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HORKESLEY. Robert, son of Godebold , and Beatrix his wife give to God and St. Mary, and the monks of Thetford belonging to the church of Cluniac, all their churches, &c., for the souls of the King, their ancestors, parents, and friends, upon condition that the prior of Thetford, with the consent of the convent, should send as many monks to serve God in the church of St. Peter, Horkesley (Horchesleia), as the place would conveniently maintain; and for their common subsistence they assigned their other churches of Wiston (Wisetona), Assildeham, with 60 acres of land, and the half of the church of Boxsted (Bochesteda), the whole of the tithes of their lordship of Boxsted, and Beatrix gave the whole of the tithe of her marriage portion, and of the land which Turold her uncle gave her. Also they gave the tithe of Foleton (Foletona) and Fordham, and ten solidates of land in Roydon (Reidona). (c. 1130.) [Foundation charter of the priory of Horkesley, printed in the Monasticon, vol. v. p. 156.]

Robert, son of Philip , grants and confirms to the monks of Thetford at Horkesley, with the possessions, which Robert, son of Godebold , and Robert, son of Robert , and Philip, .... father, gave to them, viz. the churches of Horkesley, Wysentune, Hessildele, and half of the church of Boxstede, together with the whole of the tithes of his demesne of Boxstede, two parts of the tithes of Fordham and Foletun, the whole of the tithes of the marsh of Fulenesse, &c., in frankalmoigne. (c. 1190-1200.) .