Diocese of Norwich, Records of the Estates of the Bishop of Norwich.

Records are listed in the following order:

DN/EST1-14: RECORDS OF ST BENETS ABBEY

DN/EST1-6: RECORDS OF ST BENETS AMONG THE DIOCESAN ARCHIVES

DN/EST1. BAILIFF'S ACCOUNT ROLLS

DN/EST2. MANOR COURT ROLLS

DN/EST3. OBEDIENTIARY ROLLS

DN/EST4. RENTALS, SURVEYS, EXTENTS

DN/EST5. MISCELLANEOUS

DN/EST6. PAPAL BULLS

DN/EST7-13: RECORDS RESTORED TO DIOCESAN ARCHIVES IN 1962

DN/EST7. TITLE DEEDS

DN/EST8. MANOR COURT ROLLS, THURNE AND ASHBY

DN/EST9. BAILIFF'S ACCOUNTS, ASHBY AND FLEGG

DN/EST10. BAILIFF'S ACCOUNTS, NORTH WALSHAM

DN/EST11. BAILIFF'S ACCOUNTS, HEIGHAM, POTTER HEIGHAM, SCOTTOW AND SHOTESHAM

DN/EST12. OBEDIENTIARY ROLLS

DN/EST13. MISCELLANEOUS

DN/EST14: RECORDS RESTORED TO DIOCESAN ARCHIVES IN 1981

DN/EST15: RECORDS RELATING TO THE BISHOP'S ESTATES BEFORE THE EXCHANGE WITH ST BENETS

DN/EST16-99: RECORDS RELATING TO THE BISHOP'S ESTATES AFTER THE EXCHANGE WITH ST BENETS

DN/EST100: ST BENETS OBEDIENTIARY ROLLS RESTORED TO THE DIOCESAN ARCHIVES IN 1999

Records of the estates of St. Benets passed into the diocesan archives and are listed here as DN/EST1-6.

Few estate records of the bishop of Norwich before the exchange survive : these are listed here as DN/EST15. A few records relating to these estates are among the Dean and Chapter archives

Records of the bishop's estates after 1535 are listed here as DN/EST16 onwards : little in fact survives earlier than 1641.

<span class="wrapper"><p>Many records of the bishop's estates, including manor court books, passed into the hands of the Church Commissioners. These are now in the Norfolk Record Office. A separate list of Church Commissioners (bishopric) Records refers</p> <p>RECORDS OF ST. BENETS IN DEAN AND CHAPTER ARCHIVES</p> <p>Cartulary (mainly of title to churches) : DCN 40/8</p> <p>Tenants of the abbey in Worstead 14th cent. : DCN 95/32</p> <p>Bailiffs accounts for Hellesdon 1459-1460 : DCN 95/33</p> <p>RECORDS OF BISHOP'S ESTATES IN DEAN AND CHAPTER ARCHIVES</p> <p>Bailiffs accounts: DCN 95/4-7, 9-14, 19-23, 23a castleward account : DCN 95/8</p> <p>Royal charters pertaining to the bishopric : DCN 41/16-22</p> <p>Title deeds relating to episcopal properties : DCN 44/14, 73, 74, 111, 112, 114, 128, 150, 151, 153, 154, 157, 158</p> <p>Leases of episcopal estates : DCN 49/24, 33, 34, 36, 72</p></span>

DN/EST100 received by Norfolk Record Office in 1998 (ACC 1998/227). All other material received on dates unknown.

In the Middle Ages the bishop of Norwich held estates in about 50 parishes in Norfolk, 30 parishes in Suffolk and a small number elsewhere. These are listed in Blomefield's History of Norfolk vol. 4 pp 530-539. In 1535 almost all of these estates were granted to the king and the bishop received in exchange the estates of St. Benets abbey, mainly in the north and east of Norfolk (listed in Blomefield's History of Norfolk vol. 4 pp 539-542).