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HORKESLEY. Robert, son of Godebold , and Beatrix his wife give to God and St. Mary, and the monks of Thetford belonging to the church of Cluniac, all their churches, &c., for the souls of the King, their ancestors, parents, and friends, upon condition that the prior of Thetford, with the consent of the convent, should send as many monks to serve God in the church of St. Peter, Horkesley (Horchesleia), as the place would conveniently maintain; and for their common subsistence they assigned their other churches of Wiston (Wisetona), Assildeham, with 60 acres of land, and the half of the church of Boxsted (Bochesteda), the whole of the tithes of their lordship of Boxsted, and Beatrix gave the whole of the tithe of her marriage portion, and of the land which Turold her uncle gave her. Also they gave the tithe of Foleton (Foletona) and Fordham, and ten solidates of land in Roydon (Reidona). (c. 1130.) [Foundation charter of the priory of Horkesley, printed in the Monasticon, vol. v. p. 156.]

BOXSTEAD. Cecilia, daughter and heir of sir William Giffard, kt., jun., came here in court the Wednesday next after the octave of the Holy Trinity, and inrolled a charter dated at Boxted (Boxstede) the Monday next after the feast of St. Barnabas, 36 Ed. III (13 June 1362), by which she quit-claimed to Stephen Bacoun and Beatrice his wife all her right in the manor with the advowson of the church of Boxted (Boxstede) and all the lands which they hold in Hartest (Hertherst) and Glemsford (Glemusford).

Walter Caleys, alias Ymworthe, citizen and merchant tailor of London, son and heir of Thomas Caleys, alias Ymworth, of Glemsford, deceased, grants to Walter Cotton of Glemsford and others all his lands, tenements, services, &c., formerly his father's, in Glemsford, Cavendish, Boxted (Boxstead), and Stanstead (Stonstead). Dated at Glemsford, 4 May, 22 Hen. VI (1444).

Indenture made 2 December, 26 Hen. VI (1447), between Walter Caleys of Glemsford of the one part, and Robert Snowe of Bishop's Stortford (Storteford) of the other part, witnesseth that whereas the said Walter is bound in a sum of 200 marks by a bond dated as above to Thomas Bawd, squier, and others, payable at Whitsuntide next, upon condition that he shall sue Robard Trygge for all the lands in Glemsford, Long Melford (Milford), Stanstead (Stansted), Boxted (Bokstede), and Cavendish (Cavendyssh), which the said Walter late made an estate of trust to the said Robard, and that the said lands shall remain to Walter and his heirs, and in default to Robert Snow and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the said Elizabeth. In default bond to stand good.

Walter Whytebred of London quit-claims to John Dalton, clerk, and others, all his right and claim in the manor of Caleys and all that belongs to it in the villages of Glemsford, Cavendish, Boxted (Boxsted), and Stanstead (Stansted). Dated at Glemsford, 2 March, 26 Hen. VI (1448).