wi tl es fo rd her two ma ors Aspall in S olk , d d Cambri geshire , to her son Robert, Lor Scales, with n u v f remai der to her da ghter, Lady Catherine Sa age , the wi e of n nd e d u r Sir Ar old Savage . with remai r to her two a ghte s u nd d of n by Sir Edm e Thorpe . Her manor Cowli g she bequ eathed to Joan de Thorpe ; while £ 20 were to be x d e pen ed in the erection of a su itable tomb for herself. ’

d u e d u n e d . Sir E m nd s ldest a ghter, Joa , was thric marrie By her two first h u sbands— Sir Robe rt Ca ily a nd Sir Robert Echi n ha m Kt — h n d f n S e o . g , . had chil ren By Sir John Cli to , of u n She a n d u e Kt B cke ham Castle, had only a g ht r,

e n u f u Margaret, who married ve t ally the amo s soldier Sir

nd O a rd o f f d . O a rd A rew g , the Rye, Hert or shire Margaret g

h a nd u hqa nd u of died c ildless, was b ried by her in the Ch rch ’

. r nd a n r St Mary s Prio y, Wymo ham , where he lso was i ter ed i n A . D . 1 . n f n u 454 Sir Joh Cli to was b ried in the same spot, f w a d A . D 1 f a . 447 , and his wi e also, shortly ter r s . By his will , “ Sir Joh n Clifton left to th e Prior the s u m of £ 1 0 for ever i n order to find a monk to s ing for the sou l of himself and of f his wi e .

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Passe the l r ma e of th s resent l fe d pi g i g i p i , Resteth Sir Ph l T l ne cl ose i n our s ht i ip i y , d y ig In his outh Es u re a nd so w e e to his w fe y q i , dd d i , The a u hte r and he r o f E mun Thor n ht d g i d d p , K ig ,

And aunt to Thomas Lo r Sca l es escen e of l ne ri ht. , d , d d d i g ’ Disposed him after to God s ordina nce Couth none find in him ma tter of displ easaunce H ere he l eth bur e Canon a nd Res ent a r i i d, id i y, Sometime of Pa trimony sufficient in deed t ea ha from h er na u not va r Bu D th, t t t re can y, — H a th se ized him by force a nd w e must all succeed . Consi er he re a ca rr on w orms to feed d i , A nd ra for his soul of a n t a v a l s p y p i o h e ys e , And do for him as thou w oul dest he did at thy need

N ow esu for Th Passion br n him to Th bl iss . J , y , i g y

n f d Sir Philip Til ey le t a son , Frederick , who marrie of Elizabeth , the widow Sir John Say . By her, Frederick Tilney

a n u w as u . had only da ghter, who q ite a child at his death In of f u s accordance with the law the e dal ystem , John Mowbray, u of rf w of t D ke No olk, claimed the ardship Elizabe h Tilney , by o right of his superior lordship over certain f her lands . By n of r this means he obtai ed the power controlling her ma riage, a n for f of in order that he might obt i himsel , in the person

u u f n u . u her h sband, a s ficie t and tr stworthy vassal D ring her of m a nd of of minority , the care Little Massingha other her w as o f Bo urchi er estates placed in the hands Sir John , a nn f of f co ection by marriage o the D u ke Nor olk . The family of Bourchier was one of the most ancient in the n o f u kingdom, and the bra ch it at present nder notice was u u fu i n u u pec liarly s ccess l both its p rs its and in its connections . Bo urchier f of William , the ather Sir John , married the grand f u o . m f da g hter Edward I I I , by who he became the ather of of n u five children , all whom were disti g ished in English r histo y, either by their abilities or by their alliance with

26 u in n a nd noble ho ses . For his services the Fre ch wars i u of n i part c larly at the siege Dieppe, He ry V . created W lliam Bou rchi e r u o f E u x i n , Co nt , Normandy. n so n of u of Eu x He ry , the eldest the Co nt , was made u o f n n n S d u Lord Treas rer E gla d . Havi g ide with the Ho se of of he m f u York in the War the Roses , beca e a great avo rite d u o f f with Richar , D ke York , who gave him to wi e , “ IV i n th e of u f d . Elizabeth , the sister the Q een o E ward , firme hope a nd su er confidence that he a nd his g e ne ra cion u u ] u a nd u sho ld be a perpet al aide to the D ke his seq ele, ros e riti e a dve rsitie a nd as well in p p as , associate together i n n of f n Bou rchie r f u for all cha ces ortu ne . He ry o ght the Yorkist cau se i n several of the battles of the Civil o n th e of d d War, and, accession E war IV was created of Earl Essex . ’ n r Henry s brother, Thomas , became Lord Cha cello and

r o f n u f u A chbishop Ca terb ry . H e held the latter o fice d ring f o u i n . the reigns five s ccessive K ngs, He ry VII being the last sovereign upon whose head he placed the crown of d Englan . Shakespeare makes Cardinal Bourchi e r promise to u r k of n u u o f nde ta e the task decoyi g the yo ng D ke York , ’ ’ f s n u Edward s son, rom his mother arms and Sa ct ary at W s u w as u of e tminster, the seq el to which the m rder him Bo urchi e r and his brother in the Tower. Archbishop for deserves , however, to be best remembered his services in promoti ng the i ntrodu ction o f the printing- press into d u n . u England . By his pers asio s, Henry VI was ind ce to Tur nour a nd x n nt n i n the u o f send Ca to to the Co ine t, g ise a i n u n merch nts , order that they might acq ire a k owledge f f n o the art o printing . They accomplished their missio with f u a nd o n ur x u great di fic lty , , their ret n to England , Ca ton set p 27 his first printing- pres s on the spot now occupied by the

e - W stminster Palace Hotel . n Bourchie r of t n m Sir J oh , temporarily lord Li tle Massi gha , w as u n of u of E u x a l f the yo gest son the Co nt . I n e r y li e he enth u siastically atta ched himself to the fortu nes of the

u e of ft t of . n Ho s Lancaster, and, a er the first Ba tle St Alba s, n he was made a K night of the Ga rter by He ry VI . Family

n a u n u d him ft r co siderations, or other c ses, i d ce , a e wards , to d to n of . change sides . On the accessio E ward IV the n n of a nd thro e, he was appointed Co stable Windsor Castle of nd o f Warden the Parks a Forests . The remembrance his term of office is still perpetuated at Windsor in the name of o n f e o the Castle Towers .

Du m of w f the n ring the te porary flight Ed ard rom ki gdom , Sir John Bo u rchie r was deprived of the Constableship by the n n n u bu t u n o f La castria s , and fled i to sanct ary ; , on the ret r w a s a d W un Edward , he reinst te in his post, hich he held til

1 6 A D 1 . his death , th May, . . 474 According to his desire , his d i i n of n . body was interred the Chapel the Holy Roo , St ’ B u rchi e r r s s r . o Peter Mona te y, at Chertsey Sir John ma ried th e u a nd o f R d Margaret, da ghter sole heiress ichard , Lor

’ d t of f t - i n- Berners , and , on the ea h his a her law, he was u n i si u s mmo ed to Parliament as Lord Berners . Be ng de ro s of n f r a s retaini g in his amily the de Tho pe est te , John , Lord n n of u of f a a Ber ers , with the co sent the D ke Nor olk , rr nged be u Bo urchie r a nd a marriage tween his son , H mphrey , the h r a n . p heiress, Elizabeth Tilney B u hi r o f IV u o rc e u r . H mphrey was a co tier Edward , and , f of like his ather, stood high in the graces his sovereign . ’ f r n t n n o . At Edwa d s coro a io , he was made a K ight the Bath ’ n l the n m t n n o o f Ni e y ears ater, Ki g s ind was hrow i t a state

28 TH E H IS TOR Y OF TH E L ORD S OF TH E M A N OR . consternation by the news that the D u ke o f Warwick had effected a landi ng o n the coast of E ngland : that n n a nd he had proclaimed the dethroned He ry as Ki g,

h w u f u a n a n u t at, itho t di fic lty, he was r isi g enormo s army ’ u w rd wherewith to s pport his monarch s cau se . Ed a immediately despatched letters to his nobles su mmoning them b ut s nu to th e n to arms, so mall a mber replied comma d, that , d for n he eeming resistance to be a hopeless task the prese t, d d u n of n ecide to q it the realm . With a compa y o ly eight u nd f n u h red ollowers, amo gst whom were his brother, the D ke o f u u Glo cester, Lord Hastings , Lord Scales, and Sir H mphrey Bou rchie r f to n , Edward hastened rom Lincolnshire Lyn , where R e u t f nd u he took shelter in the d Mo n , while his rie s were b sy f u nd making preparatio ns for his escape abroad . Having o i n the port a n English ship and two hu lks o f Holland ready

n a nd u a nd to sail , the Ki g his s ite embarked, , amid the of f regrets those who watched them rom the shore , the d n vessels weighe their anchors , and , slippi g down the river, i n x were soon the open sea . The ne t year matters were ’ for u ff n ripe Edward s re t rn . Failing to e ect a la ding in ’ f u n w a nd Nor olk , he t rned his vessels heads orth ards i of n d sembarked on the coast Yorkshire . His partisa s n of f n u n flocked to his sta dard , and , at the head fi tee h dred m e n n w n n , he comme ced his march to ards Lo do , daily

n f n of n u n ha d receivi g resh accessio s stre gth , til his army

x u . u of swelled to si ty tho sand The D ke Warwick , however, e n in f was hov ri g his rear with a ormidable array. I n order to

d ou t o f n a nd deci e the contest, Edward marched Lo don gave ’ w f u him battle at Barnet . Bet een o r and five o clock on Easter n n n the K n mor i g, notwithstandi g thick haze, the i g advanced a nd u u u the b his banners, ca sed the tr mpets to so nd to attle . 29 M A S S IN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

u f u n u For three ho rs both sides o g ht with obsti ate valo r, and the victory remained u ndecided be tween them ; b u t a n accident ’ n d d threw the bala ce to the S i e of th e Yorkists . Edwar s n s u n o f r a nd cogniza ce was a , that Wa wick a star with rays the misti ness of the S pring morning rendering it diflficu lt to

n u n of x f d f u disti g ish betwee them , the Earl O or , who o ght o n S d of the n n the i e La castria s, was , by mistake, attacked by n off n his friends a d chased the field of battle . Amo gst the ill u strio us dead left upon that memorable field w a s Sir

u Bo u rchie r of n s H mphrey , whom the chro icler Hall ays, He ’ ” n of S n n S was the o ly man estimation lai on the Ki g s ide . ’ u d a n n n i n m u nd e He was hono re with i terme t St . Ed s Chap l , n a nd n Westmi ster Abbey, over his remai s was erected a of on tomb grey marble , covered with a brass , which is

n ffi of n fu u e graved the e gy the K ight in ll armo r .

n u Bou rchi e r n By Elizabeth Til ey, Sir H mphrey had an o ly ’ s on o n— a child of n of a e f , J h who was seve years g at his ather s de — a nd u f w ath two da ghters . The wardship o the heir as w of claimed by Lord John Ho ard East Winch , and granted

him n u n of f uda to by the King, in co seq e ce his e l rights over ’ o f Bou rchie r certain the child s manors . John was born d x f u 1 6 a n a n a e w as . abo t the year 4 4, , at early g , sent to O ord ’ f n n f f o u o . For his ather s sake, he was take i to the av r Edward IV , a nd o f n on n of of , at the age eleve the occasio the betrothal ’ n d so n WIth u of n the Ki g s secon the da ghter Joh Mowbray, f f n of u o . D ke Nor olk, he was made a K ight the Bath f n x f Bourchi e r o n A ter leavi g O ord , John travelled the fo r df d d n n n . Co ti e t several years While there his gran ather ie , a nd u d of he s ccee ed to the vacant peerage . On the accession n n u n n n He ry V I I . to the thro e, Lord Berners ret r ed to E gla d n and received a flatteri ng reception at Co urt . When He ry 30 TH E H S T I OR Y OF TH E L OR DS OF TH E M A N OR .

for a u for n sailed C lais in order to p nish Charles VI I I . seizi g A nn o f Bri ta nn d n y , as well as her ower, Lord Ber ers was commanded to serve the Ki ng in his wart es beyond see an h s ere s f a nd o f ole yere with two p , himsel accompted , either

cu stre ll f u a them to have his and page , besides o r rchers on ” o n f horseback and twelve archers oot . He accompanied f of Henry VIII . as Captain o the Pioneers in his invasion n Fra ce . When the Earl o f Shrewsbu ry and the Lord Herbert Te roue nne H n had completely invested , King e ry moved his n f f u n . co tingent rom Calais, in order to a gment the attacki g orce u n of of n D ri g the march , two his largest pieces ord ance were , “ d n f O ne o f un n a verte tly, le t behind . the g s , called J oh ” n f n of n few f Eva gelist, ell i to the hands the Fre ch a days a ter, n n u of the u owi g to the misco d ct master carpenter, who, witho t u n n n u comm icating his i tention to the Marshal , e deavo red to f n remove it at the head o one hu ndred labourers . While e gaged f u u in the operation, the atig e party was attacked by a s perior f of f u ff n n orce the enemy, and , a ter s eri g co siderable loss , the u n a nd u n s rvivors were take prisoners conveyed into Bo log e , t u n mi scha unce toge her with the g . With this the Kyng was ” x ul u o f sore displeased . The French, e ting in the capt re the u n l f r o ff g , assemb ed a large orce in order to ca ry the other ” a bombarde of yron called the red gonne . The Lord n for u of Berners, however, had prepared e gines the p rpose n n d of S fo r removi g it, and the King havi g sent a bo y pears of O n the protection the party engaged in the peratio , by the diligent labor of the Lord Barnes ye piece of o rdi na unce was ” ra se d a nd n m n y carted . Meanwhile the e e y was approachi g n n nu 00 some stro g, the E glish mbering only 7 horse n of u f men . Made confident by the prese ce a s perior orce , the French cavalry furiou sly charged the spea rmen coveri ng 3 1 N M A S S IN GH A AI PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E T.

b u t n f the retreat of the g u n ; the English , havi g rapidly ormed ” “ ! n of u a nd cr i n . abo t , y g St George dashed i to the midst

a nd u i , their assailants , , having broken thro gh the r ranks drove u n them back in confusion to their supports. The g was then safely conveyed into the English camp . O ne of the articles of peace concl uded with France in ’ II u u X . A . D 1 1 u . 5 4 stip lated that Lo is sho ld receive Henry s In f w n siste r, Mary, in marriage . the ollo i g October the n Princess Mary was escorted to Fra ce by Thomas Howard,

u f f t u D ke o Nor olk , in order to be in rod ced to her aged n n of co sort . In the brillia t train nobles, knights, and ladies w ho accompanied the Princess were the Lord Berners and ’ u fu n his yo th l kinswoma , Anne Boleyn , his mother s grand

u c u u of f . da ghter by her se ond h sband , now D ke Nor olk f of . n o After the accession Francis I to the thro e France , Cardinal Wolsey persu aded Henry to send an embassy to n of a nd tr Charles , Ki g Castile Arragon , in order to y and n break u p the alliance between him and Fra ce . The performance of this delicate mission was entru sted to Lord

a nd of but f o f u . Berners the Bishop Armagh, it ailed s ccess f f Lord Berners , soon a ter reaching Spain , ell sick, and was u n compelled to ret rn to E gland . f t n d u - of the A ter his , he was appoi te Dep ty General town and f a n a o of the x u . m rches Cal is , and Cha cellor E cheq er Under if u u of the impression that, the harbo r were blocked p , the town

u ul u Calais co ld easily be assa ted and taken, the French , d ring his o f f t a nd term o fice , prepared a ship, which hey filled with stones,

o ne n . sank dark ight in May in the entrance to the port Owing, r d of however, eithe to the arkness the night or the ignorance o f n u n u the avigators, the ship was s k in a place where it co ld

no . x n n the do harm The ne t mor i g, Lord Berners , at head 32

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lost that title when her h u sband w a s attai nted and thrown into ’ the Tower : regained it w hen he w as finally restored to his n u nr b ut f u ho o rs by He y VII . ; died be ore he was created D ke f on of Nor olk for his famou s victory Flodden Field . Her death

u A D . 1 0 x took place abo t . 5 7 , and , according to her e pressed ’ u in u s u of desire , she was b ried the n n q ire the Minories, “ n n w t Lo do . She ordered that no more than t enty orches ’ be used at her b urial and month s mind : that no dole or money be given at either of these solem nities ; b u t that instead the sum of one h u ndred marks S hou ld be distrib uted a amongst the poor, namely to every poor man and wom n in the parishes of Whitechapel and Hackney the s um of ’ s e ve np e nce f u of u Elizabeth , Co ntess S rrey, became , by her second u n m o f u o f n h sba d , the grand other two Q eens He ry VI I I ’ -in- of n u of the mother law one ki g s da ghter, and another ’ n u s on of u ki g s nat ral , the great grandmother Q een Elizabeth, and the mother of three sons who have left an imp erishable u o f name pon the pages English history . e of hef e son s At the Battl Flodden ldest , Thoma Howard, u of n and his brother Edm nd , led the van the E glish army . w u of I n the battle, hen Edm nd , who was the Marshal the

s s u host, was orely pressed by the Scot , wo nded and almost un e beaten to the gro d, Thomas , accompani d by Sir Edward ’ u to Stanley, r shed his brother s aid , and, by his remarkable ff u f e orts and co rage , delivered him rom his peril . For his i s serv ces on this occasion, Thoma Howard was created Earl of u a nd u f o f S rrey, held in s ccession the o fices Lord Depu ty of u o f n a nd Ireland, Lord Treas rer Engla d , Lieutenant ’ of f f f General the King s orces . He was the ather o the famou s of u of r s u Earl S rrey, whom Sir Egerton B ydge th s writes 34 H E R DS N TH E H I S TOR Y OF T L O OF TH E M A OR .

x en i n m a n of n n u E cell t in arts and arms ; a learni g, a ge i s and a of u a nd n u n hero ; a genero s temper a refi ed mind, he ited all the gallantry a nd u nbroken spirit of a ru de age with all of the elegance and grace a polished era . With the greatest S u o f n of u plendo r desce t, in possession the highest hono rs u u ax not ff and nbo nded wealth , he rel ed his e orts to deserve

u u u distinction by his personal worth . Conspic o s in the ro gh x of of u a nd n e ercises tilts and to rnaments, commandi g armies with skill and bravery in ex peditions against the Scots u nder f f u r ou r u his ather, he still o nd time , at a pe iod when literat re w as u u u m n the r de and barbaro s, to c ltivate his i d with all x u S of o f m e q isite pirit the choicest models Greece and Ro e, to c x of u of a a nd to cat h the e cellences the revived m ses It ly, u u n i n S prod ce in his own lang age compositio s which implicity,

u t fu n a nd u u u perspic i y, grace l orname t, j st and nat ral tho ght, x n n the of s e hibit a shini g co trast to works his predecessor , and an ex ample which his successors long attempted in vain f ” to ollow . no f n n f There was amily in E gla d that Henry VI I I . eared n o f more tha that the Howards, which , strong in alliance and n of u f f n n depende ce, a reven e not in erior to some oreig ki gs, its f I r v . a nd of de i ed pedigree rom Edward ; , in the last years f m of u o f his li e, when a iserable spirit s spicion every one un e n aro d him had becom a co firmed habit, Henry arrested

u of f th e a of u Thomas , the third D ke Nor olk, and E rl S rrey , son w m n i n h his , and thre the both i to the Tower. Early t e n x E o f u w as a nd f e t year the arl S rrey beheaded , the same ate w as for f u f reserved his ather , and wo ld have be allen him had d of not the eath the tyrant intervened. Thomas Howard was kept in imprisonment throughou t the reign of Edward VI and w as only released by Mary in time to retire to his Palace a t 35 “ u of orfolke Kenninghall to die . The old most worthy D ke N , ” m n u o s e his s r y most si g lar g od lord and ma t r, writes ecreta y , “ l fe of u who t departed this y in the time Q een Mary, mos honourably delivered him out of hi s long u ndese rved ” ’ m ri o u w a s a y p s nm ent in the Towre . The D ke s body t ken f n ra mlin ham e to t rom Ken inghall to F g , wh re it was laid res beside that of his father. ’

z s on K. G Eli abeth Howard s other , Lord Edward Howard, the a of u f entered m ritime service his co ntry early in li e, and, for u s t e o ra of his disting i hed abili i s , was made L rd High Admi l

. u a r u o se a t he England He kept s ch a sh p o tlo k at , hat off n e a nd so swept every French ship the English Cha n l , e O t for a not determinedly ravag d the pposite coast tha , time, a si u u as ngle French vessel durst vent re o t of port . At l t a off t desperate engagement took place Bres , when Admiral bo S and Lord Howard, having arded a French ship , was lain t a his body hrown into the s e . ’ Bourchie r s u wa s Thomas Howard, Elizabeth second h sband, , if x r a of n possible, a more e trao dinary man th n any his so s . ’ When qu ite a lad he w as made one of Edw ard the Fou rth s of u the u t u Pages Hono r, and, according to c s om then in vog e, “ he w as i nstru cted by the master of the henchmen as to his de m ea ni n s n h e u ea t a nd d g , how man erly sho ld rink , and as to u n f of u his comm ications and other orms co rt . When young e u of ur u on of h Howard h ard that the D ke B g ndy, e t e nearest of s u of allies England, was warring again t Lo is France, he begged leave of the King to go into his service in company o f u with other gentlemen q ality . They were received by the

u u h u x warlike D ke with all the co rtesy t ey co ld e pect, and had every encou ragement you ng adventurers could p retend to in u s ch a service . The you ng Howard did pa rticularly advance 36 TH E H I S TOR Y OF TH E L ORDS OF TH E MA N OR . into the favou r of the D uke by his applica tion to what he came for e i n r o a n w e u a , b ing the first eve y cc sio her he co ld g in u x e n of the u n m hono r or e perience . At the d war he ret r ed ho e ’ n a ma laden with re ward and the D u ke s praises . Ki g Edw rd de one of the s u of o w u w a s s him qires his b dy, hose d ty it , beside a n of s r n n attending to the app reli g his ove eign ight and mor ing, to drawe to lordes chambers within court in afty rnoo ne s and i n e ve nin e s n m n ft g , there to keep ho est co pa y a er theyre cu nn n e ta lk n of cro n cl es of n a nd of t y g , in y g y ki gs, o her ol c es e n ha r n s n i n or r s p y y , or in py p y g or py g , y g g , othe acte ma rti all e s u u a stra nn e rs , to help occ py the co rte , and ccompany g ” t ll m u of H m y the ti e req ire departing . Thomas oward was ade ’ k at m of s s u a night the arriage Edward econd son , the D ke of r a nd n the o f th e of Yo k ; , whe Earl Warwick raised standard ’ f a nd . u u H enry V I , he o ght at Edward s side on Banb ry field , w a s ta ke n prisone r with the Ki ng w hen Warwick subsequ ently h u t e a . s rprised c mp When Edward fled to Flanders, Thomas ’ w o k s a d c u . s but Ho ard t o an t ry in St John s, Colche ter, joine the on hi s u B of w as King ret rn , and at the attle Barnet he badly

wo u nded . When Edward contemplated the invasion of

A . D . 1 u n France in 47 5, he was despatched to that co try to make r n for m of a a nd the necessary a ra gements the ca ping the rmy, ’ on his retu rn he obtained the King s permission to retire to ofA Shw e ll - t his manor Thorp , which , toge her with other estates , a w z Bour hi came to him by his marri ge ith Eli abeth c e r . Here he ’ for n of E d s v n f settled the remai der King dward s ay , li i g the li e o f u n a co ntry ge tleman . Richard I II being one o f the most as r n n no t n of politic as well da i g sovereig s, was ig nora t the ill n m of h actio s he had com itted, nor t e consequences that were u t r f a likely to ens e he, he e ore , m de it his bu si ness to gain from among the nobles and the people every ma n that had 37 r n t eithe ability or the power to help him . Knowi g tha Lord s for s of Howard and his son, Thoma , had the latter year ’ Edward s life retired from Cou rt not over-sa ti sfie d and tha t in no u 8 they were good correspondence with the Q een kindred , f u u f m the whom he had been orced to s ppress , he tho ght, ro ha d x n u a for great interest they , and their e ceedi g rep t tion m a nd v u o be wisdo alo r, that they were the fittest pers ns to n h t of a . a gained , and the likelies to adhere to him y ot er Rich rd , f d u of there ore, invited the Howar s to Co rt , and , as an earnest

f u u of. rf his avo r, created Lord John , D ke No olk , with the ’ restitution of the lands of his mother s i nheritance ; While f o u . tw o Thomas Howard , he created Earl S rrey These nobles ’ f f u n were hence orth chie in all the King s co cils, and , by his

ru n R r i fu p dent ma agement, icha d so capt vated their grate l r t to f hea ts that hey resolved stand by him in every ort u ne . All that cou ld be performed by the conduct of a captain or the valou r o f a soldier Richard p ut in practice at Bosworth to n m n save his crow , which had cost him so a y crimes . The u of rf h D ke No olk commanded the archers, and was slain w ile leading them on .

urre met Courageous Talbot ha d w ith S y , A nd n l ows be ns to fret , a fter ma y b , gi T in a rms shoul thus unmoved ha t one so young d , ,

Res st hi s stren th so oft in w ar a rove . i g , pp d ’ A nd w Earl b ehol s his fa th er s fa ll no th e d , Whose eath li e horr a r ness fr hte al l d , k id d k , ig d v as a tives others fl Some give themsel es c p , y But this young l ion casts his generous eye ’ On Mow bra s l on a n te in his sh el y i p i d i d, l to e And wi th that king of beasts dec ines yi ld . The fiel sa th he in wh ch the l on stan s d i , i i d I s blood and bl oo I offer to the han s , d d Of da ring foes ; but never shall my flight ’ D l a m l on w h ch as et i s wh te . ye b ck y i , i y i TH E I R H S TOR Y OF TH E L ORD S OF TH E MA N O .

H is enemies (l ike. cunni ng huntsmen) s trive In bin i n snares to ta e th e r re al ve d g k i p y i , Whil e he desires r expose his na ked breas t And thinks the sword tha t dee pest strikes is best . Youn H o war s n l e w th a n arm fi hts g d, i g , i y g , When move w th t tw o reno wne n hts , d i pi y, d k ig — Strong Cla rendon and val ia nt Conyers try

To him i n wh ch a ttem t the die . rescue , i p y N ow Surre fa int n scarce his sw or can hol y, i g, d d , Which made a common soldier grow so bol d To l a ru e ha n s u on th at nobl e flower y d d p , Wh ch he s a in n an er ves him ower i di d i g ( g g i p ) , Erects his w ea on w th a n mbl e roun p i i d, ’ s a o th A nd sends the peasant rms t kiss e ground. Th s one to Ta lbo t h e resents hi s bla e i d , p d , And sa th It is not h0 e o f l fe ha th ma e i , p i d hi m ubm ss on but m ren th i s ent T s y s i i , y st g sp , A nd some erha s of v lla n bl oo w ll vent , p p i i d , i M wea ri soul Th s favour I eman y e . i d d ’ Tha t I ma die b our v ctor ous ha n y y y i i d . May God forbid tha t any of my na me (Quoth Talbot) should p ut out so bright a fl ame As burns in thee b ra ve outh 1 Where thou hast erre , y d ’ It was th father s faul t s nce he r ferr y , i p e ed ’ ’ A t rant s crow n before the uster s y j ide. The Earl st ll m n ful of hi s b rth re l ed , i i d i , p i I w on er Talbot that th nobl e heart d , , y Insul ts on mi nes of the vanquished part ; We had the r ht if now to ou it fl w ig , y o , The fortune of your sw ords h a th m ade i t so ; I never w l l m l uc l ess ch o ce re ent i y k i p , o s N or can i t stain my hon ur or de cent .

The Earl of Surrey at the time he was taken prisoner w a s u of u — fu of in the vigo r his yo th tall , strong, and grace l , a u u o f flo rishing health and constit tion , and esteemed one the

- - f of r b best men a t arms o the age . He was high Spi it ut had f u a sober aspect , and was nothing dejected by his ill ort ne . of u h u u The Earl Richmond was s rprised, t o gh not ndelighted , o f x f v with the sight so e traordinary a man , and , a ter ha ing of u for said something to the other prisoners q ality, called him 39 MAS SIN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

H ow u of and demanded, he d rst engage in the service so ” u nj ust a nd cruel a tyran t as the late king ? To which the “ of u u n d Earl S rrey, nothing da te , replied , That King Richard was in the throne before he came into his interest ; and if he had fou nd the crown of England upon a bush he would have f f x f u or . o n u o ght it The Earl Richmo d , tho gh not e asperated at hi c o f u the answer, dismissed m into the harge those whose d ty the o f n n fo r it was to carry him to Tower Lo do , where three years a nd a half he lay incarcerate d u nder a bill of attainder. ’ D uri ng this time he re fu sed all invitations from the King s enemies a nd malcontents to enter into the i ntrig ues o f their f n actio . He would not hear of the D uchess of B u rg u ndy of n n n nor the Earl Li coln . When a great co ster ation ’ u n of n arose po that Prince s invasion E gland , and the d w i n armies approache to ards Stoke in Lincolnshire, order to n f u o f fight with the Ki g and his orces, the Lie tenant the Tower appeared o ne morning i n the chamber of Thomas Howard of ff if with the keys the Tower, which he o ered to him he to f of f chose avail himsel the cha nce o liberty. This Howard fu s n u to re sed to do, ayi g He wo ld never leave be a prisoner bu t by his consent that had thought him worthy o f su ch a ” ’ u n n s of s u p nishment . Whe the ew the Earl tr stworthiness w a u n v u f s reported to Henry VI I . on his ret r ictorio s rom k ie d n him u Sto e F l , he gra ted his liberty , j dging rightly that a ma n who ha d acted as Thomas Howard had done was not an h r c c . w a s u n n ordina y ara ter He , there po , appoi ted a Privy “ o u r f to u n a C ncillo , having proved himsel be vir pr de tia, gravit te ” e a a firma l f d 8 t o a a A . D 1 const nti . Sh rt y terw r s ( . 4 9) he was A ct of r n of of u restored by an Pa liame t to the title Earl S rrey, ’ and all the lands he possessed by right of his wife s inherita nce “ ” w c to fo r f u t of ere onfirmed him li e by the co r esy England, 40

n of lodde n e r n marched withi three miles F , when , obs vi g that

t o n - d he n the Scotch were s ill posted the hill si es, se t the e n n d s d H rald to the Ki g with a letter, biddi g him to e cen with n n s f his troops i to the plain . Having received o atis actory e u f i n cu t answ r to this, S rrey moved his army orward , order to o ff f f o u . the Scotch rom their base s pplies King J ames, aware o f d me n u u his anger, ordered his to fire their h ts, and , nder cover f a nd o o e u n . the sm ke, march d them to higher gro d Thomas

d v a n o f n u r E ward Howard led the the E glish army , S r ey a nd n d n n u Sta ley comman ed the rear . When ear e o gh to take e ffe n u u f u o f a ct , the E glish archers po red clo d a ter clo d rrows n f n o f u n i to the oremost compa ies the Scots, which so steadied e n a nd n n th m that they bega to waver, at last ope ed their ra ks i n n order to avoid them . Lord Da cres was watchi g his

u a nd e fa n w a s opport nity , imm diately this lse moveme t made , he da s hed i nto the midst o f the Scots at the head of his body of

In r - f horse . vain the Ki ng trie d to steady a nd e orm his m e n : the confusion irresistibly spread as the E nglish troops d u a nd f n n rapi ly moved p , , be ore lo g, notwithstandi g the d u ff o f a nd - u a ntless e orts James his body g ard , the Scotch n army w as completely disorga ised . The Ki ng and his chief nobles were left dead u pon the f a nd u e atal field, , so disastro s was the fight, ther was scarcely a hou s ehold in Scotland that had not cau se to mou rn a lost o ne .

H a d en them 0 m ma sters you se , y a t fa l l Wh e n the night beg n o , A nd the En l sh s ea rmen a there g i p g d , Round a grim a nd ghastly w a l l I w l ves in w n ter c rcl e A s the o , i , i

R n the l e a uer on the h ea th o u d g , h e foe l a re u w a r So t e gre dy g d p d , Pa nting still fo r bl ood and dea th . 42 TH E H IS TOR Y OF TH E L ORDS OF TH E M A N OR .

t fo e the m Bu a ra mpa rt rose be r ,

Wh ch th e bo l est a re not scal e i d d d , Ever stone a S ott sh bo y c i dy,

Eve ry step a corpse in ma il .

And beh n it l a ou r Mona rch i d y , Cl ench n st ll his sh vere sw o r i g i i d d , B his s e Montrose and Athol e y id , A t his fe u h o e t a So t r n l ord . All so thick they l a y toge the r

When the stars l it u th Sk p e y , Tha t I knew no t who we re stricken ” r w ho t r O ye emained to die .

Lord Dacres fou nd the body of James u pon the field o f battle and conveyed it to the Earl o f Su rrey at Berwick . n n i n a d n f n It was the e closed le and take to York , rom whe ce , ’ n n n at the Ki g s comma d, it was carried to him at Richmo d f o u . i n u v of n n by the Earl S rrey Stow, his S r ey Lo do , says the mo na s te ri e of n The body was deposited in She e , where it rema ined fo r a time ; bu t S ince the dissol u tion o f

u — u o f u ff n u that Ho se Henry Grey , D ke S olk , keepi g ho se there— I have been showed the sa me body so lapped i n lead

a nd n a m close to the head body, throw into a w ste roo

n u . t n amo gst the l mber Since the which ime workme there, fo r f s u o ff a nd u n l their oolish plea re , hewed his head La ce ot

u n u n fe eli n e Yo g, master glazier to Q ee Elizabeth , g a sweet

a u f n a nd the f n n s vo r to come rom the ce , yet orm remai i g, he o f the a nd u wi th t hair head the beard red, bro ght it to n u i n fo r Lo ndo to his ho se Wood Street, where ( a time) he kept it for the S weetnes s ; b u t i n the e nd cau sed the sex ton of that chu rch to bu ry it amongst other bones take n ” o ut of their charnel .

n v n . I s t For achieving so sple did a ictory, He ry VI I I ( - 1 of u u f u r A . D . 1 1 o Febr a y, 5 3 4) created the Earl S rrey , D ke : MA S S IN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T. .

f k a nd a s S Nor ol E rl Mar hall , besides making him a pecial ’ n o f a n u n of u n gra t a gme tation his arms . D ring the Ki g s m n f n o n s n o f the te porary abse ce rom his ki gdom, the occa io t n tw n a nd n n of t mee i g be ee him Fra cis I . o the Field the Clo h o f u of f k nt t a nd Gold , the D ke Nor ol was appoi ed Protec or

e f n o f o f n n u f D e der the Realm E gla d . Fo r years a terwards, fe eli ng the weight o f advancing years a nd o f growi ng ’ i nfirm tie s K n t i , he begged the i g s permission to re ire to his

t o f a n o n the 2 1 s t Ma A . D . Cas le Fr mli gham , where he died y , 1 2 o f e n a 5 4, at the age ighty , owi g at the time , as his epit ph “ not o ne fo r his de b te nor fo r t tu n a n records grote , res i tio to y “ n u d tf perso . He was b rie with mu ch pomp at The ord

u nd de si ne d f a nd Abbey , er a tomb g by himsel Master Clarke, ’ t o f the n a nd e Mas er Works at Ki g s College, Cambridge , Wass l , ” r f n of u . d u n s u n o a freemaso B y St E m ds . At the dis ol tio ’

he n a nd u i n . a t Abbey, his bo es were removed b ried St Mich el s

u h n . Ch rc , Framli gham O n o f u of f t n the death the D ke Nor olk, Li tle Massi gham came into the possession o f the ancient S u ffolk family o f ’ ] v rt u of u of Cape , by i e Sir William Capel s p rchase his f n f n o n . reversion the ma or rom Joh , Lord Ber ers Sir n o f o f n William Capel was an Alderma the City Lo don , and

D . 1 0 . i n A . 5 3 was elected Lord Mayor From him the f o f e x u s u o n . ill u strio Ho se Capel , Earls Ess , traces its desce t ’ ’ Sir William s case was the first noted i nstance O f the perversion of j u stice by order of the Crown for the pu rpose

o f obtaini ng fines a nd composi tions . He w a s condem ned o n so me penal statutes to pay the s um o f a nd was

m u nd fo r t n s ft obliged to co po Thir ee year a erwards , n o n f i u x a nd fo r he was agai n fi ed some r volo s prete t, , n n u u x t on n daring to m u rm ur agai st the i iq ito s e ac i , he was throw 44 TH E H I S TOR Y OF TH E L ORD S OF TH E M A N OR .

. a th e into the Tower Sir William Capel married M rgaret, d u of u KL o f L a nh ern n a ghter Sir Thomas Ar ndel , , , Cor wall , on n d by whom he had a s a d tw o daughters . H is el er

u u u da ghter, Elizabeth, married William Pa let, the first Marq is o f n : u n Z u Wi chester his yo ger, Dorothy, John , Lord o ch , o f n . d e o n oth Harri g worth Sir William Capel i d the September,

A . D . 1 1 a nd o f 5 4, by his will be qu eathed the lordship Sou th t n i n f Wooton , together with all o her his ma ors Nor olk , to f fo r f n a nd Margaret , his wi e , li e, with remai der to his son heir,

Giles . Giles Ca pel was k nighted fo r his valou r at the S ieges o f Theroue nne u u l of and To rnay, and d ring the batt e the

Spurs . At the Field of the Cloth of Gold he w as one o f the o f n n n n champions E gla d , and, together with other ge tleme , in f f for f u challenged all comers eats o a rms o r days . H e m d a nd f u s f arrie twice , le t iss e by his econd wi e, Isabel , the u of n e w a s da ghter Sir Thomas Newto . Sir Giles Cap l u u his s cceeded by his son , Sir Henry, who was s cceeded by

t d r ; nn u bro her, Sir E wa d Sir Edward married A e , the da ghter o f W n u i n Sir illiam Pelham . Little Massi gham was act ally n of f for o n the possessio the Capel amily ten years, and , the h D 1 2 t A . . n w d 7 April , 534, the ma or was sold by Sir Ed ar

e u n . o f d d Capel to Rob rt Morda t, Esq , Hempstea , who alrea y owned land in the village by his marriage with Barbara l e n Stra ge . The le Stranges are a very ancient and distingu ished f a nd of u u nd ff amily , several members the Ho se have, er di erent f f S e e d o n i n a . sover igns, h l o fices great respo sibility the t te

' G u le n f u nd o f f ca me ove r i n y Stra ge , the o er the amily, the ’ trai n of one of William the Conqu eror s nobles— the ancestor of itz- n f of u n — a nd for the F Ala s , a terwards Earls Ar del , his f d n of o f services to his chie , he receive a gra t the lands 45 MA S SIN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

n n i n the u o f . G u n K ocki , co nty Shropshire From y desce ded n u merou s powerful branches of the family who spread them

u u u n o f of selves thro gho t the co try, and the heads three these families be ca me so disting u ished as to succeed i n fou nding ff n le n three di ere t peerages in the realm . The Stranges, Baro s o f n n f x t n fo r f u u m i n K ocki , a ter e is i g o r cent ries, beca e merged

f u n n u o f of a the ort es and ho o rs the Earls Derby, by the marri ge

of f n le n h n . the last emale , Joa Stra ge , wit Sir George Sta ley ’ One n o f le n ha d n bra ch the Stra ge s had settled at, and bee lords of the manor o f H u nstanton at least from the time of d n i 1 le r of u n n a d n A . D . 8 Richar I ; , 4 3 , Henry St ange H nsta to d e a o f o f Ta te s ha le die possess d amongst other est tes the manor , Pete a rs i n of or g , Congham , together with a part Little

m n n . Massingha , which had bee alie ated by the de Thorpes f s on e rt r l e n n . This prop y Hen y Stra ge le t to his third , Joh n w a s u u f of the Joh bro ght p to the pro ession Law, and entered ’ a s ud n o f n n Inn o f a st e t Li col s , which Society he was u a d e u n . s ccessively lected Reader, Treas rer, a Fellow His su ccess as a barrister led to his appoi ntment as a Cou nsel at n f n Commo Law, rom which post he was promoted , on a vaca cy ’ u f d l o ne o n u . e n occ rring, to be the Ki g s J ges John Stra ge M a o ne of u a nd of married arg ret, the two da ghters heiresses ’ s l e t n o f d Eiville Sir Thoma S ra ge Walton , Warwickshire , by h d a d n . n s on i n u whom he two chil re He ry, his , died his yo th ,

u n while Barbara, his heiress , married Robert Morda t, by which alliance she became the ancestress o f the Mo rda u nt s of

Ma ras in ham . w a s In A D g By his will , which proved October, . . 1 1 n le n u I 5 7 , Joh Stra ge ordered his body to be b ried n Little

n u if u o f Massi gham Ch rch , he sho ld die within five miles the v f u illage . To his wi e he beqeathed his lands In Congham a nd Little Massi ngham for life ; after her decease they were to go to 46 TH E H I S TOR Y OF TH E L ORD S OF TH E M A N OR .

u r a a nd i n f u of u her da ghter Ba bar , de a lt iss e by her to Richard ’ l e r n s on u St a ge, his nephew s . To Barbara , his da ghter, he

f — x le t all his law books e cept the boarded ones, which were ’ to be presented to the Library o f Lin coln s Inn— which she w a s for s o n if u d f u n to keep her , she sho ld have the goo ort e to ”

o ne . u a nd u n bear His da ghter Barbara William Morda t,

f - i n- w co - x u o f w her ather law, ere appointed e ec tors his ill . “ In 1 06 6 the year , amongst other heroes who joined their n f u u of nd hopes and assista ce to the amo s William , D ke Norma y , f — there was a noble k night called Robert o St . Giles i n the t n u Robe rtus Sa ncto IE idi o — u La i tong e, de g who bro ght to r f u n ou t of u of r n f his se vice o r score k ights the so th F a ce . O t of n Of w as n his Robert St . Giles , no more is certai what he , tha the assu rance that the sovereign lords a nd pri nces of Toulou se did m u se a nd n of all , at that ti e , the name appellatio St . Giles de S a ncto ! E a nd f u i n or gidio that , a ter his labo rs the war, he w a s rewa rded by the Conqu eror with great lands and noble o f di s . u . s d u vi po sessions His son , E stace St Gile , s r ve his

f u t n n ather and possessed his acq isi io s by a charter, wherei he u of le gave to his brother, Osbert , who ass med the name d n of d n u n Mor a t , the lordship Ra well and other la ds in the co ty f f f l n f o Bed ord . Osbert derived the name o e Morda t rom “ n v n ou t dare mortem , to destroy his e emy, he ha i g set to

f u u of a nd for d make his ort ne by advent res arms ; , his goo rv of n n a nd f se ices, he received a grant ma y la ds air possessions un Mo rda u nts in other co ties . From this Osbert, all the derive ” n n d u their desce t. The ten th in desce t was William Mor a nt

o f u r n . n T vey, who had two so s , John and William John joi ed f i n o f o k . Richard Nevil , Earl Warwic the reign Edward IV , of n and was with him at the Battle Bar et, where his patron was u f ff e slain a nd he himself badly wo nded . He a terwards a ord d 47 f u u . great and s ccess l assistance to Henry VI I , both at the of a nd a of Battles Bosworth Stoke Field , at the l tter which he o f f was one f the commanders o the royal orces . For his n u o f n d services , he received the ho o r k ighthood and was ma e u ft u s a Privy Co ncillor . He was a erwards made , s cces ively, the ’ n r u of of u of Ki g s Se jeant, J stice Chester, Chancellor the D chy n a nd n o f of n La caster, K ight the Sword at the creation He ry, n of u f Pri ce Wales . His son was the first lord Morda nt, and rom no w x n of Morda u nts him descended the e ti ct branch the , Earls of u n u Peterboro gh . Sir Joh Morda nt married Edith Latimer . nd d A . D . 1 0 a u u u . He ied in 5 5, lies b ried in T rvey Ch rch ’ a of u of William , John s brother, bec me Prothonotary the Co rt

In u A. 1 n . D . n one of Commo Pleas J ne , 495, he married An e , the

u of un n t of x da ghters Thomas H ti g on Hempstead, Esse , the

f i n n marriage est vities bei g provided , according to the co tract,

the o f un at cost and charges the said William Morda t , as well ” i n i n n . f apparel as meat and dri k and other charges By his wi e, u n f u a nd u William Morda t had o r sons eleven da ghters . Two

of . his sons died childless His third son married Ag nes, the d u o f n ro fli a c a nd a g hter Lord Rich , who by plia cy and p g y , , it d u u a nd d is sai , perj ry, made his way to hono r became Lor

n . u n d A D 1 2 Cha cellor William Morda t ied in . . 5 7 , leaving “ testamentary i nstructions that his body shou ld be bu ried at a nd f Hempstead , that, as soon as possible a ter his decease , there S for u of u be five masses aid his so l the Five Wo nds , and five n fo r u a nd of nn f f tre tals his so l that A e his wi e, whereo one to

the of f d f u be at Friars Bed or , and the others at the o r orders at ” - . s on f n Cambridge H is eldest , Robert, as be ore me tioned, l a nd in A r e . D 1 2 i n married Ba bara Strange , . 5 9, he held , her r Ellin ha m s Wa lcote s Ru ste ns Ge ffre s ight , lands called g , y , y , Pe te a rs xa W i ua g , and Ale nders, th thirty mess ges in Little 48

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or uc un f his s cessor his brother James, who died a l atic the ’ f x u year ollowing . Robert, Philip s third son , ne t s cceeded , and o e of x of wn d the whole the property, with the e ception the lands own which his grandmother, Barbara, held in her right, as heiress of n f u a Joh le Strange . A ter long outliving her h sb nd and s ra of r un n eve l her grandchildren , Barba a Morda t at le gth sank the f D 1 81 a nd h r w as o A . . the 26t in Spring 5 , on Ap il laid to r he rest in the Parish Chu rch . ’ Morda unt s f u son r Philip o rth , Hen y, married Anne Foley, a nd was living at Massingham at lea st from the year 1 57 2 to 1 n n r 574, whe two childre , George and Barbara, were bo n to

. le n u u n t him His eldest son , Stra ge, who s cceeded his cle Rober a t 1 602 his death in the year , is said to have been born in Lynn f a u A . D . 1 1 . n a nd bo t, 57 However this may be , He ry his wi e f A . D 1 u f . o removed to Lynn a ter 574, probably on acco nt the g reater advantages the town offered for the education of their ur o n 1 2th u children ; and Anne Foley was b ied there the J ly, f 1 8 . o ru o f f u 5 3 When Philip, Earl A ndel , the eldest son the o rth u o f f for n D ke Nor olk, was thrown into the Tower attempti g to ’ n t u u n n pass beyo d the seas wi ho t the Q ee s licence , a Commissio w as a u n ppointed to s rvey his lands, amo g which was the manor f R si nr u n f n x o y ng . He y Morda t was one o the wit esses e amined

. of 1 by the Commission He died at the close the year 599, and ’ f u n was laid beside his wi e in St . Margaret s Ch rch , Ly n . Le Strange Morda u nt was born at a stirri ng period o f n u English history . The i tellect al a nd physical vigou r of the n i u e u n u n nation , which had bee st m lated by p c liar i fl e ces, was, u u n at that time, b rsting thro gh its ancie t limits, seeking new f x f fields o e ercise . The wealth o the great merchants of the u n n u f co try had increased e ormo sly, and the acilities which had recently been offered them fo r i nvesting their money i n land had 50 TH E H I S TOR OF TH E R N R Y L O D S OF TH E M A O .

n n o f In n u n u n bee taken adva tage largely . co seq e ce, r i ed n m n of m e n o f oble en were replaced as ow ers the soil by wealth , who laid the fo u ndation of ne w families of distinction and u v u of S i n hono r, which ha e been a so rce trength to England ’ n of u of f w f l e n ma y her ho rs need . A e years be ore Stra ge s r a n of of bi th , Sir Thomas Gresh m , the ow er two the n n as of principal ma ors in Great Massi gham, as well land i n n f u ow n Little Massi gham , had o nded , at his cost, the Royal x n n u n f n n E change in Lo do , which Q ee Elizabeth , a ter di i g

u n n . with Sir Thomas, opened with m ch pomp and mag ifice ce Education and liberty of thought were o n the incre as e i n the Sh ks r n i kingdom . a p ea e was revelli g n the su nny hou rs of

n n of . x his boyhood , wa deri g amid the fields Avon Esse , nd fu f u n a o . Sid ey, Raleigh were in the ll blaze their pop larity n n robishe r a nd Sir John Hawkins, Sir Fra cis Drake, Marti F on th e n others, were sailing high seas, crippli g the commerce f n n u ne w fo r n f u n o Spai , ope ing p markets E glish goods, o ding ’ n f u of n colonies, and layi g the o ndation Engla d s naval 8 f u . A . D . 1 o s premacy In 5 5, the Earl Leicester was despatched to Holland with a n English army to help the Estates to break loose from the tyran ny of Spain ; to this invasion the K ing of n fe w u n u Spai replied , a years later, by h rli g his nwieldy fleet n of n u agai nst the shores of E ngla d . Yearly the sphere adve t re x n n v ma n a nd commercial enterprise was e te di g ; and, to e ery u ffi n a nd i n England who possessed s cie t daring ability,

u fu u o f a n opened p a t re, bright with the possibility obt i ing

u if not of u a nd a . distinction and hono r, op lence e se le f I n the meanwhile the boy Strange, in con ormity with a nd i the cu stom of the age, was learning the Frenche Lat ne la ie n e ca sti n e o f a cco m te s tongues, writing, p g att weapons, g p , a nd pastimes of instru ments while for his recreation he would SI M A S S IN GH A JI PA R VA PA S T A N D PR E S E N T.

u hawke and h nte and shoote in his long bowe . Now and again some fleet messenger or goodly merchant-vessel wou ld bring to Lynn tidings from the outer world— news o fthe daring deeds Englishmen were performing i n every quarter of the C f f M s e u g lobe . The hie interest o the orda u nt centr d nat rally a nd in Ireland, where their kinsmen , Sir Nicholas Sir

le , u , Thomas , Strange and Captain Nicholas Morda nt were u f bill a nd u u h nting the rebels down rom hill to b sh to b sh . ’ Le Strange s first e x perience of the realities o f w ar was n in gai ed Flanders, where he joined the English army fighting in n e n aga st Spain, and, in more tha one ngageme t, he gave f fu o u n n . w promise t re disti ctio The war dragged , ho ever, and l e f u u in u Strange o nd occ pation other ways . While q artered in n his u A twerp , he paid addresses to Margaret, the da ghter o f Peter de Charles, a Flemish gentleman , whom , at the n u n o f r co cl sio the war , he mar ied and took home with him to n I Massi gham . n the year 1 598 the Iris h again rose in rebellion u n of o f der the leadership the Earl Tyrone , who was aided by n f n Spanish men and money. The E glish orces i Ireland having u u f n u me n u s stained a cr shing de eat, twe ty tho sand were h rriedly

i n n u n called to arms Engla d and despatched to Ireland, der the of o f x L command the Earl Esse . e Strange sailed as one o f f of x d Bu the o ficers the e pe ition . t the ex pedition did not achieve any satisfactory resu lt while i t remai ned u nder the

of x . x u u u command Esse An io s to ret rn to Co rt , he at length u se t for patched p a peace with the Irish, and sail England . u u le n Under Mo ntjoy, his s ccessor, Stra ge greatly distin uished f f D o A . . 1 600 a nd A D 1 6 g himsel in the fierce fights . . 01 . ’ W u o f D A u ila r ith the capit lation the Spaniard, g , and the captu re of n le r Tyro e, the war came to an end, and St ange returned to ’ u n Massingham Hall , only to find his ncle lyi g at death s door . 52 h 2 t A . D . 1 602 u u On the 9 May, , Robert Morda nt died iss eless, le u f a and Strange s cceeded to the estates . Be ore another ye r had

as - u o f f of p sed away, the great grand da ghter a ormer owner n f of n n Massi gham Parva, to the grie E gland, lay writhi g in her n on o of death ago y the flo r Richmond Palace . Three years ’ ’ le f u s later, Margaret, Strange s wi e , was laid beside her h sband u 8 h a . 2 t ncestors in Little Massingham Ch rch On the September, D 1 6 8 l u f A . . 0 e o , Strange was married again in the Ch rch ’ f M dd m k t . . a e r a r e St John s , , Norwich His second wi e was of of H a le sdo n Frances, the widow Thomas Sotherton y and f a nd u of r o n . Norwich, the da ghter Sir Robe t Cheek Deb am f un On the discove ry o the G powder Plot , Sir Gilbert

of Tichma rsh ortha m tonshire $011 f . Pickering , N p , whose a ter ’ f l n Morda u nt s n - u wards married one o e Stra ge gra d da g hters, n n was particularly active in apprehe ding the co spirators . On f e account of his absence rom Parliam nt at the time, Lord

u n of of a f u Morda nt, a ki sman the lord Massingham P rva, ell nder u of rn the s spicion the Star Chamber, as being conce ed in the f e n u n a nd s um o t u n . moveme t , was fined the tho sand po ds n f a Within a fe w years Ja mes I . co ceived the idea o r ising u of money by instituting the hereditary hono r baronets . H is ostensible object was to promote the colonisation of I reland by n ff Englishme , and thereby to increase the civilization , e ect the f a cifica tio n a nd u o u n . p , develope the reso rces the co try Each baronet u ndertook to mainta in thirty soldiers in Ireland fo r f o . three y ears , at the rate eightpence per diem It was, how ’ a u a u ever, speci lly stip lated that whole year s wages sho ld be paid into the Royal Treasu ry at the time of granting the a u n u n pate nt . Notwithst nding that it cost over one tho sa d po ds u u n u to p rchase the hono r, more tha two h ndred persons n 2 applied for it . The first pate ts were granted on the 2nd 1 6 1 1 th n l e A . D . 2 u I May, , and on the 9 J ne the same year Sir Strange Mordau nt obta ined the title which ha s s ince remained with his direct descendants . ’ I n n le s s so n t the mea while, Sir Strange elde t , Rober , had ’ n r u of grown to ma s estate , and had ma ried Amy, the da ghter f u . had o Sir A stin Sotherton By her he seven children , five L m Of s . whom were born and baptized at ittle Mas ingha these, ’

x s es a . s all , e cept one , grew to man and woman t te Thi child, f f t n a nd a named a ter his ather, Rober , sicke ed died at M ssingham fe w of u 1 6 20 within a weeks his birth . Abo t the year , Robert Mordau nt recei ved the honou r of knighthood at the hands of n a nd 1 2th u i n e the u Ki g James , , on the J ne that y ar, little Ch rch at Massingham Parv a w as the scene of an u nusual occu rrence . ’ t wa s n of Sir Robert s sis er, J ane, married to Sir James Rey olds B u m s te de x of f t l e a p , Esse , in the presence her a her, Sir Str nge,

a nd u u s a nd u . her brothers, a n mero disting ishe d company x L u o f of The ne t year Frances, ady Morda nt, the sec nd wi e Sir ’ l e r n a nd u i n - St a ge , died was b ried St . John s, Madder market, hi ix . s n u n s u u Norwich Wit n y ears, her oble h sba d cc mbed

of infirmitie s u to the weight his , tho gh still comparatively a u ma n n fift -fiv e of u yo ng , bei g only y years age , and was b ried f beside his first wi e in Little Massingham Chu rch . ’ h le r By his will , it was ordered t at Sir St ange s property in n m a nd u n a Massi gha Congham sho ld be divided . Massi gh m n n u to remai with the heir, while Co gham was beq eathed to his

n H r . Calthor seco d son , en y Henry married Barbara p , by whom f t r of af a f h l e he became the a he a son named, ter his gr nd at er, u l h r 2 th . r Ca t o Strange Morda nt Barba a p died on 5 December,

A D 1 680 n u . r e . . , and was interred in Co gham Ch rch Le St ang

un r u of a Morda t, her son , ma ried Barbara (the da ghter Rich rd

Ca tl n u of - y , Esq ire, Kirkby Cane) whose brother, Nevil, was a 54 u a nd u a n sta nch disting ished roy list in the Civil War. Le Stra ge son r u had by her a , Hen y, and a da ghter, Barbara. The latter i d n f a rr e a o n . u Capt i John Brown , Scarni g She lies b ried i n Scarning Ch u rch u nder a stone which bore the inscription

In memor of Barbara wife of ohn Brown ent . a u hter of y , J , g , d g ’ L Estran e Mor a un t of Con ha m Es u re who e Ma 1 th 1 1 g d g , q i , di d y 9 , 7 4 aged

Le Strange Mordau nt and his wife were interred in Congham u Ch rch . Over their grave an inscribed slab was lai d

’ In memor of l Estran e Mor a unt son of H enr Mor aunt a y g d , y d , ’

ran son of Si r l Estran e Mor a un t of Bt . b Ba rba ra his w fe g d g d , , y , i ,

a u hter of Richd. C a tl n Es ui re he ha d ssue H enr and a au hter d g y , q , i y d g ,

Ba rba ra a nd e Dec . i n the 6 rd ear of his a e 16 1 . H ere al so , di d , 4, 3 y g , 9

l eth Barba ra his rel ct who e A ril 1 2 a e 86 . i , i , di d p 4, 7 9, g d

d v u t . a n Sir Robert Morda n , Kt Baronet, appears to ha e ’ resided only occasionally at Massingham after his father s

f u n e x death , his avo rite residence bei g H mpstead in Esse , one of the manors which ca me to him as the heir of Anne

u n f of u t . H tingdon , the wi e William Morda n , his ancestor d u A D u 2 r u . . 1 6 8. Here he died and was b ried on the 3 A g st , 3 Cha rle s his so n w ho rn Sir n eldest , had been bo at Massingham ,

- f su cceeded to the title when only twenty three years o age . Being a stau nch Royalist he was soon actively engaged i n r sc o i u the stir ing enes f the time . The dark polit cal th nder cloud that had long bee n gathering around the throne o f u s E ngland b r t when Charles I . impeached the five members of the Hou se of Commons (o ne of whom was descended from H ollises of u n u n r fo r n the Flitcham) , del gi g the co t y ma y years n f f u o f with blood . The ge tlemen o West Nor olk at the o tset n for n a nd w a s the campaig declared the Ki g, , as Lynn the r i n o f u r most impo tant town that part the co nt y , immediate k r u a steps were ta en fo placing it in a position to s st in a siege . f n u Night and day men worked on the ortificatio s, p tting them into a proper S tate of defence new draw -bridges were a r l of dded to the gates, seve a pieces ordnance were obtained f d rom Lon on, and watch and ward was diligently kept in order u to prevent a s rprise.

’ co nisa nt of Cromwell, however, was on the alert, and g the

steps that were being taken in Lynn . At that time he was n W f of u sweepi g est Nor olk with his troop horse , and, while b sy f the n ci con ederating Easter Asso ation, he was also dispersing

a nd n . royalist assemblages seizi g royalist plate Early in March , A D 6 f . . 1 2 n n u 4 , he was at Fake ham , where he ell i to an amb sh , f of o . which cost him the lives some his men Passing, perhaps, u i n o u s ff thro gh Massingham Parva, order to lo k p the di a ected u x of Sir Charles Morda nt , Cromwell is ne t heard at Downham , writing on the 1 sth March in the same year to Cornet Squ ire “ u ou u for e u I wo ld y co ld get into Lynn , I h ar they are b ilding '

a nest there that we m u st rifle I sadly fear. Lynn feeling f u a t hersel strong eno gh to do so, length openly declared for

. m le a of x the King Sir Ha on Str nge, at that time a veteran si ty s of u year age, and a sta nch royalist, was appointed the Governor, while gentlemen flocked i nto the town from the su rrounding u n r ff u f co t y to o er their services as vol nteers in its de ence . n u I . n il Amo gst these was Sir Charles Morda nt the meanwh e , o f e of the Earl Manchester, at the h ad a large army, was

moving to lay siege to the town , while Cromwell was busy

u u u off r for Swa flh acc m lating a s pply o age and stores them at am . 1 u u A D 1 6 On the 7th A g st, . . 43 , Cromwell was on his way to

‘ ’ j l f o f oin the Ear s orces with his troop horse, which , however, not ff he does seem to have e ected, his presence being u rge ntly u req ired in Lincolnshire . By the end of the month the Earl

i that neither the persons nor estates of any nhabita nts or strangers now resident in Lynn shou ld b e molested f for a nything pas sed or done by them S ince the Earl o ’ ” r Manchester s coming into these p a ts . r of t s C u s s d u nt Under the p otection he e la se , Sir Charle Mor a r r s n m few m s f tw o of his eti ed to Ma si gha , and a onth a ter, s s n n b the ur . on , He ry and Joh , were aptized in Parish Ch ch r f his s u e Henry only lived th ee days a ter bapti m , and in J n f Tollema che so n was ai i n ve ollowing, , another , l d the gra ’ ir m e f ed er. t S beside his broth In Oc ober, Charles oth r ollow ’ r s f i wa s the them to the tomb . Sir Cha le wi e, Kather ne, a e a Pla t ers of widow of Dr k Willi m y , lord Hardley, by whom f s ix u she had had a family o children . She was the da ghter n Tolle ma che en of v e of Sir Lio el , the th head the enerabl and ill ustrious Sax on family of which it is recorded

Before the N ormans nto En lan came i g d , Bentl e was m seat and Toll emache w s n e y y a my am .

’ Tollemache s s er a a h e e Katherine si t , M ry, married not er min nt rf l s E s r f Ra i h e . o ve n n No olk roya ist, Roger Ca tell, q , g N ot fter c u of L l e r long a the apit lation ynn , Sir Roger St ange , the son of f s e for u Sir Hamon , ormed a chem s rprising the town and recovering it out of the hands of the Parliamenta rian

a o . n Governor, Colonel W lt n Having obtai ed the sanction of the K s s ing to the cheme, and also a Commis ion appointing r of its su s him Governo in the event meeting with cces , a u ut o x u io t e he was bo t to p it int e ec t n , wi h the assistanc of e n n u n m n u c rtai eighbo ring ge tle e , when he was s ddenly

- u c to . arrested, tried by co rt martial , and ondemned death r Th r w W w a s d . o o ood hile lying in p ison , he visite by Mr g , so of L a to use metime rector ittle M ssingham, who promised 58 his u tmost i nterest to secu re the reversal o f the sentence and a if he u u u his liber tion , wo ld ndertake to s bscribe the n fu nd f n . s to a u s Cove a t This he re ed do, a , ter la ng i hing in for hs a . gaol thirty mont , he m naged to make his escape d r For his connection with this inten ed rising, Sir Cha les ’ Morda u nt s a u ue of ch est tes were seqestered, in conseq nce whi f n he and his amily retired to Londo . Here he died at the - h a e o l ot u A . 8 d 6 . f . 1 g thirty three , on the J ly, D 4 His bo y was u ht r r 1 t bro g by oad to Little Massingham , whe e, on the 5 h ul it w as r due so J y, inter ed in the Parish Church with lemnity, a s f m u re having been s ved , as his epitaph record , ro the sep lch of n x — a e ile . H is widow who bore him seven children

af rw s Le e of Billesle e Wa w . te ards married Sir Charle , , r ick F of n u u bu t ive his childre o tlived Sir Charles Morda nt , in x only one of them w as the line saved from becoming e tinct . His u t d u t A m u ma i a f r yo nges a gh er, y , died n rr ed two ye rs a te is c u K n and h as fa . de e e , and was b ried beside her ther atheri e a o e u ed : f r r Eliz beth als di d nmarri the orme lived to a ipe age ,

e A . D . 1 0 . the and di d at Massingham Parva in May, 7 5 She was u u last Morda nt interred i n the Parish Ch rch . Charles and John l he t e e the f m . his sons, both in rited h baron tcy, or er dying chi dless of h n h Charles I . was alrea dy in the hands t e Parliame t w e n u n fou ucc d his f Sir Charles Morda t, the rth baronet, s ee ed ather a nd f u the a d , in the ollowing Jan ary, King p id with his hea

for the fatal errors of government into which he had fallen . s i af u in For ome t me terwards , Sir Charles Morda nt lived u a m a h u t u his secl sion at Massingh , lt o gh , as a s a nch royalist, sympathies were over the wate r with the ex iled heir to D 1 6 8 the throne of England ; and when in A . . 5 his kinsman , n u n of the n of the f wa s Mr . Joh Morda t, elder bra ch amily, in ’ r to ex u se the neighbou rhoo d gai ning adhe ents the ile s ca , 59 MA S SI N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

Sir Charles Mordau nt w a s of the nu mber o f those who u rt n f promised their s ppo , and concerni g whom it was a terwards “ ” f d ff n o . reported to Charles I I . that they were goo a ectio u u of e w ho This John Morda nt was a yo ng man gr at ability, n a u fu a nd d had rece tly married very bea ti l accomplished la y, f a nd u . both were enth siastic royalists Some time a ter,

u . n Mr . Morda nt begged Charles I I to gra t a commission f i f f f fo r the command o a reg ment o horse to a riend o his . No I sooner did Cromwell discover tha t the commission was n Mr . ’ Mo rda u nt s n u a nd possessio , than he ca sed him to be arrested h w h w n i nto t e To e r . u u fo r u n t ro . When bro ght p trial, Mr Morda t of u r tr impeached the legality the co t that sat to y him , and nu n fu s n , conti i g obstinate in his re al to ack owledge its a nd u r n n power j isdictio , he was sent back to priso to digest the if o n fu u decision that, the morrow he re sed to plead , he wo ld n u h n . t e . u be co demned nheard In mea time, Mrs Morda nt ’ u r u i n u n f u a nd i n was b sy b ibing the j dges her h sba d s avo r, , the u of n n a : co rse the eve i g , she received two mess ges the one ff n to the e ect that a Colonel Mallory, who had also bee i n n i n u n arrested, was the most damag g wit ess aga st her h sba d ;

if u n a n u the other, that her h sba d wished to s ve his eck he m st

n u . u u n u be i d ced to plead Thro gho t the ight Mrs . Morda nt ’ u n for n M rd u n s was b sy devisi g means obtai ing Mr. o a t acqu ittal . Wi th the aid of a friend she so j u diciou sly ex pended ha n her money t t, as Colo el Mallory was being cond ucted to the u r nfu o a u Co t, a temporary co si n was cre ted , d ring which he m S f u the anaged to lip rom his g ards, and , mingling with crowd, n A S u was soo lost to sight . her h sband was entering the M u rs . u nt n Co rt, Morda nt slipped a note i o his ha d, in consequ ence of which he retracted his decision o f the previous a nd aft n x n u day, , er a searchi g e ami ation , was acq itted . When 60 d h the verdict was reporte to him , Cromwell was t rown into a r nfi d i r . u t eco ne n great age, and ordered Mr Morda n to be the Tower to await another trial ; but this a rbitrary ex ercise of his power cau sed the display of so m uch popu lar indignation u n that he was compelled , rel cta tly , to release him . f hu . u t A ter t s narrowly escaping the block , Mr Morda n ’ threw himself more enthu siastically than ever into the King s u n f u f ca se . Havi g obtained resh ass rances rom the chief noblemen and gentlemen of the land that they wou ld rise in the ’ a f if the u da a nd r King s beh l , King wo ldappoint a y p omise tojoin f t . u r or u u hem , Mr Morda nt depa ted Br ssels in disg ise to report

a . . u the matter to Ch rles There were , said Mr Morda nt, very few counties in the which the most powerful men had not formed s for n of n h a cheme seizi g one the most importa t towns . T e best digested and the most promising o f success was that for u a nd ru o s rprising Lynn , which had been ent sted to L rd W o u of a m ill ghby P rha , Sir H oratio Townshend , Sir Robert u h . t Walpole , Sir Charles Morda nt and others Already e of f r f haven Lynn was being o tified, while orces were being cretly levied a nd drilled ready for u se ; and the gentlemen of he u nal t Co nty only waited the sig to rise . r h r t f m f On hea ing t is, and simila repor s ro the west o n n of u Engla d , Charles proposed a certai day in the middle J ly, D 1 6 n u d l A . . a 59, whe he wo ld be in rea iness at C ais to embark for ur o n n England . On ret ning t E gla d Mr . Mordau nt ’ u the u bu t comm nicated to the Royalists King s resol tion , on u r u the day appointed; s ch a te rible storm b rst over England, ’ that fe w of the King s adherents were able to reach the place of u e n rendezvo s ; whil , to add to the ge eral dismay, Lord u a nd s w rre Willo ghby, Sir Horatio Townshend other ere a sted by order of the Commonwealth . Bu u rre t of o al f e n in the cou tr a u t the c n l y e li g n y, ltho gh d for t e w a s r du a r tu n n to the old a n . iverted a im , g a lly e r i g ch n els u nd Through Mr . Mordau nt sev e ral members of the Co ncil a nu merou s ofli cers of the army tendered the ir s ervi ces to a t a n ra o k t a sm te t ou the Charles ; and l st, Ge e l M n r n it d hr gh sa a i the r su of w was me h nds certai n letters to the K ng, e lt hich the ss ue of the f m us r o of re a nd r al i a o Decla ati n B da, the ec l of o u h o x t e Charles t occ py t e va cant thr ne . The ne t im Mr S o u t . au ouc the o e f Mord nt t hed h r s England, he bro gh in his pocket a patent crea ting him Viscou nt Avalon . ” ' u a f the i w as delebl hted Fo r ye rs a ter Restorat on , which at L a nd u s a t u f Sir ynn ( do btles Massingham) with m ch estivity, C un a nd w a s uri a t L s a harles Morda t died, b ed ittle Mas ingh m , - e marr ed being at the time only twe nty nve y ea s o f age. H i

f uMr s o E t th u a nd o . N lizabe h , e da ghter heiress ichola Johns n , ’ f l u a me rchan t o n n . f s u m Lo do His wi e nc e, Sir Willia T rner, ’

of a rs n m o d o of . the Dr pe Compa y, beca e L r May r London H i s w idow — by whom he had no family— afterwards ma rried i l s f . r o . o o F anc God lphin, Esq , C ston, Wilts f n w as or l as a Sir John , the fi th baro et, b n at Litt e M singh m , ’ d n o a n was o ly twenty years f age at his brother s dea th . His

fi fe n u of m . of rst wi was An e , da ghter Willia Risley, Esq , the f F r B e . e a u e ria y, ed ordshir She bor him a d ghter, Pen lope , w ho i n f and u e n a a a died her in ancy, was b ri d at Massi gh m P rv ; d f w a s w f f a n e t o s . his wi laid beside her year a ter A ter this, Si r John Mordaunt seems to have quitted Massingham and to ed al w c S the f o ur have retir to W ton , hi h has ince been av ite r n of is s H s w if w as l o eside ce h de cendants . i second e Pene pe, he u f S o u f t o i b t a . da ghter r Ge rge War r on, B rt , o Arley,

C e s . him tw o and tw o u rs h hire She bore sons da ghte . u t d u r . n Catherine, his yo nger da gh er, mar ie Dr Dobso , f nc e e l e th e e Wa rden o Wi hester Colleg ; whil Pene op , lder,

e m e Es . o un sa t marrie d Joseph H , q Sir J hn Morda t in o f r s everal Parliaments in the reigns William and Ma y, and

f a s one of o f o f a i . o Anne, the Knights the Shire W rw ck f - W i n A . D . 1 2 1 o s t He died at alton 7 , at the age even y eight, f to having lived from the fou rth year o Charles I I . the eighth 1 of George . u f e ce b ut f d f u k i ma D ring his li e his c ntric gi te and amo s ns n , u w as n w a to Charles Morda nt, alter ately thro ing Engl nd in s f e cstasie o delight and parox ysms of despair . Having d a u f I n se te o . de r the c se James I , and having bee created Earl of u ft a Monmo th by William I I I he was, a er holding sever l f fi co . high o ces in the State, mmitted to the Tower Hence u n b ut u he emerged a r i ed man ; , by cons mmate ability and r v f u of his diligence , he ret ie ed his ort nes, and , by the death f A D 1 0 w s u o r u . . . a ncle , became Earl Peterbo o gh In 7 5 he d n w E a nd u m espatched to Spai ith an nglish D tch ar y, in order f to take part in the war of the Spanish succession . A ter ga ining the most S plendid victories ov er overwhelming nu e w a fu of u n i n mb rs ith hand l men , and red ci g, an ex r r s a of the t f s t aordina y manner, ever l stronges ortresse u n of u w u in Spain , he s dde ly, in a fit piq e , thre p his c a nd u the u r f e ommand q itted co nt y . A ter trav lling restlessly “ u h u o m re a nd s thro g E r pe, seeing o kings postillion than ” ma n of u any other his day, he ret rned to England and w as made Commander-in-Chief of the naval forces o f Great u s u Britain . S b eq ently, having married an actress, he retired u L of x a nd to Port gal , and died at isbon e treme age decay, brea thing his la st amid the mou m fu l th under o f the gu ns of ’ r A s us a nd wit l i Sir John No ris fleet . a geni he he d h s

w n w f . o ith Pope, Swi t, and Prior 63 M A S S IN GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

u of Charles Morda nt, the eldest son Sir John , married A D 1 20 u f rt . . o in 7 the da ghter Sir J ohn Conyers, Ba ’ of al x n x f s W thamstow, Esse , and the e t year, on his ather f u . e decease, he s cceeded to the title By his first wi , he had

u of u . co two da ghters, both whom died nmarried His se nd f i n r 1 0 wi e, whom he married the yea 7 3 , was the only f u r of u o . da ghte Sir John Wodeho se, Baronet, Kimberley n e of She died withi eight y ars her marriage , leaving by ’ u him two sons and two da ghters . Sir Charles eldest son, v u u so n J ohn , e ent ally s cceeded him , while his other , Charles, r fa who entered Holy Orde s, was presented to the mily living of s on o f a a Little Massingham . The the latter, lso c lled u a nd Charles, was the last Morda nt born baptized at of Massingham . Sir Charles was elected a Knight the Shire of a nd m for f Warwick , represented it in Parlia ent nearly fi ty 1 8 years. He died in the year 7 7 . u Sir John Morda nt , the seventh baronet, married Elizabeth , u co - of of x r the da ghter and heiress Thomas Prowse A b idge, f of C Somerset, by whom he became the ather eight hildren. w as of s of m e MP for He one the groom the bedcha b r, . the u nt of th 1 8 Co y Warwick , and LL . D . He died on e th m 1 806 Nove ber, . a r u Cheste r in His eldest son , Ch rles, mar ied Lo isa November,

A . D . 1 1 80 r the u of 793 , and in 7 , Ma y Anne, eldest da ghter H l o bech . of arnborou h W w William , Esq , F g , ar ickshire . By

n u . The the latter, he had a son and heir, Joh , and two da ghters c i of Morda unts n a conne t on the with Massi gh m , which had c u ur u now f w ontin ed d ing nearly three cent ries, was ast dra

In . e g to a close Sir Charles, the eighth baron t, who had u f i n 1 806 s cceeded his ather at his death , proposed to sell of the i n D 1 8 A . . 0 the estate and the advowson living, and 7 64

m a L e m ou . l ittl Massingha , and it was b ght by Mr Wil ia J mes Goulton s l u r a the u . al o , a land pec lator The atter s p ch sed f s mal l pieces o land in the Pa rish which belonged to Messrs . f . . . e . r u o T W and E Cok , Mr J . Raven , and the Ma q is

e . T e same r Goulto n e d Cholmond ley h yea Mr. r sol the e state. The m c t of o ne u u ajor part , onsis ing tho sand five h ndred - s the of and twenty one acre , together with advowson the

u . m t living, was p rchased by Mr Willia Walker, at tha time a merchant of H u ll five hu ndred and ten acres were bought

. f . . o x ar l by Mr T B Dring Cla by, ne Spilsby, Linco nshire , w re of t -six f - hile the mainder, in lots eigh y , orty one, thirteen ,

ou v . so and five acres, were b ght respecti ely by Mr. R Mos p ,

Mr ...... W Naylor, Mr R Blyth , and Mr Thomas Foster f Es . o William Walker, q, the present lord the manor, is v of of n L a nd a nati e the Parish Bosto , incolnshire, is the f head of the noted firm o Me ssrs . William Walker a nd Son of ’ n King s Ly n . F O R M E R

D I S T I G U I S H E D R E S I D E N T S

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A LTHOUGH at the present day there are no gentry n i n n f residi g Little Massi gham , yet ormerly the Parish w a s o ff i n better this respect . This is proved by the traces of b uildi ngs of considerable ex tent ex isting i n different parts

of n i n . the Parish , as well as by the e tries the Parish Register u u n u a nd The de Thorpes, ndo btedly, had a Ma or Ho se here, a x f M rd un s In d n o o a t . Hall e isted in the time the ad itio , buildings of some pretension m u st have been erected for the different gentlemen o f position who dwelt at Massingham e i n n n u n arly the seventee th ce t ry . Little Massi gham Hall ,

a u n - f n u u n q ai t old ashio ed b ilding, sit ated near the prese t Hall x u n n u w n o n u n of Farm , e isted p to the prese t ce t ry, he , acco t ’ n w as n its dilapidated co dition , it demolished by Mr . Wilso s f u n on u order . The o dations can still be traced dry s mmers a m he u u n t . id grass I n the field called Ch rch Piece F rlo g, h uge blocks of masonry have been u nea rthed and removed i n 69 / IlI A S S IN GH A J I PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

e m for u ord r to ake way the plo gh . Whether these are portions o f a n u ffi a n of a an ncie t Ch rch , as tradition a rms, or the rem i s f n u n i n Castle or ortified dwelli g, is ncertain . The positio f u n n which they were o nd, ear the old Roma highway to the m f u u n sea, see s to avo r the latter pres mptio . Wells, and und n f u nd n of u n a x mo s coveri g the o atio s b ildi gs, lso e ist in the d n u a nd u e f n fiel s ear the Ch rch the S mm r Wood . The ollowi g are short accou nts of some members of distinguished families a nd n el e who, at one time a other, have thems ves resided , or hav n n a been con ected with reside ts, in Massingham P rva . m n o f the u u f o f Sir Willia Hollis , the a cestor ill strio s amily o u of Wa w H llis, D kes Newcastle, was born at Stoke, r ickshire, u 1 1 a n to n n abo t the year 47 . At early age he went Lo do , where n u r the f u n by his i d stry, integ ity and providence he laid o ndatio of fu u n o f f n the t re great ess his amily . Having bee made a ’ member of the Mercers Company he was elected Sheriff of d n 1 nr a nd A D 1 Lon o ( 9 He y in . . 533 he was knighted by f n . o o the Ki g Seven years later, he was elected L rd Mayor al a nd London , in which capacity, attended by the dermen u of n of co ncillors the City, he received A ne Cleves, on her n n n n of a e tra ce into Londo , with a mag ificent display or tions , ” a m n f ta r e a s page nts and compli e ts o S te . Amongst othe st te , W u rc s e which his great wealth enabled Sir illiam Hollis to p ha , the f ou 1 f was manor o Flitcham . This he b ght in 539 rom Sir In 1 2 f ur Richard Cromwell . 54 Sir William Hollis died , leaving o — i u n s a nd . H s o children Thomas, William , Francis Anne y ge t ra n x am n a nd son, F ncis, died the e t year Willi , his seco d f u u i n D erb shire i n u n avo rite son, settled at Ha ghton y , whichco ty, of n a a nd n s ns as well as in those Notti gh m Lincol , va t possessio f m e were bequ eathed to him by his ather . Fro him descend d f a a nd o s s the two families of the Earls o Cl re the Bar n Holli . 7 0 RME I TIN U/ II E D RE S ID E N TS I H I S H FO R D S G S N T E PA R .

l so n w a s of m f un Sir Thomas Ho lis, the eldest a son is ort e , a nd by his lav ishnes s and his imp rov 1de nce ru ined both himself a nd f f r f his posterity. His ather le t him a ve y air estate, yet he i n lived to spend it all a nd to die at last prison . His marriage ’ of u n r o f u with Ann Payne , one Q ee Cathe ine s maids hono r, u r f a o f n the da ghte o Rich rd Payne Castle Acre , sta dard bearer u to Henry V I I I w a s an u nfort nate one. The only issu e o f

a i . u e the m rr agewas a son, William Thomas Hollis was s mmon d

e n the n of . to att d coro ation Edward VI in Westminster Abbey, and appeared at the ceremony with a magnificent company of TWO o n f . ty ollowers days later, b th he and his brother

William w ere b th e n . , knighted y Ki g On coming into the posses n f P i n s m sio o oin g Manor, Flitcha , SirThomas passed it, together f n fi ne W f r with the lordship o Barnesto , by to Henry ard o b f n n u f ut his wi e bei g joi t red therein , and her ather,

Richa rd Payne, not agreeing thereto , it came into the possession f a nd f the n of of the Payne amily, rom thence p assed into ha ds

u of f . f Thomas , D ke Nor olk Soon a ter this, Sir Thomas Hollis o f x u for l was arrested on a writ e ec tion debt, his ands were sold ,

n o o u u n . and he was thrown i t pris n , where he s bseq e tly died Ann am e s w f of The Lady Hollis , his widow , bec the econd i e u Philip Morda u nt of Little Massingham , and lies b ried in the u his Parish Church. Her son , William Hollis, also took p P a f w t residence at M as singham arv , a ter his marriage i h u of r Flow e rdew e o f the Elizabeth , the da ghter Sir Edwa d , one u f u C Ba rons of the Ex cheq er. By her he had o r hildren — n Edw a rd , Fra cis , Ann and Elizabeth the two latter being born

and baptized at Little Massingham . Elizabeth the you ngest 1 68 2nd u u C i d a u , 5 , hild, was bapt ze in J n ary and on the A g st ’

a Flow e rdew e , f w as in the same ye r, Amy his wi e s sister, h c n ma rried at Little Massingham to Michael Heat , a des enda t 7 ! MA S S I N GH A AI PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

o f the r u of Thomas Heath , who mar ied Elizabeth , the da ghter u n n n l n f of William Morda nt. Co cer i g the me a choly ate ’ n s o f William Hollis gra dchild , Gerva e Hollis Grimsby writes “ ’ i 1 6 n n . D 8 : thu s A . 5 Edward s son came whe I was a boy se e f f to my ather to desire something rom him , being then n n n u f f a . o o in wa ti g conditio He was ab t fi ty years age . In hi s u n yo th he had been a soldier in the Netherla ds, and ,

u n n n o . ret r i g to England, married a Lancashire ge tlew man of n n o The Earl Clare gave to this Hollis, his ki sma , a go d

a u u f le se near Ha ghton , where he lived ntil his wi e died ; but f no t o n n a ter her death I know what disconte t, the E a rl took f hi m n f r it away rom , and the he ell into ve y great poverty, and, f ha d f shortly a ter, died . He by his wi e a son , Francis, and

d u : n W a a ghter which Fra cis, hilst he was a little boy, lost both father a nd mother a nd w as ex posed u nto the most wretched of a o f o n condition , till the Earl Clare , he ring him in L don , n u u ordered his servants to bri g him to his ho se , and ca sed him c a nd u to be handsomely lad , sent him to Ha ghton to be taught n a nd n to read a d write lear French, in order that he might

become his page . It is observable how soon the change n : for i n r in his co dition altered his spirit , a ve y short space , he u u a nd u was grown a very ha ghty and pro d boy ; , ndersta nding

a n wh t he might have bee , had his ancestors had more wisdom, n n he bega to look with co tempt on the other gentlemen, his

- of n fellow servants . The Earl Clare, telli g me that to breed b u t him a serving man was to send him to his grave a beggar, al S u asked my opinion into what c ling he ho ld place him . I tol d im u if h I sho ld like a merchant best, as, it pleased God , he n might the likeliest recover an estate , as his a cestors had done . The Earl replied that it wou ld require a rou nd s um of money o u to bind him an apprentice, and a go d stock to set him p, 7 2

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ua sa - w a s appointed to g rd the pas ge at Ferry bridge . Here he s u ff n i e to lain in a s rprise e ected by the enemy, havi g only t m

u -a x u snatch p hastily a pole e as he rose na rmed from his bed . Both his brother a nd his s on declared in favou r of Perkin and n n w a nd Warbeck , , havi g bee taken prisoners, ere tried x n c n e ecu ted . The esta tes remai ed o fiscated u ntil Henry r ff f Si . o r VI I I restored them to Robe t Ratcli e , the grandson

o u - J ohn , wh m he s ccessively created Lord Fitz Walter, - f x Viscou nt Fitz Wa lter and Earl o Su sse . D u ring the thirty years preceding the Restoration the following gentlemen a nd their hou seholds were living at f of s Massingham Parva, besides the amilies Sir Charle Mordau nt a nd of the Rector Chu nne t - ar e er Thomas , J ames Fi z G old , Robert Cr m , d m c n an u . Willia P im , Charles Perki s , H gh Hovell u of m u ar Margaret, the da ghter Willia Morda nt, m ried h na u n C u nne . u t Edm d Richard Ch e , possibly heir grandson, s M n w ettled at assi gham Parva, here three children were born

o s 2oth 1 . t him , Thoma , his heir, being baptized on May, 593

Chu nne n . Richard died at Massi gham early in March , 3 Chunne u r d a nd u Thomas died nmar ie , was b ried at Little

- n 28th ua 1 6 1 . Massi gham on the Jan ry, 3 James Fitz Garold d n u o f Chu nne a nd marrie Katheri e , the da ghter Richard , died ’ at Mas singham after six teen years residence . f Robert Cremer, and Temperance his wi e, resided at Little 1 1 6 f D 1 6 A D . A . . uri Massingham at least rom . 3 to 49, d ng which r time a family o f twelve children was born to them . Robe t Cremer was a member of the celebrated fam ily of that name of w hich had settled at Snettisham in the reign Elizabeth . f u a The then head o the ho se was John Cremer, who was o he large landowner . He married Anne Tash , by wh m 74 RM E R DI I G S H ’ F O S T N UI E D RE SIDE N TS IN TH E PA RIS H .

f f e o n n . i n r became the ath r seve childre At his death , the yea 1 6 1 0 b u i n e u a nd his , he was ried Sn ttisham Ch rch , over n e ffi ie s of f remai s was placed a brass, with g himsel , his f and n n wi e his children , bearing the i scriptio

Si quis prmte riens rogitab it forte via tor M mori s u us hi l a s t si e e c j c pi es po tus, C remerus verse cul tor ieta tis al um p , nus ” V rtut s v n ex conditur hoc tumul o . i i , i d ,

n t 1 660 J oh Cremer, his eldest son , was knigh ed, and in was

ff o f u . he made H igh Sheri the Co nty H e married Margaret, t

u of o f m . f da ghter William Boyton Flitcha Robert Cremer, o M ne f arv e o o n . s assingham P a may hav been his so s Franci , t of n u r of n of ano her his so s, married the da ghte Joh Pell f r Dersingham . Be ore this John Pell two decla ations of their consent to marriage were made by Certain parishioners of u Little Massingham , at the period d ring the Civil War when the celebration of marriages in the Pa rish Chu rch was

u of . e s spended by order the Parliament Georg Cremer, a third so u r of r u of n, p rchased the mano No th R ncton , which Setch f a f of . ormed a p rt, rom Robert Rich , Earl Warwick George a nd f t u u his wi e, Elizabe h , were b ried in Setch Ch rch, the f 1 2 s n 6 6 1 6 . r o was ormer in 5 , the latter in 4 Thei John, who a f a a t d of - e terw rds knighted, died the a vanced age eighty nin f u in a . o years, and lies b ried Ely Cathedr l Some the Cremers s o ne of f u of ettled in Lynn , the amily being C stomer the Port . u f H gh Hovell , who , with Elizabeth his wi e, lived at Little f 1 6 2 1 66 2 u t r Massingham rom 5 to , had a son and da gh e born to u of h t him there, and b ried there both t ese, together wi h a f f h . o u t ird child The Hovells were a amily very great antiq ity . I n the reign of William the Conqu eror they we re settled in 7 5 MA S S IN GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

uff and f f o o u . e S olk, held lands the Abbot B ry William H ov ll of Rishan e r uff h 1 x w o d A D . a g , S olk, die in . 433, m rried Beatri , f d f u o e o as . the da ghter Sir John Thorpe, lord Little M singham u 1 6 n R don Abo t the year 57 Richard Hovell ow ed y , and ten i of u for years later, Ph lip, Earl Ar ndel , demised to him a term of u of r years Flitcham Ho se , late the site the Prio y, together l u u with certain ma nors . F itcham Priory was an A g stinian cell f n f f u r u o . or o nded by Sir Robe t Aig illon , in the reig Henry I I I ,

o f u u . d u w as canons the A g stinian order At the issol tion , it n : o a f o granted to Edward , Lord Cli ton so n terwards it came int n of a a to the possessio Rich rd Cromwell, who lienated it Sir William Hollis : from him it passed to the Paines and f f u of e . thence to the D ke Nor olk, as mentioned be or a d the so n o f f Of his Rich r Hovell , the above, a ter the death f f 1 6 1 1 n s o an . ather in , came i to the po sessions all his l ds t n cc r n e Amongst these was an estate in Hilling o ; and, in a o da c ’ f be of with the ashion , which had been set in Eliza th s reign ,

u ou ou n r e s b ilding large h ses in the c t y, he commenc d the pre ent 1 6 2 Hillington Hall , which was completed in the year 7 . ’ n o u Richard Hovell, by the Ki g s command, als b ilt the R s in for in a su m Hospital at y g , which he received p yment the d of u f e o f 1 . 1 3 . 2 . £ 45 4 Catherine , one his da ghters, a t r the f u n e a death o her first h sba d, is said to hav m rried Edward f u of u so n o v . Morda nt , the Philip Morda nt Massingham Par a of Richard , the son and heir the above Richard Hovell ,

al . 1 6 1 and w as knighted at Whiteh l by King Charles I in 4 , , r of r n - u a by the ma riage his g a d da ghter, Dorothy, with M rtin ’ f n of a of f l F olkes, a Be cher Gray s I nn , the est tes the ami y of c a s passed into the hands the latter, with whose des end nt they have since remained . f 2oth u r A . D . 1 6 1 o eo e On the Jan a y, 9, the marriage Sir G rg 76 Sou thcoate l of S f with Frances Sotherton, a re ative the econd wi e of le S u n h t Sir trange Morda nt, was solem ized in t e Lit le

n u -m Massi gham Ch rch . The new ly arried pair almost f u immediately a ter took p their residence in the village, where fo i n the year llow g their eldest son , Thomas, was born . s u e of Sir Thoma Wodeho s , a direct ancestor the Earl of ar m ne Kimberley, was m ried at Little Massingha to An , n d u of a A irmine of the seco d a ghter Sir Willi m Osgodby, a 8 h u t t 1 666 . o Lincolnshire, on the September, Ab t a mon h af o u e ter his marriage , Thomas W deho s was knighted by

a . the 2nd ua 1 668 u e n Ch rles I I On Febr ry, , a da ght r, A ne,

and in ar the ar f . was born to him , M ch ye ollowing a son , John n f a m u the - ox and Not lo g a terw rds Sir Tho as ca ght small p , u cu 1 6 1 s s c mbed to the disea se at Kimberley in 7 . He lie u in C u t and to i s b ried the Parish h rch here, on his mb inscription

Thomas Wodehouse Eques Auratus Phill ippi Wodehouse Baronetti nom n s secundi ri mo enitus li tterarum huma nita tis vi rtutum (id i i ) p g , , , l ll rem fa m l a m e ua er di recta m su ra vi in ti exemp ar , cum i ust i i ( q p p g n ttorum ser em transmissus ma s ill ustrasse equitum a uratorum et baro e i ) gi t, et m l iori s cul o i na m ostendisset tr ces mo tert o ere rinati onis se e e d g , i i i p g v ri ue vix inci iunt nondum eracto ot hos suae anno (quo vi ere pl e q p ) p , e a stiss imam A nnam fili am e t ohsered Parentes , vidua m uxor m c ( c em Guli elmi Armyn in agro Lincol niensi Baronetti) orphanos l iberos l ngen tes

omnes relin u P ri a m em etiit vicesmo nono die A ri lis anno qens , a t eccl est p p l Sa vatoris Christi MDCLxx r.

ou f of re - Lady Wodeh se, a ter the death Sir Thomas, married

u s of twice . Her second h sband was Thoma , Lord Crew en four da u hte rs e of w St e, by whom she had g , the eld st hom ma u of u n rried Henry de Grey, D ke Kent, and the yo gest f H r t u was u o . e Charles, Earl Arran hird h sband Arth r, of Earl Torrington . 7 7 ’ u n u Anne, Sir Thomas Wodeho se s o ly da ghter, married, at

o f n o le of u n the age eightee , Sir Nich las Strange H nsta ton and A a of n : o Gressenhall . nne bec me the mother five childre Ham n : the eldest son died w hile travelling in Italy Sir Thomas, the

d u of Ca l thor , secon , married Anne the da ghter Sir Christopher p b ut u n a nd of died iss eless ; He ry, the third son , the last the n of a of l e a lo g line b ronets the Stranges, m rried Mary, the u of of u bu t da ghter the Honou rable Roger North Ro gham , u f Of u died witho t leaving any amily . the two da ghters , Airmine d S t l ema n of n o f marrie Nicholas y , the heir the ma or o f n of s n Snettisham , one whose so s became rector Ma si gham Parva ; while Lu cy married Sir Jacob Astley of Melton

Constable . Both Sir Nicholas le Strange and A nne Wodehou se lie u of n u C b ried in the chancel Gresse hall Ch rch, which ontains the following inscriptions to their memory

S ir N chol as l o Stran e Baronet son of Sir N cho l e Stra n e and i g , , i las g am M r hi w fe bo rn n the 2nd D ecemb r 166 1 m arr ed to A nne D e a y s i , o e , , i , a u hter of Sir Thomas Wodehouse a nd Dame Anne his w fe on the 2nd d g i , da of D ecember 1686 e a t Gressenha l e on th e 1 81h da o f y , ; di d , y r Decembe ,

’ D ame Ann rel ct of Sir N chol as I Estran e Baronet onl da . i i g , , y ughter

of Sir Thomas Wo ehouse of mbe rl e Kt . and of D a me A nn second d Ki y , , , a u hter and co-he ress of Sir W ll a m Ai rmine of Os o b in L ncoln d g i i i , g d y, i sh re bo rn the and ebrua r 1668 e a t Gressenhal e th e I Oth of A r l i , F y , , di d , p i ,

1 2 and l es nterre b h er l ov n husban . She w as a l a of most 7 7, i i d y i g d dy ” ve ar t whose memor w ll l on outla st thi s monum n extensi ch i y , y i g e t .

’ u n f Sir Thomas Wodeho se s son , John , was o ly two years o ’ 1 6 w as u age at his father s death . In 95 he elected a B rgess in n fo r u of f of Parliame t the boro gh Thet ord , which town he w as d 1 1 a n afterwards appointed Recor er . In 70 d in 1 7 05 he was - f d n a nd t e elected to represent Thet or in Parliame t, , in the ninth a of u nn e of i ye r Q een A e, he was mad a Knight the Sh re . By 7 8 f S of L his first wi e, Elizabeth , the ister John, ord Bingley, he had no o u of a children ; by his sec nd, Mary, the only da ghter Willi m , f u Lo u . rd Lempster, he had o r Sophia, his only da ghter, became s if of o un S x the econd w e Sir Charles M rda t, the i th baronet, of L s am and m r of u ittle Mas ingh , the othe Sir John Morda nt, the s the u eventh baronet, and Reverend Charles Morda nt, re . A irmine od u e o h of ctor Sir W eho s , the br t er Sophia, r t the u r and co- r s of Sir ma ried Leti ia, eldest da ghte hei es u n of a a nd o Edm d Bacon , G rboldisham ; Mary Bac n , another u r of Sir u e the da ghte Edm nd, present d Reverend Charles 60 f o u t 1 to ai v s her . M rda n , in 7 , cert n li ing in gi t i c of l The Reverend W lliam Nelson , Re tor Hil ington , who was m a to r o of e rried Ma y Newt n, Littl Massingham , in Little s u on rd 1 6 1 w as the u n Ma singham Ch rch , April 3 , 7 , first co si of e u N n f r of the Rever nd Edm nd elso , the athe H oratio n of e of f Th e . e n Nelso , the hero the Nil and Tra algar Rev re d i a m w s n f as o o . of W lli Nelson the William Nelson , Esq , ’ u a u f r D nham Parv and C rds Hall, Fransham . At his athe s e s he n e his e tes and t n to dec a e, i h rited sta ; , in addi io the living of u t of i w f . h s e H illington, held in pl rality hat Hilgay By i , w he ef u e s e est of w om Mary Ne ton , l t da ght r , ld h i e a t inherited h s st es .

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t of ur of at the ime the Great S vey England, Gre n f one u Little Massi gham ormed township . On acco nt ' of the name being anciently written indiflere ntly Ma sincha m Ma rsincha m Blomefield u its the and , s pposes derivation to be town on a wet or marshy common ; but all signs of marsh Th i n h n have long since disappeared . e Parish is t e Lyn of u of F reebrid e and o n the - division the h ndred g , lies high road d between Lynn an Fakenham . It is bou nded on the north of a of u on by the Parish H rpley, on the east by that R dham , u of a the so th by that Great Massingh m , and on the west by

n m . In th e d H illi gton , Congha , and Grimston imme iate u d the u neighbo rhoo are Sandringham H all, co ntry residence of n the e of u His Royal High ess Princ Wales ; Ho ghton Hall , one of the seats of the M a rqu is o f Cholnro ndeley ; Rainham n of u Hall , the reside ce the Marq is Townshend Hillington the n o f m f e s the a s Hall , reside ce Sir Willia F olkes ; b side H ll f o rf a rborou h . Anmer, West Acre, Na ord , and N g ’ of 1 8 8 the ze of the By the Tithe Commissioners Deed 3 , si 1 8 Parish is stated to be acres, rood and 3 perches AIA S S I N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

f o u u . u land , stat te meas re This was at the time distrib ted as follows

The quantity of cultivated land subject to the payment f o 2 1 . tithes was acres, perches the e a re n - f u n At pres nt time , there twe ty o r i habited r e f cottages in the Parish , besides the Recto y , thre arm

u u - u - n u ho ses , the p blic ho se, the railway statio , and two h ts

n . u at the railway crossi gs Formerly , several cottages cl stered u n of ro d the edge the village pond , which at that time was a

n. no t . village gree The cottages, however, were good Both x a nd of in se es, all ages, were crowded together an improper

. O n n nn i o f . ma er a represe tat on the evil to Mr Wilson ,

. u the Rev C . D . Brereton was permitted to p ll them down , a nd to ex pend a considerable s u m i n bu ilding the Bay Cottages

u u n n i nstead . Here the labo rers were ho sed at a re tal varyi g

1 . l os . nnu S from £ to £ 3 per a m . Several miserable hanties n u of one of origi ally occ pied the site the High Park Cottages,

r n n of - u which was rese ved by Mr. Wilso as a ki d alms ho se fo r n n i n n the oldest aili g parishio er, who received additio

n f 2 6d - w o S . . a n ne an allowa ce week . Whe the cottages were u n n nd a b ilt this be evole t scheme came to an e . These cott ges bear the inscription

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’ a rde n z in g while across the road, what is now called the u of a nd u s u S mmer Wood , are traces the stately pict re q e u of Morda unts n r Pleasa nce the . Accordi g to the parish te riers u u u 2 od 0 the ho se and its o tb ildings stand on ro s, 3 perches of u u 1 1 e gro nd the garden occ pies acre , rood, 35 perch s ; u u and the Ch rch Close, which is laid down in past re and well 2 timbered , 9acres, 3 roods, 4perches .

n r u The livi g is a discharged recto y . The ancient val e was ’ 1 5 marks ; and Peter s Pence to the amou nt of ten pence was ’ f n n paid . The ollowi g e try occu rs i n the King s Boo k

’ C LEAR Y EA RLY VAL NG S Boox s UE . KI i i c 0 0 ass. Parv sc ar ed Arch d 45 M a Rect. (di h g ) a

80 o 0 E sc. Sir o n ordaunt 1 1 pi J h M 7 5, £ 9 1 3 4 1 2 ir o n Sir Charles Mordaunt 7 5. S J h Mordaunt 1 7 7 9

1 8 8 u n C a In 3 the tithes were comm ted i to a rent h rge , the

u n 0 a nd ne t 1 . g ross amo t being £ 57 , the £ 5 5

u n of n am so The pop latio Little Massi gh being small , and the nu mber of children u nder ten years of age averaging only

d n n n n u n r . a ozen , an indepe de t Natio al School has bee necessa y of n n n o ne d n That Great Massi gham , bei g o ly mile ista t, u of n of s pplies all the wants Little Massi gham , independent the fact that an ancient endowment has made some provision fo r u n f 6 6 o . 1 the ed catio the male children I n the year 7 , Charles Calthorpe tied up a portion of the esta te he owned in u of 20 for Great Massingham , to the val e , the endowment

o f a Free School in Great Massi ngham . By this deed it is ordered that the ma ster of the school shall be bou nd to

n - five if are o f of teach twe ty boys, there so many , the parishes n H if Great and Little Massi gham, and arp ley ; and , those u u u n u m parishes are nable to s pply the n mber, the R dha is to 86 be allowed to make up the deficiency The appointment of the master is vested in the hands of the rectors o f Great and f and o . Little Massingham , Harpley The school was held originally in a room w hich once ex isted above the porch of h u fa u Great Massing am Ch rch , and is rendered mo s by the fact that the brilliant Horace Walpole received there the 1 rudiments of his education . In 837 the present National

u . School was b ilt, and the Free School consolidated with it The su m of £ 20 is still annu ally paid to the funds of the l of Schoo by the Earl Leicester, who owns the Calthorpe n u of 1 0 e f of esta te . A co trib tion £ a year on b hal Little Massingha m is made to the schoo l by the lord of the manor

and the rector. The state of edu cation in Little Massingham in 1 826 is ' thu s described by the Rev. C . D . Brereton : There are only u two labo rers in the parish who can read. We have had ‘ some difficu lty in filling up the parish o fli ces of constable and of difli cult clerk . It has been a work y to induce the parents u not to permit their children to be ta ght . Had I possessed u e f n advantages , my attempts m st hav ailed . More tha two f u n years passed away be ore instr ctio was generally accepted . u u Now , the labo rers begin to take a pride and a pleas re in f their cottages, gardens, amilies, and even their work . They subscribe a considera ble sum a nnu ally to provide themselves clothing ; they subscribe a trifle fo r other benevolent pu rposes ; f a t t they increase rom year to ye r, by lit le and lit le, their stock of furnitu re ; they embrace the means of instruction for their

so of ho now t a a . children, me w m e ch their p rents to read

On the left hand side o f the high -road leading from Little w of Massingha m to Harpley, on the bro the hill which descends " I E4ST F4AHD .P}HESYQAUR

n of sharply to the railway statio , is a wooden erection , which is f f n i n u o . some i terest the ed cational world Nor olk In it, r r e - s of when it stood nea the Recto y, w re the class room the f rf u In ant No olk Co nty School .

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u r Commences with this cent y, and the first page is filled with a of u of list the labo rers belonging to the parish , to each whose su m x x names a weekly , fi ed by the magistrates, is anne ed , “ u of u 1 82 f nder the title flo r money . In 0 the names o a ll

u u x n . But u the labo rers, witho t e ceptio , appear grad ally the of u f f f tide pa perism receded, and amily a ter amily was restored n to comparativ e indepe dence . The following a re the entries du ring Six years showi ng the gradual decline of the number receiving relief ou t of the rate

A D . ENTR ES OF REL1EF . . I 1 820 6 1 7 1 82 1 587 1 822 503 1 823 41 1 1 824 366 1 825 three quarters of a year 230

1 80 m was 1 . 5 I n 3 the oney raised by the Parish Rates £ 49 5 . 5 u at 3 . in the po nd .

1 81 1 81 8 1 1 821 1 81 In 7 the rate was £ 333 ; in , £ 39 ; in , £ ; 8 2 1 2 . and in 4, £ 53 I n this last year the rate was increased by ’ n u nu u d u a n u r . accide ts, and an s al ch rch s rveyor s ate I n 1 824 the villages of Norfolk were not the qu iet orderly now n places they are . In Great Massi gham in that year there of u u n of n were cases b rglary, iss i g base coin , sheep pig cor f w - n n ff and o l steali g, besides poachi g and other o ences . The u of o f u a ho se one the labo rers was se rched, and in it were 88

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“ I t seems probable that the propo rtion of arable land to pastu re was greater before tha n for some time after the f u of f Re ormation . D ring the reign Elizabeth and a terwards n u of u u the e clos re past re land was disco raged , arable land f n u du of n act converted i to past re , and the pro ction cor increased by a n improved hu sbandry . A grea ter supply of u n of f meat, the cons mptio which greatly increased a ter the f m t n ff nt n st u Re or a io , was a orded by atte io to pa res . The quantity of a rable land did not m uch increase u ntil after the u f u Revol tion , rom which time there has been a great q antity of a n u n u l d enclosed and brought der c ltivation . At the

u - f Revol tion probably not more than one hal , or perhaps one - of l u a n third, Litt e Massingham was c ltivated as rable la d, a u a nd great proportion was past re , a more considerable part heath nd S n n of a heep walks . The a cie t names the fields and many f t f u other local proo s es ablish this act . Early in this cent ry there was sca rcely any enclosed and fenced land in Little In 1 820 n Massingham . an old shepherd was livi g in the Pa rish whose forefathers had been from time immemorial a nd u out gamekeepers and shepherds, who sed to point some of the best farms of the neighbou rhood as the walks over ” S bo u which he, as a hepherd y , sed to lead his flocks . There have also been great changes in the mode o f

u n th e an du c ltivati g arable l d, occasioned by the intro ction of a nd u of u f marling the c ltivation t rnips . The ormer has to a considerable ex tent ceased i n consequ ence o f the great ex pense connected with its use ; the latter has been more su ccessfu l a nd u n u beneficial in its res lts tha its introd cer, Lord Viscou nt r u e n a nd d Cha les Townshend, co ld ver have imagi ed, , accor ing f m e of u n to the ar ing phrase, it has b en the making the co ty . The produ ce of the soil has been considerably increased by the PA R OCH I A L IN F ORM A TI ON .

f f improved cu ltivation . Be ore the Re ormation it is probable that in Little Massingham the average produ ction per acre of l a l kinds of grain did not ex ceed twelve bu shels . From the Reformation to the Revolu tion the produce greatly increased from the latter period to the first qu arter of this centu ry u 1 82 the prod uction had more than do bled . I n 5 Little n u u of a nd 1 880 Massi gham prod ced q arters corn, in u q arters . D uri ng the last centu ry the cu ltivation of wheat g reatly d n u f increase . The general co s mption o wheaten bread was u u u 1 0 nknown among the working classes ntil abo t 7 5 , barley d f f brea being their chie ood . Until 1 745 scarcely any wheat

was g rown in West Norfolk . Early in 1 800 not more than f o fw a thirty or orty acres he t w e re grown in Little Massingham . I n 1 825 the cultivationhad increased to between three and fou r

u 1 880 u n h ndred acres, and in there were abou t five h dred i n acres laid down in wheat . The land the Parish is fine tu rnip

- - com n f o n f u u . and growi g land , and is armed the o r co rse system Q uite recently the Little Massing ham estate has bee n u u for n considerably improved . Good bl e clay s itable maki g a nd f u the r both white red bricks is o nd in Pa ish , and near at u of a n of hand there is a strat m good s d, and a spring water which f u has never been known to ail even in the dryest s mmers . A Brick-yard h as been made whence o ne million bricks are t urned u a f - ou t per ann m . At no gre t distance rom this a lime kiln has been erected for burning the chalk which is found beneath the d x t of ma rl an the gravel . The close pro imi y these works to the railway- station gives the neighbourhood grea t facilities for u building p rposes . Th e water at Massingham being spring-water rising from f and and for u e the chalk is perfectly sa e wholesome, fitted ho s 9! u no s u u hold p rposes, and it is harder than chalky water s ally O n . n f N . o are an average the wind blows rom the E . or E - n -fiv e seventy o e days in the year ; S . E . or S . on seventy ; S f . W. u n a nd . W . . or W . on one h dred and orty days N or N

- ai nf r on seventy nine . The average yearly r all at Fakenham fo te n n n 1 8 0 t - five n the years e di g 7 was twen y i ches . The convenient distance by rail from Lynn to Little n w as u u of Massi gham , as ell the pict resq e character the u u u t of f s rro nding scenery and the sal bri y the climate, bid air ak n f u o f to m e the village , at no dista t date, a avo rite place f residence for bu siness men and their amilies .

T E D H A R Y H LY N N AN FA K EN M A I LWA .

This railway, which shortens the distance between the two

n - f f n m pri cipal market towns o West Nor olk by twe ty iles, a opens up a new nd direct comm u nication with Norwich , u a nd n Yarmo th Cromer, and which is ack owledged to be a of u m n work great p blic i portance, may trace its origi to Little

Massingham .

f . . n o , Mr Walker, the prese t lord the manor, and Mr Brereton for its the rector, took together the first active steps promotion i n 1 8 1 8 in u of al n 74 and 7 5, conseq ence which sever meeti gs u were held at the Rectory, and were attended by the Marq is

f . Townshend , Sir William F olkes, Mr Walker and other n f gentlemen whowere interested in the moveme t . A ter a severe n Parliamentary contest with the Great Eastern Railway Compa y, f n i n 1 8 6 a nd a n Act fo r the constru ction o the line was obtai ed 7 , i n 1 8 n u a 7 8 Messrs. Wilkinso and Jarvis contracted to ndert ke f nn n the work . The line rom Ly to Massi gham was opened

1 6 u u 1 8 u on the th A g st, 79, and the contin ation to Fakenham

W’ U S T A N D R E S C H R C H .

M A S SI N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

i ’ . l e n the Virg n Here John Stra ge s tomb was originally erected, f n ormi g, possibly, the altar, while the window above it was n d r of f n a emblazo e with the a ms his amily . The o ly memori ls o f the now x n cu t Chapel e isti g are the piscina and the grooves, n fo r u t n e nd of i to the pillars, s ppor i g the screen . At the east the

u x . north aisle a railed enclos re, probably a chapel , also e isted f n a nd cu t A Gothic arch separates the chancel rom the ave, n for into the pilasters, whence it spri gs, are the grooves the rood S n n cree , which may have bee as gorgeou s as the one at Harpley . Through the pilaster on the sou th side of this a rch a hagioscope

u . ca s t n or spec latory has been pierced The wi dow was, o ne of u n of at time, a blaze colo r, bei g filled with the arms H e n ra ve s Ca lthor s SI C the de Thorpes, the g , the p , . Beneath a u n it , to the right, is an mbry, which was fitted with a mo lderi g n S f n i n 8 woode hel o its discovery 1 57 . Near this is another d u -a n u w cu t f o ble rched pisci a, ab tting on a windo to orm n n f of w a s sedilia. The present ha dsome i ner roo the chancel d i n n 1 880 . . . ad ed , by the Rev J L . Brereto u i n 1 8 f w as Previo s to its restoration 57 , the abric fitted with

- f n . old ashio ed pews These were removed at the time , and the

present carved benches su bstitu ted in their place . At the sa me f u a nd re - time the roof o the Ch rch was repaired leaded , the u f f floor tiled, the p lpit erected, the ont (which ormerly stood

n u u n behi d the so th door) removed to its present sit atio , and u n u v o f k n . e c el other improveme ts made, der the s per ision Mr J , f the a n architect o Norwich . He designed very handsome

of a nd . n f pulpit, composed Caen stone marble Not lo g a ter its n u u completion , the restoration was i a g rated by a confirmation of w held i n the Chu rch by the Bishop Nor ich . u n v n The arch s pporti g the tower is , e idently , the most a cient f fu n of u a nd o n . The portio the Ch rch , is grace l proportio s 98 S T W ’ . A N D RE S CH UR CH .

architecture o f the Ch urch consists chiefly of a mix tu re of the a nd n u Gothic Perpe dic lar styles . U nder the western tower is a raised tomb o f grey marble u f c m ch de a e d . This is the tomb which was erected by William u n r o f n l e n n f Morda t to the memo y Joh Stra ge , soo a ter the f i 1 i o A D . 1 . n t n n death the latter n . 5 7 From its origi al posi io ’

. r n u no w St Ma y s Chapel , it was removed to ear where the p lpit n n un u t of sta ds, and su k til the top was fl sh wi h the floor the u i 1 8 f r . n n n u n o Ch rch Whe the paveme t was take p 57 , the u of its n p rpose tiling the floor, the tomb was removed to prese t u O n u n of a sit ation . it may still be traced the o tli es the br sses n of n S which once ador ed it . At the head the coveri g lab was a

ru x n u of u . u n c cifi , and be eath it were the b sts two fig res Aro d the o f S ra n a n n i n a nd o n a nd n rim the lab i script o , , the sides e ds of u n u n le the tomb , are eight esc tcheo s, on which h ng Joh ’ ’ n f a nd f f f Stra ge s amily arms those o his wi e s amily. By his “ l e n u hi s u if will , John Stra ge beq eathed body to be b ried ( he die within five miles o f Massingham) before ou r blessed Lady u o f u in the Chapel on the so th side Little Massingham Ch rch , fo r a nd u and that a tomb be made him , set p there in the said ’ f nn of nr d n m in Chapel , a ter the ma er Sir He y Hey o s to b r of f a nd No wich , with the arms him , his wi e and his ancestors, a u u o f f &c : a nd if sc lpt re him and his wi e , with an orate, , his r in a n a n t co pse lies y other place, he wills that a pl in sto e wi h ’ f bu t his arms and his wi e s be laid over him , that a tomb ” be nevertheless erected here To the Chu rch of Little u a nd u n a f Massingham he beq eathed a vestment a t icle, ter the ’

of Ra tcl ffe s e &c. of rate Sir Robert y cope, with an orat , , white f of damask, price eight marks, to be made a ter the rate the green u n n t le b ut vestment at H nsta to , wi h the Strange arms, that his ’ u f three esc tcheons have his ather s arms on one side , his 99 M A S S I N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

’ ’ ” - - f ia a nd a nd f . ather law s on the other, his his wi e s at the tail O f the earlier members of the Mordau nt family who u i n m nu x lie b ried the Chu rch no o ments e ist . The oldest memorial of this family is a pedimen ted Slab of black u u nd f of marble, s rro ed by a ramework white and yellow

e a nd n n of the Morda u nts marbl , or ame ted with the arms and Tolle ma che s u o f C the , hanging on the so th side the hancel

. of u n arch It commemorates the death the Cavalier Morda t , a nd the i nscription ru ns thu s

“ - r r ' S Cha rl s Mor aunt Kn a nd Baron i d ed at LC Dd . ul 10 16 8 d y J y , 4 , ! r L a H w as i d a tha r n th e dau ht of S . ionell ged 33 . e ma r e to K i e g ‘ Tol lemache of H elmingh i i n Suffolk Km BaroneLj; by wh om he had ' h T l l em a h n be for his S . Cha rl s his el est sonne a t e r ne o c e e d , K i , dyi g

fa ther ohn H enr e a rte al so El iza beth and Am . , J , y d p d , y

H e re rema ines in civill tru st

’ H is bel ov d be wa l ed ust y d , ’ Wh ose goodness i s secur d from feare Of finding any sepul cher .

S n n s A marble lab be eath , which covers his remai s is in cribed

H ic subl ocantu r rel ui ae Da i Carol Mor a unt de Mass n h am Mil itis iq i d i g , ‘i B t l 81 H aeredis Rohti Mor a unt Mili tis tem Ba ron fi ui 81 aronet . i, Fi ii d i q i M r aun d fil ius fuit i tidem H mresq. D fi l e Strange o d t e quo Dno Ca rol o

pl ura ad murfi ori entalem l egantor . 1648.

of S n n Near the centre the middle aisle is another lab, or ame ted

d u n u n n n with the Mor a t arms, po which is the i scriptio

Ca rol us Morda nt Bar ronettus Carol i Mordant Ba rronetti et Cath e rinae Tala mach fil ius h umanita tis et v irtutis ex empl ar obiit a n? 1 664 die 24

is an ti In ae ern m l or s t a moris monumentum April no seta s 25. t u do i e ” z tha T or onsors inte err ma rmor o it. A P D . Eli abe h i C g i ma h c posu C . . . S .

n n nu o f n Besides these sole remai i g mo ments i terest, Bl om efi eld records that the fou r following inscriptions were i n ex istence at the time his history of Norfolk was written

I OO

The belfry of the Chu rch is gained by ascending a na rrow winding staircase in the tower, and the entrance was, at one f o f time, de ended by a strong door. The windows the room C nrc- are loopholed it is fitted with a himney and place, and it u u r co ld have been made, like so many others in the co nt y, a f r refiI e of u com o table g and retreat, in case need, d ring the Civil

. u n War A small window, now blocked p , comma ded a view of l of u the a tar and the interior the Ch rch, at which the acolyte r n of stood to ing the sacri g bell at the elevation the Host . of Overhead hang three bells, two only which are dated . One of these was presented du ring the life o f the second Robert u u n t of le r Morda nt, the other d ri g hat Sir St ange . The inscriptions on these two are in Latin characters “ OH N D RA PER MADE ME J , 1 599. ‘ M OH AIE S D RAPER C 1 . J E FE IT, 609

n c On the third , in old E glish haracters, is

H EC FLT. STNR CA MPANA LAUDE BONOR .

The u o f S fla on Comm nion plate consists a ilver g , a chalice fl n a o 2 2 dw ts . and a paten . The g weighs 4 ozs . , and bears d 1 2 f f . o the ate, 7 3 Possibly it was the gi t Sir Charles un x n of Morda t, the si th baro et, whose son became Rector the

Parish .

The ea rly Parish Registers are on parchment and date from f u o u . r the first year Q een Elizabeth All the ent ies, however, p

ar A . D 1 f e e to the ye . 599, have been copied rom som earlier r cord, i n c u l the of h accordan e with a Canon p b ished in reign Elizabet ,

I O? S T A N DR E W ’S CH UR CH by which it was enacted that all registrations which had been effected upon paper records should be transcribed upon parchment . John Clarke, the copyist , has signed his name at f of e of R u the oot each pag the egisters p to this date, and the u n entries are co tersigned by the Reverend Thomas Hawley, n n i n A . D . 1 1 who was prese ted to the livi g by the Crown 59 . of A copy the births, marriages and deaths which took 8u 1 6 A . 1 A . D . 6 place in the Parish from D . 55 ntil 0 will be fo u nd at the e nd of this book .

A N ACCOUN T O F TH E B R IEFS COLLECTED IN TH E PA RISH o r 6 ITT E E A RY 1 6 . L L MASSINGH A M SIN C E F BR U , 4

Collected Ffe b ruary the 5ih (64) towards the repaire of ye u o f T nmou th u n o f u n Ch rch y , in the Co ty North mberla d , 3 S n hilli gs . Collected March ye 5th (64) towards the maintenance o f the o f ministers in Alsatia, a province in Germany , ' S ii o 2 n the me f shillings five pe ce . Collected March ye 1 2th (64) towards ye relief of Henry L ste o f Gilb rou h N orthridi n e of u n of y g , in the g ye Co ty d f 2 S a nd u o . York , distresse by fine the s me hillings 3 pence 1 66 of 5. Collected April the towards the repairing the u of i n u of u Parish Ch rch Basing , the Co nty So thampton , ii f 2 o n the s me o shillings and ne pe ny . Collected April the 1 611 towards the repa iri nge of the Parish u f f of . r Ci t o su m o 2S 1 d Ch rch St Ma yes in ye y y Chester the . . Collected September ye 3rd ( 1 66 5) towards ye relie fe of John Wa ht u of 2 y distressed by fine, ye s me shillings . 103 MA S S IN GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

2 1 666 relie fe of Collected March 4, , towards ye Roger of u of 2 S Rogers Dover, ye s mme hillings eight pence . f uar 1 666 reliefe of Collected in F ebr y, , towards ye John m f 2 c u sfi e o ea e . Osb rne, ye shillings 3 p

There is an acre of land belonging to the Par ish in what n of is called the Ni e Acre Field , the rent which is given u n to the parish clerk . It is known by whom the bequest was made .

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l 1 286 . . b de Ashwe l He and his rother, Sir J ohn Ashwell , sold the ma nor of Ashwell near Thorpe to Sir Joh n r de Tho p .

Reginald . u H gh de Ashwell . a e b x W lter Coleman , pr sented y the Lady Beatri , widow f o Sir Robert de Thorp .

- - x n er L x . Ale a d atte Mere, presented by the ady Beatri ra f f W a He was t ns erred rom reningh m to Massingham , e w as whence, lat r on, he promoted to the living of - Ashwell Thorpe .

Loves ire x . John , by the Lady Beatri m r ff a x . Je rey Kemp, by the L dy Beatri The sa e yea he f r was made Chaplain of the Free Chapel o St . Ma y i n 1 w as the Virgin at Ashwell , and 349 promoted to M A S S I N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

' f - a n the living o Ashwell Thorpe . The Kemps are ancient Sax on family which settled in the County o f f a d f r n v n o u . Nor olk, li ed at Gissi g cent ries

1 . 374. John R died Rector 1 ff Bu m ste de 3 74. Je rey de p , presented by Thomas de m t d f Bu s e e o rw . p , citizen No ich 1 0 1 u n - - d n of 4 . Edm d atte Hill, presente by Joh Herr Cam

bridge . T t ll n 1 2. o . 43 John y , prese ted by Philip Tilney

I a T dde d . 4S3 Rich rd y , itto P v l e . I 434 William y y , ditto

1 8 r m Bo urchier 45 . Hen y Abraha , presented by Sir John , dur n r of ing the mi o ity Elizabeth Tilney .

John Scarlet. 1 6 8 u B u rchi r a nd . o e 4 John Palmer, presented by H mphrey i f El zabeth his wi e . — 8 1 0 1 . a o f 5 7 55 Sir James B stard , presented by the Earl

u . u i n u n ne w f S rrey D r ng his i c mbe cy , a roo was f u added to the chancel o the Ch rch . The Bastards f m d f n an f o u n . were old Nor olk a ily , lor s D ham Mag a Si r Ja me s was b u ried at Little Massi ngham o n the 2oth

u u 1 8. d n f t he n r i n A g st, 55 This ate is take rom e t y

s bu t Bl om e fie ld o n u the Pari h Register, , the a thority of a n n d t n d not now x i scribe tombs o e which oes e ist, u makes his de ath to have occ rred i n 1 530.

1 8 a u t u n . 55 . Thom s B rre , presen ed by Robert Morda t f 1 6 1 . n w n o n s x . 5 Joh No ell , Dea Bocki g , E se The N owe lls we re proba bly followers o f the Lacys o ut o f

rm a nd a nd f u u f No y , rom that ill strio s amily the

l s E a o f n n nd O ne f e . o Now l , rls Li col were desce ed ’ e n o f d the N o e . u n w lls , D a St Pa l s , London , atte de

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1 1 — 1 602 u f u 59 . b ried at Great Massingham , seems to avo r the presu mption that there w as a desire to perpetu ate this nam a nd c u f e, o pling with this the act that he was a

u a f e. Crown nominee, the s pposition g ins orc that he v son of may ha e been the , or intimately related to, u x ux Thomas Hawley, Ro ge Croi and Clarencie . This Thomas Hawley was originally a messenger to r A D 1 1 Hen y V I I I . I n . . 5 3 he accompanied the Earl of u of u x S rrey to Scotland in the capacity Ro ge Croi , f n u u n which o fice he filled with si g lar j dgme t, as is mentioned both in the chronicles and the ballads of o commemorative the Battle of Fl dden . When King James received at the mou th of Rouge Croix the Challenge from the E a rl of Su rrey to do battle in o u the plains, he made him pris ner, lest he sho ld

disclose to the English the condition of his a rmy . f the w as and A ter battle he liberated, conveyed the of of news the victory, together with a part the skirt ’ o f f of u James s coat as a proo his death, to Q een

Catherine . Catherine immediately despatched him

with a letter and the toke n to Henry in France . As m of al o f a ark approv , Henry so n a ter created him a

Herald, and, in that capacity, he assisted at the ceremony which took place on the Field of the Cloth of d Gol . Having espoused the cause o f the Lady ff Jane Grey he was treated as disa ected by Mary , u of f altho gh not deprived his o fice . He regained some portion of her favou r by the way in which he ’ u r acted in Sir Thomas Wyatt s ins rection , prevailing ’ o n that rash man to submit to the Q ueen s authority l u rather than sacrifice more va able lives . He was a A . D . — 1 1 1 602. f u . . 59 great avo rite with Henry VI I I , Edward V I a nd a , latterly, with Mary. He lived at the B rbican ,

2zud u u A D . London, where he died on the A g st, . f u 1 . Two 557 days a terwards, he was b ried in the

u o f . u Ch rch St Giles witho t Cripplegate, having a “ fu very splendid neral , at which were carried his a u u of e coat rmo r, pennons, esc tcheons arms, two whit n ff- f u bra ches, twelve sta torches , o r great tapers and a f d crown . A ter the dirge, the heralds who attende ’

. of w ax went to Mr Green s, a man note, being to chandler Cardinal Pole, who lived near, where they C n had spice bread and heese and wine in great ple ty . On the morrow Mass w as celebrated and a sermon f w as preached , a ter which a great dinner given to which all the heral ds and all the chief parishioners

were invited . Two children were bo rn to the

Reverend Thomas Hawley at Little Massingham . u o n o h Mr . Hawley died and was b ried there 3 t ’

1 602. October, Over his son s remains in Great Massingham Chu rch was placed an inscribed stone

In memor of Thomas H awl e ent. buried N ovember th 1 6 y y, g , 4 , 59. — 1 60 1 6 1 6 . e le 3 Andrew Pilkington , present d by Strange u m w Morda nt . His brother Ja es as living at Little a 1 60 w as Massingh m in 9 when a child born to him , x m w as d the ne t year, Ja es presented by Sir Hamon

le n to the of - x - - Stra ge living Holm ne t the Sea. The Pilkingtons are an ancient Sax on family of the Cou nty ” of L a t . o of u m anc s er The g od old Bishop D rha ,

. a e t of u e Dr J m s Pilking on, was a member this Ho s . Andrew Pilkington w a s buried at Little Massingham

2 th u u 1 6 1 6 . on the 9 A g st , M A S S IN GH A M PA R VA : PA S T AN D PRE S E N T.

A . D . 1 6 1 6 — 1 2 le 6 0. Thorow ood n Edward g , prese ted by Sir u n u Strange Morda t . Abo t this time, a Sir Anthony Thorow ood w as nn g living in or near Ly , and a Robert Th orowgood was Cu stomer and Collector of that port . The Thorow goods would appear to have been stern ur r Thorow ood 1 6 6 P itans . Robe t g , in 5 , was elected of n a nd of 1 66 2 Mayor Lyn , , at the close the year , a u Commission was appointed by Charles I I . to reg late o f n u w as the Corporation Ly n , by whose a thority he x f f of o ne w e pelled rom his o fice alderman , and O en Thorow ood Barnes elected in his stead . A Sir John g , who resided at Grimston in the middle of the 1 7th ’

ur to . u cent y, presented St Margaret s Ch rch in Lynn 1 26 the first set of chimes for the bells . I n 7 he also made a grant of a hou se and five acres of land for the n f - o f better maintena ce o the school master Grimston. The Reverend Edward Thorowgood died at Massingham r w as u h h 1 6 20 t . Pa va, and b ried t ere on the 7 December, — 1 6 2 1 1 6 . Thorow ood b m 43 Thomas , presented y Willia g . Thor w d o oo ha . Th r o ow ood . g c vice Mr . g entered at St ’ ’ x f John s College , O ord, where he took his bachelor s ’ 1 6 a nd 6 degree in 09 his master s in 1 1 2. He was f R S B in 2 H D . T 1 6 . . e a terwards made a , and an 4. w as of a w as a man considerable le rning and ability , and ' in 1 643 chosen to be a Member of the Assembly of i h . 26t 1 6 e Div nes On the December, 44, he preach d a sermon before the Hou se of Commons on ” u f Moderation J stified, rom Phil . iv . 5, which was f u a terwards p blished. He also pu blished in 1 650 a “ o n : pamphlet the Jews in America or, probabilities ” o f that Americans are that race, which drew a learned

I I Z

1 6 1 6 6 2. u u a 43 ed cated at Emman el College , C mbridge , and, f n of a ter enteri g Holy Orders, was made Rector oth n u Massingham in his 4 year. Havi g b ried the u w as fe w Cavalier Sir Charles Morda nt, he a years f a f P. u e . ter sworn in be ore Edm nd Cr mer, J , a of r u Registr r the Pa ish . He was b ried at

a on 1 8th be 1 6 6 2. Massingh m Parva the Septem r, — 1 66 2 1 66 . f 4 Edward Salter. The Salters were a fa mily o u some conseq ence settled at North Wootton, in the f o x ur . middle the si teenth cent y Robert Salter, f . 20 u gent , le t at his death to North Wootton Ch rch , and 0 u £ 3 to be distrib ted amongst the poor. m of t 1 0 Willia Salter was Vicar North Woot on in 56 . Both Edward Salter and his wife lie bu ried at M as singham P — 6 d 1 66 1 . e a 4 7 3 Rob rt Lockwood . H e is the first n only I ncu mbent who styles himself Minister of Littl e ” as m u M singha , his predecessors and s ccessors w as u signing the Registers as Rectors. He b ried at 1 6 s the I st . Little Ma singham on September, 73 — 1 r id d a a 1 6 1 . e s e t 74 7 5 Charles Preston . He Little Massingh m u 1 68 u f u C ntil the year 3 , d ring which time o r hildren f for - were born to him . A ter that date, thirty two C of u years, the Parish was in the harge C rates. of u The first these, Benjamin Sq ire, lived there n f 1 68 from 1 683 u ntil the beginni g o 9. A in 1 2 Benjamin Squ ire was Rector of Congham 7 3 . From 1 689 u ntil 1 7 1 5 (the latter date being the year

of his death) Samu el Healy was Cu rate . 1 1 — 1 2 s 7 5 7 4. Thoma Grigson, presented by Sir John u Morda nt . 1 2 — 1 2 u u 7 5 7 5 . Charles Sq ire . He held in pl rality the n f livi gs o Little Massingham and Congham . On 2 l st 1 0 w as the May, 7 3 , he nominated to the Head ’ of - Mastership the King s Lynn Grammar School , and for n held the post ine years . He lies bu ried in

n u u u Co gham Ch rch nder a marble tombstone, pon which w as inscribed

H . Carol us S ui re A M Schol a Lennensis q , . . , ,

. a a nos novem rzece r el ebris eccl es ae hu u et d p p pto c , i j s e M assin ham Pa . rector di nissimus sacer os octus g g , d d , us robus vi r var a et e olita eruditione om utas pi p , i p rp , o mani orib s in l iteris maxime versa ra hist riei s et hu u s, am cus l a ne s m l ex comes ucundissimus es era i p i p , j , d id

i 0 Au . 1 2 a tat . 6 . Ma r t t ssimus. Obt . 2 g , 75 , 5 i o " t o or moerens osa t. op im , ux p i

1 2— 1 6 A m n St l ma n 0. r i e e 75 7 y y , presented by Sir Charles u St l ema ns of Morda nt . The y were lords the of manor Snettisham , where they had settled in the u A rmine le n seventeenth cent ry . y Stra ge, the sister l e of u nsta nton of of Sir Henry Strange H , the last the of of u u u long line baronets that ill strio s Ho se, married

S t le ma n of n m . N icholas y , lord S ettisha Her third son was named A y rmine after the fam ily of her A rmine u of grandmother, Anne y , the da ghter Sir A rmine William y , who was married to Sir Thomas d u of s Wo eho se Kimberley, in Little Ma singham u 1 66 A rmine S t le man 6 . Ch rch , in y y married the u of of da ghter James Blakeway, the Royal Navy, by A rm whom he had seven children . y ine w as the ’ u of r Morda unt s e f co sin Sir Cha les s cond wi e, the u of u da ghter Sir John Wodeho se, and, having entered of l a Holy Orders, the living Litt e M ssingham 1 1 5 6 ff u n 7 0 . o ered to him by Sir Charles Morda t on the n f u . 1 u r death o Mr . Sq ire I n 7 54 his ncle, Sir He y S le m a n i n of l e n . t Stra ge, presented Mr y to the l vi g

n u . . Ri gstead St. Peter, which he held in pl rality Mr S tyle ma n does not appear to have taken anyactive part of o f in the parochial matters Massingham , the charge n n u u n the Parish bei g i tr sted to Edm nd Nelso , Rector

of n for u of f A . D . 1 2. Co gham , a n mber years rom 75 I n 1 760 the vacant Rectorship of Snettisham was ff S l a nd on . t ema n o ered to Mr y by his brother, , its n n o f n accepta ce , he resigned the livi g Little Massi gham i n f u f u avo r o the Reverend Charles Morda nt. u n n f Charles Morda t, prese ted by his ather, Sir u n u Charles Morda t . The same year Charles Morda nt w as n n of presented by Mary Baco , a connectio f of u the amily by marriage, to the Rectory Ryb rgh Magna a nd the Vicarage o f Rybu rgh Parv a ; a nd the

x n of . ne t year, by the same Patron , to the livi g Egmere Edmund Nelson being still in Charge o f Little

n . u did no t u Massi gham , Mr Morda nt appear there ntil 2 f 1 . 7 7 Two years a terwards, he married Charlotte , u of u o f the da ghter Sir Philip M sgrave , Bart. , and u u f Kempton Park, bro ght his yo ng wi e to the d u n . Rectory Ho se , which had rece tly been restore for fe w 26th Here they lived a years, and on the 1 6 so n a nd March , 7 7 , a heir was born to them, who u ll u f ent a y s cceeded his ather in the Rectorship . The Child was baptized at Massingham on the 1 7th o f a nd f April in the same year, was named Charles, a ter n his father a nd his ancestors . In the orth transept window of Rybu rgh Church there is a coat o f 1 1 6

a ne r Norwich . He resigned the latter living in 1 860 , and , as Patron, presented it to his eldest 1 86 son, the Reverend Charles David Brereton . In 7 a f he lso resigned the living o Little Massingham , bu t u contin ed to live there , with his third son u u and s ccessor in the Rectorship, ntil his death on 1 1 868 u the 5th October, . His widow, the da ghter o f u t Joseph Wilson, Esq ire, also died at Lit le 1 of 1 880 Massingham Rectory on the 7th March, , a nd u w as u , like her h sband, sing larly respected and

beloved.

o u Joseph Ll yd Brereton, presented by F ller Maitland u of Wilson, Esq ire . Mr. Brereton, the third son the

Revd . C . D . Brereton, was born at Little Massingham

1 th 1 822. Rectory on the 9 October, He was sent to ’

u 1 8 and n . S x R gby in 3 7 , remai ed in Dr Arnold s i th f u n i 1 1 o f 8 . orm t l the end 4 A year later, he entered x f University College, O ord, having obtained an O a nd f a pen scholarship, , in the ollowing ye r, he gained the Newdigate Prize for an E nglish poe m a on the Battle of the Nile . Having t ken his ’ 1 8 n bachelor s degree in 47 , he was ordained Deaco

and Priest at N orwich by Bishop Stanley, and served ’

u u of . u s ccessively the C racies St Edm nd s, Norwich , ’ ’ - - - a in . S t. M rtin s the Fields, London , and St James , n n Paddi gto . 1 8 2 the In 5 he was presented by Baroness Basset, to the living of West Bu ckland in the cou nty o f u 1 86 u Devon , which he held ntil 7 , when he s cceeded f o f his ather, who, in that year, resigned the living

Little Massingham . While in Devonshire, Mr.

1 1 8 Brereton ex erted himself to improve the education o f

- u the middle classes, and , by the enco ragement and - co n of cu K G . the operatio Earl Fortes e, , Lord u o f u u n Lie tenant the Co nty, he s cceeded in establishi g u t a u f u the first Co n y School . The v l e o this nder w a taking s recognised by Bishop Phillpotts, who ff r marked his approval by o e ing to Mr. Brereton in 1 t x 858 a Prebendal S all in E eter Cathedral . At the same time he ex presse d his belief that the best solu tion of f u n f u a very di fic lt problem had bee o nd . Earl Fortescu e also manifested his appreciation by u o f placing in the School a b st Mr. Brereton with the following inscription In gra teful acknowl edgment of the geni us tha t l anned and of the li be ral t ener and u m nt p , i y, gy j dg e ' that efl ected th t bl hme , e es a is nt of the D ev on C ounty School this bust was resente to the School b H u h , p d y g ,

Earl ortescue K. G . 186 1 . F , , f . u On coming into Nor olk, Mr Brereton was enco raged by some of the principal residents in the Cou nty to attempt the fou ndation of a similar Pu blic School

- for C . the middle lasses Here, also , the Lord f K G u n o . . u Lie te ant, the Earl Leicester, , s pported a nd 1 of 1 8 the project, on the 4th April , 73 , r of al H . R . H . the P ince W es, accompanied by o f f u n H . R. H . the Princess Wales, laid the o ndatio of u stone the b ildings near Elmham , in the centre

of the Cou nty.

In Close connection with these schools, and in

f the s m u . continuation o a e p blic object, Mr Brereton has su cceeded in procu ring the establishment at f tu Cambridge o a new College, where s dents can I I 9 enter the University at an earlier age than has u u u been s al , and can keep terms nder collegiate a nd u f discipline , with board t ition and University ees

u a u c o f incl ded , at the moderate nn al harge eighty r u g u ineas . To this College His G ace the D ke

K. G of U f . o Devonshire, , Chancellor the niversity f r n u r o Camb idge, has given great e co agement and

u m n n o f nd s pport , per itti g it to bear the ame Cave ish

College . fu an for x Mr. Brereton is rther engaged in pl s e tending to girls and women similar advantages of gradu ated u n edu cation . I n addition to this ed catio al work f Mr . Brereton has, like his ather , taken an active u ns of u u u part in q estio agric lt ral and r ral interest . a n He also, at earlier date , personally took special pains to secu re for Norfolk the advantages o f a new

and complete railway system .

L P I Y M CAST E A CRE R O R AN O R.

H E f u of m T o ndation this anor was laid by Robert, lord of as af M singham Mag na, who, shortly ter the erection of u of his the Priory at Castle Acre, bestowed pon it some n f property in Great M as si gham . The manor was u rther c u in reased by grants made by neighbo ring landowners, and the following lands were bequeathed to it in Little M as singham — u te One acre by Ralph , two acres by Ordinari s, n acres r and u by Sir Robe t de Thorp , five by Sir H gh de Thorp . f u o A . D 1 At the dissol tion the Castle Acre Priory, in . 53 7 , a of grant all the lands belonging to it was made by Henry V I I I . u of f the to Thomas Howard, the third D ke Nor olk, eldest son of W sad f f has Elizabeth Tilney, to hose ate re erence been u m u f f made previo sly . Fro the D ke o Nor olk these lands f passed into the possession o the Walpoles . The Walpoles are an u f f a very cient and disting ished Nor olk amily, and have of given a Chancellor to the University Cambridge, a Bishop u e u to the Ch rch , a Prim Minister to the State, and a geni s of f to the Republic of Letters. The present head the amily is f t ole n the Earl of Or ord . The firs Walp who owned la d in M A S S IN GH A M PA R VA PA S T A N D PRE SE N T.

be Little Massingham seems to have en John Walpole , a of celebrated and wealthy barrister, who lived in the reigns

. H as Edward VI and Mary. is favou rite residence w at n n Harpley, the adjoini g parish to Massingham on the orth . 1 M P nn e . . fo r I n 553 , John Walpole was el cted Ly , and , two

f - - n a t . u years a terwards, he was made a Serjea t Law His s ccess n a nd f as a barrister rapidly i creased his wealth , , as ast as he made be in n ff r of th u i e . money, invested it land di erent pa ts co ntry ’ Amongst other estates he pu rchased F elthams a nd Monk s n n of Ma ors in Great Massi gham , to the latter which belonged the land i n Little Massingham once owned by the Prior o f f u n Castle Acre. John Walpole died three weeks be ore Q ee r rd of n Ma y , and, on the 3 November, he was i terred with great ’ - D n s . W u o f . u nsta pomp in the Ch rch St , London An eye itness describing the solemn pageant says There were in u of f attendance all the J dges and the Serjeants the Coi , and of u el men the law a two h ndred , with two white branches , tw ve ff a nd f u a nd sta torches o r great tapers, and priests and clerks, u the morrow the Mass o f Req iem .

f n Kn ve tt— - u of By his wi e, Ja e y who was the grand da ghter Bou rchie r n of n John , Lord Ber ers , at one time heir Massi gham — f n Parva John Walpole le t behind him an o ly son , William , aged fou rteen years . The g uardianship of this child was left to

o f u C x the Bishop Ely, who was a thorized to harge the e penses ’ connected with the boy s edu cation u pon the manor o f '

e ltha m s n . F , in Great Massi gham His widow was to n f - n in f e joy a li e i terest his estates, a ter which they were

. n u u to go to his son Ja e Walpole , s bseq ently, married

. . f M r Thomas Scarlett , who , with Mr Robert Coke ( ather Co - x o f the celebrated Sir Edward Coke) , was e ecu tor of ’ her husband s will . 1 24

u out of e n an t rned him doors. Having attempted to leav E gl d u witho t a licence, Edward Walpole was arrested while in the

of a nd f of u . act embarking, taken be ore the Lords the Co ncil ’ I n consequence of his being the heir to his wife s estates the ’ r of f u f vou Ea l Leicester interested himsel in the yo ng man s a r,

u w as . and, thro gh his intercession , he released He then tu f ff re rned to Nor olk , and, having been o ered a home by his u n u it— t us co si , William , at T ddenham , he gladly accepted h becoming the means of effecting a reconciliation between the

- u f of u r long parted h sband and wi e that ho sehold . Sho tly ’ f W al of L d a ter illiam W pole s death , the Earl eicester also die , ’ Robsart s t o n t and Amy es ates, which had been settled Rober u for f n al o bu D dley li e , desce ded to Edward W p le as her heir ; t ’ r f n al s b Edwa d Walpole s ather bei g o dead , and having, y his will, e e Ca lla but disinherited his ldest son and made his s cond son , , of n u of his heir, Edward, by reason a oble scr ple conscience, u to f u of relinq ished his right her lands in avo r his brother. of u s of On the landing John Gerard, a Jes it, on the coa t N f u f or olk , Edward Walpole enth siastically threw himsel into fu of of n him the rtherance the object his mission , and re dered great assistance in his interviews with the Roman Catholics

f . o Grimston , Anmer and Harpley Hearing, however, that u n n o n r w as his co si , He ry , to whom he wed his co ve sion , n r u n co fined in a mise able prison at Fl shing, which had bee

occu pied by the English , he despatched a messenger with his f u n ransom and a letter, in orming him that he wo ld joi him abroad immediately be had been able to p ut hl S affairs i n so of e u as order . Having parted with me his states and p rch ed n a al f d a lice ce to travel, Edw rd W pole embarked rom E nglan u fal of the 1 0 and arrived in Br ssels in the l year 59 . Having received from his cousin letters of introduction to several

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of u t u u n dignitaries the Papal Co r at Rome , he , s bseq e tly, set out for c 1 2 w as u that ity, and, in 59 , ind ced to take Orders, rv u a vowing, at the same time, to se e the Papal Ca se in Engl nd u u whenever his services sho ld be req ired . The period to which his licence to travel ex tended having x a almost e pired , Edward h stened to England, in order to save

f . u f u his estates rom confiscation To his s rprise , he o nd on f of landing that the act his Ordination at Rome had transpired, f r u and that a wa rrant o his apprehension had been iss ed . He

u u w f n there pon fled to Belgi m , here he soon a ter e tered the of Society o f Jesu s . Directly the news this step reached n fo r u E gland, he was indicted a s pposed conspiracy done at Rome four years previou sly : a sentence o f outlawry was issued n f f agai st him , and his estates were declared to be or eited to the w as for u f Crown . Notwithstanding that it death a Jes it ather f a al f to set oot on English soil , Edw rd W pole landed in Nor olk f u u u n three years a terwards, and , tho gh chased by p rs iva ts n - - n u from hidi g place to hiding place , he ma aged to el de ’ o f n the grasp of the law du ring the remainder Elizabeth s reig . Ca ll bu of m I . a t On the accession Ja es , his brother, , obtained t - W u his pardon . For thir y nine years, Edward alpole labo red rv of u in England as a devoted se ant his Order and his Ch rch , rd e 1 6 and died in London on the 3 Novemb r, 3 7 , at the age

- of seventy eight . Calla but Walpole is said to have bought back into the family ’ ’ n u n al l Edward s confiscated estates. Eve t ally, Mo k s Manor in Great M a ssingham came into the possession o f the noble

of of r n of n family Coke , Earls Leicester, and that po tio it lyi g l in Little Massingham was parted with to Mr. Gou ton as before Stated .

M A R Y ’ S P R I O R

M A S S I N G H A M M A G N A .

1 260 le of BEFORE the year , Nicholas Syre Massingham Magna had founded in that village a Priory for u u A g stinian monks, dedicated to St . Mary the Virgin and

. . f u St Nicholas The o nder gave to this Priory, among other

f one u a nd u of gi ts, mess age, a mill, two car cates land in ” r 6 . In A . D 1 Massingham Magna and Pa va . 34 , the Prior held ’ the fourth part o f a knight s fe e in Massingham Magna a nd of a nd in D 1 n n i A . n Parva the then Earl Marshall , . 399, la ds lyi g o f fee of r both parishes the Roger Mortimer . This Mo timer

u . . u . was co sin to Richard I I , and heir pres mptive to the Crown n u n of Havi g been appointed Lie te ant Ireland, he , in company with the Duke of Gloster and the Earls of Ru tland a nd n a nd o ne u -a t - Northampto , attended by h ndred men arms, two u a nd f u u f h ndred archers on horseback, o r h ndred archers on oot, u n w proceeded to Ireland to suppress a n ins rrectio . He as u u n n f A u t n o . D s bseq e tly made Lord Lie e a t Ireland, and , in . 1 3 1 M A S S I N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

1 n u f in f of 399, havi g advent red himsel ront his soldiers in a n n skirmish with the Irish ker es, he was slai . Directly the news n n a n x in reached E gla d , Richard I I . prepared e pedition order to

’ ' n n s e t sa il for ave ge his kinsma s death , with which he Ireland , a nd thereby lost his crown . Roger Mortimer was the great ndf of n d d n the gra ather two Ki gs of Englan . His gran so was f u u e of m n deliI ed n amo s D k York, whose a bitio g Engla d with of Sha ks e a re r nd n blood , and whom p makes Hen y VI . i ig antly n u e n d o n of to i q ir , when findi g him one day seate the Throne E ngland

t t l t th u ra or to th e row n Wha it e has o , t it , C

Th fathe r was as th ou a rt D u e of Yor y , , k k Th ra n fa th r R r M rt mer rl M e o e o Ea of a rch . y g d , g i , I am th e son of H enry th e Fifth !

’ o n of a nd York s ambition was laid low the Field Wakefield, his head raised high o n the Mickleg a te at York to enforce ’ Q ueen Margaret s biting jest

That Yor mi ht overl oo he w f Y k g k t to n o ork .

’ ' In a 1 r d S . a r n the ye r 47 5, St M y s Prio y bei g in a ecayed tate a nd n d u n d the la ds waste , it was ite to the West Acre Priory , a nd became a Cell fo r two canons a nd two poor men belonging u I e . n A . D 1 to that ho s . 553 West Acre Priory was granted to a a nd n in Sir Thom s Gresham , the la ds Little Massingham , ha d n of which bee bestowed in aid the endowment of St . ’ f n Mary s Priory, ell i to his hands . of f f Sir Thomas Gresham , who came an ancient Nor olk amily , w a s so n of nd f u d the a rich Lo on merchant . A ter st ying at ’ n e of Go vill Hall , Cambridge , he became a member the Mercers ’ n n n a nd in 1 2 n Compa y , Lo do , , 55 , was se t, by the King s orders, 1 32

B B Y C R E Y K E A E .

M A S SI N GH A M PA R VA : PA S T A N D PRE S E N T.

I altering its name at the same time to Amongst Cr k u n of e e . her beq ests, were the lands belo ging to the Abbey y 20 1 1 1 o By a deed dated November, 5 , Thomas Thomps n, ’ D de of . D . . , Master Christ s College , and the Fellows, etc , mised ’ l E stra n e of n a E s re to John g Massi gham P rva, q. , all their n r f u lands, te ements, rents , se vices, old co rses in Massingham r G for Pa va and Harpley, lately belonging to reke Abbey, x nnu x 81C si ty years, paying £ 3 per a m and all ta es, tithes, . le n of From John Stra ge these lands, with the rest his r o f f of u prope ty, passed into the possession the amily Morda nt,

the of l e n u by marriage Barbara Stra ge with Robert Morda nt, a nd from them that portion situ ated in Massingham Parva has n descended to the present ow ers. B H M G E A D E I RT S , ARR I A S N D ATH S

EXTRACTED FROM TH E

P A R I S H R E G I S T E R S .

“d 1 6 . o t . Scal i 81 at er n maried the 22 a of Ma . 5 9 R b p e K h i . d y y ' r c r f c Geo ge Tetlowe 81 Ali e Gardn marl 5 day o O t _ 1 0 o r Bre rwood ar h l mari 2 4 da of 57 . R ge a Cl k 81 Alice fli s p oo e ed the 2 y

October .

John 81 Barbara Collin mart! 5 day of Augt. 1 Jesper Wilkin 81 Agnes Wright maried the 31 da y A ugt . -4 8 l cal w n mat 22 5 of Au t. S i A E . Robt. p e 81 gnes i g g r T a at ma n m ried 0 un Geo ge etl owe 81 Dian B e a 3 J e. n m ‘ 2 N ichola s H eyl ott 81 H ele arl 5 Octr. ° o t. Kenion M of Arte 81 A ce une man! the da of u e. R b , , li Ch y J ly m 1 5 r Thomas Brand 81 Ema Jains ari 92Ap il .

N icholas Lowrie (P) 81 Fra nces Wil kin mar. Maye . Gilbert Whishart 81 Agnes Sca lpi e manfi 25 day Aprill ‘ ThonTs H opkins 81 Agnes Alexa nder mart! 28 day February. “ Edward Ffishpool e 81 Agnes Pointer marfl 1 6 N ov o n Edwarde 81 A c B

AN D . OM . 1 0 . 6 A O. I 3 , J C

Peter Samforth 81 Eliza bethe N orth (P) were mari ed ‘ o n oster 81 omas n P r marl D ec 28. J h F Th i itte widdo . we e t ' 1 606. i am Brownside P 81 Elizabeth a t w r mar Ma c et e e S. e W lli ( ) e R k y y 4. o mas d h ‘h 81 ar sh o l w r mar t e I I . un Th M y n p o e e e J e. l o n aden 81 Susa nna Worthafn were mar‘ the 2 93 of N ov J h B . 7 L — c ard i n

aco . J . 7 am S 1 ' Willi key 81 Joan Mayne were mar! the 1 923 of N ov ; ma o s rowfoot of e s . of H oc wo d 81 art a H o ns w r Th C , y pi h k l M h pki e e 1 1 maried the 25 da e of S y eptember. 1 6 1 8. Le Strange c ocke of thi s parish 81 Cecily Dexter of Pentney were m ars. the five 81 tw i ent th day of July. n e n ne 81 twentith J am es Fittz Garrold 81 Katherine Chna e were marl. y i d of un aye J e. eor e Southcoa te Es u re 81 rances Sot erton were marr ed the G g q i F h , i h 2 a of a nua r . 0t . d y J y f u in e ou nt of Essex Kn t 81 ane 1 6 20. James Reynolds o B mstead y C y igh J Mordaunt of this parish were married the twelfth daye of June i c anno sup rad t. d ? Thomas Palmer 81 Jane Skarfe w ere mar the first day of Oct Thomas Richardson and Phillis Till brooke were married the fifth day ' of N ovr Edmond N emes (P) and Esther Monymant were maryed the twenty-nith f u o J ly. a n n 8 a ra at man w r 2 h Willi m Jho so 1 B rba B e e e maried the 4t of J une . Wi Goggs 81 Cicely Bateman were mar ied on Whitsun a Tuesd y . l r d r N icholas Ha l 81 B i get (si c) were mart! on S. Pete s

9 ni . 1 2 Day A D 6 3 .

. r W 1 6 . o n o ar of Some ent 81 ace ort am were marr ed u 6 3 7 J h R p g G h i J ly . ma t on 81 An H aw o s e n e w r . Th L igh l y e e married Octob 1 9. Art ur axt n 81 Ann a r ma d 1 6 8 o e were r 8. 3 . h Cl Cl k July 1 d 6 1 . Edmund e 81 ar A e w re ma r 1 4 B ll M y lp e June 22. ( 1 6 . am oden 81 ar aret B ons wer 2 1 45 Willi B M g igg e mar 1 Augt . r Potter 81 Susan Pi r m

1 6 . a m a c oc 81 att ew a ne were 22 Au t 53 Willi Bl kl k M h M y g . Se tem er the second 1 6 p b e 54.

Joseph H acon of little Massingham Clerke was sworne pish. Register (si c) of

the sd. s . accord n to the act for mar a es rt s 81 ur a s me pi h i g i g , bi h b i l by

ED M. REMER . P C J . Th e Banes of Matrimony between Edward Goo Esquire singleman and Anne ease widdow ot of the ar s of L tt e ass n am w ere u s ed M , b h p i h i l M i gh p bli h 4 th ree severall Su nda s viz. the 2 the tent 81 the seventeent da es y 3 , h h y t of Sep: anno 1 654. The said Edwar d G00 81 Anne Mease were

143 declared husband 81 wife before John Pell Esquire Justice of the peace

81C . Se tem er 28 1 6 in the resence of eor e s re or Pe p b , 54, p G g Gipp , G g y ll e s s n r accor n to h sa d a g nt . 81 Town hend Wil o Cle k di g t e i l te act. P JOHN ELL.

N ovemb. I 6 . am c oc of t s ar s s n eman 81 ar fli tt of 9, 54 Willi k hi p i h i gl M y great Massingham singl ewoman after due publica tion of their consent ’ u nto marriage three severall Lord s daies tha t i s to say the 1 the 8 81 the 1 5 dayes of Octob er in the parishes of Little Mass ingham and Grea t Mas s : aforesa id and no exceptions thereunto made were then declared H u and a n “ sb d Wife by John Pell Esq; Justice of the peace 81C . in the presence of Joseph H acon Minister 81 Parish Register of Little ass n a m o n D av e a nd ot ers a ccord n to th a te ac M i gh , J h y h , i g e l t

concern n ma rr a es 81 the re istrin t ereof 81C . P i g i g g g h JOHN ELL. 1 W 656 . ill iam P tyfere 81 Margaret Dixon w ere married the second day of Marctt

1 6 . o n Duc n A nns r m h 59 J h k a d lice Mi we e arrd . t e 22 day D eci n W 1 66 . o E dred of eotton widdower and P easance w r f 3 J h l , l Co pe o the sa me sin l ewoman were marr ed the sea venth a g i d ye of July. m W h e 66 . o as ou 1 6 Th od se of Kimberlie 81 M A nne IErmine were ma rr d m th e Se te er 28 1 666 . i p b , am a mse of E m 1 6 70. Willi R y as t Rudha 81 Mary Copeman of Wesenham

S . Peters were marr ed 2 of N ov m e er An. D om. 1 6 0 i 4 b 7 .

SU N DR Y EX R T ACTS .

1 6 74. William Toll of H arpley widdower 81 D orothy N urse of Massingham

va . were marr ed the da f p y y o Aprill.

1 682. Ste en A en of Ders n a m 81 A nn Pe of Massin h a s n e ph ll i gh ll g p. i gl woman were marr ed the 1 8 a y d y of J uly . 1 1 6 o n Mi h 7 . J h tc ley 81 Anne Minns both single a nd both of this Parish were ’ marry d Octob! ye 291 1 2 7 4. Robert Everard 81 Elizabeth Foster both single and both of this parish w ere married J uly ye 2l< 1 2 S mon 7 5. i Bagg of Stoke 81 Sarah H eward of this Parish were married by License Octr 1 1 28. a m Whitl 8 ra nces Stuart ot s n e of t s ar s wer m 7 Willi y F b h i gl hi p i h e arrd . a fter nn Ba s August 1 8.

r t 1 0. Ann o l ns u h e da t . of Tho : ns 8 f o a 2 h anu r . 57 C l i y g C lli b pt. ye o J a y

1 1 . Nathaniell W k lin W a e e s n f . 91 o o . 57 y o R bt akeli n bapt ye 6 of Julye . ' t 1 2. eor Mordd ii s n f H t o o r M . e e en or i t en a 2 h f u . 57 G g y y dt TI g t b p. 9 o J ly I a t ew r f ' a s a e sone o n a r a zzfi f . S7 3 M h M h ll y J oh M shall b pt. o Sept 1 ar a ra I l ID r f H n b MO d t e u h . M r : n da t o e o e t . a t. 1 293 of Se t 57 4 B y g g b p p . ‘ H n Wilshi n e e e da u h ! f n Wilshin a . t o o t 2 9. 57 5 ll y g J h b p ye 4 of J une . 'l 1 6 . eor Mautbire sone of r sto r M ut ir 57 G g Ch i phe a b e bapt. the z4i of f ru r F eb a y.

1 ' i A ce c oc da u ter of Peter c oc a t. the f 57 7 l k gh k b p o October. ' 1 8. ar r w au ht of eor e t ow a t. 2 93 of a a o . e 57 B b Tetl d g G g T l b p 7 Ma rch . n Wil h u n f n Wil shi n t 21 of Au u st. J oh s in s e o Joh ba p . 4 g t I L tra n e c oc sune of Peter c oc a t. 1 2h of Se t m S7 9 e S g k k b p p e ber . ' f ' fl rfin W n or of Ric. ci s su ppose d to be ye sune o Ri c. hiti gs flrnncis borne

f c z r h. o Ali e bapt . 7 of Ma c W W . a 1 81 . ar aret au r f o n ass a the d f M 5 M g asse d ghte o J h e b pt y o ay . L ra n M n n of o n M n a th 1 1 a of une t e d . e S ge y so e J h y b pt. y J f . 11 n . Edward the sune of An Shakrose baseborn bapt x x 1 1. o J u e '

w r h f t fl ba t. e 1 2 f arc . Ed a d fii s pool sune o Rob . p y o M h ' r 1 f if . c n a n 8 h . t o d d a r fii h l u . o o t a e se b 5 3 . M ye s poo e da g t R b b p y y e .

h n f . Charl s the sone of Peter c ock ba pt. t e seco d day o J une

. th 111. f Ma 1 8 . es ns su ne Of o n ns a t e o 5 4 Gil Mi J h Mi b p y.

h n f rns. P a . 111. of an . Phillip Pag ot so o Tho . b p J y f 1 . a n wr u h r . f N ch a s L a t . th 28 o u . 585 J e Lo ie da g t o i ol . b p e J ly

es the sune of r sto er H arr s a t. 1 2 da of Se tem r Gil Ch i ph i b p y p be . r 1 . n u h f H ar ur : a t. x v . da of a e 586 An Curli da g t o ill y C b p y M y . ' . f o fii sh oole a t. x xv 111 o Au . Clemence daught of R bt. p b p g

f P t r : . 1 1. a f Margret c ock daug o e e c ba p 1 1 d y o Septr. B : ~ o t. a a . h 1x N icholas Batema n son of R b b pt t e . Oct£ ms H o ns a x v11 . a of A r . 1 587 . J oseph ye sune of Tho pki b pt . d y p ill '

H lar Cur : ba . xx 1v arc . Thorns Curlin sune of il y p . M h

rns H . x v n of o o : a t x 1 . Ma . Alice H opki s daugh . Th p b p y r Aw . n c c dau h of Peter : a t. x . N ovfi 1 588 A o k g t . b p ' r ht of o t. If a . v1 . Phillis ffi shpool e da ug R b b pt x 1 fi eb .

1 Tem rance ur n da u . of H ar Cur : a t. v1. da of n 589. p C li g ill y b p y Ju e . di s r o n fli ssher son of ar ret e a se orn a t. x 111 of u e . J h M g h b b b p . J ly ?! rek ? Will Creak son of Tho : C e bapt . 1111 . Ja n m Br 1 0. A nes rowne dau htr. of : a t . x x v . da f 59 g B g Will b p y o March. CH RI S TE N IN GS .

a wrenc ar r n f h B r a t x i 1. u e . L e B be so o T o a b p . J ly I sa e T . h Iv . A r . b ll H opkins daug. o f ho : H op : bapt t e p ill E en fli h o l u ff a 2 vt ll s p o e da g . of Ed : : b pt. 8 N o f at er ne un f Ric : . the x 111 . da e o K h i Ch e daug. o Ch : bap y

February .

Mary Graye 81 Ka therine Graye ye children of Tho : Gray bapt . 2 5

March .

s fli h ool dau . of Edwar fli sh ool b . 1 Ro e s p g d p ap 8 May . ' H awl u h r f h s H l S f I ar er e da t o T orfi aw M o Art a . e . e t S93 M g y y g . y b p 1 6 May .

u ic a . 20 . Thoms Chune ye s ne of R . Chune b pt Maye r 1 . o n Poo sune of o n Poolie a t 2 Decem 594 J h ly J h b p . 5 b

art a H o ns dau . of Th : H o : a . v1. tf bru M h pki g o p b pt e ary . a m ffi h o l sune es s o f E . x . J p e o d . ffishpool e ba p 1. May

£~ a . f H r v Rose Lar ge d ug o en y Large bap . . D ecem

ane u ne da u ter of Rio. une ba x 11 . a e . J Ch gh Ch p . M y — ' Thotfi s H awl e sun f S H wli e M’ f Ar 1 821 f e o om a . e a o y Th o t b pt . Au ust g . r fii h ar e e s l dau h r. h l . oo fli s a Ix . n r . M g i p e g t of Ed. poo e b pt Ja ua y

A a Lar e dau h . of H r 28 r. big il g g tr en y Large bap . Oct Thonfs ffish oole sune f h o . fii l o t s oo 1 F ru . p R b p e bapt. 7 feb ary — - oms the suns of oms H o n k a . x 1v Th Th p i s b pt . May . o n a sun f r e o eo e a a t. x Iv . Se tr J h Cl y G g Cl y b p p . t art a Bul ware da u htr. of re or Bul ware ba t 2 h a f M h g G g y p . 4 d y o Septemb"

“ P tte h s n ’ t o rns t e u e of . h Th i George Pitte was bapt t e 3 1 . day of

D ecemb .

ar er o nson th e dau htr . of n n w . h H I M g y J h g John J oh so as bapt t e . day

of January . H enr o nson the su ne of Adam y J h Johnson was bapt. the day of ' fl ebruary . eor e fli sh ool e the sune of Edward fii h l w th G g p s poo e as bapt. th e 8 day '

of fl ebru .

c ard ar e the sune of H enr ar was a . 6 Ri h L g y L ge b pt May . t o n ffi sh ool e the sune of o t. fli sh oole was a t. 1 h une J h p R b p b p 7 J . ’ '

Edward Ra tclifle the sune of P Ra tclifl e wa s a t. u the 1 9da hillip b p J ly 5 y. “ D nas a man da u htr. of o n a man was a 1x i Ch p g J h Ch p b pt. . Sept A .D .

1 60 fli h l was ba t. the x x 0. A . f E ard s oo e da lice fli shpool e the daughtr o dw p p . y ' ( H Ja nr

William Dawes supposed to be th e sune of Willm . Cole servant to

a t . the 2 9 da of arc . M! Mordti nt gent. b p 9 y M h ' 5 1 1 . a w h 1 . 60 Stephen Chapman the m e of John Chapm n as bapt. t e } fieb ' M an . r a . 1 a J e Wa rd daught of Robt Wa d b p 3 y.

H enry Large sune of H enry Large ba pt . 6 Septi r 1 6 . y 02 a ne fii sh l h rd If a a n 2 . J poo e daug t of Edwa b pt. J 4 ' r ifl Rose Pitte da ught of George Pitte bapt . 24 fieb oms 81 ane urson tw n c i dren f H enr u Th . J C i h l o y C rson were borne

81 baptized the day of March .

o n o nson sune of Adam o nson a . 1 J h J h J h b pt May 0.

. fii n x x sh l su f . ff a . II . Robt poo e e o Robt : b pt July. —

m . o t. Ho ns sone of H o ns a R b pki Tho s pki b p April 24. i ' i ’ Sara Ratcl fie dan rr. of P l R atclifl e was ba t. th 1 9. f g h lip p e o August. “ ms ar son f ar . Tho . W d e o Robt . W d ba pt 5 Sept

1 60 . r h l u r 3 Marga ethe fii s poo e the da ght . of Ed ffishpoole 81 Anne his ' r t x x 111. f Dec 1 60 . wyne was bapt . he o 3

1 60 . Ka ther ne o nson da u h r. of Ada m o ns n ba t o t. e x x vn . D 4 y J h g J h p y ecemb. ose h e Wa rdde sonne of o art arde was a I v . J p R b W b pt. ' day of fl eb . ' 1 60 . a ne oster e dau htr. of o n oster was a 7 J F y g J h F b pt. ye xx h da y of r si Octobe . ( c ) ' '

1 606 . D orathe fl sh ool e dau htr. of Edwde . fi sh ool e was y y p g y p bapt. ye 1 72 of u si A gust. ( n )

1 608. Susan ohnson the dau . of Ada m o nson w a J g J h as b pt. ye 2491 of

May 1 608.

A n fli sh ool e the da u . of Edward ffi h l s oo e a t. 1 2 c p g p b p Mar h.

0 . a m Pi n ton th sonn f 1 6 9 J es lki g e e o Ja mes Pilkington 81 Ann his wyfe was z vm a t d e x x . da f b p i e y y o January.

0 se Seman the dau . of c ar 1 6 1 . Ro g Ri h d Seman 81 Eliza be the his wyfe was h x 111 a t e . da Se tr. b pt. y p liza the o n son the da u E b e J h ghter of Ada m J ohnson 81 Ka therine hi s

f was a t. e 1 0 wy e b p y March.

‘ i a m (foster the sonne of o n ffos 1 6 1 1 . ter a t . 2 r W lli J h b p 7 Oct . m on f i 1 6 1 2. o n Se a n e s e o c ard Seman 81 Elizabethe his w fe J h y R h y bapt. f 27 Dec ;

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M A S S I N H M A VA D PRE E N T G A P R PA S T A N S .

A . D .

1 6 22 Robertus a teman filius N ich l i a tizat fu t die Octobris . . B o a b p i R obertus fili us Gulielmi Moore baptizat fuit nono die Martii An° SU pdi ct . 6 2 1 E . 3 . liza betha filia Jacobi Fishpool e baptizata fuit Setimo di e Ma ii Amy the da ughter of SE Robert M ordaunt 81 the La dy Amy his wife was ba t zed th 2 f 1 6 2 p i e 5 o J uly 3 . — 1 ° 6 2 . ni l i fu t 1 die A u usti . 4 Willi W llaI . H ardy baptizat i g Robertus filius Jacobi Fishp ool e baptizat fuit decimo die Martn. '

R obertus filius fi k a tiz fu t sexto die ffebruarii . Robt. ea e b p a t i imo die 1 6 2 L r z. fu t tricess 5. e St a nge filius Thomas Toll 81 Annae uxor bapti i unii ann 1 2 J o 6 5. izat fu t Abigail filia Adami J ohnson et Margarett uxor ej us bapt i vic essimo di e A ugusti anno 1 6 24. ( sic ) Eliza be tha fil ia Willi e H ardy et Ma rgeriae uxor ej us ba ptiza t fuit ua rto di D ec m ri anno 1 6 2 q e e b s 5. 1 6 26 ara fil f vicessimo tert o die . S ia illegittima Eliza bethae Kidd baptizat uit i A r p ilis . P s filia li b s uxor e us ba tiza t undec mo die hilli Gu el. H arma n et Gi li j p i un n J fi a no 1 6 26 . Thomas filius Thomas Ringwood et Katheri nae uxor ejus baptiz

duodecimo die mensis N ovemb .

1 6 2 l as ba tzd . the Se tr. 7 . Edward the sonne of James Ffishpoo e w p p

W ns n was a t. Dec! 2 . a t er n h h r. of o o K h i e t e daug t 9. J h b p

1 at er ne his w fe was a t. 6 28. Anthonie ye son of Tho : Ringwood 81 K h i i b p u e the first J li . ‘

. 2 1 . Thomas the son of Robert fi eake was bapt. Sep

i f was a t. e . 2 Robe rt the son of John Fishpool e 81 Al ice h s wi e b p S p 5.

a . D c J ohn the son of Wine Ffoster 81 Dorothe his wife was b pt e t 28.

n W i f as t . A r 1 . 1 6 29. H e rie the son of e H arma n 81 Cicilie h s wi e w ba p p il 9 Ka therin ye da ughter of Tho : Ringwood 81 Ka therin hi s wife was

z . ba pt d J ulie 9. Ja mes the sonne of A ndr ew Rayner 81 Agnes his wife was baptized

20. Sep . Thomas the son of Willifi ffellow 81 Jeane his wife was baptized :r sep . 7 — n h f In n n ar hi f Joh t e son o Willi . Joh so 81 M ie s wi e was baptized

Se . 2 p 9.

1 50 CH RIS TE N IN GS .

Mary the da ughter of James ffishpool e 81 Sara his wife was ba ptized

Aprill 4. John the son of John fii shp ool e 81 Allice his wife was baptized the

27 day of D ecember 1 63 0. Robert the son of We H arma n 81 Cicilie his wife was baptized th e

1 3 of february. r m r m r Robe rt the son of Robert C e e 81 Te pe ance his wife was bapt.

D ec! 20.

r w a n r n w Thomas the son of And e R y e 81 An his ife was bapt .

April 3 . mun th S n rt r m r 81 m er c hi w f w Ed d e o of Robe C e e Te p an e s i e as bapt.

Ja nuary 1 3 .

h h h r hi f . Sara t e daug tr. of James ffis pool e 81 Sa a s wi e b aptzd r 1 Ma ch 4. '

l n h . William the son of William fi el ow 81 Ja e is wife was bapt. April 7

Thomas the son of N ichola s Ba teman 81 Jane his wife was bap t .

February 1 9. Bridget the daughter of Robert Cremer gentleman 81 Temperance his f iz 2 w was a Ma . i e b pt d . y 7 w ul 1 William th e son of W?) H arma n 81 Cicely his ife bapt . J y 3 . ? u f An r w a ner 81 Ann his w fe a t . an 2 . Eliza beth the da g . o d e R y i b p J 5 Thomas the son of Robert Cremer gentleman 81 Temperance his wi fe

Ma 2 . bapt . y 4 Edward th e son of William !fellow 81 Jane his wife wa s ba ptized 1 Septemb . 3 . m r nt : 81 m erance his w f e e e . Alice th e da ug. of Robt. Cre g T p i e bapt

D ec! 27 . Thomas the son of Ja mes ffishp ool e 81 Sara his wife was baptized

Ja nuary 22 anno supradicto . ) n A c hi w f n es e s A r 2. William th e son of Willa My 81 li i e bapt. p il low ane his w f a 6 u . James the son of William ffel 81 J i e b pt. J ly 1 w a n r Ann hi 1 0 " William the son of Andre R y e 81 s wife bapt . Dec

m nt. f t. re er e 81 m r n hi ffrances the daughtr. o Rob C g Te pe a ce s wife

t. anu r 1 8 bap J a y . m Arthur th e son of Will Plafer 81 Dorothie his wife was baptized April

' l w an hi fie l o 81 e e s f . . Richard the son of Willm. J wi e bapt May 1 2

1 51 n h f r m r 81 m ra c his w fe was a t zed 1 639. H e ry t e son o Robert C e e Te pe n e i b p i

IDEct 4.

1 t. h e s nn f Andr w a n r Ann his w f a t. N ov. 1 . 640. Rob t o e o e R y e 81 i e b p ! omas the son of N c o a s a teman . 1 of an Th i h l B bapt 9. J W hi 1 6 1 fllfi the sonne of o t. remer 81 em erance s w fe a t. 4 . R b C T p i b p

l da nd1 28.

1 6 2 n th nn m r a t . u 1 2. o e so of o . r m n f 4 . J h e R bt C e e 81 Te pera ce his wi e b p J ly

A c th r f M n 1 . li e e da ughte o Willia m yn s 81 Alice hi s wife bapt . J an? 5 1 a t er n h u ter f c n ar r tt his w fe 643 . K h i e t e da gh o Mi hael H ariso 81 M ga e i

a t. u 6 b p J ly . n h sonn f a 22 Joh t e e o Robert Cremer 81 Temperance his wife b pt. ye da of tem r y Sep be .

William 81 Eliza beth ye so nne 81 daughtr. of William fi ell ow 81 Jane hi s wife were baptized ye (bla nk) day of Septk Anne ye da ughter of Andrew Ra yner Anne hi s wife was ba ptized

ye 1 5 day of October. 1 n Will c hi s f a t z 6 . E d u f m M n s 81 A e w as d 1 2 a o . ne e w e h 44 lle ye ght . y li i b p i t e of day Aprill . John the sonne of Sir Charles Mordaunt 81 l adye Katherin his wife was a h 2 a f A r b ptized t e 5 d y o p ill. ‘ Katherine the daughter of Robert Cremer Temperance hi s wife was iz h 2 bapt ed t e 4 day of N ovember. H enry ye sonne of Sir Charles Mordaunt 81 Ladye Katharine his wife was a t zed the 21 a f arc b p i d y o M h .

1 6 . o ert the sonne of a m Plafer Doroth e his w fe a t th 1 45 R b Willi 81 y i b p . e 4 da of A y prill . ' e i f ar e dau ter of n d w 1 ane h s w e a t . 8 une M y y gh Wi ; ello 8 J i b p J . ar es the sonne of o ert remer 81 em erance his w fe w Ch l R b C T p i as bapt . th e fift of rc h day Ma h .

1 6 6 . E za et th e dau ht r f o n S man 8 u hi e o ea 1 S san s w fe a t . 26 u 4 li b h g J h i b p J ly .

E za et the dau . of c ae H arr son 81 ar aret hi li b h g Mi h l i M g s wife bapt . 2 7 Septr . o n the son of o ert ead 81 ar his f 2 w e a t . Octo er J h R b R M y i b p 4 b . ' th u W In 1 6 . A ce e da ter of ill fiellow 81 ane his w fe s x 47 li gh J i bapt . i th day of u n J e . c ard the sonne of am M nnes 81 A c hi Ri h Willi y li e s wife bapt. the 2 9December.

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John the son of Charles Par kins Esquire 81 Dionys hi s wife was

a t ze h s x t. f N b p i d t e i day o ovember.

o ert the son of i am H arman A i c is w f a t 1 8 Ma . R b W lli 81 l e h i e b p . y am th e sonne of l a m arm n Willi Wi li H a 81 Ali ce his wife bapt 5 day J uly .

E za et the dau . of i c ard over 81 Anne hi s w fe a 2 Au t . li b h g R h Gl i b pt. 3 g S las Pitk rin s n l r i e e the o of Wil ia m 81 Ma y hi s Wife bapt . Septr . 7 91 E za th li beth e da ug . of Willia m Pl afer 81 Margaret his wife bapt . y a n . 1 J 5. Thomas the son of Edward H art 81 Eliza beth his wife was ba ptized 7 J1111 “ E za his wife a t. 1 0 N ov li beth ye da ug. of Willia m H arman 81 Mary b p

E za f his fe a t. 0 Au ust . li be th ye da ug . o Edward H a rt 81 Eliza beth wi b p 3 g

om f z 1 ctr. Th as ye son of Peter Gray 81 D orothy his wi e ba pt . 7 O ll A en ye son of J ames Ma nfyeld 81 Katheri ne hi s wife ba pt . ye N v 7 o ember . r a r the dau . of am 2 D c M y g Willi H arma n 81 Mary hi s wife bapt. 6 e ar arett the dau ter of w r H M g gh Ed a d art 81 Eliza beth his wife bapt. Au us 7 g t.

SU N DRY EXTRACTS.

. Charles the son of Charles Preston Clerk a nd Mary his wife was

'h - 5 a t. at th cr h 2 f anv o 1 6 e Sa ed ont t e _ o b p F , 7 J 762 ar th o M y e daug. f Charles Preston Clerk 81 Mary his wife was baptized at e n h r o t e t . of a c 1 6 y F y s M h , 7 ; J acob the sonn of Charles Preston by Mary his wife was ba ptized a t the ont the 1 th of A r 1 8 6 . F s p il, 7 aco e son of ar es Preston er ar his w f w J b y Ch l Cl k by M y i e as baptzd .

e of Febr . 1 6 at e n y y , 7 9, y Fo t. o n the son of Edward reen r d hi et s w fe a t. 28 J h G by B i g i b p March.

1 6 . oa nna “ 94 the dau . of Edward reene r d et his w fe a D c J g G by B i g i b pt . 7 e

1 6 . D enn s P 97 i epper ye son of Tho : Stewarde 81 Mary his wife was ba t zed p i (bla nk) .

1 02. Tho : Steward th sun of 7 e Thos : Steward 81 Mary h is wife wa s a ti z d 1 A b p e the 9 ugust. 1 0 Ann . th . 7 5 e da ter. of om Steward 81 ar hi s w fe was a t zed anY g Th M y i b p i J I o . J BLUEDQLSZ

A . D . ' d 1 7 1 5. Thomas ye son of Edward R atclifl e by Sarah his wife was baptize ar 2 M ch 7 .

Mr. u . am H ea M A was r 1 1 . sic S e . bu ed Ma 1 8 l ly y y , 7 5 ( )

1 22. Ann au m r his w fe was 7 e ye d ghter of Mr. Tho as Steward 81 Ma y i iz bapt ed October. 8.

1 2 . o n s n f Mr r his fe was a t . 7 4 J h ye o o . Thomas Steward 81 Ma y wi b p

September 1 5. t 1 2 . o n th son f o Ev rard Elizfi ; his w fe was a t. A r . 7 5 J h e o R bt. e by i b p p il 9

2 i w f t. une 2. 1 r da u t f r . r h s a 7 6 . Ma y gh er o M Thomas Steward 81 Ma y i e b p J ' D 2. Eliza beth daug. of Robert Everard by Mary his wi fe bapt. ec

ar au . of mon Ba ara hi w f F b . 1 6 . M y d g Si g by S h s i e ba pt. e

1 28 u r Mr. m war f A r 22 . . Ann da te of o as St hi w 7 gh Th e d by Mary s i e bapt. p il

1 0. r r . 73 F ances daughter of M . Thomas Steward by Mary his wife bapt April 5

f . 1 m omas eward hi s f rc . 7 3 1 . Tho as son o Th St by Mary wi e was bapt Ma h 5

h war 1 1 . I 7 34 Grace da ughter of T o. Ste d 81 Mary his wi fe was bapt May

r f omas Steward r f a . Se t. 1 0. 1 7 35° Grace daughte o Th 81 Ma y his wi e b pt p “ f h omas Steward 81 r i f a une 1 2 1 ° h 7 3 7 Charles son o T Ma y s wi e b pt. J & H n . f os teward ar his w f a . N v . 1 73 9 an ah daug o Th . S by M y i e b pt o 4

n m F acon ri c. 26 . I 7 7 3 Thomas so of Tho as e b dge by Anne his wi fe bapt. De

o n n f h mas Feac nbrid e Ann his w f a t. Ma 1 1 7 7 5 J h so o T o o g by e i e b p y 4. 1 ar s son of the everend ar es ordaunt ar otte his w fe 7 7 6. Ch le R Ch l M by Ch l i

was orn arc 26 a t zed A r 1 . b M h , b p i p il 7 i r f f am ode us r urat n e o . 1 81 0 . George son o Willi W ho e Cle k (C e Cha g L b ar hi s w fe ate ar H usse was orn u 89 Massg m. ) by M y i (l M y y) b J ly

a tized u 1 2 1 81 0. b p J ly ,

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f 1 8. Ann e da u ht of R10. e was ur ed the x xx. of N v r 55 B ll g B ll b i o embe . —

ou i s . fli sh oole was ur r f Ma . Th p b ied xx x . o y

i ams. as tar n. ur S J B d p s of Little Mass. was b ied the 111191 day of u s A gu t.

A ce atema n dau htr. of ames ateman was ri v li B g J B bu ed the x 1.

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1 8 o n e su n f Ric. v N ovembr. 55 J h B ll o Bell bu .

n h sun f W a bu 2 A u t. Joh t e o illm. Justins of W lby 5 g ' I at er ne the wifl of rd nt Es ur ed e da of 559 K h i e Phil lip Mo ii q. b i y y J anua qp

uc e l da u htr. of R ic. e bu : 1 6 arc . L y B l , g B ll , M h

60. orn Batemen sun of ames Ba : was bur : the of 1 5 Th s . J fiflnua qp '

W . in w r : h vm of arc . . h u da 1 56 1 Emma t e wifl e of illm R a E: as b t e . y M h o n r re sun of o r re bur : x rm Se t" J h B i J B i : p n n l k 1 56 2. Athelie Gre e wife of Edmond Gre e was bur : the v of N ov. h 1 . i n f Tho : ol n bur : t e xv. un . 563 El zabeth Colli daughtr. o C li J e

1 . mon th n f Tho n was bur : 1 Au 564 Si e su o Colli 7 gt .

1 6 . o n 81 o th suns of Tho o n b ur : 1 6 une . 5 5 J h R bt. e C lli J ' 1 66 fi e ar ardn w n . A u s . 5 . J y G er as bur : x x gu t ' ‘ m l): da of 1 6 . La d e An H o s wifi e of P r url x xv 5 7 y lli hillip Mo fi nt Esq. b y

Septemb .

A ne s w fe of o t . Stral b u x l 1 . D g i R b py ecem . ' H nr sun of : Ra clifi e Ed b 1 . y t e ur x v March .

1 6 . Edward Ra tclif n E . 5 9 e su of d Ra t was bur : 28 April . 9 r 6 . 1 57 0. Thoma s Collin wa s bu March

W n f W . 1 Na ani ll ak lin s t. a 1 57 . th e e o o Rob zb ur : 7 J uly a w Joan Sl ter idow bur 289} July .

bur : v. I S73 Alice Tetlow was May. ar ret Al bone 81 at ew ars a h r sun ” M g M h M h ll e bur : x xvr. Sept ' 1 ~ r n h f i 57 4 Ka the i t e wife o Robt. Scalp e was bur : 9 Dec 1 6 r an l b ur : 1 v 57 . B i Gooda as 3 N o embt 1 A n s Man wid bur : Deci 577 g e . 3 f ' Edward Car i bur : 1 4 March .

8 . n r A r 1 ms a e was bur 2 . 57 . Tho R i 4 p il ' Briget fl rost drowned in the corfi on well b ur : the 6 N ova P s ma dser vant to s a n bur 2 r hilli i Gil C pps ge t. 6 N ovemb th 1 ar ara ordant ent. widowe was ur ed th x x vn a f r . 1 58 . B b M g b i e d y o Ap ill

o t Scal ie was b ur x x m . of N ov mb R b . p e I: ? Steven Dallis w as bur : x . J a n

. Edw r h n f fli h 1 583 a d t e so o Robt. s p ool e was bur : the last day of Decembf; ' h wifl f ar ret t e e o es a s n bur 1 f ff r . e . 1 1 brua M g Gil C pp g t : the 1 0 1 . o e y

Edwar d Mordii nt ent . bur : IX. of arc . , g M h

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1 0 oc 6 0. Peter c ke buried 1 9 N ov!

n f . r 1 l . 1 601 . Ja e Ward daug o Robt Ward bu : 1 Ju ie ‘ n a r e was bur : zr i A u ust Joh Cl k g . Wi w A xand r w ur 2 (f ru do e le e as b ied 7 eb ary .

n dau . f enr urson b ur : . 1 602. Jane Curso g o H y C 8 Aprill '‘ o t. Mordi mt Es ui r d ed 81 was bur e h x x rx of a e R b qe y i d t e l. M y f anno sup di ct .

Mr. Thomas H awley p son of this towne was buried 302? day

of October . 1 e r e P tte bur : 26 Se tr 603 . G o g i p

o n As e bur : e b an . 1 604. J h hl y y ( l k) ur 2 Symonde Poolye b 5 Aug. ' Thomas fowley bur : 1 8 Oct Mathewe N eithe bur : 1 6 Sept" ' 1 anne Sm the w efle of eor e Sm h 6 05. J y y G g ythe bur : 26 Decemb ‘ i r : nu Ellyn Lovell ( ) bu 4 Ja ary. — n r widd. bur : 1 6 an Ray e J y.

1 606 ar es c oc e bur : Decemb . . Ch l k 4 ' ' Isabell fi owll e was bur : 26 Jan Y ' r Mrs. ar ar ordant w fl M g et M ye e to M . Lestrange Mordant was buriede

the x vrr. da f 1 y o March 606 . ' “ 1 60 . P l e Ratlefie w b ur the x xrr N 7 hil ipp as . m ' us Wo w as bur : Theophrast odde fl eb . ( sic ) ' 6 lian iel s wifle of omas Gi lls bur : 1 0 G e arch . 1 8. Jy Th 7 M

x n ur x x rr. H enry D i o b : March. ' Thomas H opkyii bur : 24 N ovembt: mas iels a oun man bur : 1 Au Tho G y g 4 gt . i a m Giel s a ou n man bur : 0 Se W lli y g 3 p . — o m 1 6 1 0. G od an b ur : 8 day Oct! ' —flendich ! 1 6 1 1 . bur : 9 N ov m o t rans n b ur : 2 Dece . R b . B o 3 ' Strange Myns was bur : 3 0 Jan

o n est servant to Mr. P k n ton was bur : 1 6 un J h W il i g J e.

1 1 2. c ard a 6 Ry h R yner bur : 1 7 (feb . H ell n Sutton y was bur : 7 March .

Dyena Chapman bur : 6 Aprill .

S ev n a . 1 6 1 3 . t e Ch pman bur : 1 5 Aprill

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' J oan fiyshpool e bur : 26 Augt . ' fl rances Pilkington bur : 1 2 March .

Robert Goosleton was bur : ye (blank) .

J a mes Wyesma n bur : 1 6 January 1 6 1 3 .

r : 1 1 arc 1 6 1 . Alice Wyesma n wid. bu M h 3 1 6 1 Mary Alexa nder bur : 5 April 3 .

r A t . Andrew Pilkington Clerke was bur the x x x . ug I sabell H opkins was bur 8 day Deci r William Dalton bu : 2 Jany. n r the sonne of omas r r x v of Edmund Ra y e Th Ra yne bu : . day

June . r n Robert Mordaunt the sonne of Robt . Mo da u t Esquire was buried the ' 25 fl ebruary anno supradict .

n r the sonne of omas a n r bur : art n a e e u . 1 6 1 8. M i R y Th R y 5 J ly

r th wiff of os . a n er bur : 6 u B idgett e e Th R y J ly . ' f n r bur 1 Thomasine wi e of Joh fl oste 5 July . f A n n bur : 2 Ka therine wi e of dam Joh so 9Septr . ' Janie wife of W2 Skey bur : 1 0 Oct h r ' E . fli s l u Rose fii shpool e daug. of d poo e b : 9 Decemb ; Edward fishpool e bur 26 J an?

Ffrannces dau . of c ard Ffrannces bur : r r Eli za beth g Ri h é May . Th r w ct r f h i h r w o e o t s . u Ed ard o o g od R o i p s . ch ch was b ur :

Decemb . — h u . f (blank) Oldman t e da g o Robt. Oldman a poor parishioner ' buried in (blank) fl eb . ' 5 rac fl oster bur : 1 2 Ma . 1 6 21 . G e y f N c o a s ateman bur 1 0 o : u . Sarah daug. i h l B A gt

1 22 tran e c oc e bur : fift arc . 6 . S g k h M h c son of Stran e Charla c o ke g c : bu r 1 7 Ap rill . bur : h 2 r o ert ard ner was t e arc . M . R b G i 4 M h b r 6 c ard un was u ed arc . Mr. Ri h Ch y M h ur : ix Will iam Abey b s t. March . n ur : 22 A r Adam Jhonso b p ill . 22 William Bendish b ur : March .

Barbara Johnson bur : 2 May . h l 1 m Clement fli s poo e bur : 9 Dece . om o bur : 26 anuar Mr. Th as T ll J y .

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6 26: An fi h l wi ow r 1 n s p oo e dd bu : last day of May. ar i ow r 2 Rose Cl ke w dd bu : 8 Septr. 1 6 2 f L Stran e ordant n h r - - n h . . ur t 7 S e g M K ight 81c. was b ied t e h ee 81 twe tyet

day of Aprill . H enr e ohnson a un w f une i J yo ge man was bur : th e t entieth day o J . m h n D c m Tho as t e sonne of Tho mas Ri gwood bur : the 29 e e b .

1 6 28. ar wifi of os. seman b ur 2 r M ie e Th Wi : 5 Ma ch .

A n n f . n r thoni e so o Thos Ri gwood bu Augt. ( sic )

omas the sonne of o t. Pea e bur : 1 2 c Th R b k O t. Fi h ur Robert s p ool e b : March 24. m n 1 r n a s rva t t Mt; R . m r r 6 1 . rt I te e o 0 r bu : 1 3 Robe t i gh C e e 6 April . n w ur : A r l 20 A n H opki s widdo b p i l . ' n o M R r m Tho or serva t t 0. e er bur : M 1 : M e C ay 9.

Thomas Wiseman bur : J une 2. '

Th . row t ur : u . f o foo e b a n. fi ranci s da g o C J 9. mas hunne ent eman ur ed anY 28 Tho C g l b i J . i r A 2 M Ann o w ddow bu : u . . 1 633 . E T ll g 9 ' n th wifl e of homas Bloom bur : arc 2 1 6 . o e e e 3 4 J T M h 9.

Richard Seaman bur : Aprill 28.

1 6 a mes fli tz Garrold ent eman b ur : Ma 2 1 . 35. J g l y 1 6 0 oh n th e son of a m M n nes 8 A ce his w f bu n 1 2 3 Willi y 1 lli i e r J u e .

Thomas Ra yner b ur J une 22 . ' " 06 . a mes the son of ? fl ell ow 81 a ne his w fe bur : feb 2 3 7 J Will J i . 7 .

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8 flranc s Thorow ood b ur : Dec. 28. 1 63 . e g

1 6 mas he s n of N c o as ate ma n ur A 39. Tho t o i h l B b : prill 6 .

m . at er n c an b ur e . 1 0 1 640 . K h i Ri h S p l Wil a Cremer was bur Dec. 1 4.

A my Skot bur Dec 23 . ' ' m 's l th s nn f l fl ell ow bur fi . Wi l e o e o Wil : eb 8. '

ur fl . 2 Bridget Cremer b : eb 3 .

1 6 o n remer b ur : A r 2 . 43 . J h C p il 3 “ Eliza beth Seama n wi dow b u r ye (blank) Sept T lle mach ordant th e son of Sir ar s orda nt 1 644. o M Ch le M was bur : the 27

day of J une 1 644. art n ro o a n old man was ur ed 1 2 Se tr M i T ll p b i p . E M Am ordaunt was ur ed the 6 da of Octo er y M b i y b .

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o er H w 2 a r R g ay ard bur : M ch . ;" H n A Will arma b ur 4 ugt. H nr a 1 e y B ldwin bur 7 Augt . D on s the w fe of ar es Par ins Es u re bur : 2 N ovem r i y i Ch l k q i 3 be . h h f 1 E z . o H u nt : u li abeth t e daug gh H ovell ge bur 4 J ne . Joseph H aco n Rector of this parish was buried the 1 893 da ye of em r Sept be .

Edward the sonne of W?! Fell owe 81 Jane his wife bur 29January . I i r ar n e A r 2 A. Dom. S Ch l es Morda t KnE 81 Baronet dy d p il ye 48.

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r h f Edward Salte Rector of this Parish was buryed t e 26 o May. E J ohn Smart M Bunyes man bur : N ovi 26 . A c ane b r li e L u : Dec . 3 . A c h li e t e wife of William H arman bur : Ma rch 30 .

2 . Arthur son of We Plaford 81 Dorothie his wife bur : Aug. 3 c a rd n 1 . Ri h Be e bur Sep . 5 am es owes ur . 2 J B b : Sep 9. “ omas ur 1 N ov Th the son of Ed . H art 81 Eliza beth his wife b 3 Mart a h w f r 1 . h t e i e of Joh n Miles bur : feb .

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wood m n ster of t s ar s of tt e ass n am was ur ed Mr . Lock i i hi p i h Li l M i gh b i 8 th e 1 1 September 1 67 3 . Salter widdow 81 relict of Edward Salter was buried the ‘b 2 of arc . 4. M h r 1 Ja cob the son of Charles Preston by Mary his wife b u : 5 Augt. was ur ed re arc L? Thomas Steward of Gt . Massingham deceased b i he M h r an act for r n in 1 686 according to ye Act of Fa ] . entitled bu yi g w oollen. i ass. ur h s r s Michael ye son of Thomas Steward of Gt. M b : n t i pa i h

. n f r i w o n . Act of P ent t ed a A. r . u n n o e Ma rch 9 accordg. to i l b yi g ll mas Stuart bur 8 un Margrea t the wife of Tho J e. Katherine Mordaunt ye daughter of S! Charles Mordaunt was buried

th ward was ur ed A r 2 1 7 1 3 . ThoTn Ste b i p il 4 B URIA L S .

1 6 . Ann Steward daughter of Thomas 81 Mary Steward bur Sep . An u htr f r mas ar hi f o M . o Ste ar s ur ne ye da g . Th w d 81 M y wi e b yed 8 “5 SCI) . 0

6 . Elizabeth Everard infant was buried Dec.

Grace Steward an infant b ur July 25.

nna ar nfa nt bur : a n . H a h Stew d i J 3 .

Thomas Steward bur March 25.

r w ur n . 1 Mary Stewa d wido aged 84 b ied Ja 4.

r . J ohn Steward bu ied D ec . 5 r f L a ss n tt e am . . ar es . Dav d rereton ecto o bur 2 1 Oct Ch l i B , R i l M i gh , ,

aged 7 8.

80 rances rereton w dow ur ed arc 1 880 . 1 8 . F B , i , b i M h ,

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