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HATFIELD PEVEREL (Priory of). Composition between Ralph, bishop of Norwich , and the prior and convent of Hatfield Peverel concerning the tithes arising out of the parishes of Terling and Hatfield. Dated 9 Kl. Aug. 1291.

LIGHES (Priory of St. John the evangelist). An acquittance by which John Webb, prior of Lighes ("Lega") , acknowledges to have received of John Doyll, of Hadleye, co. Suffolk, esq., 2s., being an annual quit-rent from lands in Roydon. Dated on the morrow of St. Michael, 19 Ed. IV.

SMETHETON. Indenture made the Thursday in Easter week, 1 Ed. III, by which sir James Laules, attorney of sir James le Botiller of Ireland , grants to farm to Edmund le Botiller of Bulmer , the manors of Smetheton and F...borgh, from the date of this writing to the feast of St. Michael next following for 20 marks, and from the same feast to the end of a term of 16 years, for an annual rent of 40 marks.]

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.

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.)

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.

Totham [Essex]. Bartholomew the cook, of Totham , grants to Ivo fitz-Gilbert for his homage and service, (i) that croft in T⟨otham⟩ called ’Tuong’ [or Twonge’ in M. 53.] which lies between the road and Symon son of Anselm ’s land; (ii) one acre of land in the field called Pirifield, lying along the road, shut in by a ditch. Rent: 6d., also the service due to the King, and for scutage 1½d. For this grant Ivo gave 5/-. Witnesses: Bartholomew de la more , Roger de Vneseia , Roger the palmer , Henry the clerk , Gilbert fitz-Thomas , Nigel de Sireburne , John Ballard , Walter fitz-Gilbert , Richard the clerk of Totham . ⟨c. 1230–40.⟩

Totham [Essex]. Cristina and Emma, daughters of the late Bartholomew the cook of T⟨otham⟩ , confirm MS. D. D. Ch. Ch. M. 52. For this Ivo gave them 3/-. Witnesses: Bartholomew de la More , Roger de Vneseia , Roger le paumer , Henry the clerk , Gilbert fitz-Thomas , John de Sirebume , Robert Folenfant , Walter fitz-Gilbert , William de Chiselford , Richard de Totham, clerk. ⟨c. 1240–50.⟩

Record of a fine, Feb. 3, by which John Mountney, Esq., conveys to Cardinal College, the manor of Thobye, in the parish of Gringe-mountney, 5 messuages, 200 acres of land, 40 acres of pasture, 50 acres of wood, and £6 rent in T. and G. 6 Feb. ⟨1528.⟩

Carta Gilberti Pecche, filii Hamon. Pecche, remittens Willelmo Coco de Middleton totam sectam curiae, quam facere solebat Willelmus ad curiam ejus de Gestingthorp, pro tenemento in villa de parva Henye, salvo tamen Gilberto et haeredibus ad scutagium, quando evenerit, uno denario pro praedict. tenemento ; cum sigillo. [temp. Edw. I.]

Carta Radulfi filii Willelmi, de Pebeners [Pebmarsh], confirmans Ricardo filio Angod, de Cornerth [Cornard], et Aviciae, filiae suae, terram de Binelle [recte Binesle, Binsley] in parochia de Bulemere [Bulmer, Essex], et redditum in villa de Subeia [Sudbury (?)], salvis servitio Dom. regis, advocatione ecclesiae de Bulemere, et aliis; eum sigillo. [temp. Henr. III.]

Carta Lanceloti Wharton, prioris monasterii S. Fidis, de Horsham, co. Norfolc. confirmans Augustino Styward, civi et aldermanno Norwici, Nicholao Hare, et Leonardo Spencer, tenementa quaedam vacua in villa de Norwico, pro quatuor denariis annuatim solvendis; cum sigillo. Dat. 7 Apr. 24 Hen. VIII.