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Thomas Hose of Wickham Skeith (Wycham) grants to Adam, son of Thomas Hemming, for 16s. eight pieces of arable land in Wickham Skeith (Wycham), paying yearly five pence. (c. 1240-50.)

Martin Morkac of Wickham Skeith (Wicham) grants to William, son of Turgis of Rishangle, for his service and 11s., twelve pence of annual rent coming annually from John Gernun of Wickham Skeith (Wicham) for land in Wickham Skeith (Wicham). (c. 1250-60.)

WRATTING (Great). Confirmation by Walter, bp. of Norwich, of a composition between the abbey and monks of Bec, and Walter, rector of the church of Great Wratting, concerning the tithes of Great Wratting, as settled in 1247 by the priors of Benetlay and Hermodesworth, papal delegates. Dated at Norwich, iij Kl. May, 1248.

Symon, abbot, and the convent of Bury St. Edmund grant to the five chaplains the chapel of St. John the Baptist within their manor of Palgrave, in frankalmoigne, one messuage in the village of Redgrave in perpetuity, paying annually for the same 6d. (c. 1270.)

Adam Fairman of Northmersk (?) grants to Richard Cok, burgess of Great Yarmouth (Great Jernemuth) and Avicie his daughter a piece of a marsh and a piece of meadow in Herringfleet (Herlingflet). Dated at Great Yarmouth (Great Jernemuth), 33 Edw. fil. Hen., without date of day.

Sir Richard Waldegrave acknowledges to have received of John Doyle 20s. as a reasonable aid both for making Richard his eldest son a knight, and for marrying Isabella his daughter. Dated 12 July, 28 Hen. VI (1450)

CHARSFIELD. Indenture witnessing that on St. Michael's day, 12 Hen. VII, at Letheringham (Letheryngham), between Henry, the prior, and canons of St. Mary, Letheryngham, on the one part, and Thomas Robertsunne of Charsfield (Charsfeld) on the other part, viz. that the said prior and canons grant to the said Thomas 4 pieces of land in Charsfield (Charsfeld), lying in a field called 'Le Sondes,' in Aldeburghfeld, for 60 years, at an annual rent of 12d. [Wrongly listed as Ch. Suffolk 219.]

MANTHORP. Geoffrey, son of Roger Burkard of Manthorp (Manethorpe), grants for 12d. to John, son of Robert de Manethorpe, one acre of land in Manthorp (Manetorpe). (c. 1250-60.)

Simon Greswelle of Bury St Edmunds (Bury St. Edmund) grants to William Galyon of Mildenhall (Mildenhale) and others one messuage in Mildenhall (Mildenhale) at 'le West rowe' called 'Brounsyerd' with a croft and meadow. Dated at Mildenhall (Mildenhale) the Saturday next after the feast of St. Leonard, abbot, 4 Hen. V.

William, son of Adam Gurle of Mantorpe , grants to Robert Assheman and his heirs for 30 shillings one piece of land lying in Somerleyton (Sumerletun): rendering yearly one halfpenny. (c. 1280-1290.)

John Jernegan, esq., and 2 others quit-claim to ... all right in a messuage, croft, and land in the village and field of Somerleyton (Somerleton), which they had by demise of John Matson and others, 26 Hen. VI. Dated 10 March, 38 Hen. VI (1460). [Mutilated.]

John Jernegan, Richard Good and Thomas Kepstere grant land &c. in Somerleyton (Somerleton) to John Ive, clerk, Edmund Steyngate, and Thomas Wewyn. Dated 21 [?] September, 20 Hen. VI. [In great part illegible.]

Robert Ive, esq., grants to John Crane one piece of land in Little Stonham, containing 24 acres. Dated 16 August, 1468.

SUDBURY. William de Grey of Great Cornard (Cornerte) remits and quit-claims to John Carbonel all his right of common in a meadow of the aforesaid John's called 'Chiltonmedewe,' near Sudbury (Subir)'. (c. 1270-80.)

Stanford. Humphrey, son of Herbert de Waldingefeld, with the consent of Ida his wife, grants to Matilda, daughter of Alan de Chastillun, for her homage and service and 4s. 8d., one piece of his land to inclose and build upon, paying annually to him and his heirs 1½d. (c. 1224-30.)

John, son of Nicholas de Wygeberthe, remits and quit-claims to William, son of Alan de Goldingham, as his chief lord, for forty shillings all right and claim in a tenement which Walter of the marsh ("de marisco") of Westhorpe (Westorpe) held of the said John to his ancestors in the same village, also in two tenements in Great Waldingfield or Little Waldingfield (Waldyngfeld) held respectively by Will. de Feypo and Rich. son of Matthew de Subire and 3s. annual rent from the latter. (c. 1260-70.)

WOODBRIDGE (Priory of). John de Hadeleye, prior of St. Mary, Wodebrigge, and canons of the same, grant to John dil Wode of Brandeston (Brandiston), one piece of land in Brandeston (Brandiston), at an annual rent of 8d. Dated at Woodbridge (Wodebregge) the Friday next after the feast of St. John ante port. Lat., 24 Ed. III (7 May 1350).

ACTON. John, son of Robert Carbonel, grants to Hugh de Grangia and Dionisia his wife, for 50s. in hand paid, a certain pasture with trees and hedges, at an annual rent of 16d. Dated the Sunday on the feast of St. ... [One half effaced.] (c. 1300)

BLUNDESTON. Thomas Erpyngham, Miles de Stapilton, Brian de Stapilton, Roger de Boys, knights, Oliver Groos, and John de Boys, esqrs., quit-claim to Oliver Roberd of Ingham all their right in the advowson of the church of Blundeston. Dated at Blundeston, 20 September, 2 Hen. V (1414).

CORTON. Notarial instrument attested by Thomas de Wotton concerning the appropriation of the church of Corton to the abbot and convent of Leystone. Dated Norwich, 27 November, 11 Pope Urban VI (1389). [Much defaced.]

FORDLEY. Adam, son of Simon Goduine of Fordley (Fordle) , grants to Elyas the smith, for his homage and service and 4s. of silver, one piece of his land in Fordley (Fordle), between the land of the said Elyas and the land of John le Plumer, paying annually one penny. (c. 1230-40.)

SUDBURY. John Still, S.T.P., archdeacon of Sudbury (Sudburie), grants to Thomas Pead, jun., the office of notary public or registrar of his archdeaconry, and confirmed by Edmund, bp. of Norwich, and George Gardiner, the dean and chapter of the same church. Dated 18 July, 18 Elizabeth (1576).

Gazeley. 1315. Grant from John le Warde of Kentford (Kenteforde), to Walter Priour of Needham Street (Nedham), Petronilla his wife, and John their son, for a sum of money, of a rood of arable land in the parish of Gaysle, in the field called Walkerescrofthel, between the lands of Thomas Beyllard and the aforesaid Walter. Dated at Kentford (Kenteforde) on Sunday [27 July] before the feast of St Peter a[d] Vincula, 9 Edw. II [1315]. Witnesses: Thomas Beylard, John Howe, John Pistore' of Kentford (Kenteforde), Robert of Hapetone, Ralph (Townsend) 'ad capud ville' of Needham Street (Nedham), and others. Endorsed: Joh. Ward.

Hawkedon. 1410. Release from Stephen Hepworthe, chaplain, and Walter Herte, to Thomas Josse, sen. of Haukedone, of the right in the lands etc. which he formerly purchased of John Somertone, sen., in the vills of Haukedene and Brockeleye. Dated at Haukedene on Monday [24 March] after the feast of St Edward King, 11 Hen. IV [1410].

Higham (Higham etc). 1379. Grant from John Palfreyman of Higham (Heagham), to Thomas, son of Thomas of Heagham, and Robert Wodekoke (or Wodecokke), of lands and tenements in Heagham. Dated at Higham (Heigham) on Tuesday in Easter Week, 2 Ric. II [12 April 1379] Witnesses: Thomas of Heigham, Robert le Warner, Richard Colat, John Lote, Robert Flemptone, and others.