Transcript of letters patent granting property. By letters patent under the great...

Transcript of letters patent granting property.

By letters patent under the great seal of the Court of Augmentations 28 Jul 35 Hen VIII [1543], the manor of Chevenhall, otherwise Chepenhall [Chipenhall in Fressingfield], Suffolk, (late of the monastery of Bury St Edmunds [Bury St Edmunds Abbey], Suffolk), and all messuages, etc, belonging thereto, extended at a value of £24, were granted to Susan Clarencyeulx, for life.

For £2,198 19s 5d paid by Anthony Rous, esq, to the treasurer of the Court of Augmentations, grant of the manor of Chipenhall, the manor of Soham Monachorum [Monk Soham], Suffolk, (also late of the same monastery), the advowson of Monk Soham church, the manor of Southolt, Suff, (late of the monastery of St John of Colchester [Colchester Abbey], Essex), 2 crofts, 20 acres, 1 pightle of land called Smythes Croft, 2 acres in Southolt, a close of pasture, 32 acres, a close called Meteyard and a pightle of land adjoining, 5 acres in Southolt, a close of land, 34 acre in Southolt, a close of land and pasture, 9 acres and a lane adjoining and 1 pightle of land, 3 acres in Southolt, the manor of Soterton, otherwise Southerton [Sotherton], Suffolk, (late of the monastery of Ely [Ely Cathedral Priory], Cambridgeshire), and the advowson of Sotherton church, the manor of Hengam [Henham], Suffolk, (late parcel of the lands of Charles [Brandon], duke of Suffolk, by king purchased of him), and a park in Henham, a wood called les Meuses in Myddelton Groves, 23 acres wood and lands called Skayes Cippoes, 1 acre of land in Henham, the rectory and church of Badeley [Badley], (late of Battisforth [Battisford] Preceptory, Suffolk), and the advowson of Badley church and all messuages, etc, in Chipenhall, Fresingfelde [Fressingfield], Monk Soham, Southolt, Sotherton, Badley, Henham, Blyboroughe [Blythburgh], Wangford, Brampton, Downewiche [Dunwich] and Stoven, Suffolk.

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