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MELFORD. At a court held at Long Melford (Melford) the Monday next after the feast of H. Trinity, 2 Hen. VIII (27 May 1510), the abbot of Bury St. Edmund admitted Roger Marten and Richard his son to one meadow at a rent of 7s. 1d.

Indenture made 2 December, 26 Hen. VI (1447), between Walter Caleys of Glemsford of the one part, and Robert Snowe of Bishop's Stortford (Storteford) of the other part, witnesseth that whereas the said Walter is bound in a sum of 200 marks by a bond dated as above to Thomas Bawd, squier, and others, payable at Whitsuntide next, upon condition that he shall sue Robard Trygge for all the lands in Glemsford, Long Melford (Milford), Stanstead (Stansted), Boxted (Bokstede), and Cavendish (Cavendyssh), which the said Walter late made an estate of trust to the said Robard, and that the said lands shall remain to Walter and his heirs, and in default to Robert Snow and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the said Elizabeth. In default bond to stand good.

John Sake of Great Waldingfield (Great Waldingfeld) grants to Robert Deen of Newton, and others, a messuage, called Beleports, ½ an acre of wood, and certain lands, &c., lying in the villages of Great Waldingfield (Great Waldingfeld), Acton (Aketon), and Long Melford (Melford). Dated at Great Waldingfield (Great Waldingfeld), 10 April, 6 Ed. IV (1466).

(a) Sampson, the abbot, and convent of St. Edmund grant, in frankalmoigne, to the hospital of St. Saviour without the town of Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund), the place upon which the said hospital is built, also £12 of silver from their village of Icklingham (Ykelingham) and two portions of their church of Long Melford (Meleford), also two portions of the demesne tithes of Worlingworth (Wirlingwrd), Monk Soham (Saham), Tilneie, Elmswell (Elmeswell), Elveden (Elvedene), Herringswell (Heringwell), Newton (Neuton), Cockfield (Cokefeld), and in the same village of Cokefeld annually 8 acres of corn the third portion of the demesne tithes of Pakenham (Pakynham), Rungeton, Tivetshall St Margaret or Tivetshall St Mary (Tifteshall), Culford (Culeford), Horringer [previously Horningsheath] (Horningesherth) and Chelsworth (Chelisworth); also they grant all the tithes of their new assarts in the villages of Redgrave and Rickinghall (Rekinghalle), and a third portion of the tithe of the marsh of Tilneie, also their houses of Teleforh, saving to the monastery an annual service of 2s., and to the canons 12d. (b) Confirmation of the above grant by John, bp. of Norwich; giving the names of the rector of all the aforenamed churches. Dated at Norwich by the hands of David de Ruddebi, 17 Kl. August, 6th year of his episcopate. (c) Confirmation of the same by S., the prior, and convent of Norwich. (d) Confirmation of by archbishop Boniface of the same. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (St. Edmund Bury), 12 Kl. March, 1266. Long roll of pleas and fines of the manors of the cellarer of St. Edmund , for the third year of S. de Wighal. [Temp. Hen. III.] (c. 1260-70?)