Add MS 40063

REDGRAVE HALL PAPERS. Vol. III. Miscellaneous manorial records, viz.: 1. Abstracts from court-rolls of Rickinghall (se. Add. Rolls 63378-63416) 28 Feb. 1259-18 Jan. 1304, imperfect at end. Followed in the same early 14th cent. hand (f. 4) by a similar abstract of court-rolls of Tyftishale [Tivetshall, co. Norf.], circ. 1268-1318 (an added entry at the end is in the hand of art. 2), and in another hand (f. 6 b) by the draft of a letter in English from T[homas] R[attlisden], Abbot of Bury [1479-1497 ?] to dom. Johannes Eye and dom. Johannes Cambryge, charging them to correct one dom. H. Brade, or else "3e xall goo to prison bothe too and ly pere pis vii 3ere tyl 3our feet fall fro 3our legges," n.d. f. 1.

2. Another abstract of Rickinghall rolls covering partly the same period, 18 Dec. 1259-6 May 1365 (Add. Rolls 63378-63476). In a hand of temp. Edw. III. f. 7.

3. "Rikinghale extent no. 13" : apparently a gathering from a vellum register of Bury manors, 15th cent. Besides Rickinghall Inferior (f. 21 b) and Rickinghall Superior (f. 27), it includes part of Hinderclay (?) at f. 21 and Wattisfield at f. 27 b. There are many references to the Black Book of Bury ("nigrum registrum de vestiario," now Cambridge University Library MS. Mm. 4.19) and other abbey registers. f. 21.

4. Survey of Rickinghall, cum membris, by John Eyre, Receiver for the Court of Augmentations in cos. Norf. and Suff., 19 Sept.

34 Hen. VIII [15421, and of Redgrave, cum membris (Gislingham and Botesdale), 20 Sept., and Hinderclee [Hinderclay], 29 Sept. Preceded by a rental, which includes also Wortham and Burgate, and followed (f. 100) by an engrossed copy of the Hinderclay survey. f. 54.

5. "A survey of the ferme and demeanes of the manour of Rickinghall" ; 2 Sept. 37 Hen. VIII [1545]: extent of the demesne. f. 109.

6. Presentment relating to Rickinghall, Westhorpe (of which Sir Thomas Cornwallis was lord), Wyverstone and Finningham, n.d. [middle of the 16th cent.]. f. 113.

7. Rental of Rickinghall West Hall, with members, year ending Michaelmas, 1592. f. 120. Paper (except ff. 21-31, 108); ff. 128. Folio.

includes:

• ff. 1-3 b, 7-20 b Rickinghall, Suffolk: Rolls and abstracts from court-rolls of: 1259-1602.
• f. 4 Tivetshall, Norfolk: Abstracts of court-rolls: [circ. 1268-1318].
• f. 6 b Dom. H- Brade, [monk of Bury St. Edmunds ?]: Letter rel. to, from T. Rattlisden, Abbot of Bury: late 15th cent.: Draft.
• f. 6 b Dom Johannes Cambryge: Letter to, from T. Rattlisden, Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds: late 15th cent.: Draft.
• f. 6 b Dom. Johannes Eye: Letter to, from the Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds: late 15th cent.: Engl.: Draft.
• f. 6 b Thomas Rattlisden, Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds 1479: Letter to J. Eye and J. Cambryge: late 15th cent.: Draft.
• f. 21 b Rickinghall, Suffolk: Extent of Rickinghall Inferior manor in: 15th cent.
• ff. 21, 49, 92, 100 Hinderclay, Suffolk: Rental and surveys of the manor, 15th cent.: 1542.
• ff. 21-30 b Bury St Edmunds Abbey; Suffolk: Fragment of register (?) of manors belonging to: 15th cent.
• f. 27 Rickinghall, Suffolk: Extent of Rickinghall Superior manor in: 15th cent.
• f. 27 b Wattisfield, Suffolk: Extent of the manor: 15th cent.
• f. 32 Rickinghall, Suffolk: Rental of the manor: 1542.
• f. 37 b Botesdale, Suffolk: Rental of the manor: 1542.
• ff. 37 b, 70 Redgrave, Suffolk: Rental and survey of the manor: 1542.
• ff. 37 b, 70 Gislingham, Suffolk: Rental and survey of Ruslies and Jennies manor in: 1542.
• f. 46 Burgate, Suffolk: Rental of the manor, with Wortham: 1542.
• f. 46 Wortham, Suffolk: Rental of the manor, with Burgate: 1542.
• f. 54 John Eyre, Receiver for the Court of Augmentations in counties Norfolk and Suffolk: Survey of Rickinghall, etc., by: 1542.
• ff. 54, 109 Rickinghall, Suffolk: Surveys of the manor, etc.: 15th cent.-1545.
• f. 70 Botesdale, Suffolk: Survey of the manor: 1542.
• f. 113 Rickinghall, Suffolk: Presentment rel. to: 16th cent.
• f. 114 Westhorpe, Suffolk: Presentment rel. to: mid 16th cent.
• f. 117 Wyverstone, Suffolk: Presentment in: 16th cent.
• f. 117 b Finningham, Suffolk: Presentment rel. to: mid 16th cent.
• f. 120 Rickinghall, Suffolk: Rental of West Hall al. Rickinghall Inferior manor in: 1591-1592.