WETHERSFIELD. Indenture made 30 May, 15 Charles I, by which the rev. Father in God, William, bishop of London , demises to Thomas Wyngfield of Nettlesteed, co. Suffolk, esq., the rectory of Wethersfield for a term of lives, at an annual rent of £15 0s. l0d. [Signed by William Juxon, bp. London .]

Indenture made 24 May, 18 Charles I, by which William, the bishop of London , demises to Martyn Noell of London the rectory and parsonage of Wethersfield in the co. of Essex, for a term of lives, at an annual rent of £15 0s. 10d. [Signed.]

WICKHAM (Little) and BULMER. John, son of John de Nassandre , quit-claims to Henry de Wycham all his right in a tenement, &c. which sir Hugh de Nassandre, kt., his grandfather, gave to Walkeline Visdelow in Little Wickham and in the parish of Bulemere. Dated at Great Acle, St. Vincent's day, 3 Ed. I.

WICKHAM (Little). John Vys-de-lu quit-claims to Richard de Wicham, clerk, all his right in a tenement with messuages and edifices which Walkeline Vis de lu his father had in Little Wicham in the parish of Bolemere, by the gift and feoffment of Hugh de Nassandre . (c. 1290.)

Margery, daughter of Roger le Sepustere of Wicham St. Paul , grants to Strangia, wife of Roger le Botelyr of Bulmer , all her right in a piece of land in Wycham St. Paul. Dated at Wycham the Sunday on the feast of St. Peter 'in cathed.' 3 Ed. II.

WIKES (Nunnery of). Indenture made 20 May, 11 Hen. VIII, by which Mary Hevyngham, prioress of the house of Wykes , demises to John Martin certain lands, &c., called 'Wasselyne,' for certain years at a certain rent. [Decayed.]

WIKES, WETHERSFIELD, &c. Indenture made 1 August, 40 Queen Elizabeth, by which Henry Best of London, writer, for a certain sum of money sells to John Hobart of the Middle Temple, London, gent., and Robert Hobarte of London, gent., the whole of the rectory of Wikes in the county of Essex with all that appertains to it, formerly part of the possessions of the priory of Wikes in the same county and demised to Richard Master for 40 years, at an annual, rent of 55s. 8d. And also all his lands in Wethersfeilde, co. Essex, lately belonging to the monastery of Waltham, also certain tithes, &c., of Glatton and Holme in co. Hunt, late of the monastery of Borne, co. Lincoln, also tithes of Swaffham, co. Norfolk, also portion of tithes in Tudnam Falgate in same county, also tithes in Holton, co. Suffolk, also tithes of Kettleborough in the same county, which said tithes belonged to the late dissolved monastery of Ruinboroughe alias Rumburgh, in the said co. of Suffolk.

WITHAM. Will of Thomas Richmond of Witham, Essex . Will dated June 16, 1696. [Probate, MS. Ch. Essex 241b.]

Probate of the will of Thomas Richmond of Witham, Essex , dated 16 July, 1698. [Will, MS. Ch. Essex 241a.]

WIVENHOE. Licence of Mortmain from King Henry V, to Robert Newport and others, for the foundation of a chantry in Wivenhoe for two chaplains to pray for Richard Walton, esq. and Isabella his wife, and all the faithful. Dated at Westminster, 14 Jan., 1st of his reign.

WOODFORD. Bond in £150 given by Thomas, lord Grey , and Henry Parker , to secure the payment of£ 51 to William Payne of London, haberdasher. Dated 29 July, 43 Elizabeth.

Bond in a sum of £100 given by Thomas, lord Grey , and Henry Parker of Woodford , to Lawrence Greene to secure payment of £51 5s. Dated 22 Nov., 44 Elizabeth. [Signed by Grey.]

Bond in a sum of £100 given by Thomas, lord Grey of Wilton , Henry Parker of Woodford and John Grovett of London , to William Payne, citizen and haberdasher of London , to secure the sum of £51 5s. 6d. Dated 44 Elizabeth, 31 Dec., 1601.

Bond in a sum of £100 given by Thomas, lord Grey of Wilton , and Henry Parker of Woodford , to Daniel Adrey alias Laymant , to secure payment of £100. Dated 44 Elizabeth, 29 Oct., 1602.

Bond in a sum of £300 given by Thomas, lord Grey of Wilton , and others to Henry Bate to secure payment of certain money to William Stoddard . Dated 43 Elizabeth, 4 April, 1601.

Sir Simon de Wycunibe, rector of Wodeham , acknowledges to have received from brother Richard de Flammamvill, proctor of abbey of Bec two parts of the tithes of the demesne of the lords of Ferrers, paying annually 60s. Dated 1261, the Friday after the octaves of St. Michael.

WOODHAM FERRERS. Master John de Thvyford, rector of Wodeham , acknowledges to have received of Richard de Flammamvill, proctor, of the abbot of Bec in England, two parts of all the tithes arising from the lordship of the lords of Ferrers, in the said parish of Wodeham, to farm paying annually to the proctor 60s. Dated 1259, the day of the translation of St. Swithin.

Robert de Hanneya, rector of Wodeham , acknowledges to have received of Richard de Flammamvill, proctor of the abbot of Bec , two parts of the tithes of the lordship of the lords of Ferrers. Dated 1273, on the morrow of St. Nicholas.

Chirograph reciting a mandate from Pope Gregory X, 4 Non. Apr. an. 4, to the priors of Merton and Bormundes[e], to hear and determine a suit for spoliation of tithes between the abbot and monks of Bec, and Robert, rector of Wodeham , who decree that the tithes arising from the lordships of the lords of Ferrers shall be farmed by the rector of Wodeham at a rent of 60s. annually. (1275.)

Indenture made the Saturday next after the feast of St. Valentine, 31 Ed. I, between Robert Fitz Walter, lord of Wodeham , of one part and the lady Mary de Basingbourne , concerning an agreement and exchange of divers pieces of land near Upmere.

Proceedings in a tithe suit between Richard, rector of Woodham Ferrers , and the prior and convent of Bec, A.D. 1303. [Illegible.]

Memorandum, in which Robert, archbishop of Canterbury , certifies that the payment of an annual pension of 60s. from the church of Wodeham Ferrers, for two parts of the tithes of the whole of the lordship of Wodeham, to the abbot and convent of Bec Herlewin, shall be made by Richard de Ferrers, rector of the said church, during his life. Dated at Eeynes the Ides of June, 1303.

FAIRSTEAD. Geoffrey de Slamundesheye grants to Hugh the carter (carucatori), for his homage and service and 12d., two acres of land in the parish of Fayrstede, in the field called Vivacres, of the fee of William le Flemyng, paying annually 8d. for all services. (c. 1270-80.)

STANESGATE (Priory of). Letters patent of King Edward III, dated ... Nov., 45th of his reign, regranting to William de Caunterbury, prior of the priory of Staynegate , and the priory, their possessions, under his protection, which he had taken into his hands during the war with France.

TIPTRE (Priory of). William ... grants to the prior and canons of Typpetre 12d. of annual rent for two parts of the land he held in Stanymere [to hold?] to the feast of St John the Baptist, 45 Hen. III. [In great part illegible.]