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 . e V goods , deodands , etc Subsequently , H n ry . separated

t h e o f these H undreds from Crown , and made them part the

Duchy of Lancaster , as belonging to the Crown .

B r o t h e r c r o ss e 1 The Hundred of , and oth rs , were let for £ 4

a 62 e e o . . 1 f p , in 3 , when Jeremiah Alexand r was rec iver the rents for the Earl o f Arundel .

The H undred Court , which was held at Fakenham Dam

1 0 1 61 1 68 L o n fi e ld in 4 4 , was , in 5 and 5 , held at g Stone , but in which parish is not mentioned .

B r t r r B r o de c r o s B r o de r c r o s o h e c o ss is written , ” B r d r s B r o sc r o s t h e . o e sc o , and in Domesday Book

' o r t The prefix is B roder , Brodo , a personal name of frequent occurren c e in the Sagas and other N orthern writings . Cross

] A n lo ~ Sa xo n is the Ice . Kross , g Cruce , a cross , which was

' situa t ed a t the ford ov e r the river at Burnham , near St .

’ Clement s Church , ’ 5 L Elnbrevos, B urnham.

H E Church , dedicated to St . Andrew , long since

n o t destroyed , probably stood far from the mill

o n the right hand side of the highway from St .

’ ’ Andrew s to St . Clement s Church . A house at the E . end

’ ” of Burnham Market is now called St . Andrew s , and was

’ e probably in St . Andrew s parish . After it was consolidat d

’ W a lsin with St . Clement s , by the Prior and Convent of g ham (to whom both belonged) , it was allowed to fall into ruin , to save the expense of reparation .

B lo m e fi e ld says the Manors of Raynham , or Lexham , in

t e . Burnham Westga e , ext nded here

T E A V W H D O S ON .

This living was divided into four portions ; the Prio r o f

o f Walsingham was patron three moieties , and the Prior of

P t r e e st o n . 1 2 z o s . of the other I t was valued , in 54 , at , but is

’ Ni h l i r c a 2 c o a s s c 1 1 . not mentioned in Pope Taxation , 9 The

2 Rector had a house and 0 acres of glebe . It paid neithe r

’ n o r — — T w Procurations Synodal s ; Peter s Pence d . o parts of the Church were given t o Walsingham Priory by Rob ert

de B r isewo rth . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 5

’ The living was consolidated with Burnham St . Clement s , in 1 42 1 .

The following have been R e ctors

1 30 9 William de Elmham— by the P rio r and Convent of

Walsingham .

— 1 1 so n o f do . 3 4 Robert , Adam Michel de South Elmham

1 H — 349 J ohn de o o do .

— 1 398 Richard Gode do .

1 0 0 — do 4 John Clerk .

B a — 1 4 Edmund a t yl (died) do . ’ ’

1 o t o St . e 447 R bert Salle ( Cl ment s and St . Andrew s ,

— Burnham) do .

’ (For further notes , see under S t . Clement s , Burnham Overy ,

and Addenda) . 5 L “D a rn the lDirgin, JBurnba m E eepba le.

E M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OT S .

U RN HAM Deepdale is a parish and small village , near

e o n the N orth Sea , situat rising ground above the salt

e . marsh s , and sheltered on the S by a range of well

2 N W wooded hills . I t is about 5 miles . . from Burnham

Market , or Westgate , and 34 from N orwich , in the Hundred

r h r c r o ss of B o t e , Ru ral Deanery of Burnham , Archdeaconry of Lynn , and Diocese of Norwich . The parish has an area of

1 1 0 - 6 0 - 1 6 o f 997 33 acres of land , 4 3 of water , 4 4 saltmarsh ,

2 6- 2 0 e and 5 of foreshor , mostly belonging to the Trustees of

H e n r v the late Blyth , who are lords of the manor , and patrons

1 8 6 0 of the living . I n 45, 3 acres were returned as arable land , 55 woodland , and the rest marsh , for which an

e 1 82 1 im Act was obtain d in for draining , embanking , and

0 0 o f proving about 7 acres salt marshes and waste land here ,

2 0 and in Burnham N orton and Overy , whereby about 5 acres

0 have been enclosed by a wall about 7 feet broad at the base ,

1 0 t o and feet high , protect it from the sea , which regularly ,

a t t he . spring tides , flowed over the whole level of marsh The soil is principally light , subsoil gravel and chalk . Value of

1 8 1 80 8 1 8 Real Property in 5 £ , in 43 Rateable value in 1 856 in 1 874 in 1 882 in 1 889

1 8 8 1 0 82 2 1 1 1 82 0 . in 99 £ 47 , in 9 7 £ , and , in 9 £

1 80 6 5 d . The Parish Rates , in 3 , were 3 . in the and realised

61 5 . d. 1 88 £ 7 3 The County Rate , including Police , in 3 ,

2 8 1 5 . 6d . 1 8 6 2 5 O was £ 3 Poor Rate , in 5 , . %¢ in the

8 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

R L E M A N O I A N OT S .

T he — Domesday Book says Land of St . Benet o f

R a m e se i o (Ramsey) . H undred of B r o de sc r o s (Bro h t e r c r o ss . B r u n e h a m ) I n St . Benet held in the time of King Edward (the Confessor) one freeman with half a caru

’

. 1 cate of land Always 8 bordars . Then (Confessor s time)

- n o w w . t o half a plough team , (the Survey) nothing Always

- plough teams amongst the t e nants . Always valued at 1 0 5 .

This is held by Roger Bigot of the Abbot .

. B r Land of Rog er Bigot H undred of o de r c ro s . I n D e p e da la one freeman with half a carucate o f land is held

e T u r st in W ido - by the sam ( , son of Guy) . Always three

- bordars . Always one plough team . Then valued at now 1 0 5 .

L L R B RAN CASTE R H A M A N O .

W u l iv a o f The principal Manor was given by g , wife h Ailw in O f t e . , Duke East Angles , with Brancaster , etc , to

o o f o n o e 6 the Abb t Ramsey , h is f unding that monast ry in 9 9, and King Edgar , and Edward the Confessor confirmed the

o iz . grant , with many privileges , , wreck at sea , assize of

e w e f . bread and b er , gallows , and y and stray

sa n s Reinald , or Reginald , Abbot of Ramsey , by deed ,

- tem . t B o se lin e Alfn ia date ( p Henry granted o and , his

U e wife , the land of lf in Depedene (D epdale) on condition

’ t h e they became Abbot s liege people .

B r a n c e t re o f 1 2 0 Herbert de s held it the Abbot in 5 , and

o f was succeeded by his son Ralph . The bail iff the Abbot ,

o r about this time , took a penny toll of every cart carriage

B r a n t r coming t o or from D e p e da le . Thomas de c e s e held a

’

tem . . 1 2 quarter of a Knight s fee here p Henry I II I n 75,

B r a n c a st r e Adam de was lord , and another Adam held the

o 1 Man r , in 347 , which is said to have been once held by

B r a n c a st r e B r a n c a st r e e Thomas de , and a Thomas de h ld it in 1 40 2 . NOR FOLK CH URCHES 9

n t o At the dissolutio of the monasteries , it passed the

. t h 1 6 C rown , and Henry V I I I , on May 5 , 54 , granted to Sir

t h e Richard Southwell , Manor of B rancaster Hall , with a

o f p ortion the tithes , belonging to Ramsey Abbey , in ex

e . 1 chang for the Manor of Haynford , etc ; and , in 577, f ’ o . Thomas Southwell , Horsham St Faith s , covenanted with

Catherine Audley , his sister , and Robert , h er son , in things

t o . relating this Manor H enry Southwell , son of Sir

1 61 r Richard , appears as lord in 5 ; afte wards the M an o r passed as Deepdale Manor .

D E PE D AL E A N O R , O R D E E P DAL E M .

R e o f This was the part held by og r Bigot , ancestor the

1 0 5 . Earls of Norfolk , at the Domesday Survey , and valued at

D e e da le 1 2 0 fi n e t o Ralph de p , in 5 , passed , by , lands here

O do D e e da le 1 2 6 , son of Ede de p ; and , in 3 , Roger de Toftes

so n f D e e da le was petent in a fine , and Henry , o William de p ,

o f o n e tenent , carucate of land here , and in B urnham , with all

e . t o homag s , rents , wards , etc , granted Roger and his heirs ,

a . paying to Henry £7 p for life . This Roger held a quarter

’ 1 2 6 of a Knight s fee here ; and , in 9, the Abbot of Ramsey

e D e e da le recovered a free tenem nt against H enry de p , and

Roger de Toftes , of which they had unjustly disseized him , the Abbey having been possess e d of the same fo r 1 0 0 years f o . past , by the gift of the ancestors Roger de Toftes

1 2 8 I n 7 , Roger de Toftes claimed free warren in his

e e o d mesnes her , and settled this Man r on Richard de Toftes

1 0 1 2 by fine in 3 5, who , in 3 4 , held it by the service of a

’ quarter of a Knigh t s fee of Sir John de Thorp . This

e Richard settled , by fine , on Thomas de Chamberlayn and

t 2 0 0 Elizabe h , his wife , in tail , this lordship , with acres of

1 0 0 o f 0 5 . land , marsh , and 4 rents , here , and in Burnham

Ul . 1 2 Sutton , Westgate , Norton , p , etc I n 3 9, Roger de

e Ormesby and Alice , his wif , held i t in dower , and Thomas de Chamberlayne held it by the service of a quarter of a fe e I O NOR F OL K C H U R C H ES

B fi l f 1 . lo m e e d o in 347 says , after this , John , son Simon

C h a m b e r la n t he y , and the daughters of said Simon , conveyed

t o e . it John Lech , of Egmere , clerk The Mano r was conveyed by Si r John de Vernon and

e h Catherine , his wif , to Sir Ralph de Pooley , Robert Aley ,

B e r m e r e t w o of Stokesby , and Symon de , by fine , with caru

e 1 0 0 o f 5 . cat s of land , acres marsh , and 9 rent here and else where , settled on Si r Ralph and his heirs ; and John de

H o lc h a m 2 r d 1 8 , by Will , proved Oct . 3 , 3 5 , died possessed of it . Thomas Charles , arm . , and Alice , his wife , passed it by

1 6 t o 2 0 0 fine , in 43 , George Holkham , with acres of land ,

f 0 5 2 0 0 o . marsh , and 4 rent , here , and in Bu rnham N orton ,

W Ul . 1 6 estgate , Sutton , p , and B rancaster I n 4 7 , Thomas

Shouldham , arm . , by Will , dated that year , left it to Mar

l r w a r a t e ds t o . B e t n s garet , his wife , for life , be sold (Reg y ,

1 2 o N orw . I n 54 , J hn Fincham died lord , and William

1 2 . Fincham , his grandson , held it at his death in 57 I t

e so n was afterwards in the poss ssion of Charles Cornwallis ,

o f f w h o of Sir Thomas , Brome Hall , Su folk , married the sister and heir of William Fincham .

1 61 6 e A fine was levied in , b tween Henry Davy and Chris to h e r t h e p Hyrne , plaintiffs , and Henry Southwell , of Manors

D e e da le M o r of Burnham p , Brancaster , Helmingham and

2 0 2 0 - 2 0 ton , messuages , tofts , one windmill , 5 dove houses ,

e 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 . gard ns , acres of heath , of alder , 4 rent , a free

- t w o . 1 61 fishery , liberty of fold courses , etc I n 7, Sir Henry

l Kt . Southwel , , Gentleman of the Privy Chamber , claimed

o f D e e da le the rents the Mano r of p , retained from him by

C o r n w a le s . Sir Charles y , o r Cornwallis The Manor was subsequently purchased by Sir Stephen

So a m e o 1 8 So a m e , Lord Mayo r of L ndon , in 59 , and John ,

1 6 6. e 1 6 0 arm . , was lord in 5 John Kettl held the same in 4 , which year he granted the Manor o f B u r n e h a m D epda le t o

D a n Es . o u s y Southwell , q The next holder was John Harris , w h o was lord and patron in 1 686. Elizabeth Money held the

NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 1

M 1 e anor in 749, Catherine H nley , widow , of Docking , in

i 1 66 1 8 1 1 7 , and , in , it belonged to Thomas Bolton . shortly

f t o a terwards the Manor and advowson passed Henry Blyth ,

. e Esq , whos representatives are the present lords a n d patrons .

1 0 o I n 3 7 , Sir J hn de Thorp and his parceners , held in

’ C r e k D da le e e . 1 y , p , Quarles , etc , 3 Knights fees of Roger

o f . Bigod , Earl N orfolk

e 2 . 1 d The l et payable to the lord of the Hundred was 5 .

PA R S H H U R H TH E I C C .

The Church , dedicated to St . Mary the Virgin , is a much

o f restored building of flint and freestone , consisting chancel ,

e o f nav three bays , both late Early English , modern N . aisle , S . porch , and round W . tower of N orm an construction , contain

“ ” ’ f c i AV E. ing one bell , which bears the oll owing ins ription I

’ "

R . . SI Y A A G RA A PLE A NSNI M V S T V M R . D C . D N . M I T I . H EI

o n ( the crown are three cro wned heads ; cast by one Derby) . The principal item o f interest in th e building is the N or man font of Barnack stone , which bears on three of its sides ,

- t h e enclosed in round headed panels , scenes from agricultural

e 1 1 t h 1 2 and domestic life of villag rs of the century , during w o f . months the year The fourth side , once against the all ,

2 t is simply carve d with trees and foliage . The font is fee

o n 5 inches square , and stands shafts , two of which are a modern , h ving been made according to drawings found in

t o M S . book belonging M r . Crowe , which book was pur chased a t an auction sale in London by t he late Rector . One pillar was found in the Hall grounds o f Burnham

e Westgate (They are not , as generally stat d , copied from those at Burnham No rton) . The names of 7 months

1 are carved in Roman capitals , about inch high , but

r r the other 5 months are n o t indicated . Januarius is e p e sented by a man seat e d in a chai r drinking from a horn (t he festive board o f Christmas and the N ew Year was called by 1 2 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

o l o r o n the Saxons J , Yule , and represented the Runic Calen

“ de r e 01 . by a horn fill d with , or ale (F)ebruarius is a man ”

e . with hooded h ad , seated , warming his feet Martius ,

e . a figur digging with a Spade (Aprilis) , a wood

man with a bill in his right hand , and a branch of

tree , in full leaf , in his left . (Maius) , a man with long ” hair , bearing a banner in a procession J unius , a hus

“ bandman with weeding tool . J ulius , a man mowing .

Se m b r is a figure binding up sheaves . pt e is i . O c t o b r s represented by a husbandman th reshing corn ( ) ,

- N v m b r is . o e a figure grinding with quern stones ( ) , a man

f D e c e m b r is bringing home a log o wood . ( ) by four figures

e . seat d at a table , eating and drinking The series runs back

o f wards from sinister t o dexter . The frieze round the top

the font is ornamented with interlaced foliage and lions , with their foliaged tails entwin e d (a common fe ature in N orman

. c capitals) There are also tra es of fastenings fo r the lid ,

c n o t se fo r o f which was always kept lo ked , when in u , fear

e 1 e sorcery . The font was greatly injur d in 797 som work

n t o . men , i attempting move it from the N aisle , broke it into

t w o o r three pieces , one of which was found built into the

o o 1 8 . d rway in 75 After the accident , the Rector (Henry h o f o . Crowe) gave the remaining parts the font t t e Rev . R

1 80 w h o Forby , of F incham , about 7, placed it in his

1 8 2 garden , where it remained until 4 , when it was

returned to the Church and r epaired . The base was

1 8 1 o f r e r e restored in 9 , when a piece the corner, p

o f senting August , and part September , was reinserted , and

the lower part o f October recut . F rom an illustration b v

Ke r r ic h , it appears that the scene for October has bee n

fo r altered , he plainly shews a man pouring liquid into a cask

n through a funnel . The font o w bears a carved Latin

inscription , executed by Mr . Forby , which runs as follows N e pere at in dign u m perire N e quo turpi c o n t a m in e t u r usu l

H o e baptisterium Artis Anglo - Sa xo n ic ae op u s A st u dio sis

1 4 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

’ The Church was in a bad condition in 1 8 2 0 ; L a db r o k e s

w t h e illustration sho s all windows blocked up on the N . side

e . of the Church , also openings to a form r N aisle (pulled down in large buttresses , and an entrance through the

e n d tower at the W . ; roofs leaded . A drawing of the S .

’ t h e 1 8 1 6 side of Church in , illustrates a priest s doorway ,

e o f three single lancets in the nav , and one S . th e chancel ;

- - . in E window , a two light Early English , and a railed table

K r i h . e r c tomb below says , the round tower , capped , has

t o D o in t s fou r windows the cardinal , and was once much

e m higher , the chancel and nav being uch l ower than the original .

The I nventory o f Church Goods in 6 Edward V I . in the f Public Record O fice is greatly dilapidated , and what is left is

t o e o n e nearly washed out , but there appears have b en bell , which was probably left by the Commission e rs for the use f o Divine Service .

There was formerly an image of St . Mary in the chancel

(Hars .

1 . The Registers date from 539, and are in fair preservation ld The only o Communion plate consists of a silver Chalice ,

o f 1 probably 7th century make , with this inscription The

r Towen of B v r n a m D e b da il (capitals) . There is no date o

Th D la t e t w mark . e modern consists of a Paten , and o small

Cruets .

T H E ADVOWS ON .

w t o The advo son was given , with the manor , the Abbot t h and Convent of Ramsey . At e time of the N orwich Taxa

1 2 D e p e da le tion , in 54 , was valued at 9 marks and ,

o 1 2 1 1 0 at the Taxation of P pe N icholas , in 9 , at marks

1 3 s . I n both these valuations . is the following Monachi de R a m e se ye de de c im is s e p a r a t is and ” fi l de C a st e la c r e de c im i se a r a t is s . B lo m e e d Prior de s p , 7

u t f i h e f R a m se v o f o n e says , o o t t Sacrist o had a pension NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S I S

mark , and the Prior of Wymondham a portion , valued at

half a mark ; the latter statement is possibly an error , for the

o Pri r of Wymondham had a portion , of that value , in Burnham

. n o t St Albert or Ethelbert , and he is mentioned under Burn

’

D e e da le . d e ham p I t paid 7 . Peter s Penc , and the Rector

1 had a house , and 3 acres of land . There was a controversy

o f between William , Abbot Ramsey , and Godfrey , the priest ,

e concerning this Church , terminat d by Gilbert Foliot , Bishop

f t em . . o o London , p Henry I I , G dfrey pleading that one S ir

G r isio m o n t e Walter de presented him , but he afterwards publicly acknowledged that the right was ever t o be in the

t o . Abbot , and resigned all right therein the same

1 2 6 t o I n 5, Simon , Bishop of N orwich , confirmed the monks of C a st le a c r e t w o parts o f the demesnes of \V illia m

- Fitz Henry in this township . I t appears in the King ’s Book (Bacon ’s edition) as Burn

i i . d 1 5 . 1 . A r h a c 6s 8 . d . . a l . . c ham D epd e . S Mary Episc od Valor £ 1 1 (clea r value and discharged of F irst F ruits and Tenths .

At the dissolution of the Abbey of Ramsey , the advowson

p t V . assed o the Crown , and Henry I I I granted it to Sir

1 61 Richard Southwell , and , after 5 , it passed as the M anor of

m . Deepdale , g

1 8 2 0 . a . The tithes were commuted , in 44 , for £ 5 p The

1 0 o f present net value is about £ 7 , with 33 acres glebe (a

— Te rrier of 1 8th century mentions 393 acres) , and residence ,

1 8 - 4 0 . e rected in 39 , in the gift of the Trustees of the late Rev

1 1 0 . . E . K . Kerslake , and has been held since 9 by the Rev A

A . Lintern ,

L I ST O F T H E I N C U M B EN TS . The following have been Rectors

“ — o t Ci r c a 1 2 80 Geo ffre y by William , Abbot , and the C nven

of Ramse y . 1 6 NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S

— Ci r c a Godfrey do .

— Sa u t r e b . ; J ohn de y the Abbot , etc , of Ramsey

— J ohn le Moigne do .

— William de R a m m e se y do .

John de W yc h e fo r d (in exchange for the

— Deanery of I ngworth) do .

l in n — o William de B a d gt o (resigned) d .

N icholas D o c k yn g (previously Vicar of Claver

— ing) do .

T r e lo w e — b Thomas de ypp y the King , on the

vacancy of the Abbey .

John Toke de F yn c h a m (by an exchange fo r h t e C ln e . o s . Deanery of y Will proved Dec ,

1 8 c — b 3 5 ; buried in the chan el) y the Abbot ,

f . . o etc , Ramsey

so n o f Richard , Thomas atte Cherch e (Will

— proved 1 397 ; buried in the chancel) do .

— Peter Bakere (resigned) do .

— Richard Locksmith (resigned) do .

— J ohn Blake de Longa Stratton do .

T r c h a lia s n — G e dd . N icholas y , y g do

T e r ro u r — b Richard y the Bishop , a lapse .

A sla k — b William (resigned) y the Abbot , etc

o f Ramsey .

— William Lewes do .

- John Carter (resigned) do .

\V illia m — Wilby (died) do .

o — Th mas Dogget (died) do .

— William Rede (resigned) do .

— Thomas Bell do .

— John Pa lm er (died) by t he King. ‘ ‘ NO R FOLK c HU R CH E s 1 7

o — J hn Gibson (deprived formerly Canon of St .

o f Oswald , Ebor ; deprived Rainham St .

1 — b Mary , 555) y Sir Richard Southwell ,

Kt .

— N icholas Pedder do .

George Page Gage) (died) — by Henry Gun

f h . o thorp , .

A . B George Burton , . (also held Ringland

— b resigned) y Thomas Southwell , arm .

1 61 0 - b John Boston y William Armiger , of N orth ik C r e .

o — b W R bert Royston (died) y Si r illiam Palmer ,

Kt . o S a m e , guardian f John o .

John Scambler (r e sign ied) — by the guardian

o f So a m e John , arm .

— Henry Spurling (resigned) do .

— b . Thomas Groome (died) y John Harris , arm

r — b o H umph ey Christian y Elizabeth M ney ,

widow .

e — b Henry C row y Catherine Henley , widow ,

o f Docking .

— 1 8 1 1 H enry Crowe (a Second time Chaplain to M r .

— b . Coke) y Thomas Bolton , Esq

— b . John H oward y Henry Blyth , gent

— Edwa rd Gwyn Blyth , M . A . do .

A 1 1 0 B . . Edward Kerslake Kerslake , (died 9 )

by the trustees of the above .

- Sc . b 1 B . A . B . 91 0 Albert Augustus Lintern , , y the

r . trustees of the late Rev . E . K . Ke slake C 1 8 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

R E F E RE N C E S .

Refere nces t o Burnham Deepdale are to be found in the ’ — B l m fi z l l . o e e d s v o 8 . following Norfolk , . vii , p . Font at

’

A r h i l i. c t e c . . moved from Fincham ; Cotman s Remains , vol ,

2 — i h . . Ke r r c . . S S ser , pl 9 Church N otes by ; Add M .

- - 6 6 f 2 6 2 2 . o 8 2 6 1 fo 1 1 1 6 fo . 0 73 , . 9, 3 , 39, 4 , 95 ; 75 , . 3 ; 75 , 3

— o 6 . . . . I nventory of Church Go ds , Ed V I Aug M iss Books ,

’ - O ff. 0 N 2 . O . 0 . Pub . Rec , vol . 5 4 , 3 Royalists possessions

d n . . f 2 n C o m o . . in ; see vol iv , p . 353 ser Royalist p Papers ,

— f . O ff. . 0 1 o Pub . Rec . Arms in Church ; H arl . M SS , No . 9 ,

1 0 0 . a . . . . Norfolk Arch eology , vols ix to xviii J ’ ’ ’ F a r r e r s r n f . L E st a ge s Church Bells o N orfolk E . ” ’ — o f . . Church Heraldry Norfolk , vol ii "Rye s I ndex of

N orfolk Topography . J

r (F o further notes see Addenda) . fi ’ t. flD arga ret s, B u rn ha m M orton .

. M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OTE S .

U R NH AM Norton is a large parish and small village

e t h e (Norton Str et) , situate on a gentle ascent , above

1 NE salt marshes , about 71 miles . from Burnham

o r N. W Westgate , Market , and 33 . from N orwich , in the

o f B r o t he r c r o ss Hundred , Rural Deanery of Burnham , Arch

o f deaconry Lynn , and Diocese of N orwich . The parish has

1 68 1 2 8 1 6 2 - 6 an area o f 9 7 acres of land , 99 of water , 4 34 of

2 2 saltmarsh , of foreshore , and 9 95 of tidal water ,

t o o f mostly belonging the Earl of Orford , who is lord the 6 . 1 8 60 0 manor I n 45, 7 acres were returned as arable land , 5 w pasture and meado , and the rest woodland , saltmarsh ,

o . common , etc . The soil is rather ligh t , subs il chalk The

1 8 1 w a s 1 8 value of Real P roperty , in 5, and , in 43 , Rateable value in 1 856 1 874 in 1 882 in 1 889 in 1 899 in 1 90 7

1 1 1 T h e 1 80 and , in 9 , Parish Rates , in 3 ,

8 5 d . 6 . 8 2 d . wer e 5 . in the and realised £ 7 4 The County

1 88 8 85 . 1 . Rate , including Police , in 3 , was £3 od The Poor

6 2 . 1 8 5 o d . Rate , in 5 , was g for all the Burnhams , excepting

Burnham Ulph .

1 B r u n h a m I n 334 , No rton was assessed for Tenths and

ir c a 1 8 . c 5 5 . e F ifteenths at £ 4 34 b ing deducted , 449, on

T h e P0 11 account of lands held by the religious . Tax , in

f 1 5 . 1 666 t o 1 1 5 . o , amounted 9 (This was at the rate a 2 0 NOR FOLK CHUR C H E S

— head , and £5 extra for an esquire se e under Burnham

Deepdale) . The number and Hearths and Stoves here in

1 672 was 58 .

f 1 8 1 80 1 1 82 1 8 1 1 1 8 There was a population o 5 in , in , 7 in

1 82 1 1 8 1 8 1 1 66 1 8 1 1 8 1 8 1 1 2 , 3 in 3 , in 4 , 5 in 5 (44 houses) , 7

1 861 1 1 8 1 1 1 88 1 1 1 1 8 1 8 1 0 1 in , 47 in 7 , 39 in , 3 in 9 , 9 in 9 ,

1 1 1 1 0 n h i e i a b t a n t s . T h e and , in 9 , ther were 3 children attend the Public Elementary School at Bu rnham Westgate . There was formerly a small school in this parish , held at a cottage ,

t h e which was supported by the Rector , and tenants of prin c ip a l farms .

1 6 1 e I n 4 , a petition was pres nted by the poo r fishermen , inhabitants of Burnham Nor ton , Burnham Deepdale , and

sic Burnham Onery ( ) , Norfolk , in which they complained that

e H a sdo u k e William N ew and John van had , under cover of a

' fo r patent the inclosure of certain salt marshes , grievously oppressed t h e petitioners by depriving them o f their common right over the marshes , impounding their cattle , and stopping

s n o t up some old havens , o that their boats could come up to

t o thei r houses , whereby they were compelled carry oysters on

fo r e t c . their backs . They prayed relief ,

o f 1 66 I n the Visitation Norfolk , in 4 , the family of Thurlow o f Burnham Norton is me ntioned .

o r e Burnham Norton , N orth Town , is so call d from its

t o t o . o r lying the N of Burnham Market , Westgate , which

b e r e w ic place it was a , and is , therefore , not mentioned in the Dome sday Book .

’ I n M r . J . C . Tingey s Calendar of Deeds enrolled within o Sh ir e h a ll t he the County of N orf lk , in the , N orwich , are

l w m — 1 fo lo 0 1 66. g April , 5 Conveyance by William B rom

Su st e d feld , of , son and heir and sole executor of William

B r o m fe lde . So u t h c r e k e , Esq , and Thomas Pepys , of , gentle

e n so n o . o f man , to R bert J y , of Burnham Westgate , gent ,

1 1 A . o f M a r t n da le s 1 marsh , called y , % acres of land in Burn

’ ’ e V n c e n t s A dr o w . n e ham Overy , a close , call d y Close , in St s

NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S 2 I

8 parish , and 5 A . and a quarter of a rood of land in Burnham

\V e st a t e D e da le — 2 0 . 1 6 6 . Norton , g and p Oct , 5 Bargain

. t F r and sal e by William Pepys , of Yaxham , gent , o a u n c e s

C o bb e , of Burnham Westgate , of messuages , lands , tene

. ments , etc , at the Staithe in Burnham N orton , and other

houses in Burnham N orton , and all his lands , tenements , etc . ,

D da l — e e e 1 6 0 . in Burnham Norton , Westgate and p 7 July , 4

. t o D o u sa n Grant by John Kettle , of N orwich , gent , y South

. o well , Esq , of M rton , of the Manor of Burnham D e pda le

. a D e da le with messuages , lands , liberties , etc , in Burnh m p ,

Westgate , Brancaster , and Burnham N orton .

T H E CARM EL I TE F R I ARY .

A friary of Carmelite , o r white friars , was founded h er e ,

1 2 1 C a l h r R in 4 , by Sir William t o p and Sir oger de Hemen

Po l t hale (one of the lords of s e d Manor) . The house after

fo r 1 2 8 fo r wards flourished , , in 9 , th e Prior had license the alienation to them by i V a lt e r de C a lt h o rp of a rood of meadow fo r e 1 the enlarg ment of their buildings , and another , in 353 , f o e 2 6 . I . 1 3 acr s , for a further enlargement (Pat . , Ed , m . 3 ; E 2 d . . . e 7 I I I , pt . ii , m . Oth r benefactors were Bishop

W S u ffi e ld 1 2 6 w h o alter de , in 5 , Sir William Calthorpe ,

h a 2 . E st w 6s . 8d e 2 . e bequ athed os , N icholas , and members

G i s G i e s . 1 0 e of the gg family By Will , dated 5 5 , Thomas gg

1 2 d t o be . 65 . 8d . left to the friars here , to divided as follows

2 d . 1 2 d. e y d . t o the Prior , to ver p riest 4 , every novice , and to their pittance ; they to keep a solemn dirige and a mass for his

’ soul , and all his friends soul s at his burial . H is widow ,

1 1 0 6 w h i h t Olive , in 5 , also left combs of barley to the g ” 86 C h a D t e r B r u n h a m . 1 friers of I n 4 , a P rovincial of the

Carmelite Order was held at Burnham Norton . The friary 68 d possessed acres of land at its dissolution , and was value

1 2 d . 1 1 0 5 . e 5 . (Sp ed) in 53 5 , at £ 5 4 (Dugdale says £ 8 f o . . Thei r plate c nsisted of 3 ozs of gilt , 5 ozs o white , and a l ” n utt garnished wit h si ver . o C H R CH E S Nt NOR FOLK U

1 1 8 C a lt h o r t o On 7th May , 53 , Jane p wrote the Vicar General (Thomas Cromwell) requesting permission to pur

Po lste chase the friary , which stood near d Hall , then her

o property , and stated that she had only one po r dwell ing

e hous at Norwich , where she was often d riven by the plague ;

e w h o to o t o also that there w re only 4 friars left , were poor

t o . keep the house in repair , and wanted sell it The request

n o t t he was apparently granted , for , in November same year , it was empty , and instructions had been given to Richard

n o t t o I ngworth (the visito r) interfere with it , as Sir Richard G resham had the preferment o f the house at the King ’s hands . Within the Church was an altar to the Virgin Mary ,

e to whom the convent was dedicated . The site was grant d in

1 2 to t o 54 , William , Lord Cobham , and Edward Warner , be

in c a ite . held of the King p , with certain messuages about it

B le v e r h a sse t I t subsequently belonged to William , or Blener

B r o m fi e ld hasset , and William and Thomas Pepys , and is n o w the property o f t h e Earl o f Orford .

1 2 I n 577 , acres of concealed lands here in the tenure of

G o t o F rancis obbe , bel nging the C armelite friars , were

t G r m n granted o Edward v st o .

There are still some ruins of a ve ry beautiful little gate

t w o v e r house of storeys , with v delicate mouldings to door

e way and windows , flowing Decorated . The gat way has a

fine groined roof , and gabl ed chapel above ; these were

1 8 0 e repai red in 4 , when excavations wer made and skeletons

o n e unearthed , of them was found to be in a conventual dress .

Robert Bale , the celebrated author of the Annals of the

Carmelite Order , and other works , died friar of this house in

1 0 5 3 , and was buried in the Church at Burnham Norton . This friary stood a short way from the mill stream , which takes

o n . its rise the S side of South Creake , and finally flows int o

Burnham Overy Creek . NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S 2 3

PO L ST E D H A L L MAN OR .

This M anor , of which see under Burnham Westgate ,

extended into this parish , and took name from its owne rs .

Po lst e de H a w ise Si r Hugh de ma rried , daughte r and

C a n do is b coheiress of Hugh de , lord of Burnham Market , y

An se lin a , his wife , daughter and coheiress of William de

. r Grandcourt Th e other daughte , Juliana , married first

e r n e a n G m in William J g , and , secondly , Sir William de y g ham .

1 2 6 Po l st e 1 0 I n 3 , S ir Hugh de d paid marks fine for his

’ B o se v ile son Hugh s transgression , Gilbert and Alan Basset

p 1 2 86 being his ledges ; and , in , the Sheriff of N orfolk had a p r ce c ip e to make a j ust division of the Po l st e de estate betwe en

R a lo h H e m e n h a le de and Emme , his wife , and John de

m in h m G a . 1 8 1 y g , in Burnham No rton I n 3 , John Muriel

o f parson Wo rtham , etc . , conveyed to Sir Robert , son of Sir

H e m e n h a le Ralph de , and to Joan , his wife , this Mano r , with the advowsons of the Churches of Sts . Mary , Margaret , and

o n . All Saints , in Burnham , settled them and their heirs

e B r a b r o o k 1 0 2 Sir R ginald y was lord in 4 , in right of his

’ o f o n e wife , Joan , and held it by the service Knight s fee of

1 0 8 the Honour of Dover , as did John Oldcastle , in 4 , with f the advowsons o the above Churches . On his attainder ,

t o R o de n h a ll o r R o t h e n h a le they were granted Sir John , , w h o 1 1 8 1 2 1 was lord in 4 , and dying about 4 , it was granted

f t o G . o r t K . o Si r Lewis Robsart , , life , as it was Thomas

1 F e n s 1 82 . Ashe , in 474 , and John y and Ann , his wife , in 4

Po lst e d 1 1 2 Joan , Lady Calthorpe , held Hall Manor , in 5 , when it comprised the largest part of Burnham Westgate .

1 1 On February 4 , 544 , Edward Warner had a reversionary

f F o lst e d o grant o f the M anor o Hall , with the advows n of the w a s t o Chu rch thereto belonging , wh ich grant confirmed him ,

1 . and his heirs male , in 553

1 66 Sir Edward Warner died seized of it , in 5 , when it t h i w ho h a d a e e 1 descended o s brother , Robert , lic ns in 574 , 2 4 NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S

t o alien it to his son , Henry Warner , of M ildenhall , armiger , a n d l in the fo lowing vear , he conveyed part of it to F rancis

1 60 2 . r cec i e C o bb e . t o I n , Thomas Rouse , arm , had a p p render the Manor of Po lst e d Hall t o Henry Cornwallis and

Robert Drury .

61 So a m e K . 1 d Si r Stephen , t , and others , in 7 , purchase this Manor , with six appurtenances , and other lands , in Burn l D e e da e . ham Norton , Westgate , Sutton , p , etc , of Charles

Cornwallis , etc .

1 2 E s . I n 7 4 , Thomas Harris , q , was lord , and was suc

M . P. e d d . c e e by Pinkney Wilkinson , E sq ,

Much property in the Burnhams (mostly in Thorpe) was

1 8t h purchased early in the century by Peter Lombard , a

’ li a isea r des C o r set s t o e o f refugee , once Marie Ther se , Queen

X I V . o f Louis On the marriage his daughter , Mary , to Lord

t o Walpole , the estates in this part of the county , passed that

o f d — family , and the Earl Orford is the present lor The leet

t o 5 2 d. fee due the lord of the Hundred was 4 . %

1 2 0 o f I n 5 , the canons Walsingham held a lordship here , for that year the convent was impleaded o n account o f rais

p a r ish n o t t o ing a ditch in this , which was found to be the injury o r detrime nt of the free tenement o f the parson o f the

Church of Burnham No rton .

1 2 8 o f C r e k I n 4 , the Abbot y held lands , rents , mill and

W n 1 6 d . m o d customs here , valued at £3 s . 4 ; the Prior of y

ln ham lands , rents , customs and breeding animals , at £9

R a m s d. e e 1 9s . 9 the Abbot of y in the same , and the parish

2 . f . 5 o St Edmund , in rents , at 5

’ R e n h a m a lia s L e xh a m s The Manor o f y , , extended here

(see under Burnham We stgate) .

T H E PAR I S H C H U RC H .

t o . Th e Church , dedicated St M argaret , stands on a hill t h r m o verlooking e sea , some way from the village ; f o

2 6 NOR FOLK CHU R CHES

e 1 0 The small wooden h xagonal pulpit , dated 45 , is worthy

— of special consideration . The panels (see illustration num bered from left t o right) bea r the paint ed figures o f

v iz . the four Latin Doctors of the Church , , Sts . Ambrose ,

Augustine , Gregory , and Jerome , and also those of

G o lda le e the donors John and his wif , Katherine , and

G o lda l e t below is the inscription Orate p . Johannis e i ” G l Katerine uxoris sue fe c e r u n t fi e r . John o da le

o o n is in a b r wn dress kneeling a cushion , and h is wife is in a bright blue gown . The Doctors have a desk

o . supp rted on iron rods before them St . Ambrose , in a

’ Doctor s gown and brown hood , reads from a long scroll hanging down over the desk : St . Augustine , in a blue cope , n e . also has a similar scroll , and is looking at his p , as is St

’ w h o n o t Jerome , with blue hood , wears a cardinal s hat , and a mitre as the other saints ; St . Gregory wears a grey cope , over a white alb , and is writing . All are seated in iron w framed seats , ith pinnacled and crested backs . This pulpit

- was well resto red about 1 860 . The sounding board and

- o f e o wood work below it are arly Jacobean w rkmanship . A modern and larger pulpit is n o w used in place o f this ancient one .

The 1 5th century rood - screen has cinquefoiled open

p e ings , and bears aintings of thr e saints on either side , but now very indistinct ; amongst them are the Virgin Mary , St .

t w o Gregory , and King Ethelbert ; other panels contain

t o William Groom and Joan , his wife , who presented it the

. e Church Part of an inscription r mains , which once ran Orate D r o a n im a b u s Willi Groom e t Johanne c o n so r t is sue

u i fe c e r u n t de in i D n i q istam fabricam p g in hono re Anno . ” 1 i i C C C L v 1 1 . i . C a a b r o c e t u . . r Millo , quor . p p Deus Amen There were once inscriptions over the heads o f the Virgin l B l m fi l . o e e d Mary and St Ethe bert , says they ran as follows

E th e lb e r t e m e r e a m u r c oelic a No s e Rex p . Te cum prol pia ” ben edic a t a . The r o S a a n t h s d Virgo Mari O d t irc se , o e N , i e NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S 2 7

i n sit a of the chancel arch , remains , but the upper doorw ay is blocked up . By the side of the doorw ay is a small mu ral painting , probably St . Margaret , or the Blessed Virgin

. e Mary The chancel arch is P rpendicular , with continuous

and discontinuous mouldings and octagonal responds .

Another item of interest is the massive N orman font ; on

w o f e the sides of the bo l are carvings various d signs , includ

. T h f e 2 t . 6ln ing arcade and lattice work bowl is about .

1 square , and 9ins . deep , and is supported on a plain central and four angle shafts , all different in design . The font pillars

are very Similar to those at Burnham Deepdale .

I n the N . wall of the nave , a little to the W . of the porch i door , about 4 feet from the pavement , is a square recess , w th h a flue running through t e wall . This was probably used as

fo r o r an oven baking the wafers , for the warming of the water for baptism . On the other side of the N . door is a w . t o stoup Th ere a re four brackets fo r images , on either side of the chancel arch , with traces of colou r above . Some

a o o ff t he years g the aisles were screened from nave , as the

Church w a s t o o large for the congre gation . The nave was once much higher , as may be seen by the weather moulding o n f e w . o the E . side of the to er A curious feature the arcad is that the column belonging t o the last arch was outside the

W . wall of the building .

e A plain arly piscina , with arched head and quatrefoil basin , remains in the S . aisle .

The po rch has a pointed segmental arched entrance , with

w . label , which is turned do n slightly at the ends The inner

m e . doo rway is simply hollow cha f red , and with a label A

niche , with cin q uefoiled head , for stoup remains . The S .

— doorway is good E arly English with - two orders the outer

with roll , the inner chamfered only ; the jamb s have good foliaged c a p s .

f 1 6 C a lth o r A M S . o the th century mentions the Arms of p

B a con r do s o d a o t the and qua terly , in the upper win w r un b u 2 8 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

. Ke r r ic h Church , also that the chancel was decayed , writing

1 8 2 0 o f t w a 1 about , says All windows the o isles ( 0 in num

. B ber) excep t two N windows are of three lights , erpen i l d c u a r . . 2 Two N windows of chancel ( lights) Decorated .

T he round tower does not accord with the Church , but stands more to the S . than it ought . Four pillars each side . Peak of chance] now 1 0 80 ; it was originally as high as as we

o n o “ see by the mark of it the E . end f the Chu rch . N . porch originally very low indeed . Church itself originally pitche d

0 60 . Cleresto ry has certainly been added , and it may be

e doubted whether ther were originally any aisles . S . win f o n o . dows chancel are lancets , weathering W . window of

t w o . o f each aisle bricked up , lights Windows nave have ” square lab e ls . Lead roofs .

Some of the windows formerly contained the A rms o f

H em en h a le ole la Po le S c a les M o r l e . , , and Lord , impaling y

1 8 0 r e - I n 9 , the Church was seated with open benches to

2 hold 0 0 persons .

M E M ORI ALS .

t o o f I n the S . aisle are memorials Lydia Thurlow , wife

— . 1 1 6 6. John Thurlow , gent , who died May 3 , 7 John Thur

2 1 61 2 2 1 68 . lo w . . , gent , born Dec 4 , 9 ; died March , 4

t o w h o 1 6 0 William Thurlow , uncle the said John , died 3 ;

h t o also Bridget T urlow , aunt the said John , who died in

- R v T h o h ilia e . 1 6 . e 55 p Thurlow , daughter of the Thomas

\V o r t h a m s ffo Thurlow , Rector of the , Su lk , descended from

o f h U l e 1 8 1 2 the Thurlows , Burn am p , who died June , 7 3 ,

2 a n d aged 4 ; and F rances , her niece , daughter of John

H ib a m e w h o 1 . Catherine g , of Burnham Norton , died 9 Dec ,

“ ” 1 6 1 0 o 2 1 . 73 , aged years 5 m nths weeks day This

H i a m t o Catherine b g e was aunt Lord Thurlow , once Chan

— c e llo r o f the Exc h e o u e r . For some other memorials to mem

' b u r i d h e r e se bers of this fa mily e , e under Burnham Westgate , NOR FOLK C H URCHE S 29

b w h o There are also sla s in this aisle to William Mack ,

1 8 1 died May 9, 5 , aged 45 , and other members of this family , and that of Gowing . h t e . t o f I n N aisle is a stone the memory o M ary , wife of

1 Richard Flight , she de Parted this life the 4th October ,

1 6 80 .

. G . R . 1 2 Over the N door are the Royal Arm s of I V . 8 6. ’

" . ach Fenn , Walsingham , Painter . These are painted on canvas , and cover an earlier painting on woo d .

B lo m e fi e ld mentions a table - tomb in the Churchyard to Ann

S St u n tle e St u n tle Huntley , it hould be y , wif of Robert y , who

2 8 1 66 St u n t le 2 died J uly , 7 ; and Robert y, who died Nov . 3 ,

1 686 62 . , aged f . o On the buttresses at the E corners the N . and S . aisles

n r are lions couchant ( o t rampant) for M o ley . . There were f o rm erly Guilds held in the Church in honour of St . Margaret and St . N icholas .

a re n o Externally , the Church has roofs of slate ; there gable crosses .

T h 1 e Registers date back to 559. There are no burials entered between 1 680 and 1 689. T h e Chu rch plate of Burnham Norton c o mprises a Pewter

F o n e e lagon , silver Chalic with a cover , inscribed Burnham 8 N . 1 0 orton Church Cupp 7 , and a silver Salver , in wood

dw t s . stand , weighing together nine ounces five , inscribed

t o Presented by M rs . Oakes Burnham N orton ,

TH E ADVOWS O N .

1 2 At the time of the Norwich Taxation in 54 , th e Church

t w o m e die t ie s e o n e of St . Margaret was in , or r ctories ; was

t h e t o called the portion of Rector , belonging the Abbot of V V e n dl n 2 0 65 . y g, and valued at marks and the

t o Po l st e d othe r , belonging the lord of Hall Manor , valued at the same ; the Rector then had a house and 40 acres of land .

’ Ni h la s 1 2 1 I n Pope c o s Taxation , about 9 , one was called the 30 NOR FOLK CH U RCHE S

’ t h e portion of Robert (the parson) , and other William s (de

G m in h a m 2 0 y g ) portion , both still valued at marks . They

’ 1 6d . z o d paid Procurations and Synodals , and % . Peter s

Pence .

1 2 0 I n 4 , a mediety of Burnham Norton , held by the Abbot

VV e n dlin Ul h of g, was consolidated with that of Burnham p

(All Saints) , and was joined with the other mediety of St .

1 2 . M argaret to St . Mary , in 44 It appears in the King ’s Book (Bacon ’s edition) as Burn S t . . . . ham Margaret , and B All Saints Rect . Abb Ramsey

C a t l r . d. . s e a c 1 6 8d 1 . e . 3s 4 P ri s Abb . Wymondham

i i . A r h d a c . 1 d 6 . 6 . 8d . c 5 . d s 3s . 92 Episc . 3 Patron , the

1 1 0 5 . 1 0 King . Value , £ 7 Clear value , £ 7 , and paid F irst

1 1 . F ruits , and £ 5s . Tenths A Terri e r of the 1 8t h century mentions about 2 9 acres of

2 A I R 2 f . . o glebe , and another 5 There are now about 3 acres f o . glebe . Fou r acres are set apart for the repairs the Church

R 2 Commutation ent Charge £ 53 , divided equally between

m die t ie s w . e the t o Rectors The Rectory consists of two , one

2 0 . a . anne xed to Burnham Westgate , joint net £ 4 p , and the

e t o 1 0 . a . other ann xed Burnham Sutton , joint net £3 p The

Rev . T . F . Falkner , M . A . , is Rector of the former ,

t h e n o w 1 1 but latter is ( 9 3) vacant , pending an Order in Council fo r the disunion of this mediety from the b en e fi c e o f

e Burnham Sutton . Burnham Norton will th n be held entire ly with Burnham Westgate . Burnham Thorpe pays

8 1 . . a . to . £ 5s p , the Rector of this parish The Crown and

’ o f Christ s College , Cambridge , are patrons Burnham Sutton ,

o r and Burnham Market , Westgate , respective ly .

L I ST OF TH E R ECTORS .

The following have been Rectors

r a Ci c 1 2 49 Robert .

r a Ci c 1 2 50 William de Gimingham .

r a R Ci c 1 2 78 Simon ( ect or of a medi e ty) . NOR FOLK C H UR C H E S

Cir c a Robert

' William d e Swanton (of a mediety) — by the

Abbot and Convent of We ndling .

i — Edmund Pu n dr c k do . Thomas de K e m e se k (of a mediety of Burnham

No r t h o u n — b d ) y S i r Philip o Well , Kt .

Sc h ir e fo r d— b James de y the Abbot , etc . William atte Bek de Pulham — b y Sir Ralph de

H m n l e e h a e . , Kt

P n r k J ames de u d y e (resigned) .

Richard de No rton (by an exchange for the Vic .

— St e b e n h it h . b e t c . of , Lond ) y the Abbot ,

Walter atte Beke (resigned) . Rob e rt le Clarke de Wortham — b y S ir Ralph de

H m e n h l e a e . , Kt

F r 'f l — N icholas de e syn g e d do .

C o r dw a n e r John (resigned) .

so n John , of M artin atte Grene (Will proved

1 8 — b 3 9 buried in the chancel) y the Abbot ,

etc . Edmund de Walpole— by Sir Ralph de Hemen

hale .

— m n h a le Stephen H ervy by Sir William de H e e .

— b . Henry Crane (resigned) y th e Abbot , etc

— b B r a b r o o k Richard Walding y Sir Reginald y ,

Kt .

— b e t c . John Baron Barow) y the Abbot ,

— Thomas de N orwich do .

Philip Polton (resigned) .

Walter H owa rd (to the N . part of the Church

— b of St . Margaret) y S ir John Oldcastle ,

Lord Cobham ,

— Thomas C r e ik do . John de W e st yn g (another record says W e t in g

— - b . died) y the Abbot , etc No RFO L K C HURCHES

1 2 0 On August 5, 4 , John , Bishop of N or

o f wich , united and consolidated a mediety

Burnham Margaret Norton to All Saints , U l Burnham p , with the consent of the

f w h o Abbey o Wendling , had the patron

a e o f No v . 1 1 2 2 g them ; and , on 7th , 4 ,

John , Bishop of N orwich , at the petition of

C r e ik o f Thomas , Rector the other mediety

of S t . Margaret , of which Lewes Robes

B o u r c h e r sart , Lord , was patron , united

t o and consolidated that mediety , the

iz m e die t i v . e s aforesaid , , Burnham Mar U l garet Norton , and p , which were void

e o n o f some tim , account the smallness of

the stipend .

B o k k n t William y g ( o the mediety of St . Mar Ul t garet , and that o f p , and o the Church

— . o f b of S t Albert Burnham , united) y the

Abbot , etc . f Richard A u yn (resigned) .

’ e William Person (to a medi ty of St . Margaret s ,

l — with a mediety o f U p and St . Mary) by

Po l William Wade , armiger , in right of

stead Hall Manor .

8 — b Richard Bartram (3 marks) y the Abbot ,

etc .

Robert Kale (resigned) .

Sa w l — F n e b e s . o f John y Thomas y , arm lord P l Ul o st e d Hall in Burnham p .

Copley (resigned) .

— D u ss n b . John y g (died) y the Abbot , etc , of

Wendling .

— b F e n s . John Mitton (died) y Sir Thomas y , Kt

— Hugh Walter (or Walle r died) .

NOR FOLK C H U RC H E S

2 do — I 7 9 Thomas Smithson ( died) .

1 2 74 William Smith . I 7SS Edmund Nelson— by H orace Walpole (Created Lord Walpole in

1 766 Bryan Allo t t .

— 1 797 Suckling N elson b y the Crown .

— 1 799 Edmund N elson do .

— 1 80 2 H o n . . . . F rederick Hotham , M A do

- 1 80 e b . 4 John Glass y John Smith , E sq , and Lo rd l Came ford . 1 832 Bernard Gilpin— b y the Master and Fellows of ’ Ch rist s C ollege , Cambridge .

— b 1 8 o . . 49 George G odenough Hayter , M A y the

Crown .

’ D — D . b 1 8 . 49 William Bates , y Christ s College ,

Camb .

— l m fi l B A . 1 8 8 B o e e d . b 7 Samuel Edward , y the

Crown .

’ 1 8 — C l 8 e . . b v o 7 James H nry Lamb , M A Christ s

lege , Camb .

1 0 . A 9 3 Edmund Kynaston , M . (Recto r of Burnham

— 1 1 1 — b t h e Sutton resigned 9 ) y Crown .

1 0 r . . . S . O 9 3 Thomas Felton Falkne , M A , D . (late Chaplain t o t he Forces— Rector of Burn

’ — b ham Westgate) y Christ s College , b Cam ridge .

RE F E R E N C E S .

References to Burnham N orton are t o be found in the ’ — L z 62 . o . . fo following N eve s Collections (Bodleian) , vol ii , .

— Ke r r ic h S B M 6 fo 2 - Church N otes by ; Add . M . ( ) 735 , . 4 3 ;

6 6 f 2 2 2 6 f 6 . 2 6 1 o . 0 o . 8 8 fo 73 , 5 , 9, 3 , 4 , 95 ; 744 , 3 ; 74 , 4 ; 75 ,

- - fo 1 1 2 6 f . 6 f . o 8 6 6 fo 1 2 1 2 z o b o . 3 ; 753 , 4 55 ; 75 , . 7 , 3 , 5 ; 759,

— 1 1 8 6 . . , 5 I nventory of Church Goods , Ed . VI ; Pub . Rec

- — ff. v . . O o l 0 . , . 5 4 , N o 94 Notes concerning the Church ; Add 1 2 68 97 3 NO R F O LK C HU RCH ES

— N . 6 fo . 2 1 . 0 t e s . M S . 755, as to Arms in Church ; Harl M S

— f 1 0 . t o 0 1 o . 0 e 9 , Early d ed relating ; Court of Wards and

’ N 2 — e 1 2 O S 1 . Liv ries , bundle 3 , and Royalists possessions

m n f 2 n . Co . v l . o d se e o . . in ; iv , p 353 ser Royalist p Papers ,

’ — D l M o n a t ic o n . . ff u da e s s e d Pub Rec . O . Convent at ; see g (

’

M o n a st ic u s . 1 . . 1 vol . iv , p . 573 ; Taylor s I ndex , p 4

fo r Act improving , draining , inclosing , and improving salt marshes and waste lands in Burnham N orton , Deepdale and

’ — B l m fi e l s 2 c . 1 1 d I G e o . . o e Overy ; and . I V , (printed) Nor

’ ’ — No r 6. . L E s r a n . . . 1 t e s folk , vol vii , p J g Church Bells of

” ’ “ ”

F r r . . . a r s folk . E e Church Heraldry of N orfolk , vol ii

’ ae o f N orfolk A rch ology , vols . xi . to xviii . "Rye s I ndex

Norfolk Topography .

(For further notes see Addenda) . (Eemen t s JBu rnbam S t. l , M erv.

M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OTE S .

U R NH A M Overy is a large parish and small seaport , including Burnham Overy Staith (the port of

Burnham Market , or Westgate) , which is a pleasant N E 1 . . o n village about % miles from that town , the road from

’ t o 2 King s Lynn Wells , from which it is distant about 3 miles N W . o 1 2 6 W . . 0 and , respectively , 33 fr m N orwich , and

N W B r o t h e r c r o s s . . from London . I t is in the Hundred of ,

D io Ru ral Deanery of Burnham , Archdeaconry of Lynn , and cese of N orwich . Much of the land in this , and the adjacent

t he parishes , h as been reclaimed from sea , from which it is p rotected by embankments . A creek , or rivulet , which rises near South C reake , crosses the salt marshes by two channels , emptying itself in the ocean at Burnham Overy Staith , is navigable up to the Staith fo r vessels of 2 50 tons ; it is unde r the j urisdiction of the port of Wells . Here a fair

o il - t trade is carried on in co rn , malt , coal , cake , and oys ers ; th e latter once had a great reputation all over the country ,

fo r e t h being noted their larg size and quality , but e oyster

f r beds have o the most part moved down to Brancaster . The extensive sands here are ve ry fi rm , and the sandhills abound h . t e in rabbits I n parish is a limestone quarry , and brick and tile making is carried on to some extent . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 37

1 866 1 8 1 f 1 2 ° 1 2 6 The parish has an area of acres o land , of

1 8 - 2 2 0 o f 2 6 1 e water , 4 saltmarsh , 47 of fo r shore , and 1 5 347 of tidal water (the Spring tides rise from 8 t o 1 2 feet at the Staith) . The principal landowners are the Earl

w h o of Orford , is lord o f the manor , and impropriator of the great tithes , and the Ea rl of Leicester . The

e 1 8 soil is mix d , subsoil chalky . I n 45 , acres

1 were returned as pasture and marshland , 55 woodland and water , and 77 saltmarsh and common . The value of

‘ Real Property in 1 8 1 5 was in 1 843 Rateable value in 1 856 in 1 874 in 1 88 2 in

1 88 1 8 1 1 1 h e 9 in 99 and , in 9 , T

1 80 2 . 1 5 . Parish Rates , in 3 , were od in the and realised

2 8 1 5 . d . 1 88 £ 4 3 7% The County Rate , including Police , in 3 ,

w a 6d . s £57 55 . h 1 B r u n a m . I n 334 , Sci Clementis was assessed for

e 1 0 5 c i r c a Tenths and Fift enths at £ ; 74 . being deducted ,

1 P0 11 449, on account of lands held by the religious . Th e

8 1 5 . 1 666 . 1 Tax , in , realised £ 7s ; this was at the rate of a head , and £5 extra for an esqui re .

61 1 80 1 8 1 8 1 1 0 8 There was a population of 3 in , 3 5 in , 5 in

1 82 1 61 0 1 8 1 61 1 8 1 6 1 8 1 1 6 0 , in 3 , 3 in 4 , 74 in 5 ( 53 houses) , 5 in

1 861 68 1 8 1 61 1 88 1 2 2 1 8 1 0 1 0 1 , 4 in 7 , 7 in , 5 in 9 , 47 in 9 , and ,

1 1 1 8 . in 9 , there were 4 4 inhabitants The children attend the

e 1 8 80 0 Publ ic El mentary School , erected in 75, at a cost of £ ,

1 1 1 fo r 1 2 0 . and enlarged , in 9 , At the Staith is a small

o f Primitive Methodist Chapel , flint and brick , erected in 8 1 60 .

1 0 I n 3 7 , Walter Abraham , of Wiggenhall , complained that

U m fr e o f William y , Chaplain Burnham , another Chaplain ,

le C h a e le n e d William p y , and five other Burnham men , boarde his ship at Burnham , bound his hands behind his back until

o u t o f the blood gushed h is nails , and imprisoned him till he

a n a n k e h is paid a fine of d carried away his goods , d bro ship . 38 NOR FOLK CHUR CHE S

N ea r the Church are the ruins of the base and shaft of a

w e . ayside cross , now supporting a d ir ction post I t is on a

o high plinth , thrice chamfered , and then bec mes octagonal , with shields o n four o f the face s — A brass se al was dis

in 1 8 2 e o f covered here 4 , which passed into the poss ssion Sir

h B t . o f enry Dumbleton , , Hampshire . This is illustrated in ’ B l m fi l . e o e . M u e d . s D Turn r s , in Add . M S S , Brit .

n o t t he e Burnham Overy does appear in Dom sday Book ,

b e r e w ic t o being then a Burnham Market . Overy is the

- o r o f o r . Anglo Saxon Ofer , the bank margin a stream , river

v - E o r e a . . ] Aa Final letter y, the Anglo Saxon , Dan and I ce . ,

E O e water in general , also a river , stream ; y, Old N orse ,

- signifies an island , and is also Anglo Saxon as well . But the

- Anglo Saxon Ofer , is also an adjective signifying over , and , ”

e . with the additional y or y, may mean over the water

Over is also a Danish personal name .

’

. o f I n Mr . J . C Tingey s Calendar Deeds enrolled within t he Sh ir e h a ll t h e fo l the County of N orfolk , in , Norwich , is

- 2 2 1 62 . o lowing April , 5 Bargain and sale by Francis H sil

o f s o n o f O l v H e silt o n ton , Rougham , yeoman , and heir y e ,

e o f H e silt o n T it le sh a ll r d ceased , wife J ohn , of , and daughte

w h o o f and coheir of Agnes Glover , deceased , was wife

o T it le sh a ll o f F rancis Gl ver , of , and previously wife

P a n l e G i e s o f Thomas ulche , and daughter coh ir of gg ,

O v e r e . t o Burnham y , gent , William Yelverton , of Rougham ,

e Y e w t e r s of his int rest in the Manor of , and his messuage ,

O v r . e e lands , tenements , etc , thereto belonging in Burnham y ,

Ul e c B . Sutton , B . p , B . Market , H o kham and e lsewhere .

1 86 I n t he Ab ridged Return for Norfolk Charities in 7 ,

" 1 8 1 1 published by . Clark , in is the following Land

fo r 2 1 2 5 . 6d . a . le t . called Town and Church Land , £ p the rent applied to the repairs o f the Church ; when o r by whom given is n o t known . N icholas Howard and John Horwood

n 1 86 wer e t ena nt s i 7 . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 39

MAN OR IAL N OTE S .

Burnham Overy formed part o f the M anor of Burnham

v f e . . e o Westgat , g , at the tim the Domesday Survey , and

t o e d belonged the King , and was farm d by Go ric Dapifer , or t the sewer . I t was gran ed by William I I . to William

’ d Alb in i w h o e , his butler , was ancestor of the Earls of Arund l ,

\V illia m le V e u t r e At this time , , was the principal lord , and from him this Manor took its name .

V E UT R E ’S V EW T RE ’S L E , O R MAN OR .

le V e u t r e t em . William , p H enry I I , gave the rectory of ’ f . o the Church of S t Clement s , Burnham , to the Canons of

n Walsi gham , with its churchyard , containing 5 roods of land .

B lo m e fie ld o n e o f e t says , the sam name was a witness o the

’ A in i t em o f d lb I . grant William , p . Henry , of the Manor of

H a e sb u r h t o fo u n da p g , the m onks of Wymondham , on his

le V e w t e r tion of that Priory , and William , o f Burnham , also

t o o f gave six acres to it , and , according the register

le V e w t e r . Wymondham , William had a son , M atthew I n

“ V a l 1 1 1 1 1 2 t r 0 5 8d . e e . 9 , William de owed £ 4 for h is lands in Burnham ; he left two daughters and cohei resses Margery , w h o o f married Richard de Snetterton , and Maud , wife

B a lst o n wh o Matthew , and had a daughter Agatha , married

w h o o f W a l sin Rodland , son of Fabian , enfeoffed the P rior g

in 1 2 ham his moiety . Ralph de Snetterton was lord in 75, and had wreck at sea in Burnham . Sir Thomas was h is son and

w h o 1 2 8 : heir , , in 7 , claimed a weekly market in Burnham a

da . fair on the vigil , y and day following the feast of St Mar

e garet , yearly ; and free wa rren in his demesn lands . The V e u t r e family still held lands here in the reign of Edward I .

o f e le V e u t r e 1 0 . and Letitia , widow P ter , resided here in 3 3

s o n o f le V e u t r e Robert , Peter had a messuage and lands given

n 1 him by Sir Thomas de Snitterto , and , in 347, Roger

B in t r e B reton and Alicia , his wife , John de and M aud , his t d h f . e a re wife , e Prio r o Wa lsingham , etc , h ld here n el s ewhe 40 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

’ T a t e sh a le three Knights fees of the Lord , as heir to the heir

w S n t e r t o n o f Arundel , and he of the King , hich Thomas de y

l V e wt r e and his parceners formerly held . John e occurs in

1 V e w t r e c ir c a 1 80 V e w t r e 347 , and Simon , 3 , and Richard and

w e 1 1 6. 1 0 2 Oliva , his if , had an interest herein in 4 I n 4 , Sir

C a lt h o r V e wt r e Robert Knolls , Sir Wm . p , Simon , the Prior o f John Lecke , etc . , held in Burnham , Holk

o f ham , and Warham , three fees of the Honour

T a t e sh a le .

’

G i s w a s V e w t r e s t e m . . Thomas gg lord of Manor , p Ed

V 1 66 t o I . o f He bequeathed , in 4 , a piece land the P oor

w o n e house , hich used to stand the l ft side of the road 7 leading from Burnham - V\ e st ga t e t o Burnham Overy w w Staith , bet een the indmill and the Staith House .

w w \ e 1 1 Margaret , his ido , by Vill dat d August 3 , 473 , desired to be buried , near her husband , in the Chapel of St .

’ Marv the Virgin , in St . Clement s Church , Bu rnham (Reg .

B e lin s g , She mentions her sons , John and Thomas , i e G s . G i s and Alice , wif of John gg Thomas gg died lord o f it ' 1 0 W so n in 5 5 , and mentions in his ill , Oliva , his wife , John ,

' Ali n R a o r e e . R x and , Agnes and Joan , his daughters ( g y , 6 . 2 8 1 By deed , dated Feb , Henry V I I I . , John

’

G . e s . c o n v e v s o ygg , gen , of Burnham St Clement s , in trust t

H o o . t he V e w st e r s w a u r Richard , gen , Manor of , ith its pp

p c . Ul e te ane s in B urnham St Clement , St . Andrew , p , D l e e da e . Sutton , Norton , p , St Edmund , Westgate , Holk

VVi h n t o . t o fo r ham , g and Warham John have it life , and . w o f 1 0 after ards an annuity £ for her life to Agnes , his wife .

B lo m e fi e ld says , this Richard Hoo married a sister of J ohn

G e s w h o 1 A w ygg , died in 553 , and had by gnes , his ife ,

o f daughter and heir Thomas Barry , a daughter and heir ,

VV i e n h a le Susan , who married Humphrey Dene , of g , whose

H o o o f daughter and heir , Anne , became wife of Thomas , son

— \V illi m . a Richard (see under Scarning) Yelverton , of R h a n e t 1 62 ougham , d a inter st in his Manor , in 5 , see under

4 2 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

During the reign of H enry V I I I . , there was a grant of fee

e t o farm rents in Burnham Overy Manor , and R nts of Assize D it h fi l Edwa rd c e d and others .

H A L L CLOS E M AN OR .

C a lt h o r I n the reign of Henry I I I . , the p s held a lordship in

1 2 86 this parish . I n , a precept was directed to the Sheriff of

t o e Norfolk , make division betw en the Manors of S ir Ralph

H e m e n h a le G m in h a m and Emme , his wife , and John de y g in

C a lt h o r Burnham No rton , and the Manor of Sir William p and

’ t w o Cecil ia , his wife , in Burnham St . Clement s , the latter having appropriated 1 1 0 acres of marsh of the ir inheritance .

1 C a lt h o r I n 347 , S ir William de p , Roge r Breton , John de

i r B n t e . t o o f , etc , were found h old in Burnh am , etc . , fees the

T a t e sh a le e i n c a it e heirs of the Lords , who h ld p . I t remained

l h r Kir b C a t o . v in this family till Edward p , arm , of Cane , son

e o f C a lt h o r and h i r Edward p , second son of Sir William , by

o f his second wife , Elizabeth , daughter and coheir Sir M iles

Kt . S tapleton , , of I ngham , sold the reversion of several lands ,

e fo r parcels of the Manor , h ld life by Elizabeth , daughter of

B r R h a m C a lth o r so n e n e e de . John v , of , wife of Wm p , second

b da u h of Sir William , aforesaid , v Elizabeth , his first wife , g

h n R u t . ter of Lord Grey of y I n the following year , for the

2 6 8d . t e n so n . 0 5 . o sum of £ 3 , he sold Robert J y , gen , of

H a lc lo se w Burnham Westgate , his Manors of and Games , ith

1 0 the advowsons of Churches , courts , letes , six messuages , 4

1 2 1 0 t w o 1 2 acres of land , of meadow , of pasture , of wood ,

0 1 2 0 5 e - of heath , 4 of marsh , and . r nt , with a water mill call ed

’ F lu d s M ill , in Burnham Overy , Thorp , Sutton , Westgate ,

l C a lt h o r w D e e d a e . N orton , p , etc , all which Elizabeth p , wido

C a lt h o r . . of William p , arm , held fo r l ife

1 6 e n v so n . t o I n 55 , Robert J , gen , sold Thomas Hoo , lord

’ V e w t e r s t h e H a lc lo se of , site of , lying next the garden of the

f o o o t o V w said Th m a s H , wh e n it was joined e tre s M a no r , NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S

WYM ON D HAM P R I ORY MAN OR . Six and a half acres of land were granted to the Priory by

le V e u t r e f o William , lord of Burnham , for the health o the s ul

I r o f . e Henry , and of William , his butl r , and of William , Ea l

f . XV m o n dh a m f o o . Arundel , his lord (Reg y , also the

. f homages of his men M atthew , son o William de Burnham

e o also gav the said Priory some land , and a p rtion of the tithe .

T h 1 2 e . 8 Chu rch of St Clement belonged to them , valued in 4 ,

a . at 9 ma r ks p .

t o Concealed lands here , once belonging this P rio ry , were

e 1 1 t o grant d , in 57 , Richard H ill and Robert Dunne , in fee

1 0 5 d . . a . farm , at £35 . 4% p , with the p ortion of tithes of 9

. 1 marks , in the tenure of William Pepys I n 574 , they were

t o l n granted Ch ristopher F enton and Bernard G y py .

The portion of the tithes mentioned ab o ve afterwards

s e pa s d to N icholas M unne , of Walsingham Parva , who gave

t o fo r 1 it Caius College , Cambridge , wh ich a yearly rent of 6 Of quarters barley was paid .

T h u r lo w e . e J ohn , gen , of this parish , had an estat here , and

t h 1 8 so n dying J uly 7 , 5 3 , left by Am ia , his wife , Thomas , his

i w h o 1 0 1 61 8 and he r , , dying April , , left by Dinah , his wife

e r e - t o (aft rwards married N icholas Smith) , a son , John , who

1 6 2 o f died in 3 , seized two messuages , and 34 acres of land

e her , held o f S ir Philip P arker , as of his Manor of Pomfrets ,

1 i n by fealty ; also of 9 acres of marsh , held of the King c a ite f 0 p , and o two messuages and 3 acres in Burnham , Burn

T h u r lo w e e t c . ham Thorp , J ohn , then an infant , by Anne ,

o f . his wife , daughter Salter , was his son and heir On

T h u r lo w e o f e 1 No v . 1 66 9 , 4 , J ohn , Bu rnham Overy , a gr at

’ : traveller , was granted these Arms Azure , a J acob s staff A o . d between thr e e stars r Cr e st n anchor erect gules , cable

or. 44 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

W’ R ALS I NG HAM P I ORY MAN OR .

t he During reign of King J ohn , H ubert Bosworth gave

1 2 lands and tenements to Walsingham Prio ry . I n 75, the Prior

0 e o f held 4 acres , with the Church of St . Clem nt , of the fee the Earl of Arundel ; also four acres in Burnham of the gift of

e . 1 0 6 c o n t r o v e r s Ralph de Log s I n 3 , there was a v between

so n fo r e Thomas , of Richa rd de Snitterton , diss izing the Prior of his fre e tenement here— Thomas claiming that Matthew B a lst a n formerly held a messuage of William le V e w t r e (lord

of the town) , his ancestor , who left Maud and Margery , his

B a lst o n daughters and coheirs ; Maud , by , had a daughter ,

. t o w h o ff Agatha , married Rodland , son of F abian , enfeo ed

the Prior of his part , and Margery had issue , the said Thomas

de Snitterton , and the Prior recovered his right . At the same

’ time the right of advowson of the Vicarage of St . Clement s

w a s e o f contested , and the King d ir cted his writ prohibition to the official o f the Bishop of N orwich to prevent him from giving j udgment about it in the ecclesiastical court ; for that determining the right of advowsons of churches belonged to

’ the King s crown and dignity ; and the jury find that the

o f 2 . 1 0 Vicarage was of the yearly value 4 marks I n 33 , the Prior was t o do homage t o Svm o n de F e lb r igge fo r lands and

’ B r sw o r t h s tenements in Burnham , called y v fee , at

H in o lde n 6d . a . g , and pay him . p ; also homage to the Lord

1 1 5 1 d . fo r o f Cromwell , and to pay relief ( . ) lands held

’ V w t r e e y s Manor .

U n de r b u r h o f The family of g held lands the Prior , as

appears by an action b rought against Julian , widow of Robert

h w n U n de r b u r fo r o f so . g , the ardship John , her and heir I n ’ 1 6 t h e 39 , Prior held the fourth part of a Knight s fee of Sir

1 0 2 Constantine de Clifton ; and , in 4 , th ree fees in Burnham ,

- t o M o w of the heirs of Robert Fitz John , belonging Thomas

. e e bray , Earl Marshal Their temporalities her in r nts , a n d e w e 1 2 8 customs , a mill , b r eding animals , ere v a lu d , in 4 , 1 d t 6 . a £ 4s gi . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 43

During the reign of Q ueen Mary , this Manor with the

great close and rectory thereto belonging , and the M anor of

u w . Lathes in B rnham , belonged to the C ro n B lo m e fi e ld says

e e this was probably the Manor called L ch s , which Sir Richard

1 6 de Walsingham passed by fine , in 34 , to Henry Chamber

e o f a . t w o layn , L ndbeach , in Cambs , with messuages , and

e t c . several lands here , and in B urnham Sutton , Westgate , ,

which John de Arches and Agnes , his wife , held in dower ,

1 0 t o e and , in 37 , was conveyed John Leche , of Egmere , Cl rk ;

o f and John , son Simon Chamberlayne , conveyed the fourth

o f 1 60 part two messuages , acres of land , four of meadow

0 5 . . four of marsh , and 4 rent in Burnham , etc , which Mar

Re n a ld fo r garet , widow of John y , held l ife , to J ohn Leche , of

w h o Egmere , clerk , , the same yea r , purchased the other parts

o f of Edmund Creed and Aker , his wife , and Maud , daughter

Simon Chamberlayne .

1 t o I n April , 539, Richard Vowell , P rior of Walsingham , let

H u n t in do -n Thomas Harlowe , o f Co . g , the farm of the Manor ,

“ o f o r lordship Lathes , the Rectory and the bearnes and the c lo s s m r e n e y thereto belonging and all the tythes , co e and g y , ”

h . C h u r c . . e t o e etc , that b longeth the of St Clements , etc

Thomas to repair and maintain the chancel thereof , and also

’ L a t h s 0 1 0 y B arn ; du ring the term of 5 years , for £ star ” via lynge , , £5 at the Feast of the Annunciation , and £5 at t h e N ativity of John the Baptist .

At the Dissolution , it passed to the C rown , and John Watts

’ a . 1 0 . a . f rmed it , with the rectory of St Clement s , at £ p , in

‘

tem I 1 6 1 5 . 1 0 . . . 59 The fee farm rent , p Charles , was £ 9

— d . e . d . 1 1 , besides £ 7s . 3i profits of court y arly

The Manor of Burnham Lathes afterwards belonged t o the

’ ’

f . o . Thurlow s , with the rectory of the Church St Clement s

o f t he The temporalities Priory of Lewes , Sussex , here , in

1 2 8 0 5 . . a . 4 , were valued at 3 p NOR FO L K C HU RCHE S

TH E PAR I S H C H U RC H .

t . e The Church , dedica ed to St Cl ment , stands on an emin

ence nea r Overy Town , bu t is about one mile S . of the Staith ;

n o w o f it was formerly cruciform , but consists chancel , nave ,

o lo w mutilated S . transept , aisles , large S . p rch , and em

o n battled central t wer , with bell turret , containi g one bell ,

“ " which is inscribed : 1 Hac I n Conclave "J Gabriel N unc

n o n o e B r a s e r . Pange Sua e the cr wn are thre small shields , y

t w o e There were bells , weighing , respectiv ly , three and four 6 cwts . , in Edward V I .

The chancel , of three bays , which is Early English in style , w a s restored by t he E arl of Orfo rd in 1 835 ; after this it was

u o ff c t from the nave by a modern wall , with small door giving

n f r access to it , and was o ly used as a Sunday School and o

celebration o f Holy Communion . The three tall lancets in the

E . end are deeply splayed with in the only ornamentation con

o f o f sists a shaft at the edges the openings , with good base

and capital mouldings . On the S . side of the E . window is a short round pier with an angular capital ; o n this side are t w o

h - t e . 2 couplets of l ancets , and on N a light Perpendicular in

- - the E . bay , under an internal ogee shaped head , a 3 light

o n e e plain intersecting mullioned in the centr , and a plain

2 - e light mullioned window in the W . bay , und r an ogee head .

n h A chapel of three bays was o t e S . side o f the chancel ; the

e o massive circular pillars once op ning int it may still be seen .

o f . o This arcade stands clear the present S wall , and has go d

e circular caps and responds , and doubl chamfered arches . The h h . . t e 1 8t t h N aisle is entirely gone During century , e

e t he transepts w re removed , because of weakness of the

e tower , which was lower d and supported with new buttresses ,

s and the Communion ervice was afterwards held in the nave .

o The t wer , which is of the Norman period , is Decorated externally . I t has plain circular windows , b rick battlements ,

o and a Jac bean central cupola rising from a pyramidal roof .

e lo w - Th re are remains of a side window in the chancel ,

48 NO RFOLK CHURCH E S

h s . 8d . . t e 3 , and two bells , the least weigh ing 3 cwt , and other

fo t h 4 cwt . The Commissioners left r e use of Divine Service the Chalice and the little bell . The Church Plate n o w consists o f a silver Chalice and

- 1 0 . e Paten , weighing % ozs , one el ctro plated Flagon , one

n o t fo r pewter Plate , and a brass Alms Dish ; it is remarkable

r age o patte rn .

e The R gisters date back t o 1 653 .

M EM OR I ALS AN D H E RALD RY . The following Memorials and Heraldry remain in the

— : u l h r Church O n a slab at the E . end Three b g e o n s

T h r u st o n e f stringed , , (of Hoxne and Market W ston , Su folk ,

h n b u le o r s e . Sable , three g , string d o r , garnished azure)

T h r : u sto n . Crest A heron , (A heron argent) Here lieth

o Es r e interred the body of John Thrust n , q , son of J ohn

H x n h o o t e f E s r e . Thruston , of , in County of Su folk , q , who

l e O n t h 1 68 1 0 departed this if the 9 of March , 7 , aged 57 years

o dd . weeks and days Mary , daughter of John and M arv

1 0 t h o f Thruston , died December ,

B l o r d B lo m e fi e ld — On a bend , three mullets , yf ( says Quar t e r l e y , argent and gules , on a b nd sable three mullets of the

fi r st — There is n o sign of the field having been carved u a r t er l q y) ; impaling , Per fesse th ree lions rampant ; a bor

Wi lli s Pe r e dure ermine , ( fesse gules and argent thre lions

- : rampant counter changed ; a bordure ermine) . Crest A demi - lion rampant charged on the shoulder with an ermine

l e t h so n spot . Here y Henry Blyford , and heir of Robert

Blyford , deceased , late of Burnham Overy , gent . , by Anne ,

' o f e his wife , daughter H nry Thruston (look their monument upon ye peer) , which Henry Blyford married Jane , ye eldest

o f daughter of James Willis , Brancaster , Merchant , by Amy ,

o f second daughter of Henry Woodrow , Burnham Westgate ,

Merchant , by which Jane he left issue Amy , Robert , Jane and

e 1 8 Ann e . H e departed this life int state , upon ye th of NOR FOLK CHURCH ES 49

M 1 1 2 t h e th f — arch , 7 , in 49 year o his age . There are other

slabs to Thomas Blyford , of Burnham Overy , who died F eb .

1 6 8 6 . o 1 0 th , 7 , aged 4 Anne Willis , b rn 7 9, died J uly 3 ,

1 80 1 . e o f 1 2 7 , aged 7 J ane , wif Henry Blyford , died Jan ,

1 1 6 . o f . 74 , aged 9 Anne , daughter H enry Blyford , gent , by 6 1 . e o f J ane , his wife , died April 4 , 75 , aged 43 Anne , wif

Robert Blyfo rd .

On a slab at the E . end , with three Shields , all within a

— 1 . B l or d fo r f lozenge (I n the centre) yf , with a crescent di fer

n B l d o t r . : or 2 ence (Field qua terly) C rest yf . . (Dexter

T h r u t n B l r d s o o . : Th r u ston . side) , impaling yf Crest

. e M o tt S 3 (Sinister sid ) A crescent , ( able , a crescent

B l or d . : e M ot t argent) ; impaling yf Crest An estoil , (An

. o estoile of eight points argent) Fo r M ary M tt , the daughter

o f e o f . Rob rt Blyford , Bu rnham Overy , gent , by Anne , his

. w t o u . wife She had h sbands , the first , John Thruston , E sq ,

l e t h by whom she y , and had issue by him , Mary and John ,

John only surviving . Her second husband was Edmund

o o f Ne w Mott , Doct r Physick , who lieth in Walsingham

e Church . She had issu by him , Edmund , Mary , and J ohn ,

2 t h John only surviving . She departed this life 4 May in ye ”

1 0 2 0 . year of our Lord Ch rist 7 , aged 4 years On a slab in the chancel On a roundel an eagle with

D isci li n e . wings extended ; in chief , three mullets , p Crest

- e A demi eagl e , wings ext nded holding in its beak a

D i c i li n t s e . cinquefoil slipped , p Thos . Discipline , Gen ,

so n with Eliz . , his wife , also Robert , their , with

h r Alice , his wife ; t ei children , Elizabeth , the first , and second Robert and F rancis , with Josh . Jackson , thei r grand

e - a t - son . Rob e rt Discipline , Barrist r law , Lord of the Manor

n h w o f St a o , N orfo lk , lies buried in ye parish church of Stan

. how , which said Manor was sold by the first named Robert

o f Thomas , brother the last Robert , and ancestor of Thomas ,

f R St a n ho w , heir o o bert of , and Rector of Anmer in N orfolk wher e h e is b u ried ; suffe red much in his fortunes and person E 50 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

’ from Cromwell , being sequestered , imprisoned , and tho he survived usurpation (the common fate of those times) , enjoyed the restoration o f his King only Part of the

St a n h w inscription is covered up . At o is a slab bearing

1 6 "EL n o Discipline , Gener . 79, It bears Arms , but Farrer says there was a shield in the window there , which

e t h e may have som connexion with family , even if only the foundation of their Coat Gules , a wyvern o r ; on a chief of

o . the sec nd , three lozenges azure

o f (I n the Davy M S S . is the following pedigree

: e o f Discipline Rob rt Discipline , Bu rnham Overy , by his h P. w o so n o . wife , had a , Th mas Discipline , of Bury , J ,

2 1 1 M e r ilin a had a grant of Arms 3 J une , 73 ; he married , f . o daughter of Sir Thomas Sp ring , Bart , Pakenham , and

f . coheir o her brother , Sir William Spring She was bap

6 1 2 No v . t ise d . 1 at Pakenham , 5 Aug , 95, and buried there , ,

1 61 . 2 1 7 Thomas Discipline was buried at Pakenham , April ,

1 2 M e r ilin a t w o : M e r ilin a 75 , leaving by , daughters and de

1 . 1 la Riviere . The former married , on 4 Aug , 755, Peter

le . e w h o 1 2 60 Heup , Esq , of Hess t , died 9 April , 79 , aged ,

so n . buri e d at He sset , leaving a , M ichael William The other daughter , de la Riviere , married John Goddard , E sq . , of

1 1 1 82 2 Bury , who was born in 73 , and died at Bury , 4 Oct . , ;

1 88 e his wife died in 7 , ag d 55, without issue , and was buried

f r o n 2 . so n o at Pakenham 7 August M ichael William , Pete le M e r ilin a 1 0 1 6 Heup and , was baptised at Hesset , June , 75 ; he married Mary Kirk , daughter of George Waddington ,

. o f w h 8 2 2 o e 1 2 8 . Esq , Ely , di d in Michael William died

1 80 . N e o o . J un , 9, aged 53 issue menti ned)

. o f On a slab in the vestry , on the S side the tower Arms

e o f B l o r d . l e t h e and Cr st yf Here y Clemenc Blyford , ye

e daught r of Thomas Blyford and Catherine , his wife , who t h o f 1 6 8 . departed this life 9 of March , in ye year our Lord , 9

Barbara Blyford , likewise to the said Thomas , who

2 1 0 0 . departed this life May 5, 74 , aged 7 years NOR FOLK CHURCHES 5 1

On a monumental tablet on the N . wall of the nave , Shield

: B l o r d coloured , but oblite rated yf , with crescent for di ffer

e ence ; impaling A chevron ermine betw en th ree cinquefoils , T h l " o r e P . : B l o r d y ( ) Crest yf . Near this place lieth th e

o f o f body Anne , the wife Robert Blyford , who departed this

e 1 0 1 6 2 lif March , 7 , aged 55 years ; Robert Blyfo rd , who

N 8 1 o v . 0 0 departed this life , 7 4 , aged 7 years and three

. : months They had issue Ma ry , Henry , Ann , Robert , Mar garet . Robert su rvived the said Ann , Henry , Robert , and the three daughters , and Henry and Margaret survived the said ” Robert .

On a tablet on the S . wall of the nave , with coloured

e e Shield Argent , a ch vron b tween three crescents sable ; on a o f Wa lker canton of the second , a dove the first , ; in pre

e tence , Argent , a chevron between th r e spear heads sable ,

“ Pr i c e I n t e r io r is Thomas Walker , Armiger , T empli

1 T h i u a t . S a n o . 0 6 e sa u r a r u s s b t u s c e Londoni ocius , in 7 , , j , ob

2 6 A . D 1 0 fE t . die Augusti , . 7 7 ,

— 1 F r a n c e On the N . wall of the nave Quarterly and 4 ,

e E n l a n d 2 Sc o t l a n d I r e la n d qua rt ring g ; , ; 3 , ; but above are 1 1 1 ” R . G . . the Arms , 4 wh ich must be a later addition B lo m e fi e ld mentio ns these brasses P ray for the soule of

w h c h e Katheryn Thurlow , y dy d in the yere of our Lord

“ o T h r lo w e Pray for the s ule of Thomas y , which

“ dyed in Also these memorial stones : I n memory

o f T h r lo w . Elizabeth , wife of Thomas y , of Thorpe , gent , who

2 1 6 8 e dyed Jan . 9, 7 , and buried by Thomas , his grandfath r ;

h 0 1 6 s e . dyed Nov 3 , 79, and left only two daughters , Mary and Elizabeth . h 6 M S e . 2 t 1 . . John Watts , g nt , who died April 5 , 77, and 6 of Thomas Watts , and Dorothy , his wife ; Thomas died

62 . 1 6 60 s he . 1 6 e Feb . , 93 , aged , Oct , 95, ag d

t w o On a stone with angels holding a crown , and under it

r iu m Ecce P a m , also Expecting the resurrection of the

wh o u r . r J st , he e resteth the body of Mrs J ane Ha ris , died 52 NOR FOLK CHURCH E S

— O n l e t h 1 6 8 . 1 8 J uly , 4 another Here y Elizabeth South

Kt . w e ll , daughter of S i r Thomas Southwell , , and Lady

w h o o f Margery , his wife , died in the Calends March ,

— - 1 0 There is a ledger t o Jane Wallis single woman , born 7 9,

1 80 . died J uly 3 , 7

Externally the Church has tiled roofs ove r the chance l and

o n e o f . porch , and lead over the nave and aisle

TH E ADVOWS ON .

’ Th e Rectory of the Church of St . Clement s of Burnham ,

le V e w t r e V e u t r e t o t h e was given by William , or , Priory of

1 2 t h c o n Walsingham , towards the end of the century , and

t o . 1 2 . 1 2 firmed them by Henry I I I in 55 I n 54 , the Rectory

e 0 1 was valu d at 4 marks 35 . and the Priory of Wymondham had a portion o f the tithe valued at 1 0 marks

1 3s . After its appropriation , a Vicarage was ’ e Nic h o la s s o 1 2 1 s ttled , and in Pope Taxati n , about 9 , this

6 65 W a lsin was valued at 3 marks . the Prior of g

’ o 0 1 0 5 ham s p rtion at 3 marks . and that of the Priory o f Wymondham at 9 marks The Prior of Wal

2 8 . singham had a manse and acres , but the Vicar had neither ’ 1 d . I t paid P rocurations , Synodals and Peter s Pence 3

1 2 1 t o . I n 4 , it was united the Vicarage of Burnham St

t he e o f Andrew on p tition the Prior of Walsingham , patron

of both . This Prior continued t o present until the Dissolu

t o tion , when it passed the Crown . I t appears in the King ’s Book (Bacon ’s edition) as Burn

a lia s sic . . ham Onery , Burnham Market ( ) St . Clement . Vic

Ar h i i c d a c . s . d . 2 5 d . 7 7% Episc . . 9 . Mon Walsingham

1 8 Propr . Tenths 6s . Value £ (clea r value T h e fo r 2 . a . great tithes were commuted £ 44 p , and the

f r 1 Vicarial o £ 57 .

n o w m e die t ie s The living is a Vicarage , united with the of the consolidated Rectories o f Burnham Norton and Ulph to NOR FOLK C H U R CH E S 53

1 0 . a . the Rectory of Burnham Sutton ; joint net value £3 p ,

1 8 e with acres of gleb , and residence , in the gift of th e Lord

n o w Chancellor , and is in sequestration pending the disunion

o f fi of the mediety Burnham N orton from the b e n e c e . The

o f o Earl O rf rd is lay impropriator . The Recto r o f

- a Burnham Thorpe has a tithe rent charge of £3 p . from this parish . T h e o f A . P . Chu rch Land consists 4 37 , and the proceeds

e t o a re appli d the repairs o f the building .

LI ST OF T H E I N C U M B E NTS. The following have been Vicars

Ci r c a 80 — 1 2 1 2 I . Robert (Vicar Fin . Norf . Ed . , 1 30 0 Richard Gloz— by the Prior and Convent of \V a lsin gh a m .

— 1 30 9 Robert de Thorpe do .

— 1 3 1 4 John de B r u n h a m do .

— 1 3 John Skil (resigned) do .

h — 1 33 1 Ge offrey Bures de W yg t o n do .

— 1 349 Roge r de Rybu rgh (resigned) do .

— ~ 1 358 Robert L e ye o t (resigned) do .

— 1 360 Robert Bate do .

N — 1 o f dd . 379 Simon , son Adam d e y do

n h l — 1 390 John Merch de W yge a e do .

— 1 40 4 John B a n yn gh a m do .

1 0 8 4 William , son of Benjamin Barbour Wardour)

do .

1 4 1 4 John W yge n h a ll (by exchange for West Wal

— fo n ) do .

— 1 4 1 6 Robert Hosteler do .

2 2 1 2 1 On July , 4 , John , Bishop of No rwich , united and consolidated the Church and Vicar

t o o f . age o f Burnham St . Andrew this St

t h e P a n Co n Clement , on petition of the rior d S4 NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S

vent of Walsingham , the patrons ; and , in the

c o f o Spa e a year , the Prior built a go d bridge ,

for travellers on the high way from St .

’ ’ And rew s to St . Clement s parish . " 1 4 2 1 Thomas Lowe ( Lawe) (t o Vicarage newly f created with the Church o St . And rew

— annexed) do .

F x — John o do .

k — William D y k e s do .

— J o hn Boteler do .

e — Edmund Batele (r signed) do .

— Robert Salle (resigned) d o .

I i n r k — e y fiB a r e r do .

— Simon Comyn do .

— John Marshall (di e d) do .

— John Brown ing do .

— William H a r b o t ill (resigned) do .

— Ch ristopher Yaxley b y the King .

— b Thomas Skelton y William Sterling , by

grant of the next turn from the Prior , etc .

— N b . ich olas Chapman y the Bishop , a lapse Hugh Elye— by the Queen

— h C Ha r k so n . J o n . do

— John Wyld by the King .

— St e phen Basset do .

— Robert B riggs do .

— R a 1 6 8 do . obert Cubitt (Vic r , in 9 )

— Andrew Smith (died) do .

— Joseph Osborn by the Que en .

— Gaven Graves by the King .

— Thomas Groom do .

— Samuel Alst a n do .

— M do . f A . y . John O fle , (resigned)

— Robert St yle m a n by the Crown .

— D . . o . Philip Candl er , D d

56 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

I n a return of the appropriated Churches of the Diocese , 1 0 1 f in 4 , it appears that the Church o Beeston (probably a

1 2 0 0 moiety) was appropriated to the Priory , in , and the

1 2 2 . Church of West Lexham , in 9

e 1 1 6 Anoth r retu rn , in 4 , states that the Priory were in sore

o f 1 straits , owing to the pestilence 349, and the inundations

1 8 1 8 . f . . . o of 37 and 3 7 (Norw Epis . Reg viii ,

o f I n the reign Henry I I I . , there was a controversy

o f t h between the Canons Walsingham , who held e Church

’

. o f of St Clement s here , and Thomas , the Prior the Hospital

e of St . Pet r de Petra in Burnham . The Prior of Walsingham had granted t o t he Master and Brethren of the H ospital a

o r free chantry in their chapel , oratory at Burnham , with

o f e fo r right burial in th i r churchyard in this parish , the

t o o f brotherhood , fo r which they were pay a mark silver

e yearly to the Prior ; this the Prio r recover d with all arrears .

o f The lands belonging to the Prior Walsingham , called

h ll t 2 5 f C r a b a o . o r lands , were pay 5 relief , and the Prior to do homage fo r them to the Earl of Arunde l ; they contained

6 8d . 0 2 5 . 8 acres , valued at , and were given to them by Sir h R e n a m . Edmund de y , Kt B lo m e fi e ld says Peterston was charged separately to the

1 2 e o Tenths , in 334 , at £ this is an error , T stert n was so rated .

1 2 8 I n 4 , the temporalities of this Priory here in rents , mill ,

. 5 I d . a . b reeding animals , etc , were valued at £4 4 . i . p

2 0 1 0 5 1 . (Thei r total temporalities were then £ . od , and

2 5 . z d spiritualities £ 7 4 i ) William de Westacre , Chan

c e llo r o f 1 1 8 2 0 5 . N orwich , at his death , in 4 , gave to the

’ repair of S t . Peter s Chapel here .

1 The Priory having fallen into decay , in 449, and the

2 . a . income only 0 ma rks p , the Prior of Walsingham had a

o f Pet r e st o n grant of the site of the Priory , o r Hospital , , or P e terstone , and it was then united by a grant of the King ,

a o f w h o d and confirmed by W lter , Bishop No rwich , reserve NOR FOLK C H URCHES 57

1 a pension o f 3s . 4d . to the Cathedral Priory of N orwich (Pat .

2 8 8 . . 1 . 1 fo . Hen ry V I , pt m , and N orw . Epis . Reg . xi . ,

1 d t o The pension of 3s . 4 . due to the Bishop was released

1 0 the King in 55 , by Bishop Thirlby . At th e Dissolution

t o 1 1 t h 1 1 t o it passed the C rown , and was granted April , 55 ,

c Thomas , Bishop of N orwich , and his suc essors , and was

i held of that See .

When this Priory was united to Walsingham , the B ishop of Norwich reserved to himself and successors , all Churches

t o t h e t belonging said Priory , the Bishop paying Tenths o the

e t o King , wh n they were required , and Walsingham was pay

Tenths fo r temporalities .

1 60 0 . Abou t , i t was held by Richard Manser , gen , who had

F ir m in e lawsuits with Gray , about a lease of it , and dying ,

s . . h e p , left it by Will to his brother , Roger Manser , who

e w h o was deprived of it by Armig r , of N orth Creak , ’ M a n se r s t o ma rried Richard sister , and left it William

so n w h o t o t t o Armiger , his and hei r , sold it , secure the ti le ,

Lord Chief Justice Coke . Peterstone House and farm are n o w held of the See of

Norwich by t h e Earl o f Leicester .

T PET ER EST O N P R I OR S OF P E E RSTON E , O R

P R I ORY .

T em . . p . Henry I I I Thomas

D . o . Ph il ip

Ci r c a 1 2 5 1 Simon .

Ci r c a 1 2 70 Godfre y .

r c a 1 2 2 Ci 7 Roger .

Ci r c a 1 30 4 Eustace de Barsham (resigned ,

1 3 1 4 Waren de Repps .

1 32 4 Thomas de Warham .

1 339 Thomas de Warham .

1 349 John de Holkham .

1 3 Roge r de B r iningham (resigned) . 58 NOR FOLK C HUR CHE S

1 6 3 5 John Massingham (died) . 1 6 37 J ohn de Dunton .

1 B r h t W h t 393 William yg de yg o n .

1 6 39 Dionysius de Warham (died) . 1 433 Richard H ulme .

R E F E R E N C E S .

References to Burnham Overy are t o be found in the

o z— K r r i h e c . foll wing Church Notes by ; Add M S S .

6 fo . 2 6 0 6 6 f 2 6 f 2 o . 6 f 2 . o . 1 o . 1 735, , 3 ; 73 , 5 ; 755, ; 759, 5 ’ t i 2 . 1 0 . Cotman s Archi ectural Remains , vol . . , ser . , pl

6 . . . . I nventory of Church Goods , Ed V I ; Pub . Rec Off , vol .

— N . 2 0 o . e t r M l . 5 3 , D ed relating o C a t ae isc e l . Aug

— O ff. . h . . 2 . o f C r a bb a ll , vol ii , No Court Manors of and

1 62 - 1 6 1 C a lr f h . o Lat e Manors , dated 9 3 ; see Bodleian Char

— 2 1 . ters , 3 Pedigree of Discipline , of Burnham Overy ; Add .

B M — M S. U t ( ) Lease of Manor , Rectory , etc . ; Eas

— Ex r . . 1 1 . h D n . . I . c . e 1 0 . Anglian , ii , p 3 q p by Comm , Chas ,

R n n i k v e c e . . in suit of Edward S ir Philip Parker , Sir Thos

C n o . Glemham and Mary , his wife , Herbert Ward , lerk , J

a n d o f Boston , clerk , others , as to rectory Bu rnham Overy ,

o f . . and others , rectory Burnham , etc Meets and bounds , etc

’ — — V e w e r s l fi l v l 1 . t B o m e e d s o . . . N orfolk , vii , p 9 Burnham ;

o . . Court B ok , Edward VI , Treasury of Receipt A

— n . . Notes o Church and living ; Add . M S S J

’ ’ ” ’ — E . F a r r e r L E st r a n ge s Church Bells Of Norfolk . s ” — f . . e t o Church Heraldry o Norfolk , vol ii Trust d ed as

1 861 Primitive Methodist Chapel and School at ; Close Roll , ,

8 No . 1 0 . pt . 5 ,

— r . Y . P ET E R S T O NE P RIOR Victoria H isto y of N orfolk , vol

’ — i . . D u da le s M o n a st c o n . . ii . g (ed vol vi , p 574 ;

’ - h K r r ic . i 2 2 . e M o n a s t c u s . Taylor s I ndex , p N otes by ; Add

’ - — 6 1 1 1 8 . 1 6 fo . y 0 6 fo . M S . 744 , 39 ; 759 , , 7 , "R e s I ndex N orfolk

(For f u rther not es o n the B urnham s see Addenda . ) ’

fi t. E the bert s JBu rn ba l , m s utton .

U M I SC ELLAN E O S N OTE S .

U R NH A M Ul h Sutton , or Southtown , with Burnham p ,

n o w fo rmerly separate , form one parish adjoining the S E . o f end , and practically part the town of Burnham

’ 2 E N. f . o 2 N. W . Market , about 5 miles King s Lynn , and 3

o f B r o t h e r c r o ss from N orwich , in the Hundred , Rural

e o Dean ry of Burnham , Archdeaconry of Lynn , and D i cese of l h Norwich . Burnham Sutton and U p have an area of

1 2 - 1 6 47 3 acres of land , and 5 94 of water , chiefly in two a farms , one C lled Crab H all farm , of about acres ,

t o M u c k le t o n belonging the Earl of Leicester , and the other , ,

o f 0 t he o f about 4 5 acres , property the Earl of Orford , lying

t w o . . o about miles W of the Church The soil is light , subs il

. 1 8 chalk I n 45, acres were returned as arable land , 54 _

2 . o f pasture and meadow , and 3 woodland Value Real Pro

1 8 1 1 8 e perty , in 5, in 43 Rat able value in 1 856 in 1 874 in 1 889 in 1 899

1 0 1 1 1 in 9 3 and , in 9 , The Parish d 6 1 1 0 5 . . n 1 80 5 . Rates , i 3 , were in the and realized £ 44 7%

1 88 6 5 2 d . The County Rate , including Police , in 3 , was £3 3 . ” 1 B r u n h a m o o I n 334 , Sutt n (menti ned under Gallow H undre d) was assessed fo r Tenth s and Fifteenths at £4 ;

i r c a 1 o n 1 d . c 3s . 4 being deducted , 449, account of lands held

1 666 1 8 5 . by the religious . The Poll Tax , in , realized £ 5

o f . e 8d . ; this was at the rate I s a head , and £5 xtra for an

f H t n o e in esquire . The number o ear hs a d St ve s taxed h re ,

1 6 2 a s 6 . 7 , w 5 60 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

2 0 1 1 80 1 2 1 8 1 1 1 There was a population of in , 73 in , 3 5 in

1 8 2 1 6 1 8 1 1 8 1 2 1 8 1 80 , 3 4 in 3 , 355 in 4 , 4 9 in 5 (97 houses) , 3

1 861 0 1 8 1 1 1 88 1 1 8 1 0 1 0 1 in , 35 in 7 , 3 9 in , 333 in 9 , 33 in 9 ,

1 1 1 1 1 and , in 9 , there were 4 inhabitants . The ch ild ren attend the Public Elementary School in Burnham Ulph

8 2 8 . e e 1 parish There is a small W sleyan Chap l , erected in ,

- and the Plymouth Brethren have a preaching room here .

n o t oo Burnham Sutton is mentioned in the Domesday B k ,

su fli x b e ing accounted for under the Other Burnhams . The

t o e Sutton , or Southtown , is distinguish it from the oth r parishes , lying , as it does , S . of Burnham Market , or West gate .

MAN OR IAL N OTE S .

’ V ir le s V e r li The Manor o f y , held by Robert de at the

e Domesday Survey , extended h re (see under Burnham

Tho rp) .

of . e During the reign Henry I I I , Robert Crow held half a ’ o f Knight s fee o f the heirs Virley , they of the heirs of H ugh

B a r do lf o f o f , who held the Earl Warren , and he the King , i n c a i te 1 p . I n 347 , John de Arches and Agnes , his wife , and

Henry N eel , held half a fee , which Richard de Walsingham

e d — I n 1 t h e and Christian , his wife , form rly hel 347 , Earl

B r u n h a m Sin c t o n ve l Su n t o n Wa rren held in , or Sutton , half a fee o f the King . Burnham Sutton Manor w a s granted to Thomas A ssh e b y

1 80 . Edward IV . in 4

Kt . 1 1 e e t o S ir Henry Sacheverell , , in 53 , conv y d , by fine ,

. D a v e llis Sir Henry Heydon , etc , the Manor of Donnellys , or , with four messuages and lands here , and in Burnham N orton ,

U l h C o bb e 1 6 r ce c i e Westgate , p , etc . F rancis , in 5 5, had a p p t o t o f G o f ] render Je frey obbe , the Manor Donne ; and by an

q o . 8 1 82 in uisiti n taken at Fakenham , Oct , 5 , Francis Cobb ,

. o f w a s t o gen , Burnham N orton , found die seized of the

o r D a n e ls e Manor of Donnells , y , h ld of the lo rdship of Burn

i e ham Thorpe n free soccage , a l so of div rs l a nd s in Burn

NOR FOLK C H U R CH ES

1 The Registers date from 653 .

o f The Church plate consists a silver Chalice and cover ,

- o n with the N orwich hall mark , which is engrave d round the

T h e T o w n sh B u r n h e . n o bowl , yp of Sotun There is date , but it is of about the same as that in Bu rnham Ulph and

1 68 . Burnham Westgate , 5

T H E ADVOWS ON .

The Abbot of Ramsey was patron of the Church of St .

E thelbert .

1 2 o ' I n 54 , in the N rwich Taxation , is the following

8 1 Bu rnham Sci . Alberti }7 marks 3s . De quibus

R a m 1 Abbas de e se ye mark (1 35 . C a p e lla n u s de

D e e da le R 2 0 p decime de dominico . de Burnham 5 . Prior de W ym u n dh a m decime de terris Jacobi de Verly 51 mark ”

65 . W a n i h m s n a e o de m sic s d. ( Prior de g de ( ) 3 . 4 I n ’ Nic h o la s s 1 2 1 1 0 Pope Taxation , about 9 , it was valued at

6 o e xc e marks £ The thers at the same , with the p

o f tion of the portion of the Prio r Walsingham , which was

included in the 1 0 marks ; but the Prio r o f C a st le a c r e at this 8 o 65 . d 1 2 6 o time had a p rtion , valued at . (I n 5 , Sim n ,

o f t o o f C a stle a c r e w Bishop Norwich , confirmed the Prior t o

o f t he parts tithes of the demesnes of Philip de Burnham ,

G r a n c o u r t - Po lst e de William de , John Fitz Ralph , Hugh de ,

de G m in h a m . Robert Angre , and William y g ) During the

I . reign of Edward , the Rector had a manse and 7 acres , and

o f paid the pensions of the Abbot of Ramsey , and the Prior

’

C a st le a c r e 1 . . , and od Peter s Pence I t appears in the King ’s Book (Bacon ’s edition) as Burn f St . e o . ham Albert , and a mediety of the R ctory Burnham St

R c . . Margare t a nd Burnham All Saints . e Abb Ramsey

l r 1 6 . . C a t a c e 8d 6 . . d s e . s . 8 1 3s . 4d Pri . s Abb Wyndham

6 . h 1 d . s . d 1 1 . A r c idia c . 3s . 92 Episc . 3 Tenths £ 5s Value

1 0 C £ 1 7 5 . ( lear value T h e living was consolidated with Burnham All Saints NOR FOLK CHURCHES

Ul h o n t h 1 2 0 ( p ) August s , 4 ; with Burnham S t . Margaret

No v 1 1 2 2 (N orton) on . 7th , 4 ; with Burnham St . Clement N h v 6t 1 0 6. o . 8 (Overy) on , The tithes of Burnham Sutton

— and Ulp h were commuted fo r £4 1 8 35 . The I ncumbent of

Burnham Thorpe has 4 acres of glebe her e — I t is n o w a Rectory with the m e die t ie s of the Rectories of Burnham Ulph

o e o f and N rton , tog ther with the Vicarage Burnham Overy

1 0 annexed , j oint net £3 , and 47 ac res of glebe , and residence ,

“ 1 8 . purchas e d in 59 I t is in the gift o f the Lord Chancellor . T h e Vicarage of Burnham Overy and Rectory of Bu rnham

' Sutt o n with U lp h is in sequestration pending d isunion of the fi mediety o f Burnham N orton from the be n e c e .

L I ST OF R ECTO RS .

The following have been Rectors z

2 1 — b o n 1 3 John N evill y the King , the vacancy of

the Abbacy of Ramsey .

Ci r c a 1 2 78 John de W e t h e r sfi e ld . 1 30 5 William de Corton (o r Colton) — b y the Abbot

and Convent of Ramsey .

— 1 3 1 1 Walter de F o r t h in gt o n do .

— 1 3 1 3 H ugh Tra c ey d o .

— 1 3 William Botiller (resigned) do .

— 1 332 William de Barton do .

L v i' n t o n e — b 1 349 Adam de e e y g (r signed) y the King ,

on the vacancy in the Abbey .

B a u de se 1 377 Th o mas H a n n o k (exchanged for y

— b . o f . resigned) y the Abbot , etc , Ramsey

fo r C r o u n t h o r 1 383 Rich a rd A t t e st o n (exchanged g p)

— do .

So u t h a c r e 1 387 James de N orton (exchanged for )

do .

— do . 1 398 Simon de Bury (re signed)

F r a m in h a m i 1 4 1 1 Robert Metton (exchanged for g

— - Pa r va resigne d) do . NOR FOLK C H URCHES

1 1 fo r 4 4 John , son of Robert Taylor (exchanged

M a n n t o n — — y g resigned) do .

1 2 2 fo r Ab in to n — do 4 Thomas Fysh (exchanged , Ely) .

1 2 M e - 4 4 John y do .

1 0 F o u ldo n — 43 Ralph do .

’ — I b o - 449 William Luys y the Bish p s Vicar General ,

a lapse .

Fo r e o 1 60 0 ( the r mainder t se e under Burnham Norton) .

Cir c a 1 60 0 T E - S . . . b N icholas Steere , y Sir Charles Corn

wallis . S ( e e under Burnham Norton) .

O sb e r n — b Joseph Osborne , or y the Queen .

o t o Th mas Smithson ( St . Albert and the m i i e d e t e s of St . Margaret and All Saints

— — b d ied) y the King .

1 — b t h 755 Edmund N elson (to d itto) y e Crown .

1 — 797 Suckling N elson do .

1 — 799 Edmund N elson do .

— 1 80 2 H o n . . do . . Frederick Hotham , M A

1 8 2 t o — 3 Bernard Gilpin ( a moiety) do .

1 8 o . 54 George Gooden ugh Hayter , M A .

1 88 B l m fi l A o e e d B . 3 Samuel Edward , .

— 1 . . do 0 e . 9 3 Edmund Kynaston , M A ( r signed)

R E F E R E N C E S .

References t o Burnham Sutton a r e t o b e fo und in the fol

— f . o o 6 . lowing I nventory Church G ods , E dward V I ; Pub

N 6 — . 6 . v o l 0 o . o f 1 Rec Off , . 5 3 , Terrier in 59 ; Rawlinson ’ — l 0 . v o . . . M S . B . 39 Royalists possessions in ; see iv , p 353

C m n — o f 2 n d . . o . O ff ser Royalist p . Papers , Pub Rec . . Blome

’ — 2 . field s N orfolk , vol . vii . , p . 9 Extract from Parish Regis ’ N — . . O . . 1 2 0 . te r of , by A N orris ; Rye M S S , 9, p , etc "Rye s I ndex o f Norfolk

F r ( o further notes se e Addenda . ) ’ Ell"ga in ts , JB urnba m Eborpe.

U M I SC ELLAN E O S N OTE S .

U R NH A M Thorpe is a parish and villag e in the vale o f a

small rivulet , which empties itsel f into Burnham Overy

1 S E o Staith , about % miles . fr m Burnham Market ,

t . 6 F a k e n or Westga e , station , 5 W from Wells , N . from W 1 N. o f ham , and 3 . from N orwich , in the Hundred Brother

R o f o o cross , u ral Deanery Burnham , Archdeac nry f Lynn ,

f 2 - 2 and Diocese o f N orwich . The parish has an area o 359 80

o f 8 o f acres land , and 49 7 water , mostly belonging to the

w h o o f o Earl of Orford , is lord the Manor , Caius C llege ,

o f . Camb ridge , and the Earl Leicester The soil is gener

ally light , subsoil chalk and gravel . Value of Real P ro perty in 1 8 1 5 in 1 843 Rateable value in 1 856 in 1 874 in 1 882 in 1 889

1 0 1 1 1 in 9 3 and , in 9 , The Parish 8 1 80 e 5 . 6d e 2 Rates , in 3 , w re 5 . in the and realiz d £ 5

1 88 5 . d . 3 3 The County Rate , including Police , in 3 , was

'

68 1 85 1 1 d . £ .

1 B r u n h a m fo r I n 334 , Thorp was assessed Tenth s and

i r c a 1 2 0 5 . c Fifteenths at £3 being deducted , 449, on

h P0 11 account of lands held by t e religious . The Tax , in

1 1 8d . . 1 666 z 0 5 . I , reali ed £ this was at the rate of s a head ,

o f and £5 extra fo r an esquire . The number Hearths and

1 6 2 2 . Stoves ta x ed h e re , in 7 , was 7 66 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

e w a s o f 2 0 1 80 1 1 1 8 1 1 Ther a population 7 in , 3 9 in , 344 in

1 82 1 6 1 8 1 6 1 8 1 2 1 8 1 82 2 , 3 3 in 3 , 39 in 4 , 4 4 in 5 ( houses) , 4 7 in 1 861 1 8 1 1 88 1 1 8 1 0 1 0 1 , 374 in 7 , 354 in , 353 in 9 , 3 4 in 9

o 1 1 1 2 (73 h uses) , and , in 9 , there were 94 inhabitants . The children attend the Publ ic Elementary School , enlarged in

- 1 8 2 t o 80 . 7 3 , hold

1 I n 599, Richard Bunting gave a chamber over a malt

e t o o e hous here , be used as a scho l , and charg d his lands in

l ' ; o o f G r r e s c u m - B a r w ic k a nd the Man r y Patin in Barmer ,

1 2 t with the yearly payment of £ o the schoolmaster . The

n o t 1 0 - r school was established till 7 4 , and the rent charge e

1 mained unpaid until 797, when after paying the cost of a suit

c o f 2 1 in Chan ery , the remaining part the arrears , about £ 9, was laid out in the purchase of £448 Consols . Lord Wal

ln 1 pole , against whom this Chancery suit was instituted , 797 ,

’ e gav in exchange for the old school , a school and teacher s

e residence , and about one acre of land , and k pt the same in repair .

1 86 I n the parish is a Primitive Methodist Chapel , built in 4 ,

O f 1 t o 1 0 . at a cost £ 44 , seat 5 persons

T h 1 65 . a . 5 e e . . Poor hav p , left by Thomas Taylor , 5 by

’ — I n ". 1 65 . . an unknown donor , and from Ward s Charity

’ ’ fo r 1 86 r e Clark s Abridged Return Gilbert s Act , 7 , Norfolk

1 8 1 1 . Charities , published in , is the following M r Ward bequeathed a Rent - Charge o f £ 1 p a . upon an Estate at

n o w Sh e r m in h a m Thursford , the property of g to be dis tributed to the Poor belonging t o this Parish on the Feast of

St . Thomas yearly , by the Minister and Churchwardens .

Thomas T a vlo r bequeathed a Rent - charge upon an Estate at ’ n o w o 1 b e Burnham Thorpe , Lord Walp le s , of £ , to dis

5 e tributed as above at Easter . The sum of 4 . is d ducted from each o f the above legacies for Land Tax .

Burnham Thorpe is celebrated as being the birth - place of

e the immortal Lord N elson . A M morial Hall was erected ,

1 8 1 6 t o in 9 , at a cost of £55 , as a tribute his memory ; i t is NOR FOLK CHURCHES 67

o f a building red brick and flint , with Copper bell turret , and

o f 1 f contains a fine hall 5 t . long and 8 t . wide .

- - The old L shaped Rectory house , in which N elson was born , while his father was Rector , was unfortunately pulled down by the Rev . D . Everard , his successor , and a

e t he modern building erected , furth r from road than the

. o ld former one A pump , an well , two elm trees , and a pond ,

o formed by N els n himself , and a man named Williamson are all t h e' relics t hat remain near the site o f the birth place o f the hero of Trafalgar . He seemed to have been very fond of h is native village , and often mentioned it in letters

t o . o f o f his friends On the morning the battle Trafalgar ,

“ when the Victory was going into action , N elson said

t h e e o f This is happi st day my life , and it is a happy day , ” P t o o fo r T . , Burnham horpe , for it is the day of their fair ( )

e He also desired to be buri d h ere , near his father and mother , unless the King ordered otherwise . H e chose N orfolk men

o f for most his personal attendants , and his faithful servant ,

1 6 . Tom Allen was born at Burnham Thorpe , in 7 4 Allen , who

e c o was entirely illit rate , was re eived in Greenwich H spital ,

2 h t o e 0 t . 1 8 1 Oct , 3 he afterwards became gardener Sir Jahl el

B t . t o B renton , , and subsequently returned Greenwich , and

e became Pewterer to the Hospital , where he di d , and was buried in 1 838 . Burnham Th orpe is writt e n B r u n e h a m Torp in the

- . . o Domesday Book Burne is the Anglo Sax n Burne , a stream

(all the Burnhams are near streams) , and ham , the Anglo

H e m . Saxon Ham , Dan . Hiem , Swed . , a home Thorpe is the h T r e . . ] . Dan and Swed . Torp , Ice Thorp , F rs . p , Germ Do rp ,

A - f S . . . o Thorpe , a village , a small collection houses Thorpe ,

a as a termination , is usually considered characteristic of

— Danish possession . Bj 6rn is a N orsk personal name , and

B r n in - e o g an Anglo Saxon family name .

‘ I ri t h e 1 66 t h e f o f C r Visitation of N orfolk , for 4 , amily o n

u n wa llis of B rn ham Thorpe is mentio ed . 68 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

h l ia I n A rc ae o o g is an old poem on the Siege of Rouen , t e m “ L p . Edward , translated into English by John Maun

de v le c . 1 0 . Se e . y , Rector of Burnham Thorpe , 43 ( also Harl

M S S . , 753 and

- n o w - The old moated Manor house is a fa rm house .

MAN O RI AL N OTE S .

The Domesday Book says Hundred o f G a lh o u

B n h m (Gallow) . Lands of William de Warenne . I n r u e a ” t w o Torp , Walter holds carucates of land , which Tocha held in the time o f King Edward (the Confessor) (as) t w o caru

n o w 1 0 2 cates of land . Then as (the Survey) villeins and 9

e . a s bordars . Then thr e servi Then , now , two plough teams in the demesne ; and then five pl o ugh - teams amongst the tenants , now two (the others) could be restored . Pannage

fo r e o n . o f ight hogs , e acre of meadow The third part one

w o u n e s n n . t ro c o w o . mill Then y , six , and e ass Then fou r head of cattle and n o w ; and 2 8 hogs and 345 sheep . And

o f nine socmen belong to this Manor , with one carucate land ,

w - 0 t o . 8 and they have plough teams One Church with acres .

6 . 0 5 . Then it was worth and afterwards , now £4 And it is 1 1 7 fo r 2 0 5 . , leagues in length , and one league in breadth , and

5 e . pays 3 . in Gelt , whoever may hold ther ”

V e r li. H undred o f Galgou . Lands of Robert de I n ” B r u n e h a m G o du in o n e o f Torp , held carucate land in the

o f e he time King Edward , and afterwards Ralf , wh n suffered

T n o w . forfeiture . hen and (there were) eight bordars Then

n - a h w n . o e t t e n o o e one servus Then plough e m in demesne ,

- . o n e t o n o w half Then plough team belonging the tenants ,

n h 1 8 n w o n e . t w o r o u n c e s o e . 0 o half Then y , now T en sheep ,

o n 2 1 . And there are two freemen this carucate of land i h m in r c a t a (ii lib e r i o e s manent in hanc c a u te rr e ) . I t was

n w 0 0 5 o 5 . then worth 4 . 3

B r r Lands of Roger Bigot . Hundred o f r o de c o s . I n B r u n e h a m (Thorpe) Humfrey de C u ela i holds on e car u

N O R F O L K C H U R C H ES

1 2 61 C a lt h o r I n , Sir William de p and Cecilia , his wife , had

o n a charter of a fair at Burnham the eve , day , and morrow , of St . Peter ad vincula , and a weekly market on Saturday .

G r a n c o u r t e fo r 1 2 61 William de also had an int rest here , , in ,

t o de C a lt h o r he released by fine Sir William p and Cecilia , t w o o f G carucates land , and to the Abbot of reke , his righ t

1 t w o in 5 acres and parts of a mill , which was confirmed by

G r n r a c o u t 1 2 86. Walter , son of William de , in The C a lt h o r p s continued l o rds of this portion until Eliza

e e b th , daughter of Sir Philip , and sister and h iress of Philip

C a lt h o r t o p , armiger , carried it in marriage Sir Henry

f w h o 1 0 Parker , of Erwarton , Su folk , had livery of it in 55 ;

C a lt h o r 1 61 6 and Sir p Parker died seized of it , in , and

1 Philip was his son and heir , then aged 7 years , and S ir Philip

e t o 1 68 1 . Parker pr sented the Church , as lord , in This Manor (with others in the Burnhams) was afterwards purchased of Sir Philip Parker , of E rwarton , Suffolk , by

w h o lo r 1 1 o n . d Peter Lombard , Esq , became in 7 5, and , the

e marriage of Mary , his daughter and coheir ss , the Manor of

’ ’ c u m m em bm s via C o ldh a m s Burnham Thorpe , , and Hay

’

s . ward s , pas ed to Horace Walpole , Esq , created Lord Wal

in 1 6 pole 75 , and it still remains in this family , the Earl of

— Orford being the present lord of the Manor . The fines are arbitra ry .

’ V ER L EY S MAN OR .

This consisted o f that portion belonging to Robert de

V e r li o r t h e , Verley , at time of the Domesday Survey , which d was previously held by Go win and Earl Ralph , the latter

V r li having forfeited it o n his rebellion . Robert de e also held the Manors of West Herling , Dalling , and Tunstal , in Nor fo lk .

V e r li t o t h e F rom the de family , it passed Earl

t o . Warren , and by a branch of that family the Bardolphs f e o . From an aid grant d in the reign Henry I I I , on the mar

NOR FO LK C HURCH E S 7 1

’ r ia e R ise b a t o g of that King s sister , William de y is st ted

’ have held half a Knight s fee here of t he Honour of Wirme gay ; and Robert Crow also held half a fee o f the h e irs o f de

V r le y y , or Verley , who held of the Earl Warren .

t he 1 0 t I n Escheat Rolls of 33 , Philip Verley appears o have

’ died seized of two Knights fees here , and in Euston , Herling ,

— . B a r lf l t o do . Pin k e n e etc , be onging the Lord James de y had

in 1 t he e . a moi ty of a fee , 347 , and , at same time , William de

C a lt h o r t o p held half a . fee , lately belonging Robert Crowe ,

w h o o f l t held their heirs of de Ver ey , and they Of he Honour

W ir m - e e . of g y , and that of the Earl Warren Sir William

O f 1 Calthorpe was lord a whole fee , in 399, h eld as above , and subsequently it b ecame united t o the Manor of Burnham

Thorpe .

° W m n h a P r M r o d m m o a n o . y . y This H ouse had a small

i 1 2 0 e a Manor here , n 9 , which year the P rior impl ded William

C a lt h o r de p fo r breaking his fold , when it was found that he

t o had no liberty of foldage , from the middle of M arch the

t . . feast Of St . John the Baptis On the dissolution of the

t 6 e P riory , his Manor , valued at £ , pass d to the Crown , and h 1 2 t h 1 8 . . w o was granted , on Feb . , 55 , to John Caius , M D ,

t o . gave it his College at Cambridge , wh ere it still remains

sa n s William , son of Philip de Candos , confirmed by deed ,

h is t he date , all the gifts which Philip , father , made to monks

C a st le a c r e u of , and , in partic lar the land that William

l r e f C a st e a c o . Pu lc h a r e . d held her (Reg , 4 5, The leet fe e due t o the lord o f t h e H undred from Burnham

Thorp was 2 5 .

R T H E PAR I S H C H U C H .

- t o o u t The Church , dedicated All Saints stands on the

o f skirtsof the village on a grassy hillock , in the midst green

- fields ; th e old M anor house , with high sloping roof and

— t he n . it t h e dormer windows , being only habitatio near j f i - - n o Rectory house is a mile away . I t is a buildi g fl nt “ 72 NOR FOLK C H U R CH ES

th e f a r c h it and freestone , mostly in Perpendicular style o e c

ie d ture , consisting of chancel , lofty clerestor nave of 4 bays ,

. with aisles , N porch , and a square embattled tower at the W .

o n e end , containing bell , wh ich is inscrib e d : Elias Brend

1 658 .

O ld . e a o The S aisle was pulled down many y ars g , and the wall built up between the round shafts (po ssiblyEarly English)

o f of the columns the bays , with ugly brick buttresses run up

t o . e o f 1 t h support the wall I n the arly part the 9 century , the

o o f . tower fell , and damaged the r of , and broke part the font l The towe r was repaired at a reduced height , and the o d

e stonework of the parapet , containing shi lds , was inserted

- . e upside down The pulpit , an old thre decker , was cut

t o o o f . down , and the sounding board used form the flo r it A

Kt 1 w 0 . n e . . . one was presented by Sir Wm J Lancaster , , in 9 5 t h e 1 8 2 o Although building was repaired in 4 , it so n fell into

o f e so . a state great d cay , and remained until the Rev John Levi e n s tarted a plan for re storing th e Church by public sub sc r i t io n s f s p , which was carried into e fect by his uccessor ,

1 8 2 - o f the Rev . J . L . Knight , in 9 5, with the help Edward

. o f O VI I , then Prince Wales , at a cost f ,6 when it was

- r e . . roofed , and a S aisle added

The nave arcade has circular pillars with well - moulded round caps , under double chamfered arches ; the bases are set on

e - re broad plinths responds s mi circular . The Cle story has four

- - o n Th e 2 light plain square headed wind o ws either side .

e . chancel arch is modern , but r tains a squint in the N jamb , A ’ which has a tre foiled head on the nave side . priest s door f remains on the S . S ide o the chancel , with a square label over carved roses . The N . doorway of the nave is plain . The windows in this part are transition from Decorated t o Pe r

e n dic u la r n ew . . p , and are reproduced in the S aisle A

. o f . Decorated window is at the E end the N aisle , below

o f e . which is the platform an alta r , and th re is a recess , E of

o f . . a small doorway , at the E . end the N aisle wall NOR FOLK CH U R C HE S 73

An oak lectern , constructed from a portion of H . M . S .

Victory , was p resented by the Lords of the Admiralty , as

t o 1 88 1 a memorial Lord N elson , in the plate s at the base also formed part of that ship , and are inscribed : To the

G o d H o r a t io Nel so n e Glory of and in memory of , this L ctern ,

o f H . M Vic t or made from the wood . Ship y, on the deck of

G o d he which h e fell , thanking that had done his duty , is

“ - A . D 1 88 1 . dedicated , . The Wood and the t w o Plates

Vi c t or form part of the y , the Flagship of Lord N e lson at the f T o 2 1 . 1 80 . the battle rafalgar , Oct , 5 They were given by t he t o Lords of the Admiralty Bu rnham Thorpe , his native

“ D 1 A . 88 1 parish , . The London Society of East Anglians , t o o f commemorate the centenary the Battle of Trafalgar , in

1 0 1 1 1 9 5, erected a bust of N elson in the Church ; and , in 9 , an altar was put up t o the memory of all those who fe ll in the same battle .

o f e Edmund N elson , father Baron N lson of the N ile and

' B u r n h a m T h o r e p , married Catherine , daughter of the Rev .

. e o f R Dr Suckling , Pr bend Westminster , and ector of

f . o f Barsham , Su folk H er grandmother , Mary , was sister

e t o Rob rt Walpole , E arl of Orford , and owing this family connection he was given this b e n e fi c e .

I n the chancel is a Perpendicular piscina and triple sedilia ,

e o f all includ d in a drip moulding , the hollow which is filled

e with alternate beasts and flow rs , supported by poorly executed demi - fi gu r e s with shields ; similar figures also sup

o f port the springing th e moulding , which forms the principal

c o n u e fo il d of the canopies over the stalls . Th e arches are q e

e with flowered points , and the Spandr ls of the ogee arches ar e h o . t e e filled with g od bold varied foliage Cotman says , foliag

n o t so u sed in these stalls is bold and good , but of minute and delicate a character as is sometimes fo und in stalls . o f this date that in the arches is well varied , and the whole is a good i o n e of its kind . The window above s good Perpendicular , of

o f e o f e three lights , with the arches the h ads the lights form d K R C , 74 NOR FOL CHU HES

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n i - a n in its pri cipal fillet in stra ght and not curved lines , w arrangement n o t uncommon in Perpendicular ork .

o ld . The font , in which N elson was baptized , still remains

o f I t is Purbeck marble , having a shallow octagonal bowl ,

t w o v with acant nich es on each face , resting on a round shaft ,

o f all standing on an octagonal base . The E . window the

c e chancel is Perpendicular ( . and of thr e lights ; it is flanked outside by t w o niches . There are panels under the

t w o e lights outside , and within are recessed arch s , sunk into

- the wall with chamfered 3 centred heads , and a dividing n f o . engaged shaft , with base mouldi gs . The whole th e E end o f the Church is still richly chequered in Hints and freestone . The upper part of the window is filled with stained t glass , representing Sts . Pe er , Matthew , Mark , Luke and

J ohn .

The chancel was p robably entirely r e - built by the executors

C a lth o r e of Sir William p , whose brass is m ntioned under

. n Memorials a d Herald ry .

t he — i a c c o m The seats are all of open bench order , and w ll

m o da t 2 0 . - E e o f . 5 persons Those at the . end the N aisle

W . e . . 8 2 H o . 1 6 . ere pres nted by S H odgs n , E sq , in N M E M OR I ALS A D H E RALD RY .

The following Me morials and Heraldry remain in the

— O n E fl e u r s - - 2 Church a slab at the . end Six de lis , 3 , and

I C fo r f Pa sto n ; a hief indented , with crescent di ference ,

- - e o r im a l (Argent , six fleurs de lis azur ; a chief indented ) ; p

’ C o r n wa le s o r ing , Guttee , on a fesse three Cornish choughs , y ,

’ C o r n wa l li s e (Sable , gutt e d eau , on a fesse argent three

iflin . : r Cornish choughs proper) Crest A g sejant , wings

endorsed , ducally gorged , holding in its mouth a horseshoe , fi grif n sejant with wings endorsed or , holding in its

“

C . o f beak a haplet gules) Th e grave F rances Paston ,

i C o r n w a le s e daughter of Sir Will am y , ye younger , by his wif ,

o f t e a Catherine , daughter Si r Philip Parker , h relict of Thom s

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On slabs in the chancel A cross flory , over all a bendlet ,

Ne lso n e (Or , a cross flory sable , over all a b ndlet gules)

Su c klin impaling , Three stags trippant , g (Per pale , gules and

. C o n se r v a n dae e a azure , three bucks trippant or) m mori e

C a h r in M r i fili t e ae a u t u D . D . ae causa N elson , Suckling , , ,

e t ae ‘ Edm u n di neptis Caroli Turner , Baronetti , prim uxoris

h u u s ae R e c t o r i e e r it 8 Nelson , j Ecclesi s in Liberos sibi p p ,

‘ s u e r su n t c o n u a li e t m a t e r n éi a ffe c t io n e a c a r it a t e p j g , Christian

r it D m 2 i b . 6 . Sa l t s e t ae d a O b . e c e u vera amicitia fuit p , , Ann

1 6 su ae se t . 2 . n o 7 7, 4 Let these alone , Let man move these

’ bo n e sfi

e e On a slab , covered by the organ Arg nt , a fesse b tween

’ L o m ba r d o f in sc r i th ree l ions heads erased azure , ; most the p

l ae t a t i 2 tion is i legible , but the name Lombard and s 7

lo m e fi e ld are to be s ee n . B says there was a stone to the

so n o f w h o . 1 memory of Peter Lombard , Peter , d ied J an ,

1 1 1 7 7 , aged 9, and two pennons with the A rms .

t o There was a stone , with marginal inscription in brass , w h t . o Catherine Hoo , daugh er of Philip Russel , gen , died

h 60 H t 1 oo . March 9 , 4 , wife of Clement , gen

r On monuments and tablets in the chancel , A ms partly tinc t u re d : e by lines A fesse wavy between thr e estoiles , with a

f Eve r a r d e crescent for d i ference , (Argent , a fesse wavy betwe n

. T he f e th ree estoiles gules) Crest bust o a man in profil ,

o n E ver a r d T h e couped at the shoulders , the h ead a long cap , (

o f o n bust a man in profile , couped at the shoulders proper , the

. F o r T h e head a long cap sable , fretty or) Rev . William

e so n . Hest Ev rard , last surviving of the Rev Daniel Everard ,

A . M . , Rector , and of Henrietta , his wife . He was of Baliol

. 2 Coll , Oxford , 3 years Curate of this parish , and died of a

8 1 . 8 e rapid consumption at Torquay , N ov , 47 , ag d 47 years ,

. f e o . and lies buried there Henrietta , wif Rev Daniel

Everard , only daughter of the late Henry Handley Norris ,

. e w h o o n Esq , of H ackney , M iddles x , the I st of January ,

1 8 1 u 4 , meekly r esigned her so l into the hands o f G o d wh o NOR FOLK CHURCHE S 77

. 6 t h o f gave it She died in the s year her a ge . This monu

e - m nt has full length side figures .

C h a dw o r t h Ann , wife of H ollway Hodgson , Esq . , of f Boston , Lincolnshire , eldest daughter o Rev . Edward B rowne w h F o e b . 1 1 8 8 Everard , Rector , died 4 , 5 , aged

e o f Or , a cross flory sabl , surmounted a bend gules , thereon another engrailed of the fi rst , charged with three bombs o f

Se o n the cond , fired proper ; a chief undulated argent , the

o f o waves the sea , fr m which a palm tree issuant between a

o n disabled ship the dexter side , and on the sinister a ruined

Ne l n e so . e o n batt ry , all p roper , (There should be ov r all , a

. 1 fesse wavy , the wo rd Trafalgar in gold) Crests , On

C h e le n k o r a naval crown or , the g , Plume of Triumph , pre

t o e 2 sented the Lord N lson by the Grand Signior ; , The stem o f o f flo a t a n t a Spanish line battleship upon waves , all proper , ” inscribed under the gallery San Josef . Over it a motto

“ ” f r a Faith and Wo rks . Motto Palmam qui meruit e t . F or

e 6 the Rev . Edmund N lson , Rector of this parish 4 years ,

L le d . Father of Horatio , Viscount N elson of the N i , Duke of

2 6 1 80 2 . so n Bronte , died April , , aged 79 Edmund , of the

1 2 Rev . Edmund N elson , and Catherine , his wife , died Dec . ,

1 8 2 8 . 7 9, aged S usanna Bolton , wife of Thomas Bol ton , and

o f e 1 1 8 1 sister Ho ratio , Viscount N elson , di d J uly 3 , 3 , aged

R v 8 . so n O e . d 5 Maurice , eldest f the Edmund N elson , die

Ao r il 2 1 80 2 4 , , aged

o n t w o On Shields in the E . window Or , a fesse between

e r e - o f Wa l o le . ch v ons sable thr e cross crosslets the field , p ’ This Shield is ensigned with an earl s coronet . Motto ” — E v r a r d flo r se n t ia t . e Fari , impaling , Sable , a cross y

r r i s No . argent between twelve billets or , , of Geist

e Th a r T w o old tiles at the E . end bear Thr e crescents , p

C l a r e (Azure , three crescents argent) , and Th ree chevrons ,

- e . inch tile was found at the (Or , three ch vrons gules) A 4 f h : O a t N h de restoratio n o t e Church , b ea ring r ic i 78 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

t he Sto w e Vic . with flowers in centre (N icholas de Stow w a s Vicar of Snettisham about

1 6 e A M S . of the th c ntury mentions these Arms

— I n in the Church the chancel windows Sir J ohn Calthorpe ,

C a l . e fli . . Kt (probably his gy) I n a S window , the Arms of h r l t o d L o ve l . p and Lo r On the roof of the nave , the Arms of

” h r t O m e r . Ca lth o r p and B a c o n ; C a lt o p and S . I n the chapel w indow s : C a l th o r p and F itz wa lt e r ; C a lth o r p and M a u tbye .

h r O m e . O f t he Ca lt or St . On the S . side Church p and I n the

w E a r l o Ke n t H a stin s C a l steeple windo s f and g , quartering

lt r M a v tbie S ta n ko w D a vile r s th o r B a c o n F i tz wa e . p , , , and and

R . h o f G . . At t e W . end are the Royal Arms IV

- The porch has plainly moulded inner and outer doorways , but with shafts ; o n the inside O f the porch are recesses over

- t w o . light windows There was once an upper chamber , with

fire - o f r e st o r a place , the remains which were destroyed at the tion . The tower has a plain segm ental pointed window , with

b 2 - returned la el , a poor W . window , and plain light belfry

e w Openings , battlem nts ith shields in the embrasures , and small angle pinnacles .

The Chapel of St . Mary is mentioned in Register Heydon ,

fo 0 . . 5 ; Guilds of St John the Baptist , and All H allows , P . 8 . o f O . \ and light St Mary , in py 55 I n the Vill of Sir

C a lt h o r 1 e t o A w t 1 William p , in 494 , he leav s ye high e r 0

8 ‘ ’ B 6s d . a i . t o r e c o n urnham Thorp , and p of ye chirche the :

O f fo 6 r . The I nventory Church Goods Edward V I , is very m a a ll uch torn , and all th t is legible is a Chalice of silver , gilt ,

— e igh in g 2 0 ozs . The Communion plate n o w consists of a

Chalice and Paten , inscribed For the Towne of Burnham ” Thorpe .

1 f The Registers date back to 559, and are airly w ell pre

’

. 1 8 served Under date 75 , in the Rev . Edmund Nelson s

w ° hand riting , is the following Horatio , son of Edmund

r N' l n C a t h in e 2 t h . e e so . a t h r i and , born Sept 9 , b ptized Oct . 9 p

80 NOR FOLK C HURCH E S

2 2 n d o f e 1 daughter of Robert Loose , died Octob r , 737 , in her ” — ife fI sa a t h . O n w o c 47 yea r another Mary , Emerson , late ” o f 2 6 1 80 6 2 n d . this Manor , who died Octobe r , , in her 7 year

’ t h e I n yard is the tomb of N elson s sister , Mrs . Susanna

o f . Bolton , wife Thomas Bolton

TH E A DVOWS ON .

t he 1 t h Early in 3 century , there was a Church here , dedi

c a t e d t o . e St Peter , but it was consolidat d with All Saints . Walter de G r a n c o u r t gave to the monks of Lewes these t w o

1 2 2 Churches , and , in 9, a verdict was given in favour of the

Prior of that House for an annual pension o f 2 0 5 . t o be paid

’

o f . . by the Rector All Saints , formerly called St Mary s The

r e H a r e le said Walte also gav them p Church , and a Chapel ,

- which stood before his Court , or Manor house .

o f C a st l a c r e Philip de Candos gave the monks e , the tithes

e — I n 1 1 of his lordship her 44 , Walter , son of Ph ilip de Burn

— I n 1 1 n t o . 8 de ham presented the Church 9 , Philip Bur ham

o f e recovered his right of patronage against the Prior Lew s ,

so n it being found that Walter , O f Philip de Burnham , pre

tem e . sented p . King Steph n

1 2 I n the N orwich Taxation of 54 , Torp , Omnium Sanc

’7

1 . 2 torum , was valued at £ 5 Sci . Petri at marks

“ “ 6 Pr io r i L e w e n sis W m u n d 5 . Portio s Po rtio de y ” e 65 ham decim de terris propriis mark ( . I n the Taxa

c ir c a 1 2 1 2 6 tion of Pope N icholas , 9 , All Saints was taxed at

’ marks 65 . but St . Peter s and the other moieties

’

e . are not m ntioned The Rector Of St . Peter s , a few years

1 1 A . 0 5 . later , had a house and of meadow , valued at 3 Paid ’

I d. . no Procurations , o r Synodals . é Peter s Pence

2 Pr 0 . o f 2 6d o The Rector of All Saints had A glebe . Paid .

’

1 6d . curation and Synodals , and . Peter s Pence

’ ’ I t appears in t h e King s Boo k (Bacon s edition) as Burn

A r h i i St . . c d a c . s d. 2 5 . ham Thorpe Peter 7 . 7% Episc .

V 1 r a 1 1 0 a n d 1 1 s . T e t alue £ 9 clea v lue £ , pays £ 9 n hs . NOR FOLK c HU R C H E S 8 1

6 a The tithes were commuted fo r £ 97 p . . ; the Rector had

8 1 5 . also £ 5 from Burnham No rton , and £3 from Burnham R e . n o w 2 0 . a . Ov ry It is a ectory of the value of about £4 p ,

0 including about 3 acres of glebe , and large residence , built

1 80 . . o in 3 by the Rev D . Everard I t is in th e gift f the Rev

- and M rs . H . M . Eliott Drake B riscoe , and has been held

- E . D . . 1 0 0 . . since 9 , by the Rev . H M B riscoe

L I ST OF T H E I N C U M B ENTS .

The following have b e en Rectors

Ci r c a 1 2 2 C idis r n e 9 Ralph de t e .

1 2 66 Walter de R o dm e r ley (to a third part O f All

’ o f Saints Church , in the right of the lands

l — Hugh de F o s t e d) by the King .

’ — 1 2 88 Walter de G a t e le (to St . Peter s) by Sir B k h William de a e t o r p .

1 3 1 4 William de Horsford — by Sir Walter de Cal

thorp , Kt .

— 1 3 1 7 Alan de Marham do .

— 1 3 2 6 Walter de C a lt h o r p do .

1 0 R sk in t o n — b 33 John de y g y William , son of the

above .

1 334 Thomas Mathew de H indolveston— by Sir

l r Walter de C a t h o p .

' 1 337 Edmund de Walpole (resigned)— by Sir William

de C a lt h o rp .

e — I 357 John de Cambridg do .

1 364 Edmund de C a lt h o r p (He was instituted to the

Church o f All Saints , with that of St . Peter

2 . in the same parish , consolidated 4 Dec ,

— l h r 1 364) by Sir Oliver de C a t o p .

1 8 n I n o lde st h o r . 37 William , son of Hamo de g p

‘ ' 1 379 William de Rudham . 8 2 NOR FOLK C HURCH E S

Richard Prat de Mundham— b y Sir William

C a lt h o rp .

W a r b a ld . Cir c a J ohn (Cal . Papal Reg Ralph \Volman a lia s Harpley (to All Saints

n l — d exchanged with M a u dev y e ) o .

M a u n e v le — b John d y (died) y the King , on the minority of the heir of Sir William Cal

thorp .

F e r r o u r — b C a lt h o r Richard (died) y William p ,

arm . , and Elizabeth , his wife .

Richard Ke gyll (to All Saints and St . Pe t er

— died) do .

— John D u ssyn g (died) do .

— h r John Hedge (died) by Sir Philip C a lt o p .

— D u sin . . s . Robert g, S T P . (died) do

William W in gfi e ld (last Prior of Westacre) — by

C lt h r a o . Philip p , arm

St a n c l ffe— b Peter y y S i r William Wodehouse ,

and Elizabeth , his wife , daughter of Sir

C a lt h o r Philip p .

l h — Philip C a t o r died do . , p ( )

H — ugh Hely do .

f — b Thomas Sta fo rd (resigned) y the Queen , a

lapse .

— A . M . b e Harbard Warde , y Sir Philip Park r ,

Kt .

Thomas Stafford (a second time— Re ctor in

l 6 o — b 4 ) y Sir Philip Parker , Kt . Herbert Ward is mentioned in a lawsuit

as I ncumbent in 37 Eliz .

Philip Cornwallis (B lo m e fie ld says 1 643— died)

— do .

e — b B t John B ardmore y Sir Philip Parker , .

NO R FOL K C HU R C H ES

n o w H e n e a e Pe r a m in the possession of Sir Th omas g , Kt .

l — x h r b u a t i n . . E c o Tithes q . decree to establish fo r ever a

1 2 t o 2 f o o . charity of £ a year the scho l there ; H ilary , Anne ,

o - o i b f . A t o . o o o 4 ; and Trin . 3 Anne , 4 5 charity as a scho l

f 0 1 1 8 0 fo . o . established ; H ilary , 73 , 3 ; and H ilary 739, 359

h — Exc r . 1 . ( q . Decree Book) Manor o f rated ( 557) for J Caius ;

— 6 1 . . 6 0 . Harl M S . 7 , p 4 Trust deed as to Primitive Method i t 1 86 2 — s s . . at ; Close Roll , 4 , pt 7 , No . 3 Suit (de Wasing

W r il B in h v v . de a e s a s a m . ham , g Quarles) as to a carucate

o f i n ila c iis . land in Burnham ; Chancery Letters f , J ohn , No

— — 5 . B rass at Add . M S . L . 37 . N orfolk

’ ’ — . L E r a n a . t o e . st e s Arch eology , vols x dat J g Church

” ’ — o f . E F a r r e r s B ells N orfolk . Church Heraldry of

’ N orfolk , vol . ii . "R y e s I ndex of Norfolk

F o r ( further notes se e Addenda) . ’ Ell"Ea iii ts JB u rn ba m ml , pb.

M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OTE S .

U R NH AM U lph and Burnham Sutton n o w form one

ecclesiastical parish , which adjoins Burnham Westgate

- T h o n . e . the South east side area , population , etc , Ul h are included under Burnham Westgate . Burnham p is

e b e r e w ic not m ntioned in the Domesday Book , being then a m T h t o r e . o Burnha Westgate , Mark t e additional name ,

Ul h o f — Ul h p , is probably that some early settler p , or Ulf , being a common Scandinavian name .

t o Among those admitted Gonville and Caius College , Cam

in 1 6 T h u r lo w e so n bridge , the th century , was Edward , of

“ ” “ ” T h u r lo w e as B u r n h a m u l h Richard , mediocris fortun , of p ,

a e 1 1 N orfolk ; educated there ; g 7 ; admitted scholar , April 7,

— I 1 66 1 80 . n 5 the Visitation of N orfolk , in 4 , the family of l ” U e . Watts , of Bu rnham p , is mentioned

t o w h o The Manor here belonged H ugh de Montfort , had a

e grant of it on the expulsion of Bond , a Saxon , when it b came

o f Po lst e de a member o r part of the Manor Hall , and after

— V wards had the same lords see under Burnham V e st ga t e .

R e n h a m The Mano r of y , or Lexham , in the same parish , also extended here .

t he A quaint iron bracket hangs outside N elson I nn , ” opp osite the Church . This I nn , formerly the Mermaid , w was a great resort of smugglers . A r o of cottages in this

’ ” R o w parish is still known as Smuggler s , having been

o u t of ee o f th a e . built , it is said , the proc ds is lucr tive trad NOR F O LK C H U R CH E S

T H E PA RI S H C H U RC H .

The Church , dedicated to All Saints , which now serves as

- - Ul h the Parish Church for the Parish of Sutton with p , is a

small building , consisting of chancel , nave , S . porch , and W .

- c o n t a n in in sc r i double bell turret , g one bell , which bears this p

tion Thomas Newman made me 1 733 Ralph Gibbs C W . This bell hangs in o n e o f the arches ; tradition says the other

fo r fell down about a century ago , when being rung a wed

. o f 6 . ding Th e I nventory Edward V I , which is much

2 mutilated , mentions a bell , weighing cwts . 7 stones , and a

’ Chalice o f silver p c e ll gylt .

1 8 o f 2 0 0 The chancel was restored , in 79, at a cost £ , and

1 8 2 - the nave , in 9 , when the Church was re seated with open

e 2 0 0 b nches to hold , and the gallery removed , which blocked

— l - w a 2 . up the W . windo p ain light , with uncusped tracery During the t enure of the last R e ctor (1 90 3 the nave

e . was again r stored , and a vestry built on the N side at the

W . end .

The chancel arch dates from about 1 2 90 . I t is well

moulded , and rests on cinquefoil ed capitals , the jambs being e square with a central shaft only . Th re is a deeply splayed

h f . t e . o light , in S wall the nave , probably N orman On the

f e . o N side the chancel , about 3 fe t from the ground , is a

lo w - side window , which is su rmounted by a tall lancet ,

with trefoil head ; this is of the D ecorated pe riod . Some of

the other windows in the building are also in this style , but

- one on the N . side of the nave is round headed , with a label

- over , bea ring the four leaved ornamentation ; this is Transi

t io n a l Norman . The label s Of the long S . windows end in

heads .

- l m lli n . su e r u o e d . The E window is a Perpendicular 3 ight , p

The S . windows of the chancel are modern . A piscina

] fo r remains in the chance , and there is another a nave altar .

The porch has a Decorated outer a rch , with discontinuous

o r . wave m ulding , and the inne has a continuous chamfer only

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There are octofoiled circles in Square panels in t he sides of t h o e po rch , unglazed , and ver the entrance is a vacant image

. . niche The N door is blocked up ; this is double chamfe red .

- so fii t e The bell turret is Early English , with square d pointed arches . B lo m e fi e ld mentions a brass bearing Orate p r o anima

H w r R . a de h a . F b r u r i i . e a D n i o ti y qui obiit xix die m es Anno .

O ’ ” M C C C C L xxxx1 1 . ic ie t , cujus aie p p Deus . He also says the A rms of Ca lth o r p were in one Of the south window s .

i - Ke r r c h . mentions a N window , lancet Shaped , round

e headed , with a round label abov , bearing seven quatrefoils f . . . o also a N doorway The S porch is the Decorated period , but much mutilated .

e 1 6 . The Registers dat back to 53 , and are well preserved I n t h e Churchyard were stones to the memory of William

h 1 6 . e t N eve , gen , who died Dec mber 7 , 57 ; Bridget Tayler ,

e . wif of Robert Tayler , gen , and daughter of William N eve ,

e Sh e a t h 1 6 . and Catherine , his wif ; died M rch 9 , 59

s Against the S . wall , on the out ide , is a monument to the

O f . wh o . 6 1 1 m emory Thomas Raven , gent , died Sept , 73 , aged 37 .

t o There were formerly Guilds held in the Church , dedicated

e Sts . John the Baptist , Saviour , Catherin , E rasmus , and the

Resurrection .

The Church plate consists of a Chalice and cover , smaller

t o than , but similar , that of Burnham Sutton , with the

“ : o f N orwich mark , bearing the inscription The Towne

B n h l h u r m U p .

T H E ADV OWS ON .

The advow son of this Church was in t w o moieties ; one belong e d t o the Abbot of Wendling , the Rector having

0 Po lst e de 3 acres and no house , and the other to Hervey de , h d n d 0 a m th e Rector o f which a a ho u s e a 3 cres , each oiety 88 NOR FOLK CHURCHE S

’ Nic h o la s c ir c a 1 2 1 being valued at Pope s Taxation , 9 , at 7

i s . e marks 3 One was call d the Po rtion of Ralph ,

. 1 2 and the other the Portion of Thomas Previously , in 54 , it

1 n o t is in the N orwich Taxation at 1 3 marks 3s . and

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6s 8d . d . . divided . I t paid 5 Peter s Pence , Procurations , and

o . I S . 5d . Syn dals

1 2 8 Ke n se c k I n 4 , Edmund de and Petronilla , his wife ,

to e le granted Emma , daughter Of Rob rt Moyne , a moiety of

o r . this Church , patronage

Burnham Ulph is n o w included in the Rectory o f Burnham

o . v . Sutt n , g

L I ST OF TH E I N C U M B E NTS .

The following have been Re ctors

Cir c a 1 2 8 o n e 5 Ralph de Oxford (Rector of mediety) . Cir c a 1 2 85 Th omas (Rector o f the other) :

Cir c a 1 2 88 o f o f U l John ( a portion All Saints , Burnham p) .

— 1 1 1 b . 3 N icholas de Sutton y the Abbot , etc , of

W e n dlyn g.

1 1 St l o n - h t b t e . 3 3 Symon de y y Bishop , a lapse

1 St r a de s — 1 e t e b e t c . 3 3 Robert de y the Abbot , , of

Wendling .

— 1 3 1 6 Peter de Coud ray do .

Ci r c a 1 2 Pr n t i — 3 7 John e se (resigned) do .

2 — 1 33 Robert Trot de N . Buckenham (resigned) by

o H e m e n h a le J hn , son of Sir Ralph de .

1 339 Stephen de R u gh t o n (exchange d for H a r dwyc k

— — b H e m e n h a le resigned) y John de .

i — 1 340 John At t e h n de do .

1 6 B r u n h a m —b 34 Godman de (resigned) y Abbot , etc .

— 1 358 Roge r de Ryb u r gh e do .

h in n — 1 361 William de S a r gt o do .

’ r 1 e H e m e h a le s Ci ca 370 Will iam d Eccles (to n portion) .

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— e 8 . V I I . , etc . ; Court of Wards and Liveri s , box 7 Trust

1 8 1 2 No . deed as to National School at ; Close Roll , 39, pt . 3 ,

— N . o 1 8 1 . 1 O Trust deed as to Scho l at ; Close Roll , 5 , pt 3 ,

’ ’ ’ — fi v l — B l m l s o . . 1 . E d . . L st r a n e s 1 0 . o e e N orfolk , vii , p 3 J g

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. F a r r e r Church Bells of N orfolk E . s Church Herald ry

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l . x v o . of N orfolk , ii "Rye s I nde of N orfolk Topo h ’ gr a p y o fl

(For further notes see Addenda . ) fi t . m a rt} the virgin , JB u rnb a m ma rket, or W estga te.

M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OT E S .

U RN HAM Westgate is a parish and small market town ,

n with railway statio , wh ich includes the ecclesiastical Ul h parish of Burnham p , pleasantly Situated in a fertile T h . e valley environed by a range of hills on the W and S . town

is mostly built round a spacious market place , th rough which

’ runs the old road from King s Lynn t o Wells . A rivulet

e runs betw en this parish and Burnham Overy , which empties

itself into the harbou r about 2 % miles away . A stream of ” G o o se b e c k c water , called The , o casionally issues from

under the chalk in the hills , and flows th rough the town . I t is

— N N 2 . W . E 1 0 e . . about mil s from Fakenham , 4é from Lynn ,

N W 1 2 6 . . 0 3 from N orwich and from London , in the Hun

B ro t h e r c r o ss o f d red of , Rural Deanery Burnham , A rch

o r . deaconry of Lynn , and D iocese of N wich The parish has

o f - 0 an area of acres land , and 5 5 of water , mostly

t h e a o . belonging to E rl of Orf rd , John Robert Overman , Esq

’ w h o t h e are lords of Manors , Christ s College , Cambridge ,

C a lt h o r who take half the great tithes , Henry p Hollway

E r e . C a lt h o r . . s s y p , and W F Marshall , q The soil is chiefl chalk and gravel , subsoil the same .

1 8 I n 45 , about acres were returned as arable land .

1 8 u e a n d m a 1 6 68 . 4 past r e dow , 9 woodland and waste Valu e 92 NOR F O L K C H U R C H E S

1 8 1 1 8 ~ of Real Property , in 5 , in 43 Rate able value in 1 856 in 1 874 in 1 882

1 88 1 8 1 0 in 9 in 99 in 9 3 and , in

1 1 1 80 . 2 d 1 e 5 . 9 , The Parish Rates , in 3 , w re 3 in

z 6 5 8d . the and reali ed £43 7 . The County Rate , includ

1 88 0 1 d . 1 8 6 5 . ing Police , in 3 , was £9 3 4 I n 5 , the Poor w a 2 O d . Rate s 5 . g in the including all the Burnh ams and parishes in Docking U nion , this realized

1 B r u n h a m W e st a e fo r I n 334 , g was assessed Tenths

1 2 1 0 5 e c i r c a and Fifteenths at £ £3 . b ing deducted

1 o f s — Th 449, on account lands held by the religiou e Poll

1 666 d . t o 2 1 5 . 8 Tax , in , amounted £ 7 ; this was at the rate

— I . e . of s a h ad , and £5 extra fo r an esquire Th e number of

6 2 1 1 . Hearths and Stoves taxed here , in 7 , was 34

1 80 1 82 1 8 1 1 1 6 There was a population of 743 in , 5 in ( 9

1 82 1 1 8 1 1 8 1 1 2 1 houses) , 937 in , in 3 , in 4 , 4 in

1 8 1 2 8 1 861 1 0 1 2 1 8 1 68 1 88 1 5 ( 9 houses) , in , in 7 , 9 in ,

0 1 1 8 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 1 1 1 7 in 9 , 7 in 9 ( 7 houses) , and , in 9 , there we re 937 inhabitants . The children attend the Burnham

1 8 0 Council School , erected as a N ational School , in 5 , at a

- 1 8 1 cost of class room added in 7 , and again enlarged

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8 60 . e in 1 93 t o h o ld 3 There are teachers residenc s attached .

1 0 1 0 0 fo r I n 77 , John Willmott left £ educating poor

1 8 e t o children ; this accumulated till 33 , wh n it amounted

2 1 £ 37 . Of this amount , £ 37 was expended on a school ,

s 1 8 0 fo r O f and the balance inve ted , in 5 , part payment w . e n o expenses of education The other Chariti s , vested in

Consols (excepting the R e nt - Charge) in the hands of Charity

— l A - 0 e t 5 . Trust es , consist of the fo lowing Ren charge of 5

b v u t o f . o a farm in Pulham St Mary Magdalen , left Ann

1 2 . 1 0 0 b Wilders , in 77 The interest of £ left v Henry Blyth ,

1 8 1 1 0 0 . . . 1 8 8 in 3 , and al so £ left by the Rev E J Blyth , in 3 ,

. o 1 0 0 R v given in blankets An ther £ was left by the e . E . J . B l v t h Su n da v for the support of the Church School .

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’ — R . . B v r n h a m 6 Willis the Mercers Arms Of 1 59.

I T . \V . t h e o n 1 68 I n assessment made the parish in 9, the

b ' 1 65 . d . amount paid y John Tucke was £ 3 , and by Thomas

2 1 . Willis £ 7 5 . d Martin Tucke and Thomas Willis were

1 collectors of the assessments in Wm . and Marv .

1 I n the Subsidy Roll of 5 H enry V I I I . , under Burnham

e : T h ir l . o w . 0 1i. su b sid W stgate , is Willms Valor 4 , .

— t o Amongst those admitted Gonville and Caius College ,

1 6 Cambridge , in the th century were Ch ristopher Allen , son ” o f e f r n o t u ae . John All n m ediocris Born at Burnham ,

. t . 1 6. Norfolk School at Lynn , under M r . Rober s Age

— . 2 1 . o h n o f Admitted Oct oth , 593 J E ide , Burnham West ” S o n f r n o t u ae . gate , of Robert Eide , mediocris School at A . e 1 . t h 1 6 Burnham 3 years g 5 Admitted May 9 , 5 5 . F rances Billing and Catherine F rances Billing and Catherine F r a r e y were found guilty of poisoning Mary

t h . 1 8 fo r Taylo r , by arsenic , here , on 7 Aug , 35, also murder

F r r h a e t e e . ing Robe rt y , the husband of s cond culprit B oth h . 1 0 t were executed on Norwich Castle H ill , Aug ; on the

scaffold they wo re deep mourning and white mob caps . At the trial it was said th e y were in the habit of consulting

reputed witches living r o und about Bu rnham . The husband

O f M rs . Taylor was found guilty as an accessory before the

. 1 8 6 fact , at the ensuing assizes , Aug I st , 3 , and was sub

sequently hanged .

’ I n Dawson Turner s I llustrate d B lo m e fi e ld in the British

1 8 Museum is a drawing of a seal , ploughed up here in 35 , ” t w o inscribed Love Me And Live , and in the centre heads ,

h e t w o facing one another , with a eart b tween ; also carvings representing human heads and busts resting on a stone

t o t o basket , which are said have been given a publican here

. o n f o . by T . W . Coke , Esq , and placed either side his door

So a m e . John , late of this place , Esq , dying unma rried in the ’ 6 “ o f . 1 parish St Bride s , London , 73 , made his grandfather P C C . 1 6 . and all pe ople in the world his heirs ( . 4 Pye) NOR FOLK CHURCHES 95

o r h Burnham Market , Wes tgate , is written B r u n e a m

“ B r u m e h a m e and in the Dom sday Book . Burne is the Anglo

A - S Saxon B urne , a stream , and ham the . . Ham , Dan . H iem ,

. e Swed Hem , a hom , a village . This place had the addi

t io n a l o f name Market , from its having had a grant of a

. o market as early as King John Als called Westgate , per

t h e c t haps from its being Western entran e o the Burnhams .

— 0 B e o r n in Bj rn is a N orse personal name , and g, an Anglo

Saxon family name .

1 62 O L a c e During the Civil War , in 7 , J . y , John Everett ,

o f t and John Pickerel , all Bu rham Westga e , were

imp ressed at Norwich .

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. o I n Mr . J C . Tingey s Calenda r of Deeds , enr lled within o f Sh ir e h a ll a r e t he the County Norfolk , in the , N orwich , fol

— F r u n c i 2 2 1 62 . a s lowing April , 5 Bargain and sale by

H e silt o n e so n O l v e , of Rougham , y oman , and hei r of y

H e silt o n o f H . o f T itt e sh a ll , deceased , the wife John , , and

daughter and coheiress of Agnes Glover , deceased , who was T l h ll f P G . o f it e s a e o wife of raunces , , and previously wif

F o f G i e s Thomas ulche , and daughter and coheiress gg ,

o f O v e r e . t o . Bu rnham y , gen , William Yelverton , Esq

o f O V e w t e r s Rougham , his interest in the Manor f , and h is

r in messuages , lands , tenements , etc . , the eto belonging

M r k e t t Ul h . a Burnham Overy , B . Sutton , B . p , B , Hockham

e e . H olkham) , and ls where

B r o m fe ld o f 1 0 1 66. . Ap ril , 5 Conveyance by Wm ,

r m fe lde d o n . B o Su st e , s and heir and sole executor of Wm ,

So u t h a c re e n . t o E sq . , and Thomas Pepys , of , g , Robert

1 o f e n so n o f . 1 J y , Burnham Westgate , gen , of acres marsh

n da le s called M a rt y , an acre and a half of land in Burnham ’ ’ n r o w e s V n c e n t s . A d Overy , a close called y Close in S t 8 o f parish , and 5 acres and a quarter of a rood land in Bu rn

D da le . . e ham Norton , B . Westgate , and B p

1 66. , 2 0 Oct . , 5 Bargain and sale by W illiam Pepys of

F r a u n c e s C o bb e o f , Yaxham , gen . , to , B urnham Westgate of 96 NOR FOLK CHURCHE S

e e t c . messuages , lands , tenem nts , , at the Staithe in Burnham

Norton , and other houses in B . N orton , and all his lands ,

. . D l . e . e e da e tenements , etc , in B N orton , B W stgate , and B p .

’ (There is still a fi e ld in Burnham Westgate called Pepy s

1 6 0 . t o 7 J uly , 4 Grant by John Kettle , of Norwich , gen . ,

D o u n sa e . y Southw ll , E sq , of Morton , of the Manor of Burn

D e e da le ham p , with messuages , land , liberties , etc . , in B . D l e da e . e p , B W stgate , B rancaster and Burnham Norton .

E MAN ORI AL N OT S .

T h e Domesday Book says Land of H ugh de Montfort .

Hundred of B r o de r c r o s . I n B r u n e h a m he also holds

t h e what Bond , a freeman , held in th e time of King Edward (

t w o . 1 Confessor) (as) carucates of land Always 3 bordars .

w — n Always t o plough teams o the demesne . Then (Con

’ fe sso r s o n e - t n o w time) plough eam amongst the tenants , (the

fo r o n e Survey) one half . Pannage eight hogs , acre of mea

- - w . do . e , one mill Then one salt pan Always two cart hors s .

e 1 0 0 n o w 2 0 Then seven hogs , now three . Th n sheep , . And

60 n s even soc men with acres of land . Then o e and a half

- n o w . n o w . plough teams , one Then worth £4 , the same I t

t o f t he pays 35 . o the Gelt Hundred , and it is measured in another .

Lands o f the King which Go d ric keeps . Hundred of

B r u n e h a m t h Galgou (Gallow) . I n in e time of King

e . 2 0 Edward , Ulf held three carucat s of land Then bordars ,

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w . n o w 1 6. 1 2 n o Then servi , eigh t Then three plough

o n t h e n o w . teams demesne , afterwards and two Then one

- t he pl ough team amongst tenants , afterwards and now nothing . Pannage for four hogs . Two and a half mills .

- 0 h 60 0 . Then seven cart horses and now , and 4 ogs , and sheep

- b e r e w ic t o o O n e salt pan . There is one belonging this Man r

- f o f . e o n e t o one carucate land Th n plough eam , afterwards i . b e r e w c O e o f none , now one And another f one carucat

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1 2 0 Po ls t e d I n 5 , J ohn de and Edmund , son of William de

G m in h a m w ds 1 2 66 Po lst e y g , ere lor ; and , in , H ugh de d died

1 66 seized of a lordship here , containing acres of land in

m e die t ie s demesne , the of the advowsons of two Church es ,

H a w isia 2 2 1 8 R o e sia 1 and , aged , Petronilla , aged , and , 4 ld o e . years , w re his heirs

Po lst e d 1 2 60 Hugh de , in , granted his Manor of Compton

o e . to the m nks of Wav rley , in Surrey Stephen , Prior of the

’ o f t o Convent Christ s Church , London , granted Hugh de

Po lst e d sa n s t , by deed , da e , thei r land near the Thames ,

t o which William , the Priest , h eld of them , who conveyed it

fo r 1 2 5 H ugh 9 marks , and Hugh gave the Prior . and the

n convent o e sextary of London measure o f wine .

1 2 6 e I n 7 , Petronilla and Ros , daughters and heirs of Hugh

Po lst e d e de , had a right in the patronag of the Church of

Ul h Po l t e f s de . Burnham All Saints ( p ) , and in that of in Su folk

Ke m e se k Edmund de and Petronilla , his wife , daughter and

- te t o e o f coheir , above mentioned , gran d Emme , daught r

le R o e sia Robert Moyne , and , his wife , sister of Petronilla ,

o f o f the moiety the Church All Saints , in Burnham , for the

H a w ise T next turn . , the other sister , married homas de

so n . 1 2 86 Lambourn , by whom she had a , James I n , the Sheriff of Norfolk had a p r osc ip e t o deliver to Si r Ralph de

H e m e n h a le and Emme , his wife , his moiety of this Manor

e e Ro e sia the said Emme b ing daughter and h ir of , by Robert le t h ‘ Moyne ; and e said Sir Ralph , and E mme , and John de

w 1 2 8 Gimingham ere lords , in 9 (John de Gimingham married

c o - H a w is e Sibilla , daughter and heir of Matthew de Gunton) . de e t o Lambourn , the oth r sister , seems have resigned her

fo r o f Po lst e d f fo r share of th is Manor that , in Su folk , , in

1 0 w h o 37 , William de Cheyne , married Joan , sister and hei r

o f . of William de Lambourn , was lord it Petronilla de

Ke m e se k 1 0 , by deed , dated 3 7 , conveyed her right in the

Fo lst e d f t o Manor of , in Su folk , Sir James de Lambourn and

wife , and sealed with a woman bearing in her right NOR F OL K C H U R C H E S 99

e F o lsted h hand an escutcheon A rgent , fr tty sable , , and , in e r

fo r Kem esek left , A chief indented , probably .

1 1 C o c k fe ld I n 33 , Adam de and I sabel , his wife , conveyed by fine several messuages and lands in Burnham Westgate

D e e da le and p , with the services of certain tenants , to Robert

1 8 de Swaffham , and Christian , his wife ; and , in 34 , John de

H e m e n da le o f , son Ralph , had a lo rdship , and Ralph de

H e m e n h a le o f 1 1 t o 2 a 0 5 . . . , son John , was found , in 37 , pay p

- t o Castle guard Dover , fo r his lordship held of the Honour of

Haughley .

de H e m e n h a l e Sir Robert , son of Si r Ralph and Joan ,

1 80 his wife , held it in 3 ; she was daughter of S ir John de la

. o f Pole , Kt (son of Richard , son and hei r William de la

Pole , merchant , of H ull , Yorks) , by Joan , his wife , daughter

n . 1 0 2 and sole heir of J oh , Lord Cobham I n 4 , she was wife

' B r a vb r o o k w h o of John Reginald , , in right of his wife , was

e 1 1 6 lord , as was S ir J ohn Oldcastl , in 4 ; he was the fourth

o f 1 1 husband of J oan , and convicted Lollardism in 4 3 (her

H a k third husband was Sir N icholas wb e e ) .

H e m e n h a le Ralph de , armiger , cousin and heir of Sir t Robert , gran ed to Sir John Oldcastle (called Lord Cob h a m e Po lst e d ) and Joan , his wif , the Mano r of Hall , in

1 08— o 4 the said Ralph was son of Th mas , b rother of Ralph , w h o o f H e m e n h a le was father Sir Robert de , husband of

. 1 1 e Joan I n 4 7 , a proclamation was issued , that who ver should take Sir John Oldcastle , late Lord Cobham (then

e attaint d) should be paid by the King marks , and have m 2 0 . a . e xe £ p fo r life ; and if any Corporation took him , an p h tion from Tenths and Fifteenths thro ugh t e kingdom .

2 8 1 1 8 Po lst e de On April , 4 , this Manor of Hall was granted

R o t h e n h a le o n by Henry V . to S ir John , whose death , about

K . G . a year later , it was granted to Sir Lewis Robsart . , fo r life . f 1 6 . t o o r I n 4 4 , Edwa rd I V gave it William Wade his

‘ goo d service a t sea a n d a t the towne o f N ewcast l e on Tyne in I OO NOR F OLK C H U R CH E S

f 1 80 F e n s defence o the towne . I n 4 , Thomas y had a grant

F b . 2 2 1 82 . o o f . e the same On , 4 , Edward IV c nfirmed it to

F e n s fo r e . 1 8 John y and Anne , his wife , their liv s I n 4 4 , it

’ was granted for life t o the King s servant , Thomas Lovell and Agnes Lovell , widow , the Manor having fallen into the

’ ’ ” F n King s hands by reason of Th omas y e s rebellion .

1 1 2 e o f I n 5 , Joan Calthorpe was grant d the reversion the

Po lst e de o n Manor of Hall in Burnham , N orfolk , the death of

Thomas Fennys (State Papers ,

1 1 I n 5 7 , Edward Warner had a reversionary grant of it ,

1 66 e and Sir Edward Warner died seized of it in 5 , wh n it

t o o w h o 1 6 descended his brother , R bert , had a license , in 57 ,

t o r e . alien it to his son , Hen y Warner , of M ild nhall , arm ;

O t o and , in the following year, h e sold part f it F rancis Gobbe .

1 6 2 r 0 . ce c i e I n , Thomas Rouse , arm , had a p p t o render the Manor of F o lst e d Hall t o Henry Cornwallis and Robert

D rury , arm . This Manor , with its appurtenances in Burn h a m e Westgate , N orton , Sutton , and D epdale , was pur

6 1 61 So a m e . chased Dec . , 7, by S ir Stephen , Kt (Lord

f 1 6 1 o . Mayor) , Charles Cornwallis John Thurlow held it , in 5 ,

1 6 . and John , his son , in 75 (The first members of this family t o T h ir lo w e hold land here were Thomas , Hugh and William ,

e in 1 456. These we re the anc stors of Lord Chancellor

Thurlow) .

1 2 Thomas Harris , Esq . , appears as lord , in 7 4 , and Pink

P. M . P r ney Wilkinson , Esq . , J . , . for Old Sa um , Wilts . , about 1 740 . H e married a daughter and heiress o f Thur f e . o low , Esq , Burnham W stgate , and erected a Mano r t h hous e near the Church . Sir Mordaunt Martin , 4 Bart . , f h held this Manor at the end o the 1 8t century . He was son

B t . w h o o f Sir Roger Martin , , of Long Melford , Suffolk , di e d

Ev r ilda 1 62 . e e r in 7 Sir Mordaunt married Doroth a , 3 d

o f Re v daughter the . William Smith , Rector of Burnham , and d t 1 8 1 0 i u i ed Sep , 5, aged 73 , h a ving spent 5 years n the st dy

1 62 N OR FOLK CH U RCH ES selling falsum e t fi c t u m t r ia c u lu m t o the grave damage

Of the people . The Court Rolls of Burnham Manor also mention the fol lowing The town Of Burnham Thorp was prosecuted fo r n o r

k — I S o tt isw e n t 1 . n 1 6 repairing the way near , in 433 43 , the Abbot of Creake was accused of ploughing up a bound at

C r e k sto n o f y y , dividing the parishes Burnham Thorp and

— N o rth Creak e Tanning and glove - making were carried on

— tem . h ere , p . Edward V I White bread was a forbidden

1 d luxury , and , in 547 , men were fined 3 . each for selling the h same within the precincts of t e leet . N 1 o v . . o viz . On 3 , 3 Edward V I , f ur men of Burnham , f Geo frey Comber , J ohn Water , Robert Palmer and Walter

’ fo r Ke tt s Buckham , were in Lynn Gaol joining rebellion ,

’ e o M e r e ll s and all th ir go ds forfeited , as were John y goods ,

’ wh c ut t o o was pieces by King s soldiers .

o f The names tenants of the Manor here , at various periods ,

— o D u llm a n have been Go dheart , Sincere , Turncoat , , Dear

G a t h e r o o d G o o dc o o k Pie m a k e r bought , g , Toogood , , , Fresh

H a r db e a n s M a k e h a st e D r a wsw o r d W a o le bread , , , , gp ,

Sm o o th h e a d N wc o m in M k m a i e n e t c e e a e d . , , Truelove , , Rake ,

le le le The Norman names were Cu rson , N eve , Cressy ,

P B t v — H l n o M a n n le . : a de evere , yg , and y Danish y , Sweyn ,

H e lk e r e T h u r k e s T h u r lo e e n n e sso n , Alger , , , N icker , Loker , J ,

T h o m m e sso n . oc : T h r s and Danish l alities mentioned y Pit ,

H e k k r s O st e r t e ld a t e Grimes C roft , y Yard , and g Other place names in the Manor we re G o dde sh o u sc r o ft and D u de m a n sa c r e .

1 a lie n a t I n 575 , license was granted to Henry Warner for

t o e n so n o f ing Robert J y , Burnham Westgate , and his heirs ,

2 0 0 60 acres of land , of pasture , and a foldage in this town ;

th 2 . o n and by an inquisition , taken April 9 , 5 Eliz , the death o f e n so n w h o 1 80 Robert J y , died in 5 , it was found that he was

’ o e n so n s then p ssessed of a messuage here , called J y House , held of the Manor of Carbrook in free soccage; of 1 2 4 acres NOR F OLK CHU R CHES 1 0 3

’ e of land , formerly H yward s , held of the Manor of Thorp , in

- free soccage ; of a fold course , called Tariff , and pasturage , ’ B r e c c le s t he e called Lynge , and all lands , lat Warner s , held

’ in c a i te 0 o of the King p ; and 5 acres , called P mfret s , held of that Man o r in free soccage ; and Tho-mas was his son and

6. heir , aged 4

V ’ The E arl V a r r e n s Manor of Burnham Thorpe extended here , and was held of the B urnhams , lords of that town .

so n e sa n s Ralph , of John de Burnham , releas d by deed , date , t o C a st le a c r e the monks of , a capital messuage which he had of them , with the homages , rents , services , etc . , in Burnham

R C a st l r e . e a c e fo l h r . C a t o e s ( g , This descended to the p

C a lt h o r by the marriage of Si r William de p , with Ce cilia , sister and heir of William de Burnham .

1 2 1 C a lt h o r I n 7 , Sir William de p and Cecilia had a grant

’ n d a of a annual fair on St . Peter s day , the vigil and y after , also free warren ; this was probably only a confirmation o f

fo r 1 2 a previous grant to the Burnhams , , in 57, Hugh de Po lst e d and Juliana G ym in gh a m took stallage in the market

’ at Burnham ; and J uliana was a widow , in the King s dona

i n c a it e 1 2 . a . tion , holding lands p of £ p

1 2 I n 75, Sir William and Cecilia were found to have a

r a n d Satu day market , assize of bread beer , and with Richard de Snetterton , had wreck at sea at B urnham , and paid 8 2 . a fo r t . 1 2 0 5 . p . it o the Earl Warren I n 7 , Sir William

H e m e n h ale and Cecilia , Ralph de and Emme , his wife , and John de G ym in gh a m were found by a pleading to have a

t o e o o f weekly market , and take stallag and t ll every cart passing over the causey at Burnham .

l h r I t remained in the family of C a t o p till Elizabeth , f daughter o Sir Philip , took it in marriage to Sir Henry

Parker . Burnham Westgate paid to the lord of the H u ndred a leet

fe e s 6 d. of 3 . % 1 0 4 NOR FOLK CHU R C HE S

o f e n so n e Concealed lands here , in the tenure Robert J y , wer

2 2 1 t o granted Sept . 7 Elizabeth , John H erbert and Andrew

Palm e r .

B R ECC L ES MAN OR . This was the part held by the King at the Survey and farmed by Godric . On the forfeiture of this lordship by Ralph ,

t h e Earl of Norfolk , William I . seized same , and it remained

’ o d Alb in in the Crown till William I I . gave it t William i,

o e ancestors of the Earls of Arundel , who enfe ff d a family

B re c c le s . called de I n the reign of Edward I I . , John

B r e c c le s a dv o w Benedict de died lo rd of this Manor , and the son o f a mediety of the Church of Burnham Westgate St .

. l . v B r e c c e s Mary , with the Manor of Grimston , q , and John ,

so n 1 1 2 his and hei r , was lord in 347 , but in 39 , S ir Robert

H e m e n h a le o f . H e m e n h a le was found to die seized it Ralph ,

e w t o ‘ his n phe , released Sir John Oldcastle and Joan , his

t he o f B r e c c le s wife , Manor and the advowson of the St o f . . Churches St Mary the Vi rgin , Margaret the Virgin ,

1 0 . and All Saints in Burnham , in 4 9

M ’ EX AM ’ R EY NH A S L H S . , OR MAN OR

The family of de R eyn h a m held a Manor here o f the

o f e o 1 Honour Clar , and by the Escheat R lls , in 373 , Hum

o f e t o frey de Bohun , Earl H reford and Essex , was found ’ i n c a ite 8 o f die seized , p , of the th part a Knight s fee , held by

H e m n h le e the heirs of Ralph e a , form rly belonging to S ir

Edmund de Re yn h a m .

Thomas Langton and Agnes , his wife , were deforciants ,

r n f . u e e t s o and William Yelverton , etc , q , in a fine the Manor R h e n a m . of y in Burnham Westgate , N orton , Sutton , S t

’ ’

Ul e t c . Andrew s , p , St . Edmund s , , when an annuity was

— . I n settled on Agnes for life the Calendar of Papal Registers ,

fo r authority a portable altar was granted , in November ,

1 o f 434 , to William Lexham , lord of the Manor Lexham in

NOR F OL K C H U R C H E S 1 0 5

- e 1 0 Burnham , and Margaret , his wif ; and , in 49 , William

. o f Lexham , arm , died possessed this M anor .

’ o 1 1 1 8 L e xh a m s By an inquisiti n taken April 5 , 5 , Manor

0 0 0 0 o f 2 0 f consisted of 5 acres of land , 5 pasture , o meadow ,

0 1 00 5 . 4 of wood , and rent here and in Burnham Norton , etc .

1 8 R O O S o n e o f t h e da u h I n 53 , Mary , o r Margaret , widow , g

c o - e ters and heirs of William L xham , arm . (married first to

William Lynn) , William Dudley , arm . , son and hei r of

c o - Frances , another daughter and heir , George Chapman and

CO - e Joan , his wife , a daughter and h ir , and Edward Beau mond and Katherine , h is wife , another daughter , conveyed it , with six messuages and three fold courses in the afo re

e said townships , to Richard Southw ll , armiger , and Sir

t o f 1 5 . d . o u Richard Southwell was lord in 547 , and paid 34 4 this Manor to that of Po lst e d Hall ; t o Burnham lete 9d . ; t o

Burnham Sutton let e 4d . to the bailiff of the Manor of Wal

d . . singham Parva 4é , etc Richard S o uthwell was lo rd in 1 564 ; the Soames family

1 62 . held it in 3 ; Thomas Harris , Esq , was lord and patron

f 1 8 . 1 2 . o in 7 4 , and P Wilkinson , merch ant , London , in 75 f w o . . n o J . R . Overman , Esq , is lord this Manor

T H E PAR I S H C H U RC H .

t t o . The Church , dedica ed St Mary the Virgin , is a good

r e building of flint and freestone , mostly in the Deco at d and f P e rpendicular styles o architecture , consisting of modern chancel and N . chapel (dedicated to St . John) , cleresto ried

e . nave Of four bays , N . and S . aisl s , S porch with upper 6 chamber , and a Western embattled tower , oft . high , with

c beautiful parapet , containing a clo k and four bells , which

“ ' A 3” n t n 1 62 2 bear these i scrip ions An o Domini 7 43 , 3 , 3 ” f 1 62 . . o . Alice and W Brend , N or 4 Anno Domini 9 A76 ( 1 0 8 r d wich , founders . ) I n 9 , the 3 bell was recast by Taylor ,

- an d . e of Loughborough , the other th ree quarter turned Th re

6 w o f . Were thre e b e lls in Ed ard V I 7 , 5 , and 4 cwts but th e 1 0 6 NOR FOLK C H U R C HES

o e f Commissi n rs only left the bell o 4 cwts . fo r the use of

Divin e Service .

r e - - e t The building was restored , and seated with pitch pin o

2 0 1 8 8 - 80 hold 4 persons , in 7 , at a cost of the towe r

o e r e - arch was p ned , and the chancel roofed ; at the same time several of the windows were filled with stained glass as

t r t o memorials o various inhabitants . Some a e the follow

w h 1 8 1 6 : . o ing N aisle , Rev . Hy . C rowe , died in , Katherine

H e ls h a m 1 8 1 6 H e lsh a m 1 8 1 8 , Catherine , Sir Roger Martin ,

. 1 1 8 1 8 6 e Dec 5, 54 , George W . Girdlestone 5 , and memb rs of

2 1 the Bolton family ; S . aisle , Emma Horatia , died Feb . ,

1 86 1 86 1 8 0 9, and Mary Ann Bolton 4 , Robert Barnes 7 (a

oo s 1 8 1 sch lmaster ; erected by his pupils) , Rev . John Glas e , 3 ,

1 8 and Anna Maria , his wife , 53 ; W . window , to Henry

1 8 1 . Blyth and Sarah , his wife , 3

1 6 I n the th century , the steeple windows contained the

r a n t n B lo m e fi l Arms of C l a e and N o . e d mentions the follow ing Arms in the Church windows H em en h a le ; D e la Po le ;

r l r n h m h r S c a les ; M o ley ; C a e ; Rey a ; and C a lt o p . All the windo ws have been renewed at different periods ; the plate h tracery o f t e chancel windows is rather shallow .

o f e . On the S . side the chancel , und r the W window , is an

n u su a ll lo w - u - e 2 u v blocked p low sid window , about 4 inches square .

c The font is a plain panelled Perpendicular o tagon , and has been very much scraped at different periods ; it stands on a mod ern shaft and base .

On t h e S . side of the Church is a lowered sill t o form h t e . sedilia , or possibly whole sanctuary level has been raised

— C . o The lerestory windows , N side trefoils and quatref ils

— in circles are in excellent p re servation those on the S . side

2 - are of lights , Perpendicular . The nave arch e s are double chamfered o n octagonal caps

r . e and esponds , and shafts of Decorated date The chanc l

1 0 8 NOR FOLK CHURC H ES

Fo lst e d Lady Calthorpe , h eld Hall , which comprised the

o f 1 1 1 largest part Burnham Westgate , in 5 , and may possibly

e have b en the donor of this unique parapet .

M EM OR I ALS AN D H E RALD RY .

The following Memorials remain in the Church — O n a

: t w o e slab in the chancel A long cross ; in chief mull ts ,

Th u r lo w o r o (Azure , a long cross ; in ch ief two est iles of eight

Th u r lo w points o f the last . Burk e gives the coat of of Burn

’ f t w o ham Overy as Azure , J acob s sta f in pale or ; in chief ,

t he f estoiles of second) ; impaling , A fesse , in chie two

S o th er t o n t w o crescents , (Argent , a fesse gules , in chief ,

. e crescents of the last) For M ary , the only daught r o f

E s r e . Thos . Sotherton , of Taverham , q , wife of John Thur l w f h o o . w o , Burnham Westgate , gent , departed this life

2 2 n d 1 0 B lo m e fi e ld e of April , 7 5, aged 33 ( says l aving

e three children , Mary , Anne , and Thomas . Ann , daughter o f t h 1 0 John Thurlow and Mary , his wife , died January 7 , 73 ,

“ — 2 8 . O u : aged another Henry Thurlow and Mary , his

de h wh o p rudent wife , lineally scended from those T urlows

e . lie buri d in Burnham Overy Church A just man he was ,

i 2 t h 1 6 8 . da e s . and died full Of He was buried 4 May , 7 ” Pray goo d sir let n o e s trange Bones disturbe thes e . At Burnham Norton there are slabs for members of this

“ o same family , but with ut Arm s M rs . Lydia Thurlow , wife

1 1 6 6. o f of J ohn Thu rlow , died May 3 , 7 F rances , daughter

R v V h e . . o f \ o r t a m CO . f Thos Thurlow , Rector , Su folk , died

’

1 2 1 . D ec . 2 1 61 Nov r , 749 John Thurlow , born 4 , 9, , died

2 2 1 68 . . March , 4 M r William Thurlow , U ncle Of the said

6 . 1 0 . John Thurlow , died 3 M rs Bridget Thurlow , Aunt of 6 1 . the said John Thurlow , died 55 Elizabeth , relict of Rev .

1 1 . M r o . s . Th s Thurlow , died March 9, 744 Theophila

te l o f Thurlow , their daugh r , descended from the Thur ows ,

u Ul e 1 8 1 2 2 . B rnham p , di d J une , 7 3 , aged 4 NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 0 9

o n . On Shields in the windows the N . side of the N

e : G r o n e chap l y y of eight , or and sable ; on a ch i f Of the

’ C r owe second , two leopards faces of the first , ; impal ing

e t w n r Argent , on a bend cotised azur , between o u ic d n s

heads erased of the second , collared and armed argent , three

o f Sm ith — I n o l ozenges the field , ( lozenge) Argent , a chevr n

’ e H e lsh a m engrailed b tween three leopards faces gules , ;

Cr owe — I n H e lsh a impaling ( lozenge) m . F o r Henry

e 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 1 6. Crow , Clerk , born Febru ary 4 , 74 , died March ,

H l h a m 8 1 1 e s 2 1 0 1 8 6. Katherine , born Dec . , 773 , died Jan . ,

H l h a m e s Fe b . 2 1 2 1 8 1 8 . Catherine , born , 797 , died Oct . 4 ,

“

: . . O f On slabs Henry Crowe , M A , Rector Burnham

D e e da le p , Wolferton , and Billingford , in this county , died

— 1 0 1 8 1 6 . e o f March , , aged 75 Katherin , widow Henry

H el sh a m o f O , late Stoke Ferry in this county , daughter f the

1 0 1 8 1 6 . Rev . H enry Crowe , died Jan . , , aged 43 Edward ,

o f . d son the Rev Henry Crowe and Elizabeth , his wife , die h t 1 88 1 1 . J une 4 7 , aged

f h z— o t e . On a Shield in a window N aisle Argent , a e U ch vron between three mascles sable , with the lster Badge ,

M r in a t . c o (Bart , of Long Melford , . Suffolk , and Burnham ,

N orfolk . Farrer s ays there should be A bordure engrailed ’ Crest : A cockatrice s head argent , combed gules ,

: I n it iu m e ae winged o f the first . Motto sapi nti est timor ” D c . m Sir . wh o e Do ini . For Roge r Martin , Bart , died

1 1 8 5, 54 , aged 75

O n other memorials Frances Martin , Spinster ,

e Ev e r ilda daughter o f Sir Mordaunt Martin , Bart . , and Dam

2 1 80 2 2 . Dorothea , his wife, died J uly 7 , , aged 7 S ir

1 8 1 t h B t . t e Mordaunt M artin , , died Sep mber 5 , in his 75

Ev er ilda w year . Dame Dorothea , ife of S ir Mordaunt r d 2 1 1 80 0 . Martin , died Sept . , , aged 57 She was 3 daughter

R o f . a u of the e v . William Smith , Recto r this parish Mord nt

M a o n on d o r . 2 , a rt in , ged e m th , ied N v 5 I I O NOR F OL K C H U R C H E S

t At Rings ead Church lies buried Dame Catherine , relict

B t . of Sir Mordaunt Martin , , of Burnham , eldest daughter of Rev . Armine Spelman , and late widow of Edward Roger

O wh o 2 1 82 N orth , Vica r f Harlow , Essex , died April 9, 5, aged S On a monumental tablet on the N . wall of the nave , hield

t e z— 1 coloured , but much obli rated Quarterly and 4 , Gules , t w o e m e lle s Th or n hill 2 bars g and a chief argent , ; and 3 ,

: e Or , C rest The h lmet is left , but th e crest is t destroyed . This monument , erec ed by the legatees

t h e Ev e r ilda appointed by last act and testament of M rs .

O f Tho rnhill , late Burnham , in the county of N orfolk ,

wh o 2 0 t h o f Spinster , departed this life the day October ,

1 e M r s . 743 , ag d 44 ; and of her late mother , Ann Thornhill ,

6 . w h . 2 1 2 o died Nov , 7 4 , aged 5 ; Thomas Harris , Esq , her

U w h o e . . 1 1 6 66 late ncle , di d Oct o , 73 , aged ; John Thorn

E r w h o 2 1 1 1 s e . hill , q , died August 7 , 74 , aged 47 years ” month and 3 days , interred near .

t o e There is also a slab Richard Clark , surgeon , who died

e i st 1 1 1 . Septemb r , 75 , aged 5

Ke r r ic h and B lo m e fi e ld mention the se Memorials — I n the

a c e t n D u n w e ll filia T h o m as . chancel Hic j A na , Ducket , gen ,

Su ffo lc ie n sis c h a r is sim a C h r isto h e r i D u n w e ll , p (Dunnell) ,

i r ec o r is c h u u s Ec c le s a m t O . j , biit Dec die o tavo , sepulta

A . D . decimo , . etc

At the E . end of the N . aisle was a gravestone with the

fi o f ef gies a man , in his gown , hands clasped , with head on

o n pill ow , and a talbot at his feet . It was turned its face , and made part of the floor of the N . aisle , but was taken up in

1 82 . t o J uly , 3 This seems have been left unfinished , as the edges of the pillow are sha rp , and th e remainder of the

c 1 sculptu re is very rough ; it probably dates from . 30 0 . (This now lies under the tower . )

e fli ie s O t w o On another , the g f a man between his wives ,

o f ildr n o n a and group ch e , and brass plate Of you r

I I 2 NOR FOL K C H U R C H E S

k ’ John T u c e s handwriting , in which he gives it to the Church

o fo r o f wardens , Henry W odrow and Thomas Breeze , the use

o f the Church , is at the bottom of the title page the N ew

n o w Testament . This intere sting relic is on a desk in the

N . aisle .

There wer e 1 50 Communicants here in 1 60 3 .

te 1 8 o f The Regis rs date from 53 , and are in a fair state

preservation .

1 2 o o f By Will , in 49 , Cecilia Walp le , Burnham Westgate ,

t o 65 . 8d . desired be buried in the Churchyard here , and left to t he reparation of the Church . h On an altar tomb o n t e S . E . side of the Churchyard T h w u r lo . : Arms of Crest An anchor erect , with rope h entwined . Samuel T urlow , of Burnham Westgate ,

so n o f w h o Merchant ( Robert Thurlow) , is interred

. e 1 1 within these rails He depart d this life 5th of July , 733 , h o t h 6t e . in h is 5 5 ) y a r Robert Thurlow , Woolen Draper ,

6 8 . T h t 1 1 e o . who depar ed this life , Sept . , 7 , ag d 55 Ward ,

. o o f e gent , who married the wid w Robert Thurlow , and di d

. 1 1 1 0 6 . so n Oct 3 , 7 , aged 3 Thomas , o f John Thurlow and

e Mary , his wife (mentioned on a grav stone lying in the 8 ” 2 0 1 2 o f . chancel) , who died May , 7 , in the year her age

e y Ext rnall , the Church has roofs of slate , and there are

. e o f gable crosses over the E nds the nave and chancel , f . o and also over the po rch On the S . side the chancel is a

’ e n e o t w prie st s doo r . The tow r has o large st ne and o brick

o buttresses , a mod ern W . wind w , and E arly English belfry windows of two l ights , plain , but with a central circular shaft and cap . The stumps of crocketed pinnacles can still be dis t in u ish e f g d at the top corne rs o the tower .

T H E ADVOWSON .

t w The Chu rch of St . Mary anciently consisted of o

iz f v O . . moieties , . , that St Marv and that of St . Edmund I n the N orwich T a x a tion of 1 2 54 is th e following B u rn ha m NOR F O L K C H U R C H E S 1 1 3

Se e . R e c t o r is 1 1 1 0 5 d Marie portio marks . 4 .

C a st le a c r e ’ Prior de decime separ . I n Pope Nic h o la s s

’ c 1 2 1 Taxation , , 9 , the Rector s moiety was valued at 1 2 marks

Pr io r is C o e fo r d C o k f and Portio de g , vel ys o r d 1 2 H marks . The tenths of C a st le a c r e P riory are n o t men i ’ ’ t o n e d . T h e f o . Prior s portion St Mary s was appropriated ,

0 and had a manse and 3 acres . James de Thorpe was

. f patron of the oth er moiety Th e Church with portion O St .

Edmund was valued at 40 5 . P rocurations and Synodals

’

1 d . and it paid 7 Peter s Pence .

1 2 1 B r it h e w r t h I n 4 , H ubert de o claimed the right o f pre

p se tation to the Church of St . Mary against the Prio r of

Co k s fo r d t he f , and ju ry found that Hubert , grand ather o f

' R a l h B e lle the present H ubert , had impleaded p , on account

’ of the said right , and Ralph s claim had b een allowed (and he presented Thomas de la Folie t o the Vicarage) ; the

’ P rior s claim was acknowledged at this time .

The portion of John de Gresham in the Church of St .

1 8 . Mary de Bu rnham is mentioned , in 37 I t appears in the King ’s Book (Bacon ’s Edition) as Burn

’ l a ls a s . e . . ham St . Marv Westgate , m d iety of St Margaret s l a s . U l . Norton , and Burnham All Saints p . Rect . Pens

i I 1 E C ll 1 0 A r h i a c . S 1 d . o e . . 5 . c d O . g Christi , Camb . % pisc

6 2 1 5 . 2 0 1 5 . 8d . 4 5 . Value £ (clear value and pays £

8d . Tenths .

C o xfo r d e 1 8 t o medi ty was granted , in 53 , Thomas , Duke

’

n w . of Norfolk ; this o belongs to Christ s College , Cambridge

I n 1 59 1 Ric ha rd Bunti n g had a p r cec ip e t o deliver t o

an d Thomas Bunting , Edmund Anguish a moiety of this

Church .

8 . a . Th e tithes of the parish were commuted for £7 4 p ,

o 2 1 0 5 . and applied as foll ws to the Rector , £ 5

’ 61 t o 8 5 . t o tithes on glebe , £3 Christ s College , and £3 5 the

I n 1 8 0 t h e Re Rector o f B u rnh a m Sutton . 9 , ctor had also 1 1 4 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

1 2 6 2 a . £ and half the rent of 3 of glebe , as a mediety of the Rectory of Burnham Norton .

The living is now a Rectory consisting o f a mediety o f the

o f e m e die t ie s o f Rectory Burnham Westgat , with the Rec

o f Ul h tories Burnham Norton and Burnham p annexed , joint

’ v a lu e 2 o 1 0 1 1 t o net £ 4 , with acres of glebe (9 belonging the

1 t o Rector , and 9 the College) , and residence , erected about

1 8 o f o 53 , in the Elizabethan style , West the t wn ; it is in the

’ . o f gift of Christ s College , Cambridge The other mediety

e 1 . e Burnham Westgat , together with 9a of land her , in sub

- je c t to some ill de fi n e d trusts appertaining to the College .

LI ST OF I N C U M B ENTS .

’ e o f The following have been I ncumb nts St . Mary s

Cir c a 1 2 1 0 Thomas Brito .

1 2 1 4 Thomas de la Folie .

1 2 78 John Gresham .

1 0 R a de m l e t o o f 3 3 William de y d ( a mo iety St .

’ - b Mary s , newly created) y the Prior and k h Convent o f Co e sfo r t .

— 1 30 5 Pete r de Buxton d o .

h n — 1 0 8 so n o f Sw e t e e . 3 Roger , N icholas y do

— 1 3 Robert W e yn o ld (resigned) do .

1 8 fo 34 R obert Chattok (exchanged r W . Rudham)

do .

1 349 Hugh R ic h e m a n (B lo m e fi e ld says R ic h e m a y)

do .

1 88 W e n h a l— do 3 John Merch de yg .

n — 1 390 Richard W a p o u d (re sign e d) do .

— 1 397 John Mason do .

— 1 4 John Balle (resigned) do .

1 1 2 o d t h — d 4 Th omas C y o .

1 1 6 NOR FOL K C H U R C H E S

Philip Adamson .

Thomas B le n e r h a sse t .

— S . T . B . b N icholas Steer , y Sir Charles Corn

wallis .

Anthony Wilkinson . . Nathani e l Th ornton (Comp o unded for First

F ruits) .

1 633 Robert Thompson .

1 6 o . . . 39 Th mas Lushington , S T P (Prebendary of

t o Salisbury , and Chaplain Bishop Corbet ,

- o f Oxford and No rwich) do .

1 655 Ch ristopher Dunnell (died) .

— 1 68 S b . 5 Henry purling (died) y John H arris , E sq

— 1 2 b . 7 4 Thomas Grome y Thomas Harris , Esq

1 2 — b E v e r ilda 74 William Smith v Thornhill ,

spinster .

l — 1 66 Al o t t . b 7 Bryan , junr y H utton Perkins , of

Barnard Castle , Durham , gent .

— 1 80 b . 4 John Gl asse y John Smith , Esq , and Lord

Camelford .

— b M 1 8 2 . . 3 Bernard Gilpin , M A y the aster , Fel

’ lows and Scholars of Christ s College ,

Cambridge .

— D . 1 D . o 8 e . d 49 William Bat s ,

— 1 8 8 . . do . 7 James Henry Lamb , M A

I 0 o . . . . . 9 3 Th mas Felton Falkner , M A , D S O (the

— present Rector) do .

’ ST . E DM U N D S C H U RC H .

’ The following have been I ncumbents of St . Edmund s here John le Moyne was patron about the tim e of Edward

I . , when a chaplain resided and served the cure , had a manse

’ and 2 0 acres o f land ; then valued at and paid n o Pet e r s P n c e e . NOR FOL K CH U R C H ES 1 1 7

1 32 3 John de Rysk in gt o n (re signed)— by Sir Walter

C a lt h r o . de p , Kt

1 330 Thomas Mathew d e H ildo v e st o n (resigned) — by

C a l h t o r . Sir Walter de p , Kt

1 D — d 334 Thomas erk de Norwich (resigned) o .

1 — 337 M atthew do .

1 1 e — 34 William de M rston do .

1 — 345 Al exander Mose do .

Cir c a 1 62 7 Anthony Wilkinson .

1 62 8 — b Nathaniel Thornton y the King , on account

o f the minority of John So a m e . 6 1 o . . 39 Th mas Lushington , S T D . (P rebendary o f

— Salisbury) do .

1 655 Ch ristopher Dunnell (died) — by Sir N icholas le

Strange .

1 68 — h e 5 Henry Spurling (died held it with St .

’

e . Mary s , m diety of St Margaret , and All

U 1 h — b Saints , p ) y John Harris , arm .

o The Church f St . Edmund was allowed to fall into decay

i t h during the 7 century , and the site is now occupied by the

Parish Room .

R E F E R E N C E S .

c t o e t o Referen es Burnham Mark t , or Westgate , are be

’ — B lo m e fi e ld s v o l . found in the following N orfolk , . vii

— 6 fo 2 2 . o . . 5 t Notes on Church ; Add M S 755, Note as Arms

— 0 1 fo 1 0 0 . d in Church ; Harl . M S . 9 , . Concerning lor ship of

— l M S . O f Po st e de Hall ; Harl . . 433 I nventory Church Goods

— N . O ff. 0 o . 6 . . . Ed . V I ; Public Rec , vol 5 3 , 5 Royalists R o . . . 2 n d . p ssessions in ; see vol iv , p 353 , of ser oyalist

— ff. . Re c . O 5 Co m n . e p Pap rs , Pub Token of ; East Anglian ,

— h . Ke r r ic . vol . iv . , p . Church N otes , by ; Add M S S

- t 1 6 fo . 2 . 6 fo 6 fo . 1 1 0 6 6 o . 743 , . 34 ; 747 , , 3 ; 75 , 94 ; 759, 5 1 1 8 NORFOLK CH URC HE S

N . o 1 0 G . . 2 0 t o e o . o Trust deed as Po r at ; Close Roll , I I I , pt ,

— D 1 . O . t 8 G e . . 1 o o . 7 as Calvinists at ; Close Roll , 5 I I I , pt 4 ,

— 1 . D o . No . 7 , as to Primitive Methodists at ; Close Roll ,

' — T 1 8 0 8 1 . h i t w n . o 5 , pt . 5 , No 3 s is called Burnham Lex

— t em . . hame in some Chancery Suits , p . Edward V I J

’ ’ ’ L E t r a n e s — E F a r r e r s s g Church Be lls o f Norfolk . . ” — v o l . . Church Heraldry of N orfolk , . ii Brass at ; Add

- . . o a . ; t o M S L . 37 See N rfolk Arch eology , vols ix

— — l 1 1 . e c v o . . dat N orfolk Antiquarian M is ellany , i , p . 4 Trial

0 1 e at law , i f 9 acres of land are glebe ; Easter , 775 (D cree

o f Book the Exchequer) . Other reference s t o the Burnhams are t o be found in

’ the following Royalists possessions in ; vol . iv . , p .

o f 2 n d O ff. . Co m n . 359 ser Royalist p . Papers , Pub . Rec T h ” e f . Burnham Murderers Account o Lives , Trials , etc ,

8 . m 1 2 o . o 1 8 6. 3 pp , N rwich , 3 Court books of ;

— o f f - t o 6. o . Treasury Receipt Exchequer , A 4 3 Petition Par

lia m e n t o f - t o e Walte r F itz Walter , as fish ry at Burnham ” — le 8 . . juste Mier , 779 Petition Of poor fishermen against W

H a sdo n k e w h o in c lo s N ewe and John Van , , under colour of

ing salt marshes , stop their common rights , havens , etc .

— R . th e ] . 1 1 1 e 4 p H ist . M S S . Comm , p . . Docum nts

— - fi t o 1 66 . 8 . C e r t i as , 4 , etc Add . Charters 7

o f fo r t o M r . cate Richard Warner , sequestrator N orfolk , as ’ ’ — o f . . fo 1 . Soame s estate ; Add M S . 9 Bailiff s Return , ’ — . f . 1 . R e . A . . o 3 Hen VI I ; dd M S , 43 oyalists poss s

l . 2 8 v o . . 0 o f I . . . sions in ; see lxxix , p , 3 , st , and vol iv , p 353

o f 2 n d . R C o m n . . Re c . . ser oyalist p Papers , Pub Off

Exc h r t o o f M S q . suit as tithes B urnham arsh in nettisham

— f 1 0 6 . . o b Trin . I I . Wm . I I I , . Decree about privileges ;

— i h . I . f 2 . l h M c s . o . b C a t o r . s I I Chas , 34 The p of ; N orfolk

l — ae v o . . . 1 . o o f 2 . Arch ology , ix , p Notes of C urt Rolls , 5 Ed

— 68 . 1 . I . t o 1 t , 3 , Rye M S S 4 Church No es by Tom Martin ,

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No 1 v o l . . . e o f Rye M S S , . 7 , i "Ry s I ndex N orfolk Topo ” gra phy I

r b ct rea ke. S t. apart) the virgin , Mo t

M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OTE S .

ORT H C reake is a parish and large village o n the banks

f . e o a small rivulet , which rises at S Creak , about 3

N. E . miles S . E . from Burnham Market , 7 from

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N. W . N. E 0 e 2 1 . Fak nham , from King s Lynn , 3 from

1 6 o Norwich , and 4 from L ndon , in the H undred of Brother

o f o f cross , Rural Deanery Burnham , Archdeaconry Lynn ,

o f 6 and Diocese o f N orwich . The parish has an area 3 97 445

f 1 6 o f e acres o land , and 3 3 water , mostly b longing to Earl ’ a r e o f Spencer and Christ s College , Cambridge , who lords

o . . the Man r The soil is light , subsoil principally chalk I n

1 8 1 2 6 45, acres were returned as arable land , pasture

6 . 1 8 and meadow , and 9 woodland Rateable value in 74

1 0 1 1 1 T h e in 9 3 and , in 9 , Parish

1 80 e 2 5 . I I d 61 Rates , in 3 , w re % . in the and realised £3

1 2 5 1 d . . %

1 No r t h c r e k e I n 334, y (then included in Gallow Hun dred) was assessed for Tenths and Fifteenths at £9

ir c a 0 5 . e c 1 3 being deduct d , 449, on account of lands held by t h e religious .

0 1 80 1 61 8 1 82 1 6 1 There was a population of 4 5 in , in , 5 in

1 8 1 6 8 1 8 1 6 1 8 1 1 0 8 1 861 6 3 , 4 in 4 , 77 in 5 ( 57 houses) , 7 in , 59

1 8 1 61 1 88 1 1 8 1 1 8 1 0 1 1 1 1 in 7 , 3 in , 555 in 9 , 5 in 9 , and , in 9 ,

e ther were 545 inhabitants . N O R F OL K C H U R C HE S 1 2 1

The children attend the Public Elementary School , erected

in 1 8 0 49, as a National School , at a cost of £45 , by E arl

Spencer , who also gave the site , and subsequently built a

r e - 1 88 large Infant School ; these were built in 3 , at a cost of

1 8 and enlarged in 95, by the present Earl Spencer , to hold 1 80 . The Schools were handed over t o the C o unty

— 1 A - authority after the Act o f 90 2 . small school house was erected in 1 8 1 5 — There is a small Chapel b elong

t o — 1 8 6. ing the Primitive Methodists , erected in 7 The

f r o . v . remains C eake Abbey , g , are still to be seen in a valley

h — at the N . end of the paris About Roman , ancient

o e British , and other c ins , were un arthed in the neighb o ur

in 1 hood , 799. d There are four Almshouses , fo r four poor widows , founde

M n r 2 a se u 1 5 . . a . by Richard , in 57 , and endowed with £4 3 p ,

o u t o f land b e longing to Earl Spencer . Th e Poor have also

R v 1 0 5 . . e a year out of 3 A of land , bequeath ed by the . Samuel P k 680 . 1 . . a . 1 0 a n c e 1 0 5 . , or Pank , in John Ward left p , in 7 5

t o o f 0 Thomas H erod left personal property the amount £57 ,

fo r f the use o M iss Susan Cork for life , and afterwards to charitabl e purposes ; he also endowed the N ational School

a . with £ 1 0 p .

’ fo r 1 86 r e I n the Abridged Return Gilbert s Act , 7 , Norfolk

". 1 8 1 1 Charities , published by Clark , in , is the following

- e . . North and South Cr ak Certain Alms houses , viz , 4

o f R . M a n se u r . rooms under one roof , given by the ancestors

— R M n u r . 1 2 . o f . a se A , E sq , in 57 , left 9 Land , the rent

2 1 0 5 . t o thereof , £ be applied to repairing the above pre

e 6 . mis s , vested in Earl Spencer ; A left at the same time , and

fo r c lo a t h in fo r 1 1 . vested as before , and let £ 3s a year , g the

“ — H M a n se u r 1 2 Poor therein . . and R . provided , in 57 , each ,

f t o for half a barrel o white herrings , to be given the Poor in

— I n 1 680 Lent yearly . , Samuel Bank Pank) , Rector , bequeathed t o the Poor of N . Creak , yearly , a Rent Charge of

A o f . r fo r 1 0 5 . upon 3 . of Land , vested in the Rector N C eak 1 2 2 NOR F O L K C H U R C HE S

— I n 1 1 . the time being 7 5, John Ward , of S Creak ,

t o . bequeathed the Poor of N C reak , yearly , vested in ”

l e . . C o u s . e Samuel y, gent , of S Cr ak

1 668 I saac Lane , of Little Walsingham , gave by Will , in , £ 1 0 0 fo r the purchase of Land the rent of wh ich was to pro

1 6 t o 1 6 o f vide pennyworth of bread every Sunday , the poore st peopl e w h o should be at Church all the time of

t w o t o 0 service ; and chaldron of coals , be divided among 4

f fo r o . of the poorest people of the parish S Creak , every year

f r . 1 o f o ever 4 A . Land were according purchased this pur

e t o pos , supposed be vested in the M inister , Churchwarden

e and Overseers , for the time being , the cl ar rent of which is

— 6 1 0 5 . . a . e f £ p El izabeth P ll , o Cranworth , by Will , dated

in 1 0 1 0 0 t o . 8 A . 73 , gave £ be applied in like manner About

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e . wer therefore purchased in Terrington St John s , supposed

t o 5 . be vested as above , the clear produce of which is £5 9

— a I n 1 6 0 . d . . . 3 p 4 , Dorothy Woodhouse gave about 9 A Of

f r o 2 0 5 . t o Land , the payment of a year the Vicar , for ever , w h o is to preach t w o charity sermons fo r the same ; and 30 5 . f o r . a yea r to the poorest people of S . Creak , ever The land is let by the Overseers fo r and the rent applie d as by

— d . 1 0 0 Will directe J ohn Ward , of S Creak , about the year 7 ,

0 5 . . a . t o e . fo r bequeathed 4 p the poorest peopl of S Creak ,

ever , payable by his executor . Th is payment has been dis

2 0 t h e n o t n o w t o continued near years , and Overseers know f t o . o 1 0 0 whom apply for it (The Terrier 7 , which is the last

C u l wherein this legacy is mentioned , says that Samuel o se y

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o f . e fo r was then owner an Estate in S Cr ak , which was tied

the paym e nt of it . Perhaps some light may be thrown upon

fo r 1 80 6 w e this by consulting the Terrier , belo , and under dat

1 7 1 5 above) .

fo r 1 0 1 0 A . R . o f 8 A Terrier 77 states 3 Land , lying in

s o f . e . everal pieces , in the fields S C reak , occupi d by Mr

. a . A . R . Davy Turner at £3 p and also 5 3 in 5 several pieces ,

in the parish of East Rudham , occupied by M rs . Holland a t

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R t Snoring , where the entries in the egis er are missing

t o between 1 61 0 and 1 61 4 . I t was the usual custom baptize childr e n in the parishes in which they were born .

MAN OR I AL N OTE S .

The Domesday Book says : Land o f Roger Bigot . H un

T u r st in dred of Galgou (Gallow) . Kreich is held by , so n Ko c h a a of Guy , (as) fou r carucates of land , which g held

in the time o f King Edward (the Confessor) . Always six ’

1 1 0 . villeins , and 4 bordars , and servi Then (Confessor s

- n o w time) four plough teams in the demesne , and afterwards ;

- (the Survey) th ree . Then three plough teams amongst the

n o w t w o . tenants , , and they could be restored Pannage fo r

- e . 2 0 hogs six acres of meadow . Always one cart hors Then

1 8 n o w 1 . 2 0 2 6 2 hogs , 3 Then 3 sheep , now 4 ; and 5 socmen

- - . e with one carucate of land Then s ven plough teams , now

n — I n o w 6. five . Then it was valued at £4 , £ Creich

o f T u r st in so n four freemen with half a carucate land , whom ,

i - W do . of (Guy) holds Then one and a half plough teams ,

n o w t w o oxen ; and it is worth 35 . Roger Bigot had also another Manor held Of him by

T u r st a n o f W ido , son , at the Domesday Survey , consisting of

o n e o f t w o t em . carucate land , which freemen held p Edward

the Confessor ; 1 0 bordars ; o n e plough - team in the demesne ; and o n e amongst the tenants ; t w o parts of a mill ; 5 acres of t m 8s . e . meadow ; valued at , p Confesso r , and at the Survey at w 1 85 . t o e e Also fr emen held half a ca rucat of land , with two

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. 2 5 . o 1 2 d . bordars , etc , valued at in the C nfessor s time , and

at the Su r vey .

h I n Land Of William de Sc o ie s . Hundred o f Galgou . ( )

' C r e ic T u r c h ill held o n e carucate o f land in the time o f T u r st in . King Edward , now (has it) Always one villein and

1 2 - bordars . Then one servus . Always two plough teams in

o n e - the demesne , and plough team amongst t he tenants ; f e o . 60 n w three acr s meadow ; one mill Then sheep , o none . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 2 5

t w o And two socmen (with) acres . Then and afte rwards it

0 was valued at now 3 5 .

TH E MAN OR OF C R EAKE TH ORP HALL , O R KNEV ET S . This was the part belonging to Roger Bigot at the Domes

T u r st in o f W ido day S urvey , and held of him by , son Guy , or , w h o B lo m e fi e ld , says , was probably the ancestor of the de

C r e k C r e k e family . Bartholomew de e was succeeded as lord

’ here , by his son Sir Robert , who held eight Knights fees

. . h t em . da u p Henry I I , of the Bigot family He married a g

G la n v ile s ter and heiress of the , and had a son ,

Bartholomew , who , during the reign of Henry I I I . , was a

e t o . . b nefactor the monastery of St Osyth , Essex The Glan

1 2 2 vile family held lands in many parts of Suffolk . I n 3 , the

f R ic h e m a n ia Sheri f of N orfolk had a precept to deliver to ,

C r k e 1 0 . a . widow of Robert de e , £ p in land , for her support , G till Sir Bartholomew de reke , son and h eir of Robert , should

o u t o f 1 2 return I reland , and assign her a dower ; and , in 35,

R ic h e m a n ia brought an action fo r being disseized unjustly of part of her capital messuage here . S ir Ba rtholomew married f Margery , daughter and heiress of Geo frey de Anos , of

: H illington . H e had th ree sons Robert , Jeffrey , and John ,

- and a daughter , Sarah , who married Roger F itz Peter F itz

1 2 s . . Osbert . Robert was lord here , in 54 , but died p , and

1 2 enfeoffed his moth er in this lordship . I n 57 , the bailiffs

of Margery de C r e k e rec eived stallage in the fair here ; and ,

1 2 e a n d . in 75 , had fre warren , assize of bread and beer

sa n s C r e k e t o By deed , date , Margery de , granted John , her

n o f C r e k e a u r so , and his heirs , the Manor , with all its pp

t n a n c e s e e t o e , res rving to herself all foreign f es , and the nuns

o f Flixton (which House she had founded) , the advowson of

the Church wh ich they had of her gift , and if John should

t o t o die before her , then the Manor , etc . , return her and her

r k 1 2 8 1 h a d he irs. Sir Joh n de C e e was lord in , and then , by NOR FOLK CHURCHE S

o f letters patent , a grant a weekly market here on Tuesday ,

o f . and an annual fair on the eve , day , and morrow St . M ich ael

1 2 8 o f He died about 3 , and Sarah , his sister , wife Roger F itz

- Peter Fitz Osbert was his h eir , and she dying , without issue ,

1 2 2 o f about 9 , Roger , her husband , held it by the courtesy

o n 1 0 6 England , whose death , in 3 , this lordship was found to

’ be held by the ser v ice of o n e Knight s fe e o f the Earl o f Nor

0 . o f folk , and valued at £4 The descendants and heirs Mar

t o garet and I sabel , s isters of Si r Bartholomew , and aunts

M ir . S Sa rah , were coheirs to this lordship argaret married

’ 1 John de Thorp (he , and his parceners , held 3 Knights fees

C r e k D e e da le . in y , p , Q uarles , etc , of Roger Bigot , in

1 2 o o f de T o f Sir I n 3 5 , Alice , wid w John horp (grandson

’ t he t o B lo m v ill John) , had King s writ directed John de ,

. e t o o u t Escheator of N orfolk , etc , for dow r be assigned her

’ o f certain Knights fees in Norfolk and Su ffolk ; and by virtue

H a c fo r d of a mandate from Edwa rd Richard de , the

’ e esch ator s deputy , took an oath of Alice that she would not

’ o t h e t o marry with ut King s license , and assigned her dower

o f r in full her claim , in the Manors of N o th Creak and H ill

in t o n f viz . 1 1 0 5 g in Norfolk , and Combs in Su folk , , about £ 7 .

a C r e k e p . . Another sister o f Sir Bartholomew de , and aunt t o de C r e k e Sarah , sister and heir of Sir John , was I sabel ,

V a lo in e s e wife of John , Lord de , from whom d scended

V a lo in s wh o t w o Ro h e sia wh o Robert , Lord , left daughters , married Sir Edmund de Pakenham , and Cicely , wife of

U f o f f e Robert de ford , Earl Su folk , and between the h irs of the two sisters of Sir Bartholomew this M anor was divided ,

viz . o f A sh w e llt ho r o f , the Thorps p as heirs Margaret , and

Pa k e n h a m s U ffo ds the and r as heirs of the oth e r sister I sabel .

’ 1 m e I n 347 , the Earl Marshal held }, Knights f es in North

C re k C r k y of the King ; also t w o parts of a fee in N . e y and f Burnham Thorpe . Sir Robert de Thorpe was lord o one

R o h e ia moiety , and Sir Edmund de Pakenham and s , his wife ,

— o f h the o f a 1 1 . U f a n h i the ot er , in reign Edw rd f ord , d s wife ,

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Thomas , son and heir of J ohn , Lord Howard , afterwards Earl

o f w h o h e r . of S urrey , and D uke No rfolk , was lord in right

c e B o u r c h ie r After their de ease , it desc nded to Sir John , Lord

Sir Berners , son and hei r of Humphrey and Lady Elizabeth , M o n whose death it passed t o h is two daughters , ary and

e Un to n . Jan e . The former marri d Alexander , arm , and dying s . p . her sister became sole heir to her father . She

Kn e v e t . was the wife of Edmund , arm , second son of

w h o Edmund , of Buckenham Castle , , with his wife , had l ivery o f t h 1 this lordship , J uly 5 , 534 , and was seized of all the Thorp estates . Creake Man o r remained in this family till Sir Thomas

Kn v t 1 t h 1 1 t o M o f e e sold it July 9 , 59 , Richard ansure , N orth

w h o C reake , for he descended from John Mansure ,

r 1 0 1 5 d . . a . 1 so n fa rmed this lo dship at £ 3 . 4 p , in 475, whose

e I Richard , of N orth Creak , marri d st Alice , daughter of John

e Beckham , of N orfolk , gen . , by whom h e had H n ry , who died

h w h o s . . c o e p , and se ondly Joan , by wh m had John Mansure ,

o f married , fi rst , Margaret , daughter and heir Edward Arche r , o f V Visb e a c h , and had a son , Hen ry , who died without issue ;

o f his second wife was Elizabeth , daughter Richard N ewton ,

h e who of South Creake , by whom had Richard Mansure ,

Se a fo u l espoused Alice , daughter of Giles , of Waterden ,

. t o arm , and Anne , married William Armiger ; and , on the

1 2 e . death of Richard Mansure , in 59 , Ann Armiger inherited

e 1 William and Anne levi d a fine , in 597, and settled this

o n Manor of Thorp Hall in No rth Creak , William , M iles , and

Mansure Armiger , their sons . William , the father , died

1 60 7 , and Anne , his wife , three years later . William , the

e son , married Cath rine , daughter and heiress of John Hare , arm . , and had issue William and Clement ; the former mar

V e r n a t t i V e r n a t t i ried Mary , sister of Si r Philibert , by whom

so n w h o n o he had a , William , had issue by Elizabeth (Lucy) , e his wife , and was succeeded by Gabri l , his brother , who was lord Of th is Manor in 1 698 ; he was o n e of the At to r n ie s in t h e ’ Re r r - o fiic King s m emb ance e of the Exchequer . NO R F O L K C H U R C HE S 1 2 9

e O f F rom the Armigers , it passed to Sarah , r lict John ,

o f r o w h o t o Duke Marlbo ugh , left it her favourite grandson ,

. o f the Hon John Spencer , the lineal ancesto r the present t Earl , who is patron of the living , alterna ely with the Bishop of Norwich

B lo m e fi e ld t h e says Armigers were an ancient family .

William Armiger , of Bury , had lands given him in Bury , by h i t . Abbot Hugh , early in the 3 century This family also held

f e R lands in Otley , Su folk , in the r ign of ichard I I . and John

Armiger , of Otley , who married Agnes , daughter of Walter

o f H u n t in fi e ld Blake , g , Suffolk , had a son Thomas , who pur chased the Manor of Canewdon in Essex . They also held f lands in Thrandeston and elsewhere in Su folk . Their Arms

e t w o w re Azure , barrulets argent between three helmets o r .

— Crest A lion sejant gules on a ducal co ronet o r . The Arms

M a n su r e : e of were Vairy , argent and sable , a bend ov r all gules .

- o n o w The site of Tho rpe Hall (Creake Manor h use) , is a

o ae d farmhouse on the b rders of S . C reake , still called The ” ”

. G . H all Farm On the walls m ay be seen the initials A . fo r Gab riel Armiger .

1 6 e I n the th century , John Eyre was granted a farm h re ,

n t o . once belongi g Flixton Priory , Suffolk

VVAL SI NG H A M P R I O RY MAN OR .

A moiety Of the Manor o f N orth Creak was give n by Will

t o t h o f by M ary de Pakenham , widow of Edmund , e Priory

62 f . 2 . 1 . . o Walsingham (Reg Wals 3 , etc ) in 3 , and Eufemia ,

e o n her sister and heir , enter d it as a trustee , and conveyed

He m e n h a le W in fe ld it to Sir Ralph de , Sir John de g , Si r

Gilb e rt de Debenham and John de B le t so . I n the following

e Elm r u da u h y ar , Sir Roger de gg and Elizabeth , his wife , g

o f ter William de Beche , and Eufemia aforesaid , conveyed

H e m e n h a le B le t so it by fine t o Sir Ralph and John , chaplain ;

n h 1 6 h a d c t o a t o a d t e said Sir Ralph , in 3 7, li ense lien it this K 1 30 NOR FOLK CHURC H ES

h 1 1 t e . Priory , with a moiety of advowson I n 37 , the Prior of a Walsingh m was sued in the Exchequer , and Lady Margaret ,

Duchess of Norfolk , entered into this Manor , her license , as

1 capital lady of the Manor , not being obtained ; but , in 379, it

e t o 1 0 0 5 . was grant d the Prior , paying relief (it being valued at £5 and p e rforming homage for the same .

1 0 2 I n 4 , the Prior and Sir Edmund de Thorp held two and

’ a half Knights fees here of Thomas , Duke of N orfolk . I n

1 1 55 , it was granted , with its right of patronage , and a fold

o f 60 0 e e t o age ew s , in the t nure of William Vowell , Thomas ,

Bishop of N orwich , and his successors . I t was then called

’ ’ a lia s L e xh a m s o f No rth C reak Houghton s , with a foldage f . 1 60 0 o sheep I n , the Armigers held it the B ishop of N or

— - a A 5 . d . . . t wich , when the quit rents were £3 4 4 p the sale

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o n 1 1 . 1 6 of Bishops Lands Feb , 47 , the Manor of N orth

K iv t o . . n e t t creake was sold Tym Cruso , N ath , and John

L e a th e s for £430 1 75 . 7:1 d .

’ ’ Ea r l Wa r r en s M a n o r a lia s C a lth o r s w a s e , p , in South Creak ,

. v . o f g , but extended here . (South Creake was part the War Ai 1 0 2 . . . 0 ren fee in 3 , but not North Creake Feud ds iii , 4 5

Si h t . r St a n o w em . Henry de was lord p Henry I I I , and , in

1 2 2 e e 7 , had the assize and frankpledg of his tenants , and gav t w o parts of the corn tithes o f his demesnes t o the Cathedral

t o Chu rch of No rwich , which was confirmed the monks by the

. e Bishop It passed by marriage with C cilia , daughter o f t o C a lth o r 1 2 Sir Hervey , Sir Walte r p , and , in 33 , William

l h r C a lt h o r de C a t o p was lord . S ir Bartholomew de p after

in wards held Creak , and in Burnham Thorpe , half a ’ fe e - fo r m e r lv Knight s , which Roger F itz Peter held of the l h Earl Warren . From the C a t o r p s it passed by marriag e t o

Ha r sic k s o f So u t h a c r e . 1 62 ] the , I n . 5 , William Vowel was ’ ’ C a lth o r s lord of p Manor , and held it of Christ s College ,

. o f e Camb ridge Th is , which once formed part the Cr ake

n o w o f Abbey estate , is leased to the Earl Orford ; it contains

62 0 a b o ut a cres .

NOR F O LK C H U R C H E S 1 3 1

’ T H E EARL OF CLARE S MAN OR .

T u r c h ill This was that portion held by , and subsequently

. Sc o h i granted by William I to William de e s . During the

O f I . e f reign Henry , he conv yed it to Walter Gi fard , Earl o f

R o h a isa Buckingham , and , daughter and heiress , carried it in

- marriage to Richard Fitz Gilbert , ancestor of the Earls of

’ . C a l Clare Walter de t h o r p held one Knight s fee o f t he Earl t em . . o f t h e of Gloucester , p Henry I I I , and he King . Little is

O f . Cle r v e a u x U known this Manor William , of pwood ,

s e 1 0 Hunt , conveyed to John Weas nham marks rent here ,

C a lt ho r with the service of William p and I sabel , his wife ;

1 0 o f and , in 37 , John de Rede , Bedford , and Elizabeth , his

e t o e wife , convey d by fine John de W asenham , the thi rd part

o f 1 0 . 1 0 2 a lt h r marks rent I n 4 , Sir William C o p held one

’ Knight s fee here of the Honour of Clare .

’ to o f fo r Kn e v e t s The lete fee due the lord the Hundred , V ’ ’ V a lsin h a m s C a lt h o r s 5 — I n 1 2 8 h g , and p Manors , was 3 . 4 , t e temporalities o f the P rio r o f W e stacre here were valued at

2 5 . 3d.

T H E PAR I S H C H U RC H . a The Church , dedic ted to S t . Mary the Vi rgin , is pleasantly situated near t he southern extremity of the village ; it is a

- so me b u ildin hand g of flint and freestone , mostly in the ‘ O f Decorated and Perpendicular styles architecture , consist ] O ing of chance , lofty clerestoried nave f four bays , organ vestry , N . aisle , S . porch , and a massive square embattled

tower at the W . end , with sundial , and six bells , which bear these inscrip tions — 1 Osborn and Arnold St N eots fecit

1 C sic 2 o f 774 hurchwarden ( ) , 3 , Thomas N ewman “ R 1 . . . Norwich made me 744 4 , The evd D r Poynts

R o r Po w dic h Rector Rd . Layton and g . C W Arnold and O i w i h Po d c M . s b o r s c . ( ) fecit 5 , Mr Thomas and r

u r wa r 1 6 M s f John Layton Ch ch den s 744 T N , T , ea r o 1 32 NOR F OL K C H U R C H E S

C . 1 . 1 8 1 . London fecit 7 (Tenor , 5 cwts) There were 6 6 . 8 three bells in the steeple in Ed . V I of , and 4 cwts . ,

e respectively , and one bell (I nv ntory torn) .

1 8 t h e I n 77, chancel was restored by the Rector , when the

t he ro of was removed , but replaced with nearly all old material , except a new cornice to match that of the nave .

e - 1 8 1 8 - 8 e ] The nave was r seated in 95 , and , in 97 , a chanc

e r e - . scr en was erected , sanctuary paved in marble , the E

e ] window (5 lights) , and th ree others in the chanc , filled with

e stain ed glass , and a carved reredos , and font cov r provided .

There is n o w seating accommodation fo r about 360 persons . ] h t e . I n the chance , on S side , is a beautiful triple sedilia , but the bases o f the separating columns have been mutilated at some time , probably when an alteration was made in the

e r e floor lev ls ; the piscina , which adjoins , has had its bowl

a t o e . placed by flat stone . Another piscina is be s en in the S

a o r o wall , to the E . of Dec rated sepulch al recess , with p inted

b o w ] segmental arch the is octagonal , but broken , as are th e

o f . cusps the arch above A third , smaller , piscina remains

. . o f ] in the S wall of the vestry On the N . side the chance is ’ a - e - e 3 light G ometric window , wi th badly execut d tracery ;

. O the E window , containing remnants f old glass , of 5 lights , is rough and of peculia r construction (a few other windows contain some modern coloured glass) . On the S . side is a .

. e n d a rather poor Perpendicular window at the E , plain one

t w 2 - o f in the W . bay , and between these o lights good Earl y

’ Decorated work . The priest s door , on this side , is plain , h but has a male and female at t e ends of the label . The

. h t e . beautiful vestry has a modern N window , but that at E

- e r is of three l ights , with richly mould d flowing trace y .

e Quit recently , the Rector , after removing a creeper from

o f l w the S wall the chancel , discovered the remains o f a o

e w sid window , with square label ; it is situated belo the i h w o n t e . t o u . ind w W bay , close a b ttress

1 34 NOR F OL K C H U R C H ES

— seldom seen on rood scr e ens . (These have lately been

- removed from a vestment press door in the vestry) . ] The door leading from the chance t o the vestry is Decorated ,

and of excellent workmanship . The nave arcades are plain

double chamfered ones on octagonal moulded caps , octagonal

- t o . pillars , with half pillars the responds Th e E . bay of the N . aisle is screened o ff t o mark the chantry belonging t o Creake

Abbey ; it has been grained , but is of early Perpendicular date ,

of th ree bays , on each side of a cinquefoil ed doorway , under an

d . ogee arch , with goo crocketed canopy and rich finial The

- arche s are all double feathered with flowered points . Along the upper part of the tracery runs a lin e of pierced

quatrefo ils , with small arched panel s , above and below . The

2 - windows in this aisle are poor light Perpendicular ones ,

e . n e und r square heads Those o the S . side are of thr e lights h o f . t e the same style ; that in the W bay , over the porch , has

o . mullions sh rtened Over these , in the same wall , are four

- C e su e r m u llio n e d 3 light ler story windows , p , with brick and

flint alternated in the carrying arches .

- - . c e The W window is a Perpendi ular 4 light , mod rn , and

those of the belfry of th ree lights , under flint panelled battle

T he ments . The tower arch is lofty , but of little interest .

e W . doorway is under a square head with pan ls in the

— spandrils the N . one with a shield in a circle , and the S .

. t with a cross The porch has a good Decora ed doorway ,

continuously moulded , with a label continued down the jambs .

e The sides of the porch hav each a quatrefoil , set saltirewise ,

but n o rebates for glass ; the oute r doorway is very wide .

o f t h e I n the W . bay aisle is a good early Perpendicular door

o . way , c ntinuously moulded

The font (1 2 t h century) has a Circular bowl re sting o n a hexagonal shaft a n d base ; the stem consists o f an arcade

e - pi rced through its trefoil headed arches , and with a central

pilla r spreading out at the foo t . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 35

1 6 A M S . in the th Century , mentions thes e Arms in the

: o r Church windows Chequy and azure , a fesse ermine ,

a lth r C o p .

r 1 8 a r e I n the Register , which dates f om 53 , some

M S . notes written about 1 666. One records that I n t h e

w o second pane of east windo , c unting from the N . wall , is

‘ the inscription William C a r e lto n e c o n st r u xit h u n c can ll m D m M O O O ’ c e u o C C C I . e anno H e is pictur d kneeling , his w h e o n e w t . beard and head shaven , in bl w g wide sleeves faced with white and a redd sleeve unde rn e ath . All this has n o w disappeared .

M E M ORI ALS AN D H E RALD RY .

The following Me morials and Heraldry remain in the

Church - O n slabs in the nave : T w o bars between three

A r m i er o f t w o close helmets , g ( N orth Creake ; Azure , bars

e e argent between thr e close helm ts or) , impaling , From a mountain base , between two small shrubs , a large tree

. : entwined about with a snake , head uppermost Crest Out

A r m i er of a ducal coronet , a lion sejant g (Out of a ducal l t h f coronet o r a lion sejant gules) . Here ye ye body o

E s r e . e r d Gabriel Armiger , q , who departed this life y 3 day of h o f o u r 1 2 0 2 . e l e t April in ye year Lo rd 7 , aged 7 H re y also ye body of Judith Armiger , relict of Gabriel Armiger , Esq . ,

XE 8 . 1 6 . . 1 8 ob th Of August , 73 , 5

f A r m i e r d A rms o g , impaling , A chevron engraile between

f Wh ea ke nine ears o wheat , tied in three parcels , Crest

A r r l e t h o f m ige . Here y the body of Mary , the wife

E s r e O f . Gabriel Armiger the I nner Temple , London , q (who

W h e a k e was daughter of John , of London , Merchant , by

Mary , his wife) . She was married ye second of N ovember

1 680 2 2 n d o f 1 1 t h e , and departed this life the July , 7 3 , in

” “ — . M . S . f . so t h year o her age Thomas Armiger , Esq , sonne and be ire o f Thom a s Armiger o f C a n n ew do n in the

s . w h o 1 o f County of E sex , E sq , departed this life the 9th 1 36 NOR FOLK C H U R CHE S

1 6 . October , 34 M rs . Katherine Young , who died at

2 t h 1 1 2 8t h London in childbed , August 7 , 7 5 , in her year ,

e e interred here n ar her moth r ; also three sons , William , ” w t o . Philip , and Gabriel Armiger , the last died very young On a slab in the N o rth aisle : On a cross betw e en four

C la to n roundels , five of the same , y (Argent , a cross sable

’

et . : between four pell s) Crest A unicorn s head , couped ,

Cla t o n y (A unicorn co uchant argent , maned and unguled or , under the dexter foot a bezant) . For M rs . P riscilla Pow f o . dich , daughter of J ohn Clayton , late Wells , gent , and

Po w dic h . widow of John , late of Creake Abbey , gent ,

o f by whom she had two sons Thomas , now C reak Abbey ,

Merchant , and J ohn , late of Wells , Mariner . She dyed

XE Po w di h e 1 . 0 . c October 9, 735 , 7 Thomas , Merchant , di d i 6 D e c . 2 6 1 6. P w , 747, aged 5 Thomas o d c h died March ,

1 1 e 6 t w o 7 4 , aged 73 y ars and months , and h is wives , Mary P i h f P w h . o wd c so n o o dic and Frances John , Thomas , died ”

1 1 1 r d o f . J uly 7, 7 7 , in the 53 year his age

I n the Church are slabs to the memory of Rice Gibbs , who

a 1 0 6 died J n . 9, 77 , aged 4 ; Ralf Gibbs , late of Quarles , who 6 h Fe b . 1 1 e w o died 4 , 7 3 , aged 73 , and Mary , his wif , died

61 - M r 2 1 . June 3 , 7 , aged William Scarlett , Rector , died

— h 1 2 6. A e t . t o F eb 5 , 7 mural tabl t remains the memo ry of

. 1 80 1 8 the Ven Henry Bathurst , Rector from 9 to 44 , and

Archdeacon of N orwich . H e was the e ldest son o f Henry

Bathu rst , Bishop of Norwich .

l m fi l . B o e e d . mentions a brass at the E end of the N aisle ,

o f o e I n memory Anne Armiger , wid w , lat wife of William

— w h 1 6 1 . . 60 o . e Armiger , E sq , died Feb , 9 William Armig r,

1 Esquire , buried March 7 ,

l o f en A so , near the pulpit , a brass in memory H ry M ansure ,

h 1 6 . w o . 1 6 Esq . , died Feb 5, 5

b W ill 1 John Manser , of N orth Creake , y . dated August 7 ,

be . h 1 1 t o f t e . 5 7, requests buried in the N aisle o Church

John , his son , and Margaret , his wife , were executors , and

1 38 NOR FO L K C HURCHE S

o f There are several matrices brasses , of small size , existing in the Church

T he o f 1 w ll Will Si r William Calthorpe , in 494 , says I y

t e G u r n a A sla k y . my seid son y and Walter have the dis

’ ’ p o sic o n fo r m a k yn g of the quer and o f the p sbit e r y at the

’ C r e k f r e m a n e e Abbey of y e and y . eny y of the sum ther not ’ ’ spent then the o u plu s to be spente in o dyr R e p a t o n s upon the Chapel] wyt h in t he same place w h e r the A u n c e t e r ys of ”

f . 1 b u r e d . . . 1 0 o me the seid Sir William lye y (Harl M S , 97) H t w o n . . . . e o The and Rev T R Kepp l found encaustic tiles ,

1 8 in 45 , in making a drain round the exterior of the Church

D n . . r o i here One was inscribed Orate p anima . N ichi On the other was : A fesse with 6 or 7 crosslets ; the y date

1 from about 350 .

1 c o fli n e fli I n 779, a stone bearing the gy of an Abbot , with

c crozier , way lying fa e downwards at the gate of a h ouse

owned by Mr . Robert Billing , at N orth Creake .

Shields on chairs at the E . end bear these Arms

S ee o r wi h e No c . Tinctured by lines Azure , three mitr s or , f t Quar erly, argent and gules , on the second and third o r o n e quarters a fret ; over all , a bend sable , th re escallops

S en c er . of the first , p (The Rectory is in the alternate patron o f c age Earl Spen er and the Bishop of Norwich) .

e On a shi ld supported by angels , on the chancel roof

t r S . G eo e . Argent , a cross gules , g On shields supported by

o n e : angels , the nav roof A sacramental cup with wafer ,

- t e r — h a r a m n t . G o e t e S c e S . Sh ield o f g Argent , a Chevron

— — s e . gule A rgent , a chevron sabl Gules , a cross argent .

o f Others bear emblems , such as a cross , crown thorns , nails ,

pincers , whips , etc .

h — E t e . : 1 n On wall of the N aisle Quarterly and 4 , g

I r la l a n d 2 Sc o t la n d e n d . 1 6 ; , ; 3 , Dated 35 . Motto Dieu

e t . e mon droit Farrer says , this is a v ry beautiful example ’

. o n of Charles I s time , a small panel , colou red in relief , and must have been alte red lately without removing the ancient da te . N O R F O L K C H U R C H E S 1 39

e 1 8 The Registers dat back to 53 , and are in good preserva tion . The Communion plate consists of a modern Chalice and Paten bearing the foll o wing inscription Remodelled from t Communion plate given o N . Creake Church by Henry Bathurst R e ctor

6 Th e I nventory of Church Goods in Edward V I . , mentions

t 1 a Chalice and Pa en , silver gilt , weighing 7 ozs . , and three

1 8 . bells weighing cwts This document is much mutilated .

1 0 1 There were 9 Communicants here in 60 3 .

a se m o u ld Externally , the tower has a bold b ; the belfry is N W . reached by a newel staircase in the . . angle The angles of the sacristy have each a pinnacle , that at the W . corner

e b ing made to act as a chimney , probably from an ancient oven , which was used for baking wafers .

On altar tombs o n the North side of the Churchyard

’ — 1 4 Quarterly and , On a chevron between three lions heads

t w o n erased , o snakes respecting each other ; a chief three

- e G ibbs o o f battle axes in pal , (composed of various c ats this

i 2 fam ly , but without any grant) ; and 3 , On a fesse between

’ t w o in chief nags heads erased , and in base a cross moline ,

e H ea r en P Wh it em a n th re martlets , g ( ) impaling , A maunch ,

1 (Per fesse , o r and sable , a maunch counterchanged) . Crests ,

A dexter arm couped at the elbow erect , grasping in the hand

- a xe G ibbs e a battle , environed with a snake , (An arm mbowed in armour proper , garnished or , holding in the gauntlet a

’ - 2 pole axe argent) ; , On a cross moline a nag s head erased , P ” H ea gr e n ( ) . Motto Libertas aut Mors . For

E m d H e a re n o f d . Catherine , wife of g , Quarles and Thorp

V Vh it e m a n O lands , daughter of John ( f Rainham) , all in this

F 1 1 8 1 th . e b . county , died y 5 , 9, in her 35 year Erected by

m H e a r e n . m d H e a r e n Ed d . Ed . g , her husband , now g Gibbs 8 . E m d H e a r e n w h o . 1 f r d . Also o g Gibbs , died Feb 7 , 33 , in his

48t h year . 1 40 NO R FO L K CH U R C H ES

H e a r e n H ea r e n P . F o r A rms and Crest of g ( ) Edmund g , ’ w h late of Quarles and Crabs Castle in this county , o died

8 2 . 2 8 1 8 1 Sep , , aged 7 ; also Elizabeth , wife of Edmund

H e a r e n 1 1 . g , who d ied March 4 , 799, aged 49 Thomas Redin , of N ewton , in Cambs . , and late of Walsingham , d ied Feb . 4 ,

H r n 1 8 1 2 6. e a e 7 , aged Susanna Elizabeth g Redin , who

e 1 1 8 1 . di d Jany . 3 , 9, aged 5

r Arms o f H ea g en impaling G ibbs . Cre st and Motto

“ H ea r en H a r e n w h 1 2 . e o g Fo r Edmund g , died March ,

62 1 8 6 . 2 1 7 5 , aged 9 M ary , his wife , who died August 5 , 7 ,

H r e n 2 . e a aged 4 Mary , daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth g ,

2 1 1 granddaughter of the above , who died May , 799, aged

o f A brick tomb in the yard records the death Robert , the

1 6 . father of Bishop Pearson , who died in 39

T H E ADV OWS ON . At the time of the Norwich Domesday N orth

c r e c e 0 1 5 y was valu d at 4 marks 3 . and the portion f o the monks of No rwich at 2 45 . I n the Taxation of Pope

” c ir c a 1 2 1 N icholas , 9 , it was assessed at 45 marks and

o 2 5 the Norwich p rtion at 4 .

Pa sse le w e sa n s Ralph de , by deed , date , gave to Trinity

fo r Church , N orwich , the good of his soul , and that of Emme ,

his wife , all his tithe here , and certain lands in London (Reg .

2 f . . . 0 . n o t Eccles Cath , N orw , , those who did oppose

G o d t o h his gift he prays to reward , and curses all those w o

i Pa l might oppose t. And Gilbert sse e w e confirmed t o the t h said Church , two parts of the tithes Of e demesnes of his

Hall in Creake , which William , his father , gave t o that

fo r Chu rch the h ealth of his soul , and that of Matilda , his wife ,

and all his ancestors and successors .

1 2 8 o f I n 9, Beatrix , Prioress Flixton , conveyed her right

in the patronage of this Church , and that of Combs , in

- e - S Suffolk , to Roger Fitz Pet r Fitz Osbert , and arah , his wife ,

1 4 : NOR FOLK CHURCHES cost of I t is in the alternate gift of the Bishop Of

w e 1 1 1 Nor ich , and Earl Spencer , and has b en held since 9 by the Rev . Canon H . J . L . Arnold , M . A .

L I ST OF T H E R ECTORS . The following have been Rectors

Ci r c a 1 2 2 0 Robert (Archdeacon of Coventry) .

1 2 86 E udo de Tilney .

1 3 1 1 J ohn de No r w yc o (sequestrator)— by Sir Walte r

de N orwich .

1 3 1 1 John de Se n da le (afterwards Bishop o f Win

— b . chester) y Sir John Thorp , Kt

1 1 6 — 3 Hervy de Stanton b y Sir Edmund Paken ham .

1 2 Sw a t h n — b 3 7 Roger de y g y Sir Robert de Thorp ,

Kt .

1 6 Sc h ir fo r d— b o f 3 5 Thomas de y William , Parson ’ h St u k e a c vi c e . St . John s de y,

— b 1 8 o f Kt . 3 7 George , son S ir Edmund Thorp , y

h v o . . Sir Edmund Th rp ,

1 88 — b 3 Richard de Docking y Sir Edmund Thorp ,

se n r .

C i r c a 1 0 47 Richard Tilney .

Ci r c a 1 494 Charles Allen .

1 50 5 John U nderwood (Bishop of Calcedon) by the

Bishop of N orwich .

— 1 52 5 Roger Townsend do .

1 5 Richard Vowel (died in

f . 1 0 . . o 55 John Fuller , LL D (Chancellor N orwich) 1 5 John Cowell (died Ci r c a 1 576 John Mey (held with his See of Carlisle in

Ci r c a 1 60 5 John Holland (t h e Bishop of N orwich and

William Armiger , arm . , were the patrons) .

6 o o f G t S 1 0 7 R bert Pearson (also Rector . noring

1 a n . die d 3 J , NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 43

1 6 D . D 39 John H assel , . (Dean of N orwich

dep rived , and died in p o verty in the time of

the U surpation) .

1 660 Samuel Pank (o r Pa n c k ) — presented by the

King , and instituted by the Vicar General

of the Archbishop of Canterbury . 1 6 William Scarlett (died

1 72 7 Thomas Bulloc k (Dean of N orwich) — by the

Bishop Of No rwich .

1 60 D D - - . . ih 7 Charles P oyntz , (brother law of E arl

— b o f Spencer) y Hugh , Earl Marchmont ,

e Beverston F ilmer , and John Sp ncer , E sqs .

1 80 9 Henry Bathurst , LL . B . (Rector of Oby ; Rector

o f o H llesley , Suffolk ; Archdeacon of N or wich — d ied 1 844) — by the Bishop of No

wich .

8 H n 1 o . 44 Thomas Robert Keppel , M . A . (he being first license d as a public preacher)— by Earl

Spencer .

1 86 3 Robert E . Hankinson , M . A . (Archdeacon of

N orwich) .

1 868 i k i S m n n . so . John N assau , M A 8 1 D . D 94 Arthu r Thomas Lloyd , . (Suffragan Bishop

o f o f Thetford ; Archdeacon Lynn , and

afterwards Bishop o f N ewcastle) . D 1 0 D . 9 3 John Philips Allcot Bowers , . (Suffragan

B ishop of Thetford , and Archdeacon of

Lynn) .

1 1 1 . . 9 Henry James Lawes Arnold , M A (Hon . Canon

of N orwich) .

R T H E C H U C H OF ST . M I C HA EL ON T H E M O U N T .

t o . Another Chu rch stood in this parish , dedicated St

e . Michael , in which there was service onc a week only I t

a n d o f a n d a n d is d was parochial , had right baptism burial , sai I 4 } NOR F O L K C H U R C H E S

’ to have been the older Church . The Rector of St . Mary s

w a s Church also Recto r of this , and had a house and 5 acres , valued with the Vicarage at 45 marks . The Vicar paid Pro

c r a i n v n da l d 8d . u t o s and S o s (8 . at M ichaelmas and at

’

s . . Easter) , and 4 Peter s Pence The Prio r of N orwich had

2 0 5 . a . e a portion of the tithe ( . p ) of lands grant d by Ralph l Pa sse e w e .

At Docking , some years ago , an old font was in the posses

’ w w h o sion of a farmer s ife named Burgis , once lived at

North Creake . This was used as a d rinking trough in a fa r m v a r d t at the la ter place , and afterwards as a flower pot in

w a o c . s her garden at D o king It ctagonal , with the sides

e e alternat ly plain and sculptu red device ; th re was no base , but w a s cemented in a stone figure from the waist down w a rds . This figure afterwards served as a door step . I t is

’ w a s supposed that the font removed eith er from St . M ichael s

o Church r the Abbey .

I n a Bill in Chancery p referred by Richard Corbet , Bishop o f o f C r e ik Norwich , and lord of the Manor , against Dereham

C r e ik O and others , farmers , of Abbey , it is set forth That f

C r e ik the Church of S t . M ichael on th e Mount in N . , Richard

e ] Vow l was parson at such time as h is brother , William

C r e ik Vowell , lived in the Abbey near , and was farmer thereof ; which said William by the allowance and sufferance of his broth er Richard , the parson , did pull and carry away d the lead of the said Church and eface the said Church ,

w viz . hereby the next succeeding farmer , , F rancis B rampton ,

. t o gen , did entitle hims elf the said ruins , and as lord of the Abbey did g rant out of his hands t o F rancis White the same

Chap el , by the name of a p iece of land with the decayed

’ e t o Chapel , called St . Michael s Chap l , hold to him and his

a i h in 1 d . . s t c e so heirs by the Rod paying . p , which is holden by Copy and is come t o the pos session of one T ic h w e ll t o the disinherison O f the said B ishop patron of the Chapel at least

v i i a lte r iu s c b u s.

(I reahe Elbbeiz.

r o f C a n do is U R I N G the eign King Stephen , Philip de ,

t o of Burnham , gave in perpetual alms the monks of

l f b se C a st e a c r e 0 o . su , 4 acres ling in N Creake ;

e f quently , Roger , the Prior , and the conv nt , enfeo fed Si r

Po u c h a r d a William in the s me , whose g randchild , Alice ,

. Po u c h a r d daught er and coheir of John , his son , married Sir

n Robe rt de Ne r fo r d . Here a House of Austin Ca ons was

e 1 2 0 6 t o . found d , in , dedicated the Blessed Virgin Mary I t stood in a place called L in ge r sc r o ft (on the site o f an earlie r

o n Hospital) , the right of the road leading from North Creake t o Bu rnham , lying in the meadows , and called , in some ancient

o . . records , fr m its situation , St Mary de Pratis I t was

o f Ne r fo r d the gift the said Alice , widow of Sir Robert de ,

o f o . Governor , or Constable , D ver Castle

t he During reign of Henry Sir Robert and Alice .

' o n his wife , had founded , the same spot , a Hospital ,

t o . fo r dedicated St Bartholomew , a Master , fou r chap

1 t o lains , and 3 poor lay b reth ren , celebrate a victo ry at

de G e st sea , over the French . William y , a secular priest and first Master , shortly after its establishment , obtained the

e consent of Lady Alice (then a widow) , b came an Austin

o Canon , and changed the foundation int a Priory of that

. C r e k . Order , and was called Prior of St Mary de Pratis by y

Jeffery de Burgh , Bishop of Ely (nephew of the said

A o f Pa n do lf lice , and brother Hubert de Burgh) Suffragan to ,

1 48 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

G a t le h — fields of , with the advowson of that Churc This

A t ia m C r e k monastery was then styled bb a S . Mari inter y ” e t B r u n h a m Torp .

1 2 I n 39, Bishop William de Raleigh confirmed to this

Abbey the patronage and appropriation of the Church of St .

e H a b e t o n W r e n in Margar t , , and a moiety of All Saints , g

1 2 ham , and , in 47 , B ishop Walter , sanctioned the appro

f . p r ia t io n of t h e Church o St . Martin of Quarles Ten years later , a bull of Pope Alexander , authorized the appropriation ’ o f the Church Of Gateley , which was already in the Abbey s

e 1 2 o f No r gift . This was confirm d , in 59, by the Bishop

. wich , and a Vicarage ordained

o 1 2 o f C r e ic At the N orwich Taxati n , in 54 , the Abbot had a

8d . pension of 8 marks 65 . ) out of the Church

“ ’ W a r u e le s Nic h o la s s of (Quarles) , and , at Pope Taxation , h f 1 0 0 . t t e one o 5 The por ion of the Prior , at same time , out 1 2 — 6 of Wreningham All Saints was 2 marks and marks , respectively . Am ong other ben e factors t o this Abbey were — R obert de

G w h o A r s k e o f So u th a c r e reke , gave lands ; Sir Eudo de y , ,

so n G o sc e lin e and Alice , his wife ; Thomas , of de Gately ,

Sir e M o le n din is John , son of Ralph de Gately , and Rog r de , wh o w h o e gave lands in Gately ; Sir John M arshall , gav

i — B n t r e . . lands in , etc During the reign of Henry I I I , the

r Abbot of Creake , held in North Creake and Burnham Tho pe , ’ t w o t f - pa r s o a Knight s fee of Roger Fitz Peter .

1 2 in c a ite I n 75 , the Prior held p of the gift of Sir William

e 1 6 8d. de Bodham , a tenement in South Creak , and s . rent

. a . e 2 0 5 . a . t o p , payabl into the Exchequer , and . p Dover

- - o f et c . Castle ward ; he had a view frank pledge , assize , , t e m . p . King Henry I I I

A deed o f confirmation o f the va rious appro priations held by the Abbey , executed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in ’ 1 2 8 1 n o w e , is at Christ s Colleg , Cambridge ; on the back is

’ h e e i a n . extent of t Abbey s lands , r nts , and s e rvices I t s NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 49 stated that there were 1 6 acres within the precinct walls of the House .

1 2 2 ] Ne r fo r d I n 7 , H enry I I . had granted to Lady Alice de

’ permission t o change the date of the fair from the eve and feast o f the A n u n c ia t io n of the Virgin Mary t o the e v e and

t o feast of St . Thomas the Marty r , which had been granted her

t h e L in sc r o ft 1 2 8 husband , and held at Hospital of g ; but , in 7 , a jury returned that the Abbot of Creake held four fairs at

t h e vi z . . Abbey , , at the Annunciation , and Translation of St

Thomas , and the festivals of Sts . Bartholomew and N icholas .

’ 1 2 6 Ni h la t o 8 . c o s s (I n , the fair held on St Day was changed that of S t .

1 2 1 At the taxation in 9 , their temporalities in N orfolk

— h 6. o d t e were valued at £39 il , and in diocese of Lincoln at

2 . £ 0 1 1 5 1 d . ; this was exclusive of the great tithes o f their 8 e . 1 2 s veral appropriated churches I n 4 , their temporalities

e in North Creake in lands , r nts , mills , customs and breeding

1 1 5 . 2 d . . a . animals , were valued at £ 7 p , and in South

d . a . 5 . 8 Creake at £ 3 5 5% . p their wh ole temporalities at £3

6 a 5 . 1 1 5 d. . p . , and their spi ritualities in N orfolk at £3 3 . 4

— . a . h 1 2 . a . t e p The Abb ot paid d . p leet fee to the lord of

Hundred .

1 2 R o u lf w h o I n 3 5, the King sent Richard , had long served

w a s e t o him , and very ag d and infirm , to the Abbey Of Creake , be maintained in the same manner as the lat e Adam de

' Waltham . I n 5 Edward I I I . , the Abbey received a grant of

0 . a messuage and 4 A of land in South Creake and Quarles ,

le e e m from James Port r de North Creak , chaplain , and Willia

t o de Quarles , to maintain a chaplain celebrate daily mass in

1 the Abbey for the faithful departed ; and , in 333 , William M de Quarles , Laurence Hemming , and Walter de elford , made a further grant fo r the good o f their own souls . Sir Walter and Sir Oliver de C a lt h o rp were benefactors to t h t em e Abbey p . Edward I I I . NOR F O L K CH UR C H E S

e . o f The Abbot h ld land in Gedney , Lincs , by the service

finding a canon to celebrate daily in the Chapel o f S t .

o n Thomas the Martyr , the site Of a messuage , once belong

t o ing Thomas Dory , and supporting five poor persons ,

o f giving them daily a loaf , broth and beer , and a portion

e m at or fish , and a cloth tunic once a year ; but complaint

1 1 o f R o was made , in 34 , by Margaret , widow J ohn de o s , that this service had been discontinued fo r ove r t w o years .

1 0 fo r 1 0 I n 33 , Thomas , the Abbot , sued marks rent in

R e c h e t sth o r . o f o f p , N orthants , on account the disseizing it ,

e G o dfr id in the tim of his predecessor , , in the reign of Henry

I I I .

fo r 1 60 I n the accounts the year 3 , it is mentioned that the

’ late Abbot Brandon s copes were sold , and his choir cope was

d . 5 . bought by William Aby for 3 4 Carthew says , the extant accounts fo r different years of this century prov e that the revenues o f this comparatively small house varied from £ 1 30 t o 1 0 0 £ 4 , of which about £9 were derived from rents of

e lands and houses , and the residu from the sale of corn and

o w n r stock from their demesnes , from the four fairs , and f om occasional legacies and gifts . The accounts ve ry rarely

n denote anything that could be termed luxurious living . O e

o n a hd d. o n 1 60 shilling was spent wine , 3 apples in 3 , but

’ o n o f r even this was the occasion the Abbot s fune al , and was probably fo r guests . Occasio nally the y accepted pres e nts

t o in kind , but there always seems have been some return .

- f n 1 6 2 d. o o t o o e I n 345 , and a pair gl ves were given bringing

t o t h e o m t wo capons and mallards convent fr m Congha , and h e I d. r t o t w o w o knives , valu é , we e given girls b rough t apples to the Abbot .

1 6 de A o f I n 37 , John B riston , chaplain , living in the bbey

65 . 8d. t o St . Mary de Pratis , left the Abbey Church .

1 2 e I n 39 , S ir Stephen de Hal s , and others , aliened to the

1 4 d o f 1 0 Abbey 45} acres of lan , and the rent marks in N orth

e . Creake , Burnham Thorp , Quarles , and Holkham

1 52 NOR FOLK CHU R CHES

1 0 6 England in 5 , the Abbot , Giles Shevington , being the last

t o survivor . And , as there was no convent elect a successor ,

t o . 1 0 e the House reverted the C rown I n 5 7 , a pat nt was

t o granted Lady Margaret , Countess of Richmond , mother ’

. t o t o of Henry V I I , with license for her give Christ s

he r C ollege , Cambridge , which was of foundation , this

Abbey , with all its lands , where it has since remained .

. o f M r Carthew says , the Masters the College might the refore be styled Abb a t s of Creak with as much propriety ” h o f A a as t e Bishops Norwich are bb t s of H o lme .

The original grant of Abbey lands by the Countess o f

’

t o t h . Richmond the College of Christ s Church , dated 5 Feb ,

1 0 o f o . e 1 0 5 7 , and a deed c nfirmation by Henry V I I , dat d 5 9,

- . 2 1 2 8 1 . are in the British Museum , Stowe M S S 9

On the foundation of the hospital , several o rders were made

o f t he viz . e o n for the government same , , that the br thren

e t o admission should promise chastity , and obedi nce the

Master ; that none Should hold any personal property , and that a light sh o uld be kept burning day and night in the

Church .

T h e e following place names , wh re the Abbey held tene

. R o t e n b o ments etc , are mentioned in various documents g,

G a t e lo n d E r da m c r u n de l Sm a le h il] H ilb r o h il Shamma r , , , , g ,

D a le a te G h w a L in a t e o te e r se n d . g , g , g , etc

The se a ] of the Abbey bore a representation o f the Amnun ’ c ia t io n e : e t C n v e n t v k , and this leg nd S Abatis o s de C r e

v ad C a sa s .

A B BOTS OF ST . MA RY D E P RAT I S J U X TA C R EY K . The following have been Abbots

Ci r c a 1 2 0 6 G e st I William de y ( st Prior) .

Ci r c a 1 2 2 8 Robert (I st Abbot) .

Ci r c a 1 2 37 An ge r iu s NO R FOLK CHU RCHES 1 53

Ci r c a 1 2 46 William 1 2 62 Godfrey (resigned

1 2 8 1 J ohn Ch e vre .

1 2 86 d Bartholomew e Burgate .

1 0 S u t h 3 3 Thomas de c r e yk (died) .

1 H a r de l 334 John de e (resigned) .

1 1 D o c k n 35 Robert de y g (resigned) .

1 R e dh a m 353 Thomas de (resigned) .

1 6 35 Thomas de Brandon (die d) .

1 60 A ssh 3 John de e (died) .

1 393 John de Wighton . 1 4 1 2 Robert de Felbrigg (He was suspended by the Bishop in his ordinary Visitation

resigned) .

1 2 C r a k h 4 9 Thomas ys yld (re signed) .

1 St a n h w 439 John o .

1 6 a lia s W i sin 4 5 William Ramme , s gse t te .

1 66 Ch u r c h 4 John e (died) .

1 473 John Debenham (resigned) .

1 Ew s h Elv c o r sh . 475 John y , y

1 1 49 Robert Walsingham .

1 0 5 3 Giles Shevington (last Abbot , died

1 86 I n 5 , M r . Carthew said there remained the ruins of the

o f . - walls the choi r , and some side chapels (The tower ,

’ n b e e n T h lo . e transepts , and nave had g demolished) ruins

m . e t e I . mostly dat d from p Edward , but some capitals and m mouldings remained of later date . The choir co municated f o n . r o e the N side by an a ch , which the mouldings wer Early

t o Decorated , with a side chapel , or E . aisle the transept , and

e o n e o f E a r lv this again with a larg r , the Lady Chapel , two

English arches springing from a Clustered pie r and responds .

lo w It contained an Early English piscina , and wide arch ,

’ which spanned a benefactor s tomb . I t had an E . window NOR FOL K C H UR C H E S

f - o . fi r st five lights , with Decorated mouldings The named

e e t w o aisle chapel open d int o the N . trans pt by Decorated

n . a rches resting o an octagon pier . I n the inside nea r the N

. r respond , was part of a winding staircase A po tion of the

e - building was occupi d by a modern farm house , and the

C . t h e e n loister squa re was a garden An ogee arch , forming

- t o . trance the farm house , was removed from this square I n

te 1 0 0 t o m u n ifi any work as la as 5 , it might be attributed the

l h r o f C a t o Kt . . cence Sir William p , , O f Burnham Thorpe h . w o e M r Carthew , was St ward , and others , succeeded in

’ getting Ch rist s C o llege authorities to patch up the ruins about 1 872 .

o f Parts the Abbey walls still remain , and many of the

r pointed arches and piers of the choi arcades , partly octagonal

e and partly clustered , are in very good pr servation ; these form a very intere sting and picturesque ruin .

c o flin f o f A stone , with e figy an abbot , with crozier , was ,

a o many years g , lying face downwards , and used as a step

e . a t. the gate of a hous in N orth Creak

F o r o n . . further notes Creak Abbey , see articles in vols vi

o f A rc h m o lo e and vii . No rfolk gy, by George A . Carth w , F w h o was Steward of the several Manors o f N orth ’ o f o Creake on the part Christ s C llege , Cambridge , N . Creake

’ t h e C a lt h o r e s B in t r o n t h e o f on part of p , y part Christ s

e e Coll ge , and Gately R ctory , all formerly portions of the

Abbey possessions .

R E F E R E N C E S .

References t o C reake Abbey are to b e found in the follow ’ ’ in — D l M — z da e s o n a t ic n v o l . . 6. u s o . 8 g g , vi , p 4 Taylor s

M — f o n a st ic u s 2 2 . o Index , p . Chartulary ; Sir Thomas

’ — Phillips Collection p . Portion of another

o f C a m b r — Register ; Public Library . View of ; Cot

’ — ] . v 1 . o l i. . 2 e man s A rchitect Remains , . , ser , pl . 3 S al of

- — h 8 . e t . . 2 8 Abbey ; Notes and Qu ries , 5 ser , 3 , pp 334 Account

l fi t. { h a rv the virgin , fi ou th ¢rea he

M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OTE S .

O UT H C reake is a large parish and village in a fertile

e t o P valley , on the road from Burnham Ma rk t aken

’ fi r t . s ham and King s Lynn , about 4 miles S from the W 6 N. S W . named town , . from Fakenham , 7 from Wells ,

N W 1 N. E 2 . 2 1 . . from Lynn , 9 from N orwich , and 45 from

t h e o f B r o t he r c r o ss London . I t is in H undred , Rural

o o f o Deanery of Bu rnham , Archdeac nry Lynn , and Di cese

o f 1 1 - 2 1 6 of N orwich . The parish has an area 4 7 acres of

0 8 t o land , and 3 59 of water , mostly belonging the Marquess

w h o o f o f Townshend , is lord the Manor , the Earl Leicester , w h G o owns a farm o f about 80 0 A . called ” Leicester Square , and the Belding fam ily . The soil is

o . 1 8 mixed , subs il chalk and gravel I n 45, acres were

2 returned as arable land , 73 meadow and pasture , 39 wood

0 0 land , and 7 common , used as a sheepwalk . Rateable

1 8 1 8 1 0 value in 74 in 99 in 9 3 and ,

1 1 1 1 8 6d. in 9 , The Parish Rates in 0 3 were 45 . in

2 1 — I h k 5 d . n 1 Su t c r e e the and realised £ 5 4 7 . 4% 334 , y

e 1 1 1 2 . 2 8d was assessed for Tenths and Fifte nths at £ s 6s . .

e c ir c a 1 b ing deducted , 449, on account of lands held by the r eligious . NOR F O L K C H U R C H E S 1 57

w a s o f 62 1 80 1 2 8 1 82 1 8 0 There a population 5 in , 7 in , 3 in

1 8 1 8 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 8 1 2 2 1 0 8 1 861 3 , 94 in 4 , 4 in 5 ( 3 houses) , 5 in ,

8 1 8 1 6 1 88 1 8 2 2 9 7 , 7 , 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 8 3 in 9 in in 9 , 747 in 9 ( 4 houses) ,

1 1 1 0 and , in 9 , there were 75 inhabitants . The children attend

e the Publ ic Elem ntary School , erected as a Town House , and

r - turned into a National School , which was e built in 1 860 at

2 0 0 w 1 a cost of £ , and after ards enlarged to hold about 60 . (The trustees afterwards provided another Town House in

o f l ieu the old o n e ) . Th ere is a Congregational Chapel in

1 8 the village , built in 7 3 ; attached is a small burial ground , and residenc e for the minister ; a school — room was add e d in

1 894 . The Primitive Methodists also have a Chapel of red

e 1 88 . and whit brick , with stone dressings , erected in 3 The ’ Oddfellows Hall , between N . and S . Creake , was built in

1 88 6 0 0 9, at a cost of £ 5 , and will seat 35 persons .

S . VV o About half a mile . fr m the Church a r e the remains o f an earthwork (Burrow Dykes) said t o be Saxon . The road ” t o B lo o d a t e leading it is known as g , from a t radition that a great slaughter' took place in the vicinity in a battle between the Saxon and Danes . Camden says , here a herb

’ E bu l v m , grows which the inhabitants call Dane s Blood .

e S a m bu c u s ebu lu s (The h rb he mentions is , the dwarf elder ,

“ ” e sometimes call d in Norfolk Blood hilder , or Dane ” t o wort , because it was bel ieved to have been brought

t o o n w h o England b y the Danes , plant the graves of those were killed in battle) . Roman antiquities have been found

so here , it is probable the Saxons availed themselves of the site . Some years ago several human bones were unearthed

e . in the garden of a cottage near S . Cr ake

u 1 I n the No rfolk S bsidy Roll for 5 Henry V I I I . is the fol

So u t h c r k S u b sid . e . e . lowing y John s Pepys . Valo r clx li ” — i . Su s d . . . . b viii . li Riens Bolter lx li iii l i The following Tradesman ’s Token was discovered in pull

— 0 . ing down an old cottage at Sharrington , near Holt

— ll i 1 6 . h n l. a l w 6 a . ovt Wil Sw lo of , 7 jug S Creake 1 58 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

' k S — t o No r fo l e W . . . Among those admitted Gonville and

1 6 Pe r c e Caius C ollege in the th century , was Richard y , son

h a k S u t c r e e . Pe r c e . o of Richard y , gen Born at , N orf

D o r lin to n . 1 8 . School at Walsingham , under M r . g Age

— - A 8t h 1 . Admitted a fellow commoner Sept . , 594 small

rivulet rises in this parish , which falls into the sea at Burn ham Overy Staith — The ancient family of Legge resided

f se e here fo r some gene rations ; o r an account of the same ,

— Afc h ae o lo . . 0 N orfolk gy, vol xiii S uth C reake is called ” Kr e ic Suth Creich , Creich , and in the Domesday

t he l - C r e c c a Book . Creake is Ang o Saxon , a creek , a bay ,

o a wharf . Suth is the A . S . Suth , the S uth .

1 0 0 o f The Charities bring in about £ a year , and consist

— 1 668 1 0 0 fo r the following I saac Lane , in , left £ the pur

o f e to t h e chase land , the r nt be distributed in coals during

1 6 t h e winter , and penny loaves every Sunday ; present value

1 a 1 is about £3 p . . , and the bread is still given away ; £ 5 a

e . n o t y a r is expended in coals , etc , for the Poor of the parish

— 60 o f s . under years age , and widow M rs Elizabeth Pell ,

1 0 1 0 0 fo r daughter of I saac Lane , in 73 , left £ the purchase

t o of land , be distributed as the above ; this now brings in

— 1 0 . a . e about £ p Mrs . Dorothy Wod house , by Will , in

1 6 0 e 2 0 5 4 , bequ athed . to the minister in consideration of his

o s . t o preaching two sermons yearly , and 3 the Poo r of the

t he parish , half to be paid the same days the sermons are

. c o n se preached This was charged on 8% A . of land . I n

u e n c e n o n - - q of the payment of these rent charge s , the trustees T h Obtained possession of the land in 1 692 . e present value

2 0 o f 0 5 of this gift is about guineas , which 5 . is still paid for t wd e t o sermons and a dole of br ad , and the balance is given

’ d — the N ational School fun The Town Land , or Old Poor s

1 2 f f 0 . 0 o r 1 2 Land ( A le t by an unknown donor , lets £ a

t o — T h . e year , which is also given the National School Fuel

2 2 Allotments of 3 acres , brings in about £ 3 , which is ex p in o o f C ended coals , and given to the Po r this parish at hrist

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o n e 1 6 1 2 0 ( farm £ 4, another £ 5, a third £4 , and a fourth whilst the value o f the lands kept in hand were

2 0 o f 1 . estimated at £ 5 , making an annual value £7 7 The

2 2 t o outgoings consisted of a rent of £ , payable the Bishop ,

fo r t o t he and sund ry small sums college lease , and Abbey

’ ’ ’ C a lt h o r e s B e a u fo i s B o dh a m s Manor , p Manor , Manor , and

o f 6 . a . Manor , leaving a clear rental £ 93 p The capital

0 Manor with 4 acres of land , well stocked with coneys , was

w o e t 2 0 . t estimated o be worth £ The n xt closes , contain

6d . ] 2 0 A . . 1 0 5 . ing 3 r £ 7 The malt house , mil house , other

- o 2 outhouses , and chambers , a well stocked dove h use , and 4%

acres of special pasture £2 4 . Meadow and pasture was

1 5 d . 1 0 5 . o n e worth 3 . 4 , arable land but per acre , and in

d . 0 0 case only 85 . 6 A fold course for 5 sheep was valued

o e . at £3 5 . (Eastern C unti s Collectanea) A story goe s that o n e of the inhabitants o f this parish

G o s fought successfully against the Rev . Hy . gg and others , e who desir d the enclosure of the common , and in his Will charges his executors to bury h im in his o w n plantation and t o place ove r his grave th is epitaph : Fre e from the devil ” and Parson G o ggs .

MAN OR I AL N OT E S .

’ The Domesday Book says The King s Land s . Hundred

a F a c h e n h a m of Galgou (G llow) . I n (Fakenham) Harold held in the time o f Edward (the Confessor) two caru

a o f n b r w i w . t c tes land , etc There is also o e e e c o f o caru

c . 1 0 . cates of land in Kr ic (S . Creake) Always villeins ’ 1 1 Then (Confessor s time) bordars , now (the Survey) four .

- Always in the demesne o n e plough team . Then three

- t o n plough teams belonging the te ants , now one ; and half

f - o . o n e 0 an acre meadow Always cart horse , and 3 hogs , and 80 sheep ; and fou r socmen with six acres and o n e

u - plo gh team . And another b e r e w ic St a n h o u (Stanhoe)

o n e e o f . of carucat land , etc ' NO R F O L K C H U R C H ES 1 61

Lands of Hugh de Montfort . Hundred of Galgou

. (Gallow) Suth Creich is held by Hugh , which Bund

t w o held (as) carucates of land . Always fou r villeins and

. e n w six bordars Then four s rvi , o two . Always two

- e . - plough teams in the demesn Then three plough teams ,

t w o belonging to the tenants , now ; but there is room there

- . . 2 0 (fo r the other) Then four cart horses Then hogs , now

e . 2 0 0 n o w80 . sev n Then sheep , I t was then worth now £4 . And it is one league in length , and another in breadth , and pays in Gelt 4s .

o f G Lands William de Warenne . Hundred o f a lh o u

(Gallow) . I n W a t e r de n n a (Waterden) Lambert holds o n e t w carucate Of land , which was held by o freemen in the

. A 1 time of King Edward lways 7 bordars . Then two servi .

w - t o . Always in demesne , and among them all plough teams m fi B l e l . And in Creich (Creake . o e d has this under N

Creake , but S . Creake was part of the de Warenne fee in

- . 6 1 0 2 n o t . . 0 o f 3 , N Creake , see Feud Aids iii , 4 5 ) one them

o n o f used to hold e other freeman , with half a carucate land ; and under them six bordars , and among them one plough

- No w team , one of which plough teams is in the demesne .

- o n e o 60 . cart h rse , and five hogs , and sheep One Church

1 5 . d . (with) fi v e acres . Then it was worth now 7 4 ; and it is three furlongs in l ength and two in breadth , and

1 2 t he . (pays) d . to Gelt

’ B EA U F O E S MAN OR .

e r e w ic This part o f the township was a b to , and valued

o f with , the Manor of Fakenham , in the time Edward the

e o r Confessor, and belong d to Herold , Harold , afterwards

' o n de fe a t a t th e King , and his Hastings , it became part of possessions of William I . I t remained in the Crown till

e t o B e a u fo e t o H nry I . granted it Ralph de , be held by the

’ B e a u fo e K . 1 1 0 service o f half a night s fee I n 4 , Ralph de

h m a 1 5 . elt a n d in t e sa e h a d a pardo n for 0 G 5 , ye r , Agnes de M 1 62 NOR FOLK CHURCHES

B e a u fo e accounted for 35 marks of Silver , her son being then h t e . 1 1 o with Earl in Flanders I n 99, Gilbert de N orf lk had a patent (fo r 1 0 0 marks and a palfrey given to King John) t o

o f B e llo fa o B e a u fo e enjoy the inheritance Emme de g , or , his B f e a u o e . wi fe , niece of Ralph de Six y ears after , she had a

h e r e charter for own inheritance her , and elsewhere , and the

t o dower of the estate wh ich belonged Gilbert de N orfolk , her late husband , with a p roviso that she should not marry w ’ ithou t the King s lic e nse . There was a lawsuit abou t this time between the said

R B e a u fo e Emme and alph de , a descendant of the aforesaid

wh o 1 1 o n e t o o f Ralph , , in 99, gave mark have an assize

’ ’ D a n c e st o r fo r n m , o e Knight s fee here , and in Burnha , against Gilbert de N orfolk , and Emme , his wife . Blome

fi e ld so n a B e a u fo e wh o says , he was probably of Thom s de , o f e O confirmed the grant his broth r Ralph , of the Church f

t o C a st le a c r e 1 1 8 1 . S outh Creake Priory , in This Thomas

h is 1 1 82 fo r came to the estate of Ralph , b rother , in , which

o f 1 0 0 . 1 2 0 he paid a fine marks I n 9, Emme conveyed by

e fine to Hub rt de Burgh , Earl of Kent , this Manor , with that

f . h o Ludham in Notts , granted him in reversion after e r death — the said Emm e also had the lordship o f Flitcham in

t o Norfolk , and gave lands in Notts . Thurgarton Priory .

1 2 t I n 33 , this Manor appears to have belonged o Ralph de

f r e 1 z s . a . B e a u fo e o . , that y ar he had p settled by fine , pay

fo r fo r 8 able certain services and customs , 9 acres of land

e so n . her , and in Burnham , held by John , of Richard Ralph

B e a u fo e o o n de e claim d , as l rd , a market and tolls here ' 1 2 e e F riday , in 75, and the l et of South Creake and Holgat

6 . a . t o 5 . d paid Gallow Hundred was 5 . p

1 B e a u fo e r B e llo fa o I n 337 , John , o g , died lord , and , in

’ 1 B e a u fo e 347, Alice , his daughter , held half a Knight s fee i n c a i te K 2 0 5 th e p , here , of the ing , and paid . for half fee , ’ B e a u fo e so n when the King s son was knighted . William ,

f 1 o d n 0 wa s so n . J ohn , die lord i 35 , and John his and heir ,

1 64 NOR FOLK CHU R C H E S

’ and Roger de Rosey held a 2 o t h part o f a Knight s fee of the

tem . . Earl Warren , p H enry I I I ; and , in the same reign ,

John de C o c fe ld and William At h e lw a ld held a quarter of a

C a lt h o r o f . fe e of Walter de p , and he the Earl

1 2 86 O I n , it appears by an assize that Richard , son f

Adelw a ld so n Robert , had unjustly disseized Robert , of

Ade lw a ld o f Su t h c r e k Richard , a free tenement in and Water

t w o e 0 den , with messuag s , 7 acres of land , a windmill , and

1 . a . . 1 0 1 t o 5s . p , rent , etc In 3 , Robert conveyed Richard

w Side st e r n B r u n h a m . the above , ith lands in and

’ 1 At h e lw a ld I n 347 , James held a quarter of a Knight s fee ,

1 0 5 . e t o and paid scutage , form rly belonging John de Cock h l A h l l At e lw a d . t e w a d feld , and William Thomas , of

t o so n o f Weston , passed by fine James , and his heirs ,

At h e lw a ld o f o t w o Edmund , S uth C reak , and Joan , his wife ,

80 . messuages , a toft , with acres of land

1 0 0 At h e lw a ld C r e k About 4 , Richard , o f South y , was lord , w h o e o f M o le bisse married Maud , cousin and h ir Beatrix ,

o f and Mary de Bassing , founders Spiney Priory , Cam b r idge sh ir e .

1 C a lt h o r No r On April 3 , 535, Edward p , of Kirby Cane ,

a d e o f folk , armiger , n Thomasine , his wif , sold the Manor ’ Rose s here , and in Holkham , etc . , which Elizabeth Cal f h o C a lt o r . thorp , widow William p , arm , and daughter of

e R Ralph Bern y , of eedham , held , for life , with the reversion of

h e r t o e all the lands held by , John Pepys , of South Cr ake , mer

. 1 6 chant By Will , dated 5 9, Thomas Pepys , his son , desires t o be buried in this Church , and bequeaths to his sons , John

t o and Roge r , his daughters , Susan , Elizabeth , Anne , and

0 t o F e r m o r Barbara , £4 each , be paid by Pepys , his so n and

’ . heir , and executor This Thomas sold Rose s Manor , on

2 0 t h 1 6 so n J uly , 5 4 ; but his , Fermer , or Farmer , repurchased

. o t h 1 0 o f it by deed , dated Sept 3 , 57 , Edward Golding and

M irabel , his wi fe . N OR FOLK CHURCHES 1 65

1 John Pepys , who purchased this Mano r , in 535 , was

o f second son William Pepys and Margaret , his wife , of

. Cottenham , Cambs William , born at Dunbar , in Scotland ,

was bailiff of the Abbot of Crowland , Hunts . He had issue

1 1 . Thomas , John and William , and died in 5 9 Th omas , the

so n w h o eldest , had issue Richard and N icholas ( died young) .

Richard had issue , at Burnham Westgate , N icholas , William

. 2 n d and Thomas John , son , had issue , Thomas , of South

F e r m o r C reake , , John and Roger , and four daughters

F r m e o r . r d 5 0 1 1 ( and John both had issue) William , 3 , had

e e w h issue at Cottenham , William , John , Rob rt and Georg , o a ll had issue in 1 61 3 (Ex notes by the celebrated Samuel

w h o e Pepys , calls th m his Norfolk cousins) .

B lo m e fi eld gives the follo wing pedigree o f the South

: e . e Creake branch William P pys , gen o f Cott nham ,

t em Cambs . , p . Henry V I I . , married Margaret , daughter of

Robert Whiston , of that county . They had issue , amongst

’ w h o others , John , lord of Rose s Manor here , married

e o r e Cecily , daughter and h ir of John S tyle , St el , of Wyver

w h o ton , or Wiverton , near Ely , and had Thomas , died in

1 6 o f Se fo u le 5 9, having married Alice , daughter Gyles , of h e . F a r m o u r e . w o Waterd n , arm , leaving a son , P pys , gen ,

e . espoused F rances , daught r of John Drury , arm , of God

f o wick , Norfolk , and Rougham , Su f lk (died They

: s . . had issue Thomas , of S . Creake , who died p in I reland ,

1 62 3 ; John , who married Anne , daughter of Terry Walpole , o f o : w h o e H ughton , arm , and Edmund , married Cath rine ,

o f . daughter of Warner , relict Goldsmith John and

: w h o s . . Anne had issue Edward , died p , having married

- c o . Elizabeth , daughte r and heir of John Walpole , arm , o f

B h r wh 1 668 r u n st o . o e p , Norf , di d in ; and J ane , wife of John

- - a t wh o e Turner , of Yorks . , serjeant law , had issu , Theophila , daughter and heiress , afterwards wife of Sir Arthu r Harris ,

h s . . B t . w o of Derbyshire , , died p 1 66 NOR FOLK CHURCH E S

G w a v a s w h o This Manor afterwards belonged to William ,

1 6 had a lawsuit with Edward Coke , in 93 , about several

. . t M ano rs , etc , here and elsewhere I t now belongs o the

Earl of Leicester .

AST L EA RE AN C C P R I ORY M OR .

e 1 5 William , son of M atth w de Candos , gave 7 . rent in

G rcic to the Priory in 1 1 92 . Philip de Candos gave R in gu lf

U sc h e t ill with his tenure , with his tenure , Bond the priest ,

L e t st a n e h is and companion , with their tenures , here , also

R C a t le a c r f 2 e s e o . several others ( g. , 4 witnesses William ,

o n w h o t o o n his s , consented the grant , and laid the deed the f . o altar o f St Mary , in the sight Mary , Ralph de Roseto ,

C r e c . e e Ralph de , etc ; and by another d ed , wher in he styles

C r e c fo r himself Philip de , he grants the same th ings him

o f fe e so n self , and Ralph d e Roseto , whose it was ; Andrew ,

e S u t h c r e c U C r e c a n d of Walt r de , Alice , daughter of lf de ,

O f o f G mother Robert , son Andrew de rec , also g ranted lands here . Oth er benefactors were : Bartholomew de C r e k e ve l

C r e c w h o so n , gave the monks a villein , and Robert , of

H r dm a n o f C r e c e o f y , , gave sev ral pieces land ; witnesses

le Ho se b e r t C a illi so n o f Sir H ugh Bastard , de , Yvan , Athel f B so n . so n o o d wold , and William , his William , Philip de

a t o e ham , gave villein , with a croft , hold fr ely , saving the

’ t o e King s service , and paying the ward of Dover Castl

d . a . 9i . p ; Baldwin de Rosei gave a mill and land here ;

s . Osmund de Candos 5 . rent , etc

o r C a st le a c re At the Dissoluti n , Thomas , Prio of and the

2 e convent , in 9 Henry VI I I . convey d the Manor to Thomas ,

Duke of N orfolk , with the appropriated Rectory , and the

o f 1 patronage of the Vicarage this Church ; and , in 573 , license was granted t o F rancis Pepys to alie n it t o Richard

1 62 o n . Percy and Edmund Russel ; and , Sept I st , 4 , Robert

Drury aliened it to Edward Fotherby , and he sold it the fol

NOR FOLK CHURCHES

to — I lowing year Henry Beck , gen . t n o w belongs to t h e

e o Marqu ss T wnshend .

2 t h 1 . I . By an inquisition taken October 9 , 4 Chas , Henry

e n . t o 2 1 1 6 8 f Beke , g , was found die August , 3 , possessed o

o f t he this Manor and impropriation , held lordship of

B e a u fo e s in soccage .

1 2 8 I n 4 , the temporali ties Of the Prior o f Walsingham in

- — 1 0 5 . 1 d . a . rents were valued at é . p ; those of the Abbot of

C r e k 5 d . o f y in lands and rents at £3 5 . 5% ; the Prior Of

Pe t r e st o n in lands and re nts at 95 . 3 of the Prior of

F a k e n h a m da m 6 5 d. in lands and rents at . 4% and those of

C o k e sfo r t h o C xfo r d r o 1 2 d . a . the Prior of , , in rents at . p

The Prior of Hampton had seven acres here , which , in

61 F m 1 e r o r . 5 , Thomas , arm , of East Barsham , etc . , demised

t o . O e Richard N orton , gen , of South r ke .

T H E PAR I S H C H U R C H .

t o . The Church , dedicated St Mary the Virgin , s tands on a f slight eminence . I t is a large building o flint and free

in stone , mostly the Perpendicular style of architecture , con

o f c ] C . . sisting chan e , lofty nave with leresto ry , N and S aisles ,

N . sacristy , S . porch , and a short square W . tower

o fi v e in sc r i (Decorated) , c ntaining bells , which bear these p

- 1 2 t o tions , , 3 , Prosperity the village of

o South C reake . 4 , William D bson founder Downham

d r G o s . . o 1 82 6. . H e n . N orf lk 5 , Rev gg M A Vicar

dn s Francis Oakes and Thomas Lombe Graver Church - w

fi v e 6 (Teno r 1 1 cwt . ) There were bells in Edward

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o f 1 1 2 . . VI . 3 , , 9, 7 and 3 cwts respectively The Commis sio n e r s left fo r the u se o f Divine Service the bell o f 7 cwts .

(t h e I nventory is much torn) . The princ ipal item o f interest in the building is the nave

o . roof , which still bears traces of c louring This is very be autiful , and is somewhat similar to that at N orth Creake only plainer and of bolder construction . I t has fine arched 1 68 No R Fo LK CHURCH E S

o f . principals and hammer beams , which take the form angels

e These are well carved , and are represent d holding shields bearing various devices (see under Memorials and H e raldry) .

Several of these figures have lost their wings . The princi

o f t w o e o pals a re orders , large and small , the form r are n a line with the nave piers , and are carried down the wall rest

. c ing on stone corbels Arched bra es face the wall , which conn e ct the inner principals and form outer arches t o the

Cleresto ry windows ; the arches have traceried spandrels . Th e moulding above the angels is enriched similar t o the

- f t h e wall plate tracery ; unfortunately , most o carved brat t ishin t o o f g the wall plate cornice is gone , and several the ] s pandrels have lost their tracery . The chanc e roof is

1 modern and plain , having replaced , at the same pitch , a 5th

n c . 1 0 0 century o e . The aisle roofs ( 4 ) have finely moulded

r c principals , and carved o tra eried spandrels in the arched f h o t e . braces . The carvings on the roof S aisle represent birds and animals ; some bosses also re main . The western

O . o f e . bay f the N aisle roof is deal , mod rn

e o f e o n The pi rs the nave are peculiar , ach mounted a sepa rate table be nch . The nave was originally narrower ;

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o n e ft . 2 f . ft the present is 74 long and 5 t wide (the aisles 74 .

f 1 . 1 t ] 2 ft . by 4 ) , and dates from about 375 The chance is 5

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ft e o . w 2 0 . long , and wid ; the walls , priest s do r , E windo , buttresses , and arch , are mainly transition Early English

o f e into Decorated , although much that date has be n destroyed , probably when the towe r and vestry were built .

The windows o f the aisle s and Clerestory (large 3 - lights) are

. o f Perpendicular , but the E . and W end windows the aisles (containing some stained glass of 1 5th century date) are

e e . Decorat d ; the fine W . window of the nav is later There

- is a large th ree light window over the chancel arch . F rom

- o n . e d the weather mould the E wall of the tower , the D corate

n o t e t o nave does app ar have had a Clerestory . There were formerly chape ls at the E . ends o f the aisles where piscin ae

1 70 NO R FOLK C H U R CH ES

T h e old Communion plate consists o fa Chalice and Pate n of 6 lk e . 1 the usual No r fo typ The former bears the date 5 7 ,

- o f- e and the latt e r has a coat arms on the bas , containing , with

Pe s — other qua rte rings , those of p y There is also a modern

— 6 . set . The I nventory of Church Goods for Edward V I men tions t w o Chalices with t w o Patens (rest torn) .

1 6 r A M S . of the th century says these A ms were in the

Chu rch z— No r wic h : Azure and gules party pe r pale a lion

Pl a n ta en et : e rampant ermine . g Gules , th re l ions passant ,

h r d o n No r wic . U o : quartering fl Sable , a cross engrailed a

o r bend argent . Azure , three imperial crowns .

M E M OR I AL S AN D H E RALD RY .

The following M e morial s and Herald ry re main in the

Church - O n a brass shield in the nave : A bend between

Wh ea t le Wh e tle two bears sejant , chained and muzzled , y, or y

o f e ( Fakenham and South Creake , Argent , a b nd sable

t w o o f between bears salient the second , chained and

’ o r t w o muzzled ) ; impaling , On a bend between nags heads

e fle u r s - - o n rased , three de lis , charged the bend with a P e s o f a . crescent for difference , p y ( Cottenham , C mbs , and

e . : o r South Creak , No rf Sable , on a bend , between two

’ - - e e o f . nags h ads erased arg nt , three fleurs de lis the field)

fo r There is an indent figure and inscription , but both are

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. . 2 n d lost John Pepys , gent , son of William Pepys , of ’ h a m C o C o t e n . o f e , Camb ridge , was Lord Ros s Manor o f ” 2 6 e . C South Creake , H nry V I I I The following is opied

: e from the Register by the Rev . E . Farrer Clemenc , wife

f Fe b . 1 6 1 6 t o o William Wheatley , buried , 5 5, and added

t h e it at some recent date , Buried in nave whereon is a brass and arms o f Wheatley and his wife Clemence Pe pys o f South C reak e — Wheatley was chief Protonotary o f the

Court of Common Pleas . They lived at Fakenham . Signed ” C . J . Bowman . N O R F OL K CHU RCH ES 1 7 1

On coloure d Shields sup ported by angels on the nave roof

2 1 Edw a r d th e Gules , th ree ostrich feathers , and , argent , ,

B l a c k Pr i n c e — The escrolls are wanting Cup and wafer ,

Shield o f th e S a c r a m e n t — Other Shields h ave emblems

pincers , nails , hammers , hands uplifted in blessing , etc . ;

also musical instruments , crowns , etc . Over the S . door R ” G . . are the Royal Arms , . I I T h e Rev . I saac Bowman wrote the following in the binding

1 8 8 — I n 1 8 e of the Register , dated 7 53 , wh n the Church

r e - o ld was seated and walls scraped , two very shields which

t h e im had hung on the N . wall , near door , from time

e t o t o - t o memorial , were r moved and found be o worm eaten

’ ” be replaced . They were called Lady Margaret s Stays .

e w — Both w re of ood , and each had skin bands inside one for

1 8 the arm and the other fo r the hand . Br e adth about

inches , length three feet . A fine brass remains in the nave representing a h e adless

c e priest in a casso k , plain alb , a surplice with light sl eves ,

almuce and cope , with pastoral staff (as at Dorchester , H e is standing between the figures of his father

e and mother (latter reaved) , Richard N orton and Ch ristin ,

c ir c a 1 0 . e : . his wife , 47 Ther is th is inscription Orate p

’ ’ ia b b c l ic i fi lii e t X in e . a s . Jo is Norton Ricardi N orton p con

’ sortis sue qui quidem Job is Obiit v ic e sim o tercio die mensis ” i im O c t o b r is Anno Domini M illesimo Q u n ge n t e s o N ono .

’ e 1 0 e xe c u Although the dat of John s death is given as 5 9, the tion of the figures and their costume belongs to a period

“ siblv about 40 years earlier . Po s it may have been made at

t O f h e time of the death of one his parents , o r was purchased ,

fo r already exe cuted , perhaps someone else , for nothing is

o r known of him , as Abbot Prior , to explain his having a

crozier . This b rass is also interesting because so few brasses of priests with their parents are known (others are

c . 1 0 . 1 2 , to be seen at Luton , Beds , 4 5 ; Melton , S uffolk , 43

and Radwell , Herts . , 1 72 N OR FOLK CH URCH ES

- o f c ir c a 1 2 0 There is also a fine half length figure a priest , 4 , in processional vestments , surplice , almuce and cope . The inscription and two shields are reaved . Probably in memory

o f of J ohn F elbrigg , clerk , Prebendary Wherwell , and parson o f Coltishall . This lies at the W . end of the nave . Blome

fi e ld give s the following inscription H ic ja c e t Johs .

c le r ic u s h r e b e n da r iu s e t Felbrigg , , uper p de Wherwell per

h l t 1 1 . sona e c c lie de C o lt e s a e q . o b . 4 7

r H e also mentions this brass : Orate p o alab . J obis

’ c o n so r t is su e Norton e t Ch ris tiane , Obiit There are matrices o f other brasses in various parts o f the

Church . A mural tablet in the chancel remains t o the memory of l f e o f o G a w se l Kt . o Mary , daugh t r Sir Th mas , , wife Thomas

1 6 . Shene , clerk , who died 53

b v 1 t o be Thomas Denys , Will , dated 457 , desires buried in the Chu rch .

o f a r e Externally the Church has roofs slate , and there

t h e gable crosses over the E . end of the chancel and

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. e porch entrance A pri st s door remains on the S . side of

e the chancel . The belfry is reach d by a newel staircase at

o f . the S . E . corner the tower

- n S W e : On altar tombs o the . sid of the Churchyard A

e e G l o ver fesse embattled ermine betw en three cr scents ,

e e (Sable , a fesse embattled rmine between thr e crescents

l v r . : G o e a rgent) Crest An eagle displayed , (An eagle dis

e e o f played argent , charg d on the breast with thre spots

. so n o f erminites) For Robert Glover , Robert and Sarah h o . t 1 68 Gl ver , late of this parish , who died Sept 4 , 7 , aged

— 62 . t G l o ver e L o n Arms and Cres of , for John Glover , lat of do n o f 2 , son Robert and Sarah Glover , who died April 1 ,

— 1 68 . o f G l o ver fo r 7 , aged 555 Arms and C rest , Robert Glover ,

1 2 0 o f who died J uly 75 , aged 7 ; Sarah , wife Robert

w h o 1 1 8 6 o f Glover , died May 3 , 74 , aged 7 ; Mary , daughter

1 8 1 0 e 2 . Robert and Sarah Glover , who died April , 73 , ag d 5

1 74 N OR F O LK C H U R C H E S

— e C r e k e - therein . The Abbot and Conv nt of quit claimed all thei r right in the advowson in 1 32 4 .

1 1 J ohn de Oxford , Bishop of No rwich ( 75 confirmed t C a st le a c r e o the monks of all the tithes of corn , the farms

e f o f and houses , and all other things , exc pting the o ferings

’ the altar and small tithe , which were the Vicar s , which

William Turbe , Bishop before h im , had appropriated .

Su t h c r e c e The Church of y was a Rectory , valu d at the

1 2 8 time of the Norwich Taxation , in 54 , at 4 marks

’ Ni h l 1 2 1 8 at Pope c o a s s Taxation (c . 9 ) it was estimated at 5

1 5 1 2 l 1 8 marks 3 . I n 54 , th e Vicarage was va ued at marks but is n o t mentioned in 1 2 9 1 .

1 2 86 I n , Arnold de Lupo was Rector , having been pre e t he w h o s nted by King , recovered it against the Prior of l C a st e a c r e . The Rector had a manse and one carucate of 6 1 d . o s . land ; and paid P rocurations and Syn dals , and 4

’ Peter s Pence . After the death of Arnold , it was appro

r ia t e d n o e o r . p again , but the V icar had mans land The

e fo r 1 1 . Vicar , how ver , had a patent a messuage in 35

The advowson remained in C a st le a c r e Priory until the

t o Dissolution , when it passed the Crown , and was given to

1 the Duke of N orfolk , who , in 557 , sold it to Thomas Pepis ,

c fo r or Pepys , in whi h family it remained some time (see under List of I ncumbents) .

’ ’ I t appears in the King s Boo k (Baco n s edition) as South

a lia A r h i i s . c d a c . s Creake , South Creek Vic . St . Mary . 7 .

1 M n a l a r d 5 d. o C st e c e . . 2 2 75 . Episc 4 . propr . Value £

e o f (clear £3 and discharg d First Fruits and Tenths . The advowson subsequently passed to the Townshend

w h o o f family , are impropriators the great tithes , commuted

fo r 6 . fo r 0 5 £ 75 The Vicarial tithes were commuted £44 5 .

e 2 0 o The , pr sent net value is £ 7 , with about 3 r ods of glebe ,

1 0 h and good residence . I t has been held sin ce 9 5 by t e

R v . e . J . J Scully . NOR FOLK CH U RCHES 1 75

U LI ST OF TH E I N C M B ENTS . The followinghave been Vicars

- W 1 1 2 Su dc r e c b . 5 John de y illiam , Bishop of N orwich

J ames (resigned) . 1 2 2 1 John (J udie is de U rbe) — by the Prior a n d Convent o f

Acre .

1 2 Hervey (Vicar) .

T li — b 1 2 86 Arnold de Lupo de y a (Rector) y the King .

C a stle a c r e (The P rior of had it appropriated , but the

King recovered it) .

Gilbert de M iddleton (re signed) .

1 1 2 do — e Ed n to n 3 John de Lon n (Vicar P reb ndary of y g ,

~ — le a c r e . b . C a st Sarum) y the P rior , etc , of

S de st e r n — d 1 2 8 so n o . 3 Robert , o f William Godwyn de y

f C r e k — do 1 o . 349 Edmund , son Robert Clerk de North y

1 — 349 John atte Grene (resigned) do .

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1 COr dw a n e r fo r . 354 . J ohn (by exchange Burnham St Mar

4 — garet) do .

— 1 366 Richard PyCOt (resign e d) do . 1 383 John F oster ; B lo m e fi e ld calls him Forester (by an

— f E h . do o r e a m . exchange g , Wint )

1 ll n — 40 4 William Balle de F e lda y g (resigned) do . 1 40 4 John G o le t h de Walsingham Parva (by an e xchange

— fo r E . B e rsham) do .

— 1 444 John N ewgate (valued at 2 8 marks) do .

— 1 444 John Syn n o w (resigned) do .

— 1 447 William Crane do .

1 — 50 9 Thomas Style (resigned) do .

D — b t he o f 1 2 R a B . 5 9 ichard B yly , . (died) y assigns the

above .

1 540 Th omas Leman (e jected) .

— b h D 1 554 Thomas Markham y t e uke o f N orfolk .

I — b SS7 Richard Walker y Thomas Pepis , gen .

— b Pe a is 1 58 1 John Ha rt y Ferm e r p . 1 76 NOR FOL K C H U R C H ES

— b . 1 583 John Hart (died) y the Queen , by lapse

— n 1 1 A . B . b e e . 59 John Lynsey , y Rog r Pepis , g 1 61 7 Thomas Lynge— by Richard Norton and F irmar

P e pys .

1 6 Thomas Howlet (die d) . 1 668 Edmund Turner (resigned) — by Thomas Dyke and

Elizabeth , his wife ; John Turner , arm . , and Jane ,

his wife .

1 66 — do 9 John Cleave r (died) .

— 1 7 1 0 Th o mas Donne by Robert Donne .

— 1 739 Jame s Goodall by Lord Townshend .

1 — 1 768 William Fish e r (and again in 774) do .

— 1 784 Miles Beevor do .

— 1 785 Robert Orm do .

82 1 — d 1 86 . . 1 o . 7 Samuel Vince , M A , (died )

Sk r im sh ir — b 1 82 2 e . Thomas y William Ainge , gent

— G o s s . b . 1 82 G o . 4 Henry gg , M A y Henry gg , gent

— 1 858 George John Ridsdale by the Marque ss Townsh e nd .

— B a sh a w e . . do 1 8 1 e . 7 Alfred Drak g , M A

— A . do . 1 8 6 B . 7 I saac Bowman ,

— do . 1 88 e . . 3 John List r Knight , M A

— 1 888 p o . . do . S encer James C mpton , M A

1 — 90 5 John Joseph Scully do .

* Plu m ia n The Rev . Samuel Vince was Professor of Astronomy and Experim e ntal Philosophy in the U niversity o f Cambridge ; Archdeacon of Bed

o f . . ford ; Rector of Kirkley , and Vicar S Creake Although b o rn o f humble parentage at F ressing f t field , Su folk , he early took o mathematical

e e l studi s , and wrot severa learned works .

R E F E R E N C E S .

References t o South Creake are to be found in the follow in z— Ro a n r e a s d s e a t B u r o w s ea r g m m in i cov red r Dyke , n ;

’ Ell"Eainte , W a terben.

M I SC ELLAN E O U S N OTE S .

D EN is o f AT ER a small parish , consisting one farm , B l m fi l o e d . occupied by Edward Hamond , E sq , and

S W . a fe w cottage s . I t is about 4 miles from

Walsingham railway station , 5 S . E . from Burnham Market ,

N. W 2 6 . and from Norwich , in the Hundred of B rother

o f o f cross , Rural Deanery Burnham , A rchdeaconry Lynn , and Diocese o f Norwich . Waterden has an area o f 80 4 1 83

' o f t o o f acres of land , and 949 water , all belonging the Earl f w h o o o f . Leic ester, is lord the Manor , and patron the living

. 1 8 6 0 The soil is rich loam , subsoil chiefly gravel I n 45, 4

e 1 2 0 acres wer returned as arable land , meadow and pasture ,

R 1 8 and 1 0 wo o dland . ateable value in 74 in 1 889

62 8 1 0 6 8 868 1 8 1 1 1 6 2 . £ , in 99 £ , in 9 3 £ 3 , and , in 9 £ 4 The

— 1 80 I 1 - S 0 d . . Parish Rates in 3 were . 2 in the and realised

65 6d £59 .

1 W a t e r de n e b H d . I n 334 , Gal ow ) was assessed

2 0 5 fo r Tenths and Fifteenths at £3 . being deducted , c ir c a 1 o f 449, on account lands held by the religious .

o f 2 1 80 1 1 6 1 82 1 2 There was a population 7 in , in , 4 in

1 8 1 , 2 1 8 1 1 8 1 e 0 1 8 1 1 88 1 3 9 in 4 , 39 in 5 (4 hous s) , 3 in 7 , 44 in ,

2 1 8 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 in 9 , 7 in 9 , and , in 9 , there were 2 8 inhabit

. ants There were two families living here in 1 780 . T h e children attend the Public Elementary School at So u th

Creake . NOR FOLK CH U RCHES 1 79

W aterden is called W a t e r de n n a in the Domesday

- . W aet e r Book The prefix is the Anglo Saxon , water in

. t h e general Den is British Denn , a valley .

’ I n M r . J . C . Tingey s Calendar o f Deeds enrolled within

Sh ir e h a ll the County o f N orfolk in the , N orwich , is the fol

— 1 - 1 6 1 2 . R a n e h a m lowing 5 January , 5 Grant by Robert y ,

. Ed fi e ld t o m e r . o f B a fi e ld t w o Esq , of g , Robert J y, E sq , y , of

o r messuages , tenements , in South Creake , and other mes

. suages , lands , etc , in South Creake , No rth Creake , and

Waterden .

T MAN O R IAL N O E S .

T h e Domesday Book says Lands of William de Warenne . ” G a lh o u . W a t e r de n n a H und red of (Gallow) I n , Lam

o n e t w o bert holds carucate of land , which was held by free

in men the time of King Edward (the Confesso r) . Always w 1 t o . 7 bordars . Then servi Always in the demesne , and

- among them all two plough teams . And in C reich (S .

— e t c . e w B r o h e r c r o s Creak , Wat rden was after ards in t s

Hundred .

1 2 1 I n 9, Reginald de St . Martin h eld here , and in Hempton

’ by Fakenham and East Barsham , one Knight s fee of the

so n Earl Warren ; and Roger de St . Martin , his , held half a

B a rdo lf w h o . fee of Hugh , likewise held of the Earl The t Prio r of Hempton also held a fourth part of the fee em p .

1 2 2 8 le Henry I I I . I n , Simon Grant conveyed this Manor to

o William de St . Martin and Petr nel , his wife , and her heirs ; f 1 2 . o and , in 75 , Roger de St Martin has the assize bread and beer , etc .

1 o a e I n 3 g, fine was levied betw en Robert , son of Richard

l r o f C r e k e Ade w a d , South , querent , and Richard , son of

Ade lw a ld C r e k e m e s Robert , of South , deforciant , of five

80 a f a s . l o n suages , a mill , cres o l nd , 5 rent , etc here , sett ed

Robert . 1 80 NOR FOLK CH U RCHES

e St . After the de ath of Rog r Martin , J ohn de M ileham was

1 , lord , and , in 344 , a fine was levied between William Durant

o f Se c h it h by Lynn , and M illecent , his wife (daughter and

de e heir o f Thomas de M ileham) , and Th omas M il ham and

D o k e t o n w h o John de Gately , parson of , settled this lordship

t w o on William and M illecent , in tail , and th e latter were found

’ B a r do lf 1 t o hold half a Knight s fee of in 347 , of which the

m n Prio r of D a se d (Hempton) held a quarte r , lately belonging

t o t o Roger de St . Martin ; and John de Wolterton is said

o t o t he . have aliened lands , r a Manor , here , Prio r

1 61 o f I n 4 , William Walton , armiger , was lord Waterden

o f o f Hall in right Catherine , h is wife , daughte r and h eir John

Or so n 1 8 Do rant , Durant , of William ; and , in 4 3 , John

o f . t o Walton , gen . , son John Walton , arm , sold this Manor

S f le . r e Thomas e o u , gen , and Richa d and Rob rt Whinburgh , and the said Thomas was lord in 1 499.

Se fo u le e 1 1 6 Thomas di d before 5 , and made Elizabeth , his

e Fe r m o u r . B lo m efie ld wif , and Henry , his executors says ,

d Se fo u le e — I n he was escended from John , a justice of assiz

1 1 Se fo u le e 3 4 , Sir Ralph and Beatrix , his wif , were l iving , and

— I 1 e o r . n 0 1 60 sealed with Vert , a cross patonc 34 , and 3 ,

F r — Edmund Se fo u le had lands in e n ge in No rfolk . George

Se fo u l t e purchased lands of Andrew Cas ell and Margaret , his

— 1 8 . I n 1 6 r wife , in Waterden , in 44 45 , Geo ge and Thomas Se fo u le were feo ffees of lands in East Barsham ; and George

Se fo u le t h , of Waterden , acco rding to his Will , dated August 5 ,

1 6 t h e o f he 4 9, was buried in Church All Saints here ; men

e tions Margery , his wif , Thomas , his son and hei r , and other

da u h sons William , John , and Edward , and Elizabeth , his g

B lin s . t o . . e ter , married Thomas Davy , etc (Reg g , Norw )

Se fo u le e 1 6 Gyles , armig r , was lord in 55 , and married Alice ,

S C r e k e t o daughter o f Lau rence N orton , of outh , and heir her

brother John . One of their daughters , Margery , married

H . o f Y x enry Hastings , arm , a ham ; another , Alice , espoused

1 82 NOR FOLK CHURCH ES

o f R B t . married Mary , daughter Sir John ous , , and left an

so n wh o o f only Robert , inherited the principal part Sir

’ e Edward s fortune . Robert married Lady Anne Osborn ,

o f o f daughter Thomas , I st Duke of Leeds , Lord Treasurer

1 6 so n England , and , dying in 79, was succeeded by his only ,

o f H e Edward Coke , olkham , who marri d Carey , daughter of

B t . so n Si r John N ewton , , and had issue a , Thomas , after

K . B . 1 2 8 wards , and elevated to the peerage in 7 as Baron

] 1 e o f Love , and , in 744 , created Viscount Cok H olkham , and

w h o Earl of Leicester ; and a daughter , Anne , married M ajor

R w h o Philip oberts , had issue a son , Wenman Roberts . Sir B K . e L a dv t h Thomas Coke , marri d Margaret Tufton , 4 6t h daughter of Thomas , Earl of Thanet , and had an only son ,

w h o 1 Edward , Viscount Coke , , in 747 , married Lady Mary

e c o - o f Campbell , daught r and heir John , Duke of Argyll and

1 G reenwich , but dying in 753 , the Earldom of Leicester

o f 1 became extinct on the death his father , in 759, when the

t o so n estates passed Wenman Roberts , of Anne , sister of

w h o e Thomas , assumed , in cons quence , the surname and arms

of Coke . He married Elizabeth , daughter of George Cham

b e r la n e f H ill o e sdo n . y (afterwards Denton) , Bucks , and had

1 M . P fo r issue , amongst others , Thomas William , born 754 , . ” o e o f h N rfolk , the celebrated Cok N orfolk , t e father o f

w h o modern agricultu re , was created Earl of Leicester of

o 1 2 1 8 Holkham and Visc unt Coke , Aug . , 37 . H e married

1 e n first , in 775 , Jane , daughter of J am s Dutton , a d has issu e

1 82 2 th ree daughters ; and , secondly , in , Lady Anne Amelia

o f t h f Keppel , daughter William Charles , 4 Earl o Albemarle ,

o n e t . d and has issue four sons and daugh e r On his eath , in

1 8 2 4 , he was succeeded by his eldes t son , Thomas William ,

2 n d f o K . G . 1 8 Ea rl Leicester , , who married , fi rst , in 43 ,

r o f e Juliana , eldest daughte Samuel Charles Whitbr ad , of

Cardington , Beds . , by whom he had four sons and seven

’ 1 8 1 0 0 daughters , and , secondly , in 75 ( years after his father s

H o n . e e first marriage) , th e G orgina Carolin Cavendish , eldest

1 84 NOR FOLK CH U RCH ES

There is only seating accommodation (pews) for 75 persons

o f in the building . Externally , the Chu rch has roofs tiles ; there are n o gable crosses remaining . The porch has small quatrefoil openings in the side wall s .

M E MOR I AL S AN D H E RALD RY .

f — A On altar tombs o n the S . side o the Churchyard lion

o f B o h u r st rampant , collared ; in chief a l abel three , g (The

B o u r h er sh e B u r h er sh coat of g , o r g , is Gules , a l ion rampant ,

o r B a c o n tail forked ) ; impaling , On a chief , two mullets ,

(Gules , on a chief argent , two mullets sable) . For Eliza

B o h u r t o b . 1 . beth g s , 3 Dec At the side Elizabeth ,

o f daughter of Butts Bacon Egm ere in this County , Esquire ,

o f o 1 0 and Dor thy his wife , and years the most faithful wife of

B o h u r st . William g of London , gent , by whom she had three

o f child ren , Dorothea , William and Elizabeth , all whom died

e 1 5 t o f in thei r infancy . This dear Saint departed this lif ye 3 h 1 688 8t . Dec . , in her 3 yea r

Arms o f B a c on impaling T he impalement is to o worn fo r identification , as is also the greater part of the inscription

H oe B a c k o n i No r fo lk iae marmor , Farrer thinks this must be in memory of the aforesaid Butts Bacon and

Do rothy , his wife .

T H E ADVOWS ON .

1 1 8 Before 4 , William , Earl of Surrey , confirmed to the

C a stle a c r e o f monks of Acre ( ) the tenths Waterden , the gift I e . . of Lambert de Ros i Henry , before the death of Herbert de L o sin a o g , Bishop of N orwich , also confirmed the ab ve

do n a fi o n .

t he 1 2 W a t e rde n e At the time of Norwich Taxation , 54 , was valued at 1 8 marks and the Prior de C a st e la c r e ’ Nic h la e c im is se a r a t is 1 85 . o s s de d p At Pope Taxation , it

1 2 65 o f was valued at % marks . and the portion the N OR FOL K C H U R C H E S

R 1 8 5 . 2 Prior at The ector then had a house and 4 acres . He

8d . 65 . d paid Procurations and Synodals , 7 . F irst F ruits E ’ a d . 8 1 d . at Mich elmas , and 7 at aster , and Peter s Pence .

1 2 6 I n 5 , Symon , Bishop of Norwich , confirmed to the

C a stle a c r e t w o monks of , part of the tithes o f Sir Robert de

o f 2 0 Barsham , Roger de St . Martino , and part the tithe of

r t o B r u n h m W r n a a t e de e . ac es belonging Sir William de , all in

’ ’ t e m I t appears in the Kings Book , p . Henry V I I I . , (Bacon s

W A r h i i 6 8d a t e r de n . . . c d a c s . . edition) as e All Saints Rect .

d . e 1 5 . . Episc . 4 Discharged of F irst Fruits and Tenths Valu

6 8d . £ 5 5 . (clear value

The Rectory was consolidated with Warham St . Mary

h 1 8t . Magdalene and S t . Mary the Virgin on J une , 795

T f 1 1 a . h e o r 0 5 . tithes were commuted £ 94 . p I t is now a R ectory united , with Egmere , to the Vicarage of Holkham ;

n e t 2 80 joint £ , including 39 acres of glebe , and a residence at both plac es (the Rectory here w a s erected in I t is in

o f n d e 1 1 the gift the Earl o f Leicester , a has been h ld Since 9 3

B o u h e . . by the Rev . P . F . g y , M A

L I ST OF I N C U M B E NTS . The following have b een Rectors

‘ Cir c a 1 2 66 Adam de R u st e yn .

R T h o r r n l — Sc 1 30 1 ichard de p e o d by Roger de o .

Martino . 1 337 Adam J osee de VV a lp o o l— by William Durant de

S . Lenn .

— 1 2 o n o f Ke r v il W e n h a le do . 34 William , s John de yg

1 so n o f R a c h t h W e n h a le 349 J ohn , William y de yg

do .

— 1 b M a r le r e . 393 John York y John , etc

1 4 William Fowle (resigned) .

1 e — b I n lo se 447 William Legg y Sir Henry g , or

En l s g o e . 1 5 Simon Steers (died N OR FO L K C H UR C H E S

— C ir c a 1 590 Richard Carleton (here in 43 Eliz abeth valued

at £5 65 .

1 6 6 G w a va s I n 9 , Anne , widow , was

patro n .

— 1 740 Samuel Alston by Lord Lovel .

— 1 750 John Hemming by the Earl of Leicester .

— 1 750 Thomas Flacke do .

— b 1 780 Edward Waller y Thomas William Coke ,

E sq .

— 1 789 Daniel Wenman H enry Langton do .

(Consolidated with Warham St . Mary

Magdalene and St . Mary the Virgin , J une

8t h 1 , 795)

— o do . 1 837 Hon . Thomas R bert Keppel

— 1 844 Robert Collyer by the Earl o f Leicester .

1 8 e . . 47 Al xander Napier , M A (held with Egmere and

— Holkham) do .

1 88 F it z G e r a ld e B . A . 7 William Gambi r Sandwith ,

do .

h . 1 0 0 C le r e v a u x C a to r . 9 Edward y , M A (resigned)

do .

— 1 1 h do . B o u e . . 9 3 Percy Fletcher g y, M A

R E F E R E N C E S .

References t o Waterden are t o be found in the following

’ fi l l — B lo m e e d s v o . . 2 0 . Norfolk , vii , p . 5 N otes as to Arms in

— . . 0 1 fo . e Church ; Harl M S 9 , . 99 I nv ntory of Church Goods ,

’ — 6 . ff v . E F r r r . l . O o 0 . a e s Edward V I , Pub Rec . , . 5 3, No . 3

” ’ ’ — o f . L Es t r a n e s Church Herald ry N orfolk , vol . ii J . g ” — Church Bells of Norfolk . Notes o n the Rectors and

— Advowson Add . M S S . No . N orfolk

’

a . . . e Arch eology , see vols x to date "Rye s I nd x of Norfolk

Topography .

NOR FOL K C H U R C H ES

O v e r h e fr a n k le n Bond by Thomas Gigge , of , y , John

VV i h t o n fr a n k le vn o f Gigge , of g , , and John Gigge , Burnham

O v e r h e so n , aforesaid , of the said Thomas , to William

1 0 t o Grome , of Burnham N orton , for marks , b e paid at M id

2 6 . e summe r next , dated 7 September , 3 Henry V I (Anci nt

Deeds , A .

A messuage , in the parish of St . And rew of Burnham , north o f the road from the Church of St . Andrew to the

e . Chu rch of St . Cl ment (These Churches are erroneously

d — A said to have stood in the same Churchyar .

o f B r a n c a st r e t o Sale by William Grome , , husbandman ,

G o lda lle o f Richard , Burnh a m N o rton , shipmaster , of all

ix u n e t c . D s s messuages , lands , , except a tenement called ,

B r a n a st r t o f c e e c . an acre copyhold in , . (A

e o ffm e n t u o f F by J ohn Boteler , Clerk , Vica r of the Ch rch

1 . Burnha m S t . Clement , etc . , 437 (A

Advowsons of St . Peter and All Saints , Bu rnham Thorpe ,

. e o f and of St Edmund , Burnham W stgate , held Thomas ,

’ o f e o f o n e Earl Arundell , by the s rvice Knigh t s fee , by

C a lt h o r Kt . 1 1 William p , , Henry V I .

’ G i e s f T o e . Will of Thomas gg , Burnham St . Cl ment s o

’ be buried in S t . Clement s Church . Legacy t o the Poor

’ ’

o . house and po r of St Clement s and St . Andrew s , Burn

. o f t o G i e s ham Manor Burnham his son , John gg , and h is

’

e . (Thomas s) wife , to dwell there for he r lif H is messuage ” M a k e m a de s r n called y , in Bu ham N orton , to his son ,

'

1 6 . J ohn ; dated 4 7 (Ancient Deeds , A .

C r e k e t o Release by William Hard , of y , John atte Dale ,

Pe n t o u r o f B William Dale , and Thomas y , urnham No rton , o f

2 A . o f T h o r h his right in land in the field of Burnham pp , in “ ” stu dio the furlong ( ) called B raky Wong , abutting on Holk

m h v a e e d s . h y , etc , which he had by the feoffme nt of Roger

T ‘ , h o r . 1 I O Coldham of Burnham pp 5 Henry V . (D . , A . NOR FOLK CHURCHES 1 89

' — — ND L E N E l o o . I L G C s . 4 Relaxation of ten years and ten

t o quadragene of enj oined penance penitents , who , on the h t e . feasts of Assumption and N ativity of St Mary the Virgin ,

~ Sts . Peter and Paul , St . Thomas the Martyr , and St . With burga , Vi rgin , and the octaves of the first three ; and of a

w h o hundred days to those , , during the said octaves , visit and give alms for the conservation of the Church of the Augus tinian Prio ry o f Pe t r e st o n (Petra Petris) in the Diocese o f

1 1 f I X R e Norwich , Boni ace . (Cal . Papal g . in

1 — T O l h r h l h r Kt 0 0 . C a t o c C a t o . 4 William de ( p) , , of the

e . t o Dioc se of N orwich I ndult him , and his successors , to have Masses and other divine offices c elebrated in the Chapel

of St . Mary the Virgin , and St . Petronilla in his Manor of

T h r o . Burnham n . (Ditto)

— P r a n d T W r b a ld S ts . e te 1 0 . o a r 4 3 John , Recto of

’ P l t o a u s . , Bu rnham , in the Diocese o f N orwich I nduct

t o c celebrate and cause be elebrated Masses , and other divine h fi . in t e of ces in the Chapel of St Mary , cemetery of his

. 1 I X . said Church 4 Boniface . (Ditto)

1 2 — 39 , Th e like relaxation (of enjoined penance) durin g

v e a r s w h o o f ten to penitents , on the principal feasts th e

o f year , and that the dedication , the octaves of certain of

t h e VV h it su n e them , and six days of Week ; and of a hundr d

days to those who , during the six octaves and six days ,

visit and give alm s fo r t h e conservation o f the Chapel situate

o f over the gate the Carmelite house of Burnham , in the

. I X Diocese of N orwich 3 Boniface . (Ditto) .

2 — 3 Edward I I I . Richard Fermer to grant a messuage

’ o f t he and land in Burnham St . Clement s to Roger , Vicar

e n . Church th re , and his successors , retaini g lands there NOTES F R O M B U RNHA M MANO R R O L L S — Bakers seem t o

: m 6 e n . have been a troublesome class of John Smyth , in

fo r t Edward V I . was fined refusing o sell anything to

’ his neighbours . I n the year before , J ohn Plummer s wife (whom t h e Stew a rd parenth etically remarked w a s a com mo n 1 90 NOR FO LK C HUR CH ES

’ tippler) was fined for refusing to s e ll b read to the King s sub

t s je c .

I n 1 2 fo r 54 , Laurence Woodrow was fined forty shillings maliciously vociferating with a high voice in open court mos t

f z u r o M vi . vicious and scandalo s wo ds of the Lord the anor , Such unconscionable slaves as yo u are trouble t o th e King ” t o and Parliament , and other vicious words tending the

ignominy o f the lord .

M H — NA ES OF T E VI LLA G E R S . Their names were during the

1 t o 4th century obviously making from day day , and many a family must have owed its patr o nymic t o a happy nickname

flung at its progenitor by some local wit , and unanimously

— . L e C u r su n adopted by the neighbours A few are N orman ,

M a n n v le Le N eve , Bigot and y ; the majority are Danish .

R M i v i. e . sc e ll . o l (Wal ter y in N orf . Antiq , , p .

— E L S &c . e B L , From sal of goods and chattels , lead and

f B u n h . o r e a m bells . Sir Ric Gresham (fo r Bells Blakeney and ,

Edw o f Accounts by Sir . N orth , j ewels and plate ,

. ec and of Church ornaments , vestments , etc , r eived from reli

’ gio u s house s wh ich have come into the King s hands in the

. AO . t o fou r years ended M ich , 35 Delivered Sir

o e t o J hn Williams , Master of the J wels , or John Bristowe , the ’ h . B u r n e a m . King s Clerke Friars of Blakeney and , Norf

L . . . . etters and Papers of Henry V I I I Brit M us ,

P O T — T 0 n n a EX EDITI ON T O SC LAN D . ge of shipping at

0 0 1 0 B r u n e h a m 1 0 . Lynne 5 , Wells 4 , 9 , etc Made up

B r u n e h a m o f 0 0 0 0 o n e . . Of , 7 , 5 , 4 , 3 , each 35 Henry V I I I

’ PO L S T E D E L — T O H A L Edward Warner , the King s servant , grant in tail male of the Manors o f Po l st e d Hall and E rping

h t o e o f ham , wit advowsons belonging th m , and three acres

V h w B r n e h a m V e st o e u . land in the field , called , in , N orf , wo rth

r in all £43 a year , in reve sion after Jane , Lady Calthorpe ,

h f r . w o holds them o life The preamble states that by Pat . l Edw . Po s 2 2 . 2 1 . t e d r Feb , IV Hall Mano in Bu rne

. t h e VVe st h o w e r t o m a ham , N orf , and land , we e granted Tho s

1 92 N O R FOLK C H U R C H E S

R t h in o o g, t uching the persons who entered the house of h l B r u n a m . Ra ph Grundel at , Co Norfolk , and carried away

his goods .

— 2 I . 1 2 2 . t o 0 Edwa rd , 9 The like Hugh de Cressingham ,

w h o o n touching the persons lately , the sea coast between

a . Thornh m and Burnham , Co Norfolk , assaulted on ship

VV k e n e r o f board certain y g and Berge , and other merchants

o f . the re alm N orway , and carried away their goods

— f n I 2 8t h 1 2 . o a d 2 2 . Edward , J uly , 94 Commission Oyer

t o B o t e t o u r t e so n Terminer John de and William , of William

G e r b e r e b v R e n b r ic h t u s g the younger , on complaint y g de

G r e n in e F o lc a r du s G r e n in e g and de g , merchants , of Almain ,

B r h m e o f u n a . that wh n thei r ship was at the port , Co N or folk , certain persons carried away their goods therefrom .

— Al n 0 I . 1 0 2 2 . t o e 3 Edward , 3 , Feb . 3 Pardon Matthew y ,

o f e of Burnham , for the death Bartholom w E strid , of Scot

muth .

— 1 0 2 . 1 2 . fo r 3 , Aug Safe conduct until Christmas John

e n e c e s Hermy , of Burnham , merchant , taking corn and oth r

e t o fo r o f sarl s in his ship Scotland , the maintenance the

’ o n t King s lieges , condition that he take none o the Scots or communicate with them in any wise . t C o mmission of Oye r and Terminer o W . Haward and John

Breton , on complaint by Adam Silke that entered a ship

o u t of his laden with fish and goods , which had in on the

se a B ro m h o lm e B r u n h a m coast between and , Co . N orfolk ,

ca rried away the fish and goods , and assaulted his servants in

the Ship .

— 2 I . 1 0 2 8 . . o f 3 Edward , 3 4 , J uly Complaint by J , Bishop

‘ R a n u l h o f Norwich , that and p , parson of a moiety the

f Ulp T h o o r n e . Church Burnham , broke his Park at gg, Co

e N orfolk , hunted therein and carried away d er .

— 1 . 1 0 . 2 0 . Edward I I , 3 7 , J un Commission of Oyer and Terminer t o William Howard and Thomas de I n go ldist h o r p

a a A o f W y e n h a l a on compl int by W lter braham , g , th t NOR FOLK CHU RCHES 1 93

e o f William U mphr y , Burnham , Chaplain , and Robert de

O r l e n s o f de C r e k y , Burnham , and John y with others at Burn

C o . o o ham , N rfolk , boarded his ship , b und his hands behind

o u t his back until the blood gushed at the nails , imprisoned him until he paid a fi n e of carried away h is boat and broke his Ship .

— . 1 1 0 . 3 Edward I I , 3 , Mar . 5 Pardon to J ohn de Walsh e

e o f o f B r u n h a m for the d ath Richard Cons , , as it appears by

o f s the record William de Ormesby and William I nge , J ustice o f fo r e Gaol Delivery Norwich Castle , that he kill d him in self defence .

— 1 0 1 1 . m s v . t o . de O r e b . e 3 9, Dec Commission Wm , W d

n W a n Carleton , Rich . de Walsingham o complaint by John de

o f renna , Earl Surrey , touching the persons who cut up and

e B r u n h a m carri d away a whale cast ashore at , within the

o f G a le h o w e B r o t h e r c r o ss . precincts his hundreds of and , Co

N orfolk .

— 1 1 1 . A 3 , July similar occurrence .

— 1 0 8 1 1 . 3 , Mar . The plunder of a ship in distress .

A 2 — 1 2 0 . 8 . A o f t o 3 , p commission Oyer and Terminer

H e de r se t e r John de Thorpe , Simon de and John Clave , touching the persons who plund e red a ship belonging t o the

’ King s Scotch enemies , laden with silver , wools and other

B in h m C o e r a o . a s goods , driven ash r at , N orfolk , which wreck o f the sea belonged to the King .

1 2 2 — f r . o e f 3 , July 7 Protection Walt r Smyth , o B romham ,

o t o m erchant , coming S uth with ships bring and convey corn and victuals t o Y o rk and N ewcastle - upon - Tyne and

e f other northern parts of the r alm , he having ound security in the Ch ancery that he will n o t take the sam e elsewhere o r communicate with the Scots o r F le m yn gs .

— — b P O S 1 . 1 2 2 . v ATENT R L L Henry V I , 4 Commission advice and consent of the lords spiritual and t e mporal

a t o o f in the last Parli ment , enquire into the Claim

O lde c a st ell o f Co u l n Joan , late the wife of John , y g, o 1 94 NOR FOLK CH U RCHES

f . o Co Kent , Knight , Lord Cobham , to the manor

h m d Po lst e d B r u n a . e e , Co N orfolk , otherwise call Hall , in B r u n h a m T h e pa rt iculars being as follows J ohn M uriel , late parson o f the Church of Wortham , was seized in h is e o f o f d mesne a s fee the said manor , with the advowsons

o f o f St . a n d the Churches S t . Mary and Margaret All Saints ,

i o f et c . e n the town Burnham , , by d ed dated Wednesday after

St . Edmund the King , 4 Richard I I . gave all the pre m e t o e so n R H em en h a le t o is s Rob rt , of alph de , Knight , and t h e R o t he e said Joan , then wife of the said bert, being daught r o f r o f John de la Pool , Knigh t , and the hei s their bodies , with re mainder t o the right heirs o f the said Robert . William , t t o heir son , dying without hei r, the reversion came Ralph

H e m e n h a le so n o f o f o f , Thomas , b rothe r Ralph , father the

s e r e . T h e aid Rob t , fath r of the said William said J oan sub s n O lde c a st e ll equently married the said Joh , and Ralph rel e ased all his right and title t o the said J ohn and J oan .

o n o o f . 1 e . But Wednesday after the ctave St H ilary , H nry V

f r . t h e o (Jan , said John was put in exigent divers

o . treasons and fel nies For which cause , and by reason of w t o e C o . 1 inquisitions , one tak n at Burnham , N orfolk ,

1 V . t he March , Henry , in which it was found that said John held the mano r o f Po lle st e de Hall in Burnham in right of h is w fo r e t o ife , J oan , her life , with r mainder him in fee simple , ’ the said mano r was taken into the King s hands . I t was

e o n 2 V . t o grant d letters patent 7 April , 5 Henry , J ohn

R n h l o de a e . o f , Knight , and his heirs male I n default heirs m e so n al (his , Thomas , dying a minor , leaving two sisters ,

o f it Elizabeth and Anne , whom Elizabeth died without heir) , 8 V t e 8 . o was granted by lette rs pat nt , August , Henry , R o b e ssa r t w h o . N w Lewis de , Knight , is still seized o the

O lde c a st e ll n o t h e said J ohn had estate in s aid manor , except in freehold , as in the right of the said Joan , and in fee simple , c onjointly with her by virtue of the release e xecuted by Ralph H m de e e n h a le . e o f n Therefo re , aft r the death the said Joh

1 96 NO R F OL K CHU RCH ES

— f I . 1 62 . o 3 Charles , 7 , March Petition of the inhabitants

C o t o . Wells , in Norfolk , the Council D irections having

o f been sent to the Mayors and Aldermen Lynn , Wells ,

t w o w a r t o u Burnham , to furnish ships o f be at Portsmo th

2 e on May 0 next , it is submitte d that Wells has always b en

a o f o f G r e en h o e cha rged s a member the Hundred North , and

r m a n o t b c n o t as a membe r o f Lynn . P ay they y e for ed to join with Lynn . I nclose

1 . n o t t b r Re ason why Wells ought o e assessed , cha ged

o r governed by Lynn .

2 2 r 2 . Rate o f the charge o f £ assessed fo r setting fo th

A . D . 1 r two ships for Cadiz , 597. This is a po tion

of the account fo r the H undred o f G r e e n h o e . Wells

is ass e ssed at £5.

P 1 . . . 6 State Papers Elizabeth Addl . 5 5 Vacant Livings

N orwich . Burn ham 4 .

— 1 1 1 . T . 2 6 o Edward I V , 47 , Feb . (Pardons) Thomas Ken ” S e . o n o t tan , of Bu rnham De pdale , Co N orfolk , Y man , fo r

a t o o f 0 5 . ppearing answer John Sherman , touching a debt 4

— G a rl k C . . e e o . o Feb 7 John , of Burnham Market , N rfolk ,

R e dk n a e Yoman , for not appearing to answer Edmund p ,

c z r f o u f 1 0 . iti en and me cer o L ndon , to ching a debt o f (Calendar o Patent Rolls) . ’ — 1 . 1 8 F e b 2 . fo r t o Richard I I I , 4 3 , . 4 Grant life the King s

e servant , Thomas Lov ll and Agnes Lovell , widow , of the

o f Po lst e d . manor and lordship Hall in Burnham , Co N orfolk , ’ t o m lately belonging Thomas Ey es , E squire , and in the King s

o f o r hands by reason his rebelli n , with meadows , pastu es ,

o e r c o m feedings , wo ds , water , rents , r versions , and othe

m o dit ie s .

— 2 . 1 8 N v 1 f o . o r Richard I I I , 4 4, . 4 Presentation Richa d

' B re w st f e e r o . to the Pa rish Church St Mary , Burnham , in the

o f e . Diocese of N orwich , void by the death William P rson

— . 1 6 . 8 . 4 Edward I V , 4 5, Dec Whereas the King lately

t o o h n G r e a a m 1 0 granted h is servitors , J . y and D vid Ch bley , NOR FOLK CH U RCHES 1 97

t he Po lst e de marks yearly for life from mano r of Hall , and

B r n h m o a C o . o o appurtenances lying in , Norf lk , which came t

his hands by way of escheat , he now grants the said manor

t o fo r fo r d his esquire , William Wade , l ife , the goo service

t he - o n - of l atter at sea , and at N ewcastle Tyne , and also the s u r o lu ssa ge of the manor during the l ives o f the said John

and David .

’ 6 — 6 2 . f t . 1 . o r o Edward I V , 4 7 , Jan 9 Grant life the King s

E so u ir e W fo r , illiam Wade , h is good service at sea and at

- o n - e e the town of N ewcastle Tyne , in d fenc of the towne , in f o 8 . lieu a l ike grant to him by letters patent , dated Dec , 4

. o f Po l st e de Edward IV , surrendered , of the manor Halle ,

B r n h a m u e C 0 . with appu rtenances in , Norfolk , with the

t o advowsons pertaining it , and three acres of land in Burne

in W e sc o t e ham a field called , and all issues from the said

8 o 1 0 December , with ut rendering anything except marks

’ yearly to the King s servitors , John Grey and David Cham

e e . bl y , for thei r liv s

— 1 1 . 2 1 2 . Edward IV , F eb . 3 , 47 Whereas by letters patent ,

6 . 2 . 9 Jan , Edward IV , the King granted to William Wade ,

Po lst e d . the manor of Hall in Burnham , Co N orfolk , with the

o f o f B u r n e h a m advowson the Church , and three acres land in

for life , etc .

— N v 8 . fo r 1 . 1 80 o 4 Edward I V , 4 , . Grant life to Thomas

A ssh e for his good se r vice t o the King in h is journeys

via ii s w ( g ) at Barnet and Te kesbury , against the rebels , of th e

man o r of Burnham Sutton .

— 80 . 8 . 1 a . 1 9 Edw rd I V , 4 , Nov Grant for life to Thomas

Po l F e n s . e o f y , esquir of the body , the manor and lordship of

B r n e h a m stede Halle in u , with its members , whic h William

’

o f . Wad e , deceased , lately had fo r life the King s grant

— 82 2 2 . t o 2 1 . 1 . Edward I V , 4 , Feb Grant for l ife Thomas

F n s e e v , esq uire of the body , and Anne , his wif , late the wife

B k k in o f o f o . of John Dorward , g, Co Essex , Esquire , the

n l t e in B u n h it s m em manor a d lo rdship of Fo s d H all r am , with 1 98 NOR FOLK CH U RCHES

w w o f e h e r s . , Co N orfolk , ith advo sons Churches p rtaining to

“ ” \V e st c o t e it , and th ree acres of land in a field call ed in Burn

o f ham , with common of pasture and foldage , and all issue the

o f e t o above , from the death William Wad , in l ieu of a grant

t 1 0 . 1 the said Thomas by letters pa ent , dated Feb , 9 Edward

I V . , surrendered .

— ~ — C . 2 1 2 . 1 . O L L S I . LOSE R Edward , 97 , Jan 3 Order to Bail i ffs not to let anyon e go out of the real m without the

’ z— f King s l icence Baili fs of Welles and Holkham , Bailiffs of

B h . r u n a m . . , Bail iffs of Thornham , etc , etc (Calendar of Cl ose

Rolls) .

2 — April 7 . S imilar order t o have all Ships of the burth e n of fo r t v tuns of wine and upwards before the King at Win f chelsea on the morrow o M idsummer .

2 I — f m . 1 0 1 . 1 . O en 9 Edward , 3 , Feb , 4 T Baili fs and of ,

- - . e tc . o n etc , Order to be with the King at Berwick Tweed

u at Midsummer next , with ships , well fo nd with men and

’ t o se o u t other necessaries , ready t at the King s wages

- Sk t m n o t e u t h B r u n e m u t h . against the Scots and , one sh ip

t h o Robberies on e sea c ast between Lenne and Burnham .

Calendar of Close Rolls , 5 Edward I .

1 — o f t 7 Edward 1 1 . Order t Baili fs o have sh ips held in

’ B r n e . u h a m readin ss for th ree days notice , etc .

— ‘ R N HA M IVI A R KET . Slt d o f BU Mor aunt Martin , Baronet ,

1 8 1 . Burnham , died in Septembe r , 5, aged 73 He was the

fourth baronet of that family , and succeeded his father , Sir

R 1 62 H 1 6 Ev r il a . e e d oger , in 7 married , in 7 5 , Dorothea ,

thi rd daughter o f the Rev . Will iam Sm ith , Rector o f Burnham

o Thorpe (sh uld be Westgate) . A portion o f his e arl y

l 0 ife was pa ssed in the Army , but the 5 years was

spent in the study and p ractice of agriculture . F rom h is

L e t t so m in 1 88 . e t o correspondence with Dr , 7 , he s ems have

e l been the first who introduced the mang l wurzel into N orfo k .

' H e also corresponded with Sir Thomas Burn resp e cting

a e o f o o K s S d t o productiv stock p tat es (The enti h ee ling) , sent

2 0 0 NOR FOLK C H U R C H E S

f Ke r de st o n Kt . u h o i Lette r o Atto rney by Thomas de , , a t r s

H o n v I n e w o r t h t o ing J ohn and John Clerk of g , the younger ,

f o f del iver seisin to H umphrey Sta ford , Earl Stafford ,

ff . o f e William Pole , Earl of Su olk , etc , moi ties of the Manor o f S dist e r n e B r u c h a m o f y and (Bi rcham) N euton , and all

S ist r n r k B r u c h a m d e . C e lands in y , S y , N euton , and the

f 1 . . o 0 e . advowson the Church of N euton . H nry V (DO , D 4 2 6)

f G r ic k e s t o o G i e s Feo fment by John , of Langham , J hn gg ,

B r u n h a m T o u n e sh e n d G i e s W h of , Roge r , Richard gg , of yg

G i e s o f C r e k G i e s o f ton , John gg , South y , and Thomas gg ,

B e r m e r c o f o n B r u n h a m . , of a pie e land , formerly built , in St

’ ” o f le e Clement s west Dale , between a m ssuage of the

r f N f o e . o Prio Pet rston on the , and land the Abbot of De r

o n S t h e ham the . , the E . head abutting on common marsh ,

o n H o lm s and the W . the path from y to Holkham Church ;

f n h m . r s with 3 A o land in the fie ld o f B u a St . Clement in diver ” - e T 2 1 . pi ces , % A . at Market mere land ; 3% roods W of ” ” le e H e lo n dlo n o f Dal , called d d, between land Thomas

h W . T h r l w n E h Kt . t e o e o . C a lt o r y the , and of William p , , on ,

e o f and the N . h ad abutting on land of the Manor Burg

. . R h A . o f L n o w e . halle , etc ; and land at y g , etc , all ’

o f ift o f o which he had the g John N ewgate , of H lkham , by deed dated 5 Ed . I V . ; attorneys to deliver seisin : S imon

C B a lt e s . B r u n h a m 8 Comyn , lerk , and Andrew y Dated ,

. 1 . . A O . Feb , Henry V I (D ,

o f t I n lo se t o Lette r A torney by Sir Henry g Thomas Selers ,

. t o Ch r Norwich , and John Wilton , to deliver seisin Walter

o o f F a st o lff Lya rd , Bish p N orwich , John , and others , of the

L o d n e Sa lh o u s C r k R e o se s . Manors of , , South y , called y , etc ,

t o o C r e k bought by him his use in the t wns of South y , Brun ham , etc . , all of which the said Bishop , and others , had of his

o f o f o f e en a 2 6 2 gi ft his charter fe fment of v d te , May , 9 D H O . en ry VI ( , A, N OR F O L K C H UR CH E S 2 0 1

sa l o f Bargain and e by William Marla r , Kelden , E ssex ,

P C r k . o f e gen , and raunces D ryland , South y , N orfolk ,

e n . 0 . c g , in consideration of £3 , of all his land , etc , ontaining

B k l 1 D D e a . . . r a n e st r e d e O . 33 A in and p y Mary ( , A

2 8 I ndentu re of demise ( H e nry V I I I . ) by Philipp e Cal

o t o So u t h ec r ek e th rpe , armiger , J ohn Pepys , of , N orfolk , ” M e r c h a u n t f M e r sh e c o u r s , o all his foldcourse , called , in

e t o Burnham Ov re , hold in like manner as the said John

Ph li l h r o f C a t o Kt . 1 0 Pepys late had Si r y pp p , , for years at

1 0 5 D O . . £5 . rent ( , A

H e silto n s o n He silt o n Release by Francis , and heir of J ohn

e and Olive , his wife (deceased) , at the r quest of William

Yelverton , arm . , and in part performance of a bargain and

n f t o H o o e . sale by th e said William , Thomas , g , o h is right in

‘ o f V e w t r e s O v e r e the Mano r , and in land in B urnham y,

Ul e D e e da le e p , p , Westgat , N orton , Sutton , H olkham and i G e s . Creake , which formerly were of John gg , gen 9 Eliza

’

O . . beth (D , A

I nd e nture of demise (2 1 H en ry V I I I . ) by Si r Philip Cal

K . a lt h r t C o . tho rp , , and Philip p , arm , son and hei r , to John ” o f So u t h c r e k al l Pepys , , yoman , of his foldcourse , called

C o n v e r y Cours , with pasture and shack , also a close , called

B u r n e h a m t h o r Wrenne Park Close , in p , also a foldcourse , ” M e r sshe B u r n e h a m O v e r e t o o fo r called Cou rs , in y, h ld

1 8 . . seven years at £9 s . rent (DO . , A

e r de U o S ir Rob t ff rd and Cecily , his wife, acquired from

R o e sia w r Si r Edmund de Pakenham and , his ife , thei right in

o fo r the manor and adv wson of Combs , Suffolk , in exchange

o f U . . a moiety phall Manor in North C reake Pat Rolls , 4 ’

C in e r s f M . w r . . 2 2 . o Ed a d pt ii , ( p g Su folk anors)