DILHAM, AND PANCFORD. 2 ROBERT Lord Mallet was lord of the most considerable manor of this town, of which Edric was deprived; there belonged to it one carucate of land, 9 borderers, one carucate in demean, and 6 acres of meadow, &c. 2 socmen, and the moiety of another held 50 acres, and 2 borderers, with 2 acres of meadow, valued then at 30s. at the survey at 35s. it was eleven furlongs long, and 6 broad, and paid 9d. gelt.3 The family of the Glanviles were enfeoft of it: William de Glanvile was lord in the reign of Henry I. and gave the church to the priory of Bromholm. After them the family of De Gyney held it. Sir Roger Gyney, son of Sir William Gyney, was lord in the reign of Edward I. and his son Sir William in the 16th of Edward II. and the 21st of Edward III, as was Sir Roger, who by his will, here dated in 1376, requires to be buried in this church, and gives to John his son, this lordship, who by the name of Sir John Gyney, made his will, and gave this manor after the death of Alice his wife, to Sir Henry Inglos, and was proved in 1423, November 5: the said Henry Inglos was in the wars of France, and in the 3d of Henry V. then an esquire, preferred a libel in the court of the constable and Earl-Marshal of England, against Sir John Tiptoft, who had retained him with 16 lances, several archers, &c. and refused to pay him, and so he the said Henry declares that" He was ready by the help of God and St. "George, to prove against the said Sir John, body to body, as the law "and custom of arms required in that behalf;" and in 1421, being then a knight, was taken prisoner at the battle at Bengy in France, where the Duke of Clarence was slain; and in the 5th of Henry VI. he being proxy for Sir John Fastolf, was installed Knight of the Garter for him. By his will, dated June 20, 1451, he requires to be buried in the presbytery of the priory of Horsham St. Faith's, by Ann his wife ; gives to the prior and canons of Ingham 20s. Henry his son and heir, succeeded him, whose son, Edward Inglose, sold it by fine with 10 messuages, &c. to John Bozun, Esq.; after this it came to the Windhams, and Thomas Windham, Esq. was lord in 1570, and in this family it remains, William Windham, Esq. of Felbrig, the late lord dying in 176-. In Dil See in Bacton. 3 T're Roberti Malet ham i car. tre. ten. Edric. T.R.E. t'nc. viiii bord. modo. iiii semp. i car. in d'nio. et vi ac. p'ti, et ir mo. vii porc. et ii soc. et dim. L ac. semp. ii bord. et ii ac. p'ti. t'nc. val. xxx sol. mo. xxxv et ht. xi quar. in long. et vi in lat. et ixd. de gelt. 4 Bibl, Cotton. Titus, c. 1, fol. 229. ST. BENNET OF HOLM'S FEE. At the survey, the abbot of St. Bennet had a socman, with 30 acres of land, a borderer, and one carucate valued at 6s. 8d.3 This, as I take it, was held of the abbot, by the lords abovementioned; Odo, the cross-bow man, is said to have held of the abbot, that which Reinberius had." Alan Earl of Richmond had in Dilham, and Panceford, a hamlet, probably, to Dilham, 50 acres of land, which a socman of Ralph Stalre was deprived of, 2 villains, and 2 borderers, &c. belonged to it, with one carucate and an acre of meadow, valued at 8s. but at the survey at 5s.?. Ralph, son of Ribald, gave to the church of the Holy Trinity of Norwich, all his lands in Dilham, and Panksford: Ribald was a brother of Earl Alan. Ralph, in his deed, declares that he gave it for his own soul, that of Robert his son, and of his lord, Earl Alan, and in recompense of a benefaction, the monks of Norwich having paid for him 20 marks to Morell, a Jew, and so acquitted him of it; (the seal is round and the impress a cross flory) and it is now in the dean and chapter of Norwich. Roger Bigot had also 60 acres of land, of which a freeman of Edric had been deprived; to it belonged 5 borderers, one carucate and an acre of meadow, and this was valued in Suffield. Pope Alexander III. in 1176, in the 17th year of his pontificate, granted to John, Bishop of Norwich, the land of Ralph, son of Ribald, which Richard, prior of Norwich, bought of Ralph, of the fee of Hugh Bigod.' Ralph le Buteler of Heslington, by York, granted to the prior, &c. of Norwich, all his right in 40s. per unn. which William de Crostweyt used to pay him out of a tenement and lands here, in 1282. The temporalities of this priory valued at 57s. 4d. in 1428, and is now in the dean and chapter of Norwich. The tenths were 5l. 5s. 5d. ob.; Deducted 26s. 8d.-The temporalities of Bromholm priory 5s. 4d. Henry Inglos, Esq. son of Sir Henry, died lord on September 15, A°. 3, Henry VIII. and left by Anne his wife, Edward, aged 18. The CHURCH is a rectory, dedicated to St. Nicholas, granted to the priory of Bromholm, by William de Glanvile the founder, and appropriated to it, being valued at 20 marks per ann. a vicarage was ordained, valued at two marks, the present valor of which is 5l. 7s. 10d. and is discharged.-Peter-pence were 18d. In the register of Bromholm, fol. 43, it appears that there was a controversy between Sir William de Gyney, and the prior, about the advowson of this church, and Sir William covenanted to release and levy a fine, the prior paying him 45 marks of silver, and to deliver a deed under seal.-Dated at Crostweyt, in the 2d of Edward I. reserving to himself the right to his chapel here, and the services of the prior's tenants. VICARS. Richard, occurs vicar in 1299, 1304, Clement de Wycton, instituted vicar, presented by the prior, &c. of Bromholm. 1320, Bartholomew de Wycton. 1323, Richard de Baketon, 1324, William de Folsham. 1435, Sim. Dacke. 1449, John Cowper, by the Bishop, a lapse. 1464, Thomas Skoles, by the prior, &c. 1468, Jeff. Ilberb; by his will in 1498, gives 6 marks for a vestment for a priest; 6 marks to repair a pane of peynting in the church, and the profits of 3 roods of land to the vicaryes here to sing onys in the yere for him, &c. Placebo and Dirige. 1498, Thomas Garton. 1517, Edm. Curtes. 1527, Ralph Lyster. 1535, Peter Ingham. Thomas Milles, vicar. On the Dissolution, the patronage of the vicarage, with the appropriated rectory, came to the Crown, and in the year 1600, John Osmond was collated by the Bishop, a lapse; in 1603, he returned 143 communicants. 1612, Arnold Suckerman, by the Bishop of Ely, being granted by Queen Elizabeth, to that see, on an exchange of land belonging to it. Mr. Matthew Stokes, fellow of Caius college, in Cambridge, held this rectory impropriate of that see, by lease; and gave about 1630, to that college for the stipend of one fellow, 3 scholars, &c. but the advowson remained in the see of Ely. 1671, Peter Boardman, by the Bishop of Ely. 1694, Noah Viales, by the Bishop of Ely. 1712, David Baldy. Ditto. 1750, Thomas Goddard. Ditto. 1732, William Williams. Ditto. In the north isle, an old monument, or tomb, with the effigies of a man and woman, the arms and inscription defaced; this was in memory of an Inglose, or a Jenney, and had the arms of Gynney, paly of six, or and gules, a chief ermine, and gules, four bars gemelle, or, on a canton, argent, five billets saltier ways, sable, Inglose ;—argent, 2 bars, and a canton, gules, over all a bend, sable, Boys;-also, quarterly, argent and azure, on a bend, sable, three martlets, or, Le Gross ;masculy, gules and ermin, Rokely-azure, an escotcheon and orle of martlets, argent, Walcot;-Kerdeston; Stapleton; and ermin, on a chief gules, three fusils, ermin, Charles. On the south side, Fastolf, with a label, argent, and Honing. In a window, Inglose impaling Bois, and Inglose and Gynney, quarterly. FELMINGHAM. ROGER BIGOT, ancestor of the Earls of Norfolk, of that name, had a carucate of land, which 4 free-men of Suffield were deprived of, to which there belonged 7 borderers, and 4 socinen, 2 carucates, an acre and half of meadow, valued in Suffield; 4 freemen also held 80 acres, with 4 borderers, 2 carucates, and 2 acres of meadow, and a mill, valued then at 10s. at the survey at 16s. 4d. it was one leuca long, and 5 furlongs broad, paid 18d. gelt, and one of these 4 men was under the predecessor of Robert Malet." Here was also a small tenure in the Conqueror's hand, which Offert, a freeman, possessed in the Suxon time, 6 acres valued at 6d. and Godric was the King's steward of it.3 Both these tenures were in a family that assumed their name from the town, by being enfeoffed of them: King Henry II. granted his fee to Abraham de Felmingham. Isaac, son of Abraham de Felmingham, had 28s. of land, which was formerly the King's land, and William, son of Isaac de Felmingham, gave 100s. relief for a carucate of land, that Isaac held here and in Becham in capite, in the 12th of Henry II.4 Matilda, widow of Abraham, was living in the beginning of the said reign, and in the King's donation, holding lands in capite. Others also of the said family had an interest herein. Eva, daughter of Robert, son of Simon de Felmingham, and William de Holgate, son of William, son of Symon de Felmingham, and John de Trunch, son of Geff. son of Symon de Felmingham, having released In Fel 2 Terra Rogeri Bigoti micham i car. tre. que p'tinet iiii ho'ib; de Sudfella sep. vii bor. et iiii soc. in ead. sep. ii car. et i ac. et dim. p'ti. et hoe. e. in p'tio. de Sudfelda. In eade. iiii lib. ho'es LXXX ac. sep. iiii bor. et ii car. et ii ac. p'ti. et i mol. tc. val. x sol, mo. xvi et iiiid. ht. i leug. in longo. VOL. XI. to Eva, all their right; she, by deed sans date, released to the abbot of St. Bennet, all her right in the advowson of this church, and in the 41st of that King, Roger Bigot, Earl of Norfolk, released by fine a moiety of the advowson to the abbot.3 In the 15th of Edward I. Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk had the assise, view of frank pledge, free-warren, &c. and in 1303, Gregory de Felmingham presented to the rectory as lord; Gregory dying lord of a fourth part of a manor in the 14th of Edward Il. left 6 sisters and coheirs; Alice, who married James de Whitwell;-Catherine, wife of James Rightwys;-Ela, of Oliver de la Mowe;-John, rector of Felmingham, by Egidia, or Elizabeth, another sister;—also Chris tian and Joan. In 1322, John Rightwise presented to the rectory, and in 1349, John de Whitwell, which John, and John Michels, were found to have an interest herein in the 47th of Edward III. and John Whitwell and Margaret his wife, were living in the 10th of Henry IV. John Whitewll, Esq. died lord in the 7th of Henry VI. and seized of the advowson, leaving Thomas his son and heir, and was buried in the chancel of this church; and Richard Whitwell, in the 20th of Edward IV. John Whitwell, by his will, proved May 8, 1516, was buried by his mother in the chapel of St. John Baptist, in this church; he appoints his cousins, John and Miles Gross, Gent. his executors, and having no issue, Anne his sister, wife of Richard Crofts of Wytton, was his heir, who had livery of it in the 35th of Henry VIII. and on the demise of the said Ann, Thomas her grandson, son and heir of her son Henry, had livery in the 1st of Queen Mary. In the 8th of King Charles I. Thomas Crofts, Esq. of Felmingham and Phillis his wife, settled it on John, his son and heir, and Jane, daughter of Thomas Tilney, on their marriage, and in the 11th of that King, the said John and Jane, had license to alien it to Sir William Denny, Knt. of Norwich, by deed dated June 18, and in the following year, September 1, Thomas Croft, the father, joined in the sale. Sir William Denny, Bart. held it in 1645, and with Catharine his wife, conveyed it October 12, 1649, to Sir Richard Berney, Bart. of Reedham, and William Berney, a younger son. Richard Berney, Esq. (son of William) of Swannington, by his will dated October 2, 1675, was buried in the chancel of Swannington church, gives to his sister Anne, this lordship, &c. who dying s. p. in 1679, William Bladwell, Esq. in right, probably, of his wife Phillippa, who was mother of Richard and Ann Berney aforesaid, and daughter of Thomas Brown, Esq. of Elsing, possessed it, and so it came to Gyles Bladwell, Esq. his son, and half brother to Ann, aforesaid, who was lord in 1715, and afterwards sold it to Talman, who possessed it in 1740. 5 Reg. Hulm fol. 120. • Anne, sister of Richard, and daugh. ter of Willliam Berney, Esq. by Phi lippa, daughter of Thomas Browne, Esq. of Elsing, married Henry Howart, Esq. of Lancashire, and died s. p. |