AN
ESSAY
TOWARDS A
TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF THE
COUNTY OF NORFOLK,
CONTAINING A
DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNS, VILLAGES,
AND HAMLETS,
WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF
MONASTERIES, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, CHANTRIES, AND
OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS:
ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF
The Ancient and Present State of all the Rectories, Vicarages, Donatives, and
Impropriations, their Former and Present Patrons and Incumbents, with their
several Valuations in the King's Books, whether discharged or not:
LIKEWISE,
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CASTLES, SEATS, AND
MANORS, THEIR PRESENT AND ANCIENT OWNERS;
TOGETHER WITH THE
Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Arms in all the Parish Churches, and Chapels;
with several Draughts of Churches, Monuments, Arms, Ancient Ruins, and other
RELICKS OF ANTIQUITY.
COLLECTED OUT OF
LEDGER-BOOKS.REGISTERS, RECORDS, EVIDENCES, DEEDS, COURT-ROLLS,
AND OTHER AUTHENTICK MEMORIALS.
BY FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD,
RECTOR OF FERSFIELD IN NORFOLK.
Nos patriae fines, et dulcia scripsimus arva. Virg.
VOLUME V.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE-STREET,
BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S,
1806.
