BURY ST. EDMUND. Katherine, daughter of Norman of St. Edmund, grants and confirms to Peter de Nereford the whole of her messuage which was Norman's her brother, in the village of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), as a free burgage, for two farthings to be annually paid to the sacrist, viz. that messuage which lies near the house of Arnald the priest towards the north; for this donation the sard Peter gave her 12 marks of silver 'in pleno porthmannemoth, and 'hostolagium' for herself and two servants in the said messuage for the term of her life. (c. 1210-20.)

Sampson the abbot of St. Edmund grants to Walter de Broch two acres of meadow in the village of Redgrave (Regrave), in the meadow called Dammes; paying 12d. yearly. (c. 1200-10.)

ESTON. Ralph de Beauchamp confirms to the sick brethren of the hospital of St. Peter without St. Edmund, in frankalmoigne, sixpence from his demesne at Easton (Eston) for the soul of his wife Agnes etc.; to be paid on the altar of the chapel on the day of her death, viz. 10 March. (c. 1210-30.)

Concession and confirmation by king John to the abbot and monks of Bury St Edmunds (St Edmund), that no market or fair shall be held within the liberties of Bury St Edmunds (St Edmund) to their injury. Dated at Loches, 17 August, 3 John [1201].

RIKINGHALE, &c. Final concord, Mich. 9 K. John (1207), by which John, son of William de Costantin, acknowledges that no acres of land in Rickinghall (Rikingehale) is the right of Samson, the abbot, and church of St. Edmund, for which concession the abbot re-granted to the said John 41 acres of the said land, (in several defined portions) also other land, and a messuage in the wood of 'Cumbhage,' at an annual rent of 12d.

Adam, son of William the armiger of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) , grants to Ailwin Lenarius of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), for his fealty and service and 2s. of silver, part of his toft without the village of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) lying at Tewene, at an annual rent of 3d. (c. 1210-20.)

Alwine Lanar[ius], son of Gocellin de Hemmegrave, sells and quitclaims to Stephen, son of Humphrey, for 10s., the whole of his toft in the suburb of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) lying at Teyuene, making the service to the chief lords of the fee, viz. to the cellarer of St. Edmund 3d yearly. (c. 1230-40.)

MILDENHALE, &c. Chirograph by which Samson, the abbot, and convent of St. Edmund grant to Ralph de Colum their servant certain lands and rents in Mildenhall (Mildenhale). (1182-1211.) [Almost entirely effaced.] [Colum (see endorsement of Ch. Suffolk 26 where he is also a witness)]

Samson, the abbot, and convent of St. Edmund grant to Benedict de Mildenhale a messuage and land in the said village of Mildenhall (Mildenhale) for an annual rent of 6s. (c. 1208-1210.) [Partially illegible.]

Samson, the abbot of St. Edmund, grants to Henry, son of Thurstan, and his heirs, the mill called 'Salemundesforde,' with land and meadows customarily paying an annual rents of 27s., less 2d. to the abbot's hall at Fornham [All Saints]; to hold by free service, for the payment annually at the hall of Fornham of 30s.; also he grants eight acres at 'Hengrave (Hemegrethe)' at 2s., annual rent. (1184-1211.)

[Fornham] Samson, the abbot of St. Edmund, grants to Ailmar, son of Ailward de Fornham, the mill which is called 'Ailmeres Heine' at a rent of 30s.; also a little meadow at the head of the mill-pond, [which mill used to pay an annual rent of 26s.] for which he is to render to the hall of Fornham the customary rent of seven ploughshares, with leave to have no ewer free from feldage, to hold the same by heirship. (1184-1211.)

John de Bradmer grants to William his nephew, son of Adam Spyle and Batha(?), the grantor's sister, and , sister and to Edmund de Elwedon, chaplain, one messuage and certain lands in Mildenhall (Mildenhale), and rents in Barton Mills (Barton) and Herringswell (Herningewelle), to provide two chaplains to celebrate divine services for his soul and all the faithful, &c. in Mildenhall (Mildenhale), viz. the said William and Edmund, and after their deaths to trustees to appoint succession. (c. 1260-70.) [One of the trustees, Robert, prior of St. Eadmund, was prior from c. 1257 to 1280.]

⟨Bury St Edmunds (?).⟩ Alan and the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter without the gate of Risebi grant to the brethren of the hospital of St. Nicholas one rood of land which Adam de Hopetun gave to the said brethren, paying annually ½lb of cummin. (c. 1210-20.) Witn. Adam de Falesham, Wdard son of Elias, etc.

Norman Treietarius of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) grants to the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter in the suburb of St. Edmund, in frankalmoigne, 2d. of annual rent from an acre of arable land in the fields of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) lying towards Teyvenne. (c. 1220-30.) Witn. Stephen fitz Ralph, alderman of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), and Martin de Bertune and Thomas fitz Ralph, provosts

⟨Bury St Edmunds (?).⟩ Adam, son of Hervey de Hopetun, grants to God, St. Mary and St. Peter, and the infirm brethren of St. Eudmund, viz. of the house of St. Peter, that land which Andrew the janitor of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) was accustomed to hold, except one rood which Adam gave to the brethren of St. Nicholas in frankalmoigne; also he gives to them ½lb of cummin which the brethren of St. Nicholas were accustomed to pay him. (c. 1210-20.) Witn. Adam provost of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), Wdard mayor, etc.

Convention made in the village of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), in full "portmaneiot", before Adam de Phalelham then provost, and others, by which Isabella, daughter of Walter Gochep, gave to the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter, for five marks one acre of arable land opposite the hospital in the fields of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), in exchange for one acre of arable land with a meadow adjacent in the fields of the same vill, "extra portam del Su", viz. that which master Abbraham gave to the said brethren of St. Peter in frankalmoigne. (c. 1210-20.)

⟨Bury St Edmunds (?).⟩ Walter Tighethe, son of Robert de St. Eadmund, grants to the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter, in frankalmoigne, an annual rent of 5½d., viz. from an acre of laud which Lemman 'ferrator' held of him 1½d., and from an acre which Richard Brun held 2d., and from William, son of Huttred, 2d. (c. 1210-20.) Witn. Adam de Falesham, provost of Bury St Edmunds (St. Eadmund), Wodart son of Elyas alderman etc.

⟨Bury St Edmunds (?)⟩ Richard de la Care, the prior, and brethren of the hospital of St. Nicholas without the east gate of St. Edmund, grant and quitclaim to the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter all their right in a fourth part of one acre of arable land called 'Holdefader acre' lying at Dristnapes, which they had by the gift of Thomas de Canter of Bury St Edmunds (St. Eadmund); for this grant the said brethren of St. Peter gave 6s. of silver. (c. 1220-30.) Witn. Stephen alderman of Bury St Edmunds (St. Eadmund), Martyn de Bertune provost, etc.

Great Barton. Robert de Hese, for the soul of king John &c., grants to the church of St. Edmund, and to the abbot and monks there, in frankalmoigne, the whole of his land in Great Barton (Bertun) of the honor of Nottingham, namely that land which the said king John while he was earl of Moreton gave to him, for an annual service of one hawk, and to the said Robert and his heirs of one pound of cummin, (c. 1220-30.) Among the witn., Adam de Phawskene, Wodard de Hwelvotham

Robert de Livermere, son of Hunfrid of St. Edmund, grants to the church of St. Edmund and the monks there, in frankalmoigne, all the tenements, with messuages &c., which Nicholas, son of Walter his uncle, held of him in the village of Fornham with 2s. annual rent; for which the said Nicholas had from the convent 12 marks, and the said Robert two marks. Witn. Gregory the prior, Stephen Alderman. (c. 1240.)

⟨Rickinghall (?).⟩ Adam, rector of the church of Rickinghall (Richinghale), grants to St. Edmund and to sir Robert the Chamberlain of the same, sixpence of animal rents which Nicholas, son of Elias de Watlesfeud, gave to him. (c. 1220.)

Memorandum of the election of Richard de Lisle, abbot of Burton, to the abbacy of Bury St. Edmund, vacant by the resignation of Hugh de Northwold on his election to Ely. [Abbot 1229-1234.] [Printed by Hearne, in Chron. Dunstable, vol. II. p. 837, as a note to vol. I. p. 185.]

William Staniland acknowledges that he owes to the lord abbot of St. Edmund at his court of Redgrave annually the following customs and services, viz. in each week from the feast of Michaelmas to the gule of autumn, i. e. Aug. 1, one half day's work before dinner, finding his own food, and from the gule of autumn to Michaelmas day in each week two whole days' work and food from the lord, and two hens at Christmas and eggs at Easter and 4s. per annum, and for hidage 16d., and five seams of oats and seven teams at the ordering of the bailiffs of the abbot, and a fine for his daughters, and aid and tallage as his fellows, &c. (1235-1248.)

Thomas, son of John de Thweyt, grants to Henry, abbot of St. Edmund, the whole of his mill and three roods of land in Herewardestoft which he holds in the village of Wortham. For this donation the said abbot gave 40s. sterling. [Henry, abbot, 1234-48.]

Silvester de St. Edmund grants to the brethren of the hospital of St. Peter, in frankalmoigne, the whole of his toft in the village of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund) which Walter Hodles sold him, making the service due for the same to the lords of the fee, viz. to the sacrist of St. Edmund 3s. and to the heirs of Umfrid, son of Richard 12d. (c. 1260-70.) Witn. Geoffrey the alderman, Richard de Mildenhale and Richard de Pulham, bailiffs.