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A petition from the mayor and aldermen of Lenn to the King [Rich. II.] stating that in the late King's time Henry, bp. of Norwich , had applied for a commission of oyer and terminer, concerning divers trespasses said to have been committed by the men of Lenn, and for which the town had been laid under an interdict, praying the King not to grant the same, but to hear the cause in his own court.

Robert de Botekisham, burgess of Lenn , quit-claims to Robert de Brunham, burgess of the same place, all his right in the whole of that messuage which anciently was called 'Haldeynesmees' lying in Southlenn, between the common way which leads to the windmill, and the messuage formerly John Listere 's on the east, and the mess, of William Vyneor and the land of the heirs of Richard Howton on the west, and extends itself in length to the bank near 'le Southbrecaske' towards the south as far as the Flete formerly sir John de Wygenhale 's, and Mathew Herlewyn 's towards the north. Dated at Bishop's Lenn the Monday next after the feast of the circumcision of our Lord, 8 Hen. IV, the aforesaid Robert de Brunham then mayor, and Edmund Belleyetere then alderman, of Lenn aforesaid.

Robert de Botekisham and Thomas Drewe , burgesses of Bishop's Lenn, quit-claim to Robert de Brunham of the same place, all right in a tenement lying in Lenn aforesaid in a way called 'Briggegate.' Dated at Bishop's Lenn on the feast of the Nativity, 8 Hen. IV.

Letter from Hamburgh to the mayor of Lenne on behalf of the citizens of Hamburgh whose goods were attached by reason of an embargo. (c. 1370.) .

DUDELINGTON. Appropriation of the church of Dudelingtone, Norwich diocese, to the abbess and convent of Marham, and ordination of the vicarage, by John, bishop of Norwich , dated at Terling, 13 kl. Jan. 1302. Acceptance by abbess Mary and the convent dated at Marham, 4 kl. January, 1302. [Mutilated.]

MASSINGHAM (Great). John, the abbot, and convent of Hambeia, Normandy, grants to the bishop of Norwich, their church of Great Massingham. Dated 1232.

Richard Southwell , Robert Clere , and Bartholomew White , appoint Simon White , Robert and Thomas Woodhous , their attornies, to receive and take in their name the rents, &c. of the manor of Feltham in Great Massyngham and elsewhere. Dated 12 December, 21 Ed. IV.

MATTISHALL. Margaret Egate, widow, grants to Thomas Wattes of Mateshale and William Harry son, one piece of arable land in the field of Mateshale. Dated at Mateshale on the feast of the Ascension, 3 Ed. IV.

MENDHAM, METTFIELD, and HARLESTON, co. NORFOLK, and WICKHAM SKEYTH, co. SUFFOLK. An exemplification of a fine levied Hilary term, 15 Elizabeth, by which Richard Western, gent., Martin Calthorp, gent., and Joan his wife, in consideration of the receipt of £600, convey land, &c. in Mendham, Mettfeld, and Harleston, with the advowson of the church of Mendham, and the manor and advowson of Wickham Skeyth, to Ed. Huggons, gent., Thomas Cordell, gent., Robt. Heath, gent., and John Sulyard . Dated at Westminster, 24 Jan., 22 Jas. I.

METTON. John Dam of Susted, sen., and John Dam, jun., grant to Robert Duffhous and Thomas his son three pieces of land lying in the field of Metton. Dated at Metton the Monday next before the feast of St. John the Baptist, 18? Hen. VI.

An indenture by which Bartholomew White, esq., agrees to assist Henry Stathum of Morley in recovering the manor of Meyton, which had been given to sir John Howand, knight, because Gyles Seyntlowe had been attainted of treason. Dated at Norwich, 9 June, 8 Ed. IV.

MIDDLETON. Ailed, daughter of Bartholomew de Mideltun , and Alice, daughter of Lewiva , grant to Robert, son of Richard de Ringstede , the whole of their messuage, with a toft, 18½d. of rents, 2 cocks, 20 acres of arable land, and 30 perches of land in Mideltun. (c. 1210.) .

MORLEY ST. BOTOLPH. Deed of Thomas, bishop of Norwich , and consent of the prior Nicholas and chapter, for the appropriation of the parish church of St. Botulph's of Morle, with the chapel of St. Peter annexed, to the use of the warden and chaplains of the college chantry of Morle, saving an annual pension of 16s. to the bp. and his successors. [This deed is not sealed by the prior and chapter, nor dated, but has the attached.] [1358-1368] (cf. Blomefield.)

MORLEY, DEPEHAM, ATTYLBURGHE, BESTHORP, &c. Sir James Hubert, kt., and sir Robert Sowthewell, kt., demise and grant to Edward, duke of Buckingham , and others, their manors of Morley and Depeham, with the advowsons of the churches, chantries, &c. in Depeham, Morley, Attylburghe, Besthorp, and other villages adjacent; also the above sir James Hubert, kt., grants to the said Edward, duke of Buckingham, and others an annual rent of £6 13s. 4d. issuing out of the manor and lands of Tilney and Walpoole. Dated 28 October, 2 Hen. VIII.

SHOTESHAM. Yvo de Broch , son of Gosceline de Kirchelle?, at the petition and with the consent of Matilda his wife, and William and Thomas his heirs, grants to the church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, one acre of arable land in Shotesham at Wetewde. (c. 1180-90>.)

William, son of Roger de Kringesford , grants to the church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, in frankalmoigne, his tenement Lefquenesecroft in Shotesham for which which he, his wife and his sons, were received into fellowship, and the almoner, Roger Tanere , gave him four marks. (c. 1170-90.)

DEOPHAM. Letter of John, the prior, and convent of Ch. Ch., Canterbury, setting forth that they have received to perpetual farm from the prior and convent of Norwich, all tithes of the whole corn, &c. which they have in the village of Depham; paying annually to them 24s. within the octave of Easter. Dated 1227, month of August. [Charter written temp. Ed. I.] .

SCROUTEBY. Alice, daughter of Nicholas de Scrouteby , grants to William, the prior, and convent of the church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, for the health of her soul, &c., the whole of that land and tenement in Scrouteby which the said prior and convent have by the gift of Reginald, son of Nigel de Scrouteby . (c. 1270-80.)

Charter reciting that Nicholas, the prior, and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, have granted to John de Wyncestr' the vintner a certain messuage with houses, &c. in the parish of St. George before the gate of the Holy Trinity, for ever, paying annually for the same 20s. (c. 1280.) .

RISTON. Act of court, in a cause for subtraction of tithes between the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, as appropriators of the church of Ryston, plaintiffs, and Gilbert Peggy of Ryston , defendant. (c. 1300.) .

HELEGEYE. Simon Makepin of Helegeye , son of Peter li Child , grants to sir William de Kyrkeby the prior, and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, in frankalmoigne, the whole of his messuage, marsh, and fishery, with the homage and service of Benedict Campon , John de Modmeneya , Thomas Mussok , Philip Houty , John fitz Pagan , &c., in the village of Helegeye. Dated at Norwich the Thursday before the feast of St. Valentine, martyr, 11 Ed. I.

SETHEFORD. Convention between William, the prior, and convent of the church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, of the one part, and Ralph de Barsham, vicar of Setheford , of the other, by which the said prior and convent have demised to the said Ralph, a messuage, one acre and three roods of land, in the village of Setheford, for 7 years, paying annually 2s. Dated at Norwich, on the vigil of the Annunciation, 12 Ed. I.

RISTON and FORDHAM. Confirmation by John, bp. of Ely , of the donation of John de Lisle [Insula] of the advowsons of the church of Ryston, and the half of the church of Fordham to the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, for the sustentation of a perpetual chantry for the soul of the said John and Mary his wife. Dated at Dodyngton, 24 March, 1335, 10 Ed. III.

Letter of William [de Ayremynne], bp. of Norwich , reciting the rules and regulations laid down by Win. de Claxton the prior, and the convent of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, for the foundation of a chantry within the cathedral church of Norwich, towards which the said bishop had contributed £200, and undertaking for himself and his heirs, to exact nothing further from them than is enumerated in the'r decree. Dated in the palace at Norwich, 3 May, 1335.

Inspeximus and confirmation by John, the prior, and convent of the cathedral church of Ely, of the donation of John de Lisle to the priory of the Holy Trinity, Norwich, viz. the advowson of the church of Ryston, and half of the advowson of the church of Fordham, to found a chantry. Dated in their chapter of Ely, 1 April, 1336.