56 Facts relating to Wokingham. 



for each county to assess and sell them, by the oaths of certain of 

 the inhabitants. 



Their finding as to Wokingham is as follows : — 



" Inquisitiones Nonarum, com Berk. Wokyngh'm de P^nch. de Sonnyng. 



Respons. p'ochianor de Wokyngh'm p. Will. Romny, Will, de M'lake, Hug. 

 atte Mor et Thorn. Cryek, dat' p'ori de Waly'gfbrd et sotiis suis collet-tor' 

 et venditor' IX. garbar' lanar' et agn' in com. Berk, qui dent. q. vendicio 

 fit p'dietar. reru' in p'och p'dict. ad verum valorem silic TX. marc. In cuius rei 

 testi' cm huic response predict, p'och. sigilla sua apposuert. Dat. apd Radyrg 

 die Lune px. post fm. See. Scolastice vi'gis anno regni Reg. E. t'ti. a conquest, 

 quinto d'co." 



John Norreys, Esq., and Sir William Norreys, Knight. 



It appears from the Inquisitions still remaining in the Public 

 Record OflBce, that an Inquisition post mortem was taken al May- 

 denhythe (Maidenhead) in the county of Berks, on Tuesdaj', the 

 next after the Feast of All Saints, 6 Edw. IV. (1466), before 

 Edward Cheyney, Escheator, and a Jury, that John Norreys died pos- 

 sessed of many messuages, mills, lands, tenements, pastures, 

 woods, meadows, &c., at Wokingham, and the Jury find that 

 William Norreys, Knight, is son and heir of the said John, and 

 is aged twenty and five years and more, and that the said John 

 died on the first of September, 6 Edw. IV. (1466). 



John Norreis, Esq., no doubt a member of the Earl of Abingdon's 

 family, was a great benefactor to Wokingham, as in the reign of 

 Henry the Sixth, he with two others, founded the chantry of St. 

 Mary, in the church of Wokingham, and in all probability con- 

 tributed to the beautiful west window of the church tower, which 

 is of that date. 



Queen Elizabeth's Charter. 



By this charter, which is in English, and is on the Patent Poll 

 of 25 Eliz. p. 2, and is dated the 9th day of February, it is 

 recited — 



" That where within our town of Woking alias Wokingham, in the County 

 of Berks, parcel of our manor or lordship of Sonnynge by all the time whereof 

 no memory of men is to the contrary, there have been certiiin liberties, jirivileges, 

 &c., enjoyed by the inhabitants, viz., one Leet to be holden yeaiiy about the 



