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CAISTER. Deed by which Thomas, bp. of Norwich , and the dean and chapter of Norwich, consent to the appropriation of the church of the Holy Trinity, Caister, to the use of the priory of Shouldham, in account of the great damage of property by floods, fire and storm. Dated 22 December, 1365.

CAISTOR. Acknowledgement by the prior ( Robert de Synyngtone ) and convent of Schuldham that for the appropriation of the church of Holy Trinity, Caister, to the priory they are bound to pay a pension to the bp. of Norwich of 23s. 4d., and to the prior and chapter of Norwich 3s. 4d. Dated 10 July, 1387.

John Drabil and Peter Letys of Skothow grant to sir Milo Stapilton, kt., Oliver Groos , and sir John Whyte, kt., one acre of arable land in Skothowe. Dated at Skothowe the Saturday next after the feast of St. Martin, bp., 18 Ric. II.

SLOLEY. John Dunyng of Wythsted grants to John Clout, chaplain of the same place, one messuage with a croft adjacent, and one acre of arable land, in the village of Sloleye. Dated at Sloleye the Tuesday next after the feast of St. Matthias the apostle, 10 Ric. II.

SOMERTON. Sir John de Vernon, kt., appoints Henry atte Pyt his servant to give seisin to John de Berneye of his manor of Somerton, except John Nichollsson , a villein of the said manor. Dated at Norwich the Sunday next after the feast of St. Michael, 31 Ed. III.

STOKESBY and THRICKBY. Indenture dated St. Hilary's day, 32 Ed. I, reciting that whereas William Fitzwilliam of Redham had enfeoffed William Aleyn of Stokesby , and Roger his brother in 55 acres of arable land lying in Stokesby and Thrickby, as by his charter appears, this convention witnesseth that after six years the said William Fitzwilliam of Redham shall have again the said land without let or hindrance.

Final concord dated 11 Ed. II, by which John de Say acknowledges the right of Robert de Holveston and Joan his wife to the manor of Long Stratton, with the services of the tenants named, for which the said Robert and Joan gave to the said John 100 marks of silver.

STRATTON (Long). An agreement (indented) between sir Thomas Savage , sir Rafe de Shelton , Thomas de Bumpstede , and John de Snoryng , lately enfeoffed by sir Nicholas de Bourne in the manor of Long Stratton, with the church of St. Mary and the appurtenances in Tasbourge, &c., on the one part, and John de Herlyng in the name of sir Thomas de Gyney and the lady Elizabeth his wife, sister and heir of the said sir Nicholas, on the other part, viz. that the said feoffees will enfranchise John Frost if he wishes to be chaplain, according as the said sir Nicholas charged them during his life, and that the said sir Ralph will release all his right in the said manor, &c. to the said Thomas Savage and the others aforesaid, and that they will then grant the same to the lady Margerie, wife of sir Robert de Mortimer , for her life, with the reversion to sir Thomas Gyney and Elizabeth his wife and their heirs, reserving the lands, &c. purchased by the said sir Nicholas, in Long Stratton, &c. for the maintenance of a light and the clothing of five poor persons, for which the said sir Thomas Gyney shall pay them £100, and that the said sir Thomas Gyney shall secure the estate of such as purchase the lands which were sir Richard de Boylands , of the said feoffees, and the said feoffees shall release to him the advowson of the church of Waketon, if it be found the said advowson 'soit tallie,' and that the said £100 be expended for the good of the soul of the said sir Nicholas. Dated 6 June, 39 Ed. III.

TILNEY. Letter from the warden and scholars of Pembroke Hall, submitting themselves to the bp. of Norwich and his successors, on account of the appropriation of the church of Tilney, Norwich diocese, to the said hall. Dated at Cambridge, 6 July, 1373.

WANG[E]FORD. Judgement given in a cause between the prior and monks of Thetford and the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, concerning the payment of an annual pension of four marks for certain tithes in the village of Wangeford. Dated at Norwich, 8 Kl. July, 1350.

NETTLESTEAD. Convention between the prior and convent of Thetford and John Burnel, rector of Nettlestede , by which the prior and convent make over to the said John two parts of the tithes of Nettlestede, for an annual pension of 13s. 4d. Dated 22 July, 1364.

THOMPSON. Richard Gegg of Saham grants to John Chambirleyn of Thomeston three acres of arable land, lying in divers places in Thomeston. Dated at Thomeston the Friday next before the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, 17 Rich. II.

THORNAGE. Adam de Sutwade grants to Geoffrey his younger son the half of a mill in the parish of Thornege called Feldmille at an annual rent of 5/3d. (c. 1300-10.) .

TUTTINGTOUN, BANNINGHAM, and WRAMPLINGHAM. Composition made the Saturday next before the feast of St. Bartholomew, 32 Ed. I, between Robert Brian de Felmyngham of one part, and John Brun of Tutyngtoun of the other, by which the said Robert grants to the said John, all his tenements and services in Tutyngtoun, Banyngham, and Wramplyngham, paying annually 30s. sterling.

William, the abbot of St. Martin's , and the monastery of Auchi near Aumale, Rouen diocese, remit to John de Ufford the right of both real and personal action against him for the unjust detention of certain of their goods and possessions in England or elsewhere. Dated 25 September, 1350.

Citation from the papal court to John Snorynge, prior of Walsingham . [Mutilated.] (1390.) .

SWENYNGTON. Assise of novel disseisin held at Norwich the Monday next after the feast of St. James the apostle, 9 Ed. II, before W. Ormesby and his fellow justices, concerning the common of pasture in Heverynglond, which pertains to the free tenement of the prior of Walsingham in Swenyngton, against Roger de Gyney , Roger de Bylney , Peter Waytskath , Peter Lombe , and Richard de Holewode .

Protestation made by John de Snoryng, prior of Walsingham , before Henry, bishop of Norwich , 1 April, 1384.

ROUGHAM. Letters patent in the form of a chirograph of John, bp. of Norwich , confirming to the prior and convent of Westacre, the appropriation of the church of Rucham, and the ordination of the vicarage. Dated at Hoxene, 12 Kal. July, 1300.

Henry, the prior, and convent of Westacre, recite the documents concerning the appropriation and ordination of the vicarage of the church of Rucham. Dated in their chapter, 7 Ides of May, 1303.

WAYBOURNE. Confirmation by the dean and chapter of Norwich of a composition made between the prior and convent of Westacre, and the prior and convent of Waburne, concerning the election of a prior to Wayburn. Dated at Norwich, 1319, 18 Kl. Jan.

BURLINGHAM (South). An obligation on the part of John, the prior, and convent of Weybridge, to perform mass and obit, for Alice called of Stoke of Norwich , and others, for her benefaction of lands, rents, and tenements in Southbyrlyngham, after her death, under a penalty of 10 marks, payable to the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich. Dated at Weybridge, 23 May, 1379.

WHEATACRE. Thomas, son of sir Robert Banyard, kt. , grants to sir Thomas Roscelyn, kt., the manors of Burghalle, Esthalle, and Huphalle, in the village of Whetacre, together with all the lands, &c. which were the said sir Robert Banyard's in Aldely [Aldeby?] and Whetacre, also the advowsons of All Saints and St. Peter of Whetacre, now held by Matilda wife of the said Robert, for the term of her life. Dated at Chategrave the Tuesday next after the feast of St. Luke the evangelist, 6 Ed. III.

WHEATACRE and HAUTBOYS. Thomas Dages (?) grants to sir Thomas Roscelyn, kt.; all his right and reversion which he has in the manors of Whetacre and Hauboys, which the lady Matilda who was the wife of sir Robert Banyard held for her life. Dated at Norwich the Monday on the morrow of Pentecost, 7 Ed. III.

Recital by Robert, the prior, and convent of Wyrmegaye, of the grant from the prior and convent of the cathedral church of Norwich and John, bp. of the same, for the appropriation of the half of the church of Fordham to the uses of the said prior and convent. Dated at Wyrmegaye, 5 Id. November, 1316.