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As with other series shelfmarked MS. Ch. and MS. Rolls, this is an artificial collection created from a range of archival sources, and the provenance of individual items is not always known.

The collection catalogued in 1878 comprised MSS. Ch. Suffolk 1-1474 and MSS. Rolls Suffok 1-37. Turner and Coxe made no attempt to distinguish the sources of the collection, of which the most important were (1) material collected by Thomas Tanner, 1674–1735, and bequeathed by him to the Bodleian (2) material collected by Thomas Martin of Palgrave (1697–1771), subsequently acquired by Richard Gough (1735-1809) and bequeathed by him to the Bodleian. Further research is needed to distinguish the provenance of individual items.

Related material from Tanner’s collections relating to Wickham Skeith is in MSS. Ch. Essex.

MSS. Ch. Suffolk 1475-1583 and MS. Rolls Suffolk 38 are later accessions from various sources, of which the most substantial (Ch. 1475-1546) consists of items presented in 1889 by the executrix of Prof. H. W. Chandler (Summary Catalogue V.904).

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1. MS. Ch. Suffolk 1261

Date Range:
1249 - 1250
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CARLETON, KELSALE, MONKS-SAHAM, and CRANSFORD. Convention made between the lord Roger, earl Bigot, marshal of England, of the one part, and Roger de Karletone of the other, viz. that the said Roger de Karletone has sold to the lord Roger the whole of his manor and advowson of Carlton (Karleton), with appurtenances in Karleton and Kelsale (Keleshal), and in Monk Soham (Saham Monks) and in the village of Cransford (Cranesford), for 250 marks sterling, to be paid on the vigil and written the octave of Pentecost, 34 Hen. III, in the castle of the said earl Roger at Framlingham (Framingham); and the said earl shall maintain the said grantor's daughter Camille honourably in some manner, until she is 13 years old, and then procure her admission as a nun, but if she refuse to take a religious habit shall then provide her with ten pounds' worth of land.

2. MS. Ch. Suffolk 1303

Date Range:
1330 - 1340
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Framlingham. Richard de Swynbume, master of the grammar schools of Framlingham, and Joan his wife, daughter of Geoffrey Dynes, grant to John de Paston of the same place one piece of pasture called 'Herstwelille.' Dated at Framlingham the .... after the feast of the apostles SS. Peter and Paul. .. Ed. III. (c. 1330-40)

3. MS. Ch. Suffolk 1485

Date Range:
1414 - 1414
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Framlingham. 1414. Final agreement between Richard Bokelande, plaintiff, and John Petman and Margaret his wife, and John Stayntone, deforciants, by which the plaintiffs grants to the said John and Margaret for life, with remainder to John Staynton and Joan his wife, daughter of John Petman, and their heirs, a messuage 27 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow in Framlyngham. Dated the Octave [Nov. 18] of St Martin, 2 Hen. V [1414]: before Nortone J.C.P.