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BACTON. A deposition of Waryn Kyng and 10 others made "the nexst day after the Assencion of our Lorde God, 19 Ed. IV, that they with many other, at the instauns and request of Henry Waryns of Paston , aperyd at the manere of Huntyngfeld in Bakton, and there and than Symon de Gunore , be fors of a dede with a letter of attornye to him made as he seid by Agnes Paston , and there shewed, delyvered seizin of and in the halfpele of the foresaid manor of Huntyngfeld otherwyse called Seweresby only, and of no other manors, lands, nor tenements in the foresaid shire, to William Paston, swyer, and other wyth hym named in the seyd dede be fors of letter of attornye made to us the foresaid William Barker and John Boule (2 of the 10) be ye seid William Paston and other named in the dede." .

A petition to the earl of Oxford [ John de Vere ] in the time of Hen. VII by the tenants of the manor of 'Maydeston' in Fretenham concerning the exactions to which they have been subjected, in consequence of the seizure of the lands of Giles Seyntlo, esq., into the King's hands, he being attainted, and the number of claimants.

Confirmation by Edmund Knyvett, esq., and Jane his wife, daughter of sir John Bourgchier, kt., lord Barners, of a lease granted by the said lord Barners to Edmond Whyte of the manor of Gateley, co. Norfolk, for 40 years at an annual rent of £12 3s. 4d. Dated 11 Sept., 24 Hen. VIII.

Indenture made 28 April, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, by which Roger Julian of Tompston, husbandman, and Ann his wife sell to Robert Browne of Gryston 6 acres of land lying in Gryston and half an acre in 'Martongate' furlong in the said parish.

STOKE. Receipt given by Nicholas, the abbot of Langley , to Bartholomew White, esq., for the payment of 3s. 4d. for a farm in Stoke. Dated Monday after Palm Sunday, 18 Ed. IV.

An indenture by which Bartholomew White, esq., agrees to assist Henry Stathum of Morley in recovering the manor of Meyton, which had been given to sir John Howand, knight, because Gyles Seyntlowe had been attainted of treason. Dated at Norwich, 9 June, 8 Ed. IV.

EATON, near Norwich. Indenture made Michaelmas day, 27 Hen. VIII, by which William, the prior, and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, demise to Robert Browne a piece of arable laud in the fields of Eton, near Norwich, for 80 years, paying annually 14s.

The will of John Berney, esq., with a codicil or 2nd will made on the feast of SS. Sebastian and Fabian, 1472. Bequeaths his body to Reedham church.

SHOTTESHAM, TOFT HALL, SWANNES, &c. Indenture dated 1 July, 27 Hen. VIII, by which Thomas, duke of Norfolk , demises to Edmund White of Shotisham the manors of Shotisham and Toft Hall, and the reversion of the manors of Swannes, Wramplyngham, & Mayton, for the term of threescore yeares, paying annually for the first five years £30 and afterwards £64. [Signed, T. Norfolk] .

WEDNORTON, THIMBILTHORP, FELSHAM, &c. Deed dated 4 June, 22 Ed. IV, by which Margery Dokking, widow, late wife of John Dokking, gent., and daughter unto William Stiward of Owton, gent., acknowledges and confirms the sale of lands made by her husband to William Paston in the town and fields of Wednorton, Thimblethorp, Felsham, Hindolveston, Giste, Geystwight, Stiberde, Yaxham, Langham, Sithinge, and Felthorp.

PLUMSTEAD and WITTON. Account of John Cooke, bailiff of the manors of Little Plumstead and Whitton , from Michaelmas, 7 Q. Eliz., to Mich. 8 Eliz. .