Risbridge Hundred, Suffolk. Collections relating to its parishes, 1496-1839
Scope and Contents
Barnardiston, Bradley Magna and Parva, Clare, Chedburgh, Chilton or Chipley, Cooling or Coolige, Dalham, Denham, Denston or Denardeston, Depden, Gazely or Gaiesly, Haverhill, Hawkedon, Hundon, Kedington, Kentford, Lidgate, Moulton, Ousden, Poslingford, Stansfield, Stoke juxta Clare, Straddishall, Thurlow Magna and Parva, Whixoe, Wickham-Brook, Wethersfield, Wratting Magna and Parva. Chedburgh (p.21) WILLIAM OF CHEDEBERG, son and heir of Geoffrey of Chedeberg, grants to JOHN, ABBOT OF ST. EDMUNDS all right in a tenement which Geoffrey held from the Abbot in Cheventon and elsewhere. Witnesses: William of Kenham, Edmund of Hemegrave, both knights, Robert of Glemeford, Harvey de Stanton, priest, Peter of Bellocamp', Thomas of Bakepuz, John of Mari', Adam Bertelmen of Cheventon, Robert del Halk, Walter Itinerant. Cooling (p.28) CHARLES SKEPPER, servant of CHARLES WORLEGE, receipt for book of survey of manor of Cowlege, 8 APR 1583; THOMAS KNYVETT: receipt to CHARLES WORLEGE for payment of a rent charge on manor of Cowlege, 8 OCT 1581; memorandum of taking a distress on a piece of land in Cowlindge called Milhill then in occupation of EDMUND HAWKYNS, 20 JUL 1597. (p.31) Number of inns in the hundred of Risbridge, with a note of alehouses and chambers thought fit by the justices to be allowed, signed THOMAS BARNARDISTON, JOHN JERMYN, EDWARD LEWKENOR, THOMAS STUTEVILL, JOHN LEPLANTE, n.d. Dalham (p.36v) Obituary, GENERAL SIR JAMES AFFLECK, Gentleman's Magazine [?], SEP 1833. Haverhill (p.53) Printed pedigree of Edward Turnour, 3rd Earl of Winterton, 1832. Kedington (p.59) MS pedigree of family of Barnardiston. Stoke juxta Clare (p.77) HEINMAN HEINMAN (of Croydon?), letter to JOHN GAGE, 1839. Little Thurlow (p.81) Charges at funeral of Lady Beata Soames, 1679. (p.82) Abstract title of Little Thurlow. (p.83) Copy of epitaphs in Little Thurlow church for Sir Stephen Soame and Lady Anne his wife. Wethersfield (pp.95-96) Wethersfield, manorial court roll, 1496.
Dates
- Creation: 1496-1839
Creator
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
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