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Isabella Gosselyn and Margaret Gosselyn of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) grant to John Stonhard, John Wherham, and George Burton, of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, one tenement situated in the village of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund). Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, 20 May, 24 Hen. VI (1446). Witn. John Smyth, alderman, Thomas Heigham and John Curteys, bailiffs.

⟨Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund)⟩ John Baret, esq., acknowledges to have received, for himself and John Lydgate, monk of Bury St. Edmund, of William Tyrell, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, £3 16s. 8d. of that £7s. 13s. 4d. which the king by letters patent granted to them for the term of their lives. Dated 2 October, 25 Hen. VI (1446).

Memorandum of the receipt by John Boone, abbot of Bury St. Edmund, by the hands of Thomas Cresse, bailiff of Edward Doyle, 26s. 9½d. for the rent of la Pondehill [in Bury St Edmunds] and Gosford for one whole year. Dated on the feast of St. Edmund the King, 34 Hen. VI (20 Nov. 1455).

Indenture by which William Stowe, master of the hospital of St. Nicholas of Bury St. Edmund, with the assent of his brethren, demises to William Somere of Bury St Edmunds (Bury), taylor, a tenement in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) in the street called le Estgatestrete for 98 years, at an annual rent of 3s. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury), 5 February, 38 Hen. VI (1460).

SAXHAM. Manumission by Robert the abbot and convent of St. Edmund of John Paman, a native of their manor of Great Saxham (Saxham Magna). Dated 16 January, 11 Ed. IV (1472).

Memorandum of the receipt of 18s. 8d. from the rector of Worlingworth (Wyrlyngworth), by Robert, abbot of Bury St. Edmund, the receiver of the 10ths for the archdeaconries of Suffolk and Sudbury, in payment of the first moiety. Dated 14 November, 12 Ed. IV (1472).

Edmund Lerlyn of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), Agnes his wife, Edmund Baker, weaver, David Humfrey, baker, and Robert Totay, "corvoser" demise to Robert Drake and Matilda his wife, John Aylewyn, weaver, Thomas Turnour, carpenter, and Thomas Barry, a messuage, way and garden within the town of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, in the street called Overbaxterestrete alias Wellestrete, on condition of payment of £6 at fixed times during five years. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 16 September, 14 Ed. IV (1474). Witn. Thomas Gret, alderman, Thomas Heigham, esq. and William Helperby, bailiffs.

John Clopton, esq., William Thweyte, senior, gent., and Thomas Bunnyng, mercer, demise to John Coote, gent. and Margaret his wife, of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), one tenement late John Skeet's situated within the borough of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), in the street called 'Hennecotestrete alias Bernewellestrete' viz. between a messuage late William Coote's and a lane called 'Bryteslane;' also another messuage in the same town and street. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 9 March, 18 Ed. IV (1478). Witn. Walter Thurston, alderman, Thomas Meigham, jun., esq. and William Helperby, bailiffs

Edward Caster, clerk, Thomas Ampe, clerk, Henry Davy of Fornham All Saints, Thomas Sporle, chaplain, Henry Hardman, clerk, William Thweytt, senior, gent., and Thomas Edon, gent. demise to John Page of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), chaplain, George Watton, chaplain, John Page, senior, of Walsham Le Willows (Walsham), William Coppynger, woolman and Roger Leynge, fuller, one messuage and all that belongs to it within Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), in the street called 'Cherchegonelstrete.' Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, 24 Sept., 20 Ed. IV (1480). Witn. Thomas Heigham, jun., esq. and William Helperby, bailiffs

Will of Katherine Ofhoo of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), widow, made 12 January, 1483, bequething the greater part of her property to her daughter Agnes Polstade. Probate dated last day of February, 1493.

Thomas Purdon of Redgrave, John Hamelyn of Weston, and Thomas Lovesson of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) grant to Thomas Turnur of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) and Margaret his wife, John Hegge, Robert Turnur, William Lawnde and William Bulbroke, two messuages in the village of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), in the street called 'Estgatestrete', paying yearly 8s. 8d. for 22 years. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, 6 February, 2 Rich, III. Witn. Thomas Heigham, esq., and William Helperby, bailiffs.

Robert Drake of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), carpenter, Matilda his wife, Thomas Turnur, a carpenter, and Thomas Barry, "corvoiser" demise to John Mannyng, labourer, Thomas Pykerell, yeoman, Robert Smyth, yeoman and William Talyes, butcher, a certain messuage in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, in the street called Overbaxterestrete alias Wellystrete. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 23 December, 10 Hen. VII (1494).

PORINGLAND (Little). Copy of the register of the chamberlain of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) of lands in West Poringland (Little Porynglond), with a charter of abbot Samson's grant to Roger de Gessynges. (Temp. Hen. VII.)

INGHAM. Lease from Thomas, abbot of Bury St. Edmund, and the convent of the same, to John and William Hegge de Ingham of their manor of Ingham and all that belongs to it, except the advowson of the church, for 70 years, paying annually to the cellarer of the monastery £16. Dated 10 Sept., 1 Richard III (1483). [Roughly altered as a draft for a lease from abbot John to John Playford and John Talbot for 20 years; dated 10 Sept. ... Henry VIII, year not filled in. Abbot John Reeve succeeded in 1514.]

Statement by an abbot respecting the original appointment and duties of the steward of the franchises and liberties of the abbot of Bury St. Edmund, with complaint of neglect and of wrongs suffered thereby, (one word illegible) bailiff and sub-bailiff almost beaten to death at Sudbury, others taken from Chevington and imprisoned at Bury St Edmunds (Bury), etc. [Temp. Hen. VI.]

Indenture made 23 March, 7 Hen. VII (1492), witnesseth that Robert Crane hath delivered to Thomas, the abbot of Bury St. Edmund, collector of the benevolence granted to the king in the shire of Suffolk towards his voyage royal into France, £212 16s. 4d. collected within the hundred of Babergh Hundred (Babergh).

Will of William Bataly of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), dated 20 October, 1500. Probate dated the Tuesday on the feast of St. Wulstan, bp., 1500.

HESSETT. Indenture witnessing that William, the abbot of Bury Seynt Edmund, and the convent of the same have demised to Thomas Bakon of Hessett (Heggesset) their manor of Hessett (Heggesset) pertaining to the office of the "tresory" of their monastery, for 20 years, at an annual rent of £8. Dated 12 Sept., 19 Hen. VII (1503).

Indenture by which William, the abbot, and the convent of Bury St. Edmund have demised to Thomas Bakon of Hessett (Heggesset) their manor of Hessett (Heggesset), for 20 years, paying annually to the treasurer of the monastery £8. Dated 12 September, 19 Hen. VII (1503). [Marked 138* on the charter but there is no 138.]

Thomas, son and heir of Thomas Purdy late of Redgrave , remits and quit-claims all his right in two messuages in the borough of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) in the street called Estgatestrete to Thomas Godard of Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid. Dated 4 January, 20 Hen. VII (1505).

Thomas Parker of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), fishmonger, grants to Richard Frost, chaplain, one tenement, one parcel of a certain house, with a garden and parcel of land in Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid in the street called Whitingstrete. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), 8 March, 22 Hen. VII (1507).

An acquittance dated 4 March, 1 Henry VIII (1510), given by sir John Gye, cellarer of the abbey of Bury St. Edmund, to George Plesaunce, for all manner of reckonings between them before Mich. last.

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).

Robert Stelyard, clerk, demises to Margery Draper of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund), widow of John Batys and others a tenement in Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) in the street called Chirchegatestrete, conveyed to him by the said Margery by deed dated 10 Sept. in the same year. Dated at Bury St Edmunds (Bury) aforesaid, 15 Sept., 13 Hen. VIII (1521).