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As with other series shelfmarked MS. Ch. and MS. Rolls, this is an artificial collection created from a range of archival sources, and the provenance of individual items is not always known.

The collection catalogued in 1878 comprised MSS. Ch. Norfolk 1-753 and MSS. Rolls Norfolk 1-99. Turner and Coxe made no attempt to distinguish the sources of the collection, of which the most important were (1) material collected by Thomas Tanner, 1674–1735, and bequeathed by him to the Bodleian (2) material collected by Thomas Martin of Palgrave (1697–1771), subsequently acquired by Richard Gough (1735-1809) and bequeathed by him to the Bodleian. Further research is needed to distinguish the provenance of individual items.

MSS. Ch. Norfolk 754-859 and MSS. Rolls Norfolk 100-104 are later accessions from various sources, including:

  • Ch. Norfolk 764-825: New College leases (see the collection overview for Berkshire for further details)
  • Rolls Norfolk 100-104: presented in 1889 by the executrix of Prof. H. W. Chandler (Summary Catalogue V.904).

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1. MS. Ch. Norfolk 73

Date Range:
1252 - 1326
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BARMER. Copy (made in 1326) of the appropriation of the church of Bermere to the use of the prior and convent of Cokesford by Walter, bp. of Norwich , with the consent of Simon, the prior, and convent of Norwich, and William de Lydesterne the rector. The original was dated at Weseham 6 Id. Dec., 1252, and confirmed by prior of Norwich 10 kl. Aug. 1254, and confirmation by William, bp. of Norwich , and William the prior, and convent of Norwich, 6 non. Oct. 1326.

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MS. Ch. Norfolk 73*
Organisation Name:
priory of Cokesford (Coxford)

2. MS. Ch. Norfolk 523

Date Range:
1459 - 1542
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An exemplification of a fine levied at Westminster on the morrow of the Ascension of our Lord, 38 Hen. VI, by which John Godelesforth and Anne his wife acknowledge the right of John Lyhers to a messuage, 200 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture, and 40 acres of marsh in Tilney, Islyngton, Wygenhale, and Walpole, with the advowson of the chapel of Walpole. Dated at Westminster, 23 January, 33 Henry VIII.

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