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patron of this turn, and on Oct. 23d following by consent of Will. Gresham, Esq. patron, it was consolidated to the church of Keswick adjoining to Intwood.

Rectors of Intwood and Keswick, and Gowthorp chapel annexed

  • 1602, Will. Welles, B. D.; in 1603, he returned 46 communicants here. Sir John Hobart, Knt. patron.
  • 1617, Will. Warren. The King by lapse.
  • 1639, John Ridley. Lady Dorothy Hobart. Henry King; he resigned, and in
  • 1662, John Sheffield, A. M. was presented by Sir John Hobart of Blickling, Bart. In 1663, he resigned, and Sir John gave it to Miles Smith, and in
  • 1680, to Ric. Clerk, at whose death in
  • 1708, Sam. Harris was presented by Sir John Hobart, Bart. and at his cession in 1720, he gave it to
  • Will. Herring, LL. B. on whose cession in
  • 1743, The Rev. Will. Leech, the present rector, was instituted at the presentation of John Lord Hobart, now patron.


KESWICK

Or Case-Wic, i. e. the cottages upon the wic or winding of the river, to which the situation, which is on the river's side, exactly answers. In the Confessor's time this manor was a berewic to Hethill manor, and was owned by Olf, a thane of that King, and by Roger Bigot in the Conqueror's time; it was then 6 furlongs long, and 5 broad, and paid 6d. ob. geld or tax, and Aitard de Vals or de Vaux, held it of Bigod.

Godric the sewer had a man that held 10 acres here, and the King and the Earl had the whole soc, lete, and superiour jurisdiction.

It continued in the Vaux family for many ages; Hubert de Vallibus or Vals, was lord, and had an exemption from paying toll in Norwich,