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John, son of sir Thomas de Helingtone , grants to Ralph Becke of Wramplingham , for his homage and service, and for 16s. of silver, one piece of arable land lying in the field of Wramplingham, paying annually for the same 1d. (c. 1280-90.) .

YARMOUTH (Great). Thomas, son of William Wymer of Gernemuth and Matilda his wife, confirm to sir Roger de Prestun, chaplain, 20 shillings of annual rent from ..., and a fishery held of them in Great Gernemuth. [Mutilated.] (See Ch. Norfolk 271.) (c. 1260-70.) .

Gosceline, son of Thurkild of Hikelinghe and Salerna his wife, daughter of Adam Campernol of Gernemuth , grant to Andrew de Couteshale , for his service and 43s. of silver, one piece of land with buildings and appurtenances in Great Gernemuth. (c. 1250-60.) .

Gosceline, the tailor of Hikelinge and Saleina his wife, grant to Thomas, son of William Wimer of Gernemuth , for one mark of silver, all their right in 2s. annual rent, which Juliana, relict of Robert the baker , was accustomed to pay for a tenement she held of them in Great Gernemuth. (c. 1260.) .

Adam Gavel of Great Gernemouth and Beatrice his wife, grant to Adam de Grossenhale, clerk, for his service and a certain sum of money, one piece of land in Great Gernem', paying annually to the said Adam and Beatrice one clove, and to the lords of the fee 10s. Dated at Gernem' on St. Matthew's day, 17 Ed. I.

Ralph, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, grant to Lambert, the clerk, their church of St. Michael of Cunesford, with the chapel of St. Olave in Norwich, paying an annual pension of 1 lb of incense at the feast of St. Bennet in estate. [Ralph, abbot, 1186-1210.] .

NEATISHEAD. John, bp of Norwich , confirms to Ralph de Netteshird, chaplain, the perpetual vicarage of the church of Neteshird, with the assent of the abbot and monks of Hulme, the patrons. Dated at Norwich 3 July, 4th year of his episcopate. (1204.) .

SWANTON and WALSHAM. Ralph, son of William de Skegeton , remits and quit-claims to Reginald, the abbot, and church of St. Bennet of Hulme, all his right in the villages of Swanton and Walesham. [Reginald, abbot, 1213-1229.] .

Convention made between Richard de Bacton and Reginald, abbot, and the convent of St. Bennet of Hulme. [Reginald, abbot, 1213-1229.] [Partly illegible.] .

Clement le Moine of Brunham is bound to the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme for the payment of 4s. annual rent for the land which was William le Gaunter 's in Norwich at Swinemarket, lying between the land of Matthew ... and the land of Gunilda the widow. (c. 1220.) .

FORDHAM. Depositions of thirteen men of Fordham concerning the right of the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme to the tithe of certain land in Fordham, in a cause between the said abbot and convent and sir N. de Brente, the rector. (c. 1200-10.) .

Robert, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, assign an annual payment of 20s. to the prior and convent of Norwich for the settlement of disputes between them, relating to the tithes of the lordships of Richard de la Rokele and Robert de Curt , knights, in Cruchestoke. Dated 1239.

WICHINGHAM. Convention made between Sampson, the abbot, and the convent of St. Bennet of Hulme on the one part, and William, the prior, and the convent of St. Mary of Walsingham of the other part, by which the said William and his successors are bound to pay 10s. annually, and to do homage to the said Sampson and his successors for the tenement of William, son of Geoffrey de Turteville , in the village of Wichingeham. Dated at Norwich on the morrow of St. Edward the martyr, 19 Hen. III.

Philip de Ferento, proctor of Landulf the cousin of Pope Alexander IV , and canon of Ferentum , renounces in the name of his Lord to the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, all right to the church of Neteshirde to which he had been nominated by the Pop, on the death of Philip, canon of Ferentum, rector (in 1255 or 1256), and which is appropriated to the abbey in consideration of a pension of 28 marks. Dated at Norwich on the morrow of All Souls' day, 1256.

Letter of John de Norwich to master J. de Walkote, rector of a moiety of the church of Fixele, official of the archdeacon of Norwich , reporting his delivery of the abbot of Hulme of episcopal and papal mandates for a provision for Thomas de Ristun, a poor clerk of Norwich diocese, in some cure of the patronage of the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme. Dated at Norwich the Saturday next before the Easter synod at Norwich. 1277.

THWEYT. Proceedings in the great church of Norwich, commenced the Thursday next after the feast of St. [lost], 1274, before J. de Nortun, official of the bp. of Norwich , between the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, complainants, and Hervy de Surlingham, rector of the church of Huggethale , defendant. The abbot and convent claim to have been possessed of two parts of the tithes of the lordships of sir Bartholomew de Sumerton , sir Robert de Castre , and Andrew de Brampton in the village of Tweyt, which the said Hervey had by force prevented them from taking, in the autumn. Nov. 1274-June 1275. .

REDHAM. Sir Bartholomew de Redham, kt., grants to Nicholas, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, the homage of John de Ingham , and all the services of the manor of Redham, which he holds of the said Bartholomew, of the fee of the said abbot and convent. Dated at St. Bennet's on the morrow of St. Thomas, apostle, 11 Ed. I.

FILBY. Hugh de Cressy , with the assent of Isabella de Cressy his mother, grants to William, son of William Sparham and Ranulfia his wife, the whole of his land of his manor of Filby, with appurtenances, paying annually to the abbot of St. Bennet of Hulme 10s. 8d., and scutage to the King so much as pertains to the third part of one knight's fee. (c. 1250-60.) (Hugh Cressy died in 1262.) .

SWANTON. Decree of Nicholas, the abbot of St. Bennet of Hulme , and John, rector of Walkote , in settlement of the differences between Thomas de Walkote, rector of Swaneton of the one part, and certain of the parishioners of the other, concerning the claim to a mortuary. Dated at Norwich the Thursday next after the feast of St. Michael, 1286.

WALSHAM (North). Return to an inquisition ordered by the bishop of Norwich, concerning a vacancy in the church of North Walsham, to which Robert de Ormesby had been presented, by the testimony of John, rector of Slaleye , Geoffrey, rector of Beston , John de Horningg ' and others, who say, that the church of North Walsham was vacant from the feast of the Purification B.V.M. by the death of master Henry Sampson , the last rector, that the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme are the patrons, and that the priest presented is of good life and conversation and beneficed in the church of Castre. Dated at Worstede, before Transl. of St. Thomas martyr1299. (After Sampson's death Reginald de Sarmoneed had had it (probably by papal provision) but he now resigned it by his proctor.)

ESTHERLING. Randal, son of Walter de Estherling, grants to William de Aldeberge, parson of the church of Estherling, for 10s. 2 acres and half a rood of land in Estherling and 6d. annual rent from two pieces of land there, at an annual rent of 3d. (c. 1260-70.)

HULME (Abbey). Proceedings in the great church of Norwich in a cause of alleged violeation[sic] between the abbot and convent of Hulme and Hervey de Surlingham, rector of Huggechale , the Monday next before the feast of St. Margaret, 1275 before G. de Nortune, commissary of the bishop, in which the said Hervey is fined four shillings for contumacy in non-appearance, and is cited to appear in the Monday next after the feast of St. Matthew.

METHELWODE. Ordination respecting the vicarage of Methelwode by Ralph [Walpole], bp. of Norwich ; the Prior and Convent of Castleacre to have the rectory house, all the land belonging to the rector, and all the tithes of corn; the vicar to have the rest, excepting a portion paid paid to the prior and conv. of Lewes. Dated at Eccles, 2 Non. August, 1291.