TUNSTEDE HUNDRED. KING CANUTE, on his foundation of the abbey of St. Bennet at Holm, gave the lordship of this hundred to it, or rather granted by Edward the Confessor, on his confirmation of their possessions." In the 12th of King John, Peter de Hobois recovered seisin of it, with the manors of Thurgarton, and Antingham, and the stewardship of the abbey, for the fine of 20 marks, and one palfrey, paid to the King, which he claimed against the abbot. In the 23d of Henry III. Sir Peter de Hobois, released to the abbot all his right herein, and in the 34th of that King, it was valued at 6 marks per ann. Sir William de Redham, by deed sans date, released to the abbot, all his right in the fishery of the water between Weybridge, and the abbey, and Alexander, son of Alexander de Wroxham, all his right in the fishery of the water, between Wroxham and Grabbard's ferry. In the 15th of Edward I. the jury present the abbot to be lord, and that he paid to the King 28s. in a quitrent (de alba firma) for it, and was said to be worth 9 marks per ann. The jury in the 38th of Edward 111. present, that whereas the commonalty of Norfolk ought to have the fishery of the river running from Weybridge, to Fretenham mouth, and so on to Bastwick bridge; the abbot had appropriated it to himself, und likewise the water from Weybridge, to Horning ferry; the abbot pleads that King Edward III. being willing to know to whom the water of the river to Wroxham-Brigg belonged, directed his writ to Sir John Howard, eschaetor of Norfolk, and to Robert Clere, and by their inquisition it was found that Edward the Confessor confirmed to the abbot, the manor of Horning, of which the water from Weybrigg to Wroxham Brigg, is parcel, (except only that the Earl of Norfolk as lord of South Walsham, ought to have between Weybrigg and Grubbard's Ferry, two nets, called seyns, to fish in the said river) and that the abbot had enjoyed it. After which the King confirmed it, May 18, in his 19th year; and VOL. XI. I Reg. Abb. de Hulmo, fol. 6, 126, 140, 150. as to Fretenham Mouth, to Bastwick Brigg, the abbot pleads that he is lord of the manor of Thirne, on one side, and of Horning on the other, which extend from Thirn-Ferry towards Bastwick Brigg, and that he had the sole fishery thereof by prescription, and for the rest of the water from Thirn-Ferry, to Bastwick Brigg, the Countess of Huntington hath parcel thereof, 'and for the rest John Fastolf hath it. At the dissolution of abbies it came to the Crown, and on the exchange of lands between King Henry VIII. and the Bishop of Norwich, was granted to that see, and was valued with the hundred court at 21. per ann. This hundred made up, with that of Happing, the deanery of Warham. In 1326, Jeff. de Boudone was collated to it by the Bishop, and in 1335, John de Bermere; in 1352, William de Brandon. WAS ASHMAN HAW, As the lordship of the abbot of Holm, and being accounted for under the abbot's manor of Hoveton, or Hofton, is not mentioned in the Conqueror's survey. Thomas de Helmingham, and Agnes, daughter of Richard de Wicklewood, impleaded the abbot in the 14th of Edward I. for the moiety of 15 messuages, 99 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 10 of marsh, 3s. 6d. rent here and in Hoveton, &c. but the said Thomas soon after released all his right herein, and in the 9th of Edward II. the abbot was returned to be lord, and several other lordships extended into this town. On the exchange of lands, &c. (made on the Dissolution) of this abbey between King Henry VIII. and the Bishop of Norwich, it was granted to the see, and so continues. The tenths were 17. 48.-Deducted 4s. The CHURCH is dedicated to St. Swithin, and was a rectory appropriated to the abbot of Holm, and valued in the reign of Edward I. at 5 marks; Peter-pence 12d. and is now in the see of Norwich, and served by a stipendiary curate, nominated by the Bishop; in 1603, 60 communicants were returned to be in the parish. In the church was the guild of St. Stephen. On a grave-stone in the church, In memory of Honor Bacon, daughter of Edmund Bacon, Gent. who lived virtuously, and died godly, beloved, and much lamented, a maiden 18 years of age, on St. Nicholas day, December 6, 1591. Honori Bacon, fideli amici, suo Ńich. Themilthorp, generosus, posuit. [s] BARTON, CALLED in old writings, Barton by Bromholm, and Barton Turf. The principal part of it, or manor, was in the reign of the Confessor, in the abbey of St. Bennet's at Holm, at the survey, with half a carucate of land, and there was a borderer with a carucate and an acre of meadow, valued at 5s. 4d. and one socman held 30 acres and 5 borderers, a carucate, and an acre of meadow, valued at 10s.2 Another part was possessed by 3 socmen, with 33 acres, and 3 borderers, with a carucate, valued at 7s. There was also in King Edward's time, one socman, who had 16 acres of the abbot, and Ralph, Earl of Norfolk, valued at 16d, and 2 churches with S3 acres, valued at 15d. In the time of Edward the Confessor, Alfric Modercoppe, a noble, gave Berton (quere if not this town) to St. Bennet's abbey of Holm.Regist. Niger de Bury, 167. Odo, the arbalistar, an officer of the cross bowmen, held here, in Wirstede, and Dilham, a knight's fee of the abbot, which Rembert had,3 Albert Grelley, by deed sans date, released to the abbot all his right in lands here; and in the 14th of Edward I. Odo de Smalburgh held the fourth part of a fee of him, and the manor of the abbot was called Kybald's. In 1426, the temporalities of the cellarer were valued at 41s. 9d. and those of the sacrist at 26s. 8d. At the general Dissolution, on an exchange between the King and the Bishop of Norwich for lands, this was granted to the see, and remains so at this time. Ralph Lord Bainard was also lord of a manor at the survey, which Jeffrey held of him, which 3 freemen possessed formerly, with 90 acres of land, 12 borderers, with 2 carucates and a half, and an acre and half of meadow, valued at 24s. 8d. and the soc was in the abbot of St. Bennet: the whole town was 10 furlongs long, and 6 broad, paid 18d. gelt, one of the said 3 freemen, with 30 acres, was so depending on the abbot's soc, that he could not part with, or leave his land, without his grant.5 2 In B'tuna tenet semp. s. b. T.R.E. dim. car. tre. sep. i bor. et i car. et i ac. pti. val. v sol. et iiiid. in cade' i soc. xxx ac. et v bor. i car. i ac. pti. val. x sol. In B'tuna iii soc. xxxiii ac. sep. iii bor. i car. val. vii sol. In B'tuna i soc. sci. B. et Rad. Co. mitis T.R.E. xvi ac. val. xvid. et ii eccli xxxiijac. val. xvd. 8 Reg. Abb. de Hulmo. fol. 5. + Ib. fol. 33. 5 Terra Radulfi Bainardi-In B'tuna ten. Gaosfrid'. iii lib. ho'es LXXXX ac. sep. xii bor. ii car. et dim. p'ti. et val. xxiiii sol. et viiid. sci. b. soca' et This was held by the family of De Skeyton, of the Bainards; in 1290, Sir John de Skeyton, son of Sir Robert, was lord, and died in 1503. Sir Ralph, his son, was lord, and held it of Sir Fulk Bainard, in 1315, and in the 20th of Edward III. Elizabeth, late wife of Henry Page, was fourd to hold the 5th part of a fee of Reginald le Groos, which Henry Page lately held. John Jenny possessed it in the 3d of Henry IV. under Oliver le Groos, and John Linford of Stalham, by his will dated August 2, in the 34th of Henry VI. 1456, orders his manor of Bury, or Burgh hall, in Barton to be sold. Agnes Calthorpe, held it for life in the 9th of Henry VII. and the reversion was in John Wychingham, Esq. and Ann his wife. In the 3d of Elizabeth, John Gerard, Gent. was lord of Barton, Bury-hall, and in the 21st of that Queen, license was granted to Richard Jenkinson to alien the 3d part of the said manor. This lordship was granted April 13, in the 36th of Henry VIII. to Sir William Woodhouse, Knt. with the manor of Linfords in Stalham, &c. part of the possessions of Heringby college in Norfolk, and paying 12s. 4d. ob. fee farm rent per ann. Hugh Attefen, founder of the said college, gave it by will in 1465. The manor of Beeston extended into this town, held by John de Leem, &c. of the abbot of St. Bennet's, which John de Cockfield formerly held. The tenths were 41. 5s. 6d.-Deducted 1l. 6s. 8d. The CHURCH is dedicated to St. Michael, and was a rectory in the presentation of the abbot and convent of St. Bennet of Holm, valued at 13 marks; in the 18th of Richard II. it was appropriated to it, and a vicarage endowed, valued now at 57. 13s. 4d. and is discharged. The Bishop of Norwich has the rectors appropriated to the see, and is patron of the vicarage. The priory of Bromholm had a portion of tithes, valued at 4s. In King Edward the First's reign, the rector had a manse, with 30 acres.-Peter-pence 11d. RECTORS. 1309, Peter de Swaffham, instituted, presented by the abbot of St. Bennet. Nic, de Creyk, rector. 1847, William de Chevele, occurs rector. 1866, John Woodhall. 1393, Henry Wells, alias Walton. totu' hi' x gr. in longo et vi in late et xv g. &c. un. ex illis tribus cum xxx ac. erat ita soc. ac. Sci Bened, et nullo medo. posset recedere. Reg. Brosyard, fol. 38. |