SWANTON and WALSHAM. Ralph, son of William de Skegeton , remits and quit-claims to Reginald, the abbot, and church of St. Bennet of Hulme, all his right in the villages of Swanton and Walesham. [Reginald, abbot, 1213-1229.] .

Convention made between Richard de Bacton and Reginald, abbot, and the convent of St. Bennet of Hulme. [Reginald, abbot, 1213-1229.] [Partly illegible.] .

Clement le Moine of Brunham is bound to the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme for the payment of 4s. annual rent for the land which was William le Gaunter 's in Norwich at Swinemarket, lying between the land of Matthew ... and the land of Gunilda the widow. (c. 1220.) .

FORDHAM. Depositions of thirteen men of Fordham concerning the right of the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme to the tithe of certain land in Fordham, in a cause between the said abbot and convent and sir N. de Brente, the rector. (c. 1200-10.) .

Robert, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, assign an annual payment of 20s. to the prior and convent of Norwich for the settlement of disputes between them, relating to the tithes of the lordships of Richard de la Rokele and Robert de Curt , knights, in Cruchestoke. Dated 1239.

WICHINGHAM. Convention made between Sampson, the abbot, and the convent of St. Bennet of Hulme on the one part, and William, the prior, and the convent of St. Mary of Walsingham of the other part, by which the said William and his successors are bound to pay 10s. annually, and to do homage to the said Sampson and his successors for the tenement of William, son of Geoffrey de Turteville , in the village of Wichingeham. Dated at Norwich on the morrow of St. Edward the martyr, 19 Hen. III.

Philip de Ferento, proctor of Landulf the cousin of Pope Alexander IV , and canon of Ferentum , renounces in the name of his Lord to the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, all right to the church of Neteshirde to which he had been nominated by the Pop, on the death of Philip, canon of Ferentum, rector (in 1255 or 1256), and which is appropriated to the abbey in consideration of a pension of 28 marks. Dated at Norwich on the morrow of All Souls' day, 1256.

WAXHAM. Sentence by papal delegates on the vigil of St. Peter in cathed. next after consecration of H., bishop of Ely, in a cause between the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme on the one part, and Philip de Fleg, rector of the church of Waxtonesham on the other part, concerning the third part of the tithes of the corn of the lordship which was Roger Messham 's and Ernald his father's in Waxtonesham releasing Philip from excommunication upon payment of 60 marks.

Proceedings on the morrow of Palm Sunday in the tithe cause between the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme and Philip de Fleg, rector of Waxtonesham .

Letter of John de Norwich to master J. de Walkote, rector of a moiety of the church of Fixele, official of the archdeacon of Norwich , reporting his delivery of the abbot of Hulme of episcopal and papal mandates for a provision for Thomas de Ristun, a poor clerk of Norwich diocese, in some cure of the patronage of the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme. Dated at Norwich the Saturday next before the Easter synod at Norwich. 1277.

THWEYT. Proceedings in the great church of Norwich, commenced the Thursday next after the feast of St. [lost], 1274, before J. de Nortun, official of the bp. of Norwich , between the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, complainants, and Hervy de Surlingham, rector of the church of Huggethale , defendant. The abbot and convent claim to have been possessed of two parts of the tithes of the lordships of sir Bartholomew de Sumerton , sir Robert de Castre , and Andrew de Brampton in the village of Tweyt, which the said Hervey had by force prevented them from taking, in the autumn. Nov. 1274-June 1275. .

REDHAM. Sir Bartholomew de Redham, kt., grants to Nicholas, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, the homage of John de Ingham , and all the services of the manor of Redham, which he holds of the said Bartholomew, of the fee of the said abbot and convent. Dated at St. Bennet's on the morrow of St. Thomas, apostle, 11 Ed. I.

FILBY. Hugh de Cressy , with the assent of Isabella de Cressy his mother, grants to William, son of William Sparham and Ranulfia his wife, the whole of his land of his manor of Filby, with appurtenances, paying annually to the abbot of St. Bennet of Hulme 10s. 8d., and scutage to the King so much as pertains to the third part of one knight's fee. (c. 1250-60.) (Hugh Cressy died in 1262.) .

SWANTON. Decree of Nicholas, the abbot of St. Bennet of Hulme , and John, rector of Walkote , in settlement of the differences between Thomas de Walkote, rector of Swaneton of the one part, and certain of the parishioners of the other, concerning the claim to a mortuary. Dated at Norwich the Thursday next after the feast of St. Michael, 1286.

WALSHAM (North). Return to an inquisition ordered by the bishop of Norwich, concerning a vacancy in the church of North Walsham, to which Robert de Ormesby had been presented, by the testimony of John, rector of Slaleye , Geoffrey, rector of Beston , John de Horningg ' and others, who say, that the church of North Walsham was vacant from the feast of the Purification B.V.M. by the death of master Henry Sampson , the last rector, that the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme are the patrons, and that the priest presented is of good life and conversation and beneficed in the church of Castre. Dated at Worstede, before Transl. of St. Thomas martyr1299. (After Sampson's death Reginald de Sarmoneed had had it (probably by papal provision) but he now resigned it by his proctor.)

WORTHESTEAD. Nicholas, son of Philip of Worthested , quit-claims to sir Henry, the abbot of St. Bennet of Hulme , and his successors his tenement and all his services, which he has in the village of Worthested. Dated after Epiphany .... Ed. [I] (fil. Hen.). (1304-07) .

NORTON SOUPECORS. Inquisition taken at Norwich the Thursday next after the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, 20 Ed. II, before Edward de Hemgrave and John le Claver , assigned by the King's writ to inquire concerning the manor of Norton Soupecors, which was sir Thomas Rocelyn 's, upon certain articles mentioned in the same writ.

SCOTHOWE. Ordination of the vicarage of Scothowe, Norwich diocese, by William, bp. of Norwich , which church had been appropriated to the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme. Dated at Thornegg', 12 August, 1350.

Quit-claim from William, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme to sir John White, kt., of all actions, &c., to the date of these presents. Dated at the monastery of St. Bennet of Hulme the Sunday next after the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, 16 Rich. II.

Indenture made 17 Feb., 27 Hen. VI, by which John, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, demise to Robert Mengy of Norwich and others, all their demesne lands in the village of Shotesham, with services, tithes, and a rent of 6s. 8d. for a mill, for 10 years; paying annually £10 13s. 4d. for the same.

The account of Richard Gerston, refectorarius of the abbey of Hulme , 29 Hen. VI.

ABBEY OF ST. BENNET OF HULME. ACLE. Indenture made 26 July, 13 Hen. VII, by which Robert, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, demise to Walter Hawe of Bursted , certain marshes which the abbot and convent hold for a certain term of years of the abbot of Tynterne, belonging to their manor of Acle.

Indenture made 20 March, 19 Hen. VIII, by which John Salcote, the abbot, and convent of St. Bennet of Hulme, demise to farm, to Edward White, esq., the whole of their manor of Shotesham for 80 years; paying annually for the same £10.

NORFOLK (County of). Accounts for the King's Bench and Marshalsea. Account of Thomas Tanner, clerk, chancellor of the diocese of Norwich , one of the treasurers of the Queen's Bench and Marshalsea for one year, ending Easter sessions, 1707.

NORFOLK (County of). Accounts for the King's Bench and Marshalsea. Duplicate copy of MS. Ch. Norfolk 648.