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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.

Robert Worlyche of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), mason, Reginald Lerlynge, tiler, John Robynson, carpenter, and John Selond, smith, executors of John Busshe, mason, demise to Katherine Busshe, widow, Thomas Browne, chandler, and John Cracheroode, scrivener one messuage, a garden, and certain land in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, in the street called 'Gyldehalstrete.' Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 16 January, 10 Hen. VIII (1519).

Thomas Heryes, yeoman, Henry Tame, draper, Henry Gunse, and George Langham confirm to John Mower of Bury St Edmunds (Bury), thatcher, John Reche, thatcher, Richard Dowsyng, Thomas Mower, and William Halle one tenement situated in the vill of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), in the street called 'Overbaxterstrete.' Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, 16 October, 12 Hen. VIII (1520).

Thomas Heryes, Henry Tame, Henry Gunse, and George Langham grant to John Skitlard of Bury St Edmunds (Bury), labourer, John Arnolde, carpenter, Robert Sketlard, John Mower, and Thomas Mannyng one tenement in the village of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), in the street called 'Overbaxsterstrete' Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, 16 October, 12 Hen. VIII (1520).

Final concord made at Westminster on the morrow of [All] Souls, 18 Hen. VIII (1526), by which Nicholas Sywhat and Katherine his wife acknowledge the right of Robert Jamys, citizen and alderman of Norwich, Robert Germy, and William Wyburgh to six messuages, 2 barns, 2 gardens, 8 acres of pasture, and one acre of wood in Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) and Nowton near Bury aforesaid.

John, the abbot, and the convent of Bury St. Edmund grant to Thomas Bacon of Hessett (Heggesset) with the consent of all their tenants, two acres and a half of pasture, part of the common of the manor of Hessett (Heggesset called Helgreve), with the consent of all their tenants, in exchange for 2½ acres of the said Thomas Bacon's lying in the same village. Dated 5 April, 24 Hen. VIII (1533).

HEPWORTH. Indenture witnessing that Robert Sutton of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), master of the chantry of John Smith, esq., at the altar of St. Mary, and seven others, demise to John Brimdissh, "cowper" and William his son a parcel of land with a house newly built thereon in the village of Hepworth, for 80 years, at an annual rent of 6d. Dated at Hepworth, 16 March, 24 Hen. VIII (1533).

Indenture made 6 Nov., 28 Hen. VIII (1536), by which John, abbot of Bury St. Edmund, demises to Thomas Andrew and Thomas Reve the manor of Ingham (Ingham, called Ingham Hall), beloning to the office of cellarer, excepting the advowson, for 60 years, at an annual rent of £39. A bond from the lessees in 200 marks is attached.

THEDWASTRE. Indenture dated 5 November, 30 Hen. VIII (1538), by which John, the abbot, and convent of St. Edmund demise to John Freer of Wickham Skeith (Wychamsketh) their hundred of Thedwastre (Thedwastre), with the whole of their rents, &c., for 40 years, at an annual rent of £19 8s. 4d.

CULPHO. Letters patent of K. Henry VIII, dated 12 May, 32nd of his reign, granting to Thomas Bacon, esq., the manor of Hessett (Hessett, co. Suffolk), formerly belonging to the abbey of Bury St. Edmund, and the manor of Culpho, co. Suffolk, which belonged to the priory of Leyston, for £249 7s. 11d.

Indenture made 31 January, 34 Hen. VIII (1543), by which John Swanton and Robert Sharpe, supervisors of the lands and tenements of late Margaret Odeham of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), with the assent of the alderman and brethren of the guild of the Purification of our Lady, have demised to Thomas Creme, brewer a piece of land in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid in the field called Westgatefeld for 20 years, at an annual rent of 3s. 4d.

Nicholas Sywhat, citizen and alderman of Norwich, grants to William Garton of Great Yarmouth (Great Jernemuthe) 4 messuages and one barn with edifices and appurtenances in Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), of which one messuage and the barn called 'the moone' lie in the street called Netemarket, and another messuage in the street called 'Oldebaxterstrete,' and the two others in the street called Overbaxsterstrete alias Wellestrete, and he appoints William Rogers, citizen and alderman of Norwich, his attorney to deliver seisin of the same. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 26 March, 32 Hen. VIII (1541).

Indenture made 1 June, 35 Hen. VIII (1543), by which Robard Sharpe, and John Swanton, supervisors of lands &c. of late Margaret Odeliam, now belonging to the guild of the Purification of our B. Lady, demise to Nicholas Avies, the elder, roughmason, four pieces of arable land containing by estimation 16 acres in Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), for 21 years, at an annual rent of 20s, with consent of the alderman Dye and brethren of the gild.

Indenture made 1 July, 35 Hen. VIII (1543), by which Robert Sharpe, tallowchandler of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), and John Swanton, brewer, keepers of the lands and tenements of Candlemas Guild, demise to Thomas Lacy of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) a messuage in the Marketsted of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, for 20 years, at an annual rent of 33s. 4d.

John Eyer, esq., sells to John Regate "plommer(?)" the whole of a tenement and garden in the village of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) in the street called Scolehalstrete within the parish of St. Mary, and a garden in Reyngate strete in the same parish of St. Mary. Dated 21 November, 37 Hen. VIII (1545).

Indenture made 17 April, 1 Ed. VI (1547), by which Robard Sharpe and Nicolas Avys the elder, supervisors of the lands and tenements given to the town of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) by Margaret Odam, gentylwoman, according to the will of the said Margaret, have demised to William Parke of Bury St Edmunds (Bury), mercer, a shop without a 'soeler' in the Fyshmarket for 21 years, at an annual rent of 8s.

Agnes Illyon of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), single woman, in co. Suffolk, grants for a sum of £18 to Margaret Tyrell of Wetherden, widow, one messuage situate in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, between a messuage lately Henry Wisshe's on the north and a lane on the south, and abutting towards the east upon the street called Churchegovellstrete and towards the west upon Maister Andrew's strete. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury), 10 December, 2 Ed. VI (1548).

Juliana Orysby of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), late wife of John Orysby, for a sum of £9 grants to William Brown a messuage and land with two houses in Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), situated in the street called Netemarket. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 10 April, 4 Ed. VI (1550).

Indenture dated 7 Aug. 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, by which Roger Barbour and William Parke of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), mercer demyse and grant to Edmund Hawkyns, grocer a close containing 7 a. 3 r. 18p. in Westgatefelde of Bury St Edmunds (Bury), for 21 years, at an annual rent of 24s.

Indenture made 24 Nov., 9 Elizabeth, by which Thomas Buttery of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), yeoman sells to John Nycholysson, for 100 pounds, two pieces of arable land lying in the fields of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, containing 11 acres.

Power of attorney given by Thomas, duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Kytsen, esq. and Thomas Andrews, gent., to be his deputies in the office of Seneschal of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund). Dated 20 January, 10 Elizabeth (1568).

Henry Collyn and Anthony Butler, gents., grant to Richard Moore the whole of a stone chapel in Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) on the S. and W. of le Risbygate which late belonged to the monastery of Bury St. Edmund. Dated 12 April, 13 Elizabeth (1571).

Bond entered into by Thomas Barnard of Hargrave (Hardygrave, Suffolk), "sponer", in a sum of twenty marks, for the sale of a garden and a tenement in the High Street, Bury St Edmunds (Bury) to Thomas Cleris, discharging the letter from the dower of Margaret wife of the said Thomas Barnard. Dated 14 October, 14 Elizabeth (1572).

Richard More of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), draper (?), enfeoffs John Hiegham, sir Thomas Kytson, knt., and 22 others in the whole of a late ("nuper") stone chapel situated in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid to the west of le Rysbyegate. Dated 24 April, 25 Elizabeth, 1583.

Indenture by which George Dawson, "imbreyderer", for good causes and considerations, grants to John Cadge, yeoman and Thomas Spittilhowse, draper of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) a messuage and garden in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, in the street called 'le Churchegatestrete' in perpetuity. Dated 8 June, 29 Elizabeth, 1587.