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APPENDIX 2:
Register of the Hospital of St. Mary: A Calendar

Endowment documents

[ff.4r-6r]
[Approvals and confirmations by the Bishop and Prior of Norwich of the agreement made concerning jurisdiction over the hospital and of the ordinances for its governance, 1386.]

[f.6v]
Licence granted by the king (in return for a payment of £26.13s.4d by the bailiffs and community) for the hospital to hold land in mortmain. William Oxneye and Robert Howlyn are licensed to alienate in mortmain 1 messuage, 17 cottages, and 100s. rent in Yarmouth, which they held of the king in burgage; now to be held by bailiffs and community and their successors for the support of poor and infirm townspeople and for other works of devotion and piety specified by William and Robert. Dated: September 2, 1392. [The record of this in the Calendar of Patent Rolls gives the date as September 22.]

[f.7r]
Charter of the bailiffs and community granting to William de Oxneye and Robert Howlyn a messuage with buildings in Yarmouth, lying between common land (S. and N.), the town wall (E.), and the king's highway (W.). They also grant them 17 cottages located between the following:

  1. Common ways (S. and N.), Middlegate (W.), land once of Thomas de Drayton (E.).
  2. Common way (N.), land once of John de Ocle and John de Wykampton (S.), land once of Hamon de Berton (W.), land once of John Holdeye (E.).
  3. Common way (S.), land of the chaplains of the Carnary (N.), the Dene (E.), land of the aforesaid chaplains and that once of Hugh Paunflot (W.).
     [A charnel-house was built in St. Nicholas' churchyard in 1308, funded by Sybil Flathe, to house the bones of those whose graves were dug up to make room for new burials.]
  4. Common way (S.), land of Thomas Bateman (N. and E.), land once of Clement Bevre (W.). [Clement's surname is variously spelled in the Register as "Bere", "Bure" and "Bever"; my rendering is a compromise.]
  5. Common ways (S. and N.), the Dene (E.), land of William de Oxneye (W.).
  6. Common ways (S. and N.), land of Andrew Bowyer (E.), land once of Clement Bere (W.).
  7. Common way (S.), land once of John de Reppes (N. and W.), land of John Brangill (E.).
    [f.7v]
  8. Common ways (S. and N.), the Dene (E.), land of Thomas Westgate tailor (W.).
  9. Common way (N.), land once of John de Halle (S.), the Dene (E.), land once of William de Ludham pelter (W.).
  10. Common way (N.), entrance to the land of Peter Baxter (S.), the Dene (E.), land once of John de Stalham named "Goddesmenshous" (W.).
  11. Common way (N.), land once of Edmund Bie (S. and W.), land of John de Byrlyngham (E.).
  12. Common way (N.), land of Simon Catte and land once of Robert de Merton (S.), land of William Buskyn (W.), land once of John de Hunyngham (E.).
  13. Land of John Wither, William Potter and William de Eccles (S.), common way (N.), the Dene (E.), land of Robert atte Cross (W.).
  14. Common ways (N. and E.), land of John Dodge (S. and W.).
  15. Common way (S.), land of Nicholas de Fordele (N.), Middlegate (W.), land of John de Halle (E.).
  16. Common ways (S. and N.), land once of Edmund de Burgh (W.), Middlegate (W.).
    [f.8r]
  17. Common way (N.), land of William de Worsted (S.), land of Robert Belle (W.), Middlegate (E.).
Also granted is a rent of 6s. from the capital messuage once of Thomas Cobald, now held by his nephew Robert Cobald (which 6s. was recently given to the bailiffs and community by Walter atte Sond, to the use of the hospital, as appears in his testament).
Witnesses: John Elys, Ralph Ramseye, John atte Gappe, Edmund Wyth, William Savage, Alexander atte Gappe, Thomas Redberd et al.; dated: October 1, 1397, in the time of William Oxneye, John Beketon, Thomas Marche and Thomas de Halle, bailiffs.
[It is reasonable to interpret the "common ways" as the Yarmouth rows, at least in most cases. This could not be the case with those properties backing onto the Denes, unless the open area within (to the west of) the walls was also considered as part of the Denes – a concept inherited from pre-wall times; this would explain why there are almost no references to the wall itself. Plans (post-medieval) of the town do not show any dwellings backing onto the Denes outside the walls – the closest structure to the Denes (apart from the walls) being the hospital complex; the appearance of that complex suggests it could have been formed from a row of cottages. Do the large number of references to former holders of abutting properties suggest that this document may have been partially copied from one or more older deeds or other sources?]

[f.8v]
Charter of Oxneye and Howlyn, pursuant to the king's licence, granting to bailiffs and community a messuage, 17 cottages and 100s. in rents. [ff.9r-9v]
[The messuage and cottages are granted in the terms above, with marginalia in a later hand, updating the ownership of abutting properties. The rents were due as follows:]

  1. 6s. from the capital messuage once of Thomas Cobald [as above, the first mentioned property in the 1397 deed].
    [f.10r]
  2. 2s.6d from a tenement now held by John son of John Elys, between common ways (N. and S.), Middlegate (E.), land of the said John Elys (W.).
  3. 2s. from a tenement held by John de Beketon, between the land of Nicholas Kirkhawe (N.), land of William de Runham (S.), Middlegate (E.), land once of Bartholomew Noggan (W.).
  4. 2s. from a tenement held by William de Runham, between a common way (S.), land of John de Beketon (N. and W.), Middlegate (E.).
  5. 12d. from a tenement held by John son of William atte Gappe, between a common way (N.), land of Bartholomew Elys (S.), Middlegate (E.), land of Simon Auncell (W.).
  6. 2s.10d from a tenement held by Simon Thurkild, between a common way (N.), land of Thomas atte Chirche (S.), the Dene (E.), land of the said Simon (W.).
  7. 3d. from a tenement held by Thomas atte Chirche, between a common way (S.), land of Simon Thurkild (N. and W.), the Dene (E.).
    [f.10v]
  8. 2s. from a tenement of Roger de Drayton (once of Laurence de Drayton), between common ways (S. and N.), the Dene (E.), land of the said Roger (W.).
  9. 12d. from a tenement of Alice de Drayton, between a common way (S.), land of Roger Kithode and land of John de Ocle (N.), land of John de Wykampton (W.), the Dene (E.).
  10. 12d. from a tenement of Peter de Selby, between a common way (N.), land once of Geoffrey de Drayton (S.), land once of Simon Tailliard (E.), the port (W.).
  11. 12d. from a tenement of John de Beverle, between a common way (S.), land of John son of William Elys (N.), land of William Goddesfeld (W.), land of John Elys (E.).
  12. 2s.6d from a tenement of Thomas Martyn, between a common way (N.), land once of Simon de Hastyng (S.), Middlegate (E.), land of John Hacun (W.).
  13. 12d. from a fish-house called "Gavelfishhus" now held by John Hughesson, between a common way (S.), land of Henry Colman (N.), land of Thomas White (E.), land of the said John (W.).
  14. 12d. from a tenement of Simon Auncell,
    [f.11r]
    between a common way (N.), land of Bartholomew Elys (S.), land of John atte Gappe (E.), land once of Richard atte Gappe (W.).
  15. 12d. from a tenement of Robert Gare, between a common way (N.), land of Richard Midward (S.), land of the priory of Silton and land once of Peter Beneyt (E.), Middlegate (W.).
  16. 12d. from a tenement of Nicholas Frere, between a common way (S.), land of Margery Bange (N.), the Dene (E.), land of Thomas Stace (W.).
  17. 4s. from a tenement of Bartholomew Sprotholf, between common ways (S. and N.), the Dene (E.), land once of Hugh de Norwich (W.).
  18. 5s. from a tenement of Roger Fuller, between a common way (N.), land of the said Roger (S.), the Dene (E.), land once of Hugh Paunflot (W.).
  19. 12d. from a tenement of Beatrix de Blofeld, between common ways (N. and S.), land once of Robert Davy (W.), land once of Thomas White (E.).
  20. 12d. from a tenement of Robert de Cantele barber, between a common way (N.), land of the said Robert and Thomas Bateman (S.), land of John Lawes mariner (W.), land of Thomas Bateman (E.).
  21. 3s. from a tenement of Alice widow of John de Filby,
    [f.11v]
    between common ways (S. and N.), the Dene (E.), land once of Clement Bevre (W.).
  22. 6d. from a tenement of Richard Ivy, between common ways (S. and N.), land of John de Halle and land once of William de Ludham (E.), land once of the said William (W.).
  23. 5s. from a tenement of Adam Heyron spicer, between a common way (N.), land once of Geoffrey de Fordele (S.), the Dene (E.), land once of Hugh de Baggele (W.).
  24. 20d. from a tenement of William Stalon, between a common way (N.), land once of Geoffrey de Fordele (S.), Middlegate (E.), the port (W.).
  25. 12d. from a tenement of William de Brisele, between a common way (S.), land of Robert Belle (N.), land of Geoffrey Wymark (E.), the port (W.).
  26. 18d. from a tenement of William de Worsted, between land once of Benedict de Rokhawe (S.), a common way and land once of John de Ocle (N.), the port (W.), land once of John de Ocle and
    [f.12r]
    Middlegate (E.).
  27. 6s.8d from a tenement of John Halman, between a common way (N.), land of Thomas de Aylesham (S. and E.), the port (W.).
  28. 6s.8d from a tenement (60' long) of Thomas son of John de Halle, between a common way called Dameavelynsrowe (S.), land once of Adam de Claxton (N.), the Dene (E.), land of the said Thomas (W.).
  29. 7d. from a tenement of Leticia Pette wortwoman, between a common way (S.), land of William de Barsham (N. and W.), Middlegate (E.).
    [I suspect wortwoman was another term for alewife, i.e. a retailer of ale.]
  30. 10d. from a tenement of William de Barsham wright, between a tenement of John de Hales shipwright (N.), land of Leticia Pette and a common way (S.), land once of Richard Tiler (W.), Middlegate (E.).
  31. 12d. from a tenement of John Hales shipwright, between land of William de Barsham and a common way (N.), land of the said William and land once of Richard Tiler and land of John Belewe (S.), land of Hervey Cook (W.), Middlegate (S.).
    [f.12v]
  32. 5s. from a tenement of Thomas Bateman with shop annexed, between the capital messuage of the said Thomas (formerly of Ralph Marshale) (N. and W.), a common way (S.), the Dene (E.).
  33. 3s.4d from a tenement of Ralph de Gunton, between the land of Thomas Wright baxter (N. and E.), a common way and land of the said Thomas (S.), Middlegate (W.).
  34. 12d. from a tenement of Thomas de Barsham, between the land once of John Latoner (S.), land of William Waryn fletcher (N. and W.), the Dene (E.).
  35. 2s. from a tenement of William Waryn fletcher, between a common way (N.), land once of John Latoner and Thomas de Barsham (S.), land of the said John (W.), the Dene (E.).
  36. 6d. from a tenement (25' long at its north end) of John atte Chirche de Ormesby, between a common way (S.), a common way and land of Thomas Erfeld (N.), land of the said Thomas and land of John Yon (W.), land of Thomas Hunte and vacant land once of Thomas Baa (E.).
  37. 9d. from a tenement of John de Riston smith, between a common way (S.), land once of
    [f.13r]
    Richard Broun barker (N. and E.), Gropecuntlane (W.).
  38. 5s. from a tenement of Margaret de Kilham, between a common way (S.), land of John de Lessingham skinner (N.), the Dene (E.), land once of Bartholomew de Holderness (W.).
  39. 3s. from a tenement of Henry Crane chandler, between the land of Richard Belleman (N.), land of Oliver Spicer (S.), a road (W.), land of John de Buttele (E.).
  40. 6d. from a tenement of Henry Crane chandler, between a common way (N.), land of Geoffrey Twynne (S.), land of John de Lessingham (E.), land once of Richard Tryuman (W.).
  41. 12d. from a tenement of William Benale, between a common way (S.), land once of Robert Barker (N. and W.), Middlegate (E.).
  42. 18d. from a tenement of John White tailor, between a common way (S.), land of Robert Robell and John de Halle (N.), land of William de Hedynham smith (E.), land of John de Halle (W.).
  43. 6d. from a tenement of John Lawes butcher, between a common way (N.), land of John Harpour (S. and E.),
    [f.13v]
    land of John Harpour and land of John Clerk butcher (W.).
  44. 6d. from a tenement of Nicholas Kates and his wife Beatrice (widow of Peter Beneyt), between a common way (S.), land once of Edward Ambrose (N.), land of Henry de Barsham wright (E.), Middlegate (W.).
  45. 18d. from a tenement of William Peper, between a common way (N.), land of Thomas de Halle draper and land of Thomas Grigges wright (S.), Middlegate (W.), land of John de Ingham "fisshebier" (E.).
  46. 12d. from a tenement of Robert Godfrey, between the land of William atte Dam (N.), a common way called Gurnardkonge (S.), Middlegate (E.), land of Nicholas Kates (W.).
  47. 4d. from a tenement of Thomas Hunte, between a common way (N.), land of the said Thomas once of Stephen Davy (S.), land once of Geoffrey Wymark (W.), land of William Waryn fletcher (E.).
  48. 6d. from a garden of William de Oxneye, between common ways (S. and N.), land of Hugh atte Fenne and land of the said William (E.), Middlegate (W.).
  49. 7d. from a tenement of William Ive,
    [f.14r]
    between a common way (N.), land of Walter Davy and land once of Robert Skinner (S.), land of John Hanworth chaplain (E.), Middlegate (W.).
  50. 18d. from the capitual messuage of William Ive, between a common way (N.), land of William Oxneye (S.), land of William Ive (W.), the Dene (E.).
  51. 2s.6d from a tenement of John Hakon, between a common way (N.), land of the said John (once of Rose Thurkild) (S.), land of Thomas Martyn (E.), the port (W.).
Witnesses: John Elys, Ralph Ramseye, Hugh atte Fenne, John atte Gappe, Roger de Drayton, Bartholomew Elys, Bartholomew de Drayton, Edmund Wyth, Alexander atte Gappe, Thomas Bateman et al.; dated: January 5, 1398, in the time of William Oxneye, John de Beketon, Thomas Marche and Thomas de Halle, bailiffs.



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