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Indenture made 14 May, 35 Hen. VIII (1543), by which Richard Freston of Mendham, esq., demises to Thomas Bedwall and Elizabeth his wife and their sons, Symond, John the Elder, and John the Younger, the site of the manor of Wykham called Wickham Skeith (Wykham Hall) and lands, &c. for 99 years, at an annual rent of £10.

Indenture made 10 November, 35 Hen. VIII (1543), by which Richard Freston of Mendham, esq., lord of the manor of Wickham Skeith (Wyhamskeyth), in consideration of the receipt of .90, demises unto John Brame (or Branne) of Stoke Ash (Stokeasshe), yeoman, certain land in Wickham Skeith (Wykhamskeyth) for the term of three hundred years, at an annual rent of iiiid.

Indenture dated 7 December, 35 Hen. VIII (1543), by which Richard Freston of Mendham, esq., lord of the manor of Wickham Skeith (Wikhamskeyth), in consideration of the receipt of £6, demises to Edward Dove of Wickham Skeith (Wickham Skeyth) a small close of land in Wickham Skeith (Wikhamskeyth) for the term of 99 years, at an annual rent of iiiid.

Indenture dated 10 Decemb., 37 Hen. VIII (1545), by which Richard Freston of Mendham (Mendham in the co. of Suffolk), lord of Wickham Skeith (Wykhamskeyth), demises to John Brame of Stoke Ash (Stokeasshe) (The name is clearly Brame in the rental record), for £10 14s. 6d. in hand paid, one close called Grenecroft lying in Wickham Skeith (Wykhamskeyth), for 1000 years, at an annual rent of 1d.

Indenture dated 21 April, 14 Q. Eliz. (1572), by which Richard Freston of London, gent. demises to John Bedwall his lands, pastures, &c. in Wickham Skeith (?) (Wykham), called Holgateland, for 3 years, at an annual rent of 30s.

Rentell renued for a yeare due at St. Michaele, 1627,' for the manor of Wickham Skeith (Wickham Skeyth).

WOODBRIDGE. Hugh, son of Sewall de Wdebrigge, grants to William de Suwalde a piece of land and a house in Woodbridge (Wdebrigge), for 20s. (c. 1240.)

John Science of Great Yarmouth (Gernemuth) impledges to Roger, son of Richard Ingald of Wortham (Wrtham) , 7 acres of arable land in the fields of Wortham (Wrtham), to hold from the Friday next before the feast of the apostles SS. Simon and Jude, 23 Ed. I, to the Nativity following, for a loan of 40s.

⟨Wortham (?)⟩. Symon de Hotone and Eglentin his wife grant to Gilbert Manton of Wortham (Wrtham) for 6s. one piece of land computed at half an acre in the field of Litlemor, paying annually for the same 2d. (c. 1280-90.)

Henry de Fincham, chaplain, grants to Hugh, son of Robert Hare of Wortham (Wrtham) , for his homage and service, one messuage and all that belongs to it in Wortham (Wrtham), called Chelewalvestuft, paying yearly 12d. (c. 1280-90.)

Simon ... grants to John ... of the same village and his heirs, twenty pence of annual rent that he was accustomed to receive in the village of Wortham. Dated at Wortham .... 2 Hen. VI. [Partly effaced.]

WRATTING (Great). Confirmation by Walter, bp. of Norwich, of a composition between the abbey and monks of Bec, and Walter, rector of the church of Great Wratting, concerning the tithes of Great Wratting, as settled in 1247 by the priors of Benetlay and Hermodesworth, papal delegates. Dated at Norwich, iij Kl. May, 1248.

Peter de Taleworth, kt., grants to Robert his son the tenement which Alice le Roc of Little Sampford (Little Samford) formerly held in the village of Great Wratting (Great Wrattinge), paying annually sixpence. (c. 1260-70.)

Symon, abbot, and the convent of Bury St. Edmund grant to the five chaplains the chapel of St. John the Baptist within their manor of Palgrave, in frankalmoigne, one messuage in the village of Redgrave in perpetuity, paying annually for the same 6d. (c. 1270.)

Adam Fairman of Northmersk (?) grants to Richard Cok, burgess of Great Yarmouth (Great Jernemuth) and Avicie his daughter a piece of a marsh and a piece of meadow in Herringfleet (Herlingflet). Dated at Great Yarmouth (Great Jernemuth), 33 Edw. fil. Hen., without date of day.

CHARSFIELD. Indenture witnessing that on St. Michael's day, 12 Hen. VII, at Letheringham (Letheryngham), between Henry, the prior, and canons of St. Mary, Letheryngham, on the one part, and Thomas Robertsunne of Charsfield (Charsfeld) on the other part, viz. that the said prior and canons grant to the said Thomas 4 pieces of land in Charsfield (Charsfeld), lying in a field called 'Le Sondes,' in Aldeburghfeld, for 60 years, at an annual rent of 12d. [Wrongly listed as Ch. Suffolk 219.]

MANTHORP. Geoffrey, son of Roger Burkard of Manthorp (Manethorpe), grants for 12d. to John, son of Robert de Manethorpe, one acre of land in Manthorp (Manetorpe). (c. 1250-60.)

Simon Greswelle of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) grants to William Galyon of Mildenhall (Mildenhale) and others one messuage in Mildenhall (Mildenhale) at 'le West rowe' called 'Brounsyerd' with a croft and meadow. Dated at Mildenhall (Mildenhale) the Saturday next after the feast of St. Leonard, abbot, 4 Hen. V.

William, son of Adam Gurle of Mantorpe , grants to Robert Assheman and his heirs for 30 shillings one piece of land lying in Somerleyton (Sumerletun): rendering yearly one halfpenny. (c. 1280-1290.)

John Jernegan, esq., and 2 others quit-claim to ... all right in a messuage, croft, and land in the village and field of Somerleyton (Somerleton), which they had by demise of John Matson and others, 26 Hen. VI. Dated 10 March, 38 Hen. VI (1460). [Mutilated.]

John Jernegan, Richard Good and Thomas Kepstere grant land &c. in Somerleyton (Somerleton) to John Ive, clerk, Edmund Steyngate, and Thomas Wewyn. Dated 21 [?] September, 20 Hen. VI. [In great part illegible.]

Robert Ive, esq., grants to John Crane one piece of land in Little Stonham, containing 24 acres. Dated 16 August, 1468.

SUDBURY. William de Grey of Great Cornard (Cornerte) remits and quit-claims to John Carbonel all his right of common in a meadow of the aforesaid John's called 'Chiltonmedewe,' near Sudbury (Subir)'. (c. 1270-80.)

Stanford. Humphrey, son of Herbert de Waldingefeld, with the consent of Ida his wife, grants to Matilda, daughter of Alan de Chastillun, for her homage and service and 4s. 8d., one piece of his land to inclose and build upon, paying annually to him and his heirs 1½d. (c. 1224-30.)

John, son of Nicholas de Wygeberthe, remits and quit-claims to William, son of Alan de Goldingham, as his chief lord, for forty shillings all right and claim in a tenement which Walter of the marsh ("de marisco") of Westhorpe (Westorpe) held of the said John to his ancestors in the same village, also in two tenements in Great Waldingfield or Little Waldingfield (Waldyngfeld) held respectively by Will. de Feypo and Rich. son of Matthew de Subire and 3s. annual rent from the latter. (c. 1260-70.)