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

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1539

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.

[f. 2v]

• 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.

This appears to be three separate documents which have been bound together centuries after their compilation as they deal with the lands, possessions, rents, farms and debts of the former abbey of Bury St. Edmunds

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