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A quire of 8 leaves from the Huntingfield Cartulary comprising deeds for Cookley, Huntingfield, Linstead, 13C - 14C (Henry III - Edward III) and undated. (Found rolled up among court rolls. For the rest of this cartulary, now in the Earl of Ancaster's MSS at Lincolnshire Archives Office, see G.R.C. Davis, Medieval cartularies, no.1258. This quire was not previously known to exist).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A substantial number of the records within the collection concern the administration of the various estates and manors before their purchase by Vanneck. There are lengthy series of medieval court records for the manors of Aldham, Cratfield, Huntingfield, Laxfield, and Leiston Abbey, dating from the 13th century. A few medieval account rolls, rentals and surveys also survive. There is a volume for a Court of “Hethwarmot” (c1504-1518), which dealt with matters relating to right of wreck, ie...

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John Hinton of Heveningham, gentleman; Isaac Dix of Dunwich, carpenter; Francis Robinson of Dunwich, merchant; John Robinson of Dunwich, farmer, Henry Negus junior of Bungay, gentleman, John Wooler of Dunwich, yeoman, James Aldred of Dunwich, labourer.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A substantial number of the records within the collection concern the administration of the various estates and manors before their purchase by Vanneck. There are lengthy series of medieval court records for the manors of Aldham, Cratfield, Huntingfield, Laxfield, and Leiston Abbey, dating from the 13th century. A few medieval account rolls, rentals and surveys also survive. There is a volume for a Court of “Hethwarmot” (c1504-1518), which dealt with matters relating to right of wreck, ie...