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GAYWOOD. Indenture made 7 October, 13 Charles II, by which George Crofts, D.D., dean, and the chapter of the cathedral church of Norwich, demise to Edmund Boldero of Hacksteed, Suffolk, D.D., 50 acres of pasture ground within Gaywood, next King's Lynn, for 21 years, at an annual rent of £4 13s. 8d. and certain customs.

WATLINGTON. Ralph, son of Basilia de Wathtlington , grants to the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, upon the causeway between Lynne and Geywoode, two acres of meadow lying in the village of Wathtlington in frankalmoigne. ( c. 1220-30 .)

CONGHAM. William, son of William de Cangham , grants to the brethren of St. Mary Magdalen upon the causeway between Lynn and Geywode, in frankalmoigne, five acres of land in the fields of Cangham. (c. 1230.) .

Thomas, bishop of Norwich , with the consent of his chapter, grants to the prior and brethren of the order of St. Augustine, Lenne, a certain tenement where their church with a house is situated in Lenne. Dated at Lenne, 28 July, 1364.

A petition from the towns of Wygenhale, Ilsyngton, Tilneye, Clenchwarton, Watlyngton, Roungton Holme, Secchith, and Westwynch, suffering from great floods against an act of parliament designed to be procured by the town of Lenn respecting the ditches for draining; Temp. Hen. VI.

Henry, bp. of Norwich , confirms to John Drew, burgess of Lenn , a certain place in Lenn, paying to the bishop and his successors 10s. per ann. Dated at Lenn, Michaelmas day, 1389, 13 Rich. II.

Names of constables appointed for the village of Lenn, 19 Ed. II.

A petition from the mayor and aldermen of Lenn to the King [Rich. II.] stating that in the late King's time Henry, bp. of Norwich , had applied for a commission of oyer and terminer, concerning divers trespasses said to have been committed by the men of Lenn, and for which the town had been laid under an interdict, praying the King not to grant the same, but to hear the cause in his own court.

Robert de Botekisham, burgess of Lenn , quit-claims to Robert de Brunham, burgess of the same place, all his right in the whole of that messuage which anciently was called 'Haldeynesmees' lying in Southlenn, between the common way which leads to the windmill, and the messuage formerly John Listere 's on the east, and the mess, of William Vyneor and the land of the heirs of Richard Howton on the west, and extends itself in length to the bank near 'le Southbrecaske' towards the south as far as the Flete formerly sir John de Wygenhale 's, and Mathew Herlewyn 's towards the north. Dated at Bishop's Lenn the Monday next after the feast of the circumcision of our Lord, 8 Hen. IV, the aforesaid Robert de Brunham then mayor, and Edmund Belleyetere then alderman, of Lenn aforesaid.

Robert de Botekisham and Thomas Drewe , burgesses of Bishop's Lenn, quit-claim to Robert de Brunham of the same place, all right in a tenement lying in Lenn aforesaid in a way called 'Briggegate.' Dated at Bishop's Lenn on the feast of the Nativity, 8 Hen. IV.

Letter from Hamburgh to the mayor of Lenne on behalf of the citizens of Hamburgh whose goods were attached by reason of an embargo. (c. 1370.) .

Appointment of proctors by William, the prior, and the convent of the cathedral church of Norwich in a cause before Philip, bp. of Ely , between them and the parishioners of Lenn, concerning the church of St. Margaret and the chapel of St. James and St. Nicholas, Lenn. Dated 18 October, 1427.

Roll of pleas, receipts, payments and various memoranda concerning the borough of [Lynn], of the 8th year of K. Richard II. [Mutilated.] [Apparently a record kept by the town clerck] .

LYNN (Priory of). List of tenants and rents in the town of Lynne paid to the priory of Lynn. (Heading gone.) [Temp. Hen. VI. c. 1430?].

Accounts of the bailiffs for the manors of Lynn Bishops, Seele, Rollesby, Blofield, Beyghton, and Thorp, from Mich. 16 Hen. VII to Mich. 17 Hen. VII. [5 membranes.] .

(a) Account of Thomas Richers, "firmarii et messoris" of the manor of Beyghton . Account of John Burton, provost of Scoles , by his deputy Stephen Taylor .

(b) Account of Thomas Gilbert , and John Kydman , farmers of the manor of Blofield.

(c) Account of Robert Plaudon, collector for the manor of Lynn Bishops .

(d) Account of John Ufford, farmer and reaper of the manor of Rollesby . Account of John Coke , feodary for Norfolk and Suffolk.

(e) Account of John Schepyn, bailiff of the manor of Thorp , with its members.