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Deed, by which John Wade, notary public, and others, attest an agreement made 16 March, 1362, between Sarah de Hales of Norwich and Nicholas, prior of the Holy Trinity church, Norwich , by which the said Sarah, in consideration of an allowance as a corrody and the performance of an obit for Nigel de Hales her husband and sir Robert de Eton, priest, deceased, grants to the said prior and convent all her buildings or tenements in the parish of St. Peter, Houndegate, and 2½ acres of land lying without the gates of Fybriggate, except one messuage opposite to the gates of her mansion, and one long house near the same, which she grants to sir Hugh, then rector of St. Peter, Houndegate . Deed promulgated by Nicholas Stoket, official of Henry, bishop of Norwich , 3 March, 1395, and Geoffrey Jakkes, rector of St. Peter, Houndegate , made a party to it.

Bond given by sir Robert Morle, kt., to Robert de Aula, merchant, of Norwich , for the payment of £60. Dated at St. Edmund's the Friday after the feast of St. Lucy,, virg., 16 Ed. II.

Letters patent of King Edward [II], dated at Windsor 19 July, 3 of his reign, granting to Robert de Poleye the office of ulnager of worstedes in the city of Norwich, lately held by John Pecok, sen. (Noticed by Blomefeld.)

BURGH-APTON. Judgement given by John, bp. of Norwich , concerning the right to the tithes of the rectory of Bergh with the chapel of Apton appurtenant to the said rectory, in a cause instituted between the prioress and convent of Carhowe on the one part, and master Robert de Radeswell on the other, late rector of Bergh , but now succeeded by sir William Cros, the present rector, arty to this cause. Dated at Norwich, 3 Non. Nov., 1321.

ORMESBY. Simon the chaplain, son of John, son of Letice of Ormesby , grants to Richard, son of Alexander the cordwainer of Ormesby , and Beatrice the grantor's sister, one acre of arable land lying in the fields of Ormesby. Dated at Ormesby the Sunday after the feast of St. Martin the bishop, 4 Ed. II.

Letter of the prior and convent of St. Mary Magdalen of Penteney, reciting the deeds for the appropriation of the church of St. Mary's and St. Bothulph, Shotesham. Sealed with the seal of the priory, dated 1309. [Mutilated.]

The prior and convent of Pentney, appropriators of the church of St. Mary's, Shotesham, acknowledge the right of the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, to two parts of the tithes of the lordship of sir John de Vaux , and of certain other lands in the same parish of Shotesham. Dated in their chapter house at Penteneye, 17 Kl. June, 1309.

Letters patent of John Salmon, bp. of Norwich , confirming the consolidation of the churches of St. Mary and St. Botolph of Shotesham, and appropriation of the same, to the prior and convent of Penteney, saving the right to him and his successors of collating a vicar when a vacancy should occur. Dated at Thornegg', 2 Ides of July, 1312.

Henry le Barkere of Little Plumsted, chaplain, grants to John de Plumsted and Amicia his wife, for a certain sum of money, one piece of meadow and land in the village of Little Plumstead. Dated at Little Plumsted the Tuesday next after the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 5 Ed. II.

William de Hyllerston, "barbour", and Matilda in le Hyrne his wife grant to Sir John de Plumsted, kt., and his heirs, one messuage and 4 pieces of arable land in Little Plumsted, computed at 10 acres more or less. Dated at Little Plumsted the Sunday on the vigil of St. Bartholomew the apostle, 6 Ed. III.

Matilda, relict of Geoffrey Woodehyrd , grants to Nicholas Reynald of Blofeld and Amicia his wife, one messuage with a croft in Little Plumstede. Dated at Little Plumstede the Monday next after the feast of the Annunciation B.V. M., 18 Rich. II.

RISTON. Richard of Biston, chaplain, grants to Alice Sreyde of the same place, 5½ perches of land with the cottage on the same, in Riston, between the land of Robert Dry on the north, and the common way on the south. Also he gives to the said Alice 4 perches of land in Riston between the same boundaries abutting on the said 5½ perches. Dated at Riston the Sunday next before the feast of the Epiphany, 28 Ed. III.

William de Reppes and Thomas his brother remit and quit-claim to John, bp. of Norwich , and his successors for ever, all their right in the manor and advowson of the church of Rollesby escheated by reason of the felony and outlawry of William Pecchue who held of the bishop. Dated at London, 21 March, 17 Ed. ⟨II⟩ .

SHOTESHAM, CRUCHESTOK, PORINGLOND, &c. John de Pysale, clerk, Robert de Aysshefeld and Reginald de Eccles , remit and quitclaim to Roger de Wolferston , Thomas, parson of the church of Tyvenshale , and Richard Vautres , all their right in all messuages, lands, and tenements, in the villages of Schotesham, Cruchestok, Porynglond, Castre, and little Framyngham, which they had by the feoffment of Edm. de Neketon . Dated at Schotesham, Friday after f. of St. Lucy, 1 Ric. II.

Robert de Lalleford grants to Emma his wife and Robert Clerk of Schotisham , their heirs and assigns, 11 acres of land lying in the fields of Schotissham in two pieces, of which one piece lies in a culture which is called 9 acres, and the other in a culture called 'Wlsale.' Dated at Schotisham on the feast of the Assumption B.V.M., 12 Rich. II.

Margaret, countess of Norfolk , acknowledges to have received the homage of John Whyte for the land he held of her in the village of Shotesham. Sealed at Framlingham, 20 April, 14 Rich. II.

Sir Milo de Stapelton, kt., Oliver Gros , John, parson of Salle , Stephen Worthelik , and Richard Hawys , grant to sir John White, kt., their manor of Shotesham for ten years, paying annually one rose. Dated at Shotesham, 17 Ric. II. [7 Jan., 1394].

An acknowledgement that John Knyvet, late sheriff of Norfolk , received of Roger Raulyn , receiver of green wax, 13s. 4d., from Margaret Nerford , for a licence for an agreement to grant with sir Milo de Stapulton, kt., and others, concerning the manor of Shotesham. Dated at Norwich, 17 Rich. II [16 July, 1393].

Certificate by the prior and convent of Schuldham of the appropriation by John, bp. of Norwich , of the church of Stanford (on the retirement or death of the rector Henry de Hales ) to the uses of the prior and convent of Schuldham. Dated at Ufford, 11 Kl. May, 1301, and the 2nd year of the consecration of John, bp. of Norwich, and sealed by the priory at Schuldham, 8 Kl. May, 1301.

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.

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.

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.