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1 2 68 97 3 My thanks are du e to t he various clergymen in this H un k in dl o fo r dred fo r y correcting the pro fs , and , in some cases , e t c . obtaining photographs of their Churches , To the Rev { . I e T F Falkne r , M A , am esp cially indebted or o n revising all the articles the Burnhams , and fo r lending me copious extracts from various sou rces . H G B A . T . U H RY NT River side , h G r o ve Pa r k Roa d O iswioh W. , , , D ecem ber , 1 91 3 . NT E NT CO S . T H E H UND RED O F B R O T H E R C R O S S B M A W UR NH A S T . ND RE N A M D P M V B UR H EE DALE S T . ARY THE I R G I N N M N OR TO ST . AR G ARET ' T H E CAR M ELITE F R IARY M O V ERY S T . C LE ENT PETER S TONE PR IORY N E S UTTO S T . THEL B ERT T HOR PE A L L S A I NTS U L PH A L L S A I NTS VV E ST G AT E or ' S M V I G I M ARKET T . ARY THE R N E M ST . D UND S M V I G I N OR TH C REA KE T . ARY THE R N C REAKE A B B EY S M V I G I S OUTH C REAKE T . ARY THE R N VVA T ER D EN AL L S AI NTS AD D END A I L L ST RAT I U O NS . B UR NH A M D EE PDALE C H U R C H — From a photograph taken by f . o W Clamp , Bu rnham Market . — N N . T . OR O C HURCH Do W . Clamp P P PA — D o I . U L T NELS H . A . Falkner , E sq . G W O F C M I F I A Y — ATE AY AR EL TE R R Do . W . Clamp . — O V . R o M ERY C HURCH Do A . y , of Burnham arket . S — D R O . o UTTON C HURCH A . y . P — THOR E C HURCH Do . A . Roy . U L PH — CHURCH Do . T . W . Acock , of Burnham Market . — W G D O . EST ATE C HURCH . W . Clamp — N . T R EA K E C . OR H C HURCH Do Rev Canon H J L Arnold , M . A . — R I O F A B B Y . U R EA KE . NS C E Do Rev Canon H J L Arnold , M . A . — f . S T C R . o OU H REA E C HURCH Do S Cartwright , S Creake N R — V A T E R D E . V C HU CH Do . W Clamp 2 1 h u l r F r ia r The Title of I llu st r a t ion , p. , s o d ea d y t Pr i r n o o y. (t he 1b u nbreb of tBro herc t ross. H E B r o t h e r c r o ss 8 Hundred of , about miles long , . t o S . o n e from N , and 5 miles wide , is of the smallest o f . divisions the county I t is bounded on the E . by G r e e n h o e the H undred of North , on the W . by that of Smith . o n . don , on the S by Gallow , and the N is terminated by an insulated ridge of sand hills called the Scald H eads , which ' borders on the N orth Sea . I t now consists of the following z— o parishes Burnham Deepdale , Burnham N rton , Burnham Ul h Overy , Burnham Sutton with Burnham p (formerly t separa e) , Burnham Tho rpe , Burnham Westgate or Market , No rth Creake , South Creake , and Waterden . The total area 2 0 1 2 0 - 8 6 8 1 2 0 is 7 34 acres of land , 44 3 of water , 3 7 of salt 1 1 6 2 2 6 2 e . marsh , 4 3 of foreshore , and 44 4 of tidal wat r 1 8 1 8 1 Rateable value in 54 in 9 and , in 1 1 1 f 1 8 1 9 , at There was a population o in 5 , 1 88 1 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 in , in 9 , in 9 , and , in 9 , there were inhabitants . The nine parishes in this H undred , 1 . and 7 in that of Gallow , constitute the Deanery of Burnham The H und reds o f Gallow and B r o t h e r c r o ss were possessed f I O . b y the Crown till the reign Henry , when that monarch a e g ve them to William , Earl Warren and Surr y , to be held l fi ld 2 a . B o m e e O f the Castle o f Norwich , paying marks p says these Hundreds were strangely intermixed , many that e i B r t e c r o s n o w G . were th n n o h r s being in allow , etc NOR FOLK C H U R CH E S fo r 1 2 1 I n an Ordinance Watches along the Coast in 9 , it says Also let one watch be made in the Hundred of Gallow by four men , because the said Hund red adjoins the s ea from e o f Deepdale to Holkham by eight leagues , and the H undr d r h r c r o ss t o th e B o t e associates itself said H undred , to contri ” bute towards making the watches , etc . From this it appears t he Hundreds of B r o t h e r c r o ss and Gallow were m e diév a l e differently located in tim s , which accounts for ’ B lo m e fi e ld s statement — Gallow H ill is opposite the Rectory so e of Burnham Westgate , the parish must hav been partly in Gallow Hundred , which derived its name from this hill . 1 2 1 . I n 5 , Henry I I I directed his writ to the sheriff of the county , reciting , that whereas by inquisition it was found c i n ova t er m e that the lands of John , Earl Warren , , w re always o f h is free in the time William , Earl Warren , father , and his ancestors , of the common amerciaments of the county ; and o u t of murder , when it happened of any of those lands which i ter s h a d he possessed ; but that the of the justices , the King ’ o f o f amerciaments all pleas there moved all the Earl s lands , e t o as well new , as all oth r lands belonging him ; and , if any o n o f n o t murder happened any those lands , then th e y were . e quit thereof , etc Therefore , the King ord red that the Earl his should have all the l iberties and quittances , which father . 1 2 62 2 a . t had enjoyed I n , the Earl Warren paid marks p o h f t e o r t 2 0 . King them , and hey were then worth £ a year 1 1 1 t o I n 3 , John , Earl Warren , claimed a right all whales o n 1 1 cast the shores in this part of the county , and , in 3 9, fi n e t o conveyed these Hundreds , by , Thomas , Earl of Lan an d e caster ; Henry , Duke of Lancaster , died poss ssed o f the 1 2 e same in 35 , which afterwards r verted to the Earls Warren , 1 68 . for John , died lord in 3 B la u n c h o f t , younger daughter of Henry , Duke Lancas er , o f by I sabel , his wife , daughter Henry , Lord Beaumont , O married John of Gaunt , Earl f Richmond , afterwards Duke t o f a a h 0 11 E wa I . n t h L nc ster , 4 5 of d rd I I , a d e said Joh n 0 1 NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S 3 e a n d Gaunt , was lord in right of his wife , who inherited th m , w . to hom Edward II I granted many royal privileges therein . t o They descended his son , Henry , as part of the Duchy of w 1 0 Lancaster , who after ards became King , and , in 4 4 , had ’ o f a sheriff s turn , held by the high steward h is Duchy , at Fakenham Dam . This Hundred remained in the Duchy of I V . o n th 1 61 Lancaster until Edward , N ov . 4 , 4 , by Act of o f . Parliament , on the attainder Henry V I , incorporated the e afor said Duchy with the Crown , and afterwards settled it on fo r h w o . 2 t h 1 68 Elizabeth , his Queen , life ; , on Nov 4 , 4 , t o demised John Wode , armiger , the Hundreds of Gallow , B r o t h e r c r o ss G r e e n h o e , and N orth , for three years , with all ’ f e w e ifs the leets , courts , sheri f s aids , wr cks , , strays , etc licenses of concord , royal l iberties , free customs , writs , felons I I .