thinks was the heiress of the de Antingham family,
but who may either have been this Margaret Sutton,
' Chiefly from Norris MS. History of North Erpingham (penes
\V. Rye).
THE PARISH. 1 1
formerly Burnel, and have married dc Witchingham
secondly ; or her daughter of the same Christian
name.
He was Sheriff of Norfolk in 1405-6, and by
Alice, his first wife, had
William de VVichingham, his son and heir, who
no doubt died without issue, for, both here and at
Cantley, he was succeeded by his half-brother
Edmund, by his father's second wife Joan, who,
rather than her mother-in-law, I think, may have
been the heiress of Antingham.
Edmund W'tchingJiam, who of Woodrising was
lord in 1434, and by his wife Alice, daughter and
heiress of John Fastolf of Fishley, had issue four
daughters, of whom one,
Amy Wichingham, married Sir Richard South-
well, and was father of
Sir Robert So7ithwell, who is said to have held
the manor of the Countess of Suffolk, about 15 15.
How it got into the king's hands by 1545 I do
not know; but in that year (5th May, 37th
Hen. VHI.) it was granted to Sir Richard^
* Sir Richard Southwell, Knight, cir. 1545. This Sir Richard
was grandfather of the poet, Robert Southwell. Blomefield says
of Sir Richard — " He was a great favourite of King Henry VIH.;
one of the visitors, appointed by him, of the monasteries in Nor-
folk on their suppression ; of the Privy Council to that king,
Edward VI., and Queen Mary ; Master of the Ordnance and
Armoiy ; one of the Executors to Heniy VIII. ; and High
Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster."
12 HISTORY OF UPTON,
Southwell (nephew of the late lord, and son of
his brother Francis by Dorothy Tendring, his
wife), with Wendling, Kerdiston, &c. He is said
to have "conveyed" [surrendered?] it to the king
in the following year.
In 1546 the king settled it on the Dean, &c., of
Christ Church, Oxford,^ who held it till quite
recently, when it was sold to
William Waters, Esq., about 1822, from whom
it passed to
John Waters, Esq., about 1859, whose trustees
succeeded to it in 1876.
Owners of Other Manorial or
Property Rights.
The Abbot and Convent of Holm, temp. Edward
the Confessor.
Godric the Dapifer, temp. William the Conqueror.
Witt de Stutevile, op. se 4to. die versus Roger
de Cressy de placito capiendi Chyrograph suum
de fine facto inter eos de terr. in Upton et at
ptcita apud Bedf. Cor. Willo. de Rupe et sociis
Anno 25 Henr. HI., Oct. imo.—Add. MSS. 8843,
fo. 46.
Henry de Cat and Margery his wife, recovered
5 Upton Manor, yearly value £26. i6s. S^a'., to St. Frideswide,
Oxford. — DugdaWs Mon. ii. 171.
THE PARISH. 13
of Ralph de Rothing pasture land in Upton, 1288.
— Bl. Norf. V. 1495.
Sunderland Hall, or Brome Manor, in South
Walsham, had rights in Upton (Petronilla, widow
of Sir Roger de Brome, 1304). — Bl. Norf. v. 1496.
Will, de Bergh held lands here,^ 43 Edward III.
Stephen Fowlhand of Upton and Henry Mount-
ford of South Walsham confirmed to Peter Erie of
Upton, Tho. atte Den of the same, and Geffrey-
Erie of North Burlingham," one acre of land in
Northmarsh in Upton, 1410.
Elizabeth, wife of John Bray of Norwich, owned
rights in Upton belonging to her manor of Mount
or Mill-hill in Wickhampton and other parishes,
1473.—^/. Norf. V. 1493.
Elizabeth, widow of John Holditch leaves all
her lands in Upton to her son Robert Holditch,
1524. Robert Moneyman conveyed land here to
Robert Holditch, temp. Henry Nl\\.—Bl. Norf
V. 1474-5-
Simon Owghlawe owns land in Upton, afterwards
possessed by Thomas Clere, 1542. Thomas Clere
also had land here which formerly belonged to John
Reynes of Acle. — Court of Wards and Liveries,
vi. 129.
6 Add. MSS. 8843, PP- 1 18-122.
' Abutting on ye land of the manor, Sunderland Hall. — Add.
MSS., 8843, pp. 118— 122.
14 HISTORY OF UPTON.
Richard Fulmerston, Esq., held a grant of lands
in Upton of Weybridge Priory, Acle (the Upton
temporalities of which priory, at the Dissolution,
were valued at 20d.), circ. 1547. — Bl. Norf. v. 1492.
Robert Rownce held land in Upton, respecting
which there was a Chancery suit, temp. Elizabeth.
Mauritius Adolphus Newton Stark, Esq., lord
of the manor of Beighton in Upton, in right of
his wife, 1799.
The Vansittart family owned an estate, now the
property of IMiss Coventry, Stoke Severn Rectory,
1890.
P. B. Bellin, Esq., and Mrs. Downing Farrar, also
have an estate here.
Mr. S. Munford, nephew of the author of Local
Names in\ Norfolk, is also a landowner.
[For other ownership rights vide extracts of
wills, Chapter VII.]
The Parish Award, dated 1802, recognises rights
in Upton of the manors of — i, Upton; 2, South
Walsham ; 3, Cattishall in South Walsham. ; 4,
Chamery Hall in South Walsham; 5, Rowthinghall
in South Walsham; 6, Ranworth and Panxworth;
7, Beighton.
In the Award, nine public and fifteen private
roads are given. Over the latter the Commis-
sioners have granted to the rector and vicar a
right of way, as follows: — "We do hereby declare
THE PARISH. 15
that the said several private roads are also hereby
set out and appointed for the use and convenience
of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Ely
and his successors, owners of the Rectory of
Upton, and of his and their lessees for the time
being of the said rectory, and of the said John
Oldershaw, clerk, vicar of the vicarage of Upton
aforesaid, and of his successors, vicars of the said
vicarage for the time being for ever."
The following are short notes of the earlier Feet
of Fines in which the Parish of Upton is
mentioned. The full references will be
found in Rye's Cale?idar of Norfolk Fines.
7th Richard I. Stephen de Ludinge v. *Robert
le Wile, of a virgate in Upton — being a partition.
1 8th Henry III. Magr. Hugh de Upton v.
Magr. *Walter de Upton, in Upton.
23rd Henry HI. Richard le Butilier v. *the
Prior of Buttel, of the advowson of Upton.
25th Henry HI. *Cristiana, widow of Thomas
de S'co Audomero, v. Simon de Criketoft, in
Walsham, . . . Upton, Randewurth, Hemlingham,
Beigheton, Mouton, and Wikhampton.
38th Henry HI. William de Nicole v. *John
fir William le Lord and Maria his wife, in Upton.
nth and 12th Edward L *Bartholomew fil'
l6 HISTORY OF UPTON.
Radulphus de Somerton, by J 'no de Livermere, v.
Constance de Somerton, by J'no de Walcote, in
Randeworth, Pankesford, and Upton.
14th Edward I. Thomas fil' Gerard de Redham
and Rosa his wife v. *Ralph de Redham and
Margaret his wife, in Fysshele, Upton, Akele,
Northbirlingham, Frenthorp, and Burgh in Fleg.
(Wydo Butecurte app. clam.)
14th Edward I. Katherine hi' Walter Buckeskin
V. *Katherine, the wife of Walter Buckeskyn, in
Fisshele, Upton, Frethorp, Northbyrlingham, and
Burg in Fleg.
33rd Edward I. William fil' Nicholas Rydel v.
*Nicholas Rydel, by Randolf de Trous, in Wrox-
ham, Rakheyth, Crostweyt, Beston, Bastwyk,
Felthorp, Taverham, Attebrig, and Upton.
34th Edward I. *Robert fil' Maurice de Upton
and Margaret his wife, by Randolf de Trous, v.
Galfridus Cote of Breydeston, by Nicholas de
Blofeld, in Upton, Fisshele, North Birlingham, and
South Walsham. (Guydo Butecurte and William
fir James de Lincoln app. clam.)
35th Edward I. Nicholas Bukeskyn, by John
de Friselond, v. *William Cayly and Katherine his
wife, by Galfridus de Snetesham, in Fisshele,
Upton, Frethorp, North Birlyngham, Burgh, and
Fleg, which Katherine, the wife of Walter
Buckeskyn, holds for life.
THE PARISH. 17
2nd Edward II. *VVillm. Gerberge de Wyk-
hampton and Johanna his wife v. Willm. de
Gorton and Clement de Stalham, in Wykhampton,
Halv'gate, Tunstall, Ocle, Beyeghton, Mouton,
Frethorp, Redham, Lympenhowc, Possewyk,
Castre, Fisshele, Upton, and Cantele. (Robt. Ic
Chaumberleyn and Hawys his wife app. clam.
Willm. de Halviriate app. clam.)
2nd Edward II. Peter Bukskyn v. *John fil'
Gerard de Redham and Rosa his wife, in Upton,
Fisshele, Acle, Northbirlyngham, and Burgh in
Fleg.
5th Edward II. Thom. de Cokefeld v. *Rog.
de Upton and Emma his wife, in Erlham and
Costeseye.
13th Edward III. *John de Coulenge v. Nigel
de Halle of Crungelthorp, in Upton.
i6th Edward III. Roger Hardegrey, John de
Berneye, Thos. de Bumpsted, and John Yemme, v.
*Peter Buckeskyn of Fisshele, of the manor of
Burghalle in Fisshele, and the advowson of
Fisshele, and land in Fisshele, Upton, Acle,
Mouton, Frethorp, Northbirlyngham, South Wal-
sham, Letheryngsete, Bastwyk juxta Rande-
worthe, Berton juxta Smalbergh, and Beston
juxta Berton.
29th and 30th Edward III. John de Welle and
Alicia his wife v. *John de Caston, Chivaler, and
c
1 8 HISTORY OF UPTON.
Kath. his wife, in Southbirlyngham, Geyghton,
Accle, Upton, Lyngvvode, South Walsham,
Northbirlyngham, and Bokenhamfferie.
30th Edward III., 2nd MS., No. i, p. 199b.
John Cook de Upton and Claricia ux. ej., an
acre of land at Upton, as parcel of the manor of
Fishley.
42nd Edward III. John de Eccles v. *John de
Elyngham and Kath. his wife, in Northbirlyng-
ham, Upton, Walsham, Randworth, Panxford,
and Hemelyngton.
49th Edward III. Robt. Dersyng v. *Andrew
Bely (C .'') and Felicia his wife, in Upton.
3rd Henry IV. Thomas atte Grene of South-
walsham, Adam atte Grene, and Nich. atte Grene,
V. John Holere of Mouton and Agnes his wife, in
Southwalsham and Upton.
7th and 8th Henry IV. Wm. Lyghtfote,
clericus, and John Lyghtfote of Bokenhamferye, v.
*Nich. Blome and Cecilia his wife, in Northbyr-
lyngham, Southbirlyngham, Hasyngham, Lynge-
wode, Strumpeshawe, Blofeld, Hemlyngton, and
Upton.
23rd Henry VI. John Reynere of Acle,
Lawrance Oky, Thos. Oky, and Robt. Walle, v.
*Rich. Goggeman and Margery his wife, in Upton,
Acle, and Beyton.
CHAPTER II.
#f l^t Cljxtixlj : its <^f0xtnjjafioit, ^f niinber,
natrons, antr €hxQV,
EXTRACT from Domesday Book quoted in
Tanner's MS., Diocesan Registry,
Upton, dd. St. Margaretae.
Domesd. Appropriatur Priori et conv. de Buttlee
praeter vicariam. Estimatio Rectoriae xxv marc.
Procuratio vii* vii^ ob. Synodalia p annum ii*
iiii''. Denarii S. Petri xvi'*. Carvagium iii*^.
Eccl(es)ia donata fuit canonicis de B. a Ran.
Glanvil fundatore p Hen. II.
From the King's Book, from which the amounts
of firstfruits are taken, date 1786. Upton V.
(St. Margaret). Clear yearly value, £2^ Episc.
C 2
20 HISTORY OF UPTON.
2s. 4d. ; Archidiac, ys. ']\d. ; Mon. Butteley, Propr.
Bishop of Ely, p. i. King's books, £Ty.
Although it is probable that the spiritual wants
of the parish \vere cared for in Anglo-Saxon times,
we have no evidence of the existence of a church
until the year iiyr, when Ranulph de Glanville
founded and built in Upton a Norman church,
and attached it to his new Priory of Butley,
Suffolk. I have transcribed the subjoined document
from "Dugdiile's^ Monasiicon Ang-/zca7iu7n, which is
of interest as being the legal instrument by which
King Henry II. confirmed De Glanville's deed of
gift of the Manor of Upton to the De Wirtonesham
family on a feudal tenure, and the church and its
patronage to Butley Priory.
De Advocatione Ecclesiae de Uppetona data per
Ranulphum de Glanville, Canonicis de Butley. ^
^ The deed quoted by Dugdale is CartcE Antiqua:, P. n. 32,
Public Record Office.
^ Concerning the patronage of the church of Upton, granted by
Ranulph de Glanville to the Canons of Butley.
Henry, by the grace of God, King of England, Duke of
Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, to the Arch-
bishops, &c., greeting —
Be it known to you that (at the petition of Ranulph de Glanville)
I have granted, and by this present charter have confirmed to
Reyner de Wirtonesham and his heirs, the manor of Upton, with all
things thereto belonging, which I gave to the aforesaid Ranulph and
his heirs, for his service ; and the said Ranulph hath granted and
confirmed by his own charter to the aforesaid Reyner to hold to him
THE CHURCH. 21
Henricus Dei gratia rex Angliae, dux Nor-
mannise, Aquitaniae, comes Andegaviae, archiepis-
copis, &c., salutem. Sciatis me ad petitionem
Ranulfi de Glanvill concessisse, et pra^senti carta
confirmasse Reinero de Wirtonesham, et haeredibus
suis, manerium de Uppetona, cum omnibus per-
tinentiis suis, quod ego dedi praedicto Ranulfo, et
haeredibus suis, pro servitio suo, et idem Ranulfus
dedit et carta sua confirmavit praedicto Reynero,
tenendum sibi, et haeredibus suis, de eodem
Ranulfo, et haeredibus suis, per servitium feodi
dimidii miHtis, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis,
excepta ecclesia ejusdem villae, et ejus praesen-
tatione quam praedictus Ranulfus dedit Deo et
ecclesiae beatae Mariae de Buttelia, et canonicis
ibidem Deo servientibus, in perpetuam elemosinam.
Ouare volo, &c.
and his heirs, from the said Ranulph and his heirs, by service of
half a knight's fee, with all things thereto belonging, except the
church of that town and its presentation, which the aforesaid
Ranulph gave in perpetual alms to God and the Church of the
Blessed Mary of Butley, and to the Canons who serve God there.
Wherefore I will, &c.
Witnesses — Hugo Murdach.
John Cummin.
Bertram de Verdune.
Michael Belet.
William de Bend.
Hugo de Crescey.
Robert, the son of Bernard.
At Pontefract.
22 HISTORY OF UPTON.
Testibus — Hugone Murdach. .
Johanne Cummin.
Bertramo de Verdun e.
Michaele Belet.
Willielmo de Bend.
Hugone de Crescey.
Roberto filio Bernard!.
Apud Pontemfractum.
SEAL OF HENRY II.
It may be of interest to subjoin some particulars
of the life of Ranulph de Glanville, whose memory
THE CHURCH. 23
should ever be kept green by the people of Upton,
out of gratitude to the eminent founder of their
church.
Life of Ranulph de Glanville.
Ranulph, Ranulf, Ralph, or Randal de Glanville,
" the father of English jurisprudence," was born at
Stratford, in Suffolk ; but the date of his birth is
unknown. He made his principal residence in
Yorkshire, where some of the large possessions of
his wife, Bertha, daughter and heiress of Theobald
de Valoins, Lord of Parham, were situate. Lord
Campbell states that "under King Stephen he was
receiver for the forfeited Earldom of Conan, and
collector of the rents of the Crown in Yorkshire
and Westmoreland," Belonging to a family distin-
guished for founding religious houses, Ranulph
exceeded the munificence of his kindred. In
1 171 he established the Priory of Black Canons,
of the Order of S. Augustine, at Butley, Suffolk,
dedicating it to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the
same year — according to Blomefield — he founded
the Church of S. Margaret, Upton, building it in
the prevailing Norman style of architecture. The
manor of Upton had been granted to him by King
Henry II., who had taken it from Andrew le
Boteler as an escheat, upon the latter " refusing to
24 HISTORY OF UPTON.
perform the service due to the king."^ On founding
the church, de Glanville gave the patronage to the
Prior and Canons of his new Priory of Butley,
which chapter presented a succession of vicars to
the benefice of Upton, down to the year 1533. In
1 183, Ranulph de Glanville founded an abbey of
Premonstratensian Canons at Leiston, Suffolk, in
the neighbourhood of his birthplace ; and performed
a further work (which Blomefield notes) in estab-
lishing " an hospital in West Somerton, for the
king's soul, his own, and that of Barta, his wife,
for three lepers, and gave the care or guardianship
of it to the said priory" (of Butley). -
On Henry II. going to Ireland in 1171, to assert
his sovereignty over those parts of the sister isle
which had been newly conquered, de Glanville
appears as Ireland's friend in bringing his con-
spicuous ability to the aid of the king in settling
solid legal foundations on which the new dominions
might rest. A reviewer in The CJiurcJunan of
January, 1890, thus writes: — "Henry organized
^ Beside the manor of Upton he appears to have had manors at
Roughton, Dickleburgh, Bawdsey, and Glosthorp, and was lord of
Benhall, as well as of part of the lordship of West Somerton.
2 William de Glanville founded Bromholm Priory, for Cluniac
Monks, as a cell to Castleacre in 1113. Another member of the
family, Robert or Roger de Glanville, in conjunction with the
Countess Gundreda, his wife, founded the Benedictine Nunnery
of Bungay in 1160.
THE CHURCH. 2$
the legal and municipal affairs of Ireland. Assize
Courts date from his visit. Ranulf de Glanville,
'greatest and earliest of English lawyers/ was
by his side, and his signature^ can still be seen
to the Dublin Charter of 1 171, in Chart(B Privilegia
et Imnmnitates, published by the Irish Record
Office. But while he thus, during his brief stay
in Ireland, planted the seeds of law and order,
Henry planted also, however unwittingly, fresh
seeds of unending division."
In 1 1 74, de Glanville, with the aid of certain
barons of Yorkshire, of which county he had
just been made High Sheriff, raised a band of
knights, and marched northwards to oppose
William the Lion, King of Scotland, the powerful
enemy of Henry II., who had invaded the north
of England. The High Sheriff surprised the
Scottish king, who, feeling himself secure, was
amusing himself by tilting in a meadow near
Alnwick Castle, and the monarch and his nobles
were easily captured on July 12th, the very day
that Henry II. was doing his famous penance at
the tomb of Thomas a Becket. Sore with the
stripes his royal shoulders had received at
Canterbury, Henry was in bed when de Glanville's
messenger came with the news of the victory,
3 I have ascertained that this signature is in the ablative case,
the -work of a scribe, and not original.
26 HISTORY OF UPTON.
which the king having joyfully heard, at once
ascribed to the favour of the saint.
Promotion for the High Sheriff rapidly followed.
In 1 176, Ranulph de Glanville was made a Justice
of the King's Court, and a Justice Itinerant of
the Northern Circuit, and four years afterwards
Henry raised him to the exalted position of
Chief Justiciary of all England.
Under his direction the King completed his
judicial reforms, and "at the instance, it is
supposed of Henry II., Glanville wrote, or super-
intended the writing of, the Tractaius de legibiis et
co7isiietiidinibus regni Anglice, which is divided into
fourteen books, and is chiefly a practical treatise
on the forms of procedure in the curia regis, or
King's Court ... As the source of our knowledge
regarding the earliest form of the curia regis, and
for the information it affords regarding ancient
customs and laws, it is of great value to the
student of English history."* De Glanville's
treatise is considered of especial value to legal
students, as it deals with the old law before the
modifications of Magna Charta.
Towards the close of the king's life, on news
arriving that Jerusalem had fallen into the hands
of the Turks, a new Crusade was determined on,
and Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, ac-
* Encyclopadia Biitannica.
THE CHURCH. 2J
companicd by Ranulph de Glanville, put on
armour and the white cross, and preached the
Crusade in Wales. The death of the king,
however, delayed the preparations.
The Lord Chief Justice was present and assisted
at the Coronation of Richard I. in 1189, when
Westminster Abbey was the scene of a gorgeous
ceremonial. But the day was marked by a fierce
and cruel outburst of the populace against the
Jews, numbers of whom, with their wives and
children, were brutally murdered. Richard sent
Ranulph de Glanville and other officers to quell
the outbreak, but they were obliged to fly for
their lives, and return to the king, who issued
a proclamation, possibly at the instance of the
Chief Justice, declaring the Jews to be under the
protection of the crown.
Soon after, the king strained every nerve to raise
funds for the third Crusade, and on de Glanville
resigning his office of Chief Justiciary, Richard
put it up for sale, and Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of
Durham, was the purchaser. De Glanville then
determined to join the Crusade without delay,
and accordingly made his way to the Holy
Land for the last enterprise of his life. He was
present at the Siege of Acre, 1190, during which
he fell " fighting valiantly," says Lord Campbell,
dying as a Crusader, in what was then esteemed
28 HISTORY OF UPTON.
the noblest and most glorious cause. He has been
described by a modern writer as " a man of great
ability and undoubted probity," a testimony to
his virtues which forms a suitable epitaph to the
memory of a great, wise, and true man.
Ranulph de Glanville had issue by his wife
Barta or Bertha, three daughters, who on his death
became his co-heiresses. Maud, the eldest, married
William de Auberville; Amabilla married Ranulph
de Ardern ; Helwisa married Robert filius Robert,
and founded Corham Abbey in Yorkshire.
Patrons of the Advowson of S. Margaret,
Upton.
Prior and Canons of Butley Priory,
Suffolk ... 1171-1538.
List of some of the Priors of Butley
(chiefly compiled from Norris' MSS.)
Frater Nich. de Wittlesham,
Canon ... ... ... 1307
Fr. Ricard^ de Hoxne, Canon 1309
Frat. Will, de Geytone, Canon
and Cellarer ... ... ... 13 11
Fr. Alex^" de Stratford, on death
of Geyton ... ... ... 1332
Frat. Matthew de Pakenham,
on death of Stratford ... 1333
THE CHURCH. 29
Fr. Alex' de Drenkeston after
cession of Pakenham ... 1353
Fr. John Baxter.
Fr. Will, de Halesworth, after
cession of Baxter ... ... 1374
Fr. Will. Randeworth, P''fectus 14 10
Fr. Will. Foley, elected Prior after
death of Will. Randeworth... 1444
Thomas the Prior, in ... ... 1483
Prior Ryvere, in ... ... 1505
Robert Bremmore, circ. ... 1506
Thomas Manning, alias Sud-
burn or Sudborne, Bishop of
Ipswich, last Prior ... ... 1538
The Crown, on the Dissolution of Butley
Priory ... ... ... .. ... ch'c. 1538
The Lady Anne of Cleve ... circ. 1540- 15 57
The Crown circ. 15 57- 1600
Bishops of Ely (Martin Heton, Bishop of
Ely, received the advowson on Queen
Elizabeth taking certain manors in Cam-
bridgeshire from that See) ... 27th June, 1600
Bishop of Norwich (on an exchange of
livings with Ely)^ 4th June, 1852
* The patronage of Ranworth with Upton was transferred from
the Bishop of Ely to the Bishop of Norwich under order of the
Queen in Council, 15th May, 1852, gazetted 4th June, 1852, and
taking effect from the last-mentioned date.
(
30 history of upton.
Vicars.
Date of Institution.
William the clerk (Add. MS., 8843).
Thome de Wython, Capellanus, admitted
by Bishop William de Raleigh ... aV. 1240
Master Hugo de Upton appears to have been
tenant of the Upton Glebe about this time.
Roger de Jakesle 2 non. Aug., 1304
Still vicar in 1328.
John de Wesenham resigned 133 1
Robert de Aylesham, alias Robert de Petra
de Aylsham 4 non. May, 133 1
Exchanged with Kirkton. One Robert de
Aylesham was Abbot of S. Benet's in 1349.
John Reignald xi. kal. May, 1333
Exchanged with GiUingham All Saints.
William de Letton or Leiton 20th Mar., 1347
Exchanged with Bokenham Parva (now
Buckenham Tofts).
Peter Brome or Brom de Burgh 1349
John Smalewood de Beketon 7th Aug., 1361
Ralph de Sythyng loth Oct., 1383
Thomas Smith resigned 1417
William Hawet, alias Spaldyng, presbyter
27th Oct., 1417
On resignation of Thomas Smith. Ex-
changed with Bewesfeld, Canterbury Diocese.
William Blythe, presbyter ... 2nd Sept., 141 8
On resignation of Hawet. Exchanged with
Stanynghale.
THE CHURCH. 3 1
Thomas Clerk 5th Mar., 1433
On resignation of William Blyth.
John Cappe, presbyter ... loth Aug., 1440
On resignation of Thomas Clerk. ^
Thomas Sabyn, B. A 29th Dec, 1444
Edward Skoteman, presbyter... loth Dec, 1450
On resignation of Thomas SabjTi. The
Vicar of Upton received 2s. at the funeral of
John Paston, 1466. — Paston Letters, i. 267.
William Kene, LL.B 25th Jan., 1467
On death of Edward Skoteman. A feoffee
for Elizabeth Poynings nee Paston, 1468. —
Paston Letters, ii. 330.
Robert Framlyngham, resigned ... ... 148I
Thomas Gresmer,or Gressemer, priest, 27th Jan., 1483
On resignation of Robert Framlyngham,
last vicar.
Alexander Todde ... ... 25th June, 151 1
John Thuxton, or Thruxton ... 12th Nov., 15 15
Dominus Thomas Bungay, alias Thrower,
Canonicus 17th June, 1517
On resignation of John Thuxton, last vicar.
Dominus John Hexham, Capellanus, 27th ]\Iar., 1529
On death of Thomas Thrower.
George Waryng, Capellanus ... 21st Jan., 1530
On death of John Hexham.
William Moresone, Capellanus 12th Mar., 1533
On resignation of George WarjTig.
fi Thomas Clerk, "Chaplain of Upton," died 1444, and was