A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



In the commissioners' formal report they 

 say : — 



The Priory of Ingham ys solde to one William 

 Woodehowsse and the Religious persones in the same 

 Dispersid and gone and the goodes and catalles wasted 

 and spoyeled ; the circumstances of whiche matter we 

 have ad'vertysed and sygnifyed unto you by our letters.' 



Sir William Woodhouse seems to have been 

 allowed to retain his purchase ; he exchanged it 

 for the priory of Hickling in 1544, and it thus 

 became part of the estate of the bishopric of 

 Norwich. 



Priors of Ingham 



Richard Marleburgh,^ 1360 



John de Trowse/ 1383 



John Trows,* 1420 



Thomas Netesherd,' elected 1429 



John Blakeney/ elected 1439 



John Norwich/ elected 1447 



Thomas Ranworth,!'' elected 1476 



Thomas Catfield alias Godrede," occurs 1492, 



1526 

 John Saye,*- occurs 1532, last prior 



Sacrists of Ingham 



John de Pevesey 



John de Catefeld,^^ admitted 1387 

 Thomas Netesherd," admitted 1426 

 There is a cast of an imperfect impression of 

 the fourteenth-century seal of this priory (2i in. 

 by i^in.) at the British Museum. Within a 

 pointed oval is a representation of the Trinity 

 ■within a triple-arched niche. In the base is a 

 shield charged with a lion rampant, for Sir Miles 

 Stapleton, the founder. Legend : — 



• • • • sancte trinitatis ' 



HOUSE OF GILBERTINES 



41. THE PRIORY OF SHOULDHAM 



This Gilbertine priory, dedicated conjointly 

 to the Holy Cross and the Blessed Virgin, was 

 founded by Geoffrey FitzPiers, earl of Essex, in 

 the reign of Richard I, for canons and nuns of 

 the order of St. Gilbert of Sempringham. 



The foundation charter is cited in confirma- 

 tion grants of both Edward III and Henry IV, 

 and has been printed in the Monasticon.'' The 

 founder granted to the house his manor of Should- 

 ham, with its members, the churches of All 

 Saints and St. Margaret's in Shouldham, and 

 those of Carbaysthorp, Stoke Ferry, and Were- 

 ham. 



Geoffrey FitzPiers was chief justiciary of 

 England. On the foundation of the priory he 

 renioved the body of his first wife, Beatrice, 

 eldest daughter and co-heir of William de Say, 

 to this church from the Gilbertine priory of 

 Chicksands, Bedfordshire, in which chapter-house 

 she had been originally buried. He died on 

 2 October, 1 212, and was buried by his first wife. 



By a further charter, temp. John, Geoffrey 

 bestowed on this priory twelve shops, with the 

 rooms over them, in the parish of St. Mary's 

 Colechurch, London, for the purpose of sustain- 

 ing the lights of the church and of providing the 

 sacramental wine.* 



William de Mandeville, earl of Essex, second 

 son of the founder, not only confirmed his 

 father's gifts but gave to the priory the messuage 



' Chant. Cert. Norf. No. 90. 

 ' Norw. Epis. Reg. v, 43. 



' Ibid, vi, 93. * Ibid, viii, 59. 



' Ibid, ix, 35. '' Ibid. X, 31. 



' Dugdale, Mon. vi, 974-5. 



* Duodecim soppas cum soliis. (Blomefield, Hist, of 

 Ncrf. vii, 418-19.) 



and demesne lands, &c., which the founder had 

 reserved for his own use ; he was buried at the 

 priory in 1227. His widow Christiana made 

 further bequests.^^ 



In 1248 Henry III granted the priory a 

 Friday weekly market at Stoke Ferry, and a 

 yearly fair there on the morrow and feast of 

 St. Nicholas." 



The jury of the hundred of Clakelose found, 

 in 1275, that the prior of Shouldham had had 

 grant of free warren from Henry III, and also 

 that the tenants, by another charter of the same 

 king, need not answer for their lands in any 

 court save that of the king before his chief 

 justice.'" About the same time the prior's right 

 to the advowson of All Saints, Shouldham, and 

 205. rent there was called in question, and referred 

 for judgement to the next Hilary term at West- 

 minster.^' His rights were eventually maintained. 



The taxation roll of 1291 showed that this 

 priory had an annual income of ;^207 Js. <)id., 

 holding property in twenty-six Norfolk parishes, 

 in addition to the shops in the city of London. 



Licence to appropriate the church of Fincham, 

 by gift of John I3ardolf, was also granted in 1344.*' 



Gervase de Willeford, rector of Burwash, and 

 Roger de Dersingham obtained licence for aliena- 

 tion to this priory, in 1344, of 40;. rent in 



^ Norw. Epis. Reg. xi, 10. '" Ibid, xii, 53. 



" Jessopp, Norw. Fisit. 27. " Ibid. 210. 



" Norw. Epis. Reg. vi, 126. " Ibid, ix, 19. 



'* B.M.lxix, 26 ; Dugdale, A/ot. vi, 1,458 ; Ackn. 

 of Supr. (P.R.O.), 67. 



'" Duodecim soppas cum soliis. (Blomefield, Hist, of 

 Norf. vii, 418-19.) 



" Chart. R. 32 Hen. Ill, m. 6. 



" HunJ. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 458, 519, 532, 538. 



'=' Quo Warranto Rolls, 489. 



*» Pat. 18 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 5. 



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