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VOL. XIII. CONTENTS OF PART CCXCIY. (pp. 16).

A Letter from Thomas Planning, Bishop-Suffrafan of Ipswich, 1637,

concerning Lands at Sudbourne, Co. Suffolk .. 81

Some Suffolk Church Notes. No. LXVII. (eoniintted from p. 68)

Hintlesham , . . . . . , . 82 — 86

Index to Family and Personal Histories relating to Bast Anglia in the

Indexes to Archajological Papers, 1906, 1907 .. .. 87

From a Herald's I..etter Book. No. IV. (eotitiiiueti from p. 58) .. 88, 89

A List of Cambridgeshire Subsidy Rolls {eoiitiuuod from p. 78) . . 90 — 92

The Norwich Dutch Church. No. XX. Early Register of Baptisms,

1598 — 1619 (eoutinuird from p. 80) .. .. .. 92 — 94

Monumental Inscriptions in other Counties relating to East Anglia . . 95

The Manors of Suffolk : Notes on their History and Devolution 96,96

The Norfolk and Suffolk ('oast . . . . . , ' . . 96

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A LETTER OF THOMAS MANNING,! BISHOP-SUFFRAGAN OF IPSWICH, 1537, CONCERNING LANDS AT SUDBOURNE, CO. SUFFOLK.!

In my most hartyest man! that I can I hartly recumend me unto yow ctyfynge yow I have Rec your louynge let? and acordyngly to tlie effect f your desyre I have indeveryd my selfe therin to al iiitentf as thes beres, your §iiaute can report in that behalfe f further 1 assure yow ye shalbe assuryd in that I may do yow any plesure in thes pteys about me as ye schall at any tjTu requyre me be your let? to tlie uttormest of my lytyll powr from tym to tyme. Trustynge that ye wyll wygtsafthe the same to mo in al my resonabyll desyre. and for al swyche lande f tenemete as § Thoas Riishe held in bys lyfe tyme of me in Sudbourue, chylford, orford f Ikyne I have dely^yd a copy to yowr 3uante out of my curt Kollf w* the §uy8 f uuniial rente for the same as in the same to none other for any request or desyre to haue had a gret reward for ther ys myche ferine laud wyche he ded occupy but from yer to yer f also myche copy laud. Trustynge ye wyll cosyder the pmyssf f to se me answeryd accordingly and I shalbe at yowr desyre f request to my lytyll powrf ctyh’nge yow yowr ^iiantf haue takyn gret paynnys w* sw3che dylygeus as 1 thyngt j’s and heraf? shalbe also a commedyte to the ej'er and as I uncPstand they haue ordyned John lane to be yowr baly at baudyssley wyche In my opynyon yf yt shall stand w* yowr plesure to cotyuu ys a man very met for that behalfe as well for j’owr wurshype f profyte as also for quyetynge the powr men in every cause wyche they had ned of for I asserteyn yow they be verj’ powr men as the Kyngf heygnes hath w*in hys Keylme as j’owr luantf can further mak report in that behalfe thus 1 comyt yow to almygty god who send yow as good helthe f longe lyfe as I wold haue myselfe. From butterley the X day of novcber be yowr assuryd to coihand.

Thomas Suffregan of ypswyche.

[Indorsed]

To the wurshypful masf wreys- W. Baines.

thesley * be thys delyQed.

[Also] Eps, Ipswiche.

* Thomas Wrythesley, of Tychefeld, Co. Southampton, Esq., as Guardian of Anthony Rushe.

t Letten and Papers, lien. VIII., vol. xii., part ii., No. 1050.

! Thomas Manning, the first, and until the recent revival of the title, the last Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich, was consecrated by Archbishop Cranmer, March 19th, 1525. The Statute, 26 Henry VIII., cap. 14, instituted the Bishopric. Manning was previously Prior of Butley ; the lands in question are in the immediate vicinity.— [Ed.]

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SOME SUFFOLK CHUECH NOTES. No. LXVII. {continued from p. 68).

Hintlesham.

Hintlesham Church is built partly in Decorated style and partly in Perpendicular, presenting no features of special architectural interest. It comprises chancel, clerestoried nave with north and south aisles, south porch, and square west tower. There is also an ancient vestry or sacristry north of the chancel, provided with its original massive oaken door. Five bells in the steeple are lettered : — loHN Darbie made me 1677. louN Dakbie made me 1678. loHN Darbie made me 1678. loHN Darbie made me 1678. S. H. C. W.

Tho: Gardiner fecit 1722. T. V. C. W.

There is now no chancel arch, but on each side is a large stone corbel carved into a grotesque head, and these probably originally carried an arch or upheld the roodbeam. In the Perpendicular north aisle windows are a few remains of old-patterned glass quarries. A piscina remains in the chancel, and another in each of the aisles.

Weever (1631), speaking of Hintlesham, mentions these sepulchral memorials as existing in his day : —

“ In the middle of the Chancell a fuire blew marble stone, thereon in brasse the proportion of a man in compleat Armour, vnder his head a Healme, thereon on a wreath his Creaste : And on his left hand the pourtraict of a woman in brasse, a little hownd lying at her feet; vnder both these this Inscription: — ‘Hie iacent venerabilis vir Johannes Tymperley, Armiger, heres & Dominvs de Hyntylsham, & Margareta vxor eivs. Qvi qvidem Johannes obijt .... die mensis .... Anno Domini Mcccc .... Qvorvm animabus propicietvr altissimvs.’

“ On another marble stone, a man in compleat Armour in brasse, sans Helme, with this Inscription: — ‘Of your cherite prey for the soul of William Temperley whych dyed the x day of March in the yere of our Lord God mdxxvii on whos soul and all crystyn Jesu have mercy. Amen.”

Both these brasses have disappeared, which is explained by this entry in Dowsing’s “Journal”: —

“Hintlesham, Feb. the 1“” (1643). “We brake down 31 superstitious pictures ; and took up 3 Inscriptions with Ora pro nobit and Cujus anima propicietur JJeus ; and gave order for digging down the Steps.”

Matrices of figures of an armed man and his wife (c. 1470, doubtless the first above-mentioned) can be seen on a marble slab just below the altar rail, and in the nave another stone has been bereft of a figure of a man in civilian dress of apparently a few years earlier.

NOTES AND QUERIES. ETC.

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Formerly the Timperley arms are said to have been — (Gu.) a Hon rampant, party per bend (Erm. and Erms.), but their coat appears thus on all the monuments in the church: — Quarterly, 1st and 4th grandquarters quarterly (Gu. and Arg.), in the 1st quarter an escallop shell (Or) ; 2nd and 3rd, a lion rampant (Gu.). The oldest remaining memorial is an Elizabethan monument on south chancel wall, with marble kneeling effigies of Thomas and Nicholas Timperley. Beneath the former is engraven : —

Hic lACET Thomas Timpley akmiqeyr qti ( obiit 14*“ Ia: 1593,

ET EtHELDREDA VXOR EIVS I 3VA_ FILIA NlCOLAI HaKE, MiLITIS, MaOISTRI I EoTVLORVM, ET KaTHEKI.£ VXORIS EIVS, QViE OBIIT 1558.

Behind him are sculptured in low relief the figures of his children kneeling, described in gilt letters, as

Filivs 1 & Fili.® 9.

The monument was evidently erected in the lifetime of Nicholas Timperley, whose heirs neglected to fill in the space left in his epitaph for date of his decease : —

Hic iacet Nichoi.avs Tympt.ey armioer, | qvi obiit . et

Anna vxor eivs | Filia et ueres Gvilmi. Markham | armiqeri.

His family consists of

Filii 6 & Fiix® 8.

Over the centre of the monument is a shield emblazoned with the Timperley arms ; above Thomas, on a smaller shield, Timperley impales (Gu.) two bars and a chief indented (Or), Ilare. On a third escutcheon, over Nicholas, Timperley impales (Az.) on a chief (Or) a demi-lion issuant (Gu.), Markham.

On the chancel north wall is another twiu memorial of classic design, but without effigies; on it is a shield with Timperley, and there are also two versified epitaphs: —

Time is as precious as the pearle that shines.

And here’s a Timperley this grave confines.

As precious to his frendes, whose every eye Bewayled theire losse ; such worth as destinie Nor death obscures, maugre Oblivion’ spight Vertue’s a glow-worme and will shine by night.

Sir Thomas Timperley | died the 29 day of | Aprill, 1651. I And

This monument, or sable tablet rather,

Of love and dutie to his honoured Father Humbly a sonne presentes, which to each eye Hints what we all must owne (Mortalitie),

Els nothing owne. Dear Father, rest in peace.

You had (1 have) of land and life a lease.

Michaell Timperley | Esq., died the seaventh j of July in the yeare | 1653.

In the same wall is seen a large black marble slab, once in the floor, incised with the figure of Capt. John Timperley, who is shown

G 2

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standing, in demi-armour, his hair worn long and falling in curling locks over the broad lace collar, and he has a moustache and pointed beard. His right hand grasps a tall staff with ornamental head, while the left rests on the pommel of his sword, suspended from a belt passing over his right shoulder. Deep cuffs are reflexed at the wrists, and his feet are protected by huge jack boots. From his cuirass depend large tassels covering the thighs.

Above the figure are incised three shields, of which the central one exhibits the coat of 2'imperley, impaling quarterly, 1st and 4th

( - ) harry nebule of five (Arg. and Sa.) debruised of a bendlet

(Or), Power; 2nd and 3rd (Arg.) a chief indented (Sa.), for Poore of Bletchingtou. The side escutcheons are charged respectively with the bearings of husband and wife, the former differenced by a mullet. At the sides of the monument are trophies, wherein are strangely jumbled together ancient Roman and seventeenth-century armour, weapons, and musical instruments. Beneath the effigy is engraven : —

Lett others tombes which y' glad heires bestowes.

Write golde in nierble, greefe affects no showes.

There’s a trew harte intoomb’d him & that beares A silent & sadd Epitaph, writt in teares.

After the Timperleys the Vesey family would seem to have been people of consequence in the place. A black marble tablet near the last-mentioned records that : —

On a console supporting this tablet are carved these arms: — (Erm.) on a cross (Sa.) five martlets (Or), Vesey, which is incised on another black marble memorial near by, above this inscription : —

A ledger stone within the sacrarium has a shield sculptured with Vesey, impaling (Or) a chevron and two leopard’s faces in chief (Gu.), Harvey. Beneath is: —

In Memory of | Thomas Vesey Gent., who | died April y* 21‘‘ 1736 I Aged 54 | And Elizabeth his Wife, who | died April y* 26"* 1716 Aged 24.

* Corrected into “Esq'.”

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Adjoining this slab is a similar one, with the arms of Beaumont (Az.) sem4e of fleur de lys, and a lion rampant (Or), with Vetey in pretence ; abore this inscription : —

Here Ijetli the Body of | M' John Beaumont | late of Sproughton | in this County, who married Mary, the eldest daughter of Thomas Vesey of the same town, Gentleman. He died 4*'‘ of Oct. 1743 aged 29 Years.

(The greater part of this inscription is beneath the footpace, but the late Rector kindly gave me the above particulars).

Another large marble by the altar is inscribed : —

An adjoining stone states that : —

Another of this family is thus commemorated : —

A tablet in chancel south wall is placed : —

On the opposite wall is another tablet with emblazoned shield with arms of Lloyd- Amtruther (quartering Ertkine Earl of Kellie, Hamilton Duke of Hamilton, Powell and Lloyd); impaling Burrell (quartering Be Vere, Willoughby, Gtoydyr, and Bertie). This memorial is inscribed : —

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THK FAST ANGTJAN ; OR.

To this lady’s mother is placed a tablet, engraved : —

A brass plate has recently been placed in the chancel south wall bearing two emblazoned shields : —

I. Amtruther and Lloyd quartered.

II. Barrington.

The inscription runs : —

In a fillet surrounding the above is the text: —

The Lord redeemeth the soul | of his servants and | none of them that trust in him | shall be desolate.

There are eight hatchments hung in the church : —

1. (Sa.) three horses’ heads erased (Arg.), crest, a horse’s

head erased (Arg.).

2. Lloyd, impaling (Sa.) a chevron engrailed between three garbs (Arg.).

3 and 4. Lloyd (on lozenges).

5. Lloyd, impaling (Sa.) a saltire (Or) between four fleur de lys (Arg.).

6. Beaumont, impaling Vetey ; crest, a lion statant (Or).

7. Lloyd- Amtruther, &c., impaling Burrell, &c., as on the Hon. Mrs. Lloyd-Anstruther’s tablet.

8. Burrell, impaling quarterly, 1st and 4th (Arg.) a greyhound statant regardant (Sa.), ? Ilolford; 2nd and 3rd (Arg.) a pale fusilly (Sa.), Daniell.

Some interesting remains of wall-painting were found in the church in 1894. On the north clerestory wall are portions of a figure of St. Christopher, the south aisle west wall has traces of a diaper of fleur de lys, and the north wall of the same aisle is patterned over the arches with figures of birds. A canopied niche at the east end of this aisle is painted with the initial M and a conventional flower in red on a blue ground, this part of the building being perhaps used as a Lady Chapel.

In the churchyard are several nineteenth-century Vesey inscriptions; also tombstomes to Rev** Edward Boggas, A.M., thirty years rector of Hintlesham, died Aug‘ 19, 1817, aged 65 ; and to the Rev** W"" Henry Deane, 32 years rector, ob* Nov' 30, 1854, set. 56.

(2b he continued). H. W. Birch.

XOTES AND QIIKKIEP, ETC.

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INDEX TO FAMILY AND PERSONAL HISTORIES RELATING TO EAST ANGLIA IN THE INDEXES TO ARCHiEOLOGICAL PAPERS, 1906, 1907.

{continued from vol. xii., p. 54).

CAHBRIDQEaHIRE.

Bowtell, John (Biography), 1753-1813. Camh. Antiq. Soc., vol. xi., pp. 346-384.

Bowtell, John (his nephew), 1777-1855. Camh. Antiq. Soe., vol. xi., pp. 346-384.

Heidleberg Autographs, Camh. Antiq. Soe., vol. xi., pp. 265-268. Hobson and his Watercourse, ,, ,, ,, ,, xi., ,, 262, 263.

Loggan’s Habitus Academici, ,, ,, ,, ,, xi., ,, 276-279.

*Penances in Diocese of Ely, temp. Eliz., Rop. Hitt. Soc., 3rd ser., pp 263-277.

Essex.

Brasses, Estex Arch. Soc., new series, vol. x., pp. 181-227.

Chigwell (Old Wills), ,, ,, ,, ,, x., „ 237-245.

Colchester Town Charters, &c.,Areh. Inst. Journal, vol. Ixiv., pp. 203-209. De Vere (Arms), Ettex Arch. Soc., new ser., vol. x., pp. 265, 266. Essex Worthy, A Forgotten, ,, „ „ x., ,, 43-46.

Sackville Family, Arch. Inti. Journal, vol. Ixiv., pp. 217-226.

Scott of Wolston Hall, Estex Arch. Soc., new ser., vol. x., p. 108. Stratford, Abbots of, ,, ,, „ ,, x., „ 109.

Wethersfield, Manor of. Rich. II. ,, „ ,, x., pp. 246-250.

Norfolk.

Dunston Church (Brass), Mon. Bratt Soc., vol. v., pp. 153-157. Hastings, Sir Hugh, Archeeologia, vol. lx., part i.

Suffolk.

Bookeof Sub8criptions(1663-1705), Suff. Intt. Proc.,yo\. xiii., pp. 44-56. Nicholas of Kenton, ,, ,, ,, xiii., ,, 20-23.

Thornhill, Sir James, Diary 1711 ,, „ ,, xiii., ,, 33-43.

Wills, Bury, Pre-Reformation, Suff. Intt. Proc., vol. xii., part iii., pp. 1-246.

Wills, Bury, Pre-Reformation, Lists from, Suff. Intt. Proc., vol. xiii., pp. 57-102.

Workers of Eliz. Church Plate, Suff. But. Proc., vol. xiii., pp. 103-105.

Arthur E. Stedmak.

* First truated in Eati Anglum, vol. x., pp. 277, 278, uud subsequently Vol. xii., pp. 382*384.

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FROM A HERALD’S LETTER BOOK. No. IV.

{continued from p. 58).

Honored S',

I am sorry that my occasions att the Sessions did hinder my attendance vppon you, & that yo* were soe vrgent as to fiorce you Away before the Court did Rise, especially in regard of M' Acton, whoe was then in towne, & hath bin twice with me sithence in the behalfe of his nephew, & left order w'** me to send A messenger one purpose to him when you came Againe: he is nowe gone to doctor Browne of Norw'**, were he shalbe ffor about A fortnight, and att his Retume he will come to me to haue some further Accompt, w'*" I desire to haue fro you, ffor I Really pceive A complience wilbe with you, only he stand ffor A conformation of those Armes & not A newe grant, which iff you please to send Answers whether you may confirms those or must grant newe I am confident vppon his Returns to put A period to itt, and 1 beleive itt will brings others to A compliance. S', in this or any things else I shalbe Re^y to serve you to my power, & shall trouble you noe more att pseut, but to assure you,

1 am. S',

Reall servant,

Ipsv

8® ffeb: 1671. M' Clarke,

Ro: Clarke.

(12).

To satisfy S' Edw: Bishe who desires some small alteration, I desire it might be onely in the Crest, for vndoubtedly the Coat of Armes is the same w'** our family haue had many yeares. ffor myselfe I regard not y* honour, being a single man, a younger brother, and goeing out of y* world: I act onely for a Nephew that is vnder age, whose great-grandfather & a younger brother came out of Worcestershire about 100 yeares since, haueing all along borne this Coat w*'‘out any contradiction ; & to be now questioned, I take it to be au act of great seuerity. If S' Edw: please to confirme this, he shall haue the charges for it brought him to y* Assizes, if he please to send you word before, what that will be : there is a muUett also in our Coat w'** I had almost forgot

to mention. t

1 rest,

Yo' assured friend to serue you,

Bramford, Wiltm Acton.

ffeb: 23“>, 1671.

Sr,

(13).

I intend (God willinge) to sett fforward to London this day seven night, & shall waite vppon you about M' Acton, whoe desires the same Armes that nowe are given iff itt may be Confirmed.

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Acton beareth gules, a Sesse & bordure ingrailed Ermyne : iff this favour cannot be granted then to make the bordure Invected, w'** is defference enough in the eye of any Skilfull Herald. S', iff you please to send me one Lyue by next post w'** of thes you are willinge to doe, 1 shall take itt as a Curtesye, being to meet M' Acton the day before I come ffor J<ondon. M' Sorrell & M' Brownbrigg haue spoken to me about there Armes, w'** att my Cominge I shall treat w*** you about. And in the interim shalbe Ready to doe you all the service I can & Remaine,

Yo" to serve you,

Ro: Clarke.

[Emanuel Sorrell was Knighted by King Charles the Second. John Brownrigge was a wealthy Portman of Ipswich. There are fine pedigrees of both families in the Tanner MSS. in the Bodleian Library.

The Arms allowed to John Acton in the Suffolk Visitation of 1664 (Harl. MSS. 1085) were Gules, a fesse within a bordure engrailed Ermine. There is a mullet in the dexter chief. Beneath the shield is a note “ to London for diff: ” indicating some possible difference or alteration; but it has been crossed out].

Honored S',

My longe silence hath bin occasioned by my beinge in Essex, but Returninge I found A List of names w'** M' Brooke brought. Wee haue Appoynted Munday next to consider the best way to serve you therin, And doe assure you nothinge shalbe wantinge in vs to pforme itt. S', Iff you please to bringe M' Sorrell’s Coate to the next Assizes he or I wilbe Ready w'*' mony to satisfie you. But I pceive by him & some others that are in hande w'*’ me that iff they haue not the Seale itt will not be soe pleasinge to them. They alsoe finde ffault that you only say “Entered in the VisitacSn of Suff. made 1664,” but doe not say whose Coate itt is. And fro thence they infer that itt may be Entered As Another mans as well as the Right owner; S', I conceive thes little things wilbe noe piudice to you, but the grantinge of them I am Confident w" much further yo' service; M' Style is in the Cuntry, but I cannot Leame any thinge fro him, but wul [<tc] uiewe high iff not higher then formerly. Not else but the tender

of my harty Service. ^ o.

I remaine. S',

Yo' harty servant,

6<> July, 1672. Ro: Clarke.

S', I mett w'** An Antient servant of the Sorrells whoe assure me that M' Sorrell Grandfather was of the ffamilie of the Sorrells in Essex.

(To he continued).

J. J. Muskett.

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A LIST OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE SUBSIDY ROLLS.

{continued from p. 78).

Appendix No. XII.

The Clerical Poll Tax of 1379 in Cambridgeshire.

Although this county is not fortunate enough to have preserved any of the lay poll tax lists for the fourteenth century, a clerical poll tax list is existing, and is here printed. The tax was granted by the convocation which sat on May 9th, 1379, and it was graduated as follows: — Bishops, mitred abbots, and other spiritual peers paid £4 ; others with a benefice of 400 marks paid £3 ; those with a benefice of between £200 and 400 marks paid £2 ; those with a benefice of between £100 and £200 paid £1. 10». ; those between £50 and £100 paid £l; those between £20 and £50 paid 10«. ; those between £10 and £20 paid 5s.; all other beneficed clergy paid 2s. Monks and nuns, and other men and women of any religious order, according to the value of the house to which they belonged, paid 1«. id. to 3s. Ad. All unbeneficed clerks. Ad. All advocates, proctors, and notaries public, if unmarried, paid 3s. Ad. ; the married paid with the laity (Dowell’s iZi'«/ory of Taxes, vol. i., p. 107).

The commission to the Prior of Anglesey to collect the tax in Cambridgeshire was issued on the 16th of June. The list he returned is in an excellent state of preservation, and contains many points of interest. The Bishop of Ely stands first on the list, he and the Prior of Ely are the only ones in the county who pay at the highest rate. These are followed by the regular clergy, house by house, and then the Cambridge Colleges. Each of these seems to be taxed at the same rate as the head of a religious house of the same value would have been taxed. The scholars, most of whom would probably have claimed benefit of clergy, are not taxed. They must have been specially exempted. In the Poll Tax of 1377, clerks studying in the University of Cambridge, the four orders of mendicants and notoriously poor persons were exempted, by mandate of Bishop, dated let April, 1377. Two days later another mandate was issued that the Cambridge students were to pay, but they refused to pay anyone but the Chancellor {see Abstracts of Ely Episcopal Registers by Rev. J. H. Crosby in Ely Diocesan Remembrancer).

The colleges are followed by the names of nine beneficed clergy, the rectors of Elsworth, Conington, Haddenham, Kingston, Box- worth, Swavesey, Over, and Linton, and the Chaplain of Wilburton. The rectors of Linton and Swavesey were regulars, and I can only account for the other seven being in this part of the list by supposing that they were also regulars. The different houses of nuns follow, and one is surprised to find Denney almost equal to Ely in number of inmates. Then come the rectors and vicars, arranged in deaneries, after whom, also arranged in deaneries, the unbeneficed clerics.

NOTES AND QTTEllIES, ETC.

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Last of all come the clerics of the Bishop’s household, twenty in number. Some of these were doubtless waiting for promotion. Two were living in SwaSham Nunnery, which seems curious.

The total number of religious liable to the tax was 584, and is made up as follows: —

Beoulars.

Ely {Benedictines) . . . .46

Thorney ,, ..... 28

Barnwell {Austin Canons) . . . .17

Anglesey ,, . . . .7

Ely, Hospital of St. John . . . .6

Cambridge, Hospital of St. John . . .6

Free Chapel of Sturbridge .... 1

Hectors of Boxworth, Conington, Elsworth, Kingston, Haddeuham, Linton, Over, and Swavesey, and the Chaplain of Wilburton . . .9

Denney {By-aneisean Jfuns) . . . .41

Chatteris {Benedectine Nuns) . . . .15

St. Hhadegund ,, . . . .11

Ickleton ,, . . . .9

Swaffham ,, .... 7

SKCUt^BS.

Hectors and Vicars . . . • .139

Chaplains and Clerics ..... 239

Notary Public ...... 1

Hegulars .... 203

'Seculars .... 379

Bishop and Archdeacon . . 2

584

The total is considerably below the number taxed in 1381, as given in Powell’s Rising in East Anglia, p. 124: — Hegular and secular clergy, 625; deacons, acolites, and inferior clergy, 134; total, 759. But there are certain omissions from the list here printed. The Gilbertine Canons of Fordham are net included, as that house was in the Diocese of Norwich. Nor are the Priories of Spinney or Mirmaud mentioned. Several hospitals, such as that at Whittlesford Bridge, are absent. But the most noteworthy omission is that of the Knights Hospitallers. Although in early times this order was exempt, it was certainly taxed for this subsidy, every preceptor paying £ I , every knight 1 3<. 4d., and every other brother 3*. Ad. There were several preceptories in this county : Chippenham, Duxford, Shingay, and Wilbraham. There were five brethren at Shingay in 1338. Then there is the absence of the Cambridge scholars already mentioned.

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The distribution of the unbeneficed clergy is curious. Here are the numbers of beneficed and unbeneficed in each deanery: —

Desneries.	Number of Puishes.	Beneficed.	Unbeneficed.	Total No. of Cleric*.
Bourn .	23	23	55	78
Barton .	21	22	37	59
Cambridge	12	13	23	36
Camps .	30	30	32	62
Chesterton	15	17	27	44
Ely	14	13	50	63
Shingay	14	15	18	33
Wisbech	5	6	32	38

It will be noticed that Camps and Shingay have the smallest average of clerics, and in those deaneries there were comparatively few unbeneficed clergy. It is not surprising to find such an excess of unbeneficed clerks in the Deanery of Ely, but why there should be more than five times more unbeneficed than beneficed in Wisbech Deanery, and more than twice that number in Bourn Deanery, is not easy to explain, except by assuming that the population in those deaneries was larger than elsewhere in the county. At Fen Drayton in Bourn Deanery there were six clerics and a stipendiary chaplain besides the rector, whilst at Over, a village more than three times as large, there was neither chaplain or cleric other than the rector. At Linton in the Deanery of Camps there was a non-resident rector, a vicar, and one stipendiary chaplain, but in the next village, Hildersham, about a third the size of Linton, there was a rector and three stipendiary priests. The unbeneficed clergy naturally fall into two groups, those who had a stipend and were therefore taxed at 2i., and those without a stipend, who paid a groat like the peasant. The former are called “dominus” and “capellanus” invariably, but the latter simply “clericus.” It is sometimes specified that a “capellanus” was a parish chaplain or a chantiy priest, but usually we are left to guess whether they were chantry or gild priests or engaged in performing obits, etc. Some of the “ clerici ” were probably engaged in secular affairs, such as keeping farm accounts.

Linun, Cambt. {To be continued). W. M. Palmer.

THE NOKWICH DUTCH CHURCH. No. XX. EARLY REGISTER OF BAPTISMS, 1598—1619. {concluded from p. 80).

Februarius, 1612.

(JacobusMasschelyn,filius Gideon ende syner huysvrouwe Christina, geboren in St, Pauwels ; getuygen, William Bradfort, francoys Boey, Claes doyvaert, ende Susanna de huysvrouwe van Salomon Cortyll. ^oopt \ Joannes de puydt, filius Daniel ende syner huysvrouwe Jakemyne, f^rurij 1 iti St. Pieters in Consfort ; getuygen, Claes priem, Jan Cousse,

' Jan Cabeliau, ende Sara d’huysvrouwe van Carel Kokele.

NOTES AND QUERIES. ETC.

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Jacobus van berthen, filius Jonathans ende syner huysvrouwe Hargriete, geboren den 28 Januarij in 8t. Andries ende gedoopt den 2 februarij ; getuyghen, Jaques van berthen ende neelken d’huysvrouwe van Jan Cueleman.

Elisabeth van dycke, filia Abrahams ende syner huysvrouwe synken Castiers, geboren in St. Laurens den 31* Januarij, ende war gedoopt den 16* februarij ; getuygen, Jeremias Allays, Michiel Dammer, ende Elisabeth d’huysvrouwe van Boeland de CaJiert.

Isaack van hecke, filius Abrahams ende syner huysvrouwe Susanna, geboren in St. Maryes prochie den 14 februarij, ende war gedoopt den 23 Ditto; getuygen, Joel Desormeaux, Pr. boey, ende Mayken d’huysvrouwe van Thomas dickeson.

Martius.

Judith van der steene, filia ferdinandi ende syner huysvrouwe Elisabeth, geboren den 26 februarij in St. maria prochie ; getuyghen, Robert Micle, Pr. van den bossche, ende Jaeutgen vxor Gideon de Mey.

Jaquemyne Verhaghe. filia Jans geboren den 3 Martij ; getuyghen, Jaspar Boudrij, Abraham Dammere, ende Jaquemyne vxor Abraham fiallion.

Salomon de waghenare, filius Salomons ende syner huysvrouwe Susanna, geboren den 28 februarij in St. Sweetins prochie; getuyghen, Jooris de waghenaere, Boudewyn wydoot ende Susanna w* van Israel Durant.

Jacob boost, filius Jans ende syner huysvrouwe Esther, geboren den 1* Martij in St. Laurens prochie; getuyghen, Claes de Clerck, Jacob de Jue Junior, ende Susanna w* van Pr. Cruwe.

Aprilis.

Abigael letten, filia Daniel ende syner huysvrouwe Jakemynken, geboren in St. Michiels den 30 martij ende was gedoopt den 7* Aprilis ; getuygen, Samuel Puckle ende Annes fuller.

Lydia de clerck, filia Isaac ende syner huysvrouwe Lidia, geboren, Sti. Gregorij den 31*° martij ; getuygen, Abraham de clerck, Johannes Michiel, ende Margriete de clerck.

Fransynken de man, filia Pauwels ende Mayken syner huys¬ vrouwe, geboren de 3® Aprilis in St. Laurens pchie; getuygen, Cornells Jansen, Abraham de witte, ende fransynken de man Jonghe dochter.

Rebecca Willemson, filia Jans ende Abigael syner huysvrouwe ; de getuygen, Pieter buyck, David Somerman, ende Catelyne marants.

Mey.

Maria mergelen, filia Jacobs ende syner huysvrouwe Susanna, geboren in St. Jooris prochie den 1 1 Aprilis ende was gedoopt den 21 Ditto; getuygen, olivier dacket ende Mayken de huysvrouwe van Maerten Moenen.

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Johannes Bochelioen, filius Jans was gedoopt den 3 Meij; getujgen, Abram falliart, Willem vertegans, ende Janneken vxor abraham gallents.

Jacob trioen, filius Jacobs ende syner huysvrouwe Janneken,

feboren den 6 Mey in St. Andries ; de getuyghen, Mayhieu trioen, alomon verbinck, ende Mayken lonneven.

Petrus Caelde, filius Pieters ende syner huysvrouwe esther, geboren den 31 Mey int St. Michiels a Coslaney ende was gedoopt den 7 Junij ; getuyghen, Jan van Ixem, Abraham van den dorpe ende Mayken van houte, de \v« van Pieter.

Junius.

Nicolaus van brabant, filius Josias ende syner huysvrouwe lydia, geboren in St. Jans at Maddremarcket ende was gedoopt den 14 Junij ; getuygen, Claes sohyer ende tannekeu mols w* van Jacob de boos.

Beniamin Vermote, filius Andries ende syner huysvrouwe Janneken, geboren in St. Andries; getuygen, Jan de march, Jan Entea, ende Sara vxor John fletcher.

Isaac bril, filius Christiaeu ; getuygen, Isaac Cauraet, Anthonis Symon, herman Schifkeu, ende Sara snees.

Julius.

Susanna Michiels, filia Johannis ende syner huysvrouwen Mayken, geboren in St. Gregorius prochie den 19 Julij ende was gedoopt den 21'“ ditto; getuyghen, Matheus de boos, Susanna de huysvrouwe van David de clerck ende Anneken Crops.

Joannes Turck, filius Thomas ende syner huysvrouwe Elisabeth, geboren den 16 Julij; getuygen, Christiaen van der Vyucke ende Jaentgen vxor geeraert van der Vynck.

Cornelia filia Thomas Smyth ende syner huysvrouwe Cornelia, geboren in St. Gregoris den 26 Julij ; getuygen, Pieter waleweyn Junior ende Cornelia vxor Jan van Ixem.

Augustus.

Beniamin van berthen, filius Davids ende syner huysvrouwe Susanna, geboren in St. Andries den 16 August! ende was gedoopt den 18 Ditto; getuygen, Jaques van berthen ende Catelyne w* Philips Andries.

Mayken de poortere, filia herculis ende syner huysvrouwe Jasperyne, geboren den 4 August! in St. Jans pchie ; getuygen, Jacob de Jue, Boudewyu Wydoot, ende mayken vxor Isaac d’hout.

Maria Lamiuen, filia Jacobs ende syner huysvrouwe Anna, geboren den 3 August! ; getuygen, Guilliames de Clercke, Claes faylliaert ende Jakemyne vxor david van de Vivere.

{To he continued).

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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN OTHER COUNTIES RELATING TO EAST ANGLIA.

Church of St. Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London. — Monument on wall of north aisle ; — Near this Place | Lies interr’d the Body of Matthew Howard of Thorpe in the County of Norfolk Esq' | who Died March 22"'* 1737, in SS"* year of his Age.

Painted on a board on wall of south aisle is the following: — Dame Dyonis Williamson, of Hales Hall in the County of Norfolk, gave to the inhabitants of this parish 2,000£ towards the re¬ building and splendid finishing this church & steeple & furnishing the same with bells, etc., which was demolished by the late dreadful fire. Anno 1666. Trutteei.

George Smallwood, Rector.

Clement Stone Auther Bettisworth

William Withers Robert Leeson

Thomas Gardener John Traherne

Samuell Waldo church Wardem.

Sonning-on-Thaues, Berks. — On north wall of north aisle at

west end : — In memory of Thomas Hubbard, Clerk, Vicar of this Parilh forty years. Born at Finningham in Suffolk August y' 6*** 1716, Died Oct' y' 12*** 1781. And of Jenny Maria his Wife, Daughter of John Pell, Efq' of the City of Norwich, who died May y* 30*'’ 1780, in the 63"* year of her Age.

On the south wall of south aisle at east end : — Sacred to memory | of William Barker Esq. of Sunning Berks | who died A.D. 1758, ffi. 57 years | by whofe deniife an ancient Family became extinct. | Alfo of Olivia his Wife | third Daughter of John Marriott Efq' of SturRon Hall, Suffolk, | by Anne only Daughter and Heirefs of S' Thomas Style Bar' of Wateringbury in Kent. | She died A.D. 1780,

2E. 80 years. Bourton-on-WeUer,

Harry Clifford.

Gloucestershire.

The Manors of Suffolk: Notes on their History and

Devolution, The Hundreds of (1) Barergh, Blackburne ;

(2) Blything, Bosmere and Claydon; (3) Carlford and Colneis, CosFORD AND Hartismere; (4) Hoxne, Lackford, and Loes. By W. A. Copinger, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A., &c. London: T. Fisher Unwin ; Manchester : Taylor, Garnett, Evans, & Co. (Privately printed for subscribers). The issue of the first four volumes of Dr. Copinger’s great work is a cause for unbounded satis¬ faction. Large in its conception it entirely fulfils all that was expected at the hands of so eminent an authority, and we

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The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast. (The County Coast Series). By W. A. Dutt. Illustrated. London: T. Fisher Unwin. The great advance which has been made in the character and appearance of topographical works of recent times cannot be better exemplified than by contrasting this most recent guide to The Norfolk and Stiffolk Coa^t with the late Mackenzie Walcott’s The Eastern Coast of England^ published in 1861. In Mr. Dutt’s book we are at once made aware of a significant change in book production. In days gone by the absence of pictorial illustrations from a book descriptive of scenery and the like would have been in no way detrimental to its success; this is evidenced by Mr. Walcott’s and many another publication. In addition to a coloured frontispiece from a water-colour drawing of Bawdsey Ferry a largo number of excellent illustrations from photographs serve to embellish the text of an eminently readable, and withal, useful book. Each chapter discovers to us a centre from which all places of interest in the vicinity may be said to radiate, a plan that answers admirably in covering a district. We have had occasion previously to refer to the general excellence of Mr. Dutt’s local books, and certainly this on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk is quite w’orthy of his reputation. In saying this we should like to add that the sentiments and views of other writers which Mr. Dutt occasionally quotes are as a rule of scarcely sufficient importance to find a place amidst his chatty information.

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