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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Flegg Hundreds, West and East Ness NESS Is a common and general name for lands that project towards the sea, or any great water, and make a promontory: from the … word Nass, or Ness, thus we find the island of Foulness in Essex; Sheerness in Kent, and East Ness, by Southwold in …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Hundreds, West and East Oby OBY. Roger Bigot, ancestor of the Earls of Norfolk, was lord of Oby at the survey, and Stanart held it then of Roger. Kingulf, who was lord in the Confessor's time, being deprived, it consisting of 30 … lordship, had also another in this town, of the abbot of St. Bennet. In the 20th of Henry III. William de Ormesby held …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… REPPS cum BASTWICK. Bastwick, was a hamlet belonging to the town of Repps. William de Beaufoe, Bishop of Thetford had a grant from the Conqueror of the lands of two freemen in Bastwick, who were under the protection of Almar Bishop of … held it as a lay fee in his own right. 1 The abbot of St. Bennet at Holm, had also in Bastwick, a freeman, with 2 …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Flegg Hundreds, West and East Rollesby ROLLESBY. In Rolvesbj, a freeman under the protection of Almar, bishop … the protection of Bishop Almar, and of Alwald, abbot of St. Bennet's, who by his tenure had not power either to give … body to be buried in the chancel before the altar of St. George; 3 names Ellen his wife, &c. executors, proved May, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… SOMERTON EAST. Stigand Archbishop of Canterbury was lord in the time of the Confessor, and was a lay fee; Archisti, a … &c he was buried as by his will in 1495, in the church of St. Mary of Somerton, by Joan his wife, and names Agnes his …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… West and East SOMERTON, WEST AND EAST. Wihunmard held at the Conqueror's survey a considerable lordship under Alan, … of land, 4 villains, 11 borderers, 6 servi, 3 carucates in demean, with one and a half among the tenants; 30 acres of … 2 of the freemen, and the moiety of another, did belong to St. Bennet's abbey, but Godram seized of them in the time of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… at 4 s. and Stanart held this under Bigot. 1 The abbot of St. Bennet held one carucate of land with 6 borderers, and 8 acres of meadow, one carucate in demean, and half a carucate among the tenants, 2 runci, 6 … Grome. 1559, Richard Grene, by Sir Thomas Woodhouse. 1568, George Wolf, by the Bishop. 1578, Anthony Wilmot. John …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… and was valued with Hemsby and Martham at 26 l. at the survey; in the time of the Confessor at 29 l. and was, with Hemesby, … who was deprived, and lived under the protection of St. Bennet's abbey; 60 acres of land, 3 of meadow, 5 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… East Grinstead. 51 The ancient parish contained 6,720 a. in 1881. Between 1882 and 1891 a detached part of Ashurst … was bought by the parish council in 1939 as the King George V playing field and continued to be used in 1982. 7 … after 1890, using the iron mission room which had preceded St. Michael's church, Partridge Green. 13 A St. Joseph's …