A Inclosure map taken by Baily Bird, surveyor, 1779, scale of chains 8 - 1 in. 23 in. by 27 in. Names of occupiers.
B Property of John Wright, esq., planted 1810, Francis Dix, surveyor, scale of chains 10 - 3.3 in. 20 in. by 17 in.
C Property of John Wright, esq., scale of chains 40 - 5.3 in. Names of adjacent owners; fields numbered; reference table; buildings include church. 16 in. by 20 in.
Messuage and land in Starston, Pulham St Mary, Redenhall, Harleston, Hardwick, Lanamore [? Langmere in Dickleburgh], Lynecroft, Purleston, Rusall and Dickleburgh. Fine enclosed. 11 seals and 3 seal tags.
Agreement to pay £10 immediately and a further £10 by Michaelmas, 1503 out of the lands and tenements called Guntons in Methwold left by the will of the said Thomas before the death of of Crystyne, his widow, for building a rood loft in the said chapel of Our Lady, in lieu of £40 for the same purpose to be paid after the death of Crystyne (who was then only 32 years old).
Wells next the Sea. 'Description of the demesnes of the manor of Wells …'
Photocopy.
Surveyor: James Hunt (1650-1668).
Coloured: No.
Compass: Yes.
North: towards bottom edge of map. Compass rose only just visible at edge of hole.
Scale: 25 percehs to 1in.
Cartouche: Yes.
Fieldnames: No.
Acreages: Yes.
Tenures: Yes.
Structures: No.
Topographical features: Field boundaries, droves, roads with destinations, lings.
Elaborate cartouche in centre with scale line surmounted by dividers below. Fields in a U-shape around cartouche. Remains of compass rose lower left. Western part of parish, bounding Holkham, exact site unclear. Approx. grid ref. TF 910430.
Wells next the Sea Manor; 1189-1925; Wells next the Sea, Norfolk
Removal order: William Mace, joiner, and Mary, his wife
From St John Timberhill, Norwich, to Great Yarmouth.
Removal Order: Charles Hipper, labourer, Sarah, his wife, and Charles, their son
From Sloley to Felmingham.
From Felmingham to Branson [? Brandiston].
From Felmingham to Banningham.
Removal Order: John Pilgrim and Judith, his wife
From Blickling to Felmingham.
Settlement certificate: John Tinkler, labourer, and Mary, his wife, Hoe to Swanton Morley.
MS notes on the history of Stalham, by W.H. Cooke, presented to Edward Cooke
With chronicle of events at Stalham, 1795-1909, and record of price of wheat, 1808-1886.
Particulars of sale of an estate comprising Great Ryburgh Hall, farm and land
Miscellaneous MSS collections of Sir Henry Spelman
Includes transcripts 'ex libro Ecclesie Cathedralis Wigornensis'; fos 211-222 transcripts of charters granted by William I, Henry I and Edward I to the church at Norwich; fos 268-270 French narrative of the foundation of Crabhouse nunnery, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen; a book purporting to give the history of the estate of the Shernborne family from the pre-Conquest period onwards; fos 297-321 transcript of notes by William Worcestre (1415-1482, antiquary).
Sir Henry Spelman; ? 1564-1641; politician, antiquarian, author; Congham and Middleton, Norfolk, and London