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 GREAT DOMESDAY BOOK OF IPSWICH; 
 
 ' LIBER SEXTUS : 
 With an Introduction to the Entire Vohime, 
 
 FULL NOTES AND A COMMENTARY; 
 
 WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE EARLIER 
 
 LITTLE DOMESDAY BOOKS 
 
 BELONGING TO THE SAME TOWN, 
 
 BY THE 
 
 REV. G. H. EVELYN WHITE, 
 
 IPSWICH, 
 
 Honorary Seer 'ary of the Suffolk Institute of Archwofogy and Natural 
 
 History, Editor of the Society^s ' Proce dings,' and of " The East 
 
 Anglian Notes and Queries," <tc. 
 
 PRICE: TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. 
 
 IPSWICH : PAWSEY AND HAYES, ANCIENT HOUSE. 
 MDCCCLXXXV. 
 
 [Two Hundred and Fifty Copies only Printed.'] 
 
GREAT DOMESDAY BOOK OF IPSWICH; 
 
 LIBER SEXTUS: 
 
 With an Introduction to the Entire Vohime, 
 
 FULL NOTES AND A COMMENTAKY ; 
 
 WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE EARLIER 
 
 LITTLE DOMESDAY BOOKS 
 
 BELONGING TO THE SAME TOWN, 
 
 ,! ■'' ' ^^■^^'^', ' , >' . 
 
 REV, C, H. EVELYN WHITE, 
 
 1) 
 
 IPSWICH, 
 
 Honorary Secretary of the Suffolk Institute of Archceolojy and Natural 
 
 History, Editor of the Society's 'Proceedings,' and of " The East 
 
 Anglian Notes and ■Queries,'''' <L"C. 
 
 PRICE: TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. 
 
 IPSWICH : PAWSEY AND HAYES, ANCIENT HOUSE. 
 MDCCCLXXXV. 
 
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iFSWicn ; 
 
 FEINTED BY PAW8EY AND HAYES, ANCIENT EOl'SE, BUTTEB MAKKLT. 
 
THE GREAT DOMESDAY BOOK OF IPSWICH, 
 
 COMPILED BY EICHAKD PERCYVALE. 
 12 HENET VIII. 
 
 LIBER SEXTUS. 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENTIRE VOLUME AND THE EARLIER 
 DOMESDAY BOOKS BELONGING TO THE TOWN. 
 
 The ancient Borough of Ipswich, besides possessing 
 a rather remarkable and extensive collection of Rolls, 
 Charters and Letters Patent, Deeds, both private and 
 municipal, as well as other miscellaneous writings of 
 varied worth, is fortunate in having among the town 
 Archives, several books, both written and printed, 
 which are of special value and importance, alike to the 
 antiquary and historian, and of no small account in the 
 eyes of the intelligent burgess, who rightly regards each 
 as a link in the silver chain that connects the present 
 with the past. The interest which attaches to these 
 volumes may be said mainly to centre in those, known 
 respectively as the * New ' or ' Great ' Domesday and the 
 ' Old ' or ' Little ' Domesday Book, concerning which, 
 and especially the former, I desire to draw attention. 
 
 The ancient laws and customs of Ipswich, dating 
 from a very early period of the town's constitution and 
 history, were originally contained in certain Rolls, once 
 the cherished inheritance of our forefathers, but which, 
 alas! were in the 56th year of the reign of Henry III. 
 
abstracted from tlie " Corny n Hutclie or Clieste"and, 
 rcju^ardless of the <>:ricvous injury inflicted tliereby upon 
 the town, purloined by a certain notorious Town Clerk 
 f^^ tin fam ccmnn ClcrV) one, John le Blake, of whom, 
 and the ])iecious Rolls, it is almost needless to say, 
 Dothi'ifi* further: was heard. 'Men of the East' are 
 proverbially '^wisc,'' so that it is no cause for surprise, 
 that we find the Ipswich townsfolk soon after this 
 occurence, deputing to twenty-four of their number, the 
 task of compiling afresh an account of the ancient 
 usages of the Borough, of the extreme importance of 
 which they thus appear to have been fully sensible. 
 These revived customs, ordinances and regulations, were 
 embodied in the volume since known as the ^^ Domesday 
 des Leyes e des usages de Gippestviz,^^ but more commonly 
 as the ' Little Domesday Book,' and appears to have 
 been completed in the 19th year of Edward I. This 
 work, however, seems very soon after to have disappeared, 
 but not before two official copies had been made sometime 
 during the reign of Edward II., and these were a little 
 later on, increased to the number of three. 
 
 Of the fourteenth century transcripts, one is an 
 octavo volume, containing within its leather covers, 
 ninety-one leaves of vellum, upon fifty of which, appear 
 in a neat hand, a copy in French of the former Domesday 
 Book, while sundry other matters, of a later period, 
 occupy the remaining forty one skins. 
 
 The other transcript, or duplicate copy, is apparently 
 the work of the same penman, and also contains on the 
 leaves not used for the original purpose of the book, 
 much interesting matter of a subsequent date. 
 
 A third transcript of a similar character, and 
 executed probably about the same time as the two copies 
 just mentioned, but every way inferior to them, found 
 its way some twenty-five years ago into the hands of 
 the British Museum authorities,* under circumstances 
 
 * " Le Domesday des Leyes et Usages de Gippewiz 19 Edw : I. Br: Mus: CLVii. B. 
 Add MSS. 25,011. 
 
detailed at length in the Report recently made by Mr. 
 J. C. JeafFreson for the Historical MSS. Commission 
 (Appendix ix, p. 242). Beside the French text, this 
 copy has an English translation, and is easily accessible 
 to the student in an admirable edition published in the 
 Roll series,* which has an able introduction, pointing 
 out especially the importance of the Ipswich Domesday 
 as a unique volume among a rare class of documents : 
 valuable foot notes, explanatory of obsolete terms, &c., 
 are to be found on nearly every page. 
 
 In addition to this volume, a fifteenth century copy 
 of this Domesda}^, was, at the same time as the other 
 transcript mentioned, purchased by the Trustees of the 
 British Museum, in whose custody it remains. 
 
 This latter volume was in all probability the pre- 
 cursor of the ' new ' or ' Great' Domesday Book, so called 
 from having been compiled in the 12th year of Henry VIII, 
 and owing also to its great size, compared with the earlier 
 transcripts of the former Domesday. Except onlyin point 
 of priority of date, the Great Domesday Book of Richard 
 Percy vale, (formerly one of the Portmen of the Town,) is 
 a volume of far greater interest and importance than the 
 earlier volumes to which allusion has been made, and 
 supplied, what must liave been a long felt want, in giving 
 (to use the words of the compiler) ^^as many of the old grants, 
 liberties, ordinances, latvs and good constitutions,''^ as he could 
 find ^^prescription or good matter of record for, with divers 
 and sundry other matters right necessary to he had and blown 
 in the toimi and borough of Ipswich.''^ (see Prologue.) 
 
 The Great Domesday Book is a finely written^ thick 
 folio, bound in old embossed calf, measuring 16 in. by 
 12 in, and containing 271 leaves of vellum, the whole 
 being divided into seven Books (preceded by the prologue) 
 which are as follows : — 
 
 LiBEE Peimus, contains the Charter granted in the 
 first year of the reign of King John, followed by records 
 
 * The Black Book of the Admiralty, Appendix, Part ii, vol. ii, 1873, Edited by Sir 
 Travers Twiss, Q.c, d.c.l. 
 
of succeeding ic^rants, &c., as far as 13 Edward I. This 
 book is nuiinly taken up with matter contained in the 
 Little Domesday Volume and consists of twenty-one 
 vellum leaves, and one leaf blank. (It is preceded by 
 live blank leaves, upon the back of one of these a 
 memorandum is written.) 
 
 LiBKii Secundus, has an English rendering of the 
 eighty-three chapters contained in the earlier volume, 
 where it is given in French ; to these ordinances and 
 regulations affecting the municipal life, twenty others of 
 a latter date are added in Latin, the most remarkable 
 being those for the proper ordering of the religious 
 observances connected with the famous Merchants Guild 
 of Cor})us Christi. This book occupies no less than 
 fifty-eight leaves : there are beside seventeen that are 
 plain. 
 
 Liber Tertius, is taken up with 
 
 (1) An Ordinance for the regulation of the beremen or 
 Wjincdragrjcrs (porters) as laid down in the Little 
 Domesday. 
 
 (2) The Toune Custumes belonging to the Kynge's 
 fee-ferme. 
 
 (3) The Assise of weyiug of brede after the Statue 
 of Wynchester. 
 
 (4) The Assyse for bruers. 
 
 This book contains fifteen leaves, with one left plain 
 at the end. 
 
 Liber Quartus, has in Latin " the constitucion for 
 Corpus Christi procession and in what manor the Maundy 
 shulde yerely be kepte with other dyuers remembraunces 
 requesyte to be had in memory ;" followed by an order 
 " how cuery occupacion or craftesmen shuld ordre them- 
 selfies in their goyng * * * in the same procession." 
 There are also between 30 and 40 other distinct entries 
 consisting of copies of Indentures, acquittances, enrol- 
 ments, grants, extracts, memorandums, &c., &c., the 
 whole occupying seventy-eight leaves, 18 or 19 of which 
 are written in a late (bad) hand {temp. Eliz: and Ph: and 
 
Mary) and two blank leaves. Three leaves that follow, 
 which may also be said to form part of Book iv, contain 
 in several different hands, various oaths added at a 
 subsequent time to those which appear in Book v. so as 
 to meet the requirements of after legislation, viz. 
 
 (a) The Bailiffs (as to Impanelling Juries.) 
 
 (b) Justices of the Peace. 
 
 (c) Searchers of Leather. 
 
 (d) Sealer of Leather. 
 
 (e) Fleshwardens. 
 
 (/) Wardens of the Foundation (29 Sep. 1623) 
 {(/) Town Treasurer. 
 (h) Clavigers. 
 
 The fourth book is thus by far the largest portion 
 of the several divisions marked in the volume, and has 
 the widest range of subjects. 
 
 Liber Quintus, is by reason of its contents, that part 
 of the book which in former days was most frequently 
 called into requisition, and from it, the markets &c., were 
 periodically proclaimed. Li consists of twenty leaves, 
 which bear marks of long continued usage, at the end 
 of which are two blank leaves, and contains ''alle the 
 othes that euery bayliff, portman, burgeys and alle other 
 officers be wonte to swere when they be admyttyd into 
 ther romys and offices with other dyuerse articules that 
 the bayliffes of this towne be bounde to se obserued and 
 kepte and to proclayme them euery yere in dyuers places 
 of this Town with the Libertyes of this town by water 
 and by land." 
 
 Liber Sextus, may claim to be regarded as a book 
 possessing more general interest than the others. 
 The greater part of the contents of this portion, is taken 
 up with matters relating, not to Ipswich only, but to 
 the whole County of Suffolk i.e. (1) Taxes paid by every 
 town in Suffolk to the King's Grace. (2) List of Knights' 
 Fees of tlie Honors of Lancaster and Leicester in the 
 County of Suffolk. It contains also, (a) a curious heraldic 
 
description of the arms borne by divers Sovereigns ; {h) a 
 quaint niemorandnni of ancient lineal measurements, and 
 M-liat I have elsewere spoken of as, {c) a " Rhyming 
 Chronicle of the Kings of England," (William I. to 
 Edward IV.), and attributed to Lydgate, the Monk-poet 
 of Bury,* which brings the sixth book to a conclusion. 
 There are in this part, twenty leaves, three of which 
 remain blank. 
 
 Liber Septimus, is the last book: it contains the 
 Charter contirmcd to the town in the 3rd year of Henry 
 VII I. with another Charter relating to the Admiralty,and 
 sundry other matters, written upon nineteen leaves, and 
 there arc beside, nine leaves at the end left plain. 
 
 The character and contents of the Great Doomsday 
 Book, as well as the object and design of its predecessors, 
 may, it is thought from this description, be deemed of 
 sufficient interest to lead many to desire a further and 
 fuller acquaintance with the volume, such as a study of 
 the book in its entirety can alone give. 
 
 It will be seen that the Great Domesday Book, is 
 in point of fact, what in process of time the earlier 
 Domesday volumes were inclined to become, a veritable 
 olla podrida, for, if not exactly a receptacle for " odds and 
 ends," many of the entries there made, cannot but be 
 regarded as altogether foreign to the original j^urpose for 
 which such a book was designed. We have, however, 
 abundant cause for satisfaction, that the Great Domesday 
 Book, is in respect of its varied contents, just what it is; 
 the antiquary especially w^ill be sure to find pleasure in 
 the preservation of such quaint things as some which 
 are here recorded, and which might otherwise have 
 disappeared altogether. This feature is prominent in, 
 and indeed may be said in a great measure to be confined 
 to, tlie sixth book. Beside all this the inhabitant of 
 Suffolk may find therein matters of some importance to 
 the whole County, which perhaps point to a position, 
 more or less one of pre-eminence, which may have been 
 
 * East Anglian, New Ser., vol, i., pp. 38, 41. 
 
occupied by the town of Ipswich in the reign of Henry 
 VI. and have caused the Borough to be regarded also as 
 a ' remembrancer ' and custodian for the County at 
 large. The section which best illustrates this conjecture, 
 is the following account, also from the sixth book, of the 
 ^'- taxes 'paid hj every Trnvn in Sujfolk to the King's Grace ^'' 
 which deserves to be made accessible to all who are 
 interested in the history of the County. Of such taxes 
 it may be said, that originally the amount payable to the 
 King was uncertain, being levied by fresh assessments at 
 each grant made by the Commons, but in the 8th year of 
 Edward III. new taxations were made, by virtue of the 
 King's Commission, of every township &c. in the kingdom, 
 which quite settled the tax payable in each several case, 
 and for the County of Suffolk, is that here recorded. 
 
 
 " HERE BEGYNNETH THE VI'.'' PARTE OF THIS BOKE 
 AND FIRST FOLOWITH WHAT TAXES EVY TOWN 
 IN SUFFOLK PAYETH TO THE KYNGS GRACE. 
 
 Villa de Gippo cu hamleta de Wyks Ufford hamleta de Wykys 
 Episcopi hamleta de Stoke et hamleta de Brokys halle LXiiij/i ss \d 
 Et Inde p donatz in Anno xxxij^ Rege henrici scxti p dicta dmfi 
 
 Regem xxH 
 
 Et sic Reman — 
 Unde hamleta de Wyks UfFord soluit 
 Item hamleta de Wyks epi soluit — 
 
 Item hamleta de Stoke soluit 
 
 Item hamleta de Brokys soluit 
 
 ItemBurgiis Gippi soluit resid viz — 
 
 Burgus dunwici soluit ■ 
 
 Burgus de Orford soluit 
 
 Burgus de Eye soluit • 
 
 Sm Burgo^ jJ diet cu hamlets-iiij- 
 
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The huiulrctl of Samford. 
 
 Kyrkcton alias Shotlcy 
 
 Undo J) doiiiitur p clict9 llcgem 
 flfrestou 
 
 Undo p donutur p diet? RcgO 
 
 Strattlord 
 
 Undo p donatr p dict9 llcgem 
 BcrhOlt - 
 
 Undo p donatur p diet Rcgcm 
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 Undo p donatur p diet? Eegem 
 CapcU soluit 
 
 Undo p donatur p diet? Rcgcm 
 Tatyngston soluit 
 
 Undo p donatur p diet Regem 
 Whcrstcd soluit 
 
 Undo p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Copdok soluit 
 
 Undo p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Wenham Magna & pua sol — 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem - 
 Holton soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem - 
 Bentley soluit- 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem— 
 Holbroke soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem- 
 
 Sprowtoii soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
 
 Hegham soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege - 
 Hpilyshiri soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege. 
 Burstall soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
 Shelley soluit ■ 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
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 Undo p donatur p dictu Regem 
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 Undc p donatur p dictu Rege 
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Belsted Magna soluit 
 
 Uiide p donatiir p dictu Rege 
 
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 taxantur ad decuman 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
 
 Bona mobilia hercd Willi de Berliam 
 
 in villa de Berhin & Capell 
 Sm hundred p' del cu bona mobilia hered 
 Willi de Barliin — Lxj^i viij \d. p Inde x* 
 
 Sm total — hxjli vs q^ Alloc ^ 
 
 Sm de Claro 
 
 Hundrf de Bosmerf 
 
 Berkyng cu Nedehin sol 
 
 Eston cu Wyllershm sol 
 
 Somershin cu fflokton sol 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Rege 
 
 Blakenhrn pua soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
 Hemyngstoii soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
 Beylliifi soluit- 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
 
 Blakenhrn magna soluit 
 
 Netylsted soluit- 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
 Ryngesheld soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem 
 
 Ayshe soluit 
 
 Eston Gosbak sol 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem - 
 Stonhm Antegan cu mekelfeld sol- 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem - 
 
 Stonhin Jernegan soluit 
 
 Stonhrii Comitis soluit 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet Regem 
 Cretjmg Sa Olavi See Marie 
 
 et Oini Sco'!^ sol 
 
 Batysford cu Badke sol 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem • 
 Codjiiliin cum Croeffeld sol 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem — 
 
 Bramfford cum Burstall sol 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictum Regem- 
 
 Brysete magna & pua 
 
 Sm hundi' ^ diet? 
 
 
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 Undo p doiiatiir p dictu Rcgcm 
 
 Rcd'^rauc soluit 
 
 luindH dc liertysmere. 
 
 Undo p donatur p dictum Rcgciii- 
 Puli'ravo soluit — 
 
 Undo p donatur p dictu Regem 
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 Undo p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Undo p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Undo p donatur p dict9 Rcgcm 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? do" 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege- 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? do" Rege 
 Rckynghale pua- 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Thardoii taxatur ad x*" 
 
 Unde p donaf p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donaf p diet? Regem 
 Baketon — — — . 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege- 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? do" 
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 Ocolt cu Benynghm taxat^ ad x" 
 
 Unde p donatr p diet? Regem - 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? do™ Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem • 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem ■ 
 Cotton 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem • 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet Rege- 
 Sin hundr'^ fJ dee iiij''^ - 
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 helmynghm 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donaf p dict9 Regem 
 Thurlestoii cu Whytton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege- 
 Berenghum 
 
 Unde p donat'' p dict9 Rege - 
 
 Westerfeld cu Swynlond 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege- 
 
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 Unde p donatvir p 
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 Sm hundred de Stowe, 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? do" Rege 
 Gyppyng cu Newton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet' Rege - 
 Onliows cu herlstoii it Slielond - 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem ■ 
 fFynbregh magna 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Undo p donatur p dict9 Rego 
 
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 Undo p donatr p diet? Rcge 
 
 Sin huudr'' \i diet 
 Indo x".* 
 
 hundrC dc hoxon. 
 
 horam cu Alyngtoii 
 
 Undo p dcaiatur p diet? Regem - 
 
 Kolsalo cu Carlton 
 
 Sylham cu Ershairi 
 
 IJndc p donatur p dict9 Rcgm - 
 
 Laxfcldc 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rcgem 
 
 Tatyngstoii cu Brundyssh 
 
 don}^lgton 
 
 Undc p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Wylvcy 
 
 Bcdyngfold cu Southoll 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rcge 
 Stradbrokc cum Wyngfcld 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
 
 Bedfcld cu Saxsted 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
 
 Waybred cu Wetherysdale 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
 ffresyngfckl cu Wetjmgham 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
 Mendham cum Metfield 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 hoxoii cu debcnham 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
 Wyrlyngworth cum Sohm 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 do? Rcgem 
 Sm hundrf p dict9 
 
 -iiij- 
 
 hundred de Blythiug 
 
 Bronfeld cu pesenale et mell 
 
 Walpolc cu S}TDton & Cokeley 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rcgem 
 
 Upstoii cu hcncnynghm 
 
 Bramstou cu Stobcne 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem ■ 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Eston 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Thornyngton cu Wenaston — 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatr p diet? Regem - 
 
 Chedeston cu Blyford ^ 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? dom Regem 
 
 Benacrf Bulcamp cu Breg^^ 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Onehale cum ffrostendoii 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Blyburgh cu Walberswyke 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Wrenlim ■■ 
 
 Reydon 
 
 Westylton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem - 
 
 leyston cum Sysevvell 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Nortlialys 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Cratfeld 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Regem- 
 Dersham cum Yoxford 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Wycett Rumbrugh Speksale & holton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Sin hundrf p diet? 
 
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 Wyrlynghm cu Cone 
 
 Unde p donatur p idem Regem- 
 
 
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 Buiigey 
 
 Undo p donaf p diet? Rege — 
 
 Beclys — 
 
 Bei-sham in Shipmedowc 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Kegem 
 metvngham 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Kegem 
 
 Ilketsalo — - 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictv Kegem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? do" 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 Gunton ___ 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Reyston cu Gorleston 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege - 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Sm hundrf ^ del 
 
 Inde x°' — '- 
 
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 Kessynglond — — 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Gyssylham cu pte de Reysshemere 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 pte Reysshemere 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 Sm hundrf j^ dict9 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege- 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Bures 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donaf p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 do™ Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatnr p diet? Regem- 
 Polstede 
 
 Undo p donatur p dict9 Regem- 
 Westone 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Boxford 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Unde de xv9 bono'2^ Barthi Burgherssh 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem - 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Sm hundrf ^ del 
 
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 Aldhani 
 
 Undo p donatur p diet; 
 
 Elmesset 
 
 liegbam 
 
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 Ketelbreston — 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Reddyng 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem • 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? llegc- 
 hcgyessete cu Beketoii 
 
 Undo p donatur p dict9 llcge 
 levornicr ma";na 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
 Ratlesdeii 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet' Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Whelnethm magna & pua 
 
 Unde p donaf p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
 Stanfeld cum Bradle pua 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 Bradefeld monacho^ 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 Bradfeld Seyntkelerf 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem ■ 
 
 Rosshbrook 
 
 Unde p donatiir p dict9 Regem ■ 
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 hundrf de Blakeborune 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Aysshefeld magna 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem • 
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 laugh m 
 
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 Westowe 
 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 do"' Regem 
 
 
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 Uude p (loimtur p diet* Regem 
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 Uiule p (luuiitur p dictp Rogcm 
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 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regcm 
 
 Eluodenc 
 
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 Uude p donatur p dictv Regem 
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 Uude p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Regc 
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 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
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 Unde p donaf p did? Regem 
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 Unde p donaf p diet? Regem 
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 Dcpden cu Cheldebergh 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? do"" Rege 
 Bradley pua 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 honedon 
 
 Uude p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Unesdene 
 
 Bernerdeston _ 
 
 Tliirlowe magna 
 
 Wykhm Broke 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictp Rege 
 
 Stradeshvll cu denareston 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 
 hakedone cu Thurstanton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
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 injd. 
 
 iiij(7ob 
 
 Yd. 
 
 xvijd 
 
 mjd. 
 vjfZ oh 
 
 Yd. 
 
 viijfZ oh 
 
 YUJd. 
 
 Illjf/. 
 
 xxiijrfob 
 viiijd 
 mid. 
 
 mjd q^ 
 mjd 
 
 viijd 
 mjd. 
 
 Yd 
 
21 
 
 Stanefeld 
 
 Wydekeshoo 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Multon 
 
 pollyiigworth cu Chopeley 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Thirlowe pna 
 
 Dalham eu Tunstall 
 
 Stoke Chilton and Boyton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Wrotyng pua 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? do" Regem 
 
 Bradley magna 
 
 Wetheresfelde 
 
 lydgate 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Gayslee cu Nedhin et kenford 
 Coulyng 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Sm hundrf p del iiij^ — 
 Ixnjnig di hundrf 
 
 Unde p donatur p dictu Rege 
 
 Bona mobilia Joliis Tendryng invent? in 
 
 villa de Stokenaylond polsted and 
 
 Sprowton ad xv™ p se ad Summam 
 Sin di hundrf en bonis mobilib5 — 
 Sin To.'€ libtatis Sci Edmundi cii di 
 
 hundrf de Ixnyng & bonis mobilib3 
 
 Johis Tendryng 
 
 hie incipit libtas See Etheldrede 
 
 hundrf de plomesgate 
 
 Benhale Saxmiidhin and ffarmhm injli 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 
 Aldeburgh cu haswode 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Ikne cum Chesylford and Onynglborth 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Sternefeld 
 
 
 XLIIS 
 
 mid 
 
 
 xxixs 
 
 jxd 
 
 
 VIIJS. 
 
 
 iiijli 
 
 VJS 
 
 viiicZ 
 
 
 LIJS 
 
 ijc^, 
 
 
 VIJS. 
 
 
 
 LVS 
 
 iiijcZoB 
 
 
 LVIJS 
 
 iiijd 
 
 \li 
 
 IIS 
 XVIIJS. 
 
 IXC? oB c^ 
 
 liili 
 
 IIJS 
 
 vjs. 
 
 xd. 
 
 ii]li 
 
 xs 
 
 xidoh 
 
 iii]li 
 
 vjs 
 
 0^% 
 
 yH 
 
 VIIJS 
 
 XYd 
 
 \li 
 
 IIJS 
 
 IIIJC?. 
 
 iiij7i 
 
 XIIIJS 
 
 xs 
 
 % 
 
 xvij^z 
 
 xvs 
 
 yd oh 
 
 xinjli 
 
 mjs 
 xs. 
 
 lid 
 
 
 xxs 
 
 ixd. 
 
 xvli 
 
 mjs 
 
 xid. 
 
 XX 
 
 
 
 mi li 
 
 XIIS 
 
 oBa 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Glemhin pua cii Stratford — 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Glemhin magna 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Sudburne 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 xiiijs 
 xxs 
 
 LVJS 
 
 Yd. 
 
 Yjd. 
 
 VIIJC?. 
 
 xs. 
 
 
 XLVIJS. 
 
 
 VJS 
 
 xxxvjs 
 
 lid. 
 
 VIIJS 
 
 
 XLVIIJS 
 XIIJS 
 
 mid 
 
 XLIIJS. 
 
 
 mjs. 
 
 
 LIIIJS 
 
 
 xxs. 
 
 
22 
 
 Rondhm cum Brosycnl 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Ilcge 
 Blaxhale cu ptc do Tunstall — 
 Unde p donatur p diet? llegcm 
 Snape cu fKreston 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rcgcm 
 
 Cranytlbrd cu Swjstljng 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? llegc 
 Perhm — 
 
 iiij/i 
 
 ujli 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege — 
 
 Wanysden cum pte de Tunstall 
 
 Sm hundrf § del 
 
 Alderton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Baudesey 
 
 hundrc de Wylford 
 
 -xxxvijli 
 
 xiij.s 
 
 vj.s 
 Linjs. 
 xiijs 
 
 XIS 
 
 VIIJ5. 
 
 XLIIIJS 
 
 XS. 
 
 LIJ.S 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Sutton 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 Boyton cum Capell- 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Rameshalt cu Bromeswell 
 
 Unde p donaf p diet? Regem ■ 
 hollysle cu Chatyshin- 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem — 
 Wykhin cu petryste and loudhiii 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem — 
 Boulge debache and Dalanghoo— 
 melton cu Ufford ~ — 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Bredfeld taxatur ad x^"" 
 
 Sm hundrf ]9 del 
 
 Inde x"? — 
 
 LIIIJS. 
 
 xs 
 
 - Yljli 
 
 xxxiijs 
 
 ujli vjs 
 
 vs. 
 
 xxxvijs 
 
 VITJS. 
 XLS. 
 
 vs 
 
 XLIIJS 
 
 xxs 
 njli xis 
 
 xs. 
 
 XLIIIJS 
 
 nili iiijs 
 
 viijs. 
 
 xvjs 
 
 -xxYinli xixs 
 
 xvjs 
 
 hachestoh — 
 
 letherynghm cu Chasfeld — 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Eston cu Ketelbregh 
 
 hundr^ de lose 
 
 iijli 
 
 Unde p donatiir p diet? Regem 
 
 Unde de x"* de bonis August? waleys 
 
 Cretynghin cu Brandeston and Monewedene 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 
 Aysshe — - 
 
 Rendeleshm — __^__ 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 iijh 
 
 XLVJS. 
 IIIJS 
 
 xijs 
 
 LIJS 
 
 vjs. 
 
 XS 
 
 xjs 
 viijs 
 
 XLIS 
 VIIJS 
 
 xs 
 
 xd. 
 
 nud. 
 \d. 
 
 ix,l 
 
 XIljcA 
 
 VIljc/ 
 
 xijc/. 
 injc^. 
 
 VIIj(/. 
 Vjf/. 
 
 iiijri. 
 
 iij(/. 
 
 iiij^; 
 injd. 
 
 \d 
 wjd. 
 vd. 
 
 vjd. 
 
 Vljf/ 
 
 vijrf. 
 viijc?. 
 
 viij(7. 
 
23 
 
 SohiTi cu Kenton - 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 fframlynghm 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Ejke 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege ■ 
 hoo dalanghoo & Wodbregg — 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 Marlcsford cu pte de Butle — 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 Sm hundrf § del 
 
 hundr^ de Carleford. 
 
 Wytleshm • 
 
 Rjssehmere cu Alesborne ^- 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 
 Playford cu Brightwell — 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 
 Todynhm cu Culpho — 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 
 Grondesburgh cu burgh — 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 
 Belyngf magna & pua 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege 
 hakeston ■ 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Rege - 
 
 Clopton 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem • 
 
 Mai-tleshm 
 
 Unde p donatur p did? Regem 
 
 ffoxliole cu Kesgraue — 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Rege 
 Otleigh 
 
 Sm hundrC § dci 
 
 hundr^ de Coleneyse. 
 
 Treniley and Tremley cum Alteston 
 
 Unde p donat^ p dict9 Regem _ 
 
 Naketon leuyngton & Stratton 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
 Kyrketon fFaltenhS Bucleshm & Olmeslee 
 
 Unde p donatur p diet? Regem 
 
 Walton & ffylchestowe 
 
 Unde p donatur p dict9 Regem 
 
 Sin hundrf § dci ■ 
 
 iiiii 
 
 vijs 
 xijs 
 
 
 njH 
 
 XIIJ.S 
 
 Iliji 
 
 
 XLVJS • 
 
 viijd. 
 
 
 xxs 
 
 
 iiij/i 
 
 xxs 
 xijs 
 
 xd 
 
 XLVIIS 
 
 
 
 xs 
 
 \id. 
 
 xxv/i 
 
 XIIIJS 
 
 viji 
 
 Ilj^* 
 
 vijs 
 
 mjd. 
 
 
 SLIIIJS 
 
 ixcZ 
 
 
 XVIIJS 
 
 xdot> 
 
 
 LVIJS. 
 
 
 
 xs. 
 
 
 Ilj/i 
 
 IXS 
 
 
 iijli 
 
 XVIJS 
 
 xs 
 
 s» 
 
 luili 
 
 V]S 
 
 xs 
 
 LVJS 
 
 xijs. 
 
 
 iiij/i 
 
 vs. 
 
 
 
 xnjs 
 
 ilijc/. 
 
 
 LVIIJS. 
 
 
 
 xs. 
 
 
 
 xxxjs 
 
 VJ(/. 
 
 
 XIJS 
 
 
 luili 
 
 
 xd. 
 
 xxxv/i 
 
 IIJS 
 
 \doh 
 
 \ijH 
 
 vjs 
 
 xd. 
 
 
 XXXIIJS. 
 
 mid. 
 
 ujH 
 
 XIIJS. 
 
 
 
 xnj 
 
 iiijd 
 
 wijli 
 
 VJS. 
 XLS 
 
 
 vjZt 
 
 IIIJS 
 
 vnjf/. 
 
 
 XXXUJS 
 
 inj(7. 
 
 XXIIlj/« 
 
 xs 
 
 vj(7. 
 
24 
 
 hundrf de Thredlyng 
 
 Asshcffold cmii Thorp 
 
 Undo p donatur p ilict? Rcgcni 
 
 fframcsden cum Pothaugli 
 
 Debynhm cum Wyston 
 
 Uude }) donatur \y did? llegem 
 Sm hundrf j^ dci 
 
 XLVJS 
 
 mid. 
 
 VJS 
 
 wujd 
 
 XLIIJS 
 
 mid. 
 
 ii xs 
 
 ijd. 
 
 xus 
 
 lyL 
 
 xli 
 
 xd 
 
 Smtotlibtate I <liij''^XL/^• xs ixc^oB 
 
 See Ethcldrcde j •' 
 
 I am not acquainted with a perfect book of taxation 
 belonging to any one county of so early a date as the 
 foregoing. In the Chetham Library at Manchester, 
 there is a complete list of taxes lor the County of 
 Lancaster, but this goes no further back than the middle 
 of the 17th Century. 
 
 It may reasonably be supposed that the principle 
 which guided our ancestors in the making of this early 
 assessment, was akin to that which we now term ' rateable 
 value.' We find at a later period (4 Henry viii. a.d. 1513) 
 that, for the " raysing of a whole taxe granted to the 
 King," the different parishes in the Town of Ipswich 
 were assessed as follows : — 
 
 St. Mary le Tower £5 4 St. Mary Elms £2 18 
 
 St. Margaret 5 110 St. Lawrence 5 5 6 
 
 St. Clement 4 9 8 St. Mary at the Quay 4 9 4 
 
 St. Nicholas 2 4 St. Peter 4 6 4 
 
 St. Stephen 2 4 8 St. Matthew 4 3 
 St. Helen 13s. 4d. 
 
 the total sum of which is a few shillings in excess of the 
 actual sum at which the Burgesses of the Town were 
 assessed in the Taxation of Henry vi. For the levying 
 of this later Ipswich tax, two Taxers and two Collectors 
 were nominated for each parish. 
 
 The Suffolk Taxation list gives as good an idea of the 
 position held by the several parishes and townships in 
 the early part of the 15th Century as could well be 
 desired. It is interesting to note the change that has 
 passed over many of these places since the time when 
 
25 
 
 the assessment was made. To give a solitary instance, 
 drawn almost at random from the Hundred of Lothing- 
 land : the villages of Belton and Gorton are each taxed 
 at only a few shillings less than the adjacent town of 
 Lowestoft, which itself could then have been little more 
 than a fishing village. 
 
 The names of places as formerly written, additions 
 made thereto, and the mention of places no longer to be 
 found recorded in lists of Suffolk parishes, etc., are in 
 many cases well worth notice. 
 
 A tax imposed on every parish in the Kingdom, in 
 the year 1370, was at a uniform rate, the larger in each 
 Hundred being commanded to help the smaller. 
 
 This account of the Taxes payable by the county of 
 Suffolk, is followed by a curious heraldic description of 
 the arms borne by divers Sovereigns, with the designation 
 of the several supporters placed at the head of each. 
 [temp. Henry vi.) It was possibly deemed absolutely 
 necessary that an important maritime town like Ipswich 
 should possess an authoritative document of this kind, but 
 it is a reasonable supposition that it was not very 
 frequently referred to. 
 
 " The most Cristen Kyng op ffraunce* his grace berith Assure thre 
 
 flowre delice golde Garuntyii 
 The moste excellent & most redoubted Ktng op Englondj my most 
 
 SoSraigne lorde berith quartly Asiire iij. ffloure delice golde and he 
 
 berith Gowlys thre lypardysj passaunts golde enarmed in asure. 
 Antylope 
 
 The Ktng op Spayne. his noble grace berith quartly Gowlys. A 
 castell golde And he berith Syluer A lyon Salijaunt Sable. 
 
 Tygyr 
 
 The Kyng of Poyle.§ he berith gowlys departed wt. a Crosse golde. 
 
 * This was the ordinary title of the Kings of France : it is ancient, but of uncertain 
 origin. 
 
 t This title is not older than the latter part of the 14th Century. 
 + Leos-pardes, not leopards. Until late in the 14th Century, the lions of the Royal 
 Shield of England were known as leopards. It was an heraldic title only, denoting 
 the precise attitude of the lion, walking and looking about him after the manner 
 of a leopard. 
 
 § Poland. 
 
 G 
 
26 
 
 An Eglc Syliicr And ho bcrith gowlys a Kyng coraious syttyng crownyd 
 »ud arinyd in gold sittyng uppon a cowrscr off sylucr Rynnyng 
 
 empailed in uto. 
 
 BouAS : 
 The Kyno of AnooowEN* be berith golde iiij palys gowlis. 
 
 Dama : 
 
 The Kyng of Denmarke he bcrith quarterly golde hartcle gowlys 
 iij. lypardes passaunte assure. And he berith gowlys a lyon of golde 
 seaunt in a cheire of Sylucr wepenyd w' the same. 
 
 Herte. 
 TuE Kyng op Hougary. he berith qviarterly asure thre Sunnys 
 golde and he berith gowlys A sylucr ffecy of vj : 
 
 Ibex 
 The Kyng of Cypressb he berith quarterly sylu and asure ffecy a 
 lyon Rampaunt gowlys And he bcrith sylucr a crosse potaney goldo 
 
 betwc iiij of the same. 
 
 Gerosyll. 
 
 The Kyng of BEAME.fhe berith gowlys alyone. Rampaunt Re wardyng 
 
 fForce syluer crowned and armyd in golde. 
 
 Generownys. 
 The Kyng of naplys he berith quartci-ly veert. ij. lyons passaxint^ 
 golde. And he berith gowlys a Crosse matale golde 
 
 Paraundyr 
 
 The Kyng of Cecyle. he bereth golde iij. pales, gowles. ij. 
 
 Yoydures poynted syluer w' ij. Eglys displayed Cubyll membrye with 
 
 gowlys. 
 
 Gryffown. 
 
 The Kyng of Gryce. he berith a crosse fuse Crosse gowlys in a 
 
 Champe of golde upon a felde of verte. 
 
 Panter 
 The Kyng op navernb. J he berith quarterly assure, iij flowre delyce 
 golde w' a bende gobony gowlys & syluer And he berith gowlys A 
 charbokyll gold. 
 
 Bradrix. 
 The Kyng of portyugale. he berith v. skochonea eneroys asure 
 ttele psaut w' a bordure gowlys castell golde. 
 
 * Arragon, the eastern part of Spain + Bohemia % Navarre. 
 
27 
 
 Unycorne. 
 The Kynge op Skottys. he berith golde a lyon Rampaunt w' in a 
 doble trussure count fforete gowlys 
 
 Olyfaunt." 
 
 There is every reason to suppose that tlils descrip- 
 tion as it stands is unique : it is certainly of great interest. 
 
 The list of Knights' Fees of the Honors of Lancaster 
 and Leicester, lying within the County of Suffolk, also 
 finds a place in the Little Domesday Book.* Several 
 such lists, and especially those annexed to tlie Duchies 
 of Lancaster and Leicester, from various counties, are to 
 be found in many of our public libraries, but Sims, who 
 gives a lengthy account of these Knights' Fees in his 
 '' Manual," makes no mention of those old hereditary 
 revenues here given, and which may be supposed to be 
 generally unknown to students. 
 
 "HeC sunt FEODA MILITUM DE HONORIBUS LANBCASTr' ET LBYCEST' IK 
 
 Comutat' Suff: 
 
 lu villa de Lund cum membris - j. feod militis 
 
 lu villa de Ilkttleshale cu membris - ij. jeod tfc- dl milit 
 
 In villa de Mendhiii cu membris - j- feod militis 
 
 In villa de W}i;jnhm cu membris - j. feod militis 
 
 In villa de Akenhin cu membris - j- feod militis 
 
 In villa de Hasketon clopton. & \ . .^^ ^ .^-^-^ 
 
 Wodebregge cu membris J 
 
 In villa de Ikene cu membris - - /. Jeod militis 
 
 In villa de Oteleje cu membris - j. feod & dl militit 
 
 In villa de Cleydone cu membrf - Dl feod militis 
 
 In villa de Culfo cum membrf - - Dl feod militis 
 
 In halghetre & Alnesburne cu membrf tres ptes viii? feod 
 
 In lellesseye cu membris - - Dl feod militis 
 
 In Sproutoii cu membris - - iij feod militis 
 
 In Wylasham cu membris - - j feod militia 
 * Add MS 25,012 fol. 47 I. Br: Mus. 
 
28 
 
 In OflFtone cu mcmbris 
 
 In pua Blakcnhm cu mcmbris 
 
 In Ryscby cu mcmbris 
 
 In ffyncberghe cu mcmbris 
 
 Buxbalc cum mcmbris 
 
 In Thorp moricns cu mcmbrp 
 
 In prcstono cu membrf 
 
 In "Waldingfclde cu mcmbrf 
 
 In Boxtcdc cum mcmbrf 
 
 In Thurstanton cu membf 
 
 In Baudreseyc cu membra 
 
 In veteri Newton cu membr^ 
 
 In Stouhm Count cu membt 
 
 In leyhiu cum mcmbr^ 
 
 Si^ To' \ 
 
 ffcod militu / 
 
 j jeod militis 
 qrt feod militis 
 j feod militis 
 ij feod militis 
 j feod militis 
 ij feod militis 
 Dl feod militis 
 Dl feod militis 
 Dl jeod militis 
 j feod militis 
 ij feod militis 
 vij ps viii? feod milits 
 XX psJ9 feod militis 
 viij feod militis 
 
 xxviij Dl cC' XX vij p)tes " 
 
 In the brief, but singular "Memorandum " of ancient 
 lineal measurements which follows, several points are 
 touched, likely to enlighten us somewhat with regard to 
 a matter which in tlie state of our present knowledge, is 
 one of the greatest doubt and obscurity, viz., the true 
 value and meaning of the terms anciently employed in 
 such measurements. 
 
 " Memorandu that iiij. Barly cornys takyn in the myddys of the 
 yere {ear) makith an unche And xij. unches makith a fFoote iij. foote 
 makith a yerd & xvj. ffoote and a halfe makith a perche & iiij. perches 
 in brede and xl in leynght makith an Akir Lond & iiij acres maketh a 
 yerd of Lond And v yerds makyth a hyde of Londe & viij hydes of 
 Londe & viij hydes of londe makith an Knyght's ffee." 
 
 We are at once brought face to face with the familiar 
 fact that the standard of measurement, like that of weight, 
 had its origin in the grain of corn, which was to be 
 "taken in the myddys of the ear." It will be noticed 
 that the number of grains, which according to this note 
 
29 
 
 were necessary to complete an inch, were four, whereas 
 it is now but three. The table proceeds pretty much 
 according to our recognised rule as far as the statement 
 that ' ' iiij perches in brede & xl in length makith an 
 aker," then we meet with a "z/erf7,'' a '■''Mde^'' and a 
 " Knights' /^e," concerning which there seem to have been 
 no general agreement as to limit or extent. The old 
 Virgate or gerd {Sax : a certain extent of land) is mostly 
 regarded as an indefinite term containing somewhere 
 from 25 to 40 acres, and as a necessary consequence the 
 terms that follow are equally vague. The above 
 " memorandum " which cannot have been framed later 
 than the 15th Century, and probably much earlier, seems 
 to settle the measurements with a certaint}^ which is now 
 scarcely recognised. The "yerd" which is usually 
 accounted only the fourth part of a hide, is here reckoned 
 a fifth. The ''hide" or "caracute," = 120 acres, is a 
 very ancient measurement, having been employed by the 
 Romans : this was apparently the unit of assessment. It 
 doubtless had its origin in the quantity of land that could 
 be enclosed within an Ox hide, when cut into slips and 
 carried round the land so enclosed, although this applica- 
 tion of the term is sometimes disputed. It is sometimes 
 called a " plough land "=caracute, owing to the quantity 
 of land being just as much as one plough was capable of 
 cultivating. There is considerable diflerence of opinion 
 respecting what is known as " a Knights' Fee."* In the 
 old feudal system, every holder of an extent of land 
 called " a knight's fee," was obliged at the instigation 
 either of the king or a superior to whom he owed service, 
 to render according to his tenure, as occasion, and the will 
 of his lord required. The land comprised in such a 
 "fee" was doubtless amply sufficient to allow of a proper 
 discharge of the knightly office, although it is difficult to 
 say precisely what it represented. The general impres- 
 sion seems to be against fixing any certain amount, and 
 it is rougldy estimated at from 100 to 500 acres of arable 
 land, but then of course the exact limit to an acre is, as 
 
 H 
 
30 
 
 we have seen, somcwlmt doubtful. It may be, that the 
 knights' foe varied in different districts, according to the 
 nature of the soil and otlier considerations, but this is not 
 very likely ; at all events eight hides, (whatever they 
 may have contained) according to the memorandum 
 referred to, went to a Knights' fee. It appears extremely 
 probable that the entry was made in the Ipswicli Town 
 Books for the very purpose of settling the difficulties 
 occasioned by so arbitrary an arrangement, but I have 
 not met with a single author acquainted with such a table. 
 The last portion of this book is occupied by a 
 Rhyming Chronicle of the Kings of England, from 
 William I. to Henry VI., which is of special interest. 
 Little more than a mere surmise led me some time 
 ago to ascribe the authorship of these verses to John 
 Lydgate, the Monk- Poet of Bury Saint Edmunds, and 
 there is every reason to regard this as a probable con- 
 jecture. Besides it appears that the lines occur in several 
 old MSS. with some slight variations and additions, and 
 are commonly attributed to Lydgate. There is a copy 
 among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum (2251. 
 f. 2. b.) with an additional stanza relating to the reign of 
 Edward IV. There is one in the handwriting of Shirley, 
 the transcriber of Chaucer, in the Ashmolean Library 
 (No. 59) at Oxford, and written probably about the year 
 1456, with additions by other hands. The lines were 
 printed in 1530 by Wynkyn de Worde, with additions 
 to the reign of Henry VIII. The verses also occur in 
 a 15th Century MS. known as the " Historical Collections 
 of a London Citizen," fol. 110 — 112, with this heading, 
 '^ Crony cles of alle Kyngys of Englonde aftja- the 
 Conqueste as of thyr namys ande where that they bene 
 i-byryede." This was printed by the Camden Society 
 in 1876, and the additional stanza is inserted from the 
 Harleian MS. There are several variations, the most 
 important of which I have indicated in foot notes to the 
 Ipswich Great Domesday text, which stands altogether 
 unencumbered with notes. 
 
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 "Willm the Conquero' 
 
 This mighty Willin of Normandy 
 
 As Bokys olde makith mencon 
 
 Be iuste tytle & by his Chevalry 
 
 made Kyng by conquest of brutesalbioii* 
 
 putte ought harald and toke possesyon 
 
 Bare his Crowne full xxj. yere 
 
 Buryd at Cane thus seithe the cronyclere 
 
 Willins Kuffus 
 
 Nest in ordrelye Successyon 
 Willm Rufifus his sone crownyd kynge 
 whiche to godwarde had non deuocion 
 Distroyed Chirches of new & old byldynge 
 To make a fforest plesaunt for huntynge 
 xiij yere bare his Crowne in dede 
 Buryed at Wynchestyr ye may rede. 
 
 Henricus Primus 
 
 his Brother next callid Harry the flfyrst 
 was at london crownyd as I fynde 
 whos Brother Robard Duke of Normandy 
 gav Warref the cronycle makith mynde 
 Reconsiled all ranker sett behynde 
 ffuU xxxjt yere be record of wrytynge 
 he Reignyd And buried att Redyng. 
 
 Stephanus. 
 
 his brother§ Stevyia when Herry the first was dede 
 
 Toward yngland gaue Crosse his sayle 
 
 the Archebysshoppe dyd sett up oii his hede 
 
 A Rich Crowne beyng of councelle. 
 
 XIX. yers w' sorowe and grett travayle 
 
 bare his crowne & nevyr had Rest 
 
 And at ffeusham lyeth buried in a Chest 
 
 in margin, id est Englonde t Ganne hym vverry + xxxilj § cosyn 
 
32 
 
 Henricus ii9 
 Henry the ii'''^ son of the Impasse, 
 was crownyd next a full niauly knyght 
 As books of olde pleynly dothe expresse 
 this seid henry by ftroward force and niyght.* 
 yerys xxxv regnyd as it is made of mynd 
 Att fFount Everard lyeth buried As I ffynd. 
 
 Ricardus pmus 
 Richard his son by Successyon. 
 ffirst of that name stronge hardy & notabyll 
 was crownyd Kynge callid cure de lyon. 
 w' sarasyns heds servyd at his Tabyll 
 Slayne at Calyas by dethe lamentabyll 
 the space regnyd fully xf yere 
 his harte buried at Roone und"" the hie awter. 
 
 lohannes 
 Nexte Kyng Richard regnyd his brother John 
 after sone entery in to ffraunce. 
 lost all Aungee & Normandy A noii 
 This Lond enterdicted by his J gounannce. 
 And as it is putt in remembrannce 
 xviij yere K}^lge of Region§ 
 lyeth at worsettyr deyde of poyson. 
 
 Henricus iijV 
 HeiTy the iij*^^ Son of ix yere Age 
 was at Glowcett"' crownyd as I rede 
 longe warre he had w' his baronage 
 Gretly delicted in Almesse dede 
 Ivj'* yere he regnyd hei'e in dede 
 buried at Westmyster by recorde of writyng 
 the day of Seynt Edmnde martir & kyng.|| 
 
 * This stanza in the Ipswich Domesday MS. has but six lines. In the MS. copy 
 from which the Camden Society printed, the fifth line stands as ' Slowe Thomas 
 (Bekett is interlined here in a later hand) for Hooly Cliyrche ryght,' The omission 
 from this later MS. is easily understood. 
 
 t IX t mys § this regyon 
 
 !1 Seynt Edwardi martir tnayde & Kyng. 
 
33 
 
 Edwardus pmus 
 
 Edward the first w' his shanks longe 
 
 Was aftir crowiijd that was a good knyght. 
 
 Wanne Skotlande mager the Skotts stronge 
 
 And all Walys in the dispyte of ther myght. 
 
 duryng his lifF mayntenyd trew & Right 
 
 XXXV yere he was here Kyng. 
 
 lyeth at Westmynster this is no leasyng. 
 
 Edwardus ij? 
 
 Edwarde his son callid Carnervati 
 succedyng aftyr to make his Alyaunce 
 As the Cronycle well reherse can 
 Weddyd the doughter of Kyng of fFraunce 
 Unto Thorns of lancastar he toke venisaunce 
 XIX yeres held here Regaly 
 Buried at Glowcettr books speciffye. 
 
 Edwardus iii? 
 
 Edwarde the iij*^' borne at Wyndsoore 
 
 Whiche in Knyghthood had so great a pee 
 
 Enherytour of fFrannce w'outen moore 
 
 bare in his armys quarto iij fflowre delyce* 
 
 And gate Calice hi his prudent device 
 
 Regnyd in Ingiond Ijt yere 
 
 lyeth at Westmynster thus saieth the cronycler 
 
 Ricus iJ9 
 The son of pnce Edward Richard the ij**' 
 In whos tyme was peaese & great plente. 
 Weddyd queue Anne of Bo wan J as it is ffounde 
 Isbell after of ffraimce who lyfte to se.§ 
 xxij. yere he reynyd here pde 
 at Langley buried ffirst so stond the case 
 After to Westmyster his body caried was, 
 
 ' quarto the fflowe delyce t Hj t ^ele of Bowan 
 
 8 Isbell after of ffrance he lystede to see 
 
 I 
 
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 Hcnricus iiijV 
 
 Henry the iiij" next crowned in certeyh 
 A ffiimows knyght of grctc ccmlynesse* 
 flfrom his exile when he come home ageyn 
 w' wcrrc travaylcd and w' greate sekenessc 
 xiiij 3'crs he reigned in sothnesse 
 lyeth att cawntabury in that lioly place 
 god of his marcy do his sowle grace. 
 
 Henricus quitus. 
 
 Thcf fyrst henry of knyghthodc lodsterre 
 WyseJ manly pleynly to dctiiiyne. 
 flfortunate pvyd in pease & in werre 
 grettly exspert in marcy full disciplyne 
 able to stonde amonge the worthyes is.§ 
 Reigned x yers who that lyst to regarde|| 
 lyeth at Westmynster by Seynt Edwarde.H 
 
 Henricus Sextus 
 
 Henry the Syxte brought forth in** vertu 
 
 by lust t}i:le and by Inheritannce. 
 
 provydyd be foi-ne by the grace of Ihuff 
 
 To be cro\\'nyd yn Inglond & in ffrannce. J | 
 
 Reignyned xxxix yere & God gaffe hym sufficiance§§ 
 
 of vtuos lyffe & chose hyin for his Knyght 
 
 AtWyndesore buried And myracles doth by Goddys myght.|||| 
 
 The abrupt ending of the verses in this Ipswicli 
 MS. is significant, and may probably throw some light 
 upon the time of Lydgate's death, which has long been 
 a disputed point. Warton, (History of English Poetry^ Sec. 
 
 * semblesse + v + wyse and manly 
 
 § spousyde the doughter of Traunce, Katerynne 
 II who lyste to have rewarde H not far fro Synt Edwarde 
 
 ** in aUe vertu 
 
 tt provydyd a forne by the grace of Ihu Chryste 
 ++ To weve ij crownys in Englonde and in Fraunce 
 §§ To whom God hath gevyn souerayne suffycyaunce 
 lill Long he hathe rejoysed both by day and nyght. 
 
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 XXI, Note) thinks that the stanza relating to Edward IV. 
 in the llarleian copy, could scarcely have been written 
 by Lydgate, and gives substantial reasons for his opinion. 
 The liftecuth and last stanza relating to Henry VI., as 
 given in the MSS. of the ' London Citizen,' and that of the 
 Ipswich Domesday volume, differ in this important particu- 
 lar, that, while the one assumes the King to be living, tlie 
 other distinctly alludes to his burial. It is not unlikely 
 that both versions are correct, and each the work of 
 Lydgate, written at two different periods. It is well to 
 point out the discrepancy which exists between the title 
 as given in tlie former, and the concluding stanza, wdiich 
 omits the place of burial. I will briefly state my 
 reasons for the conclusion at which I have arrived. The 
 Ipswich Domesday copy, as it now exists in the volume 
 which I have already described, was certainly inscribed 
 there in A.D. 1520, and most likely, as was the case with 
 much other matter forming the same volume, copied 
 from an older MS., that had for some time been 
 deposited among tlie Town Archives, perhaps even from 
 the time when it was originally written. Especially 
 considering the proximity of the Abbey where L}dgate 
 was an inmate, to the Tow^n of Ipswich, there is strong 
 probability for supposing that this epitomized English 
 history, mellowed into verse, would early find its way into 
 safe custody at Ipswich, and escape receiving additional 
 stanzas of the subsequent reigns of Edward IV, Edward 
 V, Richard III, and Henry VII. Lydgate's memory 
 and genius, if there were no other cause likely to operate 
 in favt)ur of the poem retaining its original features, 
 would probably be sufficient to deter men in the 
 attempt to make any additions. 
 
 The remaining portions of this Sixth book are 
 certainly of the time of Henry VI. I am strongly of 
 opinion that the whole of the contents are of the same 
 period, and that the heading ' Edwardus quartus' following 
 Stanza xv, marks the precise time when the work came 
 forth (not necessarily for the first time) from Lydgate's 
 
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 pen, viz.^ soon after the accession of Edward IV. (cir. 
 1462), which probably marks the time of Lydgate's 
 decease. He certainly lived until the end of the reign 
 of Henry VI., and notliing is more likely, tliat in closing 
 this Sovereign's reign, the writer should add the name 
 of the King's successor, who had but lately ascended the 
 throne. Such I am inclined to think is a true account 
 of the authenticity of these verses, drawn from inferences 
 which I cannot but regard as fair and reasonable. 
 
 It only now remains to give the stanza which 
 appears in the Harleian copy ; it has a very different 
 ' ring ' about it to the preceding verses, ascribed to 
 Lydgate, and to my mind plainly points to an author 
 other than he. 
 
 " Udivardtis Quartus. 
 Comforth all thirsty and drynJce ivith gladness, 
 Bejoyse with niyrth though ye have not to spende, 
 The tynie is come to avoyden your distres. 
 Edward the Fourth the old wronges to amend, 
 Is ivele disjiosed in will ; and to defend 
 His lond and peple indede with hynne and myght 
 Goode lyf and longe, I pray to God hym send 
 And that Seynt George he ivith hym in his hyght." 
 
 The object of placing in a collection of this descrip- 
 tion such apparently extraneous matters as these which 
 occupy the Sixth book, is not quite clear, although 
 certainly they would, as I have shewn, have their use. 
 It may have been out of mere caprice, or for want of a 
 more suitable repository, that they are here entered ; 
 certainly it has been the means of preserving to us much 
 interesting matter, which may prove exceedingly useful 
 from other than an antiquarian standpoint, and per- 
 chance, when its true value is understood, we shall 
 confess that we can ill afford to spare. 
 
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