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\ST. SWITHIN'S PARISH/ . An assessment in duplicate for the relief of the poor from Easter, 1731, to Easter, 1732, at 18d. in the pound with the warrant.

⟨All Hallows⟩ . Inventory of goods of John Bowyer , late of the parish of Allhallows in the wall, London, deceased, appraised at £56 9. 8d. Taken 20 May, 1685.

Inventory of the goods and chattels of Mrs. Margaret Chafin, widow, deceased, taken 14 April, 1632(?). Appraised at £56 9. 8d.

⟨St Katherine by the Tower⟩ . Inventory of the goods of John Yong alias Norroy, sergeant at arms, deceased, taken 1516, 16 May, 8 Hen. VIII. Appraised at £14 6. 6.; with account of funeral expences etc. amounting to £8. 14.

⟨All Hallows⟩ . Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Bowyer, senior, late of Allhallows in the Wall, joyner, taken Jan. 15, 1666, appraised at 1368 3.10. .

Roll of decrees in chancery, (21 ft. 3 in. long): Abraham Annesley and Margaret his wife, one of the daughters of Richard Giles , vs. Anne Gyles , 21 July, 1729, and Anne Payne , sister of Will. Payne of the parish of St. John, Thanet v. Stratton , 23 July, 1726.

Decree in 4 membranes of the high court of chancery made in a cause of John Aynsley , against Shaftoe Vaughan and Margaret Yaughan , 1731, respecting the manor of South Middleton and 23 Feb. East Shaftoe, Northumberland.

Tabular statement of moneys expended from May 11 to Dec. 21, at the workhouse and various wards of London, upon apprentice fees, alms, charity school, &tc. [in connection with Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals]. [c. 1720?] .

SOUTH MIMMES MANOR. Rental of sir Roger Lewkenor, kt., lord of the above manor, 13 Hen. VII.

WESTMINSTER (Borough of). Quarter sessions roll consisting of three membranes : 1. contains the fines, &c. levied at a general quarter sessions held at Westminster, 3 Oct., 7 Wm. III, and 9 Jan., 7 Will. III : 2. sessions held 15 Apr., 8 Will. III : 3. do. 3 July, 8 Will. III.

Roll of 3 membranes containing the sessions rolls for Westminster of the 9th and l0th of William III.

AYLSHAM. Copy of the letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, granting a charter to and conferring privileges upon the town of Aylsham, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster. Dated at Westminster, 12 Feb., 2nd year of her reign [1560]. Written by William Flegg, clerk, in 1571 and signed by Lancelot Thexton, "pastor", Christopher Tucke, bailiff and six others.

BECKHAM. Manor court and view of frankpledge, held at Becham (East Beckham or West Beckham), 6 October, 37 Ed. III. (one membrane.) .

BURGH-APTON. List of rents payable by the free and native tenants of Berg-apton for the 9th year of K. Henry VIII. (Roll of 2 membranes.} .

BURNHAM OVEREY, CRABHALL, and LATHES MANORS. Courts of William Williams , Robert Michells , Walter Markes , and Robert Marshe , feoffees to the use of the right honorable the lord mayor of London, for the above manors, from 30 Sept., 1629, to 14 Oct., 1631. (3 courts} .

ERPINGHAM (North), Hundred of. View of frankpledge of the following manors within the hundred of North Erpingham, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, viz. : Cromer, held 1634, and 14 April, 9 Oct., 1635. Suffield, held 1634. Gresham, held 17 Oct., 1634, and 14 April, 16 Oct., 1635. Thurgarton, held 1634, and 10 April, 20 Oct., 1635. Alborowe, held 10 April, 1635. Bassingham, held 10 April, 1635.

ERPINGHAM (South), Hundred of. View of frankpledge of the following manors within the above hundred, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, viz.: Ingworth and Colby, held 1633, and 24 Oct., 14 Oct., 1634. Booton, held 1633, and 6 April, 19 Oct., 1635. Scottowe, with Swanton Abbott, Lammas, and Little Hobbys, held 1633, 29 April, 1634, 16 April, 21 Oct., 1635. Tuttington and Banningham, held 1633, 3 May, 1634, and 23 Oct., 21 Oct., 1634. Hevingham and Stratton, held 1633, and 28 April, 22 Oct., 1634. Skeyton, held 1633, 15 April, 1634, 25 Oct., 1634, and 16 April, 22 Oct., 1635. Erpingham, Albye and Tweyte, held 1633, and 25 April, 1634. Oulton, held 24 Oct., 23 Oct., 1633. Saxthorpe, Ermyngland and Corpustye, held 1633, 30 April, 1634, and 7 April, 26 Oct., 1635. (Roll of 4 membranes} .

LYNNE. Proceedings of the court of the bishop of Norwich's steward [Senescallus Episcopi], held at Bishop's Lynn, from October 11 Ed. II, to the [9th of September,] 5th, 12 Ed. II. Total of courts held, 82. (9 membranes.) .

Roll of pleas, receipts, payments and various memoranda concerning the borough of [Lynn], of the 8th year of K. Richard II. [Mutilated.] [Apparently a record kept by the town clerck] .

LYNN (Priory of). List of tenants and rents in the town of Lynne paid to the priory of Lynn. (Heading gone.) [Temp. Hen. VI. c. 1430?].

NORFOLK and SUFFOLK. The account of John Toke, feodary of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk , from Mich., 16 Hen. VII, to Mich., 17 Hen. VII.

NORTHLAND (i.e. Norland), Yorkshire. Rental and list of holdings of the manor of Thomas de Heton . Temp. Ed. I. [At the end is added by another hand the entry of a court of Th. de Heton held on St. Laurence's day, 34 Edw. ⟨I⟩ .] .

NORWICH (City of). Inrolment of charters (21), being grants to the church of St. Mary Unbrent (really "combuste"), Norwich. [c. 1450] .

(a) Grant of an annual rent of 12d. to the church of St. Mary Unbrent in Fybryggate. (Mutilated.)

(b) Will of Simon Swyne of the parish of St. Mary Unbrent , to be buried in the churchyard. Proved 1274.

(c) Cecilia, formerly wife of Simon Swyne with the consent of Roger de Heningham her now husband, sells to Walter de Sancta Fide, chaplain, and his heirs, a certain chamber at the head of her house with a court adjoining, which abuts upon the land of Simon Rusto .

(d) John, son of master Andrew de Conteshal , with the assent of Agatha his mother, and the executors of the will of his father, grants to John de Banningham for 40s. silver the whole of a messuage, with houses and trees, which were formerly Bartholomew's, the rector of the church of St. Mary Brent ["Combuste"] , in the same parish. Witnesses William de Donewic , Simon le Paumere , Henry de Helesdone , and William de Chalmere, then bailiff of Norwich . [c. 1272]

(e) Henry le Barker, of St. Mary Brent , and Margaret his wife, sell to Nicholas de Kerebrok, clerk, and Beatrice daughter of the said Henry and Margaret, a plot of ground in their court with a building and the half of a well in the said court, lying between the land and tenement of the rector of St. Mary's aforesaid. Dated on the feast of St. Mark, evangelist, 32 Ed. I, in the time of William Butt , John de Thiristone , Peter de Bumstede , and John de Morlee , then bailiffs of Norwich.

(f) Henry le Barker and Margaret his wife sell to Nicholas de Kerbrok, clerk, all their tenements with edifices in the parishes of St. Saviour and St. Mary Brent, Norwich. Dated at Norwich the Wednesday next before the feast of the annunciation of the Lord ("annumciationi Dominicae"), 35 Ed. I, in the time of Alexander le Sarteryn , William Bateman , Geoffrey Kempe and Robert de Wilby , then bailiffs of Norwich.

(g) Richard, son of Walter the priest of St. Saviour's , grants to William de Donewyc' and his heirs for 4s. 6d. a certain piece of ground with buildings, containing in length 26 ft. and in breadth 23½ ft., lying between the churchyard of St. Saviour on the north, and the land of Cecilia, mother of the said Walter, on the south, and abuts on the land of the said Cecilia and Simon Pirimi , for 4s. 6d., paid beforehand; to hold the same at an annual rent of 1½d. Witn. Will. de Habesburt , Hugh the clerk, John Martir , Alan le Mercere , then bailiffs of Norwich [not in Blomfield's lists of bailiffs]

(h) John de Todenham and Margery his wife sell to Edmund Cosyn and Cecilia his wife 7s. of annual rent, arising out of a messuage in the parish of St. Saviour's in Fibrigate, between a messuage of Roger de Boton on the south, and a messuage of William de Hethill on the north, and abutting on the King's highway on the west, and upon a messuage formerly Henry de Hevyngham on the east. Dated at Norwich the Monday on the feast of St. George.

(i) William de Donewic ', for the health of his soul, and Katherine his wife, and for the souls of Milisent formerly his wife, &c., grants to the church of St. Mary Brent of Fibrigate in frankalmoigne, 12d. annual rent, which Hugh de Gresham was accustomed to pay to him for a certain messuage situated in the parish of St. Saviour's in Fibrigate.

(k) Hugh de Gresham grants to Ralph de Neuton, chaplain, one messuage in the parish of St. Saviour's, Norwich, in Fibrigate, between the churchyard of St. Saviour's on the north, and his own land on the south, and one head abuts on the land formerly master William de Worstede 's on the east, and another on the messuage of Peter le Parcheminer on the west, paying annually to the church of St. Saviour's 1½d and to the church of St. Mary Brent 12d.

(l) Duplicate of the above charter (k).

(m) Ralph de Neuton, chaplain, grants to Osbert his servant, and Beatrice his wife, one messuage in Norwich, which lies in the parish of St. Saviour's in Fibrigate (k), paying annually to the church of St. Saviour's 1½d., and to the church of St. Mary Unbrent 12d.

(n) Duplicate of (m).

(o) Osbert de Rynglond and Beatrice de Neuton his wife grant to Walter de Sancta Fide, chaplain, rector of the church of St. Mary Brent, Norwich , all their right and claim in one messuage in the parish of St. Saviour. For this concession the said Walter gave 3s.

(p) Humphrey, son of Seman, the shoemaker , quit-claims to Ralph, the priest of St. Mary Brent , for half a mark, his whole right in a messuage with its appurtenances, in the said parish of St. Mary Brent.

(q) Randal, son of Gunnilda Gemmes , quit-claims to Ralph, rector of the church of St. Mary Brent , all right in a messuage lying between the way which leads to the said church of St. Mary's and a messuage of the said Ralph, and abuts upon a messuage of Henry, son of the priest, towards the west, and the churchyard of St. Mary's on the east.

(r) Alice, daughter of Bertholomew, formerly rector of St. Mary Brent , quit-claims to Ralph de Neuton, chaplain, for his life and after his death to the aforesaid church of St. Mary, all right in the messuage described (q), but said to abut on the messuage of John son of the priest.

(s) Nicholas de Ingham grants to Ralph, rector of the church of St. Mary Brent , the whole of that piece of land with appurtenances which was formerly Richard le Komyn 's, in Fybryggate, between the land of William Gyssinge ' on the south, and a messuage of Philip le Burgellum on the north, paying annually to him and his heirs one penny. Witn. Hugh the clerk , Peter But , Henry de Heylesdon , and Roger de Sperdeston then bailiffs of Norwich. [1261]

(t) Nicholas de Ingham grants to the church of St. Mary Brent of Fibriggate one penny of annual rent which Ralph, rector of the said church, was accustomed to pay him, as (s), described as having the land of Thomas Peswyke on the north.

(u) John de Fornesett called 'Le Schirmischure' grants to William Albon, citizen of Norwich , one plot of land in the parish of St. Mary Brent, between a messuage of Reginald the tailor on the one part and a messuage of Hugh le Stotere on the other. Dated 31 Ed. I [1303]. Witn. Geoffrey of Norwich , John de Thurstone , John le Graunt and Robert de Lophem , then bailiffs.

(v) William Albone of Norwich quit-claims to sir Robert de Sempyngham, parson of the church of St. Mary Brent , and his successors in the said church, for the soul of his wife Mabel all his right in one plot of ground which is held in fee of the said church and formerly acquired by him from John de Forneset called 'le Skirmeshure' of Norwich . Dated, 4 Edw. fil. Edw. in the time of John de Morle , Hugh de Dunston , Peter de Basynghere and Roger de Sthlon , bailiffs. [1310] (u).

NORWICH (City of). Roll (heading gone), containing a list of mayors and sheriffs of Norwich from 1447 26 Hen. VI to 1623 (21 K. James I), together with the following notes (amongst many others) of local and national events: .

1463. The burnyng of Christ Churche, in Norwich, ye first daye of Marche. 1472. Printing of bokes brought into England by William Caxton of London, merchent. 1479. The great pestelense in Norwiche. 1480. The great earthquake upon S. Thomas nyght in the moneth of July. 1506. In ys yere Robt. Adams heretyke was brente: Saint Andrews parish church built. 1507. The greate burnyng of ye citie of Norwyche. 1512. This yere brent ye vestry in Christ Church wt all ye ornaments. 1519. This yere was S. Leonarde floode. 1550. The free schole purchased by the cittye for 100 markes. 1565. This yere came the straungers af the lowe contries to inhabite in this cittie. 1568. The west end of the Guilde hale builded. 1570. This yere was a great flood in Norwich. 1572. This yere was Fybrigge buylded. 1578. This yere came the queenes majestic to Norwch in progresse and made the mayor knyght at hir departure. 1579. A great plague wherupon died in one yeare in Norwich 4918 persons. 1580 A greate earthquake the VI of Aprill. 1583. The water conveied to the Market Crosse. 1591. Sainct Martins bridge builded of stone. The roll ceases in the original hand at 1573 and is thence continued by several hands. Ornamentally written in red and black.

NORWICH (Diocese of). The receipts of master Robert de Makeleye, chaplain of the pope, for the tenths in the archdeaconry of Norfolk granted to the King, 1256. [8 membranes.] Total £318 2½. Endorsed with entrees of receipts of arrears for 1255, amounting to £7 15. 4.