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Great Thurlow, Little Thurlow, Great Bradley, Little Bradley, Great Wratting. 1534. Writ from Henry VIII to the sheriff of Suffolk directing him to secure the observance by William Turnor of covenants made with Ann Bladwelle, widow, William Drury, knt., Robert Drury, esq., George Colte, esq., Bartholomew Brokysby, esq., Henry Meyer, Thomas Meyer, and Thomas Adde, concerning 2 messuages, 60 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, and 24 acres of wood, with appurtenances in Little Thirlowe, Great Thirlowe, Great Bradley, Little Bradley, and Great Wrattyng, on pain of a summons before the Justices at Westminster. 6s. 8d. paid into the Hanaper. Signed: Shakelady. Dated at Westminster 18 Sept. 26 [Hen. VIII] [1534] Endorsed: Thomas Russhe, knt. sheriff

Cockayne Hatley, Potton, Wratting, Carlton, Conington, Ickleton, Great and Little Wilbraham, Elm, Great and Little Baddow, Great Burstead, Little Burstead, Rayne, Gestingthorpe, Littlebury, Brickendon, Great Staughton, Whepstead, Walton, Stratford St Mary, Troston, Barnham, 'Mawyrthe' [unidentified]. Will of Ælfhelm (Polga), including bequests of land at Wratting, Cambs., to Ely Abbey; at Brickendon, Herts., to Westminster Abbey; at Whepstead, Suffolk, and Walton (perhaps near Felixstowe, Suffolk), to his son Ælfgar; and at Baddow and Burstead, Essex, at Stratford, (probably Stratford St Mary, Suffolk), at Enhale and Wilbraham, Cambs., at Rayne, Essex, at Carlton, Cambs., and at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to his wife; at Gestingthorpe, Essex, to Godric and Ælfhelm's daughter; at Conington, Cambs., to his wife and daughter, and to Æthelric, Ælfwold and Osmær; also at Cockayne Hatley and Potton, Beds., to Ælfmær, Ælfstan and Osgar; at Littlebury (near Saffron Walden), Essex, to Leofsige, and at Great Staughton, Hunts., to Leofsige and his wife; also at Troston, Suffolk, to his three brothers and Ælfwold; at Ickleton, Cambs., and Mawyrthe to Ælfhelm; and at Barnham (probably Suffolk), to Wulfmær. [975 x 1016] [Manuscript: s. xviii, a translation].