Papers relating to the hospital of Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk): [f. 1r] Rents and...

Papers relating to the hospital of Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk):

[f. 1r] Rents and farms due in the town of Bury St. Edmunds pertaining to the office of hospitaller of Bury St. Edmunds abbey, Michaelmas 30 Henry VIII - Michaelmas 31 Henry VIII:

• Robert Limes, 6s. 8d.;
• Thomas Clerke, 20d.;
• John Sewale, 20d.;
• Robert Pyllebarow, 20d.;
• Henry Reve, 2s.;
• John Fuller, 16d.;
• The Master of St. Petronilla, 8d.;
• The gild of the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 12d.;
• Robert Newman, 12d.;
• Margaret Munnyng, 6s. 8d.;
• George Howlet, 6s. 8d.;
• Master Launde;
• John Leeder, 6d.;
• Giles Levet, 3s. 4d.;
• William Pynneham, 12d.;
• John Plandon, 2s.;
• John Plandon senior, 6d.;
• Thomas Velers, 6d.;
• Thomas Gent, 4d.;
• Thomas Kyng, 6s. 8d.;
• John Harby, gentleman, 12d.;
• William Walby, 12d.;
• Margaret Browne, 12d.;
• Andrew Holyer, 3s.;
• Henry Tame, 6d.;
• William Grey, clerk, 18d.;
• The same William, 3s. 6d.
• Sum: 59s. 6d.

[f. 1v] Arrears in the town of Bury St Edmunds for divers years:

• John Plandon senior, for three years, 18d.;
• Thomas Gent, for six years, 2s.;
• Thomas Kyng, for five years, 33s. 4d.;
• Master Harby, for one year, 12d.;
• Andrew Holyer, for four years, 12s.;
• [The canons of Thetford, for three years, 14s. - cancelled];
• John Bell, for seven years, 35s.;
• Sum: £4 4s. 10d.

Arrears of the farms of lands outside Bury:

• Thomas Boode of Fornham All Saints, 6d.;
• Thomas Wederyche of Mildenhall, 10s.;
• The canons of Thetford, 4s. 8d.;
• Thomas Worlech or Wurlych of Ingham, 4s.;
• Sum: 19s. 2d.

Arrears outside Bury:

• The canons of Thetford, for three years, 14s.;
• From lands in Ingham formerly of Thomas Cokerell, in the hands of Thomas Wurlych in right of his wife, for seven years, 28s.;
• Sum: 42s.

Debts of tithes and portions unpaid:

• The rector of Elmswell (Suffolk), 16s.;
• John Harby of Worlingworth, 13s. 4d.;
• Saham Monachorum, 6s. 8d.;
• Tilney (Norfolk), 13s. 4d.;
• Herringswell (Suffolk), 18s.;
• The rector of Newton, 26s. 8d.;
• Pakenham, 40s.
• [f. 2r] The rector of Rownton, 6s. 8d.;
• The rector of Tivetshall, 20s.;
• The rector of Chelsworth, 10s.;
• The rector of Redgrave, 4s.;
• The tithes in Rickinghall, 4s.;
• The farmers of Brockford for one acre called 'Foreacre', 4s.;
• The rector of Hargrave, 6s. 8d.;
• The farmers of Stapleford for tithes, 6s. 8d.;
• The farmers of Harlow Bury, 13s. 4d.;
• The farmers of Pakenham for one acre called 'Foreacre', 3s.;
• Sum: £10 13s. 4d.

The debts of farmers:

• Robert Colleman of Melford for farms and tithes, £18 2s. 5½d.;
• Robert Kyng of Lakenham, miller of West Stow fulling mill, 10s.;
• Robert Clerke of Stanton, for two years, 10s.
• Sum: £21 19s. 1½d.

Debts to be paid for the office of hospitaller for the past year:

• Thomas Brydon senior, £4 6s. 11d.;
• Thomas Brydon junior, 10s.;
• Sum: £4 16s. 11d.
• For expenses incurred from Michaelmas 31 Hen VIII [1539] for six weeks for breaking land, 33s. 4d.;
• From William Maltewar', for five cartloads of fodder, 5s.;
• From William Malterwar' for three hundreds of Talewood, 16s.

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• George Scotte, for one and a half hundreds of Tallewode, 7s.;
• For wheat and malt, four combs of wheat and twelve of malt, 34s.;
• In salted peas, 3s. 4d.;
• John Ladyman of West Stow, 6s. 6d.
• Sum: £5 4s. 2d.

Debts of corrodies not paid:

• Stephen Draper, gentleman, 26s. 8d.;
• William Mersch' and James Busche equally, 26s. 8d.;
• Roger Austen, gentleman, 26s. 8d.;
• Edmund Neche, 26s. 8d.;
• William Mersch' for three corrodies, £4;
• William Cherche, 26s. 8d.;
• Thoma Frer', 26s. 8d.;
• Thomas Laye, 26s. 8d.;
• Sum: £13 6s. 8d.

Arrears of tithes and portions:

• From Chelsworth, 25s.;
• From Tivetshall, 50s.;
• From Rownton, 53s. 4d.
• Sum: £5 8s. 4d.

• To William Drury, knight, for his fee, 55s.;
• To Richard More, for clipping of sheep, 20s.

[f. 5r] The Hospital: Liveries of serjeants:

• Sir Robert Bretoner, per annum 46s. 8d.;
• Sir Thomas Yeates, per annum 46s. 8d.;
• Sir Thomas Herde, per annum, 46s. 8d.

• Thomas Bryden', per annum, 40s.;
• Andrew Kynge, per anum 20s.;
• John Machyn, brewer, 20s.;
• Richard Bull, butler, 20s.;
• John Bryden', clerk, 20s.

[f. 6r The bells of the hospital of Bury St. Edmunds.

[f. 8r] Bond of John Blandon, John Gryffith and Robert Cuteler in favour of Richard Southwell esquire, receiver of Augmentations for Norfolk & Suffolk, for the value of 300 wethers in Suffolk.

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