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William Dunston of Bedingfield (Bedingfeild, co. Suffolk), yeoman, conveys to John Wentworth, sen., of Somerleyton, esq., a tenement &c. in Gorleston-on-Sea (Gorleston), co. Suffolk. Dated 24 Nov., 2 James I (1604).

John Carpenter of Hopton St Margaret (Hopton) sells to sir John Wentworth, kt., all his right in a tenement, with a croft adjacent, lying in Hopton St Margaret (Hopton). Dated [day left blank] January, 7 Charles I.

Indenture made 17 Charles II, by which the 4 July, dean and chapter of Norwich demise to William Lockier of the precincts of the cathedral, notary public, their rectory, churchyard, glebe, and tithes of Hopton St Margaret (Hopton), for 21 years, at an annual rent of 53s. 4d., and certain wheat and malt.

Extract from the manor court roll of Lowestoft (Lowystoft). Temp. Jac. I. [Illegible.]

Richard Mighell of Great Yarmouth (Great Jernemuth) one of the sons of James Mighall, deceased, sells to John Cooke of Gunton for £9 one acre of land in Lowestoft, in the field called Northfield. Dated at Lowestoft, 1 May, 1 James, 1603.

Final concord, dated on the octave of St. Michael, 21 James I, between John Utber, gent., plaintiff, and Philip Hayward, gent., and Gislaham Wolhowse, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, defendants, concerning 80 acres of land and two acres of pasture in Lowestoft (Lowstoft), for which the plaintiff gives them £100.

Ellen Peereson of Great Yarmouth (Great Yarmuth, co. Norfolk), spinner, sells to Thomas Harman of Mutford, gent., and Hubert Cruxe the whole of a piece of land containing three roods in the village of Lowestoft (Leystoft). Dated at Lowestoft (Leystoft), 14 April, 1624.

Indenture made 11 September, 13 James I (1615), by which John Wentworth of Somerleyton (Somerleton) grants to William Southwell of Darsham the office of steward, coroner, and clerk of the market within the liberties of .... ,

William Stanton of Somerleyton (Somerleton), in consideration of the receipt of £594, grants to sir John Wentworth, kt., a messuage and lands in Somerleyton (Somerleton). Dated at Somerleyton (Somerleton), 30 Jan., 1628.

Somerleyton. William Stanton of Herringfleet (Herringfleete), yeoman, quit-claims to sir John Wentworth, kt., lord of the manor of Somerleyton (Somerleton), all his right in lands in the said manor. Dated 10 January, 1629.

An acknowledgment that Lambart Cook has received of John Wentworth of Somerleyton (Somerleton), esq., £500, which sum the said John was bound for. [Temp. Charles I.] [Mutilated.]

Indenture made 1 October, 3 James I (1605), by which John Wentworth of Somerleyton, esq., leases unto Felix Crane of Blythburgh (Blithburgh) and William Marks of Darsham, gent., his parsonage or benefice of Blythburgh (Blithburgh) for 10 years, at an annual rent of £45.

DUNWICH. Certificate of the bailiffs John Benifice and Francis Gray and burgesses, of Dunwich given to Thomas Mighells, jun. of Lowestoft (Leystoft), (reciting charter of K. John relieving the burgesses of Dunwich from toll, &c.,) and that the said Thomas Mighells is a burgess of Dunwich. Dated 10 Nov., 1678.

SOUTHWOLD. Anthony Allen of Southwold, gent., sells to his son Robert Allen all his goods and chattels of every kind as well in Southwold as elsewhere in England. Dated 4 Feb., 44 Elizabeth (1602).

WESTHALL. Indenture dated 19 Charles II, by which the 5 June, dean and chapter of Norwich demise to Samuel Spendlove of Norwich, woollen draper, their impropriate rectory of Westhall for 21 years at an annual rent of £4 and certain wheat and malt.

Exchequer acquittance, dated 43 Elizabeth, to John Wentworth, esq., collector of the fifteenths and tenths for the hundreds of Loes Hundred (Loes), Carlford Hundred (Carleford), Colneis Hundred (Colnes), Thredling Hundred (Thredlinge), &c., &c., in the county of Suffolk.

Mandate from king James I to sir William Wentworth, kt., late sheriff of Suffolk, to deliver up his office, with the rolls, &c. belonging to the office of sheriff, to sir Henry Northe, kt. Dated at Westminster, 8 Nov., 17 James I (1619).

A dispensation from George, archbishop of Canterbury, to sir John Wentworth, kt., sheriff of Suffolk, and his wife, for the eating of flesh on feast days on condition of giving 13s. 4d. to the poor of his parish. Dated 17 February, 1618.

Appointment by James, earl of Suffolk, lord lieutenant of the counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (Cambridge), of Thomas Mighells , gent., as lieutenant of a company of horse raised in the county of Suffolk. Dated 29 May, 1680.

The order and award of Richard Jenkenson, Robert Glover, Charles Sucklinge, esquires, and Daniell Walters, gent., made 12 April, 19 James I (1621), between William Langton, the president, and fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, of the one part, and William Sydnor the younger of the other, respecting the manor of Caldecott Hall (Caldecote Hall). [Partly illegible.]

John Younges, senior, of Earsham (Earsham, Norfolk) in consideration of the receipt of £50, sells to Richard Burry of Bungay (Bungay in Suffolk), butcher, a tenement called Gildings in Bungay, with a barn and curtilage adjacent. Dated 9 April, 6 Charles I, 1630.

Illegible deed of Robert Battely's, temp. James I. Almost entirely effaced.

Memorandum that sir Edmund Themylthorpe of Tunswod, kt., has received of Francis Claxtone of Wissett (Wysset), gent. £500 for the purchase of certain lands &c. in Carlton Colville (Carleton Colvyle), as mentioned in a pair of indentures dated 25 January, 2 James I (1605). Dated 28 March, 3 James I (1605).

Francis Claxton of Wissett (Wisset), gent., in performance of certain covenants sells to Nicholas Batteley of Rumburgh (Romburgh), yeoman, a messuage &c. in Carlton Colville (Carleton Colvile). Dated 16 October, 4 James I (1606).

Indenture dated 16 October, 4 James I (1606), by which Francis Claxton of Wissett (Wysset, co. Suffolk), gent., in consideration of the receipt of £500, sells to Nicholas Battely the younger, of Rumburgh (Romburgh, co. Suffolk), yeoman, lands, tenements, &c. in Carlton Colville (Carleton Colvile).