latter end of the 13th century, and soon after it fell into the great manor again.
It was held of the barony of Rhie, which shews that it was a part of the great manor at first granted to some younger branch of the Morley family.
The site was granted from the manor along with Roydon Hall, and is now quite destroyed; the old moats still go by the name of Tuft's Hall Yards.
Brisingham Manor
Extends into this town, and hath so done ever since the Conquest; for we read that there were then four socmen that had five acres of ground valued in that parish.
Filby's Manor
In Brisingham and Roydon, was joined to Boyland manor in Brisingham, for which reason I shall treat of it in Brisingham.
The Gifts to this parish are small, viz.
Two acres of copyhold land, held of Gissinghall, given long before 1577, as appears from the court books.
About 1609, William Kettleburgh, Gent. gave 20s. per annum to the poor, to be divided by the church-wardens, where most need shall be; and there is a small house, now [1736] the sign of the hart, with a garden thereto adjoining, tied for the payment of it, the overplus of which is the estate of Mr. John Dawney aforesaid.
Mr. Robert Horner, who died in 1708, gave the freehold close called Fuller's, joining to the east side of the rectory garden, for ever to the rector, on condition that he preaches an annual sermon on Good Friday, and distributes 40s. per annum to clothe four poor widows of Roydon.
The commons are very small, being called the Dort, Waynforth's Green, the Parsonage Green, and the Little Green; in all which they common alone, and intercommon on Roydon Green, which joins to Brisingham pound.
These Arms are born by
Mr. John Pickarell, lord of Gissinghall, in Roydon, sab. a swan proper, a chief erm.
Mr. Robert Blake, sab. on a chevron gul. between three garbs or, a de-lis of the field.
Mr. Charles Deyns, or, two bars in a bordure sab.
Mr. Richard Waynforth, or, a lion rampant az. between three hurts. Crest, a lion rampant guardant or, a hurt in his paws.
The next village on the river joining west to Roydon, is,
BRISINGHAM
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